G.M.'s MUSIC BOX/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 8 FEB. 2010

BOY WONDER SUBBAGE FOR GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT

Psisya/ JOHN ZORN/ MASADA QUINTET (’09, Stolas: Book of Angels)

Oriental Hora/ A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (’07, AHAAH and The Hun Hangar Ensemble)

Do-Li-Do/ ENSEMBLE PIRIN [Bulgaria] (’08, Believer Music Issue)

Padma Nodi/ STATE OF BENGAL VS. PABAN DAS BAUL [UK/India] (’04, Tana Tani)

Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free)/ JONI MITCHELL (’91, Night Ride Home)

Dead Horse/ ROBIN HOLCOMB (’06, Rogue’s Gallery)

Take Care the Road You Choose/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior)

Central Station/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’10, Rain on the City)*

To Ohio/ THE LOW ANTHEM (’09, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin)

I Want to Be the One/ BOBBY CHARLES (’95, ’03 collection, Last Train to Memphis)

Shelley My Love/ NICK LOWE (’94, Impossible Bird)

Me and Jane Doe/ CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (’10, IRM)*

Checking In/ ON FILLMORE (’09, Extended Vacation)

Why We Fight/ TORTOISE ('95 7" single, ’06 collection, A Lazarus Taxon)

We Are/ THE ALBUM LEAF (’10, A Chorus of Storytellers)*

Red Desert/ PERNICE BROTHERS (’05, Discover a Lovelier You)

Weird Fishes/ RADIOHEAD (’08, In Rainbows)

Raincoats/ EFTERKLANG (’10, Magic Chairs)*

Polish Girls/ CALIFONE (’09, All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers)

My Friend/ BILL CALLAHAN (’09, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle)

Party Girl (’78, live)/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (orig. recorded ’78, ’10, Live at Hollywood High)*

Wild One Forever/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (orig. recorded ’80, Hammersmith Odeon, London, ’10 collection, The Live Anthology)*

Sugar Baby/ KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE (’06, The Harry Smith Project)

The Dozens/ CAROLINE HERRING (’09, Golden Apples of the Sun)

Johnny 99/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (’82, Nebraska)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 6 FEB. 10

Not sure whose dog singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston has in his arms, but one thing's for sure - Johnston's new release, Rain on the City, on Bar/None is something worth howling about. It's his first recording of original material since 2001. Recorded and produced in Nashville by Richard McLaurin, Rain on the City could be one of Freedy's finest and one of the best records released this year (so far!).
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Say No Go/ DE LA SOUL (’89, Three Feet High and Rising)

Coulibaly/ AMADOU & MARIAM (’04, Dimanche a Bamako)

Quattro (Go Tan Project Remix)/ CALEXICO (’04, Black Heart ep)

The Robots/ KRAFTWERK (’78, The Man-Machine)

Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell/ THE FLAMING LIPS (’02, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)

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

Take a Walk/ SPOON (’01, Girls Can Tell)

Found a Job/ TALKING HEADS (’78, More Songs About Building and Food)

Monk Time/ THE MONKS (’66, Black Monk Time)

Walking With Thee/ CLINIC (’02, Walking With Thee)

Peaches/ THE STRANGLERS (’77, Rattus Norvegicus)

Long Cool Woman/ THE HOLLIES (’71, Distant Light)

Lost Time/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)

Sex Beat/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

Superstar/ SONIC YOUTH (’94 compilation, If I Were a Carpenter)

Sleeping Annaleah/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, Kicking Against the Pricks)

Nothing is Good Enough/ AIMEE MANN (’99, Bachelor No. 2)

Lonely Penny/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’10, Rain on the City)*

Ram On/ PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY (’71, Ram)

69 Annee Erotique/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’69, ’02 collection, Initials SG: The Ultimate Best of)

Soft Beating/ EFTERKLANG (’10, Moving Chairs)*

Cotton/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’04, We Shall All Be Healed)

In the Evening/ NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE (’07, You Follow Me)

Kidnapped By Neptune/ SCOUT NIBLETT ( '05, Kidnapped By Neptune)

I’m Beginning to See the Light/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’69, The Velvet Underground)

iHop/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)

The World of Sex/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’92, Extra Width)

The Return of Jackie and Judy/ TOM WAITS (’06, Orphans)

*new or recent release