January 12th- Donohue takes over the show!

For this week's show, I drove down to Fairfax and did the show live with John. The cd's in the player for the drive down were:

1 - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives- Communion
2 - A cd-r containing about 60 minutes of songs by Lou Luca from various years
3 - The Bears - Eureka!
4 - The Beat Farmers - The Pursuit Of Happiness
5 - Mike Keneally And Beer For Dolphins - Dancing
(Onoffon by Mission Of Burma was in the player but didn't get played)

I met up with John about 3:30pm on Monday. We had a couple beers then went to dinner before the show. The restaurant had Pyramid Hefeweizen, which I hadn't had in about 10 years. Still a tasty beer! Then we headed to the studio to start the show. We had several technical problems, the biggest of which was a lack of headphones, so we couldn't hear what was actually going on. This made the interview segment with The BB's (Lou Luca & Ron Cianciaruso) very difficult. I was in one room on the cellphone with them conducting the interview while John was in the booth controlling everything and chiming in when necessary (but the 3 of us couldn't hear what John was saying). Even with the problems, it was a decent show. I had a lot of fun and it went by way too quickly. I got to play 22 songs, which was about half of what I brought. John opened the show with his standard opener, Radio Song by Des Coffield and his daughter Nicola. After that I took over and here is what I played.

1 - The Rave-Ups: Hallelujah (For The Loser) from the album Chance
2 - Paul Weller: From The Floorboards Up from the album As Is Now
3 - Springhouse: Eskimo from the album Land Falls
4 - dada: 7 dot 1 from the ep A Friend Of Pat Robertson
5 - Michael Carpenter & The Cuban Heels: I Love You Period from the ep Give The Bone A Dog
6 - Georgie James: More Lights from the album Places
7 - The New Pornographers: Twin Cinemas from the album Twin Cinema
8 - Beat Farmers: Hollywood Hills from the album The Pursuit Of Happiness
9 - The Bears: On from the album Eureka!

Interview with Lou Luca & Ron Cianciaruso of The BB's
10 - The BB's: A Chance
11 - The BB's with Wayne & Johnny B: Long Hard Day
12 - Johnny B Irizarry & Big Dogs That Talk: The Girl From Agua Caliente

13 - Hindu Rodeo: Band With My Dad from the album Nalladaloobr
14 - Continental Drifters: I Can't Make It Alone from the album Continental Drifters
15 - Psychodots: Hell from the album Awkwardsville
16 - The Residents: Easter Woman from The Commercial Album
17 - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Second Half Replay from the album Communion
18 - Firewater: Six Forty Five from the album The Golden Hour
19 - Jordan Zevon: Studebaker from the album Insides Out
20 - Fatima Mansions: Chemical Cosh from the album Viva Dead Ponies
21 - Mercury Rev: Secret For A Song from the album The Secret Migration
22 - Morphine: Buena from the album Cure For Pain

This was probably the quickest John ever got out of the studio because he had nothing to clean up and I had all my stuff packed and ready to go by the time the last song ended. On Tuesday night we went to Iota's in Arlington to see James Intveld, who is a rockabilly guy. Very good show. The guitar player was very talented. On Wednesday morning I got back in the car and drove back to Jersey. The cd's for the drive back were:

1 - Poundcake - Aloha Via Satellite
2 - Psychodots - Awkwardsville
3 - Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
4 - Paul Weller - As Is Now
5 - The Rudds - Get The Femuline Hang On
(Wood by Moxy Fruvous is still waiting to be heard)

Now I have to get ready for next week's show. John's guest next week is Joe Mallon from 125 Records. Because of that, I'm thinking I will put together some songs from 125 artists and friends. The show is back to its regular 8-10pm slot which means it's back to 9:15pm for me. For the next several months I will be competing with 24 and will lose some of the listeners. Oh well. I'll keep plugging anyway. Here are some relevant links to plug my friends:

Johnny B Irizarry: www.myspace.com/johnnybigdog
Johnny's band Jerry Hat Trick & The Flatliners: http://www.jhtmusic.com/
The BB's webpage: http://www.thebbsmusic.com/
The BB's IAC page: http://independentartistscompany.com/artist.aspx?ID=29161