Playlist for 5-20-11: 100 Proof

New music this week from the Cynics, Personal & the Pizzas, Songs the Hideout Taught Us - The Best of the GaragePunk Hideout, Vol. 2 and more.

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100 Proof – The M-80’s
100 Little Women – Mark Sultan
100 Dollar Car – Liquor Giants
100 Gallons – Hamper McBee
Hwy. 100 – Couch Flambeau

Zombie Walk – The Cynics
Tom Waits for No One – Chargers Street Gang
Mystified – The DT’s
Left in the Dark – Mondo Topless
Crawl – The Cynics

Any Day Now – The Vertebrats
Joanie – Personal & the Pizzas
Black Rainbow – King Louie’s Missing Monuments
Don’t Look For Her – Games
Can’t Hide – Title Tracks

Banana Beat – Quintron
Daddy Rocking Strong – The Dirtbombs

Local Lunchbox
Shake – The Exotics
Invaders – The Exotics
Sandoway – The Exotics

Washing in the Blood of Rock & Roll – The Professor & His One Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Explosion
Hazel Holly (Please Come Back) – The Boss Mustangs
School is for Donkeys – Will Crum
Ready for Action – Mexican Moustache

June Bug – The Baxx Sisi’s
Bobby’s Got a Secret – The Bam-Bams
You Belong to Me – Paul Collins
I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend (I Wish Our Friendship Would End) - Tim Schweiger & The Middlemen

Cul de Sac – The Model Rockets
Sadist – The Marked Men
Young Lovers – Occult Detective Club

Everyday High – The Insomniacs
The Girl Lights Up – The Love Me Nots
Haunted Regulars – The Witches

Do How You Wanna – James Leg
Le Redresseur De Torts – King Automatic

Mississippi Cactus interview

Don’t Try It – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Frankenstein Meets the Beatles – Jecky & Hyde
Connection – The Knaughty Knights
He’s Coming Back – Hunx & His Punx
Train From Kansas City – The Shangri-La’s

Dry County – John Paul Keith
Hey Baby – Gabbard & Holt
I Wanna Be Your Mama Again – Sir Douglas Quintet
When You Had Time for Me – Two Dollar Pistols
Walking Down the Line – Andy Dale Pretty
Honky Tonk Queen – Larry Thornton

Endless Grey Ribbon – Nick Lowe
Innerspace (acoustic) – The Krinkles
Heaven Knows – Whirl Wind

Playlist for 5/13/11: Cause I Love and I Live Primitive

Lots of new music this week, including a batch of releases from Oxford, Mississippi’s Big Legal Mess: John Paul Keith, Paul Collins and Henry Dunkle. Also new singles and albums from the likes of Jack of Heart, the Movements, the Love Me Nots, the Cute Lepers, the Ugly Beats, Gardens, the Fred Wolf Combo and more! In addition, Will Johnson (Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel, Funland) stopped by to talk and perform in the first hour.

Download or stream the archived show right here.

Primitiv – Jack of Heart
It’s Time to Go – The Movements
She’s Nothing Like Me – The Love Me Nots
Damaging Acts – The Cute Lepers
Maximum Bumble – The Ugly Beats

Never Could Say No – John Paul Keith
With a Girl Like You – Paul Collins
Tom Karman – Henry Dunkle
Anyone Can Do It – John Paul Keith

Will Johnson, live in the studio/interview

White Vinyl – The Silos
Good Times, Bad Time – Peter Case

Local Lunchbox
Pushin’ My Luck – The Hussy
Herbie - The Hussy
Drinking Song – The Hussy
Ghost Hunter - Head on Electric

Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out – The Replacements
Sometimes – Perfect
Light of Day – Tommy Stinson
Top Down – Beach Patrol
Simon Simone – The Figgs

Bite of My Soul – The Fleshtones
Night Time – The Strangeloves
Truthin’ – Ramma Lamma
Thirteen Women – The Renegades

King Krusher – King Krusher & The Turkeynecks
Why Can’t I – The Cool Jerks
Scratchin’ and Whammin – The Fred Wolf Combo
Bo Diddley’s Dog – Bo Diddley

Lucky 13 – Bodeco
I’m Coming Home – The Almighty Defenders
We Got the Beat – Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Safe Effect – Gardens
Sleep Talk – Shannon & the Clams
Crab Bait – Dynamite Pussy Club

Huh – Jet City Five
You Make Me Raw – The Electric Mess
How Do You Catch a Girl – Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
Michocan – Sir Douglas Quintet
*Like an Outlaw (For You) – Social Distortion

Bloodhound – Larry Bright
Coralee – Titus Turner
Homeboy – Mr. Wiggles
Surf Reveille – The Surfites
Whistlebait – LoveStruck
Shutdown – The Gems
On the Rampage – Linc Jeffries with the Missing Links
Tiddle Winks – Allen & Allen

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

Playlist for 4/22/11: The World Is Out to Destroy You

New releases this week from Peter Case, the Shangri-Las, the Sir Douglas Quintet, Allen Toussaint and R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 2: Scratch that Itch.


Download or stream the April 22 show right here.

Earth is Crying – Link Wray
Earth is in the Sky – Tom Verlaine
Girl Who Fell to Earth – Antenna
Down to Earth – Pierced Arrows
Earth Sucks – Crappy Dracula

Round Trip Stranger Blues – Peter Case
Ice Water – Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell
Everyday Things – The Plimsouls
Sacramento & Polk – Lenny Kaye
This Bed is Getting Crowded – Alejandro Escovedo
The End – Peter Case

Radio Spot Good Taste Tip Dating Courtesy – The Shangri-Las
Give Him a Great Big Kiss – The Shangri-Las
Around & Around – The Liverbirds
They Never Taught Us That in School – Gayle Harris
Born to Be Blue – The Parting Gifts
You Cheated, You Lied – the Shangri-Las

Local Lunchbox
Drunk Drivin’ – Tim Schweiger & the Middle Men
Girl Behind the Bar – The Rip-Off Artists
Kids All Sing – The Nice Outfit
Windy City – Beach Patrol

Way Down – The Feelies
Warren in the ‘60s – Tommy Keene
Is it Done? – J. Mascis

Robin Zander – The Breakup Society
Unproductive – Bastards of Melody
Couldn’t Wait – Tommy Stinson

Keep Away From Johnny – Hunx & His Punx
Oh, Louie – Shannon & the Clams
S. Charleston Blowby – The Tripwires
Get Better – The Insomniacs

Sun’s Come Up – The Dyes
Lonely – The Range Rats
Le Pistolet – Mama Rosin
Coldest Heart – Rev. Deadeye
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It – Jawbone
Drunk – Mark Steiner & His Problems

No License (Song for the Caged Bird) – James Leg
Represent – Left Lane Cruiser
Are Inlaws Really Outlaws – Sir Douglas Quintet
I Say I Love You – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Hey, Hey Loretta – Joe McCoy
Cotton Pickin’ – Mickey Hawks
Running Bear – King Uszniewicz & the Uszniewicztones

Hot Tamales, Pt. 1 – The Primemates
Don’t Wanna Leave the Congo – The Valiants
You’d Be Crying Too – The Matadors
He Ain’t Gonna Do Right – Barbara Lynn

Playlists for 4/8 and 4/15: My Sins Have Come Home to Roost

Scion A/V Presents: Davila 666 - Esa Nena Nunca Regreso from Scion A/V on Vimeo.

New music the last two weeks from the likes of Bloodshot Bill, The Feelies, King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones, the South Bay Surfers , the Smithereens, Exene Cervenka and Crappy Dracula!

Download or stream either show right here.

Playlist for 4-15-11
Worried & Hurtin’ Inside – Ike & Tina Turner
I Worry – Gary Brown & the Chants
I’m Worried Now – The Delmore Brothers
Worried Mind (live) – Johnny Dowd
Worried All the Time – Howlin’ Wolf

Puppy Dog Love – Bloodshot Bill
Quarter to Two – King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones
The Gorilla – The Ideals
Denise – South Bay Surfers
Crazy About the Girl – Bloodshot Bill

I’ve Got Everything You Need, Babe – The Fenmen
The Grass Ain’t Always Greener – The Electric Mess
All Torn Up Over Tina – The Spectacles
Glass Eyes – The Half Rats
1968 – Hoodoo Gurus

Time is Right – The Feelies
Viennese Hangover – The Smithereens
When Tiffany Cries – The Mice

Local Lunchbox
Pregnant Celebrity – Crappy Dracula
Predator Weapons – Drugs Dragons
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – The Fatty Acids
Big Street Time – Ramma Lamma

I Was a Teenage Cavewoman – The 5.6.7.8’s
Frankenstein – The Subsonics
Esa Nena Nunca Regreso – Davila 666
Spot the Pikey – Obits
I’m the End – Pure Country Gold

Tony (Boston’s Chosen Son) – The Baseball Project
Vida Blue – All
The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be – Mr. T Experience

The Girl With the Light in Her Eyes – Michael Shelley
What Keeps Your Heart Beatin’ - The Rattlers
Only When I Dream – Walter Clevenger & the Dairy Kings
View From Below – The Minus 5
Let’s Think About Where We’re Goin’ – KORT

I Never Had No One – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me – Doug Sahm
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia – Timmy Shaw
Gravy Train – The Planet Rockers
Old Smokey (live) – Bo Diddley

Lost My Mind – Left Lane Cruiser
No Time to Tarry – James Leg
Drunk, Broke, & In Love (The Hank Shuffle) – Girl Haggard
Lucy & the Butcher Knife – Two Cow Garage

Single – Government Cheese
Glory Be – Daddy
Ain’t Exactly Good – Slim Dunlap
Everybody’s Girl – Eddie Spaghetti

Goin’ Down – The Sugar Stems
Funny Girl – The Ugly Beats
Lost on Xandu – The Fleshtones


Playlist for 4-8-11
Born Loser’s Theme – Davie Allan & the Arrows
I Can’t Lose With the Stuff I Use – Lester Williams
Born to be a Loser – Jimmy Donley
A Losing Game – James Carr
Everybody Loves a Winner – William Bell

Murder Can Be Fun – Davie Allan & the Phantom Surfers
Love of Mine – The Ones
Instant Man – Ronnie Self
I’m the Man – Al Ferrier
Red Light Baby – Million Sellers
Fascination – Diplomats of Solid Sound
Three Sisters – Andre Williams

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah – The Insomniacs
Can’t Stand the Pain – The Pretty Things
Bollywood Woman – The Above
Love Her So – The Countdowns
Diablo!! – Davila 666
Eat People – Two Tears
The Shovel – Brimstone Howl

Local Lunchbox
I Wanna Stay Up All Night – In a Hot Coma
Let’s Go to Guyana – American Bombs
Can’t Figure it Out – Red Ball Jets
Taking the City by Storm – The Haskels

Fish Stick Day – Government Cheese
Somewhere Between – Government Cheese
Daddy-Oh – Finger
My Old Drunk Friend – Freakwater
Dirty Snow – Exene Cervenka
Nose to the Grindstone – The Sights

Beggin’ Dogs – Obits
Mexico – Swampmeat
Hives – Those Darlins
One of Us – Marcellus Hall
Born Fighter – Nick Lowe
Who Wants 2 Sleep With the Birthday Girl – The Witches

My Baby Left – The Dyes
Stranded – The Gories
Pavement – The Hussy
Hollywood – The Paybacks
Work it Out – Nathaniel Mayer
Banned in Boston – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

Boogie in the Mud – Danny James
Mary Lou – Greg Cartwright & the Goodnight Loving
Yodee Yakee – The Drifters
Moose Trot – Harlan Willcox & the Oakies
She’s My Baby Doll – Terry Clements & the Tune Tones

Letting the Terrorists Win – The Successful Failures
I Wanna Live With You – Cheeky Monkey
Next to You – Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones
All I Want to Know – Bastards of Melody

Forever Young – Mean Jeans
Makin’ Out – The Leg Hounds
What I’m After – The M-80s
Treat Her Right – Roy Head & the Traits
Jailbait – Andre Williams

Playlist for 4/1/11: Zero Hour Tells All

Big batch of new 7”s this week from Jack Oblivian, Ramma Lamma, the Dead Morticians and more, and new releases from Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs, Those Darlins and the Power Pop-A-Licious comp.

Download or stream Zero Hour right here.

Hollywood Signs – Exene Cervenka & the Original Sinners
Fake It ‘Til You Make It – Tommy Womack
Lawd, I’m Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City – The Bottle Rockets
Tell All – The Wigs
Catfight – Bantam Rooster
You Stink – Rick Kay & His Shades
Do the Boob – The Real Kids

Big City Lights – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
I Wish It Were Me – Homer Henderson
Black Sheep (live) – Reigning Sound
Monkey See, Monkey Do – Southern Culture on the Skids
Old MacDonald Had a Boogaloo Farm – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

Day Tripper – The Fleshtones
Are You Crazy – The Master Plan
Mondo Bongo – The Electric Mess
Greatest Thing – The Mayflies USA
Hang in the Air – The Insomniacs
Be Married Song – The Pontiac Brothers

Local Lunchbox
Still Cleaning That Old Grease Trap – Aluminum Knot Eye
Blood on Satan’s Claw – The Dead Morticians
True Life Stories – Ramma Lamma
Nomad Commotion – Dyna Flo & Her Roadmasters

Don’t Hold My Hand – White Mystery
Last Meal for the Underachiever – Overnight Lows
Someone Else’s Brain – No Bunny
Moses & Me – Jack Oblivian
Mad is the Man – Goodnight Loving
Big Money – The Golden Boys
Outta My Mind – Trent Fox & the Tenants
Blue Moon of Kentucky – Rev. Beat-Man

Tina Said – Those Darlins
Providence & Bourbon – Girl Haggard
Rooster Blues – James Luther Dickinson
Drinking on the Building – Reverend Deadeye
Circus – Left Lane Cruiser

Linda Sue Dixon – The Detroit Wheels
Mr. Custer (live) – Bo Diddley
Rally in the Valley – Rudy Ray Moore
I’m Movin’ On – Andre Williams
Jealous of You Baby – Gus Jenkins

Long Way Down – The Neutron Drivers
Give it a Rest – The Dirty Shames
Running From the Red Squad – Occult Detective Club
She Wanna Know – Wheels on Fire
Get Out While You Can – Outrageous Cherry

Drinkin’ & Flailin’ – Scroat Belly
The Box It Came In – Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel
Ed’s Place – Horace Heller
Weird – Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers
Teardrops – The Sixty-Niners
Leave That Junk Alone – Johnny Cash
That’s How Strong My Love Is – Joe Wade