Garage rock, rock & roll, three-chord wonders, snarl, snotty punk,/post-punk, glam stompers, art-damaged weirdos, phasing and fuzz, sludge, trash ,paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, beads, and safety-pins, drippy mascara, psych rock…obscurities & rarities, past and present, and assorted goo goo muck.

The Seeds – Evil Hoodoo
The Cramps – Garbageman
Oblvians – Call The Police
The Schizophonics- Ooga Boogo Boogaloo
The Up – Sister Sister (Sisters Rising)

Kurt Baker Combo – A Girl Like You

The 5,6,7,8’s – 19th Nervous Breakdown
The A-Bones – Rock The Boat
Soft White Underbelly-Betty Lou’s Got A New Pair Shoes

RunHideFight – Because I Love You
Paul Revere & The Raiders – I’m Not Your Stepping Stone
The Nomads – (I Can’t Use) The Stuff I Used To Use
Alice Cooper – Return Of The Spiders
The Spiders – No Price Tag

The Professionals – 1-2-3
Pale Lips – 1-2-3
The Speedies – !-2-3
`1910 Fruitgum Co. 1-2-3 Red Light

The Equals – You Got Too Many Boyfriends
Vertebrats – Left In The Dark
Thee Mighty Ceasars – You Make Me Die

The Beat – Rock N Roll Girl
The Muffs – Weird Boy Next Door
Warm Soda – When Your Eyes Meet Mine
Baby Shakes- Turn It Up

The Saints – Wild About You
Radio Birdman – Hand Of Law
The Jags – Don’t Tell Me
Amyl and The Sniffers- Balaclava Lover Boogie

The Love Society – You Know How I Feel (And Why)
Boyfriends – You’re The One
The Hall Monitors – Mercy Mercy Mercy Me

Jim Dickinson – Dixie Fried

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This week on Listen Up!, it’s revved up rock n roll for anyone with a taste for the crazed. Twisted and trashy, fuzz filled angst garage and hook ridden power pop. It isn’t freeform rock radio, it’s FREAKFORM!!

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Playlist

Pink Slip Daddy – Good Hard Rock
Alex Chilton – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Flamin’ Groovies – Slow Death

RunHideFight – He’s A Jerk
Thee Tsunamis- Trash Talk
Justine and The Unclean – I’m In Love With You Jackass
Kyle Craft – Heartbreak Junky

The Nightmares – Baseball Altamont
Mad Daddys – Take Me Back To Woodstock
Gonn – Doin’ Me In

Redd Kross – Choose To Play
Cheap Trick – He’s A Whore
The Monkees – Sweet Young Thing
Mitch Easter – Time Warping

Wimps – Old Guy
Art Brut – Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!
The Velvet Monkeys – Rock Party

Bay City Rollers – Rock & Roller
Wyldlife – Saturday Night
The Tough Shits – I Heard She KIsses On The Mouth
Kimberley Rew – My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long
The Records – Starry Eyes

The Delta 72 – I Feel Fine
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again
The Make Up! – Pow! To The People
Helen Love – Does Your Heart Go Boom
Psycotic Pineapple – I Want Her So Bad

The Orangu-Tunes – Dance Monkey, Dance
Davis & Jones and The Fenders – Boss With The Hot Sauce (AKA Bpss Lady)
Detroit Cobras – Slummer (The Slum)

The Cramps – Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune

What happens when you get into a discussion about “classical” music, compositions and composers with a friend? One gets inspired to mix in some of those ingredients into that mindbending audio cocktail called Listen Up! It will be a genre-twisting compendium of works.

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Playlist
Arvo Part – Fratres for VIolin and Piano –
David Bowie – Subterraneans –
Phillip Glass – Heroes Symphony

The Beach Boys – Our Prayer
The Beatles – Sun King
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
Ornette Coleman – Desert Players

Moondog – Lament I, “Bird’s Lament
Bill Evans – Oleo
Jacques Loussier – Bach: Concerto In D Minor: Allegro

King Crimson – Larks Tongue In Aspic, Part One
Mothers of Invention – Overture To A Holiday in Berlin
Edgar Varese – Dance For Burgess

Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
Mother Falcon – Marfa

Wire – French Film Blurred
Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
Jorge Bolet – Chopin: Prelude in B minor

Renaissance – I Think Of You
Robert Casadesus – Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit: I. Ondine
Francois-Joel Thiollier – Claude Debussy: Reverie
Ella Fitzgerald – My Reverie

Tim Buckley – It Happens Every Time

The Revolutionary Germantown Festival is happening this Saturday on the grounds of Cliveden. This seems like a good excuse for Listen Up! to celebrate that other British Invasion by playing nothing but sounds from those sixties UK rock and pop acts Two hours of those fab merseybeat, mod, freakbeat, British blues and R &B sounds

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

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Playlist

 The Beatles – Any Time At All
The Hollies – Listen To Me
The Ivy League – Tossing And Turning
The Kinks – Stop Your Sobbing
The Applejacks – I Go To Sleep
The Herd – I Don’t Want Our Love To Die
The Fourmost – Hello Little Girl

The Answers – It’s Just A Fear
The Open Mind – Magic Potion

The Marmalade – I See The Rain
The Downliners Sect – Glendora

The Sorrows – Take A Heart
The Searchers – When You Walk In The Room
The UK’s – Your Love Is All I Want
Peter and Gordon – There Is No Living Without Your Loving
Manfred Mann – Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James

Wimple Winch – Save My Soul
The Factory – Path Through The Forest
Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser
Dantalian’s Chariot – Madman Running Through The Feild

The Troggs – I Can’t Control Myself
Fire – Father’s Name Was Dad
The Who – Circles
The Creation – Painter Man

The Pretty Things – Midnight to Six Man
The Birds – No Good Without You
The Yardbirds – Putty
The Small Faces – My Mind’s Eye
The Syn – Grounded

The Roulettes – Bad Time
John’s Children – A Midsummer’s Night Scene
Them – I Can Only Give You Anything
The Rolling Stones – She Said Yeah
Thee – There You Go

Eyes – My Degeneration

It is a show filled with nothing but female fronted sounds of all sorts.

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

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Zoe and The Stormies – Lets Shake Baby
The Friggs – Shake
The Angels – Wow Wow Wee
Donna Loren – So, Do The Zonk
Detroit Cobras – I’ll Keep On Holding On

Spanky Wilson – Sunshine of Your Love
Ike & Tina Turner – Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
Grace Jones – Art Groupie
Angelique Kidjo – Houses In Motion

Mary Jane Hooper – Psychedelphia
LaVerne Baker – Tiny Tim
Arlean Brown – I’m A Streaker Baby
Laura Lee – Wedlock Is A Padlock
Mary Wells – Two Lovers
Dusty Springfield – Breakfast In Bed

Diana Dors – The Gentleman is a Dope
Little Carolyn Sue – I Hate Men

Sheena and The Rokkets – You Really Got Me
The Pussywillows – Come On Now
Francoise Hardy – Who’ll Be The Next In Line

X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage, Up Yours!
PRIESTS- Pink White House
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Children In Adult Jails – House o’ Weenies

The Tammys – Egytptian Shumba
The Belles – Melvin
The Pandoras – The Hump
The Buttons – Popeye Does The Mash Potatoes
The Majorettes – Let’s Do

Lo Hi- Put A Sock On It
Judy Carne – Sock It To Me
April Stevens – Teach Me Tiger
Bonnie St. Claire – Tame Me Tiger

Caroline Rose – Jeannie Becomes A Mom
Jo Armstead – I Feel An Urge Coming On
Juliana Hatfield – I Honestly Love Your

Mary Timony – Fight The Hate

Apparently, everyone likes a countdown, It is a “best of Listen Up!” as we count down the top 100 artists that get played.

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

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24. Robyn Hitchcock – Sayonara Judge
23. The Flaming Lips – Jesus Shooting Heroin
22. Alice Cooper – Second Coming

21. Sparks – Missionary Position
20. Fairport Convention – Meet On The Ledge

19. Gene Clark – No Other
18. The Pretty Things – Tallin’ About The Good Tijmes
17. The Original Sins – Read Your Mind

16. The Cramps – TV Set
15. The MC5 – Tonight
14.The Byrds – One Hundred Years From Now
13. Big Star – Back Of A Car
12. T. Rex – 20th Century Boy
11. Brian Eno – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More

10. Game Theory – Wish I Could Stand Or Have
9. NRBQ – If I Don’t Have You
8. Flamin’ Groovies – I Can’t Hide
7. Rolling Stones – You Got The Silver
6. Roxy Music – To Turn You On

5. Pink Floyd – Green is the Color
4. Velvet Underground – Some Kind Of Love

3. The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
3. The Beatles – Dear Prudence
2. David Bowie – Lady Grinning Soul
2. David Bowie – Always Crashing In The Same Car

1. The Kinks – Shangri La
1. The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
1. The Kinks – Days

1. The Kinks – Time Song

Apparently, everyone likes a countdown, It is a “best of Listen Up!” as we count down the top 100 artists that get played.

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

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51. Opal – My Only Friend
50. The Monkees – You Just May Be The One
49. Fleshtones – Hall Of Fame

48. Captain Beefheart – ABBA Zaba
47. Gong – You Never Blow Your Trip Forever
46. 13th Floor Elevators – Splash 1
45. The Yardbirds – Dazed And Confused

44. Paul Revere and The Raiders – Steppin’ out
43. The dB’s – I’m In Love
42. Blondie – Shayla
41. Holy Modal Rounders – If You’ll Be My Girl
40. John Cale – Buffalo Ballet

39. Love – Always See Your Face
38. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – Hungry Freak Daddy
37. Link Wray – Fat Back
36. Hawkwind – Urban Guerilla

35. Syd Barrett – Love Song
34. Can – Vitamin C
33. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
32. Lou Reed – Andy’s Chest
31. Yo La Tengo – Shades Of Blue

30. Brother JT – Easier To Smile
29. Sun Ra – Fate Is A Pleasant Mood
28. Redd Kross – Elephant Flares
27. Fleetwood Mac – Woman of a 1000 Years
26. Kevin Ayers – Oh! Wot A Dream

25. Bob Dylan – It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune