I've gotten to know the mysterious, enigmatic, and rather brilliant deejay Kid Ginseng - a producer and turntablist with deep roots in early classic hip-hop and underground dance music - a little bit over the last few years, and I love talking with him about how he puts together his minimalist (or are they maximalist?), classic electrofunk jams. The Kid is living and creating in the present yet is deeply knowledgable about the jam-masters who've come before him. (He's also a really sweet guy.) So a few weeks ago - at the Coveralls gig at Walrus Alley in Westport, to be exact - I asked him if he would join me on my Monday morning Snap Crackle POP! show someday.

And on this sunny summer Bridgeport morning he did! And he even debuted his newest mixtape, which incorporates some really deep-stark-funky jams and beats, both new and vintage, alongside his own innovative tracks from the last few years. We agreed to swoop in and out of the mix like we were at a party, which was really really fun and enlightening for me. So here it is, with a particularly boogie-down episode of Snap, Crackle, BOUNCE! (I mean POP!)

Big Fun – Inner City

Cavern – Liquid Liquid

U.F.O. – ESG

Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life – Indeep

Let the Music Play – Shannon

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel – Grandmaster Flash

Kraftjerkz Freakout Mix # 3 – featuring:

* Don’t Stop (intro) – Kid Ginseng

* Looking for the Perfect Beat (instrumental) – Afrika Bambaataa

* Love Can’t Wait – Tony “Dr. Edit” Garcia feat. Lil Suzy

* I Need a Freak – Sexual Harassment

* Night Drive Break

* Rock the Planet – The Megatrons

* Fix It in the Mix (instrumental) – Pretty Tony

* My Tascam – Kid Ginseng

* I Go Off – Kid Ginseng

* Eye Spy – Unsighted

* It’s Nokoman – DJ Technician

* East 7 Miles – CEM3340

* Crackworld – DJ Di’jital

* Armada (DJ Maaco Remix) – DJ Di’jital

* 808 Kits – DJ Di’jital

Computer Love – Kraftwerk

I hope it doesn't seem odd to have a "Wooo!" in this podcast's headline, in terms of the fact that our honoree - early '60s rocker Freddy Cannon - passed away this previous weekend. He was a "Wooo!" kind of guy, and his music was unquestionably joyous rock 'n' roll. (Subtlety was not his forte.) So a lot of today's music was joyous (almost all of it, anyway) as Dawn Eden Goldstein and I took a musical journey through the years 1959 through 1963/4, what one might call the post-Elvis-getting-into-the-army and pre-Beatles pop music era. Did Elvis die when he went into the service? Did Rock 'n' Roll? Maybe Don McLean would differ, but Dawn, Freddy and I say "nay". And then: "Wooo!"

Action (theme song for ABC-TV's “Where The Action Is”) – Freddy Cannon

Don't Ever Charge – The Crickets

Claudette (demo) – Roy Orbison

Sweet Suzie – Johnny Burnette

Crying In the Rain – Carole King

From Me to You – Del Shannon

Tallahassee Lassie – Flamin' Groovies

Soldier of Love – Arthur Alexander

Rock and Roll Will Never Die – Wild Hares

Time’s Passing By – Lia Pamina & Dario Persi

Dumb Head – Ginny Arnell

He’s a Rebel – The Crystals

Half Heaven Half Heartache – Gene Pitney

Killer Joe – The Rocky Fellers

Hippie Hippy Shake – Chan Romero

Tallahassee Lassie – Freddie Cannon

Transistor Sister – Freddie Cannon

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon

Bony Moronie – Larry Williams
Whole Lotta Loving – Fats Domino

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon

Stuck On You – Elvis Presley

Fortune Teller – Benny Spellman

You're No Good – Dee Dee Warwick

The Last One to Be Loved – Lou Johnson

This Empty Place – The Searchers

Have I the Right – The Honeycombs
Just What I Needed – Big Daddy

Okefenokee – Freddy Cannon
Palisades Park – The Beach Boys

Long live The Rolling Stones! And Aggie Miller and Nick Kivlen and everybody, for that matter.

Never Wanna Lose You – The Rolling Stones

Covered In You – The Rolling Stones

Dandelion – The Rolling Stones

Baby You're a Rich Man – The Beatles

Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones

Monday the 13th – The Afterschools

Blast – Hovvdy

Lovesick – Wishy

If You Change – Widowspeak

Lost Boys – Phoebe Bridgers

Sadie – Aggie Miller

the feeling – Steve Lacy

Good Times / End Times – Goose

Addicted to the Sunset – Nick Kivlen

Stone Over Water – Death Cab for Cutie

Me and Magdalena (Version 2) – The Monkees

Terri – Micky Dolenz

Doomscrollin' – The Gershwin Brothers

Dead End Street – The Kinks

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes – Beck