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.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Week 05: Tierra Salvaje

Hey kids Darren here.

This week was awfully Darren heavy so Walt handed me the reigns for the blog post.

After a few great tracks from Walter we jumped right into our Wildcard Set for the week. The theme this time was "Before they were Famous" basically the idea was bands that feature members who got famous for doing something that is not this band. The set started with a Journey song that features American Idol's Randy Jackson on bass (thanks WPRK program director Jaclyn for the tip.). Followed but Phantom Planet with Jason Schwartzman on drums. Then the 80's synth-pop of Seona Dancing featuring vocals by the ever funny but not terribly musically inclined Ricky Gervais. Comics greatest writer (or at least one of the best) Grant Morrison turned things around for us though with some great punk in his band the Fauves. Followed by the band that inspired the set list, Chameleon Church, which features none other than Chevy Chase on the drums.

My set was up next which, now that I look at it, features a lot of really sad 90's music. The Promise Ring started things off with a general upbeat tune, which was immediately cut to shreads by Built to Spill and Guided By Voices. Then Jonathan Richman brought us some early summer nostalgia and I closed things out with Barenaked Ladies complaining about gender roles. Oh, and since Walter made fun of me about it last week this week The Promise Ring is the only band with a "The".

Karlyn's Korner this week was as varied and educational as I've seen it. Jonathan Coulton taught us about the Presidents. Scha Dara Parr rapped about our favorite handheld. The Muppets took us away on a pirate ship. They Might be Giants opined about a lack of creativity, and Donald Glover (as Childish Gambino) told us about his lady troubles.

Special G couldn't be with us this week so filling in his seat was Todd Blackwell. If Special G is this Away Teams version of Q, Todd is our Data. Always cool, intellectual, and always searching for the humanity in things. He started us out this week (as he does everytime he's here) with a spoken word piece, this one from Harold Pinters "Betrayal". Followed immediately by a Lead Belly track. The wonderful workings of his robot heart were laid out with some other great tracks by the king of the crooners Frank Sinatra, David Byrnes utter genius in the Talking Heads, and Icelands own queen of strange Bjork.

We ended the night with our featured segment, the Artists Spotlight. This week I took you through the career of one of the best producers around, Brian Burton a.k.a. Danger Mouse. We started with a chronicling of his relationship with Cee-lo green and the formation of Gnarls Barkley, Touched on the masterful "Grey Album", and brought up his recent collaborations with Damon Albarn and James Mercer.

Until next week folks . I'm Darren Credible and you're not (you see that's funny cause we mention chevy chase earlier and that's what he used to say on SNL.... nevermind)

Color Code (in order of appearance)
Walter Friendly
Wildcard Set: Before They Were Famous
Darren Credible Classics
Karlyn's Korner
Guest DJ: Todd Blackwell
Artist Spotlight: Danger Mouse

01. Billy Nayer Show - Mama Hen
02. Grandaddy - Nonphenomenal Lineage
03. Harry Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles
04. Sean Lennon - Bathtub
05. Burt Bacharach - South American Getaway
06. Jason Faulkner - Clumsy Grace
07. Journey - Suzanne
08. Phanton Planet - Recently Distressed
09. Seona Dancing - Bitter Hearts
10. The Fauves - Dogs are the Best People
11. Chameleon Church - Blueberry Pie
12. The Monkees- Valeri
13. Beck - I Think I'm In Love
14. Dirty Projectors & Bjork - On and Ever Onwards
15. Bell -It's Oh So Quiet
16. The Promise Ring - B is for Bethlehem
17. Built to Spill - Carry the Zero
18. Guided by Voices - I am a Scientist
19. Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
20. Barenaked Ladies - What a Good Boy (Live)
21. Jonathan Coulton - The Presidents
22. Scha Dara Parr- Gameboys
23. The Muppets - Shiver My Timbers
24. They Might Be Giants - Number Three
25. Childish Gambino - These Girls (ft. Garfunkel & Oates)
26. The Books - Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
27. The Cranberries - Forever Yellow Skies
28. Mumford & Sons - Roll Away Your Stone
29. Bob Belden - In Flight
30. Gilberto & Getz- The Girl from Ipanema
31. Jeremy Irons - Betrayal
32. Leadbelly - Looky, Looky, Yonder, Yellow Woman's Doorbell
33. Frank Sinatra - Drinking Again
34. Talking Heads - This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)
35. Bjork - Play Dead
36. Danger Mouse & Jemini - What U Sittin' On
37. Danger Doom - Benzi Box (ft. Cee-Lo)
38. Gnarls Barkley - Transformer
39. Danger Mouse - Justify My Thug
40. The Good, The Bad, and the Queen - 80's Life
41. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
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