TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, March 30, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
It's Money That I Love by Randy Newman
Brother Can You Spare a Dime by Odetta & Dr. John
Money (That's What I Want) by Jerry Lee Lewis
Money Won't Change You by James Brown
Money Money by The A-Bones
Money Honey by Elvis Presley

House Rent Boogie by John Lee Hooker
Amphetamine Annie by Canned Heat
Evil Eagle by The Bassholes
Well Did You Ever (What a Swell Party) by Iggy Pop & Debbie Harry
Down to the Ground by The Fleshtones
Bad Boy by The Back Beat Band
Ever Lovin' Man by The Dirtbombs
Witches by Bichos

Red Hot by Billy Lee Riley
Baby, Scratch My Back by Slim Harpo
Eager Beaver Baby by Johnny Burnette
Tarantula by Jody Reynolds
I Hear Voices by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Pig Snoots (parts 1 & 2) by Andre Williams
Son of a Preacher Man by Ike & Tina Turner
Big Long Slidin' Thing by Dinah Washington
Kukamonga Boogaloo by King Kahn & The Shrines
Treat Me Like a Dog by King Kahn & BBQ

Mr. Orange by Dengue Fever
Thirsty and Miserable by The Dirty Projectors
I Do What I Want When I Want by Xiu Xiu
Nausea by X
Steal Away by Carla Bozulich
Ear-Cutting Samurai Monks/What a Wonderful Day by Shoukichi Kina
I'll Make You Happy by Kontikis
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, March 28, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
New Lee Highway Blues by David Bromberg
Then I'll Be Moving On by Mother Earth
If I'm To Blame by Chipper Thompson
Don't Know Your Name by Goshen
Judas Iscariot by Joe West & The Sinners

If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy by The Hacienda Brothers
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights/Volver Volver by Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs with Chris Gafney
Come Back to Old Santa Fe by Jerry Faires
Gorgeous George by Ronny Elliott
Unoriginal by Hundred Year Flood
If You See Me Comin' by Arty Hill & The Long Gone Daddies
Humdinger by The Farmer Boys
Leapin' Lizzie by Tom Adler

Put it Back by Billy Kaundart
Bears in Them Woods by Nancy Apple
Walk You Home by Marlee MacLeod
That Nightmare is Me by Mose McCormack
Coca Cola Cowboy by Mel Tillis
The Hurrier I Go The Behinder I Get by The Last Mile Ramblers
Prayin' Hands by Elliott Rogers
Waco Express by The Waco Brothers

Cold and Blind by Possessed by Paul James
Gris Gris by Jaime Michaels
Hula Hula Boys by Warren Zevon
Where's the Check? by The Cerrillos Islanders
The One that Got Away by Jono Manson
Texas Tornado by Ed Pettersen
Safe by ThaMuseMeant
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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PROBABLY JUST A COINCIDENCE ...

Regarding the news that former Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans is taking over the state Tax and Rev Department, and Jan Goodwin is being shuffled over to the Educational Retirement Board:

I can't help but remember some stories I did several months ago about Richardson cabinet secretaries who contributed to his presidential campaign and those who didn't.

At the time I wrote the first story last May only four cabinet members had not given money to Richardson's national race.

Then, a week later, two of those four had gone.

Goodwin was one of the last two standing.

(The other, who still is there, is state Adjutant Gen. Kenny Montoya, who said he likes keeping the state National Guard out of politics.)

Last year all involved, including Goodwin, said there was no pressure to contribute.

And I'm sure nobody held it against her that she was one of the few cabinet secretaries who didn't go to Iowa to campaign for Richardson.

MULLETS AGAINST DRUGS

In an apparent move to head off a blackmail attempt, Darren White's Congressional campaign actually released this video in a fund-raiser email.

The sheriff's campaign Web site explains:

In the late eighties, a group of Albuquerque Police Officers decided to use an innovative way to teach kids to stay away from drugs and gangs. They formed a rock band called "The Force" and took their show on the road, performing for thousands of school children across New Mexico.

White is running for the Republican nomination for CD 1. I'm not endorsing anyone, so if Joe Carraro has any videos of him singing "That's Amore," I'll post that too.

Rock on.

TERRELL'S TUNE-UP: SXSW WRAP-UP PART II

Here's the final installment of my SXSW stuff for The New Mexican. Like last week's faithful blog readers will recognize some of the items here from my blogging from Austin.

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
March 28, 2008



I know the South by Southwest Music Festival has been over for nearly two weeks now. But I saw way too much music I feel compelled to babble about, so here’s Part 2 of this year’s SXSW saga.

One thing you can count on in Austin, Texas, during SXSW week is that music is everywhere. Besides the bars and restaurants, Austin’s art galleries, parks, vacant lots, and alleys become instant venues. And sometimes surprising musicians pop up in odd corners.


During Roky Erickson’s Psychedelic Ice Cream Social at Threadgill’s, I went inside the restaurant to use the ATM. A kind stranger told me, “Hey, Ray Wylie Hubbard is playing in the back room.” Indeed he was. Hubbard — who is best known for writing “Redneck Mother,” though he has written dozens of superior tunes — was doing a short acoustic set of blues songs with his teenage son Lucas, who’s getting pretty good on guitar.

The next night, I met with a huge group of friends and friends of friends at Artz Rib House. There I was introduced to singer-songwriter Jeff Talmadge. “You’re from Santa Fe, you must know Jaime,” he said. Jaime who? “Jaime Michaels, the guy who just finished playing. Indeed, the Santa Fe singer had just done an acoustic set a few feet behind me, but I’d been so busy yakking with my pals that I missed him.

Here’s some more music that I did see:

* My Morning Jacket: I have some qualms about this band. Sometimes MMJ veers dangerously close to classic-rock pabulum. Sometimes they sound like an overblown country-rock band. But Jim James’ musical vision is so unusual that most of the time he’s able to transcend these influences. The lords of Louisville, Kentucky, played for nearly two hours, starting off with a great rush of energy and songs that were powerful and intense. I believe they were mainly new tunes from the group’s upcoming album Evil Urges, though the set was liberally sprinkled with songs from its albums Z and It Still Moves. The middle of the first hour sagged a bit as James and crew concentrated on slower, more country songs. But then they got their footing again, and nearly every song in the next hour and 15 minutes sounded like a blistering climax.

* Johnette Napolitano: I was apprehensive about this show when I learned it would be a solo acoustic set. But those fears vanished once Napolitano opened her throat and started wailing. In her sexy Morticia Addams dress, she showed that singer-songwriter gigs don’t have to be gimpy. I’d seen her twice before with Concrete Blonde, but this might have been the most powerful performance of hers I’ve ever witnessed. Napolitano balanced the set with newer tunes and familiar Concrete Blonde songs like “Joey” and “Mexican Moon.” The highlight had to be her a cappella version of “Tomorrow Wendy.” Even though she left out the verse that begins, “I told the priest/don’t count on any second coming,” the song was just devastating. She’s been doing the song for nearly 20 years, but the emotion that night was raw and deep.

* Van Morrison: I was only able to catch thean the Man’s showcase. It was the first time I’d ever seen him, and he was flawless and soulful as expected, playing new or less-familiar songs. But later that night, when I saw Napolitano’s show, it was obvious that the venerated Belfast Cowboy hadn’t exactly poured his guts into his show the way she had hers.


* Bayou City Beach Party: After my pals — who didn’t have wristbands or badges — were told they couldn’t get into the R.E.M. show at Stubb’s Bar-B-Que, we decided to go to Headhunters across the street. I’d stumbled into this joint the night before and appreciated the tiki decor and biker/punk vibe. This band, from Houston, was an energetic bunch. Singer Blake Shepard is young but a born showman, and he romped through his Stooge-y punk-boogie tunes.


* Yo La Tengo: This New Jersey trio played an amazing set at Austin Music Hall. I arrived late, and they were playing some of their weird, poppy material with frontman Ira Kaplan on keyboards. I guess I’m just a guitar-centric kinda guy, but referred it when he switched back to guitar. Like Sonic Youth at its best, Yo La has a great knack for creating beauty out of sonic chaos. The band’s version of “Tom Courtenay” was as gorgeous as Julie Christie, who is name-checked in the lyrics.

* The Breeders: The Deal sisters’ show at the Mess With Texas festival in Waterloo Park probably was my greatest disappointment at this year’s SXSW. I’ve been a fan of The Pixies, as well as The Breeders, for years. I thought The Breeders’ Last Splash was one of the unsung albums of the ’90s. I confess I did enjoy their version of “Cannonball” and “Divine Hammer” from that album at the SXSW show, but most of their music, including songs from their upcoming album Mountain Battles, didn’t jell that night. Part of it was the sound system. In the middle of the show it sounded as if an amp was blown. But even worse, the playing often seemed half-assed. In dorm rooms all over the country there are guitar noodlers who could do better than Kim Deal on some of her s Their cover of the Beatles’ “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” started off well but fell apart by the end as the band seemed to struggle to make it to the conclusion.


* Andre Williams: I caught this old R & B warlord kicking off the Bloodshot Records party at the Yard Dog Gallery. Williams, who had some minor hits in the 1950s and early ’60s, is best known for “Shake a Tail Feather,” which, curiously, he didn’t perform that afternoon. After years in obscurity, Williams started recording again with punk-based groups on independent labels, where he’s allowed to be as raunchy as he wants. He’s recorded with The Dirtbombs and, backed by the surf/country Sadies, did a “country” album for Bloodshot back in 1999. At the Yard Dog, Williams emphasized his early rock ’n’ roll background. My only complaint is that his 30-minute set wasn’t long enough.


* The Waco Brothers: I caught them twice — once at the Bloodshot party, then the next day at Jovita’s. As I knew they would, they lived up to the promise of their live album, which I reviewed here a couple of weeks ago.

HATS OFF TO PETER

Peter Blackstock, co-founder and co-editor of No Depression, just blogged about my infamous manly headwear THE HAT. Read it HERE

And for more dynamic photos of THE HAT, featuring a small army of lovely models, CLICK HERE.

Next year is a 60-day session at the New Mexico State Legislature, so most likely I won't be attending South by Southwest. Maybe I should bring THE HAT to the Legislature.