Wonderland airs weekly on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM on Tueday afternoons from 5:05 PM to 6:00 PM
Hugh Masekela, like WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM, turns 80 in 2019! For March’s Last Tuesday Treat, we’ll wish a Very Merry Unbirthday to the legendary jazz trumpeter and review his extensive discography, dating back to the 1950’s!
Join us at 5:05 PM on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM on Tuesday, March 26th!
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| Artist | Song | Release | Released | Song note |
| The National | Graceless | Trouble Will Find Me | 2013 | |
| Cornershop | Born Disco, Died Heavy Metal | Hold On It’s Easy | 2015 | |
| Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel | The Changing Room | I Can Spin A Rainbow | 2017 | |
| Khruangbin | Dern Kala | The Universe Smiles Upon You | 2015 | |
| New York Dolls | Human Being | Too Much Too Soon | 1974 | |
| Du Blonde | Angel | Lung Bread For Daddy | 2019 | |
| The Gaslight Anthem | Great Expectations | The ’59 Sound | 2008 | |
| Guns N’ Roses | Don’t Cry (Alt. Lyrics) | Use Your Illusion II | 1991 | |
| Seal | Both Sides Now | Joni 75 / A Birthday Celebration | 2019 | |
| Townes Van Zandt | Pancho & Lefty | Sky Blue | 2019 | |
| Steve Earle & the Dukes | The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint | Guy | 2019 | |
| Neil Young | Guitar Solo, No. 5 | Dead Man | 2019 | Originally released in 1996 |
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| Artist | Song | Release | Date | Song note |
| Du Blonde | Buddy | Lung Bread For Daddy | 2019 | |
| Broken Social Scene | 1972 | Let’s Try The After Vol. 1 | 2019 | |
| Crispian St. Peters | The Pied Piper | British Invasion | 2017 | Previously released as a single in 1966, originally recorded by The Changin’ Times. |
| Southern Culture on the Skids | My Neighbor Burns Trash | The Kudzu Ranch | 2010 | |
| Richard Thompson | Her Love Was Meant For Me | 13 Rivers | 2018 | |
| Fuzzy Grass | Healed By The Fire | 1971 | 2018 | |
| Wax Fang | Lights Out | Black & Endless Night | 2008 | |
| Umphrey’s McGee | National Loser Anthem | Zonkey | 2016 | Incoporates Radiohead’s “National Anthem”, Beck’s “Loser”, and Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” |
| Radiohead | Bishop’s Robes | The Bends [2009 Delxue Reissue] | 2009 | Originally released in 1996 on the single “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”. |
| The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Blood and Rockets | South of Reality | 2019 | |
| Kotebel | Oneness | Cosmology | 2017 |
2019 is WESU Middletown’s 80th anniversary, so for March, let’s wish a Very Merry Unbirthday to a musician who was born the same year as WESU, 1939!
Which of the following musicians should have their work featured on the March 26th show of Wonderland?
Who should be honored for a March "Very Merry Unbirthday"?
Total Voters: 6
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| Artist | Song | Release | Date | Song note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Blessing | What Seems To Be The Trouble Officer | The Monkees [2014 Rhino Handmade Deluxe Edition] | 2014 | Originally released as a single in 1966. |
| The Monkees | Papa Gene’s Blues (Stereo Remix) | The Monkees [2014 Rhino Handmade Deluxe Edition] | 2014 | Originally released in 1966. |
| The Monkees | The Kind Of Girl I Could Love (Stereo Mix) | More Of The Monkees [2017 Rhino Handmade Super Deluxe Edition] | 2017 | Originally released in 1967. |
| The Monkees | You Just May Be The One | Headquarters [2007 Deluxe Edition] | 2007 | Originally released in 1967. |
| The Monkees | Tapioca Tundra | The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees | 1968 | |
| The Monkees | Circle Sky (1969 “New” Mono Mix) | The Monkees Present [2013 Rhino Handmade Deluxe Edition] | 2013 | Originally released in 1968 on “Head”. |
| The Monkees | While I Cry | Instant Replay | 1969 | |
| Michael Nesmith & The First National Band | Calico Girlfriend | Magnetic South | 1970 | |
| Michael Nesmith & The First National Band | Silver Moon | Loose Salute | 1970 | |
| Michael Nesmith & The First National Band | Grand Ennui | Nevada Fighter | 1971 | |
| Michael Nesmith And The Second National Band | Mama Rocker | Tantamount To Treason Volume One | 1972 | |
| Michael Nesmith | Different Drum | And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’ | 1972 | |
| Michael Nesmith | Some of Shelly’s Blues | Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash | 1973 | |
| Michael Nesmith | Hear Me Calling? | The Prison | 1974 | |
| Michael Nesmith | Casablanca Moonlight | From a Radio Engine to The Photon Wing | 1977 | |
| Michael Nesmith | Light | Infinite Rider On The Big Dogma | 1979 | |
| Michael Nesmith & The First National Band Redux | Bye Bye Bye | Live At The Troubadour | 2018 | Recorded live January 25, 2018 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA. |
Tune in at 5:05 PM on February 26th to Wonderland on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM in CT for our Last Tuesday Treat – A Very Merry Unbirthday to Michael Nesmith. We’ll spend an hour deep-diving on his work as Michael Blessing, his songwriting contributions to the Monkees, and his decades of solo work! Dig in and enjoy the intersection of pop and country from this oft-overlooked musician!
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| Artist | Song | Release Name | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MewithoutYou | Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses) | [Untitled] | 2018 | |
| The Spencer Davis Group | Time Seller | Come Join My Orchestra: British Baroque Pop Sound 1967-1973 / Various | 2018 | Originally released as a single in 1967. |
| Alastair Riddell | Wonder Ones | All The Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks / Various | 2019 | Originally released as a single in 1977. |
| Super Doppler | Holidays | Moonlight Anthems | 2017 | |
| White Denim | Backseat Driver | Performance | 2018 | |
| Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | Bottle It In | 2018 | |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO | Blue Velvet Blues | Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe | 2018 | |
| Kamasi Washington | Vi Lua Vi Sol | Heaven And Earth | 2018 |
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| Artist | Song | Release | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jegsy Dodd & The Sons Of Harry Cross | Always The Bridesmaid | Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool 1976-1988 | 2018 | Originally released in 1987 on “The Jewel In The Flat Cap” |
| Manic Street Preachers | Mr Carbohydrate | Everything Must Go 20 [20th Anniversary Edition] | 2016 | Originally released in 1996 |
| Barenaked Ladies | It’s All Been Done | Stunt [20th Anniversary Edition] | 2018 | Originally released in 1998 |
| Superchunk | Erasure | What A Time To Be Alive | 2018 | |
| The Twilight Sad | [10 Good Reasons For Modern Drugs] | It Won/t Be Like This All The Time | 2019 | |
| Harpo | My Teenage Queen | All The Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks | 2019 | Originally released as a single in 1974 |
| Talk Talk | Talk Talk | Electric Dreams | 2017 | Originally released as a single in 1982 |
| Cherry Glazerr | Stupid Fish | Stuffed & Ready | 2019 | |
| Blockhead | Tinder in the Time of Cholera | Free Sweatpants | 2019 | |
| Jethro Tull | Love Story | This Was (50th Anniversary Edition) | 2018 | Recorded live for BBC Top Gear Session, November 5th, 1968 |
| Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch | The Unclouded Day | An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil | 2019 | |
| Pink Floyd | Cluster One | The Division Bell [20th Anniversary Deluxe Set] | Originally released in 1994 |
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| Artist | Song | Release | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Goon Sax | Strange Light | We’re Not Talking | 2018 | |
| The Good The Bad & The Queen | The Truce of Twilight | Merrie Land | 2018 | |
| Teleman | Fun Destruction | Family of Aliens | 2018 | |
| The Dandy Warhols | Motor City Steel | Why You So Crazy | 2019 | |
| Pop Will Eat Itself | Sick Little Girl | Def Comms 86-18 | 2018 | Originally released in 1986 on “The Poppies Say GRRrrr!” |
| All Them Witches | Alabaster | Sleeping Through The War | 2017 | |
| Oh Sees | Abysmal Urn | Smote Reverser | 2018 | |
| Goat | Big K | Special Agent | 2008 | |
| Stereolab | Sadistic | Switched On Volumes 1-3 | 2018 | Originally released in 1995 on Refried Exctoplasm |
| Lorelle Meets The Obsolete | El Derrumbe | De Facto | 2019 | |
| Hank Mobley | Soul Station | Soul Station | 1960 | |
| Brandee Younger | Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! | A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper | 2018 |
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| Artist | Song | Release | Release Released | Song Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rolling Stones | Dead Flowers | Sticky Fingers [2015 Remaster] | 2015 | Originally released in 1971 |
| Townes Van Zandt | Dead Flowers | Roadsongs | 1994 | |
| Steve Earle | Dead Flowers | Live At The BBC | 2009 | Recorded at the Town & Country Club, London, November 29, 1988. |
| The Brothers Comatose | Dead Flowers | Songs From The Stoop | 2010 | |
| Guns N’ Roses | Dead Flowers | Unplugged | 1993 | Recorded live on July 16th, 1993 |
| Poison | Dead Flowers | Poison’d! | 2007 | |
| The Copyrights | Dead Flowers | Shit’s Fucked | 2011 | |
| Cowboy Junkies | Dead Flowers | Dead Flowers | 1992 | |
| Coeur de Pirate | Dead Flowers | Trauma | 2013 | |
| Jimmy Burns | Dead Flowers | Chicago Plays the Stones | 2018 | |
| Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band | Dead Flowers | MOJO Presents Sticky Soul Fingers | 2011 |
