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In these shows, I choose a musical theme and take you on a journey, to the best of my abilities. We often focus on one musician who inspires a whole plethora of different music.

Episode 64: Dead Author Party 2017

25 Friday May 2018

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 29, 2018. In this episode, I pay tribute to some of the writers who passed away in 2017. If you’d like to hear my tribute to the writers who passed away in 2016, click here.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Dirty Blvd by Lou Reed
  • The Fairest of the Seasons by Nico
  • Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones
  • Easy Rider by Janis Joplin
  • Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf
  • 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson
  • Money (That’s What I Want) by Jackie Shane
  • Four Women by Nina Simone
  • She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer
  • An excerpt from Paddington Bear by Stephen Fry
  • Charlie Brown Theme by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

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Episode 63: Favorite Live Performances

06 Sunday May 2018

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 8, 2018. In this episode, I play recordings of some of my favorite live performances.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Cactus – a live Pixies cover by the Foo Fighters, live in Melbourne, Australia in 1988
  • Boy a live performance by Shannon & The Clams in March 2018
  • Live Banter with Flight of the Conchords recorded live in 2007
  • Hey by the Pixies, live at the BBC in 1988
  • Dress by P J Harvey, recorded live on WHFS radio
  • Dreams with an intro by Stevie Nicks
  • Can’t Let Go recorded live by Lucinda Williams
  • Pale Blue Eyes a live cover from The Velvet Underground’s induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by The Patti Smith Group
  • King of the Mountain, “Act One” of Kate Bush’s live tour
  • The Drugs Don’t Work, a cover of The Verve, performed by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
  • Buckets of Rain a live performance by Neko Case on WFMU
  • We All Fall in Love Sometimes a live performance by Jeff Buckley

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Episode 62: Best Music of 2017

04 Sunday Mar 2018

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 6, 2018. In this episode, I play the best music of 2017.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Untitled by L.A. WITCH
  • Pbnj by Sneaks
  • Back Into Your Head a cover of the Tegan and Sara song by Cyndi Lauper
  • Oh Baby by LCD Soundsystem
  • Certain Kinds of Trash by Chain & The Gang
  • Creatures in the Sun by Partner
  • Man Done Wrong by Valerie June
  • Oczy Mlody by The Flaming Lips
  • Perfume Days by Cate Le Bon
  • Any Other Way (Live) by Jackie Shane
  • Her Story by Shamir
  • Mystic by Cindy Wilson
  • Can I Say Baby by GIRLI

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Episode 61: Falling Down

06 Friday Oct 2017

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SmokingVinyl

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for October 10, 2017. In this episode, I take you on a dizzying ride into my newly diagnosed vertigo! Wheee! We get a visit from Dr. Shawna, who invites you to visit her new YouTube page, #AskDrShawna.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • The Sky is Fallin’ by Queens of the Stone Age
  • Fallin’ Down (Live) by Men at Work
  • Autumn’s Child by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
  • Mabon (Acoustic) by Sowulo
  • Mountains Falling by David Lynch & John Neff
  • I Fall to Pieces by Wanda Jackson
  • When You’ve Fallen in Love by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & His Band
  • Fall in Love with Me by Iggy Pop
  • Fall Down by Cake Like
  • No Side to Fall In (Live) by The Raincoats
  • Dizzy by Siouxsie & The Banshees

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Episode 60: Nostalgic Summer Nights

22 Saturday Jul 2017

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BabyGirlDJfinal

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for July 24, 2017. In this episode, I celebrate my 45th rotation around the sun by remembering my deep little girl love for radio and my dreams of someday being Dr. Johnny Fever.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Dr. Johnny Fever Takes Control by Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Where do We Go From Here? by Charles Bradley
  • You You by The Natives
  • Taiyou ga Kowai No (太陽がこわいの) by Kaoru Hibiki
  • Best of Good Morning Vietnam by Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning Vietnam
  • Dream Lover by Bobby Darin
  • Tears On My Pillow by Little Anthony & The Imperials
  • One Summer Night by The Danleers
  • What’s the Forecast? by Samuel L. Jackson as Mister Señor Love Daddy in Do the Right Thing
  • Bus Passes and Happy Meals by Lizzo
  • Very Much Money (Ice King Dream) by Open Mike Eagle
  • Pirate Radio by Christian Slater as Mark Hunter in Pump Up the Volume
  • Sweat Loaf by Butthole Surfers
  • Neighborhood Threat by Iggy Pop
  • Monkey Gone to Heaven by Pixies
  • You are Here Right Now by John Corbett as Chris in the Morning on Northern Exposure
  • Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny
  • It’s Broken by Minnie Driver as Debi Newberry in Grosse Pointe Blank
  • If You Were Here by Thompson Twins
  • The Walls Came Down by The Call

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Episode 58: Flowering

20 Saturday May 2017

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Flowering

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 23, 2017. In this episode, I welcome in the Flowering.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Water Your Garden by Luscious Jackson
  • Rose 4 U by TEEN
  • Flower by Deerhoof
  • Azt Gondoltam, Esô Esik (I Thought It Was Raining) by Muzsikás
  • Ej Mergelė Per Dvarelį by Ratilio
  • Édesanyám rózsafája (My Mother’s Rosebush) by Márta Sebestyén & Muzsikás
  • You Will Always Bring Me Flowers by Shannon & The Clams
  • (Nothing But) Flowers by Talking Heads
  • Roses & Wine by TEEN
  • La Vie en Rose by Edith Piaf
  • Another Spring by Nina Simone
  • Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell

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Episode 57: Spinster Widow

08 Saturday Apr 2017

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Spinster

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for April 11, 2017. In this episode, I dive into what it means to be a Spinster Widow

Songs Played in this episode:

  1. The Way I Feel Inside [Zombies cover] by phox
  2. Spinster written and read by Sylvia Plath
  3. Spinster by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
  4. On the Prowl by Gossip
  5. Triangle Walks by Fever Ray
  6. A Tooth for an Eye by The Knife
  7. My Name is Trouble by Keren Ann
  8. Ever Fallen in Love [Buzzcocks cover] by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
  9. Desperado by Rihanna
  10. Spinster’s Degree: Too Intense Femme-Inist Poetry Pornography by Alexander Alvina Chamberland
  11. Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac
  12. Starálfur by Sigur Rós
  13. Møykjaeringvise (Spinster’s Song) by Hanne Kjersti Buen
  14. Dreaming [Blondie cover by ukulele] by Imelda May

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Episode 56: Dead Author Party, 2016

11 Saturday Mar 2017

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 14, 2017. In this episode, we pay a very inadequate tribute to the authors who passed away in 2016.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • Quotes from Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose
  • Responsorium in organs: Dum asset Salvator in monte Compostela by Ensemble Organum
  • Quotes from Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place
  • Fine & Mellow by Billie Holiday
  • I’d Rather See Him Dead by Memphis Minnie
  • Money, Money, Money by ABBA
  • Quotes from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
  • John the Revelator by Blind Willie Johnson
  • Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) by Tommy Settlers & His Blues Moaner
  •  Quotes from Elie Wiesel’s Night
  • Ana b’Koreynu by Richard Kaplan & Michael Ziegler
  • Double-String Violin Doina (klezmer fiddle) by Daniel Hoffman
  • Quotes from Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love
  • Carnival by Tom Waits
  • La Valse des Monstres by Yann Tiersen
  • Quote from Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting
  • Forever is Just a Day by Hurray for the Riff Raff

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Episode 55: Stormy!

08 Sunday Jan 2017

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for January 10, 2017. In this episode, we find the rainbow in the storm…

Songs Played in this episode:

  • The Rain on the Roof by The Lovin’ Spoonful
  • It’s Raining by Irma Thomas
  • Buckets of Rain by Neko Case
  • Rains on Me by Tom Waits
  • Stormy, Stormy, Stormy by The Busy Signals
  • Green Rain by Shugo Tokumaru
  • Rain on Tin by Sonic Youth
  • I See the Rain by The Marmalade
  • Over the Rainbow by Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
  • Rain, Rain, Go Away by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & His Band
  • I Think It’s Going to Rain Today by Nina Simone
  • Red Angel Dragnet by The Clash
  • Oh the Wind & Rain by Helium
  • Shadows in the Rain by The Police

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Episode 54: The Year the Music Died

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for January 3, 2017. In this episode, we say a very inadequate goodbye to many of the stars we lost in 2016.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • When Doves Cry by Prince
  • Nasty Girl by Vanity 6
  • I Learned the Hard Way by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
  • Theme from Valley of the Dolls by Patty Duke
  • The Godamned Commercial! by Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Paper Thin Hotel by Leonard Cohen
  • Andy Warhol Live in Santa Monica in 1972 by David Bowie
  • Ashes to Ashes by Warpaint
  • Snape in Alan Rickman’s words
  • You Belong to the City by Glenn Frey
  • Raise a Ruckus by Debbie Reynolds
  • Wishful Shrinking by Carrie Fisher
  • It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live) by Leon Russell

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