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October 10, 2006: dedicated to my late high school pal Jimmy Mack (aka Jim McIntyre), without whom i would not be here this evening
Some people have an uncle or aunt, or an older sibling, who they can point to as the person who got them to start listening to cool music. For me, it was one of my best friends in high school: Jim McIntyre, later known as Jimmy Mack.
Jimmy was an intern at WBCN in Boston and later became their music director. He was the first person who turned me on to bands that are still among my all-time favorites today: the Stranglers, Ultravox, Television, the Dictators, Cheap Trick... the list goes on and on. He shaped my musical taste for a lifetime.
Jimmy died of AIDS in 1986. There have been countless times since then that I've wished he was still here so I could tell him about a great new record I'd heard, or he could tell me about his new favorites. I'm dedicating this show, my first on the regular weekly schedule, to him.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Year | New | Approx. start time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| teenage lust | teenage lust | 0:00:00 (Real) | ||||||
| redd kross | dumb angel | phaseshifter | mercury | 0:05:35 (Real) | ||||
| 4" be 2" | frustration | 7" | wea | 1980 | 0:07:44 (Real) | |||
| the long blondes | appropriation by any other name | 12" ep | what's your rupture | * | 0:10:35 (Real) | |||
| the victoria lucas | allegheny/monongahela | hit the ground running fast | no no no | thanks to listener Mike for correcting my faulty memory of Ralph Kiner's regular Three Rivers Stadium remark. | * | 0:13:43 (Real) | ||
| hot chocolate | are you getting enough happiness? | 7" | emi america | 1982 | 0:18:11 (Real) | |||
| flying lotus | two bottom blues | va-the sound of L.A. vol 2 | temple bar | * | 0:21:51 (Real) | |||
| willie alexander and the boom boom band | radio heart | s/t | mca | for Jimmy | 1978 | 0:33:25 (Real) | ||
| mcfadden's parachute | sugar 1970 | hammerdown | self-released | * | 0:36:57 (Real) | |||
| the attack | neville thumbcatch | about time! | rpm | another new Attack collection... not that i'm complaining | * | 0:39:52 (Real) | ||
| kazi | a.v.e.r.a.g.e. | va-stones throw: 10 years | stones throw | 2006 | 0:43:08 (Real) | |||
| boyskout | fantastic | another life | three ring | * | 0:51:21 (Real) | |||
| neutral mute | kingkiller | mercy sessions | run roc | * | 0:54:51 (Real) | |||
| stetsasonic | dbc let the music play | in full gear | tommy boy | 1988 | 0:56:51 (Real) | |||
| action plus+ | woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo (the car alarm song) | s/t | nocturnal love feast | 1996 | 1:02:19 (Real) | |||
| pere ubu | texas overture | why i hate women | smog veil | * | 1:12:05 (Real) | |||
| the crooks | all the time in the world | va-this is mod vol 2 | anagram | 1:18:11 (Real) | ||||
| the someloves | little town crier | don't talk about us | half a cow | * | 1:21:05 (Real) | |||
| the long winters | ultimatum | putting the days to bed | barsuk | * | 1:23:46 (Real) | |||
| curse ov dialect | saturday night | wooden tongues | mush | * | 1:34:20 (Real) | |||
| various | don't ask | the world is gone | xl | (the name of the band is in fact Various) | * | 1:37:44 (Real) | ||
| teddy bears | cobrastyle featuring mad cobra | 12" | atlantic/big beat | * | 1:41:18 (Real) | |||
| positive noise | charm | 12" | statik | 1981 | 1:44:26 (Real) | |||
| starlight mints | inside of me | drowaton | barsuk | * | 1:54:39 (Real) | |||
| electric light orchestra | don't bring me down | 1:58:23 (Real) | ||||||
| upper crust | cream of the crust | cream of the crust | upper crust / redeye | another new Upper Crust collection... not that i'm complaining | * | 2:02:17 (Real) | ||
| priestess | talk to her | hello master | rca | * | 2:06:37 (Real) | |||
| hank iv | got got | third person shooter | hook or crook | inspired by Omar on HBO's The Wire -- which, by the way, is one of the best TV shows ever | * | 2:09:55 (Real) | ||
| steve wynn & george pelecanos | cindy it was always you | s/t | performed by steve wynn+the miracle 3, lyrics by george pelecanos | * | 2:20:29 (Real) | |||
| a-bones | take up the slack daddy-o | daddy wants a cold beer | norton | see the a-bones tomorrow (Weds) night at Union Pool with Andre Williams and WFMU's own Great Gaylord! | 2:24:15 (Real) | |||
| jimmy church | the hurt | va-okeh: a northern soul obsession | 2:26:49 (Real) | |||||
| fabienne delsol & the bristols | can't you see that he's mine | best of | damaged goods | * | 2:29:05 (Real) | |||
| bpa | my son | maybe use my knife | shake it | * | 2:36:02 (Real) | |||
| imaginary icons | eye-cons | 7" | dagger man | * | 2:40:00 (Real) | |||
| tom petty & the heartbreakers | i need to know | you're gonna get it | shelter/abc | 1978 | 2:42:44 (Real) | |||
| carl wayne | deeper than love | songs from the wood and beyond: 1973-2003 | castle | * | 2:45:04 (Real) | |||
| the bee gees | idea | idea | 1968 | 2:48:17 (Real) | ||||
| new lou reeds | exploit me | top billin' | exit stencil | see them this Friday night at Northsix (downstairs) and Saturday at Magnetic Field | * | 2:50:28 (Real) | ||
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