Live Set: Listen With Looch

 


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I am lucky enough to have a great radio station in my town: 89.3 The Current. It is a public radio "Adult Alternative" station, similar to KEXP Seattle. I listen several hours a day and the highlight was always the 2pm to 6pm shift, occupied (until recently) by Mary Lucia (The "Looch") One of the nice things about The Current is that they (unlike most radio stations) let their hosts choose some of their own music. After listening to Mary for a few years, I can always tell when a song is one that she added to the mix. She is a rocker and a 70s kid, like (most of) us. So for example, between songs by Billie Eilish and Father John Misty, she drops in AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Those are the surprises that made her show so fun to listen to...

I decided a few weeks ago to assemble an SMC music set made up of those songs. About a week later, in a sad twist of irony, Mary has decided to leave the station that she helped launch 17 years ago. So this is now a tribute show and a celebration. In reading some of why she left, my great radio station is not so great anymore, and that's sad too.

I know none of this means much to folks outside the Twin cities, but trust me - it's a killer show. She has been voted best Twin Cities DJ many, many times, and she's just a genuinely nice person. I chatted with her briefly at a Caribou in the skyway - so I know that. 

Tim Curry I Do The Rock
AC-DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Madonna Express Yourself
The Kinks Picture Book
New York Dolls Personality Crisis
Ramones Needles and Pins
Elvis Presley Bossa Nova Baby
The Replacements I.O.U.
X         I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Spoon My Babe
Superchunk What a Time to be Alive
The Strypes Blue Collar Jane
Gene Vincent Be-Bop-A-Lula
Dry Cleaning Strong Feelings
Sweet Little Willy
King Khan and The Shrines.  Land of the Freak
LL Cool J         Going Back To Cali
Billy Joel         Sometimes a Fantasy
Carbon/Silicon The News
Tom Waits Step Right Up
The Rolling Stones Happy
Low Rats         Cryin' and Moanin'
MC5 Kick Out the Jams
Glen Campbell Gentle on My Mind
Iggy Pop         The Passenger
The Streets Fit But You Know It
Adam and the Ants Stand And Deliver
Hank Williams Jambalaya on the Bayou
Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues
Motorhead Ace of Spades
The Hollies Carrie Anne
The Beatles Savoy Truffle
Donovan There Is A Mountain
The Partridge Family.  I Woke Up in Love This Morning
The Saints I'm Stranded
The 101ers Motor Boys Motor
The Jazz Butcher Drink
Thin Lizzy Whiskey in the Jar
Blondie Union City Blue
The Modern Lovers I'm Straight
The Faces Ooh La La
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers   Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
Neil Diamond Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show
Bee Gees Run to Me
Wilco Heavy Metal Drummer
Slade Run Runaway
Sham 69 If The Kids Are United
Billy Idol         Can’t Break Me Down
Frank Sinatra My Way
The Rolling Stones It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It)







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