Saturday, October 31, 2009

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 31 OCT. 09 (YEAH, IT'S HALLOWEEN)


It's evident that The Boy Wonder uses the hell out of Snakehips' excellent song, "Hell On Earth," from frontman/singer/songwriter Mark Harrison, (taken from the killer debut 1993 record, Lit), for Halloween. It's named after the "Hell On Earth" annual Memphis celebration/ garage rock extravaganza. Snakehips, formed in Memphis, later finding residence in Nashville, rocks from the T. Rex/Mott-vein, Southern style. Check out their whole catalog, most of which, are available with Feralette Records.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 11;00-11:00 PM

I Put a Spell on You/ SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS ('57)

Woo-Hoo/ ROCK-A-TEENS (’59)

Let’s Have a Party/ WANDA JACKSON ('60)

My Baby’s Left Me/ ELVIS PRESLEY ('56)

Never No More Blues/ THE BLASTERS (’80, ’97 reissue, American Music)

Not a Woman, Not a Child/ DAVE EDMUNDS (’78, Tracks on Wax 4)

Leave My Kitten Alone/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’59)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill!, Kill!/ THE BOTSWEEDS

Brand New Cadillac/ THE CLASH (’79, ’04 reissue, London Calling)

Devil Doll/ X (’83, More Fun in the New World)

Memphis, Egypt/ THE MEKONS (’89, Rock ‘n’ Roll)


You Got Me Hummin’/ REIGNING SOUND (’04, Too Much Guitar)

Loretta/ NEKO CASE (w/ THE SADIES) (’04, The Tigers Have Spoken)

Girls/ DAVID JOHANSEN (’78, self titled)

Ah-So/ THE 5, 7, 8’s (’92, Can’t Help It!!)

Swing Set/ THE CUTTERS (’01, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)

Tell That Girl to Shut Up/ TINA & THE TOTAL BABES (’00, She’s So Tuff)

Ghost on the Highway/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)


Grimly Fiendish/ THE DAMNED (’85, Phantasmagoria) + (by request)

What’s He Building in There?/ TOM WAITS (’99, Mule Variations)

The Rubber Room/ PORTER WAGONER (’72)

Delia’s Gone/ JOHNNY CASH (’94, American Recordings)

Psycho/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’81, '94 reissue Almost Blue, Live in Aberdeen)

You’ll Never Change/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True), orig. Bettye LaVette, '63

I Don’t Like the Man I Am/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)

Halloween/ DREAM SYNDICATE (’82, The Days of Wine and Roses)


You Got Good Taste/ THE CRAMPS (’83, Smell of a Female)

Hell on Earth/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKEHIPS (’93, Lit)

Don’t Lie to Me/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)

Gut Feeling/ DEVO (’78, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)


Thursday, October 29, 2009

B. CALHOUN/ B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ WED., 28 OCT. 09


Efterklang with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra performing last year. Those Danes love their hats.
BOY WONDER SUBBAGE FOR THE BUCK CALHOUN SHOW/ 10:00-MIDNIGHT

Kertesz/ A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (’09, Delivrance)

How Many Worlds (B. Eno)/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’09, Easy Come Easy Go)

To Climb the Cliff/ ANTENNA (’04 collection, Camino Del Sol)

Double Rockers/ STEREOLAB (’01, Sound-Dust)

Spoon/ CIBO MATTO (’99, Stereo Type A)

Love Is Here/ LUSCIOUS JACKSON (’97, A Life Less Ordinary st)

Tensile/ THE CLEAN (’09, Mr. Pop)


Buffalo Boots/ LUNA (’04, Rendevous)

New Hampshire/ SONIC YOUTH (’04, Sonic Nurse)

It’s A Bad World/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’97, Songs From Northern Britain)

Hell on Earth/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKEHIPS (’93, Lit)

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Gorehound/ THE CRAMPS (’83, Smell of a Female)


Gravitate/ LOU BARLOW (’09, Goodnight Unknown)*

Heads Will Roll/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’82, Porcupine)

Christine/ SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (’80, Kaleidoscope)

Adventure Tour/ THE RUBY SUNS (’08, Sea Lion)

Lion in a Coma/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Meriweather Post Pavilion)

Mirador/ EFTERKLANG (’07, Parades)

Carolyn’s Fingers/ COCTEAU TWINS (’88, Blue Bell Knolls)

Here to Fall/ YO LA TENGO (’09, Popular Songs)*


Harmony/ CLINIC (’02, Walking With Thee)

Sit u Disais/ CALEXICO (’04, Convict Pool ep)

Genesis 3:23/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’09, The Life of the World to Come)*

Honey Child What Can I Do?/ ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN (’06, Ballad of the Broken Seas)

Son of Sam/ ELLIOT SMITH (’00, Figure 8)

Underground Sun/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 (’06, Ole! Tarantula)

*new or recent release


FOGUE/ B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ WED., 28 OCT. 09


Nick "Hot Child in the City" Gilder with his earlier band, Sweeney Todd, featuring Bryan Adams. Yes, they were a Canadian band, circa mid 1970's.
BOY WONDER SUBBAGE FOR FOGUE, 2:00-4:00 PM

Committed to Parkview/ PORTER WAGONER (’07, Wagonmaster)

Spooky/ CLASSICS IV (’68)

I Can Be a Frog/ FLAMING LIPS (’09, Embryonic)*

Raphael/ COCOROSIE (’07, Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn)

God’s Gonna Cut You Down/ JOHN CASH (’06, American V: A Hundred Highways)

Alligator Wine/ SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS ('58)

Black Santa/ KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS (’09, Dracula Boots)*


Natural’s Not In It/ GANG OF FOUR (’80, Entertainment!')

Fitted Shirt/ SPOON ('01, Girls Can Tell)

I Felt Like a Gringo/ THE MINUTEMEN ('83, Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat)

Bull Black Nova/ WILCO (’09, Wilco (The Album))

Strange/ WIRE (’77, Pink Flag)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf/ THE CRAMPS (’80, Songs the Lord Taught Us)


Hot Child in the City/ NICK GILDER (’78)

Look Good in Blue/ BLONDIE (’77, self titled)

Ghost Mouth/ GIRLS (’09, Album)*

Fever/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ('56)

Your Love Is Mine/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’98, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up)

Le Ravin/ FRANCOIZ BREUT ('05, Un Saison Volee)

L’Hotel Particulier/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, 09 reissue Historie de Melody Nelson)


A Minha Menina/ OS MUTANTES (’68, Mutantes)

Ape-like/ CALIFONE (’09, All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers)*

Military Madness/ WOODS (’90, Songs of Shame)*

Walking With a Mountain/ MOTT THE HOOPLE (’70, Mad Shadows)

*new or recent release