Plastic Magic "commoner" podcast for May 1st 2011

On this show, kids, I thought it would be appropriate to have something for us "commoners"....because of the royal wedding in England....

well just download this podcast and you'll get tunes froM "common records" like: HEART, LED ZEPPELIN, RUSH, BAD COMPANY, ALICE COOPER, TALKING HEADS, ELTON JOHN, MISSING PERSONS, THE WHO, ZZ TOP and much more. This one was meant to be fun and not really all that obscure, but don't get me wrong it rocks....download it hear: May 1st podcast of rock n roll for the "commoners"

Plastic Magic Easter Show Podcast

Hey everybody out there in podcast land. Greetings from the very very rainy world of Fayetteville, AR. Here is the show from tonight as heard over KXUA 88.3fm and WBCQ 5110kc shortwave sunday April 24th, 2011. Tonight we listened to: VANILLA FUDGE (1969), THE BEACON STREET UNION (1967), THE RATIONALS (1968 Live Bootleg), THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN (1968), DEEP PURPLE (1968), URIAH HEEP (1971/73) THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND (1970), RHINOCEROS (1970), THE LAST WORD and much more. Co-hosted with "Your Uncle Butch" ....Happy Easter! Download here A Plastic Magic Easter

Record finds for Feb-April 2011

(Garage sale/ flea mkt.)


(soundtrack) James Bond 10th anniversary 2xLp Superpak (UA 1972)
Kevin Ayers-John Cale-Eno-Nico "June 1, 1974" (Island 1974)
Kraftwerk "The Man Machine" (Capitol 1978)
Kraftwerk "Radio-Activity" (Capitol 1975)
(Soundtrack) "The Spy Who Loved Me" (James Bond) (UA 1977)
Brian Auger's Oblivian Express "Live Oblivian Vol. 1" (RCA1974)
Danny Kirwan "Hello There Big Boy" (DJM 1979)
Thomas Dolby "The Golden Age of Wireless" (Harvest 1982)
The Status Quo "Messages From The Status Quo" (Cadet Concept 1968)
The Turtles "Turtle Soup" (White Whale 1969)


(New)


The Druids of Stonehenge "Creation" (Sundazed 2010/orig. uni 1968)
Sonic Youth "Confusion Is Sex" (Original Recordings Group 2010/ orig.1983)
Sonic Youth "Bad Moon Rising" (ORG 2010/ orig. 1985)
Sonic Youth "EVOL" (ORG 2010/ orig. 1986 SST)
Sonic Youth "Sister" (ORG 2010/ /orig. 1987 SST)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 2 "The Doldrums" (2004 Paw Tracks)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "House Arrest" (2006 Paw Tracks)
April March "Paris in April" (Sympathy For The Record Industry 1996)
Black Lips! s/t (BOMP! 2002)
Black Lips! "We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow" (BOMP! 2004)

Plastic Magic on WBCQ

Hey Gang,
I am proud to say that Plastic Magic will make first live shortwave debut on WBCQ tomorrow night! That's right folks! Tomorrow night Plastic Magic will be broadcast on two frequencies for your listening pleasure. A three hour show on our own KXUA on 88.3fm for Fayetteville and the greater Northwest Arkansas area . Starting at the usual 6pm CST and going till 9pm. Also on WBCQ 5110kHz from 7pm-9pm CST from Monticello, Maine on worldwide shortwave radio! See Area 51 schedule for details. Reception reports welcome at plasticmagic883@yahoo.com (and encouraged )

Plastic Magic April 3rd, 2011

on this episode we grooved to the smoother than smooth sounds of: THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT (1966), THE DOORS (1970), THE MC5 (1968), BLUE CHEER (1968), THE BLUES PROJECT (1966), THE SOFT MACHINE (1969), MINT TATTOO (1969), THE PENTANGLE (1970) and much more including live LED ZEPPELIN from 1973, MOBY GRAPE, SPIRIT, THE NAZZ.....DOwNloAD HeAr: Plastic Magic podcast from April 3rd, 2011 

Plastic Magic podcast March 27, 2011

hey there kids, on this mindbending episode of rock and roll super non-hits we listened to: COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH, CRABBY APPLETON, TRAPEZE, THE DRUIDS OF STONEHENGE, THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND, DAVID BOWIE, CAPTAIN BEYOND, THE STOOGES, THE BARBARIANS, THE TREMOLOES, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, THE STATUS QUO and much more including a possibly pretty rare record I picked up at a record shop in Mountain Home, AR of KEVIN AYERS-JOHN CALE-ENO-NICO (also featuring Robert Wyatt, Mike Oldfield and some others) titled "June 1, 1974"...so fans of Velvet Underground, The Soft Machine and Roxy Music take note! check it out here: March 27, 2011 podcast of rock and roll ...A couple of other things of note are Butch Taylor is on this one ....and there was some extra Plastic Magic floating in the air this sunday night as the super hip shortwave giant  WBCQ Area 51 (5.110mHz) from Monticello, Maine were broadcasting an episode from a few weeks ago worldwide! and as always the dead sexy KXUA (with some brand new equipment) were kickin it out with 600 watts.......ahh yes, it was one of those beautiful cold early spring nights.......

Plastic Magic on WBCQ Area 51 this weekend

Hey everyone, it appears that Plastic Magic will be on WBCQ 5.110mHz international shortwave this sunday! And also, as always, on KXUA 88.3fm here in Fayettville, AR. I don't know if it is live or a re-run. If anyone out there in the listening audience has a shortwave radio and can try to pick it up, give a reception report if you don't mind at: plasticmagic883@yahoo.com  here is the post from Area 51 for the weekend schedule Saturday, March 26, 2011




•6pm: Hour of the Time with William Cooper: 2/29/2000

•7pm: Radio Timtron Worldwide (live)

•9pm: The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show (live)

•10pm: The Eric Dolphy Mystery Hour

Sunday, March 27, 2011



•6pm: Radio Jennifer

•7pm: Radio Jamba International (live)

•8pm: Radio New York International presents: Plastic Magic

•10pm: Pirates Week

•10:30pm: International Radio Report
here is a link to the wicked cool shortwave radio station from Monticello, Maine via Mt. Airy, Maryland : WBCQ Area 51 (5.110 mHz)