19 October Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

What an incredible evening inside The Flying Perfect Parlor! Thanks to all of you who tuned in at any point during this special expanded edition. Very special thanks to Kandia Crazy Horse for sharing the mic with me during the first hour and enriching our understanding of the music. Shout out to Big Break Records for all the great music they release. For those who tuned in, I hope you enjoyed the selections from various BBR releases! 

The Soulfolk Experience: Breathe

(single, 2010)

Buckingham Nicks: Long Distance Winner

(Buckingham Nicks, 1973)

The Doobie Brothers: Long Train Running

(The Captain and Me, 1973)

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan: Half Moon

(Rufusized, 1975)

Labelle: Pressure Cookin'

(Pressure Cookin', 1973)

Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers: So You Say You Lost Your Baby

(Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers, 1967)

Merry Clayton: Poor White Hound Dog

(Performance soundtrack, 2011)

Royal Trux: You'll Be Staying in Room 323

(Sweet Sixteen, 1997)

Lewis Taylor: Listen Here

(The Lost Album, 2007)

The Pointer Sisters: Could I Be Dreaming

(Special Things, 1980)

Billy Ocean: Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)
(Nights, 1980)


The Three Degrees: TSOP

(International, 1975)

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: Be For Real

(I Miss You, 1972)

Brooklyn Dreams: Make It Last

(Sleepless Nights, 1979)

Earth, Wind & Fire: Win Or Lose

(Faces, 1980)

Evelyn "Champagne" King: I Don't Know If It's Right

(Smooth Talk, 1977)

June Pointer: New Love True Love

(Baby Sister, 1983)

A Taste Of Honey: I Love You

(Another Taste, 1979)

Gloria Gaynor: Tell Me How

(Experience, 1975)

Odyssey: Weekend Lover

(Odyssey, 1977)

Gladys Knight & The Pips: Bourgie, Bourgie

(About Love, 1980)

12 October Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

Huge thanks to Monet for stopping by The Flying Perfect Parlor this evening! Thank YOU for listening! Here's the playlist....

The Avalanches: Since I Left You

(Since I Left You, 2001)

Mark Ronson & the Business Int'l: The Bike Song

(Record Collection, 2010)

Sade: Soldier Of Love

(Soldier Of Love, 2010)

Solomon Burke: Valley Of Tears

(Nashville, 2006)

Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good

(Heart Like A Wheel, 1974)

Russell Taylor: 1 U Run 2

(Confessional, 2009)

Monet: Hold Me Sweetly

(Life Size Mirror, 2011)

Monet: Vain

(Life Size Mirror, 2011)

Diana Ross & The Supremes: Reflections

(Reflections, 1967)

28 September Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

Tornado warnings will just not stop WRFB! Thank you for joining me at The Flying Perfect Parlor tonight and a very special thanks to Janice-Marie Johnson for "stopping in" and sharing a few minutes with us. Be sure to keep an eye out for the re-issues of the first two A Taste of Honey albums later in October on Big Break Records! Thank you, as always, for listening...

Culture Club: Time (Clock of the Heart)

(single, 1983)

Eurythmics: Who's That Girl

(Touch, 1983)

Goapele: Love Me Right

(Change It All, 2005)

Chris Bennett: I Can't Think About It

(Sail Away: The Tahiti Sessions, 2010)

Maxwell: Love You

(BLACKsummers'night, 2009)

Liza Minnelli: This Heart Of Mine

(Confessions, 2010)

The Ventures: Never My Love

(10th Anniversary, 1970)

Bill Withers: Can We Pretend

(+'Justments, 1974)

A Taste Of Honey: Sky High

(A Taste Of Honey, 1978)

A Taste Of Honey: This Love Of Ours

(A Taste Of Honey, 1978)

Cher: One By One

(It's A Man's World, 1996)

Mama's Gun: Psycho Territory

(Routes to Riches, 2010)

21 September Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

I hope you enjoyed our time-travel to 1980 this evening in honor of Earth, Wind & Fire's FACES. Very special thanks to Al McKay for speaking with The Flying Perfect Parlor tonight and revisiting the FACES experience. Thank YOU for listening. 

Queen: Dragon Attack

(The Game, 1980)

Donna Summer: Looking Up

(The Wanderer, 1980)

David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes

(Scary Monsters, 1980)

Chaka Khan: Too Much Love

(Naughty, 1980)

Pointer Sisters: Special Things

(Special Things, 1980)

Andy Gibb: After Dark

(After Dark, 1980)

Olivia Newton-John: Magic

(Xanadu, 1980)

Earth, Wind & Fire: Let Me Talk

(Faces, 1980)

Earth, Wind & Fire: Back on the Road

(Faces, 1980)

A Taste Of Honey: Rescue Me

(Twice As Sweet, 1980)

Grace Jones: Love Is the Drug

(Warm Leatherette, 1980)

Diana Ross: Upside Down

(diana, 1980)

Talking Heads: Once in a  Lifetime

(Remain in Light, 1980)

Steely Dan: Babylon Sisters

(Gaucho, 1980)

14 September Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

Maiysha in the house tonight! Thank you to the "Grammy goddess next door" for stopping by The Flying Perfect Parlor. Be sure to get Under Cover, her live album recorded at The Blue Note, available at iTunes and other online MP3 outlets! Thanks to you for listening! 

Dionne Warwick: Are You There (With Another Girl)?

(Here I Am, 1966)

Paul McCartney: Another Day

(single, 1971)

Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love

(Hounds Of Love, 1985)

Lewis Taylor: Hide Your Heart Away

(The Lost Album, 2007)

Alex Cuba: If You Give Me Love

(Alex Cuba, 2010)

The Supremes: Back In My Arms Again

(More Hits By The Supremes, 1965)

Pretenders: Talk of the Town

(Pretenders II, 1981)

Jamie Lidell: Coma Chameleon

(Compass, 2010)

Maiysha: If 6 Was 9/What I Am

(UnderCover, 2010)

Maiysha: That's All-That's All

(UnderCover, 2010)

7 September Broadcast on WRFB Radio Free Brooklyn

Huge thanks to JohnnySwim for making the trek from Bushwick to Bed-Stuy tonight for an amazing in-studio performance and interview. For those of you in town on Saturday, September 11, be sure to catch their EP release at Joe's Pub with special guest Maya Azucena. They will have a limited amount of Joe's Pub-only special editions of the EP with a bonus track ("Killer," which I played tonight). Also check out The Family Stand at Southpaw in Brooklyn Wednesday night, this week! Thanks as always for listening and be sure to click on the album title hyperlinks to find out more about where to get the music!  

Pointer Sisters: That's a Plenty/Surfeit USA

(That's A-Plenty, 1974)

Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing

(The Kids and Me, 1974)

Joni Mitchell: Judgement of the Moon and Stars

(For the Roses, 1972)

MamasGun: Let's Find A Way

(Routes to Riches, 2010)

JohnnySwim: Killer

(come to Joe's Pub on September 11, 2010 to get it!)

Maya Azucena: Down, Down

(Junkyard Jewel, 2007)

The Family Stand: Destination

(In 1,000 Years, 2010)

Annie Lennox: A Thousand Beautiful Things

(Bare, 2003)

JohnnySwim: Away I Go

(1-4, 2008)

JohnnySwim: Pay Dearly

(5-8, 2010)

JohnnySwim: Bonsoir

(5-8, 2010)