chris@theendofradio.net

Doohickeys guest star. I also fill for the next hour on the schedule

synthpop, dancy, new wave, post 1980s

President's Day 2025

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The Kiboomers - "Do You Know the President? (Presidents Day Song)"
Johnny Horton - "Johnny Freedom" ("Freedomland")
Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band - "Lincoln and Liberty"
Oscar Brand - "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again" (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Oscar Brand - "Marching Down to Washington" (John Kennedy)
The Masters (Eddie Adcock & Josh Graves & Jesse McReynolds & Kenny Baker) - "Thomas Jefferson Breakdown"
Electric Needle Room - "James Monroe"
They Might Be Giants - "James K. Polk"
Cheater Slicks - "George Washington"
Orson Welles - "Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address", music by Henry Jackman - "The Gettysburg Address"
Phil Ochs - "That Was the President"
Louisiana Red - "Red's Dream"
Jay & The Americans - "Only In America"
Shane Morris - "The Man in the Arena" (A Speech from Teddy Roosevelt)
Rich Little - "President's Rap"
Mister Harms - "The Presidents Song #47"
Kylie Minogue - "Mr. President"

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da inna circle

David Lynch 1946-2025
This morning we celebrate the life of the late artist whose films and music has been a major influence on The Melting World.
We will play the soundtrack to his first film, one that played at the midnight cinema circuit throughout the late 70’s and 80’s
“Eraserhead” along with
Spacerock with Hawkestrel, Chrome
Stoner with Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats.
Krautrock with Birth Control,
electric orange.
Electronic with Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company, James Johnson & Vir Unis.
Ambient with Erik Emil Eskildson.
This Sunday 12-5am
Here where unique sounds begin,
WUSB 90.1fm & wusb.fm

Opening set
The Rolling Stones, Sister Morphine (STICKY FINGERS, Rolling Stones Records)
Marianne Faithfull, Broken English (BROKEN ENGLISH, Island)
Marianne Faithfull, As Tears Go By (BLAZING AWAY, Island)

Set # 2
Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (STRANGE WEATHER, Island)
*Holly Cole, Johnny Guitar (DARK MOON, Rumpus Records)
Leonard Cohen, You Want it Darker (YOU WANT IT DARKER, Columbia
Leonard Cohen, Darkness (OLD IDEAS, Columbia)

Set # 3
Peggy Lee, He’s A Tramp (single, Decca 1955)
Peggy Lee, Fever (single, Capitol 1958)
*Holly Cole, Where Flamingos Fly (DARK MOON, Rumpus Records)
Van Morrison, Flamingos Fly (THE PHILOSPHER’S STONE, Polydor)

Set # 4
*Holly Cole, Comin’ Back to Me (DARK MOON,Rumpus Records)
Jefferson Airplane, Today (SURREALISTIC PILLOW, RCA)
Jefferson Airplane, How Do You Feel? (SURREALISTIC PILLOW, RCA)
Jefferson Airplane, Plastic Fantastic Lover (BLESS ITS LITTLE POINTED HEAD, RCA)

Set # 5
* Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, A Heart That Never Closes
(LOOKING FOR THE THREAD, Lambert Light/Thirty Tigers)
*Lucy Kaplansky, A Heart Needs A Home (THE LUCY STORY, lucykaplansky.com)