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Sonic Gumbo

Sep 3, 2026 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Music

With DJ AWOL

Inaugural Show of Sonic Gumbo!

Exploring the far reaches of music from different parts of the world

3:00 PM		John Coltrane It's Easy to Remember John Coltrane Ballads Impulse! 1962
3:03 PM		Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Sub Pop Records 2008
3:07 PM		James Ivy Lima James Ivy The Seams 2026
3:12 PM		Nujabes Horn in the middle Nujabes Metaphorical Music Hydeout Productions 2003
3:16 PM		Art of Noise Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom) [7'' Mix] [2017 Remastered Version] The Art of Noise In Visible Silence (Deluxe Edition) WM UK 2017
3:20 PM		Herbie Mann Philly Dog Herbie Mann Sock It to 'Em Soul Warner Strategic Marketing UK 2004
3:23 PM		Herbie Hancock Vibe Alive Herbie Hancock Perfect Machine (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1988
3:27 PM		Boards of Canada Blood In The Labyrinth Boards of Canada Inferno Warp Records 2026
3:35 PM		Pale Cocoon Musoukyoku Pale Cocoon Mayu Incidental Music / Conatala 2020
3:40 PM		Slowdive Crazy for You Slowdive Pygmalion Slowdive 1995
3:46 PM		Eduardo Mateo & Ruben Rada Botija de Mi País Botija de Mi País Sondor 1987
3:50 PM		Half Japanese Too Bad About Elizabeth Half Japanese Sing No Evil Fire Records 1983
3:52 PM		Morphine A Head with Wings Morphine Cure for Pain Ryko/Rhino 1993
3:56 PM		Professor Longhair Tipitina (Live) Professor Longhair Live On the Queen Mary Harvest 1978
4:06 PM		Carola Baer See the Lights Again Carola Baer The Story of Valerie Concentric Circles 2018
4:10 PM		George Clanton Dumb George Clanton Slide 100% Electronica LLC 2018
4:14 PM		Georgia Slow Dance Georgia All Kind Music Palto Flats 2016
4:18 PM		Amon Düül Paramechanical World (2021 Remastered Version) Amon Duul Paradieswärts Düül (2021 Remastered Version) Ohr 1971
4:23 PM		The Aleatorica Orchestra Sands Vacavilia F Records 1993
4:28 PM		Work Crush Emotional Plea (feat. Mike Watt) Emotional Plea (feat. Mike Watt) - Single Vintage Annals Archives 2026
4:39 PM		A.G. Cook Luddite Factory Operator A. G. Cook Britpop New Alias 2024
4:46 PM		The Spotnicks A World of Spotnicks The Spotnicks Never Trust Robots Polydor 1978
4:50 PM		Ruben Rada Candombé para Bob Marley (feat. Osvaldo Fattoruso, Beto Satragni, Ricardo Nolé & Ricardo Lew) Rubén Rada Pa' los Uruguayos Discos Melopea 1989
4:58 PM		Chiko Hige Fugitive Chiko Hige Trap TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS 2015

Chat is archived.

"Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom)" not THE Max Headroom ??? !!! A blast from the past f'r sure! Great fun, thanks for it and all the spins so far

Thanks Richard!

Max Headroom was apparently AI before AI was what it is now!

Max headroom was awesome. His main thing was Coke commercials. And any kind of just ruined into something after that.

80s MTV was the shit then they ruined it

People really made some cool music videos in the 80s. Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel has such a cool video!

yeah, a lot of great videos. They were given these big huge budgets to do these videos like Duran Duran for instance. It was a cool time though, but I actually I really just like the low budget videos better like Devo made the best videos. Or just regular performance videos were cool where the band is faking it to their music sometimes that’s all you need. It was a cool time though.

Whenever Matt Frewer, the actor who played Max Headroom, pops up on other shows I just always remember Max H and his quirky, jerky mannerisms and glitched out speaking. He was on Orphan Black in the past decade.

yeah, the jerky glitched out shit was great with Max head. I still don’t really know how they did that. Was it the actor doing that or was there some weird animation shit going on who knows I don’t know I never cared enough to look, but I just liked it.

Yes, Max Headroom in the Coke TV commercials ~ an early mainstream use of a basic computer design assisted digital character. As I also recall, he was running for president or some damn thing ... and getting endorsements from real human actors saying, "He's such a refreshing change!" etc etc

A lot of people hated Max Headroom. At least a lot of people I know hated him. Not me.

Maybe he'll make a comeback in this new era

@ G Jax Well, maybe not hated, but ... yes, I did find Max to be garishly annoying!

I just liked quirky. Still do. Probably even more the older I get. Max Headroom will never make a comeback though. Nor should he. Part of the charm of it was the crappy technology. You cant recreate that

That's probably true G Jax, but apparently Gen Z folks are reaching for some older tech. The crappy digital cameras of the early 2000s are selling for a lot online/in photo stores.

This is almost more trippy than George Clinton! :)

Hey WOL

@G Jax, Max Headroom was before it's time. It was what AI aspired to, but hasn't hit the mark yet. :)

Hey Rofflelectic! Thanks for tuning in :)

Thanks for bringing! Awesome as always.

I actually saw Yes with the Art of Noise lineup at the Spectrum, because my friend made me go.

How was the show??

Not bad, but it was a different vibe for sure. I saw a few Yes shows back then. Same friend dragging to insane shit. What are friends for? This crazy fucking life.. lol

I feel like Yes is one of those bands that would actually be pretty cool to see live

I bet each show was pretty unique

Catch them before they die!

Accomplished geniuses are always wondderful.

I'll have to try to catch them next time they tour!

Hi AWOL! Dan Buskirk won't be on the air, his DJing will just in-person only at McCarter Theatre.

Oh sorry Liz Bot! My bad! I'll make sure to announce this!

I was curious to see how that picture got framed Lizbot.

Doubleplusgood with Lizbot will be on the air today from 5-7:30 pm and then I'll be manning the board for the Sun Ra Arkestra show from 7:30-9:30 pm, and the chat during my show will remain open until the end of the Arkestra show

Awesome!

There it is!

Pro tip, righty loudy, lefty deafty.

Pure boredom.

@AWOL - No worries!

@ DJ AWOL (host) Thanks for serving up a Sonic Gumbo ~ the first course was delicious :-D

Thanks so much Richard!

Very good music AWOL. Thanks.

Thanks for tuning in! Lovely going on this journey with you all!