Postcards for Democracy: A Music Special

This episode of Orange Juice for the Ears is dedicated to the guests' music choices so far, which we don’t always get the time to fully celebrate.

During this special, Beatie Wolfe will be playing 'Orange Juice for the Ears' tracks from past guests that range from the "First Lady of Rock’n’Roll" to anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Captain for a show bookended by the greatly missed Grammy/Tony/Emmy winning songwriter and Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Allee Willis in light of this week being September 21st.

The show also is dedicated to Postcards for Democracy - a demonstration to support the 225 yr old U.S. Postal Service & the right to VOTE. This collective art project is a collaboration between Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and dublab DJ Beatie Wolfe. The pair will be sharing more at Echo Park Rising.

Tracks played

• Grammy-Winning Songwriter Allee Willis - "September" by Earth Wind and Fire

• Producer and Director Lesley Chilcott - "Whip It" by Devo

• Screenwriter Donick Cary - "The Two of Us" by The Beatles

• Drummer Queen Cora - "Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin

• Nobel Laureate Dr. Bob Wilson - "The City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie

• Modular Founder Stephen Pav - "Seabird" by Alessi Brothers

• Music Manager Janet Billig Rich - "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King

• Tailor David Mason - "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie

• First Lady of Rock’n’Roll Suzi Quatro - "When I Fall in Love" by Nat King Cole 

• Director Ross Harris - "Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine

• News Correspondent Sarah Sidner - "Love's In Need of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder

• Multi-instrumentalist Laraaji - "Infinite Sun" by Kulershaker 

• Punk Icon Henry Rollins - "Down on the Street" by The Stooges 

• Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Hammarstedt - "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine

• Allee Willis - "Where Did Our Love Go" by Supremes

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

This episode of Orange Juice for the Ears first aired live on LA’s dublab radio but is also available as a podcast. This show was Mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.

Space: Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson

Beatie Wolfe interviews Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson about capturing the sound at the birth of our universe (Cosmic Microwave Background) via the Holmdel Horn Antenna and proving the validity of the "Big Bang" theory. Listen to this dublab radio show which takes you from sound to astronomy via the thread of curiosity.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space (with Robert Wilson via the “Big Bang” Horn Antenna), been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Robert Wilson’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? Puccini's Madama Butterfly by the Metropolitan Opera

• First album that shaped who you are? Graceland by Paul Simon - track played "Graceland" 

• The music you would send into Space? Already done this with Beatie Wolfe's Raw Space

• The song that you most associate with a loved one? “Can't Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley

• The album you would pass onto your kids? Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie - track played "City of New Orleans"

The show opens with “Starman" by David Bowie, a track Beatie Wolfe most associates with Dr Robert Wilson as he is the ultimate star man. 

This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.