July 25, 2010 - Freekick Hums
Last week's show was a real humfest. Dave was away, but the show shook, rattled, and rolled along with a clown brandishing wood instruments, no less. New releases and old faves from all over the world filled out the two hours. Just take a look at who I played for your delectation:

Sam Cooke, Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus (pictured here) with Jean Shepherd, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Lata Mangeshkar, James Brown, Nice And Nasty 3, M.I.A., Jordi Rosen, North My Love, Djalma Correa, Remora, Irata, Gang of Four, John Zorn, King Crimson, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, The Bollywood Brass Band, and Kathy Kennedy!

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Be sure to tune in again next week to CKUT 90.3 FM for next Sunday's edition of the Free Kick radio show, from 11 am to 1 pm.

swan

And now the moment you've been waiting for! It's this week's Free Kick Video Lounge!

• Sam Cooke - Twisting the Night Away & The Riddle Song on The Jerry Lewis Show - Dec. 7, 1963
• Charles Mingus - Take the 'A' Train Live @ Montreux 1975
• M.I.A. - Born Free Live on Letterman, July 13, 2010
• North, My Love - Wake

July 18, 2010 - Pretend We're Not Crazy
But, you'd be wrong, because this week's show was off the hook! After starting with a tribute to Sugar Minott (pictured here) who passed away last week, we took some wayyyy left turns into the lands of punk rock and Japanese superstars, with stops around the planet--all in two hours! Just check out who we played:

Sugar Minott, Roland Kirk, Francis Bebey, Tiyiselani Vomaseve, Al Green, Pizzicato Five, Jacques Higelin, Plumerai, The Stranglers, Shiina Ringo, Lou Reed, Phobia, Pariapunk, Polar Bear, Professeur Kakino de Paz, Can, Bikini Kill, Pierre Schaeffer, Mieskuoro Huutajat, Ween, OOIOO, Negativland, and the Shalabi Effect!

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Tune in again next week to CKUT 90.3 FM for another edition of the Free Kick show, from 11 am to 1 pm.

Swan

And now, snuggle up in the Free Kick Video Lounge!

• Sugar Minott (R.I.P.) & the Youth Promotion Crew 1986
• Sugar Minott - Herbman husslin @ crystal palace 1985 london
• Tiyiselani Vomaseve - Vanghoma
• Mieskuoro Huutajat - An der Donau
• Shiina Ringo - ドッペルゲンガー Doppelganger

July 11, 2010 - Too Hot to Title
I give perhaps the all-time worst (but technically accurate) name yet devised to last weekend's episode, but don't let that deceive you - we actually played some pretty great music, including numbers by:

A Tribe Called Quest, Roland Kirk, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Sweet Talks The Kusum Beat, Konono No. 1, Albert Ayler, Jack Lewis and the Cutoffs, Tom Waits, Momus, Girl Talk, The Flaming Lips, Blodwyn Pig, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore, Selda, U. Srinivas, Tony Pilley, Annette Peacock (pictured here), Steely Dan, Mulatu Astatqé, Gétatchèw Kassa, The Mothers of Invention, Propagandhi, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, and Johnnie Osbourne!

Listen back! You can download an mp3:

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Remember, you can always listen to any CKUT show from the last two months via links on the program grid, or get whatever slice of programming you like directly from the station's archives page.

That's it! Please check in again next Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm eastern on CKUT 90.3 fm for another blast of hot air from the Free Kick!

Dave

PS: Please step into the FREEKICK VIDEO LOUNGE for your regular helping of visual stimulation.....

• Annette Peacock: Back to the beginning - Goodbye to the past
• Mandolin Shrinivas in Arathanai
• Grooving the bag, Mama (Dudley Moore, Peter Cook)

July 4, 2010 - Big Fun
Independence Day, Freekick style! No we're not USAmerican, and we're not stateside, but that didn't stop us from having a little fun with the holiday. We played the Star Spangled Banner and a radio opera about an executed US Army deserter named Eddie Slovik, featuring Kurt Vonnegut (pictured here).

If you tuned in, this is who you heard -- Parliament, Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Cedric 'Im' Brooks, Zinja Hlungwani, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Dave Soldier, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Kurt Vonnegut, Ernie K-Doe, R. Stevie Moore, Roy Campbell Jr., Åke Hodell, Bruce Haack, The Beatles, Arrigo Barnabé, Gaby Kerpel, Billy Stewart, Sublime, Sixtoo, and, believe it or not, AC/DC!

To listen again, just download the mp3 of the show:

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Keep your radio locked to CKUT 90.3 FM for next Sunday's edition of the Free Kick radio show, from 11 am to 1 pm.

Swan

And now, enjoy the Free Kick Video Lounge!

• Ernie K-Doe - at the Mother In Law Lounge, 2001- Hello My Lover
• Shangaan Music - Nwampfundla
• Billy Stewart - Summertime (1966)
• Gaby Kerpel - Herias Sin Herir (Live)
• The Vuvuzela - South Africa's 12th man