B.W.'s PLALIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 6 JUNE 09

Soul singer LEE FIELDS, who has kicked around since the 70's, hooked up with essentially the El Michels Affair (The Expressions), producing one of the finest soul records to be released this year, My World, on Truth & Soul. It's a subtle blending of Stax/Volt, James Brown-influenced soul with contemporary arrangements. In short, it's a killer record.

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

Do You Love Me/ LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS (’09, My World)*

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

The Devastator/ STORMY ’67, Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation)

Mas O Menos/ THE BUDOS BAND (’07, Budos II)

Must I Holler/ JAMO THOMAS (’66)

Chicken Thighs/ ANDRE WILLIAMS

She’s My Baby/ THE MOJO MEN (’67)

Psychotic Reaction/ THE COUNT FIVE (’65)

Nitroglycerine/ THE GORIES (’90, I Know You Fine, But How You Doin’)

Live Fast Die Young/ KING KHAN & THE SHRINES (’08, The Supreme Genius of…)

Donde Vas/ LOS GATOS SALVAJES

Savoir Faire/ MINK DEVILLE (’80, Le Chat Bleu)

Frenchette/ DAVID JOHANSEN (’78, self titled)

Supergirl/ STEREOTOTAL (’98, self titled)

Real Tru Love/ THE PEPPER POTS (’09, Now!)*

Sexy on the Inside/ ROMANTIC RETARDNATION

North American Scum/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’07, Sound of Silver)

Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana/ ASHA BHOSLE

Fire/Sign/ THE GOSSIP (’03, Movement)

Make It Black/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade And Your Gone)

Swing Set/ THE CUTTERS (’01, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)

Make It in America/ THE BEARDS (’02, Funtown)

Political Song For Michael Jackson/ THE MINUTEMEN (’89, Double Nickels on a the Dime)

The Modern World/ THE JAM (’77, This is the Modern World)

Achin/ THE PLUGZ (’81, Better Luck)

Dizzy Miss Lizzy (live version)/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled, ’92 reissue)

The Have Nots/ X (’82, Under the Big Black Sun)

All’s Quiet on the Eastern Front/ THE RAMONES (’81, Pleasant Dreams)

Kiss Me on the Bus (studio demo)/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’85, Tim, ’08 reissue)

Chowder/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’98, Xtra Acme USA)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 30 MAY 2009

Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong, the eccentric and charming central character of Wong Kar-wai's brilliant Chungking Express, searches high and low for Hot Circles. Though, you might want to bring another bowl with you the next time, Faye...

BOY WONDER’S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM
Stranded in Your Love/ SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (w/ LEE FIELDS) (’05, Naturally)
Let Me Come Within/ RENALDO DOMINO (’70)
In the Basement, Pt. 1/ ETTA JAMES & SUGAR PIE DESANTO
Minnie Skirt Minnie/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)
Wicked Midnite/ THE MEKONS (’92, I ♥ Mekons)
Torture/ KING KHAN & THE SHRINES (’08, Supreme Genius of…)
Who Do You Love/ BO DIDDLEY (’66)
Bad Taste/ THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS (’95, Gamblin’ Days Are Over)

Earthquake Heart/ THE DIRTBOMBS (’03, Dangerous Magical Noise)
I’ve Got Levitation/ 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS (’67)
Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy/ THE MONKS (’66, Black Monk Time, ’09 reissue)*
Welcome/ THE CLINIC (’02, Walk With Thee)
Take A Walk/ SPOON (’01, Girls Can Tell)
My New House/ THE FALL (’85, This Nation’s Saving Grace)
Days of Wine and Roses/ THE DREAM SYNDICATE (’82, Days of Wine and Roses)

Strange/ WIRE (’77, Pink Flag)
Why Can’t I Touch It/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’78)
Historie de Melody Nelson/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, Historie de Melodie Nelson, ’09 reissue)*
Autumn Sweater/ YO LA TENGO (’97, I Can Hear the Heart Beat As One)
Drive On, Driver/ MAGNETIC FIELDS (’08, Distortion)

Lion in a Coma/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Merriweather Post Pavillion)*
Hard On Love/ NICK CAVE & THE BAS SEEDS (’86, Your Funeral…My Trial)
Draw Us Lines/ THE CONSTANTINES (’06, Tournament of Hearts)
Scream Team/ DEERHOOF (’05, Runners Four)
I Am a Tree/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’97, Mag Earwhig!)

Antenna/ SONIC YOUTH (’09, The Eternal)*
*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 25 MAY 09

Ms. Faithfull's faithful endowment and grace and beauty are honored on the Hot Circles platter. Check out Marianne Faithfull's terrific recent recording, Easy Come Easy Go, an album of covers, with a killer backing band (and produced by Hal Wilner).
I'm once again filling in for Gus Mozart's Music Box for another round of cool tunes for a lovely Monday evening.
GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ BOY WONDER/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT

Myself When I Am Real/ CHARLES MINGUS (’64, Mingus Plays Piano: Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations)

The Equator/ TORTOISE (’98, TNT)

Be Bread/ MYRA MELFORD (’06, The Image of Your Body)

The Water Under the Moon/ A HAWK & A HACKSAW (’05, Darkness At Noon)

Ah! Melody/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, Historie of Melody Nelson, ’09 reissue)

Ice Cream Song/ THE DYNAMICS (’69)

Not Too Cool to Cry/ RENALDO DOMINO (’69, Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation, ’09 reissue)*

Selfish One/ JACKIE ROSS (’64)

Poor Side of Town/ JOHNNY RIVERS (’66)

Inner City Blues/ RODRIGUEZ (’70, Cold Fact, ’09 reissue)*

In My Own Time/ KAREN DALTON (’71, In My Own Time)

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

The Crane Wife 3/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’09, Easy Come Easy Go)*

King of the Carrot Flowers Pt. 1/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL (’97, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)

Service Bell/ GRIZZLY BEAR & FEIST (’09, Dark Was the Night)*

Raphael/ COCOROSIE ('07, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn)

The Wind and the Dove/ BILL CALLAHAN (’09, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle)*

Stars of Leo/ M. WARD (’09, Hold Time)*

Flood/ THE ACORN (’07, Glory Hope Mountain)

The Sixties/ T-BONE BURNETT (’82, Proof Through the Night, ’07 reissue)

Tonight We Ride/ MATTHEW SWEET (’03, Kimi Ga Suki Raifu)

Hawaii Five-O/ THE VENTURES (’69)

Lipstick Vogue/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’78, This Year’s Model)

Soleil/ IAIN ARCHER (’06, Magnetic North)

All of Sudden/ XTC (’82, English Settlement)

Vengeance Is Sleeping/ NEKO CASE (’09, Middle Cyclone)*

God’s Children/ THE KINKS (’71, Percy)

Moving on a Holiday/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’99, Blue Days Black Nights)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 23 MAY 09

Kim Gordon screams for the Hot Circles (and makes a second appearance on the website, I realize). Sonic Youth will be releasing their 16th record, The Eternal, on June 9th, from Matador. The NY-based band, now joined by former Pavement bassist Mark Ibold, truly rocks on this upcoming strong release.

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

Dr. Feelgood/ ARETHA FRANKLIN (’67, I Never Loved a Man The Way I Loved You)
What a Good Man He Is/ TAMMI TERRELL (’69)
Crazy About You/ ANN PEEBLES (’70, Part Time Love)
BarBQ/ WENDY RENE (’64)
Little Willie & Hand Jive/ JOHNNY OTIS (’58)
I Want Candy/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill/ THE BOSTWEEDS (’66)
Soul Butter/ JOHNNY BARFIELD AND THE MEN OF S.O.U.L.

Perfect World/ JAMES INTVELD (’95, self titled)
Flat Top Joint/ THE BLASTERS (’80, American Music)
Burning House of Love/ X (’95, Unclogged)
Night Life/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)*
Melody/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, Historie de Melody Nelson, ’09 reissue)*
Walkin Blue/ SONIC YOUTH (’09, The Eternal)*
Bull Black Nova/ WILCO (’09, Wilco (The Album))*

Side With the Seeds/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of American Flags)*
Turn Me On/ ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN (’08, Sunday at Devil Dirt)
King of the Dogs/ IGGY POP (’09, Preliminaires)*
No Love/ THE PLUGZ (’81, Better Luck)
Today is Going to Be Mine/ DAVID KILGOUR (’01, Feather in the Engine)
Queen Bitch/ DAVID BOWIE (’71, Hunky Dory)
Thick as Thieves/ THE JAM (’79, Setting Sons)

Buried Alive/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKE HIPS (’93, 7” single)
Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)
Mystery Plane/ THE CRAMPS (’80, Songs the Lord Taught Us)
Boys are Boys and Girls Are Choice/ THE MONKS (’66, Black Monk Time, ’09 reissue)*
Are You Going to Be There/ THE CHOCLATE WATCH BAND (’67, No Way Out)

Anti-Orgasm/ SONIC YOUTH (’09, The Eternal)*

*new or recent release

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)