4/30/06 playlist

Mountain Greenery--Mel Torme (provide your own damn accent mark)
They Say It's Spring--Blossom Dearie
Joy Spring--Clifford Brown
Hot Shot--The Buena Vistas
I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)--Eagles of Death Metal
The Way--Fastball
Pay Me My Money Down--Bruce Springsteen
Working for the Man--The Maisonettes
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk--Trace Adkins
Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
Trouble--Mutual Admiration Society
Broken--The Guess Who
American Woman--The Guess Who
Cut to Pieces--The Turn
Even it Up--Nancy Wilson
Rain--Breaking Benjamin

Hour 2--Fraternal Twins

In the Summertime--Roger Miller
In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
Change--John Waite
Change--Tears for Fears
Fly Away--Sugarland
Fly Away--Lenny Kravitz
A Girl Like You--Edwyn Collins
A Girl Like You--The Rascals
It Doesn't Matter Anymore--The Cyrkle
It Doesn't Matter Anymore--Buddy Holly
Boulevard of Broken Dreams--Tony Bennett
Boulevard of Broken Dreams--Green Day
Solitaire--Suzanne Vega
Solitaire--Nina Simone
Chains of Love--J.J. Barnes
Chains of Love--Erasure

4/23/06 playlist

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4/16/06 playlist

Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Little Jimmy Scott
The Things We Do for Love--10cc
Lovefool--The Cardigans
From the Beginning--Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I Can't Stand It--Chris Whitley
Silent Sidekick--Spooner
Black Rain--Ben Harper
Crespuscule with Nellie--Thelonious Monk Quartet w/John Coltrane
Don't You Just Know It--Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns
Get Out Now--Tommy James and the Shondells
Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
I Wanna Do for You--Honk
Love No Longer--Gene Loves Jezebel
Don't Panic--Coldplay
Falling Forward--Julia Fordham

Hour 2--Simple food

Saturday Nite Fish Fry--Louis Jordan
Breakin' Bread--Fred Wesley and 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 Rev. Horton Heat
Chocolate--The Smothers Brothers
Black Coffee--Peggy Lee

4/9/06 playlist

Move with Me—Tim Buckley
For Your Information—The Cedars
Tomorrow Never Knows—The Beatles
I Let My Baby Do That—Dion
Jacksonville—Sufjan Stevens
Cabin Essence—Brian Wilson
Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong—The Smithereens
Hum—The Sheila Divine
So Into You—Atlanta Rhythm Section
Stormy Monday—Lee Michaels
Any Major Dude Will Tell You—Steely Dan
In the Garden—Susan Tedeschi
Ta Douleur—Camille
Over the Moon—Tyro
Funky Broadway—Wilson Pickett
San Francisco Bay Blues—Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Hour 2 (Themeless)

I’m Gonna Be Strong—Gene Pitney
Every Breath I Take—Gene Pitney
Caravan—Medeski Martin & Wood
Rub it In—Billy “Crash” Craddock
Come Crash—A.C. Newman
Crash Into Me—Dave Matthews Band
Crashing Down—The Pursuit of Happiness
All Touch—Rough Trade
My Babe—Little Walter
Love Me—The Little Willies
Getting Mighty Crowded--Betty Everett
Wade in the Water--Judy Henske
The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys--Traffic

Deejay error!: Judy Henske replaced Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)"...it's OK, Aretha's played on lots of other stations every day--but hey, how often do you hear Judy Henske? :)

Everything else went pretty well! Once again, I wasn't sure whether or not there would be a program on after mine...last minute frantic knocking on the studio door.

Oh, and Amy Grant got scratched from this week's list. It was one of those obligatory "she was at IUP yesterday" (and she was, too...) tracks that became not so obligatory--heh. Holla if you want Amy Grant! Holla...

4/2/06 playlist

Wrapping Paper--Cream
I Feel Free--Cream
Our Pen's Out of Ink--The Russian Futurists
Catch a Falling Star--Perry Como
April Fools--Rufus Wainwright
Shy That Way--Tristan Prettyman
It's Just a Little Bit Too Late--Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
Closet Case--Skanic
Vehicle--AC-Rock
The Game of Love--Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
Just Like This Train--Joni Mitchell
Retreat--The Rakes
Respect--Otis Redding
Hella Good--No Doubt
It's a Monster's Holiday--Buck Owens
Crying Time--Buck Owens
All Around the World--Lisa Stansfield

Hour 2--World Traveler

London Town--Wings
Amsterdam--Guster
Lady of Spain--Jack Convery and Friends
Marrakesh Express--Crosby, Stills & Nash
Diamonds from Sierra Leone--Kanye West
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)--They Might Be Giants
Midnight in Moscow--Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
On the Road to Mandalay--Frank Sinatra/Red Norvo Quintet
This is Japan--Jack Green
Trains to Brazil--Guillemots
Down in Mexico--The Coasters
Going to California--Joseph Patrick Moore
Giapponese a Roma--Momus
El Paso--Marty Robbins
Back Home Again in Indiana--Gary Burton

Random notes: I had downloaded a live version of a Tristan Prettyman song a few weeks ago, and liked it...was on the fence whether or not to buy her newest CD, "Twenty Three"...and I have to admit, the cover convinced me to go ahead. It didn't surprise me to find out that this woman is also a model. Her CD is a nice collection of simple acoustic pop, with featured guests Jason Mraz and G. Love popping in on a few tracks...Just so you know, I've had the Russian Futurists song in my jukebox for a few months now, but only this week does its insistent refrain keeps nagging at my brain. See if it does the same for you (and I'm sorry if that's--um--not a good thing)...Really, the main reason Perry follows the RF is that I thought his song has a similar type repetitive groove, albeit, 50s-style, of course...hey, just try and overlay the two songs...the cover of the Ides of March's "Vehicle" was a nice surprise that I found on Brian Ibbott's podcast "Coverville" last week (not that the program was last week's...anyhow...). Brian does a really nice job at presenting a charming, low-key podcast with some interesting stuff every week (and my God, more than once a week...how do these bloggers do it? Do they have jobs? Do they have families and/or lives? Heh.)...I do love ellipses...My two fave songs on the program this week are both from the UK...The Rakes with their itchy, nervous, driving beat (seems to be a trend lately) and Guillemots' utterly beautiful song, beautifully produced as well, I might add. It sounds great...As I will probably say in my geeky way on my show on Sunday, "It's a Monster's Holiday" is a song I recall from my childhood. Someone must have bought it for me. I don't remember asking for it, though in general it is difficult to remember things that happened when you were 6 in great detail...I hope I have enough time to play the Sinatra song; it's a live track that has stage banter that I always find interesting, and I hope you do, too...OK, that's quite enough for now! (Or is it...a few last minute additions to the show, and in the interest [whose?] of full disclosure..."Wrapping Paper" was a bonus cut, cos I mistakenly cued up track 1 instead of track 2 [which is "I Feel Free"]...and...wonder of wonders, I actually had extra time in the second half of the show to put in Momus' "Giapponese a Roma"...musta been cos I didn't talk a whole lot this week? [updated 4/2])

3/26/06 playlist

Are You Gonna Be My Girl--Jet
Twitchy--Rene Hall and his Orchestra
Lovely Day--Bill Withers
Bad Day--Daniel Powter
Let's Go Away for Awhile--The Beach Boys
Now I Get It--Neil Finn
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?--Paula Cole
Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?--Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?--The Kinks
Strangers--The Kinks
I Was Lonely When--The Cryan' Shames
Kitty's Daydream--Tipsy
He's Gonna Step on You Again--John Kongos
This Flight Tonight--Nazareth
The City--The Dismemberment Plan

Hour 2--Remake!

Tea for Two (excerpt)--Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians
Tea for Two--Anita O'Day
Lover--Les Paul
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction--Devo
I'm Alive--Gamma
Romeo & Juliet--Michael & the Messengers
Band on the Run--Owsley
She Loves You (Dr. Strangelove version)--Peter Sellers
Blackbird--Brad Mehldau
Because--Elliott Smith
Dedicated to the One I Love--The Mamas & the Papas
Under the Boardwalk--The Undertones
All Along the Watchtower--Jimi Hendrix
Emeute dans la Prison--Michel Pagliaro
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere--Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Hallelujah--Jeff Buckley

3/19/06 playlist

Theme from "Jonny Quest"--Hoyt Curtin
Kamasutra--Buddy De Franco and his Orchestra
Teasin' You--Willie Tee
Let's Go (Pony)--The Routers
Cigarette Ashes--Jimmy Conwell
Spanish Rose--Van Morrison
I'm Crying--The Animals
House of the Rising Sun--The Animals
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood--The Costello Show

This week's theme: A&M Records

The Lonely Bull--Herb Alpert
Let's Get Together--We Five
Out & About--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Live--The Merry-Go-Round
Triste--Antonio Carlos Jobim
Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
Top of the World--The Carpenters
"Annie Berger" from "An Evening with Groucho"--Groucho Marx
Oh Very Young--Cat Stevens
30 Days in the Hole--Humble Pie
If You Wanna Get to Heaven--The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Outa-Space--Billy Preston
Por Amor Viviremos--The Captain & Tennille
Baby, I Love Your Way--Peter Frampton
Pulling Mussels (From a Shell)--Squeeze
Hill Where the Lord Hides--Chuck Mangione
Goodbye Stranger--Supertramp
China Boys--The Payola$
A Change--Sheryl Crow
Caramel--Suzanne Vega
Ladyfingers (2006)--Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
(Camara Kambon remix)

Random notes: This week's theme (which started at 9:30 instead of 10--how do I denote that?) was inspired by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week... From the "Hey, Did You Know?" file: The Sex Pistols were A&M artists for 6 days, I do believe, until tip-offs from music industry insiders and nasty behavior at the A&M offices made management change their mind (and recall the "God Save the Queen" single from its pressings); the Pistols still got paid, though...another successful rock 'n' roll swindle!!...I first heard the delightful double album "An Evening with Groucho" while a student at Indiana University of PA, and this past year I was lucky enough to snag it when they had a massive sale of their record album collection (yay!); it's terrific and very funny and kind of sad and sweet in a way, too, considering the context of this wry old man looking back at his life...and if that's not enough...the album also features Dick Cavett (yowzah!)..."Por Amor Viviremos" is "Love Will Keep Us Together," just so you know...oh no, really it's more like "We Will Live by Love." We will? We will ('sawright)...Quick-minded sorts surely realized that the version of "Goodbye Stranger" actually didn't come from the "Breakfast in America" CD, but rather the "Magnolia" movie soundtrack, as Philip Baker Hall's stiff upper-lip game show host introduces Round 2 before the song starts...more babble next week!

3/12/06 playlist

Hard Act to Follow—Split Enz
Surfin—William Orbit
Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine—Spoon
Tell No Lies—Spoons
Ten Styles of Funk—Spooner
Funk #49—The James Gang
Not Fade Away—The Rolling Stones
No Expectations—The Rolling Stones
Bound Together—Suddenly, Tammy!
Day Dreaming—Aretha Franklin
Manteca—Dizzy Gillespie
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree—KT Tunstall
992 Arguments—The O’Jays


Hour 2—Duets

I Wanna Hot Dog for My Roll—Butterbeans & Susie
Baby It’s Cold Outside—Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
Feudin’ Banjos—Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman
Swingin’ on a Star--Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva
Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry—Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Jackson—Johnny Cash & June Carter
A Little More Gauze—Mike Nichols and Elaine May
After the Lights Go Down Low—Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells
Your Precious Love—Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Tramp—Otis & Carla
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart—Elton John & Kiki Dee
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key—Billy Bragg & Natalie Merchant
Girl on a Swing—Andy Summers and Robert Fripp
Don’t Give Up—Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
Miss Sarajevo—Passengers (featuring Bono and Luciano Pavarotti)
Cruisin’—Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow

Random notes: DEEJAY ERROR (ooh fun!): The original song programmed instead of the Stones' "No Expectations" was their "19th Nervous Breakdown"; I put in the wrong CD...typical...Gee, the James Gang sounded funny on air to me...the guitars seemed muted...the funk was still intact, though...Spooner is a band from Erie, PA, which has some interesting music posted on their myspace page...nice original tunes, and they can keep a groove going without it becoming tired (IMHO); they are playing at the Brown Hotel in Indiana this spring on 3/23 and 4/27...."Miss Sarajevo" was chosen in dubious memory of Slobodan Milosevic, who died this past week while awaiting trial for war crimes....and from the semi-sublime to the ridiculous, the selection of "I Wanna Hot Dog for My Roll" was inspired by the local hot dog man controversy here in Indiana....The Marvin Gaye duets were the last to be placed in the lineup, with a CD purchased the afternoon of the show (I love big book 'n' music stores)...