Here’s the playlist for 4-22-2025, in which I discussed the death of Pope Francis and Zelenskyy’s wife fleeing the country, and paid tribute to Dave Allen:
Hour 1
- Adam Ant, “Goody Two Shoes” [Friend or Foe (1982)]
- Mick Farren, “Son of a Millionaire” [Vampires Stole My Lunch Money (1978)]
- Pretty Things, “Havana Bound” [Freeway Madness (1972)]
- The Wallabys, “Feeling High” [Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star (1967/2017)]
- Pere Ubu, “Modern Dance” [The Modern Dance (1978)]
This Day in Music
- Dinosaur Jr., “Show Me The Way” [Fossils (1989)]
- Urge Overkill, “Wichita Lineman” [Americruiser (1990)}
- Ace, “How Long” [Five-A-Side (1974)]
- Squeeze, “Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)” [Argybargy (1980)]
- System of a Down, “Byob” [Byob (Single) (2005)]
- Lipps Inc., “Funkytown (Single Version)” [Mouth to Mouth (1979)]
- The Black Crowes, “You Wear It Well” [1972 (2022)]
Hour 2: Theme Time (songs about friends)
- Jonesez, “Best Friends” [Betty’s Soup (2010)]
- The Toms, “Let’s Be Friends Again” [The Toms (1979)]
- Cheap Trick, “With a Little Help From My Friends” [Sgt. Pepper Live (2009)]
- James Taylor, “You’ve Got a Friend” [Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)]
- Led Zeppelin, “Friends” [Led Zeppelin III (1970)]
- The Rembrandts, “I’ll Be There for You (Theme Song from Friends)” [L.P. (1995)]
- Rush, “Take a Friend” [Rush (1974)]
New Music Express
- Julian Baker & Torres, “Dirt” [Send a Prayer My Way (2025)]
- Neil Young, “Song X (Live)” [Coastal Soundtrack (Live) (2025)]
- Rhiannon Giddens & Julian Robinson, “Brown’s Dream” [What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (2025)]
- Beirut, “Forest Encyclopedia” [A Study in Losses (2025)]
Hour 3: Mandatory Mayall
- John Mayall, “California (John Mayall & Friends, Live At The Palais Des Sports, Lyon, 1 June 1970)” [Live in France 1967-73 (2023)]
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, “Blood on the Night” [The Diary of a Band Vol. 1&2 (2007)]
Featured artist: Wilco (part five)
- Wilco, “Impossible Germany” [Sky Blue Sky (2007)]
- Wilco, “Side with the Seeds” [Sky Blue Sky (2007)]
- Wilco, “Please Be Patient with Me” [Sky Blue Sky (2007)]
- Wilco, I Shall Be Released (Live, with Fleet Foxes)” [Alpha Mike Foxtrot Rare Tracks: 1994-2014 (4CD, Box-Set) (2008/2014)]
- Wilco, “Wilco the Song” [Wilco (The Album) (2009)]
- Wilco, “You Never Know” [Wilco (The Album (2009)]
Hour 4: Tribute to Dave Allen (part one)
- Gang of Four, “Damaged Goods” [A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (1978/1990)]
- Gang of Four, “Anthrax” [entertainment! (1978/1979)]
- Gang of Four, “Armalite Rifle” [entertainment! (1978/1979)]
- Gang of Four, “At Home He’s a Tourist” [entertainment! (1979)]
- Gang of Four, “It’s Her Factory” [Yellow EP (1980)]
- Gang of Four, “Outside the Trains Don’t Run On Time [Yellow EP (1980)]
- Gang of Four, “He’d Send in the Army” [Yellow EP (1980)]
- Gang of Four, “Parlysed” [Solid Gold (1981)
- Gang of Four, “What We All Want” [Solid Gold (1981)
- Gang of Four, “Cheeseburger” [Solid Gold (1981)]
- Shriekback, “Accretions” [Tench EP (1982)]
And here’s the show:
