Listen Up! will dig up some post-punk/power-pop/punk rock/new wave/art damaged tunes from the late 70s through the early ’80s that littered the State of Pennsylvania and free them from the nostalgic binds of time.

Listen Up!: Where the cool, the classic, the corny and even the cringe-worthy collide.

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Playlist (Artist -Title –Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – 1996

Matt Grim – At The Hot Club-1977
Craig Bevan & The Tourists – Modern Boy -1980
The Frenchmen – No Surprise -1978
Pistol Whip – Heart Throb -1977
Tina Peel – Knocking Down Guardrails -1978
The Impossible Years – Baby Baby -1981

Crash Course In Science – Cakes In The Home -1979
Dress Up As Natives – You Had To Be There -1982
Hidden Combo – Music From A Sophmore -1980
Horn & Hard Art – I’m Not Nice -1978

Head Cheese – Jungle Jam -1980
Stick Men – Master Brew -1981
Sic Kidz – Rhythm Gurl-1981
The Shades – Hello Mr. Johnson -1980

Budguzzlers – Weak and Strong Man -1978
Billy Synth & The Janitors – Rock & Roll Casualty -1978
Trendsetters – We Are Strong -1981
The A’s – Teenage Jerkoff -1980

Carsickness – Police Dog -1980
No Shelter – Soldier Boy -1980
Twilight People – I Want You Outta My Life -1980
St. John’s Alliance – Mark My Word -1983
Red Buckets – Something Else -1983

The Benders – City Surfer -1981
The Hornets – Girls Don’t Change -1980
The Shout – Sha Day La Day -1982
Fingers-Isolation -1977
The Bolivians – Spy In The House Of Love -1979

The Notekillers – The Zipper -1980
Suburban Wives Club – Casual Cat At The Laundromat -1982
The Blame – Little Girls In Hollywood -1979
The Reds – Joey -1979

Pure Hell – Hard Action -1978
Sadistic Exploits – Freedom -1982
Executive Slacks – The Bus-1983

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune  – 1997

A little trip-switch into another world – music that is potentially weird (or not) and heavenly (or not) and deeply familiar (or not) all at once.

Listen Up!: Where the cool, the classic, the corny and even the cringe-worthy collide.

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Playlist (Artist -Title –Album- Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – – Experiment Zero – 1996

The Kinks – Nobody Gives –Preservation Act 2 – 1974
The Saints – Messin’ With The Kid –I’m Stranded – 1977
Cut In The Hill Gang – Jivin’ Sister Fanny –Hung Up – 2008
The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose -Exile on Main St-1972
The Concretes – Miss You – You Can’t Hurry Love/Miss You – 2003

Mark Kozlek/Kath Bloom – Pretty Little Flowers –Night Talks ep – 2017
Mud Pie Sun – Microcosmic Sister –Microcosmic Island: Songs of Jim Rao ( recorded for “Orange Daydream,” an Jim Rao/Orange Cake Mix tribute CD to be released at a later date on the Why The Tapes Play label. whythetapesplay.storenvy.com ) – 2017
The Partridge Family – Whale Song –Missing Pieces-1971
The Replacements – Unsatisfied –Let It Be-1984
The Frogs – Weird On The Avenue –Starjob-1997

Lucinda Williams – The Night’s Too Long –Lucinda Williams-1988
Tim Hardin – Part Of The Wind –Tim Hardin 1 – 1966
The Gun Club – Mother Of Earth –Miami-1982
Wayne, Pat & Keith – I’m Tired of You, Satan –Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music’s Tormented Testament (1952-1974) – 196?

Megan Sue Hicks – Hey, Can You Come Out and Play –Various Artists Follow The Sun – 1972
The Clean – Anything Can Happen –Anthology-1981
Smudge – Don’t Want To Be Grant McLennan –This Smudge Is True – 1991
The Go-Betweens – Cattle and Cane –Before Hollywood-1983

The Special Pillow – Automatic Doom –Inside The Special Pillow-2003
Close Lobsters – Let’s Make Some Plans –Forever, Until Victory! The Singles Collection – 1987
R.E.M. -Feeling Gravity’s Pull –Fables Of The Reconstruction-1985

Buzzcocks – Moving Away From The Pulsebeat –Another Music In A Different Kitchen – 1978

The Soundcarriers – Hideaway –Celeste-2010
Mazzy Star – Be My Angel –She Hangs Brightly – 1990
Ty Segall – Take Care (To Comb Your Hair)-Ty Segall – 2017

T Rex – Hot Love-Electric Warrior-1971

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune  –New Affections  – 1997

A freeform haze of music exhumation.

Listen Up!: Where the cool, the classic, the corny and even the cringe-worthy collide.

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Playlist (Artist -Title –Album- Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – – Experiment Zero – 1996

This week Listen Up! stirs up a musical stew filled with psychedelic soul, Jamaican dub, afrobeat, cosmic jazz and other related acid-tinged sounds.

Listen Up!: Where the cool, the classic, the corny and even the cringe-worthy collide.

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Playlist (Artist -Title –Album- Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – – Experiment Zero – 1996

The Undisputed Truth – Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)-The Undisputed Truth -1971
The Politicians – Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic-
Yusef Lateef – Bishop School-Yusef Lateef’s Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°-1969

The Temptations – Friendship Train –Psychedelic Shack-1970

Tim Maia – Nobody Can Live Forever-Nobody Can Live Forever-World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul Of Tim Maia – 1976
Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidananda-Journey in Satchidananda-1971
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections- Collection – 1968
Mary Jane Hooper – Psychedelphia-Psychedelphia: Rare & Unreleased New Orleans Funk (1966-1970) – 1968

BLO – Chant To Mother Earth- Various: Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock and Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria – 1973
Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown-King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown-1976
Muddy Waters – Tom Cat- Electric Mud – 1968

Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today-The Time Has Come – 1967
Funkadelic – Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow-Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – 1970
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)-Electric Ladyland – 1968

Curtis Knight – The Devil Made Me Do It- Various: Chains & Black Exhaust – 1970
Chico Magnetic Band- Explosion-Chico Magnetic Band- 1971
Miles Davis – Honky Tonk-Get Up With It-1970
Question Mark – Freaking Out-Various: Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock and Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria – 1977
Minnie Riperton – Les Fleurs-Les Fleurs (The Minnie Riperton Anthology)-1970

Sly & The Family Stone – Time-There’s A Riot Goin’ On-1971

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune  –New Affections  – 1997