Here’s the playlist for 3-25-2025, in which I read an op ed piece about kicking Hungary out of the EU, paid tribute to David Johansen, and the featured artist segment had Wilco:
Hour 1
- Artful Dodger, “Wayside” [Artful Dodger (1975)]
- Wreckless Eric, “Take the Cash (K.A.S.H.)” [Big Smash (1980)]
- The Knack, “Frustrated” [Get The Knack (1979)]
- The Toms, “You Must Have Crossed My Mind” [The Toms (1979)]
- The Soup Dragons, “Divine Thing” [Hotwired (1992)]
- Richard Hell, “Blank Generation” [Ork Records: New York, New York (1975/2015)]
This Day in Music
- Buck Owens, “I Got a Tiger By the Tail” [Act Naturally: The Buck Owens Recordings 1953-64 (1964/2008)]
- Foo Fighters, “Walk” [Wasting Light (2011)]
- Cat Power, “Like A Rolling Stone” [Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall (2023)]
- Sex Pistols, “Rock Around the Clock” [The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle (1979)]
- Brinsley Schwarz, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” [The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz (1974)]
Hour 2: Theme Time (songs about arms)
- Journey, “Open Arms” [Escape (1981)]
- Chilliwack, “Arms of Mary” [Anthology (1978/2008)]
- John Hammond, “In Your Arms Again” [In Your Arms Again (2005)]
- Cutting Crew, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” [Best of Cutting Crew (1986/2003)]
- Sam & Dave, “These Arms of Mine” [I Thank You (1968)]
- Syd Barrett, “Waving My Arms in the Air” [Barrett (1970)]
New Music Express
- Japanese Breakfast, “Orlando in Love” [For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) (2025)]
- Lonnie Holley, “Protest with Love” [Tonky (2025)]
- Macie Stewart, “Spring Becomes You, Spring Becomes You” [When the Distance Is Blue (2025)]
- Deacon Blue, “Late ’88” [The Great Western Road (2025)]
- Sorrows, “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow [Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “Room to Move [Live in Germany 1988 (2011)]
- John Mayall, “Exercise in C Major for Harmonica” [Jazz Blues Fusion (1972)]
- John Mayall, “So Much to Do” [New Year, New Band, New Company (1975)]
Featured artist: Wilco
- Wilco, “The T.B. Is Whipping Me (with Syd Straw)” [Alpha Mike Foxtrot Rare Tracks: 1994-2014 (1994/2014)]
- Wilco, “I Must Be High” [A.M. (1995)]
- Wilco, “Box Full of Letters” [A.M. (1995)]
- Wilco, “Passenger Side” [A.M. (1995)]
- Wilco, “Far, Far Away” [Being There (1996)]
- Wilco, “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” [Being There (1996)]
Hour 4: Tribute to David Johansen (part four)
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, “James Alley Blues” [David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (2000)]
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, “Well, I’ve Been to Memphis” [David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (2000)]
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, “Poor Boy Blues” [David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (2000)]
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, “Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me” [Shaker (2002)]
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, “Death Letter” [Shaker (2002]
- New York Dolls, “Runnin’ Around” [One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)]
- New York Dolls, “Dance Like a Monkey” [One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)]
- New York Dolls, “Fishnets & Cigarettes” [One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)]
- New York Dolls, “Cause I Sez So” [Cause I Sez So (2009)]
- New York Dolls, “Better Than” [Cause I Sez So (2009)]
- New York Dolls, “Streetcake” [Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011)]
- New York Dolls, “You Don’t Have to Cry” [Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011)]
- Joe Perry, “I’m Going Crazy (with David Johasen)” [Sweetzerland Manifesto (2018)]
- David Johansen, “Bang a Gong (Get It On) [Reprise]” [AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T-Rex (2020)]
And here’s the show:
