11-30 Show

No theme this week, some new stuff up front from +/-, Gang Of Four, John Cale and Glasser and bits and bobs from hither and yon the rest of the way.

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Playlist:
+/- - Underfoot (Pulled Punches, 2010)
Gang Of Four - Never Pay For The Farm (Content, 2011)
Dimmer - Degrees Of Existence (Degrees Of Existence, 2009)
Chris Mills - Breathing (Wall To Wall Sessions: Acoustic Outtakes And Alternates, 2007)
Owl & The Pussycat - I Hate The Sun (Owl & The Pussycat, 2003)
Human Sexual Response - Land Of The Glass Pinecones (In A Roman Mood, 1981)
Glasser - Plane Temp (Ring, 2010)
Disco Zombies - Here Come The Buts (V/A - Messthetics #107, 2009 - originally released in 1980)
Red Guitars - Good Technology (Slow To Fade, 1984)
John Cale - Waiting For The Man (live) (Live At Rockpalast, 2010)
The Blue Nile - Heatwave (A Walk Across The Rooftops, 1984)
Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bassline) (My Spine 7", 1982)
J.J. Burnel - Euroman (V/A - So Young But So Cold, 2004 - originally released in 1979)
Hugh Cornwell - Snapper (Guilty, 1997)
The Beekeepers - Killer Cure (Third Party, Fear And Theft, 1998)
The House Of Love - Shine On (The House Of Love, 1990)
The Reegs - See My Friends (Return Of The Sea Monkeys, 1991)
Honolulu Mountain Daffodils - Aloha Sayonara (Aloha Sayonara, 1991)
Band Of Susans - Ahead (V/A - Whore, 1996)
Penetration - Our World (Our World 7", 2008)
Radon Daughters - Jonathan Wilde (Glow, 2001)
The Dils - Sound Of The Rain (Made In Canada 7", 1980)
Tom Verlaine - All Weirded Out (Songs And Other Things, 2006)
Autumn Hollow Band - Focus On Rent (Love Letters & Ransom Notes, 2010)
Salem 66 - Pony Song (Your Soul Is Mine, Fork It Over, 1987)
Proletariat - Voodoo Economics (Voodoo Economic And Other American Tragedies, 1998 - originally released in 1983)
Pop Art Toasters - What Am I Going To Do (Pop Art Toasters EP, 1994)
Lotus Eaters - Can Your Kisses Fly (Silentspace, 2001)
Baby Bird - Goodnight (The Greatest Hits, 1997)

Thanksgiving Show

This week's show is about giving thanks, both sincere and sarcastic, eating dinner and traveling, with a bit of turkey and pilgrims mixed in.

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Playlist:
Poi Dog Pondering - Thanksgiving (live) (Fruitless EP, 1990)
Stereo Bus - Hey Thank You (Brand New, 1999)
Big Star - Thank You Friends (Third / Sister Lovers, 1978)
Alex Chilton - Thank You John (Feudalist Tarts EP, 1985)
Captain Sensible - Thanks For The Night (The Power Of Love, 1983)
The Damned - Turkey Song (I Just Can't Be Happy Today 7", 1979)
Robyn Hitchcock - Thank You, Time Girl (digital download, 2010)
The Soft Boys - Cold Turkey (A Can Of Bees, 1979)
Cabaret Voltaire - Thank You America (Code, 1987)
The Creatures - Thank You (Eraser Cut, 1998)
Lowlife - In Thankful Hands (Godhead, 1989)
Dumptruck - Thanksgiving (D Is For Dumptruck reissue, 2003)
The Wedding Present - Thanks (Bizarro, 1989)
Immaculate Fools - Thanks, But No Thanks (Stand Down 7", 1992)
Magazine - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (The Correct Use Of Soap, 1980)
Luna - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Bonnie And Clyde EP, 1995)
Stephen Hero - Thanks, Not Afraid (Darkness & The Day, 2002)
Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet - Thanks For Buying Our CD (Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham, 1991)
Talulah Gosh - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Thank God) (Rock Legends: Volume 69, 1987)
The Loud Family - Don't All Thank Me At Once (Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things, 1993)
The Jam - Aunties And Uncles (Impulsive Youths) (News Of The World 7", 1978)
Jon Rauhouse - Turkey In The Straw (The Bottle Let Me Down, 2002)
Fairport Convention - Now Be Thankful (Now Be Thankful 7", 1970)
Neko Case - Thanks A Lot (The Virginian, 1997)
Ryan Adams - Thank You Louise (Love Is Hell, 2003)
R.E.M. - Pilgrimage (live) (Murmer reissue, 2008 - recorded in 1983)
The Only Ones - The Happy Pilgrim (Peel session) (Darkness & Light - The Complete BBC Recordings, 2002 - recorded in 1980)
They Might Be Giants - Dinner Bell (Apollo 18, 1992)
Mono Puff - Tryptophane (The Devil Went Down To Newport - Totally Rocking EP, 1996)
The Diagram Brothers - My Dinner (Discordo 45 10", 1982)
Systematics - Dinner's On The Table (Terrace Industry - M Squared 1980-1983, 2010)
Gluebound - Gullibles Travel (2 1/2% Instinct EP, 1997)
Ocean Blue - Questions Of Travel (Cerulean, 1991)
Simple Minds - I Travel (Empires And Dance, 1980)
A House - I'll Always Be Grateful (On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round, 1988)
The Black Watch - The Jean Rhys Appreciation Society (Icing The Snow Queen, 2008)
Graham Parker - Almost Thanksgiving Day (live) (Bloodied But Unbowed, 2006)

Always The Sun

"The sun sets at 4 o'clock / exactly what / I'm dreading" - Robyn Hitchcock

With the early sunset and cloudy days I decided to play songs all about the sun and sunshine. Wishful thinking in New England this time of year, I know! A little something for everyone, a new wave, aussie, NZ, punk and acoustic block.

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Playlist:
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine (Katrina & The Waves, 1985)
The Fixx - Sunshine In The Shade (Phantoms, 1984)
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes, 1983)
Adorable - Sunshine Smile (Against Perfection, 1993)
Slowdive - When The Sun Hits (Souvlaki, 1993)
14 Iced Bears - Smooth In The Sun (Wonder, 1991)
Belltower - Outshine The Sun (Popdropper, 1992)
The Someloves - Sunshine's Glove (Something Or Other, 1989)
The Moffs - Another Day In The Sun (Labyrinth, 1988)
Paul Kelly - Under The Sun (Under The Sun, 1987)
Surf City - See How The Sun (Kudos, 2010)
The Magick Heads - Just Like The Sun (Lazy Ways EP, 1998)
Look Blue Go Purple - As Does The Sun (Compilation, 1991)
The Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun (Never Mind The Bollocks Here's..., 1977)
The Adverts - I Looked At The Sun (radio session) (The Wonders Don't Care, 1997 - originally released in 1979)
Husker Du - Sunshine Superman (Everything Falls Apart, 1983)
Cathal Coughlan - Terylene Ghosts In The Sunshine (Rancho Tetrahedron, 2010)
Terry De Castro - The Sun Is Always Sweetest (A Casa Verde, 2009)
The Innocence Mission - Sunshine Roof (Street Map EP, 2009)
Spoonfed Hybrid - As Sure As The Sun (Hibernation Shock EP, 1996)
The Fontaine Toups - Sunshine Brighter (TFT, 2004)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - As Sure As The Sun (B.R.M.C., 2001)
Doves - Catch The Sun (Lost Souls, 2000)
The Pogues - The Sunnyside Of The Street (Hell's Ditch, 1990)
Poi Dog Pondering - Circle Around The Sun (Poi Dog Pondering, 1989)
The Flaming Stars - A Place In The Sun (Ginmill Perfume, 2001)
Hurrah! - The Sun Shines Here (Boxed, 1985)
The March Violets - Walk Into The Sun (Electric Shades, 1985)
The Stranglers - Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up mix) (Always The Sun single, 1990)

New show

No theme this week, more perusing through my library to highlight my favorite artists. I was under the weather, hopefully it made me sound smokier!

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Playlist:
Prefab Sprout - Appetite (acoustic) (Steve McQueen reissue, 2007)
Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge - Savannah (Orpheus - The Lowdown, 2003)
Nick Lowe - Big Kick, Plain Scrap (Labour Of Lust, 1979)
Puressence - Sold Unseen (radio session) (Don't Know Any Better single, 2008)
Power Of Dreams - Rain Down (2 Hell With Common Sense, 1992)
The Convent - King Of Rain (Tales From The Frozen Forest, 1994)
Frank Tovey - Bethnel Green Tube Disaster (Grand Union, 1991)
Immaculate Fools - Stand Down (The Toy Shop, 1992)
The Dambuilders - Smell (Encendedor, 1994)
Tall Dwarfs - Nothing's Going To Happen (Hello Cruel World, 1988)
Bob Mould - See A Little Light (Workbook, 1989)
Seafood - Signal Sparks (Paper Crown King, 2006)
The Three Johns - Sold Down The River (The World By Storm, 1986)
Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000)
Talking Heads - The Great Curve (live) (The Name Of This Band Is... reissue, 2004)
Jack - Steamin' (The Jazz Age, 1996)
Peter Murphy - Tale Of The Tongue (Tale Of The Tongue single, 1986)
The Wannadies - Easier To Sing (Skelleftea, 1998)
The Woodentops - Move Me (Peel session) (The BBC Sessions, 2007)
Colin Newman - Metarkest (Commercial Suicide, 1986)
Gerard Langley - Paper Plane (Record Player, 2001)
Luna - IHOP (Pup Tent, 1997)
Wah! - Seven Minutes To Midnight (single version) (The Handy Wah! Whole, 2000 originally released in 1980)
Family Cat - Streamroller (Furthest From The Sun, 1992)
Compulsion - Juvenile Scene Detective (The Future Is Medium, 1996)
Sugar - JC Auto (Beaster, 1993)

People Who Died

This week's show was in honor of Billy Ruane, Ari Up and all the great artists we've lost over the years. We've got blocks of punk, post-punk, folk and new wave.

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Playlist:
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (Catholic Boy, 1980)
Ari Up - Kill Em With Love (Dread More Dan Dead, 2005)
Alex Chilton - Magnetic Field (Black List EP, 1994)
Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Fans, 1984)
Joy Division - She's Lost Control (12" version) (Heart & Soul box, 1997 - originally released in 1980)
The Birthday Party - Release The Bats (Peel session) (The John Peel Sessions, 2001 - originally released in 1981)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses (extended version) (Echo & The Bunnymen, 2004 - originally released in 1985)
Adrian Borland - Lonely Late-Nighter (Beautiful Ammunition, 1994)
Department S - Is Vic There? (Sub-Stance, 2002 - originally released in 1980)
INXS - The One Thing (Shabooh Shoobah, 1982)
Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes, 1983)
Big Country - In A Big Country (The Crossing, 1983)
Sandy Denny - For Shame Of Doing Wrong (No More Sad Refrains, 2000 - originally released in 1977)
Nick Drake - River Man (Five Leaves Left, 1969)
Elliot Smith - Miss Misery (Good Will Hunting soundtrack, 1997)
Kirsty MacColl - Sun On The Water (The Best Of Kirsty MacColl, 2005)
Glide - Why You Asking? (Open Up And Croon, 1995)
Grant McLennan - In Your Bright Ray (In Your Bright Ray, 1997)
The Triffids - Wide Open Road (Born Sandy Devotional, 1986)
Jody Grind - Hands Of June (Lefty's Deceiver, 1992)
Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (live) (V/A - Urgh! A Music War, 1981)
The Germs - Lexicon Devil (single version) (V/A - DIY: We're Desperate, 1993 - originally released in 1978)
The Clash - Complete Control (The Clash, 1977)
Sid Vicious - My Way (Sid Sings, 1979)
The Ruts - In A Rut (Grin And Bear It, 1980)
Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me (Fire Of Love, 1982)
Wilco - I Got You (At The End Of The Century) (Being There, 1997)
The Mouth - Bang (Bang 7", 1995)
Lush - Starlust (Split, 1994)
Bill Nelson - Banal (Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, 1981)