Playlist for 11-4-11: Do It for Freeform

It was week 1 of WMSE’s fall pledge drive, and Zero Hour featured plenty of new music, including Mark Sultan, Trolley, the Boss Mustangs, Curlee Wurlee, The Barreracudas and more. I won’t be around for the show next week cuz I’m headed to the event of the century happening Nov. 10-13 in NYC. The one-and-only Buzz will be sitting in for me. Last but not least, if you have time, check out my Q&A with Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team over at Sonic Diet.

Download or stream the entire Nov. 4 show right here.

We All Love Peanut Butter – The One Way Streets
Bloodhound – Larry Bright
Sunshine of Love – Etta James

Path Finder – Teddy & the Rough Riders
Roadrunner (live) – Bo Diddley

Ring of Fire (live) – Johnny Cash
FBI Top 10 – DM Bob & the Deficits
Contact High – Ike & Tina Turner

Boss Hoss – Los Explosivos
Betty Lou’s Got a New Tattoo - Creep
My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
Calloused Hands – Mark Sultan

Little Scream live in the studio

Dead of Night – Wheels on Fire

Local Lunchbox
She’s The Kind of Girl – Trolley
Marionette – Beach Patrol
Mess Around – Trent Fox & the Tenants

Black & White Memories – Thee Spivs
Burnout – The Boss Mustangs
Before You Came Here – The Party Lights
My Brian is Empty – Curlee Wurlee

I Need That Record – The Tweeds
Trash Talkin’ Woman – The Electric Mess
Scrap Collectin’ Man – Crankshaft & the Gear Grinders

Too Much Information – Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team
Ooh-Wee – The Accelerators
Black Sheep – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
He’s Coming – Stupidity

She’s So Satisfying – The Untamed Youth
Solid Gold (Thru & Thru) – The Real Kids
Squat With Me – The A-Bones with the Great Gaylord
Scalping Party – Jackie & the Cedrics

Shimmy Shake – The Hentchmen
I Wanna Join the James Gang – The Gaye Blades
Michelle (live) – The Flat Duo Jets
Shallow Grave – The A-Bones

Feet – The Barreracudas
Wrong End of the Leash – The Ribeye Brothers
Sick – Dynamite Pussy Club
Down in Mexico – Molly Gene One Whoaman Band
Guns & Knives – Swampmeat

Washing in the Blood of Rock-n-Roll – The Professor and His One Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Explosion
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Sammy Davis Jr.

Playlist for 5/6/11: Woo ee ah ah! It's 25 years of Norton Records

Three hours (minus the Local Lunchbox) of nuthin’ but Norton Records in celebration of the label’s 25th anniversary! It was the final day of the pledge drive, but you can still donate at www.wmse.org.

While you're listening, check out the Q&A I did with Miriam Linna and Billy Miller over at Sonic Diet, WMSE's blog. After that, grab the latest copy of Ugly Things for a 20-plus page feature that will enlighten you on all things Norton.

If you still need more, I did a roundup of a bunch of Nortonrific links the last time I paid tribute to the great label. Yeah, I'll probably do it all again in another few years! Why not?

Download or stream the show right here.


She Said – Hasil Adkins
Jump, Jive and Harmonize – Thee Midniters
Friday at the Hideout – The Underdogs

16 Forever – The Dictators
Psycho – The Sonics
What's A Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This? – The Lyres
Vietnamese Baby – The New York Dolls

Teen-age Jump – T. Valentine
I Got You (I Feel Good) - King Uszniewicz and His Uszniewicztones
School’s a Drag – The Hentchmen
Questions I Can’t Answer – The A-Bones

Thunder & Lightning – Bloodshot Bill
Dance to the Bop – Gene Rambo & the Flames
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Andre Williams w/ Ronnie Spector
A Certain Guy – Mary Weiss

Local Lunchbox
Better Man – Greg Cartwright & the Goodnight Loving
I Don’t Want to Laugh at You – Greg Cartwright & The Goodnight Loving
Bring the Water – The Midwest Beat

My Name is Hannibal – The Mighty Hannibal
Tight Spot – Paul & the Four Most
Yabadabado – Andy & the Classics

You’re Running Wild – Ron Haydock & the Boppers
Sick & Lonely – IVbidden
I Need Your Luven – Jack Starr

Got Too - ? & the Mysterians
Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man – Andy Shernoff & the Daddy Long Legs

Empty Heart – Coba Seas
September Gurls – Big Star
She’s Alright – Real Kids

I Fought the Law – South Bay Surfers
Tear it Up – Charlie Feathers
I Saw Her First – Bruce & Jerry
Live it Up – Roy Head & the Traits

Geraldine – The A-Bones
Little Girl – Flat Duo Jets w/ Gene Maltais

Drag Strip – The Fender Benders
Don’t Ring Come On In – The Ding Dongs

I’m Snowed – Joe South
Turn My Coattails Loose – Hasil Adkins
Bucketful – Tandoori Knights

Zero Hour playlist for 4/29/11: Have Primate, Will Donate

It was a mess cleaning up after a full primate playlist for three hours during the first week of the pledge drive. Go to wmse.org to donate!

Stream or download the show right here.


C’mon Monkey With Me – Gino Washington
Monkey Man – Baby Huey & the Babysitters
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog? Rufus Thomas
Monkey With Your Tail – The Cramps

Don’t Monkey With Another Monkey’s Monkey – Johnny Paycheck
One Monkey Can’t Stop the Show – Roy Hall
Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
I’m An Ape – Jay Hammond & the DJ’s

Mom, Won’t You Teach Me to Monkey – Little Emmet Sutton
Monkey That Became President (Part 1) – The Brotherhood
The Gorilla – The Ideals
Monkey’s Uncle – The Kongsmen

Monkey Bump – The Bama-Lamas
See You Soon Baboon – Dale Hawkins
Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey Out of Me) – The Big Bopper

You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) – The Dickies
Magilla Gorilla main title
Hockey Monkey – James Kochalka Superstar
Boris the Blue Nosed Baboon – Nervous Norvus

Monkey With a Gun – The Yayhoos
Monkey on the Doghouse – Th’ Legendary Shackshakers
Monkey Tongue – The Moaners

Monkey Doin’ Woman – The Screws
21st Century Ape Man – The Time Flys
Monkey Monster – The Titty Twisters Orchestra

Baby Monkey’s Song (Yes, We Have No Bananas) – The Jarmolettes
Mo Gorilla – The Ideals
Do the Monkey Man – Eddie & the Hotrods
The Monkey Speaks His Mind – Andre Williams

Baboon Boogie – Jimmy Murphy
Monkey Tonight – Eddie Kirk

King Kong – Big T Tyler
Ape Call – Nervous Norvus

Monkey See, Monkey Du – The Five Du Tones
Monkey Hips and Rice – The 5 Royales

Look Like a Monkey – Eddie Bond
Doin’ the Ape – Jerome Kidd
The Monkey – Guitar Crusher
The Gorilla – Bert Convy

Signifying Monkey – Smokey Joe and the Clyde Leoppard Band
Monkey Beat City – Ronnie Dawson

Playlists for 11/5 and 11/12/2010: Pledging Makes You Feel Pretty

Two weeks worth of pledge drive playlists for you. Not as many songs as usual, but there's been new music recently from the likes of the Parting Gifts, Pure Country Gold and Rusty Willoughby. More money is still needed for WMSE, which you can do here.

Download or stream Zero Hour right here.

Playlist for 11/12
You Got the Look I Like - Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team
She's Looking Good - Rodger Collins

You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It) - The Undertones
I'm Like Yeah, But She's All No - The Mr. T Experience

Take Me Down To The Hospital - The Replacements
(She Was A) Hotel Detective - They Might Be Giants

I Want Some Of That - The Senders
Are You Ready For The Mountain? - The Fleshtones

Bad Boy - The A-Bones
Mary Lou - Young Jessie

Mumblin' Guitar - Bo Diddley
Twisted - Paul Preston
Love Blood Hound - KC Mojo Watson

Local Lunchbox
Round n Round - The Hussy
Social Critique of Madison - The Hussy

The River - The Zygoteens
No More - The Zygoteens

Moanin'in the Moonlight - Pure Country Gold
Don't Blame Me - Pure Country Gold

What Are We Waiting For - The Yayhoos
Too Sweet To Die (live) - The Waco Brothers

You Win Again (live) - Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers
Streets of Baltimore - Rusty Willoughby

Fight For Love - Visqueen
Playhouse Down - The Murdocks

Bikeage - The Descendents
I Don't Know What You're Talking About - Husker Du

3 Cheers - The Sights
All You Had - The Successful Failures

I Got a Rocket in My Pocket - NRBQ
She's About a Mover (Live) - Sir Douglas Quintet

Women - Billy Guy
Any Way You Wanta - Harvey

Uptight Tonight - Flash & the Casuals
O How She Dances - James Luther Dickinson

A Bullet for Ramona - Jack O. & The Tearjerkers
Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon

I Don't Want to Be Like This - The Parting Gifts
Reptile Style (live) - Greg Cartwright

Playlist for 11/5
Rock and Roll Radio - Joe Boots
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Rock'n'Roll City - Jerry "Boogie" McCain

It's the Music That Makes Me - Southern Culture on the Skids
Sweet Little Rock and Roller - Flamin' Groovies

Rock City U.S.A. - The Devil Dogs
Can't Dig it (live) - Mondo Topless

Fletcher - The Successful Failures
I Can Tell - The Volebeats

Find a Way Home - Rusty Willoughby
Jacquline Susann - Pernice Brothers

The Losers Win - The Loons

Local Lunchbox
This Time Next Year - The Nice Outfit
I Don't Wanna Be Around - The Sugar Stems

Too Late for Love - The Leg Hounds
You'll Own My Heart - The Goodnight Loving

Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
Gerald Ford - Hadacol

Bad Moon Rising - The Spitballs
Games People Play - The Pleasure Barons

Mope-itty Mope - The Bosstones
Daddy Rockin' Strong - The Dirtbombs
Respect - The Raunch Hands

Resoultion - Steve Wynn & The Miracle Three
Humid Air - The Moaners

Chinatown - The City Champs
A Message to Young Lovers - James Carr

Kill City - Iggy Pop & James Williamson
Dress On - The Tandoori Knights

Leave My Kitten Alone - The Detroit Cobras
Suburban Soul Man - The Master Plan

Watusi - Invictas
Everybody's Rockin - Whitey Pullen

Playlist for 6/11/10: Psycho Pledge Drive, Pt. 2

WMSE had a one-day pledge drive last Friday to make up for the remaining $5,000 needed for the spring. As of today, the station is still about $2,400 short, so support the station and freeform radio with a pledge right now! New music this week from Teenage Fanclub, King Louie's Missing Monuments, Davila 666 and a Psycho 50th anniversary theme to start. The movie premiered at New York City's DeMille and Baronet Theaters on June 16, 1960. That's today trivia moment - or something.

Download or stream the June 11 show right here.

Psycho - Swamp Rats - Back From The Grave Part 1
Psychotic Reaction - Count Five - Nuggets
Psycho In The House - Couch Flambeau - I Did A Power Slide In The Taco Stand: Anthology 1982-2001
Psycho - Bobby Hendricks - Sue Records Story
Psycho [Live] - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue

Into The City - Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Bright Side - Nada Surf - If I Had A Hi-Fi
Lima Time!- The Baseball Project - Broadside Ballads
I Hope You're Happy - Hoodoo Gurus - Purity Of Essence

Tailspin - King Louie's Missing Monuments - Black Rainbow
Get Together - The Mullens - It's Hard To Imagine ...
Secret Code - The Dirtbombs The Dirtbombs Scion A/V Garage - The Dirtbombs /
Come on Judy - Wheels on Fire - 7"
Ohhh - Davila 666 - 12" EP
Ruby Tuesday - Gaye Blades - 7"
Crazy Dreams - The Ding Dongs -S/T

Local Lunchbox
Beat Beat Beat - Sugar Stems - Buzzcity
We Had Heaven - Danglers - We Had Heaven single
Benzedrine - Elusive Parallelograms - And Everything Changes
Ghosts in the Mirror - Call Me Lightning - Trouble We're In

My Girlfriend's Way Too Hot for Me - Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear - The Ghost of Rock & Roll
Between The Lines - Trapper Schoepp & The Shades - Lived And Moved
Don't Think I Can't Stop (Just Because I Don't) - New Heathens - Hello Disaster
Days of Wine and Roses - Jason & The Scorchers - Halcyon Times

Snake in the Bed - Elizabeth Cook - Welder
Too Much Month - Tommy Womack - There, I Said It!
Houston - Deadstring Brothers - Sao Paulo

2000 Man - Jack Oblivian - American Slang
If I Were You - John Paul Keith & the 145's - Spills & Thrills
You're Lookin' Good - Alex Chilton - A Man Called Destruction
Little Clown - Mondo Topless - Freaking Out
Stranger in the House - The Paybacks - Love, Not Reason

Pine Belt Blues - Dexateens - Red Dust Rising
Everybody Else Is Having Fun - Brimstone Howl - Big Deal What's He Done Lately?
The Boss - Pure Country Gold - Positive Vibrations
Long White Desert Rose - Spider Bags - Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World

Camp Heartbreak - SwampMeat - Camp Heartbreak
Older Than You - The Golden Boys - Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010
Little Heart - Delaney Davidson - Self Decapitation

Liver Splash - The Meters - Struttin
Tricks - Andre Williams - That's All I Need
My Name Is Hannibal - The Mighty Hannibal - Hannibalism!

Playlists for 5-14-10 and 5-21-10: Pledge Drive Two-fer

I went home to Virginia last weekend, so I'm a little behind on the playlist posting. Here's the last two, which are from WMSE's spring pledge drive. Listeners pledged more than $90,000 so far - thank you, thank you, thank you. WMSE still needs about $15,000 to make its goal of $105,000, so it's not too late to pledge. New releases over the last two weeks include The Ding Dongs, Andre Williams, Mondo Topless, Sadies, Hoodoo Gurus and more.

Download or stream both shows right here.

5-21-10
Our Time Is Running Out - The Yellow Payges - Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968

Just Call Me - Andre Williams - That's All I Need
Knock Me Down - The Ding Dongs - S/T
Down Low - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Controversial Negro
Stolen Moments - The A-Bones - Not Now!
Aleyompa - The Titty Twisters Orchestra - Gorf Pow Bang Tump!

Don't Hold My Hand - White Mystery - White Mystery
Shut Up Looking At Me - Overnight Lows - City Of Rotten Eyes
Yours Alone - Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Between Us - The Strange Boys - Be Brave

Local Lunchbox
This Time Next Year - The Nice Outfit - Kissing Jocelyn
Save the Last Drugs for Me - Trolley - Last Chance Dance
Lower Than I've Ever Been Before - White Hot Tizzes - Stash
Leave Me Hanging - Heathrow - World Opinion is With Us

Tie A Rope To The Back Of The Bus - Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones - D.I.Y. Teenage Kicks - UK Pop, Vol. 1
16 Forever - The Dictators - Every Day Is Saturday
Television Generation - Kursaal Flyers - D.I.Y. Teenage Kicks - UK Pop, Vol. 1
Love You Till Friday - The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash

Debbie Loves Joey - Helen Love - Alright, This Time Just the Girls Volume 2
She's Hi-Fi - Trend - Yellow Pills: Prefill
Victim At Bedtime - Eugene Edwards - My Favorite Revolution
Strychnine - The Anabolics - Anabolically Correct
Let It Go And Rock! - The Cool Jerks - Cleaned A Lot Of Plates In Memphis
Lackie's Men - Delaney Davidson - Self Decapitation

I Won't Come Crawling Back to You - Melvin Davis - 45
My Last Dance With You - Nathaniel Mayer and His Fabulous Twilights - (I Want) Love And Affection (Not The House Of Correction)
I Can't Hold Out Any Longer -Jimmy Soul - 45
A Handful Of Memories - Jeanette (Baby) Washington - The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul

Ridin' In My Car - She & Him - Volume Two
I Got a Little Secret - NRBQ - Workshop
It Comes To Me Naturally - Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - The Stars Are Out

Another Day Again - The Sadies - Darker Circles
A Good Flying Day - The Sadies - Favourite Colours
The Land Between - The Sadies - New Seasons
The 400 - The Sadies - Tales of the Rat Fink - Original Soundtrack
Up to My Neck in This - Jon Langford And His Sadies - Mayors Of The Moon

One Track Mind - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F
Rock City, U.S.A. - The Devil Dogs - 30 Sizzling Slabs


5-14-10
Give It To Me - The Odds - Groin Thunder! Trogg-Punk Noize From All Over The Place!
If You Can't Give Me Everything - Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
Give You What I Got - Wendy Rene - The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968 [Disc 4]
Give It Back - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

(We're a) Bad Trip - Mondo Topless - Freaking Out
Left In The Dark - Vertebrats - A Thousand Day Dream
Something for Yourself- The Mullens - It's Hard To Imagine ...
Get Back at You - Red Planet - Let's Degenerate
Red Light Baby - Million Sellers - Mighty Good

Crackin' Up - Hoodoo Gurus - Purity Of Essence
Big Red - Hacienda - Big Red And Barbacoa
Primitive Rock - Hipbone Slim & The Knee-Tremblers - The Kneeanderthal Sounds Of
Pancho Villa - Link Wray - Hillbilly Wolf - Missing Links Vol. 1

Local Lunchbox
Love-Itis - Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Love-Itis: All Of The Rare & Unreissued 45's From The Vaults Of Magic Touch (1967-1977)
Work That Skirt - The Bo-Keys featuring Harvey Scales - Work That Skirt
What's Good For You (Don't Have To be Good To You) - Harvey Scales - The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Volume 3: 1972-1975
Get Down - Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Love-Itis: All Of The Rare & Unreissued 45's From The Vaults Of Magic Touch (1967-1977)

Foggy Notion/Search & Destroy - The True Believers - Hard to be Cool in an Uncool World
Seven Days A Week - Perfect - Once, Twice, Three Times A Maybe

Costume - Trapper Schoepp & The Shades - Lived And Moved
Mona Lee - Jason & The Scorchers - Halcyon Times
Don't See That Girl - The Magnolias - Dime Store Dream
Furniture Showroom Of Sugar Loaf - Billy Dankert - Bowling Shoes Blues
I Feel Just Like George Jones When He Was a Heel to Tammy - Curtiss A - A Scarlet Letter

Red - The Morells - Shake & Push
Weird - Roscoe & the Little Green Men - Strummin' Mental! Part Three

I'm In Fighting Mood - Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake - Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I've Got A) - Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! - Fixin' The Charts, Volume 1

I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves) - Half Man Half Biscuit - Back In The D.H.S.S./The Trumpton Riots EP
C Is The Heavenly Option - Heavenly - Le Jardin De Heavenly
The Great Omani - The Len Price 3 - Pictures
Nobody But You - The Apples In Stereo - Travellers In Space And Time

Love Goes On - Nada Surf, If I Had A HiFi - Mardev
Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk - New Pornographers - Together
Postcards - The Sadies - Darker Circles
It's My Party (But I Won't Cry) - Graham Parker - Imaginary Television
Hell and Back - Backyard Tire Fire - Good To Be
Trainwreck - Gwil Owen - Ahab's Birthday

California Dreamin' - Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend

Playlist for 11/4/09: Pledge Drive Pig Out

Big thanks to Corey for sitting in with me during the last week of the fall pledge drive. We set a Zero Hour record - OK, it was 60 bucks, but you can make up for that by donating here.

Stream or download the show right here.

Pig Snoots Pt. 1 - The Natural Bridge Bunch w/Andre Williams
Do the Pig - Merced Blue Notes
Gimme a Pigfoot - Bessie Smith
I Crave My Pig Meat - Blind Boy Fuller
Pig Snoots Pt. 2 - The Natural Bridge Bunch

Wanna Get Old - Fairlane
Sun Gone Down - House of Freaks
Flirted With You All My Life - Vic Chesnutt
Sunday Nights - Frank Turner

Lookout - Dex Romweber Duo
She - Plexi 3
That Girl Stacey – The Flips
One Mint Julep – The Exotics

Phillies ‘76 – The Phillies
Message From a Black Man – Derek Harriott
As Long (live) - Greg Cartwright

7” Six-Pack
She’s My Chemist – Mighty Deerlick (Subatomic)
Pretty Lizard – Liquid Pink (Susstones)
Ticket to L.A. – Urge Overkill (Touch & Go)
Lolita – Paw (Nasty Pope)
Grand Slam Baby – Pork (No. 6)
A Good Flying Bird - Thee Crappy Dracula (Self-released)

I Want Everything – The Godfathers
Dead Roo – Cosmic Psychos
Gallon of Gin - Wheels on Fire
Common at Noon – The Real Kids
Glad & Sorry – The Royal Purple

You’re So Rude - Ian McLagan & The Bump Band
Good Morning John – Kris Kristofferson
You and Me Baby (Holding On) - Chuck Prophet
Neon Tombstone – Phil Lee

Dream Crusher Machine – The Shazam
Shake Your Magazines – The Young Fresh Fellows
Flowers of Winter – The Tripwires
One + One – The Goldstars

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette – Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Hey Bartender – Bob Gallion
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Peter Pete & The Lovers
Coffee, Cigarettes & Tears – The Larks
Check Yourself Bay – Tony Allen & The Chimes
Insect Ball – Big Jay McNeely
Watch Dog – Etta James
Rumble - Jack Nitzsche
Sock it to Me-Baby – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Whee
Jump, Jive & Harmonize – Thee Midniters
Spoonful – Jim Ford
Meadowlark Boogie – Buck Griffin
Rock the Joint - Bill Haley & the Saddlemen

Playlist for 10/28/09: Burn She (and He) Devils Burn

It was Halloween and fall pledge drive time on Zero Hour this week. I played lots of devil songs, a few hell songs and plenty of just plain weird ditties. A blast was had by, well, me. If you get a chance to check it out, I wrote a Halloween post for Sonic Diet detailing some of my seasonal faves, most of which made it onto the show. The pledge drive continues next week, so do your duty to freeform radio and pledge.

Download or stream the show right here.

Rockin' in the Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar
Morgus the Magnificient – Morgus & the Ghouls
She's My Witch - Kip Tyler
Bo Meets the Monster - Bo Diddley

I Was a Teenage Zombie - The Fleshtones
Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon - The Cramps
The Phantom - Bleed
Circle in Hell - Golden Boys
Experiment in Terror/Stalkin' - Impala

Take the Devil Out of Me - Tres Chicas
Run Devil Run - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
The Devil and Me - BR549
There's A Devil on the Loose - Mavis Staples
Lurking in the Shadows - Los Straitjackets

Vampira - Bobby Bare
Graveyard Rock - Tarantula Ghoul and Her Gravediggers
Sinners - Freddie & the Hitchhikers
Rockin' Round the Tombstone - Casper & The Ghosts

Virus Human - The Ponys
Don't Shake Me Lucifer - Roxy Erickson
Slow Death - Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs
Satan's Buddies - Couch Flambeau

Haunted House - Johnny Fuller
Little Demon - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The Shadow Knows - Link Wray

Frankenstein - New York Dolls
Trick or Treat - Otis Redding
Evil - Howlin' Wolf
Halloween - The Dream Syndicate
Homicide - The A-Bones
Grave Up - Satan's Pilgrims
Dance of the Living Dead Chicken - Jack Blanchard

The Witch – The Sonics
Night of the Sadist - Larry & the Blue Notes
I'm a Devil - Satan and Satan's Roses
Raisin Hell - Wild Jimmy Spruill
Haunted House - Hasil Adkins

The Devil Went Down to Newport - Mono Puff
Big Top Halloween - Afghan Whigs
Demonic Possession - Drive By Truckers

Burn She Devil Burn - The Cramps
The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor
Dead - The Poets
It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield
Werewolf - The Kact-ties
The Fang - Nervous Norvus
The Witch - Dexter Romweber
Weird - Roscoe & The Little Green Men
Watusi Zombie – Jan Davis
Bucket o’ Blood – Big Boy Groves

Playlist for 5/6/09

Week 2 of the Spring Pledge Drive was pretty darn quiet. Your pledges are still very much needed - you can do so right here or call 414-799-1917. Lots of cool gifts can be yours. Do it. Please, please, please.

I played the new album from Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers, The Disco Outlaw, which I dig much. Jack and other Memphis people, including Amy LaVere, Harlan T. Bobo and Ben Nichols from Lucero, are getting some attention for appearing in Craig Brewer’s $5 Cover on MTV. Brewer, the man behind Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, follows around Memphis musicians on the show, blending fact and fiction while capturing LaVere in her undies and rapper Muck Sticky acting wacky with midgets and girls with whips. Fun stuff. It’s the first MTV show that I have even thought about looking at in at least a decade. Where are you tonight, Beavis and Butthead?

Next week the I Love My Label segment will feature the late Mammoth Records out of Carrboro, North Carolina. Post any requests in the comments.

Archives are here. The schedule has been updated and actually says Zero Hour now. Goodnight, sweet Lemonie Fresh.

I Am Your Radio - The Boss Martians - The Set-Up (MuSick)
Radio - The Accelerators - Road Chill (Sound Asleep)
Nothin' On But the Radio - The Bleeding Hearts - Nothin' On But the Radio (Doublenaught)
Turn Your Radio On - Grandpa Jones - Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan (Ace)
Heaven's Radio - Bessie Griffin - Heavens Radio - 2004 Sinner's Crossroads Premium (WFMU)

Walk of Shame - Jack-O & The Tennessee Tearjerkers - The Disco Outlaw (Goner)
Reptile Style - Reigning Sound - Live at Goner Records (Goner)
Doing the Devil's Work - John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives - Spills & Thrills (Big Legal Mess)
Hit You With a Kiss - Wheels on Fire - Get Famous! (Big Legal Mess)

Happiness Bleeds - Wussy - S/T (Shake It)
Fate to Fatal - Breeders - Fate to Fatal EP (Self-released)
Knock Knock Knock - Superchunk - Leaves in the Gutter EP (Merge)
Coast of Carolina - Telekinesis - Telekinesis! (Merge)
Love Without Lies - Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers (What's Your Rupture)

Hard to Believe - Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away (Music Road)
You Was For Real - Greg Dulli - Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm (Vanguard)
Heart in Harm's Way - Scott Miller - For Crying Out Loud (F.A.Y.)

7-inch Six-Pack
Little Red Corvette - The Gear Daddies - 7" (Crackpot)
Just Between You and Me - Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles - 7" (Sugar Hill)
Jukejoint Girl - The Carbines - 7" (Oil Rig)
Playboy - Gene and Debbe - 7" (TRX)
How Come Jennifer - Jimmy Carter - 7" (Victory)
Highway Man - Curtis Leach - 7" (Fabor)

Way Down Deep - Vern Gosdin w/ Ralph Stanley - Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel)
Route 23 - Chatham County Line - Route 23 (Yep Roc)
Big City - Merle Haggard - The Bluegrass Sessions (McCoury Music)
This Is The Last Time I'm Ever Gonna Hurt - Jim Lauderdale - Bluegrass Diaries (Yep Roc).

Dismal Prisoner 0613 - Roy Head - Dismal Prisoners (TMI)
I'm Snowed - Joe South - The Rock-A-Round (Norton)
Brand New Automobile- The Payments - Blowin' Through Yokohama (Atomic Passion)
Flip Our Wigs - The Treniers - You're Killin' Me (Dr. Horse)

Put it in Writing - Obits - Single (Comedy Minus One).
What a Rush - Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan (Downtown).
With a Girl Like You - Condo Fucks - Fuckbook (Matador) Troggs
James the Gentle Dreamer - Golden Boys - Goodbye Country (Monofonus Press)

The Government Administrator - Eggs - How Do You Like Your Lobster? (Teenbeat)
1995 - Luna - Romantica (Jetset)
You are the Generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve - Johnny Boy - Single (Vertigo)
Long Distance Man - Guided by Voices - Sandbox (Scat).

Yer a Blur - The Reckless Hearts - Buzzcity (Exclusive Co.)
Sunday - Nick Pipitone - Anything I Want to Say (Burst)
Hand Me Down - Fun With Atoms - Northern Distortion (Black Vinyl)
Lovin' on the Phone - Lackloves - Star City Baby (Rainbow Quartz)

Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels - Truckload of Trouble (Fire)
I Could Be In Heaven- The Flatmates - Potpourri: Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'74 (Cherry Red)
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - S/T (Slumberland)
Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg - Back to Basics (Cooking Vinyl)
Beer and Chocolate Bars - Portastatic - I Hope Your Heart is Not Brittle (Merge)
Border Radio - The Tonys - Border Radio OST (Enigma)

4/29/09 playlist

I suppose my first show during a WMSE pledge drive went pretty well except in the it’d-sure-be-nice-to-be-overwhelmed-with-calls-and-raise-lots-of-money-for-the-station sense. Corey was there ready for action, and, alas, action was sorta quiet. The station hopes to raise $125,000 by July, but please don’t wait to donate. Support Milwaukee’s finest purveyor of independent, freeform radio right now. Call 414-799-1917 or pledge online. Thanks again, Corey, for staying up late, providing bucket loads of witty banter and putting up with me playing the music way too damn loud in the studio.
As for the music, I spent a big ‘ol chunk of time playing songs from bands performing at the Ponderosa Stomp, which was held April 28-29 in New Orleans. I know one Rick Cornell was there and I would love to hear a report. In my pledge drive/Ponderosa/grading papers/freelance writing/editing the magazine/Corey’s –so-damn-good-lucking-it’s-easy-to-get-distracted fog, I forgot to mention the International Pop Overthrow, going on tonight through Sunday at Linneman’s. Nick Pipitone, the Nice Outfit, the Lackloves, the International Date Lines and The Pugilists are just a few of the performers. While it certainly would have made more sense to do a before the festival set of songs on the show, I will do a post-festival set of songs next week in my attempt to partially make up for it.

Archives are here (my show is under DJ Lemonie Fresh until the schedule is updated).


Rock and Roll Radio - Joe Boot - Stompin' 2 (Stompin)
Radio Sweetheart - Elvis Costello - My Aim is True (Rhino)
Radio - Teenage Fanclub - Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub (Jetset)
She Turns My Radio On - Jim Ford - The Sounds Of Our Time (Bear Family)

Nighttime Crime Scene - Tommy Keene – In The Late Bright (Second Motion)
Goliath & Son - The Trusty Knife - Buzzcity - (Exclusive Co.)
Angel Dog - Testa Rosa - Live at WMSE, Vol. 10 (Self-released)
One More Cigarette - Beach Patrol – Riding Dinosaurs (Duck on Monkey)

Money Money - Beach Patrol – Riding Dinosaurs (Duck on Monkey)
*Is We or Ain't We - Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team - National Champions (Doublenaught)
*Do it For Free - Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles – The Stars Are Out (Sugar Hill)
Peaches - Cyclone 60 - Instant Classic (Self-released)
Tubby - Los Straitjackets - The Further Adventures - (Yep Roc)

Evil Thing - The Chatham Singers - Juju Claudius (Damaged Goods)
Don’t Destroy This Night - New Pornographers - Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers (Merge)
A Man You’ve Never Known - The Strange Boys -And Girls Club (In the Red)
Little Sister - Dwight Twilley – Out of the Box (Gigatone)

7-inch Six-Pack
Bad Reputation – Guitar Wolf – 7” (Wallabies)
Love Her So – Countdowns – 7” (Scooch Pooch)
Little Girl – Gene Maltais w/Flat Duo Jets– 7” (Norton)
Bulldozers and Dirt – Drive By Truckers – 7” (Soul Dump)
Mr. Superlove – Afghan Whigs – 7” (Mono Cat 7)
Hermitage – Waxing Poetics – 7” (Celery)

Ponderosa Stomp in Milwaukee
New Spark - Johnny Powers/A-Bones - Daddy Wants A Cold Beer (Norton)
Dog Meat - Flamin' Groovies – Slow Death (Norton)
Aztec - Bo Diddley – Chess Box (Chess/MCA)
8 Days On The Road- Howard Tate - What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves: 1967-1977 (Rhino)

There's A Moose On The Loose- Roddy Jackson – The Specialty Story (Specialty)
Standing In a Trashcan (Thinking of You) - Legendary Stardust Cowboy – Live in Chicago (Pravda)
Boogie Chillen - Dale Hawkins - Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler - Past Masters (magazine insert)
Blue Days, Black Nights - Bob Luman – Rockabilly Classics (Rockabilly Hall of Fame)
So Long, So Long (Goodbye Goodbye) - Warren Storm - Hey Baby The Rockin' South (Ace)

* Bring Your Lovin - Hoyt Axton - Vee Jay: The Definitive Collection (Shout Factory)
* No Shoes - John Lee Hooker - Vee Jay: The Definitive Collection (Shout Factory)
Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester - Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics (Rhino)
Love Will Make You a Slave - Lil Greenwood – The Specialty Story (Specialty)

Gonna Rock 'N' Roll Tonight- Carl Mann & the Kool Kats - Rockin' Memphis (Proper)
I Love To Rock 'n' Roll - Eddie Bo - The Heartbeat Of New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll (Vex)
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From A Rock & Roll City- Jerry McCain – That’s What They Want: The Best of Jerry McCain (Excello)
Riot in Cellblock #9 - Wanda Jackson – Heart Trouble (CMH)
Beat Out My Love - Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics - Rhythm, Rhyme & The Truth (HMG/Hightone)

You See Me - Robert Parker ¬– Silver Fox 69/70:My Goodness, Yes (Sundazed)
Milk Chicken - Wiley & The Checkmates – Single (Rabbit Factory)
Trying to Live My Life Without You - Otis Clay – The Best of Otis Clay: The Hi Records Year (Hi)
I Hate You - Dan Penn – You Got Country in My Soul (Rick Cornell mix)
Believe What You Say - Ricky Nelson – Rockin’ Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly (Rhino)
Here Comes Curley - Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers - The Scientific Bombs Away (AIM)

Flippin’ Fingers - Long John Hunter - Ooh Wee Pretty Baby! (Norton)
End Ponderosa in Milwaukee
Turn the Record Over - Vernon Oxford - One More Record Please (Bear Family)
Please Mr. DJ - Merle Haggard - One More Record Please (Bear Family)

*by request

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