The Cast Iron Frying Pan

Ness and Sipreano

2009-06-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

Finally some guests on the show, damn! Shouts out to DJ Brace (we gets RAW!) and Jumbo Pizza...Photo by Sip on a drunken adventure down Sargeant Ave. Still debating the Bobby Taylor / Little Daddy & The Bachelors connection.

DL the show in two parts, in the comments.

Playlist!

Dr Music - In My Life
Cinnamon Soulettes - Wishing On A Wishing Wel
Dionne Warwick - You're Gonna Want Me Back
Don Thompson - Song For Sonny
Cormega - The Legacy
Buki Yamaz - Hot Funk
Panda Bear - Bros
Nestor Wynrush - So High (The Richardson)
Nestor Wynrush - Garbage Hill
??? -???
Danielle Dorice - Yesterday When I Was Young
Brazda Brothers - Walking In The Sun
Drama - Loneliness
Jimmy Riley - Woman's Version
Bird - Flying
Songbird - Bonus
Bootleg - Queen Of Heart
Milton Wright - The Silence That You Keep
Felix Thomas - Message To A Lonely Girl
Little Daddie & The Batchelors - Junior's Jerk
Ansel Wyatt - You've Got Me Hooked
Louis Bokay - La Plage
Gino Vanelli - People Gotta Move
Mighty Pope - Sweet Blindness
LB Sinclair - I'm Feelin Fine
The New Scotians- Rosana's Chair Is Empty
The Reign Ghost featuring Linda Squires - Long Day Journey
Long Time Coming - Part Of The Season
The Time Machine - Cry Out Louder

my how i've dabbled

2009-06-01T16:03:00.000-07:00

Other than my tired brain, and the ghost in the machine that is the antique board at UMFM, an interesting show this week. A wide range at least, and a little closer to the future aesthetic I was hoping for.

Next week is not to be missed, my brother from another Sipreano will be passing through Winnipeg on his way back to Vancouver. Good move. Anyways, you may know him from his work on reissues with Light In The Attic (Jamaica To Toronto, Songs For The New Industrial State, The Summer Records Anthology and many more). I know him from many a long stretch of highway in pursuit of undocumented Canadiana. Tune in, it'll be well worth it.

Anyhow, here's the tracklisting for the last installment. DL the show in the comments section.

Wayne St John - Two Can Play
Ellen McIlwaine - Jimmy Jean
Decaf - Sedation
People Under TheStairs - Party Enemy
The J.B.s - Blow Your Head
Madlib - Help
Barry Mann - Epitaph
Walter Zuber Armstrong - Hitana
Mulatu Astatke & Heliocentrics - Blue Nile
Weather Report - Orange Lady
Yusef Lateef - Blues
Blank Blue - Faces
Rhow Koow - Make Me Happy
Lijadu Sisters - Not Any Longer
Grand Analog - Metropolis Is Burning
Artists Jazz Band - Markle-O-Slow
Doug Cho - Spring Sonata
D-Sisive - Mr Daydream
Nomo - All The Stars
Adele Sebastian - Desert Fairy Princess
The Metro-Gnomes - Curtains
Fraser MacPherson - The Shadow
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Masenqo
Los Corsarios - Preperense
Thee Oh Sees - Can You See?
Jimmy Smith - Can't Get Enough
Big Daddy Kane - Just Rhyming With The Biz
Blank Blue - All The Shallow Deep
Decaf - Level C

Better late...

2009-05-26T16:04:00.000-07:00

On what seemed like the first nice day of the year, The CIFP got off to a late start. The homie St. Louis was high off his recent win as National PR student of the year or something, and dragged his heels all the way up to the station (as this photo set can attest to). I ain't mad though, it was hella amusing. And I am definitely not indentured to that quick moving second hand. Not by any stretch. We did manage to hit about half of the local locations of a particular coffee peddler, and exchange pounds with a number of notable Winnipeggers (Mr Haynes, I see you). We also met a man who's secret to longevity was marshmallows, and knew where all the old theatres on Portage used to be.

A quick trip to Music Trader on Osborne helped fill a few missing pieces into the playlist, these Madlib/Dilla tribute records are starting to take up their own crate. That Animal Collective joint has been burning a hole in my head for a good six months, so I had to do something about it. Won't be the last sharp left the show takes. Ghanaian Highlife to Pinoy Disco to Canadian Bar Rock. Anyways, the night capped off with a damn near perfect sunset and more than a fair share of alcoholic vibes. I'm definitely shaking the rust off, and getting used to the quirks of the station (m*th*rf**k*ng channel 2 audition button!!!!), but something is coming together. Here's the breakdown, and there's a download link in the comment section (Oh, and photos again c/o Steve St. Louis)...

James Danso - Aye Me Awie (Aki)
Atakora Manu - Odo Ben Ni (P.M.A.)
Madlib - Dil Cosby Suite (Stones Throw)
Hugh Masekela - Mace And Grenades (UNI)
Mock Duck - Do Re Mi (Baroka)
Softouch - A Lover (Recor)
Donald Byrd - Think Twice (Blue Note)
Soul Jugglers - Naghihintay (Gapo)
Chalice - Loosen Up (Uplift Invest)
Betty Padgett - Rockin Chair (Ubiquity)
Set #3 - 8:30pm - 9:00pm
Shaike Paikov - Bossa Nova (Phonodor)
Animal Collective - My Girls (Domino)
Emitt Rhodes - Love Will Stone You (ABC/Dunhill)
Usha Uthup - Pyar Main Jeena Pyar Mein Marna (Polydor/Music India)
Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase (Polydor)
Ellen McIlwaine - Higher Ground (Ko'Tai)
Arcadium - Change Me (Middle Earth)
Perth County Conspiracy - Martyrs / I Shout Love (Mushroom)

In Good Company

2009-05-13T08:24:00.000-07:00

The pre show kickoff for The Cast Iron Frying Pan went down this past Saturday on UMFM's Winnipeg Natural Funk Company. Between 4-6 PM every Saturday, Host/DJ Chris Mulligan holds it down for a loyal and discerning listenership. With a carefully chosen mix of styles (I'm especially impressed by his Jazz Funk selections), Chris deserves daps for bringing his own dimension to this thing of ours.

Charlie Hustle and I were a little late to the party, but we tuned in for the drive up Pembina Highway to the U of M. This all vinyl funk excursion was timely, as Mr. Hustle deaded his show recently (Keep Rising with David Haynes), and I was about to embark on my own journey. Pretty sure it's just a hiatus for Charles, as he mentions during the broadcast. For this one I bumped the CanCon up in my usual record setting fashion (Wayne St John, Billy Robinson, Shawnigan Lake Jazz Band), but was blindsided by Charlie Hustle's surprise inclusion of Norris Vines & The Lovelines "Give In" on the Smile label. A far better tune than I remembered.

In my opinion, the triumvirate was a success. I look forward to the next one. Mulligan is doing a Disco show on May 30th (with guest DJ Brent Phillips), so be sure to tune into that too. Check the comments for a link to the program, in two parts...

(Photos by Steve St Louis)

Playlist:

Chris Mulligan

WNFC - Theme 4
Electric Indian - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Bobby Shad & The Bad Men - I Want You Back
Junior Mance - Don't Cha Hear Me Callin To Ya
Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - Hikky Burr
Earth Wind & Fire - Moment Of Truth
Funk Inc. - Message From The Meters
The JB's - All Aboard The Funky Soul Train
Side Effect - SOS
Ju Par Orchestra - Chicago Calypso
Ronnie Foster - Love Satellite

Birdapres

Istvan Anhalt - Testimony
Smokin Pocket - Bump Funky Barrel
Jayson Hoover - Sing With Soul
Henry Young - Good Gods
Roger Simard - Modulation Perpetuelle
Billy Robinson - Evolution's Blend
Carla Whitney - It's You For Me
L.B. Sinclair - I'm Feeling Fine
Wayne St. John - Lady Luck
Fellowship - Funky Fever
Shawnigan Lake Jazz Quartet - Free As the Wind

Charlie Hustle

Eddy Senay - Safari
V.I.P. Connection - West Coast Drive
Norris Vines and the Luvlines - Give In
Newby & Johnson - I Want to Give You My Everything
Frankie Kelly - Ain't That the Truth
Montana Sextet - Heavy Vibes
Rah Band - Messages From the Stars
Rhond Durand - Disco Fever (Pt. 1)
T.S. Monk - Bon Bon Vie
Brothers By Choice - Baby You Really Got Me Going
Sydey Joe Qualls - I'll Run to Your Side
James Brown - In The Middle (Pt. 1)
Ray Bryant - Up Above the Rock