Show #241--7/25/10

(Note:  I am prerecorded tonight.)

Your Woman—White Town
Golden Brown—The Stranglers
Get Tangled!—The Gravel Pit
Blue Angel—The Love Language
Another Game—Grapefruit
Summer Days, Summer Nights—The Street Corner Society
A Rose for Emily—The Zombies
Sad Fuzz—Ty Segall
Psyche Rock—Les Yper-Sound
Lovesick Teenagers—Bear in Heaven
More or Less—The Soft Pack
Eccentric Man—The Groundhogs
Raw Power—Iggy & the Stooges
Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots—Black Sabbath

Hour 2—Overlooked 80’s (Encore 1/31/10)

Great songs that underperformed or were totally absent from the (American) charts of the 80s.

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)—Squeeze
Fashion—David Bowie
Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)—The Knack
Senses Working Overtime—XTC
Pop Song 89—R.E.M.
Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile—Journey
Vitamin L—B.E. Taylor Group
Wind Him Up—Saga
This Woman’s Work—Kate Bush
The King of Rock and Roll—Prefab Sprout
New Day for You—Basia
Pretending—Eric Clapton

MONDAY NIGHT ON "FIRST IMPRESSIONS"

(8:00 PM on 90.1 WIUP-FM wiupfm.org)

Dr. Gonzo and Marc M. review:

"KING OF THE BEACH" by WAVVES

&

"MANIAC MEAT" by TOBACCO

Show #240--7/18/10

All We Are—Dirty Projectors + Bjork
Hello It’s Me—The Nazz
Inflation—Chocolate Snow
Getting Uptown (To Get Down)—United 8
Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)—Silver Convention
Just as We—Caroline Peyton
Am I Real?—Nite Jewel
Wail—Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Comin’ Home—Hum
Vague—Donna Regina
Your Imagination—Daryl Hall & John Oates
Carrie—Cliff Richard
Grow Up and Blow Away—Metric

Hour 2—Away

What song titles come to mind that have the word "away" in them? 
Free associate on Sunday night with me. 

IM me via AOL (screenname IUPRADIO), give me a call at 724-357-WIUP (during the show, or you'll confuse the other DJs) or even leave a comment below if a particular 'away' song strikes your fancy and you'd like me to play it.  Otherwise, you're once again at my mercy.

THIS MONDAY NIGHT ON FIRST IMPRESSIONS (8:00 PM)

Dr. Gonzo and I review:

"INTRIGUER" by CROWDED HOUSE

and

"MAYA" by M.I.A.

Show #239--7/11/10

Serious—Donna Allen
Locked Out—Crowded House
Saturday Sun—Crowded House
Sun Hands—Local Natives
Aminals—Baths
Beautiful People—The Books
A/B Machines—Sleigh Bells
(Keep Feeling) Fascination—The Human League
Can We Call it Love—Soundspecies feat. Ahu
You Want it Back—Propellerheads (feat. Jungle Brothers)
Flash a Hungry Smile—The Mystery Jets
You Cried Wolf—Todd Rundgren
No Tears to Cry—Paul Weller
The Eton Rifles—The Jam

Hour 2—Parts One and Two

A little love for 2-part singles here during this hour. 

Shout—The Isley Brothers
Image—Hank Levine & Orchestra
There’s Something on Your Mind—Bobby Marchan
Uh! Oh!—The Nutty Squirrels
Fingertips—Stevie Wonder
Who Do You Love—Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rock and Roll—Gary Glitter
That Lady—The Isley Brothers

 

THIS WEEK ON FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

(MONDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM)

"HOW I GOT OVER" by THE ROOTS

&

"QUADRON" by QUADRON

LISTEN LIVE ON 90.1 WIUP-FM IN INDIANA, PA

or

ON THE WEB AT http://www.wiupfm.org/

Show #238--7/4/10

Hold Tight!—Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Free Vibes—Gizelle Smith & the Mighty Mocambos
Soul Makossa—Manu Dibango
On the Sly—The Bamboos
Little Green Bag—George Baker Selection
Paloma Blanca—George Baker Selection
In Ruins—Fol Chen
Another Day—Pomplamoose
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes—Crosby, Stills & Nash
Sax Rohmer #1—The Mountain Goats
Beverly Kills—Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Walking in the Rain—Flash and the Pan
Theme from “Assisted Living”—Hub Moore
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)—Neil Young

Hour 2—Positively July 4th Street

Any similarity between the songs played during this hour and the idea of the July 4th holiday is probably purely coincidental. 

Rally ‘Round the Flag—Ry Cooder
Stoned Soul Picnic—Laura Nyro
Bar-B-Q—Wendy Rene
Gotta Get Away from It All—The Cowsills
Holiday—Vampire Weekend
Holiday Road—Lindsey Buckingham
Revolution—The Beatles
This Land is Your Land—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Living in America—James Brown
Weekend—Wet Willie
4th of July (Fireworks) (Rusko Remix)—Kelis
Lights in the Night—Flash and the Pan
State of Independence—Donna Summer
Freedom ’90—George Michael

THIS WEEK'S FIRST IMPRESSIONS PICKS:

(MONDAY, 8:00 PM)

SCISSOR SISTERS--"NIGHT WORK"

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI--"BEFORE TODAY"

DR. GONZO & MARC MORRISON HOST.

(neither of which is pictured below)

And we might as well go full tilt eccentric on Monday with this week's feature album:

JOBRIATH (1973)

which rounds out THE MONDAY SAMPLER from 9:00 to Midnight.

Show #237--6/27/10

Motherless Child—The Wailin’ Jennys
You Don’t Have to Do That—John Hartford
Counting the Crossties—Bad Livers
At Last!—The Dø
Delta Lady—Leon Russell
Superstar—Sonic Youth
Losing Momentum (for Jim Jarmusch)—Kurt Vile
Casual—Here We Go Magic
It’s You—The Millennium
Poor Baby—The Cowsills
A Master’s Fool—The Cryan’ Shames
Abergavenny—Shannon
Land of Oz—Le Cirque
Love—Snowglobe

Hour 2—70’s Dance Party!

End of the month--time to profile another decade!  Here's a free-for-all, thrown-together type of theme.  All danceables from the 1970s.  Have a favorite one?  Call me at the station during the show at 724-357-WIUP or contact me via AOL Instant Messenger (our screen name is iupradio).

MONDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM

IT'S "FIRST IMPRESSIONS"

THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW SHOW

FEATURING DR. GONZO & MARC MORRISON

THIS WEEK'S PICKS:

RATATAT'S "LP4"

&

THE MYNABIRDS' "WHAT WE LOSE IN THE FIRE WE GAIN IN THE FLOOD"

FOLLOWED BY

THE MONDAY SAMPLER FROM 9:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT'S FEATURE ALBUM:

FREEDOM OF CHOICE by DEVO (1980) 

Show #236--6/20/10

LA Rain—The Mynabirds

Mr. Blue Sky—Electric Light Orchestra

Paris—Friendly Fires

Hurricane J—The Hold Steady
Ain’t That a Shame [Live]—Cheap Trick
Overdriver [Live]—Joe Satriani
La La La—The Bird and the Bee
Crash Years—The New Pornographers
Sueño—The Young Rascals
Syrinx—Hubert Laws
It’s All the Same—Spirit
L.A. Woman—The Doors

Hour 2—On the Road

An hour devoted to songs of the road (featuring truckers 'n' bikers, too), through the music of: 

 

Davie Allan and the Arrows, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Boston, Bread, Gomez, The Grass Roots, Kraftwerk, John D. Loudermilk, Percy Mayfield, Paul McCartney & Wings, Montrose, R. Lewis Band, Chris Spedding, and more!

AND COME BACK TOMORROW NIGHT, TOO (BEGINNING AT 8 PM).

"FIRST IMPRESSIONS" WITH DR. GONZO & MARC MORRISON

WE REVIEW and FEATURE TRACKS FROM 2 NEW CDs EACH WEEK.

THIS WEEK:

"SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY" by DEVO

and

"BODY TALK, PT. 1" by ROBYN

Show #235--6/13/10

Lighten Up McGraw—Crack the Sky

Laredo—Band of Horses

It’s Gonna Be—Norah Jones

Blue Pepper—Sam Yahel
Ballroom Baby—The Checks
Round and Round—Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Respect—Rotary Connection
Easy to Be Hard—Three Dog Night
Get Up—Sleater-Kinney
Secrets—Van Halen
Run Outta Luck—The Golden Dogs
Jessica—The Allman Brothers Band

Hour 2:  S------N

A wordplay theme for the 9:00 hour that you can help me with.

 

What groups or singers' names begin with S and end with N?

Here's what wuz played during this hour:

Bye Bye Bird—Sonny Boy Williamson

Didn’t Mean It—Steve McNaughton

Hillbilly in the Band—Scott Henderson

I Want to Take You Home (to See Mama)—Syl Johnson

Cruisin’—Smokey Robinson

Rikki Don’t Lose That Number—Steely Dan

Black Like Me—Spoon

Heart That’s Pounding—Sally Seltmann

Let There Be Drums—Sandy Nelson

Meet Warren—Sarandon

I Want You—Savage Garden

Let the Music Play—Shannon

The Nest—Shelly Bhushan

Can’t You Figure it Out?—Sloan

Stare it Down—Steve Wynn

For You—Sharon Van Etten

___________________________________________________

AND...MONDAY NIGHT..."FIRST IMPRESSIONS" with DR. GONZO & MARC MORRISON

in which the hosts discuss new music 'n 'at.

This week's picks:  "TREATS" by SLEIGH BELLS

and

the self-titled full-length debut from THE SOFT PACK.

AND FINALLY...

This week's feature album during the MONDAY SAMPLER (9 to MIDNIGHT)

will be

"ONE MAN DOG" by JAMES TAYLOR (1972)

Show #234--6/6/10

Sometimes She’s a Little Girl—Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Moves—The New Pornographers
Measure—Field Music
The Renegade—Zeus
Old Timer—that dog.
Stylo—Gorillaz [feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack]
Children of the Revolution—T. Rex
Be My Girl—Smith Westerns
Chasing Pavements—Adele
Dreams—Gabrielle
As Máscaras—Claudia Leitte
Son a Propulsion—Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo
Que Pasa?/Me No Pop I—Coati Mundi

Hour 2—A Round of Remakes

Distinctive versions of songs you know well.  Come and hear what The Baltimores, Jonatha Brooke, Capsula, Fol Chen, The Futureheads, Albert Hammond, Jr., Greg Laswell, Michael & the Messengers, Bette Midler, Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Pan for Punks, Utopia and M. Ward do...

TO/FOR:

The Beach Boys, Blue Lu Barker, Kate Bush, Bobby Freeman, Buddy Holly, The O'Jays, Prince, The Ramones,The Reflections, Jimmie Rodgers, Pete Townshend, and The Velvet Underground.

AND:

On Monday night's "First Impressions" show, Dr. Gonzo and Marc review Broken Social Scene's "Forgiveness Rock Record" and LCD Soundsystem's "This is Happening." 

Make sure you're happening at 90.1 FM on your dial or streaming live at http://www.wiupfm.org/ at 8pm EST, or we'll never forgive you.  (Gonzo might. I'm just a jerk). 

And, during Monday night's "Monday Sampler," during the 11:00 hour, the feature album?  Let's see...oh yes, Simple Minds' "Once Upon a Time" (1985).