Fri, 12 May 2006  Mixed bag day. No full shows on this one but just random good psychedelic stuff. Here is the lineup, folks: Title: Random Selections from the Strawberry Patch Gong? What can you say about Gong? Well, I've been listening to them now for about 6 years and I like them a lot. They are pretty much defunct now but had a good run during the 70s and 80s and various reunions and such in the 90's up to today. They are sort of a mix of jazz fusion with psychedelic tendencies. Now, I'm sure that tells you nothing so you just have to go out and get some of their albums. Gong was started by ex Soft Machine's Daevid Allen who partnered with his wife, a woman with a hauntingly beautiful voice, which will be evident in one of the songs on today's show. Gong sounds a lot like a more mellow Soft Machine, as you'd expect. They had a great run of concept albums talking about Planet Gong and its inhabitants, the Radio Gnomes, Pothead Pixies, and the Octave Doctors. The idea being that a space traveler, Zero the Hero, gets lost while traveling in space, finds the planet, learns things from the inhabitants, and then goes back to Earth to speak of his findings. That should easily create 3 albums worth of material, right? I'll be featuring them over time, eventually playing the entire September 2000 show and also a spin-off band called Gongzilla, where I'll be playing a show of theirs that I have. Also, here is where they fit on the old music map. Enjoy the show my friends. Comments[4] |
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