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Category Archives: Musical Tributes

In these shows, I choose a musical theme and take you on a journey, to the best of my abilities. We often focus on one musician who inspires a whole plethora of different music.

Episode LUCKY 13: Winter Solstice

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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snowqeen

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This episode originally aired live on KWTF Sonoma County Radio on December 23, 2014. In this episode, Tristy is flying solo, sharing her witchy ideas on Finnish Reindeer Goddesses, the connection between hallucinogenic mushrooms and Christmas, and why we should all embrace our darkness.

Songs played:

  • “Night & Day” by Billie Holiday (1939)
  • “Into the Night” by Julee Cruise (1990)
  • “Soittelen Soutusalmen Suorimaista” and “Gatzo-Ma” by Karoliina Kantelinen (2008)
  • “Winterheart” by Niki & The Dove (2012)
  • “Darkness” by King Khan & The Shrines (2013)
  • “Winter Days” by Doug Paisley (2011)
  • “Come In/The Winter, It is Past” by P.G. Six (2004)
  • “Dark Come Soon” by Tegan & Sara (2007)
  • “When the Night Comes” by Dan Auerbach (2009)
  • “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen (1992)

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Episode 10: Cherchez La Femme

09 Tuesday Dec 2014

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1976Turbans

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This episode originally aired live on KWTF Sonoma County Radio on December 2, 2014. In this episode, Tristy is flying solo and sharing her short story, “Cherchez La Femme,” about growing up in Marin County, California in the 1970’s and a falling in love with a glamorous waitress.

Songs played:

  • Dreams by Fleetwood Mac (1977)
  • Dreamboat Annie by Heart (1976)
  • Dancing Queen by ABBA (1986)
  • Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon (1980)
  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper (1983)
  • We Got the Beat by The Go-Go’s (1981)
  • Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye (1977)
  • Magic by Olivia Newton-John (1980)
  • Sunshower and Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon by Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band (1976)
  • Mambo Italiano by Rosemary Clooney (1955)
  • Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me by Washington Smith (1967)

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Episode 9: No, Thanks! Giving

29 Saturday Nov 2014

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This episode originally aired live on KWTF Sonoma County Radio on November 25, 2014. In this episode, Tristy is flying solo and sharing thoughts and music about her yearly holiday, No, Thanks! Giving. Tristy also talks about her favorite Autumn Animal Spirit Guide, the Vulture, and because the results of the Ferguson Trial literally came out fifteen minutes before this episode aired, she reads an excerpt from the very powerful article, The Unseen Jury: The Ideology and Psychology of Institutionalized Racism by Okla Elliott, originally published online on Stir Journal on August 11, 2014.

Songs played:

  • Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live) by Talking Heads (1984)
  • Thankful by Caveman (2011)
  • Thankless Thing by Wild Beasts (2011)
  • Thanks for the Memory by Benny Goodman (1937)
  • Thanks a Lot by Neko Case (1997)
  • Now Be Thankful by Fairport Convention from BBC Session: Folk on One July 26, 1970
  • Thank You for Being a Friend by Andrew Gold (1978)
  • Thank Heaven for Little Girls by Maurice Chevalier & MGM Studio Orchestra from the original motion picture Gigi (1958)
  • We’d Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover by Sandy Faison, Dorothy Loudon, Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton, Barbara Erwin, Laurie Beechman, Edie Cowan, Donald Craig, Penny Worth, Robert Fitch, Raymond Thorne & Peter Howard from the broadway cast recording of Annie from 1977
  • Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) by Edith Piaf (1956)
  • Osz Az Ido (The Time is Autumn) by Muzsikas (1990)
  • Fall Away by Lauren Hoffman (1997)
  • Thank You, Boys by Jane’s Addiction (1988)

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Episode 5: The Witching Hour

01 Saturday Nov 2014

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bare feet standing at the edge of a white circle on the ground

Always make a circle

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This episode originally aired live on KWTF Radio on October 28, 2014 and in it, we celebrate all things witchy, both from the past and the present! Explore the story of the one and only BABA YAGA, the witch of the Slavic woodlands, hear NEW definitions of words we take for granted from the 1987 “Websters’ First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language.” by Mary Daly & Jane Caputi and hear my own thoughts on being a DIY Witch. ENJOY!

Songs played:

  • Witches Egg by Susan Tyrrell from the 1980 film Forbidden Zone
  • Is She Weird? by Pixies (1990)
  • When I Grow Up by Fever Ray (2009)
  • Bones by MS MR (2013)
  • Fortune Teller by Benny Spellman (written by Allen Toussaint) (1962)
  • Only Loved at Night by The Raincoats from The Kitchen Tapes recordings (1983)
  • Tam Lin by Fairport Convention (1969)
  • IAmUnderNoDisguise by School of the Seven Bells (2008)
  • Skotoseme by Diamanda Galas (1994)
  • Spooky by Lydia Lunch (1980)
  • ***witch cackles****

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Episode 2: I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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california, dj, Improv, jail, jailhouse, kwtf, kwtfradio, norcal, northerncalifornia, podcast, radio, santarosa, sonomacounty, westcoast

jailed

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Spilling Rubes: Episode 2
“I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail”
Originally aired LIVE on kwtf.net on October 8, 2014
Solo Show in which I share my short story, interspersed with music, all with a jailhouse theme.

Songs played:

  • Jail by Giulia y Los Tellarini on L’Arrabbiata (2012)
  • Friend Went to Jail by Tricky on Mixed Race (2010)
  • Jail-House Blues by Bessie Smith on The Essential Bessie Smith
  • Jailbird by M. Ward on Hold TIme (2009)
  • Put Me in Jail by Sunny & The Sunliners on Chicano Soul: San Antonio’s Westside Sound
  • Not Even Jail by Interpol on Antics (2010)
  • Dad, I’m in Jail by Was (Not Was) off The Best of Was Not Was (1980-2010)
  • Baby Out of Jail by The Knitters off Poor Little Critter on the Road (1985)
  • Target Practice from Free to Fight (1995)
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  • Jail by Dan Bern on The Swastika EP (2002)
  • Jail by Andy Sandford on Me the Whole Time (2014)

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