The Shuffle is a weekly 3 hour radio show and podcast. The show airs
(usually) live on WFIT-FM in Melbourne,
FL, Wednesday evenings from 7-10 PM. Podcasts of the shows are posted here
on a quasi-frequent basis. An RSS feed is also available for you modernistic types.
The Shuffle features music from around the world and across the ages--Jazz
to Punk, New Age to New Wave, Classical to Comedy, we plow through it all.
Call it Creative Chaos.
Music you know.
Music you don’t know.
And music you only THINK you know.
Creating a Hit
Ray Manzarek talks through the process behind the creation of Light My Fire. Originally an interview on Fresh Air, a program hosted by the normally insufferable Terry Gross and available archived on the NPR web site here (Real Audio link). The entire interview is interesting, but the part about writing—creating may be more accurate—Light My Fire starts around 9:30. Link inspired by the great George Winston tribute to The Doors, "NIght Divides the Day".
My current favorite:
An amazing guitar and mandolin version of Ben Fold's Landed by Derrek Dozier. Great transcription and a great self–produced video to go with it. Visit his YouTube channel here for this and other gems. I'll be following up to get more from him on the program.
For more, listen to the Covers shows below.
Thanks!
Todd G
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More this and that. And a salute to the finest action movie evah, Die Hard, on it's 25 anniversary and the day before the 5th debuts. Yippie Kai Yay M-F'r!
Six seasons to love. Or hate. A hat tip to a new soundtrack for Season 6 of the Showtime series Californication. Lots of interesting music in this series--covers & originals--to keep us busy for a feature hour.
[Repeat, but a goodie for a sad weekend coming up.] Oh Noes! You got Conservative in my Rock Songs! Yes Virginia, if you look closely you can find conservative political thought in rock music. The Shuffle dedicates 3 full hours to conservative-themed rock tunes with commentary from National Review magazine's John J Miller's article "Rockin the Right", The 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs. And yes, Rush is in there. Both of them.
A salute to the 65th birthday of Ian Anderson, the 40th anniversary of Thick as a Brick, and the release of TaaB 2 with the full adventures of Mr. Gerald Bostock.
Ladies, dig out your shoulder padding. Guys, poof up your hair. It's an 80s music feature. And remember--no matter where you go, there you are. So take that, John Bigboote.
We salute the conclusion of The Beatles Complete on Ukulele project from David Barratt and friends with an extended feature. Visit them at www.TheBeatlesCompleteOnUkulele.com for the complete set of 185 songs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each.
Apparently the world's oldest hobby is also the secret to staying young. A feature tribute to Ernest Borgnine and working the self-service lane at the gas station of love.
45 years on we 'Break on Through' and sail a 'Crystal Ship' to 'The End' with a Classic Albums Covered celebration of The Doors' 1967 self-titled first album. Oedipus would be proud.
More from my woebegotten effort to clean off the shelves and store away unused CDs. More from the ones I couldn't bear to pack away, mostly new-agey this week.
Fireworks hour on a fireworks day deserves fireworks-watching-worthy music. And what better than the Best Album of All Time, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Un-interrupted (since it is 2 continuous tracks). And some Low Spark jam to finish the hour off.
25 years ago freedom stood proudly and called out tyranny. This week we feature music from 1987 and an amazing speech--defiantly delivered--on June 12, 1987 by one of America's greatest.
More from President Reagan v. Tyranny, and an interview with speechwriter Peter Robinson from a Grove City College Vision and Values (www.visionandvalues.org) lecture series.
This week Nick Drake would have celebrated his 64th birthday. It seems each new generation re-discovers Nick. For good reason. Featuring music of and by Nick.
On what would have been his 78th birthday we celebrate the genius and influence of Robert Moog. Ryan Egan of Ataritron joins us live to talk about and play your fave synthesizer tunes.
Raging against the tides of a world they don't feel completely connected to; folk versions of heavy metal classics. Same songs, similar sentiment, lots fewer decibels.
A heartfelt salute to the marvelous and timeless vocal stylings of one Mr. William Shatner on the occassion of his 81st birthday. And some other music too.
In memorium, a tribute to founding memember of The Firesign Theatre, Peter Bergman. We remember his work with an uninterrupted hour of the adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye.
We pick back up on the Beat-Uke duel between David Barratt of "The Beatles Complete on Ukulele" and Roger Greenwalt of "Beatles Complete on Ukulele" with tasty treats from each. Starting with a Beatles Ukulele Rap. B.U.R. in 'da howse, yo! Vist both sites and read the great narratives they post with each song.
Time to roll out the red carpet as we take on the 2012 Academy Awards. Guest host Carter Adams of CritiCarter.com joins me to play a bit of music from and talk about this years major category nominees. And to diss those boy wizard movies.
Some proper acoustic fingrstyle, then another dose from The Beatles Complete on Ukulele project. Oh yeah, and a taste of the musical stylings of one Mr. Johnny Rotten on the occassion of his 56th birthday.
Still on a tear about those damn radio edits. But that means you get to hear covers of Echoes and Court of the Crimson King. So you've got that going for you.
