Here’s the playlist for 2-4-2025, a show in which I recounted Governor Murphy’s alleged harboring of an illegal alien, had a technical difficulty with a playlist, and had Sparkle*jets UK as the featured artist:
Hour 1
- Genesis, “Illegal Alien” [Genesis (1983)]
- The Rolling Stones, “Scarlet (The War on Drugs Remix)” [Goats Head Soup (1973/2020)]
- Mike Watt, “In the Engine Room” [Contemplating the Engine Room (1999)]
- The Loud Family, “Take Me Down (To Haloo)” [Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things (1993)]
This Day in Music
- Alice Cooper, “Road Rats” [Lace and Whiskey (1977)]
- The Troggs, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lady” [The Trogg Tapes (1976)]
- Kansas, “Carry on Wayward Son” [Leftoverture (1976)]
- Culture Club, “Karma Chamelion” [Colour By Numbers (1983)]
- The Offspring, “Come Out and Play” [Smash (1994)]
- Hole, “Celebrity Skin” [Celebrity Skin (1998)]
Hour 2
- The Troggs, “Love Is All Around” [Cellophane (1968)]
Theme Time: Songs about smoking/songs about fire
- Commander Cody, “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)” [Too Much Fun: The Best of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (1973/1990)]
- Brownsville Station, “Smokin’ in the Boy Room” [Yeah (1973)]
- NRBQ, “Everybody’s Smokin'” [Message for the Mess Age (1994)]
- David Peel and the Lower East Side, “The Pope Smokes Dope” [The Pope Smokes Dope (1972)]
- The Donnas, “Everybody’s Smoking Cheeba” [The Donnas (1998)]
- Tegan and Sara, “Smoking Weed Alone” [Crybaby (2022)]
- Jim Steinman, “Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire)” [Bad for Good (1981)]
- Kix, “Burning Love” [Cool Kids (1983)]
New Music Express
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “Tonight With The Dogs I’m Sleeping” [The Purple Bird (2025)]
- Maribou State, “Blackoak” [Hallucinating Love (2025)]
- The Bablers, “Together Forever” [Together Forever single (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “C.C. Rider Blues Jam” [In the Shadow of Legends (2011)]
Featured artist: Sparkle*Jets U.K.
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “She’s My Fave” [In, Through and Beyond (1998)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “My Internet Love Song (To You)” [In, Through and Beyond (1998)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “Thirteen” [In, Through and Beyond (1998)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “Surfin’ Monkeys” [In, Through and Beyond (1998)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “Real Nice Time” [International Pop Overthrow Vol. 3 (2000)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “Monster” [Bamboo Lounge (2001)]
- Sparkle*Jets U.K., “Beautiful Girl” [Bamboo Lounge (2001)]
Hour 4: Best Albums of the 1990s: PJ Harvey, Smashing Pumpkins, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- PJ Harvey, “To Bring You My Love” [To Bring You My Love (1995)]
- PJ Harvey, “Down by the Water” [To Bring You My Love (1995)]
- Smashing Pumpkins, “Cherub Rock” [Siamese Dream (1993)]
- Smashing Pumpkins, “Today” [Siamese Dream (1993)]
- Smashing Pumpkins, “Rocket” [Siamese Dream (1993)]
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Into My Arms” [The Boatman’s Call (1997)]
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Brompton Oratory” [The Boatman’s Call (1997)]
Tribute to John Sykes
- Whitesnake, “Slide It In” [Slide It In (1984)]
- Whitesnake, “Still of the Night” [Whitesnake (1987)]
- Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again (2017 Remix)” [Whitesnake (1987/2017)]
And here’s the show:
