Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Friday, April 26, 2024
Day After Day #114: Alcoholics Unanimous
Stuck In Thee Garage #525: April 26, 2024
It's a big, bad world out there. For some, crime is a way of life. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about crime in hour 2 (as well as new music from Cloud Nothings, Alejandro Escovedo, Bodega and Pearl Jam in hour 1). Perfect for cranking in your car while chasing the bad guys.
This playlist is nice, guys:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Cloud Nothings - Running Through the Campus/Final Summer
Alejandro Escovedo - John Conquest/Echo Dancing
Bodega - Stain Gaze/Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
Kim Gordon - I'm a Man/The Collective
Gustaf - Weighing Me Down/Package, Pt. 2
Boeckner - Return to Life/Boeckner!
Meatbodies - ICCNVR2/Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
The Hold Steady - Radar & Leda/The Death of the Punchline
Pearl Jam - Waiting for Stevie/Dark Matter
METZ - Superior Mirage/Up on Gravity Hill
Spiral Heads - NY Sorrow/'Til I'm Dead
Chalk - Asking/Conditions EP
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Don't Wanna Lose You/Single
Lunchbox - Summer's Calling/Pop and Circumstance
IDLES - Pop Pop Pop/Tangk
Hour 2: Crime
The Clash - Bankrobber/Black Market Clash
The Von Bondies - This is Our Perfect Crime/Love, Hate and Then There's You
Greg Dulli - A Crime/Single
David Bowie - Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)/Blackstar
Run the Jewels - Lie, Cheat, Steal/Run the Jewels 2
Cold War Kids - Almost a Crime/Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Vol. 2
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak/Live and Dangerous
Ted Leo - Criminal Piece/Home Recording 10/5/04
Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe - Crime/Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe
The Afghan Whigs - Crime Scene, Part One/Black Love
Johnny Foreigner - Criminals/Grace and the Bigger Picture
Kurt Vile - KV Crimes/Wakin' on a Pretty Daze
Neil Young - Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Part 1)/Freedom
Slap the cuffs on the big show RIGHT HERE, chief.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Day After Day #113: Sunless Saturday
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Sunless Saturday (1991)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Day After Day #112: Army of Me
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Army of Me (1995)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Day After Day #111: Talk About Love
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Talk About Love (1987)
Monday, April 22, 2024
Day By Day #110: Loveless Love
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Loveless Love (1980)
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Day By Day #109: We're Desperate
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
We're Desperate (1981)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Day After Day #108: Saving My Ticket
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Saving My Ticket (1994)
Friday, April 19, 2024
Stuck In Thee Garage #524: April 19, 2024
A wise man once said, "You might as well jump" and by gum, we believed him. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about jumping in hour 2. They're pretty jumpy, which is a good thing. But they don't jump the shark.
This playlist will take a bite out of you:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
METZ - Glass Eye/Up on Gravity Hill
Kim Gordon - Bye Bye/The Collective
Lunchbox - Dinner for Two/Pop and Circumstance
The Hold Steady - The Death of the Punchline/The Death of the Punchline
Cindy Lee - Lockstepp/Diamond Jubilee
Dope Yeti - Lightning Bug/Dope Yeti
Mdou Moctar - Imouhar/Funeral for Justice
Waxahatchee - Ice Cold/Tigers Blood
Gustaf - What Does It Mean/Package, Pt. 2
Chastity Belt - Funny/Live Laugh Love
The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Dead Stars in Your Eyes/Unwishing Well
Ride - Last Frontier/Interplay
Boeckner - Euphoria/Boeckner!
Restorations - Big, Dumb/Restorations
The Jesus and Mary Chain - American Born/Glasgow Eyes
Hour 2: Jump
Aztec Camera - Jump/Knife
The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers/Jump Rope Gazers
Richard and Linda Thompson - Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?/Shoot Out the Lights
Sinead O'Connor - Jump in the River/I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Reptaliens - Jump/Multiverse
The Night Marchers - Jump in the Fire/See You in Magic
Savak - Jump Into the Night/Flavors of Paradise
Ty Segall - Jump Into the Fire/Segall Smeagol
Courting - Jumper/Guitar Music
Dead Meadow - Let's Jump In/Feathers
Pilot to Gunner - Ship Jumpers/Hail Hallucinator
Radiohead - High & Dry/The Bends
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers/The Woods
Nirvana - Dive/Incesticide
Day After Day #107: Stutter
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Stutter (1993)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Day After Day #106: Doo Wop (That Thing)
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Doo Wop (That Thing) (1998)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Day After Day #105: No One Knows
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
No One Knows (2002)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Day After Day #104: Sour Times
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Sour Times (1994)
Monday, April 15, 2024
Day After Day #103: Taxman
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Taxman (1966)
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Day After Day #102: Song for the Dumped
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Song for the Dumped (1997)
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Day After Day #101: She Sells Sanctuary
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
She Sells Sanctuary (1985)
Friday, April 12, 2024
Day After Day #100: Me Myself and I
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Me Myself and I (1989)
Stuck In Thee Garage #523: April 12, 2024
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Time is flying by way too fast. I don't feel like I'm getting that much older, but then I'll look at the date and realize a decade has passed. I got that feeling again this week on Stuck In Thee Garage, when I played songs from 2014 in hour 2. But then again, time IS a flat circle.
This playlist likes to cut up its beer cans:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice/Funeral for Justice
Mutes - Barely Living Proof/Buried Where You Stand
Dope Yeti - Halfway Gone/Dope Yeti
Gustaf - Close/Package, Pt. 2
Valley Lodge - I Wrote a Song/Shadows in Paradise
Meatbodies - Silly Cybin/Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
St. Vincent - Broken Man/All Born Screaming
Waxahatchee - Evil Spawn/Tigers Blood
Chastity Belt - Tethered/Live Laugh Love
The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Your Worst Song is Your Greatest Hit/Unwishing Well
Ride - Portland Rocks/Interplay
Restorations - Someone Else's Dream/Restorations
Boeckner - Dead Tourists/Boeckner!
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Girl 71/Glasgow Eyes
Spiral Heads - Stays the Same/'Til I'm Dead
Charles Moothart - Fire I Call Home/Black Holes Don't Choke
Split Single - Fragmented World (live)/FW10 Bonus Tracks
Hour 2: 2014
Soccer Mom - It's Probably Not Your Fault/Soccer Mom
Two Inch Astronaut - Part of Your Scene/Foulbrood
Krill - Unbounded Nameless Future/Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears
Death From Above 1979 - Trainwreck 1979/The Physical World
Johnny Foreigner - Shipping/You Can Do Better
Young Adults - Void / Old Kids/Void
Speedy Ortiz - Oxygal/Real Hair
Ava Luna - Daydream/Electric Balloon
Ty Segall - The Faker/Manipulator
Sloan - 13 (Under a Bad Sign)/Commonwealth
The Afghan Whigs - Parked Outside/Do to the Beast
Hallelujah the Hills - Do You Have Romantic Courage?/Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
The War on Drugs - Red Eyes/Lost in the Dream
Bob Mould - Hey Mr. Grey/Beauty & Ruin
Gord Downie and the Sadies - Crater/And the Conquering Sun
Cloud Nothings - Now Hear In/Here and Nowhere Else
Fire up the rock teleportation device HERE, pally!
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Day After Day #99: Brimful of Asha
Day After Day is an ambitious attempt to write about a song every day in 2024 (starting on Jan. 4).
Brimful of Asha (1997)
Day After Day #114: Alcoholics Unanimous
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