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What actors really want to do is direct. What rockers really want to do is moonlight as DJs. Bob Dylan just became satellite radio's most shocking jock addition, but he's not alone.
THEME TIME RADIO HOUR WITH YOUR HOST BOB DYLAN (XM)
DJ M.O. Each set of songs has a strict subject (''the weather,'' ''Mothers
Day,'' ''drinking'') along with music-trivia asides and wry tone poems from
the bard.
PLAYLIST Dean Martin, the Carter Family, Irma Thomas.
PATTER ''Slim Harpo wrote a bunch of songs with his wife, Lavelle. Boy, I
wish I had a wife like that, to help me write songs.''
KEEP THE DAY JOB? Don't begrudge Dylan his part-time gig. Theme Time is tight in concept and delightfully freewheelin' in execution. A
TOM PETTY'S BURIED TREASURE (XM)
DJ M.O. Petty plays mostly legendary '60s acts, but does dig up lesser-known oldies that don't come around here no more.
PLAYLIST The Yardbirds, the Rascals, Little Eva.
PATTER On the Who's ''A Legal Matter'': ''When I first heard this as a
teenager...I thought, Hmm, here's a very young guy that's already [singing about] getting divorced on his first record, so I guess his publishing [income] is safe.''
KEEP THE DAY JOB? Great song picks, but as a raconteur, laid-back Petty could use a pick-me-up. B
DAVID JOHANSEN'S MANSION OF FUN (Sirius)
DJ M.O. Chuck Berry segueing into Debussy! Makes the most adventurous
NPR station sound like a Clear Channel flagship.
PLAYLIST Cab Calloway, Velvet Underground, Maria Callas.
PATTER ''Where once what was formerly felt as the horror of our
inevitable mortality becomes transformed by an inner alchemy to an
ecstatic sense of freedom from the bonds of individuality!''
KEEP THE DAY JOB? The singer for the reformed New York Dolls should
rhapsodize more about the music and less about the cosmos. But his
show's breadth is breathtaking. A-
WELCOME TO DA CHUUCH WITH BIG SNOOP DOGG (XM)
DJ M.O. Hip-hop, old-school soul. Snoop profanely reflects on how key lyrics mirror his own misadventures.
PLAYLIST Jamie Foxx, Shalamar, many Snoop protégés.
PATTER ''See, there's a lot of suckers in the gang that let bitches get
away with s---, so I'm gonna teach you how to beat a bitch down. For
real, man, I want you to listen...because you're being too nice to the
bitch, man.''
KEEP HIS DAY JOB? The show offers insufficient time to master bitch
beating. Maybe he could teach at the Learning Annex? B-
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