Show #335--5/27/12

A big thunderstorm brought a power outage to the station tonight, seemingly futzing with everything that might make music or provide light. So, no show tonight. Better luck next week. 


By the way, have you seen the video below of Doug Aitken's video installation at Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum? It's great. 

And, I would be an even suckier social networker if I failed to tell you that the Monday Music Club is back on the air for the summer once again. It's a 4-hour mix of both familiar and forgotten music from the 1960s and '70s. Oldies radio, but...better, I think.


Listen from 8pm-Midnight (EDT) ev'ry Monday, same place as this show, wiupfm.org. That is, if we're back on the air! (Fingers crossed).

Show #334--5/20/12

Stream Hour 1 of tonight's show by clicking the audio link on the right --->

Bye Bye Bye—Plants & Animals

You’ll Never Learn—Daryl Hall & John Oates

Rudy’s Intervention—The Sugarman 3

Jupiter Mission—Beta Hector

West End Girls—Pet Shop Boys

Fire to the Ground—The Forms

The Story—Donora

Stay on the Ride—Patty Griffin

Smile—The Jayhawks

Headlights—Dish

Hold on to Nothing—David Gray

Machine Ballerina—Suzanne Vega

Invisible Light—Rachael Sage

Hour 2: Simple Food & Drink

An hour in which I resurrect a playlist from April 2006. Ah, full-bodied with a fine aroma. 

Saturday Nite Fish Fry—Louis Jordan

Breakin’ Bread—Fred Wesley & the JB’s

Butter Boy—Fanny

Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee—Stick McGhee

Cheese Shop—Monty Python

Beans—Bo Carter

Eggs Over Easy—Martina Sorbara

Tea for Two—The Harmonicats

Honey in Your Hips—The Yardbirds

The Lemon Song—Led Zeppelin

No Milk Today—Herman’s Hermits

Vegetables—The Beach Boys

Eat Steak—The Reverend Horton Heat

Chocolate—The Smothers Brothers

Black Coffee—Peggy Lee

Show #333--5/13/12

Shadrach—The Beastie Boys

Afterglow—The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Afterglow—Small Faces

It is Not Meant to Be—Tame Impala

Waveforms—Django Django 

Hurricane Season—Holobody 

Test Anxiety—Toenut

Lazuli—Beach House

So Long Then—Field Music

Holland—Cold Specks

‘Til I Die—The Beach Boys

Inside—Patti Rothberg

Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)—Regina Spektor

Don’t Leave Me—Robert John

Hour 2: Burt Bacharach/Hal David

Promise Her Anything—Tom Jones

(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me—Sandie Shaw

The Story of My Life—Marty Robbins

Make it Easy on Yourself—Jerry Butler

This Empty Place—The Searchers

I Say a Little Prayer—Aretha Franklin

Do You Know the Way to San Jose—Dionne Warwick

Casino Royale—Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 

After the Fox—The Hollies/Peter Sellers

My Little Red Book—Love

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart—Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends

The Look of Love—Dusty Springfield

Alfie—Cilla Black

Everybody’s Out of Town—B.J. Thomas

Wishin’ and Hopin’—Ani Difranco

Reach Out For Me—The Laughing Dogs 

Show #332--5/6/12

To the Dogs or Whoever—Josh Ritter

I’m Writing a Novel—Father John Misty

We Dance—Pavement

All Shook Down—The Replacements

The Chill—Bruce Hornsby

Infer Ships Sink—Alan Morse Davies

All Night—The Mason Affair

Stay for the Freak—Emperor Penguin

Big Mouth—Santigold

Skylight—Tom Wilson

Crosses—Winding Stairs

Sqworm—Ramona Falls

Little 12 Toes—Chavez

The One Thing—INXS

Hour 2: The One Thing

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show—Big Maybelle

One Mint Julep—Ray Charles

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer—Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers

One Meatball—Dave Van Ronk

One Red Rose That I Mean—Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

One Simple Thing—Stabilizers

One Step—YACHT

One Nation Under a Groove—Funkadelic

One Bad Apple—The Osmonds

One of These Days—Jill Sobule

One Week—Barenaked Ladies

One Reporters Opinion—The Minutemen

One Wink at a Time—The Replacements

One Morning in May—James Taylor

One Headlight—The Wallflowers 

Show #331--4/29/12

Listen to Hour 2 of this show by clicking on the audio to the right...

Love is the Answer—Utopia

Universal Heart-Beat—Juliana Hatfield

Friends of Friends—Hospitality

Another Nail in My Heart—Squeeze

No One Else But You—Brendan Benson 

Brick by Brick—Arctic Monkeys

Gimme a Beer—Diamond Rugs

Legal Tender—The B-52’s

Money—The Flying Lizards

Running on a Treadmill—Oingo Boingo

Strangeness and Charm—Tim Finn

Passenger—Emily Wells

Drop in the Ocean—Michelle Branch

Excuses—Bibio

Hour 2: Sunshine Pop Revisited

I've noticed some internet searchers have found their way to my blog via previous shows on this theme -- the softest of soft pop from the late 60s/early 70s. Exploring this great niche of music tonight once again:

The Time it is Today—The Association

Love You—The Free Design

Prelude/To Claudia on Thursday—The Millennium

I’m Not Living Here—Sagittarius

It Doesn’t Matter Anymore—The Cyrkle

Mrs. Bluebird—Eternity’s Children

Mr. Sun—The Lettermen

Forever Hold Your Peace—The Neon Philharmonic

Sugar on Sunday—The Clique 

Come to the Sunshine—Harpers Bizarre

Don’t Take Your Time—Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends

Blowing Away—The 5^th Dimension

If I Decide to Love You (I Will)—Kenny Nolan

Gone for Awhile—The Critters

Early in the Morning—Vanity Fare

Whisper Words—The Staccatos

Smile a Little Smile For Me—The Flying Machine

Summer Days, Summer Nights—The Street Corner Society 

Show #330--4/22/12

***You can listen to the 1st hour of this show by clicking the audio file on the right.  


Hard Coming Love—The United States of America

Orange Rooftop of Your Mind—The Blue Things

White Light/White Heat—The Velvet Underground

Black Rice—Women

Mind Reader—Sebadoh

Revolution’s a Lie—Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

Winter Song—Gabriel Kahane

Call of the Wild—Caroline Peyton

With Your Love—Jefferson Starship 

Gun Has No Trigger—Dirty Projectors

Airport Song—Guster

Going Out—Supergrass

What Do You Belong To—Jules and the Polar Bears

Sequential Holdings—Ava Luna

Hour 2: The Originals

The reverse of my “Round of Remakes” themes; this time, original versions of songs made more famous (at least in this country) later on with remakes by different singers and groups. Got it? (Hmm.)

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down—The Band (Joan Baez)

You Need Love—Muddy Waters (Led Zeppelin-"Whole Lotta Love")

Hard to Handle—Otis Redding (The Black Crowes)

Keep on Dancing—The Avantis (The Gentrys)

Wildwood Weed—Don Bowman (Jim Stafford)

Rose Garden—Joe South (Lynn Anderson)  

White Rabbit—The Great Society (Jefferson Airplane)

Black Magic Woman—Fleetwood Mac (Santana)

The Show Must Go On—Leo Sayer (Three Dog Night)

I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll—Arrows (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

Cum on Feel the Noize—Slade (Quiet Riot)

Ready for Love/Afterlights—Mott the Hoople (Bad Company)

Slow Dancing—Funky Kings (Johnny Rivers)

Show #329--4/15/12

I Predict a Riot—Kaiser Chiefs

Tinker Taylor—Terry Reid

I Feel Better—Gotye

The Metro—Berlin

Chase Scene—Broken Social Scene

One of Our Submarines—Thomas Dolby

Metal—Gary Numan

Inside Story PBS TV Spot—Suzanne Ciani

Ton o’ Luv—Devo

Love Action (I Believe in Love)—The Human League

Trans-Europe Express—Kraftwerk

Metal on Metal—Kraftwerk

Franz Schubert—Kraftwerk

Endless Endless—Kraftwerk

Hour 2: Electropop

Stars—Dubstar

Bad Head Day—Husikesque

Out at the Pictures—Hot Chip

Keep You—Class Actress

Wow—Kylie Minogue

Miss You—Foster the People

Genesis—Grimes

Hex Girlfriend—Neon Indian

Blue Jeans—Ladytron

Just Dance—Lady Gaga

Wildcat—Ratatat 

Fresh Hex—Tobacco (feat. Beck)

One Second of Love—Nite Jewel

Bulletproof—La Roux 

Show #328--4/8/12

Baby Got Going—Liz Phair

Storm—Django Django

She Has Funny Cars—Jefferson Airplane

Alone Again Or—Love

Homburg—Procol Harum

Burn Burn Burn—Burning Hearts 

I Will—8 Storey Window

Heavy on Me—Zeus

Silent Sidekick—Spooner

The Eyes of the Fly—Jookabox

Paint by Numbers—Pandercakes

Questions and Answers—The Apples in Stereo

The Shape of Things to Come—Zammuto

Free Translator—The Books

Hour 2: Singing About Talking

Mrs. Morris—Charles Spearin

Anna—Charles Spearin

She Said Yeah—Larry Williams

I Call Your Name—The Beatles

Whispers (Getting Louder)—Jackie Wilson

Tell Me—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Screamin’ and Shoutin’—The Fabulettes

(I Wanna) Testify—The Parliaments

I Wanna Testify—Roger Taylor

Stutter—Elastica

Say No—Romeo Void

Talking in Your Sleep—The Romantics

Tell Me Something Good—Rufus

Tell Me—Menage

You Say—Michael Chapman

Whispers and Moans—Crowded House