:: Mariachi El Bronx ::

I’ve just about played out this Mariachi El Bronx record, which is a real shame. ¡Mas canciones!

In this episode: Bis, Brazilian Girls, Clint Mansell, DJ Dolores vs. Taraf de Haïdouks, Gogol Bordello, Gossip, Man Man, Marc Ribot, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mastretta, My Morning Jacket, Petty Booka, The Bronx, The Jazz Butcher, These United States

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Silver Or Lead

   The Bronx

   Nice time signature changes

   [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

3. Dumbala Dumba

   DJ Dolores vs. Taraf de Haïdouks

   Minimalist as always

4. Doo Right

   Man Man

   Tragic

   [asa]B0014DC00A[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Dimestore Diamond

   Gossip

   From their forthcoming album

   [asa]B0027VSTCG[/asa]

7. La Verdad (Featuring Rubi)

   Mastretta

   Feeling Spanish and cinematic

   [asa]B00006BTE3[/asa]

8. I Want You To Keep Everything

   These United States

   Sounding a lot like Tom Petty, hmmmm…

   [asa]B002EP8U2E[/asa]

9. BREAK

10. Piranas Are A Very Tricky Species

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    One of the best soundtracks ever

    [asa]B00000HZPY[/asa]

11. The Tide Is High

    Petty Booka

    How can they be resisted?

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

12. Lowdown

    My Morning Jacket

    Jim Jame’s unmistakable silo howl

    [asa]B00005IBZT[/asa]

13. She’s on Drugs

    The Jazz Butcher

    She can dance!

    [asa]B000S17E8W[/asa]

14. BREAK

15. Sweatshop

    Brazilian Girls

    Slow and flowing, and an awful lot like Stereolab

    [asa]B000GPIPHE[/asa]

16. My Strange Uncles From Abroad

    Gogol Bordello

    Those rowdy Ukranians

    [asa]B000RGSOI2[/asa]

17. Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Marc Ribot

    Can you parse the sparseness?

    [asa]B00005NSQW[/asa]

18. Detour

    Bis

    Scottish? Indeed

    [asa]B00000JZQA[/asa]

19. BREAK

20. Welcome To Lunar Industries

    Clint Mansell

    From the soundtrack to Moon

    [asa]B002FG9NLY[/asa]

:: Tiny Masters of Today ::

How do the Tiny Masters of Today get away with it? Don’t they have homework to do or something?

In this episode: Apples In Stereo, Bishop Allen, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Café Tacuba, Elvis Hitler, Gaëtano Fabri vs. Koçani Orkestar, John Zorn, Ken Nordine, Los Straitjackets, Manu Chao, Mike Doughty, Petty Booka, Quintron, Solex, The Photon Band, Tiny Masters Of Today, Trabant

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Real Good

   Tiny Masters Of Today

   Bratty-licious

   [asa]B00284G2KI[/asa]

3. Laughing Owl

   John Zorn

   Zorn + Groovy = WTF

   [asa]B0029S3D5K[/asa]

4. That’s Something I Do

   Apples In Stereo

   The loudest band tonight

   [asa]B00006L3I8[/asa]

5. A World Without Love

   Blue Skies For Black Hearts

   Bring on the jing and jangle.

   [asa]B0018BA6XG[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. La Locomotora

   Café Tacuba

   Again with the Mexican stuff

   [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

8. Siki, Siki Baba

   Gaëtano Fabri vs. Koçani Orkestar

   Hypnotic Turkish madness

9. Have You No Shame, Girl?

   Solex

   Dutch, natch

   [asa]B00005NGZ4[/asa]

10. Rosey

    Ken Nordine

    Some more Color Man for the fans

    [asa]B000001PAI[/asa]

11. BREAK

12. Sophisticated Hula

    Petty Booka

    Do your hula dips!

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

13. Abe Lincoln

    Bishop Allen

    From their October 2006 EP

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

14. Green Haze, Pt. 1 & 2

    Elvis Hitler

    Disgraceland is still one of the best album names ever.

    [asa]B000008FDA[/asa]

15. Sleepwalk

    Los Straitjackets

    ¡En vivo!

    [asa]B000003NPN[/asa]

16. BREAK

17. See What I See

    The Photon Band

    The indestructible Photon Band

    [asa]B00004W5D9[/asa]

18. Desaparecido

    Manu Chao

    Cuando me encuantran, ya no soy

    [asa]B000026I8U[/asa]

19. Caveman 5000

    Quintron

    Live and lethal

    [asa]B00000GBR9[/asa]

20. Enter Spacebar

    Trabant

    Icelandic magic

    [asa]B000063CM2[/asa]

21. BREAK

22. Train to Chicago

    Mike Doughty

    Live in Minneapolis

    [asa]B000J2CSQ8[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Dazed And Chinese

   Bongwater

   What? GI Joe?

   [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Propane

   The Wrens

   Intriguing and introductory

   [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

5. Soon

   Japancakes

   One of the best songs ever

   [asa]B000UTOQPG[/asa]

6. Dreamstate in the Mainframe

   The Anubian Lights

   The only music allowed in my isolation tank

   [asa]B00020PUUS[/asa]

7. BREAK

8. Ponerte En Cuatro

   Los Amigos Invisibles

   From the land of Chavez!

   [asa]B0000CC836[/asa]

9. Felt Like a Dream

   Applesaucer

   Members now in the Lovemakers

   [asa]B00000IJJP[/asa]

10. Miracle Medicine

    Jason Falkner

    Maestro on the four-track

    [asa]B00005AVO9[/asa]

11. BREAK

12. I Love You, Hipster Darling

    The Awkward Stage

    So terribly hipster sad.

    [asa]B000I2J7JA[/asa]

13. Just Because It’s Dying

    Jenny Toomey

    A Franklin Bruno gem

    [asa]B00006JNGH[/asa]

14. One Wild Moment

    Stereolab

    From the Pastels tribute album

    [asa]B0000241BQ[/asa]

15. Click, Click, Click, Click

    Bishop Allen

    Inefctious

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

16. BREAK

17. Rien Venir

    La Ruda Salska

    It’s in French — don’t ask me!

    [asa]B00004USJJ[/asa]

18. Surf Machine

    Spot 1019

    Gnarly gnarly gnarly

    [asa]B000008L1T[/asa]

19. Our Happiness is Guaranteed

    Quasi

    Scratch that, this one is one of the best ever.

    [asa]B0000065H5[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. Silver Or Lead

    The Bronx

    Nice time signature changes

    [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

22. Dumbala Dumba

    DJ Dolores vs. Taraf de Haïdouks

    Minimalist as always

23. Doo Right

    Man Man

    Tragic

    [asa]B0014DC00A[/asa]

24. BREAK

25. Dimestore Diamond

    Gossip

    From their forthcoming album

    [asa]B0027VSTCG[/asa]

26. La Verdad (Featuring Rubi)

    Mastretta

    Feeling Spanish and cinematic

    [asa]B00006BTE3[/asa]

27. I Want You To Keep Everything

    These United States

    Sounding a lot like Tom Petty, hmmmm…

    [asa]B002EP8U2E[/asa]

28. BREAK

29. Piranas Are A Very Tricky Species

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    One of the best soundtracks ever

    [asa]B00000HZPY[/asa]

30. The Tide Is High

    Petty Booka

    How can they be resisted?

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

31. Lowdown

    My Morning Jacket

    Jim Jame’s unmistakable silo howl

    [asa]B00005IBZT[/asa]

32. She’s on Drugs

    The Jazz Butcher

    She can dance!

    [asa]B000S17E8W[/asa]

33. BREAK

34. Sweatshop

    Brazilian Girls

    Slow and flowing, and an awful lot like Stereolab

    [asa]B000GPIPHE[/asa]

35. My Strange Uncles From Abroad

    Gogol Bordello

    Those rowdy Ukranians

    [asa]B000RGSOI2[/asa]

36. Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Marc Ribot

    Can you parse the sparseness?

    [asa]B00005NSQW[/asa]

37. Detour

    Bis

    Scottish? Indeed

    [asa]B00000JZQA[/asa]

38. BREAK

39. Welcome To Lunar Industries

    Clint Mansell

    From the soundtrack to Moon

    [asa]B002FG9NLY[/asa]

Hover over a track to view notes and links

1. Song
   Artist

2. Train to Chicago

   Mike Doughty

   Live in Minneapolis

   [asa]B000J2CSQ8[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Real Good

   Tiny Masters Of Today

   Bratty-licious

   [asa]B00284G2KI[/asa]

5. Laughing Owl

   John Zorn

   Zorn + Groovy = WTF

   [asa]B0029S3D5K[/asa]

6. That’s Something I Do

   Apples In Stereo

   The loudest band tonight

   [asa]B00006L3I8[/asa]

7. A World Without Love

   Blue Skies For Black Hearts

   Bring on the jing and jangle.

   [asa]B0018BA6XG[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. La Locomotora

   Café Tacuba

   Again with the Mexican stuff

   [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

10. Siki, Siki Baba

    Gaëtano Fabri vs. Koçani Orkestar

    Hypnotic Turkish madness

11. Have You No Shame, Girl?

    Solex

    Dutch, natch

    [asa]B00005NGZ4[/asa]

12. Rosey

    Ken Nordine

    Some more Color Man for the fans

    [asa]B000001PAI[/asa]

13. BREAK

14. Sophisticated Hula

    Petty Booka

    Do your hula dips!

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

15. Abe Lincoln

    Bishop Allen

    From their October 2006 EP

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

16. Green Haze, Pt. 1 & 2

    Elvis Hitler

    Disgraceland is still one of the best album names ever.

    [asa]B000008FDA[/asa]

17. Sleepwalk

    Los Straitjackets

    ¡En vivo!

    [asa]B000003NPN[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. See What I See

    The Photon Band

    The indestructible Photon Band

    [asa]B00004W5D9[/asa]

20. Desaparecido

    Manu Chao

    Cuando me encuantran, ya no soy

    [asa]B000026I8U[/asa]

21. Caveman 5000

    Quintron

    Live and lethal

    [asa]B00000GBR9[/asa]

22. Enter Spacebar

    Trabant

    Icelandic magic

    [asa]B000063CM2[/asa]

23. BREAK

24. Something Better

    Pietasters

    Ancient by now, but the song still stands

    [asa]B000000FU8[/asa]

25. Shame

    The Avett Brothers

    Some old Avett Bros. before I’m consumed by the new one

    [asa]B000OZ2CLQ[/asa]

26. Te Manu Pukarua

    Poi Dog Pondering

    Hawaii Ho!

    [asa]B0000027FY[/asa]

27. Deliver the Stuff

    Jason Trachtenburg

    I make more in my lunch break than you make in 15 days

    [asa]B00004Y6OD[/asa]

28. BREAK

29. Don’t Wanna Talk

    Brendan Benson

    Detroit pop city

    [asa]B002F3BQDK[/asa]

30. One Half Laughing

    Aislers Set

    Delightfully noisy

    [asa]B00004TDNU[/asa]

31. Mongoloid

    Devo

    From the Moog Soundtrack

    [asa]B0002XEDYE[/asa]

32. Mrs. Lady Lady

    Ui

    Complicated, undulating

    [asa]B00009NHC8[/asa]

33. BREAK

34. Litigation

    The Bronx

    Maybe some older Bronx next week?

    [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

35. Kabaluere

    Antonio Carlos & Jocafi

    Black Rio!

    [asa]B00005Y2K7[/asa]

36. Riacho Do Navio

    Forro In The Dark

    From the northern part of Brazil

    [asa]B000IFQLQE[/asa]

37. Jackie Chan Is A Punk Rocker

    Heavy Vegetable

    A convoluted disaster

    [asa]B000000SX9[/asa]

38. BREAK

39. Bye, Bye Baby

    Janis Joplin

    For the leaving peoples

    [asa]B00000K2W1[/asa]

40. Sleep Deprivation

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Get the apes on the dancefloor

    [asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]

41. Water Damage

    Rah Brahs

    What is to be known about them?

42. Chariots Of The Sales Gods

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Not obscure enough, is it.

43. BREAK

44. Heavy Heavy Heavy

    Geraldo Pine

    Afrobeat Forever

:: M.I.S. ::

I’ve been plumbing the discography of Mexican Institute of Sound for the last few months… it’s interesting to me to hear what comes out of a childhood of Esquivel-soundtracked TV shows.

In this episode: Arling + Cameron, DeVotchKa, Ken Nordine, Kitty In The Tree, Klark Kent, Latin Playboys, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Mats / Morgan, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Petty Booka, Smugglers, Still Flyin, The Bronx, The Wrens, Tiny Masters Of Today

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Alocatel

   Mexican Institute Of Sound

   Soy Sauce — soy bomb!

   [asa]B001T46UD2[/asa]

3. El Matador

   Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

   As heard on Gross Pointe Blank

   [asa]B000002DRM[/asa]

4. Viva La Raza

   Latin Playboys

   Quite the supergroup

   [asa]B000002MPK[/asa]

5. Sleepwalking

   The Bronx

   featuring David Hidalgo, of Los Lobos

   [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. Together

   Kitty In The Tree

   NYC Pop superstars

   [asa]B00004TQXA[/asa]

8. Don’t Care

   Klark Kent

   If you don’t like my arrogance, you can suck my socks.

   [asa]B000008OIT[/asa]

9. Bimi Mix

   Arling + Cameron

   Music for eating potato chips

   [asa]B00005AQKO[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. Follow The Itinerary

    Still Flyin

    Sloppy and loving it

    [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

12. Basso Profundo

    DeVotchKa

    From the Balkan wilderness of Denver

    [asa]B0012IWHR8[/asa]

13. Rosie

    Smugglers

    From Canadia!

    [asa]B00003JAEW[/asa]

14. BREAK

15. Pop Chart

    Tiny Masters Of Today

    The kids are alright

    [asa]B00284G2KI[/asa]

16. Darlin’ Darlin’

    The Wrens

    Noisy, insistent

    [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

17. Green

    Ken Nordine

    Magnificent spectrum of poetry

    [asa]B000001PAI[/asa]

18. Etage

    Mats / Morgan

    Live madness for Dr. Zoltan and Crazy Nate

    [asa]B00005Y0P1[/asa]

19. BREAK

20. Tiki Torches At Twilight

    Petty Booka

    The original by David Lindley

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

:: Devo ::

Nothing says Friday better than Devo’s “Clockout.” Mind the weird stuff in the middle, sequester the little ones if you have to.

In this episode: Devo, Fishbone, Half-Handed Cloud, Junior Brown, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Melvins, Moog Cookbook, Movits, Petty Booka, Plastilina Mosh vs Tonino Carotone y chalo de Volován, Ramsey Lewis, Ravi Harris And The Prophets, Tenderloin, The Ass Baboons Of Venus, The Bronx, The Flamin’ Groovies, The Oranges Band, The Wrens, They Might Be Giants, Thinking Fellers Union Local #282, Winterbrief, Zzzz

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Clockout

   Devo

   Going waaaay back

   [asa]B000784WN6[/asa]

3. There’s A Place

   The Flamin’ Groovies

   A classic in many ways!

   [asa]B000005JAV[/asa]

4. To Love Like The Father & Son Love Each Other

   Half-Handed Cloud

   Fractured and dream-like

   [asa]B001LHR7JI[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Narrow Your Eyes

   They Might Be Giants

   From Apollo 18

   [asa]B000002HA4[/asa]

7. …Fast Tvärtom

   Movits

   Loping and staggering

   [asa]B001GO09P0[/asa]

8. Clown Powder

   The Bronx

   Mas! Mas!

   [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

9. BREAK

10. My Pal the Tortoise

    Thinking Fellers Union Local #282

    By request for Harry Anslinger!

    [asa]B0000036T8[/asa]

11. Dakota

    The Wrens

    Silver is one of my all-time favorite albums

    [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

12. Heard It On The X

    Tenderloin

    You heard it here

    [asa]B000005JCG[/asa]

13. Nipple Rocket Revenge

    The Ass Baboons Of Venus

    That was… uncomfortable

    [asa]B00006FSTM[/asa]

14. BREAK

15. A Selection

    Fishbone

    Frenetic and frivolous

    [asa]B00000266X[/asa]

16. It’s Shoved

    Melvins

    Are you thretened?

    [asa]B000001BDH[/asa]

17. Surfer Calavera

    Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

    It’s a haphazard hash from Hargentina

    [asa]B000005MIG[/asa]

18. BREAK

19. North Carolina

    The Oranges Band

    So wistful.

    [asa]B00008V5Z2[/asa]

20. Forget It

    Zzzz

    Eccentric klezpunk

    [asa]B0007NMJJA[/asa]

21. La Sirenita

    Plastilina Mosh vs Tonino Carotone y chalo de Volován

    From “Y Tu Mama Tambien”

    [asa]B000060P7L[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

    Petty Booka

    Hoka muka puku wahi tini

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

24. Do What You Wanna

    Ramsey Lewis

    Shouts and handclaps

    [asa]B0000ACAOI[/asa]

25. Me And P St. Beach

    Winterbrief

    Let me take you closer to paradise

    [asa]B001238PLU[/asa]

26. Lovely Hula Hands

    Junior Brown

    Part of our Hawaii booken d

    [asa]B000AQ04SW[/asa]

27. BREAK

28. Thunderbird

    Ravi Harris And The Prophets

    Hypnotique

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Tiki Torches At Twilight

   Petty Booka

   The original by David Lindley

   [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Alocatel

   Mexican Institute Of Sound

   Soy Sauce — soy bomb!

   [asa]B001T46UD2[/asa]

5. El Matador

   Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

   As heard on Gross Pointe Blank

   [asa]B000002DRM[/asa]

6. Viva La Raza

   Latin Playboys

   Quite the supergroup

   [asa]B000002MPK[/asa]

7. Sleepwalking

   The Bronx

   featuring David Hidalgo, of Los Lobos

   [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Together

   Kitty In The Tree

   NYC Pop superstars

   [asa]B00004TQXA[/asa]

10. Don’t Care

    Klark Kent

    If you don’t like my arrogance, you can suck my socks.

    [asa]B000008OIT[/asa]

11. Bimi Mix

    Arling + Cameron

    Music for eating potato chips

    [asa]B00005AQKO[/asa]

12. BREAK

13. Follow The Itinerary

    Still Flyin

    Sloppy and loving it

    [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

14. Basso Profundo

    DeVotchKa

    From the Balkan wilderness of Denver

    [asa]B0012IWHR8[/asa]

15. Rosie

    Smugglers

    From Canadia!

    [asa]B00003JAEW[/asa]

16. BREAK

17. Pop Chart

    Tiny Masters Of Today

    The kids are alright

    [asa]B00284G2KI[/asa]

18. Darlin’ Darlin’

    The Wrens

    Noisy, insistent

    [asa]B000005B3S[/asa]

19. Green

    Ken Nordine

    Magnificent spectrum of poetry

    [asa]B000001PAI[/asa]

20. Etage

    Mats / Morgan

    Live madness for Dr. Zoltan and Crazy Nate

    [asa]B00005Y0P1[/asa]

21. BREAK

22. Pigs On The Wing 2

    Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade

    From the Animals Live album

    [asa]B00005MJVS[/asa]

23. In Spring

    Les Hommes

    Nice and easy on the vibraphone

    [asa]B00006FI92[/asa]

24. Whatever Lola Wants

    Les Baxter

    Space lounge classic

    [asa]B001UJSTNA[/asa]

25. Apollinaire

    Les Sans Culottes

    Faux Frenchmen!

    [asa]B00006I0BY[/asa]

26. BREAK

27. Diamonds

    Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Two unstoppable forces winding down

    [asa]B00000K2WQ[/asa]

28. The Bed’s Too Big Without You

    The Police

    An album I wore out in 1984

    [asa]B00008BRDX[/asa]

29. Grease Nipples

    Wiseblood

    Jim Thirlwell, of many names

    [asa]B000008MEK[/asa]

30. Psycopathia Mojosexualis

    Yohimbe Brothers

    Afraid to even say this song title

    [asa]B00006I08K[/asa]

31. BREAK

32. A Tear for Eddie

    Ween

    So mellow

    [asa]B000002HFE[/asa]

33. Go to Mars

    Smile Like Dog

    WTF

    [asa]B000UGTM0I[/asa]

34. It’s Raining

    Quasi

    Can’t tell if it’s raining, though.

    [asa]B00005MK7N[/asa]

35. BREAK

36. אני מקיא

    Habiluim

    I am throwing up.

37. You Won’t See Me

    The Beatles

    via Rubber Soul

    [asa]B000002UAO[/asa]

38. Mice

    Johnny Society

    Grandiose, isn’t it?

    [asa]B00004SURM[/asa]

39. Never Again

    The Zulus

    Rich Gilbert!

    [asa]B000008MMY[/asa]

40. BREAK

41. Guiding Ray (Space Journey To Funny Faces From Foreign Towns)

    Yamo

    Kraftwerk gearworks

    [asa]B000001D5U[/asa]

42. Honky Tonk Bound

    The Lucky Stars

    If you don’t like my Saturday night…

    [asa]B00004TDZ3[/asa]

:: The Red Elvises ::

If you’re wondering about the dialogue on the opening track, it’s from the soundtrack to Six String Samurai, a delightfully incomprehensible film.

In this episode: Ben Folds Five, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Cats + Jammers, David Vandervelde, Esquivel, Grandaddy, Jean Jacques Perrey, Lisa Germano, Owsley, Petty Booka, The M’s, The Red Elvises, The Starlight Mints, Truby Trio, Twang Bang

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Siberia

   The Red Elvises

   From the Six String Samurai soundtrack

   [asa]B00000AEQ2[/asa]

3. Popsickle

   The Starlight Mints

   A rare single — track it down

4. On No the Radio

   Owsley

   Pop perfection from Alabama

   [asa]B00000I8TT[/asa]

5. The Elephant Never Forgets

   Jean Jacques Perrey

   You may remember it as the theme from El Chavo del Ocho

   [asa]B000000EEX[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. Zodiac Girl

   Cats + Jammers

   Chicago rock boogie

   [asa]B00004NKG5[/asa]

8. The Group Who Couldn’t Say

   Grandaddy

   Her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect as a dragonfly.

   [asa]B00009EIQB[/asa]

9. Big Sound

   The M’s

   Not to be confused with M and “Pop Muzik”

   [asa]B0017R5UFA[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. Alcohol

    Cansei de Ser Sexy

    Braziliant.

    [asa]B000FOPROA[/asa]

12. Puppet

    Lisa Germano

    Maybe you can’t tell, but it’s also about alcohol

    [asa]B000002MQH[/asa]

13. Sports & Wine

    Ben Folds Five

    Finishing the booze triumvirate

    [asa]B000000IDJ[/asa]

14. BREAK

15. Nothin’ No

    David Vandervelde

    Sounds an awful lot like David Garza

    [asa]B001B0IPHS[/asa]

16. When I See You I Feel Weird

    Twang Bang

    Chicago two-man racket

    [asa]B000GF65QM[/asa]

17. Mucha Muchacha

    Esquivel

    Dig the stereo panning!

    [asa]B0000048DR[/asa]

18. A Go Go

    Truby Trio

    Fruitstands beware!

    [asa]B00005MJ77[/asa]

19. BREAK

20. Mercedez Benz

    Petty Booka

    A bluegrass rendition, from Japan. With ukuleles

    [asa]B000E0LLPO[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Twist Barbie

   Moog Cookbook

   Quite, quite twisted

   [asa]B000003BLC[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Clockout

   Devo

   Going waaaay back

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5. There’s A Place

   The Flamin’ Groovies

   A classic in many ways!

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6. To Love Like The Father & Son Love Each Other

   Half-Handed Cloud

   Fractured and dream-like

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7. BREAK

8. Narrow Your Eyes

   They Might Be Giants

   From Apollo 18

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9. …Fast Tvärtom

   Movits

   Loping and staggering

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10. Clown Powder

    The Bronx

    Mas! Mas!

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11. BREAK

12. Old Friend Surprise

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

13. Sunset In Your Hair

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

14. Tornado Cool

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

15. Taste Of Life

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

16. Spec

    Ghostbeat

    Live @ WFIT Studio

17. BREAK

18. My Pal the Tortoise

    Thinking Fellers Union Local #282

    By request for Harry Anslinger!

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19. Dakota

    The Wrens

    Silver is one of my all-time favorite albums

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20. Heard It On The X

    Tenderloin

    You heard it here

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21. Nipple Rocket Revenge

    The Ass Baboons Of Venus

    That was… uncomfortable

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22. BREAK

23. A Selection

    Fishbone

    Frenetic and frivolous

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24. It’s Shoved

    Melvins

    Are you thretened?

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25. Surfer Calavera

    Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

    It’s a haphazard hash from Hargentina

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26. BREAK

27. North Carolina

    The Oranges Band

    So wistful.

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28. Forget It

    Zzzz

    Eccentric klezpunk

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29. La Sirenita

    Plastilina Mosh vs Tonino Carotone y chalo de Volován

    From “Y Tu Mama Tambien”

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30. BREAK

31. Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

    Petty Booka

    Hoka muka puku wahi tini

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32. Do What You Wanna

    Ramsey Lewis

    Shouts and handclaps

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33. Me And P St. Beach

    Winterbrief

    Let me take you closer to paradise

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34. Lovely Hula Hands

    Junior Brown

    Part of our Hawaii booken d

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35. BREAK

36. Thunderbird

    Ravi Harris And The Prophets

    Hypnotique

37. Are You Receiving Me?

    XTC

    A special leftover time bonus… are you?

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:: Petty Booka ::

Everybody likes a ukulele lady… how about two of them? Is it okay if they’re Japanese? Yeah, I thought so. Expect more Petty Booka in the future.

In this episode: Devo, Eighty Mile Beach, Golden Shoulders, Habiluim, Hepcat, Love Battery, Mohair, Movits, Petty Booka, Slavic Soul Party, Still Flyin, The Bronx, The Hummingbirds, The Low Frequency in Stereo, The Sugar Oaks

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Ukulele Lady

   Petty Booka

   Oh so true

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3. Quinceañera

   The Bronx

   It’s all good

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4. No Go Kart Ideas

   Still Flyin

   Too short, or short enough?

   [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

5. Hooligans

   Hepcat

   Old old Hepcat

   [asa]B000000FTM[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. Ta På Dig Dansskorna

   Movits

   Undeniably Swedish!

   [asa]B001GO09P0[/asa]

8. Alimony

   The Hummingbirds

   Australian.

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9. Los Rebeldes

   The Sugar Oaks

   From Clearwater, one of my 2007 favorites.

   [asa]B001E0F0K0[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. Geordie la Forge

    The Low Frequency in Stereo

    Norway and The Next Generation, together at last

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12. כשנפוליאון יכבוש את עכו

    Habiluim

    Israeli and quite bitter

13. The New Breed

    Golden Shoulders

    From the “Friendship is Deep” reissue

    [asa]B001AHULHY[/asa]

14. Big Mess

    Devo

    Oh no, it’s DEVO!

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15. BREAK

16. Ella May

    Mohair

    Foppy and poppy

    [asa]B000HIP474[/asa]

17. Look-Ka Py Py

    Slavic Soul Party

    Dixieland Baltic!

    [asa]B000EMGK8U[/asa]

18. Searching For Rose

    Love Battery

    Checking to see if people are listening…

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19. BREAK

20. Red Helicopters

    Eighty Mile Beach

    Good night!

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Corazón

   Titán

   Begin the Mexicanity!

   [asa]B00004SD2W[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Polite Dance Song

   The Bird & The Bee

   By request… twitter yours in @jclacking

   [asa]B000UZ4E16[/asa]

5. The Viaduct

   Kid Loco

   From the Pastels tribute album

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6. Carpetbaggers

   The Harlem Shakes

   Saw them open for Vampire Weekend…

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7. Pandy Fackler

   Ween

   I play it for the instrumental, serious.

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8. BREAK

9. On Your Knees

   The Herbaliser

   Funkrified… strong coffee

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10. Your Inarticulate Boyfriend

    Jenny Toomey

    Because I can’t get enough Mariachi horns.

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11. Necronomania

    Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab

    The always effervescent Vampyros Lesbos soundtrack

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12. BREAK

13. Flipside

    The Breeders

    Surfy fun times from Last Splash

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14. Jalale

    Mexican Institute Of Sound

    ¡Scatologically hilarious!

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15. Touching Me Touching You

    Sukia

    Yes, you can say “naked” on the radio

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16. Half A Nice Day

    The Octopus Project

    From the Golden Beds EP

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17. BREAK

18. Young And Dumb

    The Lucksmiths

    Quite.

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19. Cannon

    Self

    Is it sugar coated?

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20. Written Today

    Marmoset

    From their recently released “Tea Tornado”

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21. BREAK

22. Ukulele Lady

    Petty Booka

    Oh so true

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23. Quinceañera

    The Bronx

    It’s all good

    [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

24. No Go Kart Ideas

    Still Flyin

    Too short, or short enough?

    [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

25. Hooligans

    Hepcat

    Old old Hepcat

    [asa]B000000FTM[/asa]

26. BREAK

27. Ta På Dig Dansskorna

    Movits

    Undeniably Swedish!

    [asa]B001GO09P0[/asa]

28. Alimony

    The Hummingbirds

    Australian.

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29. Los Rebeldes

    The Sugar Oaks

    From Clearwater, one of my 2007 favorites.

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30. BREAK

31. Geordie la Forge

    The Low Frequency in Stereo

    Norway and The Next Generation, together at last

    [asa]B001PNDMVA[/asa]

32. כשנפוליאון יכבוש את עכו

    Habiluim

    Israeli and quite bitter

33. The New Breed

    Golden Shoulders

    From the “Friendship is Deep” reissue

    [asa]B001AHULHY[/asa]

34. Big Mess

    Devo

    Oh no, it’s DEVO!

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35. BREAK

36. Ella May

    Mohair

    Foppy and poppy

    [asa]B000HIP474[/asa]

37. Look-Ka Py Py

    Slavic Soul Party

    Dixieland Baltic!

    [asa]B000EMGK8U[/asa]

38. Searching For Rose

    Love Battery

    Checking to see if people are listening…

    [asa]B000008HX8[/asa]

39. BREAK

40. Red Helicopters

    Eighty Mile Beach

    Good night!

    [asa]B000007SRQ[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mercedez Benz

   Petty Booka

   A bluegrass rendition, from Japan. With ukuleles

   [asa]B000E0LLPO[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Siberia

   The Red Elvises

   From the Six String Samurai soundtrack

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5. Popsickle

   The Starlight Mints

   A rare single — track it down

6. On No the Radio

   Owsley

   Pop perfection from Alabama

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7. The Elephant Never Forgets

   Jean Jacques Perrey

   You may remember it as the theme from El Chavo del Ocho

   [asa]B000000EEX[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Zodiac Girl

   Cats + Jammers

   Chicago rock boogie

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10. The Group Who Couldn’t Say

    Grandaddy

    Her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect as a dragonfly.

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11. Big Sound

    The M’s

    Not to be confused with M and “Pop Muzik”

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12. BREAK

13. Alcohol

    Cansei de Ser Sexy

    Braziliant.

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14. Puppet

    Lisa Germano

    Maybe you can’t tell, but it’s also about alcohol

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15. Sports & Wine

    Ben Folds Five

    Finishing the booze triumvirate

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16. BREAK

17. Nothin’ No

    David Vandervelde

    Sounds an awful lot like David Garza

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18. When I See You I Feel Weird

    Twang Bang

    Chicago two-man racket

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19. Mucha Muchacha

    Esquivel

    Dig the stereo panning!

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20. A Go Go

    Truby Trio

    Fruitstands beware!

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21. BREAK

22. Disko Partizani

    Shantel

    Opa Romania!

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23. Pleasure Theme Song

    Boy Eats Drum Machine

    Like John Bonham digging through the toybox

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24. Cell Mates

    The Bronx

    From the upcoming Mariachi El Bronx album… couldn’t wait

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25. BREAK

26. Mission Impossible

    Laika & The Cosmonauts

    Five four and implacable

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27. Tijuana Sound Machine

    Nortec Collective

    One of my favorite discoveries this year.

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28. Slang Tang

    Discovery

    Quite noisy

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29. It’s The Sound

    Tracy Spuehler

    Delightfully sweet

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30. BREAK

31. Karate Kid 2

    Mexican Institute Of Sound

    Can’t get enough MIS

    [asa]B001T46UD2[/asa]

32. Sacred Darling

    Gogol Bordello

    An oldie and quite goody

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33. Old Saloon

    Illinois

    From the fantastic “The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe”

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34. The Call Up

    The Lothars

    It is an all-theremin Clash cover.

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35. BREAK

36. Save Me

    Nina Simone

    Smoky voice, that one

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37. Way You Walk

    Papas Fritas

    Music for pacing

    [asa]B00004RI6B[/asa]

38. Dead Memory Man

    Still Flyin

    Reggae freakout

    [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

39. BREAK

40. Internacional

    Brazilian Girls

    Not actually from Brazil…

    [asa]B001BPQRRS[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. When I Will Be Loved

   The Fucking Eagles

   Can’t say the name on the air, but there it is in ASCII

3. BREAK

4. Shake Some Action

   The Flamin Groovies

   By request, going out to Gail and Carole

   [asa]B0000020T3[/asa]

5. Synthesizer Guide Book on Fire

   Boredoms

   Humming and thrumming

   [asa]B000005JCD[/asa]

6. Haze of Love

   Cake

   Old cake, still edible after all these years

   [asa]B000003CKH[/asa]

7. French Navy

   Camera Obscura

   New stuff from these Glaswegians

   [asa]B001T46U32[/asa]

8. BREAK

9. Daylight Till Dawn

   All Night Radio

   More like ‘70s radio…

   [asa]B00019G43C[/asa]

10. DNA

    Ashtech

    Dub will do you right

    [asa]B000OCY41U[/asa]

11. Adventures Of Rabbi Jacob

    The Astroglides

    The chosen people can spy.

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12. BREAK

13. Pencil Neck Geek

    Fred Blassie

    Classy Fred Blassie

    [asa]B0000032MK[/asa]

14. I’ll Go Down Swinging

    Los Straitjackets

    If you didn’t figure it out, that was Exene Cervenka

    [asa]B00005OC8D[/asa]

15. Perfect

    Petty Booka

    Originally by Fairground Attraction

    [asa]B00008DCR6[/asa]

16. What Deaner Was Talking About

    Ween

    Earworm, be banished!

    [asa]B000002HFE[/asa]

17. BREAK

18. Shrinking Violets

    The Pica Beats

    From Seattle

    [asa]B001CVCB8K[/asa]

19. Bad Brother

    Ronny Jordan

    Check out The Rebirth of Cool I

    [asa]B000005HSZ[/asa]

20. Dancing Drums

    Badmarsh & Shri

    Unstoppable indian percussion

    [asa]B00000I9AO[/asa]

21. BREAK

22. Big Country

    Illinois

    The big big sound

    [asa]B00265SB6M[/asa]

23. Don’t Leave Me Blue

    The Blue Van

    Charming, isn’t it?

    [asa]B000JFY08E[/asa]

24. Hold Me Tight

    Emily Zuzik

    From the Beatles Complete on Ukulele

25. First Love

    Horace X

    WTF was that?

    [asa]B000AA4IGM[/asa]

26. BREAK

27. Around Da Phire Too

    The Z Kamp Express

    Wonderfully distracted

    [asa]B001AZ88JO[/asa]

28. Forever Dudes

    Still Flyin

    Upbeat and sly

    [asa]B001U3N3UK[/asa]

29. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

    Ben Vaughn Combo

    Still seeking that Rambler ’65 album…

    [asa]B00108YGTW[/asa]

30. The Souvlak

    Boom Pam

    Frantic! And a fake-out ending!

    [asa]3898983544[/asa]

31. BREAK

32. Paper Birds

    Siberian

    Broken up!

33. Dragonflies

    Eddi Reader

    Speaking of Fairground Attraction…

    [asa]B001KVW59M[/asa]

34. Hermetico

    Balkan Beat Box

    Stay tuned to this show for more Balkan madness

    [asa]B000OZ2COI[/asa]

35. BREAK

36. Sea Within A Sea

    The Horrors

    Hypnotic

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1. Song
   Artist

2. I’ll Be Your Mirror

   Nico

   Don’t know why I had to hear this

3. On This Earth

   Blinker the Star

   Majestic and unexpected

4. BREAK

5. Illuminati Stormhorse

   Less Pain Forever

   WTF is up with that amazing chorus?

6. Back to New Orleans

   Blue Skies for Black Hearts

7. Sweat

   Jon Spencer Boosexposion

   Hooooo! Pantleg

8. Riding the Sorry Train to Dumpsville

   Atomic 7

   Another great song title by Atomic 7

9. BREAK

10. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    You knew some White Hassle was coming

11. Nothing In This World

    Kinks

    From the Rushmore soundtrack

12. This Purple Child

    Howe Gelb + Grandaddy

    Driving in the desert at night with a ghost trumpet

13. Jet Girl (Acoustic)

    The Wedding Present

    David Gedge and his Unmistakable Voice

14. BREAK

15. Book Song

    Tiny Masters of Today

    To my resident librarian

16. Belly Warmer

    Dub Narcotic

    Jam on it, Calvin

17. Do Me

    Jean Knight

    Classic funk from the Superbad sountrack

18. Tide Is High

    Paragons

    Original reggae version, made famous by Blondie

19. BREAK

20. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Perfect pop from Warren Defever

21. Perfect

    Petty Booka

    Cover of Fairground Attraction song, by Flameco A Go Go grads

22. Making Plans for Nigel

    Primus

    Cover of XTC song. Pounding drums a big plus

23. Senses Working Overtime

    XTC

    Had to follow up with some actual XTC, ya know

24. BREAK

25. Softcore War

    hollAnd

    Completely analog and hypnotic

26. Plug Me In

    Add N to X

    And the same goes for this

27. Mondo ‘77

    Looper

    This one too. Also on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack

28. Scout

    Calexico

    Loosely jointed spy theme

29. BREAK

30. I Got My Mojo Working

    Young Fresh Fellows

    (And I Thought You’d Like To Know)

31. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    “My antenna telepatique…tique…tique…tique…”

32. She Don’t Use Jelly

    The Flaming Lips

    A radio classic

33. I Wanna Destroy You

    Soft Boys

    Archetypal Soft Boys track

34. BREAK

35. Whale In The Sand

    The Brunettes

    From New Zealand!

36. Boombox

    Mosquitos

    From Brooklyn, featuring an Actual Brazilian Native

37. The Baby That Was You

    MC Honky

    Entrancing use of a baby sample

38. BREAK

39. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    SMM live in the studio, sorta

40. Lookin Lookin Gaa

    Polysics

    Lookin ga, SMM

41. Eyes of the Night

    Starlight Mints

    Spooky pop… save it for Halloween

42. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    B side from somewhere

43. BREAK

44. Tuff Luff

    Unicorns

    Some Unicorns to round things out