DJ Mike Lidskin spent ten years at a National Public Radio station in Chicago, returned to California in 1997 and created Twirl Radio, and now hosts 30 hours of programming a month at Woody Radio. His two shows, “The Show With No Name” and “The Saturday Thing”, feature the finest independent music and artists from the rock era. Mike’s on a mission to not “just spin rock music, but to educate listeners about this vital art form.” Indeed, he doesn’t just announce the songs, but gives histories about some of the artists, the albums, and the songs themselves.
You can catch the DJ Mike Shows live on Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. PST and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. PST at Woody Radio, http://www.woodyradio.com.
Artist | Track | Album
Felsen | Rock and Roll’s Not Dead | I Don’t Know How to Talk Anymore
The Clash | The Street Parade | Sandinista!
Handcuffs | Gotta’ Problem with Me? | Electroluv
Little Guilt Shrine | Exit Flagger | Boy Girl Boy
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | The Girl In The Camera Obscura | Teasers From The Whispermaphone
Arrica Rose & the …’s | When You’re Gone | Low as the Moon
Jody Porter | Sunsick Moon | Waterways
Nushu | Here’s To Feeling Free | Nushu
Marshall Holland | Our Fate | Paper Airplane
Smoking Popes | Before I’m Gone | Destination Failure
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Sad Little Man | Single release
Wade Johnson | When Will It End | When Will It End
Bellygunner | Medicine | Machine Gun Built For Two
The Judybats | Incredible Bittersweet | Pain Makes You Beautiful
Eric Peter Schwartz | I Killed 3 Hobos In High School | Mustard On My Sexy Dress
The Armoires | Anemone! | Side Three
John Legend | Save Room | Once Again
Rooftop Screamers | The Ladder | Single release
Duvall | True (Spandau Ballet cover) | Volume and Density
The Sleep Junkies | The FIrst Time Is Never The Last Time | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Piramid Scheme | Mean Streak | Seen This Before
The Mighty Lemon Drops | Something Happens | Happy Head
Librarians With Hickeys | And Then She’s Gone | Long Overdue
John Stevens | If I Sing | Living Room
R Stevie Moore | What Do I Do With the Rest of My Life? | Afterlife
Dolph Chaney | The Handling | Rebuilding Permit
Pacific Soul Ltd. | We Go High | The Dance Divine
The Amplifier Heads | Ghost Song | Music For Abandoned Amusement Parks
Sunshine Boys | A Ghost, at Best | Work and Love
The Well Wishers | We Grow Up | Shelf Life
Nolan Voide And His Own Bad Self | Mid Life Crisis | Single release
Lannie Flowers | Free To Dream | Home
Banjo Bones | Walking On A Thin Line | Lucifer’s Hand
Rachel Taylor Brown | Up You | Run Tiny Human
Gene Loves Jezebel | IZITME | Dance Underwater
Elk City | No Depth | Everybody’s Insecure
Chancellorpink | Cracking Up | All of Them Monsters
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Up All Night | Twitch!
Drunken Prayer | It Happens All The Time | Cordelia Elsewhere
Brandi Ediss | I Didn’t Try | Bees and Bees and Bees
Petrified Max | Three Times Gone | Charlie Drove North
Great Mimes | Leave It Where It Is | Second Helping
Well this was an exciting evening. We had high winds and rain in the Sacramento area, with gusts of about 60 miles per hour. The power and internet blinked off and on during my show. Finally, the top of a tall tree in a neighbor’s yard snapped off, and got snared by the power lines at the back of the yard. As I sometimes mention on the show, my little studio overlooks the back patio. And the backyard. And flying things during rainstorms. Out of an abundance of caution, I ended the show a little early. Good thing, because the power went out for about 17 hours. And they say Sacramento is boring!
So this show has some great music in it, and it’s what the evening sounded like, as I was nervously eyeing the weather confronting the backyard. Give a listen–you might just find something new to love.
