Summertime! It’s Melting Pot time! and that means that every other week there is a Melting Pot special edition.
Last Saturday, June 28 2008 T-Fonque did his ‘thang’ with a Miami soul and funk special on Urgent FM. Hit the podcast on podomatic.
Here is the playlist. Enjoy!
Melting Pot Miami Special - June 28 2008
Frank Williams & The Rocketeers – Spanish Flyer
The Beginning of the End – Funky Nassau pt1
Johnny K. Killens & the Dynamites – I Don’t Need Help
Timmy Thomas & Betty Wright – Ebony Affair
James Knight & the Butlers – Fantasy World
Joey Gilmore – Do It To Me One More Time
Helene Smith – You Got To Do Your Share
Gwen Mcrae – I’ve Got Nothing To Lose But The Blues
Little Beaver – I Love The Way You Love
Clarence Reid – Like Running Water
Betty Wright – Bluesville
Clarence Reid – Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart
Oceanliners – Cutting Room
Little Beaver – Party Times
KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down
Miami – Give Me Your Love
The website from Music Mania is ‘alive’ again and it has a small explanation of what the future plans are.
The Mania, together with Charlies Records Fair, go for a temporary reopening of the shop. They hope to find the right balance between second hand and new releases (mainly vinyl). The shop is open every Thurday, Friday and Saturday between 11:30 and 18:30 until September 13, 2008. After this period they will decide if it is still possible to run a independent record store in Ghent.
This is what you can expect from the Mania New Style. Every week there is;
-a fresh selection of new releases in the Mania Style
-new stocks of second hand records from Charlies Records Fair
-further sales of the Mania stock, because you ain’t seen everything yet!
There is certainly a lot of vinyl in the shop now. The fresh stocks from Charlies Records Fair look very promising.
In the end it all comes down to the customers, so visit the shop and come back here and leave your comments.
The podcast of the Radio Pink Flamingo show from June 21 is available on the Pink Flamingo’s site now.
Radio Pink Flamingo #38 June 21, 2008
Lalo Schifrin-Theme from Enter The Dragon
Link Wray-God Out West
Serge Gainsbourg-Ford Mustang
Edwin Starr-Easin’ In
The New Tweedy Brothers-Danny’s Song
Wood Brass & Steel-Theme Song
Vic Damone-Wives and Lovers
Raffaella Carra-A Far L’amore Comincia Tu
Was (Not Was)-Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
Betty Davis-Git In There
Arrested Development-Mama’s Always On Stage
Massive Attack-Teardrop
Ohio Players-Fire
Jovanotti-L’ombelico del Mundo
Feist-Secret Heart
Tito Puente-Oye Come Va
Your favorite record store reopens temporarily with a summer record fair. So expect new and second hand vinyl and cd’s, collectors items and a lot of bargains.
Expect some fresh faces in the shop as Lorin and Karel will provide a lot of the goodies. I had the opportunity to look in some boxes of records and there were some serious good records in there.
So let’s get some discussion going. What do you think of the new set-up? Any other comments?
The show from June 21 is available as a podcast on Podomatic. It is a soulfull, funky, but above all groovy hour we hope you will enjoy. Check the playlist below for the lowdown.
Melting Pot is in summer mode. That means that every other week we’re airing a special theme show. Next Saturday (June 28) the theme is Miami. Tune in at 19 hrs (CET) on Urgent.fm. T-Fonque spins the records, Ron Johnson is in Orange Country…
It’s gonna be good. To get you in the mood; Get Down Tonight with KC & The Sunshine Band.
Melting Pot June 21 2008
Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me
Esther Marrow – Walk Tall (Baby That’s What I Need)
Titus Turner – Do You Dig It
Mike James Kirkland – Prophet
Fred Wesley And The J.B.’s – Breakin’ Bread
Lyn Taitt – Out On A Funky Trip
Henry Peters – Master Groove
The Ikettes – Camel Walk
Harold Burage – Got To Find A Way
Sweet Charles – Soul Man
Fabulous Ori – It Ain’t Far, But It’s Fun
Millie Jackson – Hypocrisy
Al Jarreau – Use Me
Maurice & Mac – You Left The Water Running
Lee Dorsey – Holy Cow
Clarence Reid -Love Who You Can
Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign – 69 Cents
The podcast of the Radio Pink Flamingo show from June 14 is available on the Pink Flamingo’s site now.
Radio Pink Flamingo #37 June 14, 2008
1 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of the Understatement
2 Jamie Lidell – Another Day
3 Al Green – What More Do You Want From Me
4 Isobel Campbell – Come On Over (Turn Me On)
5 The Raconteurs – Old Enough
6 Barry Adamson – Shadow of Death Hotel
7 The B-52s – Love in the Year 3000
8 Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
9 Ratatat – Mirando
10 Gnarls Barkley – Run
11 Duffy – Mercy
12 MGMT - Electric Feel
13 Plant Life – Lovetoy
14 Infadels – Free Things for Poor People
15 Roisin Murphy – Movie Star
16 Scarlett Johansson – I don’t wanna Grow up
Top Gear from the BBC is one of the best programs on Belgium television at this moment. It is entertaining, adventurous and very funny. It becomes even more funny when Jools Holland (the guest from yesterday’s show) gets translated in the Dutch subtitles. Ever heard of “C B Jeebees”? Must be some nasty disease, no?
Every other week during the summer Melting Pot presents a special show, highlighting one artist or one subgenre or a city. Tonight (June 14) is the first ’special’. Tune in to Urgent FM at 19.00(cet) for an hour of music from the mighty Fela Kuti, the founder of afrobeat. Visit Melting Pot on podomatic for the podcast of this show.
My first encounter with Fela Kuti was in the mid-seventies. As a young punk I was intrigued by the funk of Parliament, Funkadelic and, of course, James Brown. But then I came across an album called Up Side Down by Fela Anikulapo Kuti & The Africa 70 on London Records. This record was something else. There were only two songs on it and the whole album lasted just half an hour but what a sound…. And that groove… From then on I was hooked on Fela and bought every record I could get my hands on.
Check the article in the Guardian if you want to find out more on Fela. Or view the excellent documentary below.
Music is the weapon, music is the thing of the future, music is the weapon of the future…
And something tells me I’m right, so I’m president… one day.. don’t worry….
Fela Kuti
Summertime! It’s Melting Pot time! and that means that every other week there is a Melting Pot special edition. 
The Mania, together with Charlies Records Fair, go for a temporary reopening of the shop. They hope to find the right balance between second hand and new releases (mainly vinyl). The shop is open every Thurday, Friday and Saturday between 11:30 and 18:30 until September 13, 2008. After this period they will decide if it is still possible to run a independent record store in Ghent.
