The Desperate Hour

The Desperate Hour turns 20-episodes, that is. This episode features tunes from the Woggles, Honkeys, Headcoatees, Hipshakes and more scrap from the musical heap in Alex' PC.

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. Yes, Three Dog Night...

On the 19th episode of The Desperate Hour, Alex cleans house with a whole heap of unlabeled mp3s that he found in the music files of his PC. It's all mixed in with tracks from artists everybody ought to identify like The Slow Slushy Boys, Armitage Shanks, Downliners Sect, The Real Kids, Little Killers, and King Curtis.

I Call Her Name

The 18th episode of The Desperate Hour is all tunes with girls names in the titles. Mary, Lorna, and a boatload of Lindas. Featuring tunes from the Lyres, Lightnin' Hopkins, and The Barbarians.

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, and songs by the numbers and stuff from the CoCoComa, The King Khan and BBQ Show, Thee Headcoats, Wayne/Jayne County and more

Theme: All About You

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, Cripplers, Dead Moon, Triple Thick, The Konks, and The Methadones.

Theme: Slow & Sad, Part II (slower, sadder)

Alex follows up the last episode of The Desperate Hour with 15 more slow and sorry slabs to aggrivate your post-holiday depression. A perfect episode for those shut in and alone on a raw January day. Featuring tracks from The Modern Lovers, 5.6.7.8's, The Fabulous Wailers, The Lost, and James

Theme: Slow & Sad

In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, Alex plays 18 of the most schlockiest 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 tracks to appease those whose spirit will not be deflated. Featuring tracks from The Satelliters, Dogmatics, Real Kids, '68 Comeback, Lyres, and Cher...