Host: Dixiegrrl

Come around for new music from the Arcs (Analog) and Mick Medew & the Rumours (I-94 Bar), live goodies from Radio Birdman and Silver Apples, and scads more—Shocking Blue, Alarm Clocks (Norton), E Types, Bel-Aires, Four Shames (Dirty Water Records), and of course the Forty-Fives (Yep-Roc)—culled from 45-RPM slabs o’ wax and beyond.

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Dreamy, psychy and sad, like a big-eyed waif… or a really beat-to-hell Dixiegrrl—crawling back from SXSW, but back in love with records after a week of rock ‘n’ roll spring break. What happens in Austin stays in Austin, but still I brung home some fine shows from The Drones and Dex & Sara Romweber, a rare peek at Charlie Pickett live, and an account of how the pop Swiss Choo Choo that could slice through the grit and grimey sounds from Aaarght!! Down Under. All that and more during our Three Hour Tour “On The River in ‘59″ and back home again on that “Lonesome Train.” I saw spirits rise from guitars, and this is the best I can play ya!

So how soon before I can ride again? Wheee!

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Host: Dixiegrrl

Beside herself over next week’s SXSW music fest, Grrtch slings up some music by folks she’s gonna see and hear including Spindrift, the Drones, Dex Romweber, AND the ever elusive Charlie Pickett. Also listen up for a smattering of folks who really oughta be trucking themselves to Austin-town like the Green Circles and Ooga Boogas… so much more than I mentioned here. Give ‘er a spin. Guaranteed to love ya long time!

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Get down with the paisley pop and fuzzy punk records Dixie’s got sizzling in her rock ‘n’ roll skillet. On the special board this time: lotsa Australian goodies including the Ooga Boogas, Early Hours, Scientists, and more… some crisp ’80s new-wave pop from the Nerves and Long Ryders, and brand-new Dex Romweber, the wholly underrated Tiger Tiger, and them sissy bitches who rule ANY stage, the Fleshtones! Get down wit it before you get hit! KERPOW!

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Wrapping up the year in a bear rug and a batch of faves from 2008 including Mike and the Ravens, Charlie Pickett, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the Tough and Lovely, Glitterhouse, Thee Vicars… why, listen fer yerself! Happy New Year and cha cha cha!

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Dixie welcomes special woohoo guests, Vikki V. and Suzy Q. of Fringe Factory, the monthly mod-psych night on the last Saturday of the month at the Highland Ballroom in Atlanta, GA. The ladies come bearing psychedelic bonbons that are sure to please and confound…

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Ushered in by a Psychedelic Excursion, Charlie Pickett rocks the porch with a tune from the hotly anticipated Bar Band Americanus on Bloodshot. More Dixie love for the Finkers, High Caliber, Mercyland, Professor Morrison’s Lollipop… a special shout out to the the Thnderbolts…. teach a man to fish, and he’ll have fish for life… uh-huh, you know that’s right! more popster fun with the Scruffs, Flamin Groovies, and a sweet resolution with James “Sugar Boy” Crawford… mercy, mercy me!

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Whew! After a set of misadventures, not to mention a little hot pants for his romance, courtesy the M+M’s, Gretchen finally serves up a power pop repast. As summer fades into fall, wrap yer ears around brand-new Gentleman Jesse, Australia’s Finkers, the Fans outta ATL, Josh Fix, Protex, Shake Shackers, the Pop, and even more! Also listen up for a Charlie Pickett track that’s NOT on his forthcoming Bloodshot retrospective, Bar Band Americanus, as well as even more from Mike & the Ravens, Noisy Boys, and something else from that hottie Fabienne Delsol. And for god’s sake! Don’t fergit yer skinny tie! Cha cha cha!

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Host: Dixiegrrl

Rare live Velvet Underground, a Mike & the Ravens bonanza including a smattering of tracks from their brand new album Noisy Boys as well as a nice and fuzzy recording all the way from Rollerland itself! Oh, wait, did I mention, live Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, too? yep, from the Eggs’ last ever show in 1985, and filling in, a load of the most de-lish musical mortar I ever come across! Selmanaires, Pinkees, and more!

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ROLLER ROLLER ROLLERLAND! At last! MIKE AND THE RAVENS have recorded the retro anthem made famous by the likes of the Twilighters and the Untamed Youth, losing out on the legacy they’ve deserved all along… and you can hear it right up front on this here episode of Hanging on for Mercy! In fact, celebrating two years of Mercy! Oh, what a nice way to turn two! So much going on in this show… The Reigning Sound, the Woggles, Flat Duo Jets, the Smoke, Fabienne Delsol, Vashti Bunyan… uh-huh, them two some cute biscuits to help get yer ye-ye on! … And did I say, WORLDWIDE DEBUT of Mike and the Ravens ROLLERLAND? Hmm, ya say a little dixie bird told ya? Ahem, keep yer ears pinned, cuz there’s lots more Ravens coming down the pike this summer and fall.

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Summer fun with the Barracudas, drowning in the Reigning Sound, more from Mary Weiss, and Rubinoos, Pillbugs, Dynamites … yeah, yeah, you got it! Poppy and psychy with a dollop of rock and soul … as well as one big Silver Apple fer the teach!

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It’s Ponderosa Stomp time! That gal in Dixie reels out Stomp faves appearing at Stomp #7 down yonder in New Orleans, including Mary Weiss, Barrence Whitfield, Betty Harris, and Roy Head… as well some other rock ‘n’ roll bonbons to supercharge that long road trip to the land of suck head and pinch da tail!

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Lots to crow about on this 33rd Mercy… FREE Black Lips show at the 40 Watt on March 28 here in Athens! New music from the Hosts! Tidbits from the limited edition CD that comes with select copies of the new tome Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide to Power Pop - yep, I finally got mine! and gazillions more fun tunes to play loud while yer zooming down the blacktop with the windows open wide and Ill Winds blowing through yer hair!

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Just what is it about swirly sitars that dispel winter’s lingering discontent? Frankly, Grrtch has been lounging on paisley cushions and sucking the hookah far too much to quite care why.What counts is that it feels sooo good! So join Grrtch as she dives into the pearly, swirly beyond with some Pillbugs, Blue Van, Smoke, and Embrooks. Swoon to hooky gems from Great Buildings, Automat, Elf Power, and the Paragons with a final kick in the pants from Exploding White Mice and King Louie and the Loose Diamonds cuz all cha-cha chickens know that some good grit makes everything easier to pass until a better day may dawn again…

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Another load of psych pop delights, including WhirlyBall, two tracks from the Black Lips, Gentleman Jesse, and Baby Shakes. Also a coupla sweets from the Countdown Records Story, recent Holly Golightly, old Deviants, and more… No telling when the next pile of pralines will roll off the line, so sink yer teeth into what you got when you got it! Cha! Love ya long time!

Host: Dixiegrrl

With 30 Mercies meted out by that Dixie dame, come taste a smidgen of Christmas merriment with the Marquees and Los Straitjackets, but mostly get yer secular boogie woogie on with Paul Peek, Wayne Cochran, and Joe South, all from that fabbo NRC collection on Norton, “The Rock-A-Round” as well as soul bangers from Tommy Thompson and Jimmy Anthony, pop popsters from the Nicoteens, Nines, and Lolas, and finally a sweet dose of gospel from Brother Willie Eason to get a little god in yer cha cha cha!

Host: Dixiegrrl

This li’l Georgia gal is all a-quiver over Norton’s brand new NRC comp, slingin’ sides by hometown rockers like Paul Peek and Joe South… but not before she plates up a few tasty bits from her grand excursion to the Big City. Listen up for Sonics, Lyres, and the Higher State as well as the Tempos in a nod to The Best of Justice Records on Norton. As always, a healthy, heaping dose of some psych and swirly that’ll have ya hollerin’ mo’ fo sho’!

Host: Dixiegrrl

Mercy #28 comes to ya low on the chat, long on music… 50 uninterrupted minutes of vintage psych peppered with plenty o’ out-and-out rockers… Mike & the Ravens, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Shalini, Reigning Sound, Weyman Parham, Woggles, and lots more! Listen up… love ya long time… cha cha cha!

Ruby Red Mercy!

Host: Dixiegrrl

Giddy from birthday joy, Gretchen cuddles up with the Cattanooga Cats to celebrate the ruby anniversary of her birth… She skitters dangerously close to the edge of acceptable garage punkness with Penelope Houston, Barbara Manning, and Kelly Hogan accompanied by the venerable Greg Smalley… someday they’ll write a book about that boy, tragic tale that he was… first “Walk a Mile” with Holly Golightly and stroll along that “Dixie Peach Promenade” with Skip Spence, that legendary axeman… and if ya wanna get hot, go sit on the heater! Play loud if you wanna make sure you ain’t no zero on the rock-o-meter! Cha cha cha!

Host: Dixiegrrl

The sorriest show ever… short and sick, even! Kicks off with “The Flu” from Eskew Reeder. Listen up for brand-new UK singles from Graham Day and the Goalers and the Pricillas, as well as treats from the ’80s like the Chills, Wreckless Eric, and the Hangman’s Beautiful Daughters. And, as always, guaranteed to love ya long time! Cha cha cha!