5/23/08 SHAKIN'

This was fun:

France Gall: Music To Watch Girls By

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates: Shakin' All Over
Nick Lowe: What's Shakin' On the Hill
Missy Elliot: Shake Your Pom Pom

Glossary: Shakin' Like a Flame
Ricky Martin: Shake Your Bon Bon
Swingin' Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake

Sam Cooke: It's Got the Whole World Shakin'
Kelis: Milkshake
James & Bobby Purify: Shake a Tail Feather

Peter Gabriel: Shake the Tree
Sam Cooke: Shake
Rooney: I'm Shakin'

Jahcoozi: Shake the Doom
Backyardigans: Shake Shake Shake
Kenny & the Casuals: Shake It

Los Straightjackets: Shake That Rat
Jerry Lee Lewis: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action

Mistress Stephanie and Her Melodic Cat: Shake Your Dancing Stick
Matisyahu: Shake Off the Dust

5.16.08 MOVIES

The 3rd Annual Movie Spectacular in honor of the 3rd Annual Berkshire International Film Festival that's happening right outside the door.

Ken Nordine: The Movie (w Tom Waits and Jerry Garcia)

Dean Martin: Take Your Girlie to the Movies
Sue Thompson: Sad Movies Make Me Cry
John Prine: Picture Show

Ladytron: He Took Her to the Movies
Semisonic: Gone To the Movies
Drifters: Saturday Night at the Movies

Pinicchio: Hi Diddle Dee Dee An Actors Life is the Life for Me
Buck Owens: Act Naturally
Blotto: My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie

Sheryl Crow: Steve McQueen
Eytan Mirsky: I Just Wanna Be Your Steve McQueen
Harpo: Movie Star

Nick Lowe: Marie Provost
James Brown: Popcorn
Roxy Music: 2HB

Kinks: Celluloid Heroes
New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
Bouncing Souls: These Are Quotes from Our Favorite 80s Movies
Various Artists: My Baby Loves Monster Movies

Kinky Friedman & Little Jewford: Thank You Very Much
Kim Carnes: Betty Davis Eyes

5.9.08 NO 'SPLAININ'

for this show. Strange week, strange world, strange vibe. So what? My dogs were with me, I had at least 6 visitors during the course of the show. Nothing seemed right the whole time. It must have been gripping radio....

France Gall: Music to Watch Girls By (in German)

Iron Butterfly: In a Gadda Da Vida (full version until Ina showed up eight minutes in to talk about the Barka Foundation fundraiser for water in Burkino Faso. Which means I'll just have to play the whole damn 17 minutes of it again sometime soon. Real soon)

Field Recording of Postal Workers in the Ghana University Post Ofiice

Nine Inch Nails: 1,000,000
Three Dog Night: It's For You
Tallis Scholars: Lamentations of Jeremiah

13th Floor Elevators: You're Gonna Miss Me
Jonathan Richman: Old World
Tasmin Archer: Sleeping Satellite

Joe Bataan: Ordinary Guy
Charles Wright & the 103rd Watts Street Rhythm Band: 65 Bars and a Taste of Soul
Eli "Paperboy" Reid and the True Loves: I'm Gonna Getcha; Doin' the Boom Boom

Reigning Sound: If You Can't Give Me Everything
Memphis Minnie: Where is My Good Man At?

Jo Jo Gunne: Academy Award
Spinal Tap: Break Like the Wind
The Jesters: The Wind

Smith: Baby It's You

5.2.08 NICK LOWE

I spent the last two nights at Nick Lowe shows; you can read my review in next week's Metroland and on my blog sometime next week.
My show today was Nick's playlist:





People Change
Soulful Wind
When I Write the Book
What's Shakin on the Hill
Long Limbed Girl
Has She Got a Friend
I Trained Her to Love Me
All Men are Liars
(here he sang a brand new song I Read Alot)
Cruel to Be Kind
Heart
I've Let Things Slide
Love is a Battlefield
I'll Be There (not in set, I pushed the wrong button, oops)
Hope For Us All
Without Love
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
Shelly My Love
What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding
Heart of the City
The Beast in Me
Seven Nights to Rock