December 2023

Playlist: 12-31-2023

Here’s the playlist for 12-31-2023, the last show of the year, which had some technical difficulties and one in which I Fight Dragons was featured in the live segment:

Hour 1

  1. The Motors, “Dancing the Night Away” [Motors 1 (1977)]
  2. The Rolling Stones, “If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)” [Sucking in the Seventies (1981)]
  3. The Hooters, “And We Danced” [Nervous Night (1985)]
  4. New York Dolls, “Dance Like a Monkey” [One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)]
  5. The Cinnamon Bear, “Rhyming Rabbit” [OTR (1937)]
  6. Aerosmith, “Walk This Way (Live)” [Classics Live! II (1987)]
  7. Juliana Hatfield, “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” [Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police (2019)]
  8. Big Star, “One After 909” [I Got Kinda Lost (2013)]

Hour 2

  1. Van Duren, “New Year’s Eve” [Are You Serious? (1978)]
  2. U2, “New Year’s Day (7 inch single edit)” [War (1983/2008)]
  3. The Specials, “Enjoy Yourself” [More Specials (1980)]

Top 25 of 2023 (part five – including number one)

  1. The Flashcubes featuring Steve Conte, “Gudbuy T’Jane” [Pop Masters (2023)] #5
  2. Mudhoney, “Souvenir of My Trip” [Plastic Eternity (2023)] #4
  3. The Rolling Stones, “Angry” [Hackney Diamonds (2023)] #3
  4. The Baseball Project, “Disco Demolition (2023)] #2
  5. Dolph Chaney, “Mr. Eli” [Mug (2023)] #1
  6. Brendan Benson, “Richest Man” [Dear Life (2020)]

Tribute to Myles Goodwyn

  1. April Wine, “21st Century Schizoid Man” [Harder Faster (1979)]

Hour 3 (Tribute to Myles Goodwyn, continued)

  1. April Wine, “Sign of the Gypsy Queen” [The Nature of the Beast (1981)]
  2. April Wine, “Just Between You and Me” [The Nature of the Beast (1981)]
  3. April Wine, “If You See Kay” [Power Play (1982)]
  4. April Wine, “Enough Is Enough” [Power Play (1982)]
  5. April Wine, “This Could Be the Right One” [Animal Grace (1984)]
  6. April Wine, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is a Vicious Game (Live)” [One for the Road (1985)]
  7. April Wine, “Rock Myself to Sleep” [Walking Through Fire (1985)]

Live segment: I Fight Dragons

  1. I Fight Dragons, “Intro” [Live at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL 12-21-2019]
  2. I Fight Dragons, “Save World Get Girl” [Live at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL 12-21-2019]
  3. I Fight Dragons, “Geeks Will Inherit the Earth” [Live at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL 12-21-2019]
  4. I Fight Dragons, “Cool Is Just a Number” [Live at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL 12-21-2019]
  5. Harry Harrison, “May You Always” [The Ultimate Christmas Album (1965/2001)]

And here’s the show:

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December 31, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 12-24-2023

Here’s the playlist for 12-24-2023, the first netcast from my new streaming computer, in which I broke my headphones and went an extra hour:

Hour 1

  1. The Zeros, “Beat Your Heart Out” [Don’t Push Me Around (1994)]
  2. Flamin’ Groovies, “End of the World” [Fantastic Plastic (2017)]
  3. The Armoires, “Music and Animals” [Music and Animals single (2023)]
  4. Lemmy Kilmister and Others, “Run Rudolph Run” [We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (2009)]
  5. Johnathan Pushkar, “Snoopy’s Christmas” [White Christmas (2019)]
  6. The Cinnamon Bear, “Professor Whiz” [OTR (1937)]
  7. Ted Leo, “I’m Looking Through You” [This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul (2005)]
  8. Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove, “Hotel California” [Twin Horses (2014)]
  9. Poison, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” [Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988)]

Hour 2

  1. Da Yoopers, “Rusty Chevrolet” [Holiday in Dementia (1995)]
  2. Nick Lowe, “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day” [Quality Street (2013)]
  3. Bob Dylan, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” [Christmas in the Heart (2009)]

Top 25 of 2023 (part four)

  1. Chris Stamey, “Back in New York” [The Great Escape (2023)] #10
  2. The New Pornographers, “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies” [Continue as a Guest (2023)] #9
  3. The Baseball Project, “Grand Salami Time” [Grand Salami Time! (2023)] #8
  4. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Do Rainbows Have Ends” [The Future Is Your Past (2023)] #7
  5. The Nude Party, “Ride On” [Rides On (2023)] #6

Tribute to Myles Goodwyn (part three)

  1. April Wine, “Don’t Push Me Around” [Stand Back (1975)]
  2. April Wine, “Cum Hear the Band” [Stand Back (1975)]
  3. April Wine, “Like a Lover Like a Song” [The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy (1976)]

Hour 3: Tribute to Myles Goodwyn, continued

  1. April Wine, The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy” [The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy (1976)]
  2. April Wine, “Tonight Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love (1977)]
  3. April Wine, “Roller” [First Glance (1978)]
  4. April Wine, “I Like to Rock” [Harder Faster (1979)]

Live segment: Christmas at the Patti (part two)

  1. Help Yourself with Deke Leonard and BJ Cole, “Eddie Waring” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  2. Man with Dave Edmunds and Stan Pfeiffer, “Life on the Road/Shuffle” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]

Hour 4 (An extra hour!)

  1. Stan Freberg, “Green Chri$tma$” [The Very Best of Stan Freberg (1958/1963)]
  2. Ryan McMaken, “How Capitalism Made Christmas a Holiday for Children” [Audio Mises Wire (2023)]
  3. Bob & Doug McKenzie, “Twelve Days of Christmas” [Great White North (1981)]
  4. Three Wise Men (a.k.a. XTC), “Countdown to Christmas Party Time” [Thanks for Christmas single (1983)]
  5. Billy Squier, “Christmas Is The Time to Say I Love You” [The Best Christmas Album in the World…Ever! (1982/2021)]
  6. Jethro Tull, “Christmas Song” [Living in the Past (1969/1972)]
  7. Greg Lake, “I Believe in Father Christmas” [I Believe in Father Christmas (1997/2017)]
  8. The Cinnamon Bear, “Fee Foo the Gentle Giant” [OTR (1937)]

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December 24, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 12-17-2023

Here’s the playlist for 12-17-2023, a show which I started late because of technical difficulties and had to reboot the streaming computer (I also ran overtime; apologies for that):

Hour 1

  1. The Kinks, “Destroyer” [Give the People What They Want (1981)]
  2. Status Quo, “Paper Plane” [Official Archive Series Vol. 2 (Live in London 2012) (2023)]
  3. Thin Lizzy, “The Rocker” [Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)]
  4. The J. Geils Band, “Christmas Wrapping” [Just Desserts: The Complete Waitresses (1982/2013)]
  5. The Cinnamon Bear, “Roly-Poly Policeman” [OTR (1937)]
  6. The Rolling Stones, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” [It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (1974)]
  7. Paul Butterfield Blues Band, “One More Heartache” [The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (1967)]

Hour 2

  1. R.E.M., “Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)” [Chronic Town EP (1981)]
  2. Slade, “Merry Xmas Everybody” [Now That’s What I Call Christmas (1973/2013)]
  3. Big Star, “Jesus Christ” [Complete Third (1978/2016)]

New Music Express

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, “Owl Song I” [Owl Song (2023)]
  2. Therion, “Meleficium” [Leviathan III (2023)]
  3. Graham Parker & The Goldtops Featuring The Ladybugs, “That’s Life (Live)” [Sun Valley EP (2023)]

Top 25 of 2023 (part three)

  1. The Nude Party, “Hard Times (All Around)” [Rides On (2023)] #15
  2. Nick Frater, “The Town of Opportunities Pt. 1 and Pt. 2” [Bivouac (2023)] #14
  3. Dolph Chaney, “Nice” [Mug (2023)] #13
  4. Graham Parker & The Goldtops, “It Mattered to Me” [Last Chance to Learn the Twist (2023)] #12
  5. The Feelies, “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together (Live)” [Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of The Velvet Underground (2023)] #11

Hour 3

  1. Three Wise Men (a.k.a. XTC), “Thanks for Christmas” [Single (1983)]
  2. Stan Freberg, “Christmas Dragnet (Parts 1 and 2)” [The Best of Stan Freberg (1953/1963)]

Tribute to Myles Goodwyn

  1. April Wine, “Weeping Widow” [Electric Jewels (1973)]
  2. April Wine, “Just Like That” [Electric Jewels (1973)]
  3. April Wine, “I’m on Fire for You Baby” [Live (1974)]
  4. April Wine, “Oowatanite” [Stand Back (1975)]

Live segment: Christmas at the Patti (part one)

  1. Flying Aces, “Welcome to the Party” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  2. Ducks Deluxe, “Boogaloo Babe” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  3. The Jets, “My Way” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  4. The Jets, “Jambalaya” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  5. Plum Crazy with Dave Edmunds, “Jingle Bells” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  6. Plum Crazy with Dave Edmunds, “Run Run Rudolph” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]
  7. Help Yourself with Deke Leonard and BJ Cole, “Mona” [Christmas at the Patti (1973)]

And here’s the show:

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December 17, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 12-10-2023

Here is the playlist for 12-10-2023, which was beset by technical difficulties in spite of my mclovin’ my Coinbase ETF distribution:

Hour 1

  1. Dressy Bessy, “It’s Not That Hard” [Fast Faster Disaster (2019)]
  2. Blue Ash, “Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?)” [No More No Less (1973)]
  3. The Jook, “King Capp” [45 RPM single (1973)]
  4. Joboxers, “She’s Got Sex” [Essential Boxerbeat (1983/2000)]
  5. Adam Sandler, “The Chanukah Song” [What the Hell Happened to Me? (1996)]
  6. The Cinnamon Bear, “Candy Pirates” [OTR (1937)]
  7. Dinosaur Jr., “Show Me the Way” [Fossils (1991)]
  8. Buzzcocks, “What Do I Get?” [Operator’s Manual: Buzzcocks Best (1979/1991)
  9. Placebo, “Nancy Boy (Radio Edit)” [Nancy Boy Pt. 1 (1996)]
  10. Led Zeppelin, “Fool in the Rain” [In Through the Out Door (1979)]

Hour 2

  1. The Toms, “Fake Christmas” [Single (2016)]
  2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” [Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)]

New Music Express

  1. The Killers, “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” [Rebel Diamonds (2023)]
  2. Health, “Hateful” [Rat Wars (2023)]
  3. Michael Nau, “Shiftshaping” [Accompany (2023)]
  4. Shplang, “Lay a Little Love on Me” [Thank You, Valued Customer (2023)]

Top 25 of 2023 (part two)

  1. The Flashcubes, “The Summer Sun” [Pop Masters (2023)] #20
  2. Yo La Tengo, “Tonight’s Episode” [This Stupid World (2023)] #19
  3. Foo Fighters, “Rescued” [But Here We Are (2023)] #18
  4. The Feelies, “I’m Waiting for the Man” [Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (2023)] #17
  5. Lucinda Williams, “Last Call for the Truth” [Stories from a Rock and Roll Heart (2023)] #16

Hour 3

  1. Black Sabbath, “E5150” [Mob Rules (1981)]
  2. Jona Lewie, “Stop the Calvary” [The Stiff Records Box Set (1980/1992)]
  3. Run DMC, “Christmas in Hollis” [Walk this Way (The Best Of) (1987/2010)]

Tribute to Myles Goodwyn (part one)

  1. April Wine, “Fast Train” [April Wine (1971)]
  2. April Wine, “You Could Have Been a Lady” [On Record (1972)]
  3. April Wine, “Bad Side of the Moon” [On Record (1972)]

Live segment: Hairy Larry

  1. Hairy Larry, “Noumenology” [Stream, 3-22-2022]
  2. Hairy Larry, “Low Earth Orbit” [Stream, 3-22-2022]

December 10, 2023 by Playlists 0

Playlist: 12-3-2023

Here’s the playlist for 12-3-2023, in which RDS_MUSIC left the IRC early, but I played The Cinnamon Bear anyway:

Hour 1

  1. Kim Fowley, “International Heroes” [International Heroes (1973)]
  2. Tommy Keene, “Going Out Again” [Ten Years After (1996)]
  3. Pere Ubu, “Modern Dance” [The Modern Dance (1978)]
  4. Raw Holly, “Love’s Made a Fool of You” [Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop (1971/2022)]
  5. The Brian Setzer Orchestra, “Jingle Bells” [Chirstmas Rocks: The Best of Collection (1996/2008)]
  6. Cosmo Topper, “Hippie Christmas” [IPO Volume 13 (2010)]
  7. The Cinnamon Bear, “Presto the Magician” [OTR (1937)]
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Brown Sugar” [Sticky Fingers (1971)]
  9. The Who, “Had Enough” [Who Are You (1978)]

Hour 2

  1. Dolph Chaney, “Do You Hear What I Hear” [Hippo Hollandaise (2008)]
  2. Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, “Let It Snow” [Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow single (2020)]

New Music Express

  1. Harp, “I Am the Seed” [Albion (2023)]
  2. Chase & Status, “Massive & Crew” [2 Ruff Vol. 1 (2023)]
  3. Robben Ford, “Anto’Nate’n’Tate” [Night in the City (Live) (2023)]
  4. Van Duren & Good Question, “A Man Would Be Crazy to Give Up All This (Live)” [Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis (2023)]
  5. Van Duren & Good Question, “The Love That I Love (Live)” [Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis (2023)]

Top 25 of 2023

  1. The Beatles, “Now and Then” [Now and Then single (2023)] #25
  2. Uriah Heep, “Save Me Tonight” [Chaos & Colour (2023)] #24
  3. Shonen Knife, “Mujinto Rock” [Our Best Place (2023)] #22
  4. Guided By Voices, “Ballroom Etiquette” [La La Land (2023)] #21
  5. Genesis, “The Carpet Crawlers (Live at the Lyceum Theater, London UK 1980)” [BBC Broadcasts (2023)] #20

Hour 3

  1. Cheap Trick, “Father Christmas” [Christmas Christmas (2017)]
    Tribute to Shane MacGowan
  2. The Pogues, “Dark Streets of London” [Red Roses for Me (1984)]
  3. The Pogues, “Streams of Whiskey” [Red Roses for Me (1984)]
  4. The Pogues, “A Pair of Brown Eyes” [Rum Sodomy & The Lash (1985)]
  5. The Pogues, “Sally MacLennane” [Rum Sodomy & The Lash (1985)]

Live segment: Scott Metzger

  1. Scott Metzger, “Aaron Stein Introduction” [Live at Freaks Day Out, Valentino Park, Brooklyn, NY 8-20-2022]
  2. Scott Metzger, “Mercury Blues” [Live at Freaks Day Out, Valentino Park, Brooklyn, NY 8-20-2022]
  3. Scott Metzger, “Wichita Lineman” [Live at Freaks Day Out, Valentino Park, Brooklyn, NY 8-20-2022]
December 3, 2023 by Playlists 0