1.21 Gigawatts - Bff.fm

Our last ever show!Thanks Mylene for getting the show on the air. Amanda & Forrest for keeping bff.fm on the air. Ben Ward of Eclectic kettle for having me on as a guest and getting me into this whole radio thing. And last but definitely not least, all the guest hosts that put their time and musical brains into making this a lot more fun for both me and the listener. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Dreaming Another Life by Alexis Taylor on Beautiful Thing (Domino) 5′46″ Flower of the Universe (No I.D. Remix) by Sade on A Wrinkle in Time (Sony) 9′40″ Sway Daisy by Little Dragon on Sway Daisy (Loma Vista Recordings) 13′27″ Mitt i natten by Familjen on Kom (Karlssons musikkontor) 20′08″ Take it all by Helena Deland on Take it all (Luminelle Recordings) 24′10″ Dark Oscillations by Loma on Loma (Sub Pop) 29′03″ Drunk in LA by Beach House on 7 (Sub pop) 35′08″ Believe by Amen Dunes on Believe (Sacred Bones Records)

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Brothers On The Slide by Cymande on The Message (Sanctuary) 4′41″ Come and get some by Barbara Jones on Trojan reggae sisters collection (Trojan) 8′43″ Gypsy man by Marcia Griffiths on Trojan reggae sisters collection (Trojan) 11′43″ Remember that Sunday by Alton Ellis on Mr Soul of Jamaica (Trojan) 14′51″ Luxury by The Rolling Stones on It's only rock and roll (Promotone) 19′50″ Walk on by Neil Young on On the beach (Reprise) 22′33″ Cruisin' down the highway by James Gang on Miami (Atlantic) 26′50″ Until You Came Into My Life by Ann Peebles on I Can't Stand the Rain (Hi Records) 29′31″ Woman to Woman by Shirley Brown on Woman to Woman (Stax) 33′33″ Aht Uh Mi Hed by Shuggie Otis on Inspiration Information (Epic) 37′47″ I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) by Bobby on The Definitieve Collection (Geffen Records) 42′24″ You&#

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Holy Thursday by David Axelrod on Holy Thursday (Blue Note Records) 5′45″ Burning Spear by Jimmy Smith on Respect / Livin' It Up (Hip-O Select) 9′25″ Les métamorphoses by Jacques Dutronc on Il est cinq heures (Vogue) 11′51″ Subway Joe by Joe Baatan on Anthology (Codigo) 15′57″ Egypt Strut by Salah Ragab,The Cairo Jazz Band on Egyptian Jazz (Art Yard) 21′17″ The Worm by Jimmy McGriff on The Worm (Blue Note Records) 24′08″ Umaningi Bona by Hugh Masekela on Grrr (Verve) 27′13″ 你怎能瞞過我 by Betty Chung on Bang Bang (EMI (Hong Kong) Ltd) 30′25″ Requiem pour un c... - BOF "Le pacha" by Serge Gainsbourg on Comic Strip (Universal Music Group) 33′17″ Afro-Harping by Dorothy Ashby on Afro-Harping (Verve) 36′06″ There's A Light by Shirley Ann Lee on Songs of Light (Numero Group) 39′10″ Please Stop Your Lying by Errol Dunkley on Please Stop Your Lyi

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Don't you care by Alice Clark on Alice Clark (Mainstream records) 0′00″ Don't you care by Alice Clark on Alice Clark (Mainstream records) 3′14″ Use me by Bill Withers on Still Bill (Sony music) 6′40″ I'm so tired by Bobby "Blue" Bland on That's it (MCA) 9′45″ Trying to Live My Life Without You by Otis Clay on Trying To Live My Life Without You (Fat Possum Records) 13′37″ Drowning in the sea of love by Joe Simon on Drowning in the sea of love (Ace records) 16′51″ Aretha, sing one for me by George Jackson on The Blues Sessions (Hi records) 19′45″ Border song (holy moses) by Aretha Franklin on The Very Best of Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 24′25″ "T" plays it cool by Marvin Gay on Trouble man (Motown) 30′52″ Chrystal illusion by Creations unlimited on Boddie recording company (Numero group) 34′06″ Pride and Vanity by Ohio Playe

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ The Petite Waltz by Billy Cotton & His Band on I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts (Ideal Music) 5′32″ How High The Moon by Les Paul,Mary Ford on The Hit Makers (Capitol Records) 7′26″ Cold, Cold Heart by Hank Williams on The Best Of Hank Williams 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Volume 2 (Universal Strategic Marketing) 10′06″ On Top Of Old Smoky by The Weavers,Terry Gilkyson & Chorus & Orchestra,Vic Schoen & His Orchestra on The Best Of The Decca Years (Geffen* Records) 15′32″ T-99 Blues by Jimmy "T99" Nelson on Cry Hard Luck (ACE) 18′26″ I'm In The Mood by John Lee Hooker on His Best Chess Sides (Geffen* Records) 21′08″ How Many More Years by Howlin' Wolf on Bluesmaster (Universal Special Markets) 25′37″ The Blacksmith Blues by Ella Mae Morse,Freddie Slack And His Orchestra on Capitol Collectors Series (Capitol Records)

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon on Excitable Boy (Rhino/Elektra) 3′41″ Afe ato yen bio by De Frank Professionals on Afro beat airways (Analog africa) 8′08″ Sina Raha by Hafusa Abasi & Slim Ali with The Yahoos Band on Kenya Special (Soundway Records) 12′56″ Bar Konou Mousso by Amadaou Balake on Bambara mystic soul (Analog africa) 18′53″ Baltimore by Nina Simone on Baltimore (Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) 23′23″ Love Don't Live Here Anymore by Rose Royce on Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! (Warner Bros. ) 28′25″ Let's Straighten It Out by O.V. Wright on The Bottom Line (Hi Records) 31′53″ Miss you by The Rolling Stones on Some girls (Promotone) 36′34″ Take me to the river by Talking heads on More songs about buildings and food (Sire Records) 42′26″ Heartbeat by Wire on Chairs missing (State 51) 45′35″ Because the night by Patti Smith on Easter (

Finally the 80s is over and the good decade begins Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Justify My Love by Madonna on Celebration (Warner Bros.) 5′35″ Can't Be Sure by The Sundays on Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (Rough Trade) 8′48″ Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins on Heaven Or Las Vegas (4AD) 13′38″ Slowdive by Slowdive on Just for a day (Creation records) 19′36″ Kool thing by Sonic youth on Goo (Geffen Records) 23′37″ Rock music by Pixies on Bossanova (4AD) 25′26″ F*!#in' up by Neil Young & Crazy horse on Ragged glory (Reprise) 31′57″ The Ship Song by Nick Cave & The bad seeds on The Good Son (Mute) 36′57″ Style it takes by Lou Reed & John Cale on Songs for Drella (Sire) 39′48″ True Love Will Find You In The End by Daniel Johnston on 1990 (Kramer) 42′41″ Soon by My Bloody Valentine on Glider (Sire) 49′26″ Everything Flows by Teenage Fanclub on A Catholic Educa

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Old Panda Days (w/ Nick Krgovich) by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone on Advance Base Battery Life (Tomlab) 2′28″ Intentions by The Whitest Boy Alive on Rules (Bubbles Records) 6′00″ Walkabout (W/ Noah Lennox) by Atlas Sound,Noah Lennox on Logos (kranky) 10′01″ Cannibal Resource by Dirty Projectors on Bitte Orca (Domino Recording Co) 16′11″ Forest Eyes RBG Version by Logh on Death To My Hometown (Bad Taste Records) 20′45″ Change Of Heart by El Perro Del Mar on Love Is Not Pop (Licking Fingers) 25′28″ Aldrig ensam by Jonathan Johansson on En hand i himlen (Hybris) 32′16″ Greyest Love Of All by Taken By Trees on East Of Eden (Rough Trade) 35′27″ Future Primitive by Papercuts on You Can Have What You Want (Gnomonsong) 39′52″ Fake Blues by Real Estate on Real Estate (Real Estate The Band) 45′04″ Äppelöga by Anna Järvinen on Man var bland molnen (Häpna) 48′1

A special episode where we pair one original song with the newer one that sampled, covered or remixed it. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas on Why Can't We Live Together (Rhino Atlantic) 4′31″ Hotline Bling by Drake on Views (Drake (Cash Money)) 9′17″ Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love by Isaac Hayes on Black Moses (Concord Records, Inc. (UMG Account)) 16′41″ Glory Box by Portishead on Dummy (Interscope) 23′03″ Could Heaven Ever Be Like This by Idris Muhammad on Turn This Mutha Out (CTI) 31′26″ Loud Places by Jamie xx,Romy on In Colour (Young Turks Recordings Ltd) 37′41″ Woman to woman by Joe Cocker on Joe Cocker (Universal Music Group) 42′00″ California Love by 2Pac,Roger,Dr. Dre on The Best of 2Pac - Pt. 1: Thug (Interscope) 47′20″ Straight to Hell by The Clash on Combat Rock (Sony Music UK) 52′34″ Paper Planes by M.I.A. on Kala (Interscope)

Jenn is back from 2002 and landed us straight in not-so-family-friendly 1996 R&B. Enjoy! Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ One in a million by Aaliyah on Age Ain't Nothin But A Number (Blackground) 7′26″ You're the one by SWV on New beginning (BMG) 12′38″ Steelo by 702 on No doubt (Motown) 15′42″ Can't you see by Total on Total (Bad boy records) 23′53″ Twisted by Keith Sweat on Keith Sweat (Elektra) 27′48″ Tell me by Dru Hill on Dru Hill (Island records) 32′20″ Touch Me Tease Me (feat. Foxy Brown & Mary J. Blige) by Case on Case (Def jam) 38′47″ Get me home by Foxy brown on III Na na (Mercury) 41′56″ I wanna be your man by Blackstreet on Another level (Interscope) 45′55″ I'm still in love with you by New edition on Home again (Geffen) 52′56″ My boo by Ghost town DJs on My boo (Columbia records) 59′03″ Blackberry molasses by Mista on Mista (Elektra) Check out

Jason Norris, Esq. brings us back to 2011 in the bay area with a number of local and personal favorites. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ The Dream by Thee Oh Sees on Carrion Crawler / The Dream (In the red) 10′48″ California Commercial by Ty Segall on Goodbye bread (Drag city) 12′10″ Black Smoke Rise by Wooden Shjips on West (Thrill Jockey) 16′13″ Atlanta brook by Lumerians on Transmallinia (Knitting factory) 26′06″ Too any kids finding rain in the dust by Nicolas Jaar on Space is only noise (Circus company) 29′16″ Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never on Replica (Mexican summer) 33′53″ Joey Rogers by Ford & Lopatin on Channel pressure (Mexican summer) 40′49″ Novacane by Frank Ocean on Novacane (The Island Def Jam Music Group) 46′09″ Are you... Can you... Were you? by Shabazz Palaces on Black up (Sub pop) 50′35″ HiiiPower by Kendrick Lamar on Section.80 (Top dawg) 56′34″ The Recursive Girl by

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Boogie chillen #2 by John Lee Hooker on Blues brother (Ace records) 3′14″ Rollin' stone by Muddy Waters on The Chess Box (Geffen) 6′49″ Hard luck blues by Roy Brown on Roy Brown, Hurry hurry babe (Wnts) 9′10″ C.C. rider by Ray Charles on All that jazz (Jube pops) 12′24″ Please send me someone to love by Percy Mayfield on Poet of the blues (Specialty records) 15′17″ Tennesse Waltz by Patti Page on Tennesse Waltz (Sun) 18′16″ My son calls another man daddy by Hank Williams on The Lost Highway (All American Tunes) 20′56″ Hymne à l'amour by Édith Piaf on The voice of the sparrow (EMI) 26′23″ Huckle up baby by John Lee Hooker on Blues brother (Ace Records) 28′31″ Double Crossin the Blues by Little Esther on I Paid My Dues (Proper) 33′07″ Everyday I have the blues by Lowell Fulson on The Best Of (Goldenlane Records) 35′41″ Patricia by Perry Como on T

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Monk Time by The Monks on Black Monk Time (Light In The Attic) 3′32″ He's Waitin' by The Sonics on The Sonics Boom (Etiquette Records) 6′05″ Pushin' Too Hard by Sky Saxon on '60s Garage Nuggets (Vintage Masters Inc.) 8′29″ Psychotic Reaction by Count Five on Psychotic Reaction (The Bicycle Music Company) 12′06″ Ooh Baby by Bo Diddley on His Best (Interscope) 15′50″ Plutonian Nights by Sun Ra on The Nubians of Plutonia (Enterplanetary Koncepts) 20′58″ Don't Stay Away by Phyllis Dillon on Love Was All I Had (Observer Music) 23′25″ Take It Easy by Hopeton Lewis on Classic Gold Collection (Rockatone Music) 26′13″ The Tide Is High by The Paragons on On The Beach With The Paragons (Gorgon Records) 29′39″ Misty Blue by Wilma Burgess on Country Classics (K-Tel) 32′07″ Train Song by Vashti Bunyan on Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles A

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ It Ain't The Meat by The Swallows on 50s Doo Wop Essentials (Master Classics Records) 3′54″ Daddy Daddy by Ruth Brown on Ruth Brown (Rhino Atlantic) 6′08″ Louisiana by Percy Mayfield on Poet Of The Blues (Reissue) (Specialty Records) 8′05″ Lillie Mae by Smiley Lewis on True Blues, Vol. 3 (Shami Media Group 3) 11′48″ Mr. Highway Man by Howlin' Wolf on 50s Blues (Sun Records - X5 Music Group) 14′11″ Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? by Zuzu Bollin on Texas Bluesman (New West Records) 17′08″ Two Little Girls by Jimmy Witherspoon on Jay's Blues (King Records) 20′59″ You Win Again by Hank Williams on The Best Of Hank Williams 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Volume 2 (Universal Strategic Marketing) 23′28″ You Know I Love You by B.B. King on Bad Case of Love (Compose Records) 26′36″ My Song by Johnny Ace on The Complete Duke Rec

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ When I Knew by Eleanor Friedberger on Personal Record (Merge Records) 2′13″ Azamane Tiliade by Bombino on Nomad (Nonesuch) 6′17″ Kouma by Rokia Traoré on Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch) 10′10″ Warm Spell by Sinkane on MARS (Deluxe Edition) (DFA Records) 13′26″ Waiting (PAL Remix) by Alice Boman,PAL on Skisser / Remixed (Alice Boman) 18′33″ Lessons by SOHN on Lessons (4AD) 21′54″ Wha Gwan by Benin city on Fires in the Park (Audio Doughnuts) 27′10″ Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys on AM (Domino Recording Co) 31′30″ A Stone In The Ground by Fainting by Numbers on Watching the Wheels/A Stone In The Ground (Moshi Moshi Records) 38′55″ Just Give Me A Name by Hayden on Us alone (Arts&Crafts) 44′27″ Your Life Your Call by Junip on Junip (Mute) 48′15″ The Big Idea by Black Books on The Big Idea (Black Books) 52′58″ Wasting My Young Years (Kids of the Apo

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ The Panther by Manu Dibango on Africadelic (Hi&fly records) 3′01″ If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) by The Staple Singers on The Very Best Of The Staple Singers (Concord Records) 6′09″ For the Love of Money by The O'Jays on Ship Ahoy (Epic/Legacy) 13′20″ Who Is She (And What Is She To You) by Gladys Knight & The Pips on Neither One Of Us + All I Need Is Time (Universal) 18′07″ The Ocean by Led Zeppelin on Houses Of The Holy (Atlantic Records) 22′27″ The Rocker by Thin Lizzy on Vagabonds Of The Western World (Strategic Marketing) 24′45″ Search and Destroy by The Stooges on Raw Power (Columbia/Legacy) 29′00″ Take Me With You by Lyn Christopher on Lyn Christopher (Universal Music Group) 32′08″ Breakthrough by The Funkees on The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway Records) 35′21″ Rock On by David Essex on Rock On (Columbia)

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross on Diana (Motown) 6′31″ Call me by Blondie on Autoamerican (Capitol) 14′31″ When saturday comes - Eden studio session by The Undertones on Hypnotized (BMG) 17′13″ A song from under the floorboards by Magazine on Rays and hail 1978-81 (Virgin) 23′01″ I will follow by U2 on Boy (Island) 26′10″ That's Entertainment by Jam on Sound Affects (Polydor) 29′53″ Garbageman by The Cramps on Songs The Lord Taught Us (IRS) 34′54″ The Magnificent Seven by The Clash on Sandinista! (Epic) 40′17″ Inglan is a Bitch by Linton Kwesi Johnson on Independent Intervenshan (Island) 45′48″ I'm So Sorry by Carroll Thompson on This is Lovers rock (Greensleves) 50′47″ Farewell to the gold by Nic Jones on Penguin eggs (Topic) 55′38″ Sharp cutting wings (Song to a poet) by Lucinda Williams on Happy woman blues (Smithsonian folkways recording

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ 2 Atoms In A Molecule by Noah And The Whale on Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down (Universal/Island Def Jam) 2′33″ You On The Run by The Black Angels on Directions To See A Ghost (Light In The Attic Records) 7′18″ The Sun Smells Too Loud by Mogwai on The Hawk Is Howling ([PIAS] Recordings Catalogue) 14′07″ Big Big Love (Fig. 2) by Foals on Antidotes (Sub Pop) 21′28″ Metal Heart by Cat Power on Jukebox (Matador) 25′02″ For Emma by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar) 28′37″ The Rip by Portishead on Third (Universal/Island Def Jam) 35′31″ Inní mér syngur vitleysingur by Sigur Rós on Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL) 38′51″ Keep Me In Mind by Little Joy on Little Joy (US Edition) (Rough trade) 40′22″ Tell Me No by Speedmarket Avenue on Way Better Now (Elefant Records) 45′51″ Slipped Dissolved and Loosed by Lambchop on OH (Ohio) (City Slang)

Back again in 1967 for some soul, ye ye and baroque pop. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Memphis soul stew by King Curtis on King size soul (Atlantic) 3′18″ I've got something on my mind by The Left Banke on There's gonna be a storm (The Island Def Jam) 6′05″ Love me till the sun shines by The Kinks on Something else (Sanctuary) 9′12″ Have you seen her face by The Byrds on Younger than yesterday (Columbia records) 12′44″ La Fac De Lettres by Jacqueline Taïeb on War is declared (st) 15′23″ Bebe requin by France Gall on Les annes 60 (GM) 18′08″ La fin de l'tété by Françoise Hardy on Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp... (Disques Vogue) 22′43″ Nothing Takes The Place Of You by Toussaint McCall on Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul (Beg 1) (N/A) 25′54″ You're gonna need me by Errol Dunkley on Trojan Rocksteady Collection (Trojan) 28′44″ As Long As I've Got You

Revisiting one of the first years we tackled, 1979 Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Girls Got Rhythm by AC/DC on Highway to Hell (Epic/Legacy) 1383′38″ Concrete Jungle by The Specials on The Specials (Parlophone UK) 1387′25″ Damaged Goods by Gang Of Four on Entertainment! (Rhino/Warner Bros.) 1390′47″ The Eton Rifles by The Jam on Setting Sons (Universal Music Group) 1394′41″ She's Lost Control by Joy Division on Substance (Warner Bros.) 1400′17″ You've Got The Papers (I've Got The Man) by Ann Peebles on The Handwriting Is On The Wall (Cream Records) 1403′12″ Come On Home by Lijadu Sisters on Horizon Unlimited (Knitting Factory Records) 1408′10″ Rise by Herb Alpert on Rise (Herb Alpert Presents) 1416′30″ Sensitive Kind by J.J. Cale on 5 (Universal/Island Def Jam) 1421′36″ It'll All Be Over by Supreme Jubilees on It'll All Be Over (Light In The Attic Records) 1424′34″ B