2004-04-10

Heavily-medicated tonight. We have a very spotty Top 14 Tunedex and a bunch of Buddy Holly to mark the passing of Niki Sullivan. There’s also answering machine “comedy.”

NIKI!

Preshow: Black Coffee – Julie London
Opening Theme
Taco Tico wants Rory daid
Niki Sullivan (Cricket) daid
Maybe Baby (outtake) – Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Clues – Robert Palmer (Tunedex #14)
Peggy Sue – Buddy Holley & the Crickets
When The Baby Comes To Your House – Fred “Mr.” Rogers
Dale Lowery Interviews Buddy for KTOP
I Couldn’t Dream – Elephant’s Memory
Painted Ladies – Ian Thomas
Man…gooood drugs….
Rory and Daddio Dilly interview Nikki Sullivan’s 60hz hum…and awestruck Rory is silent.
It’s All Over – Nikki Sullivan
One Cup Of Happiness – Dean Martin (Tunedex #12)
Malambo – Yma Sumac
Welcome to the world of dead air
I Believe I Can Fly – William Hung
Longer Boats – Cat Stevens (Tunedex #11)
Liberation Special – Elephant’s Memory
It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
Cool Chick Baby – Yoko
The Girl From East Topeka – Rory Borealus
Grazing In The Grass – Friends Of Distinction
Passings: Joseph Zimmerman (inventor of the answering machine)
Answering machine “comedy”
I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby – Barry White
Disease – The Dictators
More answering machine “comedy”
Photograph – Ringo (Tunedex #6)
Yet more answering machine “comedy”
Mary Had A Little Lamb – Paul McCartney & Wings
Mary Had A Little Lamb – Thomas Edison (no longer understood to be the first recording)
“comedy”
Lonesome Road – Dean Elliott & his Big Band
Paxico (Land Of Beauty) – The Diamonds
Rory’s twitching
Nutted By Reality – Nick Lowe
Me And Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
Mr. Dante Fontana – Piero Piccioni & Alberto Sordi (newly anointed staple)
This is Jim Rockford…
High Blood Pressure – Huey “Piano” Smith & his Clowns
Third Man Theme – The Beatles
Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out) – John Lennon
Closing Theme