Seems Listen Up! this week is shaping to fill your head with a sizable mix of dredged up audio ingredients for your mid week, mid afternoon. Mutant primal sludge, grey, grim and glorious space rock strangeness, bad-trip guitar solos, plus other assorted recorded treats .

Stray – All in Your Mind
J.D. Blackfoot – Prophecy
Fleetwood Mac – Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)

Captain Beyond – Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air)

Grand Funk Railroad – Out To Get You
The Hellacopters – Working For MCA
Spinal Tap – Hell Hole

The Melvins – In The Flesh?
Billy Synth & The Turnups – The Mask
The Litter – Blue Ice
The Open Mind – Cast A Spell

Montrose – Space Station #5
Velvet Monkeys – Rock The Nation
Blue Oyster Cult – The Red And The Black
Radio Birdman – Descent Into The Maelstrom

UFO – Love To Love

White Witch – Class of 2000
Cheech & Chong – Earache My Eye

The Stooges – TV Eye
Robert Calvert – Ejection
Mudhoney – Editions of You
Demian – Face The Crowd
Mott The Hoople – Jerkin’ Crocus

Thin Lizzy – The Rocker

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Pop hooks, catchy choruses, riffs, bouncy beats, ooohhs and ahhs, jangle, fuzz, power pop, Beatlesque garage, paisley pop, snotty teen angst, love, frustration, songs about spring and heartbreak, zany fun and all the stuff that should be played on the radio that you hardly hear. More unpopular pop tunes or pop tunes for unpopular people.

Playlist

Speedies- You Need Pop
The Barreracudas – Diet Coke
The Ramones – Rock “n” Roll High School
The Beat – Rock N Roll Girl
The Barracudas – Summer Fun

Split Squad – Now Hear This
The Kings Ransom – Shame
St. John’ Alliance – He’ll Wait For You

Shoes – Too Late
Jellyfish – Glutton of Sympathy
Posies – Golden Blunders
The Church – Unguarded Moment

The Bongos – The Bulrushes
Hoodoo Gurus – Bittersweet
Flamin’ Groovies – You Tore Me Down
Let’s Active – Fell

The Frampton Brothers – New Dog’s Day
Game Theory – Something To Show
The Green Pajamas – She’s Still Bewitching Me
Material Issues – Kim The Waitress

Wonderboy – Skidmarks
Go Go’s – Skidmarks On My Heart
Baby Shakes – Baby Blue
RunHideFight – Because I Love You
Pale Lips – Some Sorta Rock n Roll

The Dates – Love’ Made a Fool of Me
Warm Soda – I’m Waiting For The Man
Raspberries – Play On
Dwight Twilley Band – I’m On Fire
Cheap Trick – Downed

The Scruffs – I’m A Failure
The Bigger Lovers – Catch and Release
Redd Kross – Byrds and Fleas

Chris Bell – I Am The Cosmos

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It is a freeform psychedelic stew for folks who listen to music, not just hear it.

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

Opening Theme

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

The Books – Group Autogenics I – The Way Out-2010
The Adult Net – Incense and Peppermint – Incense and Peppermint-1985
Brother JT – Mississippi Somethin’-Tornado Juice – 2018
Dan Auerbach – King Of A One Horse Town-Waiting On A Song – 2017
The Olivia Tremor Control – I Can Smell The Leaves-Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle-1996

Scott Walker – A Lover Loves-The Drift-2006
Current 93 – This Ain’t The Summer of Love –Swastikas for Noddy-1988

Moondog – Symphonique #3 (Ode to Venus)-Moondog -1969
The Beach Boys – Feel Flows- Surfs Up-1971
The Residents – Strawberry Fields Forever -The Warner Bros. Album-1971
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (take 7)-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band-1967

Spiritualized – I Think I’m In Love –Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space -1997
Ernestine Schumann Heink – Brindisi- Various: Golden Voices Sing Great Arias ‎-1906
Boards of Canada – The Color of the Fire –Music Has The Right To Children-1998

Spirit – Turn To The Right-The Adventures Of Kaptain Kopter & Commander Cassidy In Potatoland-1981
Godley and Creme – Cool, Cool, Cool –Music from Consequences-1978
Todd Rundgren – Sometimes I Don’t Know What To Feel- A Wizard, A True Star – 1973
Ann Magnuson – What Is Pretty? –Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories-2007
Martin Denny – Exotica –Forbidden Island-1959
Doggerel Bank – Old Man and the Ginger Fly-Mister Skillicorn Dances-1975

Hawkwind – Orgone Accumulator – Space Ritual – 1973
Deerhunter – Spring Hall Convert -Cryptograms – 2007
Caetano Veloso – Araca Azul –Araçá Azul – 1973

The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds –Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld-1991
Joe Meek & The Blue Men – Disc Dance of the Globbots –I Hear A New World-1960
Freddie & Dreamers – Clockwork and Music –Oliver In The Overworld-1970
Talking Heads – Mind –Fear of Music – 1979

Zen For Primates – My Sharona-Albatross-1992

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Listen Up! is getting all ooey and gooey and fillin’ up your afternoon with nothing but those 60’s and 70’s “Bubblegum” sounds., Raw fun as opposed to raw power

Playlist
The Tonics – Bubble Gum Music
The Music Explosion – Sunshine Games
Kasnat and Katz Fighter Squadron – Pickin’ Up Sticks
Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army- Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army

The Archies – Sugar and Spice
Andy Kim – Love That Pretty Woman
The Sweet – Get On Line
Chapman – Poppa Joe

1910 Fruitgum Company – 1, 2, 3 Red Light
Layng Martine – Come On Over To My House
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – I’ll Blow You A Kiss In The Wind
Bo Gentry & Ritchie Cordell – Stone Go Getter
Electric Banana – Groovy Baby Bubble Gum Music

The Banana Splits – I’m Gonna Find A Cave
Pawnee Drive – Ride
Tommy Roe – Jam Up and Jelly Tight
Nimbus – Lollipop

Boys and Girls Together – Knock, Knock
Licorice Schtik – The Kissin’ Game
Fire and Ice – Sugar Shaker

Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
Mud – Tiger Feet
Canyon – Top Of The World (Make My Reservation)
Groovy Goolies – Spend Some Time Together
Hardy Boys – Good Good Lovin’

Four Fuller Brothers – Groupie
Ohio Express – Chewy Chewy
Jerry Blavat The Geator & The Geatorettes – Tasty (to me)
Joey Levine – Come On My Baby
The Joyride – The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

Lancelot Link and The Evolution Revolution – The Evolution Revolution
Jungle Jim – Big Fat Oranguman
The Wildflower – Butterfly
The Clique – Superman

The California Gold Rush – Let’s Get It On Today
Freshmen – Gone, Movin’ On
Cherry People – Girl On The Subway
The Detroit Road Runners – Whole Lot Of Lovin’
Kasenetz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus – Quick Joey Small

Real McCoy – Round the Gum Tree

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It’s been teased, short sets have been explored, but a full Listen Up! show of the sub-micro-genre of “Hobbit Rock” has yet to happen til…now. What is “Hobbit Rock”? Tune in as we attempt to define it by rambling on into the misty mountains with some tales of wizards, gnomes and other middle earth creatures tossed into proglicious rock, folk, and other sounds.

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

Opening Theme

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

Fire – Tell You A Story –The Magic Shoemaker – 1970
The Hobbits – Down To Middle Earth –The Hobbits 
Led Zeppelin – Ramble On-II – 1969

Camel -Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider-Mirage – 1974
Sam Gopal – The Dark Lord –Escalator – 1969
Black Sabbath – The Wizard –Black Sabbath-1970
Armageddon – Bilbo Baggins-Armageddon – 1969

Rush – Rivendell –Fly By Night – 1975
Ex Reverie – Old Maps – Praxis – 2011
Elephant’s Memory – Old Man Willow-Elephant’s Memory – 1969

Skip Bifferty – The Hobbit –The Story Of Skip Bifferty – 1969
The Pink Floyd – The Gnome –The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn-1967
The Magic Ring – Frodo Lives -1969
The Beau Brummels – Galadriel-Magic Hollow-

Gandalf The Grey – My Elven Home –The Grey Wizard am I – 1969
Twink – Gandalf’s Garden -The Never Never Land/Think Pink demos
T.Rex- The Wizard-T.Rex-1970

Uriah Heep – The Wizard –Demons and Wizards – 1972
Quiet World – Traveller – The Road -1970
Genesis – Stagnation – Trespass – 1970

Sally Oldfield – Nenya- Water Bearer – 1978
Pearls Before Swine – Ring Thing –Balaklava – 1968

Mike Cooper – The Singing Tree-The Machine Gun Company- 1971

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Digging deep in the dusty and dank maze of sound for some roots rock, country, cowpunk, cosmic Americana and assorted twang tinged recordings for this week’s show.

Playlist
The Waco Brothers – The Death of Country Music
Texas Tornados & Sir Doug – Give Back The Key To My Heart
Uncle Tupelo – Screen Door
Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley

Merle Haggard – The Bottle Let Me Down
Bobby Barnett – Drink Canada Dry
The Highballers – Doing Time in Pennsylvania
Billy Barton – Wanted Man

Willie Dunn – I Pity the Country
The Knitters – The New World
Robbie Fulks – America is a Hard Religion

Bob Dylan – Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Violent Femmes – Country Death Song

The Coal Porters – The Day The Last Ramone Died
Ralph Stanley – White Light , White Heat
Meat Puppets – Climbing
Supersuckers – Born With A Tail (Country)
Old 97’s – Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On
Pontiac Brothers – Be Married Song

Jonathan Richman – The Neighbors
Carl & Pearl Butler – We’ll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning
Dwight Yoakam – Purple Rain
The Flying Burrito Bros. – Hot Burrito # 1
Loretta Lynn – Success
Don Gibson – Sweet Dreams

Moon Mullican – The Wedding of the Bugs
Rose Maddox – Wild Wild Young Men
Screamin’ Sirens – Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad
The Beat Farmers – Gun Sale At The Church
Wendell Austin – LSD

Laura Cantrell – When the Roses Bloom Again
The Long Ryders – If I Were A Bramble And You Were A Rose

Danny & Dusty – Bend In The Road

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Psych weirdness, synth soundtrack spaciness, rock, instrumental madness and assorted mutations. It’s that overnight radio show you can hear in the afternoon.

Salvation – Salvation Jam
Outlaw Blues Band – Deep Gully
The Chocolate Watch Band – Gossamer Wings

The Sammy Burdson Group – Space Nocturno 1
Sidney Owens & North, South Connection – Sputnik
Yochanan ‘A Space Age Vocalist’ with Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Message to Earthman

The Silhouette – Lunar Invasion

The Jimi Entley Sound – Charlies Theme
The Advancement – Stone Folk
The Byrds- Triad
Doris – You Never Come Closer

Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
The Red Krayola – Hurricane Fighter Plane
Piero Piccioni – Psychedelic Mood

The Music Factory – Strange Dream
McDonald and Giles – Tomorrow’s People
Can – Tango Whiskyman

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Rest Cure
Phil Manzanera – Frontera

Opal – All Souls
13th Floor Elevators – May The Circle Remain Unbroken
Jefferson Airplane – Come Up The Years
Joe Pass – Guitar Interludes
The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
Les McCann – Go On And Cry

Jesus – L’Electrocute
Silver Apples – Anasazi Noodle

Elektriktus – Second Wave

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Expect a mutant rock ‘n’ roll stew filled with garage, glam gunk goo. Tune in the Wed afternoon from 2-4 pm est on 92.9fm WGGT and streaming online from G-town Radio

Lulu – Watch That Man
Ume – Suffragette City
Anni-Frid Lyngstad – Liv pa Mars

Roy Owen’s Moon – Hey Sweety
Creem Circus – Rock and Roll Decree
Guida – Here Comes Saturday Night
Mott The Hoople – Whizz Kid

The Horde – Gloria
The Misanthropes – Why Do You Treat Me So Bad
The Seeds – Out Of The Question
The Original Sins – Get Into It
The Original Dukes – Ain’t About To Lose My Cool
RunHideFight – He’s a Jerk
Thee Milkshakes – She Tells Me She Loves Me
Beaver and the Trappers – Happiness is Havin’

Readymades – Terry Is A Spacecadet
Be-Bop Deluxe – Night Creatures
Baby Grande – Zepher

Suzy & Los Quattro – Fox On The Run
The Raspberries – Play On
Piper – Can’t Wait
Crabby Appleton – Go Back
Stevie Wright – Hard Road

Half Japanese – Tell Me I’m Wrong
Buzzcocks – What Do I Get?
The Cramps – What’s Behind The Mask

The Vibrators – Sweet Sweet Heart
The Vapors – Waiting For The Weekend
Dirty Looks – Let Go

The Monkees – Long Title: Do I Have To Do It All Over Again
Jeannie, Jim, Tom, Bill – Silly Whim
Peter Hollsapple – 96 sec blowout
Flamin Groovies – Sweet Roll Me On Down

Pale Lips – Some Sort Of Rock and Roll

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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)