By David Kandal (Contributor / CIVL DJ) – Email
Date Posted: August 31, 2011
Print Edition: August 25, 2011
David Kandal co-hosts Left of the Dial with Keaton Farquhar. It airs on alternating Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. The show is mostly music programming with a tendency towards alternative music from the eighties onward.
The Soft Boys – “Old Pervert”
On this track Robyn Hitchcock yelping over an almost equally demented Bo Diddley beat makes Mick Jagger, even at his most deranged, sound like a prepubescent bag boy in comparison. But really, the guy just wants to show you what’s in his fridge.
The Faces – “Bad ‘n Ruin”
A five-and-a-half minute offering of everything great about The Faces: a steady, yet nonchalant driving rhythm, Rod Stewart’s stray dog howl (back when he was cool) and seemingly off the cuff tempo changes. As far as bar bands go, you can’t do much better.
Carl Perkins – “Movie Magg”
This early recording of Perkins was inspired by his adolescent days as a sharecropper in Tennessee. Since he had no car, he would take his girlfriend around town on his mule, Becky. He must have been a real smooth talker.
The Replacements – “Skyway”
“Skyway” is Paul Westerberg’s tribute to his home town of Minneapolis. This heartbreaking tale of habitually being in the wrong place at the wrong time is enough to elicit a few facial tics from even the stiffest upper lips. Hell, I’m getting weepy just thinking about it.
