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Schedule in brief, scroll down for details:
Wednesday 9 p.m.: WILLIAM PARKER / JOE MORRIS / HAMID DRAKE, “Eloping 
with the Sun” on the Inside Track
Thursday 9 p.m.: RACE RECORDS on the Thursday Night Feature
Friday 9 p.m.: CALEXICO, “Feast of Wire” on the Inside Track
Sunday 2-3 p.m.: THROBBING GRISTLE, “20 Jazz Funk Greats” on the
Classic Inside Track
Monday 9 p.m.: MIAOW, “When it All Comes Down” on the Inside Track

WILLIAM PARKER / JOE MORRIS / HAMID DRAKE, “Eloping with the Sun” on 
the Inside Track, Wednesday 9 p.m.
An unprecedented but very enchanting recording by this trio of long-time
improvising colleagues: Parker relinquishes his bass for the zintir, a
Moroccan bass lute associated with Gnawan music, Joe Morris performs
entirely on banjo and banjouke, and Drake is on frame drum. A hypnotic,
contemplative and thoroughly rhythmic excursion into the sound of north
African streets (or a compellingly close approximation thereof). Out on
Morris's Riti label.

RACE RECORDS on the Thursday Night Feature, Thursday 9 p.m.-midnight
This week’s TNF deals with music performed by and marketed to African-
Americans on white record labels during the early 20th century.  It’s 
the first in a series of Thursday Night Features dedicated to Black 
History Month.

CALEXICO, “Feast of Wire” on the Inside Track, Friday 9 p.m.
Long-awaited new full-length for Arizona's preeminent desert easyriders,
staying true to the formula of rustic country ballads, mariachi-studded
flavors, spy soundtrack moods, steel guitar ambiance, and even a foray
into "latin dub." Out on Quarterstick.

THROBBING GRISTLE, “20 Jazz Funk Greats” on the Classic Inside Track,
Sunday 2-3 p.m.
"20 Jazz Funk Greats," released in 1979, is arguably Throbbing 
Gristle's most accomplished album, although it in many ways is a great 
departure from their other works. While neither jazzy nor funky, 
it certainly is a break from Throbbing Gristle's pummeling noise and a 
first glimpse at the continuing pop influence on them. The album 
remains as the best link between these godfathers of industrial noise 
and the reams of industrial-dance and dark synth-pop groups that used 
the album as a stepping stone to crossover appeal.  Formed in London in 
1975, Throbbing Gristle consisted of vocalist/ringleader Genesis P-
Orridge, his then-lover guitarist Cosey Fanni Tutti, tape manipulator 
Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson and keyboardist Chris Carter. A 
performance art troupe as much as a band, their early live shows — each 
starting with a punch clock and running exactly 60 minutes before the 
power to the stage was cut — threatened obscenity laws; during their 
premiere gig, P-Orridge  mounted an art exhibit consisting entirely of 
used tampons. They disbanded in 1981 after recording six albums.

MIAOW, “When it All Comes Down” on the Inside Track, Monday 9 p.m.
The complete discography by 80s British 'C86' pop band Miaow, fronted by
Cath Carroll (immortalized on the cover of Unrest's Perfect Teeth LP, 
and in the lead single off that album), including all their single 
sides, their track from NME's legendary C86 compilation cassette and 
the tracks from their two John Peel sessions. Listen and discern the 
roots of twee.  Out on LTM Records of the UK.

Also this week and every week:
-THE INSIDE TRACK:  a new release played in full Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 9 p.m.
-ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL: traditional and neo-traditional music of the 
world, Sunday 10 a.m.-1 p.m
-HELL OR HIGH WATER: music from UNC's Southern Folklife Collection 
Sunday 1-2 p.m.
-CLASSIC INSIDE TRACK: a classic release in full, Sunday 2-3 p.m.
-BROKEN MUSIC: longer, more "difficult" pieces Sunday 3-4 p.m.
-MAKING CONTACT and COUNTERSPIN: news programs from F.A.I.R. (Fairness 
and Accuracy In Reporting) Sunday 4-5 p.m.
-NORTHERN HEMISPHERE LIVE: issues-based live talk Sunday 5-7 p.m.
-BACKYARD BARBEQUE: North Carolina music culled from the fresh produce
from Chapel Hill's finest, as well as older records from N.C. bands of 
the past, Sunday 7-8 p.m.  On the web at 
http://www.unc.edu/~jenseits/BBQ/BackyardBBQmenu.html
-THE NEW MUSIC SHOW: spotlight on new releases right out of the mail 
bin, Sunday 8-9 p.m.
-SPORTS RAP: live UNC sports talk, Sunday 9-10 p.m.
-NEW SCIENCE EXPERIENCE: a live electronic mix, Sunday 10 p.m.-12 a.m.

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