Breaking news: I am going to hell!

No doubt about it. At least according to the friendly people over at whowilldietoday.blogspot.com.

I was sitting at the computer when it signalled a new comment had been added to this blog. Happily I checked it out. But it isn't any comment at all. It's just another line of information or - if you will - spam, asking me to visit a page. A page where I get a counter counting the number of people who have died since I clicked my way to that page. And I am told to go see if I've been a good human being living the right kind of life. Good to know if I should happen to join the league of dead.

So I click my way to this page where I answer eight questions like "Have you ever told a lie?", "Have you gone to church regularly?" and "Have you ever looked at someone and had lustful thoughts?". Based on the answers I will find out if I'm going to heaven or hell when I die.

No surprise there...



See you in hell!
Neb - doomed from the start.

Why?

In order to celebrate 2 years online we decided to give away a set of three CDs to a person picked at random on May 1 from all the entries recieved.

Guess what. With a couple of hundred hits to our blog and homepage this past week, not one single person has had the interest/guts/sense of adventure to mail us their address...

No big problem! We can always keep the records after May 1 if noone get their mail in the door by April 30 at the latest.

Check back to see what happened with these three CDs!

Carolyn for president! - "Some swingin' canary"

Carolyn Leonhart

Not only did Carolyn Leonhart manage to be the first to add a comment on this blog, but she's also made one hell of an album!

"The new one called New 8th Day is a big step forward for Carolyn. More direct and focused than its predecessor "Steal The Moon".

And while I wrote "I guess I'll feature a couple of tracks on RadioDupree's playlist, even though the stuff from Steal The Moon was met with ... indifferent to negative reactions by the listeners. Might work better this time around. We'll see.", I want to make it clear I liked "Steal The Moon" and even more so "New 8th Day".

It's full of life and has a sharper edge to it. Less laidback. Next on my list is to check out her work with Lyn Leon.

Weekend music

A little bit of culture to keep your weekend on the positive side? Well, then this post is for you!

Since my use of words like "Scandinavian sin" and "sex" has added a few extra hits to the total of this blog, I am happy to announce the arrival of The Sex Album!!!

Yep, you read it just right. An album recorded using the sounds of couples making love as music.

OK.

Using sounds people make when making love. OK. Understood. Fine.

Does one perhaps smell commercial considerations? Of Course! Even if they try to deny it.

Go here:

http://www.thesexalbum.com/home.html

to read and listen...

I won't try to steer your mind in one direction or the other, but I found the music quite ... unmoving.

(But then again I've got "The Second Arrangement" on repeat...) :)

Yahoo watching Y-O-U!!! ...

Known for years I guess a notice here might come in handy for people like me who have missed this info:

Yahoo are using so called "beacons" to track what we do on and outside of Yahoo:
http://homepage.mac.com/peterlevesque/

Not nice of Yahoo.

How to opt out and shut those beacons down:
http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2005/03/09/38006.aspx

Back to surfing the 'Net!

Want three free CDs?

We're giving them away you know! For F-R-E-E!

Read more here.

Monday Evening Chart Show

Elton John; back when he had less hair and more hits

A cup of coffee ... washer taking care of the dirty clothes ... computer tuned to RadioDupree...

It's once again time to check the stats and find out who they are; the favourite tracks among the currently played!

This week (last week) Artist - Track - Album

1. ( * ) Roky Erickson & The Aliens - White Faces
The Evil One

2. ( 1) Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over
You Are What You Is

3. ( * ) Genesis - The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
Live

4. ( * ) Blood, Sweat & Tears - Morning Glory
Child Is Father To The Man

5. ( * ) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Live Bursting Out

6. ( * ) Frank Zappa - A Pound For A Brown Solos, '78
You Can't Do That On Stage...4

7. ( * ) Elvis Costello - Monkey To Man
The Delivery Man

8. ( * ) Ruben And The Jets - Dedicated To The One I Love
For Real (produced by F Zappa)

9. ( * ) Return To Forever featuring Chick Corea - Captain Marvel
Light As A Feather

10. ( * ) King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
Starless And Bible Black

11. ( * ) Jeff Beck - You Shook Me - Truth
12. ( * ) hr Big Band - FM - Do It Again - hr Big Band Plays Three Decades Of Steely Dan
13. ( * ) Frank Zappa & The Mothers - My Guitar - The Ark (Beat The Boots)
14. ( * ) The Venus In Furs - Ladytron - Velvet Goldmine soundtrack
15. ( * ) Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl - Stranded
16. ( * ) Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Kaiser Rolls - FZ:OZ
17. ( * ) Elin Sigvardsson - Stupid Sunday Song - Smithereens
18. ( 4) Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation - Shine It All Around - Mighty ReArranger
19. ( * ) Frank Zappa - Stick It Out - Joe's Garage
20. ( * ) Elton John - Bitter Fingers - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy

And late additions that may make the chart next week ... if they're still being played then. We change the songs around quite a bit:

Giorgio Moroder - Einzelganger - Einzelganger
Tim Buckley - The River - Blue Afternoon
Love - Your Mind And We Belong Together [bonus track] - Forever Changes
Hot Tuna - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning - Classic Hot Tuna Electric
Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies - You Can't Ever Come Down - The American Metaphysical Circus
American Revolution - Cold Wisconsin Nights - American Revolution
Trettioåriga Kriget - Andra Sidan - Hej På Er
UK - Caesar's Palace Blues - Night After Night
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Faith - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - Electric Ladyland

Monday Evening Chart Show

Just enjoy the current crop of favourites! Stopping short of 20, but that's the way the voting goes! Nothing much has changed from last week, but at least there's a couple of new ones:

This week (last week) Artist - Track Album

1. ( 2) Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over
You Are What You Is

2. ( 4) hr Big Band - Do It Again
Do It Again - hr Big Band Plays Three Decades Of Steely Dan

3. ( 3) hr Big Band - FM
Do It Again - hr Big Band Plays Three Decades Of Steely Dan

4. ( * ) Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation - Shine It All Around
Mighty ReArranger

5. ( 1 ) Gene Simmons - Black Tongue
Asshole

6. (12) The Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation
The Velvet Underground

7. (11) Bruford - Gothic 17
Gradually Going Tornado

8. (14) Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Speaking In Tongues

9. (17) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Diamond Dogs

10. ( * ) Kinks - Starstruck (mono)
The Village Green Preservation Society

11. (20) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - A Room Without A View - single B-side
12. ( * ) Talking Heads - Paper - Fear Of Music
13. ( * ) Marian McPartland, Donald Fagen & Walter Becker - Chain Lightning - Piano Jazz with Steely Dan

P.S. WIN OUR CDs! To celebrate two years on the air we're giving away a set of three CDs to one lucky winner. Read more about it here!

Charge my credit card...

Carolyn Leonhart

I've done it! For the ... let's see, third time. Done what? Bought music over the Internet, of course.

The first time was just one song to test the possibilities. Worked just fine! The second time was when the compilation CD Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs Of Warren Zevon was released. I ordered the CD but couldn't wait for it to arrive when I found out that it could also be ordered in lossless format over at disclogic.com.

And now I've gone and bought an album again. After reading about Carolyn Leonhart's new CD and clicking the download option I did once again find myself over at disclogic.com. And just entered my credit card info and a little over one hour later I had her new record New 8th Day on my harddrive.

I've converted and burned the ten tracks. All I am missing is the cover art and info about who's written what. I did find the band listed on the homepage.

The very first Carolyn Leonhart CD I bought was her debut Steal The Moon, after hearing and seeing her on the Steely Dan Two Against Nature tour back in 2000. She was one of the backup singers.
I started tracking down the various recordings the band members had been part of and ended up exposing my ears to a bunch of new music.

So it was not much of a problem getting Carolyn's latest when it was released this month.
I guess I'll feature a couple of tracks on RadioDupree's playlist, even though the stuff from Steal The Moon was met with ... indifferent to negative reactions by the listeners. Might work better this time around. We'll see.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

12 hours of Zappa this Sunday

It's not RadioDupree but WUSB serving up the annual Zappathon.
Hosted by Nigey Lennon it commences at noon EST. (That's 6 in the evening Central European Time). Or maybe 1 pm EST/7 PM CET. WUSB and Nigey have different info on their pages. I'd tune in at noon/6 just to be on the safe side!

She promises lots of FZ music plus guests like Greg Russo (who wrote the reference work Cosmic Debris), Candy Zappa and Rabbi Joe (of Armadillo World Headquarters).

Just thought you might like to know...

Win our CDs! "It was two years ago today...

You can become the owner of three great CDs!

... RadioDupree started broadcasting".

It was April 16 2003. Celebrating this milestone we're offering one winner a chance to get three of our fvourite albums - still neatly shrink-wrapped - delivered to his or her door.
How do you enter this giveaway? Simple! Just mail us your name and address no later than April 30 and on May 1 we'll draw a a lucky winner who'll be able to enjoy the following CDs:

FRANK ZAPPA - For Collectors Only
A collection of early Zappa! Sounding very much the pop surfer in these tracks recorded under aliases like Baby Ray & The Ferns, The Rotations and Bob Guy. Get these grooves from the early 60s!

MARIAN McPARTLAND/STEELY DAN - Piano Jazz
The official CD of the NPR show "Piano Jazz" recorded in 2002 where Steely Dan talks and play with the shows host Marian McPartland. They do a couple of classic Dan-tunes like Josie and Black Friday, but also play Mood Indigo and other jazz numbers.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs Of Warren Zevon
A labour of love from friends and fans of Warren Zevon. A lineup offering their versions of some of the artists songs. How about these names:

Don Henley, Adam Sandler, Steve Earle, Reckless Kelly, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Wallflowers, Jordan Zevon, Billy Thornton, Pete Yorn, Bob Dylan, David Lindley, Ry Cooder, Jill Sobule, Pixies, Jorge Calderon and Van Dyke Parks.

OK, what are you waiting for? Send us that email n-o-w! radiodupree@yahoo.se

Weekend ... art

OK. So we've decided to offer a non-music link this weekend. Just visit this here link and dive into some spaced out art using your mouse and mind.

See you on the other side...!

Siggy goes west, part V

Here in the US every store, company, radio station, sports team etc seem to have a t-shirt with their logo.
And since the t-shirts are cheap and in some cases I got'em for free I'll be loaded with them when I get back home.

It has been a wonderful trip and I have noticed a few things that are different here compared to my home land. Some useful information here for you first timers going overseas:
If you wanna go pee you should look for the restroom, they don't call them toilets, see.
I went to a couple of record stores mainly to look for CD's. I found some neat LP's, however. One was An Eve w/Wild Man Fischer in great condition for $35. It's rare and I could have replaced my old copy and sold it for maybe $50.

But I have learnt a lesson. Avoid bringing fragile LP's when you are going to spend 24 hrs on three different flights.

"T-shiiiirts..."
(Frank Zappa, Passaic, New Jersey, Halloween Night 1972. Remember? You were there, right?)

PS. This is my last report from this trip in the US.
/Sigurd Huckle

Gene does a "Frank"

With the song Black Tongue featuring a borrowed part from Frank Zappa, how suitable to use the photo of Gene "on the job" just like Frank did way back when:

Siggy goes west, part IV

Hey! Time to go shopping!

It's 1 PM and I'm awfully hungry. The environment here offers a lot of food, but it is hard to find dishes a' la Scandnavia.
Yesterday I was on a sight seeing trip to a place outside Portland, Oregon, called Timberland Lodge. A place for downhill skiing.

Wasn't I surprised to see that the lodge is actually the hotel where Jack Nicholson went berserk in the movie The Shining!
This giant lodge was built during the New Deal thing in the 1930's and is a remarkable place to see. I've never ever seen such a big fire place. No Nicholson shouting "Here's Johnny!" though.

Now off to the grocery store. Wonder if they have a
porridge department?

Ta taa,
Sigurd