Such a treat to have Macalester College graduate Kerry Alexander from Bad Bad Hats return to the scene of her college days to join in studio at WMCN. (You can see them next in the Cities at the Pizza Luce Fest on Aug 12.
Her personality is at least as delightful as the music. And she was very at home in the studio as a former station manager. It was fun to hear about the early, early days of Bad Bad Hats, which took place at Macalester, as well as to get the update on what’s happening now with upcoming shows and their Patreon account, their videos. Sounds like the band members are very hands on for every aspect of the art – down to writing thank you notes to fans as they pack up merchandise to send out. Kerry is absolutely the sort of person you could picture hanging out with, maybe walking up to the Super American for a freezie!
The theme was telephones. Thanks to folks for their requests and recommendations. You can listen to the aspirational playlist on Spotify. Or check out what we actually played below.
| The Replacements | Answering Machine (Remastered Version) | The Best of the Replacements: Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? |
| The Bad Man | Staring at Your Telephone | Aint Clean |
| Ted Hajnasiewicz | AT&t | Shelter In – EP |
| 12 Rods | Telephone Holiday | Lost Time |
| Alpha Consumer | In the Age of the Pixel Phone | In the Age of the Pixel Phone – Single |
| Apollo Cobra | Shut Up | Motherland |
| The Time | 777-9311 | What Time Is It? |
| Soul Asylum | Busy Signals | Hurry Up and Wait |
| Perry Project | Ever Changing | Can’t Steal Soul |
| Zuzu’s Petals | Chatty Catty | The Music of Your Life |
| Sam Cassidy | Hear Me Out | Running Blind |
| Why Not | TO LISTEN IN | WHY NOT |
| Mae Simpson | Goodbye | Goodbye – Single |
| Mother Banjo | One Hello | The Sad and Found |
| Red Eye Ruby | The Phone Call | The Ruby EP |
| Impaler | Crack That Whip | The Gruesome Years (Rise of the Mutants) |
| Babes In Toyland | Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft | If I Were a Carpenter |
| matt wilson and his orchestra | hello Caller | |
| Malachi Constant | Phoning It In | Infinite Justice |
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