Thirteenth Show!

This was a tricky show to put together. Being the penultimate Pop Rocks! of the Spring (and maybe forever, hopefully not), I figured I should do something cool but I've been listening to nothing but Love, Bad Brains, and TV on the radio for this paper I'm writing for a Popular Black Music class. So I figured I'd play an hour of Love and then let the rest of the show put itself together. It was a hazy day in Lawrence and driving up to the shack, I decided that I should play Love's masterpiece Forever Changes in its entirety, since the day reminded me so much of Los Angeles, and that is the ESSENTIAL LA record.

Anyway, I got to the shack and Tom was trying to fix the transmitter. The station was off the air. What was I to do? I have no problem broadcasting an internet only show, but if it's some grand idea (in particular, one that is designed to be played out of car stereos) I don't want it to go to waste. So, in short, the first hour is random and, at about 10:55 the transmitter went back up and I let the Love in! I didn't know if I'd have time to do Forever Changes, so I played side one and then played my favorite Love songs. Ha. Love songs!

Panda Bear - Bros (Person Pitch)
Sam Cooke - Bring it On Home To Me (The Man and His Music)
The Like Young - I'm in Love (Six at Midnight)
Love - Always See Your Face (Four Sail)
Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder (On Fire)
Fennesz - Endless Summer (Endless Summer)
Brian Wilson - Heroes & Villains (Smile)
The Books - Take Time (The Lemon of Pink)
Daniel Johnston - Good Morning You
Guided by Voices - Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox (Propeller)
Destroyer - Streethawk I (Streethawk: A Seduction)

Love - Alone Again Or (Forever Changes)
Love - A House is Not a Motel (Forever Changes)
Love - Andmoreagain (Forever Changes)
Love - The Daily Planet (Forever Changes)
Love - The Old Man (Forever Changes)
Love - The Red Telephone (Forever Changes)
Love - Seven & Seven Is (Forever Changes)
Love - My Little Red Book (Forever Changes)
Love - Your Mind and We Belong Together (Forever Changes B-Side)
Love - She Comes in Colors (Da Capo)
Love - No Matter What You Do (Love)
Love - Laughing Stock (Forever Changes B-Side)
Love - You Set the Scene (Forever Changes)
Love - Stephanie Knows Who (Da Capo)
Love - Can't Explain (Love)
Love - Robert Montgomery (Four Sail)

Band of the Week:
Love

One of the most under appreciated groups of all time, and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that they really didn't want to leave Los Angeles. I've been writing about Love all weekend (and just finished the Love segment of my paper) so I'm a little burnt out. In short: this is one of the greatest bands that a lot of people never heard, and you should go out and buy Forever Changes right now. RIGHT NOW.

Twelfth Show! NUGGETS SHOWCASE!

So, sometime the weekend of this show I remembered that I once had the first Nuggets boxset on my computer. My girlfriend freshman year had it and was really into it, I ripped it, and when I ran out of space on my hard drive, deleted it. And what a fool I was! Lately I've been listening to Love incessantly (writing a paper, etc) and yeah, since Nuggets is a collection of obscure psychedelic music (in three volumes: 12 discs), it clicked right away. These are amazing collections of songs and please, do yourself a favor and CHECK THEM OUT.

The Ladybug Transistor - The Swimmer (The Albemarle Sound) RIP San Fadyl
Love - Andmoreagain (Forever Changes
The Creation - How Does it Feel to Feel?
The Chocolate Watchband - She Weaves a Tender Trap
The Small Faces - Here Come the Nice
Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
The Music Machine - Talk Talk
13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
The Plimsouls - Hypnotized
The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
Golden Earrings - Daddy Buy Me a Girl
The Sonics - Strychnine
The Spongetones - She Goes Out With Everybody
The Goliwogs - Fight Fire
The Creation - Biff! Bang! Pow!
The Beau Brummels - Laugh, Laugh
Screaming Trees - Transfiguration
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy
The Downliners Sect - Glendora
The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of Your Mind
Van Morrison - I Can Only Give You Everything
The Bees - Voices Green and Purple
Love - Always See Your Face
The Dukes of the Stratosphear - Vanishing Girls
Blossom Toes - When the Alarm Clock Rings
The Barracudas - We're Living in Violent Times
XTC - Grass
The Lemon Drops - I Live in the Springtime
The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints
Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over
The Lollipop Shoppe - You Must Be a Witch
The Primatives - You Said
Richard & the Young Lions - Open Up Your Door
The Remains - Don't Look Back
Love - Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark & Hilldale (Forever Changes)

On another note...

Artist of the Week:
Patrick Wolf


I just haven't had the time to express my fondness for Patrick Wolf's latest record, The Magic Position. Gone is the angsty teenage brooding, here is a fucking gorgeous and mature record that just happens to be full of terrific pop songs.

Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

Eleventh Show!

Nothin' Fancy. Just songs that I like.

Voxtrot - Introduction (Voxtrot)
Portastatic - I Wanna Know Girls (Bright Ideas)
Patrick Wolf - Overture (The Magic Position)
Talulah Gosh - Looking For a Rainbow (Backwash)
Aztec Camera - Get Outta London (Stray)
The Spinanes - Valency (Strand)
The Pastels - Baby Honey (C86 Tape)
Luna - Slash Your Tires (Lunapark)
Beat Happening - Cast a Shadow (Black Candy)
Colin Clary - The Silent Film and the Littlest Smitten (Sweater Weather or Not, These are
The Songs I Got)
Hello Saferide - If I Don't Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die (Introducing...)
Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)
Superchunk - Hello Hawk (Come Pick Me Up)
Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers (Naked)
Pulp - Common People (Different Class)
Primal Scream - All Fall Down
The Long Blondes - Lust in the Movies (Someone To Drive You Home)
Love is All - Spinning and Scratching
Guided by Voices - Dayton, Ohio 19 Something and 5 (Live)
I Like Japanese Hardcore - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Love Dance - When You're With Him
St. Christopher - You Deserve More Than a Maybe
The New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers (Electric Version)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries (Transparent Things)
Low - Hatchet (Drums and Guns)
Karl Blau - Slow Down Joe (Beneath Waves)
Black Tambourine - Black Car (Complete Recordings)
The Fiery Furnaces - Track 15 (Bitter Tea)

Band of the Week:
Aztec Camera

I bought their record Stray at the Library book sale for a dollar or something ridiculous like that and it's marvelous. "Get Outta London" has been on repeat for weeks.