Here’s the playlist for 1-21-2025, in which I had some technical difficulties, celebrated the pardoning of Ross Ulbricht, and had the Wondermints as the featured artist:
Hour 1
- David Johansen, “Here Comes the Night” [Here Comes the Night (1981)]
- Warren Zevon, “Jungle Work” [Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)]
- Ween, “Dr. Rock” [The Pod (1991)]
- Railroad Jerk, “The Ballad of Railroad Jerk” [One Track Mind (1995)]
- The Band, “Chest Fever” [Music From Big Pink (1968)]
- Dead Kennedys, “Life Sentence” [Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1983/1987)]
This Day in Music
- The Guess Who, “Clap for the Wolfman” [Road Food (1974)]
- The Bee Gees, “Night Fever” [Greatest (1977/1979)]
- Spice Girls, “Wannabe” [Spice (1976)]
- Billy Idol, “Cradle of Love” [Charmed Life (1990)]
- The Rolling Stones, “Short and Curlies” [It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (1974)]
Hour 2: Theme Time (Presidential songs/songs about fire)
- The Marshall Tucker Band, “Mr. President” [Tuckerized (1981)]
- Ian Hunter, “When I’m President” [When I’m President (2012)]
- Bram Tchaikovsky, “Mr. President” [The Russians Are Coming (1980)]
- The Royal Guardsman, “Snoopy for President” [Anthology (1968/1995)]
- Extreme, “When I’m President” [Pornograffitti (1990)]
- Ron Wood, “I Can Feel the Fire” [I Got My Own Album to Do (1974)]
- Mick Farren and The New Wave, “Play with Fire” [Ork Records: New York, New York (1976/2015)]
- Dio, “Firehead” [Strange Highways (1993)]
- Van Duren, “Chemical Fire” [Are You Serious? (1978)]
New Music Express
- 20/20, “King of the Whole Wide World” [Back to California (2025)]
- The Weather Station, “Window” [Humanhood (2025)]
- Delivery, “Digging the Hole” [Force Majeure (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “Rolling with the Blues” [Live in Germany 1988 (2011)]
- John Mayall, “Got You on My Mind” [Rolling with the Blues (2003)]
Featured artist: The Wondermints (part two)
- The Wondermints, “Guess I’m Dumb” [Wonderful World of Wondermints (1996)]
- The Wondermints, “In and Around Greg Lake” [Bali (1998)]
- The Wondermints, “Cellophane” [Bali (1998)]
- The Wondermints, “Bali” [Bali (1998)]
- The Wondermints, “Ride” [Mind if We Make Love to You (2002)]
- The Wondermints, “Silly Place” [Kaleidoscopin: Exploring Prisms of the Past (2009)]
Hour 4: Worst Prog Rock Albums of All Time: Supertramp, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull
- Supertramp, “It Doesn’t Matter” [Free as a Bird (1987)]
- Supertramp, “Free as a Bird” [Free as a Bird (1987)]
- Gentle Giant, “Words From The Wise” [Giant for a Day (1978)]
- Gentle Giant, “Little Brown Bag” [Giant for a Day (1978)]
- Gentle Giant, “Rock Climber” [Giant for a Day (1978)]
- Jethro Tull, “Later That Same Evening” [Under Wraps (1984)]
Tribute to John Sykes
- Streetfighter, “She’s No Angel” [More Electric Warriors (1980)]
- Tygers of Pan Tang, “Gangland” [Spellbound (1981)]
- Tygers of Pan Tang, “Take It” [Spellbound (1981)]
- Tygers of Pan Tang, “Love Don’t Stay” [Crazy Nights (1981)]
- Tygers of Pan Tang, “Never Satisfied” [Crazy Nights (1981)]
And here’s the show: