Radio Freedonia, May 26, 2009: Same Schtick, Different Day

The first show in the slot of the late, lamented Open Field was nondescript, just like in the old Freedonia slot. Highlights included some sweet soul from Fred Hughes and, to lead into Democracy Now!, a shreddy instrumental from Anvil: metal band, movie stars.

The Open Field [Playlist - 05/26/09]

1. "Patagonian Domes" - DIA - Amen Dunes [Locust Music: NEW]


2. "Shot in the Arm" - Wilco - Summer Teeth [WB: 1999]
   RIP jay bennett


3. "If I Cry" - Fabulous Wunz


4. "Up Against the Wall" - Young Sinclairs
   From Roanoke, now on Kindercore!


5. "Tattoo" - The Who - Sell Out [Decca: 1967]


6. "Rainmaker" - Traffic - low Spark of High heeled Boys [Island: 1971]


7. "Oowee baby I Love You" - Fred Hughes


8. "I'll Wait" - Parliaments


9. "Maybe So, Maybe No" - New Holidays


10. "Opium" - andy Loore


11. "I Can't Make It Without You" - Fred Hughes


12. "Rocking Chair" - Betty Padgett


13. "Nine Million rainy Days" - Jesus & mary Chain - Darklands [1987]


14. "A Peculiar Hallelujah" - Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want [NEW]


15. "Duck Kee Nights" - Schooner - Demo


16. "Deusa do amor" - Moreno Veloso 2 - Music Typewriter [2001]


17. "Black Sheep Boy" - Tim Hardin - Hang on to a Dream [1966]


18. "Coast of Carolina" - Telekinesis - S/T [NEW]


19. "Viva! Sea-Tac" - Robyn Hitchcock - Jewels for Sophia [1999]


20. "You Can Hide Your Love Forever" - Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers [NEW]


21. "Red Poppy" - Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines [NEW]


22. "Bonnie & Clyde" - Serge gainsbourg - ComicStrip [1968]
    Bonnie & Clyde murdered this week 75 years ago.


23. "Iron Lemonade" - Black Moth Super rainbow - Eating Us [NEW]


24. "Love Vigilantes" - Iron & Wine - Around the Well [NEW]


25. "Leave Me Alone" - New Order - Power Corruption and Lies [1983]


26. "Scorpio" - Sound Effects


27. "Nothing But A Heartache" - Foundations


28. "Axis Thrones of Love" - Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love [NEW]


29. "March of the Crabs" - Anvil - Metal on Metal [1982]

Radio Freedonia, Wednesday March 25, 11pm

Folky stuff up front, tranq-ey stuff down the stretch, and straight-up rock in the middle. Big ups to Don Wowsville for hooking me up with Peter Pan & the Good Fairies and Dry Ice!

Playlist here.

Radio Freedonia, March 11, 11pm

Howdy folks. So psyched to have Helvidius along for the ride last night - he brought the noise and kept things lively, as usual. The Wake? Group Bombino? Yes, please! Also previewed Thursday night's Arthur Russell movie at the Bridge. And WTJU young pup Vic! was in the house as well, dropping knowledge and turning us on to some Beefbud, Ariel Pink-style. Playlist up in here.

Radio Freedonia, 11pm-1am Wed 2.25-Thu 2.26

playlist from last night's show over here. i got to celebrate my new obsession, michachu and the shapes. turns out the album doesn't sound as full-on incredible as the "golden phones" single, but damn, that song's a jam! other fun stuff was this new album by blanketship, which arrived tuesday. makes perfect sense that it's awesome because they apparently have the imprimatur of wfmu. (do we have an imprimatur?) also previewed the plants & animals/straight punch show.

radio magic of the day: walking home from school, i decided to play GBV's 'watch me jumpstart.' later on, got a call from my homegirl, who needed a jump. i didn't even realize the amazing coincidence until after the show. someone should play 'weed king' and see what happens!

radio freedonia 11pm feb 18, 2009

we'll see if this works - you can click on the above title to access the playlist, i think.

show was fun, and i was happy to continue the elton and betty white madness that mike started on street brow the night before. other highlights may or may not have been rufus zuphall and the yolks.

that's it for now!

poubes

Radio Freedonia, Wednesday 12.3.08 11pm-1am

Sorry for all the fake links. I don't get it.

1. "All Apologies" - Herbie Hancock - Then and now [NEW]
2. "Red Hot mama" - Funkedelic - Standing on the verge of getting It On [1974]
3. "Fat Boys" - Fat Boys - Fat Boys [1984]
4. "Hit or Miss" - Odetta [1974]
5. "Jive Talkin'" - Just Us 2
6. "Whisper to a Scream" - icicle Works - S/T [1984]
7. "Let HerDance" - Bobby Fuller Four - G/H [1966]
8. "Kodrinrakennusohjeet" - Eleanoora Rosenholm [2008]
9. "Punk is Dead" - Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 [1978]
10. "Janie Jones" - Clash - The Clash [1977]
11. "The Light Pours Out of Me" - Magazine [1978]
12. "Suspect Device" - Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Materal [1979]
13. "On days like This" - Your 33 Black Angels - Tales of my Pop-rock Love life [NEW]
14. "She's a bad mama Jama" - Carl Carlton - S/T [1981]
15. "How Do You Like It" - JIM [2008]
16. "Albertino/El Baile" - Luciano - Fabric 41 [NEW]
17. "Welfare bread" - King Khan - Live [2008]
18. "Insane Asylum" - Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor
19. "Beware of Darkness" - Marianne Faithfull - Rich Kid Blues [1984]
20. "Glowing City" - Sunset - Glowing city [2008]
21. "echoes" - Meddle [1971]
22. "White Mice" - Pontiak - Sun on Sun [NEW]
23. "Birthday Boy" - Ween - GodWeenSatan [1990]

WTJUish tentacles

holy fuck! jordan, why did we never pick up on "WTJU-ish" for the schul of rock?

anyway, here's a link to the latest "WTJU Spins" feature over at cvillemuse.

what, you never knew about our irregularly-featured appearances on cvillemuse? there's more where that came from.

hope y'all have a groovy tuesday

nick

Radio Freedonia, Wednesday November 12, 11pm

Some of the evening's early stuff was inspired by the righteous Mod Dance Party thrown by fellow Teejers Tanner and Kimmy, Hummingbird Feeder, Helvidius, et al.

Then I got to previewing some shows in town - funny enough, most of them happen Friday, including the Full Moon Fest, which I hope convinces the Fry's Spring Beach Club to have more gigs. Bountiful parking - for those who aren't within walking distance...!

The sad part was marking Mitch Mitchell's passing. I had to play my fave MM moment from the Jimi Hendrix Experience - hit neato hi-hat stuff at 4'30"of "1983...A Merman I Should Turn to Be"; and I found this on youtube. But boy, I wish I had found this.

Ok, gotta run - see yáll out and about...

1. "Politician" - Pete Townshend - Scoop [1965]
2. "Foolish Fool" - Dee Dee Warwick - 7" [1967]
3. "Bring a Little Lovin'" - Easybeats - Anthology [1967]
4. "Montego Sunset" - Menahen St. Band
5. "Young Boys" - Cherry vanilla - Venus d'Vinyl [1979]
6. "Anxious" - Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 [1986]
7. "Tractor rape Chain" - GBV - Bee Thousand [1993]
8. "Cattle and Cane" - Go betweens - Metal and Shells [1985]
9. "Since You've Been Gone" - Jim Waive & the Young Divorcees [NEW]
10. "The new Twist" - Invisible Hand [NEW]
11. "Apple Option Fire" - Hot Lava [NEW]
12. "Sleepy Tigers" - Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers EP [NEW]
13. "Woodlawn St" - Joe pollock - Self [NEW]
14. "japanese Candy" - Little Teeth - Child bearin mnan [NEW]
15. "Never Stops" - Deerhunter - Microcastle [NEW]
16. "The Next Time Around" - Little Joy - S/T [NEW]
17. "1983..." - Jimi Hendrix experience - electric Ladyland [1968]
18. "Moon, Turn the Tides..." - Jimi Hendrix experience - electric Ladyland [1968]
19. "Cow on a Wart's Ass" - 13 Weirdos from the yellow river - Woowoo [1990]
20. "Cutting Razor" - Scratch Perry - Cutting razor
21. "sweet Marijuana Brown" - Barney Bigard sextet - reefer Songs [1945]
22. "Big Shot" - Bonzo dog band - Gorilla [1967]
23. "All the Things You Are" - Modern Jazz Quartet [1956]
24. "See the sky about to rain" - Neil Young - on the Beach [1974]
    levon helm on drums
25. "Apple Orchard" - Beach House - S/T [2006]
26. "Bonaparte's Retreat" - Doc & Merle Watson [1973]
27. "stay With Me" - essex Green - Demo [2000]

Radio Freedonia, fortnight old edition

wow, october 22 seems like so long ago. but here it is anyway, with 100% of the precincts in:

1. "When Giants Fall" - Love is All - A Hundred Things [NEW]
2. "Spanish Bombs" - The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium [NEW]
3. "Come On Come On" - Cheap Trick - In Color [1978]
4. "Amanda" - Charry Vanilla - Venus d'Vinyl [1978]
5. "Hang Onto Yourself" - David Bowie - Live at the Beeb [1972]
6. "Victor" - Essex Green - Outtake
7. "Morrissey, Jeff Mangum, Stephen Merritt, John Darnielle" - Mikrofisch - S/T [2008]
8. "The New School" - The Tough Alliance - The New School [NEW]
9. "Ce Jeu (TEPR Mix)" - Yelle - Ce Jeu [NEW]
10. "Hit It" - Fannypack - Ghetto Bootleg [NEW]
11. "What It Look Like" - Spank Rock - YOYOYOYOYO [2006]
12. "Jewel" - T. Rex
13. "Are You Man Enough?" - Four Tops - Shaft [1972]
14. "Girl I've Got a Date" - Alton Ellis
15. "Sleepy Time in the Western World" - Blitzen Trapper - Furr [NEW]
16. "We Can Talk" - The Band - Music From Big Pink [1968]
17. "Wild Situation" - Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue [2008]
18. "pompadour Swamp" - Captain Beefheart - Bluejeans and Moonbeams [1974]
19. "Shea Stadium" - Marnie Stern - This is It... [NEW]
20. "For a Stranger" - Diane Marie Kloba - For You, Stranger [NEW]
21. "Sweet Potato" - Lexie Mountain Boys - Sacred Vacation [2008]
22. "Departure" - Crystal Stilts - S/T [NEW]
23. "Seeyou" - Koushik - Out My Window [NEW]
24. "Vowel" - Belong - Same Places [NEW]
25. "Pol ca Mazurca" - El Guincho - Alegranza [NEW]
26. "Head Spins" - High Places - 03/07-09/07 [2008]
27. "Just a Phase - The World is Awaiting - Your Eyes are Mirrors" - Sunset - The Glowing City [NEW]
28. "Hologram Buffalo" - Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin [NEW]

Radio Freedonia, 11pm-1am, Wednesday October 8

I was super-psyched to play the new Juana Molina this week; it sounds better than the last one, although Segundo is still the bomb. The big discovery for me was this album The Glowing City by Sunset (sans brackets), which has apparently been languishing in the new bin for nearly three months. That other band {{{SUNSET}}} stole all the glory and I totally ignored just-plain Sunset, but it's pretty damn cool from what I heard. I played the Stanley Brothers because of this (totally worth the listen), and it was kinda nuts how well it went into the Digable Planets cut. Special thanks to Emma the trainee (not a tranny) who endured two hours of discombobulation in the studio. Long may she run!

Finally, I hope some of y'all go to the Young Sinclairs show tonight at the Twisted Branch so you can tell me about it!

song – artist – album (* = new).

La danza de los mirlos – los mirlos – chicha for the jet set

Dancin’ the night away – tommy rock – waves volume 1 (1979)

Thank you friends – big star – third (1974/1978/1992)

You’re much madder than me – human switchboard – waves volume 1 (1979)

Zelda – pete Townshend – scoop (1982)

October country – October country – nuggets volume 5 (1968)

Ruby – silver apples – contact (1969)

Colorado bound – the stonemans – s/t (late-sixties)

* Cape fear – rosebuds – life like

* Black rice – women – s/t

* Pink goo – tobacco – fucked-up friends

* Fredag – dungen – 4

* Samtidigt – dungen – 4

* Just a phase/the world is a waiting/your eyes are mirrors – Sunset – the glowing city

The round up – feelies – good earth (1986)

Little glass of wine – Stanley brothers – rich-r-tone recordings (1949)

Black ego – digable planets – blowout comb (1994)

Cetos return – young sinclairs (2007-8)

* Quien? (suite) – juana Molina – un dia

* Home - Birdlips – cardboard wings

Happy birthday john – Janis Joplin

The general erection/the wumberlog – john lennon – lost lennon tapes

* Pairing 1/ part 1 – Manning/Novak – Pairings

The Mantra of Pu’An – Wu Man – Chinese Music

* Vowel – Belong – Same Places 12”

Radio Freedonia, Wednesday August 6, 2008 11pm-1am

Dominic played so much rad soul and funk on Wednesday afternoon that I wanted to follow it up with a bit more, scrapping the "swamp" theme but playing a little of that too. Things got fucked up when the main CD I was using stopped working in the players, arrrrgh. And Dave, we don't have any Leon Russell, that I could find. Bummed! And ashamed. But anyway, this is the show that was.

Wild Magnolias - "Cory Died" - S/T

Screamin' Jay - "I Love Paris" - Voodoo Jive
Flat Duo Jets - "Madagascar" - S/T
Bobby Womack - "If You Want My Love, Put Something Down on It" - The Preacher
Dire Straits - "Water of Love" - S/T

David Homes - "Tub Scene" - N/A
The Who - "Eminence Front" - unreleased; live soundcheck
Poets of Rhythm - "North Carolina" - Practice What You Preach
Kiezos - "Rhumba 70" - Angola '60s

Rolling Stones - "I Am Waiting" - Aftermath
* Don Cavalli - "Wandering Wanderer" - Cryland
*King Khan - "Que Lindo Sueno" - Supreme Genius
Funkadelic - "What is Soul" - S/T
R.E.M. - "Feeling Graity's Pull" - Fables
Love - "A House is Not a Hotel" - Forever Changes
John Lee hooker - "Down at the Landing" -House of the Blues
Doc & Merle Watson - "Twin Sisters" - Down South

Brother Jack McDuff - "Shadow of Your Smile" - Tobacco Road
Ben Vaughn - "The Apology Line" - Beautiful Thing
Mose Allison - "Parchman's Farm" - Allison Wonderland
The Corsairs - "Smokey Places" - N/A
Mad Lads - I Don't Want to Lose Your Love" - Stax Box
*Benji Hughes - "You Stood Me Up" - Love Extreme
* Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Where is the Puzzle?" - Lie Down in the Light

Concentric Squares, August 4 2008 2-4pm

I subbed for DJ Danger Dimples today, happy to take advantage of the daytime opportunities. Aer Stephen came in at 3pm, and we had the Band House House Band (members of the Asylum Street Spankers) play a live set/interview for a half an hour. Then I came back on for the last 15 minutes - it was kind of a weird way to do it, but I was happy to have a touring band come on WTJU and Aer set everything up so I really didn't do shit during the setup/breakdown/interview/set except check email and listen to the show!

To preview Radio Freedonia this week: given the annual peak heat that has statistically just passed us, I want to do the annual Swamp Rock show, but Helvidius has to miss it so I'll just do that for half a show. So if you have swampy favorites - either from swampy places or just sounding swampy - let me know yo!

Ok so here's CONCENTRIC SQUARES from today. The first full set was inspired by a weekend trip to Athens GA. Bryan Poole (the late BP Helium and member of many other bands) fronted a Wings cover band that made me reevaluate the whole concept of cover bands. Blew my little mind.

Sahara All-Stars of Jos -"Take Your Soul" - Nigeria Disco Funk Special
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The Late BP Helium - "The Ballad of Johnny Rad" - AMOK
Elf Power - "Let the Serpent Sleep" - Creatures
Of Montreal - "Old Familiar Way" - Gay Parade
Dark Meat - "Angel of Meth" - Universal Indians
Ben Allison - "Four Folk Songs" - Third Eye
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* Benji Hughes - "You Stood Me Up"
Sky King - "Why Don't You Take Us" - Secret Sauce
Paul McCartney & Wings - "Let Me Roll It" - Band on the Run
George Harrison - "Let it Roll" - All Things Must Pass
Young Sinclairs - "Cancelled Flight" - n/a
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Mayflies USA (feat G. Hubley) - "NYC" - Summertown
Chris Stamey - "The Seduction" - It's Alright
Ry Cooder - "She's Leaving the Bank" - Paris Texas (soundtrack)
Calexico feat. Valerie Leulliot - "Sundown, Sundown" - Total Lee!
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BAND HOUSE HOUSE BAND, live in the studio!!
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Richard Davies - "Palo Alto" - Barbarians
Listing Ship - "Temptation of Miss Piggy" - Time to Dream
Luscious Jackson - "Love of a Life of Leisure" - In Search of Manny