Saturday, August 13, 2011

LEFT OF THE DIAL/ KHSU, 90.5/ FRI., 12 AUG. 2011


LEFT OF THE DIAL/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

The Knife/ SCOTT AMENDOLA TRIO (’10, Lift)

Don Alejo/ THE ECHOCENTRICS (’11, Sunshadows)

Pipeline/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’78, So Alone)

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

Hateful/ THE CLASH (’79, London Calling)

Public Image/ PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. (’79, Public Image: First Issue)

Not Great Men/ GANG OF FOUR (’79, Entertainment!)

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


Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind/ YO LA TENGO (’06, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)

Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)

Kingdom of Lies/ FOLK IMPLOSION (’99, One Part Lullaby)

Everything at Once/ SUPERCHUNK (’10, Majesty Shredding)

iHop/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)


Date w/ Ikea/ PAVEMENT (’97, Brighten the Corners)

Doors Unlocked and Open/ DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (’11, Codes and Keys)*

I Might Be Wrong/ RADIOHEAD (’01, Amnesiac)

The Glorious Land/ PJ HARVEY (’11, Let England Shake)*

Desire/ ANNA CALVI (’11, self titled)

Dazzle/ SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES (’84, Hyaena)


Youth Knows No Pain/ LYKKE LI (’11, Wounded Rhymes)*

Glow Go the Bones/ BOSCO DELREY (’11, Everybody Wah)*

The Pendulum/ THE ETTES (’11, Wicked Will)*

Hear the Grinder Creak/ FAUN FABLES (’10, Light of a Vaster Dark)

Sara/ CHAD VANGAALEN (’11, Diaper Island)*


Frankie/ BETH ORTON ('06, The Harry Smith Project: Revisted)


*new or recent release

Sunday, August 7, 2011

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 6 AUG. 2011


BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Don’t Jump/ FONTELLA BASS (w/ BOBBY McCLURE) (’65)

If It’s True/ YO LA TENGO (’09, Popular Songs)

Bonnie and Clyde/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (w/ BRIGGITTE BARDOT) (’68)

Dreaming/ ALLO DARLIN’ (’10, self titled)

San Francisco Song/ CAMERA OBSCURA (’04, Underachievers Please Try Harder)

Top of the World/ SHONEN KNIFE (’94, If I Were a Carpenter)

See That Girl/ THE UNDERTONES (’80, Hypnotised)

Our Love Will Change the World/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (‘04, Our Love Will Change the World)

Love is Lies/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’78, Love Bites)

Great Big World/ THE PLIMSOULS (’80, Zero Hour EP)


Party Line/ THE KINKS (’66, Face to Face)

Earn Enough For Us/ XTC (’86, Skylarking)

I Love My Label/ WILCO (’11, 7” single, b-side, b/w “I Might”)

Pop Zeus/ ROBERT POLLARD w/ DOUG GILLARD (’99, Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept.)

Queen Bitch/ DAVID BOWIE (’71, Hunky Dory)

Let Me Look at the Sun/ THE HOT DOGS (’73, ’08 collection, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story)

Doledrums/ THE LA’S (’87, ’06 collection, BBC in Session)

Destination Girl/ FINISHING SCHOOL (’03, Destination Girl)


Spring Rain/ THE GO-BETWEENS (’86, Liberty Belle and The Black Diamond Express)

The Boy Wonders/ AZTEC CAMERA (’81, High Land, High Rain)

Girl Afraid/ THE SMITHS (’84, Hatful of Hollow)

What If We Gave It Away/ R.E.M. (’86, ’11 reissue, Lifes Rich Pageant)*

Kid/ THE PRETENDERS (’80, self titled)

September Gurls/ BIG STAR (’73, ’08 collection, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story)

About You/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’95, Grand Prix)

Biduan/ OMA IRAMA & RITE (’73) [Indonesia]

Clap Hands/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)


Inside Story/ DON McGLASHEN (’10, Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox)

A Head Full of Rolling Stones/ DAVID KILGOUR (’04, Frozen Orange)

Beautiful View/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)


How Long/ CHARLES BRADLEY (w/ MENAHAN STREET BAND) (’11, No Time For Dreaming)*


*new or recent release