What the H? Exactly. The award-winning* Lickers discuss some of their favorite records filed under the letter H.
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In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2023, idiotic, introverted hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru G, so naturally, they went with H.
LLR "H" mixtape:
[SIDE H-A] (1) Kristian Harting - Digging Up Graves (2) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Hideaway (3) Height Keech - Working Woman Blues / This Brutal World... (4) Honey Ltd. - Tomorrow Your Heart (5) Tim Hecker - Voice Crack
[SIDE H-B] (1) Hurrah! - If Love Could Kill (2) Donny Hathaway - I Believe To My Soul (3) Daryl Hall - Why Was It So Easy (4) H.E.R. - Focus (5) John Hartford - Holding
Sonic contributors to episode thirty-one of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, James Todd Smith, SZA, Herbie Hancock, Placido Flamingo,
Babyface, The Rascals, B.L.K., Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Elton John, Robert Frip, David Bowie, Kristian Harting, Mike Kroll, Honey Limited, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Mamas and the Papas, The Wrecking Crew, Height Keech, Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, super special secret guest student disc jockey Billy Lalonde form the WHCW archives circa 1992(ish), Faith No More, The Waterboys, John Fahey, John Hartford, Glenn Campbell, Randy Scruggs, Norman Blake, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tim Hecker, Brian Eno, H.E.R., TLC, Home, U2, Elvin Bishop, DJ Shadow, Arc of All, The Clockers, Ashley Alexander, Mister and Jenn Wasner.
*2023 REVIEW magazine fans’ choice award for best live-streaming production.
