RADIO SHOWS

Lolita: Like what? Will Rumble winners now go on to become hockey players? Rita: You’re quickly losing your audience. Lolita: Right. I need a new question to ask. How ’bout, “Do you play hockey?” Rita: You just lost ten more readers. Lolita: Thanks for the pressure. I know—I’ll turn on the radio for an idea. Wow, this is a good song—who is this? That’s not the question. But my question is, “What radio show deserves more attention in The Noise? Why? Who is the DJ?” WALTER SICKERT (Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys): I would sacrifice 1000 unicorns in the name of WMFO (91.5FM), Joel Simches and On the Town with Mikey Dee (Wednesday 9:00pm-midnight). Also I would eat glass for WMBR (88.1) Bats in the Belfry (Monday 8pm-10pm) hosted by Mistress Laura. *** E ADAMS (Rock City Crimewave): Back Woods on WMBR on Saturday mornings at 10am. The host, John Funky, plays the best, craziest, most obscure, vintage rock ’n’ roll, country and rhythm ’n’ blues known to man. I wake every Saturday hung over and excited to hear this show. Not only is the music incredible but Mr. Funky (Count Funkula) is hilarious, DJ-ing in a way that hasn’t been done since the 1950s. I can’t do this show justice with words—you gotta hear it. *** NANCY NEON (The Noise/ Neon Nite): I have been a fan of Harvard’s 95.3fm WHRB’s Record Hospital since before I moved to the Boston area. In 2000, Kenne Highland introduced me to DJ extraordinaire, Dinos Mekios—a tall, dark, garage rock affionado from Greece. In addition to the obscure but total cool garage rock of his Greek homeland, he exhibited a penchant for Nederbeat—that’s Dutch Beat for you Nieder wirgins—like The Outsiders, Q65, The Golden Earrings, The Motions, Shocking Blue, and George Baker Selection. Record Hospital rocks Monday through Friday, 10pm to 5am. Listen anywhere via www.recordhospital.org. Requests: 617-495-WHRB. Fridays feature live bands! *** STEPHIE PEEKA (Stephie Peeka & the Seeking 7): I’d say Homegrown on PIXY 103 fm—but that’s on the Cape, so I don’t know if it qualifies. It’s local original music on Cape Cod and in April 2004 we were artist of the month and did a live in-studio for the two-hour show, which was fun. The Rock Babe, Suzanne Tonaire is the host. *** DOUG FULLER (The Silver Lining): There’s NO WAY this suggestion will make the cut, but it’s Juanita’s overnight show on WBCN.  She’s the best DJ ever—excellent music knowledge, laid back personality yet upbeat and witty, great on the microphone and she has a sweet voice.  I hope she gets a permanent prime time shift.  Me gusta Juanita. *** ERIC LAW (photographer): Joanie Lindstrom of WMBR’s Thursday edition of the Late Riser’s Club not only deserves more attention from The Noise but I think she deserves a spot on the cover and a full interview with her.  Joanie recently celebrated her 20th anniversary of being on the radio.  Not many DJs can make that claim—especially women DJs. She is a treasure trove of music knowledge and has so many great stories/memories about the local scene along with tons of great stories on just about any band who ever has played Boston. Joanie rules! *** DYLAN METRANO (Tiger Saw): Phoning It In (phoningitinwmbr.blogspot.com) is an amazing Internet radio show, now based out of Boston. Hosted by Nadav Carmel, it features live, exclusive performances by some of the world’s best bands, playing into their phones, and broadcast and archived for anyone to listen to. The list of past performances is quite impressive. *** TIM MUNGENAST (Tim Mungenast & His Preexisting Conditions): One radio show that deserves some Noise love is Bats in the Belfry on WMBR, hosted by Laura Wilson, Mistress of the Dark. This program explores the depths of dark music (sometimes creepy, sometimes beautiful, often both), and it includes local acts. It’s on every Monday night from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, either on the air at 88.1 fm, or via RealAudio live on the web. *** LANCE WOODWARD (The Noise): All three of the most recognized local music shows (Boston Emissions—WBCN, New England Product—WFNX, Bay State Rock—WAAF) have done such a great service to our beloved scene. They’ve all made me a new fan of bands I may have never heard of.  To pick just one I’d have to go with WAAF’s Bay State Rock hosted by Carmelita.  She’s got the latest slot, been at it for over 20 years and still seems to go the extra mile for local acts and their fans.  *** DAVID JACKEL (The Daily Pravda): New England Product on WFNX, hosted by Dave Duncan, is still the key show for discovering local acts. It’s been a springboard for so many bands, and last year’s NEP shows at Bill’s offered some of the best local line-ups ever.  I still tune in almost every Sunday night, looking for new bands to play with. Lolita: You’ll be happy to flip some pages and find a story on Dave Duncan in this very issue.