FOR 11 YEARS NOW Radio Rumpus Room has been broadcast Fridays at 9-10:30 p.m. on KFAI Fresh Air Radio, FM 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul. The show streams live on the Internet, and as always, our two most recent shows are archived in their entirety in RealAudio. Just visit the RRR web page anytime to listen to this noise and accompanying yakkin' by Ron and Jean.

Playlist for Friday, April 8, 2005


SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always locally recorded!)
The Hoot Owls -- Minnesota Hotrod Man (The Legend Of El Camino CD-R; no label)

The Hoot Owls are a bluesy sort of hot rod band from Duluth, Minnesota, and members of the Misfits car club there. We dug the track "Minnesota Hotrod Man" for its integration of old-school putdowns of contemporary coffeecan-exhaust pipe riceburners with time-tested "Hot Rod Race"/"Hot Rod Lincoln" constructions. Plus the homebrewed CD-R features a pic of the lead guitarist sitting in his dad's preserved mid-'60s Pontiac-motored front-engine A/Dragster -- a car he still owns. Too cool.

IT'S THE 49TH ANNUAL GOPHER STATE TIMING ASSOCIATION
ROD & CUSTOM SPECTACULAR THIS WEEKEND!
The Trashmen -- Sleeper
(Surfin' Bird reish; Sundazed)
The Untamed Youth -- My General Lee
(7" single from Gearhead magazine)
The Timers -- No Go Showboat
(CD-R of Reprise 7")

The Howlin' Thurstons -- Custom Cha Cha (self-titled 4-song demo; no label)
The Ready Men -- Baja
(Get Ready!; Norton)
The Surf Coasters -- Summertime Blues
(Samurai Struck; FiveNine Factory)

MULTI-BAND KINKS TRIBUTE AT THE HEXAGON BAR TONIGHT!
The Kinks -- Nine To Five
(Soap Opera, RCA)
The Kinks -- When Work Is Over
(Soap Opera, RCA)
The Kinks -- Have Another Drink
(Soap Opera, RCA)

(I loved the "Soap Opera" LP from the time it came out in 1975, so played three in a row from it. Great stuff.)

The Express -- Wastin' My Time (V/A Mojo Music Guide, Vol. 1: Instant Garage; Mojo)
The Chob -- We're Pretty Quick
(V/A I'm A No-Count; Teenage Shutdown)
Machine Gun Kelly's Rejects -- I'm Going Back
(V/A Ugly Things; Raven)

The Soul Society -- Psychedelic Cycle (V/A The Incredible Expanding Universe Of Brain Shadows, Vol. 1&2; Past & Present)
The Movement -- Riding On A Sunday
(V/A Seeds Turn To Flowers Turn To Dust; Bacchus Archives)
Davie Allan & The Arrows -- Another Cycle In Detroit
(Devil's Rumble: Anthology '64-'68; Sundazed)

Freakwater -- Dog Gone Wrong (End Time; Thrill Jockey)
Marty Robbins -- Mean Mama Blues
(V/A Whistle Bait!; Columbia/Epic/Legacy)
Cowboy Copas -- Three Strikes And You're Out
(V/A Hillbilly Bop'n'Boogie: King/Federal's Roots Of Rockabilly 1944-56; Ace)

Wynona Carr -- Till The Well Runs Dry (Jump Jack Jump!; Specialty)
Jerry Lee Lewis -- Lovin' Up A Storm
(V/A The Very Best Of Sun Rockabilly; Charly)
The A-Bones And Johnny Powers -- New Spark
(Daddy Wants A Cold Beer... And Other Million Sellers; Norton)

Ray Columbus & The Invaders -- She's A Mod (Greatest Numbers; Ascension)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys -- Palisades Park
(A Session With Gary Lewis & The Playboys; Liberty)
The Surfaris -- Catch A Ride With Me
(CD-R of Decca 7")

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