Stuck In Thee Garage #414: February 25, 2022

Sometimes it's good to mix things up. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played two hours of songs selected in random order. They're all over the place, but they have one thing in common: they kick butt. So crank up your boombox-esque cell phone and enjoy.

The shuffled playlist:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Oxbow - Time, Gentlemen, Time/The Narcotic Story

Wet Trident - Dever-Conner/Double Exposure

Rubinoos - Do I Love You/From Home

Pointed Sticks - The Witch/Part of the Noise

Motorhead - Iron Fist/Iron Fist

The Joy Formidable - The Magnifying Glass/The Big Roar

Neil Young - Captain Kennedy/Hawks & Doves

Tedo Stone - To the Marshes/Marshes

LVL Up - Angel From Space/Hoodwink'd

Spoon - First Caress/Hot Thoughts

Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane/Dirty

Dinosaur Jr. - The Lung/Live at Avalon, Boston 7/15/05

Sloan - I Wanna Thank You/Navy Blues

Van Halen - Top Jimmy/1984

Fatal Jamz - Jean Paul Gaultier/Coverboy

Lightning Dust - Waiting On the Sun to Rise/Infinite Light

Big Thief - Rock and Sing/Two Hands

Hour 2

Tracy Bonham - Every Breath/The Burdens of Being Upright

The Clash - Police On My Back/Sandinista!

Hot Snakes - Hi-Lites/Thunder Down Under

The Ramones - Loudmouth/Ramones

Broken Social Scene - Curse Your Fail/Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities

Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts - Lanza/Milano

David Bowie - African Night Flights/Lodger

Lou Reed - Temporary Thing/Rock and Roll Heart

Judas Priest - Flame Thrower/Firepower

Jay Reatard - Turning Blue/Singles '06-'07

Damaged Bug - The Thunder Speaks/Bug On Yonkers

Firehose - Towin' the Line/Flyin' the Flannel

Tiny Magnetic Pets - Here Comes the Noise (White) / Deluxe/Debris

Prince - 1000 Light Years From Here/Welcome 2 America

Wilco - Sunloathe/The Whole Love

Death From Above 1979 - Right On, Frankenstein!/The Physical World

Stuck In Thee Garage #413: February 18, 2022

Mistakes will happen. I put a lot of time and effort into these shows, but sometimes all it takes is a careless click and things go off track. That happened this week on Stuck In Thee Garage when I went to upload the show and accidentally uploaded last week's show (which was fine, btw, but obviously not what I was planning on). So listeners during the regular BFF time slot got a rerun. But you can check out the actual program I put together for this week, which featured songs about doors in hour 2.

Heeeerrre's the playlist:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Spoon - Feels Alright/Lucifer on the Sofa

The Simps - Tesla/Siblings

July Talk - I Am Water/Single

Lucius - Next to Normal/Second Nature

Reptaliens - Take It/Multiverse

Cate Le Bon - Moderation/Pompeii

Savak - No Blues No Jazz / Human Error/Human Delight

Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Animal Lord/Strength of Spring

Yard Act - Dead Horse/The Overload

Thalia Zedek Band - Revelation Time/Perfect Vision

Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Difference/The Boy Named If

Kids On a Crime Spree - Boom Doom/Fall in Love Not in Line

La Luz - I Won't Hesitate/La Luz

Betty Davis - Come Take It/Betty Davis

Betty Davis - Don't Call Her No Tramp/They Say I'm Different

Iggy Pop & the Zig Zags - If I'm In Luck, I Might Get Picked Up/Light in the Attic 10th Anniversary

Hour 2: Doors

Jeff Rosenstock - Bang On the Door/WORRY.

Restorations - The Red Door/LP5000

Redd Kross - Beyond the Door/Beyond the Door

Enon - Knock That Door/Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence

Lilys - Knocked On the Fortune Teller's Door/Everything Wrong is Imaginary

George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door/All Things Must Pass

LVL Up - The Closing Door/Three Songs

Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe - Basement Door/Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Door

Dead Meadow - At Her Open Door/Feathers

Wake Ooloo - Knocking On Every Door/Hear No Evil

Arctic Monkeys - Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure/Whatever People Think I Am, That's What I'm Not

Sloan - Suppose They Close the Door/Navy Blues

The White Stripes - My Doorbell/Get Behind Me Satan

Fugazi - Shut the Door/Repeater

Soul Asylum - Standing in the Doorway/Hang Time

Van Halen - One Foot Out the Door/Fair Warning

Stuck In Thee Garage #412: February 11, 2022

With 50 states, the U.S. definitely has a lot of ground to cover. It's pretty rare that you find someone who has visited all of them. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about states in hour 2. It's fairly wide-ranging both in distance and genre. So buckle up, kids, let's hit the road!

The Aunt Edna-approved playlist:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

The Smile - The Smoke/Single

Emerald Comets - Memory Factory/Single

Savak - Trashing the Ghost / Human Error/Human Delight

Eldridge Rodriguez - All My Favorite Clowns Are Dead/Have I Gone Too Far

Chastity Belt - Fear/Single

Pedro the Lion - Old Wisdom/Havasu

Cola - Blank Curtain/Deep In View

Pom Poko - Enduro Corner/This Is Our House

Mattiel - Lighthouse/Georgia Gothic

Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Venus/Strength of Spring

Yard Act - Quarantine the Sticks/The Overload

Black Country, New Road - Good Will Hunting/Ants From Up There

Thalia Zedek Band - From the Fire/Perfect Vision

Laura Jane Grace - Lolo 13/At War With the Silverfish

Eels - The Magic/Extreme Witchcraft

Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Farewell, OK/The Boy Named If

Hour 2: States

Parliament - Chocolate City/Chocolate City

Tupac - California Love (feat. Roger Troutman and Dr. Dre)/All Eyes On Me

Prince - All the Critics Love U in New York/1999

Superchunk - Florida's On Fire/Here's to Shutting Up

Cherry Glazerr - Ohio/Stuffed & Ready

Protomartyr - Michigan Hammers/Ultimate Success Today

Neil Young - Alabama/Harvest

Wilco - Hotel Arizona/Being There

The Hold Steady - Hostile, Mass./Almost Killed Me

Titus Andronicus - Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape With the Flood of Detritus/Local Business

The Walkmen - Louisiana/A Hundred Miles Off

Red House Painters - New Jersey/Red House Painters

Boss Hog - Texas/Boss Hog

Helmet - The Silver Hawaiian/Betty

Scissorfight - Granite State Destroyer/New Hampshire

 

Completely Conspicuous 584: Wave of Mutilation

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite music of 1989. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- Recorded via Zoom during a blizzard

- Our top 5 albums of '89

- Phil's #5: Tom Petty finds renewed success with a solo album

-Jay's #5 and Phil's #4: Nirvana's sludgy debut hints at future success

- Jay's #4: The Beasties go sample crazy and blow up the sophomore slump

- Phil's #3: Phish with an auspicious debut

- Jay had a run-in with a pre-fame Trey Anastasio at the UNH newspaper

- Jay's #2: Bob Mould shifts gears in his solo debut and launches new phase in his career

- Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: Pixies follow up a stone cold classic with another one

- Phil's #1 and Jay's #3: Neil Young triumphs after a rough decade

- Favorite songs: "Hangin' on a Limb" (Phil), "Wave of Mutilation" (Jay)

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Stuck In Thee Garage #411: February 4, 2022

Somebody once said there's a thin line between love and hate and I tend to agree. It doesn't take much to go from one end of the spectrum to the other. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs that explore the concept of hate in hour 2. Sometimes people make it a little easier to figure out how you feel about them.

This playlist gets a thumbs up from me:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Eldridge Rodriguez - Have I Gone Too Far/Single

Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Tomorrow/Strength of Spring

Thalia Zedek Band - Queasy/Perfect Vision

Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Magnificent Hurt/The Boy Named If

Eels - Amateur Hour/Extreme Witchcraft

Laura Jane Grace - Electro-Static Sweep/At War With the Silverfish

Pedro the Lion - First Drum Set/Havasu

Mild Orange - Photographics/Looking For Space

Yard Act - Dead Horse/The Overload

Ovlov - Moron pt. 2/Buds

La Luz - Down the Street/La Luz

Chime School - Calling in Sick/Chime School

Broken Social Scene - Golden Facelift/Old Dead Young: B-Sides and Rarities

Radiohead - If You Say the Word/Kid A Mnesia

Fontaines DC - The Black Angel's Death Song/I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground and Nico

 

Hour 2: Hate

The Beths - Future Me Hates Me/Future Me Hates Me

Christian Fitness - Bruce Hated Puppies/Slap Bass Hunks

Superchunk - Cloud of Hate/What a Time to Be Alive

Infinity Girl - Claire Hates Me/And I Forgot a Long Time Ago How You Feel

Courtney Barnett - Everybody Here Hates You/Single

The Pursuit of Happiness - Hate Engine/The Wonderful World of...

Wilco - Hate It Here/Sky Blue Sky

The Dears - Hate Then Love/Gang of Losers

The Vaselines - I Hate the '80s/Sex With an X

Husker Du - Hate Paper Doll/Flip Your Wig

The Clash - Hateful/London Calling

The Lemonheads - Hate Your Friends/Hate Your Friends

Hot Snakes - I Hate the Kids/Suicide Invoice

The Dils - I Hate the Rich/Dils Dils Dils

Sloan - I Hate My Generation/Twice Removed

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Hate Myself For Loving You/Up Your Alley

Tacocat - I Hate the Weekend/Lost Time

The Kills - London Hates You/Little Bastards

Speedy Ortiz - You Hate the Title/Twerp Verse

 

Completely Conspicuous 583: Fascination Street

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite music of 1989. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- Recorded via Zoom during a blizzard

- In '89, Jay turned 22 and graduated from college, Phil turned 20

- Early seeds of Seattle and Manchester sound

- GNR became huge

- Milli Vanilli was enjoying some short-lived success

-Big year for pop

- Phil's non-top 5 albums: Bob Mould, The Cure, B-52s, Stone Roses, The Ocean Blue, XTC, De La Soul, Replacements, Joe Jackson, Galaxie 500, Fugazi, RHCP, Lenny Kravitz, Tragically Hip, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Tin Machine, Lou Reed, Dylan, McCartney, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stones, Grateful Dead

- George Jefferson, prog fan

- Phil saw Stones, Who, McCartney, the Dead, the Cure, B-52s; Jay saw R.E.M., Elvis Costello

- Jay: Faith No More, Soundgarden, Elvis Costello, Cult, Mudhoney, Buffalo Tom, Nine Inch Nails

- To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.