Playlist for 3/25/11:TGIBS (Thank Goodness It's Baseball Season)

New releases from Bo Diddley, James Leg and Obits and interviews with Occult Detective Club and the King's Horses!

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Also did the Friday Blues Drive this week - download or stream it here.

1976 – The Baseball Project
The Yankee Flipper – The Baseball Project
The Panda and the Freak – The Baseball Project
Fernando – The Baseball Project
Buckner’s Bolero – The Baseball Project
The Death of Big Ed Delhanty – The Baseball Project

Hey, Bo Diddley (live) – Bo Diddley
Be a Sect Maniac – The Downliners Sect
Bo Diddley is a Lover – The Liverbirds
Sad Sack – Bo Diddley
Road Runner (live) – Bo Diddley

TGIF – Doug Brown & the Omens
Mashed Potatoes – Menster Phip & the Phipsters
Imaginary Person – Ty Segall
Satanville – The Gibson Bros.
My Baby Left – The Dyes
Fire & Brimstone – James Leg

Local Lunchbox
Interview with the King’s Horses
Subject/Object
Not Actually About South Dakota

Itch & Sratch (Pt. 1) – Rufus Thomas
Side Walk Surf – The Mad Lads
Chicken Dog – Blues Explosion
Tiger Man – Rufus Thomas
Stop Kicking My Dog Around – Rufus Thomas

You Can Think What You Want – The Church Keys
Pistol Packing Mama – Peter Pete & the Lovers
Ugly and Slouchy – The Morrells
Who Were You Thinking Of? – The Sir Douglas Quintet
Let’s Do Wrong Tonight – Simon Stokes & the Heathen Angels
Rawhide – Blood on the Saddle
Don’t Go – Marcellus Hall

Walk of Shame – Jack O. & the Tennessee Tearjerkers
The SXSW West Song (Everyone’s in Austin) – John Paul Keith & the 145’s
Ran Out of Run – South Filthy

Tape From California – Squirrel Bait
Sounds Like Bucks – Volcano Suns
Killer – Obits
Kissability – Sonic Youth
Youth is Wasted on the Young – Chain & the Gang

Interview with Alex Anguiano from Occult Detective Club
C’mon Levi
Calling the Detectives

I’m Sorry – Flat Duo Jets
Black Velvet Elvis – Carnival Season

Playlists for 3-11 and 3-18-11: Thirty and Holding

Two weeks of playlists, including last week's WMSE 30th anniversary celebration in which I played at least one song from every year of the station's existence.

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Playlist for 3-18-11
1981-1990
She’s Like Heroin to Me – The Gun Club
That’s When I Reach for My Revolver – Mission of Burma
Dog Bite – The Dead Kennedys
Kick Your Door Down – The Replacements
I Can’t Pretend – The Barracudas
Zero Hour – The Plimsouls

Poor Paddy – The Pogues
I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves) – Half Man Half Biscuit
Red Monky – The Milkshakes
Cry, Cry, Cry – The Cynics
Alligator Wine – Johnny Thunders & Patti Palladin
Take it Off – Alex Chilton

Jesus & Tequila – The Minutemen
I Will Never Forget You – Husker Du
Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More – Mudhoney
18 (Unprotected) – Those X-Cleavers
Pretty Please Me – The Dickies
Tayter Country – The Cavedogs

1991-2000
Local Lunchbox
Stiff Priscilla – The Blow Pops
My Show Business Days – The Frogs
Go to Hell – Couch Flambeau
Jetsetter – The Exotics

Punch Me Harder – Superchunk
One P.M. – Yo La Tengo
Ugly Girl Lover – Flop
C Is the Heavenly Option – Heavenly
Rock-n-Roll Girl – The Muffs

Point of No Return – The Mekons
Holmes – The Grifters
A Band Called Bud – Blue Mountain

Stay With Me – The Devil Dogs
A Girl Like You – The Mummies
She’ll Be My Death – Bantam Rooster
Riverdale High – The Liquor Giants
Teresa – All
She Took A Lot of Pills and Died – Robbie Fulks

2001-2011
Syphilis and Religion – Graham Parker
Checkout Time in Vegas – The Drive-By Truckers
Amphetamine – Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3

Dope Sniffin’ Dog – Jack O. and the Tearjerkers
’69 El Camino – Southern Culture on the Skids
Pray for Your Daughter – Andre Williams
Bottle & Hotel – Harlan T. Bobo

Gypsy Switch – King Louie & the Loose Diamonds
Tonight, Tonight – The Anabolics
He Sure Could Hypnotize – The A-Bones
Noches De Terror – Davilla 666
Reptile Style – Reigning Sound
Me & You – The Volebeats
Out of Time - BBQ







Playlist for 3-11-11
Daylight Savings Time – Hypnolovewheel
Time Won’t Change My Mind – The Royal Purple
Daylight Strong – The Figgs
Daylight Be Damned – Bamboo Kids
Time Changes Everything – Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Daylight Ghosts – John Wesley Harding
Time is On My Side – Irma Thomas

Coming Home Baby – The Fleshtones
I Wish You Would – The Fleshtones
Don’t Want to Be Your Man – The Electric Mess
What Do You Look Like? – Hipbone Slim & the Kneetremblers
Hey You – Simon Stokes & the Heathen Angels

Dream Jeannine – Bastards of Melody
Dear Donna – Jay Banerjee
Teenage Kicks – The Loose Rails
Go All the Way – The Fastbacks
Mind Eraser – The Insomnaics

Local Lunchbox
Interview with Tim Schweiger
You’re So Fine – The Sugar Stems
Sad State of Affairs – The Obsoletes

Ain’t Gonna Hurt Anyone – Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones
Man Alive! – Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons
Broken Phone – Marcellus Hall
Life is Still Sweet – White Hassle

Where’s My Machine Gun? – The Singing Loins
When the Police Came – Mama Rosin
Cold & Blind – Possessed by Paul James
Don’t Be Long – Willem Maker
If Love Could Be – Jim Mize

Shine – Left Lane Cruiser
What Did I Do? – The Dyes
Space Guitar – Nick Curran
Screamin’ Mimi Jeannie – Mickey Hawks
My Little Angel – Rudy Ray Moore
Buggy Ride – Rudy Ray Moore
Cut it Out – Joe Tex
The Bitter and the Sweet – Jimmy McCracklin

My Babe – Dale Hawkins
County Line – Chuck Berry
Sounds Fine to Me – Trent Fox & the Tenants
Mind Over Matter – Reigning Sound
I Don’t Want to Be Like This – The Parting Gifts
Property – The Anabolics
Johanna – Iggy Pop & James Williamson
Give Her a Great Big Kiss (demo) – The New York Dolls
Nothing Can Bring Me Down – Mondo Topless

Playlist for 3-4-11: Smilers Never Lose

Go away winter. New releases this week from Davila 666, Nick Lowe, Johnny Cash and Jonathan Burks. Plus, Trent Fox & the Tenants showed up to deliver a sweaty live set!

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Sunshine of Your Love – Ella Fitzgerald
I See Only Sunshine – Box Tops
Sunshine USA – Randy Whitburn
Open Up Your Heart & Let the Sunshine In – Pebbles & Bam Bam
Sunshine – The Meat Purveyors
You Are My Sunshine – Andre Williams
You Are My Sunshine – Travis Wammack

Oh Yeah – Government Cheese
Ooh Wee – The Accelerators
Night to Remember – Go Time

9th Ward Breakdown – Quintron
Alleys of Your Mind – The Dirtbombs
Black Wave – Wheels on Fire

Big River – Johnny Cash
Coo-Coo Bird – Andy Dale Petty
If This is Love – Charlie Pickett & The MC3
Where the Sidewalk Ends – Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders

Local Lunchbox
Take the Money & Run – Killdozer
Hottentot – Killdozer
One for the People – Killdozer
Pig Foot & Beer – Killdozer

I Need a Woman (Cause I’m a Man) – The Mighty Hannibal
Love Me – The Phantom
The Hawg, Pt. 1 – Eddie Kirk
Cracker Barrel – Left Lane Cruiser
Bring it to Jerome – South Filthy

Vengeance Will Be Mine – The Matadors
Stacker Lee & Billy – Ike & Tina Turner
Chicken Scratch – The Commandos
A Handful of Memories – Baby Washington

Zombie – The Dyes
Mala – Davila 666
Heisse Hexe – Two Tears
No Friend of Mine – Bob Hocko & the Swamp Rats

She Brings – The Insomniacs
You & Me – The Strand
Dose of You – Nick Lowe
Lies for You – Palmyra Delran
Attack of the Misfit Toys – The Witches

Two Step – Jonathan Burks
Running Away From Home – The Singing Loins
C’mon Levi – Occult Detective Club
Gudby to Jane –The Condo Fucks

Trent Fox & the Tenants live in the studio!

Babba Diddy Baby – The Heart Attacks

Interview with Trent Fox & The Tenants

Matchbox – Ralph “Soul” Jackson

Playlist for 2/25/11: Something Wild

This week’s opening theme was brought to you by the year 1986, 25 years gone. Watched this movie, also of 1986 vintage and starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, and by gosh The Feelies, when I got home. New music from the Insomniacs, Occult Detective Club and Left Lane Cruiser. Tune in next week for a live set from Trent Fox & the Tenants.

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How Far Can Too Far Go ? – The Cramps
Slipping Into Something – The Feelies
Erica’s Word – Game Theory
Truck Train Tractor – The Pastels
I Was Lead to Believe – Thee Mighty Caesars

Up From the Underground – Occult Detective Club
Weinerschnitzel – The Descendents
Surf Combat – Naked Raygun
Thorns in Roses – The Exploding Hearts
Their Walls Around You – Occult Detective Club

Jokes – Trent Fox & the Tenants
St. Lita Ford Blues – Redd Kross
Get Me Back – Teengenerate
Pain in the Ass – The Candy Snatchers
Dairy Queen – The Dwarves

Go No Further – The Demolition Doll Rods
354 – The Devil Dogs

Local Lunchbox
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Fatty Acids
Function of the Heart – Faux Fir
Light Polluted Constellations – Fatty Acids
Modern Love – Faux Fir

Just Enjoy – The Insomniacs
Alice White – The Insomniacs
Funkensteen – The Insomniacs
Help Murder Police – The Insomniacs
My Favorite Story – The Insomniacs
Mental Holiday – The Insomniacs

All Night Boppin’ – The Real Kids
I Wanna Dance With You – Caroline & The Treats
Agile, Mobile and Hostile – The Goldstars
Miniskirt Blues – Simon Stokes & The Heathen Angels
Adult High – Preacher’s Kids
You Give Me Nothing – The Fleshtones

A Likely Lad – Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones
Don’t Look Down – The Shazam
Fair Weather Fans – The Baseball Project

Put Your Love on Me – Jack Oblivian
You Talk I Listen (Goin to the Get High Shack) – Ross Johnson
Wild, Wild Women – Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns
A Gal Named Joe – Mac Sales w/ the Esquire Trio
Pure Sugar Cane – John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives

24 Hr. – Left Lane Cruiser
Judgment Day – Jack O’ Fire
I’m a Lover Not a Fighter – Dowliners Sect
Maybe I Was Wrong – Bleed
Speed Kills – Bleed
I’m Gonna Be a Wheel – The Senders
Baptize Me in Wine – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Take Some Ludes and Get Funky – Johnny Legend and his Rockabilly Bastards
You Got to Move – Rev. John Wilkins

Playlist for 2-18-11: The King & I

Huge thanks to the Paul Collins Beat for delivering an excellent 5-song set and sitting down for an interview afterward last week on Zero Hour! New music from the Baseball Project, Piney Gir’ Country Show, the Dyes, Go Time and Victoria De Mare.

Download or stream the Feb. 18 show right here and while you are there buy a ticket to the WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest.

King of the Road – Joe Tex
King-Sized Papa – Julie Lee
King Kong – Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
If I Was King – The Backsliders
King & Caroline – Guided by Voices
Tribute to a King – William Bell

Shake (Live) – Otis Redding
Good Life – The Dirtbombs
We All Love Peanut Butter – The One Way Streets
96 Tears – Big Maybelle

White Wedding – Piney Gir’ Country Show
Can’t Let Go – The Dickies
She Has a Funny Walk – The Electric Mess
Worlds on Fire – Victoria De Mare
Have Love Will Travel – The Sonics
Caldonia – Carl Perkins

Just Forget About Me – The Dyes
Stacked Nasty – The Shandels

Local Lunchbox
Color Radio – The Midwest Beat
Better than Before – Joseph Huber
I Hate Valentine’s Day – Jonathan Burks
Molly, Molly – The Midwest Beat

Ichiro Goes to the Moon – The Baseball ProjectOne & Lonely – Go Time

The Straw That Stirs the Drink – The Baseball Project
Your Imagination – Shoes
Seven-Day Weekend – Elvis Costello

I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend – Eric Ambel
This Life’s For Me – Government Cheese
Coahuila – The Old ‘97s
I Left My Muse – The Sights

Brown Trash – The Tandoori Knights
Gonna Dance All Night – Hardrock Gunter & the Pebbles
Playboy – Wayland Chandler

Next in Line – The Sugar Stems
Black ‘n’ Blue – The Sugar Stems
7L – The Three Graces
Gutterball – The Goldtones
Are You Ready for the Country – Southern Culture on the Skids

No Name Girl – Billy Lee Riley
Googlia Moo – Bo Diddley
Barbara – The Gibson Bros.

Paul Collins Beat Live
Paper Doll
C’mon Let’s Go
Rock ‘n’ Roll Girl
Don’t Wait Up for Me Tonight
Doin’ It for the Ladies

I Got It Made in the Shade – James Duncan

Paul Collins Beat Interview

The Book of Love – Clarence Murray

Playlist for 2-11-11: The Terrible Twos

Zero Hour celebrated two years on the air with a little help from the likes of Charlie Feathers, the Lost Crusaders, All, the Two Tears and, of course, Unknown. I’m very much honored to have Paul Collins on the show this Friday in advance of his show at Club Garibaldi’s. Don’t forget to tune in! 91.7 or wmse.org.

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Two to Choose – Charlie Feathers
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right – Compulsive Gamblers
Two Time Loser – Wheels on Fire
To Turn a Tune or Two – The Strange Boys
Drinkin’ For Two – The Hollisters
We’re Two of a Kind – Slim Harpo

She’s My Ex – All
Jenny G – The Push Kings
Love is Dead – The Mr. T Experience
Out in the Streets – Downbeat 5

Outta My Mind – Trent Fox & The Tenants
Nautiloid Surf – The Nautiloids
When Tomorrow Comes – Cheap Time
Eat People – Two Tears
Can-Nana Fever – Guitar Wolf

Cone of Light – The Almighty Defenders
Shake the Boogie – Sonny Boy Williamson
Whoa Boy – Luke McDaniel

Local Lunchbox
Head vs. Heart – Trolley
My Actions Are My Words – Trolley
More than a Man – Trolley

C’mon Let’s Go – Paul Collins
I Can’t Go On Loving You – The Electric Mess
Simone – The Electric Mess
The Hunter – Unknown
Please Yo’ Self – The Frowning Clouds

Wheels of Soul – Dan Montgomery
Come as You Are/Lucifer Sam – Southern Culture on the Skids
Modern Lovers – Girl Haggard
Have You Heard About the World – Lost Crusaders
It Don’t Worry Me – Lost Crusaders
I Worn My Body So Long – T-Model Ford

Tattoo Lady – Lord Creator
Bodacious – U.S. Rockets
Rock Everybody Rock – McKinley Mitchell
The Bee – The A-Bones
Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In – Earl Vince & the Valiants
Preacher Man – The Jive Kings

I Won’t Come Crawling Back to You – Melvin Davis
Stuff – Jeanette Williams
There Stands the Glass – The Shadows
Heart of Stone – Coba Seas
Harriette, It’s You – Gentlemen Jesse & His Men
I Wanna Know – Lenny Kaye

Friday Night on a Dollar Bill – Huelyn Duvall
Do the Roach – Little James & the Eldorados
Zoola Zooky – Johnny Alderson
Gone But Not Forgotten – The Cover Girls
Heartbeat – The Daywins
Watsui – Invictus

Playlist for 2-4-11: The rabbit sat down and cried just like a little child

Blind Lemon Jefferson and others helped me salute the Year of the Rabbit to open the show. New music this week from the Godfathers, the Fleshtones, the Dirtbombs, Trent Fox & The Tenants, and Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones. Tune into WMSE this Friday from noon to 3 p.m. when the legendary Godfathers stop by Zero Hour. And speaking of legends, Paul Collins, the king of power pop himself, will perform on Zero Hour on Feb. 18!

Update: Due to a visa mishap, the Godfathers show Friday in Milwaukee has been cancelled, so no Zero Hour visit. Dang it.

Download or stream the Feb. 11 show right here.


Jack Rabbit – Icky Renrut
Blue Jumped the Rabbit - Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early
Rabbit Foot Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
I Hates Rabbits – Jerry Neal
Peter Rabbit – The Presidents
Buckingham Rabbit – The Silver Jews

Froggy Mountain Shakedown – Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones
Pearly Gates – The Mockers
Miles & Miles to Go – Brad Jones
Little Truths – Bastards of Melody

Bite of My Soul – The Fleshtones
Cosmic Cars – The Dirtbombs
Your Beating Heart – Jay Banarjee
Why Do U Make Me Feel Like That – The Witches

Local Lunchbox
Mess Around - Trent Fox & The Tenants
(It’s Always) Rico, Rico, Rico – The Mistreaters
Dude Squad – The Mistreaters
Kiss You – Ramma Lamma

Funky Football – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
I Resign From Your Love – Syl Johnson
Mom, Won’t You Teach Me to Monkey – Little Emmet Sutton
Football – The Swinging Seven

Leave My Kitten Alone – The Sonics
Tiger Man – Rufus Thomas
Put the Pot On Mary – Poontang Perkins
Sick, Sick, Sick – Terry Corin & Her Boyfriends

Back Into the Future – The Godfathers
Why Do We Have to Meet in the Dark – Thee Wylde Oscars
It’s My Life – Coba Seas
Bailando – Los Explosivos
Cherry Bomb – Wheels on Fire

People Who Died – Government Cheese
Kentucky Home – Government Cheese
I Miss Ronald Reagan – Daddy
Throwing it All Away – Adam Thorn & The Top Buttons

Any Good Englishman – The Singing Loins
Look Out! – Peter Case
Helen – Paul Collins
I Don’t Want to Be Like This – The Parting Gifts
Sadness Kicked the Door In – The Volebeats

Try Me One More Time – The Demon’s Claws
I Don’t Want to Follow You – The Royal Purple
Tubby – Los Straitjackets
Come On and Get It – Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Don’t Bug Me Baby – Joe “King” Carrasco & The Crowns
Daddy Rollin’ Stone – Derek Martin
Done Done the Slop – Ervin Rucker