B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 18 MAY 09

Guitarist extraordinaire Nels Cline shines in the light of Wilco, who are releasing their new record, (The Album), on June 30th. Good stuff. Mr. Cline was kind enough to give the Boy Wonder a free copy of his record, Scarnella, in collaboration with Carla Buzolich. An amazing artist and a very cool bloke.
The Boy Wonder will be filling in for Gus Mozart's Music Box (Monday evenings, 10-Midnight) for the next three weeks. Double dose of the Wonder drug, indeed.

GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ THE BOY WONDER/ 10-Midnight

All Chords Stand For Other Chords/ GO HOME (’09)*

Nefesh/ JOHN ZORN/MASADA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (’96, Bar Kokhba)

On the Bones of the Homecoming Thunder/ ALEX CLINE (’09, Continuation)*

Suzanne/ LEONARD COHEN (’09, Live in London)*

Shake That Dog/ ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS (’09, Another World EP)*

Sugar Man/ RODRIGUEZ (’69, Cold Fact, 09 reissue)*

These Days/ NICO (’69, Chelsea Girl)

Every Path/ ALELA DIANE (’09, To Be Still)*

Werewolf/ CAT POWER (’03, Free)

Love Letter/ DEX ROMWEBER DUO (’09, Ruins of Berlin)*

Night Time/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)*

I’d Rather Go Blind/ ETTA JAMES

Laughing With a Mouth of Blood/ ST. VINCENT (’09, Actor)*

Shangri-La/ M. WARD (’09, Hold Time)*

Under the Waves/ PSEUDOSIX (’07, self titled)

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

Nickels and Dimes/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)

Use It/ THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (’05, Twin Cinema)

Bull Black Nova/ WILCO (’09, (The Album))*

Malibu Gas Station/ SONIC YOUTH (’09, The Eternal)*

Coast to Coast/ ELLIOTT SMITH (’04, From a Basement on a Hill)

Faith/Void/ BILL CALLAHAN (’09, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 16 MAY 09

SONIC YOUTH bassist, vocalist and all-around cool cat, Kim Gordon likes to handle more than a bass. Early Richard Kern photo (1985) of the pioneering Riot Grrrrl (or is it XGirl?). Shotguns, Kim Gordon, old pick ups & Boy Wonder's Hot Circles, in moderation, can be beneficial to one's health. In moderation...

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9-11 PM

Vives Boogaloo/ CHARLIE PALOMARES (’67)

Bossa Cubana/ LOS ZAFIROS

Talk Is Cheap/ SANDY GAYE (‘69)

Roadrunner/ BO DIDDLEY (’59)

Voodoo Cadillac/ SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (’91, Too Much Pork For Just One Fork)

Que Lindo Sueno/ KING KHAN & THE SHRINES (’08, The Supreme Genius of…)

Spanish Stroll/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, self titled)

Way Down in the Hole/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)

Personality Crisis/ NY DOLLS (’73, self titled)

Pipeline/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’92, So Alone)

Surfin’ Bird/ THE RAMONES (’78, Rockets to Russia)

Set Me Free (Privilege)/ PATTI SMITH GROUP (’78, Easter)

Satellite of Love/ LOU REED (’72, Transformer)

Blank Generation/ RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS (’77)

Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)

Girls/ DAVID JOHANSEN (’78, self titled)

Ashes of American Flags (live, sound check)/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of American Flags)*

In the Engine Room/ MIKE WATT (’97, Contemplating the Engine Room)

I Felt Like a Gringo/ THE MINUTEMEN (’83, Buzz or Howl Under the Influence)

Ghost on the Highway/ THE GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

Another Girl, Another Planet/ THE ONLY ONES (’78)

It’s a Good Thing/ THAT PETROL MOTION (’86, Manic Pop Thrill)

Pen/ THE SIMPLE ONES (’95, Worth the Wait)

Rosewood, Wax, Volt + Glitter/ RED RED MEAT (Bunny Gets Paid, '09 reissue)*

I Am A Tree/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’97, Mag Earwhig)

Codename Potato/ THE KIWIS (’09, We’ve Got the Murder Weapon)*

Portland/ DYNAMITE SWEATER ('08)

Problems/ SEX PISTOLS (’77, Never Mind the Bullocks)

Professor Booty/ BEASTIE BOYS (’92, Check Your Head)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST, KHSU-FM, 90.5, SAT., 9 MAY 09

The Muff's leader, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, Kim Shattuck, churns out the riffs horizontally, even while listening to The Hot Circles. Check out The Muffs blogsite for further pix of their recent show in Madrid, Spain.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Can’t See My Way/ ERMA FRANKLIN (’68, Super Soul Sister)

Somebody Help Me/ RICHARD COOK (’68)

Hound Dog/ BIG MAMA THORNTON (’53)

Alligator Wine/ SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS (’58)

Watch the Dog That Bring Home the Bone/ SANDY GAYE (’69)

El Ovni/ LOS OVNIS (’66)

Ah-So/ THE 5,6,7,8’S (’91, Can’t Help It)

Monk Time/ THE MONKS (’68, Black Monk Time)

7x7/ LOVE (’67, Da Campo)

We’re So Illegal/ MYSTERY GIRLS (’08, Incontinopia)

+81/ DEERHOOF (’07, Friend Opportunity)

The Prowl/ DAN AUERBACH (’09, Keep It Hid)*

Rare As a Yeti/ KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS (’09, Dracula Boots)*

Speak to Me/ THE HEADCOATEES (’97, Bozstick Haze)

Mr. Mystery/ FABIENNE DELSOL (’07, Between You and Me)

Je T’aime Moi Non Plus/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’69)

Way You Walk/ PAPAS FRITAS (’00, Building and Grounds)

Impossible Germany (live, ‘08/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of American Flags)

Night Life/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)

Still Around/ DEX ROMWEBER DUO (’09, Ruins of Berlin)

Cadillac Walk/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, self titled debut)

Don’t You Want It/ GOLDEN MEAN (’05, Black Operation)

Raw Ramp/ T. REX (’71, Electric Warrior)

Reptile Style/ THE REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)

Color Me Impressed/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’83, Hootenany)

Funny Face/ THE MUFFS (’95, Blonder and Blonder)

The Lung/ DINOSAUR JR. (’87, You’re Living All Over Me)

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 25 APRIL 09

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez gets down with the Hot Circles behind a wall of amps. Check out the Light in the Attic reissue of Rodriguez's stellar 1970 release, Cold Facts, and his resurgence from the other side of the globe.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9-11 PM
Watch the Dog That Bring the Bone/ SANDY GAYE (’69)
Be Easy/ SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (’07, 100 Days, 100 Nights)
Somebody’s Gonna Help Me/ RICHARD COOKE (’68, Eccentric Soul: Tragar & Note Labels, No. 020)
Guayaba (Tito Puente)/ LUCHO MACEDO ('07 comp., Movers!)
El Pito/ JOE CUBA ('65)
Donde Vas?/ LOS GATOS SALVAJES (’07, Roots of Chicha)
Spanish Stroll/ MINK DEVILLE (’77, self titled)
Inner City Blues/ RODRIGUEZ (’69/ 2008 reissue, Cold Fact)

Mr. Nobody/ POKEY LAFARGE
Graveyard Shift/ STEVE EARLE & DEL McCORY BAND (’99, The Mountain)
Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’03, 1000 Years of Popular Music)
There She Still Remains/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)
‘Til I Get It Right/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)*
Look For Me (I’ll Be Around)/ NEKO CASE (’02, Blacklisted)
Ramblin Man/ HANK WILLIAMS, SR.
Shelley My Love/ NICK LOWE (’94, Impossible Bird)

The Wind and the Dove/ BILL CALLAHAN (’09, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle)*
Saro/ SAM AMIDON (’08, All is Well)
Sick Bed of Cuchulainn/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum Sodomy & the Lash)
Last Orders Please/ THE FACES (w/ Ronnie Lane, vocals, '71, A Nod is as Good as a Wink...)
I’m Shakin’/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ('61)

Trigger Cut/ Wounded Kite at :17/ PAVEMENT ('92, Slanted & Enchanted)
Vicious/ LOU REED (’72, Transformer)
The Town Halo/ AC NEWMAN (’04, The Slow Wonder)
Stars/ THE CLEAN (’01, Getaway)
Go For the Exit/ BOSTON SPACESHIPS (’08, Brown Submarine)
In the City/ THE JAM (’77, In the City)
Blank Generation/ RICHARD HELL & the VOIDOIDS (’77, Blank Generation)
Safe European Home/ THE CLASH (’78, Give’em Enough Rope)

Down on the Street/ THE STOOGES (’70, Funhouse)
*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 18 APRIL 09

The great record label, Vampisoul, are among scores of other bitchin' independent labels featured at Missing Link Records, Arcata, CA, the new greasy-chicken house of soul, rock, garage, exotic-world, lounge, r&b, jazz, contemporary, obscure soundtracks and classical. The whole gambit of cool taste. Thanks to Adam and Matt for feeding the World of Hot Circles!

BOY WONDER' HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Goombay Bump/ JAY MITCHELL (’74)
Be My Baby/ THE PEPPER POTS (’09, Shake It)*
Soul Butter/ JOHNNY BARFIELD & THE MEN OF S.O.U.L. (’67)
This Time You’re Wrong/ CAROL KAY
Chicken Thighs/ ANDRE WILLIAMS (Movin’ on With Andre Williams)
Ice Cream For Crow/ CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND (’82, Ice Cream For Crow)

Lucinda/ Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well (live in Atlanta, GA)/ TOM WAITS (7”, Glitter and Doom Tour)*
In Germany Before the War/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’09, Easy Come Easy Go)*
Still Around/ DEXTER ROMWEBER w/ NEKO CASE (’09, Ruins of Berlin)*
Before I Wake/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)*
Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen/ PJ HARVEY (’09, A Woman A Man Walked By)*
Idiot Son/ RED RED MEAT (’95, Bunny Gets Paid, ’09 reissue)
Lock & Key/ WHISPERTOWN (’08, Swim)

Run Boy Run/ LEE HAZELWOOD (’63, Trouble is a Lonesome Town)
Take This Waltz/ LEONARD COHEN (’09, Live in London)*
My Friend/ BILL CALLAHAN (’09, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle)*
I’m Waiting For the Day/ THE BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)
Bob/ OTTO (’08, What’s Happening in Pernambuco: New Sounds from the Brazilian Northeast)
Incredible Visions/ THE MILK & HONEY BAND (’09, Dog Eared Moonlight)*

Too Shy/ MOE TUCKER (’91, I Spent A Week There The Other Night)
Fire Engine/ 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS (’66, The Psychedelic Sounds of…)
KKK Took My Baby Away/ THE RAMONES (’81, Pleasant Dreams)
First Time/ SUPERCHUNK (’94, Foolish)
Scream Team/ DEERHOOF (’05, Runners Four)

Confection/ NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)
*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 11 APRIL 09

Songwriter, musician, and artist Kate Bush was only 17 years old when she released her debut record, The Kick Inside, in 1977. Yeah, I know, this photo (espeically the dress) balances the fine point between looking chic and looking like Stevie Nicks. Fortunately, it falls (mainly) on the former. Then again, who gives a toss? She's still cool, talented and beautiful. Welcome, Ms. Bush, to Boy Wonder's World. So to speak. She was recently spotted at the recent official opening of Missing Link Records in Arcata, CA. Then again, maybe there was something in the free punch...

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

It’s Raining/ IRMA THOMAS (’62)
Alligator Wine/ SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS (’58, Leiber/Stoller)
If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up/ BETTY DAVIS (’73, self titled)
Broken English/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’79, Broken English)
Dum Maro Dum/ ASHA BHOSLE
Favorite Chair/ PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH (’09, A Woman A Man Walked By)*
Melody/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, Histoire de Melody Nelson)

Jigsaw Falling Into Place/ RADIOHEAD (’08, In Rainbows)
Keep on Running/ SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (’65)
Time the Avenger/ THE PRETENDERS (’82, Learning to Crawl)
Speak to Me/ THE HEADCOATEES (’08, Boztik Haze)
Foggy Notion/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’69)
7 And 7 Is/ LOVE (’67, Da Capo)

You May Be Blue/ VETIVER (’06, To Find Me Gone)
Oliver James/ FLEET FOXES (’08, self titled)
Sugar Man/ RODRIGUEZ (’70, Cold Fact)
Death of a Clown/ THE KINKS (’67, Something Else)
If You Know Time/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK (’04, Spooked)
The Crane Wife 3/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’09, Easy Come Easy Go)*
Heads Will Roll/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’82, Porcupine)

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)
New Hampshire/ SONIC YOUTH (04, Sonic Nurse)
Doc Ellis/ SF SEALS (’93, Baseball Trilogy)
Walking With a Mountain/ MOTT THE HOOPLE (’70, Mad Shadows)

Rosewood, Wax, Voltz + Glitter/ RED RED MEAT (’96, Bunny Gets Paid, ‘09 reissue)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 4 APRIL 09

Never has the Boy Wonder been so honored. Artist extraordinaire Tara McPherson loves the Hot Circles. To paraphrase the great Roy Orbison, "In dreams..."

BOY WONDER’S HOT CIRCLES/ SAT. 4 APRIL 09
What You’re Putting Me Through/ DIANE NEWBY
Fox on the Run/ THE SWEET (’74, Desolation Boulevard)
Low Rider/ WAR (’75)
America/ WEST SIDE STORY (’60, Original Soundtrack)
The Message/ GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS 5 (’82)
Say No Go/ DE LA SOUL (’89, 3 Feet High and Rising)

Crosseyed and Painless/ TALKING HEADS (’80, Remain in Light)
Chet Boghassa/ TINARIWEN (’03, Amassakoul)
Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)
IHop/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)
Sooner/ MY BLOODY VALENTINE (’91, Loveless)
Love Me Anyway/ STEVE WYNN (’08, Crossing Dragon Bridge)

Crystal Lake/ GRANDADDY (’00, The Sophomore Slump)
Bled White/ ELLIOT SMITH (’98, XO)
Magpie to the Morning/ NEKO CASE (’09, Middle Cyclone)*
Staralfur/ SIGUR ROS (’08, Hvarf/Heim)
Carolyn’s Fingers/ COCTEAU TWINS (’88, Blue Bell Knoll)
Shangri-La/ M. WARD (’09, Hold Time)*

Feelin’/ THE LA’S (89, BBC in Session)
Doc Ellis/ SF SEALS (’93, Baseball Trilogy)
Thick As Thieves/ THE JAM (’79, Thick As Thieves)
Chain, Chain, Chain/ RED RED MEAT (’95, Bunny Gets Paid)
Nothing Ever Happens/ DEERHUNTER (’08, Microcastle)
Autonomy/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’78, Another Music in a Different Kitchen)

Lucifer Sam/ THE SADIES (’06, In Concert)
*new or recent release