Playlist 17.10.08

A friend of mine once asked his gran to buy him a T Rex album for Christmas. Come December 25, the old dear produced a long player by Joe Tex and poor Nigel was devastated. These days I'd be delighted if somebody would buy me a Joe Tex platter, but hey, you can't go wrong with some Marc Bolan.

Even though he was a hippie traitor who snubbed John Peel, I still like the Bolan tunes, and he could deliver the boogie in a rather endearing fashion. We used to play a battered copy of 'Metal Guru' round at a mate's house. The single was kept hidden under the bed because his parents thought it was degenerate, and it probably was.

Anyway, Danny from Cashier No. 9 also likes Marc and his boogie down productions, so it passed a few charming moments last Friday night. My fave T Rex song would probably be 'Ride A White Swan' because it reminds me of a summer activity scheme at Lead Hill Primary Scool, forever ago. I'm also strangely moved by 'The Soul Of My Suit', especially the middle verse:



"You ravished the runes of my tunes

You put on the gloves of my loves

But you're not such a bad girl - oh no."

You gotta have a little Marc in your heart.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter (WEA)

Conor Oberst - I Don't Want To Die In The Hospital (Wichita)

Cashier No 9 - I Kid you Not (live session)

Ryan Adams - Fix It (Lost Highway)

Los Campesinos - Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown (Wichita)

Cashier No 9 - The Face Don't Fit (live session)

T Rex - Light Of Love (EMI)

Still Flyin - Good Thing It's A Ghost Town (Moshi Moshi)

The Clash - Tommy Gun (live at Shea Stadium) (Sony/BMG)

The Jim Jones - Revue - Rock 'N' Roll Psychosis (Punk Rock Blues)

Lucinda Williams - Circles And Xs (Lost Highway)

Friendly Fires - Paris (XL)

Ry Cooder - Little Sister (Ryko)



Duke Special - Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End (Universal)

The Doors - Moonlight Drive (Elektra)

Joseph Arthur - Temporary People (Fargo)

The Impressions - Choice Of Colours (Charly)

Seasick Steve - Walkin' Man (Warner)

Burning Codes - Light Is Coming (Coded)

Paul Weller - That's Entertainment (live at the BBC) (Island)

Howling Bells -Into The Chaos (Independiente)

Warren Zevon - I'll sleep When I'm Dead (Rhino)

Liam Finn - Better To Be (Transgressive)

Mercury Rev - Butterflys Wing (V2)

Craig Armstrong - Stay (Melankolic)