Category: Radio

WSND DJ set list – Throwback Thursday – December 28, 2023

Thanks to all who listened to the latest Throwback Thursday show on WSND with special guest DJ (and my daughter), Crystal. Here’s our set list:

  1. James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (1970)
  2. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelin’ Band (1970)
  3. And Soon the Darkness radio ad (1970)
  4. Shaft radio ad (1971)
  5. Johnny Cash – Man in Black (1971)
  6. MC5 – Thunder Express (live) (1972)
  7. Stevie Wonder – Superstition (1972)
  8. Enter the Dragon Main Titles (1973)
  9. Thin Lizzy – Vagabond of the Western World (1973) (requested)
  10. Brothers and One – Hard On Me (1974)
  11. New York Dolls – Lone Star Queen (1974)
  12. Foxy Brown radio ad (1974)
  13. Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right (1975)
  14. Heatwave – Boogie Nights (1976)
  15. Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’ (1977)
  16. Blondie – Heart of Glass (1978)
  17. Cheryl Ladd – Think It Over (1978)
  18. The Clash – The Magnificent Seven (1980)
  19. Echo and The Bunnymen – Do It Clean (1980)
  20. The Cars – Shake It Up (1981)
  21. Sun Country Wine Coolers commercial
  22. Michael Jackson – Rock with You (1980)
  23. Agent Orange – Pipeline (1981)
  24. Donald Fagen – I.G.Y. (1982)
  25. Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil (1983)
  26. Frosted Mini-Wheats commercial
  27. Julian Cope – Bill Drummond Said (1984)
  28. Motörhead – Killed By Death (1984)
  29. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising (1985)
  30. WWE Superstars – Real American (1985)
  31. INXS – What You Need (1986)
  32. Dido – Thank You (1999)
  33. The Dickies – Attack of the Killer Clowns from Outer Space (live) (1990)
  34. Pixies – Velouria (1990)
  35. Blade Runner TV spot
  36. Dire Straits – Planet of New Orleans (1991) (requested)
  37. L7 – Suzy Is a Headbanger (1991)
  38. Lenny Kravitz – Always on the Run (1991)
  39. Danzig – Left Hand Black (1992)
  40. Lou Reed – What’s Good (1993)
  41. American Music Club – All Your Jeans Were Too Tight (1993)
  42. Bad Brains – Rise (1993)
  43. The Corrs – Dreams (1997)
  44. Bomb the Bass – One to One Religion (Skankapell mix) (1996)
  45. Bacon Popper – Free (1999)

Throwback Thursday returns January 04, 2024!

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WSND DJ set list – Deep Dive of Christmas music – December 24, 2023

Thanks to all who listened to my Christmas Eve show on WSND. Here’s the playlist!

  1. CAN – Silent Night
  2. Disco Noel – Silver Bells
  3. Esquivel – Jingle Bells
  4. Wesley Willis – Merry Christmas
  5. Devo – Merry Something to You
  6. Johnny Cash – I Heard the Christmas Bells
  7. Freddie King – Christmas Tears (requested)
  8. Foghat – Run Run Rudolph
  9. Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa
  10. Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis
  11. Stevie Wonder – Someday at Christmas
  12. James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
  13. Luther Vandross – The Christmas Song
  14. Nat King Cole – O Holy Night
  15. Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  16. Chris Isaak – Mele Kalikimaka (requested)
  17. The Vince Guaraldi Trio – What Child Is This?
  18. Judy Garland – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  19. Bing Crosby – White Christmas
  20. Marvin Gaye – I Want to Come Home for Christmas
  21. Pat Benatar – Please Come Home for Christmas
  22. Reel Big Fish – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (requested)
  23. The Andrews Sisters – Winter Wonderland
  24. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra – A Marshmallow World (live)
  25. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
  26. Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
  27. Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
  28. The Ventures – Sleigh Ride
  29. The Sportsmen – Reindeer Rock
  30. Oscar McLollie and His Honey Jumpers – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
  31. Ramsey Lewis Trio – Here Comes Santa Claus
  32. Burl Ives – Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
  33. The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song
  34. Low – Little Drummer Boy
  35. Elephant Stone – Christmas Time
  36. The Cosmonauts – It’s Christmas Day
  37. Dido – Christmas Day
  38. Enya – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

I’m next on air December 28th at 7pm Eastern for “Throwback Thursday” and “3-for-Thursday” Nocturne.

Merry Christmas to all of you.

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WSND DJ set list: 3-for-Thursday Nocturne – December 21, 2023

The first 3-for-Thursday Nocturne show on WSND was a blast. Thanks to all who listened. Here’s the set list, and how each song relates to the number 3.

  1. Tinariwen – Atahoura Techragh D’Azaka Nin (3rd song on the Kel Tinariwen album)
  2. Khruangbin – A Hymn (trio)
  3. Elephant Stone – Cast the First Stone (3rd song on the Ship of Fools album)
  4. GOAT – Goatfuzz (from their 3rd album Requiem)
  5. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Open Water (3rd song on the Flying Microtonal Banana album)
  6. All Them Witches – Dirt Preachers (3-word band name, part-time trio, 3rd song on the Dying Surfer Meets His Maker album)
  7. Conception – Babylon (3 minutes long)
  8. The Sword – Arcane Montane (3rd song on the Apocryphon album)
  9. Primus – Greet the Sacred Cow (trio)
  10. The Police – Hole in My Life (live) (trio)
  11. The Clash – I’m Not Down (3-word song title and from their 3rd album London Calling)
  12. House of Large Sizes – I’m My Own Grandpa pt. 2 (trio)
  13. ZZ Top – Jesus Just Left Chicago (trio, song from the album Tres Hombres) (requested)
  14. Screaming Females – Crow’s Nest (trio)
  15. The Joy Formidable – Chapter 2 (trio)
  16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Little Thing Gone Wild (trio)
  17. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Greyhound (trio)
  18. Earl Greyhound – Back and Forth (3-word song title and a trio)
  19. Screaming Blue Messiahs – Mega City 1 (3-word song title and band name, a trio, and from their third album Totally Religious)
  20. The White Stripes – The Big Three Killed My Baby (“Three” in the song title)
  21. Ladytron – Until the Fire (1st of a “three-peat” of the same artist)
  22. Ladytron – Black Cat (live) (2nd of a “three-peat” of the same artist)
  23. Ladytron – High Rise (3rd of a “three-peat” of the same artist)
  24. The Cure – Three Imaginary Boys (“Three” in the song title) (requested)
  25. Dum Dum Girls – Are You OK? ((3-word song title and band name, and from their third album Too True)
  26. Morphine – Sexy Christmas Baby Mine (trio)

The next 3-for-Thursday show will be December 28th at 10pm Eastern. Don’t miss it!

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WSND DJ set list: Throwback Thursday – December 21, 2023.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in for my first “Throwback Thursday” show (70s at 7, 80s at 8, 90s at 9) on WSND. Here’s the set list, and the years for each:

  1. Bitter Creek – Plastic Thunder (1970)
  2. Black Sabbath – Fairies Wear Boots (1970) (requested)
  3. Cat O’Nine Tails radio ad (1971)
  4. Steely Dan – Only a Fool Would Say That (1972)
  5. The Who – Join Together (1972)
  6. Asylum radio ad (1972)
  7. The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice (1972)
  8. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein radio ad (1973)
  9. Queen – Seven Seas of Rhye (1973)
  10. Betty Davis – Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him (1974)
  11. Horror of the Zombies radio ad (1974)
  12. Bug radio ad (1975)
  13. The Staples Jr. Singers – I Got a New Home (1975)
  14. Blondie – X Offender (1976)
  15. Robin Trower – Roads to Freedom (1980) (requested)
  16. Adam and The Ants – Deutscher Girls (1977)
  17. Bauhaus – God in an Alcove (1980)
  18. The Last Four Digits – Leave Me Alone (1980)
  19. Oingo Boingo – Ain’t This the Life (1981)
  20. Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio (1982)
  21. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science (1982)
  22. The Cramps – Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love (1983) (live)
  23. R.E.M. – Orange Crush (1988) (requested)
  24. Depeche Mode – Lie to Me (1984)
  25. Public Image Ltd. – The Order of Death (1984)
  26. Big Audio Dynamite – Medicine Show (1985)
  27. Radio ad for Delco vehicle batteries (1987)
  28. The Smithereens – Blood and Roses (demo version) (1986)
  29. Radio ad for Bubbilicious “Paradise Punch” gum (1989)
  30. Devo – Some Things Never Change (1988)
  31. Fountains of Wayne – The Valley of Malls (1999)
  32. Radio ad for My Buddy and Kid Sister (1985)
  33. Alison Krauss – Stay (1999)
  34. Sonic Youth – Kool Thing (1990)
  35. Thunder – She’s So Fine (1990) (requested)
  36. Eric B. and Rakim – What’s On Your Mind (1991)
  37. Lisa Loeb – Waiting for Wednesday (1995) (requested)
  38. Two Little Boys – Stylophonia (1991)
  39. Channel X – A Million Colors (1992)
  40. The Flaming Lips – Turn It On (1993)
  41. Buzzcocks – Your Love (1996)
  42. Alice In Chains – Rotten Apple (1994)
  43. The The – Dogs of Lust (1993)
  44. Bad Religion – Silent Night (1993)

The next Throwback Thursday show will be December 28th starting at 7pm Eastern! I hope you give me a listen.

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WSND DJ set list for December 17, 2023

Thanks to all who listened to my first Nocturne show of the WSND 2023 Christmas break. Here’s the set list!

  1. Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Timo Maas remix)
  2. Duran Duran – All She Wants Is
  3. Robin Trower Band – Twice Removed from Yesterday (live) (requested)
  4. The Wants – Fear My Society
  5. Radiohead – House of Cards
  6. Green Velvet – La La Land
  7. Vintage Jack-in-the-Box restaurant ad
  8. MIEN – Black Habit
  9. The Raconteurs – Pull This Blanket Off
  10. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Down Low
  11. Hüsker Dü – What’s Going On? (live)
  12. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Take the ‘a’ Train
  13. Billie Holiday – What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  14. MGMT – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
  15. Diana Krall – Let’s Face the Music and Dance
  16. Twitch of the Death Nerve radio ad
  17. Bad Religion – Grains of Wrath
  18. L7 – Murky Water
  19. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662 (requested)
  20. Vanessa Williams – What Child Is This?
  21. Hum – In the Den
  22. Denims – Adler Socks promo (part 1)
  23. The Beatles – I’m Looking Through You
  24. The Rolling Stones – Who’s Driving Your Plane? (mono) (requested)
  25. Liam Kazar – On a Spanish Dune
  26. The Exotics – Bill McKay Chevrolet radio ad
  27. Opus Est – Bed
  28. The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping

The next Nocturne show is scheduled for December 18th at 10pm Eastern – weather permitting!

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Deep Dive of The Temptations

Thanks to all who listened to my first Deep Dive of the WSND 2023 Christmas break. It was all about The Temptations. Here’s the set list

  1. The Temptations – My Girl
  2. The Distants – Come On
  3. The Cadillacs – Speedoo
  4. The Primes – Who Do I Turn To?
  5. The Temptations – Oh, Mother of Mine
  6. The Temptations – Dream Come True (live)
  7. The Pirates – Mind Over Matter
  8. The Temptations – The Way You Do the Things You Do
  9. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tracks of My Tears
  10. The Contours – Do You Love Me
  11. The Temptations – Don’t Look Back
  12. Rare Earth – Get Ready (live)
  13. The Temptations – Silver Bells (requested)
  14. The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
  15. The Faces – (I Know) I’m Losing You
  16. The Temptations – With These Hands (live)
  17. The Supremes and The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
  18. The Temptations – Cloud Nine
  19. Al Green – I Can’t Get Next to You
  20. Love and Rockets – Ball of Confusion
  21. The Temptations – War
  22. Boyz II Men – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
  23. The Temptations – Smiling Faces Sometimes
  24. The Temptations – Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
  25. Rick James – Super Freak
  26. The Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (DJ Jazzy Jeff and Pete Kuzma remix)

Tune in next Sunday, Christmas Eve, for a Deep Dive of some Christmas music!

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WSND set list: Nocturne – August 13, 2023

Thanks to everyone who listened to my last Nocturne show of the 2023 summer on WSND. Here’s the set list:

  1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – All Rise
  2. The New Pornographers – Another Drug Deal of the Heart
  3. The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field
  4. Buzzcocks – Look at You Now
  5. The Jam – That’s Entertainment
  6. French Vanilla – Lost Power
  7. Klaus Johann Grobe – Ein Guter Tag
  8. Buddy Guy – When My Left Eye Jumps
  9. The Damned – You Take My Money (live)
  10. All Them Witches – Call Me Star (live)
  11. Duran Duran – The Seventh Stranger (live)
  12. The Stooges – 1970 (live)
  13. Ian Drury – Sex &n Drugs & Rock & Roll
  14. Wolfmother – Phoenix
  15. Billy Idol – L.A. Woman
  16. Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer Theme
  17. Okay Kaya – Ascend and Try Again
  18. Muddy Waters – Walkin’ Blues
  19. ZZ Top – My Head’s in Mississippi (requested)
  20. Coco Mamas – Trouble in My Way
  21. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?
  22. Flasher – Pink
  23. The Cure – Fascination Street
  24. The Cure – Pictures of You
  25. Faithless – The Garden
  26. Alt-J – Left Hand Free (requested)
  27. Jacques Greene – For Love
  28. Jacques Greene – Drop Location

Keep listening to WSND and all the student shows! I’ll be back on air this winter!

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WSND DJ set list – Nocturne August 06, 2023

Thanks to all who listened to my latest Nocturne show on WSND. Here’s the set list if you missed it.

  1. Bad Sports – All Revved Up to Kill
  2. Arctic Monkeys – Library Pictures
  3. Bad Religion – At the Mercy of Imbeciles
  4. Buddy Guy and Billy Gibbons – Wear You Out (requested)
  5. The Donnas – Gimme a Ride
  6. Motörhead – I Got Mine
  7. Arthhur – No Results
  8. Dex Romweber Duo – Redemption
  9. Bebel Gilberto – Jabuticaba (Stuhr mix)
  10. The Black Keys – Dead and Gone
  11. Protomartyr – Bridge & Crown
  12. The Waters – Mother Samwell
  13. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Mr. Medicine
  14. White Manna – Acid Head
  15. John Hartford – Big Rock Candy Mountain (live)
  16. The Blondei’s Salvation – The Mother Cloud
  17. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Sense
  18. The Johnny Brunette Trio – Train Kept A-Rollin’ (requested)
  19. The Flaming Lips – Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
  20. Soul Coughing – Blame
  21. Leonard Nimoy – The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
  22. King Buffalo – Repeater
  23. Sister Sledge – We Are Family (requested)
  24. Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor – Lord Is My Gun (requested)
  25. The KVB – In Deep
  26. Asobi Seksu – Transparance

I’ll be back on air next week with my last Nocturne show of the summer. Don’t miss it!

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Tony Bennett

Thanks to all who tuned in for my Deep Dive of Tony Bennett on WSND. Here’s the set list in case you missed it.

  1. Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart in San Francisco
  2. Eddie Cantor – Margie
  3. Bing Crosby – Swinging on a Star
  4. Jack Teagarden – Harlem Jump
  5. Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz – The Girl from Ipanema
  6. Joe Bari / Tony Bennett – Fascinating Rhythm
  7. Pearl Bailey – St. Louis Blues
  8. Tony Bennett – The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  9. Tony Bennett – Because of You
  10. Hank Williams – Cold, Cold Heart
  11. Tony Bennett – Blue Velvet
  12. Tony Bennett – Stranger in Paradise
  13. Count Basie Orchestra and Tony Bennett – Chicago
  14. Tony Bennett – All the Things You Are (live)
  15. Tony Bennett and Billy Joel – The Good Life
  16. Tony Bennett – If I Ruled the World
  17. Tony Bennett and Bill Evans – Days of Wine and Roses
  18. Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends – Barnyard Song
  19. Tony Bennett and Henry Mancini – Life in a Looking Glass (live)
  20. Tony Bennett – Steppin’ Out with My Baby (live)
  21. Tony Bennett – Fly Me to the Moon (live)
  22. Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse – Body and Soul
  23. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek
  24. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – I Can’t Give You Anything but Love (Giorgio Moroder remix)
  25. Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis, Jr. – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (live)
  26. Tony Bennett – I’ll Be Seeing You

Next week will be a new version of the Deep Dive in which I dive deep into one album. That album will be The Beatles‘ classic Help!. Don’t miss it!

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WSND DJ set list: Nocturne July 30, 2023

It was another fun night in the WSND studio. Did you miss the show? Well, here’s the set list:

  1. King Buffalo – Orion
  2. King Buffalo – Too Little Too Late
  3. The Smithereens – All Revved Up
  4. ZZ Top – Thunderbird (requested)
  5. Ad for ALSAC Teenagers March Concert featuring The Turtles
  6. The Turtles – It Ain’t Me Babe (live)
  7. Shonen Knife – Frogophobia
  8. The White Stripes – The Big Three Killed My Baby
  9. T-Bone Walker – West Side Baby
  10. Diplo – Promises
  11. Elephant Stone – The Devil’s Shelter
  12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (requested)
  13. Inner Circle – Summer Jammin’
  14. Aaron Frazer – Girl on the Phone
  15. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – The Game Gets Old
  16. Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind
  17. Tiny Bradshaw – The Train Kept A-Rollin’ (requested)
  18. Ghostland Observatory – Heavy Heart
  19. P.H.A.T.T. and Solar Eclipse – Promise
  20. Calvin Harris – Vegas
  21. Buffalo Daughter – Serendipity (Tsubo)
  22. MNDR – Stay
  23. Bayonne – Gift
  24. Zeke – Mountain Man
  25. The Black Angels – Empire
  26. The Black Angels – The Return
  27. The Black Angels – Make It Known
  28. Bebel Gilberto – Saudade Ven Correndo

I’m back on next Sunday, August 06th, at 8pm Eastern!

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