Show #314--1/1/12

Feeling Good—Nina Simone

Crow Jane—The Derek Trucks Band

Hold On—Alabama Shakes

Pink & Sour—Califone

Cravo e Canela—Milton Nascimento e Lô Borges

Twilight Property—Leo Kottke

Calabash & Catamaran—Gabriel Kahane

Long Distance Runaround—Yes

Hold On—Crack the Sky

Hey Hey What Can I Do—Led Zeppelin

Harpooning—Fierce Creatures

Linden Dollars—James Ferraro

The Mama Papa—Plants and Animals

Hold On—Ian Gomm

Hour 2: Dummies, etc.   

It’s a Big Dumb World—Bean Hoy

Mortimer Snerd Wants to Be an Author—Edgar Bergen

Dummy—NRBQ

I Love You, You Big Dummy—Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Young and Dumb—Fanny

What a Crazy Guy (Dufo)—Wally Cox

‘Cause I’m a Blonde—Julie Brown

Airhead—Thomas Dolby

Stupid Girl—Garbage

Fools—The Dodos

Fools in Love—Joe Jackson

Maybe I’m a Fool—Eddie Money

Completed Fool—Hollis Brown

I Pity the Fool—Bobby “Blue” Bland 

Merry Christmas

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

Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: December 17, 1966

Going Nowhere—Los Bravos (#96)

Dancing in the Streets—The Mamas & the Papas (#94)

Wack Wack—Young-Holt Trio (#91)

Nashville Cats—The Lovin’ Spoonful (#86)

I Wanna Meet You—The Cryan’ Shames (#85)

(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone—The Monkees (#77)

98.6—Keith (#73)

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

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

Try a Little Tenderness—Otis Redding (#56)

Help Me Girl—Eric Burdon & the Animals (#49)

Happenings Ten Years Time Ago—The Yardbirds (#47)

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

East-West—Herman’s Hermits (#41)

The Wheel of Hurt—Margaret Whiting (#40)

Holy Cow—Lee Dorsey (#38)

Good Thing—Paul Revere & the Raiders (#35)

Coming on Strong—Brenda Lee (#33)

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

Knock on Wood—Eddie Floyd (#28)

Talk Talk—The Music Machine (#24)

Hey Joe—The Music Machine (extra)

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

A Hazy Shade of Winter—Simon & Garfunkel (#15)

At the Zoo—Simon & Garfunkel (extra)

That’s Life—Frank Sinatra (#6)

You Keep Me Hangin’ On—The Supremes (#5)

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

Good Vibrations—The Beach Boys (#3)

Mellow Yellow—Donovan (#2)

Winchester Cathedral—The New Vaudeville Band (#1)

Show #312--12/11/11

Our Day Will Come—Amy Winehouse

100 Days, 100 Nights—Sharon Jones & 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 Wadi Hammamat—The Pogues

Island Song—U.S. Girls

Cicero Park—Hot Chocolate

Goin’ Up in Smoke—Eddie Kendricks

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

Hour 2: Objects

Red Solo Cup—Toby Keith

Red Guitar—Loudon Wainwright III

Red Red Wine—Neil Diamond

Kiss Cam—Arkells

Calculator—Micachu & the Shapes

Cheap Sunglasses—ZZ Top

Jet Airliner—Steve Miller Band

Tumbling Dice—The Rolling 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

Abducted—Cults

Everybody Wants You—Billy Squier

Shopping Trolley—Beth Orton

Come Here Woman—Tim Buckley

Oh Woman, Oh Why—Paul McCartney

Taking Some Time On—Barclay James 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—Randy Newman

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 (Who Can 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

Life is a Carnival—The Band

King Pleasure Time—Joe Jackson

Crawling from the Wreckage—Dave Edmunds

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—Cut Chemist (feat. Hymnal)

This Flight Tonight—Joni Mitchell

Serpents—Sharon Van Etten

Sorry Side of Town—Natalia Zukerman

Why—Carly Simon

That Girl—Stevie Wonder

Hour 2: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: November 28, 1981

Sweet Merilee—Donnie Iris (#83)

You Could Have Been With Me—Sheena Easton (#78)

Controversy—Prince (#70)

Working for the Weekend—Loverboy (#61)

Castles in the Air—Don McLean (#49)

Twilight—ELO (#38)

Centerfold—J. Geils Band (#35)

Our Lips Are Sealed—The Go-Go’s (#23)

Harden My Heart—Quarterflash (#17)

Tryin’ to Live My Life Without You—Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#8)

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

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

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

Waiting for a Girl Like You—Foreigner (#2)

Physical—Olivia Newton-John (#1)

Natalia Zukerman, just because. Can you blame me?

Show #309--11/20/11

Be With Me—The Beach Boys

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^th Dimension—Julian Casablancas

Fragrant—Dutch Uncles

Romantic Me—Polyrock

Send Me an Angel—Real Life

Reunited—Greg Kihn Band

Hour 2: Smile—The Beach Boys

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

And, a program note: 


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

Show #308--11/13/11

Cherchez la Femme—The Fabulous Poodles

Midnight Rendezvous—The Babys

(Si, Si) Je Suis un Rock Star—Bill Wyman

Nine Times Out of Ten—The Undertones

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

(Get You Off) The Hook—Any Trouble

Lonely Boy—The Black Keys

Runnin’ Down a Dream—Tom Petty

Payback—Beta Factor

They Don’t Want—Electric Wire Hustle

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

Definitely Maybe—Jeff Beck Group

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 the Radio

A Spoonful Weighs a Ton—The Flaming Lips

Surgeon—St. Vincent

Sweetie & Shag—Battles

New Planet—Ford & Lopatin

Polish Girl—NeonIndian 

Show #307--11/6/11

Elusive—Scott Matthews

How You Hold Your Arms—Callers

Glowing Mouth—Milagres

Five Little Rooms—Menomena

Sunshine in the Shade—The Fixx

Steal My Sunshine—LEN

Sunday Shining—Finley Quaye

New String—Bantum

Tonight I Have To Leave 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

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—The Velvelettes

Panic—Reparata & the Delrons

Time is on My Side—Irma Thomas

Lookin’ for a Love—The Valentinos

She Had Daydreams—Comet Gain

So Alive—Love and Rockets

Fire to the Ground—The Forms

See No Evil—Emitt Rhodes

Evil Ways—Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles 

See No Evil—Television

Hour 2:  Deviled 70s

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

Runnin’ with the Devil—Van Halen

Devil You—The Stampeders

Devil Woman—Cliff Richard

Friend of the Devil—The Grateful Dead

Sunrise Dance with the Devil—Hot Tuna

Dancing with Mr. D—The Rolling Stones

Devil at Your Door—Elizabeth Barraclough

I’d Rather Be the Devil—John Martyn

Devil’s Answer—Atomic Rooster

Dance with the Devil—Cozy Powell

The Devil Made Me Do It—Robert Upchurch

Devil Gate Drive—Suzi Quatro

Show #305--10/23/11

Irresistible Force—Jane’s Addiction

Meantime—The Futureheads

No More Cherry Icing—Jane Aire and the Belvederes

Keep You—Class Actress

Go Outside—Cults

Hexagon—Beta Hector

Pop Life—Prince and the Revolution

Brain Ninja—The Stepkids

If You Want Me to Stay—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 the Man)—Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Hour 2: The Blame Game

Framed—The Coasters

Before You Accuse Me—Eric Clapton

If It Were Up to Me—Cheryl Wheeler

It’s the Music—Meat Beat Manifesto

Blame—Soul Coughing

The Devil Made Me Do It—Golden Earring 

Blame the Weather—XTC

All Apologies—Nirvana

Blame is a Killer—Amy Ray

Blame it on the Boogie—The Jacksons

Blame it on the Rain—Milli Vanilli

No One is to Blame—Howard Jones

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

Nobody’s Fault But My Own—Beck 

Show #304--10/16/11

Can’t Let Go—Lucinda Williams

Trouble—Mutual Admiration Society

Hell on Heels—Pistol Annies

The Golden Age & the Silver Girl—Tyler Lyle

Aberdeen—Cage the Elephant

Three Lock Box—Sammy Hagar

Miss You—The Rapture 

Bi-Curious—Roger Klug

How Do I Make You—Linda Ronstadt

I Still Miss You—The Sinceros

Just the Way it Goes—Red Rider 

Damage—Handsome Furs

Microgravity—Book of Knots

Secret Mobilization—Deerhoof

Miss You—The Rolling Stones

Hour 2: A Round of Remakes

Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy—Marlena Shaw

More Than a Woman—Tavares

Stayin’ Alive—Clem Snide

I Kissed a Girl—Max Vernon

Something—Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton

These Dreams—Nancy Wilson

The Air That I Breathe—The Hollies

Everyday—Fiona Apple

Stay Away—Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band

Special Care—Fanny

Stop Your Sobbing—The Pretenders

Need You Tonight—Cassettes Won’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

Up Nights—Ha Ha Tonka

No Leg to Stand On—Mike Gunther & His Restless Souls

Come Alive—Hanni El Khatib

Shelley’s Blues, Pt. 2—Steve Wynn

Straight On—Heart

More or Less—The Soft Pack

Set Me Free—Utopia

Repetition—The Au Pairs

Ashes to Ashes—David Bowie

Ta Douleur—Camille

Not in Love—Crystal Castles

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

Ice Cream—Battles (feat.Matias Aguayo)

Hour 2: All-Beatles

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

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

Show #302--10/2/11

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, and the Ugly—Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra

The Good in Everyone—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—Bob Dylan

202—The Weather Machines

Fifty Things—The Dead Milkmen

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover—Paul Simon

40 Day Dream—Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

10-9-8—Face to Face

15 to 20—The Phenomenal Handclap Band

When I’m 25 or 64—Jonathan Coulton

Zeroes and Ones—Jesus Jones

Star 69—R.E.M.

Emergency 911—Sloan

Blind 20-20—Boston Spaceships

26 Miles/385 Yards—Knot Feeder

Pacific 231—Burning Airlines 

Show #301--9/25/11

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

Under the Gun—Apex Manor

Gin Soaked Boy—Tom Waits

Spooky Jookie—Man Man

Buena Vista Social Club—Buena Vista Social Club

On Fire—J.J. Grey & Mofro

Midnight Groove (You’re Mine)—Shelly Bhushan

Go to Hell—Raphael Saadiq

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)—Marvin Gaye

Cat Food—King Crimson

Miss Sun—Boz Scaggs

Hour 2:  45 Years Ago: Hot 100 Spotlight, September 24, 1966

Knock on Wood—Eddie Floyd (#89)

If I Were a Carpenter—Bobby Darin (#81)

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

Cast Your Fate to the Wind—Shelby Flint (#63)

You’re Gonna Miss Me—The 13^th Floor Elevators (#56)

All I See is You—Dusty Springfield (#51)

With a Girl Like You—The Troggs (#50)

Summer Samba (So Nice)—Walter Wanderley (#44)

Walk Away Renee—The Left Banke (#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—The Supremes (#2)

Cherish—The Association (#1)

Show #300--9/18/11

Perth—Bon Iver

Wondering Where the Lions Are—Bruce Cockburn

Second Fiddle—Ditch Croaker

Everything to Lose—David Andrews

Kon Tiki—Plants and Animals

Saucer-Like—Sonic Youth

Being Here—The Stills

Decide—Caveman

Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)—Icicle Works

Lakeland Aquarelle—Andy Summers & Robert Fripp

Worked a Miracle—The Trash Can Sinatras

Two Cousins—Slow Club

Photoshop Handsome—Everything Everything

Cameo Lover—Kimbra  

Hour 2: No Sleep

Walking the Floor Over You—Ernest Tubb

Black Coffee—Peggy Lee

Wee Wee Hours—Chuck Berry

Tossin’ and Turnin’—Bobby Lewis

I Lie Awake—New Colony Six

No Sleep Blues—The Incredible String Band

Sleepless—Charlie Dore

(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All—The 5^th Dimension

I Can’t Sleep—The La’s

Up All Night—The Boomtown Rats

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead—Warren Zevon

Stay Up Late—Talking Heads

Paranoimia—The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom

Who Needs Sleep?—Barenaked Ladies

I Need Some Sleep—Eels

5:55—Charlotte Gainsbourg