Here’s the playlist for 6-3-2025, in which I did a retrospective on fifteen years on RFD, read an article about Doctor Who, and had Son Volt as the featured artist:
Hour 1
- The Stranglers, “Peaches” [Rattus Norvegicus (1977)]
- Dr. Feelgood, “Roxette” [Down By The Jetty (1974)]
- The Replacements, “Kiss Me on the Bus” [Tim (1985)]
- Flamin’ Groovies, “Have You Seen My Baby?” [Teenage Head (1971)]
- The Pretty Things, “Balloon Burning” [S.F. Sorrow (1968)]
- trippychips290, “The Fall of Plus/4” [AI-generated song (2025)]
- Extract #1: The Hollywood Report with Ramon Novarro [OAD: 6-3-2010]
This Day in Music
- Ian Hunter, “All the Way From Memphis” [Live: Welcome to the Club (1980)]
- Suzi Quatro, “48 Crash” [The Girl From Detroit City (1973/2014)]
- Deniece Williams, “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” [Footloose Soundtrack (1984)]
- Dread Zeppelin, “Light My Fire” [The Fun Sessions – Tortelvis Sings the Classics (1996)]
Hour 2: More songs about summer
- Chris Stamey, “The Summer Sun” [Ork Records: New York New York (1977/2015)]
- The Pretty Things, “Summertime” [The Singles A’s and B’s (1971/2002)]
- Elvis Costello, “The Other Side of Summer” [Mighty Like a Rose (1991)]
- The Kelly Affair, “Last Summer” [Welcome to the Kelly Affair (1998)]
- Ron Sexsmith, “Summer Blowin’ Town” [Ron Sexsmith (1995)]
- Danzig, “Dirty Black Summer” [Danzig 3 – How the Gods Kill (1992)]
- Extract #2: The Hollywood Report with (Uncle) Ed Savitz [OAD 4-26-2012]
New Music Express
- Garbage, “There’s No Future in Optimism” [Let All That We Imagine Be The Light (2025)]
- Alan Sparhawk with Trampled By Turtles, “Too High” [Alan Sparhawk with Trampled By Turtles (2025)]
- The Spongetones, “Lulu’s in Love” [Lulu’s in Love single (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “Devil’s Tricks” [Back to the Roots (2001)]
- John Mayall, “Four Million Knobs” [Live 1967 (1967)]
Featured artist: Son Volt (part three)
- Son Volt, “Bandages and Scars” [Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005)]
- Son Volt, “Jet Pilot” [Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005)]
- Son Volt, “World Waits for You” [Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005)]
- Son Volt, “The Picture” [The Search (2007)]
- Son Volt, “The Search” [The Search (2007)]
- Son Volt, “Automatic Society” [The Search (2007)]
- Son Volt, “Dynamite” [American Central Dust (2009)]
Hour 4: Tribute to David Thomas
- Extract #3: Blair and Venison Skype Call [OAD: 7-10-2014]
- Number Six, “Vension Has No Internet” [Song parody (2014)]
- Pere Ubu, “Universal Vibration” [The Tenement Year (1988)]
- Pere Ubu, “Why Go Alone?” [Cloudland (1989)]
- Pere Ubu, “Monday Night” [Cloudland (1989)]
- Pere Ubu, “The Wire” [Cloudland (1989)]
- Pere Ubu, “I Hear They Smoke the Barbecue” [Worlds in Collision (1991)]
- Pere Ubu, “Over the Moon” [Worlds in Collision (1991)]
- Pere Ubu, “Lousiana Train Wreck” [Story of My Life (1993)]
- Pere Ubu, “Fedora Satellite II” [Story of My Life (1993)]
And here’s the show:
