B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 20 MARCH 10

Memphis singer/songwriter Alex Chilton, one of the founding members of the now legendary 1970's pop band, Big Star, has sailed an eccentric path, filled with subversion and mischief, often subverting his own recordings and performances. And, on occasion, as I had witnessed at a free concert in Memphis/ Overton Park Bandshell in the early 1990's, he was an incredible musician/guitar player, as well as singer/songwriter. Without saying, his penned "September Gurls" set the bar for a perfect pop song.

One easily forgets that Chilton also produced The Cramps 1980 debut, Songs The Lord Taught Us (recorded at legendary Sun Studios), and I Know You Fine, But How You Doin' by Detroit's explosive garage band, The Gories (recorded at Easley Studios in Memphis). LX, a term known by friends, also played guitar with Tav Falco's Panther Burns, as well as supporting local Memphis bands, such as the all-female rock band The Hellcats. With Alex's death (on St. Patrick's Day, no less!), who died in New Orleans at 59, coupled with the earlier death of fellow Memphis luminary, producer/musician Jim Dickinson, one might ask, with trepidation, who's next? An end of era in Memphis music lore. Rest in peace, LX, my friend.

For an honest obit, please check out former 'Mats frontman, Paul Westerberg's editorial/memorial in Saturday, 20 March 2010 edition of The New York Times. If you want to get a slice of Alex, really listen to Westerberg's lyrics in The Replacements' "Alex Chilton."

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM
Feel a Whole Lot Better/ THE BYRDS (’65, Mr. Tamborine Man)
Spring Rain/ THE GO-BETWEENS (’85, Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express)
Rockin’ Around With You/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ('76, self titled)
Long Legs/ THE MAGIC NUMBERS (’05, self titled)
Ex-Girlfriend Collection/ THE WRENS (’03, The Meadowlands)
Son of a Gun (’88)/ THE LA’S (’06, BBC in Session)
San Diego Zoo/ THE 6TH'S/ BARBARA MANNING (’95, Wasp’s Nests)

Baby Blue/ THE SF SEALS (’94, Nowhere)
Talk About the Passion/ REM (’83, Murmur)
Your Love is the Place Where I Come From/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’97, Songs From Northern Britain)
Pieholden Suite/ WILCO (’99, Summerteeth)
I’m Waiting For the Day/ BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)
Don’t Look Back/ THE REMAINS ('66)
Oldest Story in the World/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere at Once)
September Gurls/ THE BANGLES (’85, Different Light)
Thirteen (live)/ ELLIOT SMITH (live, Paris/ La Boule Noir, 3 April 2000)
Pale Blue Eyes/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ('69, The Velvet Underground)

*Special Tribute to Alex Chilton, 28 Dec. 1950 - 17 March 10
Neon Rainbow/ THE BOX TOPS (’67)
Free Again/ ALEX CHILTON (’75, Bach’s Bottom)
Lovely Day (demo)/ BIG STAR/ALEX CHILTON ('74, '08 collection, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story)
Watch the Sunrise/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)
Back of a Car/ BIG STAR (’74, Radio City)
Slut (T. Rundgren)/ BIG STAR (live at Lafayette’s Music Room, ’73)
Hey! Little Child/ ALEX CHILTON (’80, Like Flies on Sherbert)

Kangaroo/ BIG STAR (’75, Third/Sisters Lovers)
You and Your Sister (Country version)/ CHRIS BELL (’74, I Am the Cosmos)
Nightime/ BIG STAR (’75, Third/Sisters Lovers)
No Sex/ ALEX CHILTON (’86, No Sex ep)
Make a Little Love/ ALEX CHILTON (’87, High Priest)
Mine Exclusively/ BIG STAR (’05, In Space)
In the Street (alt mix)/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)
September Gurls/ BIG STAR ('74, Radio City)

Thank You Friends/ BIG STAR (’75, Third/ Sisters Lovers)

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 13 MARCH 10

Hello World! I'm your wild grrrl...I'm your ch-ch- ch-ch-cherry bomb!! Well, maybe plural. Pictured here are the original 1976 line-up of the maverick all-female rock band, The Runaways, who are the subject for a new bio-pic and recent NY Times "Arts" article. Guess who's having the last laugh (and it ain't Kim Fowley).
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM
Aragon/ ROY AYERS ('72, Coffy st)
Geo/ IVAN KUPALA (’02, Radio Nagra)
The Carimbo/Coco Assasins/ NACAO ZUMBI ('00, Radio S.Amb.A)
Coulibaly/ AMADOU & MARIAM (’04, Dimanche a Bamako)
Shambala/ THE BEASTIE BOYS (’94, Ill Communication)
Dum Maro Dum/ ASHA BHOSLE (’70, Raat Akeli Hai)

Tema De Batman/ CELIO BALONA (’10, Brazilian Guitar Fuz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976)*
Cantor De Mambo/ OS MUTANTES (’72, ’99 collection, Everything is Possible)
Floored/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Initiate)*
Scary Monsters/ DAVID BOWIE (’80, Scary Monsters)
Sugar Kane/ SONIC YOUTH (’92, Dirty)
All Weirded Out/ TOM VERLAINE (’06, Songs and Other Things)
Alternative Ulster/ STIFF LITTLE FINGERS (’78)

Hatari/ tUnE-yArDs (’09, BiRd-BrAiNs)
My Girls/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Meriweather Post Pavilion)
Your Head is on Fire/ BROKEN BELLS (’10, self titled)*
Bluebeard/ COCTEAU TWINS (’93 Four-Calendar Café)
Happy Nightmare Baby/ OPAL (’87, Happy Nightmare Baby)
Gold Day/ SPARKLEHORSE (’01, It’s a Wonderful Life)

Rock On/ T. REX (’72, Slider)
Hang On/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’93, Thirteen)
Date With Ikea/ PAVEMENT (’97, Brighten the Corner)
Lazy Line Painter Jane/ BELLE AND SEBASTIAN (’97, Lazy Line Painter Jane ep)
Falling and Laughing/ ORANGE JUICE (’82, You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever)
The Boy Wonders/ AZTEC CAMERA (’83, High Land, Hard Rain)

Watashi No Inori/ RUMI KOYAMA (’68)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KSHU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 6 MARCH 10

Ultimately fab collection, Nippon Girls: Japanes Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-1970, was recently released on the UK label, Big Beat. Over 20 songs of rock pop nuggets from "Swingin' Tokyo" scene. Swingin'? Tokyo? Killer collection, like Godzilla. The Wonder abides!

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

Sockin’ Soul/ JOHNNY & DELORES (’68)

Watch the Dog That Brings Home the Bone/ SANDY GAYE (’69, ’09 collection, Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Soul Labels)

Shaft in Africa/ JOHNNY PATE (’73)

Low Rider/ WAR (’75, Why Can’t We Be Friends?)

Oye Como Va/ TITO PUENTE (’63)

Alone Again Or/ CALEXICO (’04, Convict Pool)

AZDA/ Franco (early ‘70’s)

It Mek/ DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES (’69)

Rudi, A Message to You / THE SPECIALS (’79, self titeld)

Watching the Detectives/ ELVIS COSTELLO (’77, My Aim is True)

Protection/ GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR (’79, Squeezing Out Sparks)

Box Full of Letters/ WILCO (’95, A.M.)

$100 Groom/ PAUL WESTERBERG (’04, Folker)

Keep Eye on Other’s Gain/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (’08, Lie Down in the Light)

I Want You Back Again (live, '97)/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ('09, Live Anthology)

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

Little Girl/ SYNDICATE OF SOUND (’66)

Suki Sa Suki Sa Suki Sa/ NANA KINOMI & LEO BEATS (‘68, ’09 collection, Nippon Girls)*

Brand New Cadillac/ VINCE TAYLOR & HIS PLAYBOYS (’58)

Trash/ NEW YORK DOLLS (’73, self titled)

Lucifer Sam/ THE SADIES (’06, In Concert, Volume 1)

The Wait/ THE PRETENDERS (’79)

Sex Beat/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

Got Nuffin’/ SPOON (’10, Transference)*

Something’s Gone Wrong Again/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’79, Singles Going Steady)

Buried Alive/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKE HIPS (’92, 7" single)

Chasing Heather Crazy/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’01, Isolation Drills)

*new recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 27 FEB. 10

The lovely and talented Nico loves her dogs, the new Nels Cline Singers record, Initiate and the Hot Circles. A trifecta, in some circles, especially this one.

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

Sonido Amazonico/ LOS MIRIOS (’07, Roots of Chicha)

Kenimania/ MONO MONO (orig. early '70's, '08, Nigeria Rock Special)

King Queen/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Inititate)*

Imidiwan Winakalin/ TINARIWEN (’07, Aman Iman)

The Great Curve/ TALKING HEADS (’80, Remain in Light)

Free Nelson Mandela/ SPECIALS AKA (’84)

Augusta, Angelica e Consolacao/ TOM ZE (’70)

Deadweight/ BECK (’97, A Life Less Ordinary st)

Kingdom of Lies/ THE FOLK IMPLOSION (’99, One Part Lullaby)

The Alibi/LUNA (’02, Close Cover Before Striking ep)

Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)

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

American Dream (Television)/ JON JAMES & THE TRASHCAN FANTASY DANCEBAND (’03, self titled)

Takin’ Me Back/ CHEAP TRICK (’78, Heaven Tonight)

Back of a Car/ BIG STAR (’73, Radio City)

Oh Well/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (’09, Live Anthology)

Clap Hands (live ’87)/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)

Cool Water, JOHNNY CASH (American VI: Ain't No Grave)*

Cool Water/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’87, Pleased to Meet Me outtake, feat. Chris Mars, lead vocals)

Guilty/ PETE MOLINARI (’09, Today, Tomorrow and Forever)

Cryin’ Over You/ JAMES INTVELD (’95, self titled)

You Must Be Out of Your Mind/ THE MAGNETIC FIELDS (’10, Realism)*

Diana/ BECK RECORD CLUB ('10, from Skip Spence's Orr)*

*new or recent release

GM's MUSIC BOX/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 22 FEB. 10

Originally from Rockford, IL, youthful singer/songwriter Lissie Maurus has released an impressive ep, Why You Runnin', on Fat Possum. Throw in a dose of Bobbie Gentry and Jeannie C. Riley, with a contemporary edge, and you get an idea what Lissie is capable of. Only time will tell how the transplanted Southern Californian survives the road, the business and all the rest. Good luck. Really.
GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10 PM-MIDNIGHT

Divining/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Initiation)*

Hydrosphere/ YUKO HONDA (’10, Heart Chamber Phantoms)*

Thurston County(live at Café du Nord, SF, 3 Sept. 09)/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Inititiation)*

New Hampshire/ SONIC YOUTH (’04, Sonic Nurse)

Frozen Gtr/ THURSTON MOORE (’07, Trees Outside the Academy)

Salt Truck/ ELENI MANDELL (’07, Miracle of Five)

Rain on the City/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’10, Rain on the City)*

The Gravity of Levity/ LILA NELSON (’08, Letter Home)

First Light/ IDA (’08, Lovers Prayers)

Take Care the Road You Choose/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior)

Listening Heart/ PETER GABRIEL (’10, Scratch My Back)*

Shake That Devil/ ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS (’08, Another World ep)

Under the Waves/ PSEUDOSIX (’07, Pseudosix)

Burning House of Love/ X (’95, Unclogged)

Little Lovin’/ LISSIE [MAURUS] (’10, Why You Runnin’ ep)

Back Side of Dallas/ JEANNIE C. RILEY (’69, Things Go Better With Love)

Success/ KELLY WILLIS (’07, Translated From Love)

Every Little Girl/ DALE HAWKINS (late 50’s/early ‘60’s)

Satisfied Mind/ PETE MOLINARI (’09, Today, Tomorrow and Forever)

The Singer/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, Kicking Against the Pricks)

Better Things/ MAGNETIC FIELDS (’10, Realism)*

Heads Will Roll/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’83, Porcupine)

Goldfinger(live, 31 Jan. ’97, Fillmore, SF)/ TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (’09, Live Anthology)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KSHU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 20 FEB. 10

Not so fast...well, actually faster pussycat! Tura Santana takes down another heel in Russ Meyer's 1966 classic, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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

Kaze To Otoko No Ko/ MEIKO HIROTO (’67)

Vilaines Fiulles Mauvais Garcon/ FABIENNE DEL SOL (’07, Between You and Me)

I Want Candy/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)

I Need You/ THE KINKS (’65)

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

El Ovni/ LOS OVNIS (mid '60's)

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

Nervous Breakdown/ EDDIE COCHRAN (’61)

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

Love is Like an Itching in My Heart/ THE SUPREMES ('66)

Save It For Later/ SOLOMON BURKE (’68)

Baby I Love You/ ERMA FRANKLIN (’68, Super Soul Sister)

Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’/ CRAZY ELEPHANT (’69)

Minnie Skirt Minnie/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81,self titled)

It’s Alright/ THE COME ONS (’01, Hip Check!)

Sock It To ‘Em JB/ REX GARVIN (’66)

Digue/ EMMANUELLE SEIGNER (’10, Digue)*

Cherry Bomb/ THE RUNAWAYS (’75, self titled)

Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!/ THE BOTSWEEDS ('66)

Trashcan/ KEN WILLIAMS

I Ain’t Nuthin’ But a Gorehound/ THE CRAMPS (’83, ’01, Smell of a Female)

Leave My Kitten Alone/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)

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

Sheena’s a Punk Rocker/ THE RAMONES (’77, Rockets to Russia)

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

Don’t Underestimate Me/ THE SAN FRANCISCO SEALS (’94, Now Here)

52 Girls/ THE B-52’S (’79, self titled)

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

Great DJ/ THE TING TINGS ('08, We Started Nothing)

Kidnapped by Neptune/ SCOUT NIBLETT (’04, Kidnapped by Neptune)

Crawfish/ JOHNNY THUNDERS & PATTI PALLADIN (’85,Copy Cats)

Floored/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Initiate)*

*new or recent release

GM MUSIC BOX PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ MON., 15 FEB. 10

Rev. Jen Miller is more than an celebrated author, underground screenwriter/actress, super hero and performance artist. Rev. just may be one of the last true eccentric art stars that once frequented the Lower East Side, East Village, Alphabet City and greater parts of Brooklyn. She also has recently published a new kick-ass and hilarious book, Live Nude Elf: The Sexperiments of Reverend Jen, on Soft Skull Press. Rev. Jen is always welcome to Boy Wonder's World.
GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT

Hat and Beard/ ERIC DOLPHY (’64, Out to Lunch)

Not Sa No Sa/ NELS CLINE (’06, New Monastery: A View Into the Music of Andrew Hill)

Knocking From the Inside/ MYRA MELFORD (’09, Whole Tree Gone)*

Look For Me (I’ll Be Around) / NEKO CASE (’02, Blacklisted)

Worried Mind Blues/ IDA (’07, Lover’s Prayer)

Cursed Sleep (live, Edinburgh, ’07)/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY (’08, Is It the Sea?)

Thuas Ag Gort an Chornain/ DOLORES KEANE & JOHN FAULKNER (’83, Sail Óg Rua)

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

Wrapping Paper/ GRAHAM PARKER (’91, Struck By Lightning)

The Devil Raises His Own/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’10, Rain on the City)*

Si Tu Disais/ FRANCOIZ BREUT ('01, A Vingt a Trente Mille Jours)

Time of the Assasins/ CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (’10, IRM)*

Je Prefere Tes Bras/ SYLVIE VARTAN (’65)

Qui etes-vous?/ EMMANUELLE SEIGNER (’10, Dingue )*

Smile a Little Smile For Me/ THE FLYING MACHINE (’69)

Little Lovin’/ LISSIE [Mauris] (’10, Why You Runnin’ EP)*

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

Yacht Dance/ XTC (’82, English Settelment)

Reptile/ 7 WORLDS COLLIDE/LISA GERMANO (’09, The Sun Came Out)

Modern Drift/ EFTERKLANG (’10, Moving Chairs)*

Agaetis Byrjun (live version)/ SIGUR ROS (’07, Hvarf/Heim)

From a Sinking Boat/ THE MAGNETIC FIELDS (’10, Realism)*

How Many Worlds/ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (’09, Easy Come Easy Go)

*new or recent release