Playlist 28.06.10

Buster Poindexter was the nom de plume of David Johansen, sometime leader of the New York Dolls. After his nasty punk experiences, the guy reinvented himself as a pompadoured lounge singer, belting out tunes on the manner of Joe Turner and Louis Prima.

The results were patchy but that self-titled album from 1987 has weathered quite well, and Johansen always had enough theatre in his bones to make such a conceit worth hearing. Later, he sang the blues and then reformed The Dolls and I had the pleasure of seeing him with the Harry Smiths in Auntie Annie's and then getting the revived blast of his punk best in Botanic Gardens. Quite the chap.

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

Playlist 28.06.10

Buster Poindexter - Bad Boy (RCA)

Paul Weller - Grasp And Still Connect (Island)

Jim Jones Revue - High Horse (Punk Rock Blues)

Alabama 3 - Jacqueline (Hostage)

Cherry Ghost - Kissing Strangers (Heavenly)

Bob Dylan - Mozambique (CBS)

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Cornbread And Butterbeans (Nonesuch)

Ted Taylor - Too Late (Retro World)

Pretty Child Backfire - And All The Things Said In The Twilight (white)

Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In (Sub Pop)

Pam Hall - Dear Boopsie (Blue Trace)

Ty - Something Big (BBE)

Julia & Co - Sugar Samba (London)

Jan And Dean - Drag City (Sequel)

Gaslight Anthem - Orphans (Side One Dummy)

Joel Plasket - Deny Deny Deny (Blue Grace)

Vic Godard - Stop That Girl (Rough Trade)

Cherry Ghost - Black Fang (Heavenly)

Gayngs - Cry (Jagjaguar)

Frazey Ford - Firecracker (Nettwerk)

Touissant McCall - Nothing Takes The Place Of you (Retro World)

Kele - Yesterday's Gone (Wichita)

Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (WEA)

Tunng - Don't Look Down Or Back (Full Time Hobby)

Sinead O' Connor - Song To The Siren (Elevation)

Andreya Triana - A Town Called Obsolete (Ninja Tune)