Like The Little Children

Diana Ross “Have Fun (Again)” – This is the original Chic version, from the recent reissue of the Diana album. The reissue includes the original recordings with Chic as well as the versions of the songs that were officially released on Motown Records. The people at Motown were concerned when they were given the original mixes for the record because they felt (and I think most anyone would agree with this assessment) that it sounded like a Chic record with Diana Ross on vocals rather than what people had come to expect a Diana Ross record to sound like. I prefer the Chic versions to the album cuts, but the differences aren’t that drastic for the most part. It’s a relentlessly happy song, and it’s being posted here today in part to celebrate the beginning of this weekend’s WFMU Record Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. I’ll be working at the fair on both Saturday and Sunday, and I’m sure that it will be just as fun as the last fair back in May.

If you live in the area, you really ought to come to the fair and check out the awe-inspiring selection of rare and obscure records, vintage vinyl, memorabilia, and assorted goodies that will be on sale all weekend. Even if you don’t have much cash, you can probably find some pretty good used cds and lps at the WFMU tables for dirt cheap. There will also be some live music and entertainment events at the fair, including a set from Evolution Control Committee at 2 PM on Sunday afternoon. There will be a number of film screenings at the fair, including compiled selections of rare footage of The Fall, Captain Beefheart, The Butthole Surfers, Can, Kraftwerk, The Monks, and Neu!

Fans of the Best Show On WFMU shouldn’t miss the special Best Show table on Sunday, where you can meet Petey, Officer Tom, and several other regular callers and mainstays of the FOT message boards. Unfortunately, Tom Scharpling won’t be at the fair, but there will be a screening of a movie that he directed on Saturday at noon.

Dead Air (the Seven Second Delay movie) Directed by WFMU’s Tom Scharpling, written by Andy Breckman and starring dozens of WFMU DJ’s, Dead Air was Ken and Andy’s 2001 marathon giveaway for high rollers. Someone is killing WFMU’s DJs, one at a time. Less preposterous than your typical episode of Monk, and twice as funny.