There's a thematic thread running through the songs in this edition of W&F. Can you guess what it is?
WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000015 (DECEMBER 20, 2006):
1. "Happy Birthday Jesus" - Little Cindy
2. "If You Believe in Christmas Trees" - Cardinal
3. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" - John Cale
4. "Sleigh Ride" - Mistletoe Disco Band
5. "Santa Claus" - Throwing Muses
6. "What You Need" - the Fall
7. "Christmas Day" - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
8. "Christmas Vacation" - the Descendents
9. "RSPCA Interview" - from On the Hour (Chris Morris)
10. "Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto" - Belle & Sebastian
11. "Christmas Time is Here Again (Fan Club Recording, 1967)" - the Beatles
12. "Jesus Christ" - Big Star
13. "The Rocking Disco Santa Claus" - the Sisterhood
14. "Santa Cupcakes" - National Lampoon (Gilda Radner)
15. "Christmas at the Zoo" - the Flaming Lips
16. "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" - Tom Waits
17. "My Christmas Wish" - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
18. "Christmas with the Devil" - Spinal Tap
19. "Mambo Santa Mambo" - the Enchanters
20. "Uncle Bernie's Farm" - the Mothers of Invention
21. "Santa Claus Skips Cudahy" - Couch Flambeau
22. "My Christmas Memory" - Patton Oswalt
23. "Merry Christmas Baby" - Otis Redding
24. "Cha-Cha All the Way" - Capitol Studio Orchestra
25. Christmas Wish Line
26. "A Child's Christmas Saving the Whales" - Game Theory
27. "Linus and Lucy" - Game Theory
28. "Rod Serling Explains the First Christmas" - National Lampoon (Christopher Guest)
29. "It's Christmas Time" - Yo La Tengo
30. "Christmas with William S." - Olivia Tremor Control
31. "Christmas at K-Mart" - Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band
32. "A Very Hanson Christmas" - Jon Stewart
33. "Frosty the Snowman" - Cocteau Twins
34. "Deck the Halls" - Jingle Bermuda Tree Frogs
35. "Exotic Night" - Martin Denny
36. "Santa Claus is a Black Man" - AKIM & the Teddy Vann Production Company
37. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy" - John Fahey
38. Special Christmas Benefit Song!!
That's right - every single artist mentioned above walks with a limp. Congratulations.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
SPECIAL BONUS POST FOR ORDERING BEFORE MIDNIGHT:
Just finished another guest spot on the DJ K-No program. A little, tiny bit wider-ranging than usual, maybe, but mostly just longer.
THE DJ NO-K SHOW (DECEMBER 9, 2006):
1. "Are You Hung Up?" - the Mothers of Invention
2. "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" - the Mothers of Invention
3. "Station to Station" - David Bowie
4. "Death and the Maiden" - the Verlaines
5. "Help You Ann" - the Lyres
6. "Pigeons" (1) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue)
7. "Mobilization" - Savage Republic
8. "Voodoo Voodoo" - LaVern Baker
9. "The Blues Are Still Blue" - Belle and Sebastian
10. "Run Paint Run Run" - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
11. "Search and Destroy" - Iggy and the Stooges
12. "Car Song" - Elastica
13. "I Felt Like a Gringo" - Minutemen
14. "Trem Two" - Mission of Burma
15. "Dylan at the Met/Art Warehouse" - Firesign Theatre
16. "We Are All Prostitutes" - the Pop Group
17. "The Model" - Big Black
18. "Ana (BBC Session)" - the Pixies
19. "Send Me a Postcard" - the Shocking Blue
20. "The Light Pours Out of Me" - Magazine
21. "You're Lost Little Girl" - the Doors
22. "Smothered in Hugs" - Guided by Voices
23. "July, July!" - the Decemberists
24. "Pigeons" (2) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue, Naomi R. Page)
25. "Nothin' to Do" - the Dandy Warhols
26. "Up the Neck" - Pretenders
27. "I Never Play Basketball Now" - Prefab Sprout
28. "Theme From Pigdom Come" - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
29. "Solid Gold Easy Action" - T. Rex
30. "Strychnine" - the Sonics
31. "Qu'ran" - David Byrne/Brian Eno
32. "Political Science" - Randy Newman
33. "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" - the Smiths
34. "Fears of Gun" - the Birthday Party
35. "Get Hip and Go!" - from On the Hour (Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon MacKichan, David Schneider)
36. "The Pleasant Kind" - Eric Matthews
37. "Room With a View" - Let's Active
38. "Alright" - Supergrass
39. "Everything About You" - the Field Mice
40. "Chopin" - Mike Nichols and Elaine May
41. "50 Ft. Queenie" - PJ Harvey
42. "I Am the Fly" - Wire
43. "Poise" - the Ornette Coleman Quartet
44. "Pigeons" (3) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue, Naomi R. Page)
45. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" - Pere Ubu
46. "Eight Miles High" - Hüsker Dü
47. "Mr. Spaceman" - the Byrds
48. "Same Old Scene" - Roxy Music
49. "Consolation Prize" - Orange Juice
50. "Don't Cry for Me" - the Zombies
51. "Frost and Fire" - Everything But the Girl
52. "Break" - the Cure
53. "In the Kingdom #19" - Sonic Youth
54. "Flight Reaction" - Calico Wall
55. "Kingpin" - the Credibility Gap
56. "Monkey Hustle" - Jack Conrad
57. "Harlem" - Suicide
58. "Let's Dance" - the Futureheads
59. "The Unheard Music" - X
60. "Charlie's Medicine" - Warren Zevon
61. "Frosch" - Mouse on Mars
62. "Daily Nightly" - the Monkees
63. "Lady With a Torch" - Proctor & Bergman
64. "Paint Work" - the Fall
65. "A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work" - Tortoise
66. "Helen Fordsdale" - Mars
67. "Out There a Minute" - Sun Ra
68. "Story of Isaac" - Leonard Cohen
69. "Primitive Painters" - Felt
THE DJ NO-K SHOW (DECEMBER 9, 2006):
1. "Are You Hung Up?" - the Mothers of Invention
2. "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" - the Mothers of Invention
3. "Station to Station" - David Bowie
4. "Death and the Maiden" - the Verlaines
5. "Help You Ann" - the Lyres
6. "Pigeons" (1) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue)
7. "Mobilization" - Savage Republic
8. "Voodoo Voodoo" - LaVern Baker
9. "The Blues Are Still Blue" - Belle and Sebastian
10. "Run Paint Run Run" - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
11. "Search and Destroy" - Iggy and the Stooges
12. "Car Song" - Elastica
13. "I Felt Like a Gringo" - Minutemen
14. "Trem Two" - Mission of Burma
15. "Dylan at the Met/Art Warehouse" - Firesign Theatre
16. "We Are All Prostitutes" - the Pop Group
17. "The Model" - Big Black
18. "Ana (BBC Session)" - the Pixies
19. "Send Me a Postcard" - the Shocking Blue
20. "The Light Pours Out of Me" - Magazine
21. "You're Lost Little Girl" - the Doors
22. "Smothered in Hugs" - Guided by Voices
23. "July, July!" - the Decemberists
24. "Pigeons" (2) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue, Naomi R. Page)
25. "Nothin' to Do" - the Dandy Warhols
26. "Up the Neck" - Pretenders
27. "I Never Play Basketball Now" - Prefab Sprout
28. "Theme From Pigdom Come" - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
29. "Solid Gold Easy Action" - T. Rex
30. "Strychnine" - the Sonics
31. "Qu'ran" - David Byrne/Brian Eno
32. "Political Science" - Randy Newman
33. "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" - the Smiths
34. "Fears of Gun" - the Birthday Party
35. "Get Hip and Go!" - from On the Hour (Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon MacKichan, David Schneider)
36. "The Pleasant Kind" - Eric Matthews
37. "Room With a View" - Let's Active
38. "Alright" - Supergrass
39. "Everything About You" - the Field Mice
40. "Chopin" - Mike Nichols and Elaine May
41. "50 Ft. Queenie" - PJ Harvey
42. "I Am the Fly" - Wire
43. "Poise" - the Ornette Coleman Quartet
44. "Pigeons" (3) - National Lampoon (Michael O'Donoghue, Naomi R. Page)
45. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" - Pere Ubu
46. "Eight Miles High" - Hüsker Dü
47. "Mr. Spaceman" - the Byrds
48. "Same Old Scene" - Roxy Music
49. "Consolation Prize" - Orange Juice
50. "Don't Cry for Me" - the Zombies
51. "Frost and Fire" - Everything But the Girl
52. "Break" - the Cure
53. "In the Kingdom #19" - Sonic Youth
54. "Flight Reaction" - Calico Wall
55. "Kingpin" - the Credibility Gap
56. "Monkey Hustle" - Jack Conrad
57. "Harlem" - Suicide
58. "Let's Dance" - the Futureheads
59. "The Unheard Music" - X
60. "Charlie's Medicine" - Warren Zevon
61. "Frosch" - Mouse on Mars
62. "Daily Nightly" - the Monkees
63. "Lady With a Torch" - Proctor & Bergman
64. "Paint Work" - the Fall
65. "A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work" - Tortoise
66. "Helen Fordsdale" - Mars
67. "Out There a Minute" - Sun Ra
68. "Story of Isaac" - Leonard Cohen
69. "Primitive Painters" - Felt
Thursday, December 07, 2006
WELL, UM, THIS IS A POST.
Well, um, that was a show.
WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000014 (DECEMBER 6, 2006):
1. "Do the Mussolini" - Cabaret Voltaire
2. "Banned in D.C." - Bad Brains
3. "Moses? I Amn't" - Mogwai
4. "Queen/Mother" - Julian Cope
5. "You Showed Me" - the Lightning Seeds
6. "Lost Weekend" - Wall of Voodoo
7. "Pulp" - S.F. Seals
8. "Gray Turns White" - Ultra Vivid Scene
9. "Mr. Rodent" - Coyle & Sharpe
10. "Loose Nuts on the Veladrome" - Liars
11. "Save Your Money" - the Loud Family
12. "Children's Stories" - Monty Python
13. "World Painted" - Screaming Trees
14. "How Does It Feel To Feel (US Version)" - the Creation
15. "Why is This Commercial?" - Negativland
16. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms" - the Modern Lovers
17. "Dog Door" - Tom Waits
18. "Flitcraft" - the Mekons
19. "1-2-5" - the Haunted
20. "Read About Seymour" - Swell Maps
21. "The Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent" - National Lampoon (Christopher Guest, Chevy Chase, Emily Prager, Alice Playten)
22. "Point That Thing Somewhere Else" - the Clean
23. "Fairytale in the Supermarket" - the Raincoats
24. "Six Six Sixties" - Throbbing Gristle
25. "Slippi" - Animal Collective
26. "Rain" - the Beatles
27. "Wave a White Flag" - Elvis Costello
28. "Sixteen" - the Buzzcocks
29. "The Shrouded Stranger" - Allen Ginsberg
30. "Andy Warhol is Dead But We Still Have Hope" - Kid 606
31. "Moon Mission" - Kai Rautenberg and Orchester Juergen Ehlers
32. "Let's Pretend" - Tindersticks
33. "Kids" - Richard Pryor
34. "Word Association" - from Saturday Night Live (Richard Pryor, Chevy Chase)
35. "Our Text for Today" - Richard Pryor
36. "Unkind and Unwise (instrumental)" - the Go-Betweens
WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000014 (DECEMBER 6, 2006):
1. "Do the Mussolini" - Cabaret Voltaire
2. "Banned in D.C." - Bad Brains
3. "Moses? I Amn't" - Mogwai
4. "Queen/Mother" - Julian Cope
5. "You Showed Me" - the Lightning Seeds
6. "Lost Weekend" - Wall of Voodoo
7. "Pulp" - S.F. Seals
8. "Gray Turns White" - Ultra Vivid Scene
9. "Mr. Rodent" - Coyle & Sharpe
10. "Loose Nuts on the Veladrome" - Liars
11. "Save Your Money" - the Loud Family
12. "Children's Stories" - Monty Python
13. "World Painted" - Screaming Trees
14. "How Does It Feel To Feel (US Version)" - the Creation
15. "Why is This Commercial?" - Negativland
16. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms" - the Modern Lovers
17. "Dog Door" - Tom Waits
18. "Flitcraft" - the Mekons
19. "1-2-5" - the Haunted
20. "Read About Seymour" - Swell Maps
21. "The Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent" - National Lampoon (Christopher Guest, Chevy Chase, Emily Prager, Alice Playten)
22. "Point That Thing Somewhere Else" - the Clean
23. "Fairytale in the Supermarket" - the Raincoats
24. "Six Six Sixties" - Throbbing Gristle
25. "Slippi" - Animal Collective
26. "Rain" - the Beatles
27. "Wave a White Flag" - Elvis Costello
28. "Sixteen" - the Buzzcocks
29. "The Shrouded Stranger" - Allen Ginsberg
30. "Andy Warhol is Dead But We Still Have Hope" - Kid 606
31. "Moon Mission" - Kai Rautenberg and Orchester Juergen Ehlers
32. "Let's Pretend" - Tindersticks
33. "Kids" - Richard Pryor
34. "Word Association" - from Saturday Night Live (Richard Pryor, Chevy Chase)
35. "Our Text for Today" - Richard Pryor
36. "Unkind and Unwise (instrumental)" - the Go-Betweens
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