February 19, 2012 – Dance For The Sacrifice

featuring Curtis Mayfield, Bongo Herman & Eric ‘Bingy Bunny’ Lamont, Augustus Pablo (pictured), Steve Lacy, Saint Dirt Elementary School, Bangladeshi Plung Orchestra, Diamanda Galás, Toni Fisher, Edith Piaf, Sex Pistols (Malcolm McLaren), Edip Akbayram & Dostlar, Mike Watt, Volcano the Bear, Kamelmauz, Can, Peter Blegvad, African Head Charge, Amon Düül, One Man Team Dance, The Lovely Bad Things, Delicate Steve, LaBrassBanda, The Ottawa Bros, Roland Kirk, and Johnnie Osbourne!

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and now, please direct your gaze upon these video treats:

• Augustus Pablo live – East of the River Nile + Java + Day Before the Riot
• Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd – MONKSILAND BAND
• Diamanda Galás & John Paul Jones – Skótoseme (live 1994)
• Edip Akbayram – İşte Gidiyorum Çeşm-i Siyahım
• Delicate Steve “Wondervisions“
• LaBrassBanda – Des konst glam [LIVE]

February 12, 2012 – Brainkick It

Featuring Charles Mingus, Deacon Leon Davis, Conjunto Ritmos del Caribe, ICP Orchestra, Budos Band, Raymond Lévesque, Banda El Recodo, Chris Thile, Tuomari Nurmio, Handicap’s Group of Neak Pean, Arrigo Barnabé (pictured, sort of), Dave Van Ronk, Manu Dibango, Lou Reed, Sroeng Santi, 13th Floor Elevators, International Harvester, Bernard Bonnier, Wire, Grimes, Harry Nilsson, Brainticket, M.I.A., Roland Kirk and Geordie Haley.

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And now a kick at the video screen!

• Charles Mingus – Meditations On Integration
• Banda El Recodo – Acabame de Matar
• ICP Orchestra – STEIGERPIJP (music video)
• Arrigo Barnabé – Show “Tubarões Voadores” – Acapulco Drive In
• The Budos Band – Rite of the Ancients (Live on KEXP)
• Brainticket – Brainticket (Part One)

February 5, 2012 – Kick-O-Matic

featuring Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer with L. Subramaniam and Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer, Balla et ses Balladins, Bo Diddley, AIMToronto Orchestra, Bucks and the Mighty Thorns, King Stitt (RIP), John Lee Hooker, Manzoor Khan Langa, Les Rhinocéros, Muddy Waters, Yamantaka, múm, BB Gabor, Aids Wolf, Destroy All Monsters (Mike Kelley RIP), Rangda, Tafo feat. Nahid Ahktar, El Hadj Mohamed Al-Anka (pictured), Salia and his Accordion, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Oum Kalsoum, The Bagelman Sisters with Abe Ellstein Orchester, Peter Tosh, Slacker (RIP), Roland Kirk and Intercom!

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And now, your weekly dose of eye-opening videomatic goodness!

• Semmangudi Sings Vallaba nayakasya – Begada
• John Lee Hooker: Boom boom
• Destroy All Monsters (Mike Kelley)
• Jasoos – Shola Sa Bhadka Bhadka – Naheed Akhtar – Music By:Tafo
• El Hadj** Mohamed El Anka**// Marsoul Fatma //
• Peter Tosh 1979-07-16 Pt 3: African

January 29, 2012 – Le Freekickeur

Featuring: Steve Reich, Gong, Schizo feat. Gilles Deleuze (pictured), Cave, Mary Halvorson Quintet, Graeme Kirkland and the Wolves, Sun Ra and his Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra, The Black Twig Pickers with Charlie Parr, Gary ‘Spider’ Webb, Odetta, Etta James, Buddy Holly, Yeasayer, Deep Purple, Joe Jackson, Socalled, Geoff Berner, Otto, Martyn, Terence Bernardo with Kid Koala, Gaby Kerpel, Roland Kirk and Jackie Mittoo.

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And now for something visually different…

• Crash Ensemble – Steve Reich: Four Organs
• The Black Twig Pickers – Clifftop, 2010
• Mary Halvorson Trio @ Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2010
• Mass MoCA – Terence Bernardo w/Kid Koala and Melissa Coats
• Gong – I Never Glid Before – Live 1973
• Deep Purple – Help (live 1968)

January 22, 2012 – Ring the Alarm

featuring Tenor Saw, The Techniques (with  Winston Riley, RIP), Johnny Otis (RIP), The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Jimmy Castor RIP), Etta James (RIP), LaFam & Orono, Lori Freedman & Scott Thompson, Saint Dirt Elementary School, Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics, Kristian/Shalabi/St-Onge, Freida Abtan, GTO’s, Frank Zappa, Earth, Wind & Fire, Cara Stewart, Basil Kirchin, Tanya Tagaq, Fred Frith + Danielle P. Roger, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Alex Chilton, Fear, Annabelle Chvostek, Japandroids, Candy Lewis, Stiff Little Fingers, Jimmy “Bo” Horne, Roland Kirk and Shalabi Effect!

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and now, video goodies galore!

• 1950′s Johnny Otis TV Show
• Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold On Me
• Jimmy Castor Bunch Live 1973 !! It’s Just Begun
• Raw Music International: Orono vs. LaFam, Nyatiti meets Hip Hop
• Fear – New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones
• STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – Wasted life

January 15, 2012 – Lovely Sky Kick

Featuring: Alice Coltrane, Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay, Nomo, Otto, João Pernambuco, Ry Cooder, Gordon Gano and the Ryan Brothers, Sandro Perri, La Femme, Braids, Winnipegs Most feat. Hellnback, Träd, Gräs och Stenar, Sun City Girls, Ghédalia Tazartès, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Jonathan Kane’s February, NRBQ, Gene Kelly (pictured) & Donald O’Connor, Gene Krupa, Revolution Compared To What, The Meters, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Dhol Foundation, Roland Kirk and Johnnie Osbourne.

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And now for some visual stimulation!

• Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor - Singin’ in the Rain – Moses
• Alice & Ravi Coltrane - Lonnie´s lament / Warsaw 1987
• The Dhol Foundation - Kaun Nee Jaandah
• Winnipeg’s Most - Winnipeg Boy (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
• Otto - Ao vivo no CCJ – Parte 1 – 28/11/2010
• Bang on a Can All-Stars with Philip Glass - Music in Similar Motion (Live at BoaC Marathon 6-19-11)

January 8, 2012 – Tales of Captain Kick

featuring Amanar, Youssou N’dour, Okay Temiz/Johnny Dyani, Sam Rivers, Apostle of Hustle & Tanya Tagaq, Yorgos Batis, Kalyanji Anandji feat. Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi, William Shatner (pictured here), The Beatles, The Sheepdogs, The Ex, Faust, The Fall, Deerhoof, Ennio Morricone (vocal: Edda Dell’Orso), Ry Cooder, David Bowie, James Blood Ulmer, D-Sisive, Roxy Music, Beverley Wright, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Roland Kirk and Shalabi Effect!

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and now, open your eyes to the videotically-enhanced portion of our program!

• Sam Rivers Trio 1979
• Don Cherry/Blood Ulmer/Rashied Ali
• The Ex- Bicycle Illusion
• Ry Cooder and David Lindley – Jesus On The Mainline
• David Bowie’s lost 1973 Top of the Pops performance of The Jean Genie