North Fork Sound Top 20 - December 5th 2010

22 Pistepirkko

1. 22 Pistepirkko: I Knew
2. Geraint Watkins: Champion
3. Elvis Costello: All These Strangers
4. The Feelies: Deep Fascination
5. Matt & Kim: Silver Tiles
6. Chas & Dave: Woortcha!
7. Café Tacuba: El Borrego
8. Sir Douglas Quintet: It Didn't Even Bring Me Down
9. Doug Powell: The Uninvisible Man
10. Quincy Jones feat. Three 6 Mafia & David Banner: Hikky-Burr
11. Levon Helm: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
12. William Burroughs & Tomandandy: Old Western Movies
13. Emil O'Connor: Some Of Your Lovin'
14. Will Hoge: Hard To Love
15. Scotty: Draw Your Brakes
16. Larry Williams: She Said 'Yeah'
17. Cerberus Shoal: Hymn
18. John Dee Holeman: Big Boss Man
19. Egg: Wind Quartet 2
20. Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders: Don't Turn Your Back On Me

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Glenna Bell: Perfectly Legal - Songs Of Sex, Love And Murder

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Rubén Blades
Montecito, CA
photo: ht

Last Week's Listener Favourites

The Arabians: Dog Wild
Bernard Fowler & The Laddins: Soulfingertips
Big Jack Reynolds: Little Dog
Billy Bragg & Wilco: She Came Along To Me
Billy Bragg: Help Save The Youth Of America
Billy Bragg: Tank Park Salute
Bobby Darin: Mack The Knife
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Tropical Hot Dog Night
The Cramps: Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
Dave Edmunds: The Claw
Dungen: Brallor
The Flamin' Groovies: Yeah My Baby
Georgie Fame: Do The Dog
J Roddy Walston & The Business: Sally Bangs
James Hunter: Hand It Over

John Lydon

W. 23rd St, NYC
photo: ht

John Lydon: Dog
Jon Cleary: Burnt Mouth Boogie
Karen Dalton: Same Old Man
Kid Rock w/Zac Brown: Flyin' High

Marianne Nowottny
photo: ht

Marianne Nowottny: Dog Of Ivory
Mark Granfield: Spook Dogs
Marvin Gaye: I'll Be Doggone

The Mighty Hannibal

The Mighty Hannibal: Jerkin' The Dog
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Mansion On The Hill (live)
Peter C Johnson: I'm A Dog
The Pretty Things: Miss Faye Regrets
The Pretty Things: She Was Tall, She Was High
The Pulsars: Cast Iron Dog

The Replacements

The Replacements: Jungle Rock
The Resentments: Too Much Monkey Business
Ronnie Self: Ain't I'm A Dog
Sara Hickman: Like A Collar On A Dog
The Sex Patels: The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
Shelby Lynne: Old Dog
Shorty Long: Devil With The Blue Dress
Sister Sledge: He's The Greatest Dancer
The Slickers: Johnny Too Bad
Spencer Davis Group: Stevie's Groove
Ted Nugent: Dog Eat Dog
Winston Scotland: Skanky Dog
The Wolfmen: Love Is A Dog

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Next show: Friday December 10th, noon - 3pm (ET)

North Fork Sound Top 20 - June 6th, 2010

Marianne Nowottny

photo: ht

1. Marianne Nowottny: Paradise Canto XXXIII
2. Ronnie Lane: Kuschty Rye
3. The Happy Talk Band: Need You To Lose
4. Johnny Burnette Trio: Tear It Up
5. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Donald Quarrie
6. Magic Christian: My Gal
7. Martin Rev: Post Card
8. Bettye LaVette: Salt Of The Earth
9. Kevin Ayres: Irene Good Night
10. Purple Wizard: Power Of Love
11. 22 Pistepirrko: Swamp Blues (Martin Rev mix)
12. Bob Landers: Cherokee Dance
13. Them: I Like It Like That
14. Dr. Alimantado: Oil Crisis
15. John Martyn: Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhaill
16. Rick Nelson: Lonesome Town
17. Jona Lewie: Stop The Cavalry
18. Guy Clark: L.A. Freeway
19. Petty Booka: Barroom Girls
20. Rocket From The Tombs: Muckraker

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Alabama 3: Revolver Soul

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
The Cramps
polaroid from publicity photo session

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Ace: I Ain't Gonna Stand For This No More
Angel Corpus Christi: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
The Balloon Farm: A Question Of Temperature
Balls: Fight For My Country
The Beatles: Hey Bulldog
Big Hard Excellent Fish: Imperfect List (Rimming Elvis, the Andy Weatherall Way mix)
Big Youth: Hit The Road Jack
Bill Kirchen: One More Day
Bob Seger: Get Out Of Denver
Buddy Holly: Take Your Time
Culture: Love Shine Brighter

Dave Rawlings Machine
The Bowery Ballroom, NYC - June 3 '10
photo: ht

Dave Rawlings Machine: Method Acting/Cortez The Killer
Dirk Hamilton: Wholly Bowled Over
Doris Troy: Just One Look
Doug Sahm: I Don't Trust No One
The Edgar Broughton Band: Psycopath
Elizabeth Cook: Girlfriend Tonight
Fun Lovin' Criminals: Kill The Bad Guy
Gene Pitney: Train Of Thought
The Georgia Satellites: No Money Down (live)
Hamell On Trial: Jerkin'
Lou Reed & John Cale: Nobody But You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Red Right Hand
The Only Ones: Another Girl Another Planet
The Pretty Things: Walking Through My Dreams
Prince Far I: Wisdom

The Psychedelic Furs
CBS Records (UK) signing photo, The Nag's Head, High Wycombe, 1979
l-r: Les Mills, John Ashton, Vince Ely, David Betteridge, Muff Winwood, Duncan Kilburn, ht, Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Roger 'Dog' Morris, Tracey Collier
photo: Tom Sheehan

The Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost In You
Robyn Hitchcock: Real Dot
Sinner DC: Digital Dust (Ryan Davis Epic mix)
Vincent Quatroche: Health Department Nightmare
ZZ Top: Tush

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Marianne Nowottny

Marianne Nowottny
Exchange Place, NJ
Aug 8th '08

Duffy at "All Points West", Liberty State Park, NJ

Duffy
Liberty State Park, NJ,
August 8 '08

I met Angus at what used to be the Righa Royale Hotel but is now The London NYC, a faux-trendy, tourist joint in midtown looking for a vibe. The ‘English’ breakfast, which consisted of 2 eggs, half a small tomato, 1 rasher of bacon, half a mushroom and a table-spoon of homefries (w/toast) cost $22. The rooms ($500/night but cheaper the longer you stay) are comfortable and clean but the place has an antiseptic, hopeless air about it and it certainly wasn’t as fun (or cheap) as when John Lydon held court in the bar. We binned the idea of the $30 trans-Hudson ferry-ride from Wall St in favour of the Path Train ($1.50) and the Light Rail ($4 round trip) from Exchange Place, where we had lunch. Marianne Nowottny works nearby, so since she made the North Fork Sound Top 20 last week, she was happy to do an ID for the station. We got to the festival site and it immediately started to rain. Luckily, Angus was hooked up with all the necessary backstage passes, so we hung out under a tent until about 4.30 when it was time for Duffy to play. I told you about her back in March, when she played her NYC debut at the Hiro Ballroom and, in fact, North Fork Sound was the first internet station in the US to play 'Mercy', back in February. As she took the stage, the sun came out and she delivered a short set – Rockferry, Hanging On Too Long, Serious, Warwick Avenue, Breaking My Own Heart, (Bert Berns') Cry To Me, Delayed Devotion, Stepping Stone, Tomorrow and Mercy – to a crowd of about 1,000 curious people, most of whom were there (I imagine) to see Radiohead later that day. She didn’t play Distant Dreamer, which was a damn shame because it just might be one of the greatest tunes ever written, but her voice sounded fantastic, she looked like a young Brigitte Bardot and, since her chart successes, she’s a lot more confident on stage than she was a few months ago. The first time she said “how are you doing, New York?” it was mildly amusing and quite forgivable, as we were in NJ and NY itself was on the other side of the river, serving as her backdrop. After the 6th or 7th time, it smacked of Spinal Tap. Go here and click on the 'slideshow' icon for some more pictures.
We saw a tiny bit of CSS - who will only be remembered for their tragic fashion sense - and then caught part of Underworld’s set. Their thumping beats flew around the park and made me nostalgic for a mind-altering substance so we made for the 'beer pens' where, with ID, you got a wristband that allowed the purchase of 5 beers (total) at $7 each (or $9, if you wanted Stella) in a plastic cup. In the pen, we ran into Matthew Kaplan, attorney for nearly every indy artist/label worth a crap and the gal who books London’s Royal Festival Hall, Jane Beese, who was on vacation. As dusk fell and lower Manhattan's skyline and Miss Liberty twinkled in the background, Radiohead took the stage and proceeded to suck all the joy out of the air. Quick, someone give these guys a Bo Diddley record. Ok, so the lights were nice, but you can’t hum a filament or dance to a red wash so I just stood there wondering what it must be like, being a Radiohead fan. I wonder how their suicide rate compares with, say, Cramps fans. To be fair, everybody (including Angus) enjoyed them a lot so I guess my boring ol' fart status jumped up a notch or two and eventually, we snuck onto the ferry, neither of us feeling much like the 2 1/2 mile circuitous trek back to the Light Rail. Huw Gower called to say he was at Terminal 5 where the Stooges were about to play and as I was getting more info, the fellow walking in front turned around and said in an Australian accent "I’d recognize that voice anywhere" and there, fresh from Japan, was Curry Clubber and promoter/label owner/entrepreneur and all-round good guy, Ray Hearn, with his lovely Japanese g/f and his son. We all thought about The Stooges for about 10 seconds but decided on soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai in Chinatown instead and that, pretty much, wrapped up a very good day.