By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on August 30, 2024
1984 was a magical year for your favorite podcast host. It was my senior year of college, and I had worked my way up the ranks to be the music director of KAUR. This was the perfect gig for me, along with the record store job I had in my spare time. Of course, gigs like this would mean little if the music business was in a bad way. But it wasn’t. It was one of the greatest years ever for the sort of material I loved. College rock was more popular than ever. British pop had moved away from the “New Romantics” garbage, and guitars were once again popular. Australia was again pumping out energetic rock and roll. And here in America, there was a grass roots movement that saw the beginnings of what would eventually become Americana, along with two labels, SST and Twin/Tone, that were regularly releasing classic records. It’s a holiday weekend, so why not celebrate the material that changed my life 40 years ago? These are all records I loved then, and still love today! Also, please head to YouTube and subscribe to our channel – Public Domain Classics 888. We have over 500 classic films […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on August 11, 2023
Tonight’s show is a mishmash of primarily recent releases. There’s some material from great box sets. There’s a set devoted to a classic old live album and one brand new one. I’ve got a set from that great new tribute album, Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies, along with more material from the tribute album I premiered last week, Goo Goo Muck – A Tribute to The Cramps. There’s also a Rum Bar Records set, and previews of new records by Graham Parker & The Goldtops, Tamar Berk, and others. It’s a show featuring a wide variety of genres that you only hear on shows like The Ledge. As for this week’s “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” series, I have a mystery track by a band called The Shades. The cover is from the soundtrack to the Elle Fanning film, Teen Spirit, but I have yet to find out any information regarding the band. Could it be something cooked up in the studio by the film’s musical directors? Who knows? And like always, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the […]
Posted in 52weeksofteenagekicks, cramps, graham parker, lonesome kings, music, Podcast, ray davies, realpunkradio, The Ledge, west coast pop art experimental band
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on August 4, 2023
I bet all of you Ledge listeners know the drill. The first show of the month is always new releases, and that’s the case here. But there is a little difference in this week’s show. Normally, I don’t touch on reissued records. That’s for another theme. But obviously I can’t ignore the news that in September The Replacements are putting out a box set version of the classic album, Tim. Besides the usual outtakes and live material, there is a special remix of the entire album by the legendary Ed Stasium! If you’re not familiar with Stasium, he has produced dozens and dozens of classic albums over the years, including records by The Ramones, Talking Heads, Soul Asylum, Long Ryders, Hoodoo Gurus, Reverend Horton Heat, Motorhead, and so many more! Given that the only negative feature of Tim was the mix, letting Stasium do a fix is going to blow people’s minds! Yet that’s not my only reissue this week, as fellow Real Punk Radio host Greg Lonesome has just put out a newly remastered version of Shotgun Full of Blues, a record he released 20 years ago as the leader of the Lonesome Kings. There’s a ton of bonus tracks included with this […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on May 26, 2023
“Shambolic” maybe an overused word when it comes to my favorite band, The Replacements, but it’s an apt term for tonight’s show. Or at least the first ten minutes. Yes, it’s a mini-disaster. After airing this week’s selection for the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” series by The Vibrators, I talked about the fact that you can now purchase the version I world premiered last week by Jeremy Porter at his bandcamp. (http://jeremyporter.bandcamp.com). In fact, please go purchase it now, as all proceeds go to the Hater Kitty Army. But after introducing a re-airing the tune, my broadcast program decided to completely rearrange my playlist and a completely different tune aired for a few seconds. I quickly fixed the issue, though, and everything was fine after that. Tonight’s show is a collecton of tunes that I’ve been listening to in my spare time. There’s a set devoted to my favorite rock and roll couple, Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric, inspired by “Do You Remember This”, a clever little tale of their relationship that may or may not be true. There’s a set that sort of centers around Johnny Thunders, beginning with a couple of Kinks songs before heading into a […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on January 6, 2023
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been hinting that I’ll be starting 2023 with a big announcement. Well, tonight’s the night!In my eyes, “Teenage Kicks” is a perfect pop song; the greatest punk-inspired single of all time. Two minutes and 27 seconds of rock and roll at its finest. The sentiments are the same youthful expressions of the original rock and roll explosion of the 1950s. Instead of Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis boogie woogie piano, it’s buzzsaw guitars that accompany Undertones vocalist Fergal Sharkey’s desire for that “girl in the neighborhood” that he wishes “was mine she looks so good”. It’s the musical template later utilized by Husker Du, Pixies, Green Day, and hundreds of other pop-punkers for decades to come (for better or worse).Since I love the song so much, I have found myself collecting all kinds of versions over the years. In fact, a little glance at my master iTunes library a few months ago showed that I owned over 30 covers of this tune. Just two weeks ago, I discovered that a Minneapolis band I loved in the 90s had released a remake as a now rare b-side (more on that next week). With […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 16, 2021
1981 was a very special year for your favorite podcast host. I graduated from high school, and immediately started at the local radio station when I entered college. While the 2 – 6 am shift may seem like a nightmare to most people, it was the perfect opportunity for me to investigate the floor to ceiling record racks in the cramped studio. This week’s show represents the US-originated records from that era that mean the most to me today. Most of them I discovered during these late night shifts, but a few of them I must admit they weren’t faves until years later. Of course, I have to highlight the first releases from my two favorite Minneapolis bands of all time, and longtime faves the Ramones put out their sixth album that year. There’s also a couple of new indie labels, IRS and SST, that would greatly influence me throughout the rest of the decade. After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! 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 […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 13, 2020
It may be a cliche, especially compared to the dumpster fire of this year, but it was definitely a simpler time for me in 1990. It was a year that I sort of became an adult. Sort of are the key words here. It was also a year of musical transition for me, as it was the year of the last Replacements album and the year of Uncle Tupelo’s debut album. For the next few years, “Americana” became my leading musical force. With a few exceptions, of course. (Both of these recors, The Replacements’ “All Shook Down” and Uncle Tupelo’s “No Depression”, get an extended look during tonight’s show.) This week’s show takes a look at much of what was in my gigantic portable CD carrier during that year. Yes, I had one of those 64 disc cases that went with me wherever I went. One has to be prepared, you know. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this nostalgic look at my personal music taste from that era. After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! 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 […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on July 24, 2020
Earlier this year I featured a show that focused on British punk rock from 1980. Tonight, I do the same thing but featuring nothing but tunes from American punk bands from that same year.
It’s kind of interesting how the focus of the punk scene (…
Posted in 1980, cramps, dead kennedys, music, Podcast, punk, ramones, realpunkradio, The Ledge, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on March 27, 2020
I understood pretty early on this week that it was going to be impossible to come up with a new theme this week. The pandemic is the only thing any of us are thinking about these days, especially with the situation being more grim every day.
Since last…
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 30, 2015
The ultimate rock and roll holiday is celebrated tonight!
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 23, 2015
Nothing but musical questions tonight!
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 16, 2015
Live Ledge goes back to 1980 for two hours of punk, post-punk, and every other form of alt-rock from that year!
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 2, 2015
Another month, another show of nothing but brand new music.
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 18, 2015
To celebrate a birthday, Hudson starts a two-part series where he plays one song from every year he’s lived.
Posted in beatles, big star, camper van beethoven, clash, cramps, dead kennedys, dinosaur jr, firehose, flamin' groovies, husker du, johnny thunders, jonathon richman, kinks, live ledge, mc5, monkees, new york dolls, no direction, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, ronettes, Scott Hudson, sonics, stooges, undertones, velvet underground, who, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 28, 2015
Nothing but track eight’s to commemorate that we still have a couple days left in the eighth month of the year.
Posted in archers of loaf, bash and pop, cheap time, cheap trick, clash, cramps, david bowie, dead boy, elvis costello, exploding hearts, guided by voices, hindu love gods, hold steady, husker du, jam, jesus and mary chain, jim jones, kinks, lemonheads, live ledge, lou reed, music, Podcast, ramones, replacements, rolling stones, saints, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sonic youth, soul asylum, stooges, suicide commandos, superchunk, talk, uncle tupelo, velvet underground, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 10, 2015
A simple premise – everything played tonight is the fourth track of the album they appeared on!
Posted in aquadolls, babes in toyland, bash & pop, blue mountain, bottle rockets, clash, cramps, dave edmunds, drones, elvis costello, exploding hearts, goo goo dolls, heartbreakers, husker du, jesse malin, jesus & mary chain, live ledge, lydia loveless, paul westerberg, Podcast, pow wows, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sonics, soul asylum, suburbs, sugar, superchunk, supersuckers, swamp john reis, Wilco, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 22, 2014
There was so much music and so little time last week that the 1994 theme has been expanded to this week’s episode.
Posted in american music club, bad religion, built to spill, cramps, devil dogs, drive like jehu, fleshtones, frank black, gas huffer, gories, helmet, house of large sizes, insomniacs, jesus lizard, johnny cash, kevin salem, killdozer, l7, liquor giants, live ledge, meices, music, nova mob, pleasure fuckers, Podcast, polvo, queers, ramone, rancid, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, screeching weasel, shane macgowan, shellac, soul asylum, sugar, talk, weezer, zeros
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 1, 2014
Ian Astbury of The Cult joins Live Ledge to promote his band’s upcoming Sioux Falls performance.
Posted in angel city, cramps, crass, husker du, ian astbury, live ledge, lyres, no direction, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, siouxsie and the banshees, soul asylum, suburbs, the cult, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 13, 2014
Tonight’s episode is a tribute to former Young Ones comedy actor Rik Mayall, along with a bunch of cover tunes.
Posted in adrian edmunson, alex chilton, cliff richard, cramps, ctmf, dead kennedys, doughboys, fuzztones, hold steady, hollis brown, lawnmower, lords of altamont, madness, motorhead, music, mystery girls, old 97's, pipeline pete, plimsouls, Podcast, problematics, radio birdmen, realpunkradio, rik mayall, royal court of china, rubber city rebels, saints, standouts, supersuckers, swingin' neckbreakers, talk, the skinny, young ones
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 18, 2014
In response to the horrors of Coachella, Hudson curates his own personal music festival.
Posted in alex chilton, archers of loaf, babes in toyland, bikini kill, blondie, buzzcocks, cheap trick, chuck berry, circle jerks, clash, cramps, damned, david bowie, dead boys, descendents, devo, downliners sect, Eddie Cochran, elvis costello, exploding hearts, f-units, face, gene vincent, graham parker, heartbreakers, husker du, jam, jawbreaker, jerry lee lewis, jesus and mary chain, johnny burnette, kinks, live ledge, lou reed, mc5, meteors, music, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 31, 2014
A trip down memory lane – nothing but tunes from that magical year of 1979.
Posted in ac/dc, alex chilton, beat, boomtown rats, buzzcocks, cheap trick, clash, cramps, curtiss a, damned, dave edmunds, devo, dickies, dils, elvis costello, fear, generation x, germs, graham parker, hypstruz, joe jackson, kinks, motorhead, music, nick lowe, patti smith, PIL, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, ruts, Scott Hudson, soft boys, stiff little fingers, suburbs, suicide commandos, undertones, wire
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 18, 2013
Hudson’s tribute to one of the great DJ’s, and an even greater person, David Scott “Drazzle” Rasile.
Posted in bloody irish boys, Bouncing Souls, coffee time, craic, cramps, dead boys, devo, Drazzle, joan jett, johnny cash, johnny thunders, leadbelly, lords of the new church, marty robbins, music from the farside, naked raygun, new bomb turks, paddy o'punk, pere ubu, Podcast, pretenders, realpunkradio, replacements, rocket from the tombs, Scott Hudson, shane macgowan, tossers, wazmo nariz, white stripes
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 11, 2013
It’s simple – nothing but songs that include the word “what”.
Posted in archers of loaf, buzzcocks, cbgb's, clash, cramps, dead boys, elvis costello, kinks, muffs, music, naked ted, pagans, paul westerberg, Podcast, purple hearts, ramones, real kids, realpunkradio, rev horton heat, Scott Hudson, superchunk, supersuckers, talk, throbs, turbonegro, undertones, velvet underground, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 16, 2013
It’s a show of nothing but covers, including a commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.
Posted in art brut, batmobile, chesterfield kings, cramps, crawdaddys, dead kennedys, dogs, elvis presley, flamin' groovies, frank black, jesus and marry chain, johnny thunders, Lemmy, live ledge, lyres, mahones, miracle workers, mummies, music, Podcast, primitives, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, saints, Scott Hudson, slim dunlap, sloan, suicide commandos, vice principals, you am i
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 May 3, 2013
Another installment of an episode full of new releases and blog finds.
Posted in am stereo, art brut, black flag, black lips, cramps, deerhunter, del lords, dodge main, frank turner, guided by voices, ian rubbish, iggy and the stooges, joan jett, lucinda williams, lyres, melvins, music, new releases, paul westerberg, Podcast, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, sloan, songs for slim, suburbs, tommy keene, vertebrats, zero boys
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 8, 2013
It’s that time of the month again! More new releases and blog finds!
Posted in al bundie's army, bad religion, beat merchants, bronx, california x, clash, cramps, desaparecidos, devil dogs, drones, dwarves, fidlar, garage, gun club, hart lake mystery, indie, jam, joy formidale, kaisers, lux interior, muffs, music, new releases, nick cave, night marchers, nude beach, parquet courts, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, reg presley, replacements, Scott Hudson, shods, shoes, sky saxon, social distortion, suburban nightmares, talk, three o'clock, warm soda
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 26, 2012
For the third straight year, host Scott Hudson compiled two hours of the scariest songs ever! Play this when the trick or treaters come to your door.
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 5, 2012
No real theme for this week – just some random tracks and irritated babbling from Scott.
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 10, 2012
Continuing with the Peel Sessions theme, tonight’s show includes not only great Brit acts but American bands who contributed to the series.
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 22, 2012
The longest day of the year has inspired the longest Ledge show – 44 tracks of summer-related tunes!
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By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 10, 2012
Besides a setlist of nothing but songs about girls, this week’s Live Ledge discusses the future of the show.
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