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Women and Punk: Cristy’s 18th Birthday Show

For Cristy’s 18th birthday, she and 13-month-old Heather blast out the speakers with raw, electric estrogen, spinning women of punk rock.

Woman and punk.

Woman and punk.

Listen. Now.

We who are about to have a divisive referendum salute you.

Two hours of rock from Scotland! Has anybody coined the term Scotrock yet? If not, would it be unforgivable if we were to add that to the rock geek lexicon along with Krautrock and Mathrock? Assembled with thanks to Alister Smith, Glasgow correspondent Iain Matheson, and Ben from the Brighton Rock Geek Office!

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Here’s the setlist:

Scotland – December 28, 2013

  1. Turn Up the Radio – Sugar Crisis, n/a
  2. Grey Streets – Felt, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word, 1986
  3. Taking Names and Heartbeats – Sugar Crisis, n/a
  4. The Living End (demo) – The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Power of Negative Thinking, 2008
  5. Kids Will be Skeletons – Mogwai, Happy Songs for Happy People, 2003
  6. New Year’s Resolution – Camera Obscura, Desire Lines, 2013*
  7. I’m Waking Up to Us – Belle and Sebastian, I’m Waking Up to Us (single), 2001
  8. Quicksand – Travis, 12 Stories, 2003
  9. Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera, Stray, 1990
  10. I Hate Scotland – Ballboy, Club Anthems, 2002
  11. Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From – Teenage Fanclub, Songs from Northern Britain, 1997
  12. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam – The Vaselines, MOJO comp: Roots of Nirvana, 2011
  13. Gentle Tuesday – Primal Scream, Sonic Flower Groove
  14. Impossible Things – Looper, Up a Tree, 1999
  15. Baby Don’t You Do It – The Poets, Comp: The Perfumed Garden: 82 Rare Flowerings from the British Underground 1965–73, n/a
  16. Chinese White – The Incredible String Band, Comp: White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, 2006
  17. The Universal Soldier – Donovan, Comp: The British Are Coming, 2002
  18. Moscow Olympics – Orange Juice, The Glasgow School, 2005
  19. Simply Thrilled Honey – Orange Juice, Comp: Beloved, 2008
  20. Lorelei – Cocteau Twins, Comp: The Brit Box
  21. Somewhere in China – Shop Assistants, Comp: The Brit Box
  22. Nobody’s Wedding – Richard Thompson
  23. Breakfast – Eugenius
  24. Superstar – Barfly
  25. Tell Her Tonight – Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, 2004
  26. Thank You for Being You – The Pastels, Truckload of Trouble, 1993
  27. Dragon – The Beta Band, Hot Shots II, 2001

*denotes new

An Incomplete and Capricious History of Ska

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DJ Reggaetone and I attempt to fit 3/4 waves of ska into two hours, replete with factoids, banter, and technical glitches. Dreaming of a black and white Christmas. We field requests via telephone, facebook, and cell, and wander into the treacherous cul-de-sacs of bands we’ve never heard but which have funny names, one of the features of third-wave ska. Listen and skank.

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The Rock Inbox

On our first Rock Inbox in a few years, we venture into the dangerous territory of new releases. Join Cristy as she tries on Camera Obscura, Thee Oh Sees, and other cutting-edge discs. One fresh hour.

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Bad Parties Part 2

For the holiday season, we bring you the second installment of Songs About Bad Parties. Get in the spirit, download, listen, and sulk in the corner.

This party just took a turn for the douche.

This party just took a turn for the douche.

 

 

 

Bands Named After Food

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For Thanksgiving weekend, we’re turning the radio show into a cozy restaurant serving up five courses of bands named after food: appetizers, soup, entrees, fruit, and coffee with dessert. For various reasons, we have a limited menu of only one hour, so please be patient with our many specials and substitutions. And, oh yeah, we didn’t find any bands named Water, so you’ll have to make do with no beverages—we’re saving those for another show. Tuck in to our savory meal and listen.

 

Songs About Satellites Part 2

Sputnik Lullabye, a wonderful CD by Paul Kotheimer.

Sputnik Lullabye, a wonderful CD by Paul Kotheimer.

Songs About Satellites Part 2. William is alone in the capsule for this tight hour-long orbit. Featuring an entire block of songs about Soviet Satellites (and space dogs). Listen.

The Great Miserablists / Sad Bastards

Hooray. An hour of some of the most depressing songs of all time. This show owes a huge debt to This Will End in Tears, by Adam Brent Houghtaling. Thanks, Adam! For the sorrow and misery. We were so eager to share with the rest of the world. Sniff. Listen and weep.

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Adam, don’t worry, this isn’t completely derivative—we found at least one sad bastard you may have overlooked.

The Most 80s Song of All Time, or, The Most 80s Song of the 1980s

Why “Somebody’s Watching Me” by “Rockwell” is the most 80s song of all time (or at least the most 80s song of the 80s)

1. One-hit wonder in a big way. What happened to Rockwell?

2. One-name wonder. Like Sting, Slash, Prince, and Madonna.

3. It’s paranoid.

4. Half-assed rapping integrated into a pop song in the manner of Blondie’s “Rapture” or Murray Head’s “One Night in Bangkok.”

5. Michael Jackson sings on it. The still-black Michael Jackson.

6. It appears in the pilot of Miami Vice.

7. Synthesizers.

Geometric objects, primary colors, fake pink paint splatters, and severe, post-1970s hair.

Askew geometric objects, primary colors, fake pink paint splatters, and severe, post-1970s hair.

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Songs about Autumn

Join us as we return to the airwaves Saturday the 19th at 3 p.m. CST, streaming online, with a brand new show: Songs about Autumn. Music that turns colors and falls to the ground, music that is partially overcast, music that yields empty fields and provides a flicker of warmth in the encroaching coldness.

Rock Geek Gothic.

Rock Geek Gothic.

Download an hour of falling leaves here.

Rock Geek F.M. is still for sale to the highest bidder—the station with the most expensive microphones—which for now is good old WEFT 90.1 FM.

Join us in four weeks for the episode entitled The Great Miserabalists—featuring Cristy’s list of Top 3 Sad Bastards in rock.