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Old Age, New Age, Totally Lame
July 24th, 2008Vacation, all I ever wanted! Yes, sometimes a little break can change things around for the better. I definitely felt back in the swing of things after. Big thanks to Mike Lupica (of WFMU) for coverin’ on my 7/10 show!
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1800 - 2000 | 07-17-2008 | WPRB 103.3 FM
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breeders - so sad about us - safari
champale - motel california - simple days
olivia newton-john - xanadu - xanadu ost
cause co-motion - don’t you know - who’s gonna care 7″
lambarena - sankanda + lasset uns den nicht zerteilen - jean-sebastien bach et l’afrique
frightened rabbit - snake - sing the greys
eden express - corazon - que amors que - N
alice swoboda - potter’s field - eccentric soul: the tragar & note labels - N C
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brian posehn - puppy time - live in: nerd rage
the dutchess & the duke - back to me - she’s the dutchess, he’s the duke - N
the count five - they’re gonna get you - 45
shirlene king - super stuff - how good is good? - C
marva whitney - daddy don’t know about sugar bear - nothing but funk vol 3 - C
sand in the face - aspirin kid - sand in the face
the scientists - demolition derby - weird love
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fabulous diamonds - #1 - fabulous diamonds - N
lord buckley - “the raven” - a most immaculately hip aristocrat
dino felipe - i wanna feel better - no fun demo - N
the carlsonics - i dig the bushwack - the carlsonics
cineplexx - sentada - picnic - N
salem 66 - ancient eyes - a ripping spin
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curtis mayfield - wild & free - curtis
mingering mike - gotta get back to the real thing - super gold greatest hits - N
yo yo - richard’s people - fantastic funk - C
xavier cugat - bruca manigua - bim bam bum
brinsley schwarz - merry go round - silver pistol
the woodentops - it will come - well well well
the o voids - record on - 7″ - N
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1800 - 2000 | 07-24-2008 | WPRB 103.3 FM
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high places - shared islands - high places - N
gary lucas - songstress on the edge of heaven - the edge of heaven
tony - pi fari u giuvanottu i malavita - la musica della mafia vol 2 - C
douglas amour - fall apart again - the light of a golden day, the arms of the night - N
verbena - i say so - 7″
the stickmen - taildragger - this is the master brew
lydia lunch - tied & twist - queen of siam
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squeeze - if i didn’t love you - singles 45 & under
the lounge lizards - fatty walks - the lounge lizards
the make up - walking on the dunes - i want some
hercules & love affair - blind - hercules & love affair - N
howlin’ wolf - spoonful - chess blues classics 1957-1967 - C
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fern jones - didn’t it rain - singing a happy song
bobby freeman - do you wanna dance - get in the swim with…
orchestra baobab - beni baraale - made in dakar - N
vivian girls - my baby wants me dead - wild eyes 7″ - N
moby grape - tongue-tied - truly fine citizen
stiff little fingers - fly the flag - nobody’s heroes
the old haunts - out of sight - split 7″ w/ the red eyed legends - N
the hold steady - constructive summer - stay positive - N
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jacqueline perez - go home - swinging mademoiselles - C
lung leg - previous condition - maid to minx
squalls - take it all - no time
love child - telegram - okay?
veronica lake - when you smile - 7″
welfare mothers - long brown hair - 7″ - N
soulside - 103 - 7″
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squirrel bait - hammering so hard - squirrel bait
July 24th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
To my surprise, that Douglas Armour song has stayed with me. I found myself singing it while doing the dishes earlier in the week and I was excited when it came on the radio tonight. Go figure.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I am finally getting around to listening to the Hold Steady, having heard one too many fawning NPR stories describing them as being “like Bruce Springsteen” (whom I am a fan of.) Years ago, it was common to hear the same thing said about Southside Johnny and the Jukes, and you’ll notice they don’t get talked about on Morning Edition quite so much. Needless to say, I was skeptical. However, I have to admit that the song you played (along with “Sequestered in Memphis”) are pretty great pop songs. If everything on commercial radio was delivered with that spirit, maybe I wouldn’t be in such a crap mood all the time.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Whenever I hear the Hold Steady, I am uncertain as to whether I think it’s an outtake from Eddie & The Cruisers, or it’s something I kinda like.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
An old friend of Nicole’s played sax on the first Hold Steady record. When I told him sheepishly that his work reminded me on first blush of Clarence Clemons, he did not punch me in the noggin as I had expected but instead got real excited that someone picked up on what he/the band were going for, even then.
Ever since Can’t Stop The Bleeding called Hold Steady “later-period Soul Asylum fronted by Charles Nelson Reilly” I have found that I can’t hear them without that image in my head.
JS
July 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Ever since Can’t Stop The Bleeding called Hold Steady “later-period Soul Asylum fronted by Charles Nelson Reilly” I have found that I can’t hear them without that image in my head.And now, neither will I.