Summer’s almost over. Well, at least according to the calendar. Here in Sacramento, I think we should have something like a September version of Groundhog Day–if the Groundhog sees his shadow, then we’re in for six more weeks of summer. That’s how it usually works around here–we have warm weather well past the equinox, right up to Halloween week. But this week’s show was the last official DJ Mike summer show. So how did we celebrate? Well, for one, we ironically played a song off of Michael Simmons’ fabulous album “First Days Of Summer”. But hey–if it’s going to continue to be warm, no better album to blast out of rolled-down car windows than that one.
I also discovered something interesting in my music collection. I have at least four songs with the name “Caroline” in the title–and three of them are recent 2018 releases! So–I played a set containing all my Caroline songs. And better still–none of them are by Neil Diamond–they’re all from indie artists!
Of course, what show would be complete without weird, anomalous segues? As an example, we went from Agony Aunts (with the naughtiest vocals I’ve ever heard KC Bowman and Karla Kane singing) to Lloyd Cole to Jimi Hendrix to The Taters. That was probably my favorite set of segues of the night.
And we kind of went out with a bang as well. So much music left after three full hours, that I had to invoke…DOUBLE OVERTIME! If you look down the playlist, Los Lobos “Tears Of God”–one of the most touching songs from their illustrious catalog–was how we rounded out the third hour. And every song after that fell into place and set a mood. Felsen’s mission statement song “Rock And Roll’s Not Dead” was the perfect start to that after-hours set. I wanted to make sure to send you off into the night properly, and set the stage for Boris’ “Secret Weapon”.
Speaking of that–once you’re done listening to my show, make sure you check out all the other Woody Radio shows as well. There’s lots of thoughtfully-curated music on each of these shows, and you’ll definitely hear something new.
Enjoy the show!
Artist | Title | Album
The Clash | Know Your Rights | Combat Rock
Rockpile with Robert Plant | Little Sister | Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea
The Mike Brown Band | What Would You Know | Single release
Juliana Hatfield | I See You | Hey Babe
Pete’s Copter | Magic Circle | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Danny Wilkerson | Too Much Of A Good Thing | Wilkerson
Elk City | Ride The Slide | Everybody’s Insecure
Elton John | Writing | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Anton Barbeau | Skunk Hungarian | Psychedelic Mynde of Moses
Duncan Faure | Back to the Day | 4
Spygenius | Shall I Show You In My Mirror? | Pacéphale
NRBQ | Howard Johnson’s Got His Ho-Jo Working | Scraps
LEONTY / Rose Reiter | Inside | Single release
William Duke | Caroline And The Silver Screen | Quatro
Sunshine Boys | Caroline Yes | Blue Music
The Cherry Bluestorms | Caroline | Whirligig!
Throwback Suburbia | Caroline | Shot Glass Souvenir
Allen Clapp | The Weight of Fallen Leaves | Six Seasons
The Who | Mary Anne With The Shakey Hand [Alternate Version] | The Who Sell Out
Bart Mendoza & True Stories | Blue Chair | Beyond Belief: A Tribute To Elvis Costello
Plasticsoul | Keeping a Light On | Therapy
Agony Aunts | FU4TB Bolth | Single release
Lloyd Cole | Tell Your Sister | Don’t Get Weird On Me, Babe
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Wait Until Tomorrow | Axis: Bold as Love
Taters | Queen of the USA | Single release
Karen Haglof | Ode To Bon Jovi | Palomino Steady Rocking
Michael Simmons | No More Girls | First Days of Summer
Banjo Bones | Dangerous Game | Ghostly Musings From The Delta
Liz Phair | Stratford-On-Guy | Exile in Guyville
Kaz Murphy | Where You Come From | Ride Out The Storm
Lannie Flowers | Good | March To Home
Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 | Underground Sun | Ole! Tarantula
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Three Times | Twitch!
The Imperial Sound | Get Along! | The New AM
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Sleeping With Me | Mistakes
Mike Levy | (There’s Always) Something Wrong | Fireflies
Jackson Browne | Rock Me On The Water | Saturate Before Using
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | My Soft Rock Girlfriend | Make
Frank Black | Jaina Blues | Show Me Your Tears
Lisa Mychols | The Man With The Golden Gun | Songs. Bond Songs: The Music Of 007
Galaxie 500 | Pictures | Today
Susan Greenbaum | Wake Up! | Wake Up!
The Well Wishers | April Is Only A Lie | A View From Above
Translator | Un-Alone | Translation
The Bobbleheads | Prove Yourself | Make Yourself Happy
Los Lobos | Tears Of God | By The Light Of The Moon
Felsen | Rock and Roll’s Not Dead | I Don’t Know How to Talk Anymore
Sam Phillips | When I’m Alone | Human Contact Is Never Easy
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner | Don’t You Just Know It | Make It Be
Peter Murphy | A Strange Kind of Love | Deep
The Wonder Stuff | Full of Life (Happy Now) | Construction for the Modern Idiot
Merle Haggard | The Fightin’ Side Of Me | Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Lindy LaFontaine | This Too, In Time, Shall Pass | Single release
Gail George | Fool’s Paradise | Follow Your Bliss
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