Mike Janssen

Well, my reader, I join you tonight with a Founders Breakfast Stout warming at a most unbreakfastlike hour and the remnants of a hectic couple days precipitating unto my soul. Pardon the florid language. As usual. Last night, which seems so long ago … last night I sat in my apartment and contemplated the ringing in my ears and a strange oscillating sound overhead. No, that’s what I’m doing now. Last night I went into the city to commingle with the odd assortment of people drawn to D.C. for the inauguration of Barack Obama. I started off the night at the … Continue Reading

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., Jan. 13, 2009

1. “Vulcanizing Society” — Barnacled, recorded live at WFMU 12/22/08
2. “Two” — Cuong Vu, Bound
3. “Dog Days” — Chopteeth
4. “Zombie” — Fela Kuti, The Best Best Of
5. “Ogun Party Part 1″ — King Sunny Ade, The Best of the Classic Years
6. “Hot and Jumpy” — George Danquah, Booniay!! A Compilation of West African Funk
7. “Eastern Standard Time” — The Skatalites, Foundation Ska
8. “This Woman” — Desmond Dekker, Rockin’ Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker
9. “Carina” — James Hunter, The Hard Way
10. “Jetty” — Tortoise, … Continue Reading

Just a heads-up, readers: you can listen to my interview with Tom Roe of free103point9, a transmission arts collective in New York, about their plans to start a new noncommercial FM radio station upstate. It’s here at the Future of Music Coalition’s website. Enjoy!

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., Jan. 6, 2008

1. “Evenin’” — The Red Stick Ramblers, Made in the Shade
2. “Some of These Days” — The Red Stick Ramblers, Made in the Shade
3. “Stomping at Decca” — Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, Souvenirs (London)
4. “Strange Things Happening Every Day” — Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues
5. “Meet Me in the City” — Junior Kimbrough, You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough (Fat Possum)
6. “61 Highway” — Mississippi Fred McDowell, The First Recordings (Rounder)
7. “Dangurangu” — Mubayiwa Bandambira, *Zimbabwe: The Soul of … Continue Reading