my show on may 3 consisted of a handful of minimalist organ pieces as well as the haikus they inspired me to write. although inspired may be too strong a word. said musical pieces and haikus are below:

terry riley - desert of ice (shri camel)

a desert of ice

bleak, beautiful, dry and cold

riley gives me chills

philip glass - etoile polaire - ange des orages (analog)

shards of glass, half-full

of kaleidoscopic storms

carnival in space

meredith monk - turtle dreams (waltz) (turtle dreams)

four organists play

so slow, forget it's a waltz

count voices in threes

steve reich with michael tilson-thomas, ralph grierson & roger kellaway (plus tom raney on maracas) - reich: four organs (stravinsky, cage & reich)

maracas insist

keyboardists stagger their stabs

my organs awash

philip jeck - stops (spire: organ works past, present & future)

crusted abrasions

do they really come from pipes?

soon, the organ stops

april 26 playlist:

jean knight - carry on (single)

link wray & the raymen - cross ties (early recordings (on chiswick rec.))

dick hyman - a man alone (the man from o.r.g.a.n.)

charles and harold smart - flirtation waltz (single)

ake olofsson and karin strid - ole bull: saterjantans sondag (the herdmaiden's sunday) (cello & orgel)

rachel laurin - fantasia for organ and harp (music by rachel laurin)

alan stivell - oidhche mhaith (chemins de terre)

parliament - the silent boatman (osmium)

james chance - white savages (irresistible impulse)

milt buckner - one o'clock jump (rockin' hammond)

allen ginsberg - the little fish devours the big fish (holy soul jelly roll vol. 4: ashes & blues)

john doe - get on board (the westerner)

jimmy mcgriff - hit the road jack (cherry)

april 19 (hosted and programmed by caitlin richards) playlist. the imaginary organ, a special program hosted by caitlin of cjsr's imaginary landscapes, also aired in a slightly different form (same music and chat, though) during her usual timeslot of tuesday night at 8 on april 18:

teho teardo & blixa bargeld - still smiling (still smiling)

aine o'dwyer - hymnals of love against the grain (music for church cleaners vol. ii)

leonard cohen - if i didn't have your love (you want it darker)

men playing harmonium and drums and women in the play - song of rejoicing (songs and dances of nepal)

lusine sargsyan - komitas: hreshtakayin (music of armenia)

grant green - motherless child (iron city)

alice coltrane - my favorite things (world galaxy)

vulkana stoyanova - dimitur kara gemiya (the voice of thrace)

kate bush - don't push your foot on the heartbrake (lionheart)

alan stivell - tha mi sgith (a l'olympia)

pj harvey - rebecca (the wind)