New Music from Beer and Cheese Land

Episode #497 of Jet Set Planet - New Sounds from Beer and Cheese Land - heads up a double dose of JSP for your weekend listening pleasure! This episode is chock full of "new-to-me" vinyl LPs I picked up on a recent trip to Milwaukee.  Includes a nice chunk of not-so-typical Moog music.  Just press HERE to listen!  (Audio Archive available until March 6, 2015). Plus, Episode #496 - Ripe, Ripening or Rotten: Lonnie Liston Smith takes us on a trip to Gooland -  also spends time in Brazil and includes another version of Light My Fire - this time by Woody Herman (as we build toward out All Light My Fire show on July 3).  Just press HERE to listen!  (Audio Archive available until Feb 27, 2015). Catch all the action at Jet Set Planet!  Friday Nights at 9 on KFAI! Be there, Aloha. Upcoming Live DJ gigs for Glen Leslie and friends: Saturday February 28, 1:30-430pm:  Steve Kyle from the Higher-Than-Fi Research Team and Lars Jenkins from Chalet Sounds @ Harriet Brewing  3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis http://www.harrietbrewing.com/ Every Second Saturday of the Month, Chalet Sounds with Lars Jenkins and friends at Bev's Wine Bar, 250 3rd Ave N Minneapolis Comments about the show: jetsetplanet@gmail.com Jet Set Planet Friends on Facebook

Getting ORGAN-ized is just Ducky Goo expands What's in YOUR Closet? (Not much it would seem.)

Oooo! That's Good!

Two great shows await your weekend listening pleasure!  Otherwise known as "Music to take down your decorations by." First Up, Episode #491 where we explore the squeaky stylings of Ms. Quadine Longet as well as the Jet Setting Sounds of the Charles Randolph Grean Sounde and the Berry Lipman Orchestra.  There's lots to enjoy on this one.  Click HERE to Listen! (Audio Archive available until 1/23/15). Also Don't miss the round-up of best vinyl finds of 2014, when guest co-host Steve Kyle joins me in the studio.  Click HERE to listen!  (Archive available until 1/16/15) Catch all the action at Jet Set Planet!  Friday Nights at 9 on KFAI! Be there, Aloha. Upcoming Live DJ gigs for Glen Leslie and friends: Saturday, January 10:  Catch the monthly Chalet Sounds of Lars Jenkins (pal of Jet Set Planet) every second Saturday of the month at Bev's Wine Bar in Minneapolis (8-midnight) http://bevswinebar.com/  Sunday January 11: Glen Leslie and Greg Carr will be spinning from 10am-2pm @ The Third Bird 1612 Harmon Place, Minneapolis  http://www.thethirdbirdmpls.com/  Music for French Toast, Cocktails and for planning your Winter Getaway by. Wednesday January 28, 7:00-9:00pm: Glen Leslie @ Dead Media 3330 e. 25th st. minneapolis, mn  http://deathmedia.tumblr.com/ Saturday February 7, 1:30-430pm: Glen Leslie along with Liberty Finch and DJ Izzy @ Harriet Brewing  3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis http://www.harrietbrewing.com/ Reach out to us: Comments about the show: jetsetplanet@gmail.com Jet Set Planet Friends on Facebook

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Jet Set Planet News for December & January
First off, I figured that sweaty pic of Herbie Mann would get your attention.

Second, Don't miss the last two installments of Jet Set Planet.  Episode #487 Al Hirt is Fat (Click here to listen) and Dave Robert's Christmas Special (Click here to listen).  More details available at jetsetplanet.com

Last but not least, we have a number of DJ gigs coming up in December and January.  Come out and see us spin!

Sunday December 14, 10am-2pm Brunch: The Third Bird 1612 Harmon Place, Minneapolis  http://www.thethirdbirdmpls.com/

Saturday December 27, 1:30-430pm: Harriet Brewing 3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis http://www.harrietbrewing.com/

Sunday January 11, 10am-2pm Brunch: The Third Bird 1612 Harmon Place, Minneapolis  http://www.thethirdbirdmpls.com/

Wednesday January 28, 7:00-9:00pm: Dead Media
3330 e. 25th st. minneapolis, mn  http://deathmedia.tumblr.com/

Saturday February 7, 1:30-430pm: Harriet Brewing  3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis
http://www.harrietbrewing.com/

Catch all the action at Jet Set Planet!  Friday Nights at 9 on KFAI!

Be there, Aloha.

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Can you dig it?

What's in YOUR Closet?

Latest Juice from Jet Set Planet!

Jet Set Planet EXPLODES with TWO exciting new episodes!  (We also play for beer -scroll down for info on our live DJ gig coming up at Harriet Brewing!) Episode #480 and #481: When Worlds Collide / A Man outside Sex World carries a Trombone Join Elmar, who piloted the Jet, for Episode #480 - When World's Collide. The Audio Archive for Episode #480 is available here until 10/31/14.  This episode contains all the hallmarks of a Sherwood B. Funn production, including songs about being "swaggered," folks songs about far-out folks, and Minna wo Tsunagu Mahou no Melody. After the Elmarocalypse, please join Glen Leslie for  Episode #481 ~ A Man outside Sex World carries a Trombone. Highlights include: a guy named Gunter who can ring a bell like your odorous, crazed uncle at a VFW rummage sale;  a Bert Kaempfert sighting (and it WILL surprise you); and the SpaceKraut of Boney M.  Audio Archive for Episode #481 ~   A Man outside Sex World carries a Trombone ~ available here until 11/7/14 PLUS: Join Glen Leslie and Drew Miller for KFAI's next installment of Vinyl Voices at Harriet Brewing.  Tuesday October 28 from 6 to 9pm. Harriet Brewing 3036 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN 55406 612-315-4633 Come on down, enjoy the great tunes and imbibe on some of the best beer in town! HOPE to SEE YOU THERE!

I NEED to find this LP! I DO own this one - and it's crazy Moog-y good! An Instrumental Love Machine (not to be confused with the Hitachi Wand)

Money Feeds My Music Machine

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Happy-Go-Lucky!

"You're an elf with a hyperactive thyroid."

Episode #478: "That Mutinous Half-Breed is on FIRE!"
Audio Archive available here until 10/17/14

On this week's program The Bully Boys Face Off is a steel cage grudge match when we hear from their LP The Movie Scene. Also Mr Bongo Visits the Naked City, the Jankowski Singers perform for NightPeople Only, the Brass Menagerie also wants to Touch Me – what’s with these horny horns-men – Ray Bryant is the Fox Stalker, the 3 Suns play that Happy-Go-Lucky Sound, Dave Roberts and the Comanche’s team up for "This Week in Miserlou," and before the night is through, we’ll hear a SuperSet* of the Mystic Moods and a SuperSet* of a genre of Music we like to call Horkheimer – otherwise known as Music to Hustle Stars by. 

Ready, Steady, Stop. It’s Jet Set Planet on KFAI.  Consider yourself warned.

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A HUGE thanks to those who pledged their support during out recent Fall Pledge Drive!  Wow - a fantastic outpouring of support.  Mucho Gracias and all that!  As we like to say in the non-profit radio world: Money Feeds My Music Machine!   And remember: anyone who donated at least 50 bucks will get the Mystic Moods Sampler that I'm putting together from my own record collection!  

Wish you could STILL get in on the action?  You can - donate here and tell 'em JSP sent you!

Working the knobs at Harriet Brewing

Working the Magic at Harriet Brewing
Had a blast with the Pop Shop team as we took Harriet by storm.  And it was GREAT to meet so many fans of Jet Set Planet in person!  That was a real highlight for me!

If you haven't been to Harriet Brewing - GO!  And if you like vinyl, go on Tuesday nights and check out KFAI's Vinyl Voices' series, from 6 to 9pm.  The series is running through the year.  I'll be back at the end of October and again in early December.

Vinyl Voices Tuesday September 23 @ Harriet Brewing! 6 to 9pm!

Vinyl Voices
Tuesday September 23 @ Harriet Brewing! 6 to 9pm!

The Pop Shop's Liberty Finch and DJ Izzy (spinning 60s/70s Pop), and Glen Leslie of Jet Set Planet (spinning Exotica and Music from Outer Space) will be playing vinyl from 6-9pm this coming Tuesday at

Harriet Brewing
3036 Minnehaha Ave
Minneapolis

Part of the Vinyl Voices Tuesday night series, the Pop Shop and Jet Set Planet will be entertaining the beer drinkers and doing their best to avoid the bottles thrown at the DJ booth.   KFAI (90.3 FM Minneapolis - 106.7 FM St. Paul) will be raffling off cool stuff, and the Ladies Love Vinyl posse will be in the house. Amazing Beer! And eats from Andrew Zimmern's Canteen too!

Please Join Us!

For you Facebookers, here's the link to the Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1537875423093820/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Getting Sheared; Getting Gabored

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Episode #475 Getting Sheared; Getting Gabored - during an Endless Bummer.  And who knew there was a cover version of a tune from the Seven Golden Men Soundtrack!

In this episode of Jet Set Planet, we track down Gabor Szabo doing a version of Some Velvet Morning!  That's worth the price of admission right there!  Plus Jimmy McGriff proves he's a Mean Machine and Harry Betts rides out the Endless Bummer.

This episode also features the debut of Lonnie Liston Smith on the program!  When you need an oily rubdown, this is the guy to call!

KFAI archives every show for up to two weeks.  This episode available until 9/26/14. Just click here!
You can also find archives of past shows at jetsetplanet.com

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Finally, it's the start of our fall Pledge Drive.  Do what you can do to support Community Radio!  It's easy - just go here! or call locally at 612-375-9080.

Oily Rubdown Jazz

Ok, if you haven't rubbed down your lovely lady or handsome gentleman in awhile - with a load of gooey, slick rubdown oil, smeared everywhere (careful of the new carpet!) then YOU are WAY overdue.  I mean if you rub them down they are obligated to rub YOU down!  See how it works?!!

From that section of my record library labeled "Oily, Rubdown Jazz,"  Enjoy!

Oh you can catch Lonnie and his friends on this edition of Jet Set Planet - Episode #475
(Archive available until 9/26/14 at the KFAI Audio Archives)

A Love Goddess, Lawrence Welk and me - at the Sugar Shack

In episode #474 of Jet Set Planet, we meet a Love Goddess, take a Swingin’ Fling, enjoy a Hot Fudge Sundae, enter the Tension Zone and visit the Sugar Shack all in the course of 90 minutes – that’s a lot of action for an hour and a half!  Plus, Harry Breuer ditches his vibro-thingy and picks up the patch cords, knobs and knife switches of a Moog Synthesizer when we hear from his LP The Happy Moog (not to be confused with the unhappy Gnome).  Full Playlist

This episode also features a TRAIN inspired set and also includes some really poor whistling from yours truly.  PLUS we hear the Power Sleeze of Ronnie Laws, the weird time signatures of Emil Richards, and some strange vocalese by the usually staid latin guitarist Charlie Byrd.  
 

KFAI archives every show for up to two weeks.  This ONE available until 9/19/14. You can find archives of past shows at jetsetplanet.com

 

Some nice comments I received during this episode of Jet Set Planet: 
"Your show is otherworldly, beautiful, and genius. You make me believe in radio. Your show makes me feel alive. Thank you."

WOW!   

Oh, for you Thrift Store crate diggers out there, here's one you can still score for 49 cents.  If for no other reason, bye it for his version of Sugar Shack!

 

Like the mighty Thor raising his hammer to the sky and calling forth lightning from the heavens, here’s Lawrence Welk, baton in hand, comfortably walking, in comfortable shoes,  making his way to the Sugar Shack.

We Need YOU!

SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE AT KFAI!
Ok, now before you click on a porn site, or Huffington Post, or DeadSpin to get the hell out of here, please hear me out.  KFAI is in dire need of your donations.  We are a community radio station completely separate from traditional public radio with its billions and billions.  We're the little guys who know how to curate music and present it to you in novel ways.  No machines. No robots. Real people bringing you the music they love.

Jet Set Planet is no exception. So if you like what we do up here in the Higher-Than-Fi, consider making a donation.  Your support goes directly to equipment upgrades and studio improvements.  It has a REAL impact.

Just head on over to http://kfai.org/ and click on the Donate to KFAI link in the right hand corner. It's that easy.

This week's episode of Jet Set Planet - #452 "Luke Andrews, Manfred Fest, and the KFAI Spring Pledge Drive!" is now available for your listening pleasure: http://kfai.org/node/42658 (audio archive available until 4/18/14)

Highlights include:

Hugo Montenegro's Lady in Cement

Herb Pilhofer's PanAm World Suite

Cal Tjader's Sunset Blvd.

On the Rocks!

Episode #451 of Jet Set Planet available right here: http://kfai.org/node/42524 (archive available until 4/11/14)

Mint Juleps, Watusi Blues and a shortage of minis.  Holy Smokes that ice is cold!

Latest episodes of Jet Set Planet!

Action and excitement await you this weekend as TWO recent episodes of Jet Set Planet are ready for your listening pleasure.  But act fast:  the audio archives are only active for a short time - so get them while you can!  First up: Episode #450 featuring THIS LP.

Audio Archive - http://kfai.org/node/42395

(archive active until 4/4/14)

What an incredible record!  The Jan Davis Guitar and Hot Sauce surprised the hell out of me.  It was a sealed copy I picked up at Dusty Groove in Chicago for a few bucks, so I had no idea what to expect before buying it.  From the liner notes I couldn't tell if it was gonna be an uninspired Flamenco-styled guitar record from some guy who lives in the Netherlands OR if it was gonna be a strange soul/funk influenced rock record with a guy who plays classical guitar over the top of a groove laid down by some impressive session men.  I guess all you REALLY need to know is that he plays banjo on an incredibly funky, but wonderfully stiff version of Lady Marmalade.  Higher-Than-Fi APPROVED!

The rest of Episode #450 includes some deep plowing into the work of this man:

Alas Dear Listener, I promised TWO - count 'em - TWO episodes to enjoy.  Episode #449 also awaits in the KFAI archive for your listening pleasure.  This one included some people we haven't heard from in awhile: Harry Roche, Clyde Borly, Ron Goodwin (who the hell are these people???).  And we also heard from this man - Googie Rene!

Audio Archive - http://kfai.org/node/42266

(archive active until 3/28/14)

Get down on it!