Show #284--5/29/11

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

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

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

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