Playlist for 12/16/09: 10 Wheels for Santa

Looking back at my playlist, I suppose I was in a very garagey frame of mind this week, from the bands used in the opening Christmas-themed set to the nutty mofos who ended the show. I don’t know – I imagine bleary-eyed insomniacs at 2:45 on a workweek morning, turning on WMSE and hearing “10 Wheels for Jesus” and then making life-changing vocational choices. And that makes me happy. New music from Bob Log III, a selection from the highly recommended two disc-set that accompanies the new Oxford American music issue and a Zero $ Quartet salute to the mighty Tom Russell.

Anyone wondering what to get Zero Hour for Chrismas? Look no further.

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Run Rudolph Run - The Fleshtones
Sock It to Me Santa - King Salami & The Cumberland Three
Santa's Gonna Shut 'Em Down - The Untamed Youth
Deck the Halls - Los Straitjackets
Santa Claus is Surfin' to Town - Soupy Sales

1,2,3 Party - Mission of Burma
Me Hungry - King Kong
All I Ever Do - Daisy
Temperament Twist - Doug Gillard
The Replacements - Art Brut

Heartbreaks & Razorblades - Miss Derringer
Shake A Little, Wiggle It, and Jiggle It Too – Bob Log III
Apple Pie and Genocide - Greg Ashley
Biggest Nugget of Them All - Jail
Scorpio - Dutchess & the Duke
The Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas
Trying to Live My Life Without You - Otis Clay
It Happened in Tennessee (Part 2) - Wayne Jackson

7” Six-Pack
Statues - The Cake People (November Rain)
Hey Girl - The Loose Rails (Prospective)
Walking With My Girl - Los Portros (Munster)
Spying on The Spys - Portastatic (Merge)
I Can Hardly Spell My Name - Lambchop (Blood Sucker)
Nowhere Town - Chris Mills (Skyco Brand)

Waking Up Drunk - Spider Bags
So Bad - Harlan T. Bobo
3 Piece Suit - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Let it Fly - The Shazam
Cry No More - Ko & the Knockouts
Underdog - The Dirtbombs
Iron Curtain Rock - The Drags
Southern Drums - Flat Duo Jets
Last Dance - Hearts of Stone

Zero $ Quartet
Criminology - Tom Russell
Tijuana Bible - Tom Russell
Tonight We Ride - Tom Russell
California Sun - Tom Russell

Close Up the Honky Tonks - Dwight Yoakam
Lonely All Alone - Two Dollar Pistols

Tease - Beach Patrol
Ain't Got No Money - Jack O. & the Tear Jerkers
Tonight, Tonight - The Anabolics
Dug My Grave - The Fall-Outs
Heavy Kids - Leather Uppers
Memphis Chicken - Gibson Bros.
10 Wheels for Jesus - Beasts of Bourbon
Wah-Hey - The A-Bones
Mascara, Miniskirts and Madness - Neanderthals

Playlist for 11-11-09: Yankees are the Chumps

My feeble attempt to stick it to the Yankees was to start the show with an all-Dead Milkmen (the pride and joy of Philly) set. Hey, at least one listener called and said he dug it. New music from King Kahn & BBQ Show, a Zero $ Quartet feature on Chuck Prophet and Side B of the International Elvis Impersonators Convention (Rhino, 1979).

Planning to head to Chicago on Saturday to catch Andre Williams reading from his new book Sweets out on Kicks Books, Norton Records' new publishing division. I will be sure to report back on Zero Hour next week.

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I Hate You I Love You - The Dead Milkmen
Plum Dumb - The Dead Milkmen
Tiny Town (live) - The Dead Milkmen
Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen
Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern - - The Dead Milkmen

Lonely Boy - King Khan & BBQ Show
Que Viva Elrocanrol - The Spider Bags
Thunderbird - Raunch Hands
Stranded - Mistreaters
Love is My Business - Tav Falco & the Panther Burns
This Town - Green River

Saturday Groovers - Robyn Hitchock
Something in a Friday Night - The Tripwires
Thank You For Being You - The Pastels
Everything Flows - Teenage Fanclub

Deuce - Redd Kross
No Place Fast - The Real Kids
Bums I Used to Know - The Reducers
In My Gremlin - The Rave-Ups

American Man - Chuck Prophet
Balinese Dancer - Chuck Prophet
The Hurting Business - Chuck Prophet
After the Rain - Chuck Prophet

Lost in My Own Town - Jeffrey Dean Foster
Everything You Should - Buzz Zeemer
Part of Me Now - The Spongetones
Dancing Late at Night - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Settin' the Woods on Fire - Will Rigby
Honk If You're Lonely - Silver Jews

Motor Away (live on WHFS) - Guided by Voices
Good Slot - Grand Champeen
Dave the Talking Bear - Smudge
Goin' Out of My Mind - The Insomniacs
Reggie Jackson - Phillistines Jr.
Smoke on Jerry - The Minus Five

Rare Ould Mountain Dew/Dubliners Fancy - The Pogues w/ the Dubliners
Forever Young - Madness
Long Limbed Girl - Nick Lowe
Killer Pillow - Kevin Johnson
She Ain't My Girl - Ian McLagan & the Bump Band
Taste Your Love - Fairlane

The Hunch - Mad Mike & the Maniacs
All Shook Up – Hound Dog Fujimoto
Jailhouse - Elvisini Presiliano
My Way - Entire Cast
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow - The Singing Dogs
Oomp Boomp - Rhythm Addicts
Your Mouth Got a Hole in It - Pinocchio James
Screamin Boogie - Dick Davis
Get Rich Quick - Little Richard
Slots of Fun - Phantom Surfers
Goo Goo Muck - Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads
Jungle Talk (I Want Some of That) - Shane Kai Ray
Japanese Farewell Song (Sayonara). - Martin Denny