Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from February 11, 2012 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Favoriting February 11, 2012: Fillin' in for Terre T... No backstage passes, but everyone's on the guest list!


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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Elephant Stone  The Sea of Your Mind   Favoriting   Elephants on Parade  2011  WAV  From a digital single. Check out the band's website right HERE to download their fine tunes!    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Move  Weekend   Favoriting The Move  Repertoire  1998  CD  Originally released in 1968    0:07:37 (Pop-up)
Mud  Dyna-Mite   Favoriting VA: Dynamite: The Best of Glam Rock  Repertoire  1998  CD box set  Originally released in 1973     0:09:39 (Pop-up)
Bare Wires  Television Girls   Favoriting Cheap Perfume  Southpaw  2011  CD    *   0:12:16 (Pop-up)
Hot Rod  Love Is Alright (Hey)   Favoriting VA: Boobs - The Junkshop Glam Discotheque Top Sounds on Disc  RPM  2005  CD  Originally released in 1973 on President Records    0:15:09 (Pop-up)
Vacant Lot  She Gotta Leave   Favoriting   Baylor Records  1991  7"      0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Mighty Fine  The Socialite   Favoriting Get Up to Get Down  Drug Front  2011  CD    *   0:20:40 (Pop-up)
Spits  Electric Brain   Favoriting Spits  In The Red  2011  CD  Playing Cake Shop 3/1 and Knitting Factory 3/2    0:23:43 (Pop-up)
Pretenders  Tattooed Love Boys   Favoriting Pretenders  Sire  1980  LP      0:25:05 (Pop-up)
Opposite Sex  Hamish and Chips   Favoriting Opposite Sex  Fishrider  2011  CD    *   0:28:01 (Pop-up)
 
DT's  Proud Man   Favoriting VA: Estrus Kamikaze Ass Chomp N' Stomp CD Sampler Vol. 4  Estrus Records  2005  CD      0:38:23 (Pop-up)
Group 1850  Frozen Mind   Favoriting Agemo's Trip To Mother Earth  Rotation  2002  CD  Originally released in 1968    0:41:32 (Pop-up)
Thin Lizzy  The Rocker   Favoriting Thin Lizzy at the BBC  Mercury  2011  CD box set  Recorded live in 1973.     0:45:11 (Pop-up)
Chubby Checker  My Mind   Favoriting VA: Mr. Toytown Presents Vol. 2 Nightmares At Toby's Shop  Toytown Recordings  2007  CD  Originally released in 1971    0:50:17 (Pop-up)
Atomic Forest Obsession  Mary Long   Favoriting Atomic Forest Obsession  Now-Again  2011  CD  From India! Originally released in 1977  *   0:54:35 (Pop-up)
Strange Haze  Let Me Hear the Dropping Pin   Favoriting   self-released  2010  7"  Playing the Bell House in Brooklyn on 2/18    0:58:28 (Pop-up)
Tarkus  Tempestad   Favoriting VA: Demoler "Rock Peruano" 1965-1974  Repsycheld  2010  CD  Originally released in 1971    1:02:38 (Pop-up)
Morgen  She's The Nitetime   Favoriting Morgen  World Psychedelia Ltd.  2005  CD  Originally released on Probe in 1969    1:05:59 (Pop-up)
Doug Parkinson in Focus  Then I Run   Favoriting VA: Psych Bites Volume One: Australian Acid Freakrock 1967-1974  Past & Present  2009  CD  Originally released in 1970     1:09:25 (Pop-up)
 
Blue Shoes  Someone Like You   Favoriting   Living Room Records  1980  7"      1:21:32 (Pop-up)
Luther -N- The BBBs  You're Making Me Cry   Favoriting   Jargon  1986  7"      1:24:12 (Pop-up)
Plimsouls  In This Town   Favoriting Beach Town Confidential  Alive!  2012  CD  Live in 1983 at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, CA.
Played live on Terre T's "Cherry Blossom Clinic" show -- Archive is right HERE
 
*   1:26:04 (Pop-up)
Shoes  Yes or No   Favoriting Tongue Twister  Elektra  1981  LP      1:28:19 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker  Can't Have Her Back   Favoriting Rockin' for a Living  Oglio  2011  CD    *   1:31:16 (Pop-up)
Imperial Teen  Out From the Inside   Favoriting Feel the Sound  Merge  2012  CD    *   1:33:35 (Pop-up)
Insomniacs  For the Last Time   Favoriting Just Enjoy It!  Blood Red  2011  CD  Playing tonight at the Record Collector in Bordentown, NJ    1:38:02 (Pop-up)
Reactions  It's Our Turn Now   Favoriting Saturday's Gone Wild  Cheap Rewards  2011  LP  Re-release of 1980-81 recordings  *   1:40:08 (Pop-up)
Outlets  Knock Me Down   Favoriting VA: DIY Mass. Ave. - The Boston Scene (1975-83)  Rhino  1993  CD  1981    1:42:09 (Pop-up)
 
Sandy Salisbury  Spell on Me   Favoriting Sandy  Poppydisc  2011  LP  Unreleased 1969 album finally sees the light of day. Salisbury worked with Gary Usher and Curt Boettcher at the time.    1:56:38 (Pop-up)
Others  Can't Tell You Lies   Favoriting   Misty Lane  1996  7"  From Italy! Four-song EP    1:59:30 (Pop-up)
Doug Dillard & Gene Clark  Train Leaves Here This Mornin'   Favoriting The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark  Sundazed  2011  CD  1968    2:02:22 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  Sunday Morning Coming Down   Favoriting Bootleg Vol. III: Live Around The World  Columbia  2011  CD box set  Live at Osteraker Prison, Sweden 1972  *   2:06:12 (Pop-up)
Hot Knives  Hey Grandma   Favoriting Hot Knives  Grown Up Wrong  2011  CD  Originally released in 1976. Cover of a Moby Grape track. Featuring Tim Lynch and Danny Mihm, who had just left the Flamin' Groovies  *   2:10:15 (Pop-up)
Siberians  Who's Laughing Now?   Favoriting   Killer Diller  2012  7" 
Played live on Joe Belock's "Three Chord Monte" show -- Archive is right HERE
 
*   2:13:02 (Pop-up)
Episode Six  Mighty Morris Ten   Favoriting The Complete Episode Six  Collectables  1994  CD  1966. Featuring Ian Gillan and Roger Glover -- later of Deep Purple.    2:16:32 (Pop-up)
Swinging Blue Jeans  Make Me Know You're Mine   Favoriting The Hits of the Swinging Blue Jeans  EMI  1983  LP  Originally released in 1965    2:18:53 (Pop-up)
Thursday's Children  You Can Forget About That   Favoriting VA: Never Ever Land: 83 Texan Nuggets from International Artists Records 1965-70  Charly  2008  CD box set  Originally released in 1966    2:21:18 (Pop-up)
Merry-Go-Round  Gonna Leave You Alone   Favoriting Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection  Rev-Ola  2005  CD  from 1967.    2:23:12 (Pop-up)
 
GTVs  I'm in Love With Your Daughter   Favoriting     2012  WAV  New band from Philadelphia, PA.    2:36:02 (Pop-up)
Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday  I Still Care   Favoriting VA: Neurotic Reactions 2 - 16 Obscure Mod Smashers, 1965-1970  Crazy Apple Boutique  2011  LP  Originally released in 1968    2:39:22 (Pop-up)
Dara Puspita  A Go-Go   Favoriting VA: Let's A Go-Go!: Singapore and Southeast Asian Pop Scene 1964-69  Silver Tortoise  2010  CD      2:41:57 (Pop-up)
Dynamita  Toma Tu Tiempo   Favoriting VA: Diggin' Down Argentina: Nuggets from the Rioplatense Scene 1969-1975  Crazy Apple Boutique  2010  CD  Originally released in 1971    2:44:07 (Pop-up)
The Ferris Wheel  The "Na Na" Song   Favoriting Can't Break The Habit  Sancutuary  2000  CD  Reissue of 1967 LP plus bonus tracks    2:46:57 (Pop-up)
In Crowd  Things She Says   Favoriting VA: Searching in the Wilderness  Muziek Express  1987  LP  Recorded 1966    2:49:19 (Pop-up)
N' Betweens  Security   Favoriting VA: The Genesis of Slade  Cherry Red  2000  CD  Compilation of pre-Slade bands, 1964-66    2:51:32 (Pop-up)
Twin Guns  The End of the Ride   Favoriting Scene of the Crime  self-released  2011  CD  twingunsmusic.com
Played live on Joe Belock's "Three Chord Monte" -- Archive is right HERE
 
*   2:53:58 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  3:03pm
John W.:

The show is off to a great start! I hope you follow this up with Black Hollies.
  3:03pm
Madi H.:

Yay it's Mike Sin.
  3:04pm
kat330:

Hi, Mike! Made it this time.
  3:09pm
Parq:

Hey there, Mike! And a presumptive hello to Frenchee.
  3:12pm
EVGirl:

Hanging around at the end of Rex's show and hear that Mike Sin strikes again!
  3:26pm
On the Yazoo:

LOL.. Hey All
  3:27pm
G:

Nickname for backstage security dude:

Stud Muffin Top
  3:30pm
kat330:

Amazing there's no visible tattoo.
  3:31pm
kat330:

And is this how they came up with the word "bouncer"?
  3:32pm
J.T.:

I'm glad to note he isn't a plumber, though.
  3:32pm
G:

If he were just a little bit beachballier, the crowd might be able to keep him bouncing around the stadium for the duration of the set.
  3:32pm
John W.:

Will there be a Mike Sin Marathon calendar?
  3:34pm
kat330:

Ink free -- yay!
  3:36pm
Don Juan:

Mietro is cool
  3:40pm
EVGirl:

This song puts me in the mood to hear something by Fanny
  3:48pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Guest DJs who play Thin Lizzy are OK.
  3:53pm
Jim B:

Chubby Checker? Wow!!
  3:54pm
kat330:

@Jim B: You and me both. Wasn't aware of this incarnation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55pm
Nate the K:

Hey all! Thanks for listening. Mike says hi, too!
  4:01pm
Jim B:

Mr. Checker's "My Mind", Alison Krauss singing "Dazed and Confused" - there's an unmined vein that would make a great marathon premium!
  4:02pm
kat330:

Hi, Nate! You have Mike hogtied and gagged in the studio?
  4:04pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Wha? I'm DJing soul with the singer from Strange Haze this very night!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Nate the K:

@Kat330 No...no I don't.
  4:10pm
Michael X:

Great show, Give us some shock treatment, Brian WIlson SHock Treatment!?!
  4:15pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Morgen was from Long Island. You were close!
  4:20pm
AP Paulie B:

"I have a different opinion!"- Everyone on the internet all the time
  4:22pm
keef:

Thin Lizzy does rock. I know the indie world might disagree-but there's no denying it.
  4:28pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Luther 'N' the BBBs was fantastaic! What's their story?
  4:29pm
Thierry from France:

Hi Mike, Nate, and the rest of the crowd in studio B. Speaking of crowds, which band is packing that stadium?
  4:30pm
seang:

It's Saturday and life is good
  4:34pm
Sonny Rickles:

Lovin all this hard rock and power pop, Mike!
You really should have a regular weekly show. You're the best!
  4:45pm
keef:

see y'all down at the Ratt!!
  4:46pm
R I S K Y:

GO MIKE!!!!!
  4:51pm
EVGirl:

I'm so happy to hear that Imperial Teen are still together. I used to go see them all the time in San Francisco...
  4:59pm
PiLA:

Thanks for the Beach Town Confidential Plimsouls tip - sounds pretty great.
  5:06pm
SteveL:

Awesome radio. Not posting much, just listening! Mike Sin is rock!
  5:06pm
Kees:

Gene Clark played on the same day, by Bob Brainen as well as Mike Sin! Great!
  5:12pm
glenn:

moby grape represent.
  5:12pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Hot Knives doing Moby Grape! Yes, please.
  5:14pm
J.T.:

Mike is kicking ass, taking no prisoners. More!
  5:15pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Go Siberians! Sound great!
  5:18pm
tomB:

amen to notes re Gene Clark &Moby Grape
  5:23pm
John W.:

Why didn't I guess that Swinging Blue Jeans song!
  5:32pm
J.T.:

Losing web stream here in Indiana....
  5:33pm
cb:

Morris 10 = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/1946.morris.ten.series.m.arp.jpg
  5:35pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Eagles bio coming soon, Mike.
  5:37pm
Kees:

Still, The Eagles were the main curse of the seventies.
  5:37pm
SteveL:

JT: Fort Wayne still on the air. Where are you?
  5:38pm
G:

What's the bio title? Life In The Bland Lane?
  5:40pm
J.T.:

New Albany, next to Louisville. Back on now, just a blip it seems.
  5:40pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

GTVs= killer!
  5:41pm
listener jimbo:

@Kees; no, that was Leo Sayer.
  5:42pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

"I Still Care" is a raving fave via Jeff Shore.
  5:42pm
J.T.:

I wouldn't mind, generally, but this has been Sin-fully good.GTVs and Virgil M.... damn, all killer no filler.
  5:47pm
Michael K.:

Substitute Teacher in the Clinic,in a different classroom/studio, and No SpitBalls!!
Gotta' Love it!
  5:52pm
kat330:

@Kees: There were no lack of curses in the '70s.
  5:53pm
SteveL:

J.T.:At least we've got both ends of the state covered. Enjoy.
  5:54pm
J.T.:

For a moment thought this was a female singer... but guess it's n'between.
  5:54pm
kat330:

@SteveL: Bottomheavy here at the bootheel of the state, since I'm also in New Albany. :)
  5:55pm
SteveL:

Well, I've got at least one more in town, but that does make things a bit tippy.
  5:55pm
Kees:

@ Jimbo: Leo Sayer no more; I hope.
@ Kat330: True. Still, you have to focus.

At least we had Statler & Waldorf as role models.
  5:56pm
Steve-O:

Hey Mike! Sorry I missed ya today. Will try to listen later tonight, though. In the meantime, have fun, everybody! =)
  5:58pm
David Shortell:

The January 21 icestorm made me miss the GTVs' debut, but maybe I'll catch them at Tritone with the Improbables on February 25.
  5:59pm
kat330:

I think our outage was my PC-specific problem, not the stream. We are a hybrid household with J.T. on a Mac, and he was able to get us back on. Gotta love Windows -- or not. :(
  5:59pm
black cherries:

let's make this a regular weekly thing!
  6:00pm
J.T.:

Outstanding show, thanks Mike & comments board!
  6:01pm
kat330:

Thanks muchly, Mike! Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
  6:02pm
Eric:

translation is "take your time"
  6:03pm
Listener Jumpy from Brooklyn:

Everybody, show up and help the DJs at the marathon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks, folks!
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