Here’s the playlist for 11-12-2023, in which Mixxx crashed, I played another installment of The Cinnamon Bear, and played Jiggle the Handle for the live segment:
Hour 1
Mickey Thomas, “Tempted” [Marauder (2011)]
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, “Dachau Blues” [Trout Mask Replica (1969)]
Cheap Trick, “Clock Strikes Ten” [In Color (1977)]
The Beths, “Expert in a Dying Field” [Expert in a Dying Field (2022)]
Flamin’ Groovies, “Yesterday’s Numbers” [Teenage Head (1971)]
The Cinnamon Bear, “The Inkaboos” [OTR (1937)]
Bay City Rollers, “Give a Little Love” [Absolute Rollers (1975/1995)]
Black Label Society, “Helpless” [The Song Remains Not the Same (2011)]
Sex Pistols, “EMI” [Never Mind the Bullocks (1977)]
Hour 2 (Mixxx crashed)
Plum Crazy with Dave Edmunds, “Jingle Bells/Run Rudolph Run” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
The Shins, “Young Pilgrims” [Chutes Too Narrow (2003)]
New Music Express
Cat Power, “Fourth Time Around” [Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (2023)]
Cat Power, “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” [Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (2023)]
Chris Stapleton, “South Dakota” [Higher (2023)]
Pinkpantheress, “Mosquito” [Heaven Knows (2023)]
The Beatles, “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” [The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973/2023)]
The Beatles, “Drive My Car” [The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973/2023)]
Art Feynman, “Desperately Free (Radio Edit)” [Be Good the Crazy Boys (2023)]
Tribute to Dwight Twilley (part four)
Dwight Twilley, “Snowman Magic” [Have a Twilley Christmas (2004)]
Dwight Twilley, “47 Moons” [47 Moons (2005)]
Hour 3: Dwight Twilley, continued
Dwight Twilley, “Walkin’ on Water” [47 Moons (2023)]
Dwight Twilley Band, “Shakin’ in the Brown Grass (Live)” [Live from Agora (2009)]
Dwight Twilley Band, “TV (Live)” [Live from Agora (2009)]
Here’s the playlist for 11-5-2023, in which I introduced The Cinnamon Bear as the new OTR, Mixxx crashed, and in which I went an extra hour for Daylight Savings Time:
Hour 1
The Beatles, “Now and Then” [Now and Then single (2023)]
Pere Ubu, “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” [Datapanik in the Year Zero (1976/1996)]
Redd Kross, “Lady in the Front Row” [Phaseshifter (1993)]
The Zombies, “Time of the Season” [Odyssey and Oracle (1968)]
Dolph Chaney, “Nice” [Mug (2023)]
The Cinnamon Bear, “Paddy O’Cinnamon” [OTR (1937)]
Grand Funk Railroad, “The Loco-Motion” [Shinin’ On (1974)]
The Mock Turtles, “Time Between/High” [Time Betweeen: A Tribute to the Byrds (1989)]
Here’s the playlist for 10-29-2023, in which I paid tribute to Matthew Perry, erroneously stated who requested a song, and only played one side of Song Hits of 1931:
Hour 1
The Rembrandts, “I’ll Be There for You” [L.P. (1995)]
Veruca Salt, “Seether” [American Thighs (1994)]
The Kinks, “Low Budget” [Low Budget (1979)]
Sly and the Family Stone, “Thank You (Falentinme Be Mice Elf Again)” [The Best of Sly & the Family Stone (1970/1992)]
Lunchmoney Lewis, “Bills” [Bills EP (2015)]
Jerry of the Circus, “The Prowler Is Aga” [OTR (1937)]
Five Minute Mysteries, “Signal Block” [OTR (1947)]
The Moody Blues, “Something You Got” [The Magnificient Moodies (1966)]
Slade, “Cum on Feel the Noize” [Sladest (1973)]
U.K. Subs, “My Generation” [Subversions II (2019)]
Hour 2
Dolph Chaney, “This Halloween” [Stir the Cauldron: The Big Stir Records Halloween Collection (2023)]
Louis Armstrong, “Skeleton in the Closet” [Blues, Blues, Hoodoo Halloween: Scary Jazz and Blues 1925 to 1961 (1936/2014)]
Warren Zevon, “Werewolves of London” [Excitable Boy (1978)]
New Music Express
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, “Theia” [The Silver Cord (2023)]
Ray Benson And His Orchestra, “By The River Sainte Marie – Out Of Nowhere – River, Stay ‘Way From My Door” [Song Hits of 1931 (1947)]
Ray Benson And His Orchestra, “The Peanut Vendor – Mama Inez – When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba” [Song Hits of 1931 (1947)]
Ray Benson And His Orchestra, “Dancing In The Dark – Good Night Sweetheart – All Of Me” [Song Hits of 1931 (1947)]
Ray Benson And His Orchestra, “Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day – Cuban Love Song – Someday I’ll Find You” [Song Hits of 1931 (1947)]
Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” [Agents of Fortune (1976)]
Although you probably know this by now, Dwight Twilley has passed. The power pop artist, best known for his Top 20 hit singles “I’m on Fire” and “Girls”, had a massive stroke while driving and crashed his car into a tree on Saturday, October 14, 2023. He died four days later in the hospital. Twilley is known for his collaboration with the late Phil Seymour, with whom he formed the Dwight Twilley Band. The two met in 1967 in a theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was playing a double feature with The Beatles’ A Hard Days Night as one of the movies. They continued their partnership over the next several years under the band name Oister. In the 1970s, Twilley and Seymour went to Memphis, where they stumbled into Sun Studio, where they met, according to Twilley, “some guy named Phillips.” Eventually, they went to Los Angeles to find a label, and signed with Tulsa-based Shelter Records. They made several recordings at The Church Studio, an episcopal church converted into a music studio, including “I’m on Fire”. That song became their debut single and received little promotion, largely because the band was in England recording its first album. Nevertheless, the single peaked at #16 on the Billboard charts in 1975. Unfortunately, by the time their new album was ready to be released, the distribution deal that Shelter had with MCA Records had collapsed, and it would not be released until Shelter switched to ABC Records for distribution. When the resulting album was finally released (“Sincerely”, released in 1976), it was a relative commercial failure, peaking at #138. The second Dwight Twilley Band album, “Twilley Don’t Mind”, was also a commercial disappointment, peaking at #70 on the Billboard album charts. Disappointed at the band’s failure, especially compared to labelmates Tom Petty, Phil Seymour left the band and launched a solo career, where he enjoyed some success before his death in 1993. By now, Shelter had switched distribution deals again; this time, they partnered with Arista Records. Twilley continued as a solo act, keeping Bill Pitcock IV on lead guitar and Susan Cowsill on harmony vocals. He released Twilley in 1979, which was not very commercially successful (U.S. #113). Twilley recorded another album, Blueprint, which was unreleased. Twilley signed with EMI America for his next album, Scuba Divers (1982) (US. #109). His next album, Jungle (1984), produced a second national hit single, “Girls”, featuring a counterpoint vocal by Tom Petty. Twilley left EMI America for Private I Records, a label started by radio promoter Joe Isgro. When Isgro was implicated in a payola scandal, Private I Records collapsed, and the album, called Wild Dogs, was released by Epic’s CBS Associated label, where it sank quickly. Thus, Twilley had dissipated the momentum from his hit single and, as the 1980s drew to a close, found himself without a record label. The 1990s found Twilley unable to secure a record deal (even though he had recorded an album), although The Great Lost Twilley Album, a compilation of previously unreleased material recorded between 1974 and 1980, was released in 1993. The second wave of power pop began to take off in the mid-1990s, and by then EMI issued a 21-song Twilley compilation called XXI in 1996, followed by reissues of the two Dwight Twilley Band studio albums in 1997. The rise of the Internet meant that a major label deal was less of a priority, and thus Twilley released another rarities collection, Between the Cracks, Vol. 1, on Not Lame Records. He released his first new album in 13 years, Tulsa, in 1999. In 2001, he was able to release The Luck, which was recorded in the 1990s, on Big Oak Records. He signed with Digital Musicworks International, and released an EP (Have a Twilley Christmas) and two albums (47 Moons and Live: All Access). In November 2014, Twilley released his album Always through Big Oak Records. It was the last album released before Twilley’s death.
Here’s the playlist for 10-15-2023, a show in which I encountered technical difficulties:
Hour 1
The Thorns, “I Can’t Remember” [The Thorns (2003)]
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, “Rough Mix” [Rough Mix (1977)]
Byzantium, “You Made Me Stand Up Straighter” [Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-1975 (1972/2022)]
Savoy Brown, “Money Can’t Save Your Soul” [Looking In (1970)]
Jerry of the Circus, “Night Check” [OTR (1937)]
Five Minute Mysteries, “Home Stretch Homicide” [OTR (1947)]
David Bowie, “See Emily Play” [Pinups (1973)]
Wings, “Junior’s Farm” [Wings Greatest (1974)]
Moby Grape, “Hey Grandma” [Moby Grape (1967)]
Hour 2
Weird Al Yankovic, “Happy Birthday (Placebo E.P. Version)” [Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1981/1999)]
TAS 1000, “Birthday” [A Message for Marta (2001)]
New Music Express
The Who, “Pure and Easy (Lifehouse Chronicles/Home Studio Mix)” [Who’s Next: Life House (Super Deluxe) (2023)]
Kurt Baker, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Club” [Rock ‘n’ Roll Club (2023)]
Metric, “Just the Once” [Formentera II (2023)]
Land of Talk, “Your Beautiful Self” [Performances (2023)]
Munya, “Sweety” [Jardin (2023)]
The Half-Cubes, “Love’s Melody” [Love’s Melody (2023)]
Featured artist: The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks, “Let the Last Night Be the Longest” [The Jayhawks (1986)]
The Jayhawks, “Cherry Pie” [The Jayhawks (1986)]
The Jayhawks, “Two Angels” [Blue Earth (1989)]
Hour 3: The Jayhawks, continued
The Jayhawks, “Five Cups of Coffee” [Blue Earth (1989)]
The Jayhawks, “Waiting for the Sun” [Hollywood Town Hall (1992)]
The Jayhawks, “Blue” [Tomorrow the Green Grass (1995)]
The Jayhawks, “Bad Time” [Tomorrow the Green Grass (1995)]
The Jayhawks, “It’s Up to You” [Sound of Lies (1997)]
Vinyl Segment: Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
Bruno Walter, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, “Band No. 1: First Movement: Allegro Vivace E Con Brio” [Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1949)]
Bruno Walter, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, “Band No. 2: Second Movement: Allegretto Scherzando” [Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1949)]
Bruno Walter, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, “Band No. 1: Third Movement: Tempo Di Menuetto” [Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1949)]
Bruno Walter, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, “Band No. 2: Fourth Movement: Allegro Vivace” [Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1949)]
Here’s the playlist for 10-1-2023, a show in which I lifted the embargo on Halloween material, got increasingly distracted, and played one side of Critic’s Choice for the vinyl segment:
Hour 1
The Black Crowes, “Hard to Handle” [Shake Your Money Maker (1990)]
The Baseball Project, “Past Time” [Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (2008)]
Human Sexual Response, “Cool Jerk” [Fig. 15 (1980)]
Savoy Brown, “You Need Love” [Getting to the Point (1968)]
Jerry of the Circus, “Uncle Dan Is Cleared” [OTR (1937)]
Five Minute Mysteries, “The Book Case” [OTR (1947)]
Brownsville Station, “Air Special (1980)]
Meco, “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (single mix)” [Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” (1977)]
John Cougar Mellencamp, “Jack and Diane” [American Fool (1982)]
Hour 2
The Muffs, “I Need You” [The Muffs (1993)]
Bobby Boris Picket and the Cryptkicker Five, “Monster Mash” [Elvira Presents: Haunted Hits (1962/1988)]
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “I Put a Spell on You” [Chornicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1968/1976)]
New Music Express
Wilco, “Infinite Surprise” [Cousin (2023)]
Blonde Redhead, “Snowman” [Sit Down for Dinner (2023)]
Animal Collective, “Soul Capturer” [Isn’t It Now? (2023)]
Lindsay Lou, “I Can Help” [Queen of Time (2023)]
Featured artist: Peter Holsapple (part two)
Continental Drifters, “Way of the World” [Vermilion (1998)]
