A return to the flavours of Fall, featuring rich chocolatey goodness from Willy Wonka, The Seeds, The Time, Jonathan Richman, Parliament, Guided by Voices, The Undertones, Rufus Wainwright, and Boredoms; as well as celebrations of vocal wizards Mel Torme, Yma Sumac, and KK Null.
| Heavy Heavy Heavy Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats - Afro Rock - Kona 02009 |
| Chat about iconoclastic vocalists celebrating birthdays on this date: including Mel Torme, the 'Velvet Fog', born in Chicago 1925; Yma Sumac, the "Incan Princess", born in Callao, Peru 1922; and Kazuyuki Kishino, 'KK Null", founder of ANP and Zeni Geva, born Tokyo 1961. |
| Early Autumn Mel Torme - Mel Torme at the Red Hill - Atlantic 01962 |
| Let Me Hear You Yma Sumac - Miracles - Roundtable 02011 (re 01972) |
| Disorganization Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage - Alternative Tentacles 01995 |
| Remember Yma Sumac - Miracles - Roundtable 02011 (re 01972) |
| Autumn in New York Mel Torme - Songs of New York - Atlantic 01983 |
| You're Driving me Crazy Mel Torme - Gene Norman Presents Mel Torme At the Crescendo - Vogue Coral 01957 |
| Descriptors for chocolate #1: velvety, impetuous, not hard-core. An incorrect guess on the flavour. Lady Mary falls behind in her chocolate identification duties. Two degrees of separation between Yma and Mel noted. Recommendation to check out KK Null's new project, electronic Cryptozoon X, just released today. And with that, we turn to Sammy Davis, Jr., to introduce our chocolatey mega-set... |
| The Candy Man Sammy Davis Jr - It's a Musical World - MGM 01972 |
| Chocolate City Parliament - Chocolate City - Casablanca 01975 |
| Double Chocolate Malted Jonathan Richman - It's Time For - Upside 01986 |
| Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Rufus Wainwright - Poses - Dreamworks 02001 
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| What do you think of the pairing of chocolate with tobacco? One Yes and one No from your hosts. Orange and chocolate bar correctly ID'ed, and some analysis of the smashable Christmas orange as the best chocolate/orange combo... |
| More Songs about Chocolate and Girls The Undertones - Hypnotised - Sire 01980 |
| Feed Yourself Rheostatics - The Blue Hysteria - Cargo 01997
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| Love for Sale Talking Heads - True Stories - WB/Sire 01986 |
| Egg Cream Lou Reed - Set the Twilight Reeling - WB 01996 |
| Uncomplicated Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate - Columbia 01986 |
| Identification of ginger/chocolate bar; discussion of proportionality and the fact that two great tastes do not always taste great together. Mention of on the myths, and gender and aboriginal realities in the story of Laura Ingersoll Secord. Question: how do you think philanthropist Milton Hershey would feel about his company's reliance on West African child, and unpaid imported student intern labour? |
| Chocolate Boy Guided by Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory - Fire 02012 |
| Chocolate River The Seeds - Fallin off the Edge - GNP 01977 |
| I Wanna Eat Choco-Bars Shonen Knife - Pretty Little Baka Guy - Subversive 01986 |
| Chocolate Synthesizer Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer - WEA 01994 |
| Oompa-Loompa- Doompadee-Doo Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (and other *Sweet* Songs) - AA Records 01976 |
| Chocolate The Time - Chocolate (Maxi-Single) - Paisley Park 01990 |
| Chocolate (Choco-Choco) Soul Control - Chocolate (Choco-Choco) - Empire Musicwerks 01995 |
| Do I Do Stevie Wonder - The Original Musiquarium - Motown 01982 |
| Conversation about chocolate music and/or chocolate in the morning. Thanks to all who tuned in, including all contributors with suggestions for our playlist. Keep 'em coming here on the playsheet. We leave you with the mystery of which Heavy Friend experienced the Laura Secord High? Tune in next week, when this and other mysteries may be revealed.... |
| Diamonds in the Mine Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate - Columbia 01978
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| Chocolate Sundae #1 Oscar Peterson - 7" - Verve
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7:31 AM, September 13th, 2014