Here’s the playlist for 12-3-2024, a show in which I discussed replacing my brake pads, my efforts to start a file server, and in which I played the top 25 of 2024:
Hour 1
- The Tubes, “Drivin’ All Night” [T.R.A.S.H. – Tubes Rarities And Smash Hits (1981/1988)]
- I Fight Dragons, “The Power of Love” [100 Great Covers (2010/2020)]
- National Lampoon, “Deteriorata” [Radio Dinner (1972)]
- Kim Fowley, “King of Love” [International Heroes (1973)]
- The Toms, “Fake Christmas” [Fake Christmas single (2016)]
This Day in Music
- Ian McLagan, “Movin’ Out” [Here Comes Trouble (1979)]
- The Chesterfield Kings, “Little Red Rooster” [Drunk on Muddy Water (1990)]
- The Grascals, “Last Train to Clarksville” [The Famous Left Flynn’s (2010)]
- Ron Wood, “I Can Say She’s Alright” [Now Look (1975)]
- Judas Priest, “Better By You, Better Than Me” [Stained Class (1978)]
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Sex Type Thing” [Core (1992)]
Hour 2: Theme Time (songs about Friday)
- Los Straitjackets, “Friday on My Mind” [Walkabout (2020)]
- Steely Dan, “Black Friday” [Katy Lied (1975)]
- Genesis, “Get ‘Em Out By Friday” [Foxtrot (1972)]
- The Black Crowes, “Good Friday” [Three Snakes & One Charm (1996)]
- Rod Stewart, “Dynamite” [Out of Order (1988)]
- Iron City Houserockers, “Friday Night” [Blood on the Bricks (1981)]
New Music Express
- Ben Lukas Boysen, “Ours” [Alta Ripa (2024)]
- Sunroof, “Ensnare” [Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 3 (2024)]
- Caixa Cubo, “Jureta” [Modo Aviao (2024)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “Band Intro/Feels Good in Frankfort” [Rolling with the Blues (2003)]
- John Mayall, “Stars in the Night” [No More Interviews (1979)]
- John Mayall, “Dry Throat” [Jazz Blues Fusion (1972)]
Featured artist: The Hold Steady (part four)
- The Hold Steady, “Spinners” [Teeth Dreams (2014)]
- The Hold Steady, “Big Cig” [Teeth Dreams (2014)]
- The Hold Steady, “Denver Haircut” [Thrashing Thru the Passion (2019)]
- The Hold Steady, “Carlos Is Crying” [The Price of Progress (2023)]
- The Hold Steady, “The Feelers” [Open Door Policy (2021)]
Hour 4: Top 25 of 2024
- The Bevis Frond, “Focus on Nature, [Focus on Nature (2024)] #25
- Susanna Hoffs, “Under a Cloud” [The Lost Record (2024)] #24
- House of Lords, “Bad Karma” [Full Tilt Overdrive (2024)] #23
- Slash, “Oh Well (feat. Chris Stapleton)” [Orgy of the Damned (2024)] #22
- Joe Gruschecky & The Houserockers, “Can’t Outrun a Memory” [Can’t Outrun a Memory (2024)] #21
- Kim Gordon, “I Don’t Miss My Mind” [The Collective (2024)] #20
- Fleetwood Mac, “Oh Well (Pt. 1)” [50 Years: Don’t Stop (1969/2018)]
Christmas music - The Donnas, “Up on the Housetop” [21st Century Santa (2015)]
- Jonathan Pushkar, “Snoopy’s Christmas” [White Christmas (2019)]
- Run-D.M.C., “Christmas in Hollis” [A Very Special Christmas (1987)]
- Cheap Trick, “Father Christmas” [Christmas Christmas (2017)]
- Tom Lehrer, “A Christmas Carol” [An Evening Wasted (1959)]
And here’s the show:
