************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT A/1 ************************************************************ INTRO I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ("I AM NOT A PRETTY GIRL...") NOW DON'T MISUNDERSTAND HER... ANI DIFRANCO DOESN'T HAVE A SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEM HERE. IN FACT, SHE'S GOT MAJOR LABELS BANGING DOWN HER DOOR TO SIGN HER UP. SO WHY DOESN'T SHE GO FOR THE BIG MONEY? ANI'S GONNA TELL US LATER ON IN THE SHOW. ALSO ON THE WAY, LIVE MUSIC FROM PAUL CEBAR AND PETE DROGE, PLUS A CHAT WITH THE BRAIN BEHIND THE PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS... FIRST UP, THE GUY THAT BROUGHT YOU THIS SLACKER HOOK... ("I'M A LOSER BABY...") IS BACK, AND HE'S TRYING TO ESCAPE THE ONE HIT WONDER VORTEX WITH AN ALBUM SLAMMIN' WITH HOOKS AND SAMPLES THAT OWES AS MUCH TO JOHN LEE HOOKER AS IT DOES TO SGT. PEPPER. FROM THE "ODELAY" C-D, HERE'S DEVIL'S HAIRCUT. ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT A/2 ************************************************************ DEVIL'S HAIRCUT BECK ODELAY /CD1 /08/ 3:12/E LOVE PLUS ONE HAIRCUT 100 PELICAN WEST /CD1 /20/ 3:20/E HAIRDRESSER ON FIRE MORRISSEY VIVA HATE! /CD9 /15/ 3:40/F B'SELL MORRISSEY B'SELL HAIRCUT 100 B'SELL BECK INTRO FUZZY ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT A/3 ************************************************************ GIRL DON'T TELL ME FUZZY ELECTRIC JUICES /CD4 /00/ 2:26/E GIRLS TALK DAVE EDMUNDS REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY /CD1 /10/ 3:20/F BACKWOODS TRAVELIN' SCREAMIN CHEETAH WHEELIE MAGNOLIA /CD1 /46/ 5:16/E B'SELL SCREAMIN CHEETAH WHEELIE B'SELL DAVE EDMUNDS B'SELL FUZZY TEASE THE CRANBERRIES LATEST ALBUM PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOME FALLEN IDOLS LIKE JOHN LENNON AND KURT COBAIN - THE CRANBERRIES TALK WITH US AND PERFORM IN THE STUDIO WHEN WE RETURN I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ============================================================ SEGMENT A __:__ _:__:__ SPOT BLOCK 5:05 _:__:__ ============================================================ ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT B/1 ************************************************************ INTRO I'M TODD RUNDGREN WE'LL TALK WITH DELORES O'RIORDAN OF THE CRANBERRIES AFTER THIS LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT B/2 ************************************************************ SUNDAY THE CRANBERRIES LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / / / 3:25/E B'SELL THE CRANBERRIES SETUP THEIR ALMOST INEXPLICABLE SUCCESS HASN'T SHAKEN LEAD SINGER DOLORES O'RIORDAN. IN FACT, SHE TELLS US THE BAND'S BEEN TRYING SOME NEW MOVES ON THEIR THIRD RECORD... (CRANBERRIES BITE 0:30) ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT B/3 ************************************************************ WHEN YOU'RE GONE THE CRANBERRIES TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED/CD3 /00/ 4:39/F (ELVIS COSTELLO ID :05) IT'S TIME ELVIS COSTELLO ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY /CD11/14/ 5:56/E CRANES MOONSHAKE DIRTY & DIVINE /CD1 /40/ 4:54/E B'SELL MOONSHAKE B'SELL ELVIS COSTELLO INTRO VAN MORRISON MINUS BONO TIMES THE SQUARE ROOT OF LYLE LOVETT... THAT PRETTY MUCH ADDS UP TO PAUL CEBAR AND THE MILWAUKEEANS, LIVE FOR THE DIFF! ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT B/4 ************************************************************ PLEASE DON'T TELL ME MORE PAUL CEBAR ET AL LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / /12 4:19/E STEP ON HAPPY MONDAYS PILLS & THRILLS & BELLYACHES /CD8 /29/ 4:30/F B'SELL HEY, YER TWISTIN' MY MELON, MAN! IF YOU LIKE THAT, YOU'LL LOVE BLACK GRAPE! B'SELL PAUL CEBAR & THE MILWAUKEANS LIVE FOR THE DIFF TEASE NEXT HOUR - PETE DROGE JOINS US IN THE STUDIO... BUFFALO'S MOST POPULAR PUNK-FOLKER ANI DIFRANCO DROPS IN, AND WE'LL BE DOWNHEARTED BABY WITH HEAD PRIMITIVE RADIO GOD CHRIS O'CONNOR. I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ============================================================ SEGMENT B __:__ _:__:__ SPOT BLOCK 5:05 _:__:__ ============================================================ ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT C/1 ************************************************************ INTRO I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE (ME'SHELL: "PEOPLE MIGHT WANNA HEAR!") ME'SHELL NDEGE'OCELLO'S GONNA TAKE THE MUZZLE OFF THAT BAND THIS HOUR, AND WE'LL CHECK OUT A TRACK FROM HER NEW RECORD THAT'S GONNA GET SOME FOLKS A LITTLE ANTSY... PLUS, WE'LL FIND OUT WHY ANI DIFRANCO'S NOT RETURNING HER PHONE CALLS AND WE'LL VISIT WITH THE GUY WHO TOOK THIS LINE... (B.B.: "I BEEN DOWNHEARTED..." ...AND TURNED IT INTO THE SONG YOU'VE BEEN HUMMING ALL MONTH. LET'S KICK OFF THE HOUR IN THE STUDIO WITH PETE DROGE AND THE SINNERS! ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT C/2 ************************************************************ MR. JADE PETE DROGE LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / / / 3:00/E MR. JONES TALKING HEADS NAKED /CD2 /30/ 4:17/C B'SELL TALKING HEADS B'SELL PETE DROGE LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE INTRO ANI DIFRANCO'S THE RIGHTEOUS BABE AT THE HELM OF HER OWN RECORD COMPANY... HERE'S THE INDIE ANTHEM THAT'S GOT MAJOR LABELS LEAPING FOR THEIR CHECKBOOKS... ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT C/3 ************************************************************ NOT A PRETTY GIRL ANI DIFRANCO LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE 3:55/E B'SELL ANI DIFRANCO LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE SETUP THAT'S A SONG YOU'LL HAVE A TOUGH TIME FINDING AT THE MALL... WHY? ANI'S BEEN REFUSING TO SIGN WITH A MAJOR LABEL FOR YEARS! SHE SHARES THE PROS AND CONS OF D-I-Y... (ANI DIFRANCO BITE :30) ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT C/4 ************************************************************ OUTTA ME, ONTO YOU ANI DIFRANCO DILATE /CD2 /10/ 4:35/E EVERYBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU JULIANA HATFIELD HEY BABE /CD1 /26/ 3:23/F B'SELL JULIANA HATFIELD B'SELL ANI DIFRANCO INDIE-LAND'S D-I-Y POSTER GIRL, FROM AN ALBUM CALLED "DILATE," WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO ORDER RIGHT FROM RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS IN BUFFALO... TEASE SPEAKING OF D-I-Y, I'VE GOT SOME TUNES ON THE WAY THAT PROVE YOU CAN MAKE A HIT RECORD WITHOUT ANYBODY'S HELP... I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ============================================================ SEGMENT C __:__ _:__:__ SPOT BLOCK 5:05 _:__:__ ============================================================ ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT D/1 ************************************************************ INTRO I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE JUST ABOUT ANYBODY CAN HOLE THEMSELVES UP IN A STUDIO WITH A MULTITRACK TAPE DECK THESE DAYS... BUT CAN YOU DO THAT AND ACTUALLY MAKE A RECORD ANYBODY ELSE WOULD EVER WANT TO HEAR? CHRIS O'CONNOR DID, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MASTERMIND BEHIND PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS AFTER I PLAY ANOTHER FAMOUS ONE-MAN BAND... ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT D/2 ************************************************************ I SAW THE LIGHT TODD RUNDGREN SOMETHING/ANYTHING DISC /CD1 /08/ 2:58/F B'SELL ME SETUP SOMEWHERE IN THE BOOK OF ROCK AND ROLL FAIRY TALES, THERE'S A PLACE FOR CHRIS O'CONNOR. HE SCREWED AROUND IN HIS BEDROOM WITH SOME RECORDING GEAR, AND CAME UP WITH A HUMMABLE HIT THAT EVEN MADE IT INTO A JIM CARREY MOVIE. AND EITHER HE'S MODEST OR HE'S CLEVER, BUT HE SWEARS IT'S ALL AN ACCIDENT! (PRIMITIVE RADIO BITE :30) ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT D/3 ************************************************************ STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS /CD1 /10/ 4:30/F WALK ON THE WILD SIDE LOU REED TRANSFORMER /CD5 /19/ 4:02/F B'SELL LOU REED B'SELL PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS INTRO MADONNA SIGNED HER; SHE'S PLAYED BASS WITH JOHN MELLENCAMP; AND SHE'S A TALENTED NEW ALTERNATIVE R&B VOICE THIS IS ME'SHELL N-DAY-GAY-O-CELLO ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT D/4 ************************************************************ I'M DIGGING YOU (LIKE AN OLD SOUL RECORD) ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE /CD2 /13/ 4:15/F B'SELL ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO, LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE SETUP SURE SHE PLAYS A MEAN KEYBOARD AND AN EVEN MEANER BASS, BUT HER AGGRESSIVE IMAGE AND LYRICS HAVE GOT THE P-M-R-C AT LEAST A LITTLE CONCERNED... SO DOES ME'SHELL EVER STEP BACK FROM HER POLITICS? (ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO BITE :30) ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT D/5 ************************************************************ LEVITICUS: FAGGOT ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO CD SINGLE /CD1 /22/ 3:43/E B'SELL ME'SHELL N-DAY-GAY-O-CELLO TEASE I GUESS THE REST OF THE WORLD REALLY DOESN'T LIKE THE UNITED STATES... ONE OF MY STAFFERS RISKED HER LIFE SNEAKING A NEW CURE TUNE ACROSS THE BORDER, AND SINCE YOU CAN'T BUY IT IN STORES, I'M GONNA PLAY IT FOR YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK... STICK AROUND! I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ============================================================ SEGMENT D __:__ _:__:__ SPOT BLOCK 5:05 _:__:__ ============================================================ ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT E/1 ************************************************************ INTRO I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE LONDON'S XFM IS ABOUT ONE NOTCH ABOVE PIRATE RADIO... BUT THEY WANT TO GO LEGIT! SO TO HELP THEIR CAUSE, BANDS LIKE U2, STEREOLAB, GARBAGE, AND JESUS AND MARY CHAIN HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED SONGS TO AN IMPORT ONLY CD - AND FROM THAT ALBUM, HERE'S THE CURE... ************************************************************ DIFFERENCE #96-27 (79) SEGMENT E/2 ************************************************************ YOUNG AMERICANS THE CURE XFM BENEFIT CD /CD4 /16/ 6:10/F D.J. DAVID BOWIE LODGER /CD6 /06/ 3:49/F B'SELL DAVID BOWIE B'SELL THE CURE TEASE NEXT TIME ON ZE DIFFERENCE: SEMISONIC'S GONNA STRAY FROM THEIR STATE FAIR TOUR OF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH FOR A VISIT, AND EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL EXPLAIN THEIR EVOLUTION... AND WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR NEXT WEEK TO ROLL AROUND, WHY NOT DROP ME A LINE OVER THE INTERNET? E-MAIL ME AT DIFF@TR-I.COM, THAT'S D-I-F-F-AT-T-R- DASH-I-DOT-COM. 'TILL NEXT TIME... I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ============================================================ SEGMENT E __:__ _:__:__ ============================================================