Guitar Arcade on Wowd-Lp 94.3fm in Takoma Park

18/06/2022

Dear God, I haven't liked any recorded music (excluding soul, etc. artists) as much as this guy's in a good long bit. The vibrato. A Waylon/Don Williams-worthy gtr/vocs combo, and I invoke those two with this dude not because of shared genre designation but because they're way up top on the stone coldest gtr/vocs list. Those latter two also had just exactly perfect bands/tempos happening on the key records, just like Gary.

Hey, have a great night.

My ALL TIME FAV Gary sings what all us men have felt at one time or another. Anyone familiar with Gary Stewart and his tragic ending, KNOWS that when this g...

10/05/2022

Thanks to all who tuned in yesterday for our final afternoon and/or our debut night slot. Here's some Chronophage, the Texas State Champions.

"ANIMATED ROSE"Music video for the song taken from-- "Th'Pig'Kiss'd Album" released late 2020Cleta Patra Records (US) / Soft Office (EU)https://cchhrroonno...

05/04/2022

Hi gang! I am trying to disentangle (or is it lovingly detach?) from 80s indie jangle on all of our behalfs, but Absolute Grey are cool.

Absolute Grey was indie alternative rock/ jangle pop band from Rochester, NY in the 1980s who released several albums on independent labels in both the US an...

03/04/2022

Well look who’s here… hi. Here’s some heavy Tang Dream footage.

This video is split in two parts.

17/03/2022

Howdy Rowdies, I sure enjoyed our last radio program, which is archived over at takomaradio.org/schedue. In addition, check out Boston's The Neighborhoods coming off wonderfully mod-punk.

The Neighborhoods performing "Arrogance" in 1979 on Boston TV show.

08/03/2022

Good day, friends. *I* had a grand old time purveying yesterday's radio show, anyway, and thought I'd share the video for this really estimable new Angela James track that made for a tippy top highlight.

Other highlights include tracks from Green on Red - why didn't I find them sooner? - Ted Leo (Stereolab cover!), Hits and Bobby Sheen. But don't mind me, go ahead and hear all about it via our fabulous WOWD archives: click on 'Guitar Arcade' and you'll find a nifty playback mechanism.

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02/03/2022

Just in case you didn't know. This is the greatest Late Night rock performance I know about; that's LA punkos the Plugz backing the man. Imagine if we'd gotten a whole record of this.

Bob Dylan performs Jokerman on the Letterman show in 1984. I have re-synced the audio with the video so this version is in sync unlike all the others I have ...

28/02/2022

Hiya, all! Hope you will join in listening as we play 2 hours of soul records at 2pm. It will be memorable, I almost promise. If you're listening live and feel like lobbing feedback or arcana at me, here's the place.

22/02/2022

Hiya. I thought today (GUITAR ARCADE, archived at takomaradio.org) was a good one. Some times good ones happen because the disparate sounds turn out to be amenable to one another. and sometimes good shows (like today) have more of a, wow, these things don't really go together at all thing.

Just sharing this J euphoria for everybody moody out there tonight. Can you imagine his reaction when informed that "Paul and the Guys" were gonna back him up on national teevee? Jeez. Such a killer performance, though.

[Stereo] Live and loud on USTV. The trio get some help from the house band.

18/02/2022

Gorgeous and piercing and spiritual comic art regarding the band Come on the occasion of their 2nd record getting reissued.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/come-dont-ask-dont-tell-essay

"Come are the platonic ideal of a band. I said that to you once."

18/02/2022

Sometimes this footage of Johnny Taylor playing a gig with a pick-up band prior to the WATTSTAX CONCERT (sponsored by Schlitz) is the only thing that will do. This whole set was released decades later, revealing Johnny's ongoing disappointment with the players behind him. I guess nobody compares well to the Bar-Kays; the conga dude, at least, is way on top of things and messing with the dragged 4-beat that's so characteristic of Stax sounds.

Besides Rufus and Carla Thomas and alongside William Bell, Johnny Taylor is one of Stax's longest running hitmakers; his essential bluesy-ness paired well with 70s funk sounds such that after Stax folded, he had a great run of raunchy disco records with Columbia. https://youtu.be/lo7XLNsxn68

Johnny Taylor - Jody's Got Your GirlFrom Mel Stuart Wattstax (1973)

16/02/2022

It's not even that Australian country utilizes ersatz southern accents or embraces crypto-white nationalist down home sentimentalism. What vexes me is a question for future archeologists: when did country producers decide they wanted backing bands mixed to sound like the Goo Goo Dolls? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhKvKuWxIY

Official music video for Lee Kernaghan's 'Damn Good Mates', taken from his 25th Anniversary album. Out now via ABC Music/Universal Music Australia: https://A...

16/02/2022

Very smitten with the Earth, Wind & Fire. They're superlative, the artiest and most soulful commercial band of the 70s when you're hearing them at their syncopated-est, but of course their records are half-full of ballads with a high "no, thank you" factor.

I mean, for the love of Gawd. And this is them in early days. Frankly the later, disco-mindful commercial biz can be equally massive. The drummer is a celestial being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JfoBbXTm7s

15/02/2022

I'm grumpy about post-punk these days, so I'm trying to listen to more post-punk of then and now, stuff I like and that doesn't sound like it'd fit right in at Chipotle. So doing, I remembered this slamming Protomartyr song I played heavily in '19, then recalled this cool video. Better than making meticulous and engaging and consistently consistent records, Protomartyr make records that always have a couple-three songs that inspire "holy s**t, did they just do that?!? Jeez" in me. The way they employ the horns here is aces.

The postmodernism question used to be framed thusly: is pomo a refutation of modernism, or a continuation/realization of its potential? Post-punk arose out of punk like indie rock came from disenchanted hardcore kids; nowadays, generations of humans have been born and start with post-punk, rightly not giving a s**t about historical reenactments or the contentious pedantry of volunteer djs..., but, I notice - just for me! - I prefer the stuff that sounds like its makers fu**ed with punk (Mission of Burma, Mission of Burma, Mission of Burma, Wire) en route to more "angular" postures. To me, post-punk music that leapfrogs over punk often sounds....terminally New Wave.

Protomartyr - "Michigan Hammers", taken from 'Ultimate Success Today', out now on Domino Record Co. Subscribe to Protomartyr on YouTube: http://bit.ly/Protom...

13/02/2022

Hi, there! I'm trying to get back on the stick, here. Some of you folks have been sending kindly feedback by way of this, uh, overlooked page, and I thank you kindly.

It’s 2022 so I know you all are just starving for more content (my lint brush helms 2 podcasts, at this point.) Playlists in particular! Here's a ("NSFW") playlist of great songs I cannot play on WOWD owing to bad words. It started off with great 2021 cuts I couldn't broadcast, but I'll keep feeding it with "holy s**tting f**khorse, this has bad words, too?!?"-core from then and now. Stay tuned.

And thanks for listening and feeding back. I cannot summon ironic detachment on this subject. Your attention makes me corny. Planning some major posts on how I like to serve noodles, looooooong descriptions of my dreams and and arbitrary attacks on people with whom I agree about 99% of things... but until then I hope everybody stays cool.

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLETuHnDfV8kyBIELUKrAubm3-piugQdOz&feature=share

13/10/2021

Hiya, gang! I have no idea how to maximize the potential of a Fb group and its waaay too close to "branding," but I'm damn glad you're reading this. Let me know if you need anything.

MORE DETAILS HERE: https://acerecords.co.uk/ill-see-you-in-hell-first-bw-i-aint-givin-up Phillip Mitchell 'I'll See You In Hell First' Kent Select CITY 061 ...

24/03/2021

I am in awe of the playing, arranging and production happening here, but Chic are also striking and flabbergasting on the STYLE side.

12/03/2021

Oooh ahh oooff! Northern Soul from New Joizee!!

A smooth tune later performed by The Mayberry Movement. I covered this song myself on my 1979 Polydor album, "Rendezvous With Destiny"

02/03/2021

G'morning everybody. Yesterday's radio show was a gas, and with that we're gonna switch things up and do a new odyssey that will require we step back, at least a little, from our Northern Soul fixation. 'Doesn't mean you shouldn't keep stomping on your own, tho.

WADE FLEMONS "Jeanette" Ramsel Records Chicago, Illinois.Wade Herbert Flemons (September 25th 1940 – October 13th 1993) born in Coffeyville, Kanas. After the...

16/02/2021

I love the echo-y, dub-like dropout on "yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah..." Somebody got the old echoplex out.

16/02/2021

Cannot play this number on the radio, for obvious reasons. This band has Chris Brokaw (drums, vocs; Come, Codeine, Thurston Moore, Lemonheads, Chris Brokaw) and Bob Weston (bass; Volcano Suns, Shellac, Mission of Burma) on the bass. Third member not as well known to me. This is supposed to be their "dumb punk band" but it's pretty and smart.

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesShe's a Fu***ng Angel (From Fu***ng Heaven) · The Martha's Vineyard FerriesMass. Grave℗ 2013 Kiam RecordsReleas...

28/01/2021

If you are someone who follows this very intermittent Fb page, I wanna show my gratitude by imploring you to put this Northern Soul Top 10 on as you do your dailies. Bye.

northern soul,,if you cancome up with a better top ten,feel free to comment,,ktf.

22/01/2021

Woke up w'this in m'head.

Chris Brokaw -My Confidante (My Confidante + 3 EP, 2004)

14/01/2021

One thing that recommends Northern Soul for me is how - kinda like bubblegum, emo or power pop - it's always sorta barred from the halls of official coolness.

This is Northern Soul Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northernsoulyoungandold/

17/12/2020

Hiya Everybody, etc. I will try harder to visit with you more on this internet.

Did you know I was Waylon's phaser in a prior life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZvqQMeOEd8

My favorite Waylon concert. I do not own the copyright of this recording. I strongly recommend the original, high quality DVD for optimum enjoyment. With his...

25/03/2020

Our favorite contemporary punk group has released 3 rough mixes and we are pleased as punch! https://ggkingatl.bandcamp.com/album/remain-intact-promo-tape

3 track album

18/02/2020

Todd Haynes really nabs this Goo standout and echoes my perma-mood. How's everybody today? That's fine.

Music video by Sonic Youth performing Disappearer. (C) 2004 Geffen Records

12/02/2020

We're a tad overwhelmed from half-integrating so many good, demanding things into a first-person, non-clenched life. We really like this record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlyV-2zEmjc

31/01/2020

Our not very big secret is that GUITAR ARCADE worships drummers. Great Van vid - performing a beloved Veedon Fleece number - but really, attend to Dallas Taylor's working and practicing here. I mean, jeez!

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/vanmorrisonofficial Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vanmorrisonofficial?ref=ts&fref=ts * Van Morrison - vocals, acousti...