Aural Medication

A weekly infusion of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...musical remedies both natural & synthetic, some locally sourced, some internationally imported. From Cleveland to the Congo, from Bushwick to Brazil. LIVE on Fridays 11 AM - 1PM only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

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Aural Medication #90: Wild Safari
From August 2nd: the one & only Mr. Billy C. takes over for me while I get to be, for a while, by the sea. Billy brings you - Afro-beat, reggae, soul, indie pop & rock & roll. Billy's been adjusting your attitude on his own RadioFreeBrooklyn shows - Cosmic Debris & the Attitude Adjustment Show, check them out.
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Aural Medication #89: Revolution Rock n Roll
We're deep in to summer here foks. From July 26th: we remember Art Neville; for the most recent investigation developments, we have " Fair But So Uncool" & "I'm Never Gonna Tell It" and then some chill, some soul, some rock & roll. What is that, you say? Play this mother & find out. Listen every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern for the live show, on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #88: Re-humanize Yourself
The show of 7-19-19...where we talk about and play songs related to, such disparate topics as: 80's hair, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the moon landing, some drummers' birthdays and yacht rock. Check out the show for people with short attention spans and everyone else, too...a little something for all the people in you. Aural Medication goes out live every Friday whether you like it or not.11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #87: Too Many Creeps!
July 12th: We are in the thick of summer and the scandals & natural disasters have arrived in a tmiely fashion. The first set is dedicated to the creep of the moment, the second to the late, great João Gilberto (NOT a creep!!) and finally soime odds & ends to funkify your life agaiin. Tune in every Friday morning at 11:00 AM (Eastern time) for a new, live episode of Aural Medication only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #86: Summertime Blues
Happy Friday, happy 4th, happy summer...let's just take one day to sit back & enjoy. Bugalu, reggae, brass band, jazz, funk, indioe rock.. The Little Ones & Tiny Ruins...the Beach Boys, the Drifters, the Congos...Fred Wesley & Arthur Blythe...Ashes & Ahses & Kishi Bashi...lots more. Listen to Aural Medication on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern.
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Aural Medication #85: Hot & Dirty in the City
From June 28: Musings on summer in the city and a set of songs by my birthday twins.; a little country, rock, hip hop, dance, blues and Brazilian. Don't try to fight it, just soak it in. Tracklist: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8979794/Aural-Medication Aural Medication goes out live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #84: All of Our Yesterdays
June 21st: Summer officially hit NY right in the middle of this program...as did a sudden wave of nostalgia for some 80's vibes including: the Police, Prince, Foreigner, the Fixx, etc. Also, noting the birthdays of Macca, Lalo Schiffrin, Ray Davies and Victor Tsoi of КИНО...lots more... As always, episodes air live on Fridays @ 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFree.Brooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #83: You Make My Pants Want to...
June 14th: Don't let the photo fool ya...it's not the disco edition...not that there isn't plenty to dance to...Afro-funk, soul, rock, punk all kids of junk...a splendid time is guaranteed for all. Aural Medication is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.ccom
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Aural Medication #82: tú me tienes embrujado
No it's isn't Halloween or the day of the dead or Mardi Gras...but we somehow got on that track starting off with a story about a "Ouija Board"...and interspersed throughout the show we have "Magic Man," "Werewolves of London" and "Black Widow Spider" by the late great Dr. john, the Night Tripper. Also we celebrate the birthdays of Laurie Anderson, Prince, Johnny Clegg, Tom Jones...and some music from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana - the birthplace of Voodoo...we hope the spirit of Dr. John is listening and approves. Coming to you live every Friday, 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #81: Stone Flower
Spanning the globe! From Russia with love! Great tunes! Great segues! Soul funk, pop, jazz, indie, international, the works...nothing but the good stuff, check it out. Track list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8839574/Aural-Medication Listen live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern time on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #80: Mr. Big Stuff
May 24th: a little old school to start things off, then a set of covers as a birthday tribute to Mr. Bobby D...and a couple of new things for good measure...From Heavy D & Grandmaster Flash to the Flying Burrito Brothers & Fairport Convention to Balthazar & Vlad Holiday...this show's got a little taste of everything...Tune in every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern for a new live show on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #79: Alabama / It's Not Over
From May 17th from prog to funk to blues, songs in English, Turkish and Gibberish...also calling out the southern states - they know what they did...Dramarama, King Krimson, Altin Gun, Onyx Collective, Curtis Mayfield, Roy Ayers, Tenderlonious, Talking Heads, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Harding et al. Playlist: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8621531/Aural-Medication Aural Medication can be heard live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #78: White Port & Lemon Juice
AM - May 10 -'19 - We say good-bye to long time NYC radio mainstay WPLJ which sign off at the end of the month...then we've got some power pop, Afropop, Haitian pop, old pop, new pop...and I'm not talking soda. Also birthdays galore: Arthur Alexander, Larry Williams, Donovan, LIttle Walter, Tania Maria & the one & only, MORE. Track list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8438825/Aural-Medication Listen live every Friday 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #77: Colorful Environment
From 5-3-19: We start off with a little funk, get a little rock in & then slip into a mellow tone and a sentimental mood with a tribute to the great Duke Ellington to commemorate the 120th anniversary of his birth (4/29/1899) Tracklist: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8299243/Aural-Medication
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Aural Medication #76: Join Me in L.A.
Airdate - 4/26/19 - notes & songs about the southern city on the other coast...California Sunshine Girl, White Punks on Dope, Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A., Topanga WIndows and some other takes...weighing in are long time LA denizens Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Jurassic 5, Charles Mingus & even a little someting from Charles Bukowski...Also stuff totally unrelated to LA! Broadcasting live from NYC every Friday morning at 11:00 AM
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Aural Medication #75: Bass on the Line
From April 19th: April in Paris this year was not all that....a couple of tunes at the top to say bonne chance to the cathedral & we move ON. Music from Lowly, David Axelrod, Steelers Wheel, Mink Deville...birthday tributes to some unsung bassists (Buster Williams, Richard Davis, Jimmie Lewis et al.) born this month...also Gus Dapperton, Bibio, Yeasayer, the Rapture...etc... Track list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/7989413/Aural-Medication
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Aural Medication #74: Let Love In / Space is t...
The April 12th edition , where we ask the questions: why aren't young people taking the plunge as much as they used to? Are virtual experiences taking the place of real ones? Also, didn't we already know what black holes looked like? And, why are artists' rendering of black holes nicer to look at than the actual photo?? And the tunes to accompany these questions - "Lonely Joe" "Make it with You," "Do It AnyWay You Wanna" - just do it with another person! Also a set for you space cadets & other free floating junk in between. Track list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/7528045/Aural-Medication
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Aural Medication #73: Electric Dreams
The April 5th edition: from country to folk to Brazilian to jazz , an interlude of music about Japan & from Japan & a band called Japanese Breakfast that has nothing to do with Japan at all...some Afrobeat & some more Scott Walker rememberances. Fairport Convention, Jorge Ben, Valley Lodge, St. Lenox, Razorlight, Ippu-Do, Hugh Masekela, Andrew Bird et al.
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Aural Medication #72: After the Lights Go Out
Airdate March 29th: A few farewells this week, notably to Dick Dale, Ranking Roger, Vera Bila and Scott Walker; a few songs to "drive into springtime" and a few to catch up on this month's birthdays: Barry Miles & Lew Tabackin, Fred Neil, Derrick Morgan, Nick Lowe. Sarah Vaughan & Flora Purim. Also a couple of new things by Andrew Bird & the Ibibio Sound Machine. And it does come together, really. Full track list here: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/6914254/Aural-Medication Friday mornings at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #71: Return to the Moon
From March 22nd: Billy C. takes this one & brings a mix that's out of this world...Tony Allen, Psychic TV, the Budos Band, Eels, Shriekback, Ian Dury, Julian Cope, Spoon, Leon Bridges & more. A new show airs live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #70: Faces in the Jazzamatazz ...
Today's special is multi - flavor stew. A collage, a medley, an arrangement, an assortment of nibbles and sweetmeats, calico pie and a myriad of musical morsels...The theme music today is, appropriately, "Spectrum" by the late, great, word-jazzsmith, Ken Nordine. Then Chaka Khan starts us off with a Be-Bop Medley followed by some Afro-Funk, British rock, 60's soul, a mini-tribute to Arif Mardin & all that jazz...air date: 3-15-19 Play list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/5644345/Aural-Medication A new episode every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern live from Brooklyn. rfb.nyc
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Aural Medication #69: Hard Boiled Babe / Missio...
Air date: March 8 aka International Women's Day. Todays intro music: "Smoke This" by Shirley Scott followed by an (not quite!) all - female compendium of stories sung by women from around the globe - the US, of course, but also England, Canada, France, Peru, Italy, Benin, Australia, Czech Republic, Jamaica & Brazil. Themes covered range from "Down and Out" to "Walk Tall"; from "I Need Your Loving" to " Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill," and a collage of bits & peices in between. Listen live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern time on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org Track list: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/5555096/Aural-Medication
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Aural Medication #68: Don't Stop the Carnival
March marches in ruthlessly and we begin with a few songs about everyone's favorite hibernating activity and no, "Dancing With Myself" is not the ballad of the solitary radio DJ...then we have the usual mess where everything gets strewn about and the feathers fly...What is gospel disco? Who was Stephin Merritt's recording artist dad? What riff did Sean Lennon's new band seemingly "borrow" from his dad's old band? Also, a preview of the New Colossus Festival and finally, a toot toot to the the Crescent City, in honor of Mardi Gras. Let the bon temps rouler... A new show can be heard every Friday at 11:00 AM, streaming live from Brooklyn on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com
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Aural Medication #67: Same Old Story (Same Old ...
From 2-22-19: this week starts off with"Just In From Texas" and then all Texan artists in the first set (including the Monkees' Mike Nesmith...RIP Peter Tork) also Joe Tex, the Polyphonic Spree & the Red Krayola; then it's happy birthday to Dr. Dre (N.W.A.), Ice-T, Randy Crawford, Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson & a small tribute to Yoko Ono in the last set. Every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern, live on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com Tracklist: https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/4569163/Aural-Medication
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Aural Medication #66: Am I Grooving You?
Air date: 2-15-19: A short report on the James Chance show at El Cortez last week starts off the show ...then it's some ska, reggae, rock, pop, standards; a few tributes to several behind-the-scenes songwriting teams who had birthdays last week, some covers, some originals that became hits as covers...also what do certain songs by Roberta Flack & Freddie Scott have in common? https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/4126915/Aural-Medication
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