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Archive for the 'The Desperate Hour' Category

The Desperate Hour #17

By the Numbers
Host: Alex Piandes
More
In the 17th episode of The Desperate Hour, Alex brings you more–no, not just tunes with “more” in the title, but more tunes about love gone bad, drugs and depravity, songs by the numbers, and stuff from CoCoComa, The King Khan and BBQ Show, Thee Headcoats, Wayne/Jayne County, and… more!
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Triple Thick - Live in Somerville, MA (September 24, 2004)
This one comes courtesy of Alex Piandes of The Desperate Hour podcast! Boston’s legendary TRiPLE THiCK is captured live at the Abbey Lounge in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 9/24/04 as part of the third annual Coffee ‘n’ Smokes Benefit for WMFO.
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The Desperate Hour #16

By the Numbers
Host: Alex Piandes
For the sixteenth episode of The Desperate Hour, Alex does it by the numbers - all songs with numbers in the title. Counting up, counting down - all the tuneage that counts, featuring DM Bob & The Deficits, The Pretty Things, The Hentchmen, Question Mark & The Mysterians, The Konks, Ann-Margaret, […]

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The Desperate Hour #15

All About You
Host: Alex Piandes
The 15th episode of The Desperate Hour is all about you. Yeah, you. And yours. All tunes with “You” in the title. Music with you in mind. Featuring tuneage you’ll like from The Miracle Workers, The Cripplers, Dead Moon, Triple Thick, The Konks, and The Methadones, amongst others.
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The Desperate Hour #14

Slow and Sad, Pt. II (Slower, Sadder)
Host: Alex Piandes
Alex follows up the last episode of The Desperate Hour with 15 more slow and sorry slabs to aggravate your post-holiday depression. A perfect episode for those shut in and alone on a raw January day. Featuring tracks from The Modern Lovers, The 5.6.7.8’s, The Fabulous […]

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The Desperate Hour #13

Theme: Slow and Sad
Host: Alex Piandes
Welcome to the 13th Desperate Hour! In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, Alex plays 18 of the most depressing or menacing tracks that he could think of off of the top of his head and cobble together in a few hours and throws in 2 happier Christmas […]

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The Desperate Hour #12

Host: Alex Piandes
Once again Alex spans the ages and squeezes out another 57 minutes of soothing sounds for the demented featuring the likes of The Defectors, The Woggles, The Shimmys, and Boston rock & roll heroes Triple Thick, Prime Movers, and Illegals.
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The Desperate Hour #11

Host: Alex Piandes
Alex kicks off the 11th episode of The Desperate Hour with something actually recorded and released in the current century, then serves up a helping of more recent stuff from the ’90s and then washes it all down with the same old shit from 40 years ago. Featuring new […]

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The Desperate Hour #10

Host: Alex Piandes
In the 10th episode, Alex explores love and the resulting infidelity and pain that it often brings which is 99.999999% of what garage rock and R&B explores in the first place. The stories will be told through the warblings of Billy Childish, The Runaways, Wally Tax, The Alarm Clocks, and Three Dog Night. […]

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The Desperate Hour #9

Host: Alex Piandes
What do The Sonics, Tampoffs, Black Clouds, Time Beings, Drusalee & The Dead, and Bobby Day & The Satellites have in common? Absolutely nothing, except that they’re all featured in the 9th episode of The Desperate Hour. Alex throws together a motley mix of garage, punk, garage punk, R&B, novelty tunes, and cheesy […]

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The Desperate Hour #8

Host: Alex Piandes
For the 8th episode of The Desperate Hour, Alex pays tribute to Joe Meek—even though he doesn’t actually articulate the tribute—and plays ’80s garage nuggets from The Tryfles, The Beguiled, The Lee Harvey Oswald Band and Lyres as well as the usual ’60s-centric slop and schlock.

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The Desperate Hour #7

Host: Alex Piandes
Alex throws more slop & schlock than you could possibly handle in 59 minutes. Featured artists include The Wildebeests, The Kaisers, DMZ, The Seeds, and Connie Francis. Happy Friday!

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