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Renny's Riot
Wednesday May 4th, 2022 with Recessed Renny
AS SEEN ON T.V. - Songs inspired by the cathode ray tube of stupidity: the television. Who knew the idiot box could inspire such great music?

Renny's Riot
The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 1989 What Wave Magazine/2021 Harriet Records Canadian
Rompi La Television (I Broke The Television)
Doctor Explosion - El Loco Mundo De Los Jóvenes (The Crazy World Of Young People) - 1994 Subterfuge Records
T.V.'s On The Blink
The Action - Complete Punk Recordings 1977-1978 - 1978 Montreco/2009 Sudden Death Records Canadian
Television Generation
Kursaal Flyers - D.I.Y. Teenage Kicks - UK Pop, Vol. 1 - 1977 CBS
Color T.V.
Jerry Jerry & The Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra - Road Gore: The Band That Drank Too Much - 1985 OG Music/1990 Self-released Canadian
Television Child
Restless Virgins - Television Child 7" - 1981 T.C.M. Records Canadian
T.V. Eye
The Stooges - Fun House - 1970/1990 Elektra
Television Viewer
The Vacants - 1977 - The Year Punk Broke - 1977 Disques Festival
Theme From T.V.
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Savvy Show Stoppers - 1986 Jetpac Music/1988 Canadian
Aloha Steve & Danno
Radio Birdman - Under The Ashes - 1979 Trafalgar/1988 WEA
Theme From Hawaii Five-O
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run: All Time Greatest Hits - 1968 Liberty/1989 EMI Records
Batman Theme
Neil Hefti - Batman Theme/Batman Chase - 1965 RCA Victor
Batman Theme
The Jam - In The City - 1977 Polydor
Spider-Man
The Ramones - Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits - 1995 MCA Records
Jan Brady
The Lunachicks - Sugar Luv - 1990 Blast First
Theme From Johnny Quest
Shorty Rogers & The Giants - Theme From Johnny Quest single - 1965 Hanna Barbara Records
Mission Impossible
James Taylor Quartet - Mission Impossible - 1987 Acid Jazz
The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle
Uranus - You're So Square - 1980 Trilogy Records International Canadian
Alex Trebek
The Fleshtones - Face Of The Screaming Werewolf - 2020 Yep Roc Records
KTV
The Turnpike Cruisers - Rockin' Possessed 1984 - 1986 - 2008 Cherry Red
T.V. Set
The Cramps - File Under Sacred Music—Early Singles 1978-1981 - 1980 Illegal Records/2011 Munster Records
Channel Real TV
The Lab Ratz - In The Maze - 2015 self-released/Bandcamp Canadian
Seen Your Video
The Replacements - Let It Be - 1984 Twin/Tone Records
Jimmy Swaggert
The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 2021 Harriet Records/Bandcamp Canadian
T.V. Salvation
Neutral Nation - Rock Turns To Stone - 1988 Vild Records
Stupid T.V. Christians
Chris Houston & The Sex Machine - Hate Filled Man - 1986 Caucasian Records/Zulu Records Canadian
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Tupelo Chain Sex - Spot The Difference - 1984 Selma Record Company
Goin' Crazy Over T.V.
Jimmy Anderson - Natchez Harmonica Naturals - 1964 Excello/no date on reissue
TV Mama
Big Joe Turner with Elmore James gtr. - Rocks In My Bed - 1955 Atlantic
TV Mama (cover, see above)
Flat Duo Jets - Go Go Harlem Baby - 1991 Sky Records
Horror Movies On T.V.
Bloodshot Bill - TRICK & TREAT Vol. 2 - 2020 self-released/Bandcamp Canadian
TV Commercials
Don Bowden - Country Hicks Vol. 3 - unknown date & label/1993 Barklog Records
Juicy Fruit (Alternate version 2)
Gene Simmons - Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol. 3 - unissued/1996 Charly Records
Summer Fun (extract)
The Barracudas - The Complete EMI Recordings - 1980 Wipe Out/Zonophone/1990 Capitol Records/EMI Canadian
Mars Bars
The Undertones - True Confessions (Singles = A's+B's) - 1979 Sire/1999 Castle Music/Sanctuary Records
Chicken Hi, Chicken Lo
Nine Pound Hammer - Kentucky Breakdown - 2004 Acetate Records
Chili's Demo
Tex & The Breakfastime - Intexicated! - 2012 Saustex Media
Know Your Product (Saints cover)
Jimmy Keith & His Shocky Horrors - Eternally Yours: A Tribute To The Saints - unknown date & label
No, Your Product
The Saints - Eternally Yours - 1978 Harvest/Sire
Nashville
Atoms Of Silence - Lost & Forgotten - 2017 self-released/Bandcamp Canadian
Loretta (live) (Nervous Eaters cover)
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken - 2004 Mint Records Canadian
Talk's Cheap
Demics - Talk's Cheap - 1979 Ready Records/1994 Fringe Product Canadian
The News
Demics - Demics - 1980 Intercan Records Canadian
Unwatchable (1)
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Sport Fishin' - The Lure Of The Bait, The Luck Of The Hook - 1993 Cargo Records Canadian
Malfunction
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Savvy Show Stoppers - 1987 Jetpac Music//1988 Glass Records/1990 Cargo Records Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
I know I'd break the TV, that's why I do radio.

1:32 PM, May 4th, 2022
Nancy
Afternoon Renny. Listening in for the first half hour anyway. On demand for the rest

1:36 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Any listeners? I don't bite.

1:37 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Hello Nancy! Thanks for listening. You are a true Rioteer.

1:38 PM, May 4th, 2022
Jeb
Wow! A blast from my past, 41 years ago.

1:45 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
I still have an RV poster. I used to take down posters that I really liked. If they were in clubs, I'd grovel first.

1:50 PM, May 4th, 2022
Johnny Loan
Awesome! Need this today! Feeling slightly homicidal (I kid).

1:53 PM, May 4th, 2022
Johnny Loan
Television Viewer was eerily cool. And always love me some SMOASP

1:55 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
I give up, Johnny Loan, I was never good with abbreviations. What exactly is SMOASP?

2:02 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
If I was taking an musicology course, I'd love to write an essay, arguing that Batman is one the most underrated influences on the creation of punk rock.

2:05 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
The song, not the caped crusader.

2:05 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Think of it, Basie's arranger, Neil Hefti is the cat who wrote Batman.

2:09 PM, May 4th, 2022
Johnny Loan
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet! (SMOASP)

2:17 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
More coming up. Whenever I'm short on Can Con I turn to the Shadowy Men. It's amazing how short some of their songs are.

2:18 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Ha! Ha! Ha! I thought SMOASP meant Some More Old Assed Smokin' Punk.

2:33 PM, May 4th, 2022
Frankie
It's great to hear the the classic Ottawa tracks there. They still stack up well against any other great tracks of the day. Congrats on another fine show, Renny. I mean you and Ian, wow, musicical imagination at its best You guys have the best radio show that Ottawa has ever heard.

2:43 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Wow! Thanks Frankie. My head just grew three sizes.

2:46 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Go Go Harlem Baby is a desert island disc.

2:55 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
I don't think he's singing about gum in the song "Juicy Fruit".

3:03 PM, May 4th, 2022
Frankie
Thanks for the disc recommendation there. Only the second track I've ever heard from Gene Simmons, the first being "Haunted House". That evil demon from Kiss should have paid royalties for stealing his name.

3:04 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Ha! Ha! Ha! I agree. I love that song Haunted House. I've got about 4 versions of it. Have you heard the original by Johnny Fuller? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExfhYQFaSt0

3:07 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
Neko Case with The Sadies.

3:24 PM, May 4th, 2022
IanJ
Amazing Show! What a fantastic TV theme, too. And I hope with this comment that I make the Interactive list as long as the playlist!

3:24 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
It's just because I'm a verbose MF, Ian.

3:25 PM, May 4th, 2022
Renny G (host)
And thanks to SMOASP & the Demics I made 37% Can Con. Canada's culture is currently safe.

3:31 PM, May 4th, 2022
Frankie
Ha ha, too funny!

3:31 PM, May 4th, 2022