For 15 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, September 1, 2006

This week's show: Radio Rumpus Room marked the end of summer vacation with the "Friday Night Back To School Special." We played 90 minutes of school-centric songs. No, not songs that may have mentioned "school" once or vaguely alluded to school. One hundred percent about school... accept no substitutes!

SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always locally recorded !)
The Trashmen -- Be True To Your School (Bird Call box; Sundazed)

Minneapolis' sainted Trashmen covered the classic B-Boys paen to school spirit...

(instro bed) The Nutley Brass -- Rock'n'Roll High School (The Ramones Soungbook; The Medicine Label)

THE KIDS TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
The Knights -- Hot Rod High (Hot Rod High reish; ATM)
The Four Wheels -- Central High Playmate (The Boys Next Door; Sundazed)
The Super Stocks -- Readin', Ridin' And Racin' (School Is A Drag reish; Sundazed)
(spot) Early Batty (catcher for the Minnesota Twins) PSA for Youth Opportunity, 1965

Hasil Adkins -- High School Confidential (Out To Hunch; Norton)
The Flakes -- Back To School (Back To School; Dollar Record)
High School Sweethearts -- After School Special (Heels 'n' Wheels; Get Hip)

SCHOOL IS A DRAG!
The Super Stocks -- School Is A Drag (School Is A Drag reish; Sundazed)
The Barbary Coasters -- Ditch Day (Honey For Sale; Hillsdale)
Fortune & Maltese -- Cuttin' Class (Konquer Kampus; Hillsdale)
(spot) Sonny & Cher "Stay In School" PSA

WE DIG SCHOOL!
Fortune & Maltese -- [Let's All Go To The] Science Fair (Konquer Kampus; Hillsdale)
(spot) Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers -- Immaculate Conception Record Hop (Wavy Gravy!; Norton)
The Go-Gos -- Saturday's Heroes (v/a The Hondells, Vol. 3: Aliases And Alternatives; ATM)
The Cynics -- Be True To Your School (v/a Smiles, Vibes & Harmony; DeMilo)

Gene Summers & His Rebels -- School Of Rock'n'Roll (v/a Loud, Fast & Out Of Control; Rhino)
The Junior Varsity -- My Boyfriend (Bam Bam Bam!; Peek-A-Boo)
The Ramones -- Rock'n'Roll High School (End Of The Century; Warner Bros.)

Traces Of Time -- Oh Bob (v/a Fuzz, Flaykes & Shakes, Vol. 2; The Day Breaks at Dawn; Bacchus Archives)
Underground Sunshine -- Six O'clock (v/a Voyages Into Pop-Psych, Vol. 1; Voyages)
The Kinks -- Schooldays (Schoolboys In Disgrace reish; Konk)

BUT SERIOUSLY, KIDS...
Dolly Parton -- Don't Drop Out (v/a One Kiss Can Lead to Another; Rhino)
(spot) Otis Redding "Stay In School" PSA
Charlie Burton & The Dorothy Lynch Mob -- School Night (Salad; Wild)
(spot) KDWB (Minneapolis/St. Paul) concerts (v/a Radio Spots CD-R)

GO GO GO TO SURFIN' SCHOOL!
The Fashions -- Surfin' Back To School (v/a Beach Party: Garpax Surf'n'Drag; Ace)
The Hesitations -- Surfin' School (Go! Go! Go! To Surfin' School!; Norton)

(instro bed) The Fantastic Baggies -- Horace The Swingin' School Bus Driver (Anywhere The Girls Are reish; Sundazed)

The Kinks -- Finale (Schoolboys In Disgrace reish; Konk)

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