Pretty Vacant
Gill, MA
Squid Dishes
Monday 3:00 - 4:00 PM
The area between Johnny Cash and Gibby Haynes is vast. Tom Waits house is nearby (never mind what's going on in that place next door). Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys have an Adobe Hacienda there. Capitan Beefheart passing through with Ice Cream for Crow is commonplace. As for where exactly this is, well, the location is Pretty Vacant
Pretty Vacant WMCB-LP Archive
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The Devil is in the Details 2026-07-13.mp3 +
One hell of a show!
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:32
2. Interview with Church Lady
0:33 - 1:33
3. Go To Hell - Alice Cooper
1:34 - 6:37
4.The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
6:38 - 10:20
5. Henry Porter Update / Friend of the Devil (instrumental) - Grateful Dead
10:21 - 14:02
6. Devil's Advocate Clip
14:03 - 15:53
7. I'm the Coolest - Alice Cooper
15:54 - 19:50
8: Conversation With the Devil - Ray Wylie Hubbard
19:51 - 24:38
9. Satan Gave Me a Taco - Beck
24:39 - 28:34
10. Squid dishes on Henry
28:34 - 29:34
11. Satan is Real - The Louvin Brothers
29:35 - 32:34
12. Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby - Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch
32:35 - 34:32
13. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
34:33 - 40:47
14. Squid dishes more Henry recordings
40:48 - 42:16
15. Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers
42:17 - 45:24
16. Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly
45:25 - 49:30
17. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Alice Cooper
49:31 - 51:40
18. Straight to Hell - The Clash
51:41 - 57:12
19. Sign off / Pretty Vacant - Hitmen DTK
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War Pigs and Nazi Punks F-off - 2026-06-7.mp3 +
Seriously? These fucking nazis need to get off my lawn!
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:32
2. Good Times, good times.
0:33 - 0:53
3. Masters of War - Leon Russell
0:53 - 2:15
4. Hell Broke Luce - Tom Waits
2:16 - 6:19
5. John Brown - Bob Dylan
6:20 - 11:42
6. Henry Porter update / Eve of Destruction
11:42 - 14:26
7. Monster / Suicide / America - Steppenwolf
14:27 - 23:50
8. It's a bomb. Duck and Cover!
23:51 - 25:47
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
25:48 - 33:38
10: The Only Good Fascist is a Very Dead Fascist - Propagandhi
33:39 - 34:54
11. American Ruse - MC5
34:55 - 37:20
12. When Ya Get Drafted - Dead Kennedys
37:21 - 38:39
13. Hoist That Rag - Tom Waits
38:40 - 42:35
14. Know Your Rights
42:36 - 46:14
15. Pig is a Pig - Plasmatics
46:15 - 51:17
16. Masters of War - Bob Dylan
51:18 - 57:52
17. Sign off / Pretty Vacant - The Covids
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Gabriel Blow Your Horn 2026-06-29.mp3 +
Marking the passing of Blood Sweat and Tears dynamic front-man David Clayton-Thomas with big sounds and solid rock.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:32
2. And When I Die - Blood Sweat and Tears
0:33 - 4:30
3. St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong
4:31 - 9:20
4. Go Down Gambling - Blood Sweat and Tears
9:21 - 13:33
5. Henry Porter update
13:34 - 13:57
6. Caravan - Van Morrison w/ The Band
13:40 - 19:21
7. Squid says stuff
19:22 -22:08
8. Hi-De-Ho
22:09 - 26:30
9. Basin Street Blues - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
26:31 - 30:15
10.Ride Captain Ride - Blood Sweat and Tears
30:16 - 35:20
11. Unfunky UFO - Parliament
35:21 - 39:46
12. Manic Depression - Blood Sweat and Tears
39:47 - 44:53
13. Squid says more stuff / Radio ad for The Ides of March
44:54 - 46:23
14. Wooden Ships / Dharma for One
46:24 - 53:36
15. God Bless the Child - Blood Sweat and Tears
53:37 - 59:32
16. Pretty Vacant - Thorne / Signoff
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Mission from God Blues Brothers 2026-06-22.mp3 +
This week: Songs primarily from the Blues Brothers movie with a few that were not in the movie mixed in.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:32
2. Squid says stuff
0:32 - 0:56
3.Opening: I Can't Turn You Loose - Live Blues Brothers (Briefcase Full of Blues)
0:57 - 2:19
4. Hey Bartender - Live Blues Brothers (Briefcase Full of Blues)
2:20 - 5:15
5. Jake Released from Joliet / She caught the Katy / Fix the cigarette lighter - Blues Brothers Movie
5:16 - 9:08
6. The Penguin Speaks - Blues Brothers Movie
9:09 - 9:15
7. Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
9:16 - 11:46
8. The Penguin Speaks again - Blues Brothers Movie
11:47 - 12:18
9. Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ! it's the Church scene / The Old Landmark - James Brown - Blues Brothers Movie
12:19 - 18:46
10. I hate Illinois nazis! - Blues Brothers Movie
18:47 - 19:40
11. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
19:41 - 22:10
12. Cafe scene - Blues Brothers Movie
22:11 - 22:40
13. Think - Aretha Franklin
22:41 - 27:55
14. Arriving at Bob's Country Bunker - Blues Brothers Movie
27:56 - 31:13
15. Stand By Your Man - Blues Brothers Movie
31:14 - 32:55
16. Ray's Music Exchange - Blues Brothers Movie
32:56 - 33:21
17. Shake a Tail Feather - Ray Charles
33:22 - 36:10
18. TONIGHT ONLY! 'That's a lot of entertainment' - Blues Brothers Movie... (for two dollars) 'For two dollars!'
36:10 - 37:34
19. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
37:35 - 40:55
20. Orange Whip? - Blues Brothers Movie
40:56 - 41:06
21. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Blues Brothers
41:07 - 44:29
22. Almost - Live Blues Brothers (Briefcase Full of Blues)
44:30 - 47:07
23. Tunnel scene - Blues Brothers Movie
47:08 - 49:00
24. Hit it - Blues Brothers Movie
49:01 - 49:15
25. Sweet Home Chicago - Live Blues Brothers
49:16 - 57:06
26. Closing: I Can't turn You Loose - Live Blues Brothers (Briefcase Full of Blues)
57:07 - 57:55
28. Pretty Vacant - The Delltones -
It is ALIVE 2026-06-15.mp3 +
Great live versions of great songs. It's great.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:28
2. Squid says stuff
0:29 - 0:56
3. Alive (clip) - Young Frankenstein
0:58 - 1:10
4. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin (from the 'Song Remains the Same' soundtrack)
1:11 - 5:04
5. EZY Rider - Jimi Hendrix
5:05 - 10:28
6. Stormy Monday - Mountain (@Woodstock)
10:29 - 18:10
7. Wipeout - Johnny Thunders (Live in Japan) / Henry Porter update
18:11 - 22:26
8. Personality Crisis - Johnny Thunders (Live in Japan)
22:26 - 25:32
9. Bob Dylan concert intro (2000s)
25:36 - 25:50
10. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan (Rolling Thunder Review)
25:51 - 29:00
11. With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (Woodstock)
29:01 - 36:53
12. Squid says more stuff
36:54 - 37:24
13. Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin / Big Brother and the Holding Company
37:25 - 41:29
14. Backdoor Medley - ZZ Top (Fandango)
41:30 - 51:06
15. Ramblin' Squid
51:07 - 52:10
16. Isis - Bob Dylan (Rolling Thunder)
52:11 - 57:20
17. Sign-off / Pretty Vacant - Les Négresses Vertes
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Till the Wheels Come Off 2026-06-01.mp3 +
Songs revolving around wheels.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:26
2. Loner/Rebel - Pee Wee Herman
0:26 - 0:54
3. Highway Star - Deep purple
0:55 - 7:00
4. Highway Song - Blackfoot
7:01 - 14:15
5. Henry Porter update 1
14:05 - 14:56
6. Ride On - AC/DC
14:57 - 20:44
7. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top
20:45 - 25:32
8. Vehicle - Ides of March
25:33 - 28:33
9. Brad Majors car trouble - Rocky Horror Picture Show
28:34 - 28:54
10. Cars - Scott Lavene
28:55 - 33:15
11. Squid dishes on Henry Porter / Wheels - The Ventures
33:16 - 35:15
12. Secret Recording of Henry Porter
35:16 - 36:46
13. Ride With Me - Steppenwolf
36:47 - 40:05
14: Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix
40:06 - 43:50
15. Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat and Tears
43:51 - 47:55
16. The Wheel - Grateful Dead
47:56 - 53:44
17. Ride On - Parliament
53:45 - 57:04
18. Sign off / Pretty Vacant - Tequila & Raelsy -
Sci-Fi 2026-05-18.mp3 +
Space travel, that sort of thing.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:26
2. Star Trek noise - TNG
0:27 - 1:20
3. Science Fiction Double Feature - Richard O'Brien
1:21 - 5:50
4. Children of the Sun - Billy Thorpe
5:51 - 12:40
5. Space - Butthole Surfers
12:41 - 17:00
6. 2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones
17:01 - 21:50
7. Bowie - Flight of the Conchords
21:51 - 25:03
8. Mr. Spaceman - The Birds
25:04 - 27:14
9. Star Trekking Rock and Roll Cowboy - Ralph Gean
27:15 - 29:35
10. Galaxy Song - Monty Python
29:36 - 32:22
11. Space Monkey - Patti Smith
32:23 - 36:30
12. I'm the Urban Spaceman - The Bonzo Dog Band
36:31 - 38:50
13. Space Oddity - Kitty
38:51 - 44:32
14. Communism in Space - The Window Smashing Job Creators
44:34 - 47:33
15. Supersonic Rocket Ship - The Kinks
47:34 - 51:00
14. Mothership Connection - Parliament
15. Sign off / Pretty Vacant - The Anarchy Arias
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Multiple Lead Vocals 2026-05-04.mp3 +
Songs with more than one lead vocal part.
1. Pretty Vacant intro
0:00 - 0:26
2. Never Been Any Reason - Head East
0:27 - 5:41
3. Squid squawks
5:42 - 6:10
4. You Got That Right - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6:11 - 10:00
5. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers - Super Suckers
10:01 - 13:33
6. RHPS clip
17:34 - 13:39
7. Who Needs Ya - Steppenwolf
13:40 - 16:33
8. More chit-chat / RHPS clip
16:34 - 17:20
9. Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
17:21 - 21:00
10. Over at the Frankenstein Place - Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Berry Bostwick
21:01 - 24:05
11. Henry Porter Update / On the Bus - Frank Zappa
24:06 - 28:37
12. Heard It on the X - ZZ Top
28:38 - 31:00
13. RHPS clip
31:01 - 31:34
14. Out in the Woods - Leon Russell
31:35 - 35:08
15. Under Pressure - David Bowie
35:09 - 40:08
16. Don't You Want Me - Human League
40:09 - 44:05
17. Dammit Janet - Berry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon
44:05 - 47:00
18. Paradise By the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
47:01 - 55:50
19. Sign off / Pretty Vacant - id SILO
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Central Scrutinizer 2026-05-11.mp3 +
Songs to make the Central Scrutinizer squirm. -
420 2026-04-27.mp3 +
Umm, I can't remember what this one is about. It's probably worth a listen. -
Songs About Food 2026-04-13.mp3 +
No songs about buildings... but plenty of songs about food. -
Train Train 2026-04-06.mp3 +
Train songs just kept a rollin'. -
Cowboy Songs 2026-03-30.mp3 +
A cowboy's life is the life for me. -
Motorcycle Stuff 2026-03-23.mp3 +
Some of my favorite songs involving motorcycles. There are plenty more great ones, but I only have an hour. -
Mostly Rockabilly Mostly 2026-03-16.mp3 +
Excellent Rockabilly and nearly Rockabilly (terrible DJ-ing). Overall, great show. -
First Time For Everything 2026-03-09.mp3 +
Where it all started, my radio career and what I'm certain will lead to several Marconi awards!