Radio Feverland

Introducing Pancakes!

2005-07-20T12:28:00.000-07:00

(photo credit: Metro Times/Walter Wasacz)

Not to break down the fourth wall or anything, but the new face of the Fever adds a dapper touch to the proceedings, don'tchoo think?

Let Wolf 'n' Cakes know how you feel and what jams to jam: radio.fever@live971.com

Damn. We're all Late 'n' Shit

2005-07-19T21:27:00.000-07:00

Well, the someone somewhere voted and now, nearly three weeks later, we can post the results on the internets. Remember when the Pistons lost in the last round of the NBA finals? We didn't talk about that, really. We're not what you'd call timely. In that spirit, please enjoy...

The Radio Fever Top 38 4th of July/Labor Day Countdown Jamz Countdown

38 Soledad Brothers » Michigan Line
37 Waxwings » Clouded Over
36 Jawbone » Get Rhythm
35 Tom Petty » American Girl
34 Lemonheads » It's A Shame About Ray
33 Greenhornes » Gonna Get Me Someone
32 Supergrass » In It For The Money
31 Minutemen » Corona
30 Sights » Backseat
29 Terry Knight & The Pack » How Much More
28 Neko Case » Train From Kansas City
27 DJ Kool » Let Me Clear My Throat
26 Trembling » G Turns To D
25 Leonard Nimoy » Highly Illogical
24 Valentinos » Bad Direction
23 White Stripes » Blue Orchid
22 Pogues » If I Should Fall From Grace With God
21 The Go » He's Been Lying
20 Fondas » Wildman On The Loose
19 Hentchmen » Straight Up
18 Jonathon Fire*Eater » These Little Monkeys
17 Devo » Freedom Of Choice
16 Electric Six » Synthesizer
15 P.A. » No Blue Dye
14 Flaming Lips » Fight Test
13 Judas Priest » The Ripper
12 Black Merda » Cynthy Ruth
11 Iggy & The Stooges » Gimme Danger
10 Wilco » I'm Always In Love
9 Brendan Benson » Get It Together
8 Dykehouse » Chain Smoking
7 Dirtbombs » Ode To A Black Man
6 Jonathon Richman » Astral Plane
5 Bob Seger » Feel Like A Number
4 Outrageous Cherry » Why Don't We Talk About Something Else
3 Public Enemy » Louder Than A Bomb
2 Saturday Looks Good To Me
1 Iron Maiden » Run To The Hills

This is a Recording

2005-07-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

The following is an archival transcript of the text of the patented Radio Fever Two Minute Record Review of the band Cinecyde's "Like A UFO." It was written by erstwhile (that's a fancy word for former) Radio Fever co-host Sassy.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be digging through a crate of dusty, year-old typewriter paper and throwing random bits of Radio Fever hotstory up on the interweb for all eyes to enjoy and for future historians to examine. We hope you "dig it."
-- Martin Endicott, Associate Professor of Media Archivism, Alpena General Community College, Alpena, MI.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mongtomery Warren’s parents found a note pinned to a Howdy Doody pull-string doll in his little sister’s bedroom. It was the last they heard from precocious little Monty. He was 11. The year was 1959. This is what it said.

"I will not eat my broccoli. I refuse. Nor will I eat my spinach. I know what you people are trying to do to me and while your Kiwanis and Daughters of the American Revolution facades may be benign, I’ve found out the ugly, sinister truth about your so-called “beta-carotene.” You can’t hide what you truly are. At night, after my dear sister Barbara is asleep – and you think that I am, too – I sneak to my window and see the glow and the flashes coming from quote-unquote father’s woodshed. Ha!
I tried talking to Barbara, but she’s too far gone, too indoctrinated by your rituals of extraterrestrial experimentation to see the forest for the trees. Yes, I said it! And I’ll say it again: Extraterrestrials. You are hideous monsters from another dominion and I won’t stand pat for the way you’ve infected everything I hold dear like a VIRUS!!!
This is the last you’ll hear from me. By the time you read this I’ll be long gone, headed for the Air Force base at Roswell where I know they’ll take the necessary measures to expose your cruel machinations to the world. And you will be forced to reveal your true nature, no doubt on the Jack Parr program or some such televised venue where the veracity of your alien nature is irrefutable to the naked eye.
Your plot is foiled Herbert and Miriam – or whatever your real name is! And you’ll never know what else I’ve seen! The truth shall overcome!!!"

Call us Butter...

2005-05-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

cuz, you know. We're on a roll. Two posts in less than a week? Unprecedented.
Whilst still in recovery mode from the bestest show ever by four pushing-50 English dudes (aka the Gang of Four throwdown at the Majestic), Sass-quatch and Le Wolf hosted a bona fide Dance Party complete with "Snowball" jams as well as the non-sequitor "couples skate."
This coming week we'll be opening up the Mailbag and playing jams (or at least partial jams if the gong gets busted out) by bands that sent us their rekkids. Should be good for some shamrocks 'n' shenanigans. Tune in, won't you?
In the meantime, you can check out our playlist from last week and wish against wishing that we had the "online streaming archive on your computer machine functionality."

Hearts,
S&W

Radio Fever May 14th, 2005 "Dance Partay"
Jackson 5 > ABC
Wilson Pickett > Barefootin'
Archie Bell > Tighten Up
Esther Phillips > Mojo Hannah
Little Annie > Lean Lanky Daddy
Otis Redding > Respect
Detroit City Council > Ass Struggle
Nomo > Discontinued
Voltaire Brothers > Funky Motion
Slits > Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Clash > Radio Clash
Ramones > Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Damned > Discoman
Ten Words For Snow > Garbage Truck
New Order > Shell Shock
Yaz > Only You
The Jam > Town Called Malice
Blur > Girls & Boys
Dale Hawkins > Suzy Q
Quincy Jones > Fever
Walter J > Liquidator
James Brown > I Got The Feeling
Upsetters > Popcorn
Desmond Dekker > Get Up Edina
Selector > Too Much Pressure
Beck > Sex Laws
Kylie Minogue > Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Dee-Lite > Groove Is In The Heart
Time Zone > World Destruction
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock > It Takes Two

Lazy, Hazy Hosties

2005-05-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

Damnit! Sorry about the lack of posts. Still, we're encouraged by the random comments in the, er, "comment" section. Kepp 'em coming kids, keeeeep 'em coming.
Hopefully you all enjoyed our informative and highly-factual re-tellings of the lives and times of both Tedley Nugent and Sir rockin' Bob Seger in our back-to-back Rockus Retrospectivuseseses. We've got more fun stuff planned soon including the Stripes and, if we can get our shit together, the Wildbunch/Electric Six.

Check out the show this week as we'll be having a Dance Party of Epic Proportions(tm) and reviewing the new Ten Words For Snow Double Single (not TM).

In the meantime, two things:
Send us your jams to
15600 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48076

And finally, the playlistage from last week's Awesomeest Show Ever!

Detroit Cobras > Hittin' On Nothing
Blacktop > Mojo Kitty
Cornish In A Turtleneck > Booty Don't Stop
Parliament > Up On The Down Stroke
Brainiac > Flash Ram
Dirtbombs > Chains Of Love
Jimmy Hughes > Chains Of Love
Eddie Kendricks > Keep On Truckin'
Earl English > Tryin' To Make Ends Meet
Come-Ons > Complicated
Link Wray > Walkin' Down A Street Called Love
Link Wray > Rumble Down A Street Called Tumble
Velvet Hammer > I Wanna Be Your Show
Edwin Star > Agent Double-Oh-Soul
Volebeats > I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More
Al Green > Here I Am
Soledad Brothers > Cage That Tiger
Brendan Benson > Get It Together
P.A. > No Blue Dye
Pavement > Summer Babe
Bob Seger > Lucifer
Bob Seger > Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Bob Seger > Night Moves
Bob Seger > Feel Like A Number
Bob Seger > Hollywood Nights
Electric Six > Rock 'n Roll Evacuation
Jackie Wilson > Baby It Out
Human Eye > Chew Raw Meat
Devo > Gates Of Steel

TAN Faster Through the Miracle of Radiation!

2005-04-09T12:58:00.001-07:00

In honor of the release of their latest record 'Justamustache" on the Frenchy Kicksy record label, we're posting out original two-minute record rview treatment of the so-called 'new" Thurderbirds are Now jams.
See, we're not playing them on the show tonite cuz we figure if you haven't been paying attention to the last, oh, six weeks when we've been shamelessly playing tracks off this record, you just don't get to hear it on the consumer-approved date. Yeah! We're fuckin' radical!!! Check us out Trotsky!! How you like us now Jerzy Bulowski!? Doctor Marten's boots up yer arse!

Anyhoo, here's Sassy's review. Wolf's to folo shortly.
Love it. and Love, comma, us.
Sasquatch and Le Wolf

Thunderbirds Are Now, Justamustache, French Kiss REcords
Review date, sometime in the near past:

"Greg,

If I may, I would like to respond to the preceding messages brought to us by Thunderbirds are Now in a three-fold manner:

Firstly: Oh, my gawd, Becky. Did you see the lead singer-uh?! He’ssss sssoooou cyoott. I mean, it’s pretty artsy…but what-ever-uh…the hair and the jumping and the –heavy breathing here.

Secondly: You know, I’m a firm believer in at least using the words angular at least once in conversation every day, just so that it doesn’t become some kind of hary old rock-crit cliché like, oh, say, “oblique lyrics” or “DIY production values” or “a wash of__insert your stringed instrument here.”
And it’s bands like Thunderbirds are Now that help that. Except, in their case, it’s more like “punctured” instead of “angular where the metaphor is a straight line and the guitar sounds in question are meant ot interrupt the straight line at an acute angle, hence, angular. TAN are more like um, some other metaphor or something.
It’s like a scavenger hunt: Angular, spazzy (or a variation threof0, hyper-kinetic, ADD-addled, hell, anything-addled. Let’s all play.

Thirdly: You know, Dr. Landy says I should smile more and not talk so much, but sometimes I just wanna kiloljll;l;kjd;lkj3209u4305987.!!!"
--end transmission

"Blogs Are Stupid"

2005-04-02T13:32:00.000-08:00

- This quote from one Randall Campbell, Detroit, April 1, 2005.
Hey Randy: Paper's stupid. Cars are stupid. Guns are stupid. Music is stupid.
I got your blog right here ;-)
Discuss.
(to those of you not named Randall Campbell, please feel free to comment on any of the above at will -- after all, it's a "dialogue" as they say on the marketing floor).

Not Just Your Doodie

2005-03-15T07:33:00.000-08:00

Vote/Nominate Now!

As Steve Jones or Robert Plant or some other dinosaur said in one of those damned Rock the Vote spots “It’s not just a duty, it’s a priviledge.”
In that spirit, we are opening up to the interweb The First Ever Radio Fever Music Awards Ever.
Make up a category, nominate in an existing category. Don’t be serious about this. Awards shows are for suckers and sycophants. But ours isn’t. No, really. We’re different. Just give us a chance. The awards will be announced on the Radio Fever program on April 16th.

Here’s the so-called “starter list”. Please add and share:
Danny Muggs - "Best Use of a Scarf by a Rock Guitarist"
Pas/Cal - "Most Punctual"
Adam Miller (Adult.) - "Best Shaggy Hair on A techno Guy".

Get Your Irish/Hip-hop On!

2005-03-15T07:23:00.000-08:00

Here's the setlist from last week's show. Please note the canny juxtaposition of the sangfaudian metronomic beatitudes of the musics comprising the "Hip-Hop" and the "Irish" (or is it Irish-ish, anyhoo).
If you have requests, we'll take 'em. Just drop us a line. If you're in a band that's not sucky, send us your music at
Radio Fever c/o WKRK
15600 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48076

Without further ado:

RADIO FEVER PLAYLIST FROM MAR. 12, 2005
Songs listed by artist, then song title.
James Taylor Quartet > One Way Street
Soledad Brothers > Handle Song
Brendan Benson > Spit It Out
Velvettes > Needle In A Haystack
Forty-Fives > Go Ahead & Shout
Jealous Type > 1500 Miles Beneath the Earth
Amino Acids > Return Of The Attack
Dirty Shame > Surgery
House Of Pain > Jump Around
The Clash > English Civil War
Pogues > If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Pogues > London Girl
Undertones > Teenage Kicks
Saturday Looks Good To Me > Alcohol
Dykehouse > Chain Smoking
Ted Leo > Timorous Me
Transistors > You Will
Gories > I Think I've Had It
Jawbone > My Daddy
The Spits > Space Guitar
Voltaire Brothers > Funky Motion
Beastie Boys > Rhymin & Stealin
Public Enemy > She Watches Channel Zero
Kid Rock > I Wanna Go Back
Eric B & Rakim > Paid In Full
EPMD > Strictly Business
LL Cool J > Mama Said Knock You Out
Bogue > I'm Gonna Need More Time
Thin Lizzy > Jailbreak

Pass the Old Gold!

2005-03-12T19:45:00.000-08:00

Damn -- Ooooh!
-- James Smith -- whom the ladies love
That is all.

Cinco de Marcho Playlisto

2005-03-09T11:17:00.000-08:00

Now, alleviating your bated breath waiting, the playlist from the Fever's "No Wuss"* Program

RADIO FEVER PLAYLIST FROM MAR. 5, 2005
Bantam Rooster > The Manner To Which I'm Accustomed
Howlin Wolf > Shake For Me
Blacktop > Mojo Kitty
Waitresses > I Know What Boys Like
AC / DC > Live Wire
Danzig > Twist Of Cain
White Stripes > Black Math
Hives > No Pun Intended
Bear Vs. Shark > Buses / No Buses
Electric Six > Nuclear War (On The Dance Floor)
Clash > Safe European Home
Sights > Backseat
Brendan Benson > Spit It Out
The Go > Capricorn
The Strokes > Take It Or Leave It
Clone Defects > Stray Boy
Troy Gregory & The Stepsisters > Who Can't You Forgive
Hentchmen > All About Girls
Ramones > California Sun
Small Brown Bike > Under Pressure
Judas Priest > The Ripper
T. Rex > The Motivator
Them > Little Girl
Downriver Sect > Why Don't You Smile Now
Pterodactyls > Me For Hire (Rock For Hire)
Paybacks > Lazy Things
Andrew W.K. > Make Sex
Demolition Dollrods > Down Home Girl

* And by "No wuss" we mean except for the Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like," which, though slightly wussified, is sassy and brassy nevertheless. But thanks for calling me out on that Dave.

Party Planet Descending

2005-03-06T10:16:00.000-08:00

So, we found out first-hand that it's extremely difficult to blog (someone think of another verb -- stat!) and do a radio show at the same time last night, otherwise, we'd have delivered the disheartening news simultaneously to the airwaves and the interwebs that the much-beloved Detroit City Council -- Tom, Mike, Dum, Black, Nougat, Peanut, et. al -- have decided to call it a night.
We invite you to share your favorite DCC moments here in the Blogosphere.
We'll always have the white-suit-wearin' vision of Potterific nastiness to keep us company as we chase our Maker's Mark with Stroh's and we'll always have the momeories of the most crowded Fever studio to date -- over flowing with funkeriffic goodness and featuring the soothing sounds of Black intoning "PUT THE GUNS DOWN, CHIRREN!!!"
May we suggest that the Council reconvene for every mayoral inauguration? Just a thought.

Lest We forget

2005-03-04T12:39:00.000-08:00

Send us your jams, people!

Radio Fever c/o WKRK
15600 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Soudthfield, MI 48220

Damn! Like we gotta ask to make you famous or something.

Love,
Us

Here in Your Cars

2005-03-04T12:26:00.000-08:00

We feel safe with you on one end of the beam and us on the other. It'd be better if we were all riding in a car together, with the Wolf and I just handing you tapes all cued up to put in the tape deck, but we don't have that kind of physics just yet on this planet. C'est Le guerre.

Still, the show this week'll be totally deck, but in a flippity-flop way, you know what I'm sayin' scratchtastic spatula? werd.

We'll review the Troy Gregory & the Stepsisters jams and play a boatload of other stuff, too. Plus, Greg and I have been reading our Physics for Poets books and our minds are more blown than when we played Wizardry for 12 hours straight back in '86 with nothing but Like Cola (we hearted Like) and Funyons for fuel.

Nevertheless, we invite you to call in to report on the whole "Where You At"/"Who You With"/"What You Rockin'" paradigm. Call 248-559.9797 to get in on the action, cuz lord knowz we'll be sitting in a small room in Southfield waiting for the impending Rockapalypse.

BTW, if there was any finer sight than a gang of perfectly different people all getting down in a cozy space than the Dorkwave set on Wednesday at the Garden Bowl, we've yet to see it. Sassy still has "Love Bizarre" and "HeadOn" stuck in the noggin' and doesn't plan on getting them out anytime soon. Damned inspirational like a good living room party should be say top critics about Dorkwave.

Blogasaurus Wrecks

2005-02-10T13:08:00.000-08:00

Guh! Finally, we got rid of that fucking Wiggles. What a crybaby: "ow, your scalding hot coffee burned me again, Chris!" "Stop throwing things at me, Greg! I said 'you have alot of pluck, yourself' Geez."
Whiner. Good luck at Vassar.

Anyhoo, if you wanna get in on the intern action, send us an e-mail and we'll work you like Peabs works neologisms.

Topics of discussion:
-- Brendan Benson: Makes more sense on the OC or Everwood?
-- The gordita vs. the chalupa. Discuss.
-- When the hell are the Fags gonna put out a record?
-- Where was that record store with the purple paint on the wall in which Mike Wallace interviewed Jack White about becoming a priest or whatever?
-- How awesome is Florida this time of year (you know, the "Florida of the Mind")?

This week on Radio Fever, we'll be discussing these and other hott topiks of the day as well as Two Minute Record Reviewing new jams from the Come-Ons (try googling that without the hyphen).
We'll be giving the Rockus Retrospectivus Treatment (including "actual re-enactments") to Iggy & the Stooges/the Stooges/the Three Stooges.
We'll have tickets to give away and shite.
And oh so much more -- Saturday night, 8-11 p.m. on 97.1 fm. Be there.

here's what you missed last week:

The Sights > I'm Gonna Live The Life I Sing About
Laughing Hyenas > Hard Time Blues
Detroit City Council > Party Planet Rising
Persona > Gay Bar Remix
The Go > But You Don't Know
White Stripes > Hardest Button To Button
Hentchmen > All About Girls
Ponys > Chemical Imbalance
Outrageous Cherry > Why Don't We Talk About Something Else
Avatars > Wait
Valentinos > Bad Direction
5th Period Fever > 5 Past 12
Soledad Brothers > Break It On Down
Iggy Pop > Gimme Danger
Shadows of Knight > Gonna Make You Mine
Flaming Stars > Bring Me The Rest Of Alfredo Garcia
Goudron > Scalliwagz
Cornish In A Turtleneck > Booty Don't Stop
Rogers Sisters > Secrets Of Civilization
Kissing Fish > Off Again
Brendan Benson > What I'm Looking For
Monochrome Set > He's Frank
The Creation > Biff Bang Pow
Black Merda > Good Luck
Two Star Tabernacle > Lily White Mama & Jet Black Daddy
Porchsleeper > Drunk Again
Holly Golightly > There Is An End
Detroit Cobras > My Baby Loves A Secret Agent
Blacktop > Tornado Love
Die Matrosen > Liliput
Demolition Dollrods > You Look Good

Where It's At: Xmas 2k4 pt. Uno

2004-12-21T13:05:00.000-08:00

Sassy & the Wolf are honored to help you make the most of the holiday rock season at the 3rd Annual Holiday Sounds & Spirits Spectacular this Thursday at the Magic Stick in fabulous Day-twah (4140 Woodward Ave. 313-833-9700).

Not only will we help "keep stuff moving" in our inimitable fashion, but we'll also be performing as our, er, alter Super-egos the Night Moves.

Honestly, this is one of the funnestest nights of the year -- each band gets like 5 minutes to rock the mic with their version of holiday cheer -- and the proceeds go to COTS (Coalition on Temporary Shelter). Also, the show will feature the world premiere of a scintillating new film entitled "The Skinniest Santa." We wish we could tell you more, but modesty prevents us.

The stage(s) will be graced by some of our favorite bands and singahs evah, including:

The Dirtbombs
The Paybacks
Brendan Benson
Outrageous Cherry
Blanche
Rosie Thomas
The Volebeats
The Sirens
The Fondas
Pas/Cal
The Hentchmen
Waxwings
The Come Ons
Thunderbirds Are Now!
The Holy Fire
His Name Is Alive
Saturday Looks Good to Me
Jawbone
American Mars

Admission is $15, 18 and older please. Doors at 8, music at 9 sharp!

Join us, won't you?

Mixed Bizzness

2004-12-03T07:51:00.000-08:00

So, like, I'm totally detoxing right now. Like, purification style. Nothing new for me, I do it every year just before I go on the bender to end all benders that is "The Holiday Season." So many free drinks, so little sleeping time, so much chocolate. Hot damn I love the holidays!
If it weren't for this show, I'd have nothing to rein me in. Nothing to keep me from achieving total "party" bliss. Screw Sassy & the Wolf, I say. But my dad will stop sending the checks if I don't keep this "internship." blahblahblah. Only two more years till I get a sweet gig "working" at his company. Then it's all liquid lunch all the time. And Sassy & the Wolf and their "radio program" will be a fading memory (fading faster when I'm double fisting tumblers of Bombay Sapphire). Suckerzzz.
anyhoo, the stuff. the annotated (by sassy ,not me) playlist.
Laterz - Wigglz

November 27th - Radio Fever Playlist
Pete Shelley > Homosapien *Not from Detroit, but Manchester's not far off.
Valentinos > Star
Dykehouse > Lost Holiday * We would have played "Chain Smoking" but he says he's "hard" in the lyrics -- lame.

5th Period Fever > Not All That Much
Pearlene > You Done Told Everybody
Lion Fever > Everyone I Know Is Getting Famous

Fortune & Maltese > Girl's Gotta Learn *"More F&M for Your Buck" -- the new Radio Fever motto

Back In Spades > Five Years Ahead *This band broke up a couple days before we were supposed to talk to the guitar player, Jackson, live on the air. Thanks for the heads-up. Also, Sassy works in the same building as former member Stephen Palmer. Thanks again for the heads-up. Made for good radio.
Sleepy Kid > Monday Morning Smile *not from Detroit, but he thanks Patrick Greenhorne in the lyrics, so he's only really three degrees separated, plus he sounds like the lost Waxwing, which leads us to...

Waxwings> Steady As Starlight
MHz > Secret Santa *An early Christmas gift - from Flying Bombs Surprise Package series.
Speedball > Underground
Holy Fire > Lift Off Message * Two Minute Record Review
Singles > He Can Go, You Can't Stay *The Wolf loves this song, apparently, he plays it at least twice a month.

MC5 > I Can Only Give You Everything
Brian Jonestown Massacre > Nevertheless
Blue Van > I Remember The Days *Does this sound like the Sights, but with a different singer, to anyone else?
Link Wray & The Wray Men > Rawhide
Jawbone > Get Rhythm *Recently returned from tour in the UK.
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters > Finger Poppin' Time *Paging Chubby Checker
Black Merda > Long Burn The Fire *Check out this week's Metro Times
Queen > Now I'm Here * RIP Mr. Mercury. We will fight Radio Gaga forever.
Bob Seger > Feel Like A Number
Pterodactyls > Me For Hire (Rock For Hire) *I must really like this song as I've played it like twice this month.

Esquire > Brandy & Xanax
Chefs > Mr. Machine
Run DMC > You Be Illin'

Nain Rouge Statement

2004-11-24T11:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the multiplicity of posts, but we felt compelled to let you know that in no way do we believe that our recent conjuring of the Red Dwarf -- or Nain Rouge -- on recent broadcasts had anything to do with the recent melee at the Palace. While the White Stripes' recent interview in a London newspaper may have stirred the little fella, our cryptozooligical opinion is that we're not sure he's allowed outside the city limits. If you have any confirming evidence of the Nain Rouge's role in this event let us know.

Thank you for your patience in this trying time,
Sassy & the Wolf

Send more cops! er, More jams!!

2004-11-24T11:04:00.000-08:00

We can't play your jams if we don't have 'em.
The Holy Fire sent us stuff recently. Porchsleeper still hasn't. Hell, even tin Knocker sent us something, damnit.
Get off your ass!

Radio Fever c/o WKRK
15600 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48076

We love you like a monkey loves another monkey.
Sassy & the Wolf

Vacations for Everyone

2004-11-24T10:51:00.000-08:00

Except The Wolf. Work, Wolf, work.
Wigglz took a well-needed "sabbatical" for a week (we saw him leaving the Bouzouki at 3 a.m, headed for the Greektown Casino buffet no doubt. Rest up, fair intern, for tomorrow we work thee).
Anyhoo, I, Sassy, will try not to use any "big words" that I learned in "writing school." That is my solemn promise. (Solemn? It means serious and thoughful, reverent. Oh, hell, just try to keep up). I enjoyed a soujourn -- strike that -- vacation to Chicago, taken under the mistaken impression that some sort of Million Rocker March was to take place on the House of Blues (opening Nov. '05 in Detroit. What?!). Thanks, Wolf! Really fuckin' funny. Joke's on you, though. My hotel bill was charged to your corporate credit card. How you like them apples -- Skylaaahh!!!
You know where I was when you were "working" on the show? 95th floor of the Hancock Building, drinking martinis on that same credit card. How I suffer for our art.
Anyhoo again, thanks to David Buick for upholding the fine Radio Fever tradition.

Here's the jams they played:

RADIO FEVER PLAYLIST FROM NOV. 20, 2004
Songs listed by artist, then song title.
Iggy & The Stooges > T.V. Eye
Von LMO > The Thing
Destroy All Monsters > You're Gonna Die
Soledad Brothers > Cage That Tiger
Kelly Stoltz > Mt. Fuji
MC5 > American Ruse
Alice Cooper > Clones
The 3 O'Clock > Jet Fighter
Hentchmen > Anywhere
Esquire > Spin The Bottle
Fondas > Wanna Be
Quick > Pretty Please
Back In Spades > Better Than I Was Yesterday
Sirens > Goodbye To Jane
Slade > Mama We're All Crazy
Tough / Lovely > Born Of The Stars
Transistors > Free Electricity
Normal > T.V. O.D.
Starlite Desperation > The Thing
Pixies > Vamos
Lion Fever > Slave
Datsuns > Harmonic Generation

Playlistage from The Overlordz

2004-11-16T13:25:00.000-08:00

"Whet your whistles and prepare to let loose a wolf call."
That's the memo that was attached to this e-mail from the doofi that keep me in servitude (aka Sassy & the Wolf). They can feed me free pizza till I puke and I still won't get over the fact that Chris made me wash the bird crap off his LeSabre in 40-degree weather (on a Sunday!).
Still, I gotta hand it to them, they put on a "show" on Saturday. Freddy Fortune was "on" as usual and how about "Dick Valentine" promising to do a "Century Club" onstage during the E6 show on the 26th? Damn. That's hardcore, yo. Dick be hangin'.

Chris and Greg also wanted me to tellz ya that they'll be making me archive their "2-Minute Record Reviews" for your "reading pleasure". Yeah, they seem to think that I'm impressed with their writing ability. Let's not forget that I also interned at Interview and Vanity Fair (as well as an ill-fated, but nonetheless-exciting stint with "The Splendid Table" on National Public Radio. Mmmmm...schweaty balls).

Also, Dave Buick will be sitting in for Sassy next week, so expect shenanigans and don't be afraid to call "shenanigans" either.

so here's the jamz they played last Saturdizz (Nov. 13th). Later freakz. Wigglz.

Iron Maiden > Run To The Hills
Pterodactyls > Me For Hire (Rock For Hire)
Terror At The Opera > Snakes & Moths
The Cure > Close To Me
Ted Leo / Pharmacists > Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone
English Beat > Twist & Crawl
Selecter > Missing Words
Fortune & Maltese > Girl's Gotta Learn
Fortune & Maltese > Leave No Stone Unturned
Fortune & Maltese > Oh Yeah, Alright
Gore Gore Girls > Don't Cry
Electric Six > I'm A Demon & I Love Rock 'N Roll
Valentinos > Aerosol Dream
Tiny Steps > On With Time
Jesus & Mary Chain > Just Like Honey
Colic > You Don't Know Why
Royal Trux > Put Out The Fire
The Go > Ain't That Bad
Waxwings > Fractured
Brendan Benson > Metarie
Detroit Cobras > Midnight Blues
Paybacks > Lazy Things
The Cult > Wildflower
Ramrods > I'm A Ramrod
Back In Spades > Baby's Getting Higher
Pixies > Gigantic
Nomo > La La La
Moving Units > Between Us & Them

Sassy & The Wolf are jerkz

2004-11-08T09:29:00.000-08:00

Wigglz here. Fine. I washed your cars. I ordered your pizzas. Hell, I even burned extra bootleg copies of my Gordon Lightfoot concerts for you. Now you want me to update your stupid blog? What the hell do you two do, anyway? HA! I'll show you. you want me to update your stoopid Blog. how you like this jerkz?!
By the time you read this, I'll be charging my liquid lunch to your "expense account". What do you think about that Sassy and the Wolf. I didn't go to Columbia for this. But until a real offer comes in, expect the worst and hope for the best, dillholes.
Here's your stupid playlist from your stupid "Spooky Show" on Halloween. Yeah, great concept:

Mummies > The Fly
Cramps > Teenage Werewolf
Screaming Lord Sutch > Monster Man
Ramones > Chainsaw
Andrew W. K. > Ready To Die
Electric Six > Electric Demons In Love
Iggy & The Stooges > Search & Destroy
Troy Gregory > As Coroner I Must Aver
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds > Red Right Hand
Sparkle Horse > King Of Nails
Jonathan Fire*Eater > The Beautician
Elastica > Human
Medusa Cyclone > Black Cobra
Bis > Secret Vampires
Roky Erickson > Creature With The Atom Brain
Dirtbombs > Encrypted
Misfits > Skulls
AC / DC > If You Want Blood
Aphex Twin > Come To Daddy
Redd Kross > Linda Blair
Candyband > Monsters
Chris Moore > (I'm) Misunderstood
Saints > The Witch
Tones Of Tail > Go!
Bauhaus > Bela Lugosi's Dead

Hellz Yeah...A new posT!

2004-10-25T13:32:00.000-07:00

Take that, Gavin! Radio Fevah is back on the web and better than ever -- granted, not a tough standard to hit since we've only posted once before.
I swear to 7-11 that this will be a more frequent thing (at least once with the damn playlists 'n' crap).
We were hungover on Saturday -- at least Greggers was (congrats Dave). Sassy was overcaffeinated and managed thankfully to catch the Ashlee Simpson shenanigans (thank you coffee jitters).
Tune on to our spooky show on Oct. 30 (aka Devil's Night) for chainsaws, ghosts, rumors of Nain Rouge sightings and oh, so much more. Damn!
Oy, vey. Here's the rock:
October 23 Radio Fever playlist:

Simply Saucer > Here Come The Cyborgs (Pt. 1)
Valentinos > Bad Direction
Velvet Underground > There She Goes Again
Majesty Cruch > Bestower Of Blessings
Slumber Party > Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division > Shadowplay
Smog > Natural Decline
Troy Gregory > Dracula Has Risen From The Pond
Fall > How I Wrote Elastic Man
Jawbone > If It's Rock
Devo > Jocko Homo
Hentchmen > Love
Livernoise > Almost There
Marilyn's Bathdance > Looking For A Truth
Pants Devastator > Long Live The Icing
White Stripes > Who's To Say
Saturday Looks Good To Me > Girl Of Mine
Ramones > I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Kinks > This Time Tomorrow
Soledad Brothers > Handel Song
Beck > Fabric Of Folly
Walker Brothers > My Sun Ain't Gonna Shine
R.L. Burnside > See What Buddy Done
Andre Williams & Two-Star Tabernacle > Jet Black Daddy & Lilly White Mama
Allen Touissant > Am I Expecting Much
Black Nasty > Hip Drop
Voltaire Brothers > Funky Motion
25 Suaves > Party Disease
Sonics > Dirty Robber

Shhhh...It's Us...Listen up

2004-07-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Dear Radio Fever Faithful,

While we usually use the Interweb only to fuel our, shall we say, unconventional musings, it has come to our attention that you deserve more of us than our normal Saturday, 8-11 p.m. timeslot on 97.1 FM will allow. In the spirit of giving more than we have to give, leaving it all on the court, taking one for the team and otherwise "digging deep," we will now share our innermost children with you right here in Radio Feverland.
Seriously.
Did you know that Greg, er, the Wolf had four wheels stolen off his car this week? It sucked. he did.
Did you know that Sassy (Chris) got chewed out by his project manager at work for not turning around client comments in time for a Friday review? It sucked. He did.
Personally, I think Greg's misfortune is sexxxier, but who knows how many corporate procedure fetishists there are out there among you.
Radio Fever this week (7.17.04) will feature tales of petty crime and crackhead schemes, music about jail, being in jail, going to jail, new jams from Judah Johnson, a two-minute record review barrage on the Candy Band (see also, the "Rocker Mom" phenomenon) and a Hump it or Dump it of the mighty Uncle Kracker.
We'll talk to Mike Hentch about his pre-rock rituals and whether or not he should grow out his mustache again. The Hentch are releasing their new record "FormFollowsFunction" this Saturday at the Magic Bag in Ferndale. We'll be there in person for post-Fever libations. Join us, won't you?
We'll also field calls from the 4th Street Fair (Put the cursing down, children!) and other hijinx.
See you on the radio! (Oh, and call in