BW's "Hot Circles" on at 10:00 PM-1:00 AM (PST), Monday

The Boy Wonder will be filling in for Gus Mozart/ Music Box for the next two weeks (July 14th and 21st); in other words, I'll be on KHSU-FM, 90.5, from 10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Photograph by Birney Imes.

B.W.'s PLAYLIST, KHSU-FM, 90.5, 8 JULY 08

BOY WONDER HOT CIRCLES/ TUES., 8 JULY 08/ MIDNIGHT-2 AM
Messiah Ward/ NICK CAVE & BAD SEEDS (’04, Abattoir Blues)
Crawfish/ ELVIS PRESLEY
Cadillac Walk/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, Cabretta)
Walking Spanish/ TOM WAITS (’85, Rain Dogs)
Ruler of My Heart/ IRMA THOMAS (’62)
Out in the Streets/ THE SHANGRI-LA’S
You Look Good in Blue/ BLONDIE (’76, self-titled debut)
Psychotic Reaction/ COUNT FIVE (’66)
Poor Girl/ X (’83, More Fun in the New World)

Kamikaze/ PJ HARVEY
(2000, Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea)
Soon/ MY BLOODY VALENTINE (’91, Loveless)
Little Eyes/ YO LA TENGO (’03, Summer Sun)
Kingdom of Lies/ FOLK IMPLOSION (’99, One Part Lullaby)
Sgt. Rock/ XTC (’87, Black Sea)

Gratification to Concrete/ ROBERT POLLARD
(’08, Robert Pollard Is Off to Business)*
Always Crashing in the Same Car/ DAVID BOWIE (’77, Low)
Ambulance/ TV ON THE RADIO
(’04, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes)
Oliver James/ FESTIVE FOXES (’08, self-titled)*
Signal/ SAM PHILLIPS (’08, Don’t Do Anything)*
In the Evening/ NINA NASTASIA (’07, You Follow Me)
I Wish I Was Your Mother/ MOTT THE HOOPLE (’73, Mott)
Old Fashioned/ FRIGHTENED RABBIT (’08, The Midnight Organ Fight)*

Ain’t That Enough/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’97, Songs From Northern Britain)
Love is Lies/ BUZZCOCKS (’78, Love Bites)
While I Wait For You/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’99, Black Days Blue Nights)
Oh Caroline/ BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)
*new or recent release

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