This week, among the freeform madness that happens as we criss cross time and blur genre, we pay tribute to Ken Nordine.

Playlist (Artist -Title)

David Crosby and Graham Nash – The Wall Song
Kurt Vile and The Violators (feat J. Mascis) – Box Of Rain
Ken Nordine – Inside Of Is
Meg Baird – To Lay Me Down

Greg Ashley – Catalina and Karen Are Drinkin’ In Heaven
Pearls Before Swine – Drop Out!
Ken Nordine – Cliche Heaven
Susan Christie – Rainy Day
Love – Alone Again, Or

Temples – Sun Structures
The Score – Please Please Me
Ananda Shankar – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Howard Flake – The Snowmobile Drive Tells His Story In Song

Ken Nordine – Windshield Wipers
Roxy Music – A Song For Europe
Grandadddy – Collective Dream Of Upper Class Elegance
Pearl Charles – Behind Closed Doors

Gram Parsons – Return of the Grievous Angel
The Everly Brothers – Less Of Me
The Flatlanders – Keeper of the Mountain
Have Moicy – Butts On Fire

Rick Nelson – Marshmallow Skies
The Trollyvox – I Know That You’re High
Robyn Hitchcock – Autumn Sunglasses
Ken Nordine – Quark
Rain Parade – When You Smile

Ken Nordine – A Good Year For Spiders

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Eccentric eclectic exploration through mindless music miscellany.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

Listen Up! is an irresponsibly mixed, mind melting freeform radio cocktail. That overnight radio show you can hear in the afternoon happens again.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

 Mark Twain’s Atomic Wombat – I Wanna Be Your Dog
Pink Floyd – Astronomy Domine
Tame Impala – Elephant

Timothy Leary – You Can Be Anyone This Time Around
Fe FI Four Plus 2 – I Wanna Come Back

Bongwater – I’ll Fated Lovers Go Time Tripping
Yardbirds – Knowing That I’m Losing You (Tangerine)

Brother JT – Things I Like
Morgan Freeman – Easy Reader
John Lee Hooker – I’m Bad Like Jesse James

Butter 08 – How Do I Relax
Julie London – Louie Louie
Richard Hell – Hey Sweetheart
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra – Delicado

The Orchids – Yes We Can
Rosebud – Have A Cigar
Brian Eno/David Byrne – The Jezebel Spirit
Hungry March Band – Push It

Peter L. Batsin – How To Make A Tape Recorder
Dave Frishberg – I’m Hip
Nervous Norvus – Dig
Fred Lane & Ron Pate’s Debonairs – The Man With The Foldback Ears

Blossom Dearie – Too Good For The Average Man
The United States of America – The American Metaphysical Circus

The Thurston Lava Tube – Stay Free
Danny Welch – Riding Shotgun
holly Golightly & the brokeoffs – getting high for jesus
R. Stevie Moore – A Whiter Shade Of Pale

D.R. Hooker – Forge Your Own Chains

Listen Up! explores the Dunedin Sound that emerged from New Zealand in the 80s, spearheaded by the Flying Nun record label.  Introduce yourself to this great scene

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

The Verlaines – Death and the Maiden
Toy Love – Swimming Pool
Look Blue Go Purple – Cactus Cat
The Builders – Dirty and Disgusting

Straitjacket Fits – Down In Splendour
Sneaky Feelings – Husband House
The Great Unwashed – Hold On To The Rail

Tall Dwarfs -Sign The Dotted Line
Bored Games – Joe 90
Bats – Made Up In Blue
3D’s – Beautiful Things

The Chills – Pink Frost
Jean Paul Sartre Experience – Inside And Out
The Gordons – Machine Song

The Clean – Anything Could Happen
Bird Next Roys – Jaffa Boy
The Cakekitchen – Silence Of The Sirens
Pop Art Toasters – What Am I Going To You?

Snapper – What Are You Thinking
The Puddle – Interstellar Gothic
Plagal Grind – Yes, Jazz Cactus
Baloon D’Essai – Simon Says

Chris Knox – Not Given Lightly
Able Tasmans – Snow White Chook
This Sporting Life – Wasting My Time

Nocturnal Projections – You’ll Never Know
The Magick Heads – Hear From You
The Clear – The Television Love Song

David Kilgour – Here Come The Cars

This week, Listen Up! gets lost in an 80s/90s post punk haze.

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Love & Rockets – Haunted When The Minutes Drag-Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven-1985
Spiritualized – If I Were With Her Now –Lazer Guided Melodies-1992
The Mission – Wasteland-God’s Own Medicine-1986

Psychedelic Furs – Dumb Waiters – Talk Talk Talk – 1981

Adam and The Ants – Ant Invasion –Kings of the Wild Frontier-1980
Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition – Closer – 1980
Siouxie and the Banshees – Trust In Me- Through the Looking Glass-1987

Scientists – Swampland – Various: Born Out Of Time (The Australian Indie Sound 1979-88) – 1983
The Monochrome Set – On The Thirteenth Day – Various: Another Splash Of Colour: New Psychedelia In Britain 1980-1985
Firmament & the Elements – The Festival of Frothy Muggament-The Festival Of Frothy Muggament ‎(7″)-1981
Wire – On Returning- 154 – 1979

Knox – Gigolo Aunt –Gigolo Aunt ‎(7″)-1980
The Soft Boys – Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out – Can of Bees – 1979
The Dukes Of Stratosphear – My Love Explodes – 25 O’clock – 1985
Cleaners From Venus – Wivenhoe Bells II- Midnight Cleaners-1982

Lords of New Church – Russian Roulette-Lords of New Church-1982
The Church – Tantalized -Heyday-1985
Michael Moorcock’s Deep Fix – – Brothel In Rosenstrasse –Brothel In Rosenstrasse ‎(7″)-1982

The Chameleons – Tears -Strange Times-1986
The Teardrop Explodes – The Culture Bunker-Wilder-1981

Echo and the Bunnymen – Villiers Terrace- Crocodiles -1980
Orange Juice – Falling and Laughing-You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever-1982
Dead Can Dance – In Power We Trust The Love Advocated-Dead Can Dance-1984
Bauhaus – Dancing –Mask-1981

Japan – Fall In Love With Me-Quiet Life-1979

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That weekly radio show called Listen Up! filled with music that you tune into every Wednesday from 2-4pm (unless you are one of those busy “on demand” types and thus tune in via an archived stream) happened again.

801 – T.N.K. – Live –  1976
The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra – We Travel The Spaceways-The Saga Of Padani-1994
Funkadelic – I’ll Bet You-Funkadelic-1970

Psyclone Rangers – Christine Indecision – Feel Nice – 1993
Screaming Trees – Transfiguration –Even If And Especially When-1987

Dream Syndicate – When You Smile –Days Of Wine & Roses-1982
Simon Joyner and David Nance – Dancing With Mr. D-Goats Head Soup – 2017

The Mekons – Hole In The Ground –The Mekons Honky Tonkin’-1987
Jack Kittel -Psycho -1973
James O’Leary – South Bound 81 –Various – Only In America Volume 2 – 1982
Michael Chapman –  Among the Trees-Rainmaker-1969
Andy McLeod – In The Light Of Day –In the Light of the Day-2017
Mud Pie Sun- Snowshoe Blues-Wooden Circle-2012

Marah – Christian Street –Kids In Philly-2000
Bob Dylan – Watching The River Flow –Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2-1971
Low Cut Connie – Angela – Dirty Pictures (Part 1)-2017
The Compulsive Gamblers – Stop & Think It Over-Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing-2000

Chris Bell – I Am The Cosmos –I Am The Cosmos-1978
Prix – Love You All Day Long –Historix-1975
The Posies – Will You Ever Ease Your Mind-Amazing Disgrace-1996

Filthy Friends – Despierta-Invitation-2017

Peter Perrett – Hard To Say No –How The West Was Won-2017
Peter Laughner – Sylvia Plath -Take the Guitar Player for a Ride
The Original Sins – Forest From The Trees – Move-1992
Soft Boys – The Queen Of Eyes-Underwater Moonlight-1980

The Mountain Goats – Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds –Goths -2017
Leonard Cohen – Sisters Of Mercy-Songs Of Leonard Cohen-1967

Television Personalities – Part Time Punks-Yes Darling, But Is It Art?-1980

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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.

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

Opening Theme

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

Des Demonas – The South Will Never Rise Again-Des Demonas-2017
Teeenage Fanclub – Bad Seed-Deep Fried Fanclub-1995
Beat Happening – Bewitched -Jamboree-1988
Iggy & The Stooges – Gimme Danger- Raw Power -1973

Amyl and the Sniffers -Some Mutts Can’t Be Muzzled-Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled) / Cup Of Destiny -2018
The Queers – Punk Rock Girls –Don’t Back Down-1996
The Muffs – Oh Nina –Blonder and Blonder-1995
Suzi Quatro – Tear Me Apart-Aggro-Phobia-1976
Shonen Knife – Twist Barbi -Let’s Knife-1992

The Hi-Risers – I’m In Love With My Record Collection –Hang Around With You-2012
The Nude Party – Records –The Nude Party-2018
John Wesley Harding – Making Love To Bob Dylan-Pieces of the Past-2013
Bull Moose Jackson – Big Ten Inch Record – Various: The King R&B Box Set – 1952

Jon Spencer – Do The Trash Can –Spencer Sings The Hits-2018
The Cramps – Save It –Bad Music For Bad People-1984
Dirty Fences – 911-Goodbye Love-2017
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey –psychocandy-1985
Red House Painters – Shock Me-Retrospective-1994

The Rubinoos – Rock and Roll Is Dead –The Rubinoos-1977
Kenny – Baby I Love You, OK!- Various: Life on Mars: Glam Rock of the Early 70’s- 
Bay City Rollers – The Bump –All Of Me Loves All Of You/The Bump – 1974
Baby Grande – Gettin’ Away With Murder -1975-77-1976
T. Rex – Baby Strange – The Slider– 1972
Cheap Trick – Hot Love-Cheap Trick-1977

Big Dipper – You’re Not Patsy –Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology-1987
The Hellacopters – Rescue –Head Off-2008
Blue Oyster Cult – O.D’d On Life Itself –Tyranny and Mutation-1973

Clown Alley – On The Way Up –Circus Of Chaos-1986
Swamp Oaf -Sad Minnow-Swamp Oaf-1989

Jack Oblivion -Honey, I’m Too Old For You –American Slang-1997
The Ar-Kaics – You Turn Me Bad –In This Time-2018
Terry & Louise – (I’m) Looking For A Heart -… a Thousand Guitars-2018
The Cute Lepers -Foxy Society –Adventure Time-2011
The Whiffs – Forgot Your Name –Take a Whiff-2017
Pip Bloom – Pussycat-Paycheck-2018

Buzzcocks – Love You More-Singles Going Steady-1977

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