:: Asylum Street Spankers ::

The Spankers always score points for obscure musical references.

In this episode: Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Five-Eight, French Kicks, Gachupín, Igmo, Illinois, Irving, Kraftwerk, Royksopp, Syd Dale, The Determinations, The Plugz, The Starlight Mints, Vells

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Antifreeze

   Asylum Street Spankers

   Hey, Jesus Lizard reference!

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3. She’s So Blonde

   Illinois

   Bluegrass with a bad attitude

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4. Young Lawyer

   French Kicks

   From Brooklyn via Washington DC

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5. BREAK

6. Riverside Drive

   Gachupín

   Featuring Tony Maimone

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7. Number One Spy

   Syd Dale

   More suave spyness

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8. Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

   The Plugz

   Off the fertile Repo Man soundtrack

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9. Gumpstumper

   Ben Vaughn

   I need to play some stuff from his Rambler ’65 album

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10. BREAK

11. Sir Prize

    The Starlight Mints

    Let’s have some violins.

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12. Chump

    Igmo

    More violins!

13. Hey Hey La La

    Vells

    Psychedelic motown?

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14. Eyes Adjust to Light

    Irving

    Who wouldn’t circle back to see Willie Nelson?

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15. BREAK

16. Weirdo

    Five-Eight

    Mike Mantione holds no punches

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17. The Model

    Kraftwerk

    Soothing German minimalism

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18. Housewife’s Choice

    The Determinations

    Revisiting a standard

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19. DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

    Art Brut

    Hard to beat the Brut.

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20. BREAK

21. Happy Up Here

    Royksopp

    Shiny happy music

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