Back on the air after a two week break, I return to find the station at a new frequency for the first time in 16 years. Because we thought a new commercial station was coming in on the old 97.5 FM, they moved to 101.7. And guess what? Nobody moved into 97.5. So the static you hear there is permanent for now anyway.
One oh one would seem like uptown, but things remained the same at the studio: The turntables weren’t connected. At any rate, managed to have a full show, saluting the Marvin Gaye Estate to this week’s $7.4 million windfall for being copied by last year’s biggest single, a bit of James Brown, and a whole lot of Bjork, in honor of her new album, which we don’t yet have.
We were missing Friday’s show by Phil and Dave Alvin at the Birchmere, so we played a lot of them and their old band the Blasters just to pour salt in the wound. It moved, quite predictably, to a huge block of The Pogues in honor of the impending St. Paddy’s Day. Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 3-13-2015, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington D.C.
- “Got to Give It Up, Part 1,” Marvin Gaye
- “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye
- “Save the Children,” Marvin Gaye
- “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” Marvin Gaye
- “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),” Marvin Gaye
- “Going Home,” Marvin Gaye
- “You’re the Man, Parts 1 and 2,” Marvin Gaye
- “Checking Out (Double Clutch),” Marvin Gaye
- “Trouble Man,” Marvin Gaye
- “Let’s Get It On,” Marvin Gaye
- “Funk Me,” Marvin Gaye
- “Till It’s Done (Tutu),” D’Angelo
- “Make It Funky (part 1),” James Brown
- “Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me),” Frank Black
- “I’ll Go Crazy,” World Famous Blue Jays
- “Good Good Lovin,'” Swingin’ Neckbreakers
- “Don’t Be a Dropout,” The Fleshtones
- “Human Behavior,” Bjork
- “Army of Me,” Bjork
- “Hyper Ballad,” Bjork
- “It’s Oh So Quiet,” Bjork
- “Isobel,” Bjork
- “Possibly Maybe,” Bjork
- “Hunter,” Bjork
- “Joga,” Bjork
- “Bachelorette,” Bjork
- “I’ve Seen It All,” Bjork
- “Pagan Poetry,” Bjork
- “Nothing Will Change,” Sharon Van Etten
- “Other People,” Beach House
- “The Voyager,” Jenny Lewis
- “Final Day,” Galaxie 500
- “Holiday,” Julie Byrne
- “Marie Marie,” The Blasters
- “No Other Girl,” The Blasters
- “Border Radio,” The Blasters
- “American Music,” The Blasters
- “So Long Baby Goodbye,” The Blasters
- “Got Love If You Want It,” The Blasters (live)
- “Rock Boppin’ Baby,” The Blasters (live)
- “Keep a Knockin,'” The Blasters (live)
- “County Fair,” The Blasters
- “She Loves So Good,” Phil Alvin
- “Callin’ Corrine,” Phil Alvin
- “Haley’s Comet,” Dave Alvin
- “Fourth of July,” Dave Alvin
- “California Snow,” Dave Alvin
- “California Bloodlines,” Dave Alvin
- “Why Must I Always Explain,” Van Morrison
- “The Sunny Side of the Street,” The Pogues
- “The Sickbed of Cuchulainn,” The Pogues
- “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” The Pogues
- “”Sally MacLennane,” The Pogues
- “Dirty Old Town,” The Pogues
- “London Girl,” The Pogues
- “Rainy Night in Soho,” The Pogues
- “Body of an American,” The Pogues
- “If I Should Fall from Grace with God,” The Pogues
- “When the Ship Comes In,” The Pogues
- “Turkish Song of the Damned,” The Pogues (live)
- “London Calling,” The Pogues (live)
- “I Fought the Law,” The Pogues (live)
- “Arms Aloft,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Long Shadow,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright,” Bob Dylan & the Band
- “All Around the Watchtower,” Jimi Hendrix
Friday Night Rock returns March 27 at 9 p.m. on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.