Playlist for 10/29/10: Monster Showdown

Sneaking this one in with less than two hours left in Halloween. Interviews with Jonathan Burks (whose new album - Red Pulpy Mess, you can get for free on his website) and Sam Steining from Mondo Topless (this Thursday at Frank's Power Plant).

Download or stream Zero Hour right here.

I also did the Blues Drive on Friday with help from Good John. We spinned the likes of Jessie Mae Hemphill, Willie Love, T-Model Ford, Dirty Red and tons more. Paul Cebar also stopped by for an interview and played two songs. Download or stream it here.

Graveyard Cha Cha - The Three D's
Halloween - Ron Haydock & The Boppers
Morgus the Magnificient - Morgus & The Ghouls
Up Jumped the Devil - Ronnie Dawson
I'm A Devil - Satan and Satan's Roses

Rock & Roll Halloween - Bobby Bare Jr.
Vampira - Bobby Bare
Bloody Mary - Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Monkey Monster - Titty Twisters Orchestra
Walking With Scary Hillbilly Monsters - Dexter Romweber

Skeleton Fight - Mack Allen Smith
The Whammy - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Bo Meets the Monster - Bo Diddley
Halloween Queen - Frankenstein & the All-Star Monster Band
Ghost Train - The Renegades

My Girlfriend is a Witch - October Country
Burnin' in Hell - David Childers
Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground - The Schomberg Fair

Local Lunchbox
Jonathan Burks interview
Twenty-Two Forevs - Jonathan Burks
Ain't Meant to Be - Jonathan Burks
I'm Drunk - Jonathan Burks
I Don't Want to Wake Up - Jonathan Burks

Dig That Grave! - Hipbone Slim & The Knee-Tremblers
The Whip - Ronnie Dawson
Trick or Treat - Chuck Berry
Shallow Grave - The A-Bones
Take Off Your Mask - Possessed by Paul James

That Beat's Got the Devil in It - Lenis Guess
Walking Through a Cemetary - Claudine Clark
The Devil's Coming - Stud Cole
Creature From Outer Space - Wild Man Jr.
Go Go The Cannibal - Ronnie Self
The Witch - Pointed Sticks
Cooridor of Fear - Davie Allan & The Arrows

Mondo Topless interview
Magic Potion - Mondo Topless
I Ain't Dead Yet - Mondo Topless

Three Men, One Coffin - Deja Voodoo
Werewolf from Outer Space - The Neanderthals
Call Me The Wolfman - The Hi-Risers
I'm A Madman - Willie Ward & The Warblers
Darkness in My Heart - The Spider Bags
Blood - White Noise Sound
Black Widow - Link Wray

(Theme From) The Munsters - Billy Strange, His Guitar And Orchestra
No More Hot Dogs - Hasil Adkins
Skull & Crossbones - Sparkle Moore
The Scream - Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors

Triple Play + 1 or the October That Ate My Brain

I hope to never get this far behind on posting again. Teaching six courses this semester means I always have about as many papers to grade as songs on these four playlists.

In recent weeks, I've saluted Jerry Lee Lewis, truck driving music, and baseball, mourned the passing of Solomon Burke and General Johnson, and interviewed Bobby Hussy from Kind Turkey Records and The Hussy. A terrific batch of new music has arrived recently: Drugs Dragons, Jonathan Burks, the City Champs, the Iggy Pop and James Williamson Kill City reissue, the Ugly Beats, Los Explosivos, the Moaners, Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute To Nolan Strong and the Diablos, and a whole bunch of goodies from Norton Records (with more on the way).

I've opened with Halloween themes the past two weeks, and I'm planning an all-Halloween show next week, which features a star-studded lineup. I'm doing a phone interview with Sam Steining from Mondo Topless in advance of the band's Nov. 4 appearance at Frank's Power Plant. The aforementioned Jonathan Burks, who has a release party for Red Pulpy Mess on Oct. 30 at Linneman's Riverwest Inn, will perform live on the show. In addition, I'll be on for six hours straight next week. I'm subbing for Sonia during the Blues Drive, which follows Zero Hour. Tune in!

Download or stream Zero Hour right here.

Playlist for 10/22/10
Do The Zombie - The Symbols
Watusi Zombie - Jan Davis
The Zombie Stomp - Danny Ware
I Was A Teenage Zombie - The Fleshtones
Jungle Zombies (Ate My Baby) - The Neanderthals

Land of Haunted Houses - Wheels On Fire
Betty Lou's Got A New Tattoo - Creep
It Will Stand - The Showmen
Patches - Lonesome Bob

You're the Only Girl, Delores - Cub Koda
Montague's Mystery Theme - Southern Culture on the Skids
Man Needs a Woman - The Raunch Hands
14th Street - The Master Plan
Convoy In The Sky - Jello Biafra And Mojo Nixon

Theme From Madmen (A Beautiful Mine) - The City Champs
Jivin' at the Savoy - Billy Boyd

Local Lunchbox
It Just Ain't Right - Jonathan Burks
Red Pulpy Mess - Jonathan Burks
Get a Rise - Jonathan Burks

Blue Moon (Cold Hard Stone) - The Moaners
1000 Miles of Confusion - The Volebeats
The Happy Hologram - Outrageous Cherry
Through You - The Ugly Beats

Main Title "Truck Turner" - Isaac Hayes
Jackie - The Haynes Boys
Don't Let Your Baby Buy A Car - The Morells
M-M-Motor Vehicle - Ben Vaughn Combo
I Live For Cars And Girls - Untamed Youth
Jaugar and Thunderbird - Chuck Berry
The Empty Seat Beside Me - Chris Wall
Let's Take Some Drugs and Drive Around - Michael Hall

Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - Bobby Sykes
Wheels a Turnin' - Willis Brothers
Gear Bustin' Sort of a Fella - Bobby Braddock
Truck Drivin' Daddy - Jimmy Logsdon
Running Down Ole 99 - Joe and Rose Lee Maphis
Looking at the World Through a Windshield - Son Volt

Good Morning, Mr. Trucker - World Famous Blue Jays
Roll, Truck, Roll - Red Simpson
Nitro Express - Red Simpson
Hey Driver - Dale Watson
Loose Nut (Behind the Wheel) - Dale Watson
Gear Shiftin' - Tommy Hill and Pete Drake

Longhaul Weekend - Willis Brothers
Truck Driver's Boogie - The Milo Twins
Hells Angels - Johnny Bond
I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Before I Go) - Claude Gray
King of The Open Road - Red Sovine
That's Truck Drivin - Slim Jacobs
Truck Drivin' Man - Terry Fell & the Fellers
Haulin' Dynamite - The Land Rovers
Will There Be Big Rigs in Heaven - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos


Playlist for 10/15/10
Nightmare - Scotty Stuart
Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein - Carlos Casal
Rockin' in the Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar
Graveyard Rock - Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers
Werewolf - Gary Warren

I Hear Voices - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
You Got the Gamma Goochee - The Kingsmen
Love Bandit - The Cadets
Surf Beat - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones

I Got Nuthin' - Iggy Pop & James Williamson
No You're Product - The Saints
I Got the Itch - Titty Twisters Orchestra
A Blues You Oughta Get Used To - The Subsonics

You'll Forget - The Ugly Beats
Hello Everybody - The Sights
Mind Over Matter - Reigning Sound
Black Wave - Wheels on Fire

Local Lunchbox
Interview with Bobby Hussy, Kind Turkey Records and The Hussy
Jokes - Trent Fox & the The Tenants
Winter Daze - The Hussy
Turkey - The Hussy
Eat People - Two Tears

Moonshiner - The Moaners
It's Getting Cold - The Girls at Dawn
You've Got Another Think Comin' - Los Explosivos
Rolling Stones Rice Krispies Jingles - Great Gaylord & the Condo Fucks

Questiongly - The Vidalias
Four-0-Thirty Three - George Jones
You've Lost Every Right- Carol S. Johnson

Part Of The Noise - Pointed Sticks
Pretty Please Me - The Dickies
Cheer Me Up - The Descendents
Ooh Wee - The Accelerators

Interview with Compagnie Jant-Bi

He'll Have To Go - Solomon Burke
Cry To Me - Professor Longhair
Stupidity - Mondo Topless
Maggie's Farm - Solomon Burke
We're Gonna Hold On (with Emmylou Harris) - Solomon Burke
I'm Leavin' - Solomon Burke

O My Soul - Big Star
Wet Bar - Ross Johnson
You Tore My Brain - The Jams Street Overpass
She's My Baby - The Mojo Men
Meet Me In My Dreams Tonight - The Vacant Lot

Playlist for 10/8/10
Baby Do The Philly Dog - The Olympics - Something Old, Something New
Atlanta Boogie - Tommy Brown & His Orchestra - Stompin' At The Savoy
San Francisco Breakdown - Doctor Ross Doctor Ross - Burning Rockers N' Blues
Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee - Shorty Long - Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944-56

Texas Hambone Blues - Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies: Daddy Of Western Swing — Easy Ridin' Papa
Train To Tampa - Sam Dees - The Birmingham Sound: The Soul Of Neal Hemphill Vol. 1
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Neko Case - New Coat Of Paint: Songs Of Tom Waits
New York City Isn't Going Anywhere - The Star Room Boys - Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other's Hearts?

Don't Call Them Twinkies - The Baseball Project - Don't Call Them Twinkies single
DL Blues - The Baseball Project - Broadside Ballads
The Way It's Gonna Be - The Baseball Project - Broadside Ballads

All Comes Back - The Ugly Beats - Motor!
Summer's End - The Loons - Red Dissolving Rays Of Light
Approximately Nowhere - Cheap Time - Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations)
Anny Lou - Demon's Claws - The Defrosting of

Local Lunchbox
Ain't Welcome Here No More - The Ragadors - Blackinkyswells
Nervous Feeling - The Ragadors - Blackinkyswells
Ramblin On - The Ragadors - Blackinkyswells
Cold Blooded Woman -The Ragadors - Blackinkyswells

My God's Bigger Than Your God - The Vaselines - Sex With An X
Rock-n-Roll With Me - Kelley Stoltz - To Dreamers
Airwaves - Boston Spaceships - Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
Going Blind - The Go-Betweens - The Friends Of Rachel Worth
Wigram - Godstar - Sleeper
Second Best - The Mice - For Almost Ever Scooter

You Tore Me Down - Paul Collins - King Of Power Pop
I Get Out Of Breath - Wreckless Eric And Amy Rigby - Two-way Family Favourites
Silver Shirt - Plummet Airlines -The Big Stiff Box Set
Cry With Me Baby - Magic Kids - Memphis
Please - The Big Bang - Johnny, The Dog And The Donkey
Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller - El Paso Rock: Early Recordings Volume 3

She Said Yeah - Rip Offs - We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001
"It Should Be Me" - Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire - "It Should Be Me" 45
Jailhouse Rock - The Cramps - The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon
Get Off Your High Horse, Baby - The Royal Pendletons - Oh Yeah, Baby
Amapola - Los Explosivos - Sonidos Rocanrol!!!
Esmerelda - The Mullens - It's Hard To Imagine ...

Sunday's Calling - Carnival Season Misguided Promise: Carnival Season Complete (1984-89)
Wastin' Time - Ian Olvera & The Sleepwalkers - The Reckless Kind
College Scholarship Blues - The Successful Failures - Three Nights
Hound Dog - Hacienda - Big Red And Barbacoa

Great googly moo - The Spaniels - Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)
The Way You Dog Me Around - Andre Williams with the A-Bones - Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & the Diablos
I'm Gonna Be A Wheel - The Senders - Outrageous & Contagious
Riot In Cell Block No.9 - Ron & Joe And The Crew - 1950s Rock N' Roll & Rockabilly Rare Masters
Posin - Johnny "Guitar" Watson - R&B Hipshakers: Teach Me To Monkey
My Wants For Love - The 5 Royales - 1957 King
It's Rainy - 5.6.7.8's - Alright, This Time Just the Girls Volume 2
Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Sam Butera - On Stage

Playlist for 10/1/10
Lewis Boogie- Jerry Lee Lewis
Your Cheatin Heart - Jerry Lee Lewis
Hound Dog - Jerry Lee Lewis
Long Tall Sally- Jerry Lee Lewis
Crawdad Song - Jerry Lee Lewis
Let's Talk About Us - Jerry Lee Lewis

Lovin' An Older Gal - Sonny & the Sunsets
Feels So Good - Shirley Johnson
Are You Sleeping - Hoodoo Gurus

Yeah Baby, It's Because of You - Outrageous Cherry
Walking Through the Sleep City - The Parting Gifts
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man - Andy Shernoff & The Daddy Long Legs
Real True Love - The A-Bones

Sarah - Wheels on Fire
Cherry Bomb - Wheels on Fire
Black Rainbow - King Louie & The Missing Monuments

Local Lunchbox
Carnivore - Drugs Dragons
Chuds in Love - Drugs Dragons
Cobwebs - Drugs Dragons
(I'm in a) Braingrave - Drugs Dragons

Shake - Mondo Topless
I'm Gonna Crush Your New Age World - Mondo Topless
Mystery Girl - The Mono Men
La Mesa Boulevard - The Loons
Can't Stop These Tears From Fallings - The Black Hollies

On the Move - Pierced Arrows
Caroline - Pierced Arrows
Fast Freight Train - Range Rats
Two of Us - Range Rats

All the Way to Denver - Candy Snatchers
Fat Face - The Senders
You Sure Act Funny - The Master Plan

Bandstand - The Tandoori Knights
Wild Man - The Hollywood Sinners
Yard Sale - DM Bob & the Deficits
You Don't Love Me - Hasil Adkins
This Old World Don't Seem The Same - The Lonesome Drifter
I Put My Britches On Just Like Everybody Else Does - Hardrock Gunter
Red Light - The Million Sellers

Hot Tubes - Superchunk
100,000 Fireflies - Superchunk
Brand New Love - Superchunk
Punch Me Harder - Superchunk
Crossed Wires- Superchunk

No Greater Love - Flat Duo Jets
See Willy Fly By - Graham Parker with The Waco Brothers
Hell City Hell - Steve Earle with The Supersuckers
You Can't Trust Me - The Bamboo Kids
Zombie for Love - Green on Red