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1. Song
   Artist

2. Havalina

   They Might Be Giants

   Quite a tribute to the Pixies

   [asa]B00626MNC4[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Squeals Of Enjoyment

   Dirty Poodle

   Best song about Fee Ave. pool ever

5. Badaboom

   Tapes ‘N Tapes

   I see what they did there

   [asa]B004EZ3AKY[/asa]

   

6. Simple Girl

   Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

   Delightfully not simple

   [asa]B005342QXC[/asa]

   

7. Waterbed

   Drink Me

   Keep the heater running

   [asa]B001A3CMK2[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Dancing Barefoot

   Johnette Napolitano

   By request!

10. Goody Two Shoes

    Adam Ant

    Can’t resist the beat

    [asa]B00136RUCQ[/asa]

    

11. Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home

    Scissors For Lefty

    Where are you, guys?

    [asa]B001U3JNKO[/asa]

    

12. She Don’t Use Jelly

    The Flaming Lips

    Gotta let that scratchy ending play out

    [asa]B001MCKLG8[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Wasted & Ready

    Ben Kweller

    Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti

    [asa]B005ST0DIM[/asa]

    

15. Spirits in the Material World

    The Police

    Sprits inside my cereal bowl

    [asa]B000W297LE[/asa]

    

16. Lost Weekend

    Art Brut

    Eddie Argos’ inimitable style

    [asa]B004XRMD4C[/asa]

    

17. Checkout Time

    Nick Lowe

    Like an English cowboy

    [asa]B005EV9GT6[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Ageless

    Pat Appleton

    Also, timeless

    [asa]B000WQBL0U[/asa]

    

20. Crown On The Ground

    Sleigh Bells

    Noisy as a swamp

    [asa]B003P72KGC[/asa]

    

21. Look Around You

    I Am The World Trade Center

    Missing their disco

    [asa]B000QZQT1S[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. Crystal Queen

    East River Pipe

    Very NYC

    [asa]B000VP94UG[/asa]

    

24. Scary Monster

    Bubble

    Obviously, tribute to Split Enz

25. Disko-Tech (feat. Ms. G)

    Ursula 1000

    Now. We dance.

    [asa]B005CHGPVE[/asa]

    

26. Queen B

    Marine Research

    So relentlessly twee

    [asa]B0013D86CW[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. Rewrite

    Paul Simon

    Is that somewhat Asian sounding to you?

    [asa]B004V7EXO2[/asa]

    

29. Wave Of Mutilation (Purple Tape Version)

    Pixies

    A refreshing alternate version for one of my all-time faves

    [asa]B000068TZY[/asa]

    

30. Pathways

    Ocote Soul Sounds

    Bring me more afrobeat

    [asa]B004TKG0LU[/asa]

    

31. The Coming Days

    Hello Echo

    Again with the drama

    [asa]B0040I9U9K[/asa]

    

32. BREAK

33. Garbageman

    The Cramps

    Do you understand?

    [asa]B001B6J6WA[/asa]

    

34. Sweet Honey Catalina

    Solyoni

    Charmingly off-tune

    [asa]B000JCEYQU[/asa]

    

35. De Momento Abril

    La Bien Querida

    Nice handclaps

    [asa]B004JFBKDS[/asa]

    

36. Ready To Wear

    Willie Wisely

    Twist with Willie!

    [asa]B000QR3IN8[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. My Room Has A T.V.

    Thingy

    A bit of a coffee jingle in the middle

    [asa]B000QQWKDS[/asa]

    

39. The Jingle Swing

    Bigott

    The Spanish Tom Waits?

40. Ffunny Ffriends

    Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    From Portlandia

    [asa]B0053WO0RY[/asa]

    

41. Banho de Bucha

    Garotas Suecas

    Swedish … girls? Hookers?

    [asa]B006DIRT3O[/asa]

    

42. BREAK

43. Kounandi

    Los Chicharrons

    Moar afrobeats!

    [asa]B004KMD0HY[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Superman

   Zoobombs

   Not Ultraman, mind you.

   [asa]B004X97BLU[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. No One Likes Superman Anymore

   I Fight Dragons

   Hard to agree, but there you go.

   [asa]B003HBLFAS[/asa]

   

5. Batman

   Manatees

   The one and only dun-nuh-nuh-nuh

   [asa]B000QQWJEI[/asa]

   

6. Superlady

   Stereo Total

   Yeah, what she said

7. Ring Capacity

   Kirby Krackle

   Green Lantern nerdism supreme

   [asa]B003C32A3C[/asa]

   

8. DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

   Art Brut

   I can see the appeal

   [asa]B002777GWY[/asa]

   

9. BREAK

10. Bat Man Bud Light

    James Kochalka Superstar

    Even Batman needs to relax now and then.

11. Sunshine Superman

    Sugarman Three

    Update on Donovan

    [asa]B000R02M2M[/asa]

    

12. X-Man

    Sonny Smith

    All the damn time

13. Nightcrawlin’

    Adam Warrock

    Speaking of X-Men..

14. Evil Plot To Blow Up Batman

    Neal Hefti And His Orchestra

    Music from the sewers

    [asa]B001L5JYL4[/asa]

    

15. BREAK

16. Spec

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

17. BREAK

18. Superman

    Lazlo Bane

    As heard on Scrubs

    [asa]B000X0ADS6[/asa]

    

19. Mycelium

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

20. BREAK

21. Superman

    Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

    Crunchy little superman

    [asa]B000008GKW[/asa]

22. Cheeseburger Cheeseburger

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

23. BREAK

24. Superman

    Uptown Sinclair

    Dave Hill is a funny man

    [asa]B0014DI5W2[/asa]

    

25. UKO

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

26. BREAK

27. Superman (Spanish version)

    Cinerama

    Muy especial

    [asa]B000R01BLA[/asa]

    

28. The Mount

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

29. Someone’s Floating

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

30. BREAK

31. Superman

    R.E.M.

    Reminds me of Virginia

    [asa]B005800DFO[/asa]

    

32. Cockroach Spray

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

33. BREAK

34. Superman I

    Brighter Days

    [asa]B00391PWZK[/asa]

    

35. Hey You

    Busk Robble Robble

    Live from WFIT Studios

36. BREAK

37. Batman Theme

    The Flaming Lips

    Smash and grab!

38. Scat Sandwich

    Space Ghost, Brak, And Zorak

    Delicious… I think

    [asa]B000009NJA[/asa]

39. Pattycake

    Self

    By request from dbusker

    [asa]B0032VLYZE[/asa]

    

:: 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!

   [asa]B00006JCG8[/asa]

3. She’s So Blonde

   Illinois

   Bluegrass with a bad attitude

   [asa]B00265SB6M[/asa]

4. Young Lawyer

   French Kicks

   From Brooklyn via Washington DC

   [asa]B000053F7Z[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Riverside Drive

   Gachupín

   Featuring Tony Maimone

   [asa]B000QBYCJ8[/asa]

7. Number One Spy

   Syd Dale

   More suave spyness

   [asa]B000EEE3V4[/asa]

8. Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

   The Plugz

   Off the fertile Repo Man soundtrack

   [asa]B000002PF7[/asa]

9. Gumpstumper

   Ben Vaughn

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

   [asa]B0000048E5[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. Sir Prize

    The Starlight Mints

    Let’s have some violins.

    [asa]B00004WFJC[/asa]

12. Chump

    Igmo

    More violins!

13. Hey Hey La La

    Vells

    Psychedelic motown?

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

14. Eyes Adjust to Light

    Irving

    Who wouldn’t circle back to see Willie Nelson?

    [asa]B00006LPQF[/asa]

15. BREAK

16. Weirdo

    Five-Eight

    Mike Mantione holds no punches

    [asa]B000008FMU[/asa]

17. The Model

    Kraftwerk

    Soothing German minimalism

    [asa]B000002GYI[/asa]

18. Housewife’s Choice

    The Determinations

    Revisiting a standard

    [asa]B000005HPR[/asa]

19. DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

    Art Brut

    Hard to beat the Brut.

    [asa]B001UGISGQ[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. Happy Up Here

    Royksopp

    Shiny happy music

    [asa]B001TIQTJS[/asa]

:: The English Beat ::

Long before Hammertime, there was “Ranking Full Stop.” Still the superior product, in my opinion. And Brak always cracks me up, but your mileage may vary.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Brak, Christian Zimmerman, Combustible Edison, Dan Hicks, English Beat, Los Lobos, Metal Molly, Mexican Institute of Sound, Os Mutantes, Simian Mobile Disco, The Wrens, Vells, Ween

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

   [asa]B00005NOZD[/asa]

3. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

   [asa]B000PSJCLK[/asa]

4. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

   [asa]B00000344C[/asa]

5. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

6. BREAK

7. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

   [asa]B000002LRZ[/asa]

8. Napiers

   The Wrens

   Shards of sonic glass

   [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

9. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

   Dan Hicks

   Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

   [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

10. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

    [asa]B002E0S5X8[/asa]

11. BREAK

12. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

    [asa]B00015BIXW[/asa]

13. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

    [asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]

14. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

    [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

15. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

16. BREAK

17. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

    [asa]B00000053V[/asa]

18. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

    [asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]

19. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

    [asa]B000CQQHQI[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. Cadillac

    Combustible Edison

    From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

    [asa]B0000035G8[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Cadillac

   Combustible Edison

   From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

   [asa]B0000035G8[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

   [asa]B00005NOZD[/asa]

5. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

   [asa]B000PSJCLK[/asa]

6. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

   [asa]B00000344C[/asa]

7. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

8. BREAK

9. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

   [asa]B000002LRZ[/asa]

10. Napiers

    The Wrens

    Shards of sonic glass

    [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

11. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

    Dan Hicks

    Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

    [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

12. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

    [asa]B002E0S5X8[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

    [asa]B00015BIXW[/asa]

15. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

    [asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]

16. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

    [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

17. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

    [asa]B00000053V[/asa]

20. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

    [asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]

21. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

    [asa]B000CQQHQI[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. The Rabbit

    Bishop Allen

    My current favorite band

    [asa]B000RGSOCS[/asa]

24. Ingrata

    Café Tacuba

    Happy fun music… if you don’t speak Spanish

    [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

25. Fly Away Little Butterfly

    The Red Elvises

    Six String Samurai — watch and wonder

    [asa]B00000AEQ2[/asa]

26. Two Beats Off

    Fugazi

    Hard to get harder than Fugazi

    [asa]B000000JO7[/asa]

27. BREAK

28. Zombie Part 2

    Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

    The Fela classic, reheated

    [asa]B00006LWSB[/asa]

29. Variation One

    Stereolab

    Unmistakably boopy

    [asa]B0002XEDYE[/asa]

30. Sun Gone Down

    House of Freaks

    A band tragically interrupted

    [asa]B0002LQUNS[/asa]

31. Shake Yer Mop

    Nevada Bachelors

    !(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

    [asa]B00004S7MG[/asa]

32. BREAK

33. Victoria

    The Kinks

    Kinks and queens.

    [asa]B000002KON[/asa]

34. Edward II

    Julia P. Hersheimer

    Haunting music from the Low Countries

35. Come Back To Me

    Chang Siao Ying

    From the Asian Takeaway compilation

    [asa]B00005Y8RA[/asa]

36. BREAK

37. Lust For Life

    Iggy Pop

    A classic. Indubitably.

    [asa]B0009275M0[/asa]

38. Everything Oscillates

    The Negatones

    Oopsy!

    [asa]B000CA990A[/asa]

39. Peaches

    The Presidents of The United States of America

    It’s peaches’ last gasp

    [asa]B0018PJESU[/asa]

40. Tonight

    Koop

    Swinging in 5/4

    [asa]B000069B0U[/asa]

41. BREAK

42. Sidi Mansour

    Sir Richard Bishop

    I hear he plays weddings, too.

    [asa]B0024O9LM8[/asa]

Asylum Street Spankers

Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Besh O Drom, Cass McCombs, Five-Eight, Fountains Of Wayne, French Kicks, Gachupín, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Hissanol, Igmo, Illinois, Irving, Jarvis Cocker, Kraftwerk, Micachu & The Shapes, Snuff, Super Furry Animals, Syd Dale, The Cops, The Determinations, The Go, The Low Frequency In Stereo, The Plugz, The Starlight Mints, The Thermals, Vells, We Barbarians, a.k.a:RUDIE, aMiniature

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Oliver’s Army

   a.k.a:RUDIE

   It got Elvis Costello banned from Saturday Night Live

3. BREAK

4. Hiker Atlas

   aMiniature

   Jagged

   [asa]B000003BJV[/asa]

5. It’s Epidemic

   The Cops

   More jaggedness

   [asa]B000W7Y2IW[/asa]

6. That’s That

   Cass McCombs

   Low and rumbling

   [asa]B000VFGQBQ[/asa]

7. Leave The Biker

   Fountains Of Wayne

   A classic

   [asa]B000002JX0[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Are ‘Friends’ Electric?

   Gary Numan/Tubeway Army

   Courtesy of RXTL’s Soup Is Good Food

   [asa]B000006NTM[/asa]

10. You Go Bangin On

    The Go

    Detroit Garage deluxxe

    [asa]B000ROAARW[/asa]

11. Den Den

    Snuff

    British! Japanese!

    [asa]B0007WQBDG[/asa]

12. Sweet ‘n Sour

    Hissanol

    Transatlantic postal project with the Netherlands

    [asa]B000000FAE[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Angela

    Jarvis Cocker

    Pulp vocalist’s new solo effort

    [asa]B001VE2B2E[/asa]

15. Texas Fox

    The Low Frequency In Stereo

    Norwegian champions of relenticity.

    [asa]B001PNDMVA[/asa]

16. Yesmen and Bumsuckers

    We Barbarians

    Doomy gloomy irresistible

17. Román Swing

    Besh O Drom

    You haven’t heard the theme to Mission Impossible until you’ve heard it with clarinet and cimbalom.

18. BREAK

19. Vulture

    Micachu & The Shapes

    So weird and delicious

    [asa]B001R3YJ10[/asa]

20. Pric

    Super Furry Animals

    Highly recommended

    [asa]B001YHSB8G[/asa]

21. Now We Can See

    The Thermals

    Unmistakable

    [asa]B001T46UIW[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. Antifreeze

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Hey, Jesus Lizard reference!

    [asa]B00006JCG8[/asa]

24. She’s So Blonde

    Illinois

    Bluegrass with a bad attitude

    [asa]B00265SB6M[/asa]

25. Young Lawyer

    French Kicks

    From Brooklyn via Washington DC

    [asa]B000053F7Z[/asa]

26. BREAK

27. Riverside Drive

    Gachupín

    Featuring Tony Maimone

    [asa]B000QBYCJ8[/asa]

28. Number One Spy

    Syd Dale

    More suave spyness

    [asa]B000EEE3V4[/asa]

29. Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

    The Plugz

    Off the fertile Repo Man soundtrack

    [asa]B000002PF7[/asa]

30. Gumpstumper

    Ben Vaughn

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

    [asa]B0000048E5[/asa]

31. BREAK

32. Sir Prize

    The Starlight Mints

    Let’s have some violins.

    [asa]B00004WFJC[/asa]

33. Chump

    Igmo

    More violins!

34. Hey Hey La La

    Vells

    Psychedelic motown?

    [asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]

35. Eyes Adjust to Light

    Irving

    Who wouldn’t circle back to see Willie Nelson?

    [asa]B00006LPQF[/asa]

36. BREAK

37. Weirdo

    Five-Eight

    Mike Mantione holds no punches

    [asa]B000008FMU[/asa]

38. The Model

    Kraftwerk

    Soothing German minimalism

    [asa]B000002GYI[/asa]

39. Housewife’s Choice

    The Determinations

    Revisiting a standard

    [asa]B000005HPR[/asa]

40. DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

    Art Brut

    Hard to beat the Brut.

    [asa]B001UGISGQ[/asa]