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Hi everyone,
This week's episode of Jet Set Planet, "I, Heino" is available at http://www.kfai.org/node/24913

And if you haven't checked out our Fab Four(th) Dimension show, that's still available in the archives at http://www.kfai.org/node/24767

Just press the "Listen Now" button.

What would you rather be doing on a cold, winter night? Rolling around with your Hottie in the grassy lot behind the barn – that happens to be covered in 15 inches of snow by the way -- or rolling around with a guy named Chuck Sagle AND the entire horn section of his band, in the back room of Orchestra Hall? Splendor in the Grass, you say? My ass. How about Chuck Sagle's Reprise records release “Splendor in the Brass.”

Catch Chuck, Roy Budd, Oscar, and Heino! Plus some great cocktail tunes, on this week's Jet Set Planet!

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We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis or online at http://www.kfai.org) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Hi everyone,

Right now in the KFAI archives: Two terrific episodes of Jet Set Planet! Playlists and MP3 streams available at

Jan 25th - https://www.kfai.org/node/25605
Feb 1st - https://www.kfai.org/node/25737

Highlights include:

*MOOG and more: records picked up on a recent road trip to Chicago!

*Production Library gold from Montparnasse, KPM, and Studio G

*The wistful Aussie NOW Sound of Sven Libaek

*The spoken word shenanigans of Tom Clay

*and Listener Requests Galore!

Catch all this and some great cocktail tunes, on this week's Jet Set Planet!

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We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis or online at http://www.kfai.org) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Hi everyone,

On this week's edition of Jet Set Planet:
--playlist and Listen Now link @ http://www.kfai.org/node/25894

*"Latin Pete" Terrace is both Flavorful AND HOT! when he delivers the tune "Coco Seco." Plus other Latin tunes done CON MUCHO GUSTO!!!

• Newcomer Jacky Noguez debuts his LP "Chow, chow bambina…" and trust me, the accordion never sounded so good! So good in fact it headlines a whole set of Accordion tunes!

*Who killed the Wicked Witch of the West and where the body is buried. Mort Garson's very weird The Wozard of Iz on A&M records.

*A Martin Denny set to help color your daydreams during this snowy season.

*And LOTS more: some weird, some jazzy, some tough guy.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis & 106.7 FM St. Paul or online at http://www.kfai.org) or listen through your computer via the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day: http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet Just press the Listen Now button.

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[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-02-09 11:45 ]

Hi everyone!

Loads of goodness on the show this week! Playlist and streaming available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/26032

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS for this week's episode (Feb 15, 2010)

*Buddy Johnson has an answer for the pressures of Valentines Day: Goodby Baby Here I Go!

*I, Ghoul: Robert Goulet makes an appearance on the program and it's his hot bag of wind VS. the gentle breezes of the Caribbean. Who will win?

*A simple request made by a listener: MORE TRUMPETS

*Some people hear voices in their head. Some people here voices from beyond the grave. And some people hear voices coming out of their lap steel guitar. Pete Drake is one such person.

*A (final?) request for Tom Clay. That makes 3 in the last month!

Catch the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.
We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-02-16 09:57 ]

Happy Friday!

Your weekend soundtrack awaits you! Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here:
https://www.kfai.org/node/26187

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

Listening advice for this episode: best enjoyed while re-wallpapering your bathroom while drinking Manhattans and eating sushi.

The HIGHLIGHTS for this week's episode (Feb 22, 2010)

*An opening, homespun yarn about Dracula, my former Art Teacher, and 1972 A.D.

*Two, count them TWO featured artists: the Genius of Horst Jankowski and The Three Suns! Romping German piano stylings AND Stereo Action clink-clank. Ah, the Good Life!

*The Lost Exotica LP of Piero Umiliani??? Could be...

*And more fun with Bob Thompson! This time it's his "little black box" from the LP "On the Rocks." See the album cover here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=3572792&id=147849252371

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes,
on Jet Set Planet http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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It’s a BOX SET BONANZA! on this week’s Jet Set Planet.
Listening advice for this episode: best enjoyed while imbibing with your inflatable friends

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/26375

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (March 1, 2010)

*A RCA Reader's Digest Box Set called "South of the Border" with kick-ass versions of Taboo, Tequila, and I've Got the World on a String.

• A Columbia Records Box Set titled "Lights! Camera! Music! and the tunes A Day in the Life of a Fool, Ringo's Theme, and Hi-Lili Hi Lo.

*A RCA Record Club Box Set called "Happy Hits for Easy Listening" part of their Living Series and featuring the Living Brass. Keep an ear out for the tunes Besame Mucho, Happiness Is, and It was a Very Good Year.

*Plus a tune that has it all: spitty, oven mitt, gulpy, and vibro-slap.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes,
on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Hi everyone,

The Moon Blasts out of Earth’s orbit! on this week’s Jet Set Planet.
Listening advice for this episode: wear a helmet, astro-lady.

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/26544

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (March 8, 2010)

*The Moon blasts out of the Earth’s orbit and the Devil-People take over and put Max Harris’ “Hang Loose” on the top of the charts - 3 weeks at #1!

• Ray Conniff’s hillybilly half-brother provides “Dueling Voices (Dueling Banjos),” fulfilling a request from a listener in Beantown.

*Tunes that call to mind the phrase “Land HO!” continuing our great moments in history retrospective.

*Hear what Cha Cha Cha in Ping Pong Percussion sounds like on a broken turntable!
(really, it IS a stereo record – it really is, just not this time)

*Plus a spitty/hummy tour de force! A really FLUTASTIC tune called “Going Up

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes,
on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

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Hi everyone,

A Crate Diggers Delight on this week’s Jet Set Planet!
Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/26728

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, choose either MP3 or Real Audio, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

Listening advice for this episode: talk back to the voices in your head; don’t let them push you around!

The HIGHLIGHTS (March 15, 2010)

*Other Worlds, Other Sounds -- Esquivel with the belly-flopping beast meets card table tones of “Night and Day.”

*Sleazy Listening hackster, Ronnie Aldrich and his two pianos, show up on our soundstage tonight and the results reaffirm that this show is caught in the devils bargain.

*Take a song you hate, add Henry Mancini, shake, and miraculously you have a tune that sounds great.

*Where would any of us be without the Mystic Moods? Nowhere, actually.

*And we learn that crime never pays… except on this week’s show.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-03-17 08:30 ]

Wow. I've been away for too long!
I went to Encounter at LAX and now I have to listen to Jet Set Planet!

Love Other Worlds Other sounds, such a great album.

On 2010-03-17 15:35, christiki295 wrote:
Wow. I've been away for too long!
I went to Encounter at LAX and now I have to listen to Jet Set Planet!

Christiki, What a great looking place! I need a "layover" right now! http://www.encounterlax.com/encounter_cocktails.html

Jet Set Planet asks: Is your super-heterodyne tuned correctly? We didn’t think so.
Listening advice for this episode: wear a cardboard belt.

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/26867

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose your player (MP3 or Real Audio) and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (March 22, 2010)

• Step right up to the radio program that reaches deep in the back rooms of Thrift Store USA to bring you radio happiness.

• There’s horse power; atomic power; hydroelectric power, but we’re talking Moog Power (courtesy of Hugo Montenegro)

• When a man loves his violins - the people reach for their earplugs and Michel LeGrand takes up the baton.

• Brand new program feature! Don’t miss the “Dammit, I paid hard earned money for this retched piece of vinyl and I’m going to play something off it!” segment of the program.

*Plus music for the elusive tiki-torch that brightens up your orgiastic hedonism.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes,
on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Jet Set Planet: Your neighborhood supplier of that stereophonic fix.

Listening advice for this episode: order extra sauce.

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27008

The HIGHLIGHTS (March 29, 2010)
*When the boys down at Audio Fidelity records put a photo of a gigantic hypodermic needle on the cover of one of their records, well you know you’re getting the good stuff. See the photographic evidence here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27007

*PLUS, burn up with the John Buzon Trio and their Liberty records release Inferno!

*Hear the Joe Rene complex and a record designed specifically to accompany the reading of a novel(?). No kidding, here's the novel: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/gwen-davis/pretenders.htm

*And sample that unabashed purveyor of hack-jazz: Don Sebesky.

Help keep Jet Set Planet on the air! We’re asking all fans of Jet Set Planet to contribute to KFAI’s Spring Pledge Drive to help keep this radio show flying high in the Higher-than-fi. Donate online here: https://www.kfai.org/splash (Just be sure to tell ‘em Jet Set Planet sent you). Thank you gifts are available!
So catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Greetings!

The "Record Store Day" edition of my radio show is available to listen to online. Listen and see playlist here: https://www.kfai.org/node/27475

Listening advice for this episode: Dust Mask Required.

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose either MP3 or RealAudio, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (April 19, 2010)

• Pow, Pow, Pow – it’s the Arbors and they really, really mean business with their version of Jorge Ben’s Mas Que Nada.

• Saturday April 17th was Record Store Day. I hope you got out there and found yourself some goodness. I know I did, and we play the records to prove it.

*What do bubbles, a hundred pounds of clay, a lizard, a scalpel and a boogaloosa have to do with tonight’s program? Quite a bit actually. Have a listen.

*Just Relax in your EZ chair, while we learn once and for all exactly how high the moon is when we travel there with Leo Diamond and his subliminal sounds orchestra.

*Our man on the Rhine - Horst Jankowski – with the now sound made famous all across Bavaria.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Jet Set Planet: the deep down, crate digging, back breaking, knee bustin’ one hell of a good time show.

Listening advice for this episode: Get yourself to Council Bluffs IA and you too can have these records!

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27924

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose either MP3 or RealAudio, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (May 10, 2010)

• The Waikikis head for the beach for a Hawaiian Beach Party and unfold their Hawaiian Umbrella so they don’t burn their tender Belgian skins.

*The Revengers are blinded by the Blue Light – I just can’t figure out if it’s the Cops or the K-Mart sale aisle. I only paid a buck for the LP – which was just like stealing!

• When you bat .500 dealing with the 101 Strings LP “Appointment in London” (5 good songs out a possible 10), you know the vinyl gods are looking down on you and smiling.

• Plus Kui Lee by request, Nelson Riddle, and a strange tale about a famous rock concept album almost scuttled by a mysterious bout of laryngitis, that includes "lost" master tapes, an ill conceived plan to use a substitute singer, and an Argentinean priest.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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p.s. If you missed last week’s show, that’s still available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27776
And the April 26th show is here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27626

I am in the groove right now! Go I,Zombie, go!!! C'mon, I know you're a zombie, but can't you move a little faster? Anywho...

This podcast has "RIGHTEOUS" scribbled all over it, especially with Sammy opening up with "Johnny Cool!" Are you kidding me? What a total gas!!! "Blue Light" (The Revengers) played like a tune straight out of a Quinn-Martin production. Has anyone seen Karl Malden? Ascot -- as the kids say, was totally buggin'!

Lost tracks of Ziggy Stardust? You are a consummate showman, ain't ya?

GREAT SHOW

Shaken and stirred -

Vince Martini

Hey Vince, thanks for checking us out! And I'm REALLY excited about that Revengers LP!!! And the Quinn Martin comparison is Classic! Good call.

I,Z

[ Edited by: I, zombie 2010-05-11 18:47 ]

On 2010-05-11 18:14, I, Zombie wrote:
Hey Vince, thanks for checking us out! And I'm REALLY excited about that Revengers LP!!! And the Quinn Martin comparison is Classic! Good call.

I,Z

[ Edited by: I, zombie 2010-05-11 18:47 ]

I am ready for the next show!!!

Here's another LP I'm really excited about -- and it will be featured next week! I. Z.

On 2010-05-11 20:58, I, Zombie wrote:
Here's another LP I'm really excited about -- and it will be featured next week! I. Z.

The jacket opens in the middle? What panoramic vista lies underneath???

ah, the mystery is much better than the reality... no vistas, just loads of technical data about stereo fidelity! Beautiful in its own right of course.

Jet Set Planet: twisting one mind at a time

Listening advice for this episode: You'd better sit down for this one.

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/28074

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose either MP3 or RealAudio, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (May 17, 2010)

*You thought you were getting “A Night Out with Raoul” but instead you ended up with a poorly recorded, pedestrian version of “Frere Jacques.” But what do you expect from a CROWN record?

*When Carl Stevens hears The Call of the Jungle, well look out! Mercury Perfect Presence Sound never sounded so good. We sample his "African Sounds" LP as we delve into Exotica in the first part of the program.

• Are they drunk? Or brilliant musicians? Find out when we hear Ruben Rodriguez and His Guadalajara Kings from their LP "Too Much Tequila."

*Gianni Marchetti's soundtrack to "The Wild Eye." Man the songs are GREAT! But they're so short, I have to play two tracks from the LP!

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

We're currently live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis)but we're moving to Friday nights at 9 starting June 4!Of course you can always catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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p.s. If you missed last week’s show, that’s still available here:
http://www.kfai.org/node/27924

And the week before is at: http://www.kfai.org/node/27776

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-05-19 08:35 ]

Jet Set Planet: the Last Monday night episode

Listening advice for this episode: RELAX (we'll provide the XXX tunes a little later...)

Playlist and streaming AUDIO available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/28223

To listen: Just press the "Listen Now" button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose either MP3 or RealAudio, and you're on your way. Sounds great in Itunes, Windows Media Player, or listen via your browser.

The HIGHLIGHTS (May 24, 2010)

• We’re packing up all the crates of vinyl, the 45s, the compact discs, the downloads, and we’re moving to Friday nights at 9 starting June 4th. So tonight, it’s time to celebrate our last Monday evening episode of Jet Set Planet.

*Hey, we’re not playing records from the dollar bin to celebrate, no sirree. We’re playing records from the .50 cent bin!

• Al Nevins commands you to relax. RELAX, RELAX, RELAX. Do I have to shout it at you until I’m blue in the face?

*Speaking of blue, an extended double set of tunes from the adult cinema of the early 1970s shows up like a naughty novel stuck between the seat cushions of your favorite couch (and discovered by your grandmother when she stops by for a visit).

*Listener requests for "Mega Vixens" and "The Sensuous Woman" are fulfilled.

*Plus the African Sounds of Carl Stevens, the Bongo instruction expertise of Jack Burger, and the production library prowess of the Glen Somers Orchestra.
Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 10:30-midnight on Monday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

Be there,
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p.s. If you missed last week’s show, that’s still available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/28074 and the week before is here: http://www.kfai.org/node/27924

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-05-25 09:50 ]

Jet Set Planet: Now on Fridays Nights!

Listening advice for this episode: Keep your shirt on, you'll get used to it.

MORE MP3 options now available here: http://www.archive.org/details/jsp-2010-06-04
Playlist and real audio available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/28482

The HIGHLIGHTS (Friday, June 4, 2010)

• The Ultra Flutastic Action of Derek Austin makes its debut on the program!

*Shaking shakemaster Charly Steinham gets the lead out as he leads a NOW sound Nymphomaniacal Romp!

*A real live Jewish mother in the form of Molly Camp provides the perfect audio fond farewell to our friends at Radio Rumpus Room (RIP).

PLUS Edmundo Ros, the Mystic Moods Orchestra and experience an uber-set of German Phase 4 wunderkind, Werner Mueller!

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 9:00-10:30pm Friday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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p.s. If you missed our latest shows, they're still available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/28223 and here https://www.kfai.org/node/28074

Jet Set Planet: 2 fart jokes - what more could you ask for?

Listening advice for this episode: Keep your eye on the Whoopie Cushion

Playlist and audio available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/28769
and here:
http://www.archive.org/details/jsp-2010-06-18

The HIGHLIGHTS (Friday, June 18, 2010)

*Sharp Sharks circle their prey and the end result can be heard on Ingfried Hoffman's Jazz for Secret Agents.

*Marty Wilson warns of Taboo! But we pay no attention to him and play his Jun'Gala LP just the same.

*Vic Mizzy won't make waves - ever. He's an accommodating guy --so much so he supplies the girl AND the trampoline.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 9:00-10:30pm Friday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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Jet Set Planet: Always one Lobster roll too many.
Listening advice for this episode: Are you all set on clams?

Playlist and audio available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/29216

The HIGHLIGHTS (Friday, July 9, 2010)

• Back from vacation and carrying gifts. Budget bin LPs from my travels to the Far East (ah, that would be New York and New England, buddy).

*The SG Sound makes their debut on Jet Set Planet and we make a special on-air cocktail for the occasion.

*Playgirls with organs: it sounds almost like a Transgendered pool party, but actually it’s German action-man, Ingfried Hoffmann.

*As heard at OHANA: Luau by the Lake: New music from The Waitiki 7 and their new CD: New Sounds of Exotica!

*A computer malfunctions and we get three songs about GOLD! Mister, here you’re paid to dig.

*And a live recording of Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Mini, from Johnny D’s in Sommerville Mass, recorded June 30, 2010! And I was there!

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi.
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We're live from 9:00-10:30pm Friday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.



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[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-07-10 16:44 ]

Jet Set Planet: Enroll now in Mambo University!
Listening advice for this episode: Dig! Dig like the Troglytes do.

On demand listening options now available here: http://www.archive.org/details/jsp-2010-07-16 and here (along with playlist): http://www.kfai.org/node/29349

The HIGHLIGHTS (Friday July 16, 2010)

• Party like it's Space 1999! The soundtrack to your moonlight stroll that ends in disaster as the moon says "bye, bye" to the earth.

*Stan Butcher talks jibberish: Dow De Dow Dow Dow. That's what happens when you mix Birds with Brass.

*The Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys sign us up for classes at Mambo University. Getting an 'A' was never so easy. Just move your hips to the music!

*The stiffest set of all time courtesy of Carl Stevens, Myrna March, and a guy named Pierre Noles who introduces us to the new dance craze: The DING DONG!

PLUS More from the SG Sound, a Bob Thompson LP I didn't know existed, and Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Mini.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

We're live from 9:00-10:30pm Friday nights (90.3 FM in Minneapolis) or catch us on Memorex in the KFAI audio archives 24 hours a day.

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[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-07-20 08:46 ]

This week on Jet Set Planet: A MOOGY man goes berserk, and plugs up all the holes in the world with patch cords. Can Glen Leslie stop him before it's too late?

Listening advice for this episode: Just repeat after me - It's not Not-Jazz.

On demand listening options now available here: http://www.archive.org/details/jsp-2010-07-23 and here: http://www.kfai.org/node/29506

The Highlights (July 23, 2010)

*Binga Banga Bongo means I Love You in jibberish.

*Tikiyaki Orchestra plays "Tabu for Two," and the DJ contemplates what the song title might mean.

*Stan Kenton pulls his HAIR out, by request!

*Speaking of hair, a man with a Super-Stache -- courtesy of Geoff Love and his Orchestra. Just google Jason King if you don't believe me.

PLUS a MOOG super set near the end of the program that kicks off with HEE HAW MOOG. Ya'll, I never met a patch cord I didn't like.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

PLAYLIST July 23, 2010

{N} Artist's debut on the program
{R} Listener Request

Terry Snyder - Binga Banga Bongo
album: Mister Percussion; label: UA
{N} Garry Blake - If I had a Hammer (5)
album: Sounds Like Swingin'; label: EMI
{N} Sam Klair - Hamba Kahle
album: Gumboot Dance; label: RCA
Dick Schory - Jungle Root
album: Movin' On; label: RCA
Peter Kraus - Hula Baby
album: Die Grossen Erfolge; label: Karussell
International All Stars - The Children's Marching Song
album: Percussion Around the World; label: Phase 4
Dick Schory's Percussive Art Ensemble - Omoo
album: Re-Percussion; label: Everest
The Waitiki 7 - Flower Humming
album: New Sounds of Exotica; label: Pass Out
Tikiyaki Orchestra - Tabu for Two
album: Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle Jet Set; label: tikiyakiorchestra.com
Keely Smith - Yellow Bird
album: Cherokeely Swings; label: Dot
Monty Kelly - Shangri La
album: Tropicana; label: Somerset
Kokie Band - Miserlou
album: Exotica 70; label: Solid State
Pete Moore - Sweet Water (3)
album: Lively and Latin; label: Rediffusion
Stu Phillips - Buck's Heroics
album: Buck Rogers; label: MCA
{R} Stan Kenton - Easy to Be Hard
album: Hair; label: Capitol
Roy Budd - Bossa Nova USA (4)
album: pick yourself up; label: marble arch
Young and Rubicam - Plymouth
album: Buy, Baby, Buy; label: Young and Rubicam
Alan Tew - The Troubleshooters (1)
album: Latin Style; label: Contour
Fred Karlin - The Honky Donkey
album: Yours, Mine and Ours; label: UA
Geoff Love - Jason King Theme (2)
album: Top TV Themes; label: MFP
Piero Piccioni - Charms
album: Camille 2000; label: Easy Tempo
Gil Trythall - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
album: Country Moog; label: Athena
Gershon Kingsley - Trumansburg Whistle
album: Music to Moog By; label: AF
Christopher Scott - Wives and Lovers
album: Switched on Bacharach; label: Decca
{N} Bernard Fevre - Hell Riders 10
album: Musical Illustration #23; label: IM
Bobby Bryne - Easy to be Hard
album: Electric Hair; label: Evolution
{N} Jacky Giordano - Project Problematic 9
album: Musical Illustration #24; label: IM
Nick Venet - Glass Ring
album: Theme from Mr. Novak; label: MGM

This week on Jet Set Planet: Tak Shindo goes local, fireworks galore, and music to make your head turn - 360 degrees. Plus a super set of NOW Sound Surfside, the new music craze sweeping the coasts.

Listening advice for this episode: Catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of your couch.

On-Demand listening available here http://www.archive.org/details/jsp-2010-07-30 or here http://www.kfai.org/node/29658

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi.

We're live from 9:00-10:30pm Friday nights on KFAI 90.3 FM in Minneapolis. Archived shows available for on-demand listening 24/7 at http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet or at archive.org (search jet set planet).

PLAYLIST July 30, 2010

{N} Artist's debut on the program
{R} Listener Request

Marty Wilson - Babalu album: Jun'Gala; label: WB
Tak Shindo - Deep in the Heart of Texas album: Far East Goes Western; label: Mercury
Bob Florence - Green Eyes album: Bongos/Reeds/Brass; label: Life
Billy Mure - Jealous album: Fireworks; label: RCA
Young and Rubicam - Goodyear album: Buy Baby Buy; label: Young and Rubicam
Milt Raskin - Iolani album: Exotic Sounds of Hawaii; label: Crown
Clyde Borly - S.O.S. Force de Frappe album: Music in 5 Dimensions; label: ATCO
Caterina Valente and Stanley Black - Cancion Del Mar album: I Wish You Love; label: London
Markko Polo Adventurers - Train to Ranchipur album: Orienta; label: RCA
Perez Prado - Fireworks album: Prez; label: RCA
Yma Sumac - El Condor Pasa album: Miracles; label: London
Stu Phillips - Ceylon: Goyapana album: Follow Me; label: UNI
The Waikikis - Sugar Moon album: Hawaii Honeymoon; label: Kapp
Les Baxter - Schooner album: Bora Bora; label: AI
{N} The Sandals - Wild as the Sea album: The Endless Summer; label: World Pacific
Shorty Rogers - Take a Walk album: Fools; label: Reprise
Elmer Bernstein arr. By Shorty Rogers - Gospel Time album: Baby the Rain Must Fall; label: AVA
Esquivel - Music makers album: Infinity in Sound; label: RCA
Richard Marino - Over the Rainbow album: Out of this World; label: Liberty
{N}Gato Barbieri - Goodbye album: Last Tango in Paris; label: UA
Chevrolet All-Stars - Proving album: Music from Building a Better Way - The 1974 Chevrolet Announcement Film; label: HEA
Kenny Baker and the Roland Shaw Orch - Soul Sauce album: The Spectacular Trumpet of Kenny Baker; label: London
Pete Jolly - You've Got to be there album: Herb Alpert presents Pete Jolly; label: AM
Steve Lawrence - People Will Say We're in Love album: Lawrence goes Latin; label: UA
Living Guitars - It Had Better Be Tonight album: Music from the Pink Panther and other hits; label: RCA
Gloria Tracy - Midnight in Moscow album: Gloria A-Glo; label: HBR
The New Generation - You only Live Twice album: Voices at Midnight; label: Impacto

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-08-02 10:44 ]

Hi Everyone,

This week on Jet Set Planet: A double shot of what you need, when you’re living the double life. Two episodes! Hey that’s 3 hours worth!

Listening advice for these episodes: Listen to one, and then the other!

Streaming, on demand listening options now available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/29796 and here http://www.kfai.org/node/29977 just press the Listen Now button, agree to the legalese, scroll down and choose either MP3 or real audio.

The Highlights (Aug 6 and Aug 13, 2010)

*Mel Torme can’t be held back. He’s Comin’ Home so don’t get in his way!

*We take some happy pills with Vinnie Bell and his underwater sitar.

*Young Amazonians know how to party when they have their Mo’Plen working. What Mo’Plen is, well don’t ask me.

*Requests galore for MORE tunes from Buy, Buy Baby, Young and Rubicam’s advertising mega-record.

PLUS Vic Mizzy’s background music for Glen Larson’s production of Quincy M.E. The Morgue never sounded so groovy.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

This week on Jet Set Planet: Who’s to say Peter Nero’s Lonely Bull doesn’t break out of his pen and destroy a Taco stand. You can’t prove it DIDN’T happen.

Listening advice for this episodes: Get More Ice.

Playlist and streaming on-demand listening options now available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/30122

Highlights for Program #262 (August 20, 2010):

*Orgasmic Organ Action from Lenny Dee and an EZ Listening Pickwick studio band called the Enchanted Organ. The Groaning Grinding never sounded so good - especially the cover of Charlie's Angels!

*The Exotic Guitars featured in a 3-song super set of Shadow of Your Smile, Hava Nagila, and Moon River: sometimes surfy, sometimes sleazy, with a little Dynamic action thrown in for good measure AND ALWAYS cocktail inducing - my kind of band.

Week 7 of a featured tune from Buy, Buy Baby, Young and Rubicam’s advertising mega-record.

*the Trial of Floyd Cramer -- guilty as charged of not selling out.... ENOUGH!

*and proof that Lawrence Welk doesn't suck.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet.

This week on Jet Set Planet Radio: It's for the Minnesota State Fair carny inside all of us.

Listening advice for this episode: If you squirt in the Monkey's mouth just right, you might win a prize!

Playlist and streaming on-demand listening options now available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/30428

Highlights for Program #264 (September 3, 2010):

*The Linguini Cineme's Bruno Nicolai, Fred Bongusto, and Gianni Ferrio provide plenty of zestfor the sauce on tonight’s show.

*Some of you may know him as "Ducky" from NCIS; others know him as Illya Kuryakin. I, however, know him as Steel, from the British Television program Sapphire and Steel. Who is he? Tune in and find out!

*Super sweet hummy flute as we take the Swinging Ferry out to Staten Island with Phil Moore, when he brings us the LP “New York Sweet.”

*Plus Hitler has a LOVE-IN and a message for the kids: "you've got just one more chance, come on baby while I dance!"

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet And if you missed last week's show, the August 27th episode available here https://www.kfai.org/node/30291

PLAYLIST September 3, 2010
{N} Artist's debut on the Program
{R} Listener Request

Marianne Mendt - Spinning Wheel
album: Wie a Glock'n; label: EMI
Norman Luboff - Sarah's Samba
album: The Latin Luboff; label: RCA
Bruno Nicolai - I Want it All (track 2)
album: Femmine Insaziabili; label: CAM
Gianni Ferrio - Anonima Assassini #2
album: La Poliziotta; label: CAM
{N} Cyril Ornadel - Intro-Sapphire and Steel
album: Sapphire and Steel; label: ITV
David McCallum - In the Garden Under the Tree
album: Three Bites of the Appls; label: MGM
Fred Bongusto and Berto Pisano - May Be One, May Be Nine (#4)
album: Uno Dopp L'Altro; label: CAM
Young and Rubicam - Tiparillo
album: Buy Buy Baby; label: Young and Rubicam
Gianni Ferrio - L'Uomo Senza Memoria (#3)
album: L'Uomo Senza Memoria; label: Cam
Johnny Williams - Arrivederci Mondo
album: Not with My Wife, You Don't; label: WB
Fred Karlin - Mrs. N. and Mr. B.
album: Yours, Mine and Ours; label: UA
Fred Bongusto - The World of the Blues (Main Title)
album: Un Detective; label: CAM
Mel Torme - Catch a Robber by the Toe
album: Raindrops keep fallin' on my head; label: Capitol
The Exotic Guitars - Indian Love Call
album: 22 Great Guitar Favorites; label: Ranwood
Phil Moore - Swingin' Ferry
album: New York; label: Mercury
Pat Thomas - To Welcome the Day
album: Desafinado; label: MGM
Michel Legrand - When I look in Your Eyes
album: Cinema Legrand; label: MGM
The Living Guitars - It Had Better Be Tonight
album: Music from the Pink Panter and Other Hits; label: RCA
Living Jazz - Soft Winds
album: The Girl from Ipanema and other Hits; label: RCA
{R} Living Marimbas - Little Green Apples
album: Galveston and other hits; label: RCA
The Dancing Voices - Brazil
album: The Dancing Voices Go Latin; label: MGM
John Klein - Sid Ramin - The Happy Little Donkey
album: The New Sound America Loves Best; label: RCA
Gunter Kallmann Chorus - Just A Dream
album: Once in Each Life; label: Polydor
Don Costa - Love So Fine
album: The Don Costa Concept; label: Mercury
Dick Shawn - Love Power
album: The Producers; label: RCA
Tony Mottola / Enoch Light - Where is the Love
album: Big Hits of the Seventies Vol 2; label: Project 3
{R} Morty Craft and the Singing Strings - Robin's Nest
album: The World of Percussion; label: Warwick
{R} Adomono - Cumana
album: A Night at the Beachcomber with Adomono; label: Decca

This week on Jet Set Planet: Relish the good times in Hacksville USA.

Listening advice for this episode: Time travel to April 22, 1587 and see how REAL swingers live.

Playlist and streaming on-demand listening options now available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/30594

Highlights for Program #265 (September 10, 2010):

*Adrienne Barbeau in a wet dress (well, sort of…) when we play Hal Mooney’s “Swampfire.”

*Frank Chacksfield, the 101 Strings, and, BY REQUEST, roller rink favorites The ORGAN MASTERS. Now THAT’s a line-up!

*A guy who once lent his name to a Fried Fish Franchise rocks out with the New Christy Minstrels. Pass the tartar sauce, will ya Brother Treacher?

*A return engagement of The Gunter Kallman Chorus: this time they come with BELLS on. ,

*Requests for Billy Strange and The DeWolf Production Library.

*AND Mister Mystery makes his debut on the program with a tune called “Can Can Fantasy.”

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

PLAYLIST
{N} Artist's debut on the Program
{R} Listener Request (send requests to [email protected])

Vic Damone - Falling in Love with Love
album: On the Swingin' Side; label: Columbia
Hal Mooney - Swampfire
album: Woodwinds and Percussion; label: Mercury Perfect Presnce Sound
Doc Severinsen - If We Lived on the Top of a Mountain
album: Doc Severinsen and Strings; label: Command
Bobby Byrne - The Cincinnati Kid
album: 1966 Magnificent Movie Themes; label: Command
{R} The ORGAN Masters - Love Me Forever
album: Making Memories; label: RCA
Billy Strange - Charade
album: Mr. Guitar; label: Sunset
The Gunter Kallmann Chorus - Live for Life
album: Live for Life; label: Kapp
King Richard's Fluegel Knights - Dessert
album: "Just Some of those Songs Mrs. Robinson"; label: MTA
The Seven Players - The Sultan's Dream
album: West Digs East-Dig?; label: AF
{R}{N} Nick Ingman - Orgy
album: Music DeWolf volume 1; label: DeWolf
Paul Smith - Dancing on the Ceiling
album: Latin Keyboards and Percussion; label: Verve
Phil Moore - Cold Water Flat
album: New York Sweet; label: Mercury
The Ray Charles Singers - Definitely Blue
album: Let's Relax with; label: Somerset
Don Costa - Delicado
album: The Sound of the Million Sellers; label: UA
Frank Chacksfield - Sleepy Lagoon
album: Ebb Tide; label: Phase 4
Alfredito - Chinese Cha Cha Cha
album: Latin Spectacular; label: Guest Star
{N} Mister Mystery - Can Can Fantasy
album: Extravagant Piano; label: Palette
Alfred Newman and Ken Darby - Blue Tahitian Moon
album: Ports of Paradise; label: Capitol
Alfred Newman and Ken Darby - Farewell for Just a While
album: Ports of Paradise; label: Capitol
Herbie Mann - Jungle Fantasy
album: Latin Mann; label: Columbia
The Surfers - Jungle Drums
album: High Tide; label: HIFI
George Shearing Quintet - Drum Trouble
album: Satin Latin; label: MGM
101 Strings - Get Along
album: Wagons West; label: Alshire
Mike Sammes Singers - Telephone Song
album: Sounds Sensational; label: EMI
Peter Nero - Personality
album: Career Girls; label: RCA
Joe Sherman - Fever
album: Promise Her Anything; label: Epic
The New Christy Minstrels with Arthur Treacher - Toot Sweets
album: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; label: Columbia
Ethel Smith - Spanish Flea
album: Hit Party; label: Decca
New Classic Singers - As Tears Go By
album: The New Classic Singers; label: Capitol

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-09-12 21:43 ]

This week on Jet Set Planet: Music for your morning calisthenics and beer.

Listening advice for this episode: Rum, not coca-cola.

Playlist and streaming on-demand listening options now available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/30789

Highlights for Program #266 (September 17, 2010):

• Count Basie lets his hair down to his knees, shoots some coca-cola, and then proceeds to kick some Liverpool ass.

*Edmundo Ros, Charles Magnante, and Perez Prado heat up a set from south of the border.

*We reveal dieting techniques when Peter London plays Tico Taco.

*A very special treat for Esquivel fans from Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica – a new recording of The Breeze and I using Esquivel’s original arrangement! All the details on the Orchestrotica can be found at http://spaceagebigband.com/ Check it Out!

*And Requests for Shirley Bassey and Kinky Dolly.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

PLAYLIST for Program #266 (September 17, 2010)

{N} Artist's Debut on the Program
{R} Listener Request

Count Basie - Come Together
album: Basie on the Beatles; label: Happy Tiger
Keely Smith - A Foggy Day
album: The Wildest Show at Tahoe; label: Capitol
Mel Henke - Open the Door, Richard
album: La Dolce Henke; label: WB
Dave Pell Octet - By the River Sainte Marie
album: Campus Hop; label: RCA
Peter London - Tico-Taco
album: Top Brass Vol. 2; label: Kapp
{N} Orquesta Aragon - Cachita
album: Cha Cha Cha; label: Arcano
Edmundo Ros - My Old Kentucky Home
album: Bongos from the South; label: Phase 4
Werner Muller - South of the Border
album: On the Move; label: Decca
Charles Magnante - Malaguena
album: Fiesta!; label: Command
Charles Fox - Precision
album: Anatomy of Dancing Vol 2: The Latin Mood; label: MGM
Perez Prado - Sway
album: Twist Goes Latin; label: RCA
Shorty Rogers - You're Just in Love
album: The Fourth Dimension in Sound; label: WB
Brazilia '66 or 67 - Sweet and Quiet
album: Mas Que Nada and Guantanamera; label: Wyncote
The Ray Charles Singers - Let Go!
album: Macarthur Park; label: Command
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica - Breeze and I (unmixed)
album: The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel; label: spaceagebigband.com
Paul Desmond - Lady in Cement
album: Summertime; label: AM
{R} Shirley Bassey - Sunny
album: This is My Life; label: UA
Guitars Unlimited - Russell's Water
album: The Fantastic Sounds of Guitars Unlimited; label: London
Ted Heath - Don't Cha Hear Me Calling to Ya
album: The Big Ones; label: Phase 4
Elmer Bernstein and the Swingin' Bon Vivants - April in Paris
album: Paris Swings; label: Capitol
Axel Stordahl - Cyprus
album: The Lure of the Blue Mediterranean; label: Decca
{R} Stanley Myers - Kinky Dolly
album: Kaleidescope; label: WB
Joe Pass - What a Shame
album: The Stones Jazz; label: WP
The Groovin Strings - Can't Find the Time
album: The Groovin Strings and Things; label: Cub
Gunter Kallmann Chorus - When I Look in Your Eyes
album: Gunter Kallmann Chorus in Hollywood; label: Kapp
Anthony Newley - Little Golden Clown
album: The Genius of Anthony Newley; label: London

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-09-18 07:52 ]

Jet Set Planet for Friday Sept 24th: Like manna from heaven but they serve it at Trader Vic’s instead. Hear our Exotica Special "The Last Night of Summer" via on-demand streaming at http://www.kfai.org/node/30934
(Highlights and playlist are noted below.)

AND Jet Set Planet for Friday Oct 1st: Super Hacks and other EZ-listening wannabes. Playlist and On-Demand streaming at http://www.kfai.org/node/31082

(We are also asking our listeners for some scratch to help keep KFAI Radio operating and Jet Set Planet going strong. Yes, it's our Fall fundraising pledge drive at the station. My PLEDGE to you is I'll try to make it listenable! )

Listening advice for both these episodes: Get sloshed, before it is too late!

Highlights for Program #267 An Exotica Special (September 23, 2010):

*A hidden, far away fern grotto on the island of your imagination… you are surrounded by a bevy of beautiful people – and they aren’t wearing much.

*Brand new Music from Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica.

*A few rum-soaked cocktail recipes for your consideration.

*AND "THE HIDDEN ISLAND- A Compelling Story of Love's Secret Moments and Tender Emotions" - a tour de force by David Janssen, who, with the help of Manny Kellem, the Tradewinds Orchestra and Chorus, and a carton of cigarettes deconstructs the inner agony and buffoonery of a man in the throws of his mid-life crisis.

Break out the top-shelf booze, and catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

PLAYLIST

Ted Auletta - Pool of Love
album: Exotica; label: Cameo
Chaino - Slave Girl
album: Africana and Beyond; label: Dionysus
Vic Damone - Strange Enchantment
album: Strange Enchantment; label: Capitol
Dominic Frotiere - Jaguar God
album: Pagan Festival: An Exotic Love Ritual for Orchestra; label: Columbia
Si Zentner - Pagan Ritual
album: Big Band Brilliance; label: Sunset
Sven Gyldmark - Sex Happening
album: I, A Woman part II; label: MGM
Chick Floyd - Bali H'Ai
album: Little Grass Shack; label: Liberty
Tak Shindo - Buttons and Bows
album: Far East Goes Western; label: Mercury
Santo and Johnny - The Wandering Sea
album: Off Shore; label: Canadian American
Ferrante & Teicher - African Echoes
album: Pianos in Paradise; label: UA
Les Baxter - Tehran
album: Tamboo; label: Capitol
Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica - Third River Rangoon
album: Third River Rangoon; label: http://www.orchestrotica.com
Don Tiare - The Girl Behind the Bamboo Curtain
album: The Music of Les Baxter; label: Mercury
Frankie Capp Percussionists - The Moon of Manakoora
album: Frankly Percussion; label: Kimberly
Muzzy Marcellino - On the Beach at Waikiki
album: Whitling on the Beach at Waikiki; label: Coral
Milt Rogers - Laura
album: The Ultimate in Percussion; label: Dot
Waitiki - Rendezvous in Okonkuluku
album: Rendezvous in Okonkuluku; label: http://www.waitiki.com
Martin Denny - Enchanted Sea
album: The Enchanted Sea; label: Liberty
Heino - Sayonara
album: Schlagotica; label: EMI
The Waikikis - Waikiki-Ki-Hu La Hu
album: Hawaii Beach Party; label: Kapp
The Tradewinds Orchestra and Chorus David Janssen - The Hidden Island
album: The Hidden Island: A Compelling Story of Love's Secret Moments and Tender Emotions; label: Epic
Werner Muller - Hawaiian Eye
album: Hawaiian Swing; label: Phase 4
Exotic Guitars - Sabre Dance
album: 22 Great Guitar Favorites; label: Ranwood
Tikiyaki Orchestra - Makaha
album: Sounds for the Jungle Jet Set; label: tikiyakiorchestra.com

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-10-03 11:50 ]

Greetings!

Last Friday's Jet Set Planet now available for ON-DEMAND listening at http://www.kfai.org/node/31258 (just press the Listen Now button). THANKS to everyone who supported us during our recent Fall fundraiser. The Winter 2010/11 JSP Goody Bag will be going out to supporters in December!

Highlights for the October 8th show:

*"It's got harpsichord so you know it's got to be good"

*Sleazy Listening cocktail music IS GOOD!

*The Art of Jorge Ben and other people who sing/shout dramatically, like Perez Prado, Yma Sumac, and Hildegard Knef.

*The lesbian seduction scene from Radley Metger's film SCORE, in a set along with EZ friends such as Armando Trovalioli, Ray Davies, Jack Fascinato.

NEW music from Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica.

Crime, Punishment, and Juvenile Delinquent Music that makes your hips wiggle.

And a Go West set that ends with a message from the Duke himself: John Wayne.

Catch all this and some great cocktail music too on Jet Set Planet, KFAI's showcase of the higher-than-fi at
http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

Be There, Aloha.

This week on Jet Set Planet: A Cross-eyed Cyclops, the Japanese Sandman, a Woman in Space, and Homo Eroticus all make an appearance. Listening advice for this episode: Buy Bigfoot a drink the next time you see him.

Playlist and streaming on-demand listening options now available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/31419

Highlights for Program #270 (October 15, 2010):

*We learn that In the Year 2525 there will be Robot Lovers that turn everyone on AND that you’ll never be tempted to throw your computer out the window again!

*EZ Bossa and cocktails with Joe Harnell and Xavier Cugat

*An extended Exotica set that includes a #1 Disco Hit from 1972 that was banned in England. (Hint: the banning was for excessive moaning and groaning – the very reason it makes it into this Exotica set!)

*Music from Outer Space!

*And a super set of the OTHER Ray Davies, including his killer version of Lalo’s Enter the Dragon!

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

Currently on Jet Set Planet: Manhunts, caravans, and a cup of Cappuccino with Warren Barker. Listening advice for this episode: Embrace the Other Ray Davies.

On demand streaming options and full playlist available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/31577

Or try the quick-play link at http://tinyurl.com/23jl5bs

Highlights for Program #271 (October 22, 2010):

*If you play the 101 Strings two times in a row, should you back-announce as the 202 Strings? Maybe I will next time.

*John Barry plays with dead things. Eew, gross! All from the Thunderball soundtrack.

*Learn all about working for a Libra boss, courtesy of a Mort Garson horoscope album, simply titled "Libra." Collect all 12!

*Listen for the ringing church bell, call the station, and win a prize. Really. I gave a CD away on this show!

*And Percy Faith's version of Super Fly. Maybe this is an overused cliche, but in this case, you really haven't lived until you've heard Percy Faith's Super Fly!

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

Currently on Jet Set Planet: I didn't think it was a Halloween special until I frightened the listeners with the Terry Baxter super-set.

Listening advice for this show: Carling's Black Label, in cans.

On-demand streaming options and full playlist available here: http://www.kfai.org/node/31772

Or try the quick-play link at http://tinyurl.com/255jqwc

Highlights for Program #272 (October 29, 2010):

*Why play two notes, when one will do? The Brass Explosion Orchestra and Chorus agrees whole heartedly with their rendition of A Horse with No Name. It's a Longines Symphonette Society LP, so you know its got to be .... good?

*More from Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica (http://www.spaceagebigband.com) and one of my favorite Esquivel arranged tunes NIGHT and DAY!

*The sounds of WWJD - a sweet, flutastic semi-exotic tune from the pen of Ralph Carmichael. Both the Big Man and the Devil give it a thumbs up Ralph!

*A Terry Baxter super-set for the ages. Painstakingly extracted from over four T. Baxter box sets of dreck for your listening enjoyment. Both Sides Now receives a Womenfolk(?) Seal of Approval. Another listener demands an apology!

*Plus the Blacula theme to end the program.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

This week's episode of Jet Set Planet comes packed in Heavy Syrup.
Listening advice for this show: Strong, black coffee.

Playlist and on-demand listening options for this week's Jet Set Planet "Heavy Syrup" now available at https://www.kfai.org/node/31950

For faster service try the quick-play link at http://tinyurl.com/2578aba (Archived shows available for 2 weeks.)

Highlights for Program #273 (November 5, 2010):

*Elvis makes his debut on the program with "Adam and EVIL!"

*Carol Chaos' selections from the new-to-me Reader's Digest Box Set "Love is Blue." Carol spent a Saturday afternoon slogging through this boat anchor of a box set to bring you the goodness!

*Bert Kaempfert teams up with Vinnie Bell on "Falling Free" from Bert's NOW! LP.

*Al Hirt and Joe Rene give us a whole new take on that worn out wagon "Scarborough Fair." Al, whatever you were taking when you did this track, well.... TAKE SOME MORE!

*We take a Mexican Trip with the Mystic Moods Orchestra and end up with the Corazon Latino Seal of Approval! (Ok, I'll just say it: the women from KFAI's Corazon Latino are HOT!)

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

This week's episode of Jet Set Planet brings together in one show TV ACTION Jazz AND the weirdo voice box of Pete Drake!
Listening advice for this program: have bikini, will travel

Playlist and on-demand listening options for this week's Jet Set Planet now available at http://www.kfai.org/node/32094

For faster service or Iphone/Ipod delivery try the quick-play link at http://tinyurl.com/2cdqo4s (Archived shows available for 2 weeks.)

Highlights for Program #274 (November 12, 2010):

*Madeline Bell burns a torch for a guy named Hammerhead!

*Irving Fields brings the bagels to the beach and adds them to the bikinis and the bongos for his take on “My Little Grass Shack.”

*Pete Drake asks “Are You Sincere?” Don’t be alarmed that he uses a weird, electronic voice box hooked to this steel guitar while asking the question.

*Al Hirt and Joe Rene team up for a second week in a row! This time we hear the “Straight Life” from the boat-anchor box set “A Galaxy of Stars.”

*We end with a report from your local edition of the 10:27pm Eyewitness News – circa 1975.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-11-17 17:41 ]

Currently on Jet Set Planet: Bats in the Belfry and other nut-jobs visit our sound studio.
Plus Billy Strange, Frankie Ortega Trio, Sir Julian and Lawrence Welk (and I’m not talking about your great-grandmothers Lawrence Welk).

Playlist and on-demand listening options available at http://www.kfai.org/node/32379

Highlights for Program #276 (November 26, 2010):

*An ice storm hits the Twin Cities and a Freeway Mambo breaks out on the Interstate, courtesy of Frankie Ortega.

*Sir Julian grows a few more fingers and does the Sir Julian Mambo on the organ!

*We double-dip on the Claus Ogerman this week: Poinciana from “Watusi Trumpets” and Nightmare from “Saxes Mexicanos.” Probably the two best versions of those songs ever recorded!

*And when you find out that This Guy’s in Love with You, you just might want to think twice about going home with him.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

Currently in the Jet Set Planet audio archives: GUITARS in OUTER SPACE and other great moments in audio fidelity.

On-demand, online streaming options and playlist available here: https://www.kfai.org/node/32550
(Archive available until December 17, 2010)

For faster service and for Iphone/Ipod users, try our insti-play link at http://tinyurl.com/29yptop

Highlights for Program #277 (December 3, 2010):

*Listeners not only make requests, they send me the music too! Tarrango and His Orchestra’s “The Sound of Latin Brass” make their way to our soundstage courtesy of listener Dave!

*Al Caiola is a gunslinger on this week’s show. Western TV Themes never sounded so TOUGH.

*A quick trip to Rio results in a visit from Tony Bennett AND Jorge Ben. Quite possibly the two greatest tunes ever recorded (and I mean it this time)!

*PLUS requests for music from One Step Beyond and The Liquidator.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-12-07 15:26 ]

Currently on Jet Set Planet: The 5th Annual Fab Four(th) Dimension!

90 minutes of Beatles covers by washed-up Easy Listening hacks and wannabes. Stiff, soul-stripping music from deep within the Higher-Than-Fi universe.

Playlist and on-demand listening options available at https://www.kfai.org/node/32690

For quicker service try the insta-play link at http://tinyurl.com/2726ksa
(Audio Archives available until December 24, 2010)

Highlights for Program #278:

• It wouldn’t be a Fab Four(th) Dimension without a visit from Beatles Hits in Brass and Percussion -- I always feel fine inviting Tony Esposito to our Soundstage.

*Keely Smith really wants to do much more than just hold your hand, but she’s a little shy.

*We go HIGH BROW with the Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside as they play Ticket to Ride, circa 1664.

*Listener supplied tunes are always the best! This time we spend a day in the life of Gabor Szabo!

*And from DEEP within the VRC (vinyl ripening chamber) comes Keith Textor’s LP “Hold Me.” Yeah, I might be a Fool for digging this one up.

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2010-12-16 08:47 ]

Greetings and Happy 2011!

Two great episodes of Jet Set Planet ARE READY for your listening pleasure. Our New Year's Eve Show and our one-hour Exotica Special on Xmas eve.
Listening advice for both shows: spiked eggnog and milk punch go a long way with an umbrella in the cup.

December 31, 2010: Strings and Things, plus Crime Jazz, a Sinner Man, and a poor Millionaire.
On-Demand listening options and playlist at http://www.kfai.org/node/33097 Or try the insta-play link if that works for ya http://tinyurl.com/2e8bv67

December 24, 2010: Our one-hour Exotica Special (program starts at 32:30 of archive; fast-forward to that point to hear program):
On-Demand listening options and playlist at https://www.kfai.org/node/32966 Or try the insta-play link at http://tinyurl.com/23fs4vs

Catch ALL the action, and some great cocktail tunes, on Jet Set Planet - your source for all things Higher-Than-Fi. http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

Have a great year in 2011! We'll be looking forward to the following special programming in the new year:

In February, for St. Valentines Day, we'll be doing our Look of Love Special. 28 versions of the "Look of Love" - one after another. Also this summer in August the "Light My Fire" Special. Need I say more. Plus we'll have All-Exotica Specials in March, September, and late-November. A "Phase 4" records special in April. A "Music to Have Sex By" episode in July. A Crime and Spy Jazz special in June. Our Schlager-fest special called "If Hitler Had Won the War" in early October. Also the Annual Fab Four(th) Dimension program in December and coming up this month, in late January, we'll be featuring the greatest version of a song ever recorded. And I mean it this time.

BONUS NEWS: For the 28 people who donated to JSP in our last fund raising drive, your GOODY BAG is being assembled as I type, and we hope to mail in about two weeks!

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2011-01-02 08:38 ]

Dear Jet Set Planet fans,

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Mahalo and good listening to you in the New Year!

I, Zombie
http://www.kfai.org/jetsetplanet

I haven't listened in a while. But my spirits still soar when I listen to Jet Set Planet.