What will be played? Tune in for another journey into that rabbit hole of sound where the unsung, should-be-sung, and will-be-sung recordings are rescued from cultural strip mining.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Shocking Blue – Long and Lonesome Road – At Home -1969
Sweetwater – My Crystal Spider – Sweetwater- 1968
The Mystery Trend – Mambo For Marion – So Glad I Found You -1965
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy – Why Did I Get So High? – Is Spreading – 1967

The Yardbirds – Glimpses – Little Games – 1967
Le Stelle di Mario Schifano – Susan’s Song – Dedicato A -1967
Mud Pie Sun  – Worrisummer – Wooden Circle – 2012
Alice Cooper – Hard Hearted Alice -Muscle of Love – 1973

The Kinks – 20th Century Man – Muswell Hillbillies – 1971
Jethro Tull – Look Into The Sun – Stand Up – 1969
The Yokohama Knights – Hawaii Five-O/Greensleeves  – 1969
The Doppler Effect – God Is Alive In Argentina –  Highs In The Mid Sixties Volume 18: Colorado – 1966

John Betjeman – Longfellow’s Visit To Venice – John Betjeman’s Banana Blush – 1974
Roxy Music – Song For Europe – Stranded – 1973
Juri Carmisasca – Un Fiume Di Luce – La Finestra Dentro -1974

Gene Clark – Some Misunderstanding – No Other – 1974
The Grateful Dead – Unbroken Chain _ From The Mars Hotel – 1974
Amancio D’Silva – Cry Free – Integration – 1969

The dB’s – Adventures Of Albatross And Doggerel – Falling off The Sky -2012
Fugu – Monocorde – Fugu 1 – 2001
Jacco Gardner – Summer’s Game – Cabinet of Curiosities -2013

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affection – 1997
Geraint Watkins – Heroes and Villains – Dial W for Watkins -2004

Loudon Wainwright III – Acid Song – More Love Songs – 1986

Lots of glitter in the litter with more obscure hook-filled rock’n’ roll releases of the Glam, Power Pop, Pop/psych, Garage, Bubblegum, Surf, 60s Girl Group type of sounds as well as the usual quirkiness.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Andy Mackay – In Search of Eddie Riff – 1974

Daddy Maxfield – Rave ‘n’ Rock – Rave n Rock/ Smilin’ Again -1973
Capt. Groovy & His Bubblegum Army – Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army – Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army / Dark Part Of My Mind -1968
Original Sins – Juicy Fruit – Self Destruct – 1990
Lemming – Father John – Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet -1974

Billy Hamon – Butch Things – Glitter from the Litter Bin – 20 Junk Shop Glam Rarites from the 1970s -1978
Galahad – Summer Rocket – The Electric Asylum Vol. 1 – 1973
Moonquake – Remember – Moonquake -1972
Daddy Cool – Teenage Blues – Daddy’s Coolest -1972

Milk ‘n’ Cookies – Not Enough Girls In The World – Milk ‘n’ Cookies -1975
Trevor White – Crazy Kids – Crazy Kids/Movin’ In The Right Direction -1975
Neil Norman – Wild Boys – Wild Boys/ Tits From Mars -1974

The Handcuffs – Beg Me Beg Me – Model for a Revolution -2006
The Pussywillows – My Baby Looks But He Don’t Touch – Spring Fever -1988
The Cake – You Can Have Him – The Cake -1967
Ellie Greenwich – You Don’t Know – You Don’t Know/ Baby – 1965

The Barracudas – Surfers Are Back – Drop Out With The Barracudas – 1981
The Skeptics – Legend of the Headless Surfer – The Deadly Spawn – 1986
The Angels – (You Can’t Take) My Boyfriend’s Woody – Hey, Beach Girls! Female Surf ‘n’ Drag 1961-1966 -1964
The Dantes – Top Down Time – Pebbles Vol 4 -1962

Amy Rigby – Dancing with Joey Ramone – Little Fugitive -2005
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach – The Ramones -1977
The Clingers – Gonna Have A Good Time – Girls in the Garage, Vol. 11 -1969
Marcus Hook Roll Band – Natural Man – Marcus Hook Roll Band Featuring Harry Vanda & George Young -1973

Hector – Wired Up – Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet -1974
The Mad Hatters – The Humphrey Song – The Humphrey Song/Loving You Ain’t Easy -1976
Casper Giles McCloud – Make You Feel Like You’re Mind – Messin’ Around/ Make You Feel Like Your Mine -1979

Thomas Dean Eubanks – Oh Babe – Rock City – 1974

The Blank Stares – The Song That Brought The World To Ruin – Some Soundalikes, Sometimes They Sound Like… – 2010
The Nines – Driving Myself Insane – Calling Distance Stations -2006
Paul and Barry Ryan – Glad To Know You – Killed By Glam – 16 UK Junk Shop Glam Rarities From The 1970’s -1973
Stanley Frank – S’cool Days – S’cool Days/On A Line -1977
Saft – People In Motion – People In Motion / Albertine Hall -1971

The Jets – Yeah! – Crazee Kids Sound – 1973

Life Is Better In Movies this week on Listen Up!. Songs about films and cinematic joys, plus the director of Steve Chong Finds Out Suicide Is A Bad Idea , Charlie LaVoy chats with us about this independent movie that is currently getting some notice on the film festival circuit. The wacky world of the movie biz and more.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Various Artists – Ultra-lounge vol. 16, Mondo Hollywood

Butterfly Joe – Life is Better In The Movies – Butterfly Joe -2007
Genesis – The Cinema Show – Selling England By The Pound -1973
Sloan – In The Movies -Pretty Together -2001

Garland Jeffreys – 35 Millimeter Dreams – Ghost Writer – 1977
The Kinks – Groovy Movies – The Great Lost Kinks Album – 1969

Interview with Charlie LaVoy, Director of Steve Chong Finds Out That Suicide Is A Bad Idea
Vagabond Swing – Kampania/Merry Go Wrong – Soundtrack To An Untimely Death  -2012
Vox and The Hound – High Horse – 20??
Interview with Charlie LaVoy, Director of Steve Chong Finds Out That Suicide Is A Bad Idea

Gary Numan – Films – Pleasure Principle – 1979
Eugene McGuinness – Those Old Black and White Movies Were True – Eugene McGuinness – 2008
Yo La Tengo – Tom Courtenay – Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 -1995

Flaming Lips – Godzilla Flick – Hear It Is – 1986
The Psyclone Rangers – Godzilla – Third Story -199?
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead – 1979-1983: Volume 1- 1979

Julian Cope – Robert Mitchum – Skellington – 1990
Roxy Music – 2 H.B. – Roxy Music -1972
EDO – This Is Your Life Boris Karloff – Wrinkles – 1998

Go To Blazes – Bloody Sam – Anytime…Anywhere -1994

Does your Monday need two hours of music from the margins filled with unpopular pop, non-pusillanimous rock and roll, vicious and delicious sounds new and old, local and distant?

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

101 Strings – Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000 – 1968

Love and Rockets – Kundalini Express – Express – 1986
Weird Hot – Bikers Vs Rockers – Weird Hot II – 2012
David Sylvian – When Poets Dreamed of Angels – Secrets of the Beehive -1987

Television Personalities – Salvador Dali’s Garden Party – Made In Japan Bonus EP – 1996
Tame Impala – Elephant – Lonerism -2012
Pink Floyd – Childhood’s End – Obscured By Clouds – 1972
Twink -Tiptoe On The Highest Hill – Think Pink – 1970

The Deviants – Garbage – Ptooff -1967
Night Beats – War Games – Night Beats -2011
Nazz – Christopher Columbus – Nazz III – 1970
The Loved Ones – Surprise Surprise -Attack of the Jersey Teens -1966

Pawnee Drive – Ride – Pebbles Vol. 12 – 1969
Sparks – Sextown USA – Angst in My Pants -1982
Amanda Lear – The Stud – Sweet Revenge -1978
Vulcan Death Grip – Get It Up Or Get Out – Tellus #18: Experimental Theater Cassette – 1987

Arnold Corns – Moonage Daydream – Ziggy Stardust – 30th Anniversary Reissue -1971
Ex Reverie – Black Butterfly – Praxis -2011
Hex- Mercury Towers – Hex -1989
Game Theory – Chardonnay – Lolita Nation – 1987

The Only Ones – The Whole Of The Law – The Only Ones -1978
The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion – VU -1969
The Feelies – Fa Ce La – Crazy Rhythms -1980

Barbara Manning – Scissors -One Perfect Green Blanket -1991
Mary Timony – Return To Pirates -Ex Hex -2005
The Leopards – I Wonder If I’ll Ever See You Again -Shake Some Action Vol. 7: U.S.A. – 1978

Hildegard Knef – Holiday Time -he In-Kraut Vol.2 – Hip Shaking Grooves Made in Germany 1967-1974 – 1971