It's been slow finding new surf to play, but that doesn't mean the show itself is slowing down! Oughta be bright and active the whole way through

Here's what we had last week

3/28/16

the tremolo beer gut - le jacquet (Under the Covers With...)
mach kung fu - hot doggin (teach a chick to dance)
sir bald diddley and his honourable big-wigs - the happy surfer (what's in the fridge)
the arrows - tee pee (apache '65)
laika & the cosmonauts - surf-ro-mania (zero gravity)

the ted taylor four - m1 (ku-pow! british instrumental guitar music)
Dick Dale & his del-tones - mr eliminiator (mr eliminator)
bo troy & his hot rods - slippery shilellagh (wild hot rod wails)
the rumblers - The Hustler (it came from the beach)
The Dragons - elephant stomp (frolic diner pt. 3)
the hollywoods - scramble (strummin mental part two)
the sidewinders - gully-washer (fast track)
the wailers - we're going surfin' (tall cool one)

the sidemen - the persuaders (go too far!)
el caminos - sumo wrestler (reverb explosion)
the vice barons - king of the wild reverb (friends in low places)
9th wave - speed zone (time tunnel)
husky and the sandmen - Hot Line (arabian nights '96)

jonny & the shamen - camel dance (operation twang!)
los coronados - hit the road! (surfin' taiwan)
cocktail preachers - rudie can't fail (charlie don't surf)
blue hawaiians - Banzai Pipeline (sway)

bombón - La Sirena (a date with bombón)
satan's pilgrims - Scorpio 6 (creature feature)
the mummies - tall cool one (play their own records)
the countdowns - do it (surf-age nuggets)

khun narin - chackim (ii)
beninghove's hangmen - powerstine (rattlesnake chopper)
men from s.p.e.c.t.r.e. - Holy Smoke (the claw)
the surf coasters - aruhi nagisani (waitin' 4 the surf)

the apemen - queen jacula (live) (7+ inches of love)
the cavaleros - chinese takeaway (the atomic ep)
the phantomatics - hearse surfin' (she left her brain at the drive-in)
skurkarna - blow the safe (a crimewave escapade)
bang! mustang! - Russian Roulette (surfin' n.s.a.)
the abominable showmen - I don't think it's loaded kid (the abominable showmen)
mofos - malcom's brain (six pack performance)
threesome - chasing the car bandits (adriatica)
the monterreys - shish kebab (the pharoah)
the break - phobos-grunt (church of the open sky)

I was feeling so jazzed on the weather last week that I thought I would go super-sun-oriented today. And that worked out, the sun is out there, but somehow it's kinda cold out. Go figure. Anyway, not a lot of new stuff -- in fact quite the opposite, a lot of ol' favorites today.

Last week

3/14/16

the fantastic 3 - hawaiian beach (14 favorites!!!)
the kanaloas - toxica! (surf a go go)
thee sturgeons - freshwater freakout (freshwater freakout)
deadlinks - overstock rock (More Rocks! More Weight!)
tsunamish - joe pesci (hiroshima)

the gamblers - moon dawg (45)
the chandelles - el gato (that's swift! instrumentals from the norman petty vault)
the gems - shutdown (fast-track)
the gestics - rockin' fury (surf-age nuggets)
the noise makers - zoobee (45)
duane eddy - shazam! (45)
the ventures - swan lake (joy)

aaron and the burrs - release the bats (release the bats)
the tradewinds - the snake (45)
beware the danger of a ghost scorpion - the lover's curse (blood drinkers only)
the moths - locust eaten deer head (beware of)

the dangermen - manx man island (meet the men of danger)
oskar benas y los herejes instro combo - lobo viejo ragg (oblyhic)
the leemen - johnny guitar (45)
kozyol - black orpheus (kozyol)

mike barbwire & the blue ocean orchestra - el surfista de mambo no. 1 (el surfista de mambo)
diabolico coupe - left-handed drummer (diabolico coupe)
el capitan and the band with no name - variation no. 1 (death of a tiki)
the routes - sinchan's number (alligator)
the bambi molesters - mindbender (as the dark wave swells)

les tigres du futur - les motos de la violence (collection illusion sonores vol. 2)
matt foy - proto pop (åtte)
fifty foot combo - BXL-Ghent (ghent bxl 2004)

the coffin daggers - the spy (aggravatin' rhythms)
polysics - cy/cb (neu)
Laika and the Cosmonauts - baha-ree-bah (instruments of terror)
the space agency - candy coloured dreams (the space agency)
genki genki panic - werewolf by night (spooky fingers)
the revomatics - mic(rophone) the martian (we come in peace)
los protones - el verdugo (20 monstruos 2007-2015)
captain ahab & the sea cracken - surf ninja (captain ahab & the sea crackens)
man... or astroman? - structo (made from technetium)
la venganza de san carlos - el lado épico de la vida (no hayolas en marte)
los tiki phantoms - vulcan (los tiki phantoms regresan de la tumba)
el ray - car hire from hell (highwave to hell)
the biarritz boys - agent graves (monsters of surf)
hawaii samurai - teenage mutant surfer ninja (the shape of surf to come)
amphibian man - base (contra surf)

AGGRESSIVELY ARMED with fresh material today from the likes of Amphibian Man, Les Tigres du Futur, Genki Genki Panic, Los Tiros, Thee Sturgeons, Matt Foy, The Delstroyers, The Hang-Ten Hangmen AND more new-to-the-show 45s than I'll likely end up playing. GONNA BE GOOD!

As for last week

2/29/16

we pitted Man and his SCIENCE against NATURE. The humans made incredible strides, dominating much of the show, but as the saying goes "Mother Nature always wins". With an easy window for somebody to call in with a science plege and claim it, TWO donations were made in the last five minutes BOTH FOR NATURE. Humanity's hopes were dashed -- at least until next year.

WTUL is officially done with our pledge drive, but if you feel a weight in your heart saying you should have helped, you certainly still can. We accept donations year-round, we only push for them once a year.

So here's what was played last week. Text in GREEN represents a SCIENCE spin. Text in WHITE represents a NATURE song.

the volcano kings - theremin a' go-go (music for an exotic monster beach partyin outer space)
we are a communist - Speed of sound in space (blast off!)
camarada nimoy - agardando por gargarin (alucinacions acusticas)
tsunamibots - in the belly of the bot (surfing craze in the robotic age)
the moon riders - moon fever (45)
the surfaris - waikiki run (45)
digger revell - lisa marie (45)
the motivations - the birds (surf-age nuggets)
the blockbusters - gorilla walk (45)
dick dale - tidal wave (summer surf)
the volcanics - hurricane (girls girls girls)
man... or astroman? - interstellar hard drive (eeviac)
the beyonderers - destro's breakfast (fourth wave)
the del-vipers - the sonic deterrent (terror of the del-vipers)
barry gray & the spacemakers - zero (telstars, mexicans, manhunts & wonderful lands)
the ventures - war of the satellites (ventures in space)
gene and the esquires - space race (45)
jan davis and the routers - time funnel (45)
the what four - gemini 4 (45)
the tornados - telstar (telstar)
travelers of tyme - zoneplex (chronomads)
man... or astroman? - preparation clont (spectrum of an infiinite scale)
cosmic monster - electric battle masterpiece (cosmic monster)
los jinetes del terror - area 51 (fuzz-on accidental)
jeo - surfin' bee (restless sea)
the mermen - ocean beach (krill slippin')
the madeira - fire sacrifice (tribal fires)
sandy nelson - birth of the beat (45)
timecop beach party - set phasers to chill (transmission received: hang ten)
mac rebennack - storm warning (45)
the barbwires - the biggest wave (...sounds like trouble)
the fatimas - sandstorm (teen beat vol 4)
the atlantics - shark attack (the complete cbs recordings)

In New Orleans today is Lundi Gras. Can't tell you much about how that's going, because I'm way off in Tbilisi, Georgia slowly overcoming jet lag. It's an absolutely beautiful city, full of color, amazing landscapes, and a wild mix of new and old architecture. They're very in touch with their native culture, and they've got a lot of really cool old cars. I've tried to find any shred of instro music that might have come out of here and my research has been completely fruitless. Guess Dick Dale wasn't a hit in the Soviet Union. But at some point I'm going to seek out a flea market with my portable turntable and we'll see what we can see. Going to be tough considering that Georgian has a completely different alphabet and Russian records will be in cyrillic.

Anyway, back in the states I have a sub doing my show this week. Please call in and tell her how much you like it!

Here's last week's playlist

2/1/16

the st. kilda gammarays - girl on a motorcycle (girl on a motorcycle)
camarada nimoy - as dunas de samil (alucinacions acusticas)
the space rangers - gypsy jive (ready to take off!)
the del-vipers - creepy t (terror of the del-vipers)
atomic 7 - the wreck of the dick family weiner boat (en hillbilly caliente)
the hypnomen - jethead (trip with satan)
dick dale - the eliminator (spacial disorientation)

travis wammack - distortion pt. 1 - 45
the wailers - mau mau - 45
ike turner and his orchestra - loosely - 45
sandabs - crab louie (frolic diner)
bob vaught & the renegaids - revellion (surf crazy)
the surfmen - ghost hop - 45

los freneticos - el mapa y el territorio (el sonido que perdura)
the reigning monarchs - the duke (the reigning monarchss)
the sir finks - action reef ((tres mexicans) del surf del texas)
reef rider - the trembler (beyond the reef)
the mel-tones - breakers at hanalei (surf sensation)
stompin' riffraffs - parabellum (a man and three chicks)

the journal job - drunken monkey jungle (drunken monkey jungle)
aloha sluts - surferama (return of the sluts7")
los javelin - psycho-silbon (surfabilly & roll)
the vara-tones - reverberator (headin' out)

jon & the nightriders - force of gravity (surf beat '80)
chewbaccas - astro-q (zenon)
the swiv-o-matics - barbara eden rock (the return of the fez men)
el ray - justin case (the evil mermaid)
toxic mutants - attack of the killer funghi (still toxic)

los rude waves - sleepwalk (sleepwalk)
khruangbin - dern kala (the universe smiles upon you)
billy mure - around the world (around the world)
the knockers - jealouse (suomalaisia rautalankaaanityksia)

agent orange - miserlou (living in ddarkness)
la venganza de san carlos - el lado épico de la vida (no hay olas en marte)
the wangs - pedro point (self-released)
el fossil - sacrificial lunch (escape from crabhorse island)
we are a communist - biometric collision (blast off!)
the royal fingers - burning 24oz (wild eleki deluxe)
switch trout - sliced onions (brown trout)
invisible surfers - los pilotos estan muertos (til that day)
beachmover - storm drain (beachmover)
the sub-vectors - intercept (music on the bones)