Thursday, June 12, 2008

There's No Wave Like No Wave


Back when NY was affordable to live in, dirty, sick and fun! Release of a new "coffee table/art" book, published by Abams, No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980, scribed by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley. NY Times article on its release. Pictured: DNA #1's lineup/ Ikue Mori, Arto Lindsay and Robin Crutchfield (photograph by Julia Gorton).

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Up For A Ride?


The femme fatales of Russ Meyer's classic, Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

B.W.'s PLAYLIST, KHSU-FM, 90.5, 10 JUNE 08

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ TUES., 10 JUNE 08/ MIDNIGHT-2 AM
Old Fashioned/ FRIGHTENED RABBIT (The Midnight Organ Fight, ‘08)*
For Emma/ BON IVER (For Emma, Forever Ago)*
Tonight Will Be Fine (L. Cohen)/ TEDDY THOMPSON (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man)
Little Satchel/ SAM AMIDON (All Is Well)*
Sky Blue Sky/ WILCO

To Baby/ VETIVER (Thing of the Past)*
Summer Rain/ JOHNNY RIVERS (1967)
King of Carrot Flowers/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL

Ruler of My Heart/ IRMA THOMAS
Mohair Sam/ CHARLIE RICH
Dirty Blvd./ LOU REED (New York, ‘89)
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me/ RICHARD THOMPSON
Clap Hands/ TOM WAITS (Big Time, ‘88)
Paint Work/ THE FALL (This Nation’s Saving Grace)

Keep on Runnin/ THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
Time the Avenger/ THE PRETENDERS (Learning to Crawl, ‘84)
Favorite Thing/ SUGAR (File Under: Easy Listening, ‘94)
Wrecking the Flow/ THE DIRTBOMBS (We Have You Surrounded, ’08)*
Same Reaction/ SNAKE HIPS (Memphis Juke, ’97)
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart/ HAYES CARLL (Trouble in Mind, ’08)*

Suffering Jukebox/ SILVER JEWS (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, ’08)*
Autoclave/ MOUNTAIN GOATS (Heretic Pride, ’08)
Bigmouth Strikes Again/ THE SMITHS (The Queen is Dead, ’86)
The Lovely Sky Boat/ THE SUPERIMPOSERS
God Only Knows/ THE BEACH BOYS (Pet Sounds)
Waitin’ For Superman/ FLAMING LIPS (Soft Parade, ’99)
Turn on Me/ THE SHINS (Wincing the Night Away, ’07)

Don’t Take Anyone to be Your Friend/ SISTER ROSETTA
THARPE

*recent release