Blind Gary Davis sang it: "Well, death will go in any family in this land / It come to your house and it won't stay long / You look in the bed and one of the family be gone." Or another factual bit of advice by Fred McDowell: “You may be high, you may be low/ You may be rich child, you may be poor/ But when the Lord gets ready, you got to move.” Or William Shakespeare’s take on the unknown consequences of death: “Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot.” Ay, there’s the rub - this uncertainty and dread that has led to the founding of religions and belief systems worldwide…and a funeral industry worth umpteen millions. But after all is said and done, we’ve no inkling as to what, if anything, awaits us. Vera Hall and Dock Reed assure us “Death is Awful.” But how do they know? [Continues Below] Run List for Al compás del mundo – programa #152, First broadcast 10-31-24 Episode: Death (in observance of el dia de los muertos) 01 Oscar C
“Lurid”, “savage”, and yet “enticing”, “captivating”…exotica! I suppose “relaxing” fits as well, at least for certain tropicalian oceanside my-tai entries to this slice of musical life. What you get this time around is a grab bag of moods, all evoking far away, “little-known” locations where a gringo might just be swept away by the next wave or an over-zealous would-be tour guide. One thing I’ve not yet figured out is why, judging from the album covers, do the womenfolk walk around half naked? Run list for Al compás del mundo – programa #151, 10-24-24, “Exotica” 01 Les Baxter - Go Chango (USA) 02 Martin Denny - Swamp Fire (USA) 03 Kava Kon - Pacifica 66 (USA) 04 Esquivel - Latin-Esque (Mexico) 05 Horst Wende and His Orchestra - Oriental Caravan (Germany) 06 Coral de Ouro Preto - Zelão (Brazil) 07 Yma Sumac - Taki Rari (Peru) 08 Robert Drasnin – Voodoo (USA) 09 Roger Craig - Song of India (USA) 10 Les Baxter - Voodoo Dreams-Voodoo (USA) 11 Oratorio Society of Honolulu - Hawaiian War