Friday, September 28, 2018

Stuck In Thee Garage #240: September 28, 2018

Even though it seems like time flies, it moves at the same rate it always does. That doesn't change the fact that 25 years ago simultaneously feels like it was yesterday and forever in the past. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs from 1993 in hour 2. They'll hit you like a kick in the face from Walker, Texas Ranger.



The power-packed playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Kurt Vile - Loading Zones/Bottle It In
J Mascis - See You at the Movies/Elastic Days
Sudakistan - Two Steps Back/Swedish Cobra
Metric - Love You Back/Art of Doubt
The Dirty Nil - Bathed in Light/Master Volume
Slothrust - Planetarium/The Pact
Pile - Pigeon Song/Odds and Ends
Erthlings - Bridges/Bridges
Peel Dream Magazine - Interiors/Modern Meta Physic
The Goon Sax - Sleep EZ/We're Not Talking
Guerilla Toss - Retreat/Twisted Crystal
Arthur Buck - Forever Falling/Arthur Buck
Active Bird Community - Sweaty Lake/Amends
Colleen Green - Disco/Casey's Tape - Harmontown Loops
Slaves - Artificial Intelligence/Acts of Fear and Love
Walter Lure & the Waldos - She Doesn't Love You/Wacka Lack Boom Bop a Loom Bam Boo
Billy & Dolly - Marooned/Five Suns

Hour 2: 1993 again
Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin'/Where You Been
Superchunk - Package Thief/On the Mouth
Paw - Jessie/Dragline
Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer/Siamese Dream
The Afghan Whigs - Fountain and Fairfax/Gentlemen
Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle/In Utero
Fugazi - Smallpox Champion/In on the Kill Taker
Matthew Sweet - In Too Deep/Altered Beast
The Pursuit of Happiness - Nobody But Me/The Downward Road
Living Colour - Leave It Alone/Stain
Liz Phair - Fuck and Run/Exile in Guyville
Belly - Slow Dog/Star
Giant Sand - Big Fish/Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams
Buffalo Tom - Anything Like That/Big Red Letter Day


Friday, September 21, 2018

Stuck In Thee Garage #239: September 21, 2018

Exploration has been a big part of our history, and it will be a big part of our future. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about exploring in hour 2. Whether it's on the road or through space, explorers pave the way for everyone else. They just have to hope they don't run into any unsavory characters.


The adventurous playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Spirit of the Beehive - Can I Receive the Contact?/Hypnic Jerks
The Goon Sax - She Knows/We're Not Talking
Guerilla Toss - Meteorological/Twisted Crystal
Johnny Marr - Hi Hello/Call the Comet
Thin Lips - Sex is Complicated/Chosen Family
Gold Muse - Centerfold/Blue - Centerfold
E - Down She Goes/Negative Work
Idles - Gram Rock/Joy as an Act of Resistance
Ovlov - Baby Alligator/Tru
Bodega - Truth is Not Punishment/Endless Scroll
Mourn - Bye Imbecile!/Sorpresa Familia
White Denim - It Might Get Dark/Performance
Lucero - Among the Ghosts/Among the Ghosts
Smokescreens - Someone Knew/Used to Yesterday
Klammer - Mechanical Boy/You Have Been Processed
Chastity - Scary/Death Lust
Oh Sees - Sentient Oona/Smote Reverser

Hour 2: Exploring
Superchunk - Driveway to Driveway/Foolish
Husker Du - Travel in the Opposite Car (live)/Savage Young Du
The Pursuit of Happiness - The Downward Road (Revisited)/The Downward Road
The Tragically Hip - Looking for a Place to Happen/Fully Completely
The Black Crowes - Another Roadside Tragedy/The Band
Drive-By Truckers - Road Cases/Southern Rock Opera
R.E.M. - Drive/Automatic for the People
Ween - Joppa Road/Chocolate & Cheese
Paul Weller - Driving Nowhere/Heavy Soul
XTC - Roads Girdle the Globe/Drums and Wires
Mr. Airplane Man - Travelin'/C'mon DJ
Screaming Trees - Traveler/Dust
Mark Lanegan Band - Driving Death Valley Blues/Bubblegum
Motorhead - (We Are) The Road Crew/Ace of Spades
Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues/Led Zeppelin box set
OFF! - Man From Nowhere/OFF!


Saturday, September 15, 2018

Stuck In Thee Garage #238: September 14, 2018

A lot of people fake it through life, whether it's in their relationships, at work or to themselves. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about fakery in hour 2. They're genuinely good.



This playlist is all too real:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Antarctico Vespucci - White Noise/Love in the Time of E-mail
Billy Moon - Animal/Punk Songs
Oh Sees - Overthrown/Smote Reverser
Active Bird Community - Unwind With Me/Amends
Pill - Fruit/Soft Hell
Kilcid Band - The Good Get Gone/The Good Get Gone
Miss World - Carb Yr Enthusiasm/Keeping Up With Miss World
Genital Panic - Action Pants/Pussygrabber
Colleen Green - U Coulda Been an A/Casey's Tape - Harmontown Loops
Gold Muse - Blue/Blue - Centerfold
Pile -  Big Web/Odds and Ends
Baked - Good for You/II
Fond Hab - Ughed/Wronked
E - Pennies/Negative Work
Jim James - No Use Waiting/Uniform Distortion
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Harder, Harder, Harder/Francis Trouble
Parquet Courts - When the Water Gets Too High/Wide Awake!

Hour 2: Fake
Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke/Paid In Full
A Tribe Called Quest - Butter/The Low End Theory
Public Enemy - Don't Believe the Hype/It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco/Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Go! Team - Fake ID/Proof of Youth
Washer - Everybody Sounds Fake/All Aboard
R.E.M. - Imitation of Life/Reveal
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone/Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone
The National - Fake Empire/Boxer
The New Pornographers - The Fake Headlines/Mass Romantic
Mission of Burma - Fake Blood/OnOFFOn
Obits - Fake Kinkade/I Blame You
Ty Segall - The Faker/Manipulator
Death From Above 1979 - If We Don't Make It We'll Fake It/Heads Up
Calories - Let's Pretend That We're Older/Let's Pretend That We're Older
L7 - Pretend We're Dead/Bricks Are Heavy



Friday, September 07, 2018

Stuck In Thee Garage #237: September 7, 2018

Everybody loves birthdays, and Stuck In Thee Garage is no exception. This week marks the 5th birthday for the show and for BFF.fm, so I celebrated by playing songs about staying power in hour 2. Make sure you get a piece of cake, Milton.



This playlist will set the whole building on fire:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Colleen Green - Let Go/Casey's Tape - Harmontown Loops
Kristin Hersh - No Shade in Shadow/Possible Dust Clouds
Petal - Better Than You/Magic Gone
The Beths - You Wouldn't Like Me/Future Me Hates Me
Thin Lips - South America/Chosen Family
The Mutineers - Drug For That/Threshold
The Swagger -  Heart 'N' Soul/Single
Desert Mountain Tribe - Way Back to You/Om Parvat Mystery
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - An Air-Conditioned Man/Hope Downs
Slaves - The Lives They Wish They Had/Acts of Fear and Love
Goon - Slab Roller/Dusk of Punk - Happy Omen
Baked - Hope You're Happy/II
Oh Sees - Moon Bog/Smote Reverser
Lala Lala - Destroyer/The Lamb
Trevor Powers - Ache/Mulberry Violence
Walter Lure & the Waldos - Lazy Day/Wacka Lacka Boom Bop a Loom Bam Boo
Teenage Wrist - Rollerblades/Chrome Neon Jesus

Hour 2: Staying power
Frank Black - I Could Stay Here Forever/Teenager of the Year
Hard Left - Stay True/We Are Hard Left
Bob Mould - Hold On/Patch the Sky
Husker Du - Keep Hanging On/Flip Your Wig
Dead Meadow - Keep On Walking/Old Growth
Velvet Crush - Keep On Lingerin'/Teenage Symphonies to God
Tim Armstrong - Hold On/A Poet's Life
Joe Jackson - Baby Stick Around/Look Sharp!
Pugwash - Keep Movin' On/Almanac
John Lennon - Hold On/Plastic Ono Band
Motley Crue - Stick To Your Guns/Too Fast for Love
Bang Camaro - Push Push (Lady Lightning)/Bang Camaro
Temple of the Dog - Pushin' Forward Back/Temple of the Dog
Jerry Cantrell - Keep the Light On/Boggy Depot
Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)/Eddie Kendrick
The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard/The Seeds
David Bowie - Stay/Station to Station




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