Accordion Noir radio playlist 2007-10-12: Polkapolypse week 1 of 3

AccNoir 2007-10-12

Hola!  Today on Accordion Noir Classic Theatre it’s our 45th episode, from way back on October 10th of 2007.  We were doing some kind of Fall Member Drive special theme over at Co-Op Radio and so this was the first of three episodes we dubbed as part of our “Polkapocalypse” set.  I believe this was our compromise after the threat of playing polka records on-air, which could be pulled from the turntable and smashed in the name of financial sponsors, was kiboshed.  Instead we tried to play songs that technically fit in the polka idiom (and its various regional descendants) but escaped the genre’s staid curse.

These episodes seem to have proven popular over the years, this one racking up some 15345 logged listens at its original online host, and going forward you can enjoy it over at the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist to help you keep tabs on what you’re hearing:

Accordion Noir: Playlist: October 12, 2007
CFRO Co-op Radio in Vancouver, BC, Canada
102.7 FM 9:30-10:30 PM

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Polka Drag-out technical knock-out. Week one of three!

Artist — Song — Album (Date) — Origin — label/contact if known

Pistolera — Mentirosos — Pistolera (2005) — Brooklyn, NY, USA — http://www.pistolera.net
Brave Combo — At The Polkafest — Polka’s Revenge (2007) — Denton, Texas, USA — http://www.brave.com/bo
Polkacide — Grey Horse (Siwy Kon) — Hardcore 2/4 (1999) — San Francisco, CA, USA — http://www.polkacide.com/
Chango Spasiuk — Ivanco (Little John in Ucranian) — The Charm of Chamamé (2003 compilation) — Argentina — http://www.changospasiuk.com.ar/index1.html
Polka Freak Out (Bubba Hernandez + Alex Meixner) — A Heart’s Grand Opening — Polka Freak Out (2007) — Texas, USA — http://www.polkafreakout.com
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People — Alberta Wedding Song — the Friendly Rich show (2006) — Ontario, Canada — http://www.FriendlyRich.com
Minnesota All-Stars — Bill Czerniak, Getting Loose/Mel Brenden with the Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble, Calle Schewen Waltz (NOT A POLKA!)/Larry Malmberg, Under the Double Eagle/”Wee Willie” Makovsky, Emil’s Polka — Rounders Records (2005) — http://www.rounder.com
Rowan Lipkovits (the Decemberists) — Mariner’s Revenge song
Guy Klucevsek (doing some pretty out-there polka style) — Polka 1 — Manhattan Cascade (1992) — New York City, USA — http://www.guyklucevsek.com/
Thomas Fersen — Croque — Putumayo – French Playground (2005) — France — http://www.putumayo.com/en/putumayo_kids.htm
Weird Al Yankovic — Bohemian Polka — Alapalooza (1993) — USA — http://www.weirdal.com/
Schmenge Brothers — Salute to New Wave Music (Our most requested performance. Kindof a crappy crackly recording, sorry.)
Ksenija Sidorova — Polka-bird, Childrens’ Suite N2 on A. Tolstoy’s story “The Golden Key” — Ad libitum… — (From Latvia and the UK, not Poland, my mistake) — Ksenija is the young woman who’s accordion got stolen last year. You can’t hardly hear her under us talking, but there you go.
Rowan Lipkovits (the Ramones) — Beat on the Brat

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You know better than us; were all these polkas?

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