Author: The Lids
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #822 – 4/21/2018: Interview with Peter Watts and Ruth Rogers of Spygenius!
On today’s show, we were treated to a visit with Peter Watts and Ruth Rogers of Canterbury, UK band Spygenius. They’ve been around quite a while, but their entrance into the Big Stir* fold put them on my radar this year. So we asked the big, imperative questions, such as “Where did the name Spygenius…
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Woody Radio DJ Mike Show #14, 4/17/2018
This week’s Tuesday night extravaganza had a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, and even a little bit of something else. We played a vintage, 40 year old track, from a band called Strontium 90. Do you know who they were? They didn’t stay Strontium 90 for long–they changed their name,…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #821 – 4/14/2018: Serena Jost interview!
Singer/ songwriter/ cellist. That’s a combination you pretty much never hear of. Well on today’s show, we chatted with singer/ songwriter/ cellist Serena Jost–where the combination actually does apply. The classically-trained cellist (and really, aren’t all cellists classically-trained?) was a founding member of the legendary female-driven, cello group Rasputina. Since then, she’s created her own…
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Woody Radio DJ Mike Show #13, 4/10/2018
So here we are. Lucky show #13. And we celebrated this good luck by turning in a 5 hour and 13 minute marathon of a show. Our beloved DJ Mac took a rare and well-deserved night off, to go hear some live music. So Gidget and I divided up the evening, and as a result,…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #820 – 4/7/2018: In studio interview and performance by Matt Langlois of The Welcome Matt!
If you remember back a couple of months ago at the Twirlie Awards, The Welcome Matt’s 2017 album, More Empire Days, tied for Album of the Year. Well I found out recently that Matt Langlois, the “Matt” in the band, was going to be in Sacramento this weekend. So I convinced him to join me…
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Woody Radio DJ Mike Show #12, 4/3/2018
We welcome in April with our 12th show, and a bit of spring fever. Jeff Shelton sent me the brand new Well Wishers album, “A View From Above”, and it is a good one. I couldn’t resist playing the song “April Is Only A Lie”, to celebrate the new month! We had tons of other…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #819 – 3/31/2018: Interview and performance by Skip Heller, Spike Sikes, and Birdie Jones!
On today’s show, we were treated to a live, in-studio performance by three great musicians: Skip Heller, Spike Sikes, and Birdie Jones. Skip and Birdie drove up from L.A., and Spike drove in from the Bay Area, and converged on our small but mighty radio studio. They treated us to some fun conversation, and three…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #818 – 3/24/2018: Interview doubleheader: Ben Vaughn and Elk City!
Some days are really good ones on Twirl Radio. Today was one of those. We had two interviews, each with legendary musicians whom I’d heard of for a very long time: Ben Vaughn, and then Renée LoBue and Ray Ketchem of Elk City! Ben Vaughn is well known for many things, including the Ben Vaughn…
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Woody Radio DJ Mike Show #11, 3/20/2018
This week’s show was a mix of old and new. We debuted a track from Michael Simmons’ forthcoming solo debut album, First Days of Summer! Mike’s known for his bands Sparkle*jets u.k. and Popdudes. He’s an amazing vocalist and versatile musician, and this album is a tour de force through a whole spectrum of upbeat,…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #817 – 3/17/2018: John Borack in-studio visit!
John Borack is a man with many slashes–he’s an author/ music critic/ drummer/ songwriter–and probably others I’ve forgotten by now. I’ve had him on my show a few times in the past (via phone), and he’s been up here to Northern California a few times in the past. But–those two things have never collided before–where…
