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Peter Wolf

 

I first met Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band, in 1977. It was a Friday evening and this was to be my very first show as a DJ on WBCN. I had just returned from MCing a gig at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston for the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Eddie & the Hot Rods. From the stage I announced that punk rock would finally be heard on WBCN.

Wolf was hanging out with the great Little Walter who did an Oldies show on BCN in the day. As I wandered into the studio with my purple hair I looked at Peter and said “Joey Ramone?”   He grinned and responded “Gabba Gabba Hey.”

 

 

 

 

“Tragedy” is from Peter’s new album Midnight Souvenirs and features Shelby Lynne.

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Joanna Newsom

As a fan of Joanna Newsom (American singer/songwriter, harpist/pianist), I was overjoyed to receive her new disc the other day. I had planned on featuring it in a podcast, but after discovering that it is a 3 disc opus, where to begin. Shades of Sandinista. I’ve just begun to explore Have One on Me which I do believe will take weeks. Over 2 hours of music. Here’s the first two songs to whet your appetite.

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“Easy”
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“Have One On Me”
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Cypress Hill

Thankfully Cypress Hill and Tom Morello have not been deluded.  They know that we live in a  right wing country.  George Bush and his cronies did not lose.  They merely took a vacation.  While bankrupting the country thru greed and wars (and in the course enriching themselves), they fooled us into believing that there was a glimmer of hope for equality and change.  But they merely took a break to shift the blame back to the left.  Their ability to establish misinformation as truth is uncanny.  The only way to effect real change in this country is in the streets.  As we learned from the Howard Zinn in The People’s History of the United States, whether it was the labor movement, civil rights, the Vietnam war, gay rights or women’s equality, real change happens when people take control of the institutions which begins when people rise up.

 

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Cypress Hill – Rise Up (featuring Tom Morello)

Elizabeth Fraser/Cocteau Twins

Thinking of Elizabeth Fraser, the artist who begins Podcast #1, one Sunday evening while I was hosting my new music show “Nocturnal Emissions” on WBCN, Cocteau Twins came to visit. All three: Liz, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymond. During a break in the interview, I played a number of my favorite CT songs back-to-back, which they found fascinating, as the concept of a segue on UK radio was nonexistent. Elizabeth’s voice was oh-so gentle and delicate.

From my collection here is a signed CD Single Boxed Set.

 

 

 

 

Cocteau Twins

Shearwater

Shearwater has just released “Black Eyes”, from their forthcoming disc The Golden Archipelago. I’ve included two songs here: first the song “The Snow Leopard” from their album Rook from a couple of years ago and then the new track. Both dazzling!

“The Snow Leopard”
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“Black Eyes”
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