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Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris present an afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment. 

Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien

Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien Photo: RNZ

Playlist: Hipsters

12 - 1 p.m.

12:36
Artist: Big Daddy
Title: Hamster Love
Composer: Willis Alan Ramsay
Album: Dementia 2000: Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection
Label: Rhino

12:41
Artist: The Coasters
Title: The Shadow Knows
Composer: Leiber, Stoller
Album: 50 Coastin' Classics
Label: Rhino

12:44
Artist: The Monkees
Title: Birth of an Accidental Hipster
Composer: Gallagher, Weller
Album: Good Times!
Label: Rhino

12:51
Artist: Manfred Mann
Title: Bare Hugg
Composer: Mike Hugg
Album: Soul of Mann - Instrumentals
Label: Parlophone

12:57
Artist: Tiny Tim & Brave Combo
Title: Girl
Composer: Lennon, McCartney
Album: Girl
Label: Rounder


1 - 2 p.m.

1:08
Artist: Lera Lynn
Title: Whisky
Composer: Lera Lynn
Album: Have You Met Lera Lynn?
Label: Slow Records Artists

1:17
Artist: The Vogues
Title: Five O'Clock World
Composer: Allen Reynolds
Album: Greatest Hits
Label: Rhino

1:19
Artist: Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades
Title: Hipster
Composer: Mike Edward Piek
Album: Armed and Swingin'
Label: Frankie Boy

1:26
Artist: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Title: Levitate
Composer: Francis, Locorriere
Album: Bankrupt
Label: Capitol

1:31
Artist: The Beach Boys
Title: That's Why God Made the Radio
Composer: Thomas, Wilson, Millas, Peterik
Album: That's Why God Made the Radio
Label: Capitol

1:37
Artist: Ed Burns & Connie Stevens
Title: Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
Composer: Irving Taylor
Album: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll - Special Novelty Edition
Label: Ace

1:40
Artist: Louis Jordan and His Timpany Five
Title: Saturday Night Fish Fry
Composer: Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh
Album: Jivin' With Jordan
Label: Decca

1:47
Artist: Arcade Fire
Title: Rococo
Composer: The Arcade Fire
Album: The Suburbs
Label: Merge

1:52
Artist: Tom Tall and His Tomkats
Title: Stack-a-Records
Composer: Tom Tall
Album: Talk About a Party - The Crest Records Story
Label: Rock Star

1:56
Artist: Shakira & Wyclef Jean
Title: Hips Don't Lie
Composer: Shakira, Jean, Duplessis, Alfanno, Parker
Album: Oral Fixation
Label: Epic|
 

2 - 3 p.m.

2:03
Artist: Grimms
Title: The Womble Bashers of Walthamstow
Composer: Neil Innes
Album: (Single)
Label: DJM

2:07
Artist: Blossom Dearie
Title: I'm Hip
Composer: Dorough, Frishberg
Album: Needlepoint Magic
Label: Daffodil

2:12
Artist: Dave & Phil Alvin
Title: World's in a Bad Condition
Composer: Trad. arr. Dave & Phil Alvin
Album: Lost Time
Label: Yep Roc

2:18
Artist: The Buffoons
Title: My World Fell Down
Composer: Carter, Lewis
Album: Lookin' Ahead
Label: Imperial

2:22
Artist: Dion and the Del-Satins
Title: Drip Drop
Composer: Leiber, Stoller
Album: Drip Drop - His Greatest Hits
Label: Sony

2:25
Artist: Beth Hart
Title: Love is a Lie
Composer: Beth Hart
Album: Fire on the Floor
Label: Provogue

2:29
Artist: Furiosa
Title: Starman
Composer: David Bowie
Album: (Single)
Label: Furiosa

2:35
Artist: The Quick
Title: Hip Shake Jerk
Composer: Campsie, McFarlane
Album: On the Uptake
Label: Epic

2:39
Artist: Aaron Neville
Title: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme
Composer: Jimmie Dodd
Album: Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films)
Label: A&M

2:43
Artist: Cilla Black
Title: It's For You
Composer: Lennon, McCartney
Album: The Love of the Loved
Label: Music Today

2:46
Artist: Public Service Broadcasting
Title: Spitfire
Composer: Willgoose, Wrigglesworth
Album: Inform-Educate-Entertain
Label: Test Card Recordings

2:53
Artist: Huey Lewis
Title: Hip to be Square
Composer: Gibson, Hopper, Lewis
Album: Fore!
Label: Chrysalis

2:57
Artist: Debbie Reynolds
Title: Tammy
Composer: Livingston, Evans
Album: Tammy and the Bachelor (OST)
Label: Universal-International
 

3 - 4 p.m.

3 p.m. - Wallace Chapman interview with Peter Tork

3:20
Artist: The Monkees
Title: Goin' Down (Reissue)
Composer: Dolenz, Jones, Tork, Hilderbrand, Nesmith
Album: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
Label: Rhino

3:24
Artist: The Swinging Blue Jeans
Title: Hippy Hippy Shake
Composer: Chan Romero
Album: The Most of British Pop
Label: EMI

3:28
Artist: Graham Nash
Title: Fire Down Below
Composer: Nash, Fontayne
Album: This Path Tonight
Label: Blue Castle

3:32
Artist: David Bowie
Title: Nature Boy
Composer: eden arbez
Album: Moulin Rouge!
Label: Interscope / Festival

3:36
Artist: The Fort Knox Five
Title: Brazilian Hipster
Composer: Fort Knox Five
Album: Ten Years of Fort Knox Five
Label: Fort Knox

3:40
Artist: Josh Rouse
Title: Hollywood Bass Player
Composer: Josh Rouse
Album: Country Mouse City House
Label: NETTWERK

3:45
Artist: The Sir Douglas Quintet
Title: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Composer: Fender, Duncan
Album: Stoned Faces Don't Lie
Label: Diamond Days

3:51
Artist: George Jones
Title: The King is Gone (So Are You)
Composer: Roger D. Ferris
Album: One Woman Man
Label: Epic

3:55
Artist: Chuck Mangione
Title: Feels So Good
Composer: Juanito, Mangione
Album: Feels So Good
Label: A&M
 

4 - 5 p.m.

4:05
Artist: Hayseed Dixie
Title: Bohemian Rhapsody
Composer: Freddie Mercury
Album: Killer Grass
Label: Cooking Vinyl

4:09
Artist: Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata
Title: The Sound of Music
Composer: Rodgers & Hammerstein
Album: The Hills Are Alive
Label: Canal

4:13
Artist: Orchestra of Spheres
Title: Rotate
Composer: Orchestra of Spheres
Album: Nonagonic Now
Label: Fire

4:22
Artist: Seasick Steve
Title: Sonic Soul Boogie
Composer: Steven Gene Wold
Album: Sonic Soul Surfer
Label: Caroline International / Bronze Rat

4:30
Artist: The Action
Title: Shadows and Reflections
Composer: Marks, Almer
Album: Action Packed (Demon Deluxe Edition)
Label: Edsel

4:34
Artist: Lady Gaga
Title: Sinner's Prayer
Composer: Germanotta, Ronson
Album: Joanne
Label: Streamline / Interscope

4:39
Artist: Tower of Power
Title: What Is Hip
Composer: Kupka, Castillo, Garibaldi
Album: The Very Best of Tower of Power - The Warner Years
Label: Warner Bros.

4:46
Artist: The Vestibules
Title: Bulbous Bouffant
Composer: Radio Free Vestibule
Album: Sketches, Songs and Shoes
Label: Borpo

4:51
Artist: The Divine Comedy
Title: The Complete Banker
Composer: Neil Hannon
Album: Bang Goes the Knighthood
Label: Divine Comedy

4:55
Artist: New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Title: Take Five
Composer: Paul Desmond
Album: Step Forward
Label: Brixton