B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 9 JAN. 2010

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9-11 PM/ THE EARTHQUAKE ED.

Aretha, Sing One For Me/ GEORGE JACKSON (’72)+

I Still Love You/ ANN PEEBLES (’70 Part Time Love)+

I’m Still in Love With You/ AL GREEN (’72)+

+tribute to the late Willie Mitchell

Could We/ CAT POWER (’06, The Greatest)

The Crane Wife 3/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’08, Easy Come, Easy Go)

Concord Country Jubilee/ VIC CHESNUTT (’09, At the Cut)*

The Needle Has Landed/ NEKO CASE (’05, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood)

Bang, Bang/ NANCY SINATRA (’66)

Your Love Is Mine/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’98, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up)

As Long As I Have You/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)

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

Flat Top Joint/ THE BLASTERS (’80 American Music)

Ghost on the Highway/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love) [Slash]

Leave My Kitten Alone/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’59)

Beautiful View/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)

Left On/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’07, Everybody)

Run in the Dust/ JOHNNY MARR/ 7 WORLDS COLLIDE (’09, The Sun Came Out)

In the End/ CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (’10, IRM)*

When I’m Blue/ SNAKEHIPS (’10, Month of Sundays)*

The Boy Wonders/ AZTEC CAMERA (’83, High Land, Hard Rain)

Son of a Gun / THE LA’S (’88, ’06 collection, BBC in Session)

Kid/ THE PRETENDERS (’79, self titled)

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

That’s Entertainment/ THE JAM (’80, Sound Affects)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 2 JAN. 2010

Vanity 6 really consisted of three women, fronted by Prince and sometimes backed (literally) by The Time. Negligees were never funkier. The Boy Wonder, for his special "Dance Party" show, rang in the new decade with killer stockinged gems.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9-11 PM/ SPECIAL "DANCE PARTY" EDITION

I’ve Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)/ ARETHA FRANKLIN (’67, I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You)

Bring Me All the Love You Got/ CLAUDIA WHITTEN (’72, Skillet single)

Nobody But You/ LITTLE BOB & THE LOLLIPOPS (’65)

Selfish One/ JACKIE ROSS (’64)

Sha La La (Makes Me Happy)/ AL GREEN (’74)

Crazy About You/ ANN PEEBLES (’70)

Bar B-Q/ WENDY RENE (’65)

You Can’t Buy My Love/ BARBARA LYNN (’65)

Green Onions/ BOOKER T. & THE MG’S (’62)

He Was Really Sayin’ Something/ THE VELVELLETES (’64)

Cool Jerk/ THE CAPITOLS (’65)

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

Tell Me Something Good/ RUFUS (’74, ’93 collection, In Yo’ Face!, Vol. 2)

Pusherman/ CURTIS MAYFIELD (’72, Superfly)

Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1/ MARVIN GAYE (’77)

People Make the World Go Round/ THE SYLISTICS (’72)

Nickel Bag/ DIGABLE PLANETS (’93, Reachin’)

Nasty Girl/ VANITY 6 (’82, self titled)

Erotic City/ PRINCE (’84, b-side to “Let’s Go Crazy")

Come Around/ M.I.A. (’07, Kala)

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

Double Rocker/ STEREOLAB (‘01, Sound-Dust)

Spoon/ CIBO MATTO (’99, Stereo Type A)

Heart of Glass/ BLONDIE (’78, Parallel Lines)

North American Scum/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’06, Sound of Silver)

The Robots/ KRAFTWERK (’09 remaster)

White Lines/ GRANDMASTER & MELLE MEL (’83)

Brothers Are Gonna Work It Out/ PUBLIC ENEMY (’90, Fear of a Black Planet)

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 26 DEC. 2009

Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, photographed here by Mary Ellen Mark in 1996, died yesterday, xmas day, at the age of 45, due to a coma induced by an overdose of muscle relaxers. Tragic and deeply sad. Details still withheld or fuzzy, but according to a The New York Times article, Chesnutt was facing a significant debt due to medical costs. A lack of a National Health Plan (i.e. "single payer") in this country is killing our artists. Fortunately, Mr. Chesnutt has left a treasure trove of great art.

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

Sockin’ Soul/ JOHNNY & DELORES (’68, 7"single) [True Soul]

You Can’t Buy My Love/ BARBARA LYNN (’65, ’08 collection, The Jamie Singles Collection, 1962-65)

Now What You Gonna Do/ FRANK FROST (’62, ’98 Very Best of Frank Frost Big Boss Man)

Cadillac Walk/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, Cabretta)

Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office)

Scissors/ BARBARA MANNING (’91, One Perfect Blanket)

In a Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul/ THE CLEAN (’09, Mister Pop)

The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness/ THE FEELIES (’80, Crazy Rhythms)

Lulla/ TINARIWEN (’09, Imidiwan: Companions)

Run That That Thru Your Mind/ THE FEMININE COMPLEX (’69 Livin’ Love)

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

Forever Yours/ PAUL BURCH & THE WPA BAND (’00, Blue Notes)

There She Still Remains/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)

Color Him Father/ LINDA MARTELL (’69, Color Me Country)

Endless Sleep/ NICK LOWE (’78, ’08 reissue Jesus of Cool)

Black Silk Ribbon/ 7 WORLDS COLLIDE/ BIC RUNGA & KT TUNSTALL (‘09, The Sun Came Out)

Flirted With You All of My Life/ VIC CHESNUTT (’09, At the Cut)*

Isaiah 45:23/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’09, The Life of the World to Come)

Sisters of Mercy (live ‘08)/ LEONARD COHEN (’09, Live in London)

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

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

Come to Me/ MARK LANEGAN (w/ PJ HARVEY) (’04, Bubblegum)

You Can’t Put Your Arm Around a Memory/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’78, So Alone)

She Fell Away/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, ’09 reissue, Your Funeral…My Trial)

Submarines of Stockholm/ AC NEWMAN (’09, Get Guilty)

Real Men/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia)

Why Can’t I Touch It?/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’79 collection, Singles Going Steady)

You Are a Jaguar/ EVANGELISTA (’09, Prince of Truth)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 19 DEC. 2009

Founding L7 bandmember/leader, Jennifer Finch, displays her buoyant hair style. Apparently, she has dialed in the Hot Circles, as with the other band members, past and (somewhat) present. C'mon in, grrrls. Welcome. Photo courtesy of Pat Graham, who shot this at a gig in Madison, WI, in the early 1990's.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Inspiration Information/ SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (’09, Dark Was the Night) [for Red Hot Organization]

If I Was Your Girlfriend/ PRINCE (’87, Sign ‘O’ the Times)

Golden Age/ TV ON THE RADIO (’08, Dear Science)

Scarecrow/ BECK (’05, Guero)

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

Adventure Tour/ THE RUBY SUNS (’08, Sea Lion)

Cries of the Dead/ CHAD VAN VAALEN (’08, Soft Airplane)

Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake/ GRANDADDY ('03, Sumday)

Sun Glow/ DOUG GILLARD (’09, Call From Restricted)

Wonderland/ SNAKEHIPS (’09, Month of Sundays)*

Open My Eyes/ NAZZ (’72, ’98 collection, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era)

John Cage Bubblegum/ STEREOLAB (’95, Refried Ectoplasm)

Sugarcube/ YO LA TENGO (’97, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)

Disappear/ SONIC YOUTH (’90, Goo)

Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)

I Can See For Miles/ THE WHO (’67, Who Sell Out)

Wrong Time Capsule/ DEERHOOF (’05, Runners Four)

Confection/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)

Oxtail/ RED RED MEAT (’94, ’09 reissue Bunny Gets Paid)

Big Black Car/ BIG STAR (’78, 09 collection, Keep an Eye on the Sky)*

She Says/ THE BEATLES ('66, Revolver)

Merely a Man/ XTC (’89, Oranges & Lemons)

ELT/ WILCO (’99, Summerteeth)

Remote Control/ THE CLASH (’77, self titled)

Let’s Pretend We’re Dead/ L7 (’92, Bricks Are Heavy)

Annalisa/ Public Image (’78, self titled)

*new or recent release

GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 14 DEC. 09

Contemporary pianist, composer and harmonium player extraordinaire Myra Melford will be performing with her group Be Bread on 29 Jan. 2010, to kick off the Redwood Jazz Alliance's new year, at Humboldt State University's Kate Buchanan Room. This concert by an accomplished musician and artist should not be missed. You may have recently seen her, joining violinist Jenny Scheinman on her recent West Coast tour. Inventive, angular and completely engaging.

BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT

Big Pine/ TRIO M (w/ MYRA MELFORD, MARK DRESSER & MATT WILSON) (’09, Big Picture)

Fade to Green/ ALEX CLINE (w/ JEFF GAUTHIER, PEGGY LEE, MYRA MELFORD, SCOTT WALTON) (’09, Continuation)

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

Wisacre/ JENNY SCHEINMAN (’04, Shalagaster)

Kertesz/ A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (’09, Delivrance)

Valkoiset Linnut/ MARKUS ALLAN (’02, The Man Without a Past)

Working Class Hero/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’90, Blazing Away)

Chinaberry Tree/ VIC CHESNUTT (’09, At the Cut)*

Krill/ CALIFONE (’09, All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers)*

Johnsburg, Illinois/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)

This Perfect World/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’94, This Perfect World)

Single Girl, Married Girl/ CARTER FAMILY ('29, ’97 collection, Anthology of American Folk Music)

Saro/ SAM AMIDON (’07, All is Well)

To Ohio/ THE LOW ANTHEM (’09, Oh My God Charlie Darwin)

Shelley My Love/ NICK LOWE (’94, Impossible Bird)

A Fond Farewell/ ELLIOT SMITH (’04, From a Basement on the Hill)

Ballad of El Goodo/ BIG STAR (’72, ’09 collection, Keep an Eye on the Sky)*

Waitin’ For Superman/ THE FLAMING LIPS (’99, The Soft Bulletin)

Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes/ CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (’10, IRM)*

69 Annee Erotique/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’69, ’02 collection, Initials SG)

She Fell Away/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, ’09 reissue, Your Funeral…My Trial)*

Weird Fishes/ RADIOHEAD (’07, In Rainbows)

Up on Crutches/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’07, Everybody)

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

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 5 DEC. 2009

It's pretty obvious that The Boy Wonder is a huge fan of Ms. Holly Golightly. And visa versa? Apparently Ms. Golightly likes a stroll in the woods with her semi-hollow body guitar. Hmmm. Let's follow her down the primrose path. Hopefully, she will be waltzing near Humboldt County one day...
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Days/ THE KINKS (’68, The Kinks Are the Village Preservation Society

God Only Knows/ THE BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)

Innocent When You Dream/ TOM WAITS (’87, Frank’s Wild Years)

Cursed Sleep (live) / BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (w/ HAREM SCAREM AND ALEX NEILSON) (’08, Is It the Sea?)

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

A Pair of Brown Eyes/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash)

Gone Like Water/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’94, This Perfect World)

These Boots Are Made For Walking (’66)/ NANCY SINATRA (’66, Boots)

The Girls in Paris/ LEE HAZELWOOD (’67, ’02 collection, These Boots Are Made For Walkin’)

Steady As Starlight/ THE WAXWINGS (’03, Let’s Make Our Descent)

Black and White/ THE dB’s (’81, Stands For Decibels)

I’m Not in Love/ THE TALKING HEADS (’78, More Songs About Buildings and Food)

Editions of You/ ROXY MUSIC (’73, For Your Pleasure)

In World/ TELEVISION (’92, self titled)

Divine Intervention/ MATTHEW SWEET (’91, Girlfriend)

Sister Surround/ THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES (’02, Behind the Music)

Lion in a Coma/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Merriweather Post Pavilion)

Tane Mahuta/ THE RUBY SUNS (’08, Sea Lion)

Yassassin (Long Live)/ DAVID BOWIE (’79, Lodger)

Polish Girls/ CALIFONE (’09, All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers)*

Ashes of American Flags/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of American Flags)

Margarine Rock/ STEREOLAB (’04, Margerine Eclipse)

Box Elder/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’99, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up)

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

You Are a Jaguar/ EVANGELISTA (’09, Prince of Truth)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 28 NOV. 2009

Yes, even Finnish dogs pay attention to the Hot Circles blasting out of the speakers. This still is from the excellent deadpan film, Man Without a Past, directed by Finnish director, Aki Kaurismaki. And the soundtrack is pretty fab as well.

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

Fever (’56)/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’93 collection, The Best of…)

Harlem Shuffle (’63)/ BOB & EARL (’97 collection, Beg, Scream and Shout)

Soul Butter/ JOHNNY BARFIELD & THE MEN OF S.O.U.L. (’06 collection Movers!)

Willy Nilly (’65)/ RUFUS THOMAS (’91 collection, Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Get on This Plane (’66)/ THE PREMIERS (’09 collection, Where the Action Is: LA Nuggets 65-68)*

Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!/ THE BOTSWEEDS (Born Bad, Vol. 1)

Lost Time/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)

Foggy Notion/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’69, The Velvet Undergound)

Down, Down, Down/ TOM WAITS (’83, Swordfishtrombones)

Keep on Running/ THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (’65)

Do the Shake (’64)/ THE RENEGADES (’02 st, The Man Without a Past)

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

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

He’s Not Here Anymore (’66)/ THE CHYMES (’09 collection, Where the Action Is)*

Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana/ ASHA BHOSLE (’78)

Shot in the Arm/ WILCO (’99, Summerteeth)

Rainy Days and Mondays/ CRACKER (’94, If I Were a Carpenter) [A&M]

You Look Good in Blue/ L’ALOUETTE (’01 collection, How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw Up a Blondie Tribute?)

Beware Your Only Friend/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (’09, Beware)

Desert Skies/ BEACHWOOD SPARKS (’00, self titled)

Jigsaw Falling Into Place/ RADIOHEAD (’07, In Rainbows)

A Chance Counsel/ RICHARD BUCKNER (’04, Dents and Shells)

When You Walk Out/ MATTHEW SWEET (’95, 100% Fun)

New Big Prinz/ THE FALL (’88, I Am Curious Oranj)

Methamphetamine Blues/ MARK LANEGAN (’04, Bubblegum)

Down By the Water/ PJ HARVEY (’95, To Bring You My Love)

You Are a Jaguar/ EVANGELISTA (’09, Prince of Truth)*

Rosewood, Wax, Volt + Glitter/ RED RED MEAT (’95, Bunny Gets Paid)

Tom Courtney/ YO LA TENGO (’95, Electr-O-Pura)

Confection/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)

*new or recent release