Show #177--4/19/09

Honey in Your Hips (Live)—Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds
Shop Around—The Miracles
Mean Old Man’s World—Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Lonesome Road Blues—Joe Bonamassa
Trick Bag—Earl King
Street Parade—Earl King
Ghost Train—Elvis Costello
Sinking Ships—Sloan
Hop a Plane—Tegan and Sara
Ashby Man—Charlie Hunter Quartet
Blue Money—Van Morrison
Bags’ Groove—Milt Jackson & the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Streets of Fire—The New Pornographers
Bark at Ghosts—RuRu

Hour 2—Parlour Game: "Hearing Double"

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)—Lulu
Toast and Marmalade for Tea—Tin Tin
Let Go—Frou Frou
Shut Up and Let Me Go—The Ting Tings
Is it Love—Mr. Mister
Turn to You—The Go-Go’s
Union of the Snake—Duran Duran
It’s My Life—Talk Talk
I Do What I Want, When I Want—Xiu Xiu
Secrets for the Well—Beep Beep
Not for Long—honeyhoney
Red and Purple—The Dodos
Get Up—Mary Mary
Gonna Be a Big Thing—The Yum Yums

Show #176--4/12/09

Towerblock—Julia Fordham
Right as Rain—Adele
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy—Blood, Sweat & Tears
The Easy Way Out—Josh Ottum
Walk Tall (Like a Man)—The 2 of Clubs
She’s Not There—The Zombies
The Great Banana Hoax—The Electric Prunes
Journey to Tyme—Kenny & the Kasuals
Airstream Driver—Gomez
All Too Much—Gomez
Midnight Rocks—Al Stewart
People Got a Lotta Nerve—Neko Case
Birds and Ships—Natalie Merchant
Peace in the End—Fotheringay

Hour 2—“Featuring unique instruments…”

*The Princely Hours—Erik Norlander (moog)
Lucky Man—Emerson, Lake & Palmer (moog, Keith Emerson)
Do It Again—Steely Dan (electric sitar, Denny Dias)
Turn Down Day—The Cyrkle (sitar, Tom Dawes)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)—The Beatles (sitar, George Harrison)
So Long Baby—Del Shannon (musitron, Max Crook; kazoo, Del Shannon)
Velvet Waters—The Megatrons (soprano sax, Heywood Henry)

Barstow—Harry Partch
(surrogate kithara, chromelodeon I, diamond marimba, bamboo marimba)
(all instruments played by Harry Partch and John Stannard)

Twitchy—Rene Hall’s Orchestra featuring Willie Joe (unitar, Willie Joe Duncan)
Into the Dream—Pat Metheny Group (42 string “Pikasso” guitar, Pat Metheny)
Carrie-Anne—The Hollies (steelpan)
Moonlight Feels Right--Starbuck (marimba, Bo Wagner)
I Know There’s an Answer—The Beach Boys (bass harmonica, Tommy Morgan)
Good Vibrations—The Beach Boys (electro-theremin, Paul Tanner)

*Erik Norlander's track was composed for the Bob Moog Foundation. Clicking that link will take you to the foundation's websiter, where you can hear this track again, download it, and find more information about electronic music pioneer Bob Moog and the efforts to build a museum in his honor in his longtime home of Asheville, NC.

Show #175--4/5/09

Animal Zoo—Spirit
Follow Me—Sharks
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine—Country Joe & the Fish
Expecting to Fly—Buffalo Springfield
Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It—Buffalo Springfield
Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again—The Monkees
I Need a Lover—John Cougar
Stay for the Freak—Emperor Penguin
Where Does it Hide?—Alligators
On the Earth—Persephone’s Bees
Revelation—Yellowjackets
Open Up Your Door—Richard and the Young Lions
Cannibal Queen—Miniature Tigers
What Do You Belong To—Jules and the Polar Bears
Oh No—Andrew Bird

Going to try and do something different, beginning this week--I usually play a smattering of new music on each week's show; to encourage the listener to investigate further into the artist, I'll link the titles of those new tracks to the artist's website, or their MySpace page, etc. Keep in mind that on many of these pages there are embedded music players within, so music may start to play when you load their page, just so you know. Wouldn't want anyone to be confused as to why, for instance, two songs are playing on top of each other during my show (presuming, perhaps erroneously that you listen to my show)!...and if you end up becoming a fan of their music, please let them know where you heard/found 'em!

The final track of the first hour is something new from Andrew Bird. I don't know if he consciously sets out to do this, but he sure has a knack for the thoughtful, wistful song (his whistling only adds to that perception). I came across this link which features Bird's discussing his thought processes as he was organizing the ideas and music which eventually came together as the song "Oh No." I found it very interesting, and it added another layer of appreciation to my enjoyment of the song. Perhaps you'll like it, too:

http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/words-will-tell/

Hour 2—Fools

I’m a Fool to Want You—Frank Sinatra
Kissing a Fool—George Michael
Fools—Dodos
Fool in the Rain—Led Zeppelin
Fool in Love with You—Jim Photoglo
Who’ll Be the Fool Tonight?—Larsen/Feiten Band
Educated Fool—Charles Brown
I Pity the Fool—Bobby “Blue” Bland
Fool for You—The Impressions
Fool Too Long—Rockpile
Man of a Fool—Nick Lowe
Fool Country—Olivia Newton-John
Chain of Fools—Aretha Franklin
The Fool’s Fooling Himself—Scott Matthews

*Yep, sure, there are many more 'fool' songs that I didn't get to play during this hour. If I get some suggestions for songs, I'll do a 'Get Fooled Again' theme next week....and if not, then you're at my mercy...again. Leave a comment below.

Sampler Select 3/1/09 : Great Scott!

Spotlighting an all-too-rare moment when the mix is unusually good, and the dj has his act together.

Show #174--3/29/09

Gravity--Alison Krauss + Union Station
Nemesis--Aaron Parks
Revelry--Kings of Leon
Ex Lover--Friendly Fires
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel--Talking Heads
The Great Defector--Bell X1
Love Take Me Down (to the Streets)--Joey Curatolo
Tomorrow--Wings
Money--Badfinger
Flying--Badfinger
Stuck to You--Nikka Costa
Star--Estelle

Hour 2--70s Chain Reaction (Listener's Choice)

We start the hour off with :

I Can’t Say No—Natalie Cole
No Matter What—Badfinger
What the Hell I Got—Michel Pagliaro
I Got to Know—Starbuck
Knowing Me, Knowing You—Abba

but then, we branch out to two different possiblities:

Chain 1:

You Stepped Into My Life—Melba Moore
Life’s Been Good—Joe Walsh
Good Girls Don’t—The Knack
Don’t Worry Baby—B.J. Thomas
Baby I’m-a Want You—Bread
You and Me Against the World—Helen Reddy
The World is a Ghetto—War
Ghetto Child—The Spinners

Chain 2:

You Should Be Dancing—The Bee Gees
Dancing Queen—Abba
Queen Bitch—David Bowie
The Bitch is Back—Elton John
Back When My Hair Was Short—Gunhill Road
Short People—Randy Newman
People Gotta Move—Gino Vanelli
Move with Me—Tim Buckley
Me & Bobby McGee—Janis Joplin

...and the winner, with 7 votes to 5 (via blog, AOL, studio phone, and face-to-face) was...

Chain 2. Thank you for participating!

Happy 6th Birthday

Sad. (from www.doonesbury.com)

Show #173--3/22/09

Koto Song (Live)--Dave Brubeck
Five Step (Radiohead vs. Dave Brubeck mashup)--Overdub
Also Frightened--Animal Collective
Summertime Clothes--Animal Collective
She Blinded Me with Science--Thomas Dolby
Our Lips Are Sealed--Fun Boy Three
Now, Now--St. Vincent
Never Wanna Leave You--Pat Benatar
Another Record--Genesis
Little Red Corvette--Prince
Japanese Kids--The Toons
La Depression--Pizzicato Five

Hour 2--Cameo-Parkway Records

An hour devoted to the music of Philadelphia label Cameo Records, and its sister label Parkway (the flavor says 'buttwer'). Including music from: Charlie Gracie, The Rays, Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, The Orlons, The Tymes, ? and the Mysterians, The Ohio Express, and more!

Show #172--3/15/09

Omaha—Moby Grape
Oh My God—Kaiser Chiefs
Home and Dry—Gerry Rafferty
Old Man—Neil Young
“The Road Leads to Nowhere” from Last House on the Left
Wait for the Rain—David Hess
Wayfaring—Magna Carta
Great Are the Piths—Bibio
Don’t Wait Too Long—Madeleine Peyroux
You Can’t Do Me—Madeleine Peyroux
No Myth—Michael Penn
XL 30—Shuggie Otis
Groove is in the Heart—Deee-Lite
Live in Sunshine—The Rapture
Goodbye Sunshine—Beep Beep

Hour 2—Problems

Problems—The Everly Brothers
Undercover Pothole—Jim Quinn & the Rough Riders
Traffic Jam—James Taylor
I Wish I Looked a Little Better—Sparks
Your Feets Too Big—Fats Waller
Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)—Randy Newman
Stagflation—Red Shadow
Can’t Pay the Bill—The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Taxman—The Beatles
Busted—Ray Charles
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It—T. Texas Tyler
Hole in My Shoe—Traffic
(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All—The 5th Dimension