I left for vacation last Thursday. I went to visit family in Indiana at Lake Wawasee.I had a great time while I was there. It was very relaxing hanging out on the lake with family and friends. On my way home, I stopped in Cleveland to see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and go to an Indians game. All in all it was a great trip, but it also meant that I might not be able to do the show on Monday night. Normally, I probably would have told John to do the show without me. But since August 10th happened to be the birthday of my two closest friends, I wanted to be on the air to wish them a happy birthday.
I've known Rich Tully since 1977. He was also on vacation this week. He was in Cape May, NJ and had no internet access, so he missed the show. I've only known Lou Luca since 2004, but I feel like I've known him forever. Lou got home from his birthday dinner in time to hear the final hour of the show and was also generous enough to give us a demo of a brand new song called Photograph to play that night. Now that we've heard the demo, I'm looking forward to playing the finished version when it is complete.
John's guest on the show was Jamie Hoover, who is a power pop legend as a member of The Spongetones. He is also a top notch producer, has released several solo albums and has played with Don Dixon, Marti Jones, The Smithereens, The Van Delecki's and many others. I thought the interview was one of John's better ones; right up there with the Don Dixon and Chris Arduser interviews. During the interview he played Other Girls, Skinny and Christmasland by The Spongetones and It's October, by Rebecca Rippy, which is from a project that Jamie is producing.
For my portion of the show, I tried to choose some more obscure versions of some well known songs by well known bands. Since we were playing Lou's demo version of Photograph, many of the songs that I chose were also demos. Here is the list:
XTC - The Mayor Of Simpleton (demo)
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway (demo)
Marshall Crenshaw - Cynical Girl
Robert Crenshaw - Everyone's In Love With You
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him (a capella)
XTC - Dear God (demo)
Lou Luca - Photograph (demo)
Squeeze - Is That Love (acoustic BBC session)
The BB's - Time Will Tell
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway (demo)
The Bears - Kiss It Goodbye (unreleased)
Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy (original version)
XTC - Senses Working Overtime (demo)
The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
Squeeze - Up The Junction (acoustic)
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway (demo)
Squeeze - Tempted (acoustic BBC session)
Dennis Diken With Bell Sound - Lost Bird
Yes, you are reading this correctly. Someday, Someway is John's favorite Marshall Crenshaw song so he played it THREE TIMES! Up The Junction was officially the last song of the show, but John played the final three songs before he packed up and left for the evening. The Dennis Diken song was from their brand new cd that John had just received and wanted to play something from it. In addition, Dennis Diken will be a guest on the show in late September.
I hope everyone enjoys the attached pictures this week. They were all taken on my trip. John will be on vacation again next week, so there will be no show (or blog). We will be back on August 24th with something (hopefully) interesting. And finally, one more time......Happy Birthday Louie and Rich!
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