Show #271--2/27/11

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

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

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

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