November 2022

Here’s the playlist for 11-27-2022, a show in which I discussed “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”, mourned the death of Wilko Johnson, and for the live segment, played Neighbor:

Hour 1

1. Tim Moore, “Rock and Roll Love Letter” [Behind the Eyes (1976)]
2. Screaming Trees, “Nearly Lost You” [Sweet Oblivion (1992)]
3. Alex Chilton, “The Singer Not the Song” [Ork Records: New York, New York (1977/2015)]
4. Cosmo Topper, “Hippie Christmas” [A Very Woody Xmas (2018)]

New Music Express

5. Hieroglyphic Being, “There Is No Acid in This House (Just Emotions Remix)” [There Is No Acid in This House (2022)]
6. Uni Boys, “You Worry About Me” [Do It All Next Week (2022)]
7. Uni Boys, “Hypocrite” [Do It All Next Week (2022)]
8. Popular Creeps, “Gone By 45 (Radio Edit)” [Gone By 45 single]
9. Mud Morganfield, “Love to Flirt” [Portrait (2022)]
10. Richad Ohrn, “Seal Your Move” [Sounds in English (2022)]
11. Paul Weller, “Devotion” [Will of the People (2022)]
12. Guided By Voices, “My Impression Now” [Scalping the Guru (2022)]

Hour 2

13. Barclay James Harvest, “Good Love Child (Remastered)” [Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-75 (1970/2022)]
14. NRBQ, “I Want You Bad” [Kick Me Hard (1979)]
15. Da Yoopers, “Rusty Chevrolet” [Holiday in Dementia (1995)]
16. Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, “Winter Wonderland” [Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow single]
17. Cheap Trick, “Merry Xmas Everybody” [Christmas Christmas (2017)]

Tribute to Wilko Johnson (part one)

18. Dr. Feelgood, “Boom Boom” [Down by the Jetty (1974)]
19. Dr. Feelgood, “Roxette” [Down by the Jetty (1974)]
20. Dr. Feelgood, “Going Back Home” [Malpractice (1975)]
21. Dr. Feelgood, “I’m A Man” [Stupidity (1976)]
22. Dr. Feelgood, “Johnny B. Goode” [Stupidity (1976)]
23. Dr. Feelgood, “Lucky Seven” [Sneakin’ Suspicion (1977)]
24. Dr. Feelgood, “As Long as the Price Is Right” [Be Seeing You (1977)]
25. Dr. Feelgood, “Baby Jane” [Be Seeing You (1977)]

Hour 2

26. Weird Al Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy” [Bad Hair Day (1996)]
27. The Moody Blues, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” [December (2003)]

Live segment: Neighbor

28. Neighbor, “Milwaukee Talkie” [Live at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore PA, 11-5-2022]
29. Neighbor, “Trippin’ in a Van” [Live at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore PA, 11-5-2022]
30. Neighbor, “Move Along Jimmy” [Live at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore PA, 11-5-2022]
31. The Toms, “I Did the Wrong Thing” [The Toms (1979)]

Here is the playlist for 11-20-2022, in which I did not play the latest album from Neil Young (and provided some good reasons for it), talked about the missile strike in POland, and played “Alice’s Restaurant”:

Hour 1

1. The Alarm, “Sixty Eight Guns” [Declaration (1984)]
2. sparkle*jets U.K., “Sunshine” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970 (2022)]
3. Marshall Crenshaw, “Whenever You’re On My Mind” [Field Day (1983)]
4. Sam and Dave, “I Thank You” [I Thank You (1968)]
5. Stan Freberg, “Pilgrim’s Progress (Take an Indian to Lunch)” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Vol 1 & Vol. 2 (1961)]
6. Big Star, “Thank You Friends” [Third/Sister Lovers (1978)]

New Music Express

7. Weyes Blood, “Grapevine” [And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022)]
8. Adrian Quesada, “Jaguar Sound” [Rise of the Have Nots (2022)]

Hour 2: New Music Express, continued

9. Chris Isaak, “Run Rudolph Run” [Everybody Knows It’s Christmas (2022)]
10. Royksopp, “So Ambiguous” [Profound Mysteries III (2022)]

Featured Artist: Richard X. Heyman

11. Richard X. Heyman, “Kenyon Walls” [Actual Sighs (2007)]
12. Richard X. Heyman, “Winter Blue” [Actual Sighs (2007)]
13. Richard X. Heyman, “FIre in the Country” [Tiers (2011)]
14. Richard X. Heyman, “Wild Souls” [Tiers (2011)]
15. Richard X. Heyman, “When Denny Dropped Out of the Scene” [X (2013)]
16. Richard X. Heyman, “Incognito” [Incognito (2017)]

Hour 3

17. Adam Sandler, “The Thanksgiving Song” [They’re All Gonna Laugh at You (1993)]
18. Stan Freberg, “The Thanksgiving Story” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Vol 1 & Vol. 2 (1961)]
19. Graham Parker, “Almost Thanksgiving Day” [Your Country (2004)]
20. Paul Revere and the Raiders, “Turkey” [Indian Reservation (1971)]
21. Librarians with Hickeys, “Fairground” [Handclaps & Tambourines (2022)]
22. Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant (The Masacree Revisited)” [Alice’s Restaurant (The Masacree Revisited” (1997)]
23. Brinsley Schwarz, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” [The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz (1975)]
24. Bad News “Cashing in on Christmas” [Bad News (1984)]

Here’s the playlist for 11-13-2022, a show for which I was not prepared, in which I unfortunately played Bruce Springsteen, had Richard X. Heyman for the featured artist segment, and had Big Something for the live segment:

Hour 1

1. XTC, “Generals and Majors” [Black Sea (1980/2013)]
2. Material Issue, “Cowboy Song” [Eleven Supersonic Hit Explosions (1991)]
3. Tav Falco & Panther Burns, “Surfside Date” [Hip Flask: An Introduction to Tav Falco & Panther Burns (1990/2015)]
4. The Armoires, “Yellow River” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970 (2022)]
5. Marshall Crenshaw, “Someday, Someway” [Marshall Crenshaw (1982)]
6. The Donnas, “Up on the Housetop” [21st Century Santa (2015)]

New Music Express

7. Bruce Springsteen, “Only the Strong Survive” [Only the Strong Survive (2022)]
8. Christine and the Queens, “Tu Sais Ce Qu’il Me Faut” [Redcar Les Adorables Etoiles (Prologue) (2022)]
9. Fitz & the Tantrums, “Sway” [Let Yourself Free (2022)]
10. Fitz & the Tantrums, “Steppin’ On Me” [Let Yourself Free (2022)]
11. Heather Trost, “The Devil Never Sleeps” [Desert Flowers (2022)]
12. Heather Trost, “The Debutante” [Desert Flowers (2022)]

Hour 2 (New Music Express, continued)

13. Mud Morganfield, “Praise Him” [Portrait (2022)]
14. The Flashcubes, “Get the Message” [Get the Message (2022)]
15. Robyn Hitchcock, “The Sir Tommy Shovell [Shufflemania! (2022)]
16. Guided By Voices, “Glow Boy Butlers [Scalping the Guru (2022)]

Featured artist: Richard X. Heyman

17. Richard X. Heyman, “Call Out the Military” [Living Room (1988)]
18. Richard X. Heyman, “All for the Girl” [Living Room (1988)]
19. Richard X. Heyman, “Falling Away” [Hey Man! (1991)]
20. Richard X. Heyman, “Loud” [Hey Man! (1991)]
21. Richard X. Heyman, “Civil War Buff” [Hey Man! (1991)]
22. Richard X. Heyman, “All I Have” [Cornerstone (1998)]
23. Richard X. Heyman, “When She Arrives” [Cornerstone (1998)]
24. Richard X. Heyman, “One Way Feeling” [Basic Glee (2002)]
25. Richard X. Heyman, “What in the World” [Basic Glee (2002)]

Hour 3

26. Fountains of Wayne, “I Want an Alien for Christmas” [I Want an Alien for Christmas single (1997)]
27. Alex Chilton, “Boogie Shoes” [Like FLies on Sherbert (1979)]
28. Bram Tchaikovsky, “Sarah Smiles” [Harmony in My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81 (1979/2018)]

Live segment: Big Something

29. Big Something, “Intro/Thriller/Julia Brown” [Live at Lincoln Theater, Raleigh NC, 10-31-2013]
30. Big Something, “Megalodon” [Live at Lincoln Theater, Raleigh NC, 10-31-2013]
31. Big Something, “My Volcano” [Live at Lincoln Theater, Raleigh NC, 10-31-2013]
32. Motor Boys Motor, “Drive Friendly” [The Stiff Records Box Set (1980/1992)]

Here’s the playlist for 11-6-2022, in which I went into marathon mode and did a full four hours; I read an article from the Atlantic, played two song parodies, and for the live segment, played Robyn Hitchcock:

Hour 1

1. Railroad Jerk, “One Step Forward” [What’s Up Matador (1997)]
2. Pretty Things, “Dream/Joey” [Silk Torpedo (1974)]
3. Student Teachers, “Channel 13” [Ork Records: New York, New York (1979/2015)]
4. The Shivvers, “Teenline” [Lost Hits From Milwaukee’s First Family of Power Pop (1980/2006)]

New Music Express

5. Phoenix, “Alpha Zulu” [Alpha Zulu (2022)]
6. First Aid Kit, “Turning Onto You” [Palomino (2022)]
7. The Lone Bellow, “Gold” [Love Songs for Losers (2022)]
8. The Lone Bellow, “Cost of Living” [Love Songs for Losers (2022)]
9. Paul Weller, “The Piper” [Will of the People (2022)]
10. Paul Weller, “I Spy” [Will of the People (2022)]
11. Paul Weller, “Rip the Pages Up” [Will of the People (2022)]

Hour 2 – The New Music Express, continued

12. The Residents, “Satisfaction” [The Third Reich ‘n Roll (1975)]
13. Spoon, “My Babe” [Lucifer on the Moon (2022)]
14. Okay Kaya, “Jolene from Her Own Perspective” [Sap (2022)]
15. Okay Kaya, “In Regards to Your Tweet” [Sap (2022)]

Featured artist: Big Star

16. Big Star, “One After 909” [I Got Kinda Lost (1971?/2013)]
17. Big Star, “I Lost Your Love” [I Got Kinda Lost (1971?/2013)]
18. Big Star, “Feel” [#1 Record (1972)]
19. Big Star, “In the Street” [#1 Record (1972)]
20. Big Star, “Thirteen” [#1 Record (1972)]
21. Big Star, “O My Soul (Single Mix)” [Radio City (1974/2009)]
22. Big Star, “September Gurls” [Radio City (1974)]
23. Big Star, “Holocaust” [Third/Sister Lovers (1978)]
24. Big Star, “Dony” [In Space (2005)]

Hour 3

25. Marc Johnson, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970]
26. Wilco, “That’s Not the Issue” [A.M. (1995)]
27. Graham Parker, “Stupefaction” [The Stiff Records Box Set (1980/1992)]
28. R.E.M., “Toys in the Attic” [Complete Rarities – I.R.S. (1982-1987) (2014)]

Featured artist: Robyn Hitchcock

29. Robyn Hitchcock, “Balloon Man” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
30. Robyn Hitchcock, “My Wife and Dead Wife” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
31. Robyn Hitchcock, “The Cheese Alarm” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
32. Robyn Hitchcock, “Ole Tarantua” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
33. Robyn Hitchcock, “The Yip Song” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
34. Robyn Hitchcock, “Madonna of the Wasps” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
35. Robyn Hitchcock, “Queen of Eyes” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
36. Robyn Hitchcock, “Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom” [Live at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur CA, 5-21-2022]
37. Alex Chilton & Hi Rhythm Section, “Where Did Our Love Go” [Boogie Shoes: Live on Beale Street (2021)]
38. The Posies, “Dream All Day” [Frosting on the Beater (1993/2018)]

Hour 4

39. Off Broadway, “Stay in Time” [On (1979)]
40. Los Straitjackets, “Time Is on My Side” [Single (2021)]
41. The Pretenders, “Time the Avenger” [Learning to Crawl (1983)]
42. The Guess Who, “No Time” [Canned Wheat (1968)]
43. Lida Husik, “Good Times Roll [Rutles Highway Revisited (1990)]
44. The Clash, “One More Time” [Sandinista! (1980)]
45. Slade, “Let the Good Times Roll” [Slayed (1972/2006)]
46. Number Six, “Blair’s Sister’s Back”
47. Number Six, “Brucie Died”
48. The Forty Nineteens, “We’re Going to Las Vegas” [New Roaring Twenties (2021)]
49. The Forty Nineteens, “Go Little GTO” [New Roaring Twenties (2021)]
50. The Toms, “Let’s Be Friends Again” [The Toms (1979)]

Here’s the playlist for 10-30-2022, in which I mentioned Alt-92.3 going all-news, the Paul Pelosi attack, and played Guided By Voices and Robyn Hitchcock for the New Music Express, and played God Street Wine for the live segment:

Hour 1

1. Warren Zevon, “Raspberry Beret” [Hindu Love Gods (1990)]
2. Chuck W. Chapman, “Sadie Hawkins Slam Dance” [Burn It Down (2022)]
3. The Scruffs, “My Mind” [Wanna Meet The Scruffs (1977)]
4. Georgia Satellites, “Every Picture Tells a Story” [Georgia Satellites (1986)]
5. Jerry Lee Lewis, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” [The Sun Records Anthology (1957/2010)]

New Music Express

6. Kurt Baker, “Move Up” [Move Up single (2022)]
7. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, “Astroturf” [Changes (2022)]
8. Robyn Hitchcock, “The Shuffle Man” [“Shufflemania!” (2022)]
9. Robyn Hitchcock, “The Man Who Loves the Rain” [“Shufflemania!” (2022)]
10. Guided By Voices, “Big School” [Scalping the Guru (2022)]

Hour 2 – New Music Express, contiunued

11. Natalia Lafourcade, “Vine Solita” [De Todas Las Flores (2022)]
12. Scout Gillett, “Slow Dancin'” [No Roof No Floor (2022)]
13. Dragonette, “Twennies” [Twennies (2022)]
14. A-Ha, “I’m In” [True North (2022)]
15. The Beatles, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” [Abbey Road (1969)]
16. Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side” [Transformer (1972)]

Featured artist: Bettie Serveert (part two)

17. Bettie Serveert, “What Goes On” [Plays Venus in Furs (1998)]
18. Bettie Serveert, “Private Suit” [Private Suit (2000)]
19. Bettie Serveert, “Have a Heart” [Log 22 (2003)]
20. Bettie Serveert, “Dreamaniacs” [Attagirl (2006)]

Hour 3

21. April Wine, “You Could Have Been a Lady” [45 RPM single (1972)]
22. Rockpile, “You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine” [Seconds of Pleasure (1980)]
23. John Hammond, “I Wish You Would” [I Can Tell (1967)]
24. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “I Put a Spell on You” [Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)]
25. The Phantom Five, “Graveyard” [Halloween Nuggets: Monster Sixties A-Go-Go (2014)]
26. Daniel Johnson, “Casper, the Friendly Ghost” [Kids Soundtrack (1983/1995)]

Live segment: God Street Wine

27. God Street Wine, “Princess Henrietta” [Live at Chaffee’s, Girard PA, 7-22-2022]
28. God Street Wine, “Molly” [Live at Chaffee’s, Girard PA, 7-22-2022]
29. God Street Wine, “Gretchen” [Live at Chaffee’s, Girard PA, 7-22-2022]

Here’s the playlist for 10-23-2022, in which I extended the New Music Express, and played Particle for the live segement:

Hour 1

1. The Inmates, “Love Got Me” [First Offence (1979)]
2. The Test Pressings, “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970 (2022)]
3. Alex Chilton, “What’s Your Sign Girl” [A Man Called Destruction (1995)]
4. Pezband, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” [Pezband (1977)]
5. The Shaggs, “It’s Halloween” [Philosophy of the World (1969)]
6. John Zacherle, “Dinner with Drac” [Monster Mash/Scary Tales (1959/2010)]

New Music Express

7. Dry Cleaning, “Gary Ashby” [Stumpwork (2022)]
8. Tegan And Sara, “I Can’t Grow Up” [Crybaby (2022)]
9. Frankie Cosmos, “Magnetic Personality” [Inner World Peace (2022)]
10. Frankie Cosmos, “Sky Magnet” [Inner World Peace (2022)]
11. Frankie Cosmos, “Street View” [Inner World Peace (2022)]
12. Sloan, “Magical Thinking” [Steady (2022)]
13. Sloan, “She Put Up with What She Put Down” [Steady (2022)]
14. Archers of Loaf, “War Is Wide Open” [Reason in Decline (2022)]

Hour 2 – New Music Express, continued

15. Robert De Leo, “Big Sky Woman (feat. Pete Shoulder)” [Lessons Learned (2022)]
16. Robert De Leo, “Lessons Learned (feat. Tim Bluhm)” [Lessons Learned (2022)]
17. Simple Minds, “Who Killed Truth” [Direction of the Heart (2022)]
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Reach Out” [Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)]
19. Gregory Porter, “Suzanne” [Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2022)]

Featured artist: Bettie Serveert

20. Bettie Serveert, “Palomine” [Palomine (1992)]
21. Bettie Serveert, “Tom Boy” [Palomine (1992)]
22. Bettie Serveert, “Ray Ray Rain” [Lamprey (1995)]
23. Bettie Serveert, “Geek” [Dust Bunnies (1997)]
24. Bettie Serveert, “Rock and Roll” [Plays Venus in Furs (1998)]

Hour 3

25. The Runaways, “Rock and Roll” [The Runaways (1976)]
26. Echo and the Bunnymen, “Run Run Run (Live ’85)” [Crystal Days: 1979-1999 (2001)]
27. The Who, “Boris the Spider” [A Quick One (1966)]
28. Warren Zevon, “Werewolves of London” [Excitable Boy (1978)]

Live segment: Particle

29. Particle, “Home Away From Home” [Live at Last Exit, Pheonix AZ, 6-28-2018]
30. Particle, “Devil’s Work/No Parking” [Live at Last Exit, Pheonix AZ, 6-28-2018]
31. Particle, “Elevator” [Live at Last Exit, Pheonix AZ, 6-28-2018]