tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62569422009-11-10T01:00:59.797-07:00Writings and musings of Steve Terrell, political reporter and music columnist for The Santa Fe New Mexican, and producer of Terrell's Sound World and The Santa Fe Opry on KSFR, Santa Fe Public Radio. This site is a personal publication independent of my professional capacity at the Santa Fe New Mexican. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of The Santa Fe New Mexican or santafenewmexican.com (Same goes for KSFR. Don't blame them for anything weird I might post here.)SWThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028545309706643748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256942.post-18554605323278362882009-11-08T23:53:00.001-07:002009-11-08T23:53:38.602-07:00

Sunday, November 8, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.Webcasting!10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The HombresC.C.C.P. by The Hydes Odessa by The Red ElvisesAmerican Wedding by Gogol BordelloHey Clown by FirewaterNitro by Dick DaleSome Other Guy by Terry Dee & The RoadrunnersBad

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* Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers. These days when you hear the phrase "indie rock," chance are you think mopey wimps singing wistful little tunes full of irony and suburban pain.Twenty years ago, your image of "indie rock" likely would included visions of crazy motherfuckers with shotguns playing intense psychedelic guitar riffs against a visual backdrop grotesque medical school

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Friday, November 6, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, NMWebcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell 101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The BuckaroosGhost Riders in the Sky by The Last Mile RamblersArizona Rose by The Waco BrothersLast Thing on My Mind by Porter Wagoner & Dolly PartonFive Against One by Al DuvalCougar Mama by

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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New MexicanNovember 6, 2009It supposedly started out as a band that played rockabilly — though admittedly a bizarre, mutated strain of rockabilly. Heavy Trash — made up of Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray — does to rockabilly what Spencer’s previous band, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, did to the blues.And on their third album, Midnight Soul

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The National Hispanic Cultural Center will unveil the official State of New Mexico guitar, the “New Mexico Sunrise,” on 6 p.m. Saturday, November 21.The guitar was created by Pimentel & Sons of Albuquerque. According to the state Department of Cultural Affairs, "Immediately following the presentation, which includes a special performance on the state guitar by Ben Perea, a free public concert

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Sunday, November 1, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve TerrellWebcasting!101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The HombresYabba Ding Ding by Joe "King" CarrascoKing Takes Queen by King AutomaticBig Game Hunter by Hipbone Slim & The Knee TrembersAction Packed by The Del MoroccosA Different Kind

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Wanna scare the wits out of the kiddies when they come to your door tonight? Wanna make any Halloween party more swingin'? The check out any or all of these podcasts.* From scary old England comes Mr. A. the Barber with his You've Got Good Taste Halloween episode. And if you like that, check out the previous YGGT episode called House of Horrors.* Over in The Netherlands check out the latest

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Friday, October 30, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, NMWebcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell 101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos(It Was a) Monster's Holiday by Buck OwensGhost of a Texas Ladies' Man by Concrete BlondeGhost Riders in the Sky by Ronnie DawsonHaunted Honky Tonk by John LillyTransylvania Terror

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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New MexicanOctober 30, 2009(Art by James Clark. Used with permission.)An impressionable 12-year-old rode to the top of an Arizona hill one afternoon with an old Cowboy friend to check a windmill. A big storm was building and they needed to lock the blades down before the wind hit. When finished, they paused to watch the clouds darken and spread

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Sunday, October 25, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve TerrellWebcasting!101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgTHE 2009 STEVE TERRELL RADIO SPOOKTACULARFor more gruesome sounds, check out my latest Big Enchilada podcast episode Halloween Hootenanny by ZacherleMurder in the Graveyard by Screamin' Lord SutchRock Around the Tombstone by The

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Due to the special session of the state Legislature going into the evening hours, I had to run my "emergency" Santa Fe Opry show on KSFR Friday night. Hope you enjoyed it anyway and those of you who emailed, sorry I didn't get back to you right away.There's no special session Sunday night though, so I'll be doing Terrell's Sound World live -- and it's the 2009 radio SPOOKTACULAR. So tune in 10 pm

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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New MexicanOctober 24, 2009I wouldn't call Squirrel Nut Zippers' new album, Lost at Sea, the comeback of the year. But the CD, released next week, is a fun little reminder of a fun little band that came along during a strange period of rock 'n' roll.In 1997, when SNZ released their biggest album, Hot, grunge was long dead. Lollapalooza, in its

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I just found not one but two new additions to the WFMU Free Archives that happen to be Voodoo Rhythm Records vets: Wau y Los Arrghs!! from Spain and Movie Star Junkies from Italy.You can download any or all of the songs free and legal at the above links. Or you can listen right on this site on the players below.Both are from a show called Three-Chord Monte, which looks very worthwhile. It airs

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I'm old enough to remember when TV themes were really cool. Even the dumbest sitcoms had memorable themes. I can more of the lyrics to the "My Mother the Car" theme than any of the dialog from that stupid show.One of the greats in the TV theme genre died Saturday -- Vic Mizzy. He was 93. His obit in the Los Angeles Times is HERE.You might not recognize his name, but you'll know the songs from

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Sunday, October 18, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.Webcasting!10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The HombresParchment Farm by Blue CheerFlat-Foot Flewzy by NRBQ13 Ghosts by Marshmallow OvercoatDeborah by T RexBobo Boogy by Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey BirdsRootie Tootie Baby by

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Boo! Halloween's a comin' and the pumpkin's gettin' fat. Welcome to the 15th episode of The Big Enchilada, the 2009 Steve Terrell Podcast Spooktacular featuring some ghoulish and horrifying sounds from The Cramps, The Fleshtones, Dead Moon, The Spiders, The Things and, of course, The Monsters ... not to mention classic Rat Fink rumblings from Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos.Not only is it a Halloween

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Friday, October 16, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, NMWebcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell 101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The BuckaroosMacon County Morgue by Captain Clegg & The Night CreaturesPretending is a Game by Sleepy Jeffers & The Davis TwinsBig Ball in Cowtown by Waylon JenningsUnharmonious by Dexter

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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New MexicanOctober 16, 2009Now here's a musician with a pretty impressive résumé. Brian Tristan, the El Monte, California, native better known as Kid Congo Powers, has been a member of The Cramps as well as of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Gun Club.Dracula Boots, his new record with his band The Pink Monkey Birds, doesn't sound much like any

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It's been about five years since I've seen The Mekons live, so maybe this is the next best thing. I found this on the Live Music Archive.It was recorded just last July in San Francisco. (I just noticed Tom Greenhalgh is missing! Still a good show though.) There's a new song called "Space in Your Face," performed in public here for the first time.Langford keeps breaking strings.Enjoy.Here's the

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Sunday, October 11, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve TerrellWebcasting!101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The HombresRun and Hide by The BomborasCircus Freak by The Electric PrunesMerkin Surfin'/Baby's Got Kinks by Purple MerkinsWar All the Time by Dan Melchior and Das MenaceThe Midnight

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It's true. Mojo Nixon, singer of "Elvis is Everywhere" and father of Debbie Gibson's two-headed love child is offering free downloads of all his albums, plus a few scattered "singles" on Amazon.com.Put a Louisiana Liplock on that!Nixon explained in a press release I've seen on a couple of places on the Web:"Can't wait for Washington to fix the economy. We must take bold action now. If I make the

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Friday, October 9, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, NMWebcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell 101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The BuckaroosRedneck Vixen From Outerspace by Captain Clegg And The Night CreaturesMr. Spaceman by The ByrdsHogtied Over You by Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs with Candye CaneEngine Engine

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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New MexicanOctober 9, 2009Loudon Wainwright III’s High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project is not your typical tribute album. In the liner notes, Wainwright says that this double-disc set is a “sonic bio-pic” about Charlie Poole, a man he has long fantasized about portraying in the movies — a hard-living, ramblin’, gamblin’, singing

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In celebration of Tom Trusnovic's impending 40th birthday there's a big bash tonight at Corazon. For the first time in 15 years 27 Devils Joking rears its ugly head. Plus other Trusnovic bands like Monkeyshines, The Floors and The Blood-Drained Cows (featuring ex-Angry Samoan Greg Turner) as well as Two Ton Strap and Lenny Hoffman.And yes, if I can remember how to play guitar by 9 p.m., I'm going

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Sunday, October 4, 2009KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.Webcasting!10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain TimeHost: Steve Terrell101.1 FMemail me during the show! terrell@ksfr.orgOPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The HombresBing Bong There's a Party Goin' On by The A-BonesKissing Tree by Barrence WhitfieldI Want Your Body by Screamin' Jay HawkinsSkanky Puddin' by The Soldedad

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