NIGHTMUSIC!

No, I'm not turning this blog into a YouTube satellite, but I just realized that Youtube is crawling with clips from the coolest music show to ever grace the nation's television airwaves, Nightmusic. Here's a link to lots of 'em.

You can find Pharoah Sanders, Nick Cave, The Pixies, Richard Thompson, Graham Parker, NRBQ ... and so many more. I've been complaining for years that this show isn't available on DVD. But at least we have YouTube.

Below is one of the most infamous Nightmusic performances of all time. Conway Twitty singing the blues with dancing by The Residents.

A PLEA ... FOR THE CHILDREN

I just realized that Dean Martin is smoking a cigarette in the YouTube video I posted just a moment ago ("My Rifle, Pony and Me.") That might earn a R-Rating for the movie Rio Bravo in the near future. (See news item HERE)

So please, PLEASE! Keep this away from the children!

MY RIFLE, PONY & ME

Thanks to Jim Terr for showing me the way to this YouTube (on a page with lots of old Ricky Nelson videos, most of them featuring James Burton.)

About a year ago, my brother gave me this song on a disc full of weird stuff. I've played it on The Santa Fe Opry, (and I will again.) I also went out and bought the DVD to Rio Bravo, the John Wayne movie from whence it came.

And speaking of YouTube, thanks to Margot Paisley for turning me on to Luis & The Wildfires. I'd never heard of them before.

CONGRESSMAN STANDS UP FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC AND LOTS OF OTHER GOOD STUFF

I wish we had more politicians who believe in the things that Congressman Mike Doyle was saying last week at a Future of Music Coalition event.

From the FMC blog:
As you well know, a number of issues currently before Congress and the FCC could have a big impact on that process – like media consolidation, net neutrality, and Internet royalty rates.

One disturbing product of the Telecom Act of 1996 has been the rapid consolidation of the ownership of television and radio stations across the country.

This is disturbing on a number of levels.

There’s obvious concern that a radio stationed programmed out of Denver won’t provide much timely local news for residents of, say, Pittsburgh.

That can, at worst, have serious public safety implications, as many have pointed out.

But even on a more mundane level, this process squeezes out all but the most mainstream voices in communities large and small.

I ask you: Could WKRP’s commitment to local news and (Johnny) Fever’s musical vision have survived in today’s consolidated media market?

On a more commercial and artistic level, there’s real concern – which I share – about the homogenization of the content that these broadcasters provide.

It’s clear that the media consolidation we’ve experienced over the last 10 years has reduced the diversity and independence of TV and radio broadcasts dramatically.

A Congressman who thinks radio should be more like WKRP in Cincinnati! That's nothing short of bitchen!

Later in the speech Doyle talks about the possibility of the federal government establishing programs to "encourage the creation of new and different music" similar to the way the National Endowment for the Arts promotes classical music and jazz.

I'm not sure I completely agree with the idea of government-sanctioned rock 'n' roll. But I sure wish a few presidential candidates would pick up on Doyle's basic attitude about the music-industrial complex.

Maybe one has. Apparently Republican Sen. Sam Brownback wants to take that recent ruling that could cripple internet radio behind the barn and kill it with a dull ax.

Again from the FMC blog:

After having a near-death experience a few weeks ago, webcasters got another dose of good news. Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill that would vacate a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board. The ruling would have increased royalty rates for webcasters by 300 to 1200 percent (according to Savenetradio.org).

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, May 13, 2007
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
NEW: email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Fire on the Moon by The BellRays
Go Betty Go by The A-Bones
Destination X by Dead Moon
Bad Seed by Wayne Kramer
Giant Robot Rock 'n' Roll by The Goblins
Voodoobilly Man by Deadbolt
The Bad Stuff by The Fall
High Class by The Buzzards
Get Me to the World On Time by The Electric Prunes

We're Not Alone by Dinosaur Jr.
Free and Freaky by The Stooges
Letter to Memphis by The Pixies
My Friends Have by Marianne Faithful
To Bring You My Love by P.J. Harvey
Straight to Hell by The Clash
Pow Pow by Dengue Fever

Honeybee (Let's Fly to Mars) by Grinderman
It's So Easy by Willie DeVille
You'll Never Change by Detroit Cobras
Ana by Los Straitjackets with Little Willie G
I Need Someone by Thee Midnighters
Neighbor Neighbor by Roy Head
I Got a Lot to Learn by Esquerita
Satisfied Fool by Nathaniel Meyer
I Can't Control Myself by The Strawberry Zots

Hotrods to Honolulu by The Blue Hawaiians
Flaming Cheese by The Red Elvises
Gamagaj by Cankisou
Breath by Pere Ubu
Eyes Behind Your Head by John Hammond
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis