Monday, May 15, 2023

What's My Theme: Playlists for 5.5 and 5.12.23



Thanks to everyone who donated during WMSE's spring membership drive! As usual, I went with themes during the drive. For the first week, for the first time amazingly, I did all drinking songs. And during the second week, I was indecisive, so I went three ways: first hour was all Hoodoo Gurus, who reaffirmed my belief in rock'n'roll on Saturday night at Shank Hall; I focused on all Milwaukee bands during the second hour in honor of my 20 years in Milwaukee as of 2023; and the third hour was all truck driving (and one airplane) songs because I spent the last week traveling to Virginia and back to Wisconsin.

May 12

Hoodoo Gurus "(Let's All) Turn On" on Big Time Phonograph Recording Co.

Le Hoodoo Gurus "Leilani" on Big Time





Hoodoo Gurus "I Come From Your Future" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)

Hoodoo Gurus "Turkey Dinner" on Big Time

Hoodoo Gurus "Hung Out To Dry" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)

Hoodoo Gurus "What's My Scene" on Elektra Records

Hoodoo Gurus "Be My Guru" on Big Time

Hoodoo Gurus "Miss Freelove '69" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)






Hoodoo Gurus "Television Addict (Live)" on Zoo

Hoodoo Gurus "Crackin' Up" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)

Hoodoo Gurus "Spaghetti Western" on RCA

Hoodoo Gurus "I Want You Back" on Big Time



The Grovelers "Ahhh Hey!" on The Grovelers

Couch Flambeau "My Girlfriend's Band" on Its Only a Record

Xposed 4heads "Are We Crazy?" on Internal Combustio9n

Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs "Lyin' to Me" on Splunge

Plexi 3 "Little Vacation and Stop and Listen" on Certified PR


Trolley "She's the Kind of Girl" on Easter Records

Trolley "The Kids All Sing" on Easter

The Wigs "Fire" on The Wigs



The Quilz "Are You Still out Tonight" on The Quilz

Primitive Broadcast Service "City of Clocks" on Primitive Broadcast Service

The Midwest Beat "Back To Mono - Blind Flower Girl" on Eradicator Records

The Midwest Beat "Back to Mono / Blind Flower Girl" on Eradicator Records

Greg Cartwright w/The Goodnight Loving "Mary Lou" on Dusty Medical

Ramma Lamma "Do You Know What I'm Doing/Hearts Beating" on Ramma

The Shivvers "Teenline" on Sing Sing



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

World Famous Blue Jays "Good Morning Mr. Trucker" on Diesel Only

Jimmy Logsdon "Gear Jammer" on King

Kay Adams "Six Days A 'Waiting" on Tower


Dave Dudley "Jack Knife" on Mercury

Dave Dudley "Rolaids Doans Pills and Preparation H" on Sun

Bobby Sykes "Long Lonesome Road" on Starday

Vern Stovall "Movin' Around" on Longhorn

Red Simpson "Runaway Truck" on Capitol

Dick Curless "Tombstone Every Mile" on Capitol

The Land Rovers "Black Smoke Against a Blue Sky" on Diplomat

Johnny Bond "The Hijacker" on Starday



Charlie Walker "Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives" on Capitol

Merle Haggard "Silver Wings" on Capitol

Dave Dudley "Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)"


May 5



Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

The A-Bones "Daddy Wants a Cold Beer" on Norton Records Inc.

The Pleasure Seekers "What a Way to Die" on Satan



The Church Keys "Ale Up" on Norton Records

The Skeletons "Waiting for the Gin to Hit Me" on Alias Records, Corp.

The Martinis "Hung Over" on Light In The Attic Records

Charlie Walker "Gonna Drink Milwaukee Dry" on RCA/Legacy


The Sons Of Hercules "Surfin' in the Bars" on Get Hip

The Nightcaps "Wine Wine Wine" on Lost Nite

Paul "Wine" Jones "My Baby Got Drunk" on Fat Possum



Johnny Thunders & Patti Palladin "Alligator Wine" on Jungle Records

The Fleshtones "Beer Run" on Blood Red Vinyl & Discs

The Hawks "A Little More Wine, My Dear" on Righteous

Screamin Jay Hawkins "Baptize Me In Wine" on Red Lightin


Palm Ghosts "Bloodlight" on Ice Queen Records

The Quilz "Valerie Loves Me" on Prickly Records


The Shadows "There Stands The Glass"

Carlene Carter "To Drunk (Too Remember)" on Rhino/Warner Records

Diamond Rugs "Gimme a Beer" on Partisan Records

Wheels On Fire "Gallon of Gin" on Fat Possum

The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers "Hangover" on C-Five

Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass Kickin Team "Feel a Drunk" on doublenaughtrecords




Wynonie Harris "Quiet Whiskey" on Rhino

The Pogues "Streams of Whiskey" on Rhino

Robert Mitchum "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" on Monument


Three Aces and a Joker "Booze Party" on Crypt

The Yayhoos "Gettin' Drunk" on Bloodshot Records

Certain Stars "The Devil Made Whiskey" on Cuba Libre Records

Lydia Loveless "Wine Lips" on Bloodshot

Papa Lightfoot "Wine, Women & Whiskey" on Imperial

The Untamed Youth "They Can't Call It Beer" on Norton Records



The Legs "Drunk" on Goner

Los Chicos "Beer Ain't Drinking" on Rum Bar

MFC Chicken "Blackout Drunk" on Dirty Water Records

Whitey Knight "Another Brew Bartender" on Crown



The Meat Purveyors "Liquor Store" on Bloodshot Records

Spanking Charlene "Booze & Pills" on Slacker Music

J. Gale "Suds" on buffalo bop

LeRoi Brothers "DWI" on AVRA

John Lee Hooker "Whiskey & Wimmen" on Vee-Jay


You Tube Movie of the Week: Le Hoodoo Gurus Zoom Through History




Monday, May 1, 2023

Adios April: Playlists for 4.7, 4.14, and 4.28



Here's April in one big post! Fantastic new music this month from Stephen's Pharmacy, the Out-Sect, the On and Ons, Juniper, the Half-Cubes, Ransom and the Subset, Terry Ohms, Justine & the Unclean, Gee Tee, Peder Hedman, & many more! Full audio archives linked on the dates below.



April 28

Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

CTMF "By the Way of Love and Hate" on Damaged Goods

DADDY LONG LEGS "Been a Fool Once" on Yep Roc Records

Link Wray "Fire and Brimstone" on Light in the Attic

Link Wray "Black Widow" on Ace


Stephen's Pharmacy "Save it for the Night" on Crepe Murder

Hoodoo Gurus "Settle Down" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)

The Troggs "Surprise, Surprise" on Sire

Thee Midniters "Empty Heart" on Rhino

The Kneejerk Reactions "It's a Jungle Out There" on Dirty Water Records

The Out-Sect "No More Lies (The Gruesomes)"

The Five Americans "Slippin' and Slidin'" on Sundazed Music / Modern Harmonic

The Wailers "Beat Guitar" on Golden Crest Records

Thee Headcoats "Everything I've Got to Give" on Big Beat



Oblivians "Run For Cover" on In The Red

Ike Turner "Loosely" on Jerome

Lenis Guess & the Royal Robins "No Steps Away" on Arcania International

James Godwin "Down to the Valley" on Self-released

Chuck Berry "Our Little Rendezvous" on Chess

Gladys Knight & The Pips "Letter Full of Tears" on Relic



Lavish Waste "Dirt Hollywood" on Lavish Waste

The Quilz "Without You" on Prickly Records

Cabin Essence "For Your Love" on Good Land Records

King Eye & the Squirts "When the Sun Goes Down" on Drivel Ltd.



Bobby Russell "Our Love Will Rise Again" on Elf

Lee Hazlewood "Five Thousand and One" on Light In The Attic

Juniper "See You Tonight" on Confidential Recordings / Fabcom!

Superchunk "100,000 Fireflies" on Merge Records

The Paranoid Style "Exit Interview With P.G. Wodehouse" on Bar/None Records

The Half-Cubes featuring the Pernice Brothers "The Weakest Shade of Blue"

Scott the Hoople "Sad Box" on Self-released


Roger Miller "This Town" on Smash

Dan Montgomery "If I Said It" on Fantastic Yes

Dex Romweber "Knock Knock (Who's That Knockin' On My Coffin Lid Door?)" on Bloodshot Records

Robert Mitchum "The Ballad of Thunder Road" on Monument

J.D. Edwards "Crying" on Imperial

Hank Thompson "Cocaine Blues" on Capitol

Sonny Burgess "We Wanna Boogie" on Charly


The Olympics "Working Hard" on Everett

The Plimsouls "Women" on Planet

The Blues Project "No Time Like the Right Time" on Elektra

The Music Machine "Double Yellow Line" on Rhino

Dyke & The Blazers "Why Am I Treated So Funky Bad?" on Craft Recordings




R.Ring "Stole Eye" on Don Giovanni Records

Martha "I Didn't Come Here to Surrender" on Specialist Subject

Pale Lips "Get up and Go" on Sympathy for the Record Industry

Neighborhood Brats "Lust To Love" on Dirtnap Records

Sparks "Tryouts for the Human Race" on BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd


Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Opportunity" on Columbia

Ransom and the Subset "Perfect Crime" on Ransom and the Subset

Cowboy Junkies "What I Lost" on Lent

Terry Ohms "French Exit" on Cornelius Chapel

Justine and the Unclean "The Chasm" on Red on Red

The Tripwires "Lessonpony" on Paisley Pop


April 14



Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs "Memphis Beat" on MGM

Flamin Groovies "Walking the Dog" on Buddah

Gene Gray & The Stingerays "Surf Bunny" on Satan



The Beach Boys "Deirdre" on Reprise

The Fleshtones "The Girl from Baltimore" on I.R.S. Records

Paul Collins' Beat "Crying Won't Help" on Columbia

Zorton and the Cannibals "I Think We're Alone Now" on Badgerow Records

The On and Ons "Let Ya Hair Down" on Citadel

Juniper "Bang!" on Confidential Recordings / Fabcom!

Dave Edmunds "Sweet Little Lisa" on Swan Song


The Minus 5 "Beacon from RKO" on Yep Roc Records

The Hares "I Ain't Going Home Alone" on Saustex Media

Mott the Hoople "One of the Boys" on Columbia/Legacy

Syd Straw with the Skeletons "Harper Valley P.T.A." on Delmore

Wire Troop "Bad News (feat. Cliff Westfall)" on Self-Released



Sugar Stems "Little Girl" on Dusty Medical Records

Beach Patrol "And I Believe Her" on Barely Standing Records

Indonesian Junk "I Don't Mind" on Rum Bar

Peder Hedman "I'll Come To Your Funeral" on Rockhaus

Certain Stars "Bbq King (Demo)" on Cuba Libre Records


New York Dolls "Bad Girl" on Mercury Records

Big Joe Turner "TV Mama" on Atco

Earl Gaines "It's Love Baby" on Excello

Oblivians "Come a Little Closer" on In The Red

Demolition Doll Rods "Got A Little Lovin'" on Matador

Ike Turner "You're Driving Me Insane" on Jerome

Ike & Tina Turner "Honky Tonky Women" on Liberty

The Harlots of 42nd Street "Cool Dude & Foxy Lady" on Sundazed Music / Modern Harmonic




Dan Montgomery "Glitter" on Fantastic Yes

Divine Horsemen "Falling Forward" on In The Red

Julie Christensen "How He Lost Her" on Wirebird Records

The Bangles "He's Got a Secret" on Columbia

Pernice Brothers "B.S. Johnson" on One Little Indian


Waxing Poetics "If You Knew Sushi" on Emergo

Shoes "Cruel You" on Elektra

Alex Chilton "My Rival (Live)" on Norton Records

Paul Revere & The Raiders "Let Me!" on Columbia

Dion "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" on Norton Records



The Surfaris "Bat Man" on Decca

The Olympics "Peanut Butter" on Everest

Link Wray "Fatback" on Ace

Thee Headcoats "Thee Headcoatitude" on Damaged Goods Records

Flat Duo Jets "Fuzzy and Wild" on Norton Records Inc.

Gee Tee "Goodnight Neanderthal" on Goner

The J Ann C Trio "Funnel of Love" on Modern Harmonic


The J. Geils Band "Givin' It All Up" on Atlantic Records

Music Machine "Trouble" on Rhino

Satellites "The Next Boy" on Norton

Kids on a Crime Spree "Boomdoom" on Slumberland Records

The Loons "I Wanna Get You" on Bomp! Records

Powder "Ruby Red Lips (Alternate Mix)" on Ace Records

Tyler Keith & the Apostles "Future Fix" on Black and Wyatt Records


April 7



Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self

Slade "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" on Polydor

The Ramones "do you wanna dance" on Sire Records

The Ramones "I Wanna Be Well"

Playboy Manbaby "You Can Be a Fascist Too" on Playboy Manbaby


Danny Kroha and the Del Toros "Do You Remember What You Said?" on The Wind

The Count Five "Can't Get Your Lovin'" on Double Shot

The Human Expression "Calm Me Down (Single Version)" on Grapefruit

The Cowsills "Gotta Get Away from It All" on MGM

Subsonics "Die a Little" on Slovenly Recordings

Subsonics "High Priest of Nothing" on Slovenly Recordings

The Tandoori Knights "Lovers Moon" on Norton Records

Thee Prophets "Playgirl" on Post


Mel Tillis "Mr. Dropout" on Kapp

T. Tex Edwards with Homer Henderson "Strcyhnine Wine" on Self-Released

Quasi "Riots & Jokes" on Sub Pop Records

Reigning Sound "Tennessee (Live)" on Goner

Flat Duo Jets "Riot In Cell Block #9" on Sky Records



Peder Hedman "She Lights Up" on Rockhaus

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

NEWSKI & Matthew Caws "Chemicals" on Nomad Union

Peder Hedman "Beautiful Girl With a Hammer" on Rockhaus


Gibson Bros. "Let's Work Together" on Sympathy for the Record Industry

Tommy James & The Shondells "Gotta Get Back to You" on Roulette

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels "Sock It to Me, Baby!" on New Voice

Wolfmoon "If He Walked Today" on Alive Naturalsound

Otis Redding "Any Ole Way (Live)" on Atco

Lydia Loveless "European" on Bloodshot Records

The Golden Boys "Dirty Fingernails" on 12XU

The Afghan Whigs "Please, Baby, Please" on BMG Rights Management (US) LLC


The Challengers "Igor's Theme" on GNP Crescendo

Shangri-Las "The Train from Kansas City" on Red Bird

Devo "Come Back Jonee" on Rhino/Warner Records

Janie Aire & The Belvederes "When I Was Young" on Stiff

The Edsels "Rama Lama Ding Dong" on Roulette

The Tripwires "Monument" on Paisley Pop



Jack O & the Tearjerkers "Lookin' for a Love" on Sympathy for the Record Industry

The Kinks "Something Better Beginning" on Reprise

Dan Montgomery "Baby Your Luck's Running Bad" on Fantastic Yes

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs "A Whole Lot More..." on Transdreamer

Dave Dudley "Speed Traps, Weigh Stations & Detour Signs" on Mercury

James and the Ultrasounds "Letters in a Box" on MADJACK Records

The Rolling Stones "The Singer Not the Song" on London


Pernice Brothers "PCH One" on One Little Indian

Merle Haggard "Untanglin' My Mind" on Curb Records

Sleepy LaBeef "You Can't Catch Me" on Epic

Tarheel Slim & Little Ann "Lock Me in Your Heart (and Throw Away the Key)" on Charly R&B

The Ding Dongs "Weekend" on Norton Records Inc.



The Galaxy Trio "Strip Search" on Estrus

The Original Starfires "Fender Bender" on Candy

The Duals "Stick Shift" on Springboard

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters "Broadway" on Valmor

Man Young "Let Me Ride Your Mule" on Nighthawk

Danny & the Darleans "It's About My Baby" on Nero's Neptune


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