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Hosted by Delphine Blue. Delphine created "Shocking Blue" on WBAI-FM in 1986, when it provided an oasis for music lovers on FM radio. WPS1 is proud to be continuing the tradition.
Number 50, like summer in the city, is thick and funky with the sounds of Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Augustus Pablo, Horace Silver, and more sounds to move slowly to.
Just in case you're curious about just how hot and sticky NYC gets, Shocking Blue 49 provides a run through of the many artists who'll be performing in town this summer, including Psapp, Juana Molina, Hot Chip, The Legendary Pink Dots, Michael Brook and Lisa Germano, Salif Keita, Manu Chao, Amadou and Miriam, and Delphine's current favorite, Uncle John and Whitelock. Also a little something from the soon-to-be-released Johnny Cash CD, American V: A Hundred Highways. Turn on the A.C....
Just a whole bunch of new stuff. Maybe one of these songs will be your summer song. Taking bets on it being the one by Gnarls Barkley but maybe it'll be one from Juana Molina, Sound Directions, or Band of Horses...
In which Delphine indulges in angst ridden love songs... arriving at a Hollywood ending with the help of Brenda Kahn, Berntholer, Bryan Ferry, and Bjork.
A stitch in time saves nine but what about a stitch out of time? Shocking Blue 46 attempts cosmic mending with a thread of songs from Buddy Guy, Les McCann, Dave DeCastro, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. (1 hour 58 minutes)
Shocking Blue 45 splashes budding new sounds from Border Crossing, Built To Spill, Beth Orton, Uncle John and Whitelock, and Karsh Kale on the canvas along with Little Axe, Mos Def and The Passions...
Although our clutter clad heroine could continue spring cleaning through summer and beyond, Shocking Blue 44 embraces the state of perennial vernal intoxication.
Cobwebs and clutter collecting since Christmas continue to be cleared. Shocking Blue renews spring cleaning inspired by new sounds from Cesaria Evora, Stereolab, Coldcut, The Church, Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Aceyalone, and Rewhipped Herb Alpert.
Entombed within the clutter... an archeological discovery of massive musical proportion: Delphine's missing mix created in 1999 A.D. The message is clear. Cast out clutter while listening to Orbital, Tricky, Cinematic Orchestra, Zap Mama, and Plaid.
As we head deep into the heart of the holiday season Shocking Blue #38 conveys that-which-fills-our-hearts-on-a-snowy-December-night... dusty, grace, donna, madonna, bjork, sinead, and more angelic sounds.
Upon returning from the Rough Trade record shop in London, our heroine divulges the tale of no longer having two tails in her life. Treasures from traveling abroad include the groovy new Norwegian band Serena Maneesh, brits Noblesse Oblige, and the long awaited new album from Kate Bush.
In Shocking Blue 36 Delphine considers the Greenhornes' Unnatural Habitat as the
show's permanent opening theme music. Being indecisive, listeners will have to
wait to hear future shows to discover if that decision stands. In the meantime
trip through new tunes in the current episode from A.R.E. Weapons, The Dandy
Warhols, Turin Brakes, She Wants Revenge, Laura Veirs, the collaboration of
Calexico with Iron and Wine, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Antony and The
Johnsons.
German electronic, Indian sitar virtuosity, new millenium Brooklyn chic, Ethiopian jazz from the 70s, and transgender threnodies are just some of the elements in the alchemy of Shocking Blue 35.
Shocking Blue 34 affords the listener two inspiring hours to conjure a halloween costume, time to practice carving a pumpkin, or a spell to savor a seasonal piece of fruit such as a crispy empire apple or a fig. All this whilst enjoying the multidimensional sounds of Orbital, Gabin, Iggy and the Stooges, Mos Def, Amadou and Miriam and of course some LCD Soundsystem.
This edition is like most public telephones, oddly, out of order. We left off with long songs last time and as logic would have it we might enjoy short songs this time but that in fact will happen next time. It seems #30 is borne out of, or related at least in part to, some sort of longing. Which is the lengthening of long so perhaps we are exactly where we are meant to be today. The long and short of it includes Athlete, Gong, Gorillaz, the White Stripes and Blue Boy amongst other selections of varying length.
New sounds galore on Shocking Blue #26, from Transglobal Underground, Cyz, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Pine and Ian Brown, plus fourteen timeless favorites from the likes of Kraftwerk, Karminsky Experience and Kasabian.
Shocking Blue asks the listener to summon a theme from within for Show #25. A subliminal suggestion, that which is on the tip of the tongue, be it ice cream or a postage stamp. Musical seduction by Love and Rockets, LCD Soundsystem, and Lamb, as well as new music from The White Stripes and Husky Revenge.
