2014-03-02

Oscar Night at Roseland.  Burning, unanswered questions regarding John Denver’s missing head.

Franny Beecher 1921-2014

  • Preshow – Moviestar – Harpo (Fully-Extended Version)
  • Rory Radio Theme
  • Bring It To Jerome – Bo Diddley
  • What’s The Use – Johnnie Ray
  • Long Walk To D.C. – The Staple Singers
  • Mardi Gras in New Orleans [Live] – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  • Bondi Junction – Peter Foldy
  • I Love Trash – Oscar The Grouch
  • Holy crap, Motorpuppy is listening (maybe for the last time?)
  • I L.O.V.E. Y.O.U. – Terry Collins
  • Jerkin’ Time – Bob Kuban & The In-Men
  • Sandy – Dion
  • Who Daid – Frankie Sardo
  • When The Bells Stops Ringing – Frankie Sardo
  • Seduced – Leon Redbone
  • Baby Talk – Jan & Dean
  • Signed, Miss Heroin (Alternate Take) – Sam Dees
  • You Should Win An Oscar Every Night – Chuck Pollard
  • Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues – Jim Croce
  • Do You Know What Time It Is? – P-Nut Gallery
  • Superstar – Paul Davis
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • It’s Time For Action – Yoko Ono
  • Got The Time – Joe Jackson
  • Bella Linda – The Grass Roots
  • Who Daid – Duffy Power
  • What Now – Duffy Power
  • I Saw Her Standing There – Anthony Newley (bumped)
  • The Bump – Kenny
  • The Lone Ranger – Oscar Brown Jr.
  • I Shot The Sheriff – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • If I Only Had Time – John Rowles
  • There’s Always Tomorrow – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
  • Damned For All Time; Blood Money – JC Superstar
  • Boing Boom Tschak – Kraftwerk
  • Bip Bop – Paul McCartney & Wings
  • Life On Mars? – David Bowie
  • Ebb Tide – The Peddlers
  • Time, Time – Ed Ames
  • Who Daid – Franny Beecher
  • Goofin’ Around – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • You’ll Have Time – William Shatner
  • I Kneel At Your Throne – Joe Medlin
  • Solid Gold – Keith Moon
  • Time – Bobby Sherman
  • You’re Wasting Your Time – The Hilltoppers
  • Take Me Where You Go – Elmore James
  • Honey Love – Narvel Felts
  • Come Back And Shake Me – Clodagh Rodgers
  • To Ev’ry Girl – To Ev’ry Boy (The Meaning Of Love) – Johnnie Ray
  • Cha Cha Cha D’Amour – Dean Martin
  • Smoochin’ Time (Rory Radio Wet One Mix) – Ames Brothers
  • Sleep Song – Claudine Longet
  • You Good Boy, You Get Cookie – The Teen Queens with Neely Plumb & His Orch.
  • Love’s Been Good To Me – Mark Lindsay
  • Today – New Christy Minstrels (premature ejaculation)
  • Did She Mention My Name – Gordon Lightfoot
  • Free To Carry On – The Sandpipers
  • Today – The New Christy Minstrels (completion)
  • Right Place Wrong Time – Dr. John
  • Funk # 48 – Joe Walsh
  • Goodbye Song – Pomplamoose
  • Written Consent – John Denver’s Head
  • Rory Radio Closing Theme

2014-02-23

During which we learn that Don McLean sleeps in his car while on tour, and Judy sleeps in the Security Office.

Chestnut brown canary.

  • Preshow: Plaisirs Erotiques Vol 1. The Sound of Nakedness
  • Rory Radio Theme
  • Am I Black Enough For You – Billy Paul
  • Cinnamon – Derek
  • Hey Blackman – Ed Robinson
  • Magic Toenail – Brak
  • If You Wanna Get To Heaven – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  • Who Daid – Gail Collins Pappalardi
  • Mississippi Queen – Rory Borealus
  • Black Hands White Cotton – The Caboose
  • Kiss My Black Ass – Wesley Willis
  • Dandy – Herman’s Hermits
  • Gimme Three Steps – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Tribute To A Black Woman (Part 1) – Bernie Hayes
  • Beeflog – Brak And Zorak
  • My Dark Hour – Steve Miller Band
  • Be Real Black For Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
  • Have a Danish – Van Morrison
  • You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Telly Savalas
  • Funky Black Man – Earnest Jackson
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • O’Sanity – Yoko Ono
  • L.A. International Airport – Susan Raye
  • Ramada Inn Commercial
  • Judy Collins’ stay at the Ramada
  • Only One – James Taylor
  • Where Does Brown Begin? – Scott Walker
  • Don’t Send In The Clowns – Space Ghost
  • Me And The Elephants – Bobby Goldsboro
  • Sticky, Sticky – 1910 Fruitgum Company
  • Black Lassie – Cheech & Chong (Featuring Johnny Stash)
  • Hung Upside Down – Buffalo Springfield
  • Lay You Down – Rory Borealus
  • To Be Young, Gifted And Black – Nina Simone
  • Pretty World – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
  • I Like Hubcaps – Brak w/ The Brakettes
  • Black Superman – Muhammad Ali – Johnny Wakelin
  • Radio, Radio, What Would Life – Old Woman
  • Ain’t Had My Coffee Yet – Alan Oliver
  • Sunshower – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
  • Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud, Pt. 1 – James Brown
  • Who Daid – Ray Kennedy
  • Sail On, Sailor – The Beach Boys
  • I’m a Little Weenie – Dick “Two Ton” Baker (“The Music Maker”)
  • Lady Is A Tramp – Buddy Greco
  • Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme
  • I’m a Black Woman’s Man – Brownie McGhee
  • My Reservation’s Been Confirmed – Herman’s Hermits
  • New Romance (It’s A Mystery) – Spider
  • The Forecast Calls For Pain – Robert Cray
  • Brak Can’t Stop Laughing – Brak
  • The Best Love I Never Had – Gilbert O’Sullivan
  • Where the Honey Wind Blows – Pete Fountain
  • Alley Cat – Al Hirt
  • Who Daid – Maria Von Trapp
  • So Long, Farewell – Maria, Captain Von Trapp, Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta & Gretl (and Steve)
  • Goodbye Song – Pomplamoose
  • Written Consent
  • Rory Radio Closing Theme

2014-02-16

Three hours, slightly dedicated to yet another Yoko birthday, wherein Rory breaks out his own inspiring lyrics to “Feels So Good.”

So good, so good, so good.

  • Preshow: Fly – Yoko Ono
  • Rory Radio Theme
  • Medley: A) Rip It Up/B) Ready Teddy – John Lennon
  • Saturday Nite – Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Little Girl – John & Jackie
  • Sharing The Nite Together – Arthur Alexander
  • This Guy’s In Love With You – Tony Joe White
  • Wake Up – Yoko Ono
  • A Wednesday in Your Garden – The Guess Who
  • Sunny – Leonard Nimoy
  • I Just Called To Say I Love You – Big Daddy
  • Stuckey’s Stop
  • Never Been To Spain – Tina Turner
  • Midnight Blue – Melissa Manchester
  • Lose Again – Karla Bonoff
  • (I Know) I’m Losing You – Rare Earth
  • It’s Gonna Rain (Living on Tiptoe) – Yoko Ono
  • Sweet Little Lisa – Dave Edmunds
  • It’s No Sin
  • Yoko Ono House Alarm Ad
  • I am a Database – Makke
  • Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted – The Partridge Family  Starring Shirley Jones  Featuring David Cassidy
  • Johnny Shaft – Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Who Daid – Samantha Juste
  • No One Needs My Love Today – Samantha Juste
  • Theme From Cleopatra Jones – Joe Simon featuring The Mainstreeters
  • Who Daid – Karen Morton
  • 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone
  • That’s Queer – The New Fugitives
  • Ben A Capella – Michael Jackson
  • Hell – James Brown
  • Mannish Boy – Rory B
  • Respect – Rory Borealus & the Filets of Soul
  • Without a Doubt – Rocky Jackson
  • Memphis Soul Stew – King Curtis
  • Who Daid – Bob Harris
  • MacArthur Park – The Ray Charles Singers
  • Shirley – John Fred & His Playboy Band
  • Boogie Children – John Fred & His Playboy Band
  • Priscilla (Outtake) – Eddie Cooley & The Dimples
  • I Ain’t Drunk – Jimmy Liggins
  • Drink Up – The Du Droppers
  • Making Nassau Fruit Drink – Louis Villery
  • Lady Blue – Leon Russell
  • Black Betty – Rory Borealus
  • Get Up And Boogie (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
  • Feels So Good – Chuck Mangione
  • I Wanna Love Him So Bad – Jelly Beans
  • Stoned Love – Supremes (Aborted)
  • Second Avenue – Tim Moore
  • Don’t Wait Too Long – New York Rock Ensemble
  • Work Song – Earl Grant
  • Mildred, Mildred – Yoko Ono
  • Kiss And Say Goodbye – Jerry Green
  • Goodbye Song – Pomplamoose
  • Written Consent

2014-02-09

The theme is love, with a brief scatalogical interlude just before Don Marsh.  Playing two Jimmy Cliff songs is hopefully a mistake that won’t be repeated. And I know I just imagined Rory playing the Billy Idol song.

DNP. Really.

  • Preshow – Beatles at the BEEB
  • Rory Radio Theme
  • Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby – Crew Cuts
  • Love Man – Otis Redding
  • Wild World – Jimmy Cliff
  • Love – Lettermen
  • So Far Away – Carole King
  • I Love Onions – Susan Christie
  • Sometimes – Badfinger
  • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons -Sam Cooke
  • I Love You – Otis Leavill
  • I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby – Barry White
  • To Be Alone – Hilltoppers
  • On The Amazon – Don Mclean
  • Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne – Looking Glass
  • The Strain – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
  • Constipation Blues – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  • My Bathroom – American-Standard
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • Watching the Dawn– Yoko Ono
  • Sugar Baby Love – The Rubettes
  • Who Daid – Jeff Leonard
  • Bongo Stomp – Little Joey & The Flips
  • Don’t Touch Me There – The Tubes (Please God Kill Me Now)
  • Winter World Of Love – Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Stick For That – David Kilgore
  • The Frim Fram Sauce – King Cole Trio
  • Who Daid – Pete Seeger
  • Draft Dodger Rag – Pete Seeger
  • Vietnam – Jimmy Cliff
  • Love Is What You Make It – The Grass Roots
  • Love Or Let Me Be Lonely –  The Friends Of Distinction
  • Shy Boy – Kippington Lodge
  • Without Love (There is Nothing) – Oscar Toney, Jr.
  • No Love At All – B.J. Thomas
  •  (I Love You) For Seventy Mental Reasons – Red Ingle (Red is not a colored man, btw)
  • The Hog – Chill Wills
  • Cradle Of Love – Billy Idol
  • I Love – Rory Borealus
  • Two Times Jade – Rory Borealus
  • I Love The Nitelife – Rory Borealus
  • Don’t Pull Your Love – Sam & Dave
  • I’ve Got You Under My Drawers – Brak w/ The Brakettes
  • Weiner King!
  • Me Japanese Boy, I Love You – Bobby Goldsboro
  • One Note Samba – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’65
  • Time and Love – Laura Nyro
  • I Can’t Get Behind That – William Shatner
  • Crazy Love – Helen Reddy
  • Sweet Loving Man – Morris Albert
  • I Love You Because (You’re Nude) – Barry Gibb
  • The Greatest Love of All – Rory Borealus
  • Je T’aime Moi Non Plus – Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
  • French (Douche) – Bud and Doug
  • And I Love You So – Perry Como
  • Love Stinks – J. Geils Band
  • Goodbye Song – Pomplamoose
  • Written Consent
  • Rory Radio Closing Theme

2013-12-01

During which Michael Bublé gets aborted, albeit 38 years too late, and a new Some Shit Band live jam is debuted (engineered by Eric Rohr).

  • Preshow – Spanish Harlem – Reetha
  • Rory Radio Opening Theme
  • Tighten Up Your Wig – Steppenwolf
  • Get Down, Get Down – Joe Simon
  • Lady Bump – Penny McLean
  • I Love The Nitelife – Rory Borealus
  • December Time – Robert Goulet
  • Knockers UP! – Rusty Warren
  • People Are Strange – Tiny Tim
  • Campus Record Shop
  • Popsicle Toes – Michael Franks
  • Something Ain’t Right – Leatherwoods
  • Alone Again – Bee Gees
  • Norman – Sue Thompson
  • Rocket On, Astronaut! – Dave Thomas
  • If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas – Gene Autry
  • Outa-Space -Billy Preston
  • Peter’s Meats
  • Yes Mr. Peters – Roy Drusky
  • Magic Toenail – Brak
  • Put Your Hand in the Hand (Mercy Killing) – Joan Baez
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • Cheshire Cat Cry – Yoko Ono
  • No Milk Today – Herman’s Hermits
  • My Reservation’s Been Confirmed – Herman’s Hermits (Aborted)
  • (Bowling) Balls To The Wall (Rory Radio Hot Bakery Remix) – Accept
  • Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) – Chef
  • Mother No-Head – Groep 1850
  • Who Daid – Oliver Cheatham
  • Get Down, Saturday Night – Oliver Cheatham
  • Who Daid – Dick Dodd
  • Dirty Water – Standells
  • Sleigh Ride – Mitch Miller
  • Cold December Night – Michael Bublé (Aborted)
  • I Can’t Stand The Rain – Eruption
  • Bell Bottom Trousers – Kay Kyser Orchestra
  • I Scream-You Scream-We All Scream- For Ice Cream – Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
  • Rudy, A Message To You – The Specials
  • Grave Concern – Graham Nash
  • Ride ‘Em Cowboy – Paul Davis
  • A Little Bitty Tear – Burl Ives
  • Opus One – Mills Brothers
  • Warm December – Julie London
  • Twinkle Toes – Roy Orbison
  • Bon Soir Dame – Fleetwoods
  • C’Est Si Bon – Conway Twitty
  • Can’t Get Enough – Some Shit Band
  • Motorhead Baby – Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
  • Bo Weevil – Fats Domino
  • What To Do Medley – Buddy Holly/Raw
  • Goodbye Song – Pomplamoose
  • Written Consent
  • Rory Radio Closing Theme