Radio Show Friday, March 7 8-10AM

Radar Brothers - Happy Spirits
Shout Out Louds - Impossible
Sarah Vaughan - East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - Suzanne
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
Ronnie Lane - Kuschty Rye
Super Furry Animals - Carbon Dating
Steve Miller Band - True Fine Love
Butterglory - Waiting on the Guns
Sandro Perri - Everybody's Talkin'
Golden Smog and Roseanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie

Do you love Dolly Parton like I love her? I recently watched 9 to 5 which ignited my desire to hear late 70s - early 80s era Dolly. I love her yodel "Muleskinner Blues." But even more than her yodel, I love "Here You Come Again." I have probably played that song 50 times in the car over the past couple weeks. And I cannot wait to get back to the station to play some off the 9 to 5 soundtrack which WXYC just acquired.


2008 has not been kind to me so far. One of the saddest things to happen is that the High Dollar Hot Dogs broke up. Well, I guess we have broken up. I never got officially dumped. But they've stopped returning my calls and emails. I was told that breaking up is what bands do. It hurts a little, but I knew that it wasn't going to work out. In memory of our little band, I played my favorite song that we covered, "Seven Year Ache."

But there is still hope for me and the uke. I told a few folks about my dream to start up the Steve Miller Band Ukulele Cover Band. Several people are interested! But I need to find a good lead uke player, because that surely isn't me. Last weekend I stayed up until 4am playing uke with Mark. We learned the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved." I also want to play Steve Miller's "True Fine Love" with the new band. Do you? Come join! Bring songs! Unfortunately, this band is still very much a dream, but maybe once things slow down a bit, I can bring this band to life.


Last week, I played Sandro Perri's cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin.'" Because of this song, I rented the film Midnight Cowboy. I knew nothing about the film when I put it at the top of my Netflix list. I didn't know that John Voight (who is hot) and Dustin Hoffman were in it. I didn't know that it was the only movie rated X that ever won an Academy Award. I didn't know that it was about a hustler in NYC. I finally got around to watching it last night and it blew me away. I loved it! The little experimental film bits were incredible. I also have a new appreciation for Dustin Hoffman. I highly recommend it.


I am still very much obsessed with Ronnie Lane. Last week it was "Kuschty Rye." This week, it's "The Poacher." I would be playing "The Poacher" tomorrow on the radio, but since it's spring break, I am taking a week off. But tune in from 9am to noon to hear Tim's show which is really wonderful.

The rest of my playlist from last week's show can be found here.

New Blog Tag: Ronnie Lane

This weekend has been a Ronnie Lane weekend. I got a little drunk last night and ended up buying a very expensive out-of-print Ronnie Lane LP online. Amazon One-Click is dangerous.

I also bought two Faces CDs at CD Alley today.

I love Ronnie Lane.



Why is his music so hard to find? Where is my Ronnie Lane box set? Why can't I find some good ukulele chords for "Ooh La La" online?

Taking A Break

Now this makes me happy:



I want to be the dancing girl on stage with him.

Radio Show, Friday, April 20 8-10AM

Gogi Grant - Wayward Wind
The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer
Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us
Luna - 23 Minutes in Brussels
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Street in the City
Martha Tilton - And the Angels Sing
Ella Fitzgerald - Air Mail Special
Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Greenville Strut
Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want to Get Over You
James Yorkston - Steady As She Goes
Chris Bell - You and Your Sister
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies - Oh You Pretty Woman
Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone

I could barely finish my talk set when I announced that I had played Magnetic Fields' "I Don't Want To Get Off Of You." I started laughing during the talk set and it took every last bit of energy to finish the talk set without breaking out into a roar of laughter. As soon as I made it through the talk set, I was in tears I was laughing so hard. I almost ripped the mouse out of the computer because I got my cast tangled up in the cord.

Anyway, we recently got Ella Fitzgerald's First Lady of Song 3-CD set at the station. It is my favorite collection of her songs (besides her Louis Armstrong duets). "Airmail Special" is one of the craziest songs ever... she scats like she just drank a gallon of espresso. She even scats a little bit of "And the Angels Sing" in it as well.... I love that song.

Entire playlist can be found here.

I'm Blue Every Monday Thinking Over Sunday

Today was a super-duper, extremely crappy day at work. I seemed to unintentionally piss off almost everyone who walked into my office. That really stinks. On top of that, I got absolutely nothing done. It was an overly frustrating day and it's only Monday!

Today's only saving grace was Ronnie Lane. Both Bill and Sara have recently played some Ronnie Lane for me and I loved his music. I didn't think I knew who he was, but Bill and Sara each reminded me that he was a member of the Small Faces and the Faces, bands that I love.

My obsession of the weekend has been Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance's "Roll On Babe." It is so beautiful. Wow. I get completely lost in a daydream listening to the guitars in that song. I played that song over and over in the car on the way to Burlington on Sunday. After work today, I had to drive to Chapel Hill to meet a client and "Roll On Babe" made everything all better. Well, playing it 5 times on the way to Chapel Hill and then again on the way back completely cancelled out the rough day at work.

I think I'll take my Ronnie Lane CD to work tomorrow and play it in my office. Maybe his music will help things run more smoothly tomorrow.