Sunday, June 12, 2011

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 11 JUNE 2011


Still from the 1981 excellent French film, Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez (as the opera diva, Cynthia Hawkins) and Frederic Andrei (as Jules) star in this film about purity of live performance, commodification of art and the art of buttering bread.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10 PM-MIDNIGHT

Aria from “La Wally”/ WILHELMENIA WIGGINS FERNANDEZ (’81, Diva st)

Molly Bawn (live, Edinburgh)/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY w/ HAREM SCAREM AND ALEX NEILSON (’08, Is It the Sea?)

Ruler of My Heart/ IRMA THOMAS (’63)

Oh So Lonesome For You/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)

Everywhere With Helicopter/ JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT (’11, Sing For Your Meat: Tribute to Guided By Voices)*

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


Drover/ BILL CALLAHAN (’11, Apocalypse)*

Benediction/ THURSTON MOORE (’11, Demolished Thoughts)*

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

Outer Realms/ THE CAVE SINGERS (’11, No Witch)*

69 Annee Erotique/ SERGE GAINSBOURG/JANE BIRKIN (’69, ’11 reissue, Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg)

When My Baby Comes/ GRINDERMAN (’10, Grinderman 2)


Swimming Ground/ THE MEAT PUPPETS (’85, Up on the Sun)

Desert Skies/ BEACHWOOD SPARKS (’00, self titled)

And She Rides/ THE LONG RYDERS (’84, Native Sons)

Rockin’ Around (With You)/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (’76, self titled)

I’m On Fire (original mix)/ DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND (’75, 93 issue, The Great Lost Twilley Album)

In the Street (7” single version)/ BIG STAR (’72, ’08 collection, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story)

Don’t Want You Back/ THE SIGHTS (’02, Got What We Want)

Ain’t That Enough/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’87, Songs From Northern Britain)


Pot Kettle Black/ WILCO (’02, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)

1880 or so/ TELEVISION (’92, Television)

King For a Day/ XTC (’89, Oranges & Lemons)

Green Shirt/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’79, Armed Forces)

Woman’s World/ SQUEEZE (’81, East Side Story)

The Alibi/ LUNA (’02, Close Cover Before Striking ep)


Infinito Particular/ MARISA MONTE (’06, Infinito Paricular)


*new or recent release