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Transistor Sister

Feb 12, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Music

With Commie Francis

Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. One mini-theme per episode.

Transistor Sister #153: Into the Unknown! feat. talking to the band

Are you ready Steve? Uh huh.

It's my first (well in a long time) 2 hour episode of Transistor Sister, a new look for spring! You will hear a bunch of nonsense from all across time including a ton of brand new jams! In the second hour I'm doing well a very long mini set (ok at least 2 sets) of songs where the band members talk to each other.

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2:01 PM		Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
2:03 PM		Spanky & Our Gang Sunday Will Never Be the Same Spanky & Our Gang Mercury 1967
2:06 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
2:09 PM		Powerplant Broodmother N Broodmother - Single Static Shock Records 2023 from the forthcoming... something??
2:11 PM		Jimmie & Vella Chica Boom Jimmie & Vella Rhino Atlantic 1972
2:14 PM		Violin Sect Fit & Anxious N Vile Insect Minimum Table Stacks 1981 new reissue just out!
2:17 PM		Delia Derbyshire Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO BBC Radiophonic Music BBC Radio Enterprises 1968
2:19 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
2:22 PM		Prospexx Secret Police Prospexx - EP Symphony Of Destruction 2021
2:26 PM		Smirk Total Reality N Material Feel It Records 2022
2:28 PM		Keith 98.6 98.6 / Ain't Gonna Lie Mercury Records 1967
2:31 PM		A Touch of Hysteria The Rulers A Touch Of Hysteria Demo Tapes 2006 orig 1983
2:34 PM		Rose Melberg Healthy Sick September Lost Sound Tapes 2013 sebadoh cover
2:35 PM		Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett Dark Old Waters A Water over Stone Folk-Legacy Records 1980
2:39 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
2:43 PM		Innovations Put a Little Away N Seabird - Single MAG 2013
2:47 PM		The Drin Eyes Only for Space N Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom Feel It Records 2023
2:51 PM		La Fraction La Cuisine N De l'autre cote Twisted Chords 2022
2:54 PM		The Mall Burning Age N Time Vehicle Earth Fixed Grin 2022
2:57 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
3:01 PM		Sweet Ballroom Blitz (Live UK Tour 73) The Rainbow (Live) [New Extended Version] Sony Music Catalog 2018 A R E Y O U R E A D Y S T E V E
3:05 PM		Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Bubbles In My Beer (feat. Tommy Duncan) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bob Wills MCA Nashville 2000 orig 1947, too many shoutouts to list
3:08 PM		Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Government Center Roadrunner: The Beserkley Collection Castle Communications 2004 what might that be jonathan?
3:11 PM		Talking Heads Take Me to the River (Live) Stop Making Sense (Live) [Special New Edition] Warner Records 1984 get down jerry!!!!
3:15 PM		Eggs The Government Administrator The Government Administrator / Sugar Babe Hemiola Records 1993 ok rob play guitar now brother
3:20 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
3:23 PM		Agnostic Front Power Victim In Pain Rat Cage Records 1984 STIGMAAAAAA
3:24 PM		The Monkees Papa Gene's Blues The Monkees Colgems 1966 play magic fingers!!!
3:26 PM		Hattie Hudson Doggone My Good Luck Soul R Doggone My Good Luck Soul / Black Hand Blues ‎ Columbia 1928 requested by my dad! play it mr evanston???
3:30 PM		Alternative TV Why Don't You Do Me Right The Image Has Cracked Deptford Fun City Records 1978 guitar! guitar guitar guitar guitar!
3:33 PM		Pixies Monkey's Gone to Heaven At the BBC 4AD 1998 rock me joseph alberto santiago!
3:36 PM		MC5 The American Ruse Back In the USA Atlantic 1970 rock em back sonic!
3:38 PM		The Clash Complete Control Complete Control CBS 1977 you're my guitar hero!
3:41 PM		The Devils Devil Dance R The Devil Dance / Just Like That Devlet Records 1964 requested by David from Monmouth Beach
3:44 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
3:52 PM		Poison Talk Dirty to Me Look What the Cat Dragged In Capitol Records 1986 CC PICKUP THAT GUITAR AND TALK TO ME!
3:55 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Morning Love Affair
3:58 PM		Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening if you are new, may i introduce you to chumbawamba

Chat is archived.

good afternoon everyone!

Afternoon to you, CF!

Genius start

thanks!

It COMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIEEEEEEEEE

hiya jimbo!!

Yay, it's Commie!!

Christine! it's been a while, nice to see you!

It's great to hear Transistor Sister as a 2-hour show on a Sunday!

Love this Innovations track. The melody is such an earworm.

i love the synths on it!

and yeah it's so catchy!

Oh God who's got the 10 1/2 by black flag does this to a vulgar degree

hahaha oh yeah! yeah this probably isn't a mini theme

i keep thinking of more

Looking forward to the three hour special

Probably every motley Crüe song

Every headlining act at the philly folk fest

The second opening song in the wedding singer

With George

Is this the pregame show?

yes for the world series

Getting an early start, I respect that.

A cannon just went off in my neighborhood. Has the war begun, or is there some large sportsball event?

it's the revolution, up against the wall henry kissinger

Well why wasn't it televised? How are people supposed to know?

Former NASL chairman Henry Kissinger?

I went for my morning pole climb only to find they’ve all been greased! What gives?!

luckily there's the greased pole climbing contest every year to prepare us

get down jerry!!!!

Now *that* is a sport.

I had to explain "the Streisand effect" to my kid today re: how saying you're greasing poles in advance is just going to make people take that as a challenge.

yeah i don't know why they even bother now

Courtesy greasing so you don't get nasty friction burns when you de-pole, Pat

i got an email from the water dept this week saying grease poles not your drains i'm not making this up

Had I know I would not have worn my velvet pole climbing suit.

There must be a James Brown song where he names every band member, his towel holder, and his stylist.

I completely forgot about the concept of the “Streisand Effect”. Thanks for the reminder Jon!

yeah i'm not doing band listing off songs. weird how they edited the band intros out of take me to the river though. that was kind of a jam

STIGMAAA is the FREEBIRD of my people

Not sure if you’re looking for more Commie, but I love Smith instructing the group to “Switch” in English Scheme.

Aw, Nez 💜

Also yay Papa Gene’s Blues!!!

Has the “singer talking to the musicians” theme been done on this program before? I recall suggesting “The Devil Dance” by Stroudsburg’s The Devils, which became a live standard for the A-Bones.

i have not done it, no!

i may have mentioned it as a future topic

The Devil Dance rules! They gonna shout out Hellertown next?!

You could probably do a whole set of Nez shouting out to his boy Red on lap steel.

When I saw Alternative TV at Maxwell’s in 2001, I was astounded when they played “Action Time Vision”. I had thought it was a Billy Childish song!

oh no they skipped the first shout out on this version!!!!

It is kind of a sweet tune.

Thx Commie!

yeah it's a good pop song and weirdly un-sleazy!

Great show Commie! I’m not gonna say go birds!

i hope they win, no line at la colombe tomorrow!

and i like a happy city

Ditto! Happy City is a very good thing

thanks everyone!!