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10 / 25 / 98
Episode 199
Turkey, Tomato & Dressing
Motel Time Again
"Moonshiner"-- Cat Power
"(Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone to Kill"-- Johnny Paycheck
From the essential The Real Mr. Heartache, a Country Music Foundation compilation of early Paycheck hardcore honkytonk. Another potent track from this set is included later in the show, "Motel Time Again."
"The Trial" (excerpt)-- Pigmeat Markham
"Jazzy Bell"-- Outkast
"Ghost Town"-- The Specials
"New Orthopony"-- Stereolab
"Cruel Summer"-- Bananarama
Thought you might like to know-- this is the "dub" mix.
"Charlton Heston"-- Stump
Jumpy, bumpy, folk exotica about our favorite NRA Shill / ham actor. "Bushes that refuse to burn..."
"Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship"-- Hank Snow
"Leo"-- The Zodiac
This is about when avid listeners began to call and ask for Dan to whinny and make horsey noises. Frightening.
"Time After Time"-- Paul Revere & The Raiders
"Turn The People On"-- Hodges James & Smith
Dan’s choice. Funky ‘70’s sisters embrace the electric guitar.
"New Frontier"-- Donald Fagen
Tyler was much derided in the studio for the inclusion of this slicker-than-Brylcreem breeze.
"No Head, No Backstage Pass"-- Funkadelic
"The Bitch in Yoo"-- Common
"The Rockafella Skank"-- Fatboy Slim
Brand new from Fats. . . and damn good.
"Cruisers Creek"-- The Fall
"Black Monk Theme (Funeral Mix)-- The Fall
Mark E. Smith double shot.
"Aqua Boogie"-- Parliament
Tyler and Dan attempt a mock "Commentary" on the meaning of Sir George Clinton’s phrase of "being afraid of the water" at the end of this Motor Booty Affair classic. Nothing is revealed.
"You Don’t Own Me"-- Lesley Gore
"Prize Possession"-- Ferlin Husky
"Feelin’ Good at Midnight"-- Bohannon
"Rock ‘n’ Roll Will Never Die"-- King Missile
"Are Your New Shoes Fit For The New Dance"-- Union of a Man & a Woman
Staunton Rock-Child-Gods, on the Jagjaguwar label!!
"Walter Carlos"-- Momus
Censored track from the prolific auteur-cabaret artist’s new My Little Red Songbook on Le Grande Magistry. A love song concerning a sex change and a Moog that didn’t go over well with the Moog’s lawyers.
"Motel Time Again"-- Johnny Paycheck
"Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds"-- Leo Kottke
10 / 18 / 98
Preempted due to WTJU Jazz Marathon
10 / 11 / 98
Episode 198
Dan, Tyler & Don
This is the City
Intro: Orson Welles as the Shadow. . . for Goodrich Tires
"Keep Cool (Don’t Be a Fool)"-- Howard Tate
"Fan The Flame"-- The Temptations
A very un-PC statement from the recently-dramaticized-by-NBC Motown band. An album track from I Wish It Would Rain. The next transition didn’t work at all...
"Fuck You Man"-- Pussy Galore
"Bring It To Jerome"-- Bo Diddley
If you don’t own Bo Diddley’s Greatest Hits, do so now.
The arriving late Dan saves the day and takes us to a higher place.
"Jesus I’ll Never Forget"-- Soul Stirrers
"He’s My Light"-- Mahalia Jackson
"Walk Around Heaven"-- The Caravans
"My Evergreen"-- Squirrel Nut Zippers
A preview track from the Chapel Hill-based Zippers upcoming X-Mas album, mostly originals, called Christmas Caravan. On Mammoth.
"Rain" (Live)-- Martin Denny
"Phantom"-- Broadcast
"The Swan"-- Clara Rockmore
The Queen of the Theramin sounds great along with Dame Judith Anderson
"The Wisdom of the Believer"-- Pat Robertson
We pick on Brother Pat again. Alternating with. . .
"Cartoon Sound Effects"
"Before I Lose My Style"-- Space Needle
Beautiful, echo-drenched epic from Josh Krahn’s favorite band. Cut nicely into. . .
"Saracid"-- Duke of Harringay
"Yours Truly, 2095"-- Electric Light Orchestra
From the much maligned Orch-Rock pioneers’ latter-day 1981 Uberwerk, Time. D.R. Tyler Magill, with his ‘hot face’ on, delivers a passionate speech in defense of the Jeff Lynne oeuvre on the air.
"Mr. Hood Gets a Haircut"-- KMD
"My Incense Don’t blend"
"The Sounds of the City"
A strange kiddie 45 from the ‘70’s, with street sounds, garbage truck noises and intrusive creepy narrator.
Goes surprisingly well with...
"Hallofon"-- Hall & Oates
"Black Boot Stomp"-- Professor X
"Cloud Nine"-- Temptations
"Plain Song"-- Seefeel
"Love Can’t Be Right"-- Flat Duo Jets
"Take Me Back Home"-- Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
"Courtin’ In The Rain"-- T. Texas Tyler
"Stolen Guitar"-- Jeffrey Fredrick & The Clamtones
From the late Mr. Fredrick’s only full-length album with the Clamtones, Spiders In The Moonlight. You can find their best stuff on the acclaimed multi-artist gang-bang, Have Moicy .
"2000 Seasons"-- Reflection Eternal
"Yellow Knife"-- Flin Flon
Local rock!!!
"Waited Too Long"-- Traveling Fellers Union Local 282
"Tragedy of War in 3 Parts"-- Company Flow
"Baron of Love Part Two"-- Ross Johnson & Alex Chilton
Discarded, raucous ‘70’s masterpiece collaboration between Ross "Wet Bar" Johnson and the illustrious Mr. Chilton, now reunited with the Box Tops and still yelling at soundmen.
"Letter To ZZ Top"-- US Maple
"I Can Hardly Spell Your Name"-- Lambchop
From their very first 45 EP.
"Deth"-- Ed Hall
Essentially: "Beth" by Kiss, for the goth kids.
"I’ll Die Happy"-- Louis Jordan
Wowsville’s viewpoint on that deal.
10 / 4 / 98
Episode 197
Don & Dan
Sophisticated Boom-Boom
"Little Children"-- Zipcode Rapists
This is NOT the correct title. A suitably blank one from the ambitious, funny, stupid 1992 Night of the Living Dead Vinyl compilation, of different obscure West Coast bands doing songs based on the classic George Romero horror flick. Another song from this LP by the Drinks is played later in the show.
"Sophisticated Boom-Boom"-- The Shangri-Las
"Did You C-C-C What Happened-- Dwight Twilley Band
From the now-out-of-print Great Lost Twilley Album CD. The b-side of the ‘70’s pop-rock band’s one and only hit single, "I’m On Fire."
"Money City Maniacs"-- Sloan
Inspirational lyric: "Your body is covered with Coke fizz."
"Adventures on the Wheel of Steel"-- Grandmaster Flash
"Pachito C-Che"-- Perez Prado
From Mambo Mania, a great Rhino compilation of hot ‘50’s / ‘60’s Mambo by Prado, Celia Cruz, Dezi Arnaz, etc. If you like this cut, rush out and buy Prado’s Havana 3 a.m. disc.
"Texas Boogie"-- T. Texas Tyler
"We have a new Wowsville Classic"-- D.P.
"We Were Raised on Love"-- Jeannie C. Riley
Spunky little country diva Riley scored a big hit with the subversive ‘60’s PTA-meets-Feminism anthem"Harper Valley PTA," but this similarly independent-thinking cut from her third album (?), Country Girl, is just as good. . . and just as kick ass.
"Pick Me Up On Your Way Down"-- Charlie Walker
"Fuzz"-- Hugh Masekela
"I Like It Like That"-- Tribe Called Quest
"Common Ground"-- Tribe Called Quest
A double-shot from the Tribe’s new Love Movement CD.
Enresistirement"-- Francoise Hardy
Francoise does a funky version of this Serge G. song on her odd little 1977 album, Star. Stereolab should cover this jaunty tune.
"Wild One"-- Martha & The Vandellas
"Kiko and the Lavender Moon"-- Los Lobos
Dan thinks that Kiko is the best album of the ‘90’s NOT created by a hip-hop act. The rest of us nod agreeably because Dan can get quite violent.
"Last Time I Looked, I Wasn’t Living"-- The Drinks
"Que Vida"-- Love
"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry"-- Bob Dylan
This is the INCREDIBLE, Blues-on-Speed alternate version, found on the Bobster’s Bootleg Series Vol. 1 set.
"Don’t Cry For Me"-- Zombies
"The Ferris Wheel"-- Everly Brothers
"Never Can Say Goodbye"-- Gloria Gaynor
"I Love The Nightlife"-- Alicia Bridges
Disco double-shot. Leads nicely into. . .
"Dear Mr. Salesman"-- Fantastic Plastic Machine
"5 Minutes"-- Bonzo Goes To Washington
"My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to announce today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 Minutes"-- Ronnie Reagan. Leads nicely into. . .
"Tie My Huntin’ Dog Down, Jed"-- Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith
"Cadillac Daddy"-- Howling Wolf
A lightnin’ bolt from the Wolf’s early, raunchy ‘50’s Sun sessions.
"Stand Up"-- Al Green
"A Message From The Meters"-- Meters
"My Talk About Leaving"-- T. Texas Tyler
Ah, T.Texas! . . .
And we close the show with a phone request from the irrepressible Paul Wilkinson that we play something "wordy, pretentious and sad." So, Wowsville obliges with the King of that Wordy Heady Sad Stuff:
"Winter Lady"-- Leonard Cohen
"The Stranger Song"-- Leonard Cohen
9 / 27 / 98
Episode 196
Tyler, Dan & Don
H.L.’s Monkey Talk Dream
Intro-- H.L. Mencken
"Monkey Talk"-- Little Stevie Wonder
An interesting 45 that Dan unearthed from the early ‘60’s-- a playful Little Stevie stomper that could be construed today as-- what?-- a bit un-PC?
"Cloud 149"-- Pere Ubu
"Mace & Grenades"-- Hugh Masekela
From the Wowsville Non-Hits Library: Another stellar track that proves there was more to Hugh than "Grazing In The Grass."
"Children’s Story"-- Black Star
"Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?"-- The Monkees
From the soundtrack to the excellent and totally-wigged Monkees movie, Head, this is Peter "The Dumb One" Tork’s finest hour.
"Arbor Sirens"-- Electric Company
"Come Raise Your Glasses High"-- The University of Virginia Singers
Rolls in nicely with. . .
"Garden of Eden"-- Pat Robertson
An early-’70’s 700 Club 2-disc set, "free" to listeners of the statewide crypto-Republico nightmare known as Rev. Robertson, it is interesting to note that Mr Former Tax Exempt Status uses the same Gothic Scary typeface on his cover as Black Sabbath did on THEIR early albums.
"8 a.m. Jullander Sphere"-- Cornershop
"It Sure Gets Cold in Des Moines"-- Tom T. Hall
"Stoned Is The Way of the Walk"-- Cypress Hill
"Life ‘n’ Perspectives Pt. 1"-- Urban Dance Squad
"Energy"-- Earth, Wind & Fire
"Mojo Hand"-- Lightning Hopkins
From the gritty bluesman’s 1969 "Poppy" album with the multi-colored psychedelic cover.
"Listen At That Bull"-- George Coleman
"Big Dick From Dixie"-- Salt T. Peter
Standout (?) track from a particularly wussy mid-’50’s "naughty" songs album-- sorry, parents!
Leads nicely into. . .
"I’ve Found Someone"-- Barry White
"Magic Bunny"-- Sissy Bar
"Life Is a Bitch"-- Nas
"Dance Band"-- XTC
From the early, quirky, jagged days of the Swindon-based art-rock combo, when keyboardist Barry Andrews defined the proceedings with his aural squiggles.
"Kandy Pop"-- Bis
"From the One That Hurt You"-- Fred Lane
"Don’t See Us"-- The Roots
The first 12" from the Philly hip-hop band’s Things Fall Apart.
"When The Levee Breaks"-- Killdozer
Played, sez Tyler, at the wrong speed. In any case, it sounds nice as a duet with Dame Judith...
"Medea" (Excerpt)-- Dame Judith Anderson
"They Like Me" (Snoopy’s Dream)"-- from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
"I Wanna"-- Moe Tucker
Raging end song from the Best Album Made By an Ex-Velvets Member in The Past Ten Years, 1994’s Dogs Under Stress. A tom-tom-heavy Moe Feast!!
"Black Thought Meets Rahzel The Godfather Of Noise"-- The Roots
"Let No Man Tell Me What To Do"-- Dave Dudley
The king of Trucking tunes chimes in with the ultimate Me Generation song.
"Blue Moon of Kentucky"-- Elvis Presley
Poarch has an original 78 of this first-ever Presley single (the b-side to "That’s All Right") and we played the 78, as a historical / archival experiment. Still rocks, even with the hiss.
"Lie Dream of A Casino Soul"-- The Fall
Not available on 78, unfortunately.
"Say No Go"-- De La Soul
9 / 20 / 98
Episode 195
Dan, Don & "Blind Lemon Pledge"
Wowsville All-Skate
Our annual Live remote broadcast from
The Palisades Skate-a-Whirl in Staunton
Intro-- Norm Crosby
"Golden Atoms"-- Stereolab
A track from the electronic art-rock combo’s Aluminum Tunes b-side collection, a cool throwaway from the Emperor Tomato Ketchup sessions.
"Little Man From Mars"-- Perrey & Kingsley
"I Wish"-- David
From David’s "Sesame Street" LP. You remember wool-hatted David from the Street, right? Later arrested for beating his wife and running nekked down the-- don’t make me say it! If only it hadn’t rained that day.
"The Goose"-- The Parliaments
Early George Clinton and Co. 45, available on any number of quasi-legal CD collections with "I Just Wanna Testify" and other hissy, direct-from-vinyl copies of essential early Mothership takeoffs. This was later remade on Up For The Down Stroke.
"On The Road Again"-- Jungle Brothers
"Back In the Shadows Again"-- Firesign Theatre
From the comedy band’s underrated I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus.
"I’m Going Straight To Heaven"-- MC 900 Ft. Jesus
"We’ll Understand It Better By and By"-- Spence
from the Real Bahamas. D.R. Tyler swears by this recent collection of Bahamian religious blues music on the Nonesuch label.
"Fox and Socks"--Marvin Miller & Dr. Seuss
"Federal Dust"-- Silver Jews
Dave Berman / Stephen Malkmus collaboration from American Water disc on Drag City
"Ladies Night"-- Kool & The Gang
An All-Skate is announced, and Blind Lemon Pledge presents the lucky Golden Carnation winner with her prize but the wily Pledge insists he has to paper the buxom skater with Braille and "read her" first. The groove from everyone’s favorite synthetic "Funk" band nearly averts a Ballroom social catastrophe.
"Oh Yeah"-- Can
"Poet Is Priest"-- Julian Cope
Mini-tribute to Cope’s fantastic Krautrock memoir and guidebook, with his Jehovahkill freakout enjoined with Damo’s from Tago Mago (plus-- sigh-- a scratching Grandpa Cole)
"Hum Along and Dance"-- Temptations
"Oscillations"-- Silver Apples
The original space-rock keyboard-drone wizards, this otherworldly duo’s two classic late ‘60’s LPs are now available stateside, Silver Apples & Contact., on one awesome CD. Fans of Stereolab, Spacemen 3, et al should dig!
"Jenifa Taught Me"-- De La Soul
"For Science"-- They Might Be Giants
"You’re a Big Girl Now"-- Stylistics
"Let It Be Me"-- Dennis Russos
"Echoes Of My Mind" -- Ronnie Butler
"I found this LP by Ronnie Butler and the Ramblers at a thrift store and it’s an odd one. Available on Nassau Beach Hotel Records, it’s a hotel Bahamian bar band going through a set of lite-soul covers and dinkily-funky originals. Someone didn’t get the title right on this cut-- essentially a smolderingly funky "Everybody’s Talkin’" wrapped in a relaxed mid-tempo-- but it’s aces." -- Don
"The State I Am In"-- Belle & Sebastian
From the critically-acclaimed Scottish troup’s Dogs On Wheels EP.
"Evil"-- Earth Wind & Fire
"Win Instantly"-- Roger Miller
"Moose Jaw"-- Flin Flon
Despite the forthcoming series of drummer jokes, Charlottesville’s Matt Datesman is one of Wowsville’s favorite people. He’s a team guy, and here he hooks up with Air Miami / Unrest leader Mark Robinson in a crackin’ good supergroup on, natch, the TeenBeat label.
"Barnyards In Orbit"-- Perrey & Kingsley
(After this final station break, the show disintegrates into drummer jokes-- like: "How can you tell that the drum risers are level? Because drool is coming out of both sides of the drummer’s mouth," stuff like that. . . not pretty. )
"Shout"-- Devo
"Boys are Boys and Girls are Choice"-- The Monks
"Go Stetsa I"-- Stetsasonic
9 / 13 / 98
Episode 194
Tyler, Don & Dan
East Coast Groove
"Theme From Neil Miller"-- Lambchop
"Trilobites"-- Visiting Kids
"Bang Bang Get Down Get Down"-- Son Of Berserk
Dan bought this Hank Shocklee masterpiece 12 inch at one of the Illadelph Halflife Record Shows in Philly. Don regrets selling his Bezerk Bezerk Bezerk CD now.
"You Can Never Go Down The Drain"-- Fred Rogers
"Clowns & Ballerinas"-- Negitivland
"East Coast Groove"-- Bohannon
Hamilton Bohannon’s ‘70’s funk career was based on the most simplistic, airtight, minimalist groove ever concocted. This is from the slick one’s third album, Inside Out, the one with the great first side of zoned-out shufflers and the second full of yucky slow songs.
"The Race"-- Bill Cosby
"3-2-1-AH"-- Los Canarios
From the recent Exitos A Go-Go CD on the Planetary Pebbles label. Essential stuff-- garage punk and neo-psych from Latin America, circa ‘66-’75.
Anti-Nigger Machine"- Public Enemy
Seque: Bing Crosby and (Your Camp Here)
"Pizza Man"-- Old Skull
"Do You Wanna Get Heavy?"-- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
From JSBX’s new Acme, on Matador.
"Bistro"-- Henry Mancini
"Upright Kangaroo"-- Mike & Rich
"Tell Him He’s a Pig"-- Eldridge Cleaver
"54-46. That’s My Number"-- Toots & The Maytals
"Jungle Line"-- Joni Mitchell
Joni’s excellent jazz-folk-bluesy Hissing Of Summer Lawns is supposedly The Artist Formerly Known as Prince’s favorite album-- this track with Burundi drums shows why.
"Great Five Lakes"-- Buffalo Daughter
"Big Funk"-- Cabaret Voltaire
"LSD"-- Pretty Things
A controversial 1965 curio, cut when acid was still legal, banned from the airwaves anyway. But-- you know what, you know what: As Mike Arlo once said about "Eight Miles High," we don’t care about the Man: We’re GONNA PLAY IT ANYWAY. In fact, we just did. From the band’s second album, now out with extra tracks.
"This World"-- Staple Singers
"In the Upper Room Pt. 1 & 2"-- Mahalia Jackson
The worst break-edit in Pt. 1 / Pt. 2 History. One of the greatest songs ever.
"Krazy Kooky Call"-- Albert Brooks
"Balls Fire"-- Didjits
"Call Me"-- Al Green
Recent stats: Al Green is Number One on the All-Time Wowsville Survey. Source: OffTheTopOfOurHeads Inc.TM
"Running Out of Lies"-- Johnnie Taylor
"Monday Night"-- Pere Ubu
8 / 6 / 98
Episode 193
D&D
The Art of Lip-Synching
"Torture"-- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
From JSBX’s Acme, on Matador.
"House In The Country"-- Pretty Things
Bonus track on Snapper reissue of the band’s 1967 platter, emotions, a fine cover of a GREAT Kinks song. Another fine track from the disc, "House of Ten," is featured later in the show.
"Have You Ever Loved Somebody"-- The Hollies
The Hollies could, and did, make good albums. Their best is the out-of-print Evolution, from 1967, which hides this great rocker.
"Bummer In The Summer"-- Love
Free Arthur Lee!!
"The Banana Question"-- Royal Trux
"El Principe Gaetano Del Monte"-- Los Walkers
Can’t say enough about the Exitos A Go Go compilation on Planetary Pebbles, which brings together prime ‘60’s Latin-American rock. This is a helluva great pop song.
"The Dummy"-- Larry Williams
John Lennon idolized Larry Williams and this rowdy 45 shows why!!
"So Glad You’re Mine"-- Al Green
"Psychedelic Shack"-- Temptations
"I Want You"-- Marvin Gaye
Sinewy title track to smoother-than-loveoil ‘70’s Gaye LP: A more decadent Let’s Get It On.
"Blues For Huey"-- Hugh Masekela
"It’s a Man’s World"-- James Brown
"Picture This"-- Beastie Boys
"People"-- Silver Jews
"House of Ten"-- The Pretty Things
"Sunshine"-- Ian Brown
From the ex-Stone Rose’s lead singer’s erratic solo debut. It mentions the Beach Boys. . . so:
"Sail Plane Song"-- Beach Boys
The Endless Harmony soundtrack (to a VH-1 Special) is actually worthwhile-- lots of undocumented live tracks, rarities and home demos, like this atypically trippy Brian Wilson number from 1969. What it basically, is though, is the band’s (read: NOT Brian Wilson’s) version of events, and the documentary itself was flawed from that standpoint. The soundtrack is a different story-- if you’re a fan!
"Dirty Dream Number Two"-- Belle & Sebastian
"Life Is Good"-- Los Lobos
"C.O.D."-- Albert King
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered"-- James Brown
No, not the Stevie track. This is James at his album-filler best!
"Hard to Handle"-- Otis Redding
"The Jones Girl"-- The Five Satins
"Mama Feelgood"-- Lyn Collins
One of J.B.’s "Funky Divas."
"When The Circus Comes to Town"-- Los Lobos
"33 % God / Dis Yourself in ‘89"-- Beastie Boys
Recently issued on CD (as a b-side), this classic B-Boys encapsulation of 1989’s Paul’s Boutique stands on its own as a sample-crazed statement of purpose.
"Happy"-- Sugar Plant
8 / 30 / 98
Episode 192
The Brothers Harrison
Experiments
Dave Harrison’s Party
"Mad Blunted Jazz"-- DJ Cam
"Don’t Glue The World"-- His Name is Alive
From the 4AD band’s excellent Fort Lake CD. Angular, sweet-as-molasses, life-affirming pop. With an edge.
"Caravana"-- The Lucksmiths
"Bye Bye Pride"-- The Go-Betweens
Australian-Rock Double Shot.
"Down In The Traffic"-- Adventures In Stereo
"Ten Small Paces"-- Ida
"This could be Ten Small Faces. I Can’t tell because of the cheap typesetting."-- Dave H.
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven"-- Donovan
"... and speaking of cheap typesetting!-- Don H.
"Pick Seeds From My Skull"-- Robert Pollard
Short and eerie track from Guided By Voices’ leader Pollard’s great new Waved Out solo CD on Matador.
"Remember"-- Air
"Do It Again"-- Beach Boys
Since Air appears to sample "Do It Again"’s blap-blap drum riff on "Remember," the Radio Wowsville crew tried an audio-montage experiment with the two tracks. Soon available on an underground 12" near you.
"The Man From Operations"-- Scott Brookman
Dave H., your selector, swears by the stuff on the Tweekitten label.
"Headlights"-- Trembling Blues Stars
This Scottish band’s excellent beat-poppish Their Lips That Taste Of Tears CD on Shinkasen, is boss.
"The Chime of a City Clock"--Nick Drake
"Blow Up"-- Bowery Electric
"Seeperbold"-- Stereolab
Colts Vs. Cowboys
An excerpt from a weird-o "Colts History" LP with J. Unitas on the cover. Dave’s Dad lost 50 dollars and the living room sofa on this game, and he recounts this tearfully for the listeners.
"Park & Ride"-- Camera Obscura
"It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career"-- Belle & Sebastian
From The Boy With The Arab Strap, on Matador
"3D Movies"-- Metronome
From the mysterious Hub City-labeled Ona King Made This Dress CD compilation of DC-area bands. Little is known about this band and this cool track!
"Between Us"-- Mojave 3
From the U.K-only "Who do You Love" Single on 4AD
"Fievre"-- Los Johnny Jets
"Easy Way Down"-- Snowpony
New band featuring Stereolab’s former organist, Katherine Gifford.
"Captain Marvel Jones"-- ???
A great, blues-grunge track from a strange "Superhero" soundtrack on Design Records. Circa 1966 or thereabouts. The tracks cover subjects like Batman to Mickey Mouse to Tarzan, in mock-rocking, cruddy knockoff style. But this song is a real standout. YOW! The vocalist sounds like someone-- Leon Russell? Someone. . .! Please: MORE INFORMATION!!
"Psycho’s Blues"-- Clear Spot
From their Duophonic single. "Like a more organic, less in-your-face Steroid Maximus."-- Dave H.
"El Fanatico"-- La Tropa Loco
8 / 23 / 98
Episode 191
Dan hisself
Front Poarch Quiet Storm
w/ added background ambience
"Love And Happiness"-- Al Green
"Telling Lies"-- The Staple Singers
Dan hasn’t heard a Staple Singers LP he’s disliked yet, and 1971’s We’ll Get Over (on Stax) is one of the unheralded soul releases of the ‘70’s.
"Breakadawn"-- De La Soul
"If You Got A Love"-- Bobby Byrd
"Bewildered"-- James Brown
"Crawl Before You Walk"-- The Eighth Day
"A Lover’s Prayer"-- Otis Redding
"Behave Yourself"-- The "5" Royales
An influence on Otis, and James Brown, as well as seminal rock-soul hitmakers, why aren’t these guys in the Rock Hall of Fame? Highly recommended: The 2-CD set, Monkey Hips & Rice, on Rhino!
"Wasting Time"-- Lost Generation
Unknown band on the Invictus label. MORE INFORMATION PLEASE.
"You’re A Big Girl Now"-- The Stylistics
The Radio Wowsville staff and crew recently took an informal studio poll and it was agreed that this is a pretty creepy song when it comes right down to it.
"Respect Yourself"-- Staple Singers
"All Over But The Shouting"-- Millie Jackson
"Don’t Knock My Love"-- Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
"Let’s Stay Together"-- Al Green
"Kind of cliched to play this in a ‘love theme’ set, but-- hey-- it’s Al Green!"-- D.P.
"Think About Loving You"-- Earth, Wind & Fire
"Lowdown Popcorn"-- James Brown
"Silent Treatment"-- The Roots
"Gettin’ Into It"-- SLYK 130
"Find A Way"-- Tribe Called Quest
From the just-released The Love Movement. Rumors are true: The Tribe is breaking up after this long-awaited disc and current tour.
"Passing Me By"-- Pharcyde
"Why Must You Hate Me?"-- Prince Paul
"Buddy"-- De La Soul
"Beautiful Skin"-- Goodie Mob
From Still Standing. A masterpiece.
"Electric Relaxation"-- Tribe Called Quest
"Try A Little Tenderness"-- Otis Redding
"I’ve Got Dreams To Remember"-- Otis Redding
Otis double shot! The latter cut is from The Immortal Otis Redding, a sparse and spooky collection of songs released to complement "Dock Of The Bay" after Otis’ death. Like most of the man’s recorded work, it’s essential AND immortal.
"Strong As Death, Sweet As Love"-- Al Green
Al’s greatest track? Certainly one of his wilder vocal performances. Available on The Other Side of Al Green CD of b-sides and unreleased singles.
8 / 16 / 98
Episode 190
Brian, Abby & Don
The Route 29 to Highway 66 Tape
Brian Greene is driving
and Abby Hoffman is backseat driving
"Iron City"-- Grant Green
"Butter (Fo Yo Popcorn)"-- Brother Jack McDuff
"Ieanniaz"-- Richard "Groove" Holmes
Groove-Jazz triple shot!
"After Sunrise"-- Sergio Mendes
"Superbarana"-- Caetano Veloso
"Refazinda"-- Gilberto Gil
Brazillian Triple Shot!
"Jeanne"-- Air w/ Francoise Hardy
B-side, featuring the reclusive chanteuse Hardy in a guest turn.
"Immobile"-- Autour De Lucie
"The Javanaise"-- Mick Harvey
From Pink Elephants, Harvey’s second collection of anglophiled Serge Gainsbourg remakes.
"I Gotta Know"-- Wanda Jackson
"I Can’t Hardly Stand It"-- Charlie Feathers
"A criminally forgotten rockabilly legend"-- B.G.! Shoutouts go out to John Fahey’s new Revenant label for the new Get With It compilation of classic Feathers tracks from the ‘50’s and ‘60’s.
"Super Goo"-- The Cramps
"Dolly"-- The Lyres
"Mr. Farmer"-- The Seeds
"Making Time"-- The Creation
"Come On"-- Chocolate Watchband
"Long And Lonesome Road"-- Shocking Blue
"Live At the Rhythm Hive"-- The Make-Up
"The Banana Question"-- Royal Trux
"Come and Have a Go If You Think You’re Hard Enough"-- Mekons
Brian thinks this is the best track from the Mekons’ recent Me release (available on Touch & Go), and Don thinks it’s one of the worst. Either way, it fit in as the end of this paisley garage-rockin’ set.
"Easy Way Down"-- Snowpony
"The Sweaty Hide of Circumstance"-- Chris Knox
"Baby, You Feel Me Up"-- His Name Is Alive
New Zealand Quirky-Pop Double Shot!
"Pass Me By"-- Adventures In Stereo
"Love’s Prelude"-- Pizzicato Five
"Lolitapop Dollhouse"-- Kahimi Karie
"Underneath It All"-- Money Mark
"Broken Homes"-- Tricky
"Time I Took A Holiday"-- Nick Lowe
A standout track from vet Lowe’s excellent new disc of torch songs, Dig My Mood, on Rounder-Upstart.
"Afraid To Go Home"-- St. Etienne
"World’s Strongest Man"-- Scott Walker
Brian Greene, Chairman of the Minor Chorded Strings Fan Club, has been promised a future Wowsville devoted to the idiosyncratic career of the dour Scott Walker.
"T.V."-- Babybird
"Tangent"-- Beth Orton
"Smoke and Mirrors"-- Evelyn
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"-- Senator Sam Ervin
A reminder. . . from back when Senate Judiciary Hearings were cool!
The other shows on the WTJU dial are also worth your while,
especially the Rock Department shows.
A new transmitter also means that more of you, from farther away, can tune in. So: Do. Monday- Thursday 2-4 p.m. and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. you can catch daytime Rock programming. Nightly, you can catch Rock programming on WTJU from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
The station also has excellent folk, blues and jazz shows-- several cuts above your normal public radio, or commercial radio, fare.
You can cut through our biased bunk and reach the station direct
at http://wtju.radio.virginia.edu
WTJU raises a lot of its on-air money through quarterly fund-raising marathons, which sees a particular department host a weeklong series of marathon shows that cover artists, genres, labels, you name it.
You should call during these marathons. Give cash and support the station and you can receive cool premiums, show tapes, T-shirts, the works. . .
Thanks for listening!!!