Monday, January 30, 2023

Dead in Los Angeles: Playlist for 1.27.23




One month almost done in 2023 - my last show of the month included new music from the Godfathers and lots of old music courtesy of the Dead Milken, the Troggs, Rufus Thomas, the Neckbones, the A-Bones, Lonnie Mack & more!

Zero Hour right this way.




Del Reeves "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" on United Artists

Larry Williams "I Wanna Know" on Chess

The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl" on Restless

The Shondells "Thunderbolt" on Snap


The Godfathers "Dead in Los Angeles" on Cargo

Hoodoo Gurus "Who Do You Love?" on Big Time

The Eastern Dark "Julie Loves Johnny" on Half A Cow Records

Little Richard "Rip It Up" on Speciality

Boss Hog "I Dig You" on DGC

The Troggs "I Can't Control Myself" on Atco

The Ramones "The Return of Jackie and Judy" on RSO

Wheels On Fire "Come on Judy" on Trouble in Mind


Jonny Polonsky "There Is Something Wrong With You" on Jonny Polonsky

Roky Erickson & The Explosives "White Faces" on Sunset Blvd Records / SteadyBoy Records

The Shieks "Are You Still With Me?" on Ballroom

Knaughty Knights "Connection" on Norton

Big Bobby & the Nightcaps "Oo Bop Sha Boom" on Black Lung

The Court Jesters "Roaches" on Blast

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart "I Wonder What She''s Doing Tonight" on A&M


Terry Alan Hackbarth "Never Really Found You" on Easter Records

The Midwest Beat "Carol Anne" on Wild Honey Records

Caley Conway "You've Got Tombs in Your Eyes" on aura vortex records

Convert "Death Mask" on Triple Eye Industries

Static Eyes "Trouble" on Windian



The Kinks "I Need You" on Reprise

Beaver and The Trappers "Happiness Is Havin'" on Modern Harmonic

The Dave Clark Five "On the Move" on Epic

Scott Morgan & Miss Georgia Peach "All Talk No Action" on Ramo Records

Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns "High Blood Pressure" on Ace

Rufus Thomas "Can Your Monkey Do the Dog?" on Stax

Midnight Woolf "Take it Off" on Off the Hip

Darryl Vincent "Wild Wild Party" on Ace



South Bay Surfers "Lolipop" on Hot Rash

Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs "Ju Ju Hand" on MGM

Hannibal "I Think We've Met Before" on King

Laura Lee "I Don't Want Nothing Old (But Money)" on Hot Wax

Little Junior Parker "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo" on Duke

Hickoids "Fruit Fly" on Saustex Media

Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Stagger & Swagger" on Sioux

The Scaners "X-Ray Glasses: On" on Spaghetty Town

Slik "The Kid's a Punk" on Cherry Red

1910 Fruitgum Company "May I Take a Giant Step (Into Your Heart)" on Buddah


The Neckbones "Nobody Gets Me Down" on Fat Possum

The Makers "Mary Ann" on Sympathy for the Record Industry

Hasil Adkins "Ellen Marie" on Norton Records Inc.

The Dixie Cups "You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked At Me" on Red Bird

Clarence Carter "Doin' Our Thing" on Atlantic

Roy C. "I'm Bustin' My Rocks (Working on the Chain Gang)" on Mercury



Charlie Louvin "Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep" on Capitol

The A-Bones "Shallow Grave" on Norton Records

Little Willie John "There's a Difference" on King

Syl Johnson "Goodie Goodie Good Times" on Shama Records

Gary Stewart "Your Place or Mine" on RCA

James Brown "I Guess I'll Have To Cry Cry Cry" on King

Lonnie Mack "Susie-Q" on Fraternity

Willie Mitchell "Six to Go" on HI


You Tube Movie of the Week: The Writer in America: Ross MacDonald

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Strychnine Wine: Playlist for 1.13.23



I always forget that it is Friday the 13th, and I'm supposed to like play lots of spooky music or songs about bad luck, etc. Oh, well, I watched an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series last night to make up. I guess that counts. Come to think about it, I did play at least one spooky song, a great new one from the great T. Tex Edwards, who was backed by the late, great Homer Henderson. Definitely grab it at Bandcamp right this minute. 

Zero Hour right this way.


Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

Gino Washington "Come Monkey With Me" on Norton Records

Rude Awakening "Certain Girl" on Arcania International

The Upper Crust "Who's Who of Love" on Upper Crust Ltd.

Bo Diddley "Cadillac" on Geffen


The Darbs "Blue Line Train" on Plaza 8 Records

The Yardbirds "Too Much Monkey Business" on Warner Brothers

The Senders "Baby Glows In the Dark" on Left for Dead

Sir Winston & The Commons "We're Gonna Love" on Beat Rocket

The Preachers "Quit Talking ‘Bout Him (Publishing Demo)" on BeatRocket

Lou Reed "Gee Whiz" on Light in the Attic

Syndicate Of Sound "Lookin' for the Good Times (The Robot)" on Bell

Rotten To The Core "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" on Grapefruit



Tommy Keene "The Right Time to Fly" on Second Motion

The Romantics "In the Nighttime" on Nemperor

Buzzcocks "Senses out of Control" on Cherry Red

Sloan "Spend the Day" on Yep Roc

The Pleasers "You Know What I'm Thinking Girl" on Cherry Red Records

Tommy Roe "Party Girl" on ABC Records



The Lovelies "Look at Yourself" on Force MP Entertainment L.L.C.

Goodnight Loving "Pink Tombstones" on Dusty Medical Records

The German Art Students "Love in the Alps" on Autobahn Music

Florida Brothers Band "Chicken Bucket" on Holy Family Players Theatre



Johnny Cash "Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy" on CBS

Carol Montgomery "I'm Trying to Do What Mama Says" on Teensville

The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown (Live)" on Universal Music Group International

Hoodoo Gurus "Hallucination" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)

Southern Culture On The Skids "Biff Bang Pow" on Yep Roc

Danny Boy & his Big Britches "Jeepster" on Self-released


Tav Falco & Panther Burns "Go On Home" on Triple X Records

The Reducers "Spaghetti Western #6" on Rave On Records

The William Loveday Intention "Cowboys are Square" on Damaged Goods Records

T. Tex Edwards with Homer Henderson "Strcyhnine Wine"

Lafayette Thomas "Cockroach Run" on Koko-Mojo

Sir Douglas Quintet "Oh What a Mistake" on Sundazed


Gary "U.S." Bonds "Guida's Romeo & Juliet" on Ace

The Beau Brummels "And I've Seen Her" on Now Sounds

The Shadows of Knight "Someone Like Me" on BeatRocket

The A-Bones "Teenage Head (feat. Roy Loney)" on Norton Records Inc.

Young Fresh Fellows "Go Blue Angels Go" on Yep Roc Records

The Tripwires "Dance with a Drink" on Folc Records

James and the Ultrasounds "Party Dracula" on MADJACK Records



Any Trouble "Turning Up the Heat" on Stiff

The Hanks "Everybody's Girl (Long Mix)" on Self-Released

Bobby Womack "If You Think You're Lonely Now" on ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

The Star Room Boys "Foolish" on Checkered Past


The Gardienas "Flaming Love" on Secret

Nathaniel Mayer "Satisfied Fool" on Fat Possum

The Mark Four "I'm Leaving" on Deram

The Bearings "I Can't Take It" on Gear Fab

The Bob Knight Four "So So Long (Good Goodbye)" on Mr. Maestro

Candy "Whatever Happened to Fun" on Big Beat


You Tube Movie of the Week: The Jim Thompson Story




Monday, January 9, 2023

Monster Post: Playlists for 12.23.22, 12.30.22, and 1.6.23


Hello everyone, got a lot behind on my postings, so here are playlists for three weeks. Wow! You can relive Christmas, New Year's and last week! Ooh. 

New music in the last few weeks from Tyler Keith, Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders, Terry Alan Hackbarth, the Quilz, the Guy Hamper Trio, the Bobby Lees, Stupidity, & more!



Playlist for 1.6.23

Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

Cheap Trick "Southern Girls (Ardent Studios Demo)" on Epic/Legacy

Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Move it On Over" on Sioux

The Coasters "The Shadow Knows" on Atco


Roky Erickson & The Explosives "Starry Eyes" on Sunset Blvd Records / SteadyBoy Records

David Bowie "Cracked Actor" on Parlophone UK

The Black Hollies "Hush" on Ernest Jenning Record Co.

The Madcaps "She's So Hot" on Howlin Banana Records

The Singles "(She's Got) A Heart of Stone" on Sound Artifacts Music

The Knack "Baby Talks Dirty" on Capitol


The Main Ingredient "I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" on RCA

Jack-O and the Tennessee Tearjerkers "Night Owl" on Big Legal Mess

Rufus Thomas "Sister's Got a Boyfriend" on Stax

Images "My Kinda Woman" on Norton Records

The M-80s "What I'm After" on Get Hip

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels "Breakout" on New Voice




Trolley "Til I'm Gone" on Easter Records

Terry Alan Hackbarth "Never Really Found You"

The Quilz "Valerie Loves Me" on Prickly Records

The Midwest Beat "Still in Love with You" on Dusty Medical Records


Ben Vaughan Combo "Wrong Haircut" on Restless

Erik Vincent Huey "You Can't Drink All Day (feat. Eric Ambel)" on CEN

Joe Tex "I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better" on Dial

Sam Cooke "Chain Gang" on RCA

Nick Lowe "Time Wounds All Heels" on Columbia

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty "Get Some Loving Done" on MCA

Funkadelic "Hit It and Quit It" on Westbound

Mable John "Wait You Dog" on Stax

Daddy Long Legs "Big Road Blues" on Norton Records

Little Walter "Temperature" on Chess MCA



The Guy Hamper Trio "Polygraph Test" on Damaged Goods

Wild Billy Childish & the Singing Loins "I Don't Like the Man That I Am" on Damaged Goods

Tyler Keith "Servant Class" on Black & Wyatt

THE BOBBY LEES "Ma Likes to Drink" on Ipecac Recordings / Liberator Music

Sloan "Nice Work If You Can Get It" on Yep Roc

Mercy "Fireball" on Sundi

Paul Revere & The Raiders "Good Thing" on Columbia


Curtis Mayfield "Underground" on Rhino

Stupidity "The Murder of Love (feat. Keith Streng)" on Red on Red

Stupidity "This Love Is for Real" on Go Fast Records

The Cramps "Mama Oo Pow Pow" on Vengeance Records

The Real Kids "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie (Live, May 1977)" on Crypt Records

The Rezillos "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures" on Rhino/London-Sire

Jerry Lee Lewis "High Powered Woman" on Charly



Sweet Cherry "Funny Things Floating" on Crypt

Big Guitars from Texas "Riot At Huntsville" on Jungle Records

The Johnny Otis Show "Willie and the Hand Jive" on Charly

6 String Drag "Lorene" on E-Squared

Young Fresh Fellows "She's By Request" on Yep Roc Records

Marshall Crenshaw "Girls..." on Warner Catalog and O/H

Evan Johns & the H-Bombs "Sugar Cookie" on Alternative Tentacles

Ritchie Valens "Framed" on Del-Fi


Playlist for 12.30.22



Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

Buzzcocks "Don't Mess With My Brain" on Cherry Red Records

The Muffs "Big Mouth" on Sympathy for the Record Industry

Redd Kross "Any Hour Every Day" on Sympathy for the Record Industry




The Preacher's Kids "Good Times Are Still Yet to Come" on The Preacher's Kids

The Dogmatics "My Little Sister’s Got a Motorbike" on Rum Bar Records

Sorrows "Rita" on Big Stir Records

The Rave-Ups "Brigitte Bardot" on Omnivore Recordings

Popular Creeps "From the Past" on Big Stir Records

TV Sound "In April" on Killing Horse Records

The Tripwires "(Something In A) Friday Night" on Spark and Shine

Tommy Keene "If You're Getting Married Tonight" on Matador


Danny Boy and his Big Britches "I Knowed It" on Rankin Records

The Backsliders "Pain of Love" on Mammoth

Chuck Berry "Nadine" on Chess

Eddie Hinton "Watch Dog" on Mercury Records

Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Stagger & Swagger" on Sioux

The Senders "One Cup of Coffee" on Left for Dead




The Quilz "Little Red Corvette" on Prickly Records

Beach Patrol "Don't Concern Myself" on Self-Released

Mothers Room "Fishing" on Rockhaus

Matthew Davies "Monster" on self-released


Friends of Cesar Romero "According to Vixen Daily" on Doomed Babe

Rockin' Horse "Biggest Gossip In Town (Single Version)" on Grapefruit

Ellie Greenwich "Couldn't You Wait Til The Party Was Over" on Teensville

The Fabulous Five "Janie Made a Monster" on Skinupski

Lou Reed "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" on Light In The Attic

The Sound Ivestment "Come Back Baby" on Teensville

Bram Tchaikovsky "Girl of My Dreams" on Rhino

Sneakers "Condition Red" on Omnivore Recordings





Tyler Keith "Castaway" on Black & Wyatt

Little Willie John "Spasms" on King

Billy "The Kid" Emerson "The Woodchuck" on Secret

Big Walter Price & His Thunderbirds "Calling Margie" on RWA

The William Loveday Intention "It Ain't Mine" on Damaged Goods Records

Gino and the Goons "She Was Crushed" on Slovenly Recordings

Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre "Snowblind in the Rising Sun" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC

Dan Montgomery "Hard Time" on Fantastic Yes Records

The Diablos Featuring Nolan Strong "My Heart Will Always Belong to You" on Regency

Margie Day "Crazy Over You" on Ace

Kids on a Crime Spree "Boomdoom" on Slumberland Records

The Prissteens "If You Really Love Me" on Girlsville


G. Collins & Vibrations "Whatca Do?" on Gear Fab

LeRoi Brothers "Treat Her Right" on AVRA

Churchwood "Ring Around the Moon Tonight" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC

Spanking Charlene "Booze & Pills" on Slacker Music

The Blueberry Hellbellies "Prehistoric Plateau" on Bear Family



The Hentchmen "Anywhere" on Times Beach Records

The Outta Sites "Jezebel" on Spinout Records

The Downbeat 5 "Dum Ditty Ditty" on Hi-N-Dry Records

The Paybacks "Bright Side" on Get Hip

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages "Let's Go to Mars" on Bloodshot Records

Coco Hames "I Don’t Wanna Go" on Merge Records

Ooga Boogas "A Night to Remember" on Aarght Records


Playlist for 12.23.22



Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

The Tornadoes "Santa Claus" on Norton

Thee Fine Lines "Nothin' But Tears (Under My Christmas Tree)" on Self-Released

The Fleshtones "Run, Rudolph, Run!" on Yep Roc Records

Big Bud "Rock Around the Christmas Tree" on Koko Mojo

Rufus Thomas "I'll Be Your Santa Baby" on Stax


Beebe Gallini with Cindy Lawson "You Ain't Getting Nothin'" on RumBar Records

The Kinks "Father Christmas" on Flashback

The Beach Boys "Santa's Beard" on Capitol

MFC Chicken "Hey Hey Father Christmas (Pocahontmas)" on Folc Records

Fountains of Wayne "The Man In the Santa Suit" on Atlantic



The So So Glos "This Could Be Christmas (feat. Spider Stacy)"

The Moaners "Something Funny In Santa's Lap" on Yep Roc Records

The Dyes "Santa Claus"

Dwight Twilley "Christmas with the Martians" on Digital Music Works

Screamin' Jay Hawkins "It's X'Mas (A Time for Giving)" on Midnight




The Grovelers "Sleigh Bell Rock" on Team Bryce Foundation

Couch Flambeau "Funky Christmas" on self-released

Xposed 4heads "Sleigh Ride" on Internal Combustion

Ramma Lamma "Rock 'N' Roll Lady" on Certified PR

The Quilz "Christmas Wrapping" on Self-Release

L'Resorts "I'm Ready to Eat" on self-released


Reigning Sound "Jingle Bell Rock" on Norton Records

Debbie Gibson "Christmas Star" on Stargirl Records

The Accelerators "Christmas This Year" on Sound Asleep Records

The Cartridge Family "Sad on Christmas Day" on Sir Walter

Cindy Lawson "Hey Santa" on Rum Bar


The Prissteens "Christmas Is a Time for Giving" on Girlsville

Mike Ireland "Christmas From a Bar"

William Bell "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" on Stax

Clarence Carter "Back Door Santa" on Atlantic

Dave Dudley "Six Tons of Toys" on Mercury

Joan Shaw "I Want a Man for Christmas" on Righteous

Stupidity "Reindeer Twist (feat. Keith Streng)" on Red on Red Records

Hasil Adkins "Santa Claus Boogie" on Norton Records



Joel Patterson "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" on Ventrella

Movie Movie "Another Holiday" on Self-Released

Paul Revere & The Raiders "Rain, Sleet or Snow" on Columbia

The Krayolas "Tex-Mex Rudolph (feat. Augie Meyers) [Navidad Remaster]" on Box Records

The Youngsters "Christmas in Jail" on Rhino


The Minus 5 "Your Christmas Whiskey" on Yep Roc

Augie Rios "¿Donde Esta Santa Claus?" on Polydor

Prince "Another Lonely Christmas" on Paisley Park

Chuck Berry "Merry Christmas Baby" on Bear Family

The Hentchmen "Come on Santa" on Norton

Thee Headcaotees "Santa Claus" on Damaged Goods

James Brown "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" on Rhino

Little Joey "Comin' Down Your Chimney" on Bear Family


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