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The Songs Vin Played for 02/15/1998
There are three essential Commandments:
Respect The Elders.
Embrace The New.
Encourage The Impractical and Improbable, Without Bias.
__________________________________________________________________________
These are the songs I played on WNEW-FM / NY on "IDIOT'S DELIGHT" 2/15/98
another working day in the isolated world.
I opened with a scene from the Louis Malle film "Atlantic City" featuring
Burt Lancaster talking about "the good old days"when the Atlantic Ocean was
really something.
Tonight's show was dedicated to the Bonobo chimpanzees who spend a good
portion of every day having sex with each other instead of making war, a
noble endeavor.
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS Idiot's Delight
(the "unofficial" opening theme song)
YO LA TENGO My Little Corner Of The World
TANDY Facing Winter (Alone Again)
LOVE Alone Again Or
BOB DYLAN Like A Rolling Stone
ELAINE SUMMERS As You Were
JOE GRUSHECKY — guest — performance and conversation
Joe Grushecky — acoustic guitar and vocals
Bill Toms — acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Bernie Herr — percussion
IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)
(from their debut 1980 album)
BILL TOMS (live) That's Alright Mama
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) Homestead (1995 recording)
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Idiot's Delight
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) 1945
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) Coming Home
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Soul Survivor
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Chain Smoking
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Wild Horses (cover of the Stones song)
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) In Our Little Room
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) It's A Hell Of A Life
KATELL KEINEG One Hell Of A Life
TANDY The First Thing Broken
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE, author — guest — conversation
Tom (T.C.) Boyle is one of my favorite contemporary fiction writers. His
current novel is "Riven Rock" (Viking). He is also the author of the
novels "Tortilla Curtain," "The Road To Wellville," "East Is East,"
"World's End," "Budding Prospects" and "Water Music." His short story
collections are "Without A Hero," "If The River Was Whiskey," "Greasy Lake"
and "Descent Of Man." As he quite proudly pointed out during our
conversation, all these books are in print and widely available. We spoke
for over an hour.
STEVE EARLE Telephone Road
RADIOHEAD Paranoid Android
ANI DIFRANCO Fuel
DAN BERN One Dance
MARAH Formula, Cola, Dollar Draft
I read a new letter from T-shirt and Razoo Kelley, who now have their own
web page at <a href="http://www.world-wide-net.com/meandrazoo">http://www.world-wide-net.com/meandrazoo</a>
on which they're posting the original letters they sent to me back in the
late-70s.
THE KENNEDYS Hey Vin (unreleased recording)
DAR WILLIAMS Are You Out There
THE KENNEDYS She Said She Said (unreleased cover of the Beatles song)
KATHLEEN WILHOITE No One Can Touch Me
COME Saints Around My Neck
TOM WAITS Hang On St. Christopher
VICTORIA WILLIAMS Train Song (demise of the caboose)
REBIRTH BRASS BAND Rollin'
ROYAL FINGERBOWL Nothing But Time
PEARL JAM Wishlist
TOM WAITS Downtown Train
CHRIS McDERMOTT & HIS WILD COMBO What Kinda Monkey
STEVE FORBERT What Kinda Guy
MARAH Firecracker
TANDY Questioningly (cover of the Ramones song)
RAMONES Questioningly
DINO VALENTE Children Of The Sun
(new CD release of his 1968 solo album)
JULES SHEAR w/RON SEXSMITH It's All Over But The Smoke
AIR All I Need
JANIS IAN Society's Child
KAREN DALTON How Did The Feeling Feel To You
(which is a/k/a "While You're On Your Way" — a Tim Hardin song)
DAVID POE Moon
JENIFER JACKSON Yesterday My Heart Was Free (unreleased demo)
(co-produced by David Poe)
JOHN CALE Taking Your Life In Your Hands
VAN DYKE PARKS Wings Of A Dove
(from his new live album)
VIBES featuring BILL WARE Carousel
(he's the vibes player who played with Victoria Williams last week)
DIANA KING Love Yourself
DAVE'S TRUE STORY Sex Without Bodies
I played some more material from an album that will by released on March
17: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger" which I
premiered last week. This album features 37 new recordings of classic
Seeger songs by a wide variety of artists. It will be released on
Appleseed Recordings, distributed by Red House Records.
From the Seeger tribute album I played:
TOMMY SANDS & DOLORES KEANE w/VEDRAN SMAILOVIC (cello)
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
JOHN TRUDELL The Torn Flag
BRUCE COCKBURN Turn Turn Turn
ROGER McGUINN The Bells Of Rhymney
MARY LOU LORD Lights Are Changing
(with Roger McGuinn on guitar)
SONIA Fallin
VAN MORRISON Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in heaven when you smile)
THE ESQUIRES Get On Up
BEN FOLDS FIVE Kate
BESSIE BANKS Go Now
(the original 1964 recording "covered" by the Moody Blues)
PEARL JAM All Those Yesterdays
PETER CASE Still Playin'
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE When We Meet Again
SCRAPPY JUD NEWCOMB & THE SOUTHBOUND MONARCHS Little Vision
(unreleased demo tape)
ROBBIE ROBERTSON Unbound (new single)
TANDY Hope You Had Fun
SANTO & JOHNNY Sleepwalk (closing theme)
Show ended approximately 4:05 AM.
NOTES:
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS' new album is calling "Coming Home." It's
released on Viceroy Records. Phone: (212) 465-2357. E-mail:
<a href="mailto:vroy@aol.com">vroy@aol.com</a>.
TANDY is a band from Brooklyn. Their self-released album is called "Some
Summer's Day." At the moment I have no information on how you can track
down a copy of this album, other than at the band's local gigs. I'll see
if I can't get an address or phone number from them.
MARAH is from Pennsylvania. Their album "Let's Cut The Crap And Hook Up
Later On Tonight" is on Black Dog Records which can be reached at Route 1
Box 163A, Monticello, MS 39654. Phone: (601) 587-2047. E-mail:
<a href="mailto:blackdog@telapex.com">blackdog@telapex.com</a>. Web site: <a href="http://www.telapex.com/~blackdog/">http://www.telapex.com/~blackdog/</a>.
DINO VALENTE was in Quicksilver Messenger Service. Under the name "Chet
Powers" he wrote the Sixties anthem "Get Together." The reissue of his
1968 solo album is on Koch Recordings, which can be reached at (516)
484-1000.
DAVE'S TRUE STORY's "Sex Without Bodies" will be released next month on
Chesky Records.
VIBES is on Knitting Factory Records, <a href="http;//www.knittingfactory.com">http;//www.knittingfactory.com</a>. It's a
spinoff project by three members of the Jazz Passengers: Bill Ware, vibes:
EJ Rodriguez, drums; and Brad Jones, acoustic bass.
JUD NEWCOMB is in the Austin-based band Loose Diamonds; this is a side
project. Any label honchos out there listening? Check this guy out! His
manager is Robin Shivers and she can be reached in Austin at (512)
472-8463.
CHRIS McDERMOTT & HIS WILD COMBO's album is called "Trippin' Out With Chris
McDermott & His Wild Combo." It's on Soul Kitchen Records, 216 W. Main
Street, Groton, MA 01450.
Last week I played THE ORIGINAL HARMONY RIDGE CREEK DIPPERS, who are Mark
Olson, Victoria Williams (a.k.a. Mabel Allbright) and Mike "Razz"
Russell. Their self-released album can be purchased for $12 by sending a
check to Creek Dipper, P.O. Box 342, Joshua Tree, CA 92252. Email them at
<a href="mailto:creekdipper@thegrid.net">creekdipper@thegrid.net</a> or check out the website at
<a href="http://www.thegrid.net/creekdipper/">http://www.thegrid.net/creekdipper/</a>.
Don't forget the big DON BRODY (of the Marys) memorial show at the Bottom
Line on Thursday, Feb. 26 featuring Marshall Crenshaw, Dar Williams, a
reunion of the Bongos, and Camp Hoboken. Net proceeds from the show will
benefit Don's family, his widow and two young children. If I could, I
would make this a mandatory Idiot's Delight event. Please come. Don was
such a special man and this promises to be a wonderful night in celebration
of his unique spirit. The Marys album "Back This Way" is released on a
small Florida-based label called Zesty Records, which can be reached by
phone at (407) 647-1709; e-mail: <a href="mailto:zestyrec@aol.com">zestyrec@aol.com</a>; and snail mail: PO Box
541061, Orlando FLA 32854.
IDIOT's DELIGHT is produced by KARA MANNING.
The engineers for all guest performances are DAVID VANDERHEYDEN
and PAUL ALTEMUS.
SCHEDULE UP UPCOMING GUESTS:
2/22 D.A. PENNEBAKER & CHRIS HEGEDUS, documentary filmmakers
3/1 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III; JOHN SAYLES, filmmaker and author
3/8 JULES SHEAR
3/22 DAVID POE
3/29 DAN BERN
4/26 SCRAPPY JUD NEWCOMB & THE SOUTHBOUND MONARCHY
5/3 SONIA
5/10 KATELL KEINEG
5/24 ROYAL FINGERBOWL
Respect The Elders.
Embrace The New.
Encourage The Impractical and Improbable, Without Bias.
__________________________________________________________________________
These are the songs I played on WNEW-FM / NY on "IDIOT'S DELIGHT" 2/15/98
another working day in the isolated world.
I opened with a scene from the Louis Malle film "Atlantic City" featuring
Burt Lancaster talking about "the good old days"when the Atlantic Ocean was
really something.
Tonight's show was dedicated to the Bonobo chimpanzees who spend a good
portion of every day having sex with each other instead of making war, a
noble endeavor.
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS Idiot's Delight
(the "unofficial" opening theme song)
YO LA TENGO My Little Corner Of The World
TANDY Facing Winter (Alone Again)
LOVE Alone Again Or
BOB DYLAN Like A Rolling Stone
ELAINE SUMMERS As You Were
JOE GRUSHECKY — guest — performance and conversation
Joe Grushecky — acoustic guitar and vocals
Bill Toms — acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Bernie Herr — percussion
IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)
(from their debut 1980 album)
BILL TOMS (live) That's Alright Mama
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) Homestead (1995 recording)
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Idiot's Delight
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) 1945
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) Coming Home
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Soul Survivor
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Chain Smoking
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) Wild Horses (cover of the Stones song)
JOE GRUSHECKY (live) In Our Little Room
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (CD) It's A Hell Of A Life
KATELL KEINEG One Hell Of A Life
TANDY The First Thing Broken
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE, author — guest — conversation
Tom (T.C.) Boyle is one of my favorite contemporary fiction writers. His
current novel is "Riven Rock" (Viking). He is also the author of the
novels "Tortilla Curtain," "The Road To Wellville," "East Is East,"
"World's End," "Budding Prospects" and "Water Music." His short story
collections are "Without A Hero," "If The River Was Whiskey," "Greasy Lake"
and "Descent Of Man." As he quite proudly pointed out during our
conversation, all these books are in print and widely available. We spoke
for over an hour.
STEVE EARLE Telephone Road
RADIOHEAD Paranoid Android
ANI DIFRANCO Fuel
DAN BERN One Dance
MARAH Formula, Cola, Dollar Draft
I read a new letter from T-shirt and Razoo Kelley, who now have their own
web page at <a href="http://www.world-wide-net.com/meandrazoo">http://www.world-wide-net.com/meandrazoo</a>
on which they're posting the original letters they sent to me back in the
late-70s.
THE KENNEDYS Hey Vin (unreleased recording)
DAR WILLIAMS Are You Out There
THE KENNEDYS She Said She Said (unreleased cover of the Beatles song)
KATHLEEN WILHOITE No One Can Touch Me
COME Saints Around My Neck
TOM WAITS Hang On St. Christopher
VICTORIA WILLIAMS Train Song (demise of the caboose)
REBIRTH BRASS BAND Rollin'
ROYAL FINGERBOWL Nothing But Time
PEARL JAM Wishlist
TOM WAITS Downtown Train
CHRIS McDERMOTT & HIS WILD COMBO What Kinda Monkey
STEVE FORBERT What Kinda Guy
MARAH Firecracker
TANDY Questioningly (cover of the Ramones song)
RAMONES Questioningly
DINO VALENTE Children Of The Sun
(new CD release of his 1968 solo album)
JULES SHEAR w/RON SEXSMITH It's All Over But The Smoke
AIR All I Need
JANIS IAN Society's Child
KAREN DALTON How Did The Feeling Feel To You
(which is a/k/a "While You're On Your Way" — a Tim Hardin song)
DAVID POE Moon
JENIFER JACKSON Yesterday My Heart Was Free (unreleased demo)
(co-produced by David Poe)
JOHN CALE Taking Your Life In Your Hands
VAN DYKE PARKS Wings Of A Dove
(from his new live album)
VIBES featuring BILL WARE Carousel
(he's the vibes player who played with Victoria Williams last week)
DIANA KING Love Yourself
DAVE'S TRUE STORY Sex Without Bodies
I played some more material from an album that will by released on March
17: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger" which I
premiered last week. This album features 37 new recordings of classic
Seeger songs by a wide variety of artists. It will be released on
Appleseed Recordings, distributed by Red House Records.
From the Seeger tribute album I played:
TOMMY SANDS & DOLORES KEANE w/VEDRAN SMAILOVIC (cello)
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
JOHN TRUDELL The Torn Flag
BRUCE COCKBURN Turn Turn Turn
ROGER McGUINN The Bells Of Rhymney
MARY LOU LORD Lights Are Changing
(with Roger McGuinn on guitar)
SONIA Fallin
VAN MORRISON Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in heaven when you smile)
THE ESQUIRES Get On Up
BEN FOLDS FIVE Kate
BESSIE BANKS Go Now
(the original 1964 recording "covered" by the Moody Blues)
PEARL JAM All Those Yesterdays
PETER CASE Still Playin'
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE When We Meet Again
SCRAPPY JUD NEWCOMB & THE SOUTHBOUND MONARCHS Little Vision
(unreleased demo tape)
ROBBIE ROBERTSON Unbound (new single)
TANDY Hope You Had Fun
SANTO & JOHNNY Sleepwalk (closing theme)
Show ended approximately 4:05 AM.
NOTES:
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS' new album is calling "Coming Home." It's
released on Viceroy Records. Phone: (212) 465-2357. E-mail:
<a href="mailto:vroy@aol.com">vroy@aol.com</a>.
TANDY is a band from Brooklyn. Their self-released album is called "Some
Summer's Day." At the moment I have no information on how you can track
down a copy of this album, other than at the band's local gigs. I'll see
if I can't get an address or phone number from them.
MARAH is from Pennsylvania. Their album "Let's Cut The Crap And Hook Up
Later On Tonight" is on Black Dog Records which can be reached at Route 1
Box 163A, Monticello, MS 39654. Phone: (601) 587-2047. E-mail:
<a href="mailto:blackdog@telapex.com">blackdog@telapex.com</a>. Web site: <a href="http://www.telapex.com/~blackdog/">http://www.telapex.com/~blackdog/</a>.
DINO VALENTE was in Quicksilver Messenger Service. Under the name "Chet
Powers" he wrote the Sixties anthem "Get Together." The reissue of his
1968 solo album is on Koch Recordings, which can be reached at (516)
484-1000.
DAVE'S TRUE STORY's "Sex Without Bodies" will be released next month on
Chesky Records.
VIBES is on Knitting Factory Records, <a href="http;//www.knittingfactory.com">http;//www.knittingfactory.com</a>. It's a
spinoff project by three members of the Jazz Passengers: Bill Ware, vibes:
EJ Rodriguez, drums; and Brad Jones, acoustic bass.
JUD NEWCOMB is in the Austin-based band Loose Diamonds; this is a side
project. Any label honchos out there listening? Check this guy out! His
manager is Robin Shivers and she can be reached in Austin at (512)
472-8463.
CHRIS McDERMOTT & HIS WILD COMBO's album is called "Trippin' Out With Chris
McDermott & His Wild Combo." It's on Soul Kitchen Records, 216 W. Main
Street, Groton, MA 01450.
Last week I played THE ORIGINAL HARMONY RIDGE CREEK DIPPERS, who are Mark
Olson, Victoria Williams (a.k.a. Mabel Allbright) and Mike "Razz"
Russell. Their self-released album can be purchased for $12 by sending a
check to Creek Dipper, P.O. Box 342, Joshua Tree, CA 92252. Email them at
<a href="mailto:creekdipper@thegrid.net">creekdipper@thegrid.net</a> or check out the website at
<a href="http://www.thegrid.net/creekdipper/">http://www.thegrid.net/creekdipper/</a>.
Don't forget the big DON BRODY (of the Marys) memorial show at the Bottom
Line on Thursday, Feb. 26 featuring Marshall Crenshaw, Dar Williams, a
reunion of the Bongos, and Camp Hoboken. Net proceeds from the show will
benefit Don's family, his widow and two young children. If I could, I
would make this a mandatory Idiot's Delight event. Please come. Don was
such a special man and this promises to be a wonderful night in celebration
of his unique spirit. The Marys album "Back This Way" is released on a
small Florida-based label called Zesty Records, which can be reached by
phone at (407) 647-1709; e-mail: <a href="mailto:zestyrec@aol.com">zestyrec@aol.com</a>; and snail mail: PO Box
541061, Orlando FLA 32854.
IDIOT's DELIGHT is produced by KARA MANNING.
The engineers for all guest performances are DAVID VANDERHEYDEN
and PAUL ALTEMUS.
SCHEDULE UP UPCOMING GUESTS:
2/22 D.A. PENNEBAKER & CHRIS HEGEDUS, documentary filmmakers
3/1 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III; JOHN SAYLES, filmmaker and author
3/8 JULES SHEAR
3/22 DAVID POE
3/29 DAN BERN
4/26 SCRAPPY JUD NEWCOMB & THE SOUTHBOUND MONARCHY
5/3 SONIA
5/10 KATELL KEINEG
5/24 ROYAL FINGERBOWL