:: The Plugz ::

No further news on that Repo Man sequel, although I haven’t really been looking. This one’s a bit of a head-spinner, so lock down your swivel chairs.

In this episode: Eat Static, Elvis Costello, Jim Noir, Kevin Seconds, Late BP Helium, Oranger, Ozric Tentacles, Rocket From The Crypt, Scruffy The Cat, The Mekons, The Plugz, The Postal Service, Tom Lehrer, Torpedo Boyz, Ultrababyfat, aMiniature

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1. Song
   Artist

2. El Clavo Y La Cruz

   The Plugz

   From the Repo Man soundtrack

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3. Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

   Tom Lehrer

   Deee-lightful for these balmy spring days

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4. Crooked in the Weird of the Catacombs

   Oranger

   San Francisco hippie rock, according to Dr. Zoltan

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5. BREAK

6. Vedavox

   Ozric Tentacles

   Moog jam band

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7. Love Truncheon

   Eat Static

   Featuring members of Ozric Tentacles

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8. Any Trash Professor Abacus?

   Torpedo Boyz

   I don’t know WTF to say about this.

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9. BREAK

10. Such Great Heights

    The Postal Service

    Such great songwriting

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11. My Patch

    Jim Noir

    Dig that Noir sound, and the Beach Boys bridge is a bonus

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12. Shadow Boy

    Scruffy The Cat

    An old favorite from Boston

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13. BREAK

14. Chantilly Face

    Rocket From The Crypt

    With a little help from the Big Bopper

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15. Physical Climber

    aMiniature

    I’m floored by the dueling guitars

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16. A Random Thought

    Kevin Seconds

    Frontman for 7 Seconds

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17. BREAK

18. What He Said

    Ultrababyfat

    With Britta Phillips of Luna

19. The Weeping Soul

    Late BP Helium

    Bryan Poole of Of Montreal

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20. Blame It on Cain

    Elvis Costello

    A classic tour-de-force

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21. BREAK

22. Wild and Blue

    The Mekons

    Very off-the-cuff version of an old John Anderson waltz

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