Spilling Rubies

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for  April 11, 2017. In this episode, I dive into what it means to be a Spinster Widow.

Songs Played in this episode:

- “The Way I Feel Inside” [Zombies cover] by Phox 

- “Spinster” written and read by Sylvia Plath

- “Spinster” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

-  “On the Prowl” by Gossip

- “Triangle Walks” by Fever Ray

- “A Tooth for an Eye” by The Knife

- “My Name is Trouble” by Keren Ann

- “Ever Fallen in Love” [Buzzcocks cover] by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan

- “Desperado” by Rihanna

- “Spinster’s Degree: Too Intense Femme-Inist Poetry Pornography” by Alexander Alvina Chamberland

- “Gypsy” by Fleetwood Mac

- “Starálfur” by Sigur Rós

- “Møykjaeringvise (Spinster's Song)” by Hanne Kjersti Buen

- “Dreaming” [Blondie cover by ukelele] by Imelda May

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 14, 2017. In this episode, we pay a very inadequate tribute to the authors who passed away in 2016.

Songs Played in this episode:

- Quotes from Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose

- Responsorium in organs: Dum asset Salvator in monte Compostela by Ensemble Organum

- Quotes from Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

- Fine & Mellow by Billie Holiday

- I’d Rather See Him Dead by Memphis Minnie

- Money, Money, Money by ABBA

- Quotes from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

- John the Revelator by Blind Willie Johnson

- Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) by Tommy Settlers & His Blues Moaner

- Quotes from Elie Wiesel’s Night

- Ana b’Koreynu by Richard Kaplan & Michael Ziegler

- Double-String Violin Doina (klezmer fiddle) by Daniel Hoffman

- Quotes from Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love

- Carnival by Tom Waits

- La Valse des Monstres by Yann Tiersen

- Quote from Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting

- Forever is Just a Day by Hurray for the Riff Raff

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for January 10, 2017. In this episode, we find the rainbow in the storm…

Songs Played in this episode:

- The Rain on the Roof by The Lovin’ Spoonful

- It’s Raining by Irma Thomas

- Buckets of Rain by Neko Case

- Rains on Me by Tom Waits

- Stormy, Stormy, Stormy by The Busy Signals

- Green Rain by Shugo Tokumaru

- Rain on Tin by Sonic Youth

- I See the Rain by The Marmalade

- Over the Rainbow by Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

- Rain, Rain, Go Away by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & His Band

- I Think It’s Going to Rain Today by Nina Simone

- Red Angel Dragnet by The Clash

- Oh the Wind & Rain by Helium

- Shadows in the Rain by The Police

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for January 3, 2017. In this episode, we say a very inadequate goodbye to many of the stars we lost in 2016.

Songs Played in this episode:

- When Doves Cry by Prince

- Nasty Girl by Vanity 6

- I Learned the Hard Way by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

- Theme from Valley of the Dolls by Patty Duke

- The Godamned Commercial! by Zsa Zsa Gabor

- Paper Thin Hotel by Leonard Cohen

- Andy Warhol Live in Santa Monica in 1972 by David Bowie

- Ashes to Ashes by Warpaint

- Snape in Alan Rickman’s words

- You Belong to the City by Glenn Frey

- Raise a Ruckus by Debbie Reynolds

- Wishful Shrinking by Carrie Fisher

- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live) by Leon Russell

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for November 29, 2016. In this episode, I try to process to alarming news that a Rapist, Racist Garbage Monster is going to be our new President. I give some good safety tips for helping those being attacked by Racist Garbage Monsters and I ask us all to pull on our deep roots of power to find love and peace in these awful times.

Songs Played in this episode:

- Run Fast by The Julie Ruin

- Nasty Grrls by Childbirth

- I Am An American by James Baldwin 

- Sinnerman by Nina Simone

- To Be Free by Nina Simone

- Albak Gradar Bi by Oum Kalthoum

- ’Til the End of the Day by The Kinks

- Don’t Step on the Children by The Make-Up

- Dimestore Diamond by Beth Ditto

- Don’t Wanna Fight by Alabama Shakes

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for November 1, 2016. In this episode, I try to take things a little lighter around death and All Hallow’s Eve. Let’s get goofy with treats and tricks and garage rock!

Songs Played in this episode:

- It’s Halloween by The Shaggs

- Werewolf by The Frantics

- Walking with a Ghost by Tegan & Sara

- Rockin’ in the Graveyard by Jackie Morningstar

- Boris the Spider by The Kords

- I Put a Spell on You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

- Corpse Grinder by The Meteors

- Hip Death Goddess by Ultimate Spinach

- The Blob by The Five Blobs

- Strolling After Dark by The Shades

- Death Letter by The White Stripes

- Graveyard by Leroy Bowman

- Everything Goes to Hell by Tom Waits

- Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down by Isobel Campbell

- Your Ghost by Kirstin Hersh & Michael Stipe

- Grey Gardens by Agent Ribbons

- Dracula’s Castle Spooky Music

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for October 25, 2016. In this episode, I talk about the stupid games that get played in dating land. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in this playground and it’s as brutal as I remember it. Enjoy!

Songs Played in this episode:

- Wicked Game by Chris Isaak

- Hotline Bling by Glass Face

- The Name of the Game by ABBA

- Look at Little Sister by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

- Right? by Xenia Rubinos

- Play by Goapele

- Personal Hell by The Sandwitches

- Play a Love Song by Jaguars

- The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Marianne Faithful

- Sex with the Devil by Ann Magnuson

- Sexy Little Girl Princess by Lisa Germano

- Come and Play in the Milky Night by Stereolab

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for October 18, 2016. In this episode, I talk about He Who Will Not Be Named Because He is a Rapist Monster. #PussyGrabsBack

Songs Played in this episode:

• Pussy Grabs Back by Kim Boekbinder
• Miss Pussy Pants by Ann Magnuson
• Pussy Thrusts by Gravy Train!!!!
• Big Mouth by Santigold
• You Think You’re a Man by The Vaselines
• Kill v. Maim by Grimes
• Traffic Island Psycho by Tone Dogs
• Happiness is a Warm Gun by Tori Amos
• Psychopath by Lisa Germano
• Rattlesnake by St. Vincent
• Indestructible by Robyn

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This episode was pre-recorded to air on KWTF Sonoma County Radio on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. It is my very unique and personal tribute to Gene Wilder, may his comedic genius rest in power, always.

Tracks played:

• Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder
• Gene Wilder talks about his life while being interviewed by Merv Griffin in 1979
• Them Heavy People by Kate Bush
• The Kangaroo Hop by Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn & Marty Feldman
• What Hump? Igor Meets Frankenstein
• Putting on the Ritz by Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle
• Abby Normal with Gene Wilder & Marty Feldman
• Where, Wolf? with Gene Wilder, Teri Garr & Marty Feldman
• Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
• Closer and Closer and Closer by Gene Wilder
• Gene Wilder by The Baby Blues
• A Face Like Yours, from an interview with Terry Wogan in 1984
• In the Garden by Michael Hurley
• Sucker for a Laugh, Gilda Radner talking about Gene Wilder
• Anger & Love with Gene Wilder
• In Love by The Raincoats
• A Little Bit of Gilda Radner
• Losing Gilda with Gene Wilder
• Caro Mio Bene by Giordani

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This episode was recorded LIVE at KWTF Sonoma County Radio on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. I had just turned 44 and it was hitting me hard. Be warned, the robots were fidgety this night, and we lost about 15 minutes in the middle of this episode – POOF! Gone into the ethers. We also lost the last five minutes, so I disappear abruptly. Yet another reason to tune in live!

Songs played:

• Older by They Might Be Giants
• The Old Days by Dr. Dog
• Is It True that I am No Longer Young? by Patina Praxis
• Take a Ride by Luscious Jackson
• God Bless the Child (alternate take) by Billie Holiday
• Sweet Child O’ Mine by Taken by Trees
• That’s the Curse of Being Young by Hunx & His Punx
• The Good Old Days Sucked by The Smears
• Dignified & Old by The Modern Lovers
• These Days by Nico
• Better Days by Brendan Benson

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