I will be on the air and the web from 1:00-3:00PM EST on Saturday December 28th.  You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu

Radio What Wave Playlist.....Dec 26/2013. 6 to 8:30PM of only Xmas Music!

Lots of technical glitches on this show....almost all out of my control. The computer that controls the commercials locked up as the commercials were playing to start the show. Had to hard boot the computer twice to get it running, then the commercial program fizzled the first time i tried it. Eventually got it working....And that was after spending 20 minutes to get the turntables working prior to the show....the joys of college radio when the regular staff is on vacation! 

 

 

1. The Shanks...Christmas Star...from The Dark Richard Show from 2010

 

2. The Shanks...Start Taking You Home...from the above CD. Wasn't planning on playing this song, but had to play something while trying to get the commercial computer rumming....

 

3. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Santa's Comprimise...from Savvy Show Stoppers II from the Shadowy Men website Keeper.

 

4. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Faster Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho....as above.

 

5. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Winterfresh....as above.

 

6. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Deck The Halls....as above.

 

7. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...The 12 Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas.... as above.

 

8. The Fleshtones....Hooray For Santa Claus....from the Stocking Stuffer LP. And Hooray I got the commercial computer running again!

 

9.The Gruesomes...Santa Claus....from the Unchained! EP.

 

10. Marshmallow Overcoat....Santa Fuzz...from the Light Show CD.

 

11. The Fleshtones....White Boomers....from the Stocking Stuffer LP.

 

12. Tony Low...Merry Christmas....a song sent to us. Tony was a member of The Cheepskates (NYC garagepop combo from the mid 80's to 90's).

 

13 The Cheepskates...Last Minute Rush...from A Midnight Christmas Mess LP. A series of 3 Christmas compilations put out by Midnight Records in the mid 80's.

 

14. Plan 9....Merry Christmas...as above. 

 

15. Yard Trauma...Christmas Tyme...as above.

 

16. Blues Magoos...Jingle Bells....from a 7" on white vinyl i picked up many years ago. No label or numbering on it, assume it's a bootleg.

 

17. Thee Eviltones...It's Christmas....from a special download for Christmas.

 

18. Blues Magoos....Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Dante's Inferno...flip of the above 7".

 

19. Bitchlove...All I Want For Christmas Is Some White Stuff...local combo who are about to release another record.

 

20. Bitchlove...Santa Eats Your Cookies While You Sleep...as above.

 

21. 63 Monroe...White Christmas....7" from the mid 80's from this local combo.

 

22. Paul James Band...Run Run Rudolph....7" from this Toronto combo.

 

23. MX Sound....Christmas With The Devil....from the We're An American Band CD.

 

24. Urban Surf Kings....Jingle Bells...download from this Nova Scotia surf combo.

 

25. The Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier At Christmas Time....from a late 80's 7". Canadian rockabilly combo that shoulda gone far but fizzled out.

 

26. Johnny Rabb....Christmas Dance...from the Midnight Christmas Mess compilation LP.

 

27. Johnny Rabb...Gotta Get Lucky For Xmas...as above.

 

28. Ramones....Merry Christmas....from the Brain Drain LP.

 

29. Jack Scott....Trouble Brewin'...from the Black Xmas Cramps download.

 

30. Elvis...Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me....from The Complete 50's Masters Box Set.

 

31. Elvis...Santa Claus Is Back In Town....as above.

 

32. Youngsters...Christmas In Jail....from the Black Xmas download.

 

33. Slade...Merry Xmas Everybody....from the Feel The Noize Greatest Hits CD.

 

34. The Creamers...Bob Kringle...from a single sided 7" on SFTRI.

 

35. The Creamers...Father Christmas...as above.

 

36. The Damned....There Ain't No Sanity Claus...from a 1980 Chiswick 7".

 

37. Deja Voodoo....Bugs For Christmas...from the Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die EP  on Midnight Records.

 

38. We Three Sings...O Holy Night...from a Wolf Beat Compilation CD called 20 Full Moon Hits.

 

39. Bob Seger...Sock It To Me Santa....from the Michigan Nuggers complilation LP.

 

40. The Sonics....I Don't Believe In Santa...from the Black Xmas download.

 

41. Patsy Raye....Beatniks Wish...from the Swing For A Crime compilation LP.

 

42. Mach Bell...C'mon Santa...from the Gulcher Records Christmas compilaton.

 

43. Crawlspace...Christmas Is Here....as above.

 

44. The Turtles...Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer...from Happy Together Again double LP on Sire Records.

 

45. The Fleshtones...Canadian Christmas....from the Stocking Stuffer LP on Yep Roc.

 

46. Phil Spector...Silent Night...from A Christmas Gift To You CD. We ended up playing this a couple of times as the program after Radio WW could not get their laptop working through the mixer, same problem as i had prior with the turntables. Ended up jerry rigging the mixer to get Lady L's program rumming.

 

 

 

Thanx for all the phone calls, facebook messages, emails and Heys!!! Hope you enjoyed (or at least tolerated) all this holiday music, a day late and a dollar short! Back again in the usual time slot next week with lots of new stuff for your listening pleasure.Happy New Year!!

 

The archived show is at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

 

and the last hour at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/fast-n-bulbous

Also at CJAM FM we had Joe Strummer Day on December 22nd.  I did a 2 hour special on The Clash's original version of Combat Rock, Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg vs. Combat Rock. 

 

The Play List:

 

1. The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

2. Idle In Kangaroo Court (Kill Time) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

3. Know Your Rights (Combat Rock)

4. Know Your Rights (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

5. Car Jamming (Combat Rock)

6. Over Powered By Funk (Combat Rock)

7. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Alternate Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

8. Rock The Casbah (w/Rankin Rodger) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

9. Red Angel Dragnet (Instrumental Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

10. Red Angel Dragnet (w/Rankin Rodger) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

11. Red Angel Dragnet (Combat Rock)

12. Ghetto Defendant (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

13. Walk Evil Talk (Instrumental)(Outtake) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

14. Death Is A Star (Combat Rock)

15. Atom Tan (Combat Rock)

16. Innoculated City (Combat Rock)

17. Sean Flynn (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

18. Innoculated City (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

19. Cool Confusion (Instrumental 2) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

20. Cool Confusion (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg/Should I Stay Or Should I Go 1983 single)

21. First Night Back In London (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg/Know Your Rights 1982 single)

22. Straight To Hell (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

 

Listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/657-Revolution_Rock_Rat_Patrol_From_Fort_Bragg_vs_Combat_Rock-20131222-2000-t1387742400.mp3

Blog post on Rat Patrol & Combat Rock here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/rat-patrol-from-fort-bragg-vs-combat.html

haven't posted in a while.  Here are some old podcasts from a few weeks ago.  The most recent one is a Christmas themed podcast which seemed appropriate to post today:

 

Play List for December 24th:

 

1.  Impact - Punk Christmas

2.  The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause

3.  By Divine Right – Mall Santa

4.  Little Joey Farr – Rock N’Roll Santa

5.  Caribou – The Snow Capes

6.  Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas

7.  The Tom Fun Orchestra – Christmas Dinner On A Coleman Stove

8.  Prarie Cat – Count The Thoughts

9.  Les Breastfeeders – Noel Dans Le Vent

10. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – My Christmas Wish

11. The Wailers – Maybe This Year

12. The Walkmen – New Year’s Eve

13. Mojo Nixon – Christmas, Christmas

14. Psychic Ills – Run Rudolph Run

15. Iggy Pop – White Christmas

16. Lou Reed – Xmas In February

17. Los Straitjackets – Christmas Weekend

18. The Falcons - Deck The Halls

19. The Pygmies – Father Christmas

20. The Pygmies – Pygmy Parumpapumpum

21. Leadbelly – Christmas Is-A-Coming

22. Chuck Berry – Christmas

23. The Bell Peppers – I Can’t Wait For Xmas

24. The Bell Peppers – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

 

Download/listen to podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131224-1030-t1387881000.mp3

Blog post on The Bell Peppers Christmas songs here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/revolution-rock-2013-holiday-special.html

 

Play List for December 17th:

 

1.  Jaill – I’m Home

2.  Babyshambles – French Dog Blues

3.  White Fence – Pink Gorilla (Live In San Fransisco)

4.  The Black Angels – Manipulation

5.  The New Strychnines – Dirty Robber

6.  Iggy Pop & James Williamson – Sell Your Love

7.  Jack Scott – Cruel World

8.  Hank Williams – Mind Your Own Business

9.  The Saints – Untitled

10. Talking Heads – Heaven

11. The Only Ones – Lovers Of Today

12. William Steffey – Belfast

13. Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs – Sick of Love

14. Jung People – Releasing Fear Of The Colour Blue

15. Sloan – Torn 16. Indian Wars – Simple Mistake

17. Legato Vipers – Sweet 16

18. Centuries – 4th Dimension

19. Paul Jacobs – Sharp Dress

20. Paul Jacobs – Underwater

21. Fuzz – Now I've Got A Reason (Live In San Fransisco)

22. The Adverts – The Adverts (Cast Of Thousands Outtake)

23. The Replacements – Beer For Breakfast

 

Download/listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131217-1030-t1387276200.mp3

Blog post on Paul Jacobs here"  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/drug-theaters-with-paul-jacobs-show-486.html

Strummer Day show was really cool Ken!

The Trip! Strummer-Mas Show!  Dec. 22 2013. 

 

Listen here:   http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/666-The_Trip_Joe_Strummer_Special-20131222-0030-t1387672200.mp3

The setlist: 

 

101er's - letsagetabitarockin
the clash - clash city rockers (live - bootleg)
the clash - brand new cadillac (live - bootleg)
keith levene - i'm looking for something
keith levene - taang! ting
the clash - what's my name
101er's - silent telephone
101er's - surf city
topper headon - leave it to luck
ellen foley - torchlight
ellen foley - the death of the psychoanalyst of salvador dali
joe strummer interview (from pistol shaped 45 record)
the equals - police on my back
the clash - police & thieves
keith levene - cops too
the clash - first night back in london
101er's - motor boys motor
ellen foley - m.p.h.
the equals - baby come back
the clash - time is tight

Oh, and the new Dirtbombs.  Almost forgot. 

It's about that time for the Annual Best of... Lists. 

 

My Top 5 Garage/Punk LPs of 2013:

 

The Future Primitives (South Africa):  Into the Primitive

Wyldlife (NYC):  The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll

The Oblivians (you know):  Desperation

The Bamboo Kids (NYC):  Safe City Blues

and from Austin, TX, the incredible A Giant Dog:  Bone. 

 

A few honorable mentions that very nearly made my list:  Guitar Wolf, The Go, Black Joe Lewis (Electric Slave could fairly be called garage punk), Hanni El Khatib (ditto), and I haven't heard the new Bad Sports album yet, but I'm sure it's great.  Hope I didn't miss anything...

Thanx for letting me know about Molly Gene, Joe!!!  Gotta keep an eye out if she ever tours up this way!

Haven't had a chance to see her yet, unfortunately.  She tours relentlessly, though, so it shouldn't be long. 

Shes's dangerous. I live in Chicago , and I have'nt heard anyone work a Blues like that , here ,  since Honeyboy Edwards died.

I missed this thread the first time around.  Anyway, Molly Gene simply must be included in the list:

 

 

CHRIS ,i REPLIED TO THIS , IT MAY HAVE ONLY TURNED UP ON YOUR PROFILE (?)

I seriously doubt that Reed or Cale knew about the Oz Velvet Underground (Whose version of "She Comes in Colors" appears on the Arthur Lee and Love cover songs collection on Music Maniac.) . It's like the UK Folk - Rock group called The Chocolate Watchband. As obscure as THE AMERICAN CWB WAS IN THEIR TIME , the English band were that much more unknown. If they did'nt have the same name as a now - accclaimed cult band , I doubt anyone would have heard of them at all , today. But , there was a law that said if two bands had the same name , the less - established of the two had to relinquish the rights to the name - So , the LA - based group , Nazz ,  became Alice Cooper , after learning Todd Rundgren's band , Nazz, had a record out , first. Arthur Lee had to give up the band name , Grass Roots , when he found out another band had a single out under that name , changing the band's name to Love. Hey , Alice and Arthur both came out ahead , in terms of which name was better for them.

 

Plus , with very few exceptions , the Aussie scene was so isolated from The US (Tho' maybe not quite as much from The UK.) , it's possible , if not probable , that the Velvets from Oz were about as familiar with The US Velvets as the latter was with the former......

I've heard of the Aussie band of the same name. Why didn't JOHN Cale sue them?

Chris , Could have been a German band....I've never heard it , but heard both sides were more Pop - oriented than the originals. But , they had songs like that , which other bands could have recorded at the time , and , at least , brought in some revenue.....Of course , The Yardbirds'
"Waiting" only tuned up on a bootleg , years later , making that version of "Run ,Run , Run" (and the flip?) the first officially released Velvets cover(s).

It's also funny to note , there was actually a band in Australia, at the same time , called The Velvet Underground.  Maybe they sang about scoring Tim Tams instead of Heroin (Tim Tams are chocolate- covered wafer cookies from OZ that could deep - six the Heroin trade , if they ever put 'em on the market , here....).

http://youtu.be/a9Wie9U7ggM

Hey , Ian. I don't know for sure , but , I saw The Sloths at The Ponderosa Stomp , and they did a song that Holly Beth Vincent wrote for Joey , which he'd planned to record , but , he passed away before he could. I FORGET THE TITLE , BUT , IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TUNE. Sorry I could'nt really answer your question. 

I'm a collector of unusual, off the beaten path Christmas music.  Can anyone recommend any cool bands or comps?  Generally my tastes run towards the R&B side of the Garagepunk spectrum but I'll check out anything as long as it's good!  I'm especially interested in new releases.  CDs, vinyl, downloads, it doesn't matter!

Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs , how could I forget ! A lot of Americans don't know Thorpe was huge in Australia , going from Garage /R'N'B TO ACTUALLY DECENT BOOGIE ROCK to brief popularity in the states with effects - laden psuedo - Psychedelic FM Rock in the Late 70'S.

i could come up with some more , if I looked at some comps........Great songs, but the names escape me.

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVY !!! I - I - I - I- I'M NOT YOUR STEPPIN' PIRAHNA ! PIRAHNA !! PIRAHNA !!

 

MISSING LINKS !! Oh , OK , they got name checked , Blue Stars (NZ) , Masters' Apprentices , OK , GOT THEM , TOO , Easybeats (Just because they had hits , they're still tuff.) , Ray Columbus and The Invaders , Ed Kuepper solo and The Aints , The Hitmen , and the Daddy of them all , Johnny O'Keefe !

I heard their snotty version of Silent Night.

Cockney Rejects first album sounds particularly festive at Christmas time

" You've Got Another Think Coming" by The Mods, it's on Back From the Grave.

Got a hold of the second Death release of demos etc, its as great as "For the whole world" what an amazing band

I love Black Flag, i saw the Ginn/Reyes outfit a few months back and it was much better than expected. However if you like Black Flag dont miss the Keith Morris/Steve Macdonald project OFF!!, they are probably currently the best live band in the world and sound like very early Black Flag