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1. Song
   Artist

2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

   Cornershop

   In glorious Hindi. I think

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3. BREAK

4. For The Girl

   The Fratellis

   Smooth as it gets from Glasgow

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5. God Is On My Side

   Hefner

   Hmm, glitchy

6. Strano Mondo Di Tanti Nomi (Rmx)

   Stereo Total

   A cavalcade of nomenclature!

7. Ride It On

   Mazzy Star

   Let’s see if I can pronounce this right

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8. BREAK

9. Barcelona

   Nerdcore from way back

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10. Where’s The Fire

    Head Of Femur

    That was very dense

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11. Words

    Missing Persons

    Pop goes the Bozzio

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12. Slow Train Coming

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    Very Eighties

13. BREAK

14. Postcard

    Niños Con Bombas

    Trans-oceanic trio

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15. 6

    The Wrens

    Bring the noise

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16. Corndogs Are Our Friends

    Canoe

    Ladies and gentlement, I give you Canoe!

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17. Tame

    Pixies

    Anything but

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18. BREAK

19. Excesses

    Heavy Vegetable

    Originally by Klark Kent!

20. Valerie Flames

    The Starlight Mints

    Oh oh oh

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21. Ballad Of The Sin Eater

    Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

    Brutal pounding

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22. BREAK

23. Memories

    The Extra Glenns

    John Darnielle and Franklin Bruno

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24. Pictures Of Matchstick Men

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Psychedeliclassic!

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25. The Missing Person’s Waltz

    Chaz & The Motorbikes

    Whistle solo time

26. Picture Of The Future

    Treat Her Right

    Low and doomed

27. Memories Of Gay Paree

    Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

    What are they saying?

28. BREAK

29. Sexyactioncool

    Atomic 7

    Evolved from the Shadowy Men

30. Train of Pain

    Barry Black

    From the Archers of Loaf’s Erich Bachman

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31. Chem-oo-Chem

    Brave Combo

    Middle Eastern with a didgeridoo

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32. Disco Ball World

    Davíd Garza

    Brilliant song

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33. BREAK

34. Sweetback’s Gonna Make It

    John Wilkes Booze

    From Bloomington, Indiana

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35. Orange

    Ken Nordine

    Did someone say Annoying Orange?

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36. Let Me Find The Good In You

    The Kiss Offs

    Relentless

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37. Old Tale

    Surf Gunz

    Yeah, I don’t know either

38. BREAK

39. Dynamite Chair

    Poster Children

    Chicago aces

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40. More Than This

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Live in a Santa Monica music store

41. Lefty

    Rocket From The Crypt

    It’s drenched in fuzz

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42. (I Know) The Trip

    Swell

    Eating up the miles

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43. BREAK

44. Imaginary World

    Ashtech

    Dub you into submission

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Four Sticks

   Bongwater

   Cacophonous adaptation!

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3. BREAK

4. Oh My God

   Ida Maria

   Strangely Norwegian

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5. Song for the Lovers

   Bark Bark Disco

   Look up the groovy video + free download

6. Happy Life

   Money Mark

   Like a Sesame Street outro

7. Sherry Monocle

   Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

   Shout out to Mr. G

8. BREAK

9. Les Os

   The Unicorns

   One of my favorite from the Oughties

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10. Tennessee Waltz

    Sally Timms

    Subtle steel drums

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11. Buddy

    Nevada Bachelors

    Hey, Buddy’s got the Yoda mask again

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12. Giggle Water

    Los Straitjackets

    Nobody swaggers like Los Straitjackets

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13. Get Down

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Hang on tight

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14. BREAK

15. U Mastru Di Lu Sonu

    La Musica De La Mafia

    You got a problem with this?

16. Gatekeeper (Do Right Remix)

    Feist

    Dedicated to fellow Canadian Ian Porter

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17. Biomusicology

    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

    Sounding huge and epic

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18. Mission: Impossible Theme/Norwegian Wood

    Alan Copeland

    Keeping it unreal, folks

19. BREAK

20. Conspiracy Of Praise

    Thomas Function

    Unstoppable

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21. Voy A Ser Mama

    Stereo Total

    A song about the joys of motherhood

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22. Deny All

    Bettie Serveert

    Out next week

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23. Floating Vibes

    Surfer Blood

    Up and comers from Florida

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24. BREAK

25. Mirror in the Bathroom

    The English Beat

    Dig the Andy Summers guitar noodling

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26. The Hymn For The Cigarettes

    Hefner

    She smoked in my bed ‘cause she thought it would annoy me

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27. Smoke Rings

    Jon Rauhouse

    A classic from Les Paul and Mary Ford

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28. Smokebomb

    Ursula 1000

    Music for your spy disco

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29. I’ll Be Your Mirror (Stereo Version)

    The Velvet Underground

    Breaks my heart every time

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30. BREAK

31. Little Surfer

    The Mattoid

    Why so serious, Mattoid?

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32. Break a Promise

    Guv’ner

    Beyond the reach of auto-tune

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33. I’m New Here

    Gil Scott-Heron

    Gil is serious.

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34. Paper Moon

    Erin McKeown

    Is there anything Erin can’t sing?

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35. BREAK

36. Uno Song

    Self

    Rockin’ it Murfreesboro style

37. Kiss Me, Son Of God

    They Might Be Giants

    From Lincoln, probably still my favorite

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38. Chuggin’

    Z-Rock Hawaii

    What you get when you mix Ween and Boredoms

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39. Baba Boom

    Jamaicans

    Hello Broadhurst

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40. BREAK

41. Weijl

    Boom Pam

    Hey, tuba!

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42. Tighten My Tie

    The Like Young

    Almost too short

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43. Hobo Luv

    Rube Waddell

    Downright nasty — but check out the tuba

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44. BREAK

45. Glu

    Motor

    Dance robots dance

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:: 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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1. Song
   Artist

2. Use Me

   Holly Golightly

   Unmistakably unstable, Holly!

3. BREAK

4. Maybe You Faked It

   Adam Elk

   From the Mommyheads

5. Ripchord

   Rilo Kiley

   Hey, don’t forget The Elected

6. My Lunatic Friends

   Deathray

   Feat. members of Cake

7. BREAK

8. Whatever

   Asylum Street Spankers

   Going out on a limb here…

9. Previous Condition

   Lung Leg

   Aow ya.

10. Mr. Bongo

    Ursula 1000

    Reminds me, bring some Tipsy in

11. BREAK

12. Seems So Heavy

    Sloan

    I want this CD back, Rob Wilson

13. El Camino

    Super Chikan

    Thank you, Iceberg Defect

14. Motherless Children

    Brian Ritchie

    Of Violent Femmes

15. BREAK

    Sorry, no Xmas music this week. Next!

16. We Used To Be Friends

    Dandy Warhols

    Talkin’ bout the BJM… check out Dig.

17. Quit Smoking

    Mayor McCa

    From the municipality of Donut Rock City

18. Sandlot Shuffle

    White Hassle

    Yes! Da Hassle!

19. BREAK

20. Check It On Out

    The Mondo Crescendo

    Mislabeled!

21. Sparks

    hollAnd

    Trevor Kampfmann, send me records!

22. Charlton Heston

    Stump

    Lights, camel, action!

23. Somebody Lied

    Kim Lenz + her Jaguars

    Awesome twist ending

24. BREAK

25. Worms

    Presets

    Wormy.

26. Kabelfreaks

    Bodenstandig 2000

    I was off by one thousand!

27. Lies Are Much More Fun

    The Grates

    Not to be confused with the Graves

28. BREAK

    Somebody out there understands!

29. Sugar’s Boogaloo

    Sugarman 3

30. Eastern Standard Time

    Don Drummond

    Time for a Jamaican standard.

31. Do Something

    Smoking Popes

    On the East Timor Benefit compilation, once again available

32. BREAK

33. Popcorn

    Hot Butter

    Marc D’s first remembered song, quite special

34. When I Turn Off The Living Room Lights

    Kinks

    Ray Davies writes like the wind

35. Itches

    Peggen

    From Sweden

36. BREAK

37. Stratosphere Boogie

    Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

    Crazy sliding goin’ on

38. Kinky Peanuts

    Armando Trovalo

    More moog madness!

39. Get Down

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Hello nurse!

40. BREAK

    I’ll play One Note Samba / Spanish Flea if requested…

41. Scooba Dooba Diver

    King Kong

    You’ll be singing this one all day tomorrow

42. Homemade Movie Queen

    Ray Wonder

    More Swedish pop

43. Bring On The Night

    The Police

    Haven’t played much Police, hmmm….

44. BREAK

45. Ditmars

    Skinnys 21

    Tampa Bay, late ‘90s. I miss this sound

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Mother and Child Reunion

   The Bedroom Covers

   Going out to those who play Simon and Garfunkel in the bedroom

3. BREAK

4. I Like My Pulse

   HollAnd

   Music for lovesick oscilloscopes

5. Call Me Lightning

   The Who

6. Westside Angst

   that dog.

   Famous people! In this band!

7. BREAK

8. In The Dark

   Robinella + CCString Band

   Smoky classic

9. Mambo 8

   Perez Prado

10. Home is where the Hatred Is

    Gil Scott-Heron

11. Banana Meltdown

    Dub Narcotic

    Calvin Johnson is da voice

12. BREAK

13. Better Days

    Brother Bean

14. BREAK

15. Sunshine Superman

    Sugarman 3

16. Patterns

    Brother Bean

17. BREAK

18. Limousine

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    Long and stretchy

19. Disko

    Shantel

    WTF is that? Balkan dub? Reggae hora?

20. BREAK

21. Pumpkin

    The Starlight Mints

    Insiduous chordistry

22. Crazy Girl

    Los Femurs

    Here comes that crazy girl.

23. That’s Not My Name

    The Ting Tings

    Oh, this crazy girl.

24. Shiva’s R+B Dub

    Arling + Cameron

    From music for imaginary soundtracks

25. BREAK

26. Dark Dark Leaves

    Sugar Oaks

    Entrancing music from Clearwater

27. Sleeping Sleepers Sleep

    Portugal. The man

    Enter it thus on the Google!

28. Let’s Talk About Hi Fi

    Carl Henry Brueggen

    I feel like I’m flying first class.

29. BREAK

    Rabbi Shankle

30. The Citizen’s Show

    The Texas Instruments

    Assignment: Investigate this band

31. Still Rock ‘n Roll To Me

    Brother Bean

    Out on a limb, and swinging!

32. Why Don’t You Do It

    Derby

    Majestic and unexpected

33. BREAK

34. Dark Night

    Flat Duo Jets

    The real deal.

35. Lefty

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Mushy, fuzzy, sticky

36. Glue

    These Modern Socks

    Winner, band name of the night

37. BREAK

    Port St. John! Outside antenna!

38. Squeals of Enjoyment

    Dirty Poodle

    About Fee Avenue pool

39. Young Folks

    Peter Bjorn + John

    So very Swedish

40. BREAK

41. The Sleeping Knights of Jesus

    Robyn Hitchcock

    Bon soir!