Playlist: August 31, 2011

Bo Diddley - I'm A Man [A-side = Bo Diddley; 1955]
Little Richard - Slippin' & Slidin' [A-side =  Long Tall Sally; 1956]
Buddy Holly  - Not Fade Away [A-side =  Oh, Boy!; 1957]
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On [A-side = With This Ring, I Thee Wed;1950]
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come [A-side = Shake; 1964]
Them - Gloria [A-side = Baby Please Don't Go; 1964]
The Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl [A-side = Paint It, Black; 1966]
The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) [A-side = Let It Be; 1970]
Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do [A-side = Immigrant Song; 1970]
David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine [A-side = Space Oddity; 1975]
Prince - 17 Days [A-side = When Doves Cry; 1984]
New Order - 1963 [A-side = True Faith; 1987]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? [A-side = William, It Was Really Nothing; 1984]

Series 3, Episode 2: "The B's Knees"

According to this website, "Bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacs on their legs.  It is tempting to explain [the phrase, "the bee's knees"] as alluding to the concentrated goodness to be found around a bee's knee, but there's no evidence to support this explanation."

What's more, I've even heard it asserted in my day that bees don't even have knees, but the picture to my left would suggest otherwise.

But are said matters either here or there?  Maybe.  Because tonight on Rock Show, Chris and Mike shall return to The Hive Lab @ KRU with all sorts of "concentrated goodness" in the form of some of rock's greatest B-sides.

What's a B-side (or, for that matter, an A-side), you may ask.  According to Wikipedia:

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song (the one that the record producer hopes will receive radio airplay and become a "hit"), while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that often does not appear on the artist's LP.

For a taste of this honey, tune into The Lab tonight at 7PM!

Playlist: August 24, 2011

Animal Farm - The Kinks (1968)
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie (1974)
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers (1958)
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (1956)
Dogs - The Who (1968)
Phenomenal Cat - The Kinks (1968)
Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones (1968)
And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (1966)
Piggies - The Beatles (1968)
Apeman - The Kinks (1970)
Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones (1969)
Ride My Llama - Neil Young (1979)
It Must Be A Camel - Frank Zappa (1969)
Pigs on the Wing (Part 2) - Pink Floyd (1977)

Series 3, Episode 1: "Animal Rock"

Tonight at 7PM your favorite Lab Lads, Chris & Mike, shall open up the 3rd series of Rock Show by putting themselves in a box (creatively speaking, that is):

In other words, we shall restrict ourselves to only playing songs about lab rats. On second thought, that's a tad too restrictive: let's make it songs related to any kind of animal.

Tune in, and join the conversation!

Rock Show Returns Wednesday, August 24th!

We're heading back to the cozy studio that first launched this internet phenomenon that has come to be known affectionately around KRUI as "The Rock Show." Yes, Rock Show is heading back to The Lab@KRUI to bring you a full semester (a full year?) of web-only streaming classic rock and oldies the way that only we - or someone with similar record collections and/or access to the Iowa City Public Library - can! Tune in Wednesdays at 7 p.m., using the links to the right of this text.

Playlist: August 8, 2011

John Lennon -  Watching the Wheels

The Beatles - Come And Get It

Badfinger - No Matter What

Big Star - The India Song

John Lennon - Bony Maronie

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me

Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Paul McCartney - Too Many People
John Lennon - How Do You Sleep?
George Harrison - Wah-Wah

Rod Stewart - Mine For Me

Cat Stevens - Wild World

Playlist August 1, 2011

Cheap Trick - Surrender

The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City

The Clash - Train In Vain

War - Why Can't We Be Friends?

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin'Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!

The Beatles - Yesterday (Live In Japan 1966)

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

Parliament - Give Up The Funk

Rod Stewart - Handbags & Gladrags (Unplugged)

Cream - I'm So Glad

The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Larry Williams - Bony Maronie

Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You (by request)

We Are On the Air! 8/1/2011

What will I play on Rock Show this week? Even I don't know yet, but the smart money is on "music."