The Vinyl Freak Podcast

VFCM22: Lena And Michele

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:49:00 +0000

Episode 22 HERE
Our lena Horne tribute album, which, ironically, is exactly two weeks too late, and would have been one week too early (super crepy); Lena Horne sings the works of Michele Legrande (with lots of babbling from the captain in between)... Still working on getting everything ship-shape system wise, but progress! Cheers!

Classic Episode: Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington Disc 1

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:43:00 +0000

Lots of sweet, delicious vinyl in the pipe, freaklings (we're back up and running, but time constraints are still interfering with new episodes), but this week we'll revisit a classic episode: VFCMB9: Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington Disc 1. Listen for the awesome rendition of "Black Butterfly" and "The Jeep Is Jumpin'". Cheers, kids!

VFCMC 21 - B onzo Dog

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:31:00 +0000

VFCmC21: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: GORILLA Rumours of our death have been greatly exaggerated; although slowed down by the death of our main computer, we're back, up and running. This week: BONZO DOG: GORILLA, 1967 surrealism at it's finest. now with 120 percent more LINUX. Enjoy!

REBROADCAST: The Hannasode

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:23:00 +0000

REBROADCAST: THE HANNASODE: We're undergoing some massive technological upgrades here at VFCM, so we thought it might be nice to give listeners who missed some of our previous episodes a few weeks' worth of our highlights from the last year. This is the Hannasode. Enjoy! -Iv. M.

VFCMC20 - Narvin Kimball Memorial Episode

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:53:00 +0000

VFCMC20
The captain remembers one of his favorite albums from one of his favorite heros, Narvin Henry Kimball, banjoist and singer for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Spare a thought for him this March 17th, and enjoy his superlative rendition of "Georgia"

Jeff broke things because he hates you

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:00 +0000

Jeff took our stylus away from us. So this week's super special will be delayed by a few days until our new equipment arrives. You can find jeff and hit him with sharp objects, heavy things, and throw swords at him at the following link. Thanks/sorry/blame jeff -Iv.M.

Narvin Henry Kimball: DELAYED (until tomorrow)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:01:00 +0000

DELAY! Sorry: professional obligations prevent the timely release of this week's episode /(it will come out tomorrow; Narvijn Henry Kimball SpeCIAL memorial episode). Thaqnks for your understanding and cheers!

VFCMC19 - The Cousins: Music of the Strip

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:35:00 +0000

Episode 19 This week, VFCM delves into the sleazy atmosphere of Las Vegas circa 1961 with The Cousins and their "BURLY BEAT." Hot jazz and ridiculous album copy ensue.

VFCM - C18 - 02/21/10 - D8Of Dixieland (Part 1)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:50:00 +0000

The Best of the Dukes of Dixieland (Disc 1): Yes, following last week's Valentine's Day screw-up, we're back with more of the Hot Hot HOT jazz you know and love... and know you need... like a junkie on the prowl, yessir; yer fix is in.

Valentine's 2010

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:04:00 +0000

Sorry, freaklings; while the Captain had been looking forward to unleashing a horrifyingly depressing VD episode, the weight of history, bad anniversaries, social commitments, and work have combined into a perfect storm which have rendered such an episode impossible. We'll be back next week with a burner so hot you'll think you got ghonnerea. -Iv.M.

VFCM - C17 - 02/07/10 - The Roar of The Greasepaint

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Episode C17: The Roar of the Greasepaint (The Smell of the Crowd). Our most recent installment of the Captain Midnight Musical Theater Hour (and the first in quite a long time) explores Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricuss' masterpiece.

VFCM16 - Episode C16 - 01/31/10 - The Chicagoans

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:17:00 +0000

Hello. I am the origins of quote-unquote Dixieland Jazz. Enjoy me. Ladies and germs, as a special present to our new subs, we bring you "THE CHICAGOANS: 1928-1930," a fucking monstrous record that will violate your every orifice until you speak a language other than your native tongue... BECAUSE OTHER TONGUES WILL BE EXPLODING FROM THE BACK OF YOUR THROAT UNTIL YOUR HEAD FALLS OFF AND YOU DIE. Cheers! - Iv. M.

VFCM - c15 - Bob Scobey's Frisco Band

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:54:00 +0000

In spite of all the webisodic carnage as we get our act together, the captain (in between dispensing vicious beatings to me and the other web monkeys) has managed to bring one of the most excellent records in his collection to light this week: Bob Scobey and His Frisco Band with Clancy Hayes. Episode C15!

VFCM - b14 -011410 - Firehouse 5 PT 1

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:56:00 +0000

The Vinyl Freak triumphantly returns with the first installment of "The Firehouse Five Plus 2 Story" (Set B, sides 5 and 6). "Lonesome Railroad Blues" and other rarities are exposed for your amusement. Episode B 14.

VFCMB13: Baseball

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:33:00 +0000

VFCMb13: BASEBALL The new year's eve spectacular episode: Baseball: Steve Goodman, baseball, the ontological/existential question, and the story of Steve Goodman's FOUR FUCKING DAYS. We make sense of it all.

VFCM - b12 - THE DARK ANNIVERSARY (Best of Sam Cooke)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:52:00 +0000

In honor of having survived the most catastrophic day of his adult life, the Captain presents the following delightful Pre-Seasonal-Holiday-Depression-Study Aid: The Best of Sam Cooke. Don't kill the messenger... Iv. M.

VFCM; B11: Christmas Flavor "B": Meco and Christmas Classics

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:55:00 +0000

VFCM B11 is a torrid nightmare of holiday horror that will rip the enamel from your teeth and burn your eyebrows from your pretty little skulls... The catastrophe begins!

VFCM - B10: Sammy Davis Jr live At the Cocoanut Grove

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:59:00 +0000

THIS WEEk'S EPISODE HAS BEEN PRE-EMPTED: OUR HEARTFELT APOLOGIES. PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

VFCM - B5: Young Louis Armstrong (Part II)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0000

I'm completely out of order!!! Yes, defying all logic in terms of sequential occurence, presented here for your bemusement is the long-awaited second installment of "Young Louis Armstrong." Suck it!

VFCM - Ep9 - Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (Disc 1)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:13:00 +0000

EARL HINES PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON (Disc 1)

VFCMB8 - Episode B8 - 11/07/09 - Jazz Mission To Moscow

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Episode B8 THE JAZZ MISSION TO MOSCOW! In this insane little flashback to the cold war, we experience American Jazz greats doing a little cultural exchange with the pinko russkie bastards across the pond (at least, I think that's how it was supposed to go)... Regardles: MISTER PRESIDENT: WE CANNOT ALLOW A MIND-SHAFT-GAP!

VFCMB7 - Episode B7 - 10/29/09 - (Halloween): Jonathan and Darlene Edwards Songs For Shieks And Flappers

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

HALLOWEEN: SONGS FOR SHIEKS AND FLAPPERS! The remake. With, like, 0% new stuff. But still FUCKING COOL!

VFCMB6 - Episode B6 - 10/23/09 - Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:24:00 +0000

VFCMB6 Just in time for the anniversary, we're listening to Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, the "Pathetique," one of the Captain's favorite works. Complete with his own controversial interpretation of the ending of the composer's life. An e-ticket. Cheers! - Iv. M.

VFCMB4 - Episode B4A - 10/10/09 - The Horrible Supplement

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Absolutely one of the most commically inept attempts to reintroduce a formerly defunct podcast to a largely completely defunct audience, this will forever stand as a testament to the captain's wonderful inability to wing it. You go, baby! Oh yeah, baby... experience the pain. -Iv. M.

VFCMB3 - 10/08/09 - Young Louis Armstrong (Pt 1)

vegaswriter@gmail.com (Captain Midnight) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:16:00 +0000

ROCKTACKULOUS HORRORIFYING DELICIOUSNESS: Young louis Armstrong 1922-1932 (disc 1) is hot, ready, and finally made available to the universe again. The second part of this FOUR SIDAH will follow eventually.