Episode 214 / Board Meeting

It’s the first week of summer, so we would be totally remiss if we didn’t head to the beach with some tacos, a six pack and some rip-roaring’ gnarly surfin’ tunes! We have most assuredly presented our fair share of surf music excursions in previous Mixcloud shows, so in the words of The Astronauts, “Let’s Surf Again Like We Did Last Summer”… Surf’s up!

1.    Astronauts – Let’s Surf Again

2.    Ventures – Creeper

3.    Al Casey – Surfin’ Blues (Part 1)

4.    Dick Dale & His Deltones – Taco Wagon

5.    Trashmen –  Malaguena

6.    Bunnys – Moanin

7.    Teisco Del Rey – Small Fry

8     Jon & Nightriders – Midnight Run

9.    Go-Go’s – Surfing and Spying

10.  Rhythm Rockers – Breakfast At Tressels

11.  Space Walkers – Tecumseh

12.   Masonics – March of Space Goblins

13.  Citations – Moon Race

14.  Space Cossacks – Solaris Stomp

15.  Concaves – We Are Not Alone

16.  Les Jaguars – Guitare Jet

17.  Breakaways –  Pray For Surf

18. Hillbilly Frankenstein – Flesh Hammer

19. Langhorns – Tierra del Fuego

20. Blue Stingrays – Blue Venus

21. Pollo Del Mar – Insecticide

22  Eliminators – Bone Crusher

23. Chris & Kathy – Shoot That Curl

24. Billy Stocker and the Wild Ones – Surfin’ Time Again

25.  Beach Boys –  Surfers Rule

26. Little Pattie – He’s My Blond Headed Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy

27. Pyramids – Pressure

28. Motivations – Motivate

29. Surfaris – Surf Scene

30. Husky and the Sandmen – Ridin’ the Wild Surf

31  Richie Allen & The Pacific Surfers – The Rising Surf

32. Dick Dale – Death of a Gremmie

33  Surfdusters – Crash

34. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – Our Weapons Are Useless

35. Supertones – The Shanghai Surf

36.  Satan’s Pilgrims – Shootin’ The Pier

37. Blue Stingrays – Malibu Babylon

38. The Treble Spankers -The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

39.  Jackie and the Cedrics – Boss

40  Jon & The Nightriders – Geronimo

41. Woody Waggers  – The Sahara Hop

42. Rondels – Satan’s Theme

43.  Scorpions – (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

44. Man Or Astro-man? – Goldfinger

45. Bomboras – Yacky Doo

46. Jamie Coe –  Summertime Symphony

47.  Mars Needs Women – Pintor (BONUS TRACK)

48. Stan Freberg Outro

Episode 213 / Thing O Rama

Our theme this week is “things”, which means that each song has the word “thing” in the title, and everyone from The Beatles to James Brown is on board with an appropriate contribution! Yes, we may have missed one or two of your faves that meet this criteria, but we cannot state enough that tonight’s show is just a small sample of songs that fit into this category (Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” is conspicuously absent, available on a forthcoming episode using this very theme). To quote Bryan Adams, a Canadian artist who reminded us that kids wanna rock, “The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You”!

1.   Harlequin – Sweet Things In Life

2.   Bryan Adams – The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You

3.   Alannah Myles – Still Got This Thing For You

4.   The Beatles – Things We Said Today

5.   Yes – Every Little Thing

6.   Goddo – Sweet Thing

7.   The Monkees – Sweet Young Thing

8.   Paul Revere & the Raiders – Good Thing 

9.   The Oneders – That Thing You Do!

10.  Fleetwood Mac –  Tell Me All The Things You Do

11.  Randy California – Groove Thing

12.  The Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things

13.  Max Frost and the Troopers –  Shape Of Things To Come

14.  The Headboys – The Shape of Things to Come

15.  Stevie Ray Vaughan – Things That I Used To Do

16.  The Dictators – The Next Big Thing

17.  James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure)

18.  Redbone – Things Go Better

19   UFO – Natural Thing

20.  Dave Edmunds – From Small Things, Big Things Come

21.  Bobby Darin – Things

22.  The Rolling Stones – Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)

23.  Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Crazy Little Thing

23.  Rank And File – One Big Thing

24.  Halestorm – You Call Me A Bitch Like It’s A Bad Thing

25.  Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing

26.  Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’

27.  Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love

28.  The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

29.  Joe Satriani – Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing

30.  Incognito – Funky Thing

31.  Grand Funk Railroad – Got This Thing on the Move

32.  The Rolling Stones – Everybody Knows About My Good Thing

33.  Stan Freberg Outro

Episode 212 / Mind Garage 4

Back to the 60s we go with another in our Mindgarage series!  Rather than focus on the proto-punk years of 1965 and 1966 like we usually do, (don’t worry, strange and beautiful music from that period is definitely included in this week’s show), we also present rock groups from my high school years, such as the Bonzo Dog Band, Jethro Tull, Bloodwyn Pig, The Yellow Payges and even Santana. In addition to some unquestionable vinyl rarities, you’ll find some great old songs dedicated to those of us “of a certain age”. As The Who told us on A Quick One, “Don’t Look Away”!

1.   Bonzo Dog Band – Look Out There’s A Monster Coming

2.   Blodwyn Pig – See My Way

3.   Jethro Tull – Dharma For One

4.   Steve Miller Band – Living in the USA

5.   The Shadows – Ranka Chank

6.   The Shadows – Genie With The Light Brown Lamp

7.   Rhinoceros – Apricot Brandy

8.   The Yellow Payges – I’m A Man/Here Tis

9.   The Equals – I Get So Excited

10. The Poets – That’s the Way It’s Got to Be

11.  Paul Revere & the Raiders – Over You

12. The Wailers – Louie Louie

13. Don & The Goodtimes – Running Not Walking

14  The Seeds – Mr Farmer

15. The Undertakers – Unchain My Heart

16. The Kinks – I Need You

17. We The People – My Brother, The Man

18. The Sparkles – Hipsville 29 BC

19. The Sonics – Shot Down 

20. Tages – Have You Seen Your Brother Lately

21. Davie Jones  and The King Bees – Liza Jane

22  The Last Words – The Laugh’s On Me

23  David Clayton Thomas & The Shays – Take Me Back

24  The Rabble – Comin’ On Too Strong

25  Roy Head – Get Back

26  Just Us – I Don’t Love You

26. The Syn – Grounded

27. Jethro Tull – New Day Yesterday

28. Mick Abrahams and JT – Cat’s Squirrel

29. The Band – Chest Fever

30  McKenna Mendelson Mainline – She’s Alright

31. The Yellow Payges – Crowd Pleaser

32. Led Zeppelin – Ramble On

33  ZZ Top –  Salt Lick

34. Jeff Beck Group – Rice Pudding

35. Santana – Jingo

36. The Who – Don’t Look Away

37  Stan Freberg Outro

Episode 211 / Eat It!

There are are so many songs out there devoted to food, so here we go with Part Three of our All You Can Eat series. Tonight’s episode is entitled “Eat It”, with the show artwork from a book illustrated by the one and only Robert Crumb! This week’s dine and dash mystery meat show features a delicious side order of the works, sunny side up, and proudly presents that unforgotten epic by Dr. West’s Medicine Show, “The Eggplant That Ate Chicago”. Not to be outdone, we also bring you the Amboy Dukes anthem, “Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than An Orange” as well as the eerily prophetic Bill Cosby song, “What Ya Think Bout Lickin My Chicken”! As Guy Marx once told us, “loving you has made me bananas”.

It’s been pointed out to me that I inadvertently included the wrong Asleep At the Wheel song, mistaking it for “Last Meal”, but you’re fine with that, aren’t you?

1.   Commander Cody – Triple Cheese Side Order Of Fries

2.   ZZ Top – Bar-B-Q

3.   Asleep at the Wheel –  Last Meal

4.   Rockpile – If Sugar Was As Sweet As You

5.   The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Sugar Coated Love

6.   Lonnie Russ – My Wife Can’t Cook

7.   Louis Jordan – Hungry Man

8.   Wynonie Harris – I Like My Baby’s Pudding

9.   Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band – The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

10. The Amboy Dukes – Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than An Orange

11. Frank Zappa – Peaches En Regalia

12. John Fogerty – Jambalaya

13. The Beatles – Mean Mr. Mustard

14. Van Halen – Poundcake

15. The Strangeloves – I Want Candy

16. The Cars – Candy-O

17. Cheap Trick – Oh, Candy

18. Bell Notes – Shortnin’ Bread

19. Hasil Adkins – No More Hot Dogs

20. Humble Pie – Black Coffee

21. Muddy Waters – Iodine In My Coffee

22. Don & Juan – Chicken Necks

23. Bill Cosby – What Ya Think Bout Lickin My Chicken

24. The Fools – Psycho Chicken

25. Bill Thomas & The Fendells – Southern Fried Chicken

26. Louis Armstrong – All That Meat And No Potatoes

27. Annihilator – Kraf Dinner

28. Traffic – Shanghai Noodle Factory

29. Lesley Gore – Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows

30. ZZ Top – Poke Chop Sandwich

31. Lou Monte – Pizza Boy U.S.A

32. Weezer – Pork And Beans

33. Bobby Rydell – The Fish

34. Frankie Avalon – Ginger Bread

35. Stan Freberg – Banana Boat (Day-O)

36. Guy Marx – Loving Has Made Me Bananas

37. Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight

38. John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb

39. Stan Freberg Outro