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

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 28 MARCH 09

Sophie Dahl, grandaughter of writer Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Choclate Factory) and U.S. actress Patricia Neal (Hud) is new die-hard fan of Boy Wonder's Hot Circles. Welcome, Ms. Dahl, whose recent debut novel, Playing With the Grown-ups, was reprinted in paperback on Anchor.

BOY WONDER’S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM/ PST
You’ve Been in Love Too Long/ MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS (’65)
Make A Little Love/ ALEX CHILTON (’87, High Priest)
Bad Taste/ THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS (’92 Gambling Days Are Over)
Just Like a Dog/ THE HEADCOATEES (’08, Bozstik Haze)*
Tossin’ and a Turnin’/ THE ‘MATS (’87, Pleased to Meet Me)
Boys Keep Swinging/ LORETTE VELVETTE ('00, Rude Angel)
Houses/ VETIVER (’08, Thing of the Past)
Cold Spring/ CYMBALS EAT GUITARS (’09, Why There Are Mountains)*

Albatross, Albatross, Albatross/ MT. ST. HELEN’S VIETNAM BAND+
Everyone’s Guilty/ AKRON FAMILY+
Cheerleader/ GRIZZLY BEAR+
No One Does It Like You/ DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES ('08, In Ear Park)
Tightrope/ YEASAYER (’09, Dark Was the Night)+
+Guest dj Julie Ruin’s pix (KRFH)

Good Friend Yr Hunger/ CASTANETS (’05, First Light’s Freeze)+
Cobrinha/ TINE ('07, What’s Happening in Pernambuco: New Sounds of the Brazilian Northeast)
42 West Avenue/ CASHIER NO.9 (’08)
Under the Waves/ PSEUDOSIX (’07, self titled)
Frozen Gtr./ THURSTON MOORE (’07, Trees Outside the Academy)
Release the Spring/ SCARNELLA (’97, self titled)
Muzzle of Bees/ WILCO (’05, Kicking Television: Live in Chicago)

Tiny Waist/ ELENI MANDELL (’09, Artificial Fire)*
We Dance/ PAVEMENT (‘95, Wowee Zowee)
Hot Freaks/ GUIDED BY VOICE (’94, Bee Thousand)
Kenimania/ MONO MONO (’08, Nigeria Rock Special)
This Year’s Girl/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’78, This Year’s Model)

Natural’s Not in It/ GANG OF FOUR ('79, Entertainment!)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ SAT., 21 MARCH 09

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

Sinner Man/ GOSPEL SUPREMES
Bar B-Q/ WENDY RENE ('64)
Give Him a Great Big Kiss/ THE SHANGRI-LA’S (’64)
Speak to Me/ THE HEADCOATEES (’08, Bozstik Haze)
Leave My Kitten Alone/ DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)
Chatterbox/ NY DOLLS (’74, Too Much Too Soon)

Shakin’ All Over/ JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES (’60)
The Have Nots/ X (’82, Under the Big Black Sun)
Complete Control/ THE CLASH (’77, self titled)
Memphis, Egypt/ THE MEKONS (’89, Rock n’ Roll)
Make It in America/ THE BEARDS (’01, Funtown)
You Sound Like Your Sick/ THE RAMONES (’81, Pleasant Dreams)
Bad Reputation/ JOAN JETT (’81, Bad Reputation)
Li Li/ THE CUTTERS (’01, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)
Fox on the Run/ SWEET (’73, Desolation Boulevard)
Tonight/ THE RASPBERRIES (’73)
I Will Dare/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’84, Let It Be)

Sugar Kane/ SONIC YOUTH (’92, Dirty)
Open My Eyes/ NAZZ (’67)
Don’t Want You Back/ THE SIGHTS (’02, Got What We Want)
Great DJ/ THE TING TINGS (’08, We Started Nothing)
Egg Man/ BEASTIE BOYS (’89, Paul’s Boutique)
Carimbaeo/ NACAO ZUMBI (’08, Brazil Classics 7: New Sounds of the Brazilian Northeast)
Kill A Billionaire/ KEN GRIFFIN (’02)

Calling It Quits/ AIMEE MANN (’99, Bachelor No. 2)
Dear Boy/ PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY (’71, Ram)
Dear God/ XTC (’86, Skylarking)
Beware Your Only Friend/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (’09, Beware)*
42 West Avenue/ CASHIER NO. 9

Death By Northwest/ SCARNELLA ('98, self titled)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 14 MARCH 09

ELENI MANDELL just wants to hold your hand... Thanks to Chris and Nanda for the signed copy of Ms. Mandell's new release, Artificial Fire, on Zedtone Inc.!! Apparently, LA-based singer/songwriter/chanteusse is part of the Boy Wonder fan club. I wish...stay tuned for choice cuts from the new release in future Hot Circles.

BOY WONDER’S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 pm
Heartattack and Vine/ TOM WAITS (’80, Heartattack and Vine)
Help Me/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (’63)
Shake ‘Em On Down/ RL BURNSIDE (’93, Too Bad Jim)
The Prowl/ DAN AUERBACH (’09, Keep It Hid)*
Voodoo Cadillac/ S.C.O.T.S. (’91, Too Much Pork For Just One Fork)
Shakin’ All Over/ JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES (’60)
I Can See For Miles/ THE WHO (’67, The Who Sell Out)
Million Miles Away/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere at Once)

Southwood Plantation Road/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’02, Tallahassee)
Mass Romantic/ NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (’00, Mass Romantic)
Love Is Here/ LUCIOUS JACKSON (’97, A Life Less Ordinary, soundtrack)
Kingdom of Lies/ FOLK IMPLOSION (’99, One Part Lullaby)
Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth/ SPARKS (’74, Propaganda)
All of My Days and All of My Days Off/ A.C. NEWMAN (’09, Get Guilty)*

Galway Bay/ DELORES KEANE & JOHN FAULKNER (’99, Sail Og Rua)
Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold/ ANDREA CORR (’06, Rogue’s Gallery)
Summer in Siam/ THE POGUES (’90, Hell’s Ditch)
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye/ LEONARD COHEN (’68, Songs of Leonard Cohen)
Train Song/ FEIST & BEN GIBBARD (’09, Dark Was the Night)*
Lovely Creature/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEES (’96, Murder Ballads)
Million Shards/ PSEUDOSIX (’07, self titled)
Chasing the Tide/ THE SUPERIMPOSERS (’05, self titled)

Is It My Body/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and Your Gone)
Buried Alive/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKE HIPS (’92, 7” single)
Chowder/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’98, Xtra-Acme USA)
You Got Me Hummin’/ THE REIGNING SOUND (’04, Too Much Guitar)

Caroline Wheeler’s Birthday Present/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia)

*new or recent release