Sunday, August 31, 2014

Thursday, August 28, 2014

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Joseph of the Apes, 2009

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Below is a list of the songs played this week on Dr. John's Idiosyncratic History of Rock and Roll, Chapter 90: Are You a Rock Snob?  You can hear a podcast of the entire program by clicking here.

Feel, Big Star
Coconut, Harry Nilsson
The Lonely Surfer, Jack Nitzsche
Surrender, Cheap Trick

Still Feeling Blue, Gram Parsons
O How She Dances, James Luther Dickinson
Zig Zag Wanderer, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
Kill For Peace, The Fugs

Stoned Soul Picnic, Laura Nyro
Mississippi, John Phillips
Some of Shelley's Blues, Michael Nesmith
Echoes, Gene Clark

Anthem (I Promise), Roky Erickson
Teenage Lust, MC5
No Fun, Stooges
Take a Message to the Captain, Fanny

Time of the Season, Zombies
Montague Terrace (In Blue), Scott Walker
Broken English, Marianne Faithfull
Cripple Creek, Skip Spence

Bonnie & Clyde, Serge Gainsberg & Brigitte Bardot
Si C'est Ca, Francoise Hardy
From the Morning, Nick Drake
For Shame of Doing Wrong, Richard & Linda Thompson

Personality Crisis, New York Dolls
Alex Chilton, Replacements
Bone Machine, Pixies
See No Evil, Television

Alone Again Or, Love
Wouldn't It Be Nice, Beach Boys

See Emily Play, Pink Floyd

Toonerville Thursday


Thursday, August 21, 2014

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San Rafael, California 2013

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

It's been awhile, but I returned to live radio this week with another edition of my summer replacement program, Dr. John's Idiosyncratic History of Rock & Roll.  Because I was on the road most of the week, I kept it simple: the theme was Beatles vs. the Stones.  Below is a copy of the playlist, and if you click here, you can listen to a podcast of the show.  By the way, within a few weeks KDWG will begin streaming on the internet, and you'll be able to listen to my show live if you so desire.  I'll post more details as we get closer to our web launch. 

She Loves You, Beatles
Tell Me, Rolling Stones
I Want to Hold Your Hand, Beatles
It's All Over Now, Rolling Stones

Boys, Beatles
Not Fade Away, Rolling Stones
Roll Over Beethoven, Beatles
Carol, Rolling Stones

A Hard Day's Night, Beatles
(I Can't get No) Satisfaction, Rolling Stones
I Feel Fine, Beatles
Get Off My Cloud, Rolling Stones

Ticket to Ride, Beatles
19th Nervous Breakdown, Rolling Stones
Tell Me What You See, Beatles
Under My Thumb, Rolling Stones

Day Tripper, Beatles
Ruby Tuesday, Rolling Stones
Paperback Writer, Beatles
Let's Spend the Night Together, Rolling Stones

As Tears Go By, Marianne Faithfull
Let It Be, Aretha Franklin
Sympathy for the Devil, Sandie Shaw
Come Together, Ike & Tina Turner

If I Needed Someone, Beatles
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadows, Rolling Stones
She Said She Said, Beatles
Miss Amanda Jones, Rolling Stones

Eleanor Rigby, Beatles
Jumpin' Jack Flash, Rolling Stones
Penny Lane, Beatles
She's a Rainbow, Rolling Stones

Back in the USSR, Beatles
Street Fighting man, Rolling Stones

Gimme Shelter, Rolling Stones

Toonerville Thursday


Friday, August 1, 2014

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Lockwood Library, University at Buffalo 2014

Bonus Toonerville

What are the odds that I would make a wrong turn in tiny Williamstown, Massachusetts and stumble on a place that combines two of my favorite things: Toonerville Trolley and records?  But I did a couple of days ago.  I stopped in and the proprietor told me he had started out selling records out of an old bus, hence the name.  I bought a nice Anita O'Day box set and a collection of obscure garage rock sides compiled by Nick Salomon of Bevis Frond. Pretty much exactly the kind of stuff I'd hope to find in a place called Toonerville Records.

Toonerville Friday