Dr. B's Playlists

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:05 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:05 - 1:39 - Double Dee - The Bells - not on album - bandcamp

13:04:37 - 2:25 - Bob Guy - Dear Jeepers - Frank Zappa-Cucamonga - Del-Fi

13:07:38 - 2:22 - Bob Guy - Letter From Jeepers - Frank Zappa-Cucamonga - Del-Fi

13:09:54 - 6:20 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - WB

13:16:32 - 1:22 - Meat Department - The Monster's Gonna Get You - Moe's Meat Sandwich - private pressing

13:17:56 - 3:38 - Sloppy Seconds - The Thing From Uranus - The Thought Remains The Same - Nitro

13:13:28 - 4:15 - Michael Hurley - The Werewolf - Wolf Ways - Koch

13:28:24 - 7:44 - Lord Buckley - The Raven - A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat - Collectors Choice

13:34:01 - 2:11 - Basil Rathbone - Annabel Lee (with music) - The Edgar Allan Poe Collection - Harper Audio

13:36:08 - 4:40 - Sky Cries Mary - 2000 Light Years From Home - A Return to the Inner Experience - World Domination

13:41:31 - 2:40 - William S Burroughs - Is Everybody In? - Stoned Immaculate - Elektra

13:44:11 - 8:40 - The Doors - The Soft Parade - The Soft Parade - Elektra

13:53:19 - 4:41 - Captain Beefheart - Kandy Korn (excerpt) - Strictly Personal - Blue Thumb

14:00:48 - 42:31 - Avoidance - The Downstairs, Ithaca, NY, October 21, 2023 - no on album - no label

14:43:39 - 9:35 - Drekka - The Water of Life (Unbeknownst to the Houses) - The Water of Life - bandcamp

14:53:43 - 3:17 - Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura - Black Rain (excerpt) - The Grand Celestial Purge - bandcamp

Bartlemania, Week of January 17, 2026 (archive)

The Doctor's social media links:

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

21:00:00 - 3:14 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'n' Roll - Music For Parties - Sire

21:03:14 - 3:35 - Sweet - Teenage Rampage - The Best Of Sweet - Capitol

21:07:03 - 3:18 - MX-80 - Someday You’ll Be King - Out Of Control - Atavistic

21:11:37 - 4:06 - Southern Culture On The Skids - Link’s Lung - For Lovers Only - Safe House

21:16:02 - 4:30 - Iron Butterfly - Are You Happy - In A Gadda Da Vida - Atco

21:19:16 - 4:44 - Lee Scratch Perry - Dub Revolution Part 1 - Arkology - Island

21:23:59 - 3:53 - Max Romeo - One Step Forward - Arkology - Island

21:27:46 - 4:51 - Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon - Arkology - Island

21:33:19 - 3:17 - Devon Irons - Vampire - Arkology - Island

21:36:34 - 3:24 - The Upsetters - In These Times Dub - Arkology - Island

21:39:54 - 3:28 - Max Romeo - I Chase the Devil - Arkology - Island

21:43:50 - 6:58 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Pass It On (Straight Ahead) - Live At Berkeley - Experience Hendrix

21:50:48 - 7:48 - Rollins Band - Hollow Man - End Of Silence Demos - 2-13-61

22:00:26 - 7:10 - King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare - Red - DGM

22:07:32 - 5:59 - Boiled In Lead - State Trooper - Antler Dance - Omnium

22:13:31 - 5:32 - MC 900-Foot Jesus - The City Sleeps - Welcome To My Dream - Nettwerk

22:19:18 - 3:11 - Kid Koala - Scratchcratchratchatch Part 1 (excerpt) - Scratchcratchratchatch - Ninja Tune

22:22:28 - 3:28 - Steve Goodman - Men Who Love Women Who Love Men - The Best of the Asylum Years Vol 2 - Red Flannel

22:25:51 - 3:59 - Mort Garson - The Lords of Percussion-Geisha Girl - Patch Cord Productions - Sacred Bones

22:30:23 - 10:34 - Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter - Everything Scatter - MCA

22:41:06 - 3:13 - Peter Gabriel - Mother of Violence - Revisited - Atlantic

22:44:13 - 10:45 - Robert Rich - Majorana - Filaments - Soundscape Prod

22:54:59 - 2:30 - Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air (excerpt) - A Rainbow In Curved Air - Columbia

Bartlemania, January 10, 2026 (archive)

The Doctor's social media links:

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:07 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:07 - 2:54 - Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero - Truth - Epic

13:06:11 - 6:10 - The Beatles - Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (1967) - Beatles Fan Club Xmas Album - Apple

13:12;17 - 2:27 - The Beatles - I Need You - Help - Parlophone

13:14:43 - 2:32 - The Beatles - Nowhere Man - Budokan Tokyo June 30 1966 - not on album

13:17:42 - 2:30 - Nazz - Open My Eyes (alt version from acetate) - Lost Masters & Demos - Purple Pyramid

13:20:09 - 5:29 - Nazz - Under The Ice - (Regent Studios Acetate) - Lost Masters & Demos - Purple Pyramid

13:25:36 - 3:01 - Novaks Kapelle - HypodermicNeedle - Wayfaring Strangers-Acid Nightmares - Numero

13:29:10 - 3:19 - They Might Be Giants - Snail Shell - John Henry Demos - Idlewild

13:32:28 - 4:00 - Elvis Costello - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Dance Dance Dance - Great American Music Hall-San Frencisco-Sep 30 2022 - not on album

13:36:26 - 2:55 - Robyn Hitchcock - I Something You - Big Star Basement Nov 1 1993 - archive.org/details/RobynHitchcock

13:39:55 - 3:30 - Talking Heads - I Zimbra - Broome County Arena Oct 5 1983 - not on album

13:43:21 - 2:57 - Frank Zappa & The Mothers - The Air (1969 vinyl version) - Meat Light - Zappa Records

13:46:46 - 11:54 - Funkadelic - Not Just Knee Deep - Uncle Jam Wants You - Priority

14:00:18 - 1:55 - NOAH WALL - Leffert Lefferts Buck's Steel Frame - Alloys - noahwall.bandcamp.com

14:02:08 - 14:14 - SUNN O))) - Pyroclasts C# - Metta, Benevolence BBC 6 Music - Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs - sunn.bandcamp.com

14:16:47 - 28:14 - Drekka - Live at Healer Indianapolis Oct 2 2021 - Live at Healer Indianapolis Oct 2 2021 - drekkalivearchive.bandcamp.com

14:45:16 - 12:44 - Magma - Mekanik Kommandoh (1973) (excerpt) - Seventh Records

Sunday, December 28, 2025

BARTLEMANIA! - Week of January 3, 2026 (archive)

The Doctor's social media links:

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:14 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:14 - 2:14 - DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Dance The Slurp - Brainfreeze - Sixty-7

13:06:08 - 2:27 - They Might Be Giants - The Communists Have the Music - My Murdered Remains - Idlewild

13:08:34 - 2:41 - They Might Be Giants - This is Only Going to Go One Way My Murdered Remains - Idlewild

13:11:12 - 3:27 - They Might Be Giants - Starry Eyes - My Murdered Remains - Idlewild

13:15:02 - 3:31 - The Who - Time Is Passing - Odds & Sods (CD edition) - MCA

13:18:31 - 4:33 - The Beatles - Let It Be-Please Please Me-Let It Be (Take 10) - Let It Be (Super Deluxe Ed) - Apple

13:23:01 - 5:01 - Norma Tanega - Solar Winds - I'm the Sky-Studio and Demo Recordings 1964 - 1971 - Anthology

13:28:40 - 4:45 - TZAR (Michael Stark & Willie B) - Story & Clark - TZAR - tzar.bandcamp.com

13:33:25 - 5:15 - TZAR (Michael Stark & Willie B) - MIKEY DUB - EP - tzar.bandcamp.com

13:38:32 - 5:58 - SUNN O))) & PAN SONIC - Che - digital single - https://sunn.bandcamp.com/

13:44:57 - 4:37 - Laurie Anderson - Coolsville - Strange Angels - WB

13:49:28 - 4:25 - Corrina Bailey Rae - Since I've Been Loving You - Corrine Bailey Rae - Capitol

13:53:46 - 3:44 - Talking Heads - Life During Wartime - Fear Of Music-early mix SR Studio NYC - Not on album-not on label

14:00:29 - 31:47 - SUNN O))) - Troubled Air - Metta, Benevolence BBC 6Music - Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs - https://sunn.bandcamp.com/

14:32:51 - 13:56 - Meridian (Tim Feeney-Sarah Hennies-Greg Stuart) - 2 & 3 - Tuyeres - Caduc

14:55:29 - 3:31 - PAS Musique, Brandstifter - Live in Torun, Poland - Lost & Found In Europe - alrealonmusique.com

Monday, December 22, 2025

Bartlemania, Week of December 27, 2025 (repeat)

The Doctor's social media links:

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:15 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:15 - 2:07 - Merrell Fankhauser - The Whole Day Ahead of Us - The Whole Day Ahead Of Us - Ocean Records

13:05:39 - 3:23 - Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid - Size 10 and a half Sneaks - Smash & Scatternation - Ryko

13:08:58 - 2:48 - Link Wray - Ain't That Lovin' You Babe - Rumble-The Best of Link Wray - Rhino

13:11:41 - 3:13 - Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business - Singles and Sessions 1979-81 - delta5.bandcamp.com

13:15:21 - 3:32 - Joy Division - Disorder - Unknown Pleasures - QWest

13:18:45 - 8:26 - Grace Jones - She's Lost Control - Compass Point Sessions - Island

13:27:17 - 4:12 - Yoko Ono - What Did I Do - Approximately Infinite Universe - Ryko

13:31:21 - 10:44 - Parliament - Flash Light (12-inch version) - Funky Stuff-The Best Of Funk Essentials - Mercury

13:42:22 - 2:28 - Elvis Costello - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Stiffs Live - Demon

13:44:45 - 3:03 - West Coast Natural Gas - Hashish - San Francisco Sound (5th Pipe Dream Vol 1) - SF Sound

13:47:46 - 3:17 - Breakout - Posz?abym Za Tob? - Na Drugim Brzegu T?czy - Muza

13:51:39 - 4:47 - Hitting Birth - Same 18 - Fast of the Thirst Free Years - Tim Kerr Records

13:56:45 - 1:15 - Bernie Krause - Jungle Shoes (excerpt) - Jungle Shoes & Fish Wrap 12-inch - Ryko

14:00:07 - 7:18 - John Klemmer - Free Love - Foundations - ABC-Impulse

14:07:37 - 6:54 - Excepter - Greenhouse - Stretch - Debt Dept - excepter.bandcamp.com

14:14:28 - 8:08 - Voom Voom - Poppen - Compost Community - Compost

14:14:58 - 10:22 - Kawabata Makoto & The Mothers of Invasion - Fripian Flipped Over Niffy Their King of Frippery - Hot Rattlesnakes - Paratactile

14:33:06 - 4:52 - Conlon Nancarrow - Study Number 3b - Studies For Player Piano - Other Minds

14:38:38 - 18:30 - Kraan - Head - Kraan - Intercord

14:57:36 - 0:23 - Drekka - Don't Make The Drugs Live To Regret This - Part I (excerpt) - Don't Make The Drugs Live To Regret This - drekka.bandcamp.com

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Bartlemania, week of December 20, 2025 - ANNUAL FRANK ZAPPA BIRTHDAY (MEMORIAL) SHOW!

The Doctor's social media links:

NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:09 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:07 - 3:57 - Mothers Of Invention - Are You Hung Up-Who Needs The Peace Corps (mono) - Lumpy Money - zappa.com

13:07:33 - 2:10 - Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Bernie's Farm - Absolutely Free - Ryko

13:09:44 - 2:22 - Mothers Of Invention - Concentration Moon - We're Only In It For The Money - Ryko

13:12:05 - 3:33 - Mothers Of Invention - Who Are The Brain Police? - Freak Out - Ryko

13:15:38 - 0:15 - Frank Zappa - PSA-Do It Now Foundation - ("Hi, wanna die?") - not on album - no label

13:15:53 - 3:18 - Mothers Of Invention - It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania Version) - Making of Freak Out (MOFO) - zappa.com

13:19:48 - 5:52 - Frank Zappa - Apostrophe - Apostrophe - Ryko

13:25:35 - 5:22 - Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris - Harpur College (Binghamton University), October-29-1972 - no label

13:31:56 - 4:50 - Frank Zappa - Valley Girl (w/Moon Zappa) - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - Ryko

13:37:24 - 18:12 - Frank Zappa - Transylvania Boogie (Unedited Master) - Funky Nothingness - zappa.com

13:55:51 - 2:09 - Mothers of Invention - Wowie Zowie (instrumental track)(excerpt) - Making of Freak Out (MOFO) - zappa.com

14:00:09 - 2:17 - Frank Zappa - Convocation-The Purple Lagoon - Hammersmith Odeon - zappa.com

14:02:27 - 3:00 - Frank Zappa - Jones Crusher - Hammersmith Odeon - zappa.com

14:05:26 - 4:23 - Frank Zappa - I'm The Slime - Zappa In New York - Barking Pumpkin

14:10:18 - 6:37 - Frank Zappa - Montana - Over Nite Sensation - Ryko

14:17:11 - 2:05 - Burt Ward - Boy Wonder I Love You - 7-inch - MGM

14:19:15 - 5:32 - George Duke - Old Slipper - Feel - MPS

14:24:46 - 1:58 - R. STEVIE MOORE - Let's Make The Water Turn Black - Pow Wow - rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com

14:26:42 - 3:43 - Wild Man Fischer (w/Frank Zappa) - Circles - An Evening With Wild Man Fischer - Bizarre/Warner Bros

14:31:25 - 4:43 - Frank Zappa - Band Intro, Dead Girls of London - Brest, France, March 19, 1979 - no label

14:36:08 - 2:51 - Frank Zappa - The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia - Ryko

14:38:59 - 4:18 - Frank Zappa - It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal (Alternate Mix) - Waka Wazoo - zappa.com

14:43:52 - 5:14 - Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Guitar Build '70 - The Mothers - 1970 - zappa.com

14:49:07 - 3:33 - Frank Zappa - When The Lie's So Big - Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1988 - no label

14:52:40 - 4:19 - Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over - YCDTOSA Vol 1 - Ryko

Monday, December 08, 2025

Bartlemania - Week of December 13, 2025

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NOTICE: On September 14, 2025, Facebook locked my account without warning or any apparent reason.

All attempts to recover my account have thus far proven unsuccessful.

My other social media accounts are functioning normally.