WIUP-FM's Sunday Sampler with Marc Morrison

Show #318--1/29/12

2012-01-26T21:26:00.000-05:00

Marc's Favorites of 2011

A special two-hour show of all new music,

stuff that I've admired and dare I say, loved, over the past 12 months.

As always, tune in this Sunday evening from 8-10pm on 90.1 WIUP-FM,

streaming online at wiupfm.org.

Show #317--1/22/12

2012-01-21T20:11:00.000-05:00

Pull Me Back to Earth—Friendly Fires

Odessa—Caribou

Hexagon—Beta Hector

Miss You—The Rapture

Bridge to Nowhere—Sam Roberts

Was—Maps & Atlases

Straighten Out—The GuessWho

Now I’m Seeing—Michael Kiwanuka

Every Night—Phoebe Snow

Tell Me—Sharon Jones& the Dap-Kings

Stand in Traffic—Magnified

It Wants You to Run—Bad Bibles

Birthday Girl—ImperialTeen

Sally Can’t Dance—Lou Reed

Baby Don’t Dance—Mother Mother

Hour 2: Question Period

Why Do Lovers BreakEach Other’s Heart?—Daryl Hall & John Oates

Do You Want to Dance—BetteMidler

Why Do You Keep MeWaiting—Bread

Who is He (and What isHe to You)?—Bill Withers

Am I Wrong—Keb’ Mo’

Baby What You Want MeTo Do—Jimmy Reed

Can’t You Hear MeKnocking—The Rolling Stones

What If I CameKnocking—John Mellencamp

Why Don’t You Write Me—Simon& Garfunkel

Are You Ready for theCountry?—Waylon Jennings

Why Won’t You Give MeYour Love?—The Zutons

What is Life—George Harrison

Will You Spin for Me?—Shoes

How Can I Refuse—Heart

Show #316--1/15/12

2012-01-15T00:33:00.002-05:00

Oh! Sweet Nuthin’—TheVelvet Underground

Arcady—Peter Doherty

He’s Gonna Step on YouAgain—John Kongos

Into the Wild—LP

Up Up Up—Givers

Space—Red Five

Mind Down—Ex Norwegian

La Grande—Laura Gibson

Fa Fa—Guster

Syrinx—Hubert Laws

Theme from “Assisted Living”—HubMoore

Life Has a Way—Anthony Hamilton

Black Narcissus—Joe Henderson

Hour 2: A Round ofRemakes

Jolene—The Little Willies

Big Love—Jim Moray

Nineteen Hundred andEighty Five—The Golden Dogs

She Said Yeah—Paul McCartney

C’mon Everybody—NRBQ

Well…All Right—Albert Hammond,Jr.

Human Nature—2Cellos

You Dropped a Bomb onMe—Holmes

You Really Got a Holdon Me—The Beatles

Day Tripper/We CanWork it Out—Fever Tree

I’m So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby/La La Means I Love You/Cool Jerk—ToddRundgren

Gimme Good Loving—Big AlDowning

Our Day Will Come—Amy Winehouse

Show #315--1/8/12

2012-01-07T23:53:00.000-05:00

No Side to Fall In—TheRaincoats

Banquet—Bloc Party

Tin (the Manhole)—EverythingEverything

Running—The Fixx

Run Right Back—The Black Keys

Decide—Caveman

Precious Time—Pat Benatar

Burn-Up—Siouxsie andthe Banshees

Say it Right—Nelly Furtado

Slow Motion—Panda Bear

Fastlane—The Internet

Picnics—Monk &Canatella

All Good Things—The Weepies

Hour 2: I.R.S. Records

Everybody’s HappyNowadays—The Buzzcocks

You Can Borrow My Car—TheNecessaries

Checking Out theCheckout Girl—Wazmo Nariz

Mexican Radio—Wall ofVoodoo

Disgracing the FamilyName—Skafish

Duchess—The Stranglers

Talk About the Passion—R.E.M.

Garbageman—The Cramps

Dance With Me—Lords ofthe New Church

The Night—The Animals

Sixty Eight Guns—The Alarm

Turn to You—The Go-Go’s

Save it For Later—The EnglishBeat

Tenderness—General Public

Show #314--1/1/12

2011-12-31T22:15:00.003-05:00

Feeling Good—Nina Simone

Crow Jane—The DerekTrucks Band

Hold On—Alabama Shakes

Pink & Sour—Califone

Cravo e Canela—Milton Nascimentoe Lô Borges

Twilight Property—LeoKottke

Calabash & Catamaran—Gabriel Kahane

Long DistanceRunaround—Yes

Hold On—Crack the Sky

Hey Hey What Can IDo—Led Zeppelin

Harpooning—Fierce Creatures

Linden Dollars—James Ferraro

The Mama Papa—Plants andAnimals

Hold On—Ian Gomm

Hour 2: Dummies, etc.

It’s a Big Dumb World—BeanHoy

Mortimer Snerd Wantsto Be an Author—Edgar Bergen

Dummy—NRBQ

I Love You, You BigDummy—Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Young and Dumb—Fanny

What a Crazy Guy(Dufo)—Wally Cox

‘Cause I’m a Blonde—JulieBrown

Airhead—Thomas Dolby

Stupid Girl—Garbage

Fools—The Dodos

Fools in Love—Joe Jackson

Maybe I’m a Fool—EddieMoney

Completed Fool—HollisBrown

I Pity the Fool—Bobby “Blue”Bland

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T01:20:00.002-05:00

The Sunday Sampler takes a week off to celebrate the holiday (yet consuming large amounts of music still seems to be a large part of it). Back next week.

However, Monday Music Club goes on as planned the very next day. A chronological musical journey through the 60s and 70s, every Monday for the next 5 weeks, from 8:00 to Midnight. Lots of great oldies, some big hits, some lesser-known gems, and your requests at (724) 357-WIUP.

Show #313--12/18/11

2011-12-18T10:35:00.001-05:00

Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: December 17, 1966

GoingNowhere—Los Bravos (#96)

Dancingin the Streets—The Mamas & the Papas (#94)

WackWack—Young-Holt Trio (#91)

NashvilleCats—The Lovin’ Spoonful (#86)

IWanna Meet You—The Cryan’ Shames (#85)

(I’mNot Your) Steppin’ Stone—The Monkees (#77)

98.6—Keith(#73)

YouCan Bring Me All Your Heartaches—Lou Rawls (#68)

PleaseDon’t Ever Leave Me—The Cyrkle (#61)

Trya Little Tenderness—Otis Redding (#56)

HelpMe Girl—Eric Burdon & the Animals (#49)

HappeningsTen Years Time Ago—The Yardbirds (#47)

I’vePassed This Way Before—Jimmy Ruffin (#46)

East-West—Herman’sHermits (#41)

TheWheel of Hurt—Margaret Whiting (#40)

HolyCow—Lee Dorsey (#38)

GoodThing—Paul Revere & the Raiders (#35)

Comingon Strong—Brenda Lee (#33)

It’sOnly Love—Tommy James & the Shondells (#31)

Knockon Wood—Eddie Floyd (#28)

TalkTalk—The Music Machine (#24)

HeyJoe—The Music Machine (extra)

I’mYour Puppet—James & Bobby Purify (#21)

AHazy Shade of Winter—Simon & Garfunkel (#15)

Atthe Zoo—Simon & Garfunkel (extra)

That’sLife—Frank Sinatra (#6)

YouKeep Me Hangin’ On—The Supremes (#5)

Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly—Mitch Ryder& the Detroit Wheels (#4)

GoodVibrations—The Beach Boys (#3)

MellowYellow—Donovan (#2)

WinchesterCathedral—The New Vaudeville Band (#1)

Show #312--12/11/11

2011-12-11T02:36:00.001-05:00

Our Day Will Come—Amy Winehouse

100 Days, 100 Nights—SharonJones & the Dap-Kings

I Can’t Wait—Hepcat

Calliope—Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps

Blue Tip—The Cars

Always—Erasure

Your Love—The Outfield

Helena Beat—Foster the People

Girl from the WadiHammamat—The Pogues

Island Song—U.S. Girls

Cicero Park—Hot Chocolate

Goin’ Up in Smoke—EddieKendricks

(Don’t Worry) If There’sa Hell Below We’re All Going to Go—Curtis Mayfield

Hour2: Objects

Red Solo Cup—Toby Keith

Red Guitar—Loudon WainwrightIII

Red Red Wine—Neil Diamond

Kiss Cam—Arkells

Calculator—Micachu &the Shapes

Cheap Sunglasses—ZZ Top

Jet Airliner—Steve MillerBand

Tumbling Dice—TheRolling Stones

Suitcase—Badfinger

Sledgehammer—Peter Gabriel

Blue Jeans—Ladytron

Elevator—Hot Hot Heat

New Dress—Jonatha Brooke(w/Neil Finn)

Show #311--12/4/11

2011-12-04T13:11:00.001-05:00

Abducted—Cults

Everybody Wants You—BillySquier

Shopping Trolley—BethOrton

Come Here Woman—Tim Buckley

Oh Woman, Oh Why—Paul McCartney

Taking Some Time On—BarclayJames Harvest

Stormy Monday—Lee Michaels

Crushed Grass—Thee Oh Sees

Finger—Ty Segall

On and On—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Baby Missiles—The War on Drugs

Cruel—St. Vincent

Simple Girl—Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Real Emotional Girl—RandyNewman

Hour 2: Vancouver

The Death of Death—Sunny Pompeii

Old Fangs—Black Mountain

Barhopper 1—Kid Koala

Cortes Nights—AstroLogical

Looking at a Baby—The Collectors

Lonesome Mary—Chilliwack

Don’t Let Him Know—Prism

Screwed It Up—Limblifter

Art Czars—Japandroids

Getupgotoworkgohomegotobed—Rat Silo

China Boys—The Payola$

I’ll Find Another (WhoCan Do It Right)—The Payola$

Crash Years—The New Pornographers

Chasing it Down—Mother Mother

Heterosexual Man—The Odds

Beth Orton - Shopping Trolley from Peter Lewandowski on Vimeo.

Show #310--11/27/11

2011-11-26T23:28:00.001-05:00

Life is a Carnival—TheBand

King Pleasure Time—JoeJackson

Crawling from the Wreckage—DaveEdmunds

Soundtrack—Live Wire

Artificial Heart—Jonathan Coulton

Still Alive—Jonathan Coulton (feat. Sara Quin)

Rodeo Clowns—G. Love& Special Sauce

Move it On—The Sweet Vandals

What’s the Altitude—CutChemist (feat. Hymnal)

This Flight Tonight—JoniMitchell

Serpents—Sharon Van Etten

Sorry Side of Town—Natalia Zukerman

Why—Carly Simon

That Girl—Stevie Wonder

Hour2: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: November 28, 1981

Sweet Merilee—Donnie Iris(#83)

You Could Have BeenWith Me—Sheena Easton (#78)

Controversy—Prince (#70)

Working for theWeekend—Loverboy (#61)

Castles in the Air—DonMcLean (#49)

Twilight—ELO (#38)

Centerfold—J. GeilsBand (#35)

Our Lips Are Sealed—TheGo-Go’s (#23)

Harden My Heart—Quarterflash(#17)

Tryin’ to Live My LifeWithout You—Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#8)

Here I Am (Just When IThought I Was Over You)—Air Supply (#5)

Every Little Thing SheDoes is Magic—The Police (#4)

Private Eyes—Daryl Hall& John Oates (#3)

Waiting for a Girl LikeYou—Foreigner (#2)

Physical—Olivia Newton-John(#1)

Natalia Zukerman, just because. Can you blame me?

Show #309--11/20/11

2011-11-20T12:09:00.001-05:00

Be With Me—The BeachBoys

Smitten—The Simple Carnival

I’m Not in Love—10cc

Follow Me—Leisure

Stop—Twin Sister

I Get Weak—Belinda Carlisle

Saint Christopher—Bibio
Black Rice—Women

Slippery Slope--The Dø

11^thDimension—Julian Casablancas

Fragrant—Dutch Uncles

Romantic Me—Polyrock

Send Me an Angel—Real Life

Reunited—Greg KihnBand

Hour 2: Smile—The BeachBoys

The famous “lost”album has finally been released! Playing the whole album tonight, with a bit oframbling commentary beforehand (not too much, I promise).

And, a program note:

I’llbe on the air Monday night from 8-Midnight with a special Thanksgiving breakedition of the Monday Music Club. Spinning lots of great oldies!

Show #308--11/13/11

2011-11-12T20:58:00.001-05:00

Cherchez la Femme—The FabulousPoodles

Midnight Rendezvous—TheBabys

(Si, Si) Je Suis unRock Star—Bill Wyman

Nine Times Out of Ten—TheUndertones

Back of My Hand (I’veGot Your Number)—The Jags

(Get You Off) The Hook—AnyTrouble

Lonely Boy—The Black Keys

Runnin’ Down a Dream—TomPetty

Payback—Beta Factor

They Don’t Want—ElectricWire Hustle

The Sly, Slick, &the Wicked—The Lost Generation

Definitely Maybe—Jeff BeckGroup

To Track You Down—Pat McDonald

Amplifiers—Atlas Sound

Shuffle—Bombay Bicycle Club

Hour 2: Moogfest

Search—Tangerine Dream

The Porch—Beats Antique

Street Trash—Tobacco

Mirrorage—Glasser

Baptism—Crystal Castles

Snookered—Dan Deacon

One Step—YACHT

Rises Silent—CANT

Golden Age—TV on theRadio

A Spoonful Weighs aTon—The Flaming Lips

Surgeon—St. Vincent

Sweetie & Shag—Battles

New Planet—Ford & Lopatin

Polish Girl—NeonIndian

Show #307--11/6/11

2011-11-05T22:29:00.001-05:00

Elusive—Scott Matthews

How You Hold Your Arms—Callers

Glowing Mouth—Milagres

Five Little Rooms—Menomena

Sunshine in the Shade—TheFixx

Steal My Sunshine—LEN

Sunday Shining—Finley Quaye

New String—Bantum

Tonight I Have ToLeave It—The Shout Out Louds

Illumination—Lindsey Buckingham

Shake it Out—Florence + The Machine

Let Me Go—Heaven 17

Just the Way It Is,Baby—The Rembrandts

Hour 2: Steve Winwood: A Life in Music

A special 60-minute radio documentary. Next week: Moogfest!

Show #306--10/30/11

2011-10-29T22:33:00.001-05:00

Fool in the Rain—Led Zeppelin

Dumb Luck—Dntel

I Feel Better—Gotye

I Can’t Turn You Loose—Was(Not Was)

Needle in a Haystack—TheVelvelettes

Panic—Reparata &the Delrons

Time is on My Side—IrmaThomas

Lookin’ for a Love—TheValentinos

She Had Daydreams—Comet Gain

So Alive—Love andRockets

Fire to the Ground—The Forms

See No Evil—Emitt Rhodes

Evil Ways—Carlos Santana& Buddy Miles

See No Evil—Television

Hour2: Deviled 70s

Combine my regular end-of-the-monthdecade retrospectives with Halloween, and you get a theme like “Deviled 70s.”

Runnin’ with the Devil—VanHalen

Devil You—The Stampeders

Devil Woman—Cliff Richard

Friend of the Devil—TheGrateful Dead

Sunrise Dance with theDevil—Hot Tuna

Dancing with Mr. D—TheRolling Stones

Devil at Your Door—ElizabethBarraclough

I’d Rather Be theDevil—John Martyn

Devil’s Answer—Atomic Rooster

Dance with the Devil—CozyPowell

The Devil Made Me Do It—RobertUpchurch

Devil Gate Drive—Suzi Quatro

Show #305--10/23/11

2011-10-22T22:05:00.001-05:00

Irresistible Force—Jane’s Addiction

Meantime—TheFutureheads

No More Cherry Icing—JaneAire and the Belvederes

Keep You—Class Actress

Go Outside—Cults

Hexagon—Beta Hector

Pop Life—Prince andthe Revolution

Brain Ninja—The Stepkids

If You Want Me toStay—Sly & the Family Stone

Skateaway—Dire Straits

Girl—Das Racist

Stars Are Crazy—Lindsey Buckingham

The Clod and the Pebble—Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Banned (By theMan)—Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Hour2: The Blame Game

Framed—The Coasters

Before You Accuse Me—EricClapton

If It Were Up to Me—CherylWheeler

It’s the Music—Meat BeatManifesto

Blame—Soul Coughing

The Devil Made Me DoIt—Golden Earring

Blame the Weather—XTC

All Apologies—Nirvana

Blame is a Killer—Amy Ray

Blame it on the Boogie—TheJacksons

Blame it on the Rain—MilliVanilli

No One is to Blame—HowardJones

Who’s to Bless andWho’s to Blame—Rita Coolidge

Nobody’s Fault But MyOwn—Beck

Show #304--10/16/11

2011-10-15T21:46:00.002-05:00

Can’t Let Go—LucindaWilliams

Trouble—MutualAdmiration Society

Hell on Heels—Pistol Annies

The Golden Age & the Silver Girl—Tyler Lyle

Aberdeen—Cage theElephant

Three Lock Box—Sammy Hagar

Miss You—The Rapture

Bi-Curious—Roger Klug

How Do I MakeYou—Linda Ronstadt

I Still Miss You—The Sinceros

Just the Way it Goes—RedRider

Damage—Handsome Furs

Microgravity—Book of Knots

Secret Mobilization—Deerhoof

Miss You—The RollingStones

Hour 2: A Round of Remakes

Yu-Ma/Go Away LittleBoy—Marlena Shaw

More Than a Woman—Tavares

Stayin’ Alive—Clem Snide

I Kissed a Girl—Max Vernon

Something—PaulMcCartney & Eric Clapton

These Dreams—Nancy Wilson

The Air That I Breathe—TheHollies

Everyday—Fiona Apple

Stay Away—Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band

Special Care—Fanny

Stop Your Sobbing—The Pretenders

Need You Tonight—CassettesWon’t Listen

We Almost Lost Detroit—Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

This predates the Hollies version. It's a good one, but I was tickled by the three musical legends listed on the label, all involved in putting this together.

Show #303--10/9/11

2011-10-09T01:14:00.000-05:00

Up Nights—Ha Ha Tonka

No Leg to Stand On—MikeGunther & His Restless Souls

Come Alive—Hanni El Khatib

Shelley’s Blues, Pt. 2—SteveWynn

Straight On—Heart

More or Less—The SoftPack

Set Me Free—Utopia

Repetition—The Au Pairs

Ashes to Ashes—David Bowie

Ta Douleur—Camille

Not in Love—CrystalCastles

Wrong Door In(tro), Slight Jig in the Sky—Bullion

Ice Cream—Battles (feat.Matias Aguayo)

Hour 2: All-Beatles

Ifyou’re listening tonight, you’re welcome to call me at the station at (724) 357-WIUP (9487) and request yourfavorite Beatles song tonight, as it’ll be all Beatles music during the 9:00hour.

Otherwise,you know how these college radio shows go -- I’ll just play my favorites!

Show #302--10/2/11

2011-10-01T22:54:00.000-05:00

Driver’s Seat—Sniff ‘n’the Tears

Wood—Rostam

Who Makes Your Money—Spoon

Gene Ciampi—Twin Sister

The Rose with the Broken Neck—Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Nel Cimitero di Tucson—Gianfranco& Gian Piero Reverberi

The Good, the Bad, andthe Ugly—Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra

The Good inEveryone—Sloan

The Bad in Each Other—Feist

Liar—Three Dog Night

Next Exit—Split Enz

Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye (feat. Kimbra)

Puts Me to Work—Cate Le Bon

Reuters—Wire

Mr. Driver—Black Lips

Hour 2: Numbers

Care of Cell 44—The Zombies

Highway 61 Revisited—BobDylan

202—The WeatherMachines

Fifty Things—The DeadMilkmen

50 Ways to Leave YourLover—Paul Simon

40 Day Dream—Edward Sharpe& the Magnetic Zeros

10-9-8—Face to Face

15 to 20—The PhenomenalHandclap Band

When I’m 25 or 64—JonathanCoulton

Zeroes and Ones—Jesus Jones

Star 69—R.E.M.

Emergency 911—Sloan

Blind 20-20—Boston Spaceships

26 Miles/385 Yards—KnotFeeder

Pacific 231—Burning Airlines

Show #301--9/25/11

2011-09-24T19:01:00.004-05:00

(I Could Only) WhisperYour Name—Harry Connick, Jr.

Under the Gun—Apex Manor

Gin Soaked Boy—Tom Waits

Spooky Jookie—Man Man

Buena Vista Social Club—BuenaVista Social Club

On Fire—J.J. Grey & Mofro

Midnight Groove (You’re Mine)—Shelly Bhushan

Go to Hell—Raphael Saadiq

Inner City Blues (MakeMe Wanna Holler)—Marvin Gaye

Cat Food—King Crimson

Miss Sun—Boz Scaggs

Hour2: 45 Years Ago: Hot 100 Spotlight,September 24, 1966

Knock on Wood—Eddie Floyd(#89)

If I Were a Carpenter—BobbyDarin (#81)

Girl on a Swing—Gerry &the Pacemakers (#64)

Cast Your Fate to theWind—Shelby Flint (#63)

You’re Gonna Miss Me—The13^th Floor Elevators (#56)

All I See is You—DustySpringfield (#51)

With a Girl Like You—TheTroggs (#50)

Summer Samba (So Nice)—WalterWanderley (#44)

Walk Away Renee—The LeftBanke (#40)

B-A-B-Y—Carla Thomas(#38)

Respectable—The Outsiders(#31)

Mr. Dieingly Sad—The Critters(#20)

Cherry, Cherry—Neil Diamond(#14)

Bus Stop—The Hollies(#5)

Yellow Submarine—The Beatles(#4)

Sunshine Superman—Donovan(#3)

You Can’t Hurry Love—TheSupremes (#2)

Cherish—TheAssociation (#1)

Show #300--9/18/11

2011-09-18T11:34:00.001-05:00

Perth—Bon Iver

Wondering Where theLions Are—Bruce Cockburn

Second Fiddle—DitchCroaker

Everything toLose—David Andrews

Kon Tiki—Plants andAnimals

Saucer-Like—SonicYouth

Being Here—The Stills

Decide—Caveman

Whisper to a Scream(Birds Fly)—Icicle Works

LakelandAquarelle—Andy Summers & Robert Fripp

Worked a Miracle—TheTrash Can Sinatras

Two Cousins—Slow Club

PhotoshopHandsome—Everything Everything

Cameo Lover—Kimbra

Hour 2: No Sleep

Walking the Floor OverYou—Ernest Tubb

Black Coffee—Peggy Lee

Wee Wee Hours—ChuckBerry

Tossin’ andTurnin’—Bobby Lewis

I Lie Awake—New ColonySix

No Sleep Blues—TheIncredible String Band

Sleepless—Charlie Dore

(Last Night) I Didn’tGet to Sleep at All—The 5^th Dimension

I Can’t Sleep—The La’s

Up All Night—TheBoomtown Rats

I’ll Sleep When I’mDead—Warren Zevon

Stay Up Late—TalkingHeads

Paranoimia—The Art ofNoise featuring Max Headroom

Who NeedsSleep?—Barenaked Ladies

I Need Some Sleep—Eels

5:55—CharlotteGainsbourg

Show #299--9/11/11

2011-09-10T23:14:00.000-05:00

Variations on “America”(Charles Ives)—Temple University Wind Symphony

Surgeon—St. Vincent

As Bright as Your Night Light—Nerves Junior

Sweetie & Shag—Battles

Seconds (Syd the Kid remix)—Little Dragon

Now We Know—Lake Trout

A Simple Kind—Continents

Dolli—Dutch Uncles

Paper Mountain Man—LindaPerhacs

Feelin’ Love—Paula Cole

American City Suite—Cashman& West

Hour 2:New York City

Spanish Harlem—TheMamas & the Papas

Goin’ to New York—James“Blood” Ulmer

Bleecker & McDougal—FredNeil

New York Situation—Menage

Brooklyn Roads—Neil Diamond

Pacifics—Digable Planets

City—Capitol K

Brooklyn—Steely Dan

New York State of Mind—BillyJoel

Paranoia Blues—Paul Simon

The Lamb Lies Down onBroadway—Genesis

Mona Lisas and MadHatters—Elton John

Show #298--9/4/11

2011-09-04T00:28:00.000-05:00

You Want it Back—Propellerheads(feat. Jungle Brothers)

Evil Weave—Ganglians

Jack-Ass—Beck

Old Fangs—Black Mountain

The One—Tracy Bonham

Shangri-La—YACHT

K is For Kelson—Bibio

It’s Alright, Baby—Komeda

Shuffle—Bombay Bicycle Club

13 Questions—Seatrain

The Shrine/An Argument—Fleet Foxes

Further On—The Sidleys

Hour 2: Newporters

Thishour features music from some of the musicians who performed at this summer’s Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. This is not music from the festivalitself, but I think it’s a batch of interesting and creative music overall fromsome of the participants. Sounds like a great venue with some awesome music. Perhapsa future trip is in order!

Andhere, I’m giving the game away:

Born with a Broken Heart—David Wax Museum

Two Time Loser—CarolinaChocolate Drops

Rabbit in the Log—Chris Thile & Michael Daves

Soft Skin—Mountain Man

Hannah—Freelance Whales

Let My Love Open theDoor—M. Ward

Ain’t the Same—Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three

Motherless Child—The Wailin’Jennys

By the Reins—Brown Bird

Will the Circle BeUnbroken—Mavis Staples

13 Monsters—What Cheer?Brigade

I Been Burnin’ BadGasoline—Justin Townes Earle

Sulphur to Sugarcane—ElvisCostello

Tomorrow Goes Away—DeltaSpirit

Trashcan—Delta Spirit

Show #297--8/28/11

2011-08-28T11:38:00.001-05:00

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)—The Clash

Instant Hit—The Slits

I Didn’t Know That—The Books

The Holograms—Fol Chen

The Crunge—Led Zeppelin

Howlin’ for You—The Black Keys

It Matters Now—Jonatha Brooke

Shine Right Through—Correatown

The Sun—The Naked + Famous

My Baby’s a Lady—Bird Names

I Live in the Springtime—The Lemon Drops

I Was Made to Love Her—Theron & Darrell

Hung Over—The Martinis

Flash a Hungry Smile—The Mystery Jets

Hour 2: 30 Years Ago: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight, August 29, 1981

Seven Year Ache—Rosanne Cash

Fly Away—Blackfoot

Not Fade Away—Eric Hine

Burnin’ For You—Blue Oyster Cult

We Can Get Together—Icehouse

Backfired—Debbie Harry

The Stroke—Billy Squier

Breaking Away—Balance

Really Wanna Know You—Gary Wright

Jessie’s Girl—Rick Springfield

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around—Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty

Theme from “The Greatest American Hero”—Joey Scarbury

Slow Hand—The Pointer Sisters

Endless Love—Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

Show #296--8/21/11

2011-08-21T11:37:00.001-05:00

Abacab—Genesis

Everything in its Right Place—Radiohead

Blue Jeans—Ladytron

Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)—Devo

Summer Lake—Fair Ohs

Shake for the Sheik—Escape Club

Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)—The Pretenders

The Sound of You—Zeus

Run Myself Into the Ground—Jessica Lea Mayfield

Steak Knives—Man Man

So Long, Superman—Firewater

Devil Man—100 Monkeys

No One Is (As I Are Be)—Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Hour 2: The Visitors and the Visited

Back Door Man—Howlin’ Wolf

Keep a Knockin’—Little Richard

Be My Guest—Fats Domino

Let’s Invite Them Over—George Jones & Melba Montgomery

Walk Right In—The Rooftop Singers

Come on In—The Association

Let ‘Em In—Wings

Mr. Spaceman—The Byrds

Martian Hop—The Ran-Dells

Homecoming—Tom T. Hall

So Long Dad—Randy Newman

Busy Doin’ Nothin’—The Beach Boys

Lead a Normal Life—Peter Gabriel

Don’t Worry About the Government—Talking Heads

My City Was Gone—The Pretenders

Paintball’s Coming Home—Half Man Half Biscuit

Who Can it Be Now?—Men at Work

Somebody’s Knockin’—Terri Gibbs

Devil at Your Door—Elizabeth Barraclough

Show #295--8/14/11

2011-08-13T22:38:00.001-05:00

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall—Coldplay

Presence of Love—The Alarm

Oh No—Andrew Bird

Anywhere Like Heaven—James Taylor

As I Walk—Richard Smyrnios

Going Up the Country—Canned Heat

Why Oh Why—Sweetwater

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes—Crosby, Stills & Nash

4 Minute Mile—Bell X1

Rubies and Rocks—Thao & Mirah

Right By Your Side—Eurythmics

Pumped Up Kicks—Foster the People

Hour 2: ______________ Song

Sunday Sampler plays the Match Game. All of the titles in this hour end with the word “song.”

The Singing Song—Stan Getz

The Telephone Song—Stan Getz feat. Astrud Gilberto

Hotel Song--Regina Spektor

It’s the Same Old Song—The Four Tops

This Song—George Harrison

Pushbike Song—The Mixtures

Armageddon Song—The Dutchess and the Duke

I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song—Jim Croce

Danny’s Song—Loggins & Messina

All You Get From Love is a Love Song—Carpenters

Blackberry Song—Kurt Vile

The Lizard Song—Etienne de Rocher

Drumming Song—Florence + the Machine

Second Song—TV on the Radio

Same Song—Digital Underground

Show #294--8/7/11

2011-08-07T10:53:00.001-05:00

Camel Walk--Southern Culture on the Skids
Heart Like a Wheel--Steve Miller Band
The New World--X
Baby Missiles--The War on Drugs
Breakaway--Big Pig
Numbers in Action--Wiley
Gangsta--tUnE-yArDs
Love a Loser--The Raincoats
Blind 20-20--Boston Spaceships
Soluble Words--On
Crosses--Winding Stairs
Long Distance Runaround--Yes
OCDUC--Dutch Uncles
Before You--Chantal Kreviazuk

Hour 2--Water

Cloudburst--Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Rain--Terence Trent D'Arby

Tears--The Phenomenal Handclap Band

You Left the Water Running--Maurice & Mac

Waterfall--Dan Rossen

Ice--Crack the Sky

Water--Hothouse Flowers

Dark Water--Galactic

Take Me to the River--Talking Heads

Wash Me Clean--k.d. lang

The Swimming Song--Loudon Wainwright III

Here Comes the Flood--Peter Gabriel

Let the River Run--Carly Simon

Dry the Rain--The Beta Band

Show #293--7/31/11

2011-07-30T13:02:00.001-05:00

Mothers Talk—Tears for Fears

Arrest Yourself—Hot Chip

Fight the Power—Bis

Morning Breaks (and Roosters Complain)—The Apples in Stereo

Lover of Mine (Roman Ruins remix)—Beach House

The Wilhelm Scream—James Blake

MoneyGrabber—Fitz and the Tantrums

Better Things—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Inflation—Chocolate Snow

Cleo’s Mood—Don Byron

Humpin’, Bumpin’ & Thumpin’—Andre Williams

Screamin’ and Shoutin’—The Fabulettes

If You Talk in Your Sleep—Albert King

Hour 2—Real People

Songs named after real people during this hour (click to make larger):

Show #292--7/24/11

2011-07-23T21:44:00.000-05:00

You See Everything—Low

Dearest—The Black Keys

Two Against One—Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi (feat. Jack White)

Jet Airliner—Paul Pena

The Suburbs—Arcade Fire

Funny Face—The Kinks

Hoochie—Moby Grape

Apollo, Descend—Bird Names

Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again—The Monkees

You Set the Scene—Love

Land of Oz—Le Cirque

Merely a Man—XTC

Carnival—Natalie Merchant

Nothing Yet--Same Actor

Hour 2—A Round of Remakes (Encore 1/17/10)

Oops! I Did it Again—Richard Thompson (Britney Spears)
Believe—Robbie Fulks (Cher)
I Can’t Let Go—Sloan (Evie Sands)
Please Please Me—The Score (The Beatles)
Rocket Number 9—NRBQ (Sun Ra)
Ram On—They Might Be Giants (Paul and Linda McCartney)
Spaceman—The Roches with Mark Johnson (Harry Nilsson)
Fight for Your Right (To Party)—The HotRats (The Beastie Boys)
Reach Out for Me—The Laughing Dogs (Dionne Warwick)
This Land is Your Land—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Woody Guthrie)
Vehicle—Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna (The Ides of March)
He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’--Bananarama (The Velvelettes)
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper—Van She (Blue Oyster Cult)
Running Up That Hill—Placebo (Kate Bush)

Show #291--7/17/11

2011-07-17T18:32:00.000-05:00

Summer Breeze—The Isley Brothers

Touching Down—Therapies Son

#9 Dream—John Lennon

One in the World—Tapes ‘n Tapes

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face—Mark Ronson (feat. The Daptone Horns)

Wait in the Dark—Memory Tapes

Hawaiian Air—Friendly Fires

Do It All the Time—Jib Kidder

Am I Wrong—Keb’ Mo’

Rollin’ and Tumblin’—Johnny Winter

(I Know) I’m Losing You—Rod Stewart

Reason to Believe—Rod Stewart

The Way it Goes—Gillian Welch

Hour 2—Leiber & Stoller (Encore 7/22/07)

Jailhouse Rock—Elvis Presley
Hound Dog—Big Mama Thornton
Framed—The Coasters
Bernie’s Tune (Live)—Mel Torme
Fools Fall in Love—The Drifters
Keep it Up—The Soul Brothers
If You Don’t Come Back—The Undertakers
(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me—The Chicago Loop
Only in America—Jay & the Americans
Jackson—Johnny Cash & June Carter
Shake ‘Em Up and Let ‘Em Roll—Jerry Leiber & the Coasters
Juicy—Willie Bobo
Smokey Joe’s Café—Loudon Wainwright III
I Keep Forgettin’—Chuck Jackson
I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)—Michael McDonald
One Kiss Led to Another—Delbert McClinton
Love Me—The Little Willies
On Broadway—George Benson

Show #290--7/10/11

2011-07-10T00:44:00.001-05:00

Far Away—Martha Wainwright

What a Friend—Esperanza Spalding

These Are the Laws—Judie Tzuke

My Favorite Mistake—Sheryl Crow

A Mistake—Fiona Apple

My Mistakes—Eleanor Friedberger

Most Wanted—Cults

All Around and Away We Go—Twin Sister

You Don’t Know What You’ve Got—Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Weights—Nat Baldwin

Measure—Field Music

Two Doves—Dirty Projectors

Kiss and Say Goodbye—Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Hour 2—Tales of Temptation

Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun)—Red Ingle

Little

Egypt

(Ying-Yang)—The Coasters

Stop Stop Stop—The Hollies

The Apple—Bill Cosby

Almost Persuaded—Louis Armstrong

Temptation ‘Bout to Get Me—The Knight Brothers

Midnight Confessions—The Grass Roots

The Confessional—George Carlin

I Want You So Hard—Eagles of Death Metal

Lady Marmalade—Labelle

I Want the One I Can’t Have—The Smiths

Tempted—Squeeze

Family Man—Daryl Hall & John Oates

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)—The Beatles

Show #289--7/3/11

2011-07-03T10:05:00.002-05:00

Rewriting the National Anthem—Albert Brooks

Proud to be an American—The Tubes

Take Off Your Shirt—Bibio

The Fair—100 Monkeys

You Are the Best Thing—Ray LaMontagne

Digging Your Scene—The Blow Monkeys

Better Than Beautiful—Jeb Loy Nichols

Shy That Way—Tristan Prettyman (feat. Jason Mraz)

Second Bird of Paradise—The Rosebuds

Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart—Stone Temple Pilots

Damage—Handsome Furs

Echo Beach—Martha & the Muffins

Baby Shake-em—Brooke Waggoner

Hour 2—Don’t…

Don’t Let’s Start—They Might Be Giants

Don’t Ask Me Why—Annie Stela

Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You or Me)—Creedence Clearwater Revival

Don’t Misunderstand Me—Rossington Collins Band

Don’t Panic—Coldplay

Don’t Wait for the Needle to Drop—Dosh

Don’t Speak—No Doubt

Don’t Sell Your Dream (Tonight)—J Rocc

Don’t Look Down—Go West

Don’t Bring Me Down—Electric Light Orchestra

Don’t Let Go—Wang Chung

Don’t Stop Me Now—Queen

Don’t Tell Me—Blancmange

Don’t Stop—Annie

Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough—Michael Jackson

It's only a horror movie...trailer (and a fake one, at that).
But if you're squeamish, "Don't"...

Show #288--6/26/11

2011-06-26T00:37:00.001-05:00

Supermodel—Jill Sobule

Es-so—tUnE-yArDs

Frolic—Komeda

Mina Maneira—Emma Salokoski Ensemble

This Devil’s Workday—Modest Mouse

Options—Gomez

Going to Neon—Romeo Void

Piledriver Waltz—Arctic Monkeys

I Touch Myself—Divinyls

Face in the Crowd—Cat’s Eyes

Tiny Meat—Ruby

Cannonball—The Breeders

Walking with Thee—Clinic

Is It My Body—Alice Cooper

Hour 2—Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: June 26, 1971

We’re All Goin’ Home—Bobby Bloom (#95)

She Didn’t Do Magic—Lobo (#81)

Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor—Waldo de los Rios (#79)

Done Too Soon—Neil Diamond (#66)

You’re the Reason Why—The Ebonys (#57)

Wild Horses—The Rolling Stones (#47)

Ajax Liquor Store—Hudson & Landry (#45)

Draggin’ the Line—Tommy James (#38)

Albert Flasher/Broken—The Guess Who (#29)

When You’re Hot, You’re Hot—Jerry Reed (#9)

Treat Her Like a Lady—Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (#5)

Indian Reservation—Raiders (#4)

Want Ads—Honey Cone (#3)

Rainy Days & Mondays—Carpenters (#2)

It’s Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move—Carole King (#1)

Show #287--6/19/11

2011-06-19T10:08:00.001-05:00

The Fox—Sleater-Kinney

Strange Town—The Groundhogs

Holdin’ on to Black Metal—My Morning Jacket

Heading Out to the Highway—Judas Priest

Hot for Teacher—Van Halen

Baby’s Got a Blue Flame—Bosco Delrey

Never Said—Liz Phair

The Rub—Dutch Uncles

Tane Mahuta—The Ruby Suns

Bedouin Dress—Fleet Foxes

Dubuque Blues—The Association

Laughing Boy—Daryl Hall & John Oates

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds—Elton John

Hour 2—Nick Lowe

Lady on a Bicycle—Kippington Lodge

Country Girl—Brinsley Schwarz

So It Goes

Born a Woman

(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass

Cruel to Be Kind

Teacher Teacher—Rockpile

Poor Jenny—Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds

Ba Doom

Saint Beneath the Paint

I Knew the Bride

Love Gets Strange

All Men Are Liars

Cupid Must Be Angry

Feel Again

Marie Provost

Show #286--6/12/11

2011-06-11T23:07:00.001-05:00

Eulogy—Frank Turner

Open the Door—Magnapop

If You Don’t Come Back—The Undertakers

Let Her Go Into the Darkness—Jonathan Richman

99—Acetone

Rumour Has It—Adele

I Think I’m Flying—12 Rods

Stay Fresh/Stop Trying—J Rocc

Invisible Sun—The Police

Funky—Suddenly, Tammy!

You Know What I Mean—Cults

Take the L—The Motels

One in the World—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Four Magpies—Minotaur Shock

Hour 2—Dylan’s 70^th

One Too Many Mornings—The Association

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright—Waylon Jennings

It Ain’t Me Babe—The Turtles

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue—Them

“Positively Wall Street” from National Lampoon’s “Lemmings”

All Along the Watchtower—Jimi Hendrix Experience

This Wheel’s on Fire—The Band

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere—The Byrds

If Not For You—Olivia Newton-John

Tomorrow is a Long Time—Rod Stewart

Make You Feel My Love—Joan Osborne

Buckets of Rain—Neko Case

Like a Rolling Pin—The Replacements

One More Cup of Coffee—The White Stripes

Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat—Beck

Show #285--6/5/11

2011-06-04T23:51:00.002-05:00

I’d Have You Anytime—George Harrison

Strange Currencies—R.E.M.

Fingerpops—Garageland

Destination Unknown—Missing Persons

Wail—Split Enz

Blue Tip—The Cars

Perfect—Fairground Attraction

Fifteenth—The Winchell Riots

Limit to Your Love—James Blake

Buho—Ash Black Bufflo

So Low—Self

WHALE—Yellow Ostrich

Slow Motion—Panda Bear

The Six Teens—Sweet

Hour 2—Advice

Sunnyside Up—Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders

T’aint What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)—Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra

Mrs. Worthington—Kenneth Williams

Always Keep an Edge on Your Knife—Corb Lund

Subterranean Homesick Blues—Bob Dylan

Love the One You’re With—Stephen Stills

"Women Keep Your Virtue" from Harry Enfield & Chums

Women Be Wise—Sippie Wallace

Spanish Pipedream—John Prine

Vienna—Billy Joel

Go Where You Wanna Go—The Mamas & the Papas

Free Advice—The Mamas & the Papas

If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free—Jean-Jacques Milteau (w/Little Milton)

It’s Not What You Know (It’s Who You Know)—Bob & Gene

Message to the Messengers—Gil Scott-Heron

Enjoy Yourself—Todd Snider

Show #284--5/29/11

2011-05-29T10:58:00.001-05:00

That Was Then But This is Now—ABC

Waste—Foster the People

We’re All Looking—Steve Winwood

Grazing in the Grass—Hugh Masekela

Teen Town—Weather Report

Big Beng—Squeeze

Human Hair—Beep Beep

Hawaiian Air—Friendly Fires

Guns and Horses—Ellie Goulding

The Shrine/An Argument—Fleet Foxes

Hello It’s Me—The Nazz

Couleur Café—Serge Gainsbourg

Lalo’s Bossa Nova (Samba Para Dos)—Lalo Schifrin

Ame Câline—Michel Polnareff

Hour 2—1961

Just an hour looking back at what folks might have been listening to on a Memorial Day 50 years ago, to give you that cool retro vibe, right? OK, then.

It went something like this:

The Battle of Gettysburg—Fred Darian

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky—The Ramrods

Big Boss Man—Jimmy Reed

Heart & Soul—The Cleftones

Hello Walls—Faron Young

Tonight I Fell in Love—The Tokens

Brass Buttons—The String-a-Longs

Walk Right Back—The Everly Brothers

Your Other Love—The Flamingos

Shop Around—The Miracles

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White—Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats

Dedicated to the One I Love—The Five Royales

Wonderland By Night—Bert Kaempfert

He Will Break Your Heart—Jerry Butler

I Pity the Fool—Bobby “Blue” Bland

Pony Time—Chubby Checker

That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On—Sam Cooke

Right or Wrong—Wanda Jackson

Travelin’ Man—Ricky Nelson

Ame câline
Cherche coeur libre tous les jours
Toutes les nuits
Pour la vie
Ame câline
Offre nid tout près du soleil
Près des étoiles
Pour logis

Pour la vie
Ou peut-être plus
Pour la vie
Ou peut-être moins

Ame impatiente
Aimerait trouver âme soeur
Pour compagnie
Pour amie

Pour la vie
Ou peut-être plus
Pour la vie
Ou peut-être moins

Ame câline
Cherche coeur libre tous les jours
Toutes les nuits
Pour la vie
Ame câline
Offre nid tout près du soleil
Près des étoiles
Pour logis
Toutes les nuits
Pour la vie

Show #283--5/22/11

2011-05-21T23:41:00.000-05:00

Trampled Under Foot—Led Zeppelin

Sorry—CatPeople

Life of Love—Callers

Youth Knows No Pain—Lykke Li

Sleeping Beauty—Lene Lovich

Girls—Dwight Twilley

Rumor Has It—Honeydogs

Hold On—Badfinger

An Artist in the Field—Roger Klug

Follow the Leader—Sloan

G Turns to D—Sloan

Secret Mobilization—Deerhoof

Stillness is the Move—Dirty Projectors

Live in Sunshine—The Rapture

Hour 2—60’s Soft Pop

Oh, it's soft, all right. A typical Sampler playlist of mainly lesser-known tracks, or stuff you probably haven't heard in a while:

Come to the Sunshine—Harpers Bizarre

Come Ride, Come Ride—Emitt Rhodes

Mrs. Bluebird—Eternity’s Children

Distant Shores—Chad & Jeremy

Small World—We Five

Three Ways from Tomorrow—Spanky & Our Gang

Hitchhiker—The Four Preps

Round Again—The Association

Happiness—Anita Kerr & the Anita Kerr Singers

I Just Want to Be Your Friend—The Millennium

Shadows Breaking Over My Head—The Left Banke

Book a Trip—This Way Up

Now is the Time—The Free Design

Mr. Sun—The Lettermen

Poor Baby—The Cowsills

Our Prayer—The Beach Boys

Cabinessence—The Beach Boys

Show #282--5/15/11

2011-05-14T19:05:00.000-05:00

Heart of Gold—Charles Bradley (feat. Menahan Street Band)

Crazy Love—Van Morrison

Phantoms & Fortunes—Bird Names

Face in the Crowd—Cat’s Eyes

Going All the Way—The Squires

Mexican Radio—Wall of Voodoo

Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong—The Smithereens

Keep on Knocking—The Cars

The Face of the Earth (“super” soniq remix)—PARAE

The Face of the Earth—The Dismemberment Plan

Bendable Poseable—Hot Chip

When the Funk Hits the Fan—King Britt/Sylk 130

Stay for the Freak—Emperor Penguin

XXXO—M.I.A.

Hour 2—NN

Last week on the show, I asked my radio colleague Dr. Gonzo if he would randomly pick two Scrabble letter tiles out of the bag for the basis of a 2^nd hour theme, and he came up with NN.

So I came up with this playlist:

Neat Neat Neat—The Damned

Na Na Na—Theresa Andersson

Nothing New—April March

99—Toto

Night After Night—Conductor

Naughty Naughty—John Parr

No Not Again—The Tubes

No Need to Worry—The Folk Implosion

No Need to Argue—The Cranberries

No Nations—Jets Overhead

No No Song—Ringo Starr

Nice, Nice, Very Nice—Ambrosia

Neon Nites—Atlanta Rhythm Section

A 2nd SEASON OF FIRST IMPRESSIONS DEBUTS

MONDAY, MAY 16 at 8PM

Where each week Dr. Gonzo and Marc review two new discs

and a "Lasting Impression" album.

This week's picks:

TOMBOY by Panda Bear

HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PART 2 by The Beastie Boys

Show #281--5/8/11

2011-05-08T15:09:00.001-05:00

We Will All Be Changed—Seryn

Bude—King Crimson

Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With—King Crimson

Tog—Colourmusic

All the Colors of the Dark—Grails

My Moon My Man—Feist

Going Under—The Dodos

Undertaker—M. Ward

Sweet Tuesday Morning—Badfinger

Rock ‘n’ Roll Stew—Traffic

Combination of the Two—Big Brother & the Holding Company

Something on Your Mind—Karen Dalton

West Virginia—Maggie and Terre Roche

Hour 2—A Round of Remakes

The Very Thought of You—Miniature Tigers

Stardust—Nino Tempo & April Stevens

Star Eyes—Lennie Niehaus

Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man—Willie Bobo

Vehicle—Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna

My Love—The LTG Exchange

Something—Booker T. and the MG’s

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)—The Feelies

Highway 61 Revisited—PJ Harvey

Someday, Someway—Marshall Crenshaw

Der Kommissar—After the Fire

Get it On (Bang a Gong)—The Power Station

Move on Up—My Morning Jacket

Show #280--5/1/11

2011-04-30T15:40:00.001-05:00

Willin’—Little Feat

If I Only Knew—The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Getting Better—Gomez

The Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes a Long, Long Way)—Steve Forbert

Got to Get You Into My Life—Ryan Montbleau Band

Slippery Road—Ryan Montbleau Band

Time for the Leaving—Magna Carta

Getting Ready for Christmas Day—Paul Simon

Getting Old—Hellogoodbye

Golden Slumbers—Nenad Bach Band

This is

Japan

—Jack Green

4 Minute Mile—Bell X1

Hour 2—Insecta Sides

The Glow Worm—The Mills Brothers

Butterfly—Charlie Gracie

The Termite—Odgen Nash

Lucky Ladybug—Billy & Lillie

The Boll Weevil Song—Brook Benton

Bumble Bee—LaVern Baker

The Caterpillar—Odgen Nash

The Inch Worm—John Coltrane

Cricket—Collie Ryan

Bugs—Bobbie Gentry

Bugs—Pearl Jam

June Bug—Leo Kottke

Ants Marching—Dave Matthews Band

Fireflies—Fleetwood Mac

Insects—Oingo Boingo

Fly on the Wall—XTC

The Eyes of the Fly—Jookabox

Show #279--4/24/11

2011-04-23T09:20:00.000-05:00

Baby Let’s Play House—Arthur Gunter

Pretty Thing—Steve Miller Band

Eggs Over Easy—Martina Sorbara

Stamp—The Rural Alberta Advantage

Swift Coin—Land of Talk

Second Song—TV on the Radio

Rope—Foo Fighters

Angry Chair—Alice in Chains

Unluck—James Blake

I Could Give You (a Mirror)—Eurythmics

Take Me With U—Prince and the Revolution

Can’t Wait to See You—Eurogliders

Gentle Hum—The Finn Brothers

Hour 2—Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: April 25, 1986

Da hits from 25 years ago, jumping around the Hot 100 in Sunday Sampler style. Featuring music from: The Bangles, Bourgeois Tagg, Greg Kihn Band, INXS, Janet Jackson, Nu Shooz, Robert Palmer, and more.

Show #278--4/17/11

2011-04-17T14:57:00.004-05:00

T.O.R.N.A.D.O—The Go! Team

Stylo—Gorillaz (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack)

Machismo—Gomez

You—Abra Moore

We’re on Our Way—Chris Hodge

Carnival—Burning Airlines

Bootstraps—Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives

Oh Well—Fleetwood Mac

The Wind Cries Mary—Jimi Hendrix Experience

Sincerely Jasper—Jasper & the Prodigal Sons

The Words That Maketh Murder—PJ Harvey

You See Everything—Low

Hour 2—Singing About Dancing

Swayin’ to the Music (Slow Dancin’)—Johnny Rivers

Slow Dancing Don’t Turn Me On—The Addrisi Brothers

Blame it on the Boogie—The Jacksons

Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)—Joe Tex

I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)—James Brown

Boogie Nights—Heatwave

Dance Away—Roxy Music

Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything)—The Dead Milkmen

Dancing in the Street—Martha & the Vandellas

I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying—The Miracles

Nobody But Me—The Human Beinz

Let Her Dance—The Bobby Fuller Four

Save the Last Dance for Me—The Drifters

Dance Tonight—Paul McCartney

Land of 1000 Dances—Cannibal & the Headhunters

Show #277--4/10/11

2011-04-09T15:11:00.002-05:00

We Will All Go Together When We Go—Tom Lehrer

Shake ‘Em on Down—Mississippi Fred McDowell

Hats Off to (Roy) Harper—Led Zeppelin

China

Girl—Roy Harper

A Million Years—Alexander

Candlelighter Man—Fanny

Thunder and Lightning—Chi Coltrane

The Mama Papa—Plants and Animals

More Than You—Laki Mera

Better Than Nothing—Jennifer Trynin

I Do Not Play No Rock ‘n’ Roll—Dangerman

Library of Congress National Recording Registry 2011 Selections

Hour 2—You Don’t Know Me, I Don’t Know You

You Don’t Know Me—Ray Charles

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out—Nina Simone

Who Was That Man?—Nick Lowe

Walk on By—Leroy Van Dyke

Daylight Stranger—Gary Puckett & the Union Gap

Take Time to Know Her—Percy Sledge

Danger! She’s a Stranger—The Five Stairsteps

People Are Strange—The Doors

She is Still a Mystery—The Lovin’ Spoonful

Beautiful People—Melanie

The Stranger—Billy Joel

Stranger in My Home Town—Foghat

Eyes of a Stranger—The Payola$

No One Here Knows Jane—Warren Zanes

Stranger to Himself—Traffic

My name is Fred McDowell. They call me Miss'ippi Fred McDowell. But it, my home's in Ro[ss]ville Tennessee. But it don' make any different, it soun' good to me. I seem like I'm at home in there when I'm in Miss'ippi? An' I do not play no rock'an'roll y'all. I jus' play jus' straight an' natchel blue? An' whenever you get somebody, y'know, want to plo:w for you, just call for Fred McDowell, yeh. I wa[s] raised on the farm, y'unnerstan'? Now only way you can rock Fred, you have to put him in a rocking chair, or either lay me down, y'unnerstan, yeh. Heh, that's my type of rockin', yeh heh heh. [plays a line]

An' my type of blue? I play it with a bottleneck? I first got this style from a beef bone, y' understan' me. Rib wha' come out of a steak? My uncle, when I was a small boy in the country. He ground this bone down, and filed it with a file, and put 't'on his little fi[ae]nger. But I play't on my ri[ae]ng finger, y' understan'? An' nis a- dis here bottleneck sound better'n the bone, cause you get more clar- clear sound outa it. [plays a chord]

An' I, I would like for you to, you- who's never listen to me. [Come] over here an' buy one of the tape, a album, anything. I like for, I like for you to listen at what I'm saying. I'd make the guitar say what I say, y'understan'. [plays line] If I say 'Our Father'? it'll say 'Our Father'. [chord] If I give out a hymn? it'll say it. [chord] If I play '[A]mazin' Grace'? it'll si[ae]ng that too. [plays line] Now that's my style, what you hear me doing there. [plays line] I hope y'all like it, who's never git it.

Show #276--4/3/11

2011-04-03T11:29:00.002-05:00

Plastic People—The Mothers of Invention

The World Ain’t Round It’s Square—The Savages

Cry—The Cyrkle

Aberdeen—Cage the Elephant

Howlin’ for You—The Black Keys

$300—Soul Coughing

Under Bridges and Overpasses—Modern Skirts

You Never Had it So Good—RJD2

K is for Kelson—Bibio

Me and Baby Brother—War

Old Dirt Road—John Lennon

Touching Down—Therapies Son

Little Marriage—Lia Ices

Be My Wife—David Bowie

Hour 2—Coffee, Incidentally

Quirky themes continue: Coffee in the lyrics, if not in the title (except for the last track):

Intergalactic—Beastie Boys

Everyday is a Winding Road—Sheryl Crow

Meet Virginia—Train

I Don’t Sleep, I Dream—R.E.M.

I’ve Found Someone of My Own—The Free Movement

Halley’s Waitress—Fountains of Wayne

Tom’s Diner—Suzanne Vega

Drivin’ My Life Away—Eddie Rabbitt

King of Anything—Sara Bareilles

Is She Really Going Out With Him?—Joe Jackson

Girl Inform Me—The Shins

You’re So Vain—Carly Simon

Speeding Cars—Imogen Heap

Black Coffee in Bed—Squeeze

Show #275--3/27/11

2011-03-29T10:09:00.000-05:00

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey—Fats Domino

Heart of Steel—Galactic

Louisiana Blues—Clifton Chenier

Spiral Dance—Keith Jarrett

Wrong Side of the Moon—Squeeze

Birds Fly Away—Theresa Andersson

Jaded—Aerosmith

Greater Times on the Wayside/The River by the Garden—Zeus

Walk This World—Heather Nova

The Wilhelm Scream—James Blake

Gently—Spandau Ballet

Easy Lie—The Golden Boots

Hour 2—Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (radio documentary)

Show #274--3/20/11

2011-03-19T21:11:00.002-05:00

The Golden Age—The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Official Secrets—M

Burn the City—Little Insects

Them That Do Nothing—Field Music

Whirring—The Joy Formidable

Peace One—Mahavishnu John McLaughlin

Carry—Ryan Montbleau Band

Carrying the Wet Wood—Maps & Atlases

Lock and Key—The Whispertown 2000

16 Days—Whiskeytown

Man of Devotion—Fools Garden

Conceived—Beth Orton

Hour 2—Parlor Game: "~~The~~ ____________s"

“Parlor Game” is a term I use when I come upon an idea for a theme that goes beyond simple explanation and into realms of obscurity that generally pleases the host most of all (only more so than usual this week).

So, as explanations go: In recent weeks, I’ve listened to enough music from groups that have one-word plurals as their names that it kind of stuck out to me, and I wondered if I would be able to assemble an hour’s worth of these groups. Not groups that follow the template “The _______s,” as there are millions of those, but just that one-word plural.

Turns out…I was able to. It seems a more modern phenomenon, though there are a small number of older, familiar groups on tap tonight as well.

It’s probably best seen (heard) as just another mix, but there’s your explanation. These are the groups that made tonight’s mix (there are, of course, more; perhaps you know some yourself):

Stay with Me—Faces

Put Us Back Together Right—Headlights

Too Late—Shoes

Arrow Through Me—Wings

Instant Weight Loss—Sparks

Just Got Lucky—JoBoxers

The Sugar Society—Cinwaves

Leyendecker—Battles

I am Trying—Greenskeepers

I See it Coming—Guards

Glow—Callers

King of the Beach—WAVVES

Bizness—tUnE-yArDs

What Remains—Foals

Show #273--3/13/11

2011-03-13T13:03:00.003-05:00

Banned (By the Man)—Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out)—The Hombres

Ain’t Gonna Rest (Till I Get You)—The Five Stairsteps

Run, Run, Run—Sly & the Family Stone

I See the Light—The Five Americans

Beginning to See the Light—The Velvet Underground

China Steps—Women

Sky Saw—Brian Eno

Come Back—J. Geils Band

Tears—The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Cry if You Want—The Who

All the Colors of the Dark—Grails

Behold a Marvel in the Darkness—Deerhoof

Hour 2—’72 Soul Review

Troglodyte (Cave Man)—The Jimmy Castor Bunch
I Gotcha—Joe Tex

Afro Strut—The Nite-Liters

Use Me—Bill Withers

King Heroin—James Brown

Starting All Over Again—Mel and Tim

Superfly—Curtis Mayfield

Why Can’t We Live Together—Timmy Thomas

In the Rain—The Dramatics

Way Back Home—Junior Walker & the All-Stars

Work to Do—The Isley Brothers

Rip Off—Laura Lee

Look What You Done for Me—Al Green

Keeper of the Castle—The Four Tops

Back Stabbers—The O’Jays

People Make the World Go Round—The Stylistics

Show #272--3/6/11

2011-03-05T21:31:00.003-05:00

Night After Night—Conductor

It Ain’t None of Your Business—Missing Persons

Bizness—tUnE-yArDs

Pack Up—Eliza Doolittle

The Words That Maketh Murder—PJ Harvey

Bumpin’ Rap Tapes—Japanther

Think About Me—The Tubes

WHALE—Yellow Ostrich

Badaboom—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Don’t Always Look at the Rain—Howard Jones

Deadzy—John Scofield

Place in My Heart—Taylor McFerrin (feat. RYAT)

Mexico

—The Soft Pack

Morning Sun—Robbie Williams

Hour 2—The Originals

Tonight, famous songs whose original versions were not hits (OK, save one, and not in this country, anyway); you may not have ever heard these, or perhaps not in a while.

I’ve Got My Mind Set on You—James Ray

Suspicion—Elvis Presley

Everybody’s Talkin’—Fred Neil

All Along the Watchtower—Bob Dylan

Aquarius—Ronald Dyson (from “Hair” Original Cast)

Woodstock—Joni Mitchell (Live fromCelebration at Big Sur)

My Sweet Lord—Billy Preston

Sentimental Lady—Fleetwood Mac

Poor Poor Pitiful Me—Warren Zevon

Love is the Answer—Utopia

Family Man—Mike Oldfield

Blinded by the Light—Bruce Springsteen

Show #271--2/27/11

2011-02-26T22:30:00.000-05:00

Play On—Squeeze

Life’s Too Easy—The Undertones

Mad World—Tears for Fears

Dry County—The B-52’s

DS 21—Jane Child

Mykonos—Fleet Foxes

Kon Tiki—Plants and Animals

In the House of Stone and Light—Martin Page

Leave it Open—Kate Bush

Red and Purple—The Dodos

No One’s There—Anika

Chin Up—Former Ghosts

Where I’m Going—Cut Copy

Hour 2—Sounds of 60’s Cinema

End of the month, so it’s a decade retrospective. And it’s Oscar night, so I’ve put together an audio collage of a bunch of music and dialogue from 40-some movies from the 60’s, some well-known, some rather obscure.

Movies are listed below. Don’t peek if you want to be surprised!

Psycho

West Side Story

Never on Sunday

Blue Hawaii

Dr. No

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Gypsy

Lawrence of Arabia

Walk on the Wild Side

Cape Fear

The Birds

The Endless Summer

Bye Bye Birdie

A Hard Day’s Night

The Great Escape

Blood Feast (RIP David F. Friedman)

The Pink Panther

Dr. Strangelove

Zorba the Greek

Viva Las Vegas

What’s New Pussycat?

The Sound of Music

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Blow-Up

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

Alfie

The Graduate

In the Heat of the Night

You Only Live Twice

Bonnie & Clyde

The Jungle Book

The Firemen’s Ball

Valley of the Dolls

Cool Hand Luke

Bullitt

Rosemary’s Baby

2001: A Space Odyssey

Barbarella

True Grit

Woodstock

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Easy Rider

Show #270--2/20/11

2011-02-20T02:09:00.002-05:00

Can’t Get There From Here—R.E.M.

Would Know—Mount Kimbie

Blood Makes Noise—Suzanne Vega

Fortress—Pinback

Locked Out—Crowded House

Aberdeen—Cage the Elephant

Family Tree—Lohio

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth...—Primitive Radio Gods

Elephants—Rachael Yamagata

Trophy Queen—Guards (feat. Caroline Polachek)

I Did Crimes for You—Deerhoof

Kool Thing—Sonic Youth

Caroline Leaving—Volbeat

Secret Signals—The Intelligence

Hour 2—Presidents’ (Sun)Day

I have been reminded it’s Presidents’ Day on Monday, so that inspired a presidential Sunday during tonight’s theme hour. Mainly humor and a bit of music concerning a handful of presidents from Kennedy to Bush I.

Jackie Mason on politicians (Hollywood Palace, 1966)

High Hopes (Kennedy campaign version)—Frank Sinatra

Economy Lunch (from “The First Family”)—Vaughn Meader

Super Bird—Country Joe and the Fish

Farm Report—David Frye

Watergrate—Dickie Goodman

Wallowing in Watergate—Robert Klein

My Way—David Frye

Ask President Carter (fromSaturday Night Live)

Stagflation—Red Shadow

Rap Master Ronnie—Reathel Bean & the Doonesbury Break Crew

Ronnie, Talk to Russia—Prince

The War (Edit)—Bill Hicks

Rockin’ in the Free World—Neil Young

Show #269--2/13/11

2011-02-12T18:13:00.001-05:00

Love Story—Randy Newman

Thin Line Between Love and Hate—The Pretenders

Rolling in the Deep—Adele

It’s a Shame—The Spinners

Don’t Let Go—The Manhattan Transfer

The Cat—Jimmy Smith

Don’t Be Shy—Cat Stevens

Wayfaring—Magna Carta

Everywhere—Fleetwood Mac

Feeling Today—Botany

Hoover Factory—Elvis Costello

Slow—Twin Shadow

Who Could Win a Rabbit—Animal Collective

Easier—Grizzly Bear

Hour 2—Otherly Love

Kaw-Liga—Hank Williams

Glendora—Perry Como

I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog—Peter, Paul & Mary

Happiness is a Warm Gun—The Beatles

Man of the Hour—Norah Jones

In the Eyes of My Dog—Martin Mull

I Love My Dog—Cat Stevens

In Every Dream Home a Heartache—Roxy Music

I’m in Love with My Car—Queen

For the Love of Money—The O’Jays

It’s Money That I Love—Randy Newman

TV is King—The Tubes

The Spirit of Radio—Rush

Radio Ga Ga—Queen

Show #268--2/6/11

2011-02-05T01:20:00.004-05:00

American Boy—Estelle (feat. Kanye West)

Free—Deniece Williams

Stop Watch—Christian Sands

Room to Move—John Mayall

Carry—Ryan Montbleau Band

Beauty of the Ride—Sebadoh

So Sincere—Pat Benatar

Secret Mobilization—Deerhoof

Bullfighter Jacket—Miniature Tigers

Buster Voodoo—Rodrigo y Gabriela

Under the Gun—Apex Manor

There’s a Rhythm—Ron Sexsmith

On and On—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Wednesday Jones--Stephen Duffy

Hour 2—Black ‘n’ Gold Mojo

Oh well, better luck next year...

Black Night—Deep Purple
Back in Black—AC/DC

Black Diamond—The Replacements

Black Dog—Led Zeppelin

Black Cat—Janet Jackson

Supermassive Black Hole—Muse

Deep Black—The Smithereens

Golden Years—David Bowie

Golden Age—TV on the Radio

Solid Gold—Eagles of Death Metal

Gold Guns Girls—Metric

Solid Gold—The Golden Filter

Black Magic—Jarvis Cocker

Black Star—Radiohead

Show #267--1/30/11

2011-01-29T17:03:00.002-05:00

I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love—Petula Clark

Panic—Reparata & the Delrons

Condition Red—The Goodees

Time for Livin’—The Association

We’ve Got to Get it On Again—The Addrisi Brothers

Shut It—Euphone

Heart Throb—Maylee Todd

Ruby—Kaiser Chiefs

Cordova—Limblifter

Breaker Breaker—Peter Bjorn and John

Lost a Girl—New Young Pony Club

Bells On—Sloan

Penal Colony/Bells—Women

Run Like Hell—Pink Floyd

Swinging Bells—Plants and Animals

The Needle Never Ends—Skeleton Key

Hour 2—Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight, January 31, 1981

Teacher Teacher—Rockpile (#86)

Ain’t Even Done with the Night—John Cougar (#81)

Theme from “The Dukes of Hazzard”—Waylon Jennings (#71)

Precious to Me—Phil Seymour (#67)

Skateaway—Dire Straits (#58)

Ah! Leah!—Donnie Iris (#44)

I Need Your Lovin’—Teena Marie (#37)

Heartbreak Hotel—The Jacksons (#25)

Keep on Loving You—REO Speedwagon (#19)

Giving it Up for Your Love—Delbert McClinton (#11)

Every Woman in the World—Air Supply (#5)

I Love a Rainy Night—Eddie Rabbitt (#4)

Celebration—Kool & the Gang (#3)

(Just Like) Starting Over—John Lennon (#2)

The Tide is High—Blondie (#1)

Show #266--1/23/11

2011-01-22T15:15:00.001-05:00

Dream Song—Scott Matthews

Everybody’s Talkin’—Nilsson

Buffalo—The Phoenix Foundation

Go Do— jónsi

The Caterpillar—The Cure

How You Hold Your Arms—Callers

The Runaway—Gentle Giant

Footstompin’ Music—Grand Funk Railroad

I’m a Man—Jobriath

Give it Up—Badfinger

Pink & Sour—Califone

Chocolate Bar—Pure

Warn Me, Right—Appetite

Hour 2—Around the House

Right Said Fred—Bernard Cribbins

Good Old Desk—Nilsson

Cook of the House—Wings

Move it on Over—Hank Williams

Rockin’ Chair—The Band

Back Porch—The Presidents of the United States of America

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window—The Beatles

Mirror in the Bathroom—The English Beat

Sleeping with the Television On—Billy Joel

The Bed’s Too Big Without You—The Police

Sleepin’ on My Couch—Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Couch Surfer—Bran Van 3000

The House That Jack Built—Aretha Franklin

Meet Me in the Basement—Broken Social Scene

Our House—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Show #265--1/16/11

2011-01-15T14:33:00.001-05:00

Temptation ‘Bout to Get Me—The Knight Brothers

Pack Up—Eliza Doolittle

More and More—Little Milton

Rev it Up—Jerry Harrison

One in the World—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Sharpening Bone—Piers Faccini

Them Bones—Alice in Chains

Down in Flames—Semisonic

But Anyway—Blues Traveler

This is How it Feels to Have a Broken Heart—Guster

Solid Ground—Maps & Atlases

Following—The Bangles

Limit to Your Love—James Blake

Strangers—The Kinks

Hour 2—An All-Animal Hour

Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe—Whale

Southern Point—Grizzly Bear

Where Does it Hide?—The Alligators

Swim Until You Can’t See Land—Frightened Rabbit

Train/Land ‘o’ Lakes—The Bats

I Won’t Stand in Your Way—The Stray Cats

Follow Me—Sharks

What Do You Belong To—Jules and the Polar Bears

Kickin’ My Heart Around—The Black Crowes

Don’t Bring Me Down—The Laughing Dogs

Compliments—Band of Horses

El Mañana—Gorillaz

The Whale Song—Modest Mouse

Show #264--1/9/11

2011-01-08T12:28:00.002-05:00

Abracadabra—Judee Sill

Mass #586—Sagittarius

What Became of You and I?—Treefight for Sunlight

I Hear Trumpets—Eric & Magill

Chin Up—Former Ghosts

White Mice—The Mo-Dettes

Holy Hell—Noun

When the Lady Smiles—Golden Earring

White Noise—Jay Ferguson

Heavy on Me—Zeus

Journal of Ardency—Class Actress

Kitchen at Parties—Jona Lewie

Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)—Daryl Hall & John Oates

Counting the Beat—The Swingers

White Rabbit (Tristan Jehan’s Swinger Remix)—Jefferson Airplane

Hour 2—Gerry Rafferty

Shoeshine Boy—The Humblebums

Her Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway—The Humblebums

Keep it to Yourself—The Humblebums

Mr. Universe—Gerry Rafferty

Sign on the Dotted Line—Gerry Rafferty

Stuck in the Middle with You—Stealers Wheel

Everyone’s Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine—Stealers Wheel

Late Again—Stealers Wheel

Star—Stealers Wheel

Wheelin’—Stealers Wheel

Waltz (You Know it Makes Sense!)—Stealers Wheel

Baker Street—Gerry Rafferty

Get it Right Next Time—Gerry Rafferty

Benediction—Stealers Wheel

Show #263--1/2/11

2011-01-02T01:59:00.001-05:00

Happy new year!
As you can see, I went a little baby crazy at the end of the first hour:

20^th Song—The Cryan’ Shames

Cheyenne—Allison Miller

Friends—Led Zeppelin

Celebration Day—Led Zeppelin

Mansion of Misery—Miniature Tigers

Painted Moon—The Silencers

Hey, St. Peter—Flash and the Pan

It’s Always Summer—The Corin Tucker Band

Little Babies—Sleater-Kinney

Billion Dollar Babies—Alice Cooper

Pretty Babies—Karen Elson

Crazy About You Baby—LT & the Soulful Dynamics

Babies Makin’ Babies—Sly & the Family Stone

Hour 2—A Little Night Music

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground—Blind Willie Johnson

Moanin’ at Midnight—Howlin’ Wolf

Night Life—Ray Price

After Midnight—J.J. Cale

Pink Moon—Nick Drake

Moondance—Van Morrison

Midnight Lullaby—Tom Waits

Into the Night—Benny Mardones

Lonely is the Night—Billy Squier

Everything Merges With the Night—Brian Eno

Up All Night—The Boomtown Rats

One Short Night—Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Living After Midnight—Judas Priest

Midnight Mover—Accept

Show #262--12/26/10

2010-12-26T03:19:00.001-05:00

World Where You Live—Crowded House

Cloak and Cipher—Land of Talk

I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)—Sandi Thom

When We First Met--Hellogoodbye

I’m on Fire—Dwight Twilley Band

This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide—The Kings

Chinatown—Wild Nothing

Vivid Culture—William Brittelle

Who’s Gonna Save My Soul—Gnarls Barkley

You’ll Never Learn—Daryl Hall & John Oates

Paranoia Blues—Paul Simon

O’Light—Robb Kunkel

Here’s to the Next Time—Elton John

Hour 2—70s A’s and B’s

Stop Breaking My Heart—Tom Jones

I (Who Have Nothing)—Tom Jones

She’s Good—The Jackson 5

Never Can Say Goodbye—The Jackson 5

Who Has Seen the Wind?—Yoko Ono Lennon

Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)—John Ono Lennon

Knife-Edge—Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Lucky Man—Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Restless—Sweet

Ballroom Blitz—Sweet

Just Like This Train—Joni Mitchell

Help Me—Joni Mitchell

Harmony—Elton John

Bennie and the Jets—Elton John

Show #261--12/19/10

2010-12-19T15:07:00.002-05:00

Kind and Generous—Natalie Merchant

Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas)—The Free Design

Sound of Love—The Five Americans

The Spirits and I—Royal Wood

Old Fangs—Black Mountain

Get Out of London—Intaferon

Ready for Love/After Lights—Mott the Hoople

Bulletproof—La Roux

Promises—The Morning Benders

Don’t Pass Me By—The Beatles

Drink to Me, Babe, Then—A.C. Newman

Over Rusty Water—XTC

Calculator—Micachu

Prologue/Twilight—ELO

White Christmas—Corporal Blossom

Hour 2—Best of 2010 with Dr. Gonzo

Tune in for a hearty listening session of stuff that impressed us this year.

(See below for hearty commentary).
P.S. The titles and artists listed are in reverse (and incorrect!) order.

The Bird and the Bee-Heard it on the Radio
Zeus-The Renegade
Local Natives-Sun Hands
Gorillaz-Stylo
Yeasayer-Ambling Alp
The Books-A Cold Freezin' Night
Surfer Blood-Floating Vibes
Spoon-Who Makes Your Money
Twin Sister-Lady Daydream
Callers-Glow
The Mynabirds-Let the Record Go
The New Pornographers-Crash Years
She & Him-Thieves
Maps & Atlases-Living Decorations
Grinderman-Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
The Dead Weather-No Horse
Broken Bells-The High Road
Miniature Tigers-Bullfighter Jacket
Vampire Weekend-Giving Up the Gun
Field Music-Measure
Beach House-Zebra
The Soft Pack-Pull Out
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti-Round and Round
LCD Soundsystem-I Can Change
Robyn-Dancehall Queen
New Young Pony Club-Lost a Girl
Sleigh Bells-Infinity Guitars
Crystal Castles-Vietnam
Goldfrapp-Rocket
Chromeo-Night by Night

Year in Music: Marc's Favorites of 2010 (Part Two)

2010-12-18T02:10:00.001-05:00

Although I like to tout that my Sunday show is eclectic, I’m well aware that the kind of music I like most is definitely pop-oriented. Always looking for someone to add a creative twist, an indelible melody, a unique and interesting arrangement, etc. to work some magic with the ol’ diatonic scale. Here are some of those extra efforts I was lucky enough to hear this year:

I’m only moderately familiar with Hot Chip, but the reviews say their newest CD One Life Stand is a little mellower, more midtempo stuff than normal, and I have to say, the midtempo stuff is perhaps not their forte. But there are two especially danceable tracks that were just aces with me—“Take It In” and the title track “One Life Stand.” They exhibit a nice mix of everyman vulnerability and sincerity with a giddy thump, especially the breakdown in “Life.”

Been a fan of the Sunderland band Field Music ever since playing catch up with their first album in 2005. They’re natural-born tunesmiths who are ambitious to boot, and I have to hand it to their label Memphis Industries for giving them the freedom to stretch out and release what is essentially a double album, “Field Music (Measure).” It ranges from the meditative “Curves of the Needle,” which remembers that silence can be so effective to the drama of a song) to the out-of-character dance-like track “Let’s Write a Book” to their seemingly effortless guitar pop. It’s a lot to digest in one sitting, but a very worthwhile endeavor for fans of excellent music. I cringed a little when I read that Peter and David Brewis (the core of the group) said they felt sympathy for the other members of the group, while intimating that they thought their musical ideas were difficult to grasp and execute. My thought is, if it was, it’s very well worth it for what you get here.

I need to immerse myself in Canadian band Zeus’s “Say Us” album a lot more in the coming weeks, because I think end-to-end it’s a solid musical effort, a loose and relaxed set of 70’s-influenced rock. The music has a very comfy-cozy feel to it, but it moves and sways and rocks quite nicely, thank you. “The Renegade” or some other track will definitely be heard on Sunday night.

“Boyfriend” by Best Coast, featuring those yearning, echoey vocals from Bethany Cosentino and those great lyrics about being jealous of the supposedly prettier and better-educated rival for her guy’s affections…It’s like a modern-day slacker version of a Ronettes tune. So sweet. The rest of the “Crazy For You” album follows in that lovelorn mold to a lesser degree, but this single’s a killer.

Maps & Atlases’ debut full-length “Perch Patchwork” is a distinctive mix of folk and progressive-type music. Led by the part yowl-part croon of Dave Davison (you have to hear him to know what I mean—it works), and it’s a low-fi gem, smart and compelling, with arrangements that pay attention to the up-close strum and chirp of guitars, a flute floating in here, a toy piano there, and the click and the tap the thump of percussion. If there’s such a thing as a modern hippie vibe, this kinda has it (and they’re from Chicago!). Wordless vocals and pleasingly angular beats and melodies all part of the mix at times, creating a consistently interesting musical landscape throughout. There are even moments of dare I say, music you could dance or jerk spastically around to. Love it.

The New Pornographers are probably one of the most talented ‘collectives’ in pop music today, if you consider that most if not all of its members came together from other bands or projects, and still go back and forth between them. The songwriting’s mainly done by A.C. Newman with a smattering of Dan Bejar. “Together,” their 5^th album since 2010 continues the trend from 2007’s “Challengers” of more balladry (though nontraditional) creeping in betwixt the uptempo hookmonsters. For me, the album does bog down in the second half with these meditations, which I can take or leave. But the opening trio of tunes are everything you could hope for from your shoulda-been popular music. And, I love the wistful waltz “Daughters of Sorrow”—lots.

I was pleased to see that other people think Sara Lucas, lead singer of Callers sounds like Phoebe Snow (hello, WNYC). That wonderful voice is a perfect match for this frankly lovely music, mellow and slightly inscrutable (who knows what “You are an Arc” means?). No matter. Intimate music with moments of sudden aggressiveness/assertiveness. Mellow, but watch it. I love how “Glow” seamlessly transforms from one song into another, two different moods. With its spare, elegant settings for these songs, it’s a refreshing switch from a lot of the overstuffed & cranked up music that gets a lot of airplay.

I won’t lie; legacy artist they may be, but I was not disappointed in Devo’s return this year. Their “Something for Everybody” continues their sly way of both celebrating and critiquing modern ‘devolution’ with tuneful and clever songs (they show their hand on “No Place Like Home,” I suppose. I don’t detect much irony on that one). And the guys seem in good voice, too! It’s like it’s 1980 all over again. Contemporary hitmaker producers keep the band ‘up to date,’ but it’s nothing so radical that old fans will protest.

The Soft Pack has a debut that blazes through 10 slices of garage/surf rock. Most enjoyable. Direct and immediate. And it rocks. Simple as that.

Guards is Richie James Follin, basically, sometimes his sister, too, and a few other guests. He calls his 2010 EP’s sound as “pop wave doom.” I don’t know about that as a whole (though I’ve said “Sail it Slow” is a pretty melodically pleasing dirge with a great lumbering guitar riff as its spine). It’s kind of low-fi pop, otherwise. It has that sort of subdued, echoey feel about it. That churchy organ can’t help but add to the austerity of it all. Also, Guards is on Bandcamp, a great website for independent music. Check it out!

The Books, and their album “The Way Out.” Collage artists, I guess. Raiding thrift stores for choice bits of people’s discarded answering machine tapes and whatnot, looking for a narrative or bits of interesting stuff they can sample and wedge into their (mostly) laid-back musical tapestries. Helps remind us that the human voice is an important part of ‘music,’ even if we’re not singing. (“A Cold Freezin’ Night” was the first track that caught my attention. I can’t help but be reminded of my duties at my ‘new’ job associated with that song. Listened to it while in a studio monitoring a baseball broadcast.) Probably unlike most other music you’ve probably heard, it’s more of an aural experience than aimed at any pop sensibility, though it’s by no means difficult listening.

And…Miniature Tigers. Their album “Fortress” I would recommend to those who were perhaps disappointed in Vampire Weekend’s 2^nd album. Sounds great, and won’t insult your intelligence. I could write more, but I’m tired (aw). But it’s great stuff all around.

Choice tracks: “Heart That’s Pounding” by Sally Seltmann, “Every Little Bit Hurts” by Title Tracks, “On the Sly” by The Bamboos, “I Learned the Hard Way” by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, “Buster Keaton” by Quadron, “My Time” by Minus the Bear, “Lewis Takes Action” by Owen Pallett, “Bootstraps” by Drew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives, “Whatever You Like” by Joan as Police Woman, “Ungrateful Little Father” by Broken Social Scene, “Burn it Down” by Los Lobos, “All Around and Away We Go” by Twin Sister, “They Don’t Want” by Electric Wire Hustle, “Aminals” by Baths, “It is Not Meant to Me” by Tame Impala, “China Steps” by Women, “Stylo” by Gorillaz, “MCs Can Kiss” by Uffie, “Who Makes Your Money” by Spoon, “Lover of Mine” (Roman Ruins remix) by Beach House, “Logic” by Operator Please, “Numbers Don’t Lie” by The Mynabirds, assorted tracks by Das Racist…

Um, thanks for reading!

Some of these songs’ll be featured on Sunday night’s hybrid Sunday Sampler/Gonzo’s Music-o-Rama show, beginning at 9:00 PM eastern, and of course Dr. G will be there with me as we profile our Best of 2010 picks.

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Year in Music: Marc's Favorites of 2010 (Part One)

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Time to ramble on a bit about my top picks for 2010, as a sort of companion to the “Best of 2010” show that Dr. G and I are going to present this Sunday evening.

Let’s just jump in and talk about albums as a whole that I thought were very good listening experiences from end to end. Listening to an entire album is something I find I have to often discipline myself to do nowadays. I doubt I’m the only one who feels this way, as most music consumers that skew younger today are more of a download generation, and I think this trend allows people to pick and choose a la carte what they want and not bother with the rest, so the idea of an album that is conceived as a piece may be harder to put over to listeners. In any case, what I’m getting at from my point of view is, I count myself as a part of that group, so if a singer/group inspired me to pick up the disc or download the entire album, I think that’s saying something about the general excellence of the product. I’m also chagrined to say that even with this commitment of sorts, that (for me) I still haven’t spent enough time with a lot of these albums to know and love them inside out, which I think they deserve. But further exploration is always on the horizon.

After thinking about it a bit, if you asked me what my personal #1 album pick of the year would be, I would have to say it is “Before Today” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. I had stolen a line from someone else’s music blog or whatnot that the music reminds me of “70’s AM radio filtered through a windowless dungeon.” While there are some slight stylistic variations (garage rock remake, goth rock homage), the entire album has a kind of twisted easy-listening vibe with old synthy sounds and mellow groove that I really like. “Round and Round” is easily my favorite track. Even if this is not its intention (they could be playing all this ironically for all I know), it comes off as earnestly anthemic, in its opaque way.

Probably wouldn’t have paid all that much attention to The Dead Weather’s “Sea of Cowards” if not for G. picking it as an early choice on our “First Impressions” record review show over the summer. But, it’s a solid chunk of what I hear as Led Zeppelin/Black Sabbath-y guitar rock, only streamlined for maximum hook appeal. No wanker solos here, just lean mean killer riffage and appropriately wailed vocals from Alison Mosshart and Jack White. So vocally in sync with each other, too, that when they’re in their upper registers it’s tricky for me to figure out who’s wailing. Highlights for me are the opening one-two punch of “Blue Blood Blues” and “Hustle and Cuss,” as well as “Gasoline,” “No Horse,” “Jawbreaker,” and “Old Mary.” (a great coda to it all…Supposedly there’s some overarching narrative to the whole thing, but I don’t think it’s necessary to enjoy the album fully). But it’s all pretty kick-ass, immediate stuff. I'm very glad it was put in front of me!

That’s pretty much as heavy as it gets for me on my list, although there are a few stray tracks from other artists this year that rocked convincingly enough for me (I listen to some of this ‘heavy’ music today that’s overly self-conscious of being ‘heavy' and ponderous and 'life is hell' and I just think, ‘wankers.'):

One of my fave tracks of this year “Art Czars” by Japandroids kinda addresses this, the words of the song seemingly addressing disappointed fans that the group isn’t ‘hard’ enough for their fans (they could be making this up, sure, or maybe not). “I’m really sorry if you want more screaming. You missed my heart, but you’ve got my ears bleeding. Here’s your money back, here’s your punk rock back.” Ironically, despite their contrariness, this things smacks very much of punk to me. And the refrain burrows its way in.

I can’t say I’m over the moon about Ty Segall’s album “Melted” —though very well executed, it’s a bit too one-note for me, the garagey-fuzz-noise pop, but there are two tracks that have received a good number of plays for me throughout the year, and that’s two more than the majority of albums that were released this year. I love “Finger”s surprise chord changes, like someone suddenly put their hand on a turntable and slowed it down a whole step or so. And “Sad Fuzz” is a great singalong, if only I could make out the words.

Crystal Castles’ “I Am Made of Chalk” is of course its own kind of ‘hard,’ and while perhaps it’s not really representative of their newest album as a whole (more people probably like the dancy stuff than the noisy stuff, maybe?), it made an impression of me, Alice Glass’s deliberately muddied and desperate-sounding vocals drowning in an electronic soup. Sorta unforgettable, if you’re into that sort of thing. I admired the rest of the album dance and experimental pieces alike, even if it wasn’t something I spun a lot.

Surely one of the coolest album covers of the year.

Sunday Sampler takes a week off

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No show this week, as IUP Basketball will be on the air Sunday evening. Dr. Gonzo's Music-o-Rama follows IUP Basketball after its completion.

Tune in next Sunday, when me and Dr. G do our 2nd Annual "Best of 2010" show where we'll play a lot of great new music that hit shelves, racks, websites, blogs, etc. this year. Plus, as an added bonus, our sterling commentary on what impressed us most. The Sampler starts at 8:00 PM, "Best of 2010" at 9:00.