Here is the playlist for 7-15-2025, in which the show encountered technical difficulties, I discussed the possibility of Elon Musk launching a third party, mentioned the Commodore 64 Ultimate, and paid tribute to Kim Shattuck:
Hour 1
- Lew Lewis and the Reformers, “Win or Lose” [The Stiff Records Box Set (1978/1992)]
- Piper, “Out of Control” [Piper (1976)]
- Matthew Sweet, “Girlfriend” [Girlfriend (1991)]
- Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, “I Want to Break Your Heart” [Mavericks (1991)]
This Day in Music
- Devo, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” [Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)]
- Joe Satriani, “Summer Song” [The Extremist (1992)]
- New York Dolls, “Private World” [New York Dolls (1973)]
- Johnny Thunnders The Heartbreakers with Richard Hell, “Blank Generation” [Demos (1975)]
- Bonham, “Wait for You” [Disregard of Timekeeping (1989)]
- The Nixons, “Rocket Man” [Scrapbook (1998)]
Hour 2: Songs about death
- Blind Willie Johnson, “Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed” [The Complete Blind WIllie Johnson (1928/1993)]
- Alice Cooper, “I Love the Dead” [Billion Dollar Babies (1973)]
- L7, “Pretend We’re Dead” [Bricks Are Heavy (1992)]
- Black Sabbath, “After All (The Dead)” [Dehumanizer (1992)]
- Nazareth, “Gone Dead Train” [Expect No Mercy (1977)]
New Music Express
- Bruce Springsteen, “One Beautiful Morning” [Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)]
- Bruce Springsteen, “Between Heaven and Earth” [Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)]
- Wet Leg, “CPR” [Moisturizer (2025)]
- The Spongetones, “Help Me Janie” [Help Me Janie (2025)]
Hour 3: Phun with Phish
- Phish, “Sigma Oasis (Live)” [Moda Center, Portland OR 4-20-2025 (2025)]
Featured artist: Backyard Tire Fire (part three)
- Backyard TIre Fire, “Corrine” [Vagabonds and Hooligans (2007)]
- Backyard TIre Fire, “The Wrong Hand” [Vagabonds and Hooligans (2007)]
- Backyard Tire Fire, “The Places We Lived” [The Places We Lived (2008)]
- Backyard Tire Fire, “How in the Hell Did You Get Back Here?” [The Places We Lived (2008)]
- Backyard Tire Fire, “Brady” [Good to Be (2010)]
Hour 4: Tribute to Kim Shattuck
- Kim Shattuck, “On Familial Influences on Music” [Coolest Conversations with Mighty Manfred (2014)]
- The Pandoras, “You’re All Talk” [Stop Pretending (1986)]
- The Pandoras, “You Don’t Satisfy” [Stop Pretending (1986)]
- Kim Shattuck, “On Auditioning for The Pandoras” [Coolest Conversations with Mighty Manfred (2014)]
- The Pandoras, “Stop Pretending” [Stop Pretending (1986)]
- The Pandoras, “Run Down Love Battery” [Rock Hard (1988)]
- The Pandoras, “Close Behind” [Rock Hard (1988)]
- Kim Shattuck, “On Leaving The Pandoras and Forming The Muffs” [Coolest Conversations with Mighty Manfred (2014)]
- The Muffs, “Get Me Out of Here” [Hamburger (1991/2000)]
- The Muffs, “New Love” [Kaboodle (2011)]
- Kim Shattuck, “Selecting Opening Acts” [Nihilist Corner with Elisha Shapiro (2005)]
- The Muffs, “Beat Your Heart Out” [Kaboodle (2011)]
- Kim Shattuck, “Fruitopia Expresses Interest in a Muffs Song” [Eric Blair Interview (1997)]
- The Muffs, “Everywhere I Go” [The Muffs (1993)]
- Kim Shattuck, “On Screaming” [Girls in the Band Podcast (2017)]
- The Muffs, “Ethyl My Love” [Blonder and Blonder (1995)]
- Kim Shattuck, “On Recording Kids in America for the Clueless Soundtrack” [The Aboslutely Awesome Show (2016)]
- The Muffs, “Kids in America” [Clueless Soundtrack (1995)]
- The Muffs, “Holiday” [Happy Birthday to Me (1997)]
And here’s the show:
