Here is the playlist for 5-20-2025, a show in which I annouunced former President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis, mourned the death of George Wendt, and played Son Volt for the featured artist:
Hour 1
- Gary Portnoy, “Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)” [Tube Tunes Vol. 3 – The 80’s (1995)]
- Marshall Crenshaw, “Someday, Someway” [ConsequenceMarshall Crenshaw (1982)]
- Genesis, “Paperlate” [Three Sides Live (1982)]
- The J. Geils Band, “I Do (Live)” [Showtime! (1982)]
- The Baseball Project, “Harvey Haddix” [Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (2008)]
- TrippyChirps290, “Engine of Doom” [Ai-generated song (2025)]
This Day in Music
- Joe Cocker, “The Letter” [Mad Dogs & Englishmen (Live) (1970)]
- Go-Go’s, “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Beauty and the Beat (1981)]
- Haircut 100, “Love Plus One” [Pelican West (1982)]
- Semisonic, “Closing Time” [Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)]
- Wings, “With a Litle Luck” [The 7″ Singles (1978/2022)]
- Bonerama, “Heartbreaker” [Bonerama Plays Zeppelin (2019)]
Hour 2: Songs about coffee
- Bob Dylan, “One More Cup of Coffee” [Desire (1976)]
- Cream, “The Coffee Song” [Fresh Cream (1966)]
- UFO, “Black Cold Coffee” [You Are Here (2004)]
- Warrant, “Coffee House” [Belly to Belly (1996)]
- Du Blonde, “Dollar Coffee” [Sniff More Gritty (2024)]
- Squeeze, “Black Coffee in Bed” [Sweets from a Stranger (1982)]
New Music Express
- Tune-Yards, “Heartbreak” [Better Dreaming (2025)]
- Billy Normates, “Nothin Worth Winnin” [Metalhorse (2025)]
- Mourning [A] BLKstar, “Stop 2 Lion (feat. Lee Bains)” [Flowers for the Living” (2025)]
- Charlie Musselwhite, “Look Out Highway” [Look Out Highway (2025)]
- Crossword Smiles, “Counting By Fives” [Consequences and Detours (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “It’s My Own Fault” [The Power of the Blues, Pt. 2 (Recorded Live in Germany) (2024)]
- John Mayall, “Mail Order Mystics” [Live in London (2011)]
Featured artist: Son Volt (part one)
- Son Volt, “Windfall” [Trace (1995)]
- Son Volt, “Drown” [Trace (1995)]
- Son Volt, “Catching On” [Trace (1995)]
- Son Volt, “Caryatid Easy” [Straightaways (1997)]
- Son Volt, “Back Into Your World” [Straightaways (1997)]
- Son Volt, “Cemetary Savior” [Straightaways (1997)]
- Son Volt, “Tulsa Country” [Switchback EP (1997)]
- Son Volt, “Going, Going, Gone” [Switchback EP (1997)]
Hour 4: Tribute to David Thomas (part two)
- Pere Ubu, “Caligari’s Mirror” [Dub Housing (1978)]
- Pere Ubu, “The Fabulous Sequel” [New Picnic Time (1979)]
- Pere Ubu, “Go” [The Art of Walking (1980)]
- Pere Ubu, “Misery Goats” [The Art of Walking (1980)]
- Pere Ubu, “Birdies” [The Art of Walking (1980)]
- David Thomas, “The Birds Are a Good Idea” [The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrian (1981)]
- David Thomas, “Crickets in the Flats” [The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrian (1981)]
- David Thomas, “Sloop John B” [The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrian (1981)]
- Pere Ubu, “The Long Walk Home” [Song of the Bailing Man (1982)]
- Pere Ubu, “Stormy Weather” [Song of the Bailing Man (1982)]
- Pere Ubu, “A Day Such As This” [Song of the Bailing Man (1982)]
- David Thomas, “West Side Story” [Winter Comes Home (1982)]
And here’s the show:
