DOWNTAEARTH BILL WITHERS TALKS ABOUT THANGS - - AS PART OF THE PROMOTION FOR THE RECENTLY RELEASED FILM "SOUL POWER" - WHADDA GREAT BROTHER.

A TUNE FROM 1974 AND THEN SOME PRAGMATIC TALK FROM MR. WITHERS ABOUT THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF "SOUL POWER".

NUFF SAID ! !
LISTEN AND LEARN YOUNGUNS ! ! !

DJZIGZAG

"DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY" - VOICEMAIL feat. BUSY SIGNAL - Get Up And Dance ! ! !

A WAGRadio Favourite - Featured on GROOVIN' BLUE 09 - 12 in September and could be a reason why that show is still getting so many hits.

What a great dance tune!

DJZigZag

FROM 1966 - A REITER RECORD RELIC - "VOICE YOUR CHOICE" by THE RADIANTS

Released in 1964, this 45 was an EAST END VANCOUVER house party favourite. The record wasn't played on any of the city's radio stations at the time of its release. It did get airplay when CKLG-FM's "Groovin' Blue" went on the air (Oct. 1967).

THE RADIANTS were originally a five man group formed in 1960 out of The Greater Harvest Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois but only recorded as a trio.

This video sees them on The!!!! Beat T.V. show out of Nashville, Tennessee with discjockey Bill "Hoss" Allen. Featured: Leonard Caston Jr. [tnr], Wallace Sampson [bar] and the wonderful Maurice McAlister on lead.

DJZigZag

WE WORKIN' ON GROOVIN' BLUE 09 - 15 WITH THE ULTIMATE LIVE VERSION OF MR. BILL WITHERS "USE ME" - - 'Keep Usin' Me, Til . .'

GROOVIN' BLUE IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM ON WAGRadio.
NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC IS THE MODE OF ENJOYMENT.

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THE DEATH OF A LOTTA MUSIC - "CRIPS AND BLOODS - MADE IN AMERICA"

I KNOW it sounds a little 'out there' but this film about two rival CALI 'gangs' by director Stacy Peralta can be deftly quoted during conversations about the seemingly impending death of Jazz [and to a lesser degree black Pop and Soul].

Maybe it provided that insight to WAGRadio because our first concern is Black music. The stark understanding that New World African classical music [Jazz] no longer has the once-prolific venues [ghetto clubs, bars, show lounges] to promote itself to working-class Black Americans was, possibly, an unintended bit of enlightenment delivered by "Crips & Bloods: Made In America". An old story. Last to get a job. First to lose it. No work. No spending cash. No income for musicians, record labels, promoters etc.

Please try and see this documentary. I can't stress how evocative its message is. Initially it seems to be a heart-wrenching dissertation on gang violence in L.A., and it is, but then the film's other truer messages begin to appear - told through the clear eyes and voices of the young to middle-aged Crips and Bloods who share their profound knowledge through the camera lens.

DJZigZag and WAGRadio Management

* * * WAGRadio * * AND zipDJ * * * TOP FORTY DANCE & URBAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CHART - - OCTOBER 31st TO NOVEMBER 6th - - ! TWO THOUSAND AND NINE !

* * - - WAGRadio / zipDJ - - * *

- - TOP 40 DANCE & URBAN MUSIC CHART - -

* * OCTOBER 31st to NOVEMBER 6th * * 2009 * *

1. "Bulletproof" - RAHEEM DeVAUGHN feat. LUDACRIS

[Sony Music Entertainment]

2. "Point Of It All" - ANTHONY HAMILTON

[Sony Music Entertainment]

3. "Gotta Be Real" - CANIBUS & KEITH MURRAY

[Sound Records & Ent.]

4. "The Reeling (Wallpaper Remix)" - PASSION PIT [Columbia]

5. "Sweat It Out" - THE-DREAM [Def Jam]

6. "You're Not My Girl" - RYAN LESLIE [Motown]

7. "Down & Out" - NAPPY ROOTS feat. ANTHONY HAMILTON

[Nappy Roots Entertainment Group]

8."Crime Spree"

- LIL WAYNE, RA DIGGS & J STILLS feat. FLIPPA MAFIA [Universal Music Group]

9. "All Night Long"

- HOT DOLLAR feat. PITBULL, YUNG BERG & K-YOUNG

[Dolla Figga]

10."Starstudded" - HOLLYWOOD feat. BABY & BIZZY BONE [Motown]

11."Million Dollar Bill" - WHITNEY HOUSTON [Columbia]

12."30 Inches (Remix Inst.)" - JUICY J [Columbia]

13."Comfortable (Justin Arenas Remix)"

- LIL WAYNE & BABYFACE [White label]

14."SOS (Rescue Me)" - NATURALLY 7 [EMI Group]

15."Find A Way (Inst.)" - RO DOLLA feat. KARDINAL OFFISHALL [Universal Music]

16."Can't Believe It (Justin Arenas Remix)"

- T-PAIN feat. LIL WAYNE [White label]

17."Whatever You Want (Inst.)"

- CONSEQUENCE feat. KANYE WEST & JOHN LEGEND [Motown]

18."On The Ocean" - K'JON [Universal]

19."The Real Thing (Joshua's Nu Soul Mix)"

- VANESSA WILLIAMS [Universal Music]

20."Neighbours Know My Name" - TREY SONGZ [Atlantic]

21."Kopf ab (Sir Garry Original Mix)"

- THE NIGHTWORKER [V2 Nightworker]

22."Pretty Girls (Inst.)"

- WALE feat. GUCCI MANE [Allido / Interscope / Roc Nation]

23."Anybody Listening (Inst.)" - CLASSIFIED

[Half Life / Sony Music]

24."Keep It Goin' Louder"

- MAJOR LAZER feat. WINASKY & RICKY BLAZE

[Universal Music]

25."Holiday" - DING DONG & CHEVAUGHN [VP]

26."Soul Makossa" - SHOVELL & THE LATIN HOOLIGANS [Defected]

27."Money (Inst.)"

- N.A.S.A. feat. CHUCK D., DAVID BYRNE, RAS CONGO,

SEU JORGE & DJ Z-TRIP [Spectrophonic Sound]

28."Chocolate Legs" - ERIC BENET [Warner Music]

29."Still Waters (Inst.)" - SONNY BLACK [Aires Entertainment]

30."Girl From The Hood (Inst. / Vocal)" - YOLANDA RENEE [Motown]

31."The Thrill Is Gone (Inst.)"

- STATIK SELEKTAH feat. STYLES P., TALIB KWELI & HI-TEK [ShowOff]

32."Sailing" - AVANT [EMI Music]

33."Jealous Of My Boogie (Gomi & Rasjek Remix)" - RUPAUL

34."Lover" - De La GHETTO [Massacre Musical Inc.]

35."Congratulations" - FAT JOE feat. TICO & TA [EMI Group]

36."If U Leave (Maurice Joshua Radio Edit)"

- MUSIQ SOULCHILD feat. MARY J BLIGE [Atlantic]

37."Jungle Boogie '09" - SOULDIERS OF FORTUNE (SOF)

[Vinyl Pusher]

38."Download (Inst.)" - LIL KIM feat. CHARLIE WILSON & T-PAIN [Brookland Entertainment]

39."Be On You" - FLO' RIDA feat. NE-YO [Atlantic] * sorry Kev

40."Walkin' On The Moon (Craig C's Radio Blaster Edit)"

- THE-DREAM feat. KANYE WEST [Def Jam]

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GROOVIN' BLUE 09-14 IS TRULY LIP-SMACKIN' GOOD AND ON THE TABLE ! ! !

WILL THE ULTIMATE GROOVIN' BLUE EVER BE ATTAINED ?

GROOVIN' BLUE 09-14 IS A GEM ! !

BUT, YOU - THE WAGRadio AUDIENCE - WILL BE THE ONE THAT DECIDES . . . IS THIS THE BEST YET ?

THIS TIME WE RUN THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICAL GAMUT FROM ERIC BENET TO MC JEAN GAB '1 and FROM MICHAEL HENDERSON and ROBERTA FLACK to MONGO SANTAMARIA AND LIL WAYNE and BABYFACE.

SO ENJOY THIS ONE SOULFUL LISTENERS -

GROOVIN' BLUE 09-14 - - THE BEST ONE YET ? ?

Oh, and the chicken? That's Hooli Hooli chicken from Hawaii - it s'poed to be burned like that!

Photo: Frederich Hende

DJZigZag

JOHNNY JONES TALKS ABOUT HOW BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND WANTED HIS GUITAR STYLE TO SOUND - LIKE WAGRadio FAVOURITE WAYNE BENNETT [IN A T-BONE MODE]

Johnny Jones of Johnny Jones and The King Casuals talks about travelling with the Bobby "Blue" Bland Revue between 1976 and '79 and how Bobby didn't want to hear much bending of strings but a more straight ahead T-Bone Walker style of play. Mr. Jones, who died just the other day, was a student of Bobby's long-time guitarist Wayne Bennett in the seventies and was the perfect fit for the great Duke records vocalist's band.

Thanks to CO-OP Radio's Ron Simmonds, host of 'Blues In The Dark' for [once again] hipping us to another superb video.

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ISN'T THIS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AUDIO EQUIPMENT ! ! - - & WE'RE LOOKIN' 4 YOU TO SEND US COMMENTS - - OR YOUR TOP TUNES LIST circa ** 1955 - 1960 **

JUST THOUGHT WE'D TELL YOU THAT WE ARE LIMITED TO FOUR COMMENTS PER POST (We're workin' on more) SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON - NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT!

THANKS AGAIN TO Mike Cherry FOR HIS TOP TWENTY 1955 to 1960 New World African Music Favourites.

And concerning this gorgeous rectangled red box . .

The GENEVA MODEL L Ipod Dock has a built-in Cd player and an FM radio and so very much more.

I can't remember being this excited about a piece of sound machinery since just before entering the discount store in Hong Kong in 1979 [no duty / no tax] and purchasing my NAKAMICHI 1000 ZXL Cassette Deck [$2,500 plus shipping in HK - $5,000 in VanCity at Commercial Electronics].

www.genevalab.com

DJZigZag

"JOKA SMOKA" - ZIGGI

OUTTA AMSTERDAM (no kidding) It's ZIGGI and he smokin' his pervurbial hoon off.
I luv his 'shy look' [1:14] when he sez (after sayin' he had "one pound in the rover") that there was "one pound in the living-room sofa" ! !
CraZy-Ziggi - that GanJa Lovin' Euro-Brother ! !

Listen to the full 4:35 version of 'Joka Smoka' called "GANJA SMOKE IN THE AIR" by ZIGGI on GROOVIN' JAM-ROCK BLUE 2K9 SHOW #2 - - podcasted on WAGRadio

DJZigZag

"SHORT FAT FANNIE" - BILLY PRESTON

What a giant of New World African Music this multi-talented man was. The video is from the mid-'60's California based TV show "Shindig!" hosted by LA radio jock Jimmy O'Neill. Billy Preston, on keyboards, led the studio band and performed the occasional vocal number on the show. We couldn't get 'Shindig!' in the East End without an antenna. I would watch the show at the Chow's on 41st Avenue at the home of brothers Harry and Buddy [who WAGRadio fans know, contribute musical ideas to Groovin' Blue occasionally].

Billy Preston - one of our musical heroes.

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STUFFED UP THE SOUL-HOLE ! AND OVERFLOWIN' WITH FLAVOUR ! ! YES ! - IT'S AN ALL-NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 09-13 ! ! !

GROOVIN' BLUE 09-13 IS BOUNTIFUL AND READY TO BE CARVED UP AND ENJOYED ! !

DJZIGZAG HAS NEW TUNES BY MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, VANESSA WILLIAMS, MAXWELL, CHICO DEBARGE and ANTHONY HAMILTON - - AS WELL AS VISITS FROM LEGENDARY NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC STARS JAMES BROWN, MARVIN GAYE, GREGORY ISAACS and FISHBELLY BLACK.

And thanks to Mike Cherry [Sky Captain] for sending in his top 20 from 1955 - 1960. Looking for more of the same from other older listeners.

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Photo: Supplimentalscience.com

Hey GrandMaMas! & GrandPaPas! WAGRadio WANTS YOUR 1955 TO 1960 **BEST - OF** LIST - - TRY IT - - IT COULD BE A LOTTA FUN ! !

WAGRadio wants its older listeners to answer the question - - what was your top 20 or 40 or 50 or whatever from the years 1955 [or earlier] to 1960 ? ?

You may already have a list of your favourite tunes from that five year [or more] span OR

maybe you will have to make a project of it . . . and look stuff up on the net and at the library etc.

DJZigZag &

Sweet Daddy Fonk Wong and

Miss A and everybody at WAGRadio would luv to hear about the FAVOURITE record titles from your youth ! ! !

Scroll down to "Reiter's Records" to see the newly posted

Reiter Record Relics ** 1955 - 1960 ** Top 200 Plus

Then when you get a list compiled - - email it to

radio@wagradio.com

Also tell us if you want us to print the list with your name or keep it to ourselves . . . cuz either way we'd dig you sharing it with us ! !

WAGRadio Management

MORE FILM FESTIVAL FARE - "WHO DO YOU LOVE"

Another biopic about the legendary CHESS RECORDS of Chicago, Illinois. This time focusing on the founder Leonard Chess.

Hot on the heels of "Cadillac Records" comes "Who Do You Love" starring Chi McBride as Willie Dixon, Brit actor David Oyelowo as McKinley Morganfield, Keb' Mo' as bluesman Jimmy Rogers, Mike DeFoor plays Little Walter with Robert Randolph as Elias McDaniel and Alessandro Nivola as L. Chess.

Hope this one comes back for more than the two festival showings in VanCity but if I'm reading the blogs correctly, this film won't be released in the States (therefore Canada) until 2010. So we will just have to wait and see.

It plays the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct. 10 @ 10:00 pm and Oct. 12 @ 2:10 pm -- djzz will be attending the 2:10 Monday, Oct. 12 showing at the Granville 7

For more V.I.F.F. info - go to - viff.org

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AT A FILM FEST NEAR YOU - "SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION"

Hopefully this film will make an appearance at a theatre in or near the town or city where you live.

With archival film from the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960's wed to contemporary musical performances by Anthony Hamilton, Wyclef Jean, The Roots, Mary Mary, The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Legend and more, this film is nothing less than a tour-de-force.

It plays the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct. 2 @ 6:30 pm and Oct. 3 @ 1:50 pm.

for more about this and other Vancouver I. F. Festival films - go to - viff.org

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