The Intercontinental
Playlists
I host my playlists here, but you can also see them in sortable form on track-blaster Thanks to Jon Bernhardt for creating it.
7-1-09
Yugoslavian powerballads, Indonesian girlpop, and the Michael Jackson bandwagon
6-26-09
westernized Persian 45s from the 1970's on a special edition of the Annex
6-24-09
Phi Ta Kohn and Ali Akbar Khan, crunk lokal and genuine feelings of attachment
6-17-09
Saharan autotune, how tiresome. but also scratchy Portugese and Norteño accordion records
6-10-09
string trance and Turkish synthesizers music
6-10-09
Jesse fills in on Gorilla Got Me
6-3-09
Microtonal polyphony and the Muhammad Alis
6-3-09
A fill in on the Late Riser's Club
5-28-09
Patrick Bryant filled in while I was sick
5-20-09
The determined individual takes on the cultural diversity of distortion within the upper saharahah
5-13-09
Brazilian magic, the impossible music of Thailand, and scratchy scratchy
5-6-09
Argentine doublereed cumbia, a touch of country, the German countdown, 99 year old jaltarang and you're in the Cultural Musical Club
4-29-09
chicha, cumbia Balladeers, the unexpected Muza spotlight and pure solid Dutch glam.
4-25-09
fill in on Subject to Change
4-22-09
Balkan clarinets, Japanese Bulgarian polyphony, exotic guitars, Germany hippies and a Richard Berry cover
4-15-09
Indian brass bands, Indonesian yacht rock, Japanese Easy Listening, Swedish Electropunk and more slow scratchy records
4-8-09
hippies, rockers, invented instruments, slow talking and fast records
4-1-09
video game music, cumbia dubs, acoustic guitars and aprils fool
3-25-09
long songs without a theme. more Bollywood, mourning for records lost and Molamsing
3-18-09
Molam, Cumbia, Garage Rebajada, Heavy Metal Kids and a striking example of primitive polyphony
3-11-09
How do you say Molam in German
3-11-09
Fill in for Late Risers Club
3-4-09
more Iranian 45s, Mauritanian 78s, Algerian mp3s, Argenitine cds Mailian LPs, another Arthur Brown cover and the perpetual promise of exoticism
2-25-09
the Intercontinental turns 3 with some Brazilian fuzz, French electropop and more old 78s
2-21-09
fill in for Backwoods
2-18-09
international organs, tiresome vindictives, a small survey of gamelan and other serious music
2-11-09
Beatles music, hard drive failure and pulling out of the nose dive. and Jaltarang.
2-4-09
The show that vanished. Plenty of beats and covers of Dusty Springfield covers
1-28-09
Lunar new year, Moroccan hiphop, melancholic songs and Jesse's in sublime frequencies pocket
1-21-09
German commercials, Iranian low-fidelity, Peruvian harps and more. In that order.
1-14-09
post-war Japanese, Greek rock and a tired dj plays loud music
1-7-09
78s, Yugorock and Yugosynth, Apna Desh and Jesse gets really excited about Kraftwerk
12-31-08
new years eve show
12-24-08
Christmas Eve weirdness and the worst singers in the world
12-17-08
The TP tease, some Japanese garage hidden Greeks and a Richard Berry cover
12-10-08
Charming snakes, return of cumbia, and Ethiopian and Eritrean organs for balance
12-3-08
lots and lots of Turkish music, some gamelan, Burmese piano and the usual
11-26-08
Mark Francis Filled in for me
11-19-08
James Bond and weed plus the slow and fast of Indonesian disco
11-12-08
fundraising 2008, the name that country contest
11-05-08
zurnas, zurlas, Yma and Zia. plus an albumside of Om Kalsoum
10-29-08
the 2008 halloween show
10-22-08
early Raï, romantic Cambodian reverb and lots of Burman
10-21-08
Fill in for The New Edge today
10-15-08
eurogothpop, the Balkans, Iranistan, North Koreastan, couple of Alton Ellis songs and more Anatolians
10-08-08
French(and German)new wave, more chicha, the international loose guitars and a pair of Paks
10-01-08
cumbia rebajada, Nigerian Independance, more beat music and everything sounds better slowed down
9-27-08
battle of the mp3 players round 2 - Jesse v. Patrick v. Keith
9-25-08
fill in for Late Risers Club
9-24-08
the psychedelic powers of the guitar and the zurla, plus more novelty from the south
9-20-08
battle of the mp3 players round 1 - Jesse v. Patrick
9-17-08
the bamboo gamelan track of the week, 60's eurobeat and jesse calls for an end to sports talk
9-10-08
more synths! more monsters! more cassel!
9-03-08
Japanese-Hawaiian, Yugopop, Indonesian music: no no no, yes yes yes
8-29-08
fill in for the later risers club
8-27-08
MJ's birthday, some other things and an uninspired vocal performance by someone
8-20-08
special non-Intercontinental show in conjunction with a show at the Mills Gallery
8-13-08
Wunderbar welle, snake charmers, The Ex and Ethiopians plus
8-6-08
Two Jamaican sets, two postwar Japanese songs, somemore Hungarian newwave and ahhh
7-30-08
African rock, the two Jimmys, domestic Armenians, first of the Armenian 78s and Reza
7-25-08
fill in for Coffeetime, Johnny Hodges birthday, Don Ellis birthday
7-23-08
gamelan, zurlas and The Bug is not coming
7-16-08
a whole mess of Japanese rock and a whole mess of everything else
7-9-08
the Cambodian bigs, plus Bulgarian, Romanian, Costa Rican and some rock
7-2-08
Two Michael Jackson diaspora songs, Hungarians especially Laszlo Benk, Slide guitars in Hawaii, India, Japan and New Zealand
6-25-08
accordeon feature, Middle Eastern electric guitars, and the obvious German Electronic
6-18-08
name that country, more Anatolian rock, French Cold wave and versions
6-11-08
part 2 of Mediterranean Madness
6-4-08
Bo Diddley in Dutch, Japanese and English, 3.5 Minutes of German electronic and Black Hebrew Soul Music
5-28-08
Eastern European rock, fast accordions, more Indonesian prog and the visiting Welshman
5-21-08
Joanie filled in for me while I was sick. See the playlist here
5-14-08
beat music in colors, cumbia from Colombia, mixtapes, Armenian Americans and Bollywood
5-07-08
Perfidia, Myanmar, Cinco de Mayo, some neu welle and more.
4/30/08
Music for Mayday, a couple Saharan songs and not much more.
4/23/08
phonocards, international beat and bunnies for spring
4/18/08
filling in today for Coffeetime
4/16/08
guitars music, two saxophone-lead bands, Japanese 80's psyche and more Asian pop
4/9/08
an International Thriller and Day of the Gypsies
4/2/08
Surf from Madagascar, Cumbia from Colombia, Prog from Turkey and Crunk from Martinique
3/26/08
This one for Elise, the bats are dying...should I podcast
3/25/08
surprise fill in for DJ Awesome and the Wonderfriends
3/19/08
Patrick Bryant filled in for me today, during "Show Swap 2008"
3/15/08
I filled in for Patrick Bryants Subject to Change, during "Show Swap 2008"
3/12/08
postal workers, bus drivers and Numminen's birthday. plus a pleng piece
3/5/08
International Ladies Night
2/27/08
All German language
2/20/08
No Show this week, wmbr is broadcasting The Homelessness Marathon
2/13/08
Mark Francis filled in for the show this week, how lucky am I? His playlist here
2/6/08
Yugoslavian Mariachi (Meksikanski), Moroccan hip hop and more
1/30/08
The Man Who Drinks
1/23/08
guest at Primitive Sounds at River Gods in Cambridge
1/23/08
North African, international flutes and more Cambodian music
1/16/08
Two Lenas, International Pianos and more Ethiopia
1/9/08
second show of the day, ez stereo!
1/9/08
fill in for The Late Risers Club
1/2/08
this is the "best of" show for 2007?
12/19/07
Water Music and the twist!
12/19/07
Fill in for the Late Risers Club
12/12/07
No Qualms with this show
12/5/07
more cumbias, the hidden Ivo spotlight, some gamelan and one song for Sergio Gomez
11/28/07
Cumbias, French Psychedelic, Ethiopian synths, Laotian gongs and more, yikes
11/14/07
Jack from Running Returning graciously filled in
10/31/07
Halloween Show
10/24/07
Euro 80’s electro, Spanish rock, and Welsh dub
10/17/07
Burkina Electric, Korean psych guitar and other things
10/10/07
Musical Pokke in the Eyye
10/3/07
Only Brass Bands
10/3/07
fill in for Green/In The Margin
9/30/07
fill in for Fusion Atomica
9/19/07
This and that, old Euro,
Roberto Carlos and
some bamboo Gamelan
9/3/07
fill in for Watching Listening
8/15/07
For Lee Hazle(notGreen)wood, Indian Independence and more
8/8/07
Thai Pop, Klezmer and more
8/8/07
fill in for Gorilla Got Me
8/6/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
8/1/07
Caribbean and
national day in Trinidad
and more
7/21/07
fill in for American Primitive
7/18/07
Anatolian Invasion,
plus Asian rock and such
7/11/07
Greek hip hop,
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and
more Cumbia
7/11/07
fill in for Green/In the Margin
7/4/07
Which America?, plus
a little James Brown imitation
6/27/07
Pocito Colombia and Peruvia,
plus free reeds of the world
6/27/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
6/20/07
Guest dj at Primitive Sounds
at
River Gods in Cambridge
6/20/07
Egypt, Jamaica, Brazil hip hop and Gamelan
6/13/07
from French psychedelic to
Easern Eruropean Rock but
with Rai and
Inuit throat singing to boot
6/6/07
Cambodian & Japanese, mostly
5/26/07
fill in for Lost Highway
5/23/07
more 1970's Bollywood,
3rd Kraftwerk song of the week,
and some gunshot sound effects
5/16/07
Wiley spotlight,
Kraftwerk song of the week
and more
5/16/07
fill in for Breakfast of Champions
5/14/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
5/9/07
Greek songs about drugs, return of the Neue Deutsche Welle song of the week and a Japanese freakout
5/2/07
Hair, hippies, scandinavian punk, mbira and mixed choirs
5/2/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
4/25/07
this and that
4/18/07
North Africa, Indian Brass,
Finnish Free and more
4/11/07
Vietnam, Jamaican 60's,
South African Jazz,
European Saxophone,
Euro electro
4/4/07
vocal and bamboo music, Spanish Garage, Southeast Asian Rock
4/2/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
3/28/07
Fado and Fela, both
3/26/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
3/21/07
Australia, Euro-electro,
Turkish twist, Cambodian Rock,
and Syria...
3/14/07
International Ladies Month
3/7/07
all accordions
3/3/07
Backwoods fill in
3/1/07
The Intercontinental turns 1!
2/24/07
fill in on American Primitive
2/22/07
(Some of) the Russians
2/19/07
fill in for Late Risers Club
2/15/07
Survey of Western Saharan Guitars and Oum Kalthoum
2/14/07
fill in for Lost and Found
2/8/07
No theme, no theme
2/7/07
Guest dj at Primitive Sounds
at
River Gods in Cambridge
2/5/07
Late Risers Club fill-in
2/1/07
Brazilian psych,
Ney Matogrosso spotlight,
Illes spotlight for Lajos Illes
1/30/07
Jazz Train Fill in
1/25/07
Hungarian and Greek electronic
and Bollywood funk et al.
1/22/07
Late Risers Club fill-in
1/18/07
Another Double-up,
The Ex &Getatchew Mekurya,
and 1930's Russia
1/11/07
pre-war European, plus progrock
and a Latin James Brown cover
(at last)
1/4/07
67 songs under 2 minutes
12/19/06
Shelium fill-in
12/14/06
Middle-Eastern Europe
and Brass Bands,
Stringed Instruments from
Iraq and India
12/7/06
Dutch Rockers,
Os Mutantes, European vocals,
Korean and
the Shin Jung Hyun Spotlight
11/30/06
West-African drumming,
Korean Rock, British Rock, Grime, and more Bollywood
11/16/06
Waila, Indonesia and the
Kalyanji Ananji spotlight
11/9/06
Fundraising
11/2/06
Day of the Dead
10/26/06
Halloween show
10/25/06
(Guest fill in on Lost and Found)
10/20/06
Cuba, Peru and
Chandrasekhar's birthday
10/12/06
There's more to the Middle East
than Metal, and the
Pan Ron Cambodian Spotlight
10/5/06
Versions versions Versions
9/28/06
Lata Mangeshkar's 77th birthday
and Shadoks spotlight
9/23/06
(Guest fill in on American Primitive)
9/14/06
New Caledonia, Grime and the
Ros Sereysothea spotlight
9/7/06
Hawaii, Japan and
Brazilian Independence Day
8/31/06
Brazil, Trinidad Independence
and Khazak Independance
8/24/06
Indonesia and the
Psych-Rock Monsters
8/17/06
Jamaica and
Duniya Mein versions
8/10/06
7/22/06
(Guest fill in on American Primitive)
7/20/06
7/19/06
(Guest fill in on Lost and Found)
7/13/06
7/06/06
6/29/06
6/22/06
6/15/06
6/8/06
6/1/06
5/22/06
5/15/06
5/8/06
5/1/06
(Guest fill in on
In The Margin of the Other)
5/1/06
Ukrainian, Burmese,
and Asian Garage, plus covers…
4/24/06
Eupr psych, Middle Eastern fuzz, and Gypsy and non brass bands
4/17/06
Guest fill in on
In The Margin of the Other
live sound collage
4/17/06
Asian Psychedelic,
Russian Cheese, Euro-rock,
French, 2 Grime and a nice long Javanese gamelan
4/10/06
Burmese, Euro Prog,
African Jamaican and Hip Hop
and Brazilian Dub
4/3/06
Indonesian Country, Krautrock
and the Indorock spotlight
3/27/06
Turkey, England,
Brass Bands and Jaltarang
3/20/06
Mexico, Jamaice and Brazil
3/13/06
Ali Farka Toure's Passing,
Origin of Japanese Surf Guitar,
plus Japan and Yugoslavia
3/6/06
Ethiopia, Egypt, Accordions and
Dutch Electronics