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Best Coast/Arcade Fire
Author: WKNC Admin
It is time once again for the Mystery Roach Covers Show. This Saturday, August 28, I’ll be playing original tracks from the 50s, 60s or 70s and also the cover versions from any decade and style.
If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here, on the Facebook fan page, or email them to me. I will be finalizing the playlist on Friday afternoon.
Below are the playlists from the previous two years to give you an idea of what this year’s show will be like.
Tune in to Mystery Roach, every Saturday from 8-10am on WKNC for Progressive, Fusion, Psychedelic, Garage and noise from the 60s and 70s. (This week the 50s are fair game as well.)
Cheers.
2009 Show
| Song | Artist |
| Return Of Jackie And Judy | Tom Waits |
| Judy Is A Punk | Ramones |
| Li’l Red Riding Hood | Meteors |
| Li’l Red Riding Hood | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
| Sinister Exaggerator | Primus |
| Sinister Exaggerator | Residents |
| Sally Go Round The Roses | The Great Society |
| Sally Go Round The Roses | Jaynetts |
| Ready-Mades | Yo La Tengo |
| Ready-Mades | Bonzo Dog Band |
| Chunga’s Revenge | Frank Zappa |
| Chunga’s Revenge | Grotan Project |
| Love Buzz | Nirvana |
| Love Buzz | The Shocking Blue |
| You Don’t Own Me | Rasputina |
| You Don’t Own Me | Lesley Gore |
| Good Guys Don’t Wear White | Minor Threat |
| Good Guys Don’t Wear White | The Standells |
| Farmer John | Neil Young And Crazy Hourse |
| Farmer John | The Premiers |
| Masculine Intuition | Rocket From The Crypt |
| Masculine Intuition | The Music Machine |
| Mushroom | Jesus And Mary Chain |
| Mushroom | Can |
| Cross-eyed Mary | Iron Maiden |
| Cross-eyed Mary | Jethro Tull |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | April Wine |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | King Crimson |
2008 Show
| Song | Artist |
| The Dolphins | Beth Orton |
| The Dolphins | Fred Neil |
| Here She Comes Now | Nirvana |
| Here She Comes Now | Velvet Underground |
| China Girl | David Bowie |
| China Girl | Iggy Pop |
| People Are Strange | Twiztid |
| People Are Strange | The Doors |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Brian Ferry |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Rolling Stones |
| Happy Together | Frank Zappa |
| Happy Together | The Turtles |
| War Pigs | Alice Donut |
| War Pigs | Black Sabbath |
| Have A Cigar | Primus |
| Have A Cigar | Pink Floyd |
| Steppin Stone | Minor Threat |
| Steppin Stone | The Monkees |
| Pictures Of Matchstick Men | Camper Van Beethoven |
| Pictures Of Matchstick Men | Status Quo |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | The Breeders |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | The Beatles |
| I Fought The Law | The Clash |
| I Fiought the Law | The Bobby Fuller Four |
| Ring Of Fire | Social Distortion |
| Ring Of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| I Put A Spell On You | CCR |
| I Put a Spell on You | Screamin Jay Hawkins |
| Higer Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder |
We are back from the summer break and this week we focus on new releases from Arcade Fire and Best Coast.
Local deejays Elly May, DJ Goof, DJ Kligz, The Voice of Reason, and myself gave back to the community this Saturday at the yearly event, Service NC State. As in years past, NC State worked with Stop Hunger Now in hopes of packaging 400,000 meals for children in Haiti. Many campus organizations came out Saturday, August 21 to help package food from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. New this year was the blood drive for which about a dozen members of WKNC staff gave blood to help reach the goal of 500 pints of blood in one huge blood drive on Friday.
The number of meals our small group of five packaged during our two-hour shift is enough to feed a 32-child orphanage for seven months. The meals are full of essential vitamins and minerals and are actually quite tasty. The experience was described as “inspiring,” “exhilarating,” “fun,” “organized,” and “fulfilling"—and totally worth waking up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday. WKNC hopes to have a presence at other on-campus service events to further instate our relationship with our campus and our community as a whole.
I would like to personally thank everyone who helped by giving blood or donating their time and energy to any aspect of Service NC State.
Tonight, 8/21 on “Real RnB Radio,” R&B singer Marcus Allen will be visiting the studio on 88.1FM WKNC.
The Summerville, SC, native is poised to take over the male R&B scene with his infectious melodies, soulful delivery, and powerful voice.
The South Carolina Music Award winner has already received international success on the Japanese and European charts and has been featured on a number of major tours.
Tune in at 10:30 p.m. for our live interview with the rising star. To find out more about Marcus Allen, visit here or follow him on twitter. Check out some of his latest music below.
“Real RnB Radio” with host Mir.I.am airs Saturdays from 10 p.m.-12 a.m.
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Local Beat preview 8/21/10
This week’s Local Beat is going to be the first in a while with live music as all three of the bands coming in plan on playing some tunes for us on the air.
Carrboro group Max Indian is kicking things off at 5 p.m. to promote their show at the Local 506 on August 27. Max Indian is playing less and less these days, so I plan on asking them about the group’s recent happenings and chat with them about their upcoming gig during Hopscotch.
Twelve Thousand Armies is the closest band we have in the area that represents a cult following as their music has largely been missed due to lack of promotion and live shows, and I am excited to welcome them on the program at 6p .m. They are also playing the Local 506 on the 27th with Max Indian and The Houston Brothers. It will be their first interview on WKNC—who just twisted the band’s arm to finally get a hold of their album that came out awhile back—and I am sure many of you have been hearing constantly since.
At 7 p.m., Asheville artist Darien will be jumping on board to promote several upcoming shows in our area. Darien is relatively unknown around our region, but that has been quickly changing with her last release, Theorem, which came out on Alive and Well back in March. Darien has a busy couple of weeks in the area that include five shows in the Triangle between now and September 3.
As always, the fun starts at 5 p.m. and will last until 8 p.m.! Don’t worry if you miss it as all interviews are put on the WKNC blog following the show. Be sure to follow the Local Beat on Twitter or Facebook and download tons of free local music on our ReverbNation page!
Our Wolfpacker of the Week is Megan Caine, an NCSU senior working to make the Hopscotch Music Festival a green event.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MYSTERY JETS | Serotonin | Rough Trade |
| #2 | JAILL | That’s How We Burn | Sub Pop |
| #3 | WAVVES | King of the Beach | Fat Possum |
| #4 | MAPS AND ATLASES | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk |
| #5 | DAN SARTAIN | Dan Sartain Lives | One Little Indian |
| #6 | LIGHTS ON | Here Comes the Ocean | self-released |
| #7 | STILL FLYIN’ | A Party in Motion [EP] | Ernest Jenning |
| #8 | DARKER MY LOVE | Alive as You Are | Dangerbird |
| #9 | ARCADE FIRE | The Suburbs | Merge |
| #10 | COTTON JONES | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze |
I can safely say that last Friday was my favorite Local Beat we have ever had. The guests on the show were wonderfully knowledgeable and entertaining, and the three hours we shared were exceptionally insightful into our local music scene. In case you missed it, I had a “roundtable” of sorts in which I invited several prominent members of the local music community onto the program to talk about the music in the area and their involvement. We chatted about everything from our favorite and least favorite local venues and bands to the history and future of our music scene.
First in was Betsy Harris, one of the most notable and certainly the most prolific local music photographers in the area. Betsy was a fantastic guest who shared plenty about her role in the local music community, her work as a photographer, and several fun stories about her experiences in the past several years. Be sure to check out Betsy’s Fotki and Youtube for some sweet local multimedia content. Also, below are some of Betsy’s favorite photographs that she has graciously shared with us:
Karen Mann of Mann’s World also joined me on the show for about an hour. Karen is one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, local music blogger in our area and having her on the program was a special treat. Karen and I talked about her history in the area and her role within the music of our region. Karen was a fabulous interviewee and had plenty to say, all of it proving to be noteworthy and captivating about her dedication to the music and her blog. Karen is also having a special Mann’s World day party during Hopscotch on September 11th.
One of my favorite journalists in the area, Bryan Reed, made an appearance as well. Bryan is well known for his contributions to Shuffle Magazine where he is Assistant Editor and also the Independent Weekly where he covers local and national music. He was fun, witty, and full of knowledge on music scenes outside the Triangle region.
Linnie Green, the new editor of Diversions at the Daily Tar Heel, got quite a bit of crap from me for going to NC State’s rival school, but after I settled down and matured a little, she gave us some interesting insight into how Diversions works and what priorities they have with local music.
The mastermind behind NBC 17’s Music.MyNC was also a guest that evening. Jake is another extraordinary blogger in the area and also heads the live Sessions for Music.MyNC. I talked with Jake about how the Sessions came to be what it is and his thoughts about his contributions to the music.
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