8/25/06 Show - Love Part 1: The Bitter

It was just like one of those movies where two people meet. At first they hate each other. "You are just impossible!" one of them says to the other. But then they start to realize that the hate is really love. There's a little problem though. You see, one of them has promised to marry some rich jerk. The other one, in a Grand Hilarious Gesture, rushes off to the wedding in hopes of stopping it. Except they don't make it. Or they get hit by a bus. Or they do make it but the other one decides that they'd still rather be with the rich jerk. Or maybe even all three. Oh, and Julia Roberts gets crabs. Again.

I can't help with the crabs, Julia, but I can provide you with some music that you may relate to. All songs about love. Love where there are no Pretty Women and Harry Gets Cheated On By Sally. The bitter, failed side of love. It's never sounded so good:

Love Part 1 - The Bitter (and the crabs)

Oh the Playlist:

Anthrax - Gang of 4
What? - Softcell
I Want The One I Can't Have - The Smiths
1-2 Crush On You - The Clash
Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
Everyday I Love You Less And Less - Kaiser Chiefs
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
C'mere - Interpol
Jilted John - Jilted John
Sour Times - Portishead
Still In Love - The Stills
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
Good Times - Sleater-Kinney
Dance Away - Roxy Music
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Up the Junction - Squeeze
Oh L'Amour - Erasure
I Remember You - The Ramones
***Guilty Pleasure*** Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Promises - The Buzzcocks
Local Girls - Graham Parker
1000 Umbrellas - XTC
Bittersweet - New Model Army
Poison Arrow - ABC
Stupid Marriage - The Specials
Play For Today - The Cure
Love Me Two Times - The Doors
Lazy - The Nuns
Your Woman - White Town
Vapour Trail - Ride
Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive
See You - Depeche Mode
Breaking the Back of Love - Echo and the Bunnymen
No More Words - Berlin
Oh Goddamnit! - Hot Hot Heat
What Did I Do Wrong? - Sleeper
Girl Afraid - The Smiths
Wise Up, Sucker - Pop Will Eat Itself
The Difference Between Love and Hell - Sahara Hotnights
I Don't Mind - The Buzzcocks

8/18/06 Show - Continental Europe

Oh Europe, you are a gorgeous bitch. A moist thrill indeed, to be savored like a meal of roasted jackrabbit. 3 hours was simply not enough time to spend in your lovers embrace. Less than a fortnight has passed and how I already long for your touch. Pehaps soon, we will be duly reunited and dance the jig of wanton carnalities, as we dine on spiced meats and rub their drippings all over heaving, naked bosoms, glistening under the summer moonlight.

Until then, we have only this MP3 to serve as a reminder of our triste. Let it wet our appetites as a playful tease, before giving ourselves over so completely to sweet, sweet surrender and devilishly wicked abandon:

Europe Show - An MP3 For Lovers

Le Plalisto:

Europe Endless - Kraftwerk
Negativland - Neu!
Father Cannont Yell - Can
J'ai mal aux dents - Faust
Der Kommissar - Falco
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
Don't Crash - Front 242
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
The Zookeeper's Boy - Mew
New York Was Great - The Raveonettes
Empty Heart - Sahara Hotnights
Geburt Einer Nation - Laibach
Cosmic Eyes - Phillip Boa
Allo Allo (I Love You) - Les Sans Culottes
No Words - Clan of Xymox
Just A Dream - Nena
Silent Love - Nina Hagen
Vinternoll - Kent
These Days - Nico
Incubus Succubus - X-Mal Deutschland
Skurk - KMFDM
Germany With Love - Alphaville
***Guilty Pleasure*** Carnival - The Cardigans
The Sun Always Shines On TV- A-ha
Strangers Thoughts - Camouflage
Cul De Sac - Komeda
The Bog - Bigod 20
A Get Together To Tear It Apart - The Hives
Eisbaer - Grauzone
Once In A Lifetime - Wolfsheim
Why Won't You Talk About It - Radio Department
Black City - The Division of Laura Lee
Maple Leaves - Jens Lekman
Rock 'N Roll - The Sounds
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

8/11/06 Show - The Midwest

Rock 'N Roll began in the Midwest. Well, not really but it was a Midwesterner that first coined the term "Rock 'N Roll". By the way, before I write "Rock 'N Roll" one more time, can you tell if I'm writing it correctly? Should the apostrophe be after the "N" or before? Or both? I've never quite figured that whole 'N (or N' or 'N') business out. Anyway, it was a DJ from Cleveland that first said it and the world has been confused ever since.

And in these times of confusion, I have found that downloading MP3s can be a soothing escape from the swirling madness of the streets. By the way, is it "MP3's" or "MP3s"? Never mind, I won't get into that again. Just follow this link to hear the show, as the Iriquois Indians did when they sailed across Lake Michigan all those years ago:

Midwest Show - Songs from Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and the Human Heart

Playlist beneath:

We're Coming Out - The Replacements (Minneapolis, MN)
Could You Be The One - Husker Du (Minneaopolis, MN)
Asphole - Pigface (Chicago, IL)
Sex On Wheels - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (Chicago, IL)
I Want To Know What You're Thinking (Pure Energy) - Information Society (Minneapolis, MN)
Search and Destroy - The Stooges (Ann Arbor, MI)
Kick Out The Jams - The MC5 (Detroit, MI)
Kerosene - Big Black (Evanston, IL)
Game Of Pricks - Guided By Voices (Dayton, OH)
One Step Away From Myself - Cobra Verde (Dayton, OH)
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses (Akron, OH)
Mystery Achievement - The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde is from Akron, OH!)
My Hometown Is On Strike - Viewfinder (Some town on strike, IL)
Jocko Homo - Devo (Akron, OH)
Non-Alignment Pact - Pere Ubu (Cleveland, OH)
Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys (Cleveland, OH)
Dance With Me - Lords of the New Church (Cleveland, OH)
Let's Not Belong - Paul Westerburg (Minneapolis, MN)
I'm Always In Love - Wilco (Chicago, IL)
Say You're Sorry - Ministry (Chicago, IL)
Burning Inside - Ministry (Chicago, IL))
My Baby Loves To Rock - Cheap Trick (Rockford, IL)
One In A Million - The Romantics (Detroit, MI)
Dad, I'm In Jail - Was (Not Was) (Detroit, MI)
Add It Up (live) - The Violent Femmes (Milwaukee, WI)
March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails (Cleveland, OH)
Hypnotize - White Stripes (Detroit, MI)
Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy? - Revolting Cocks (Chicago, IL)
When You Were Mine - Prince (Minneapolis, MN)
Monkey Trick - Jesus Lizard (Chicago, IL)
**Guilty Pleasure** You Only Give What You Get - New Radicals (Grosse Point, MI)
Silence Is Golden - Garbage (Madison, WI)
I Remember - Naked Raygun (Chicago, IL)
Nite Life - Adult. (Detroit, MI)
66 - Afghan Whigs (Hamilton, OH)
Fun Time - Iggy Pop (Ann Arbor, MI)
No Aloha - The Breeders (Dayton, OH)
Changes - Sugar (Minneapolis, MN)
Crazy - Material Issue (Chicago, IL)
Shakin' With Linda - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (Hamtramck, MI)
Left of the Dial - The Replacements (Minneapolis, MN)

8/4/06 Show - Australia, New Zealand, and You

They come from the land down under, where women grow and men plunder (huh?). All songs by bands that either came from Australia and New Zealand or bands that decided to concoct an elaborate ruse in an effort to pretend like they were from Australia and New Zealand. Why they would do that, I have no idea but if they did, I can only tip my cap to them. Got me there.

You might not think of good music when you think of Australia/New Zealand but I can assure you that Australia/New Zealand doesn't think of you either when they think of good music. Not that you don't make good music. You might. Australia/New Zealand just doesn't know you that well and maybe you don't know them that well either. In which case, I would suggest downloading this mp3 and later listening to it:

Australia/New Zealand Show - It's Austalian for Australia/New Zealand Show

The Playlist is below and note that I didn't say it was "down under" or refer to anyone as "mate":

When You Were Mine - The Church
Dead Heart - Midnight Oil
Blundertown - The Birthday Party
The Nips Are Getting Bigger - Mental As Anything
Icehouse - Icehouse
Tally Ho - The Clean
Get Loose - The D4
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
Please Leave - Jebediah
Kissing 'Round Corners - Models
Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove - Dead Can Dance
Don't Change - INXS
Ceremony - Galaxie 500
What's My Scene - The Hoodoo Gurus
***Guilty Pleasure*** Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Heavenly Pop Hit - The Chills
I Got You - Split Enz
Mean To Me - Crowded House
Way of the World - Max Q
Slave Girl - The Lime Spiders
42 Wheels - Hunters & Collectors
Europe By Car - The Moles
Take It Or Leave It - Jet
Woman - Wolfmother
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave
Hey, St. Peter - Flash and the Pan
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Get Free - The Vines
(I'm) Stranded - The Saints
Cattle & Cane - The Go-Betweens
North By North - The Bats
Ghost - Dragster
Murder City Nights - Radio Birdman
Hidden Bay - The Chills
Rockin' Rocks - Powderfinger
Caffeine in the Morning Sun - Sleepy Jackson
Shock - Cartman
Say Something - Something For Cate
Friendcatcher - The Birthday Party
Power Circles - Severed Heads
Take A Rest - Eskimo Joe
Run For Our Lives - The Morning After Girls
Constant In Opal - The Church