The FreeSpace

Welcome, friends, to another broadcast from the Balcony. This time out, your intrepid DJs are large and in charge, picking whatever they want. It’s Episode 18 of The FreeSpace, our testament to free-form no-boundaries radio. It can go ANYWHERE! At ANYTIME!! (But the playlist is down below…) Rock, pop, country, alt rock, and hip hop? Yes, please.

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PLAYLIST:
I WAS DANCING IN THE LESBIAN BAR: JONATHAN RICHMAN (I, JONATHAN)
GYPSY: VAN MORRISON (SAINT DOMINIC’S PREVIEW)
SHARK SMILE: BIG THIEF (SHARK SMILE)
BELOW THE SLIDING DOORS: BLINKER THE STAR (AUGUST EVERYWHERE)
A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER: TODD RUNDGREN (TODD)
IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOING DOWN TOO): KELSEA BALLERINI (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
PUSHERMAN: CURTIS MAYFIELD (SUPERFLY DELUXE 25TH ANIVERSARY EDITION)
JAYOU: JURASSIC 5 (JB {DELUXE EDITION})
ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANIOPLE): THE FOUR LADS (16 MOST REQUESTED SONGS)
ZULU: SANTANA (MOONFLOWER)
WALK OUT TO WINTER: AZTEC CAMERA (HIGH LAND, HIGH RAIN)
LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN: THE DREAM ACADEMY (THE DREAM ACADEMY)
THUNDER ROAD: BRUCE SPINGSTEEN (BORN TO RUN)
JENNY SAYS: COWBOY MOUTH (WORD OF MOUTH)
CALIFORNIA SOBER: BILLY STRINGS W/ WILLIE NELSON (CALIFORNIA SOBER FEAT. WILLIE NELSON)
LOVE OR CONFUSION: JIMI HENDRIX (WEST COAST SEATTLE BOY ANTHOLOGY)
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: LINK WRAY (LINK WRAY)
FALL ON TEARS: LOVE SPIT LOVE (TRYSOME EATSOME)
COOL FOR CATS: SQUEEZE (COOL FOR CATS)
PRETTY PLEASE: DUA LIPA (FUTURE NOSTAGIA [THE MOONLIGHT EDITION])
BALES OF COCAINE: THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT (THE FULL CUSTOM GOSPEL SOUNDS)

Freeform radio: (noun) radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. Sounds like music to the ears at Balcony Radio. Here’s our testament to playing whatever we want when we want: The FreeSpace episode 17. Your hosts each provide 50% of the show. You’ve been warned.

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Once upon a time a radio format was created to counter the screaming, puking, gutteral sounds of AM radio, heavy formatting and repetitive 2 minute songs. It was Free Form radio and it put personality into each program by giving the power to the DJ. For epsiode 16 of our tribute to said format the power is put into each of your host’s hands. We each pick half the show and mix it together in a tasty bouillabaisse. It could get weird so be ready for some crazy twists and turns. We’re very inspired.

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Hey there . . . why don’t you lie back and let Balcony Radio take the wheel for a couple hours. It’s time for another episode of The FreeSpace, our anti-genre show where the DJ’s pick the songs. We’ve got rock, pop, soul, r&b, country and everything high and inbetween to fill up your ear holes. Let us plug you up good. (Hey-o.)

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The best thing about freeform radio of the 60s and early 70s was that the DJs could play anything they wanted. The music drove the program in any direction. The Free Space is the program that does that on The Balcony . . . and in Episode 2 we play whatever we can wrap our grubby paws around. Too much music to choose from! Now, check out the playlist below and wrap your paws around some music from your local music vendor.

PLAYLIST:
TELEVISION: FRICTION (MARQUEE MOON)
TALKING HEADS: UH OH LOVE COMES TO TOWN (CBGB’S 5/31/1977)
VAN MORRISON: THE WAY YOUNG LOVERS DO (FILMORE WEST 4/26/1970)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: MONKEY MAN (THIS IS CRUCIAL REGGAE)
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE: PRIDE OF MAN (SONS OF MERCURY)
XTC: CHALKHILLS AND CHILDREN (UPSY DAISEY ASSORTMENT)
WHITE STRIPES: BLUE ORCHID (GET BEHIND ME SATAN)
TOWER OF POWER SKATING ON THIN ICE (BUMP CITY)
JONI MITCHELL: THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS (same)
SPIRIT: MR. SKIN (12 DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS)
VELVET UNDERGROUND: I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR (BOX SET
LOVE: THE DAILY PLANT (FOREVER CHANGES)
TRAFFIC: SITTING HERE THINKING OF MY LOVE (JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS: HONEY BEE (LITTLE HONEY)
STEVE HILLAGE: MAUI (“L”)
WILSON PICKETT: I FOUND LIVE (THE VERY BEST OF…)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: THERE SHE GOES MY BEAUTIFUL WORLD (ABATTOIR BLUES)
JIM HENDRIX: LONG HOT SUMMER NIGHT (ELECTRIC LADYLAND)
PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUE BAND: BLUES WITH A FEELING (SELF-TITLED)
STEPPENWOLF: DRAFT RESISTER (MONSTER)
UTOPIA: THE ROAD TO UROPIA (ADVENTURES IN UTOPIA)
RUSSELL MILLS & UNDARK: ICE IN THE SLEEVE (STRANGE FAMILIAR)
ROBIN TROWER: BRIDGE OF SIGHS (same)
TOMMY BOLIN: THE GRIND (TEASER)
THE MELODIANS: COME ON, LITTLE GIRL (RIVERS OF BABYLON)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: YOU CAUGHT ME SMILIN’ (THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON)
WARREN ZEVON: ACCIDENTLY LIKE A MARTYR (BEST OF…)
WES MONTGOMERY: BUMPIN’ ON SUNSET (FIRST)
TOM WAITS: FUMBLIN’ WITH THE BLUES (SAN DIEGO FOLK FESTIVAL 1/12/1975)
RICHIE HAVENS: HERE COMES THE SUN (ALARM CLOCK)
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN (I’VE GOTTA BE ME)

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The first of our adventures in to freeform radio. In this episode, we play whatever the hell we want. What other show will play the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Sex Pistols within half an hour?
Be a cool person. Buy some music.

PLAYLIST:
Funkadelic: Back In Our Minds (Maggot Brain)
Aretha Franklin: Spanish Harlem (Spanish Harlem)
Lucinda Williams: Six Blocks Away (Sweet Old World)
Frank Zappa: WPLJ (Burnt Weenie Sandwich)
BeBop Deluxe: Ships In The Night (Live! In The Air Age)
Pink Floyd: Chapter 24 (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
Grateful Dead: Scarlet Begonias (Live From The Mars Hotel)
Seachain: Flute Thing (What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves)
Moody Blues: Dear Diary (On The Threshold Of A Dream)
Marshall Tucker Band: Where a Country Boy Belongs (Where We All Belong)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: You Are My Flower (Will The Circle Be Unbroken)
Cream: Tales Of Brave Ulyses (Those Were The Days)
Al Stewart: Flying Sorcery (Year Of The Cat)
Angel City: Comin’ Down (Face To Face)
Marvin Gaye:P I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Live)
The Yardbirds: You Can’t Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover (Five Live Yardbirds)
White Noise: Here Come The Fleas (An Electric Storm)
Wanda Jackson: Honey Bee (Rockin’ With Wanda)
Black Keys: Thickfreakness (Your Touch ep) “live” in Darwin, Aus.
Porcupine Tree: Signify (Signify)
Dukes of Stratosphere: What In The World?? (Chips From The Chocolate Fireball)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows (Get Back Session)
David Crosby: Music Is Love (If I Could Only Remember My Name)
REM: Exhuming McCarthy (Document)
Wilson Picket: Hey Jude (The Very Best of…)
Sex Pistols: Problems (Winterland, San Francisco 1/14/1978)
Velvet Underground: Run Run Run (Velvet Undergound & Nico)
Eric Burden & The Animals: Don’t Bring Me Down (The Best of…)
Alton Ellis: My Time Is The Right Time (Be True To Yourself)
Todd Rundgren: Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (& I’ll Go Mine) (Faithful)

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