July 2023

Playlist: 7-30-2023

Here’s the playlist for 7-30-2023, in which I got a new record player, paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor, and had some mic handling problems:

Hour 1

  1. Sinead O’Connor, “Kyrie Elison” [Faith and Courage (2023)]
  2. The Knack, “Good Girls Don’t” [Get the Knack (1979)]
  3. The Baseball Project, “Gratitude (For Curt Flood)” [Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (2008)]
  4. Moon Martin, “Bad Case of Lovin’ You” [Shots from a Cold Nightmare (1978)]
  5. Jerry of the Circus, “Jerry Pays the $22” [1937]
  6. Five Minute Mysteries, “Death Calls at Dinner” [1947]
  7. Blues Image, “Pay My Dues” [B-side of “Ride Captain Ride” (1970)]
  8. Jethro Tull, “Thick as a Brick (Edit #1)” [M.U.: Best of Jethro Tull (1972/1976)]
  9. The Damned, “Wild Thing (Live)” [Phantasmagoria (1985)]
  10. Kate Bush, “Wuthering Heights” [The Kick Inside (1978)]

Hour 2

  1. The Troggs, “Wild Thing” [Hit Single Anthology (1966/1991)]
  2. Steampacket, “In-Crowd” [Steampacket (1971)]

New Music Express

  1. Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi (with Lucius)” [Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) (2023)]
  2. Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You” [Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) (2023)]
  3. The Clientele, “Fables of the Silverlink” [I Am Not There Anymore (2023)]
  4. Bethany Cosentino, “Outta Time” [Natural Disaster (2023)]
  5. Aphex Twin, “In a Room7 F760” [Blackbox Life Recorder 21F and In a Room7 EP (2023)]
  6. The Rolling Stones, “Hey Negrita” [Black and Blue (1976)]

Featured artist: Spoon

  1. Spoon, “Don’t Buy the Realistic” [Telephono (2023)]

Hour 3

  1. Joni Mitchell, “The Circle Game (Live)” [Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) (1996)]
  2. Joni Mitchell, “Woodstock” [The Reprise Albums (1968-71) (1970/2021)]

Spoon, continued

  1. Spoon, “The Government Darling” [Telephono (1996)]
  2. Spoon, “Minor Tough” [A Series of Sneaks (1998)]
  3. Spoon, “Car Radio” [A Series of Sneaks (1998)]
  4. Spoon, “Metal School” [A Series of Sneaks (1998)]
  5. Spoon, “Everything Hits At Once” [Girls Can Tell (2001)]

Vinyl Segment: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  1. Howard Keel, “Bless Yore Beautiful Hide” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  2. Jane Powell, “Wonderful, Wonderful Day” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  3. Bill Lee & Brothers, “Lament” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  4. Jane Powell And Brothers, “Goin’ Co’tin'” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  5. Howard Keel And Brothers, “Sobbin’ Women” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  6. Virginia Gibson And Girls, “June Bride” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  7. Brothers And Girls, “Spring, Spring, Spring” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]
  8. Jane Powell And Howard Keel, “When You’re In Love” [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Original Soundtrack (1954)]

July 30, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 7-23-2023

Here’s the playlist for 7-23-2023, a show in which RDS again chastised me for not having a full half hour for OTR, my record player broke down, and I played Tommy Keene for the featured artist segment:

Hour 1

  1. Tony Bennett, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” [All-Time Greatest Hits (1962/1991)]
  2. The New Pornographers, “The Slow Descent into Alcoholism” [Mass Romantic (2000)]
  3. The Baseball Project, “The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads” [3rd (2014)]
  4. Billy Idol, “Dead on Arrival” [Billy Idol (1982)]
  5. Richard Lloyd, “(I Thought) You Wanted to Know” [Ork Records: New York New York (2015)]
  6. Jerry of the Circus, “Jerry in Jail” [1937]
  7. 5 Minute Mystery, “My Pal Patsy” [1947]
  8. AC/DC, “Jailbreak” [’74 Jailbreak (1975)]
  9. David Essex, “Rock On” [Rock On (1973)]
  10. Nine Below Zero, “Eleven Plus Eleven” [Third Degree (1982)]

Hour 2

  1. The Breeders, “Cannonball” [Last Splash (1993)]

New Music Express

  1. Blur, “The Ballad” [The Ballad of Darren (2023)]
  2. Guided By Voices, “Meet the Star” [Welshpool Frillies (2023)]
  3. Greta Van Fleet, “The Falling Sky” [Starcatcher (2023)]
  4. The Lilac Time, “THe Band That Nobody Knew” [Dance Till All the Stars Come Down (2023)]
  5. Nils Lofgren, “Ain’t the Truth Enough” [Mountains (2023)]
  6. Neko Case, “Things That Scare Me” [Wild Creatures (2022)]
  7. The Flashcubes, “Forget About You” [Forget About You single (2023)]

Featured artist: Tommy Keene (part three)

  1. Tommy Keene, “Alta Loma” [Crashing the Ether (2006)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “A Secret Life of Stories (2009)]
  3. Goo Goo Dolls, “Broadway” [Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)]

Hour 2: Tommy Keene, continued

  1. Tommy Keene, “Goodbye Jane” [In the Late Bright (2009)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “Behind the Parade” [Behind the Parade (2011)]
  3. Tommy Keene, “Nowhere Drag” [Behind the Parade (2011)]
  4. Tommy Keene, “Have You Seen My Baby?” [Excitement at Your Feet (2013)]
  5. Tommy Keene, “Much Too Much” [Excitement at Your Feet (2013)]
  6. Tommy Keene, “Guiding Light” [Excitement at Your Feet (2013)]
  7. Tommy Keene, “Out of My Mind” [Laugh in the Dark (2015)]
  8. Those Pretty Wrongs, “New September Song” [Holiday Camp (2023)]
  9. Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, “The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show (Side One)” [The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show (1953)]
  10. Squeeze, “Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)” [Argybargy (1980)]
July 24, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 7-16-2023

Here’s the playlist for 7-16-2023, in which I very stupidly did not play a full 30 minutes of OTR, has technical difficulties, I played the next installation of the featured artist (the late Tommy Keene), and paid tribute to Kim Shattuck:

Hour 1

  1. Megadeth, “Peace Sells” [Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying (1986)]
  2. The J. Geils Band, “Give It to Me (Single Edit)” [The Best of the J. Geils Band (1972/2006)]
  3. The Feelies, “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)” [Crazy Rhythms (1980)]
  4. Dave Edmunds, “Crawling from the Wreckage” [Repeat When Necessary (1979)]
  5. Jerry of the Circus, “Rags Is Mising” [Episode 3 (1937)]
  6. Van Duren, “Chemical Fire” [Are You Serious? (1978)]
  7. Tin Huey, “Chinese Circus” [The Akron Compilation (1978)]
  8. Desmond Dekker and the Aces, “Israelites” [Island Life: 50 Years of Island Records (1968/2009)]
  9. The Police, “Roxanne” [Outlandos D’amour (1978)]
  10. Weird Al Yankovic, “Don’t Download This Song” [Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)]
  11. Nina Paley, “Copying Is Not Theft” [YouTube video (2011)]

Hour 2

  1. Bare Jr., “Nothin’ Better to Do” [Boo-Tay (1998)]

New Music Express

  1. Claud, “Dirt” [Supermodels (2023)]
  2. Pvris, “Take My Nirvana” [Evergreen (2023)]
  3. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, “Every Time I Drink” [Sticks and Stones (2023)]
  4. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, “Wrong House” [Sticks and Stones (2023)]
  5. sparkle*jets u.k., “Today Will Be Yeseterday Tomorrow” [Best of Friends (2023)]
  6. Chris Stamey, “The Great Escape” [The Great Escape (2023)]
  7. The Baseball Project, “That’s Living” [Grand Salami Time (2023)]

Featured arist: Tommy Keene

  1. Tommy Keene, “Don’t Sleep in the Daytime” [Driving into the Sun (1994)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “Going Out Again” [Ten Years After (1994)]
  3. Tommy Keene, “Turing on Blue” [Ten Years After (1996)]
  4. Tommy Keene, “Good Thing Going” [Ten Years After (1996)]
  5. Tommy Keene, “Long Time Missing” [Isolation Party (1998)]

Hour 3: Tommy Keene, continued

  1. Tommy Keene, “Twilight’s in Town” [Isolation Party (1998)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “The Man Without a Soul” [The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (2002)]
  3. Tommy Keene, “How Do You Really Say Hello?” [The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (2002)]
  4. Tommy Keene, “Warren in the 60’s” [Crashing the Ether (2006)]

Tribute to Kim Shattuck

  1. Interview, First record she liked [2016]
  2. The Pandoras, “You Don’t Satisfy” [Stop Pretending (1986)]
  3. Girls in the Band podcast, Playing guitar [2017]
  4. The Pandoras, “Stop Pretending” [Stop Pretending (1986)]
  5. Girls in the Band podcast, Forming The Muffs [2017]
  6. The Muffs, “New Love” [Hamburger (1992/2000)]
  7. The Absolute Awesome Show, Talking about Courtney Love [2016]
  8. The Muffs, “Ethyl My Love” [Blonder and Blonder (1995)]
  9. The Coolies, “King of Confusion” [King of Confusion single (2022)]
July 16, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 7-9-2023

Here’s the playlist for 7-9-2023, in which I experienced technical difficulties, played some OTR, and had Richard Wagner for the vinyl segment:

Hour 1

  1. Judas Priest, “Victim of Changes” [Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)]
  2. Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain” [Roxy Music (1972)]
  3. Bram Tchaikovsky, “I’m a Believer” [Strange Man Changed Man (1979)]
  4. Jerry of the Circus, “Poisoned Meat” [Episode 2 (1937)]
  5. Hole, “Violet” [Live Through This (1994)]
  6. Sex Pistols, “No Feelings” [Never Mind the Bullocks (1977)]
  7. Pretty Things, “Remember That Boy” [Savage Eye (1975)]
  8. Elvis Costello, “Miracle Man” [My Aim Is True (1977)]

Hour 2

New Music Express

  1. PJ Harvey, “Lwonesome Tonight” [I Inside the Old Year Dying (2023)]
  2. Anonhi and the Johnsons, “It Must Change” [My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (2023)]
  3. Julie Byrne, “The Greater Wings” [The Greater Wings (2023)]
  4. Lifeguard, “I Know I Know” [Crowd Can Talk EP (2022)]
  5. Chris Stamey, “She Might Look My Way” [The Great Escape (2023)]
  6. Chris Stamey, “Back in New York” [The Great Escape (2023)]
  7. Graham Parker and the Goldtops, “We Did Nothing” [We Did Nothing single (2023)]
  8. Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey” [In the Dark (1987)]

Featured artist: Tommy Keene (part one)

  1. Tommy Keene, “Strange Alliance” [Strange Alliance (1982)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “Northern Lights” [Strange Alliance (1982)]

Hour 3: Tommy Keene, continued

  1. Tommy Keene, “Places That Are Gone” [Songs from the Film (1986/1998 reissue)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “Teenage Head” [Songs from the Film (1986/1998 reissue)]
  3. Tommy Keene, “This Could Be Fiction” [Based on Happy Times (1989)]
  4. Tommy Keene, “When Our Vows Break” [Based on Happy Times (1989)]
  5. Tommy Keene, “Love Is a Dangerous Thing” [Driving Into the Sun (1994)]
  6. Tommy Keene, “Sleeping on a Rollercoaster” [Driving Into the Sun (1994)]
  7. Tommy Keene, “Tattoo” [Driving Into the Sun (1994)]

Vinyl segment: Richard Wagner

  1. Ferdinand Leitner conducting The Wurttemberg State Orchestra, “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (from Gotterdamerung)” [Music from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle (1953)]
  2. Ferdinand Leitner conducting The Wurttemberg State Orchestra, “Funeral March (from Gotterdamerung)” [Music from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle (1953)]
  3. Ferdinand Leitner conducting The Wurttemberg State Orchestra, “Magic Fire Music (from Die Walkure)” [Music from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle (1953)]

July 9, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 7-2-2023

Here’s the playlist for 7-2-2023, a show in which the OTR played too late for RDS, and I played some new music from The Baseball Project:

NB: Apologies for the levels being low on the first few tracks; I should fix this in post.

Hour 1

  1. Josie and the Pussycats, “Every Beat of My Heart” [Josie and the Pussycats (1970)]
  2. Bay City Rollers, “Saturday Night” [Rollin’ (1974)]
  3. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, “Rockin’ Shopping Center” [Berserkley’s Back (1978)]
  4. Devo, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” [Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!” (1978)]
  5. The Rolling Stones, “Memo from Turner” [The Singles: 1968-1971 (1968/2005)]
  6. Sweet, “4th of July” [Give Us a Wink! (1976)]
  7. Stan Freberg, “The Boston Tea Party” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Vol.1 (1961)]
  8. The Guess Who, “American Woman” [American Woman (1970)]
  9. Nick Lowe, “American Squirm” [Labour of Lust (1979)]
  10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “American Girl” [Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)]
  11. Stan Freberg, “Declaration of Independence” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Vol.1 (1961)]
  12. Billie Joe Armstrong, “Kids in America” [No Fun Mondays (2020)]

Hour 2

  1. The Kinks, “David Watts” [Something Else (1967)]
  2. The Toms, “Wasn’t That Love in Your Eyes” [The Toms (1979)]

New Music Express

  1. Lucinda Williams, “Last Call for Truth” [Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart (2023)]
  2. Neko Case, “I Wish I Was the Moon” [Wild Creatures (2023)]
  3. Brigid Mae Power, “I Must Have Been Blind” [Dream from the Deep Well (2023)]
  4. The Baseball Project, “Grand Salami Time” [Grand Salami Time! (2023)]
  5. The Baseball Project, “The Yips” [Grand Salami Time! (2023)]
  6. The Baseball Project, “Disco Demolition” [Grand Salami Time! (2023)]

Featured artist: The Motors

  1. The Motors, “Dancing the Night Away” [1 (1977)]
  2. The Motors, “Cold Love” [1 (1977)]

Hour 2: The Motors, continued

  1. The Motors, “Airport” [Approved by the Motors (1978)]
  2. The Motors, “Love and Loneliness” [Tenement Steps (1980)]

OTR: Jean Shepherd

  1. Jean Shepherd, “Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb that Struck Back” [WOR, OAD 7-4-1969]
  2. Yes, “America (Single Version)” [Close to the Edge bonus track (1972)]

July 2, 2023 by Playlists 0