Guys and ghouls all shout with zombies workin’ out. We are rockin’ in the crypt with songs that flop and flip!

The 3rd annual Listen Up! cool ghoul party is happening with a brand new dose of slimy, zany obscuro rock and roll, graveyard stompers and assorted other tricks and treats of a Halloweeny nature.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level

Background Music

Los Straitjackets

The 4 Flops – Trick or Treat
Round Robin – I’m The Wolfman
Hasil Adkins – Haunted House
Ben Vaughn – P-S-Y-C-H-O
Hoodoo Gurus – Dig It Up

Zombie IV – Zombie!
The Fleshtones – Dracula A Gogo
Screaming Tribesmen – Date With A Vampyre
Positively 13 O’Clock – Psychotic Reaction

Ronnie Dawson – Rockin’ In The Cemetery
Fuzztones – Goin’ To A Graveyard
Yesterday’s Thoughts – Walking To Your Grave

One Way Streets – Jack The Ripper
Ralph Nieson & The Chancellors – Scream
Ervinna & The Stylers – Witch Queen Of New Orleans
Terry Gale – The Voodoo
The 7th Court – One Eyed Witch

The Invasion – The Invasion Is Coming
The Earth Boys – Space Girl
Bill Buchanan – Beware

The Crystals – Frankenstein Twist
Eddie Thomas – Frankenstein Rocks
Castle Kings – You Can Get Him Frankenstein
France Gall – Frankenstein
Carlos Casal Jr. – Don’t Mess With Frankenstein
Jekyll and Hyde – Frankenstein Meets The Beatles

The Who – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Cramps – Human Fly

Jerry Wald – The Creeper
The A-Bones – Mum’s The Word
The Gravedigger V – Spooky

Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians – Phantom Of The Go-Go
Archie King – The Vampire
The Ebb-Tides – Seance
Steve King – Satan Is Her Name
Jan Davis – Watusi Zombie

1313 Mockingbird Lane – My Hearse (It’s Double Parked)

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune

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Enter a dreamlike word where known and unknown platters of sound are known to mesh into a decadent mind melting cocktail for your afternoon enjoyment.

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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

Colin Lloyd Tucker – Suburbias Autumn – Mind Box – 1986
Pink Floyd – Remember a Day – Saucerful of Secrets – 1968
Opal – Empty Box Blues – Early Recordings – 198?
Sibylle Baier – I Lost Something In The Hills – Colour Green – 197?

The Incredible String Band – A Very Cellular Song -The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter – 1968

The Church – Radiance – After Everything Now This – 2002
David Kilgour – Sun Of God -The Far Now – 2007

Faun Fables – Eyes of A Bird – Family Album – 2004
King Crimson – Cadence and Cascade – In The Wake Of Poseidon – 1970

The Limiñanas – Je ne suis pas trés drogué – The Limiñanas – 2010
Serge Gainsbourg – Putain que ma joie demeure – Madame Claude OST – 1977
Curved Air – Phantasmagoria – Phantasmagoria – 1972
Can – Mary, Mary So Contrary – Monster Movie – 1968

John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel – Slow Dazzle – 1975
Caravan – A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett -If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You – 1970
Destroyer – Don’t Become The Thing You Hated – Your Blues – 2004
Robyn Hitchcock – The Ghost In You – The Man Upstairs – 2014

David Bowie – Lady Grinning Soul – Aladdin Sane – 1973
Genesis – A Place To Call My Own – From Genesis To Revelation – 1969
Syd Barrett – No Good Trying – The Madcap Laughs – 1970
Howard Eynon – Commitment To The Band -So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam – 1975
Bill Fay – Time of My Last Persecution -Time Of The Last Persecution – 1971
Bridget St. John – Song For The Waterden Widow -Jumblequeen – 1974

Michael Hurley – Werewolf – Armchair Boogie -1971

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Things start to get dark and spooky for October,  Two hours of “psycho country” filled with creepy songs about “killin’ someone” from the classic country era of the 50’s thru the early 70’s.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

 Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty

Wynn Stewart – I’m Gonna Kill You
Porter Wagoner – Banks of The Ohio
Glenn Barber – Motor Mouth Harry
George Kent – The Baltimore Incident

Jack Kittel – Psycho
Eddie Noack – Dolores
George Jones – Barbara Joy

Ann Clark – Johnny (What’s She Got That I Ain’t Got)
Carol Waggoner – Look Up Darling, While I Aim This .38
Judy Lynn – Hello Mr. DJ

Country Johnny Mathis – Caryl Chessman
Kinky Friedman – The Ballad of Charles Whitman
Red River Dave – California Hippie Murders

Wendell Austin – LSD Make A Wreck Of Me
John Cash – Cocaine Blues
Jimmie Skinner – One Dead Man Ago
Porter Wagoner – The First Mrs. Jones

Horace Heller – Ed’s Place
Boots Till – Shadows Of The Prison Bars
June Carter Cash – Tall Lover Man
Skeeter Davis – Give Me Death

Johnny Paycheck – Pardon Me, I Got Someone To Kill
Waylon Jennings – Delia’s Gone
Porter Wagoner – Julie
Willie Nelson – I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye

Harry Johnson – It’s Nothing To Me
Don Epperson – Revenge
Chuck Wells – Down And Out
Bobby Helms – He Thought He’d Die Laughing

Bobby Bare – Miller’s Cave
Billy Barton – The Devil, My Conscience and I
Billy Brown – One of The Ten Most Wanted Women
Lum Hatcher – Behind The Fear

Porter Wagoner – The Cold Hard Facts of Life

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune 

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Listen Up! is going international with a two hour trek around the world filled with psych and garage sounds from various countries in practically every continent.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song – *Country of Origin)

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

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

Taste – Blister on the Moon – Taste – 1969 –  *Ireland
N.S.U. – Turn On, Or Turn Me Down- *Turn On, Or Turn Me Down – 1969 –  *Scotland
Great Scots – The Light Hurts My Eyes – Various: Wyld Canada Vol. 2: Shake Yourself Down – 1967 – *Canada
The Creatures – Ugly Thing – Various: Down Under Nuggets 1965-1967 – 1987   *Australia
Larry’s Rebels – I’ll Make You Happy – Various: Stop The Machine: Transworld Freakbeat Sounds And More! – 1967 – *New Zealand

The Snap Shots – Hip-Hip Hurray – Various: Stop The Machine: Transworld Freakbeat Sounds And More! – 1968 – *Belgium
Omega – Dead Are The Flowers – Omega Red Star From Hungary – 1968 *Hungary
Les 5 Gentlemen – LSD 25 Ou Les Metamorphoses De Margaret Steinway – Les 5 Gentlemen – 1967 –  *France

Kaleidoscope – Colours –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1968 – *Puerto Rico
La Revolución De Emiliano Zapata – En Medio De La Lluvia – Various: Love, Peace & Poetry: Mexican Psychedelic Music – 1972 – *Mexico
Les Loups Noirs – Pile Ou Face – Various: Haiti Direct –  1972 – *Haiti

Los Gatos – Cuando LLegue El Ano 2000 –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1968 – *Argentina
The Aftermads – Sweating Soul –  Various: Primer Festival Beat Del Paraguay – 1970 – *Paraguay
Laghonia – Someday – Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1971  *Peru

The Jacks – Marianne – Vacant World – 1968 *Japan
Juan De La Cruz Band – Shake Your Brains – Shake Your Brains –  1976 – *Philippines
The Quest – 26 Miles –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry: Asian Psychedelic Music ’67-’77 – 1976 –  *Singapore

Witch – Little Clown – Lazy Bones!!  – 1975 – *Zambia
Ofege – Gbe Mi Lo – Various: Love, Peace And Poetry  African Psychedelic Music – 1973 –  *Nigeria
Freedom’s Children – Gentle Beasts Part 1 – Various:  Love, Peace And Poetry African Psychedelic Music – 1970 – *South Africa

Taboo – Queen Of Spades –  Various: Norsk Beat 5 – 1968 -*Norway
The Tages – Fuzzy Pattern –  Contrast – 1967 – *Sweden
Stomps – My Parents – Various: International Times (1967-74) – 196? – *Denmark
Group 1850 – Zero –  1967-1968 – 1968 – *Netherlands

Phil Clinton & Peter Smith – She’s Born Loser – Various:  A Trip? Just a Little Beat: A Taste of Pure Psychedelia in the Italian 60s – 196?  –  *Italy
Fabio – Lindo Sonho Deilrante –  Various: Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas – 1968 – *Brazil
Ram and Sel – Screw You – Exploiting Plastic Inevitable Vol. 2: Globular Lightning – 1970 – *West Germany

Pacific Sound – The Drug Just Told Me – Forget Your Dream – 1972 –  *Switzerland

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997 – USA

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Listen Up! returns with more explorations in the music labyrinth. We will play tribute to one of the founders of the great Flying Nun/Dunedin Sound; Peter Gutteridge, who passed away last week. Hear his music with The Chills, The Clean, The Great Unwashed, Snapper & The Puddle, in addition to a variety of other unrelated sounds for your afternoon escape.

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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

Cockney Rebel – Ritz – Psychomodo – 1974
The Church – Song In Space – Forget Yourself – 2003
David Bowie – Quicksand – Hunky Dory – 1971

Cooley-Munson – In Debt – In Debt – 1972
Euphoria – Lady Bedford – A Gift From Euphoria – 1969

Peter Gutteridge – Hang On – Pure – 1989
The Clean – Point That Thing Somewhere Else – Boodle, Boodle, Boodle – 1982
The Chills – Rolling Mood – Kaleidoscope World – 1986

The Puddle – Into The Moon – Into The Moon – 1992
The Great Unwashed – Duane Eddy – Singles – 1982
Snapper – Cause Of You – Snapper EP – 1988
Yo La Tengo – Gentle Hour – Various: Dark Was the Night – 2009

The Lilys – Paz en el Hogar – Better Can’t Make Your Life Better – 1996
Ngozi Family – Hi Babe – Day of Judgement – 1975
The Green Pajamas – Deadly Nightshade – Narcotic Kisses –   2000
Daevid Allen – Children of The New World – Good Morning – 1976

Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra – Dead Magick Part One – 2011

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Party of Special Things to Do – Bluejeans & Moonbeams – 1974
White Witch – Crystallize and Realize – A Spiritual Greeting – 1974

Roxy Music – Triptych – Country Life – 1974
Big Star – Holocaust (Demo)  – Keep An Eye On The Sky [Box Set] – 1974
The Velvet Underground – That’s The Story of My Life – The Velvet Underground – 1969

Peter Gutteridge – Don’t Catch Fire – Various: Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox – 2010

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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It is “Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991” on Listen Up!

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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 -1964

 

The Replacements – Color Me Impressed – Hootenanny –  1983
Velvet Monkeys – Any Day Now –  Rotting Corpse Au Go-Go – 1989
The Wipers – No Fair – Youth of America – 1981
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot – Daydream Nation – 1988

Hüsker Dü – Pink Turns To Blue – Zen Arcade – 1984
Half Japanese – Open Your Eyes – Close Your Eyes – The Band That Would Be King – 1989

Black Flag – Rise Above – Damaged – 1981
Minutemen – Little Men With A Gun In His Head – Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat – 1983
Flipper – Get Away – Sex Bomb Baby – 1982

Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene – Bug – 1988
Leaving Trains – Walking With You – Fuck – 1987
Squirrel Bait – Sun God – Squirrel Bait – 1985

The Left – Labels – Jesus Love The Left: The Complete Studio Recordings – 1985
Fugazi – Give Me The Cure – 13 Songs – 1988
Death of Samantha – Coca Cola & Licorice – Strungout On Jargon – 1985

Mudhoney – In ‘n’ Out of Grace – Superfuzz Bigmuff – 1988
The Flaming Lips – Jesus Shootin’ Heroin – Here It Is – 1986
The Original Sins – Possession – Big Soul – 1987
The Dogmatics – Everything Went Bad – Everybody Does It – 1986

MDC – Corporate Deathburger – Millions Of Dead Cops – 1982
Dead Milkmen – Right Wing Pigeons – Big Lizard In My Backyard – 1985
Big Black – Kerosene – Atomizer – 1986

Butthole Surfers – Ricky – Hairway To Steven – 1988
Big Dipper – Mr. Woods – Heavens – 1987
Pixies – Waves of Mutilation – Doolittle – 1989

Flesh Eaters – See You In The Boneyard – A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die – 1981
Meat Puppets -Plateau – Meat Puppets II – 1983
Camper Van Beethoven – Shut Us Down – Camper Van Beethoven – 1986

Minutemen – History Lesson Part II – Double Nickels on the Dime – 1984

 

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com

 

Every Labor Day, Listen Up! salutes one group of workers in song. This year the honor goes to the…writers and authors. It is two hours of songs about writers, books, newspapers and all other things literary.

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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 -1964

The Beatles – Paperback Writer –  Past Masters, Volume Two – 1966
Rockpile – When I Write The Book – Seconds of Pleasure – 1980
Sloan – Autobiography – One Chord to Another – 1996
Lynn Ahrens – A Noun Is A Person, Place or Thing – Schoolhouse Rock! – 1973

Pylon – Read A Book – Gyrate – 1980
Echo & The Bunnymen – Read In Books – Crocodiles – 1980
Husker Du – Books About UFO’s – New Day Rising – 1985
X – Adult Books – Wild GIft – 1981

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Everyday I Write The Book – Punch the Clock – 1983
Paul Westerberg – Bookmark – Suicaine Gratifaction – 1990
Talking Heads – The Book I Read – Talking Heads 77 – 1977
Zachary Sanders – Verb, That’s What’s Happening –  Schoolhouse Rock! – 1974

Stan Ridgway – Newspapers – Mosquitos – 1989
Joe Jackson – Sunday Papers – Look Sharp! – 1979
The Rolling Stones – Yesterday’s Papers – Between The Buttons – 1967

Moxy Fruvous – My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors – Bargainville – 1993
John Cale – Graham Greene – Paris 1919 – 1973
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Raymond Chandler Evening – Element Of Light – 1986
Peter Laughner – Baudelaire – Take the Guitar Player for a Ride – 197?
The Johnsons – Sylvia Plath – Break Tomorrow’s Day – 1986

The Wonder Stuff – A Great Drinker – Construction for the Modern Idiot – 1993
The Go-Betweens – The House That Jack Kerouac Built – Tallulah – 1987
Rosanne Cash – The Summer I Read Colette – 10 Song Demo – 1996

Nick Cave – There She Goes, My Beautiful World – Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus – 2004
Sonic Youth – The Empty Page – Murray Street – 2002

Belle and Sebastian – Wrapped Up In Books – Dear Catastrophe Waitress – 2003
XTC – Your Dictionary – Apple Venus Vol.1 – 1999

Daniel Johnston – Unpack Your Adjectives – Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks – 1996

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Another Monday afternoon filled with now and new sounds, lost and found gems of yesterday and today and whatever other tunes accumulate in the hallways of the Listen Up! labyrinth

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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 -1964

A-Bones – Daddy Wants A Cold Beer -Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers – 2004
Creatures Of The Golden Dawn – Almost Grown – Various: American Graffiti Revisited – 2001
Doctor Ross – San Francisco Breakdown – The Harmonica Boss – 1961
The Gories – Trick Bag – Outta Here – 1992
Alex Chilton – Like Flies On Sherbert – Like Flies On Sherbert – 1979

Flowerz – Flyte – The Return Of The Young Pennsylvanians – 1968
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie – Safe As Milk – 1967
New York Dolls – Private World – New York Dolls – 1973
John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillun – The Boogie Man – 1959

The Stooges – Down On The Street – Fun House – 1970
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well – Then Play On – 1970
Flamin’ Groovies – Slow Death – Groovies Greatest Grooves – 1972

The Surf Busters – Squiddly Diddly – Surfin’ Surfari – 1966
Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson – Outer Space Boogie – Louisville Sluggers – 2007
The Rolling Stones – Come On – Singles Collection: The London Years – 1963
Chuck Berry – Tulane – The Chess Box – 

Sonny and Cher – I Look For You – The Wondrous World Of Sonny & Cher – 1966
Redd Kross – It’s The Little Things – Neurotica – 1987
The Frampton Brothers – Bang Bang – Various: Bonograph, Sonny Gets His Share – 1991
Pink Slip Daddy – It’s Gonna Rain – Various: Bonograph, Sonny Gets His Share – 1991

The Carrie Nations – Find It – Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls OST – 1970
Mary Weiss – Don’t Come Back – Dangerous Game – 2007
Mark Lindsay – Like Nothing That You’ve Seen – Life Out Loud – 2013

Rochell & The Candles – Squat With Me Baby – Beg of My Heart / Squat With Me Baby – 1961
Gabriel & His Angel – The Rooster  – Various: Twistin’ Rumble!! Vol.8 – 1961
Jerry Cole & The Stingers – Mo Jo – Hot Rod Twangin’ – 1964
The Who – Doctor, Doctor – Magic Bus – 1968

The Outsiders – Touch – Various: Pebbles Volume 25 The Continent Lashes Back! European Garage, Beat, & Psych Rarities Holland Pt. 3 – 1966
The Seeds – No Escape – The Seeds – 1966
The Friedles – Don’t Tell Me What To Do – Attack Of The Jersey Teens! – 1966

The Deep – It’s All A Part of Me – Psychedelic Moods (A Mind Expanding Phenomena) – 1966

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com