I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss
our favorite albums of 1979. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Recorded via Zoom
- Jay turned 12, Phil turned 10 in '79
- "My Sharona" was the top song on the Billboard Hot 100, lots of disco
- Rod Stewart hit it big with "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
- New wave was getting attention
- A wealth of great albums
- Jay's favorite non-top 5 albums: The Knack,
Graham Parker and the Rumour, Supertramp, AC/DC, Joe Jackson with two
classic albums
- Phil's non-top 5 faves: Bob Marley, Blondie,
Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Gang of Four, XTC, Michael Jackson, Neil
Young, The Cars, The Police, The Kinks, Van Halen, Elvis Costello, Led
Zeppelin, David Bowie, Prince, Talking Heads
- Phil's #5: Joe Jackson's killer debut is just packed with great, punchy songs
- Jay's #5: Pink Floyd with an epic concept album, their last great record
- Phil's #4 and Jay's #2: Neil Young ends an amazing run of albums with a killer (and heavy) record
- Jay's #4: Van Halen with a powerful sophomore album that expands their sound
- Phil's #3: Tom Petty's breakthrough record
- Jay's #3: Joe Jackson's second amazing record of '79
- Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: The Clash mixed a lot of styles on their masterpiece
- Phil's #1: Phil loves the B-52s, who exploded on the scene with an amazing debut
- Favorite songs: "The Guns of Brixton" (Jay), "Dance This Mess Around" (Phil)
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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.
Editor's note: Check out my podcast discussion with Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the year on CompCon (here's parts 1 and 2).
Well, what more needs to be said about 2020? It seems every year when I do these wrap-up posts, I write about how the year sucked and hopefully the next one will be better. Uh, 2020 wasn't quite what anybody hoped for. Yep. Okay, on to the albums already. Here are my top 15.
15. Drakulas - Terminal Amusements
This was a surprise release for me because I had no idea who these guys were, but once I did a little research, I discovered they were led by Mike Wiebe, former frontman for the Riverboat Gamblers, a band I quite enjoyed in the mid-'00s. The band, which also features members of the Marked Men and Rise Against, is a self-described "concept band" wearing turtlenecks and medallions that began as an arty side project obsessed with new wave, power pop, proto punk and garage rock. What results is 30 minutes of punchy awesomeness that reminds one of an unholy combination of Devo, the Damned and the Dickies. Sign me up!
14. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways to New Italy
On its second full-length release, the Australian combo returned with more of the jangly guitar rock it had become known for, mostly upbeat but with some new uncertainty weaving between the sunniness. The band has three singer-guitarists who all meld together perfectly, creating a compelling sound that propels these songs beyond simple jangle pop.
Recommended: "Falling Thunder," "Cars in Space," "The Second of the First"
13. Kestrels - Dream or Don't Dream
The dream of '90s guitar rock is alive and well. Nova Scotia's Kestrels delivers a terrific set of shoegazy bangers clearly influenced by My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr. Guitar god J. Mascis of Dino even contributes a hot solo on "Grey and Blue."Led by singer-guitarist Chad Peck, Kestrels packs the album with tons of fuzz and distortion, big catchy choruses, powerhouse drumming and lyrical guitar soloing. You know, the good stuff.
Recommended: "Vanishing Point," "Grey and Blue," "Everything is New"
12. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death
A dark, roiling set of post-punk from a Dublin act that released an excellent debut only a year earlier, which made a splash here but was huge in the U.K. The band has expanded their sound from the previous album, adding in echoes of the Stooges, Interpol and Television. Frontman Grian Chatten explores the nihilistic struggles of maintaining independence in a corporate society. Fontaines D.C. is an excellent band that's only getting better.
Recommended: "Televised Mind," "I Don't Belong," "A Hero's Death"
11. IDLES - Ultra Mono
IDLES has a formula: Righteous sloganeering + post-punk bombast = Kickass songs. It's worked twice before and it's on full display on the UK act's third album. Frontman Joe Talbot makes no bones about the band's liberal leanings and it's well-timed with the social justice protests that filled 2020. IDLES have caught some flack from critics who think they're privileged white men shouting empty platitudes, and Talbot has some fun with that on this record. Getting hit over the head with righteousness can be a little much at times, but the band overcomes that with sheer power and enthusiasm.
Recommended: "Grounds," "Mr. Motivator," "Kill Them With Kindness"
10. Destroyer - Have We Met
Dan Bejar returns with another sprawling, cinematic masterpiece. As the song notes, the vibe on the album is kinda dark, filled with existential dread, dead bodies and general mid-life dismay. Sonically, the record features more guitar than on recent Destroyer releases, but it's still more electronic than anything else.
Fourth release from the Toronto noise-rock power trio is a typically pummelling affair, but with some new flourishes. The band is locked in, echoing acts like the Jesus Lizard, Shellac and Fugazi in its precise sonic renderings. But there are new elements explored, like on the soaring "Hail Taxi" and the propulsive 7-minute closer "A Boat to Drown In," which veers into majestic shoegaze territory.
Recommended: "Hail Taxi," "Blind Youth Industrial Park," "A Boat to Drown In"
8. Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
Catchy, punchy, vital release from one of my favorite artists of the lastseveral years. Written before the pandemic, it captures the stuck-in-limbo angst of the last nine months of COVID life. Songs made to shout along with while you're stuck in your house waiting for life to return to normal.
Recommended: "Scram!" "State Line," "Ohio Tpke"
7. Eldridge Rodriguez - Slightest of Treason
Boston alt-rock stalwarts deliver a stunning release, combining feedback-drenched guitar work with tales of sad-bastard romantic woe. Frontman Cameron Keiber's vocals perfectly fit the mood with Brit-rock aplomb, echoing the likes of Jarvis Cocker as he navigates emotional highs and lows. The band is powerful and equally adept at mid-tempo laments as it is sweeping anthems. It sucks that they released this record right before everything shut down and weren't able to play it live.
Recommended: "Your Dead Boyfriend," "Another Boy With a Broken Heart," "Psychic Darts"
6. Sad13 - Haunted Painting
Sadie Dupuis has forged quite a body of work in the last several years, with Speedy Ortiz and more recently as Sad13. While Speedy definitely mined that '90s alt-rock vein, Dupuis has embraced her electronic pop side on Sad13 releases and especially on Haunted Painting. Incorporating a wide variety of nontraditional instrumentation including sitar, theremin and glockenspiel, Dupuis expands her sonic palette while still bringing the big choruses and occasional guitar flourishes. She explores death, aging and greed while keeping the sounds bouncy and synthy for the most part. A fun and deep album.
Recommended: "Ghost (of a Good Time)," "WTD?", "The Crow"
5. Coriky - s/t
What the world needs now, among other things, is a Fugazi reunion. But since that's unlikely to ever happen, the new album from Coriky is a decent substitute. Featuring Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina teamed up with Fugazi bassist Joe Lally, Coriky sounds like the midway point between Fugazi and the Evens, the band with whom MacKaye and Farina previously released two albums. MacKaye's strident vocals are unmistakable as he rails against military drone use and our authoritarian government. But it's Farina's lead vocals on songs like "Say Yes" and "Too Many Husbands" that really shake things up and add a welcome perspective to Coriky's worldview. Musically, the band is tight and powerful. They're not Fugazi, but they don't have to be.
Recommended: "Clean Kill," "Inauguration Day," "Hard to Explain"
4. Greg Dulli - Random Desire
Since the Afghan Whigs first split up in the late '90s, Greg Dulli has been consistently producing great music, even if it wasn't always noticed. Whether as the Twilight Singers, the Gutter Twins, the reunited Whigs or solo, he's been an incisive and cinematic observer of relationships good, bad and ugly. And even though he's calling this his first true solo album, every album he's made has been driven by Dulli. Random Desire features his patented piano-driven sweeping rockers, but there's more of an R&B feel to songs like "Scorpio" and "Lockless," which even includes a little electronic vocal tweaking. But you always know this is a Dulli album, devilishly exploring the dark side of romance and sexuality. And that's never a bad thing.
Recommended: "Pantomima," "The Tide," "A Ghost"
3. Bob Mould - Blue Hearts
Bob Mould has been kicking ass since the early '80s and judging by this latest album, he's not about to start slowing down. Much was made of lead single "American Crisis" because of its all-out rage at the state of affairs in this country, even though it was recorded before the racial and class turmoil that exploded this summer. Last year's Sunshine Rock was an uncharacteristically upbeat record, but Mould returns to the dark territory that much of his earlier work embraced. He's pissed out and he doesn't care who knows it. Backed once again by the ace rhythm section of Jason Narducy and Jon Wurster, Mould tears through a decidedly angry set of songs with the energy of a man 30 years younger. He draws on the anger of his younger self back in the '80s when AIDS was decimating his community, but focuses it now on different issues that are clearly devastating the country. And when Bob Mould speaks (or shouts), you'd better listen.
Recommended: "American Crisis," "Next Generation," "Forecast of Rain"
2. Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Ever since they emerged on the national indie rock scene with their second album Under Color of Official Right in 2014, Protomartyr has made top-notch post punk music. With their third album since then, the Detroit act presciently (it was recorded in 2019) calls out fascistic government actions, predicts riots in the streets and even describes a virus causing public panic. Frontman Joe Casey's vocal style evokes Mark E. Smith at times, but this ain't no Fall cover band. Protomartyr can play mid-tempo one momentand rip into thrashing high gear the next. Nandi Rose Plunkett provides guest vocals on "June 21," offering an interesting counterpoint to Casey's ragged stylings. They've never been a party band, and they dig deep into the existential mire on this one. Sure, it's apocalyptic and foreboding, but Ultimate Success Today is still extremely entertaining.
Recommended: "Processed by the Boys," "Michigan Hammers," "Modern Business Hymns"
1. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
2020 has been a fucked up year, and Run the Jewels was prepared for it. The album was made last year, but it targets the same thing that had the country on fire this summer: Racial strife and the role of government/police in fomenting that unrest. Killer Mike and El-P have traversed this territory on their previous three albums, but RTJ4 amps it up to the next level here. "Yankee and the Brave" opens the album with a punch to the face through a fictional tale of the duoescaping from police, but it's on songs like "Walking in the Snow"(written about the death of Eric Garner at the hands of police but with clear parallels to the George Floyd killing this year) and "Goonies vs. ET" where they prove to be social critics of the highest order. There are some compelling guest appearances, including Pharrel and Zach de la Rocha on "Ju$t", 2 Chainz on "Out of Sight" and Mavis Staples and Josh Homme on the haunting "Pulling the Pin." And major props for the Gang of Four sample on "The Ground Below." But ultimately, RTJ4 comes down to Killer Mike and El-P, who just burn it all down on the most explosive album of the year. The fact that the album didn't get a single Grammy nomination illustrates how out of touch that organization is.
Recommended: "The Ground Below," "Yankee and the Brave," "Walking in the Snow"
Honorable mention: Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open; Hum - Inlet; Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters; Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher; Disheveled Cuss - s/t; Osees - Protean Threat; Throwing Muses - Sun Racket; Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling; Drive-By Truckers - The New OK; Jason Isbell - Reunions; Bully - SUGAREGG; Lo Tom - LP2; Knot - s/t; The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers; Pearl Jam - Gigaton; Illuminati Hotties - FREE I.H.: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For; JARV IS - Beyond the Pale; Emerald Comets - Strangelands; Cloud Nothings - The Black Hole Understands; Sports Team - Deep Down Happy; No Age - Goons Be Gone; X - Alphabetland; Dogleg - Melee; Flat Worms - Antarctica; Savak - Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth; EOB - Earth; Jehnny Beth - To Love is to Live; Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain; Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques; Fuzz - III; Ty Segall - Segall Smeagol; Damaged Bug - Bug on Yonkers; The Dears - Lovers Rock; Wolf Parade - Thin Mind; Porridge Radio - Every Bad; Peel Dream Magazine - Agitprop Alterna; Melkbelly - Pith; Dead Stars - Never Not Here; PUP - This Place Sucks Ass
Well, it's been quite the hellish year, but hopefully you're having a relaxed Christmas with your nearest and dearest. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played two hours of holiday rock jams to celebrate Christmas Day.
This playlist is even for that kid who got caught shoplifting at the Try-N-Save:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Eldridge Rodriguez - Baby I'm Alone Tonight (Christmas Time)/Christmas on the Allston-Brighton Line
The Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talking/Bows + Arrows
Gordon Downie - Christmastime in Toronto/Battle of the Nudes
Ween - Roses Are Free/Chocolate & Cheese
The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo/Clouds Taste Metallic
Broken Social Scene - Handjobs for the Holidays/Broken Social Scene
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis/Tougher Than Leather
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)/Brain Drain
Piebald - Do Good Stuff/Piebald Presents to You, A Musical Christmas Adventure
Spinal Tap - Christmas With the Devil/This Is Spinal Tap
Lisa Simpson Featuring the California Prunes - O Pruny Night/The Simpsons: Testify
Cheech & Chong - Santa Claus and His Old Lady/Santa Claus and His Old Lady
Sloan - December 25/Kids Come Back Again at Christmas
The Minus 5 - Your Christmas Whiskey/Dear December
Greg Dulli - Candy Cane Crawl/Live at Triple Door
Kristin Hersh - Christmas Underground/Wyatt at the Coyote Palace
Titus Andronicus - No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future/The Monitor
The Kinks - Father Christmas/Single
Uncle Salty - If Only Christmas Were Every Day/Salty Holiday Tunes
R.E.M. - Merry Xmas Everybody/Single
My Morning Jacket - Xmas Curtain/At Dawn
The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick/The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss
our favorite albums of 1978. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Recorded via Zoom
- Jay turned 11, Phil turned 9 in '78
- Big festivals, including Texxas Jam
- Lots of disco on the singles chart
- Phil's favorite non-top 5 albums: Ramones,
Blondie, The Who, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Jerry Garcia Band, Bob
Marley, Rolling Stones, The Jam, Devo, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Tom Petty,
Little Feat, Big Star, Marvin Gaye, Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Cheap
Trick
- WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD and music licensing (UPDATE: Turns out a bunch of the music was restored on a recent DVD set)
- Cheap Trick At Budokan is one of the greatest live albums ever
- Jay's favorite bubbling under albums: The Police, Rush, Dire Straits, The Who, Peter Gabriel
- Phil's #5: Neil Young revisits the laid-back sound of Harvest
- Phil's #4 and Jay's #4: Talking Heads explore a more danceable sound
- Phil's #3: Debut from The Police made a big splash
- The long journey of Andy Summers
- Jay's #3: Contrasting opinions on Some Girls, but has some great Stones songs
- Jay's #2: Elvis Costello and the Attractions with an angry classic
- Phil's #1 and Jay's #5: Debut from The Cars has no bad songs
- Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: A revolutionary debut from Van Halen
- Favorite songs: "You're All I've Got Tonight" (Phil), "Running With the Devil" (Jay)
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The opening and closing theme of Completely
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work is courtesy of James Gralian.
The benefits of being early are plentiful, but for a lot of us, it can be a challenge. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about being early in hour 2. It'll get you so fired up, you'll smash your alarm clock in celebration.
This playlist has got you, babe:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Mourn - This Feeling Is Disgusting/Self-Worth
Bully - Let You/SUGAREGG
Guided By Voices - Mr. Child/Styles We Paid For
Nothing - Say Less/The Great Dismal
Peel - Citizen X/Peel
Steve Hartlett - bugs in the face/molting
Eels - Baby Let's Make It Real/Earth to Dora
AP Simpson - Overcorrect/Foolproof
McLusky - 1956 and All That/Gateway Band (McLusky Live)
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm/Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Palaces of Montezuma/Nick Cave Alone at Alexandria Palace
The Paranoyds - Hotel Celebrity/Pet Cemetery
Fever Queen - Demolition/The World of Fever Queen
Sweet Spirit - Fear Is a Lie/Trinidad
TV Priest - Decoration/Uppers
Kestrels - Feels Like the End/Dream or Don't Dream
IDLES - War/Ultra Mono
Hour 2: Early
Radiohead - Morning Bell/Kid A
Destroyer - In the Morning/ken
Jody Porter - Four in the Morning/Saving For a Custom Van
The Who - Early Morning Cold Taxi/The Who Sell Out
The Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time/Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
The Tragically Hip - Ahead By a Century/Trouble at the Henhouse
The Gap Band - Early In the Morning/Gap Band IV
Run the Jewels - Early (feat. Boots)/Run the Jewels 2
Obnox - Wake and Quake/Bang Messiah
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner/Source Tags & Codes
It's part 2 of my Zoomtastic conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2020. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Recorded via Zoom
- On to our top 10
- Kumar's #10: Dan Bejar with another great cinematic Destroyer album
- Breitling's #9: A hooky rock record from Bully
- Kumar's #9: METZ with an accessible yet pummeling record
- Breitling's #8: Spectres with a disconcerting release
- Kumar's #8: Jeff Rosenstock has become a reliably excellent indie rock stalwart
- Breitling's #7: Hop Along's Frances Quinlan goes solo
- Reppin' for the new movie Sound of Metal
- Kumar's #7: Boston act Eldridge Rodriguez with a sweeping, epic album
- Dog walkin' time
- Breitling's #6: The Psychedelic Furs with the superb comeback album nobody expected
- Kumar's #6 and Breitling's #4: Sadie Dupuis (aka Sad13) branches out with a pop-driven release
- Breitling's #5: A true banger from IDLES
- Kumar's #5: The Coriky album is as close to a Fugazi reunion as we're gonna get
- Kumar's #4: Greg Dulli delivers a compelling solo release
- Breitling's #3: Fiona Apple unleashes a bold and uncompromising record
- Kumar's #3: A pissed-off Bob Mould with a timely blast of angry anthems
- Breitling's #2: Happyness with a quirky collection that echoes an Elliott Smith-Teenage Fanclub mashup
- Kumar's #2: Protomartyr predicts everything and continues to get better
- Breitling's #1: Phoebe Bridgers hits the big time with a masterpiece
- Kumar's #1 and Breitling's #10: Run the Jewels with a vicious, vital hip-hop record that captures the desperate vibe of 2020
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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.
If there's one thing that's obvious about humans, it's that we're a violent species. Bloodthirsty, even. It started with the cavemen and it continues to this day. So it made sense that I played songs about violence in hour 2 of Stuck In Thee Garage today. There were plenty to choose from. I'd suggest playing this episode loud. It'll blow your face off!
This playlist has you cornered:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Steve Hartlett - water weight/molting
Smashing Pumpkins - Anno Satana/Cyr
Vanderocker - Supercell/The Good Punk
NOi!SE - Price We Pay/Single
The Reverbs - Trusted Woods/Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
Windbreakers - All That Stuff/Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
Salem 66 - Seven Steps Down/Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
Will Butler - Electrolite/Going to Georgia
Titus Andronicus - Closer to Fine/Going to Georgia
Superchunk (feat. William Tyler) - When I Laugh/Going to Georgia
Sloan - Rag Doll/B Sides Win Vol. 1 1992-97
Jale - Again (Frank Mix)/Brave New Waves: Jale
Rheostatics - Lyin's Wrong/Brave New Waves: Rheostatics
AC/DC - Shot In the Dark/Power Up
Fuzz - Mirror/III
METZ - Framed by the Comet's Tail/Atlas Vending
McLusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues/Gateway Band (McLusky Live)
Hour 2: Violence
Parquet Courts - Violence/Wide Awake!
Lou Reed - Video Violence/Mistrial
Tin Machine - Under the God/Tin Machine
Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence/Birth of Violence
Blonde Redhead - Violent Life/Masculine Feminine
El-P - Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love)/I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Rage Against the Machine - Bullet In the Head/Rage Against the Machine
Superchunk - Punch Me Harder/No Pocky For Kitty
Rancid - Cash, Culture and Violence/Life Won't Wait
Frank Black - Kicked In the Taco/The Cult of Ray
Minor Threat - Bottled Violence/The Complete Discography
Rollins Band - Civilized/Weight
Helmet - Give It/Meantime
Dead Moon - 54-40 or Fight - Killing Me/What a Way to See the Old Girl Go
It's part 1 of my Zoomified conversation with
guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2020. Listen to
the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Recorded via Zoom
- This podcast is not affiliated in any with MovieFone.
- The first time in nine years that we're not talking the year in rock in the same room
- No live shows after early March
- Breitling last saw Hallelujah the Hills at
Great Scott last November, Kumar saw Drive-By Truckers at Somerville
Theater in March
- Devastating economic impact on all the non-musicians who work to put concerts together
- If approved, Save Our Stages act would aid live venues
- Many independent Boston-area venues have already closed
- Great Scott may reopen in a new location
- No touring means no income for many smaller artists
- Streaming royalties need to be updated and increased
- The Breitlings enjoyed Strange Brew recently
- Plenty of livestreams, free, for charity and for profit
- Bandcamp Friday has been a good way to help out artists
- Online radio has been fun
- Breitling is doing a show with a couple of fellow Wesleyan DJs called Parcheesi Redux
- Parcheesi Redux Thursday (along with the other shows) is on Mixcloud
- Breitling's picks from the midyear that didn't
make his top 10: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Soft Pink Truth, Gigi
Masin, Peel Dream Magazine, Mandarina Duck, Destroyer
- Kumar's midyear picks that didn't make final
top 10: Flat Worms, Dogleg, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Drakulas,
Car Seat Headrest
- More Breitling on-the-bubble picks: Susie
Derkins, Hum, Coriky, Mountain Goats, Milky Wimpshake, Somerset Thrower,
Nothing, METZ, Bob Mould, The Brother Kite, Paper Birch
- More Kumar honorable mention picks:
Psychedelic Furs, Kestrels, Fontaines D.C., Pearl Jam, Lo Tom,
Disheveled Cuss, Emerald Comets/Ex-Hyena
- Next week: We count down our top 10 albums
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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.
Milestones are important. They denote key markers, achievements that are meaningful. Today's installment of Stuck In Thee Garage radio is episode 350, which is a substantial number. To celebrate, I played songs based on a mixtape I made way the hell back in January 1995.
This playlist has cat-like speed and reflexes:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Dick Dale & the Del-Tones - Pumpkin & Honey Bunny/Misirlou/Pulp Fiction soundtrack
Frank Black - Freedom Rock/Teenager of the Year
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues X Man/Orange
Bad Religion - Hooray For Me.../Stranger Than Fiction
Sonic Youth - Screaming Skull/Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Pearl Jam - Spin the Black Circle/Self Pollution Radio 1/8/95
Superchunk - Saving My Ticket/Foolish
Sugar - Gee Angel/File Under: Easy Listening
R.E.M. - Circus Envy/Monster
The Tragically Hip - Fire In the Hole/Day For Night'
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Piece of Crap/Sleeps With Angel
Big Chief - Lion's Mouth/Platinum Jive
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend/Savvy Show Stoppers
Sloan - Coax Me/Twice Removed
Velvet Crush - Hold Me Up/Teenage Symphonies to God
Guided By Voices - Gold Star for Robot Boy/Bee Thousand
Ween - What Deaner Was Talking About/Chocolate & Cheese
Beck - Nitemare Hippy Girl/Mellow Gold
Hour 2
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin/Grace
Soundgarden - Head Down/Superunknown
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night/MTV Unplugged In New York
Alice In Chains - I Stay Away/Jar of Flies
Revels - Bring Out the Gimp-Comanche/Pulp Fiction soundtrack
Liz Phair - Supernova/Whip-Smart
Luscious Jackson - Deep Shag/Natural Ingredients
Beastie Boys - Root Down/Ill Communication
Dambuilders - Smell/Encendedor
Teenage Fanclub - Hang On/Thirteen
Pavement - Gold Soundz/Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Red Red Meat - Flank/Jimmywine Majestic
Silkworm - Into the Woods/In the West
Shudder to Think - X-French Tee Shirt/Pony Express Record
