Saturday, October 4, 2008

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 4 OCT. 2008

BOY WONDER/ "RADIO ROULETTE"/ 9:00-11:00 PM
Superfly/ CURTIS MAYFIELD (’72, Superfly soundtrack)
She Spoke to Me/ PRINCE (’96, Girl 6 soundtrack)
Fight the Power/ PUBLIC ENEMY (’90, Fear of a Black Planet)
Say No Go (New Keys Vocal remix)/ DE LA SOUL (’89, 3 Feet High and Rising)
North American Scum/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’07, Sound of Silver)
Gut Feeling/ DEVO (’78, Are We Not Men? We Are Devo)
Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)

52 Girls/ THE B-52’S (’79, self titled)
Kingdom of Love/ THE SOFT BOYS (’80, Underwater Moonlight)
He’s Frank (Slight Return)/ MONOCHROME SET (’83)
I’m Waiting For My Man/ VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, The VU & Nico)
Valentine/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’87, Pleased to Meet Me)
Cadillac Walk/ MINK DEVILLE (’77, Cabretta)
Alligator Wine (Leiber and Stoller)/ SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS ('58)

Baby, It’s You/ PATTI PALLADIN & JOHNNY THUNDERS (’88, Copy Cats)
Dressy/ REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)
As Long As I Have You/ DETROIT COBRAS (07, Tied & True)
Crazy About You/ ANN PEEBLES (’69, Part Time Love)
Shake’em On Down/ RL BURNSIDE (’94, Too Bad Jim)
Rock On/ T. REX (’72, The Slider)
Never Aim to Please/ BASH & POP (’93, Friday Night is Killing Me)
In the Street/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)

Don’t Want You Back/ THE SIGHTS (’02, Got What You Want)
Sister Surround/ SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES (’01, Behind the Music)
1976/ REDD KROSS (’80, Third Eye)
Cherry Bomb/ THE RUNAWAYS (’76, self titled)
Lucky Guy/ THE MUFFS (’93, self titled)
Ode to a Black Man/ THE DIRTBOMBS (’01, Ultraglide in Black)

Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind/ YO LA TENGO (’06, I’m Not Afraid of You…)

Newman's Own


Original poster from 1961 film, The Hustler, directed by Robert Rossen, based from the excellent (and underrated) novel by Walter Tevis. One of his finest performances and films, Newman portrays Fast Eddie Felson, with the brilliant supporting role by Jackie Gleason (as Minnesota Fats).

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ MON., TUES., 29, 30 SEPT. 08

BOY WONDER/ GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/HOT CIRCLES/ 10 PM- 1 AM
Hat and Beard/ ERIC DOLPHY (’64, Out to Lunch)
Recognize I/ NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)
The Blue Room/ EVANGELISTA (w/ Carla Buzolich, ’08, Hello Voyager)*
Times Square/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’90, Blazing Away)
Just As You Are/ ROBERT WYATT (w/ Monica Vasconselos, vcls, ’07, Comicopera)
In the Evening/ NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE (’07, You Follow Me)
Ultaviolet/ EXTRA GLENNS (’01, Martial Arts Weekend)

Behind Closed Doors/ CHARLIE RICH (’72)
We Must Be Out of Our Minds/ GEORGE JONES (w/ Melba Montgomery, ’63)
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country/ RANDY NEWMAN (’08, Harps and Angels)*
Turn the Cards Slowly/ PATSY CLINE (’55)
1,000 Years From Now (rehearsal take)/ THE BYRDS (w/ Gram Parsons, ’68, Sweetheart of the Rodeo)
Lion’s Jaws/ NEKO CASE (’06, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood)
Thanksgiving/ LILA NELSON (’08, Letter Home)*
Slowly But Surely/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’04, Slowly But Surely)

Turn Me Around/ MAVIS STAPLES (’07, We’ll Never Turn Back)
I Am What I Hated When I Was Young/ IAN HUNTER (’07, Shrunken Heads)
Oh How It Rained (Eddie Floyd)/ LORETTE VELVETTE (’00, Rude Angel)
Michigan Girls/ CALIFONE (’03, Quicksand/Cradlesnakes)
I Shall Be Released/ WILCO (w/ Fleet Foxes, live, ‘08, Bend, OR)*
I Wish It Was Saturday Night/ DAVE ALVIN (’87, Every Night About This Time)
Don’t Worry Baby/ RONNIE SPECTOR
Starstruck/ KINKS (’68, Village Green Preservation Society)
Care of Cell ‘44/ THE ZOMBIES (’67)
Fanfare/ ERIC MATTHEWS (’97, It’s Heavy Here)

Halfway Home/ TV ON THE RADIO (’08, Dear Science)*
Sound and Vision/ DAVID BOWIE (’77, Low)
For Phoebe Still a Baby/ COCTEAU TWINS (’88, Blue Bell Knoll)
Your Lucky Day in Hell/ THE EELS (’96, Beautiful Freak)
Borrowing Time/ AIMEE MANN (’08, @#%&*! Smilers)*
Go For the Exit/ BOSTON SPACESHIPS (’08, Brown Submarine)*

Loose Ends/ BASH & POP (’93, Friday Night is Killing Me)
Tonight/ THE RASPBERRIES (’73)
TV (The American Dream)/ JON JAMES (’03)
Everyone Knows This is Nowhere/ MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS (’06, Under the Covers)
Date to Church/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’86)
Crawfish/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’88, Copy Cats)
Protest Song/ ORSO (’08, Ask Your Neighbor)*

Long Legs/ THE MAGIC NUMBERS (’05, self titled)
Big Kick, Plain Scrap/ NICK LOWE (’79, Labour of Lust)
These Boots Are Made For Walking/ NANCY SINATRA (’66)
I Surrender/ FONATELLA BASS
New Amsterdam/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’80, Get Happy!!)
Tell It to Me/ TOM WAITS (’06, Orphans)
Saro/ SAM AMIDON (’07, All is Well)
For Emma/ BON IVER (’08, For Emma, Forever Ago)*

*new or recent release

Beauty, Grace Does Age Well. Sometimes.


Kristen Scott Thomas
(Tony Cenicola, NY Times, 28 Sept. 08)