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1. Song
   Artist

2. Tubthumping

   They Might Be Giants

   Yes kids, sometimes bands called themselves Chumbawamba

   [asa]B00626MNC4[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Let It Overcome You

   Home

   Ah, mid-‘90s Tampa, I miss you

   [asa]B000R02KWE[/asa]

   

5. Hole in My Life

   The Police

   The only police it’s safe to like

   [asa]B000W292C8[/asa]

   

6. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton

   The Flaming Lips

   Redlining the meters as usual

   [asa]B001L63HVG[/asa]

   

7. BREAK

8. Melancholy Man

   The Wake

   Quite sad indeed

   [asa]B0028F3AC0[/asa]

   

9. Baska Brother

   Parov Stelar

   Beat beat beat

   [asa]B004QHSDG6[/asa]

   

10. Happy Jack

    The Who

    Always a favorite

    [asa]B001NB50B4[/asa]

    

11. BREAK

12. James Brown

    Cage The Elephant

    Hot stuff

    [asa]B001YA7RGU[/asa]

    

13. Is It Really So Strange?

    Solvents

    Is it possible to out-mope Morrissey?

    [asa]B006HS29DA[/asa]

    

14. O Seu Olhar

    Arnaldo Antunes

    That’s one deep voice

    [asa]B000S96T62[/asa]

    

15. Halloween

    Team USA

    It can only be from New Jersey

    [asa]B001UP8DEO[/asa]

    

16. BREAK

17. Fel Del Av Garden

    Movits

    As heard in Ikea stockrooms

    [asa]B004717ASS[/asa]

    

18. It’s Real

    Real Estate

    I like this sound

    [asa]B005RTSUW4[/asa]

    

19. Dreaming

    Yo La Tengo

    Hey blondie

    [asa]B000XQ1DWU[/asa]

    

20. Mr. Grieves

    Pixies

    The Purple Tape version! For Phil and Katie

    [asa]B000S559VW[/asa]

    

21. Factory Preset

    Phase Selector Sound

    2:38

    [asa]B000QZTJHY[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. Looks And Money

    Self

    Me like it

    [asa]B006GBHYG0[/asa]

    

24. Watchuwanna

    El Loco Gringo

    Not quite Mongo, izzit?

    [asa]B004GDAGBK[/asa]

25. Tsja Tsja

    Arling + Cameron

    From the Sound Shopping album

    [asa]B00005AQKO[/asa]

    

26. Please Don’t Talk About Me (When I’m Go

    Willie Wisely

    It’s the closer

    [asa]B000QR3IN8[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. Bitch School

    Spinal Tap

    What are they talking about?

    [asa]B001NSE752[/asa]

    

29. Slash/Oblique

    Prolapse

    Is that a gnawing in my head?

30. Jacqueline

    Dusminguet

    Cataluñan zydeco — fooled you!

    [asa]B00003IQPA[/asa]

    

31. Daddy’s Other Finger

    Volumen

    Fantasy Island comes on at five

32. BREAK

33. House Of Cards

    Adrian Belew

    Very very fragile

    [asa]B000YMV6S4[/asa]

    

34. Dada C.B.E.

    Gneissmaker

    Turbo Something from the Twin Cities

35. Voodoo Love feat. Sara Tavares & Terry Lynn

    Buraka Som Sistema

    For A

    [asa]B005Q5EZI2[/asa]

    

36. BREAK

37. Summertime

    Sex Bob-omb

    Kick me in the fuzz, Beck

    [asa]B003YEOH76[/asa]

    

38. Night Tide

    Big Sandy

    Where’s Big Sandy these days?

    [asa]B00265U7FA[/asa]

    

39. Hello Computer

    James Kochalka Superstar

    This is your computer

40. BREAK

41. Rural Route

    The Bottle Rockets

    Red hot and bluegrass

    [asa]B005ET5H6E[/asa]

    

:: Danny Elfman ::

Someone once compared Danny Elfman’s music to elephants running up the down escalator while playing tubas. I don’t think they were very far off.

In this episode: Animal, Apache Indian, Danny Elfman, Dopo Yume, Herb Alpert, Hissanol, Joe Jackson, MC Frontalot, Mano Negra, Nomo, Phase Selector Sound, Stereo Total, Sugarcubes, That Handsome Devil, The Soft Boys, The Squirrels

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Tongue-Clucking Grammarian

   MC Frontalot

   We all know one

   [asa]B001JV9D66[/asa]

   

3. Uphill Spectre

   Animal

   The drone of forgotten toys

4. Beat Crazy

   Joe Jackson

   By request for Angela

   [asa]B0013XN3LQ[/asa]

   

5. Breakfast Machine

   Danny Elfman

   Who wants pancakes?

   [asa]B001O3Y7GU[/asa]

   

6. BREAK

7. The Postcard

   Dopo Yume

   You know the sound

8. Magic Dice

   Mano Negra

   Lucky Manu Chao

   [asa]B000TEVHZO[/asa]

   

9. Larmes De Métal

   Stereo Total

   Totally Stereo Total

   [asa]B003CIZ2F0[/asa]

   

10. Edge Of Yodeling

    The Squirrels

    Fritzy and skittering

11. BREAK

12. Deus

    Sugarcubes

    Early freaky

    [asa]B001AXIZTE[/asa]

    

13. Zorba The Greek

    Herb Alpert

    Who was it that wanted some Herb?

    [asa]B00165ML4G[/asa]

    

14. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

    The Soft Boys

    Exceedingly rare and good

15. Miss America

    That Handsome Devil

    Ominous

    [asa]B0010S2DZ6[/asa]

    

16. BREAK

17. Strangled

    Hissanol

    The Postal Service of the ‘90s

    [asa]B001BUFI7I[/asa]

    

18. Boom Shack-a-Lack

    Apache Indian

    Naughy naughty

19. Refraction

    Phase Selector Sound

    Dub a dub dub

    [asa]B000QZTJHY[/asa]

    

20. BREAK

21. Last Beat

    Nomo

    Afrobeat is alive

    [asa]B001APFAPE[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Love Hurts

   Bob Pollard And Kim Deal

   That Dayton scene is something else…

3. BREAK

4. Blue Eyed Black Boy

   Balkan Beat Box

   Thumping transglobalism

   [asa]B003CNNLMQ[/asa]

   

5. All At Once

   Canoe

   Oh so noisy

   [asa]B000QZTEA6[/asa]

   

6. What Goes On

   Bettie Serveert

   From their VU tribute

   [asa]B000009NKM[/asa]

7. Alan Bean

   Hefner

   It’s the spaceman

   [asa]B000S98UD2[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. I Used To Play The Euphonium

   The Born Again Floozies

   Everyone says that

   [asa]B0012PEV1G[/asa]

   

10. The Cat

    Seks Bomba

    Swingin’!

    [asa]B000S9B098[/asa]

11. I Got The Blue

    Chris and Tad

    From Hand Me That Door

    [asa]B000QQVJI0[/asa]

    

12. Do Not Forsake Me Billy Bremner

    Shibboleth

    Instrumentals for bicycling!

    [asa]B0018L0SB6[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Coldplay Got Eaten By Piranhas

    Alex Arrowsmith

    Such a tragedy. Not.

    [asa]B0013R9PIW[/asa]

    

15. Being

    Escape Mechanism

    Billy Burroughs in the house

    [asa]B001FO6H20[/asa]

    

16. Sing Sing Sing

    Flat Duo Jets

    Burning it up, too

    [asa]B000R00DGO[/asa]

    

17. BREAK

18. Happy Everywhere

    The Pinker Tones

    They’re from Barcelona

    [asa]B002CL7FC6[/asa]

    

19. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

    Elvis Costello + The Attractions

    Let’s hear it for Nick Lowe

    [asa]B000V6MQWS[/asa]

    

20. Ambiguity Song

    Camper Van Beethoven

    My favorite, for reals

    [asa]B001AZ47GC[/asa]

    

21. Euro Trash Girl

    Chicks On Speed

    Because one isn’t enough

    [asa]B00004S7RX[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. Tongue-Clucking Grammarian

    MC Frontalot

    We all know one

    [asa]B001JV9D66[/asa]

    

24. Uphill Spectre

    Animal

    The drone of forgotten toys

25. Beat Crazy

    Joe Jackson

    By request for Angela

    [asa]B0013XN3LQ[/asa]

    

26. Breakfast Machine

    Danny Elfman

    Who wants pancakes?

    [asa]B001O3Y7GU[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. The Postcard

    Dopo Yume

    You know the sound

29. Magic Dice

    Mano Negra

    Lucky Manu Chao

    [asa]B000TEVHZO[/asa]

    

30. Larmes De Métal

    Stereo Total

    Totally Stereo Total

    [asa]B003CIZ2F0[/asa]

    

31. Edge Of Yodeling

    The Squirrels

    Fritzy and skittering

32. BREAK

33. Deus

    Sugarcubes

    Early freaky

    [asa]B001AXIZTE[/asa]

    

34. Zorba The Greek

    Herb Alpert

    Who was it that wanted some Herb?

    [asa]B00165ML4G[/asa]

    

35. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

    The Soft Boys

    Exceedingly rare and good

36. Miss America

    That Handsome Devil

    Ominous

    [asa]B0010S2DZ6[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. Strangled

    Hissanol

    The Postal Service of the ‘90s

    [asa]B001BUFI7I[/asa]

    

39. Boom Shack-a-Lack

    Apache Indian

    Naughy naughty

40. Refraction

    Phase Selector Sound

    Dub a dub dub

    [asa]B000QZTJHY[/asa]

    

41. BREAK

42. Last Beat

    Nomo

    Afrobeat is alive

    [asa]B001APFAPE[/asa]

    

:: Elvis Perkins in Dearland ::

If you enjoy Jeff Buckley’s haunting warble, you’ll be sure to like Elvis Perkins.

In this episode: Angry Samoans, Arto Lindsay, Bishop Allen, Buck 65 Remix (feat. Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti), Café Tacuba, Calexico, Elvis Perkins, Fingathing, Fishbone, Holland, I Am The World Trade Center, Mojo Nixon, OFFICE, Phase Selector Sound, Sam Roberts, The Simpsons

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Doomsday

   Elvis Perkins

   Dig the warble

   [asa]B002N1AEBO[/asa]

3. Slappy’s Tune

   Fingathing

   Mind the meander

   [asa]B000051VLO[/asa]

4. Sideshow

   Calexico

   More carnival music

   [asa]B0000064B7[/asa]

5. A Fish Called Selma

   The Simpsons

   Who voiced Troy McClure’s agent?

   [asa]B0000033Z8[/asa]

6. BREAK

7. Suddenly

   Bishop Allen

   Smooth

   [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

8. The Story of One Chord

   Mojo Nixon

   FREE MOJO NIXON ON AMAZON! OMG

   [asa]B000008IZI[/asa]

9. Honey Dub

   Phase Selector Sound

   Can there really be a short dub song?

   [asa]B00000JMKI[/asa]

10. Nobody Knows You

    OFFICE

    More free music, search for “office mecca”

11. BREAK

12. Ojalá Que Llueva Café

    Café Tacuba

    Going out to Drew

    [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

13. Ma And Pa

    Fishbone

    Classic Fishbone

    [asa]B00008PX8M[/asa]

14. Them Kids

    Sam Roberts

    So frantic, Sam!

    [asa]B001F4YH0E[/asa]

15. BREAK

16. Metro (Brooklyn Mix)

    I Am The World Trade Center

    Dating back to 2000…

    [asa]B00005LN4Q[/asa]

17. Lights Out

    Angry Samoans

    Did you pluck your eyes out?

    [asa]B000000P3G[/asa]

18. Blood Pt. 2

    Buck 65 Remix (feat. Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti)

    From the Dark Was The Night compilation

    [asa]B001KVW574[/asa]

19. Simply Beautiful

    Arto Lindsay

    Simply understated

    [asa]B0000048EY[/asa]

20. BREAK

21. An Empire, A Sit-Com Set

    Holland

    Get hypnotized for bed

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Vegetable Man

   The Soft Boys

   The Syd Barrett classic

   [asa]B000008KW3[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. You Told A Lie

   Camera Obscura

   I just like to say “Glaswegian”

   [asa]B001T46U32[/asa]

5. Ninja’s Principality

   Up, Bustle & Out

   Snaking its way through

   [asa]B00007LL3S[/asa]

6. EOL

   Islands

   With the guy from the Unicorns

   [asa]B002JODULG[/asa]

7. BREAK

8. Dun Dun

   Los Amigos Invisibles

   It’s happiness in a shiny bottle

   [asa]B000H7JCPU[/asa]

9. Folk Singer

   Brendan Benson

   From 2003’s Lapalco

   [asa]B000060OLF[/asa]

10. It’s Raining Today

    Angry Samoans

    Uncharacteristic! But playable.

    [asa]B000000P3J[/asa]

11. Grace Kelly

    Mika

    Channeling Freddy Mercury

    [asa]B000NA2776[/asa]

12. BREAK

13. What Is Hip?

    Tower of Power

    Drew Carey outdid himself with this number

    [asa]B00005LMXQ[/asa]

14. Meg Ryan

    Self

    Another famous person song

    [asa]B00000JMWU[/asa]

15. Fools Gold

    Stone Roses

    Post new wave new wave

    [asa]B002EE583O[/asa]

16. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Troublemaker

    All Girl Summer Fun Band

    Typewriter music!

    [asa]B00005QD9U[/asa]

17. BREAK

18. Oh’ Dear Handlebars

    Marmoset

    It’s a thin line between sloppy and artful

    [asa]B002CPD5GC[/asa]

19. And It Spread

    The Avett Brothers

    From their new album

    [asa]B002C8YSHE[/asa]

20. A Sunday Smile

    Beirut

    O so mournful

    [asa]B000UJ48XG[/asa]

21. Horchata

    Vampire Weekend

    Call me an ambivalence!

    [asa]B002JN74WI[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. Doomsday

    Elvis Perkins

    Dig the warble

    [asa]B002N1AEBO[/asa]

24. Slappy’s Tune

    Fingathing

    Mind the meander

    [asa]B000051VLO[/asa]

25. Sideshow

    Calexico

    More carnival music

    [asa]B0000064B7[/asa]

26. A Fish Called Selma

    The Simpsons

    Who voiced Troy McClure’s agent?

    [asa]B0000033Z8[/asa]

27. BREAK

28. Suddenly

    Bishop Allen

    Smooth

    [asa]B001PSQGMM[/asa]

29. The Story of One Chord

    Mojo Nixon

    FREE MOJO NIXON ON AMAZON! OMG

    [asa]B000008IZI[/asa]

30. Honey Dub

    Phase Selector Sound

    Can there really be a short dub song?

    [asa]B00000JMKI[/asa]

31. Nobody Knows You

    OFFICE

    More free music, search for “office mecca”

32. BREAK

33. Ojalá Que Llueva Café

    Café Tacuba

    Going out to Drew

    [asa]B00005NQIW[/asa]

34. Ma And Pa

    Fishbone

    Classic Fishbone

    [asa]B00008PX8M[/asa]

35. Them Kids

    Sam Roberts

    So frantic, Sam!

    [asa]B001F4YH0E[/asa]

36. BREAK

37. Metro (Brooklyn Mix)

    I Am The World Trade Center

    Dating back to 2000…

    [asa]B00005LN4Q[/asa]

38. Lights Out

    Angry Samoans

    Did you pluck your eyes out?

    [asa]B000000P3G[/asa]

39. Blood Pt. 2

    Buck 65 Remix (feat. Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti)

    From the Dark Was The Night compilation

    [asa]B001KVW574[/asa]

40. Simply Beautiful

    Arto Lindsay

    Simply understated

    [asa]B0000048EY[/asa]

41. BREAK

42. An Empire, A Sit-Com Set

    Holland

    Get hypnotized for bed