Music 101 for Saturday 17 February 2024

1:20 Queens of the Stone Age’s drummer Jon Theodore: 'It was chaos, the songs were just suggestions'

Before becoming the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, Jon Theodore was an early fan, first seeing them play at a tiny Baltimore club that held 12 people.  

Ahead of their NZ tour Jon talks to Charlotte about getting the call from Josh to drum for the band, and what it’s like to go from the “free for all” shows with The Mars Volta to the controlled chaos of Queens of the Stone Age. 

Queens of the Stone Age NZ tour dates:
Thursday 29th Auckland’s Spark Arena
Friday 1st March Wellington’s TSB Arena
Sunday 3rd March Christchurch Arena 

 

1.50 Karen O’Leary: Can the saxophone be funny?

Comedian and actress Karen O’Leary notoriously played Officer O'Leary in Wellington Paranormal. She has been a contestant in Taskmaster, a co-host in Paddy Gower Has Issues and now has her own podcast called Full Disclosure . 

Karen O’Leary is now taking her comedy to a new level - involving a saxophone - and her partner on stage at the fringe festival in wellington

Catch Saxofun at the Hannah Playhouse Feb 24th and 25th.

2.00 John Baker: Detroit rockers MC5’s impact on kiwi bands

Detroit rockers MC5 have lost a great with the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer.

MC5 formed in 1963 were considered as one of the greatest rock bands of all time

The band broke up amid government harassment, poverty, and drug abuse. For Kramer, this led to several years of battling drug addiction before returning to an active recording and performing schedule in the 1990s.

John Baker, champion of Rock and Roll music, joins Charlotte Ryan in the studio to talk about the MC5’s local influence.

2.30 'Innovations like this do not come along every day': The Life and Beats of J Dilla

Of the thousands of drum machines that have been sold over the years, only one is housed in the Smithsonian Institution.

It belonged to hip-hop producer J Dilla, a man who Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots has referred to as “the music god that music gods worship”.

J Dilla – also known by birthname James Yancey, Jay Dee or simply Dilla – died in 2006 at the age of 32 after battling a rare blood disorder.

Last week would have been his 50th birthday.

To celebrate his life and musical innovations, RNZ producer Sam Hollis caught up with New York hip-hop journalist Dan Charnas, the author of the New York Times best-seller Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm.

 

3:20 Introducing: Sam Bambery

Ōtautahi/Christchurch artist and songwriter Sam Bambery joins Charlotte Ryan to celebrate the release of his new song ‘Parasite’.

It’s the first single from an upcoming album called ‘Rubricator’ that will be released in May with Under Underground Records - a micro-label started by fellow Ōtautahi songwriter Hannah Everingham. 

Watch the ‘Parasite’ music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2JPIJcUtFs

 

4pm  The Mixtape - Jean McAlister - 20 years in radical theatre group Red Mole 

RED MOLE was an experimental theatre troupe that shocked conservative New Zealand but took the younger generation by storm in the 1970s. 

A new documentary Red Mole: A Romance explores the origins, performances, personalities and fate of Red Mole. 

Jean McAlister performed in Red Mole for over 20 years. She joins Charlotte to talk music, kiwi counter culture the new documentary in cinemas now.

Jean McAllister’s songs 

1. The Beatles: She Said, She Said

2. Joni Mitchell: A Case of You

3. The Drongos: It Seems

4. Prince: Sign O' the Times

5. Richard X Heyman: Hoosier

6. Kane Strang:  My Smile is Extinct

 

Songs played on the show
1-2
Christoph El Truento - Wednesday afternoon cooking special
Nick Mulvey- Freedom Now (feat. Golshifteh Farahani & Arooj Aftab)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Make it wit Chu 
Beyonce - Texas Hold’em
Tami Neilson - Sister's Coming Home/Down At The Corner Beer Joint (feat. Nicky Diamonds)
BADBADNOTGOOD - takes whats given
Geneva AM - T(M)²I (pronounced Tangaroa Made Me Ill)
Warpaint - Common Blue

2-3
Sade - Smooth Operator
The Stranglers - Peaches
Georgia Gets By - When All You Can Manage Is A Sigh
MC5 - Kick out the Jams
Molly Lewis  - The Crying Game
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb / Paint It, Black
J Dilla - Lightworks
J Dilla - Workinonit
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
J Dilla - Motor City 17
The Pharcyde - Runnin’
J Dilla - Believe in God
Slum Village - Fall in Love
Erykah Badu - Didn’t Cha Know?
J Dilla - Don't Cry
J Dilla - Waves
J Dilla - Motor City 9
C.Zukey - Water Temple
Pearl Jam - Release [Live]

3-4
Shocking Pinks - Peaceout
Dinah Lee - These Boots Are Made For Walking
Oisin Leech, Steve Gunn, Tony Garnier  - Colour of the rain
Sam Bambery - Parasite
Blondie - Sunday Girl [French Version]
Sampha - Can’t Go Back
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Evil Generation
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Green Banana
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Future of My Music
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry I Am a Dubby
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Goodbye
Avalon Emerson Sandrail Silhouette
Avalon Emerson A Vision
Avalon Emerson Astrology Poisoning
Avalon Emerson Dreamliner
Avalon Emerson Hot Evening
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Broken Circle (Over and Over)

4-5

Muroki - Bad Dreams