Friday, July 26, 2024

Stuck In Thee Garage #538: July 26, 2024

After the last several years of general insanity, it may be hard to imagine being in a perpetual state of happiness, but hopefully there are still things that make you happy. One of mine is putting together a two-hour radio show every week. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about happiness in hour 2 and it was glorious. It could even put a smile on this dour character's face.


This playlist loves television:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Los Campesinos! - The Order of the Seasons/All Hell

Oneida - Split/Expensive Air

Fucked Up - Another Day/Another Day

Chime School - Give Your Heart Away/The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel

Guided By Voices - Fictional Environment Dream/Strut of Kings

Nada Surf - New Propeller/Moon Mirror

Wilco - Hot Sun/Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP

Pedro the Lion - Tall Pines/Santa Cruz

Neutrals - Last Orders/New Town Dream

Ekko Astral - Baethoven/Pink Balloons

DIIV - In Amber/Frog Boiling in Water

Ex-Hyena - In Slow Motion/A Kiss of the Mind

Redd Kross - Lay Down and Die/Redd Kross

The Folk Implosion - Right Hand Over the Heart/Walk Thru Me

ORB - Morph/Tailem Bend


Hour 2: Happy

The Breeders - Happiness is a Warm Gun/Pod

Built to Spill - Happiness/Ancient Melodies of the Future

Purple Mountains - All My Happiness is Gone/Purple Mountains

Bob Mould - First Time Joy/Silver Age

Krill - Happy/Krill

Dead Meadow - I'm So Glad/The Nothing They Need

The Jam - Happy Together/The Gift

Public Image Ltd. - Happy/9

The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays/Singles Going Steady

Sly and the Family Stone - (You Caught Me) Smilin'/There's a Riot Goin' On

Prince - Private Joy/Controversy

The Rolling Stones - Happy/Exile on Main St.

Drive-By Truckers - Hell No, I Ain't Happy/Decoration Day

Matthew Sweet - Happiness/Kids in the Hall Brain Candy soundtrack

Death Lurks - Happiness Pie/Kids in the Hall Brain Candy soundtrack

Sloan - Glad to Be Here/B Sides Win: extras, bonus tracks and b-sides 1992-2008

Van Halen - Happy Trails/Diver Down


Fire up the Rocktron 3000 RIGHT HERE, PAL!

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