Speechification

I've been meaning to post another London Ear for ages, but to be honest I lost them. And then at the very time I was listening to Paul Morley interviewing Craig David I came across this show underneath a box of postcards. So it seemed apposite and here it is; Ben Thompson playing assorted records and then (at about 24 minutes) Mr Thompson and Mr Morley discuss how to pronounce Satie (does it rhyme with party or patty?) Mr Morley's Satie tribute band Infantjoy, how all modern music begins with The Monochrome Set, how Satie's The Source of Eno ("Music Not To Be Listened To"), how epic Simple Minds are, Bez + William Burroughs, and, of course, Blood, Sweat, Tears and Speed Garage. There's some lovely music in this programme. And some funny, clever chat. Good. MP3 here.

(I think this is from 2006ish, so don't assume you'll be able to catch Infantjoy at Big Chill, but you might.)

UPDATE: I liked all the music on this show so I asked Ben to do a track-listing of it. Here it is:

London Ear theme - "A Foggy Day" by The Nu Sounds (one of Sun Ra's pet doowop outfits, on the Sun Ra singles album)
Richard James - "Cathedral" (opening track from debut solo album Seven Sleepers Den)
Field Music - "You're Not Supposed To" (from Write Your Own History compilation)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - "How's Your Bassoon, Turquoise" (one side of double a-sided Geographic records vinyl single with Bill Wells)
Richard Dimbleby - "this is the interior of Dimbleby transmitting"
Keiran Hebden and Steve Reid "Electricity Will Change Your Mind" (excerpt - can't remember which album it's from, possibly the Exchange Sessions Vol 1)
Richard Dimbleby - again
The Tomorrow People (original TV music, track 2) - "Lure of the Space Goddess"
Eighteen 18 - "Carole Patricia Kilner", from debut album by Eighteen 18 (not sure if that is how it's written, but the rapper's name is definitely Lexis Salinger)

Satie Enclave

Brian Eno & David Byrne - "Something with Tinfoil" - bonus track on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts reissue
"O Maria" from Stella Maris by Trio Medieval (ECM)
Infant Joy Satie tribute (track from 1st album - not the remix album - sorry I can't remember what the title is)
John Cage - "Inner Landscape" from Early Piano Music played by Hubert or Herbert Henck (also on ECM)
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (from the album of the same name)
Blood Sweat & Tears - Variations on a theme by Erik Satie from their first album
Hubert Laws - Not sure of the name of this but it should be "The man who killed jazz with his big flute"
SFA (Sweet Female Attitude, not Super Furry Animals) - "Flowers"