Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 6, 2023 Favoriting

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

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments New Approx. start time
The Cramps  Surfin' Bird   Favoriting Gravest Hits  I.R.S.    1979    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Carl Perkins  Jive After Five   Favoriting Restless: The Columbia Recordings  Columbia Legacy    1958    0:03:25 (Pop-up)
Dusters  She's Mine   Favoriting VA: The Raging Teens, Vol. 1  Norton    1961    0:05:45 (Pop-up)
Kip Tyler  She Got Eyes   Favoriting VA: Wail Man Wail! - Original Rockabilly & Chicken Bop... Volume 3  Sundazed    1958    0:07:47 (Pop-up)
Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters  Monkey Man   Favoriting VA: Teenage Shutdown - Jump, Jive & Harmonize  Teenage Shutdown    1965    0:09:57 (Pop-up)
Sonny Webb & the Cascades  Border of the Blues   Favoriting VA: Let's Stomp - Liverpool Beat 1963  Edsel    1963    0:12:32 (Pop-up)
Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns  Don't You Just Know It   Favoriting (single)  Ace    1958    0:14:21 (Pop-up)
Screaming Lord Sutch  I'm A Hog For You Baby   Favoriting VA: The Rock 'n' Roll Scene  Deram    1963    0:16:47 (Pop-up)
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers  Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?   Favoriting VA: Looking Back - 80 Mod, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets  RPM    1965    0:19:05 (Pop-up)
Earl Vince & the Valiants  Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight   Favoriting VA: The Immediate Singles Collection  Castle    1969. Fleetwood Mac in disguise.    0:21:28 (Pop-up)
 
Slaughter & the Dogs  Cranked Up Really High   Favoriting (single)  Rabid    1977    0:32:55 (Pop-up)
Ducks Deluxe  Coast to Coast   Favoriting VA: Glitterbest - 20 Pre-Punk n' Glam Terrace Stompers  RPM    1974    0:35:49 (Pop-up)
Bass Drum of Death  Swerving   Favoriting Say I Won't  Fat Possum    2023  *   0:39:01 (Pop-up)
Naz Nomad and the Nightmares  The Wind Blows Your Hair   Favoriting Give Daddy the Knife Cindy  Big Beat    1984    0:41:40 (Pop-up)
Skull Practitioners  The Beacon   Favoriting Negative Stars  In The Red    2022  *   0:43:44 (Pop-up)
Bullet  White Lies, Blue Eyes   Favoriting (single)  Big Tree    1971    0:45:51 (Pop-up)
Real Kids  Down to You   Favoriting (single)  TKO    1999    0:48:44 (Pop-up)
Artful Dodger  She's Just My Baby   Favoriting (single)  Ariola    1980    0:51:10 (Pop-up)
Fancy  Wild Thing   Favoriting (single)  Big Tree    1974    0:53:49 (Pop-up)
Teenage Fanclub  Free Again   Favoriting (single)  K    1992    0:57:06 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks  Time's Up   Favoriting Spiral Scratch  New Hormones  EP  1976    0:59:09 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Queen Bitch   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA    1971    1:11:47 (Pop-up)
Tom Robinson Band  Up Against the Wall   Favoriting Power in the Darkness  Harvest    1978    1:14:57 (Pop-up)
Ghost Woman  Behind Your Eyes   Favoriting Ghost Woman  Full Time Hobby    2022  *   1:18:22 (Pop-up)
Cornershop  Staging   Favoriting (single)  Wiiija    2002    1:21:28 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Subterranean Homesick Blues   Favoriting Pussycats  RCA    1974    1:25:04 (Pop-up)
100 Proof Aged In Soul  Somebody's Been Sleeping   Favoriting (single)  Hot Wax    1969    1:28:09 (Pop-up)
Dottie Holmberg  Sea of Tears   Favoriting Sometimes Happy Times  Sundazed    1966  *   1:30:52 (Pop-up)
International Submarine Band  Strong Boy   Favoriting Safe At Home  Sundazed    1968    1:33:05 (Pop-up)
 
Bees  Voices Green & Purple   Favoriting VA: Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968  Rhino    1966    1:44:29 (Pop-up)
Remo Four  Peter Gunn   Favoriting Attention! Remo Four!  Fontana    1965    1:45:57 (Pop-up)
The Prof. Fuzz 63  Climax Aurora Has a Seaside Disease   Favoriting Cinnamon Sea  The Prof. Fuzz 63  EP  2023  *   1:48:25 (Pop-up)
Newbeats  Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)   Favoriting (single)  Hickory    1965    1:51:24 (Pop-up)
Joe Frazier  Knock Out Drop   Favoriting (single)  Capitol    1969. Yes, "Smokin'" Joe Frazier the boxer!    1:54:14 (Pop-up)
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band  Do Your Thing   Favoriting (single)  Warner Bros.-Seven Arts    1969    1:57:44 (Pop-up)
Wilmer & the Dukes  Living In The U.S.A.   Favoriting (single)  Aphrodisiac    1969    2:00:33 (Pop-up)
Wayne Cochran  Goin' Back To Miami   Favoriting (single)  Mercury    1966    2:03:35 (Pop-up)
Bo Diddley  Going Down   Favoriting The London Bo Diddley Sessions  Chess    1973    2:06:38 (Pop-up)
Loved Ones  Can't Stop Me   Favoriting Better Do Right  Hightone    1994    2:09:12 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Taylor  Shackin' Up   Favoriting (single)  Stax    1971    2:12:09 (Pop-up)
O'Jays  Hold On   Favoriting Full of Soul  Sunset    1967    2:14:47 (Pop-up)
 
Plasticland  Elongations   Favoriting Plasticland  Pink Dust    1984    2:27:30 (Pop-up)
A-Sides  Seeing Suzy   Favoriting (single)  Prison Jazz    2003    2:29:19 (Pop-up)
B-Sides  Silver Tongue   Favoriting Herald​’​s Missing The Funny Pages  Spinout    2023  *   2:32:12 (Pop-up)
Hives  Hate To Say I Told You So   Favoriting Veni Vidi Vicious  Burning Heart    2000    2:34:36 (Pop-up)
Movie Movie  She's Man's Best Friend   Favoriting Now Playing  Movie Movie  EP  2022. Featuring members of the Electric Mess, Twin Guns, and the Above!  *   2:37:57 (Pop-up)
Kinks  20th Century Man   Favoriting Muswell Hillbillies  Koch    1971    2:43:10 (Pop-up)
8th Day  She's Not Just Another Woman   Favoriting (single)  Invictus    1971    2:48:35 (Pop-up)
Lee Dorsey  Ride Your Pony   Favoriting Ride Your Pony - Get Out Of My Life Woman  Amy    1965    2:51:28 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:01pm
HyperDose:

Mike Sin has returned with his Wu Tang style!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
prof.fuzz:

hola mike!
Avatar 9:02pm
winston legthigh:

↳ Song: "Surfin' Bird" by "The Cramps"
so much for going to bed early.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Mike Sin and all!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Mike Sin:

Hey everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "Surfin' Bird" by "The Cramps"
this EP was life-changing for me...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
TonyR:

I've always wondered what the word is. Now I know. (Currently selling off all my old Cramps vinyl. It hurts.)
  9:05pm
bobobob plasticland:

Good music for good people on good Friday!!!
Avatar 9:05pm
Christina Ginger:

Hey Mikey Sin! Brotations represent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
T GRavel:

Hi Mike and the wfmmunity
Avatar 9:07pm
winston legthigh:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @9:03
hi/bye will. can't keep my eyes open. thanks mike.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
TonyR:

I hear tell that Mike Sin has a bitchin' bod. Photos?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
PaulRobeson1923:

↳ winston legthigh @9:02
Yeah! been down so gosh darn long that it looks like some us must be UP for WAKE&BAKE BaBy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
radioronan:

A Mike Sin fill-in. Yeah, let's do this! Hello, all!
  9:10pm
bobobob plasticland:

where there's a Will there's a Way..ward sound guy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Hiya byeya! Will be GListening all the way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much for being here everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
TonyR:

Playlist GIF is a boombox battle? I approve.
  9:13pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

"Monkey Man" is a floor filler here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Chop Scott:

Always fantastic to hear you on the air Mike--Cheers!
  9:18pm
bobobob:

unfortunately Baby Huey died from heroin
  9:19pm
mazudog:

does anyone know the Erky Grant and the Earwigs version of this!!!? So Gooood!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
TonyR:

↳ bobobob @9:18
You didn't ujnderstand BH's pain. Don't judge.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Mike Sin:

↳ mazudog @9:19
Yes! Off the Searching in the Wilderness comp, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
TonyR:

Sceaming Lord Sutch makes it easier to understand how people like David Bowie believed they could be supestars with crap material.
  9:27pm
Shirley Shampoo:

Yup listening through the phone app here in San Diego!:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
TonyR:

Dave disappearing is always upsetting.
Nothing personal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
TonyR:

↳ bobobob @9:18
Cortney Cluck had him killed.
Avatar 9:32pm
Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight...
Often my mood when going outside. πŸ˜‚
  9:33pm
mazudog:

@Mike Sin I know it from the Pictures in the Sky comp!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
TonyR:

My copy of "Gravest Hits" is in much better shape, buttstill won't sell.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34pm
T GRavel:

Mike!
Happy to be hanging with you tonight
and Enjoying the tunes
thanks!!
  9:37pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Great to hear ya on my radio tonight Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
TonyR:

"Bass Drum of Death"? Can we expect a brown note?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Stevel:

Is there a snottier singer than Howard Devoto?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Stevel:

Bowie is a strong vocal follow to Devoto. (or vice versa) Both unmistakable.
  10:22pm
David Watts:

right on Mike! I love this ghost woman album and noticed it's largely absent from wfmu. thanks for spinning it! great fill in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Mike Sin:

↳ David Watts @10:22
Hey man! I was blown away by that LP. So good! Can't play it enough!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Stevel @10:15
Hi Stevel!
  10:26pm
CowZoo:

Hell yeah, Nilsson
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Mike Sin:

↳ CowZoo @10:26
Hey there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Mike Sin:

Getting a chance to read all the comments -- thanks so much folks! So nice!
  10:29pm
Scobot:

Oh, how I prefer and love this cover.
Avatar 10:32pm
Christina Ginger:

Aaaah, I got caught up in working on my fill-in, but I’m digging what you are playing now that I’m done πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Christina Ginger @10:32
Well hello, come here often? ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Parq:

Great show, Mike. Would have posted sooner, but just finished dinner. And I dig the playlist GIF too.
Avatar 10:41pm
Christina Ginger:

↳ Mike Sin @10:33
I’m the only lady on the comments board, aren’t I?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
alex in san francisco:

evening fellow listeners. great show tonight mike! after meeting you at the marathon, i can confirm you're as cool in person as you are on the air.
  10:45pm
prof.fuzz:

Thanks for the support, Mike.
BTW tomorrow is bandcamp friday, and a great opportunity to support bands.
  10:50pm
prof.fuzz:

Oh. Hey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Mike Sin:

↳ alex in san francisco @10:41
Wow -- that is such a nice thing to say! Very thoughtful! So nice to meet you in person as well, Alex!
Avatar 10:56pm
Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "Knock Out Drop" by "Joe Frazier"
The boxer, Joe Frazier?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Christina Ginger @10:56
Right on!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Stevel:

↳ Song: "Do Your Thing" by "Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band"
Wicked groove in this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Yes:

good evening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Candy-O'67:

Hey Mike and everyone!
Avatar 11:03pm
Christina Ginger:

Wilmer! Killing it!
Avatar 11:04pm
Christina Ginger:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:03
Hi Candy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04pm
Candy-O'67:

Hey there, CG!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
prof.fuzz:

Hi candy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Song: "Goin' Back To Miami" by "Wayne Cochran"
Oh heck yeah, Wayne!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:05
Hey fuzz!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

You are burning up the airwaves tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:05
Thanks for rollin' in here, Candy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Mike Sin @11:06
Glad to pop in!😁
  11:07pm
bobobob:

Wayne Cochran was a big cotton candy Q-Tip
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ bobobob @11:07
Haha! Hey bobobob
  11:09pm
Bobobob in Cobb:

Hey Candy Candy candy oversees candy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Bobobob in Cobb @11:09
I'm back! Haha
Avatar 11:11pm
ModnikBri:

Woah, this is Bo Diddley? Funky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Bobobob in Cobb @11:09
Hey there Bobobobobobobobobo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

↳ Song: "Can't Stop Me" by "Loved Ones"
Faves!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Mike Sin:

↳ ModnikBri @11:11
Hey there! Glad to see ya here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Glynis GirlGroupGirl @11:12
Hi Glynis!
Avatar 11:12pm
ModnikBri:

↳ Mike Sin @11:12
Glad I remembered!
  11:13pm
bobob Dublon:

you coulda played the Dovells Can't Sit down after this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Glynis GirlGroupGirl @11:12
Love it! Glad you made it here, too!
  11:16pm
bobobob:

Johnny Taylor USTA write with my Milwaukee homeboy Harvey Scales.RIP was living down here Rex Ga...never did get together with him☹️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ ModnikBri @11:12
Hey again, Bri!
Avatar 11:17pm
ModnikBri:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:16
Hey Candy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27pm
prof.fuzz:

Thanks Mike!
Avatar 11:29pm
Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "Elongations" by "Plasticland"
Hey hey bobobob
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Song: "Elongations" by "Plasticland"
All right, bobobob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
JG:

Cool show tonight
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

My kinda insanity!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "Elongations" by "Plasticland"
Woot!
  11:31pm
bobobob:

ha ha ok MikeπŸ™‚πŸ₯πŸ™‚πŸ₯πŸ™‚
  11:34pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Now I can't remember if I saw the A Sides or the B Sides...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Hate To Say I Told You So" by "Hives"
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!11 Just in time!
  11:37pm
bobobob:

Good Girl Glynis Girl Group got the Scoop
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
Stevel:

↳ Song: "Hate To Say I Told You So" by "Hives"
Such a great band.
  11:37pm
David Watts:

my high school band won battle of the bands playing this song and a few terrible grunge covers and originals
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:36
Hey Frank!
  11:37pm
?:

↳ Song: "Elongations" by "Plasticland"
Thank fuck, SOMEONE cares about Plasticland...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Stevel @11:37
Agree! I got to see them once at Pappy & harriet's
  11:38pm
bobobobob:

Seen a double bill The Hives and Jet together... Superb!!!Sasssy Ausssies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:37
Hey Candy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
prof.fuzz:

Hey Frank!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:40
Yo, Prof!
Avatar 11:43pm
Motobro:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:38
GREAT tune
GREAT band
Wish I got to see them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Motobro @11:43
Hey Motobro! Me, too!
  11:44pm
David Watts:

anthem of our time!
Avatar 11:45pm
Motobro:

CO67, I’m talkin bout the Hives..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Motobro @11:45
I knew you were πŸ˜‰
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "20th Century Man" by "Kinks"
Oh man, I haven't heard anything off of Muswell in ages.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Candy-O'67:

I meant by "me, too" that you would have got to see them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

Movie Movie track was stellar!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Glynis GirlGroupGirl @11:46
It truly was!
Avatar 11:47pm
Motobro:

↳ Candy-O'67 @11:46
That is very kind of you.
Thank you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Motobro @11:47
πŸ€—
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Mike Sin:

So nice to see so many new and old pals showing up on the comments board here! Thanks peeps!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Stevel:

Kinks were always ahead of, and not of their time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Mike Sin @11:48
You're welcome, Mike! You're killin' it!
  11:49pm
bobob:

good drumming ..Mick Avory???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

↳ Mike Sin @11:48
Did you just call me old! 🀣🀣🀣
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Glynis GirlGroupGirl @11:49
πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…
  Swag For Life Member 11:51pm
Carl from Nantucket:

↳ Song: "Can't Stop Me" by "Loved Ones"
Thanks for that one - those guys are dear friends (and loved ones) from back in the day. 30 years, indeed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52pm
Stevel:

Older is better. Generally speaking.
  11:53pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Nicely revived by the Fleshtones...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54pm
radioronan:

Excellent show, Mike..thanks so much. Cheers y'all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

Hi Jumpy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54pm
Stevel:

Loved the Fleshtones' version of this. An Roman Gods as a whole. Great album.

First time I saw them in Madison-15 people. Second time, full house.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
Candy-O'67:

↳ Stevel @11:54
Always love a Fleshtones show! First time I saw them was in Vegas at Shakedown. See them more times than I can count now!
  11:55pm
bobob fabtriplasticland:

my other homeboy Jerry Harrison ..also did a version of this..I miss drinkin at the Mad Planet club with him..but he's coming here to Atlanta pretty soon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56pm
Stevel:

Thanks Mike Sin! You are truly a god, so sayeth I.
  11:58pm
bobob:

CountZarimba
  11:59pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Is that a phone in your pocket?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
prof.fuzz:

Great show tonight. Stay well y’all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for chimp-sitting tonight, Mike! 🍌
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00am
Frank In Queens:

Cheers Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01am
Candy-O'67:

Thx, Mike! Enjoyed the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13am
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much for joining in on the fun folks!
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