By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 15, 2021
With today’s release of the Velvet Underground documentary on AppleTV it was pretty obvious what tonight’s Ledge was going to be. I just never relaized how easy it would be to comile a show consisting of nothing but Velvet Underground covers. I knew I had quite a few of these types of tracks, but I was shocked at just how many were in my collection. Besides the various one-off covers on quite a few records by the likes of the Beat Farmers, Wreckless Eric, and The Soft Boys, I also had quite a number of indie tribute records. I even had four records that completely covered the entire Velvet Underground and Nico album, including the brand new “I’ll Be Your Mirror” tribute. I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them […]
Posted in beat farmers, courtney barnett, feelies, jonathan richman, kurt vile, music, Podcast, realpunkradio, runaways, Scott Hudson, The Ledge, velvet underground
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 17, 2014
Host Scott Hudson “celebrates” what is starting to seem like the longest, coldest winter ever.
Posted in a-bones, bill callahan, deer tick, dumptruck, elvis costello, fastbacks, for against, garland jeffreys, housemartins, jeff the brotherhood, jonathan richman, josh rouse, killing joke, mark olson, minutement, muddy waters, music, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, redd kross, robyn hitchcok, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, summer hymns, superchunk, trip shakespeare, tripwires, u.k. subs
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 28, 2013
Most of tonight’s show is a soundtrack of sorts to Hudson’s “Walking Rock Alphabet”.
Posted in am stereo, bronx, chevelles, clash, downliners sect, jonathan richman, lemuria, music, old 97's, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, suburbs, sugar, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 31, 2013
A celebration of a year that was very important for host Scott Hudson – 1983!
Posted in billy bragg, call, cramps, crass, curtiss a, fleshtones, gg allin, husker du, jonathan richman, killer pussy, minor threat, music, phones, PIL, plimsouls, Podcast, r.e.m., ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, slickee boys, subhumans, twintone, violent femmes, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 25, 2013
Inspired by a Lydia Loveless song called “Steve Earle”, tonight’s show is nothing but songs about other artists.
Posted in Americana, amy rigby, anthemic pop wonder, art brut, big dipper, billy bragg, brian jonestown, centro-matic, dandy warhols, david bowie, drive-by truckers, firehose, hamell on trial, house of love, indie, j church, johnny thunders, jonathan richman, lucinda williams, lydia loveless, minutemen, music, nick lowe, old 97's, pavement, Podcast, posies, realpunkradio, redd kross, replacements, robyn hitchcock, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, shonen knife, sleater-kinney, slobberbone, steve westfield, supersuckers, talk, they might be giants, tommy womack, uncle tupelo, wesley willis
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 23, 2012
Two hours of songs against the travesty of Black Friday, and the cretins who make it out to shop when they should still be sleeping.
Posted in alex chilton, archers of loaf, babes in toyland, bad religion, billy bragg, black friday, clash, dashboard saviors, dead kennedys, devo, fugazi, gang of four, garage, guadalcanal diary, guided by voices, indie, jam, jim jones revue, jonathan richman, juliana hatfield, killing joke, kinks, mekons, meyerman, mojo nixon, monkees, music, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, saints, Scott Hudson, slits, talk, testors, tom waits, weezer, x-ray specs
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 4, 2012
Two days away from the U.S. elections, Hudson compiled some of his favorite politician-related tracks.
Posted in billy bragg, bob dylan, election, folk, ian hunter, indie, john lennon, jonathan richman, music, neil young, pathos, phil ochs, Podcast, politicians, president, replacements, robyn hitchcock, rock, ry cooder, stephen malkmus, talk, talking heads, the move, the numbers, tom morello, Wilco, woody guthrie
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 17, 2012
In response to NBC’s idiotic decision to not air Ray Davies at the Olympic Closing Ceremonies, tonight’s show is nothing but tunes by The Kinks!
Posted in 13th floor elevators, big star, bob hocko, cheap trick, chocolate watch band, condo fucks, cud, david bowie, elvis costello, fall, fastbacks, garage, gary myrick, indie, jam, jonathan richman, kinks, kwyet kings, liquor giants, lyres, marky ramone, matthew sweet, minus 5, mod fun, music, nbc, olympics, Podcast, punk, ray davies, records, roky erickson, southern culture on the skids, stranglers, t. tex edwards, talk, yo la tengo, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 25, 2012
Is 1977 the greatest year in rock ‘n’ roll? Check out this show and judge for yourself.
Posted in 1977, adverts, boys, buzzcocks, cheap trick, clash, damned, dave edmunds, david bowie, devo, drones, eddie & the hot rods, elvis costello, garage, generation x, gizmos, graham parker, iggy pop, indie, jam, johnny thunders, jonathan richman, music, nerves, nick lowe, Podcast, punk, radio birdman, ramones, realpunkradio, rezilios, richard hell, runaways, saints, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, status quo, talk, talking heads, television, ultravox, vibrators, wire
