Midtown Swing

Once upon a time called Now

Wed, Sep 17, 2025

Bill from Global A Go-Go here, sitting in for the vacationing DJ Ginger this week on Midtown Swing. It’s a perfect opportunity for me to spin some of my favorite funk from the early 1980s, songs I played on Channel 36 Color Radio back in the day. That will make up the whole second hour today.

In the first hour, I have a post-punk cover of Fela Kuti’s “Zombie,” some blues including a few more surprising covers, and a set inspired by New Yorker cartoonist George Booth’s classic “Were we gay?” Sorry I can’t post that image here for copyright reasons, but search for it yourself, and instead enjoy the above view of Sir Lollipop Man exiting the Mothership.

Show archive

Playlist

    Time: September 17 - 7:00:00 pm
  • Poor Little Critter On The Road

    The Knitters, “Baby Out of Jail”

    from Poor Little Critter On The Road

    Rhino/Slash - 1985

    • Time: September 17 - 7:03:00 pm
  • 69 Love Songs

    The Magnetic Fields, “Papa Was a Rodeo”

    from 69 Love Songs

    Merge Records - 1999

    • Time: September 17 - 7:08:52 pm
  • Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other - Single

    Orville Peck & Willie Nelson, “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other”

    from Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other - Single

    Warner Records - 2024

    • Time: September 17 - 7:12:24 pm
  • Cowboy Rumba

    Ned Sublette, “Her Point of View”

    from Cowboy Rumba

    Palm Pictures - 1999

    • Time: September 17 - 7:22:39 pm
  • Don't Give Up On Me

    Solomon Burke, “Diamond in Your Mind”

    from Don't Give Up On Me

    Anti/Epitaph - 2002

    • Time: September 17 - 7:26:46 pm

  • The Blind Boys of Alabama, “Just Wanna See His Face”

    from Spirit of the Century

    Omnivore Recordings - 2001

    • Time: September 17 - 7:30:56 pm
  • Come On In

    R.L. Burnside, “Come On In (Live)”

    from Come On In

    Fat Possum - 1998

    • Time: September 17 - 7:34:17 pm

  • John Hammond, “16 Shells From a Thirty Ought-Six”

    from Wicked Grin

    Virgin Records - 2001

    • Time: September 17 - 7:38:47 pm
  • Clear Spot

    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, “Long Neck Bottles”

    from Clear Spot

    Rhino/Warner Records - 1972

    • Time: September 17 - 7:46:42 pm
  • Entertainment!

    Gang of Four, “Damaged Goods”

    from Entertainment!

    Matador - 1979

    • Time: September 17 - 7:50:01 pm

  • Vital Disorders, “Zombie”

    from Vital Disorders / Kotoa - Zombie - Single

    Wah Wah 45s - 2025

    1982

    • Time: September 17 - 7:54:23 pm
  • Remain In Light

    Talking Heads, “Crosseyed and Painless”

    from Remain In Light

    Warner Records - 1980

    • Time: September 17 - 8:03:27 pm
  • Mothership Connection

    Parliament, “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)”

    from Mothership Connection

    Def Jam West - 1975

    • Time: September 17 - 8:10:59 pm
  • Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life

    Indeep, “When Boys Talk”

    from Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life

    Unidisc Music Inc. - 1983

    • Time: September 17 - 8:16:50 pm
  • The Many Facets of Roger

    Roger, “So Ruff, So Tuff”

    from The Many Facets of Roger

    Rhino/Warner Records - 1981

    • Time: September 17 - 8:27:23 pm
  • The Gap Band IV

    The Gap Band, “Early In The Morning”

    from The Gap Band IV

    Mercury Records - 1978

    • Time: September 17 - 8:33:42 pm
  • The Time (Expanded Edition) [2021 Remaster]

    The Time, “Cool (2021 Remaster)”

    from The Time (Expanded Edition) [2021 Remaster]

    Rhino/Warner Records - 1981

    • Time: September 17 - 8:48:00 pm

  • Brother "D" with Collective Effort, “How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise?”

    from How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise? - single

    Clappers - 1980

    • Time: September 17 - 8:53:52 pm
  • 8th Wonder

    The Sugarhill Gang, “Apache”

    from 8th Wonder

    Rhino - 1981