Welcome to the new home for The Away Team with Walter Friendly, a radio show on WPRK 91.5 FM, Winter Park, Florida. Our show plays Friday mornings from 3:00 to 6:00 eastern standard time. We hope you'll become a fan.

Now, on a Starfleet crew, The Away Team is a small group of two or more who beams down to a planet's surface to do what is, basically, the captain's dirty work. We call our show The Away Team because we once had a captain who gave us a continuing mission to beam down to the radio station each week and show you something aurally magnificent. This is a goal we try to meet without fail.

This particular Away Team consists of three constant members and a cast of rotating guests. Our first officer, in command of this crew, is Walter Friendly, an amicable fellow with the heart of a cobbler. Oh, not a cobbler of streets, no no, but of course a cobbler of songs. And he is like to pick from all the broad areas of popular music which are generally pleasing to the ear, and to piece them together into sets that guarantee to take you somewhere. Ever at Walter's side is Darren Credible, the Team's chief engineer, who keeps things running smoothly with aplomb, checking our facts and always keeping his selections classic. The third and final permanent member of The Away Team is Special G. Now if Walter's songs are guaranteed to take you somewhere, Special G's songs are guaranteed to get you there flying, be it in a starship, a hot air balloon, or on the wings of some great mythical beast. His flights of fancy are unmatched.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Week 09: The Rescue Block

Welcome back, everybody! This week, The Away Team was absolutely on the ball from start to finish...except for Stiles. We played a brilliant wildcard set devoted to historical and literary songs. Todd regaled us with tales of personal strength, and Darren played us the most classic set we've yet heard on Away Team Radio. Teva Toamy returned with another Week in History segment that nourished our brains, while the songs she played in her Medical Log nourished our hearts. Then for Karlyn's Korner, the night finally belonged to the 80's before it was wrestled away by an ultra rare track off the Hoodwinked soundtrack and a Stephen Lynch favorite. After that, we spent the extra time mourning in the morning before I dried my eyes and delivered an exceptional Spotlight on experimental psychadelic band Can. Ask any band with even slight experimental leanings to name their influences, and Can will be near the top of their list.
A little on Can

Special thanks to Damian Summers, Brenna Warner, Marcellis Cutler, and Annarose Krone for staying up with us at home, and a tarnished, dented thanks to Stiles for saying fuck. Tune in next week for an Away Team first (and last): Psychobilly Night with Michelle Elise!

Color Code(in order of appearance)
Walter Friendly
Wildcard: Look to the Books!
Todd Blackwell: Identification Please
Darren Credible Classics
Teva Toamy's Medical Log
Karlyn's Korner
Mourning in the Morning
Spotlight: Can

01. Jerry Herman - Put on Your Sunday Clothes
02. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
03. Paul Williams - Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
04. The Spinners - The Rubberband Man
05. Conor Oberst - NYC-Gone, Gone
06. Yeasayer - ONE
07. Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough
08. Annuals - The Bull & the Goat
09. The Cure - Killing an Arab
10. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
11. Modest Mouse - Bukowski
12. Regina Spektor - Oedipus
13. The Postal Service - Brand New Colony
14. Ben Folds Five - Boxing
15. Leadbelly - When I was a Cowboy
16. R.S. Brown - Harold Pinter's "Episode"
17. Ella Fitzgerald - Always True to You in My Fashion
18. The Beatles - Her Majesty
19. Björk - Declare Independence
20. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said
21. Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
22. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
23. Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
24. Elliot Smith - Say Yes
25. Geri X - Where Sleep is King
26. Foals - This Orient
27. Ellie Goulding - Lights
28. Does it Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead
29. Oingo Boingo - Gratitude
30. Todd Edwards - Critters Have Feelings
31. Danny Elfman - Cool City
32. Stephen Lynch - Lullaby (Divorce Song)
33. David Fridlund - White Van
34. Beulah - A Man Like Me
35. Billy Nayer Show - The Way She Dances
36. Caribou - Hello Hammerheads
37. Can - Turtles Have Short Legs
38. Can - Mushroom
39. The Flaming Lips - Take Meta Mars
40. Can - Thief
41. Can - Vitamin C
42. Nat King Cole - Almost Like Being in Love
43. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
44. The Traveling Saints - Easy Said (Hardly Done)
45. Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio
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