Please, Please, Please

Mr. James Brown, Memphis, 1965; pix taken by legendary Memphis photographer, Ernest C. Withers.

B.W.'s PLAYLIST, KHSU-FM, 90.5, 1 JULY 08

BOY WONDER’S HOT CIRCLES/ TUES., 1 JULY 08/ MIDNIGHT- 2 AM
My Babe/ LITTLE WALTER
I’m Shakin’/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN
Get Out of My Life/ ALLEN TOUSSAINT
Ma/ TOM ZE
Lucky Lucky Luck/ EVANGELISTA (w/ CARLA BUZOLICH, Hello, Voyager)*
Impossible Germany/ WILCO (Sky Blue Sky, ‘07)
White Winter Hymnal/ FLEET FOXES (self titled debut, ’08)*
For Emma/ BON IVER (For Emma, Forever Ago)*
Suffering Jukebox/ SILVER JEWS (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea)*

Do You Know the Way to San Jose/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (My Favorite Waste of Time, ‘08)*
Temptation/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
Ram On/ PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY
One Stolen Moment/ PETE MOLINARI
Get Yourself Together/ SMALL FACES
Son of a Gun/ THE LA’S (BBC in Session)
Pretty (Ugly Before)/ ELLIOTT SMITH (From a Basement on the Hill, ’04)

When You Walk Out/ MATTHEW SWEET (100% Fun, ’95)
I’m Waiting For the Day/ THE BEACH BOYS (Pet Sounds, ’66)
Comfy in Nautica/ PANDA BEAR (Person Pitch, ’07)
Happy Spirits/ THE RADAR BROTHERS (Auditorium, ’08)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place/ RADIOHEAD (In Rainbows, ’08)
Midnight Man/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, ’08)*
Lovelines/ THE RELACEMENTS (Hootenany, ’82)
Voodoo Cadillac/ SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (Too Much Pork, ‘’91)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?/ MINUTEMEN (3-Way Tie for Last, ’85)
The Have Nots/ X (Under the Big Black Sun,’82)

Behind Closed Doors/ CHARLIE RICH
Motel Matches/ E.C. & ATTRACTIONS
I Must Be in a Good Place Now/ VETIVER (Thing of the Past, ’08, Bobby Charles cover)*
Help Me/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON
Ask Me No Questions/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (So Alone, ’78)
*new/recent release

There's No Wave Like No Wave

Back when NY was affordable to live in, dirty, sick and fun! Release of a new "coffee table/art" book, published by Abams, No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980, scribed by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley. NY Times article on its release. Pictured: DNA #1's lineup/ Ikue Mori, Arto Lindsay and Robin Crutchfield (photograph by Julia Gorton).

Up For A Ride?

The femme fatales of Russ Meyer's classic, Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

B.W.'s PLAYLIST, KHSU-FM, 90.5, 10 JUNE 08

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ TUES., 10 JUNE 08/ MIDNIGHT-2 AM
Old Fashioned/ FRIGHTENED RABBIT (The Midnight Organ Fight, ‘08)*
For Emma/ BON IVER (For Emma, Forever Ago)*
Tonight Will Be Fine (L. Cohen)/ TEDDY THOMPSON (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man)
Little Satchel/ SAM AMIDON (All Is Well)*
Sky Blue Sky/ WILCO
To Baby/ VETIVER (Thing of the Past)*
Summer Rain/ JOHNNY RIVERS (1967)
King of Carrot Flowers/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL

Ruler of My Heart/ IRMA THOMAS
Mohair Sam/ CHARLIE RICH
Dirty Blvd./ LOU REED (New York, ‘89)
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me/ RICHARD THOMPSON
Clap Hands/ TOM WAITS (Big Time, ‘88)
Paint Work/ THE FALL (This Nation’s Saving Grace)

Keep on Runnin/ THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
Time the Avenger/ THE PRETENDERS (Learning to Crawl, ‘84)
Favorite Thing/ SUGAR (File Under: Easy Listening, ‘94)
Wrecking the Flow/ THE DIRTBOMBS (We Have You Surrounded, ’08)*
Same Reaction/ SNAKE HIPS (Memphis Juke, ’97)
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart/ HAYES CARLL (Trouble in Mind, ’08)*

Suffering Jukebox/ SILVER JEWS (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, ’08)*
Autoclave/ MOUNTAIN GOATS (Heretic Pride, ’08)
Bigmouth Strikes Again/ THE SMITHS (The Queen is Dead, ’86)
The Lovely Sky Boat/ THE SUPERIMPOSERS
God Only Knows/ THE BEACH BOYS (Pet Sounds)
Waitin’ For Superman/ FLAMING LIPS (Soft Parade, ’99)
Turn on Me/ THE SHINS (Wincing the Night Away, ’07)

Don’t Take Anyone to be Your Friend/ SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

*recent release

B.W.'s Playlist, KHSU-FM, 90.5, 2,3 June 2008

BOY WONDER'S "HOT CIRCLES"/ MON, 2, JUNE 08/ 10:00 PM-1:00 AM
Wham Bam Thank You Mam/ CHARLIE MINGUS (Oh Yeah)
The Neon/ DAVID WITHAM (’07, Spinning the Circle)
Suspended Head/ NELS CLINE SINGERS (’02, Instrumentals)
Help Me Somebody/ ENO/BYRNE (’80, My Life in a Bush of Ghosts)

Say Man/ BO DIDDLEY (1958)
Bo Diddley/ BUDDY HOLLY (1955)
Willie & the Hand Jive/ JOHNNY OTIS (1958)
She’s the One/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & E STREET BAND (Live, April 2008, Arco Arena, Sacramento)
Earthquake Heart/ DIRTBOMBS (’03, Dangerous Magical Noise)
Hard on Love/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, You Funeral, My Trial)
Nighttime/ THE STRANGELOVES
Roadrunner/ BO DIDDLEY (1959)

16 Shells in a Thirty-Ought Six/ TOM WAITS (live, Big Time)
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up/ HAYES CARLL (’08, Trouble in Mind)*
Poke/ FRIGHTENED RABBIT (’08, Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat)*
Black is the Colour/ HAMISH IMLACH (‘66)
Keep Your Eye on Other’s Gain/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (’08, Lie Down in the Light)*
Dry Lips/ LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION (’08, Falling Off the Lavender Bridge)*
Killing For Love/ JOSE GONZALEZ (’07, In Our Nature, Imperial Recordings)
Creeped Out/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK (’04, Spooked)

Arriving on a Train/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’01, Right Between the Promises)
Take Care the Road You Choose/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior)
From the Rivers to the Ocean/ BILL CALLAHAN (’07, Woke on a Whaleheart)
Handshake Drugs/ WILCO (live, Troutdale, OR, Aug. 07)
Hurry on Sundown/ VETIVER (’08, Thing of the Past, Hawkwind cover)*

Seven Seas/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’83, Ocean Rain)
So You Know Now/ AMY RIGBY (’05, Little Fugitive)
Wave/ CALEXICO (’04, Por Vida, Alejandro Escovedo tribute)
Summer Rain/ JOHNNY RIVERS
Ram On/ PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY (’71, Ram)

The Least I Could Do/ SUPERSUCKERS w/ AMY NELSON
Silver Wing/ THE KNITTERS (’85, Poor Little Critter on the Road, M. Haggard)
Behind Closed Doors/ CHARLIE RICH (1972)
Wichita Lineman/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’93, Unlucky ep)
Houses/ VETIVER*
Stranger in the House/ RACHEL SWEET (’78, Fool Around, E.Costello cover)
She Left Me For Jesus/ HAYES CARLL*
Burning House of Love/ X (’95, Unclogged)

Flume/ BON IVER (’08, For Emma, Forever Ago)*
*recent release

Sneaker Pimps

Gelhorn & Hemingway Hitched in Honolulu, 1940