So we’ve had some rain here in London and it’s done the garden some good. God knows how much more we’ll get over the next few days but we’ll be grateful of whatever we get. We’ve left out some B&Q buckets and the odd old saucepan out to see what we can catch.
Talking of watering, here’s a nice chilled out set found whilst looking for some downbeat tunes for a forthcoming shortwave mix. It’s by Past Palms and the five track set is called “Ambient Music for Watering Plants“. We’re loving all the tracks on this but it’s Meditation III: Philodendron that is the one for us at the moment. And here’s what Philodendron giganteum looks like. How mad is that for what is usually a pot plant?
Thanks to our good friend John F who sent us this great version of The Abyssinians – Satta Massagana by Los Miticos Del Ritmo called Satta Massa Cumbia from a few years ago. We’ve never heard this before. Great stuff John!
And thanks also to our mate Gerry Hectic for this horticultural related number. It’s from Fug and it’s called From Little Seeds We Grow (4Hero Folk Soul Remix) and it’s a lovely number with a brilliant Instrumental too.
All these tunes above are perfect for a chilled out weekend in the heat. Keep hydrated!
The sun’s out again and it’s 27°C and very dry in the garden this afternoon.
Last week we heard Christine Walkden on Gardener’s Question Time who said she likes to give her garden a good water with just a watering can and it can take her up to 2 hours at a time.
Since ditching the hose after watching a great special about conserving water on Gardener’s World a while ago it now takes us quite a while too just using a watering can without a rose on the top. We enjoy the slow ritual, the endless walks back and forth to the tap, making sure the soil gets a good soaking. We probably wouldn’t like it that way if we were going to catch a train but it’s a nice thing to do on an early morning on a day off work or in the later evening after a day of toil.
Is there such a thing as “meditative gardening”? There was a lot of staring into space with one foot on a garden fork when we worked at the council so it may have been around for years.
Talking of meditative gardening, there’s a great horticultural themed set from Monster Rally (we have a feeling that someone may have mentioned this to us before, our mates Gerry Hectic, DJ Frederick or Justin Patrick Moore perhaps?) called Botanica Dream. It’s full of some lovely downtempo business and at the moment the track above is our favourite but they’re all excellent.
And here’s a promo from the Skybird Council Gardeners Association for The Scented Garden radio show for you all to enjoy.
And an episode of The Scented Garden from earlier this year for your gardening/listening pleasure. Tune in, turn on and sit yourself in the middle of a flower bed preferably and enjoy the flowers.
Here’s the studio audio from last night’s KTAB, the latest in the Imaginary Radio Stations series transmitted to the world via the valves and wires of WRMI.
At 24 minutes into the recording is One Deck Pete’s “I’ve got those broadcast blues”. Here’s the full track listing of the 15 minute mix complete with the Bandcamp sites the tracks were obtained from. Do check them out as there were a lot of interesting stuff on the labels, Death is not the end feature tons of tunes from Jamaican Doo Wop to Pirate Radio Adverts from the Acid House days and as for Canary Records, there’s a truck load to explore there!
One Deck Pete presents “I’ve got those broadcast blues” Japanese Movie 1940s-1950s – A1 Senri Records
Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band – BroadcastBlues Putz Disc
Keith & Enid – Worried over you Death is not the end
Charlie Barnet – Ogoun Badagris (Voodoo War God) Swingin’ Dick’s
Kishor Kumar – Eena Meena Deeka Canary Records
Japanese Movie 1940’s-1950’s – B1 Senri Records
Using your modern day computer, take a step back in time and enjoy an hour of old time business that comes back again!
Here’s one from many years ago, a very nice chilled classic found when looking for a Jose Padilla Cafe Del Mar mix the other week when something slow mo was needed. Here’s “Spiritual High” from Moodswings, a tune that slows that stressful thing called life down.
Here’s the Jose Padilla mix that we found in the end, it’s a mix worth listening to.
This Sunday the imaginary radio stations crew have a right treat for you. KTAB will be featuring “Yesterday’s music today” on 9395 kHz at 2200 utc on Sunday 31st July 2022 via the magic of the wireless.
The show will feature all sorts of old time music from the year dot to the late 1950’s including a mix called “I’ve got those broadcasting blues” from One Deck Pete at 24 minutes in featuring this classic from Keith & Enid called “Worried over you”. Tune into the shortwave time machine.
Many thanks to Steve Barker again for recommending more great squeezebox tunes, this latest one is a belter! It’s from Los Corraleros de Majagual from Colombia and called Los Sabanales. This video is something else. Cheers Steve, great tunes are always appreciated here at Weeds!
And cheers to DJ Frederick Moe for the following top music tips. Firstly this radio DJ themed one by Houston (Bob) Mills called The Early Morning DJ with the great line: “most people are still sleeping, his wife and kids he leaves at home, it won’t be long before he’s signing on”
And then this wonderful LP of chilled out dub LP by Sumac Dub with the very apt title for us called Le Jardin de Lucy. Cheers for the recommendation Fred, this is a brilliant LP! More on the band here. The title track is a tune!
Thanks to everyone who’ve been sending us their accordion classics since last week’s transmission of WELK.
Thanks to John F. who alerted us to Kimmo Pohjonen. We had no idea that this sort of madness existed, talk about taking the accordion to the next level! We love Kimmo’s get up but don’t think the local allotment committee would allow this sort of gear to be worn on-site especially in this forthcoming heatwave. A great tune by the way.
And he reminded us about this great tune by Les Negresses Vertes a band we here have seen a few years ago but had well forgotten about.
He also mentioned the Grace Jones tune “I’ve seen that face before” a reworking of Astor Piazzolla‘s “Libertango”.
Steve Barker had also said about the maestro Astor Piazzola amongst lots of others (Clifton Chenier, Rocking Sidney, Boozoo Chavis and Amédé Ardoin and many more) which we’ll look into soon. He also mentioned Flaco JImenez and this tune with Ry Cooder.
And last and not least Mark Paytress who sent us this classic and called it “perhaps my fave squeezebox tune of all time” and he may be right! The Three Suns“Delicado”.
Keep on squeezing as they say and thanks to everyone who have got in touch with their recommendations.
Another adventure into accordions this evening on the shortwaves. WELK 2 is broadcast this evening on 9395 kHz at 2200 UTC thanks to the good folks at WRMI.
It features a mix from One Deck Pete at 21 minutes in called “More squeezeboxes on shortwave” featuring tunes from Ellis Island Sound, Nijim, Danijel Zambo, Yanga and Dubskrollz. Tune in for something a little Lawrence Welk-like this Sunday evening.
Happy Midsummer/Solstice/Longest day to you all and contrary to popular belief it’s not all downhill from here, the hours of sunlight just get that little bit shorter that’s all. There’s still a good few months to enjoy in the garden and good weather is forecast for this week coming in London so John Craven said on Countryfile last week.
To celebrate the longest day here’s some poppies we’ve spotted of late, one on the road (pic below) but mostly in the Weeds garden.
And if you weren’t at Stonehenge at the crack of dawn this morning just stick this on below and watch the action replay. Good vibes to all and do raise a glass to the longest day!
And if you want to listen to a good midsummer type mix, put this great Laut & Luise one on for some nice downbeat business.
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