B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 22 AUG. 09

This was the Modern World. The Jam, circa 1979, 1980, drummer Rick Buckler, bassist/vocalist Rick Buckler and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter/mastermind, Paul Weller relax and listen to the Hot Circles over a few pints. Accentuate the mod, baby!

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9-11 PM

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

Irresistible Bitch/ PRINCE (’83, b side)

Me Myself and I (OBALAPOS MODE)/ De La Soul (’89, 3 Feet High and Rising)

Love Is Here/ LUCIOUS JACKSON (’97, A Life Less Ordinary, st)

Rip Her to Shreds/ THE COME ONS (’01, How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw Up a Blondie Tribute?)

On Monday/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)

Some Velvet Morning/ LEE HAZELWOOD (’68) (’02, Morvern Callar, st)

Melody/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, 09 reissue, Historie de Melody Nelson)*

Paper Tiger/ BECK (’02, Sea Change)

Here to Fall/ YO LA TENGO (’09, Popular Songs)*

Love & Communication/ CAT POWER (’06, The Greatest)

Children Kiss Your Mother Goodnight/ PISCES (’09 reissue, A Lovely Sight)*

Seven Seas/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’84, Ocean Rain) Sire

Don’t Look Back/ THE REMAINS (’66, ’98, Orginal Artyfacts From the Psychedelic Era)

Turn A Square/ THE SHINS (’03, Chutes Too Narrow)

Hey Luciani/ THE FALL (’86, ’90 collection, 458489 A Sides)

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

What I Have Done/ DOUG GILLARD (’09, Call From Restricted)*

Blind Man’s Bluff/ SNAKEHIPS (’04, Monster Bars)

Hey, Little Girl!/ ALEX CHILTON (’80, Like Flies on Sherbert)

Top of the World/ CHEAP TRICK (’78, Heaven Tonight)

$100 Groom/ PAUL WESTERBERG (04, Folker)

Waste Your Time/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’01, Right Between Promises)

When You Make Up Your Mind/ GUTTERBALL (’93, self titled)

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

Scream Team/ DEERHOOF ('05, The Runners Four)

In the Engine Room/ MIKE WATT (’97, Contemplating the Engine Room)
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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 15 AUG. 09

It is with great sadness that I learned the news of Jim Dickinson's passing early this morning, in his sleep while recuperating from heart surgery, in Memphis (pictured here in 1965). Dickinson, a Memphis legend, icon and personality, known for his production (Big Star, The Replacements), his musicianship (Mudboy & the Neutrons , Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan), and his larger-than-life zeal and character. Father of Luther and Cody Dickinson (The North Mississippi All-Stars), Jim will be dearly missed. Check out the Memphis daily, The Commercial Appeal, for a detailed tribute.

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

Engine Number 9/ WILSON PICKETT

Cry Like A Baby/ THE BOX TOPS (’68)

Back of a Car/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)

Alex Chilton/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’87, Pleased to Meet Me)

Sparky’s Dream/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’95, Grand Prix)

Go All the Way/ MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS (’09, Under the Covers, Vol. 2)*

I Wanna Be With You/ THE RASPBERRIES (’72)

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

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

Loretta/ THE NERVOUS EATERS (’76)

Magic Touch/ THE PLIMOULS (’83, Everywhere at Once)

Get Over You/ THE UNDERTONES (’79, self titled)

Thick As Thieves/ THE JAM (’79, Setting Sons)

Hot Freaks/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’94, Bee Thousand)

Season of the Witch/ LUNA (’96, I Shot Andy Warhol, st)

Getting Out of Hand/ THE BANGS (’81)

L’oiseau/ SYLVIE VARTAN (’68)

69 Annee Erotique/ SERGE GAINSBOURG w/ JANE BIRKIN (’69)

Sunday Girl/ BLONDIE (’78, Parallel Lines)

42 West Avenue/ CASHIER NO. 9 ('07)

Afternoon Tea/ THE KINKS (67, Something Else)

Bled White/ ELLIOT SMITH (’98, XO)

Crystal Days/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’84, Ocean Rain)

Lucifer Sam (live)/ THE SADIE (’06, In Concert)

Kingdom of Love/ THE SOFT BOYS (’80, Underwater Moonlight)

From What I’ve Done/ DOUG GILLARD (’09, Call From Restricted)*

Loose Ends/ BASH & POP (’93, Friday Night is Killing Me)

Tossin’ and Turnin’/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’87, w/ JIM DICKINSON)

Souljacker Pt. 1/ THE EELS (’02, Souljacker)

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

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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 8 AUG. 2009

The beloved and great Willy DeVille, seated with his first wife, Toots, at CBGB's in the mid-1970's. DeVille sadly passed away a few days ago in NY. While in high school, the Boy Wonder bought a Mink DeVille 45 single, "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" b/w "Spanish Stroll" and was promptly blown away. If Springsteen was "The Boss" of Ashbury Park, NJ, then Willy DeVille was "The Prince" of Alphabet City, NYC (Lower East Side). Hoist a glass for the late LES crooner. You'll be missed. Check out the latest NY Times obit piece on Mr. DeVille.

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

Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, Cabretta)

Spanish Harlem/ BEN E KING (’61)

Out in the Street/ THE SHANGRI-LA’S (’65)

My Babe/ LITTLE WALTER (’58)

Bossa Cubana/ LOS ZAFIROS (mid 1960’s, ’99)

She Wants to Mambo/ JOHNNY THUNDERS & PATTI PALLADIN (’85, Copy Cats)

Slow Drain/ MINK DeVILLE (’80, Le Chat Bleu)

Hollywood Bed/ THE BLASTERS (’02, Trouble Bound)

Automatic/ THE RED DEVILS (’92, King, King)

25th Floor/ PATTI SMITH GROUP (’78, Easter)

Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’77, self titled)

Maria/ THE SHORT FUSES (’01, How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw Up a Blondie Tribute?)

Pleasure Seeker/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and You’re Gone)

1976/ REDD KROSS (’90, Third Eye)

Shackles and Chains/ SNAKE HIPS (’93, Lit)

Brown Paper Sack (Larry Rogers)/ THE REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)

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

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

Bad Taste/ THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS (’95, Gambling Days Are Over)

My Own Sake/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’96)

Psycho/ THE SONICS (’65)

Kick Your Heels/ PRISONSHAKE (’93, The Roaring Third)

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

Jane of the Waking Universe/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’97, Mag Earwhig!)

Losing Hand/ THE ROYAL PENDLETONS ('03, A History of Memphis Garage Rock: The 90’s)

Shakin’ All Over/ JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES ('60)

Walking With a Mountain/ MOTT THE HOOPLE (’70, Mad Shadows)

Waiting For My Man/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, The Velvet Underground & Nico)

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

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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 1 AUG. 2009

Some guys, even alien monsters, get all the breaks...From the 1959 Mexican Sci-Fi film, La Nave De Los Monstruos (The Monster's Ship). Let's hope that they like the Boy Wonder's Hot Circles...out there in the universe.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love/ SALOMON BURKE (’64)

In the Basement, Pt. 1/ ETTA JAMES ('66, w/ SUGAR PIE DESANTO)

Nitty Gritty/ SHIRLEY ELLIS (’63)

Be Easy/ SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (’07, 100 Days, 100 Nights)

She’s Looking Good/ RODGER COLLINS (67)

Sugar, Sugar/ WILSON PICKETT (’69)

Night Time/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)

My Life Ain’t Easy/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere at Once)

Monk Time/ THE MONKS (’66. 09, reissue, Black Monk Time)

I Ain’t Nothin’ But a Gorehound/ THE CRAMPS (’83, Smell of a Female)

Hey Monstruo/ LOS MONSTRUOS

Mesmerizer/ THE COME-ONS (’01, Hip Check!)

Soul Typecast/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’93, Extra Width)

Crazy About You Baby/ THE HELLCATS (’90, Hoodoo Train)

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

Memphis, Egypt/ THE MEKONS (’89, Rock n’ Roll)

Rock On/ T. REX ('72, The Slider)

Who Fingered Rock n’ Roll/ CORNERSHOP (’09, Judy Sucks a Lemon For Breakfast)*

Nature Boy/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’04, Abbatoir Blues)

Bob/ OTTO (’08, What’s Happening in Pernambuco)

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

Come On/ JESUS & MARY CHAIN ('94, Stoned and Dethroned)

Why Do I Care/ THE SLUMBER PARTY (’00, self titled)

David Watts/ THE KINKS ('66, Something Else)

Shangri-La/ M. WARD (’09, Hold Time)

Night Time is the Right Time/ ANNA KING ('64, Back to Soul)

Palace at 4AM/ AC NEWMAN (’09, Get Guilty)

He Kissed Me/ THE CRYSTALS ('63)

Another Girl, Another Planet/ THE ONLY ONES ('78, self titled)

Jumpers/ SLEATER KINNEY (’05, The Woods)

Down On the Street/ THE STOOGES (’70, Fun House)

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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 18 JULY 2009

Ms. Nancy Sinatra and Mr. Lee Hazelwood look as if they've stepped into a Jean-Luc Godard film. In short, very hip and tres chic. Welcome to Boy Wonder's World. Merci to the cool songwriter/singer dynamic duo.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

I Can’t Rest/ FONTELLA BASS (’65)

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

About a Fire/ NANCY SINATRA (’04, self titled)

If You Don’t Think/ ANNA KING (’64)

Nothing But a Heartache/ THE FLIRTATIONS (’69)

Money I$ King/ LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS (’09, My World)*

I’m Shakin’/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’55)

Thunderbird/ THE CASUAL-AIRES (mid-‘60’s)

Primitive/ THE GROUPIES (’66)

Earthquake Heart/ THE DIRTBOMBS (’03, Dangerous Magical Noise)

Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons/ FABIENNE DELSOL (’07, Between You and Me)

Girls in Paris/ LEE HAZELWOOD (’67, w/ Suzi Jane Hokum)

Je Sais Que Tu Sais/ IGGY POP (’09, Preliminaires)*

Antenna/ SONIC YOUTH (’09, The Eternal)*

One Block Wonder/ CRYPTACIZE (’09, Mythomania)*

Red Sails/ DAVID BOWIE (’79, Lodger)

No Intention/ DIRTY PROJECTORS (’09, Bitte Orca)*

A Minha Menina/ OS MUTANTES (’68, Os Mutantes)

Psychotic Reaction/ THE COUNT FIVE (’66)

Buried Alive/ SNAKE HIPS (’92, 7”)

She Love You (Cockney version)/ PETER SELLERS

Kingpin/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of the American Flags)*

In the Street/ BIG STAR (’72, 7” version)

Exit Flagger/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’92, Propeller)

Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)/ YO LA TENGO (’95, Electr-O-Pura)

Stars/ THE CLEAN (’01, Getaway)

I’m Waiting For My Man/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, The Velvet Underground & Nico)

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

Safe European Home/ THE CLASH (’78, Give ’em Enough Rope)

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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ WED., 22 JULY 09

FOGUE/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 2'00-4:00 PM

from The Golden Boat/ JOHN ZORN ('92, Film Works: 1986-1990)

Aria From “La Wally”/ WILMENIA WIGGINS FERNANDEZ (’81, Diva st)

Roundabout/ YES (’72, Fragile)

This Here Giraffe/ THE FLAMING LIPS (’95, Clouds Taste Metallic)

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

Melody/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’71, ’09 reissue, Historie of Melodie Nelson)*

Baby/ OS MUTANTES (’71)

I Love My Label/ NICK LOWE (’08 reissue, Jesus of Cool)

She’s My Baby/ THE MOJO MEN (mid-‘60’s)

Dam Ustune Cul Serer/ SELDA [BAGCAN] (’76, ’06 reissue, self titled)

My Girls/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Meriweather Post Pavilion)*

Dear One/ PISCES (late ‘60’s, ’09 reissue, A Lovely Sight)*

El Ovni/ LOS OVNIS (’06, Mas Rock and Roll collection)

We’re Gonna Live in the Trees/ ROBYN ITHCOCK (’04, Spooked)

Mind Like a Playgroup/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia)

Live/ THE MERRY-GO-ROUND (’67)

Get Your Bargain/ RALPH CARNEY (’03, This Is)

Way Down the Old Plank/ DAVID THOMAS (’06, The Harry Smith Project)

Hummingbird/ A HAWK AND A HACKSAW ('09, Deliverance)*

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B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 20 JULY 09

'Tis sad news to hear of Frank McCourt's death. He was a writer, teacher and human being who deserved the success, the awards and attention he received for his first memoir, Angela's Ashes, a well-written, non-sentimental and humorous look upon his upbringing from NY to Limerick, Ireland. The movie version is poxy.
GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10-MIDNIGHT

Crawdad Suite/ JIMMY GUIFFRE & JIM HALL (w/ Ralph Pena) (’57, The Original Trio)

Root and Branch/ GO HOME

Lullaby/ WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET (feat. Mor Thiam, vocals, ’90, Metamorphosis)

Call to Prayer/ BAABA MAAL (’89, Passion: Sources)

Tessalit/ TINARIWEN (’00, The Radio Tisdas Sessions)

Raga in D/ TED LUCAS (’68)

Occoee/ JOHN LUDINGTON (’09, Attic Window)*

Song of the Sea/ TUNNG (’03, Mothers Daughters And Other Songs)

Such a Beautiful Day/ BETH SORRENTINO (’09, Believer Music Comp.)*

I Wish I Was the Moon/ NEKO CASE (’03, Blacklisted)

Moon Over Goldsboro/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’06, Get Lonely)

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

Soliel/ IAIN ARCHER (’06, Magnetic North)

Moonage Daydream/ DAVID BOWIE (’72, Ziggy Stardust)

Rocket Machine/ OPAL (’87, Happy Nightmare Baby)

Rocket Ship/ ROBYN HITCHOCK & THE VENUS 3 (’06, Ole Tarantula)

Silver Rocket/ SONIC YOUTH (’88, Daydream Nation)

Puttin’ People on the Moon/ THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (’04, The Dirty South)

Walking Spanish/ TOM WAITS (’85, Raindogs)

Sick Bed of Cuchulainn/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash)

Johnny’s Far Away/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior)

Moonland/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’08, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!)

Start A War/ THE NATIONAL (’07, Boxer)

Shangri-La/ M. WARD (’09, Hold Time)*

The Cold Hard Facts if Life/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES ('09, Country Club)

The Mermaid/ MARTIN CARTHY ('06, Rogue's Gallery)*

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