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S5E235 - Ween 'The Mollusk' with Les Norris Jul 09, 2022

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Our 2nd foray into the rock and roll enigma that is Ween, this time diving into their sixth studio album The Mollusk with special guest and super-fan Les Norris. Pegged as a favorite by both Gene and Dean Ween - as well as purportedly being the inspiration for Spongebob Squarepants - it's a dark but surprisingly tuneful multi-genre concept album that flits from psychedelia to sea shanties as only they can. "Bring forth the mollusk, cast unto me Let's be forever, let forever be free" Songs featured in this episode: Loop de Loop - Ween; Chances When - Radiobaghdad; Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead; Brain Damage - Pink Floyd; Spongebob Squarepants Theme Song - Patrick Pinney; Are My Ears On Straight? - Gayla Peevey; I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight, The Mollusk - Ween; I've Seen All Good People - Yes; Wonderboy - Tenacious D; Polka Dot Tail, I'll Be Your Johnny On The Spot - Ween; Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat & Tears; Octopus - Syd Barrett; My Monkey - Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids; Mutilated Lips, The Blarney Stone, It's Gonna Be Alright, The Golden Eel - Ween; Green Machine - Kyuss; Doctor Rock (live) - Ween; The Unquiet Grave - Luke Kelly; Cold Blows The Wind, Pink Eye (On My Leg), Waving My Dick In The Wind - Ween; Jar Of Cardinals - Guided By Voices; Buckingham Green, Ocean Man, Pollo Asado, She Wanted To Leave - Ween; Sears & Applebees - Les Norris

S5E234 - Curtis Mayfield 'There's No Place Like America Today' with Alan Zweig Jul 02, 2022

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Canadian documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon, When Jews Were Funny) brings us an album of understated, fluid funk with a subtle-but-potent message: 'There's No Place Like America Today' by Curtis Mayfield. Released in 1975 on Mayfield's own Curtom Records, it's a stunning, sophisticated - and sadly overlooked - chronicle of austere times by a true master of his craft. Essential listening.

*Opening dialogue from the 2000 documentary film 'Vinyl'Songs featured in this episode: Blame Canada - Mary Kay Bergman; Superfly - Curtis Mayfield; People Get Ready - The Impressions; Freedom of '76 - Ween; Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons; Rock and Roll - The Velvet Underground; The Young Mods' Forgotten Story - The Impressions; Billy Jack, When Seasons Change - Curtis Mayfield; No Time - The Guess Who; So In Love, Jesus - Curtis Mayfield; Jesus Is Coming Soon - Blind Willie Johnson; Blue Monday People, Hard Times, We Gotta Have Peace (live), Love To The People - Curtis Mayfield; Move On Up (live) - The Jam

S5E233 - That Instrumental Song Got Me High Jun 28, 2022

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It's another BONUS Patron-curated episode! For this one, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite INSTRUMENTAL song. No singers?? No problem!!

Songs featured in this episode: Waltzinblack - The Stranglers; Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band; Fun To Be Happy - Love Tractor; Groovy Delivery Boy - Frank DeVol; Fracture (Live) - King Crimson; The Köln Concert, Part IIc - Keith Jarrett; La Femme d'Argent - Air; Brendan #1 - Fugazi; Pacifica - Los Straitjackets; What Does Your Soul Look Like - DJ Shadow; Astradyne - Ultravox; Sandusky - Uncle Tupelo; Roygbiv - Boards of Canada; Larks Tongues in Aspic Parts 1 & 2 - King Crimson; Quilombo - Steroid Maximus; Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk; Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag; Ekute - Pino Palladino & Blake Mills; Lester Leaps In - The Monochrome Set; Slim Jenkins' Place - Booker T. & The MGs; Mosh, Don't Pass The Guy - Frank Black; Move - Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins; Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed; Vuscalli (The Porcupine) - Humbert

S5E232 - The Motels 'All Four One' with Shelley Novak Jun 25, 2022

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We put the AA batteries into our Sony Walkman and fired up Berkeley California's The Motels 1982 New Wave classic 'All Four One'. Our special guest, retired drag queen and bon vivant Shelley Novak a.k.a. Tommy Strangie, brings the passion AND the knowledge as we explore the life, songs and stylings of Martha Davis and Co. Along the way we bump into Mark McGrath, Diane Warren and Wink Martindale, among others. Join us, won't you?

Songs featured in this episode: You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore; Talk Of The Town - The Pretenders; Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics; Total Control, Danger, Mission Of Mercy, Celia, Take The L - The Motels; Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles; Only The Lonely - The Motels; Tonight - Tina Turner with David Bowie; Working For The Weekend - Loverboy; It's My Life - No Doubt; Art Fails, Change My Mind, So L.A., Tragic Surf, Apocalypso - The Motels; I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith; He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Motels; He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals; Suddenly Last Summer, Forever Mine - The Motels; You'll Never Walk Alone - Tom Jones

S5E231 - The Police 'Ghost In The Machine' with Russell Mofsky Jun 18, 2022

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The fourth - and penultimate - studio album by The Police, "Ghost In The Machine", is both the sound of a band ascending to super-stardom and a band tearing apart at the seams. Guitarist extraordinaire Russell Mofsky (Gold Dust Lounge, Quit) joins us as we unpack this at times bleak and at times joyful amalgamation of dazzling hit singles and adventurous musical explorations.

Songs featured in this episode: Desperado - Gold Dust Lounge; So Lonely (Live 1980) - The Police; Repeater - Fugazi; River Deep, Mountain High - Eric Burdon & The Animals; Roxanne - The Police; The Magnificent Seven - The Clash; The Classical - The Fall; Spirits In The Material World, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ('77 Demo), Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ('81 Demo), Invisible Sun, Hungry For You - The Police; Demolition Man - Grace Jones; Demolition Man, Too Much Information, Rehumanize Yourself, One World (Not Three), Omegaman, Secret Journey, Can't Stand Losing You (Live at Fat Cats '79), Darkness - The Police; Riff Raff - Gold Dust Lounge

S5E230 - Scritti Politti 'Cupid & Psyche 85' with Paul Marfleet Jun 11, 2022

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When British band Scritti Politti originally got together at Leeds Polytechnic in 1977, they were a punk-inspired collective of art students and squatters with a penchant towards Marxism. In the early 1980s leader Green Gartside scrapped all that and pivoted the band to a pop/soul sound that paid homage to American artists Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin among others. This week we're joined by Aylesbury, UK resident Paul Marfleet as we dig into their smash sophomore album 'Cupid & Psyche 85'

Songs featured in this episode: God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols; Some Like It Hot - Power Station; Notorious - Duran Duran; Heads Will Roll - Echo & The Bunnymen; Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Mark Almond; Capital (It Fails Us Now) - Gang Of Four; Rent - Pet Shop Boys; Bibbly-O-Tek, Skank Bloc Bologna - Scritti Politti; Confusion - New Order; Poison Arrow - ABC; The Sweetest Girl - Scritti Politti; Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - The Kinks; The Word Girl, Small Talk - Scritti Politti; Careless Whisper - George Michael; Absolute, A Little Knowledge - Scritti Politti; We Can Work It Out - Chaka Khan; Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran; Don't Work That Hard, Perfect Way - Scritti Politti; Perfect Way - Miles Davis; Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) - Scritti Politti; Human Nature - Michael Jackson; Lover To Fall, Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - Scritti Politti; I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin; Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren; Right - David Bowie; Hypnotize - Scritti Politti; The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five; The Whisper Of Your Mind - The Lilac Time; Way To Blue - Lisa Hannigan, Teddy Thompson, Green Gartside (from the concert film 'The Songs of Nick Drake: Way To Blue)

S5E228 - David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs' with Oscar Herrera Jun 04, 2022

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In 1974, the one-of-a-kind chameleon that is David Bowie was poised to shed his Ziggy Stardust persona for the Thin White Duke. Before that transformation, he fired the Spiders from Mars and - using George Orwell and William S. Burroughs as inspiration, crafted his nightmarish apocalyptic opus Diamond Dogs. This week's guest, Oscar Hererra (The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape For A Blue Girl), leads us on a journey through this raw, challenging and ambitious album. "This ain't Rock'n'Roll, This is Genocide!"

Songs featured in this episode: All the Young Girls Love Alice - Elton John; 1984 - David Bowie; Excerpt from The Wild Boys - William S. Burroughs; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; What Kind Of Fool Am I? - Anthony Newley; It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones; Future Legend, Diamond Dogs, Sweet Thing, Alladin Sane, Candidate, Sweet Thing (Reprise), Rebel Rebel - David Bowie; Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Meatloaf; Rock 'n' Roll with Me, We Are the Dead - David Bowie; Double Plus Good - Eurythmics; 1984 - David Bowie; 1984 - Tina Turner; Big Brother, Boys Keep Swinging, Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family, Young Americans - David Bowie; Because You're Mine - Nat King Cole; A Chaos Of Desire - Black Tape For A Blue Girl

S5E229 - Bonus Mixtape Episode #1 with Robert Price of Kreamy 'Lectric Santa Jun 02, 2022

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Our first "Mixtape" episode, where we invite a special guest to curate a mixtape for our listeners and dig into their musical selections. From the mind of Robert Price (Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, Bank O Christ, The Funyuns) we bring you 'Sir Robert's Kreamy-n-Reconstructive Brainmelt Mixtape', featuring: 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. You Cant Kill Me - Gong 3. Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex 4. Lisa Says - Velvet Underground (1969 live album) 5. Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag 6. Communist Radio - The Eat 7. J'ai Mal Aux Dents - Faust 8. The Drum - Slapp Happy 9. Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego) - Einstürzende Neubauten 10 .Hospitality On Parade - Sparks 11 .To Hell With Poverty - Gang of Four 12 .Help, I'm a Rock - Mothers of Invention 13 .Five Foot One - Iggy Pop

Other songs featured in this episode: Ga, Everything...?, Spaceship Timmy - Kreamy 'Lectric Santa; Down At The Rock and Roll Club - Richard Hell; Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat; New York - Swell Maps; Typical Girls - The Slits; Warm Leatherette - The Normal; Red Bull - Kreamy 'Lectric Santa

*Additional listening recommendations from Sir Robert:

I Have Always Been Here Before - Roky Erickson Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones Busted Keysham - Bonzo Dog Band 2 & 3 - Camper Van Beethoven Balos - Dionysis Savvopoulos C'est La Dernière Chanson - Maher Shalal Hash Baz Everybody Wants To Be An Asshole - Peter Stubbs *https://www.reverbnation.com/musician/peterstubb Stan Kenton ‎– Conducts Robert Graettinger's This Modern World Starry Eyes - The Records Clumps Take a Ride - Fly Ashtray Trash Monkey Universe - Trash Monkeys Nunmonksex - Nina Hagen Fetus - Franco Battiato Raincoats - 1st America - John Fahey Box of Chameleons - Sun City Girls Power Corruption and Lies - New Order Time (B-side to Pretty Woman) - Bobby Sherman Monster Puss - Vaselines Pachanga Cha cha - Randy Carlos

S5E227 - Polara with John Strohm May 28, 2022

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Returning guest John Strohm (Blake Babies, Lemonheads, Antenna) has a strong personal connection to the record he chose to discuss, the stunning 1995 debut of Minneapolis band Polara. As a close friend of the bands founder, beloved musician/producer Ed Ackerson who sadly succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2019 at the age of 54, John was right there during the recording sessions lending a musical hand where needed. He brings deep insight into the creation of this impressive amalgamation of blissful pop melody and fuzzed-out psychedelia.

Songs featured in this episode: Girl In A Box - Blake Babies; Out - Lemonheads; Out There - Blake Babies; I'm Not Sayin' - Replacements; Counting Down - Polara; The National Anthem - Radiohead; Like The Poison - The 27 Various; When You Sleep - My Bloody Valentine; Allay - Polara, Duel - Swervedriver; Source Of Light, Listening Now, Taupe, Avenue E - Polara; Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow - Felt; Anniversary 6 - Polara, Little Fury Things - Dinosaur Jr; One Foot - Polara; E-Bow The Letter - REM; A+B=Y, State, Letterbomb - Polara; Live Forever - Noel Gallagher; A+B=Y - John Strohm

S5E226 - That Non-English Language Song Got Me High May 22, 2022

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For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we invited our Patrons to send in their favorite Non-English Language songs. They did NOT disappoint!

Songs featured in this episode: Komm gib mir deine Hand - The Beatles; Aguas de Marco - Elis Regina; Ça plane pour moi - Plastic Bertrand; Enamorado - Jay Klineman; Bemen Sebeb Letlash - Mahmoud Ahmed; Detalles - Roberto Carlos; Bomba - Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart; Malagueña Salerosa - The Tubes; Puis Je? - Kevin Ayers; Demolicion - Los Saicos; Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohamed Rafi; Tonada De Luna Llena - Simon Diaz; Paix - Catherine Ribeiro + Aples; Oye Como Va - Santana; Tamiditine Tarhanam - Bombino; A Minha Menina - Os Mutantes; Dead Sun Rising - Zeni Geva; Cumbia Volcadora - Orkesta Mendoza; Ford Mustang, Melody - Serge Gainsbourg; El Gran Varon - Willie Colon; Keith Richards Man - Firestarter

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