AND AGAIN...

More retro-rockism. Crawling backwards through the wreckage. Call it what you will. Including late for dinner.

This one was the first show I did using my 40th birthday present, a brand-new laptop. As indefatigably old-school as I tend to be when doing these shows, I must say that having a fresh source (in addition to the usual turntables, CD players, cassette decks and live in-studio yodellers) to add to the on-air mix has proven quite exciting. Not in this particular episode so much - no, as with any attempt to grapple with new technology in real time, I spent an ungodly portion of it growling, shaking my fist at phantom antagonists, and using words that, if uttered on-mic and toted up correctly, would translate into about $2.6 million in FCC fines. Don't get me wrong, the old technology failed me just as much as the new stuff - y'know, you get a record, it says "33 1/3 RPM" on the sleeve, you don't imagine they just put it there because that was their best guess, do you? Yeah, neither did I. One doesn't get to hear the sounds of a record being played at 2/3rds speed, stopped, run backwards in panic, followed by the needle being angrily ripped from it and very audibly relowered onto the start of the tune, on the radio quite enough these days. An increasing plurality of American radio stations have gone largely if not wholly automated, which is why commercial radio is full of things like two commercials playing at once, songs beginning and ending at odd times, the phrase "ANOTHER ROCK BLOCK-OCK-OCK..." looping endlessly through the middles of songs, and pre-recorded DJs back-announcing songs they last played three days before. All offputting, bizarre, cold, sterile. Not this show, though - I promise you that, no matter what machinery is being used, all the massive fuckups you hear on my program are the result of 100% human error. That's my pledge to you, the listener.

Wow & Flutter Episode #000095 - September 23, 2009:

11:00pm
Spacemen 3 “Honey” from Playing With Fire (Fire 1988)

11:04pm
Essential Logic “Quality Crayon Wax O.K.” from Fanfare in the Garden (Kill Rock Stars 2003)

11:07pm
Flaming Lips “Kundalini Express” from New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love & Rockets (Justice/Arsenal 2009)

11:10pm
Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt “Whistle for Will” from Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese (EMI 2008)

11:12pm
Pere Ubu “Song of the Grocery Police” from Long Live Pere Ubu! (Cooking Vinyl 2009)

11:15pm
The Clean “In the Dream Life U Need A Rubber Soul” from Mister Pop (Merge 2009)

11:19pm
Hüsker Dü “It's Not Funny Anymore” from Metal Circus (SST 1983)

11:21pm
Jay Reatard “It Ain't Gonna Save Me” from Watch Me Fall (Matador 2009)

11:23pm
Public Image Ltd. “Poptones” from Second Edition (Warner Brothers 1979)

11:31pm
Jj “Ecstasy” from jj n° 2 (Sincerely Yours 2009)

11:35pm
Iggy Pop “Je Sais Que Tu Sais” from Preliminaires (Astralwerks 2009)

11:38pm
The Firesign Theatre “The Mantras and the Shakras” from Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him (reissue) (Columbia 1968)

11:42pm
Dr. John “Croker Courtbullion” from Gris-Gris (Atco 1968)

11:48pm
The Velvet Underground “Hey Mr. Rain (Version 1)” from Another View (Verve 1986)

11:53pm
Thin White Rope “The Lady Vanishes” from The Ruby Sea (Frontier 1991)

11:55pm
Vivian Girls “The Desert” from Everything Goes Wrong (In the Red 2009)

11:58pm
Dali's Car “Dali's Car” from The Waking Hour (Beggars Banquet 1984)

12:03am
Love “Live and Let Live” from Forever Changes (Elektra 1967)

12:08am
The Minus 5 “Scott Walker's Fault” from Killingsworth (Yep Roc 2009)

12:11am
Scott Walker “It's Raining Today” from Scott 3 (Philips 1969)

12:15am
The Soft Boys “Old Pervert” from Underwater Moonlight (Armageddon 1980)

12:19am
Lilys “Who Is Moving” from Better Can't Make Your Life Better (Che 1995)

12:22am
Radio 4 “Certain Tragedy” from Gotham! (Gern Blandsten 2002)

12:26am
Peter Cook and Chris Morris “Drugs Etc. (excerpt)” from Why Bother? (BBC Radio 1993)

12:31am
The Shamen “Christopher Mayhew Says” from Sniffin' Rock Free Disc (Sniffin' Rock 1990)

12:36am
Not the Nine O'Clock News “I'd Like To Buy a Gramophone” from Not the Nine O'Clock News (BBC Recordings 1980)

12:38am
Eric Matthews “Poisons Will Pass Me” from It's Heavy in Here (Sub Pop 1995)

12:40am
Randy Newman “Guilty” from Good Old Boys (Reprise 1974)

12:43am
The Psychedelic Furs “Alice's House” from Mirror Moves (Columbia 1984)

12:47am
Githead “Lifeloops” from Art Pop (swim~ 2007)

12:50am
Game Theory “Last Day That We're Young” from Lolita Nation (Enigma 1987)

12:55am
Chris Stamey “Face of the Crowd” from It's a Wonderful Life (DB Recs 1982)

BY NON-EXISTENT DEMAND...

...here's the first of the playlists for my last several broadcasts (in reverse chronological order), as kiped from spinitron.com, the site all KMUN DJs are now required to use in order to be allowed to keep webstreaming. Maybe I'll plug in explanations/show anecdotes or whatever it is you call the typical mumblings I'm prone to one of these days, and maybe I'll do something with the formatting beyond removing the phrase "Buy It!" after each entry, and maybe neither you nor I give enough of a shit either way to do anything.

The DJ ¿Qué? iNo! Show - October 3, 2009:

8:00pm
Faust “Krautrock” from Faust IV (Virgin 1974)

8:12pm
Beatnik Filmstars “Hep Boys (Into Krautrock)” from In Hospitalable (Merge 1996)

8:14pm
Stereolab “We're Not Adult Orientated” from The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" (Too Pure 1993)

8:20pm
Marmoset “Come With Me” from Tea Tornado (Joyful Noise 2009)

8:23pm
Colin Blunstone “Misty Roses” from One Year (Epic 1971)

8:28pm
Eric Matthews “Cardinal is More” from Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit (Empyrean 2005)

8:34pm
The Three O'Clock “Underwater” from Arrive Without Travelling (I.R.S. 1985)

8:38pm
Some Esperantan Guy “Funga Kanto” from Ni Kantu En Esperanto (ESP-Disk 1963)

8:40pm
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice “Friend, That Just Isn't So” from Gipsy Freedom (5 Rue Christine 2006)

8:46pm
David Bowie “Moonage Daydream” from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (RCA 1972)

8:50pm
The Feelies “Moscow Nights” from Crazy Rhythms (Stiff 1980)

8:53pm
Scharpling & Wurster “Todd Palin Works On His Book Proposal (excerpt)” from Scharpling and Wurster at the Speed of Sound (self-released 2009)

8:59pm
Wall of Voodoo “Lost Weekend” from Call of the West (I.R.S. 1982)

9:04pm
Nobukazu Takemura “Wandering” from 10th (Thrill Jockey 2003)

9:12pm
The Coachmen “Radical Lifestyle” from Failure to Thrive (New Alliance 1988)

9:14pm
The Beach Boys “Warmth of the Sun” from Best of the Beach Boys (Capitol 1964)

9:17pm
Dumptruck “Repetition” from D is for Dumptruck (Incas 1983)

9:21pm
Peter Laughner “Baby's on Fire” from Take the Guitar Player for a Ride (Tim/Kerr 1995)

9:30pm
Tindersticks “Tie-Dye” from Tindersticks (This Way Up 1993)

9:34pm
Steely Dan “Your Gold Teeth II” from Katy Lied (ABC 1975)

9:38pm
Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band “I'm An Indian, Too” from !K7 Tapes (compiled by The Rapture) (!K7 2008)

9:41pm
Galaxie 500 “Decomposing Trees” from On Fire (Rough Trade 1989)

9:45pm
Bauhaus “Watch That Grandad Go” from The Sky's Gone Out (reissue) (Beggars Banquet 1982)

9:50pm
Pere Ubu “Pataphysical Mirror” from Long Live Pere Ubu (outtakes) (Ubu Editions 2009)

9:53pm
Love “Signed D.C. (alternate version)” from Love (reissue) (Elektra/Rhino 1966)

9:55pm
John Cale “Ghost Story” from Vintage Violence (Columbia 1969)

10:00pm
Stevie Wonder “Living for the City” from Innervisions (Tamla 1973)

10:08pm
National Lampoon “The Immigrants” from Gold Turkey (Epic 1975)

10:15pm
Van der Graaf Generator “Refugees” from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (Charisma 1970)

10:21pm
X “Crystal Ship” from The X-Files: Fight the Future (something 1998)

10:23pm
Yummy Fur “Fiery Jack” from Kinky Cinema (Guided Missile 1997)

10:24pm
Y Pants “Favorite Sweater” from Y Pants (7" single) (99 1980)

10:27pm
Ben Watt “Long Time No Sea” from North Marine Drive (Cherry Red 1983)

10:32pm
Frank Zappa “Eat That Question” from The Grand Wazoo (Bizarre/Reprise 1972)

10:41pm
The Brian Jonestown Massacre “Monkey Powder” from My Bloody Underground (Cargo 2007)

10:48pm
Neil Hamburger “Hamburger Remembers Nixon (part one)” from Hamburger Remembes Nixon 7" (I Don't Feel A Thing 2002)

10:52pm
!!! “The Funky Branca” from 7" single (Hopscotch 1997)

10:59pm
Brian Eno “Third Uncle” from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (Editions EG 1973)

11:04pm
Japan “Quiet Life” (Hansa 1979)

11:10pm
Radio Canada International “Wayne Gretsky Meets Andy Warhol” from English Topical Disc (12/27/83) (CBC 1983)

11:12pm
Kid 606 “Andy Warhol is Dead But We Still Have Hope” from Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You (IPC-46 2003)

11:13pm
Bastro “Gold Fillings” from Rode Hard and Put Up Wet EP (Homestead 1988)

11:15pm
Let's Active “Prey” from Cypress (I.R.S. 1984)

11:19pm
Robert Wyatt “Out Of The Blue” from Comicopera (Domino 2007)

11:23pm
Scritti Politti “Here Come July” from Anomie and Bonhomie (EMI 1999)

11:27pm
Monks “Monk Jam (live)” from Let's Start a Beat!: Live From Cavestomp (Universal 2000)

11:32pm
Last Exit “Catch as Catch Can” from Last Exit (Enemy 1986)

11:35pm
The King of Luxembourg “A Picture of Dorian Gray” from Royal Bastard (el 1987)

11:38pm
Le Tigre “What's Yr Take on Cassavetes” from Le Tigre (Mr. Lady 1999)

11:41pm
The Smiths “Death of a Disco Dancer” from Strangeways, Here We Come (Sire 1987)

11:48pm
Elvis Costello “Man Out of Time” from Imperial Bedroom (Columbia 1982)

11:53pm
Squarepusher “Quadrature” from Just a Souvenir (Warp 2008)

11:57pm
The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience “All the Way Down” from Love Songs (Flying Nun 1989)

HERE'S YOUR DAMN PLAYLIST. I'M TOO FRIGGIN' TIRED TO MAKE PITHY COMMENTS, SO PITH OFF:

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000091 (JULY 29, 2009):

1. Even Flow | Pearl Jam | Ten (1992)
2. Gunpowder | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! (2009)
3. Bonjour Tristesse | Komeda | Pop På Svenska (1993)
4. Hearing Voices | Slipstream | Trancendental (2003)
5. Marathon Shirt | Self | Subliminal Plastic Motives (1995)
6. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Dump (featuring Zachary Brimstead, Esq.) | Dog: A Best Show on WFMU Tribute to Ram (2009)
7. Monkberry Moon Delight | Paul & Linda McCartney | Ram (1971)
8. Hot Fun in the Summertime | Sly & the Family Stone | The Essential Sly & the Family Stone (2003; rec. 1969)
9. Seven & Seven Is | Love | Da Capo (1966)
10. Celebrated Summer | Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising (1985)
11. Legal Man | Belle & Sebastian | 7" single (2000)
12. Indian Summer | Beat Happening | Jamboree (1988)
13. Dixie Peach Promenade | Alexander "Skip" Spence | Oar (1969)
14. Diana Ross | the Concretes | The Concretes (2004)
15. Aspiration | Yung Wu | Shore Leave (1987)
16. Fast Money Music | Suicide | Alan Vega/Martin Rev/Suicide (aka The Second Album) (1980)
17. Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven | Love & Rockets | Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985)
18. The Very Thought of You | Etta James | Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994)
19. Easy as Sin | Everything But the Girl | Everything But the Girl (1984)
20. The Whole of the Law | the Only Ones | Special View (1979)
21. Cake Flotilla | World of Pooh | Land of Thirst (1989)
22. Transparent | the Servants | Reserved (2006; rec. 1986)
23. The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy | John Cale | Fear (1974)
24. Walk on By | Dionne Warwick | Walk on By (1964)
25. Amoeba | John Hegley and the Popticians | I Saw My Dinner on TV EP (1986)
26. La Familia | Mirah | You Think It's Like This, But Really It's Like This (2000)
27. FM | the Slits | Cut (1979)
28. Ambassadors of Love | Milkshakes | Ambassadors of Love EP (1984)
29. Telephone Call From Istanbul | Tom Waits | Franks Wild Years (1987)
30. Fuzzy Reactor | Boris With Michio Kurihara | The Limits Of Control (2009)
31. Misery Is | Original Cast | The MAD Show (1966)
32. Doing All the Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2009)
33. Rolls Royce and Acid | Jack Nitzsche | Performance soundtrack (1970)

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS?:

Or, to put it in a less overtly hey-I've-read-a-book manner, the return to the air (and this coast) of my dear boy, Liam, for whom I bifurcated this fortnight's program - one hour his, one hour mine. I'll happily excuse the Black Eyed Peas track, because of his absolute insistence that we give Philly Boy Roy Ziegler his fair share of airtime. *sniff* Excuse me, I think it's getting a little dusty in here...

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000090 (JULY 15, 2009):

LIAM'S SET:
1. Day 'n' Nite | Kid Cudi | A Kid Named Cudi (2008)
2. Run to the Hills | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast (1982)
3. I Gotta Feeling | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. (2009)
4. Helicopter | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm (2005)
5. Impulse | An Endless Sporadic | Ameliorate EP (2008)
6. Toys in the Attic | Aerosmith | Toys in the Attic (1975)
7. All the Small Things (live) | Blink-182 | The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (2000)
8. I'm in the Band | Hellacopters | Rock & Roll Is Dead (2005)
9. Success, Philly Style (part one) | Jon Wurster | The Best You Can Do Is Be Worse Than The Best Show (2007)
10. Killer Queen | Queen | Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
11. Mr. Crowley | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
12. Success, Philly Style (part two) | Jon Wurster | The Best You Can Do Is Be Worse Than The Best Show (2007)
13. Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
14. Sabotage | Beastie Boys | Ill Communication (1994)

LIAM'S DAD'S SET:
15. Right Side Up With The World | Bertrand Burgalat | Chéri B.B. (2007)
16. A Cause Des Garçons | Yelle | Pop-Up (2007)
17. New Lace Sleeves | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Trust (1981)
18. No Feelings | Bananarama | Party Party soundtrack (1982)
19. Everybody is a Star | the Pastels | You Don't Need Darkness To Do What You Think Is Right (2002)
20. Classics of the Contemporary Drama: "The Idiot" | National Lampoon (Christopher Guest, Bill Murray) | Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog: The Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour (1996; rec. 1974)
21. You're So Good To Me | Velocity Girl | 7" single (1994)
22. Non-Alignment Pact | Julian Cope | Julian Cope EP (1986)
23. The Booker Tease | the Residents | Duck Stab/Buster & Glen (1978)
24. I Can't Stop Thinking About You | Linda Kaye | Dream Babes Volume One: Am I Dreaming? (1994; rec. 1966)
25. Taxidermy Blues in Reverse | Red Red Meat | Bunny Gets Paid (1995)
26. Free Fall | Cornelius | Fantasma (1997)
27. Misty Took a Holiday | the Rock*A*Teens | Golden Time (1999)
28. She | Suede | Coming Up (1997)
29. Home of the Brave | Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space (1997)
30. Walk on the Water | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
31. The Melody | The Mae Shi | HLLLYH (2008)
32. See Through Nature | Yeah Yeah Noh | Cutting The Heavenly Lawn Of Greatness...Last Rites For The God Of Love (1985)
33. Dance of the Morlocks | DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid | Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1996)
34. Dream Time in Lake Jackson | the KLF | Chill Out (1990)

CANADIANS, DEAD PEOPLE, LESLEY GORE, AND THE MUTHAFUGGIN' PRIEST!!! WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU NEED?

A lot, I know. You'll just have to live with what you get...

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000089 (JULY 1, 2009):

1. Vanishing Girl | the Dukes of Stratosphear | Psonic Psunspot (1987)
2. Natural's Not in It | Gang of Four | Entertainment! (1979)
3. Captain's Dead | Guided by Voices | Devil Between My Toes (1987)
4. Over It | Dinsoaur Jr. | Tree (2009)
5. Tattoo | the Who | The Who Sell Out (1967)
6. Nightshift | the Names | 7" single (1981)
7. Beat It | Supergrass | live on XFM Radio, Jan. 2008
8. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing | Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
9. Tripmaker | Sky Saxon and the Seeds | The Seeds (1966)
10. The Day Farrah Fawcett Died | the Vandals | Fear of a Punk Planet (2000)
11. Michael Jackson | Negativland | Escape From Noise (1986)
12. Dab | John Oswald | Plunderphonics 69/96 (2001)
13. Variations on a Theme by Michael Jackson | Eldridge Skell's The Rude Suitcase | Sookie Jump (2007)
14. Knights of the Baskervilles | Thee Headcoatees | Knights of the Baskervilles (1996)
15. "E" is for Evil | the Knights of the New Crusade | My God is Alive! Sorry About Yours! (2004)
16. Cocaine Blues | Hank Thompson | Rebels & Outlaws: Music From the Wild Side of Life (1999)
17. Tombstone Twist | Big John Bates | Big John Bates (2005)
18. Wonder Boy | Lesley Gore | Girl Talk (1965)
19. Where the Wild Roses Grow | Nick Cave (with Kylie Minogue) | Murder Ballads (1996)
20. Milk and Scissors | the Sadies | Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (2000)
21. Freewheel Burning | Judas Priest | Defenders of the Faith (1984)
22. Where's Johnny? (excerpt) | the Credibility Gap | A Great Gift Idea (1974)
23. I'm in Heaven Now | American Music Club | Human Music (1988)
24. Title Music From Satyajit Ray's "The Householder" | Jyotitindra Moitra & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan | The Darjeeling Limited soundtrack (2007)
25. Neverland | the dB's | Repercussion (1982)
26. Do It! | Death From Above 1979 | Head's Up (2002)
27. Daddy Drank | the Kids in the Hall (Kevin McDonald, David Foley) | The Kids in the Hall (1990)
28. 5 American 6 Canadian | Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet | Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (1991)
29. Echo Beach | Martha and the Muffins | Metro Music (1980)
30. Dodge Veg-O-Matic | Deja Voodoo | Big Pile of Mud (1988)
31. Canadian Megaphone Newsreel | National Lampoon (Bob Perry, Bruce McCall) | Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog: The Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour (1996; rec. 1974)
32. A Side Wins | Sloan | One Chord to Another (1997)
33. Diamonds in the Mine | Leonard Cohen | Songs of Love & Hate (1971)
34. There is No Dance in Frequency and Balance | Set Fire to Flames | Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)
35. Sunshine and Gasoline (excerpt) | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | aMAZEzine! #4: Lost in the House (1998)
36. Never Can Say Goodbye | the Jackson Five | 7" single (1971)

WELL, SINCE NONE OF YOU BASTIDS BOTHERED TO REQUEST ANYTHING, I PLAYED MORE OF THE SAME DAMN SHIT AS USUAL. HOPE YOU'RE PLEASED WITH YOURSELVES:

(It should be noted for the record that I spent this evening training a promising new late-shift broadcaster, and that tracks 14-22 on the list below were chosen by her. So I suppose there were requests of a sort this week. But again, if there's anything anybody wants to hear on my next show, make it known in the comments thread below...)

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000088 (JUNE 17, 2009):

1. Speed of Life | David Bowie | Low (1977)
2. Between the Lines | Pink Fairies | Hits Greatest Stiffs (1978)
3. The Prisoner | D.O.A. | Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (1981)
4. Alone | Colin Newman | A-Z (1980)
5. Sweet Baby James | the Pooh Sticks | The Great White Wonder (1991)
6. Moods for Moderns | Satisfact | Satisfact (1997)
7. Showstopper | Iron Knowledge | Chains and Black Exhaust (2002; rec. date unknown)
8. Jockey Full of Bourbon | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs (1985)
9. Wawa | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Press Color (1979)
10. Every Night I'm Mentally Crucified (7000 Times) | Prolapse | backsaturday (1996)
11. Financial Declaration | Union Carbide Productions | In the Air Tonight (1989)
12. The Other Side (excerpt) | Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz | Radio Spiritworld (2009)
13. Deadlock (titelmusik) | Can | Soundtracks (1970)
14. Table 4 3 | Throw Rag | "Tee-Tot" (2001)
15. Get Off the Floor | the Murder City Devils | The Murder City Devils (1997)
16. Grudge Run | Dick Dale and his Del-Tones | Checkered Flag (1963)
17. Death of an Angel | the Kingsmen | Volume 2 (1964)
18. Song to the Siren | This Mortal Coil | It'll End in Tears (1984)
19. Only Shallow | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless (1991)
20. Fever | the Cramps | Off the Bone (1987)
21. Christian Says | Tones on Tail | Everything! (1998)
22. Deep in the Woods | the Birthday Party | The Bad Seed EP (1982)
23. Taste of Cindy | the Jesus & Mary Chain | Psychocandy (1985)
24. Under the House | Public Image Ltd. | The Flowers of Romance (1981)
25. Bomb | Gregory Corso | Sounds of the Beat Generation (1960)
26. Aloha Steve & Danno | Radio Birdman | Radios Appear (1977)
27. Guitar Psychedelics | the Ventures | Super Psychedelics (1967)
28. Five Years Ahead of My Time | the Third Bardo | Pebbles Vol. 3: The Acid Gallery (1992; rec. mid-1960s)
29. Voices Green and Purple | Bees | Pebbles Vol. 3: The Acid Gallery (1992; rec. mid-1960s)
30. #56: Hippies | Bob Odenkirk | Comedy by the Numbers audiobook (2009)
31. Pefection as a Hipster | Stuart Murdoch, Neil Hannon and Catherine Ireton | God Help the Girl (2009)
32. Overgrown | CarCrashLander | Mountains on Our Backs (2009)
33. How Did You Die? | Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz | Radio Spiritworld (2009)
34. Harmony in My Head | Buzzcocks | Singles Going Steady (1979)
35. Ain't It Funny | Tall Dwarfs | 3 EPs (1994)
36. Start a Life | the Posies | Success (1998)
37. Fanfare (reprise) | Eric Matthews | It's Heavy in Here (1995)
38. Hudson River Wind (Blend the Ambiance) | Lou Reed | Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007)

A SEMI-AUSPICIOUS OCCASION...

...celebrated in what felt to me like a highly inauspicious manner. This was the third-anniversary edition of W&F, which gave me a fine excuse just to play the first ten minutes of my very first show while I attempted to slap myself into sensibility. This has been a very long day for me, and it's not over yet as I write this. I still have to make the twenty-minute drive home, and hey! I just noticed that, in addition to all the mishaps and misadventures that transpired throughout this very long day (slashed finger, aching ankles, bad mustache I'm stuck with all summer due to a theatrical obligation, technology failing me in myriad ways, lots of frenetic activity and barely-suppressed rage at my overall circumstances), I appear to have left my wallet somewhere. Hopefully at home. So, if you don't hear from me again after this post, assume the heat nabbed me. Or that I'm still asleep. Or that I tracked down whoever's responsible for automatically layering in those links in blogspot posts on words like "flowers," "movies" or "singles," there was a death struggle, and I lost (though not, hopefully, before I hotlinked his ass with a hot-plate coil). Yet, somehow, in spite of it all, the show came out pretty damned good! Go; then figure.

(ex-post facto notes: 1) Yes, I know I played Josef K twice. Another fatigue-inspired programming hiccup, though the two tracks sound like very different bands anyway. b) Apparently, those hyperlinks on words like "flowers," "movies" and "singles" only show up on certain browsers/computers, and not all of them show up on those, either, so some of you may have no idea what I'm talking about up there. Fuggin' annoying either way. e) I want to set up a system whereby I can take requests [I can rarely fulfill them while I'm in the studio, due to the limitations of both my portable music collection - I don't own an iPod, people! I have to bring a big ol' garment bag full up of CDs and vinyl every time I do a show! Gaze upon my freakishness! - and that of the station's itself, though if you're ever looking for an England Dan and John Ford Coley track or a deep cut from Doug & the Slugs, we'll have you covered], in part to help break myself out of certain musical ruts I frequently find myself in and in part to establish that people actually read this blog/listen to this show. So here's the deal: use the comments link at the bottom of the post and hit me with a request, and unless it's egregiously bad or ridiculously out of sync with the kind of stuff I usually play, bearing in mind that I at least theoretically have pretty wide-ranging tastes, I'll play it on my next show. π) Thanks as usual to my bro, Bob, for his suggestions and guidance, and in this case, his .zip file of worthy playlistable candidates. Three of the songs below come via his wise nudging.)

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000087 (JUNE 3, 2009):

1. Islamic Klezmer Intro/The Story So Far (rebroadcast from W&F #1, 6/7/06)
2. You Made Me Realise | My Bloody Valentine | You Made Me Realise EP (1988)
3. French Film (Blurred) | Wire | Chairs Missing (1978)
4. Talking Drum | Japan | Tin Drum (1982)
5. Isolation | Joy Division | Closer (1980)
6. Learn to Live | Flipper | Love (2009)
7. Love Will Destroy Us in the End | Hefner | Breaking God's Heart (1998)
8. It's Kinda Funny | Josef K | Entomology (2006; rec. 1980)
9. Choci Loni | Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth (1979)
10. Heads Watch (taken from the aborted album "Sorry for Laughing") | Josef K | Entomology (2006; rec. 1980)
11. Should've Done Drugs | Overlord | Ticker Symbols (2006)
12. Reservoir Park | Duchess & The Duke | She's the Duchess, He's the Duke (2009)
13. Pink Frost | the Chills | Kaleidoscope World (1987)
14. Deputy Dan Has No Friends | the Firesign Theatre | Dear Friends (1972)
15. Northern Something | Tortoise | Beacons of Ancestorship (2009)
16. Self Portrait With "Electric Brain" | Stereolab | Chemical Chords (2008)
17. The City is Here for You to Use | the Futureheads | The Futureheads (2004)
18. Jism | Tindersticks | Tindersticks (1993)
19. Curse of the Frontierland | Game Theory | Real Nighttime (1985)
20. Beechwood Park | the Zombies | Odessey and Oracle (1968)
21. Penelope Tree | Felt | Gold Mine Trash (1987)
22. Angela | Jarvis Cocker | Further Complications (2009)
23. Suicide Kiss | A.R. Kane | 69 (1988)
24. Down at the Rock and Roll Club (original) | Richard Hell & the Voidoids | Blank Generation (1977)
25. Dropout Boogie | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Safe as Milk (1967)
26. Like a Dolphin | 14 Iced Bears | 7" single (1987)
27. Like Dylan in the Movies | Belle & Sebastian | If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
28. Outlaw Blues | Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
29. One Line | PJ Harvey | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
30. Zeidler & Zeidler Commercials (excerpt) | Lenny Bruce | Let the Buyer Beware (2004; recording date unknown)
31. The Completist's Library | Sarandon | Kill Twee Pop! (2008)
32. Cheerleader | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest (2009)
33. Tainted Love | Gloria Jones | 7" single (1964)
34. Phenomenal Trousers | Blairmailer | Australian Pop Series Vol. II 7" (1995)
35. Slo Drone | Lee Ranaldo | From Here to Infinity (1987)

ONE DAY, I MAY TELL THE STORY OF THE COMPLAINING LISTENER I MANAGED TO CHARM/SHAME INTO LOVING MY SHOW. ACTUALLY, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE STORY.

But I'll use a funny voice when I tell it.

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000086 (MAY 20, 2009):

1. Boredom | the Buzzcocks | Spiral Scratch EP (1977)
2. Marry Me (Lie! Lie!) | These Immortal Souls | Get Lost Don't Lie! (1987)
3. Bottled Violence | Minor Threat | Minor Threat EP (1981)
4. The Small Song | the Geraldine Fibbers | Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home (1995)
5. Buckethead | Meat Puppets | Up on the Sun (1985)
6. Being Boiled | the Human League | 7" single (1978)
7. Creatures | Akron/Family | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (2009)
8. Accepting Applications at University | Lilys | The 3-Way (1999)
9. Dancing Barefoot | Patti Smith | Wave (1979)
10. September Girls | Big Star | Radio City (1974)
11. Bloodstain | U.N.K.L.E. | Psyence Fiction (1998)
12. How Come? | All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors | All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors (1996)
13. When It Falls | Aspera | Oh Fantastica (2003)
14. Psychotic Break | Super XX Man | Volume XII - There'll Be Diamonds (2008)
15. Thunderclap (for Bobby Pyn) | Sonic Youth | The Eternal (2009)
16. Goin' Down | Soul Asylum | Time's Incinerator cassette (1986)
17. I'm Straight | Modern Lovers | Troublemakers (1980; rec. 1973)
18. Dum Dum Dum | Dum Dum Dum | Messthetics' Greatest Hits - Messthetics Greatest Hits - The Sounds Of D.I.Y. 1977-1980 (2007)
19. Get Sorted | Zomby | Where Were You in '92? (2008)
20. Goodbye Pork Pie Cravat | Richard Meltzer | English as a Second Language (1980)
21. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds | Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
22. Inside My Brain | Angry Samoans | Inside My Brain (1980)
23. Ku Mi Da Hankan | the Elcados | Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock & Fuzz Funk In 1970s Nigeria (2008)
24. Lexicon Devil | the Germs | (GI) (1979)
25. Love Song for the Dead Ché | the United States of America | The United States of America (1968)
26. Pencils in the Wind | Flight of the Conchords | 7" single (2009)
27. Psycho Cupid (Danceband on the Edge of Time) | the Mekons | Fear and Whiskey (1985)
28. Reel | Throwing Muses | Chains Changed EP (1987)
29. 24 Hours in Tunbridge Wells | Eric Idle & Neil Innes | The Rutland Weekend Songbook (1976)
30. Struggle | Radio 4 | Gotham! (2002)
31. Slippin' Into Darkness | War | All Day Music (1971)
32. Signed D.C. | Love | Love (1965)
33. Sylvia Plath | Death of Samantha | Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)
34. X Side (12XU) | Wire | Twelve Times You 7" (2001)
35. You Lose | Cause Co-Motion! | Because, Because, Because EP (2009)

A RATHER SAFE SHOW, ALL IN ALL...

...but you'd play it safe too if you've been averaging three hours sleep several nights running. You might not play a couple of songs you already played on the air recently (I don't imagine even the Ugly Ducklings' families have played their stuff twice in one week for quite some time), but that's what makes my fatigue unique and special.

Dedicated (yet again) to Grant McLennan (February 12, 1958 - May 6, 2006)



WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000085 (MAY 6, 2009):

1. The Waterfall | Harry Partch | Harry Partch/John Cage (1978)
2. Re-Make/Re-Model | Roxy Music | Roxy Music (1972)
3. I Didn't Mean to Hurt You | Felt | Purveyors of Taste - A Creation Compilation (1986)
4. Hold On | John Lennon | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1969)
5. I Slept in an Arcade | Black Randy & the Metrosquad | Pass the dust, I think I'm Bowie. (1980)
6. Make Up With Me | Let's Active | Afoot EP (1983)
7. Southern Mark Smith (Original) | The Jazz Butcher | Bloody Nonsense (1986)
8. Therefore, I Am | Jim O'Rourke | Insignificance (2001)
9. Nothin' | the Ugly Ducklings | 7" single (1965)
10. Grey Turns White | Ultra Vivid Scene | Joy 1967-1990 (1990)
11. New Values | Iggy Pop | New Values (1980)
12. Lighting Fires | Grant McLennan | Fireboy (1992)
13. Love Goes On! (acoustic demo) | the Go-Betweens | 16 Lovers Lane Acoustic Demos (1996; rec. 1988)
14. Tenancy "Hustle" Blues | Beatnik Filmstars | Boss Disque (1998)
15. Used Pet Shop | Jonathan Winters | The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
16. On the Beat Pete | Madness | Absolutely (1980)
17. Where's Captain Kirk? | Spizzenergi | 7" single (1979)
18. Son of Mr. Green Genes | Frank Zappa | Hot Rats (1969)
19. Uncontrollable Urge (live) | Devo | URGH! A Music War (1981)
20. Big Shot | the Bonzo Dog Band | Gorilla (1967)
21. The Man Whose Head Expanded | the Fall | in: Palace of Swords Reversed (1988; rec. 1983)
22. Violent Playground | Broadcast | Pendulum EP (2003)
23. Shot Down | Julian Cope | Saint Julian (1987)
24. Side .002 (excerpt) | the Firesign Theatre | I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus (1971)
25. The Nightfly | Donald Fagen | The Nightfly (1982)
26. It Goes On | the Psychedelic Furs | Talk Talk Talk (1981)
27. Iguana | the Lounge Lizards | New York Rockers (1989; rec. c. 1979)
28. The Need | Saccharine Trust | We Became Snakes (1986)
29. Roads Girdle the Globe | XTC | Drums and Wires (1979)
30. Psychopharmacology | Grandpaboy | Grandpaboy EP (1997)
31. Bo Diddley is Jesus | the Jesus and Mary Chain | Barbed Wire Kisses (1987)
32. Decomposing Composers | Monty Python | Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
33. Beat Out That Rhythm on a Drum | Marc Almond & Foetus | Slut (1998)
34. Cool Waves (Instrumental) | Spiritualized | Supplemental Dosage EP (1997)

YES, I PLAYED BOZ SCAGGS TONIGHT. ALL I CAN SAY IS, I HAD MY REASONS:

Another four-hour stint in the DJ K-No chair, and one quite different in spots from my expectations. Accidentally leaving a third of my intended music at home turned out to be something of a good thing, I guess...

THE DJ FAUX-NO SHEAUX (MAY 2, 2009):

1. Pinch | Can | Ege Bamyasi (1972)
2. America is Waiting | David Byrne & Brian Eno | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
3. Step Right Up | Tom Waits | Small Change (1976)
4. American Woman | Butthole Surfers | Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986)
5. Pack Yr Romantic Mind | Stereolab | Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (1994)
6. I Am a Tree | Guided by Voices | Mag Earwhig! (1997)
7. Give it to the Soft Boys | the Soft Boys | Wading Through a Ventilator (1977)
8. Blue Monday | New Order | Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)
9. Hightime | Universal Congress Of | Prosperous and Qualified (1987)
10. Nothin' | the Ugly Ducklings | 7" single (1965)
11. Kerosene | Big Black | Atomizer (1986)
12. Terms of Psychic Warfare | Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising (1985)
13. What Difference Does it Make? | the Smiths | Hatful of Hollow (1986)
14. Wild Child | Lou Reed | Lou Reed (1972)
15. Hateful | the Clash | London Calling (1979)
16. Lido Shuffle | Boz Scaggs | Silk Degrees (1976)
17. Tell Me Something Good | Rufus | Rags to Rufus (1974)
18. Chinese Checkers | Booker T. and the MGs | The Very Best of Booker T. and the MGs (1997; rec. 1963)
19. I Want to Take You Higher | Sly & the Family Stone | Stand! (1969)
20. Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pt. 1 | James Brown | Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968)
21. Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! | Funkadelic | One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
22. Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs (1974)
23. Max Ernst | Mission of Burma | 7" single (1980)
24. Here She Comes Now | Cabaret Voltaire | Extended Play EP (1978)
25. Your Gold Teeth II | Steely Dan | Katy Lied (1976)
26. Come Out | Skin | Blood, Women, Roses (1987)
27. Paint Box | Pink Floyd | 7" single (1967)
28. Noise in This World | the (English) Beat | I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
29. Small Talk Stinks | Bauhaus | In the Flat Field (1980)
30. Final Solution | Pere Ubu | 7" single (1976)
31. The Ox | the Who | The Who Sings My Generation (1966)
32. Transmission | Joy Division | Substance 1977-80 (1988; rec. 1979)
33. Son of a Gun | the Vaselines | The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History (1992; rec. 1987)
34. Super | Neu! | Neu! 2 (1973)
35. Two Sevens Clash | Culture | Two Sevens Clash (1977)
36. Somebody's Baby | Yo La Tengo | Human Music (1988)
37. Bringing Up Baby | Talulah Gosh | 7" single (1988)
38. When You Smile | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless (1991)
39. 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) | David Sylvian & Robert Fripp | The First Day (1993)
40. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up | Jeff Simmons | Zappéd (1970)
41. Treason | The Teardrop Explodes | Kilimanjaro (1980)
42. Art Rock Suite | National Lampoon | Good-Bye Pop (1975)
43. Fancy | the Kinks | Face to Face (1966)
44. You Know Who I Am | Leonard Cohen | Songs From a Room (1969)
45. Almost Blue | Chet Baker | ...sings and plays from the film "Let's Get Lost" (1989)
46. I Believe | the Buzzcocks | A Different Kind of Tension (1980)
47. Suicide | Spacemen 3 | Playing With Fire (1988)
48. Je Te Veux | Jean-Yves Thibaudet | The Magic of Satie (2002)

AS IT IS EARTH DAY, THE ARTISTS ON TONIGHT'S SHOW WERE ALL BORN ON THE PLANET OF THAT NAME. SUCK IT, SUN RA:

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000084 (APRIL 22, 2009):

1. Mashup:
a) Personal and Listening Instructions for the Turkey Caller | Tom Gentry | 7" single (date unknown)
b) Whales Charging a Boat | Various Humpback Whales to Be Named Later | Deep Voices: The Second Whale Record (1977)
c) Joskus | Pan Sonic | A (1999)
2. I Will Dare | the Replacements | Let It Be (1984)
3. You've Got Everything Now | the Smiths | The Smiths (1984)
4. It's Expected I'm Gone | Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
5. Elvis: The Last Ten Days | the Nightingales | Pigs on Purpose (1982)
6. King Horse | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Get Happy!! (1980)
7. Stephanie Says | the Velvet Underground | VU (1985; rec. 1968)
8. Strong in Reason | Squeeze | Squeeze (1978)
9. Metal Guru | T. Rex | The Slider (1972)
10. Ocean Ocean | the Chills | Soft Bomb (1992)
11. Loved Ones | Christmas | In Excelsior Dayglo (1986)
12. There and Back Again | the Legends | Up Against the Legends (2004)
13. Empty Eyes | Teenage Jesus and the Jerks | Shut Up and Bleed (2008; rec. 1977)
14. Boys Are Boys and Girls Are Choice | the Monks | Black Monk Time (1966)
15. Universal Corner | X | Wild Gift (1981)
16. Hi Ball Nova Scotia | the High Llamas | Cold and Bouncy (1998)
17. Stepping Off | Jason Forrest | The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash (2004)
18. One Forty Three | Philip Johnson | The Disparate Cogscienti (1988)
19. Me and J.G. Ballard | Dan Melchior's Broke Revue | Bitterness, Spite, Rage & Scorn (2002)
20. Warm Leatherette | the Normal | 7" single (1978)
21. Johnny | Suicide | Suicide (1977)
22. No Garage | Sonic Youth | 7" single (2009)
23. The Graveyard Shift | Swell Maps | Collision Time Revisited (1989; rec. 1981)
24. You'll Never Do It, Baby | Lyres | Lyres Lyres (1986)
25. The Left Banke for Hertz | The Left Banke | Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 1 (2007; rec. 1968)
26. Block of Wood | the Bats | Daddy's Highway (1987)
27. You Can't Say No Forever | the Go-Betweens | 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
28. Veneering | Stock, Hausen and Walkman | Organ Transplants Vol. 1 (1996)
29. Secrets | the Cure | Seventeen Seconds (1980)
30. Half Control | Arsenal | Manipulator EP (1988)
31. Savannah Red | the Legendary Pink Dots | Plutonium Blonde (2008)
32. There You Go Again | Biff Bang Pow! | Oblivion (1987)
33. Picture Book | the Kinks | ...Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
34. Yo Yo's Pad | Man or Astro-Man? | Delphonic Sounds Today! (1998)
35. Over There | Brilliant Colors | 7" EP (2009)
36. Still Fond | Cut Off Your Hands | You & I (2008)
37. Mashup:
x) Green Volcano | Helios Creed | Guitarrorists (1991)
y) Mining Villages | Swell Maps | Collision Time Revisited (1989; rec. 1977)
z) This is What We Do to Our Enemies | the Flying Luttenbachers | The Miracle of Levitation (1995)

EHHHHHH....

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000083 (APRIL 8, 2009):

1. Opening Titles | Artist Unknown | Classic 70s Porn Music (rec. 1970s)
2. Introduction | the Beatnigs | The Beatnigs (1987)
3. International Feel | Todd Rundgren | A Wizard, A True Star (1973)
4. Out of Hand | the Mighty Lemon Drops | Out of Hand EP (1987)
5. Rake at the Gates of Hell | the Pogues | Straight to Hell soundtrack (1987)
6. Sea Ferring | the Butthole Surfers | Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986)
7. Faint Hearts | the Colour Field | Virgins and Philistines (1985)
8. Jamaican | Tune-Yards | BiRdBrAiNs (2009)
9. Sunday's Coming | Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Primary Colours (2008)
10. The Unguarded Moment | the Church | Of Skins and Heart (1981)
11. Walking Wild in Your Firetime | the Jean-Paul Sartre Experience | Love Songs (1986)
12. King of Carrot Flowers Part Three | the Apples in Stereo | SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers (2009)
13. The Moose | Woody Allen | Standup Comic (1978; rec. 1965)
14. Drive My Car | Cristina | 12" single (1980)
15. You, the Night and the Music | Tones on Tail | Everything! (1998; rec. 1982)
16. Contributions | 100 Flowers | 100 Years of Pulchritude (1990; rec. 1984)
17. Down in the Basement | Sloan | Parallel Play (2008)
18. Stupid Marriage | the Specials | The Specials (1979)
19. With a Girl Like You | Condo Fucks | Fuckbook (2009)
20. Don't Destroy This Night | the New Pornographers | SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers (2009)
21. Abominable Radio Gnome | Peter Cook, Barry Humphries, etc. | Private Eye flexi (1967)
22. The Girl That I Used To Be | the Bran Flakes | I Have Hands (2009)
23. Those Eyes, That Mouth | Cocteau Twins | Love's Easy Tears EP (1986)
24. I'm 49 | Paddy McAloon | I Trawl the Megahertz (2003)
25. The Suspension Bridge at Iguazú Falls | Tortoise | TNT (1998)
26. Fix-It Girl | David Cann, Julia Davis | Blue Jam (2000)
27. Ha Ha Ha | Uzi | Sleep Asylum (1986)
28. Pulling 3g's | He Said | Hail (1986)
29. Willpower | Cryptacize | Dig That Treasure (2007)
30. Weird Nightmare | Charles Mingus | Pre-Bird (1960)
31. Black Belt Jones radio spot (1974)
32. Hold It Together | Kid606 | Resilience (2005)
33. IPT2 | Battles | EP C/B EP (2006)
34. I Feel Like a Murder | the Green Pajamas | Summer of Lust (1984)
35. Fascination | Everything But The Girl | Eden (1984)
36. The Dirty Song | David Bowie | in Bertholt Brecht's BAAL (1982)
37. Godard (excerpt) | John Zorn | The Godard Fans: Godard Ca Vous Chante? (1986)

MY UNFORTUNATE ERROR KEPT ME FROM PLAYING "AMOEBA" BY JOHN HEGLEY AND THE POPTICIANS. MY SHAME WILL SHADOW ME FOR SOME TIME TO COME...

Hey, accidentally played a song I played last time! Then I even more accidentally played a song I had played earlier in this very show! Other'n that, well, it weren't bad...

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000082 (MARCH 25, 2009):

1. Mother | John Oswald | Plunderphonics 69/96 (1996)
2. Happenstance | the dB's | Repercussion (1982)
3. Death and the Maiden | the Verlaines | Juvenilia (1987)
4. Fires on the Ocean | the Ladybug Transistor | Argyle Heir (2001)
5. Deutscher Girls | Adam and the Ants | Jubilee soundtrack (1978)
6. In the Echo Chamber | Hoodoo Gurus | Stoneage Romeos (1984)
7. Starcleaner | the Brian Jonestown Massacre | And This Is Our Music (2003)
8. You're a Prisoner | Death | ...For the World to See (2009; rec. 1974)
9. My Husband | National Lampoon (Chevy Chase, Patti Maison) | Gold Turkey (1975)
10. Believe Me #2 | Holly Golightly | Singles Round-Up (2001)
11. Black Magic | Jarvis Cocker | Jarvis (2006)
12. Dancing Choose | TV on the Radio | Dear Science (2008)
13. Love You More | Buzzcocks | Singles Going Steady (1980)
14. Sex | the Pipettes | We Are the Pipettes (2007)
15. Dictator's Lament | Papercuts | You Can Have What You Want (2009)
16. Evangelical Hootenanny | Exene Cervenka | English as a Second Language (1983)
17. I'm an Animal | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone (2009)
18. Idiot Bastard Son | the Mothers of Invention | Mothermania (1969; rec. 1968)
19. C'n'C - S. Mithering | the Fall | Grotesque (After the Gramme) (1980)
20. One-Chord Wonders | the Adverts | Peel Sessions EP (1987; rec. 1977)
21. Overwritten Underwriter #1: Malevocorp, LLC
22. Black Hearted Love | P.J. Harvey and John Parish | A Woman A Man Walked By (2009)
23. Gangster Computer God Worldwide Secret Containment Policy (excerpt) | Francis E. Dec, Esq. | The Truth as Seen By Francis E. Dec, Esq. (date unknown)
24. Deep Six | Big Black | Racer-X EP (1985)
25. Get It Up or Get Out! | Vulcan Death Grip featuring Ann Magnuson | Tellus #18: Experimental Theater (1987)
26. Swallow You | Circus Mort | Circus Mort EP (1981)
27. Moona-Inna-Joona | th' Faith Healers | Mr. Litnanski (1993)
28. Gallop | Jeremy Jay | Slow Dance (2009)
29. Starcleaner | the Brian Jonestown Massacre | And This Is Our Music (2003) (OOPS!)
30. Overwritten Underwriter #2: Rent-a-Pizza
31. A Peculiar Noise Called "Train Director" | Olivia Tremor Control | Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 (1999)
32. Something for the Ladies (live) | Flight of the Conchords | Folk the World Tour (2002)
33. Messthetics | Scritti Politti | 4 A Sides (1980)
34. Fortune Teller | Sugar | Copper Blue (1992)
35. Passing a Dreaded Point | Crawling With Tarts | Lowlife #14 Free Tape (1989)
36. Wanderlust | Salem 66 | Frequency and Urgency (1987)
37. Suburbia | Nite Jewel | Good Evening (2009)
38. Jenny | American Music Club | California (1988)
39. Excerpts from The Stephanie and Irving Stone Festival of Improvisors (November 1985) | Christian Marclay/Bill Horvitz/David Weinstein/Denman Maroney | Tellus #15: The Improvisors (1986)
40. Overwritten Underwriter #3: The Goulash Archipelago

SONGS GOOD, SURPRISES FEW:

Dedicated to Randall Bewley (1955 - 2009)


WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000081 (MARCH 11, 2009):

1. Cecelia Ann | The Pixies | Bossanova (1990)
2. Rat Patrol | Naked Raygun | Throb Throb (1985)
3. Still Get By | the Long Ryders | the Radio Tokyo Tapes (1983)
4. Hello, There | John Cale | Vintage Violence (1969)
5. Crosseyed and Painless | Talking Heads | Remain in Light (1980)
6. Whenever You're Ready | the Zombies | 7" single (1965)
7. Venus | Television | Marquee Moon (1977)
8. Dub | Pylon | 7" single (1979)
9. Cool | Pylon | 7" single (1979)
10. Ben Franklin: Hero or Hophead? | the Firesign Theatre | Everything You Know is Wrong (1974)
11. Geraldine | Glasvegas | Glasvegas (2008)
12. The Jet Set Junta | the Monochrome Set | Volume Contrast Brilliance (1991)
13. I Slept in an Arcade | Black Randy and the Metrosquad | Pass the dust, I think I'm Bowie. (1980)
14. Happy All the Time | the Flatmates | 7" single (1987)
15. Canned Food | Surf City | Surf City (2008)
16. Delilah Sands | Brilliant Corners | 12" single (1987)
17. Such Little Nonbelievers | the Loud Family | Interbabe Concern (1996)
18. Colony | Joy Division | Closer (1980)
19. Hanging Out and Hung Up on the Line | Julian Cope | Peggy Suicide (1991)
20. Statues | Hüsker Dü | 7" single (1980)
21. The Tadpole Expert | Peter Cook | The Misty Mr. Wisty (1965)
22. She's Going Bald | the Beach Boys | Smile (bootleg) (rec. 1967)
23. 2 x 4 | No Man's Band | Damage the Enemy (1989)
24. Your Gold Dress | the Dukes of Stratosphear | 25 O'Clock EP (1985)
25. The Reverend Hell Gets Confused (excerpt) | Richard Hell | Better An Old Demon Than A New God (1984)
26. Gimme Some Truth | John Lennon | Imagine (1971)
27. Bomb the Bourgeoisie | Free Loan Investments | Youth Will Understand (2000)
28. Teutonic Baader-Meinhof Dreamscape | THWACK 23 | Lumpenproletariatdisestablishmentarianism, Part 3 (1993)
29. Splash 1 | Bongwater | Potatoes: A Collection of Folk Songs (1987)
30. Blood Red River | the Scientists | Blood Red River (1983)
31. The STP Song | the Holy Modal Rounders | The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders (1968)
32. This Vicious Cabaret | David J | V for Vendetta (1985)
33. Moona-Inna-Joona | th' Faith Healers | Mr. Litnanski (1993)
34. Doo Dah Doo Doo | Tim & Eric (featuring Ron Austar) | Awesome Record, Great Songs! (2007)
35. Elegance | Prefab Sprout | Swoon (1984)
36. Vasco da Gama | Felt | Gold Mine Trash (1987)
37. Singing to the Sunshine | Cardinal | Cardinal (1993)
38. (That's Enough Meaningless Track Names - Ed.) | Cassetteboy | The Parker Tapes (2003)

THIS COULD VERY WELL BE THE BEST SHOW I'VE DONE IN, HELL, A COUPLE WEEKS:

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000080 (FEBRUARY 25, 2009):

1. Practise Makes Perfect | Wire | Chairs Missing (1978)
2. Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) | My Bloody Valentine | Isn't Anything (1988)
3. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows | Guided by Voices | Bee Thousand (1995)
4. 99th Floor | the Moving Sidewalks | Flash (1968)
5. Lemming Time | Alison Statton & Spike | Tidal Blues/Weekend in Wales (2006)
6. Lunacies | Bernthøler | Merry Lines in the Sky (2004)
7. Leki Santchi | Napo De Mi Amor Et Ses Black Devils | African Scream Contest (2008)
8. Des Étoiles Electroniques | Stereolab | Mars Audiac Quintet (199
9. The Ice of Boston | The Dismemberment Plan | ...Is Terrified (1997)
10. Shovel Into Spade Kit | the Lilys | Better Can't Make Your Life Better (1995)
11. Dream Sequence 1 | Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls | Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls (1980)
12. Jean's Not Happening | the Pale Fountains | ...From Across the Kitchen Table (1985)
13. Strangers | Portishead | Dummy (1994)
14. Every Night I'm Mentally Crucified (7000 Times) | Prolapse | backsaturday (1996)
15. Take Me to the Other Side | Spacemen 3 | The Perfect Prescription (1986)
16. Positive Vibrations | the Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight (1980)
17. Your Head Here | Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo (2009)
18. The Consolidated Cardboard Tapes (excerpt) | Scharpling & Wurster | The Best You Can Do Is Be Worse Than the Best Show (2007)
19. Powis Square | Ry Cooder/Jack Nitzsche | Performance soundtrack (1970)
20. Toxic Girl | Kings of Convenience | Quiet is the New Loud (2001)
21. Down in the Park | Gary Numan/Tubeway Army | Replicas (1979)
22. Videodrones; Questions | Trent Reznor | Lost Highway soundtrack (1997)
23. Holy Ghost | the Bar-Kays | Tapes (compiled by the Rapture) (2008)
24. Aura | Divine Styler | Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light (1992)
25. Jayne Mansfield | Dave Alvin | Voices of the Angels (1982)
26. MacArthur Park/Punk View | Tequila Mockingbird | Voices of the Angels (1982)
27. Glamour Gap | Marine Research | Sounds From the Gulf Stream (1999)
28. Somebody Got Murdered | the Clash | Sandinista! (1981)
29. You Gotta Lose | Richard Hell & the Voidoids (feat. Elvis Costello) | Time (2001; rec. 1977)
30. Rhythm of Cruelty | Magazine | Secondhand Daylight (1979)
31. Pushing and Shoving | Man/Miracle | 7" single (2008)
32. Dark Carnival | the Chills | Brave Words (1987)
33. Moonlife | Dali's Car | The Waking Hour (1984)
34. Grasshopper | Sunroof! | Cloudz (2003)

SOMEHOW, WE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THE GUY AS DEAD TO BEGIN WITH, DIDN'T WE?:

Rest in Pieces, Lux Interior (1946-2009).


WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000079 (FEBRUARY 11, 2009):

1. Introduction | Lux Interior | The Purple Knif Show (1984)
2. He Do the Police in Different Voices | The Loud Family | Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things (1993)
3. Das Bißchen Totschlag (That Little Bit of Manslaughter) | Die Goldenen Zitronen | Das Bißchen Totschlag (1994)
4. Draggin' Along | Gallon Drunk | Tonite...the Singles Bar (1992)
5. Break My Body | the Pixies | Surfer Rosa (1988)
6. She Weaves a Tender Trap | Swervedriver | 99th Dream (1998)
7. Revelation | Opal | Happy Nightmare Baby (1987)
8. February Fourteenth | the Lilys | Tone Bender EP (1993)
9. Surfin' Bird | the Cramps | Gravest Hits EP (1979)
10. New Kind of Kick (live) | the Jesus and Mary Chain | Come On 12" (1992)
11. Tear It Up (live) | the Cramps | URGH! A Music War (1981)
12. Human Fly | Halo of Flies | Winged 7" (1989)
13. TV Set | the Cramps | Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
14. Take Me To Your Leader Cha Cha Cha | Sam Space & The Cadets | The Purple Knif Show (1984)
15. Fernando's Hideaway | Archie Bleyer | The Pajama Game (1954)
16. That's How People Grow Up | Morrissey | Years of Refusal (2009)
17. Greetings to the New Brunette | Billy Bragg | Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
18. Vulcanized Sneakers Commercial Intro | National Lampoon | Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog (1996; rec. 1973)
19. An Old Hook | Cassetteboy | The Parker Tapes (2003)
20. Red Umbrella | The Balancing Act | Radio Tokyo Tapes, Vol. III (1985)
21. Meta | Psychic Ills | Mirror Eye (2009)
22. Know Your Product | the Saints | Eternally Yours (1978)
23. Machadaynu | Tony Rudd (Kevin Eldon) | Look Around You (2005)
24. Machadaynu (remix) | Tony Rudd vs. the Freelance Hairdresser | Don't Look Behind You Now (2006)
25. MKK3 | These New Puritans | Beat Pyramid (2008)
26. Mmm... Dissemblance '93 | THWACK 23 | Manipulatiumatum: Very Little of the Best of THWACK 23 (2009; rec. 1993)
27. Nogged Out With Sharon Davies | Cassetteboy | The Parker Tapes (2003)
28. Not Over Till The Fat Lady Plays The Demo | De La Soul | De La Soul is Dead (1991)
29. It's a Good Thing (excerpt) | That Petrol Emotion | Manic Pop Thrill (1986)
30. I Feel Voxish | the Fall | Perverted by Language (1983)
31. Boy Shiva | Overlord | Ticker Symbols (2006)
32. The Do-Rights | William S. Burroughs | You're the Guy I Want To Share My Money With (1981)
33. In a Jar | Dinosaur Jr. | You're Living All Over Me (1987)
34. Inane Banter #1 | the Inane Banterettes | This is Radium Crass (1993)
35. The Well | Salem 66 | The Wailing Ultimate! (1987)
36. The Building | the Mekons | Lipstick Traces (1992)
37. The Recycle Bin | Neil Hamburger | Sings Country Winners (2008)
38. Use Me | Bill Withers | Still Bill (1972)
39. Komakino | Joy Division | Substance: 1977-1980 (1988; rec. 1979)
40. Kurt Cobain's Cardigan | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2008)
41. Whales Tails | Cocteau Twins | Victorialand (1986)
42. Spider's House | The Sea and Cake | Plum (2007)
43. Cimetero - Cigolette; Cadillac - Carlotta's Gallop | Nino Rota | 8 1/2 (1963)
44. Dope Maggot's Concentric Crawl | THWACK 23 | Manipulatiumatum: Very Little of the Best of THWACK 23 (2009; rec. 1993)

FUCK, FUCK, FUCK...

...Ron Asheton's dead. So's Patrick McGoohan. And Ray Dennis Steckler. I paid tribute to all three tonight, and paid proper homage to our soon-to-be-ex-commander-in-chief. Too bad nobody will ever hear the show, since I neglected to hit the "record" button on the station's CD burner. And that knowledge caused me to royally fuck up the back end of the show. This had better not augur badly for the new year. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Whatever.

WOW & FLUTTER, EPISODE #000077 (JANUARY 14, 2009):

1. I Dubya
2. "Cracking Up" - Nick Lowe
3. "Joed Out" - the Verlaines
4. "Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2" - Steve Wynn
5. "Pilgrimage" - R.E.M.
6. "Ohne Titel" - Huah!
7. "Submarines of Stockholm" - A.C. Newman
8. "I Wanna Be Your Dog (original John Cale mix)" - the Stooges
9. "Take LSD" - Wylde Ratttz
10. "T.V. Eye" - the Stooges
11. "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape" - the Times
12. "Hombre Secreto" - the Plugz
13. "Call Link Wray" - Deja Voodoo
14. "Reward" - The Teardrop Explodes
15. "The Doctor" - from I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (John Cleese, Bill Oddie)
16. "Hit It and Quit It" - Funkadelic
17. "Your Head is So Small It's Like a Little Light" - Jessamine
18. "Need Ur Lovin'" - Zomby
19. "Congratulations, You're Under Sedation" - Acid Ranch
20. "L.A." - Globo
21. "Methodist Church" - the Girls
22. Wild Guitar trailer
23. "He Was Really Saying Something" - the Velvelettes
24. "Bleachy And The .99 Cent Big Bufords" - Earles and Jensen
25. "Covert" - Lush
26. "Ingenting Är Sig Likt" - Dungen
27. "Danielle Steel" - the Lucksmiths
28. "Boxing Day Special fragment" - Chris Morris
29. "Coney Island Steeplechase" - the Velvet Underground
30. "Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted In The Evening Breeze)" - Grouper
31. "St. Leonard's Song (Leonard Cohen Parody)" - National Lampoon (Tony Scheuren)
32. "On, On, On, On..." - Tom Tom Club
33. "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" - Flipper