patron episode

"What is Love anyway, does anybody love anybody anyway?" We don't know the answer to that question, Howard, but we DID ask our Patrons to send in their favorite TWISTED love song - and they did NOT disappoint. We think you will love this episode...

Songs discussed in this episode: Love Gets You Twisted - Graham Parker; Rosie - Jackson Browne; Woman - Anti-Nowhere League; Carmelita - Warren Zevon; Buddha - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band; They Don't Know About Me And You - Chuck Prophet; Fat - Violent Femmes; Gimme All Your Lovin' Or I Will Kill You - Macy Gray; I Want You - Elvis Costello
If I Didn't Love You - Squeeze; Johanna - Iggy Pop; Into My Arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Red Headed Stranger -  Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Lovey Dovey - Split Enz; Reflections In A Flat - Half Man Half Biscuit ; Timebomb - Old 97s; Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses; Be My Girl-Sally - The Police; A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields; I Lied - Lord Huron; Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue; Shadow Of Love - The Damned; Stay Away From Robert Mitchum - April March; The Fall - Nomeansno; You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr; (I Never Loved) Eva Braun - The Boomtown Rats

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song by a 'fake' band/artist. It rocks. Take that, Daisy Jones & The Six!

Songs discussed in this episode: Cheese & Onions - The Rutles; Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers; Maggie Thatcher - Ian Rubbish & The Bizarros; Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney; Touch Me I'm Dick - Citizen Dick; I Can Feel Your Heartbeat - The Partridge Family; Addicted To Love - Ciccone Youth; Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetations; The World Is Turning On - The Pooh Sticks; Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong; Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley; Tra La La Song - The Banana Splits; Banana Splits - The Dickies; That's What He Said - The Smart Patrol; Angry Inch - The Angry Inch; I Know You - Angela & The Fans; On The Darkside - Eddie & The Cruisers; It's A Beautiful Game - The Cavaliers; Join The Professionals - The Looters; Professionals - The Fabulous Stains

Hey there! For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about a PLACE. As usual, they delivered. Please enjoy this collection of 'songs about places', and if YOU'D like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to:
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Songs featured in this episode: Los Angeles - X;  Dirty Blvd - Lou Reed; Beverly Hills - Weezer; Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley; California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas; Discovering Japan - Graham Parker; California Sun - Ramones; Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter;  Dayton, Ohio/19 Something & 5 - Guided By Voices; Russian Hill - Jellyfish; Surfer Girl - Dave Alvin; Back To Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks; Sproston Green - The Charlatans; Satellite Beach - Peter Case; Go-Go Round - Gordon Lightfoot; Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver; Vienna - Ultravox; No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys; Warsaw - Joy Division; Night Boat to Cairo - Madness; Third Planet - Modest Mouse; People You Were Going To - Peter Hammill; Tennessee Time - Valerie June; My Hometown - Mark Mothersbaugh; Los Angeles - Frank Black

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song by a band/artist that's best known for ANOTHER song.
So, there's this band. Many people know them by that one song. You know, "That band that did that song."
Here's the thing, though: there's ANOTHER song they did that's just as good...or maybe even better!

Songs featured in this episode: Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners; Call Me Maybe, Want You In My Room - Carly Rae Jepsen; Another Girl, Another Planet, Out There In The Night - The Only Ones; Bitter Sweet Symphony, Space and Time - The Verve; Karma Chameleon, Victims - Culture Club; There She Goes - The La's; I Am The Key - Britt Daniel (Live at The Hole In The Wall, Austin TX; I Am The Key - The La's; A Million Miles Away, Oldest Story In The World, Zero Hour (Live at The Golden Bear, 1983) - The Plimsouls; I'm So Excited, Don't It Drive You Crazy - The Pointer Sisters; Stand, Orange Crush -REM; Love Shack, Channel Z - The B-52's; All Right Now, Mr Big - Free; Wild Thing, From Home - The Troggs; I Want Candy, Chihuahua - Bow Wow Wow; The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades, Rev Jack & His Roamin' Cadillac Church - Timbuk 3; Tainted Love, Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell; Vaya Con Dios, I Really Don't Want To Know - Les Paul & Mary Ford; Boys Are Back In Town, Dancing In The Moonlight, Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy; My Sharona, Good Girls Don't - The Knack; Louie Louie - Richard Berry; Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Paroahs; Hallelujah, Forget Her - Jeff Buckley; Jessies Girl, I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield; Sex and Candy, Love Bug - Marcy Playground; Come On Eileen, There There My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners

For this BONUS Patreon episode we asked our Patrons to submit songs that make them happy and tell us why they do. It's a pretty joyful collection of songs guaranteed to make you feel good.
Come on, get happy!

Songs featured in this episode: Happy Days - Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox; Happy - Pharrell Williams - Happy - The Rolling Stones;  Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees; Happy Together - The Turtles; Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond; Our House - Madness; A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" - De La Soul; I Get Off On It - Tony Joe White; My Best Friend (Is a Nihilist) - Iron Chic; Awake - Devon Townsend; And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles; Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Cass Elliot; Glory Hallelujah - Frank Turner; Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder; Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield/The Inspector Cluzo; High - Choo Choo Train; Spirit Ditties of No Tone - Deerhoof; Help You Ann - The Lyres; Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco; Mint Car - The Cure; Baby It's You - Phil Seymour; Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones; Else - Built To Spill; It's A Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion; Letter From An Occupant - The New Pornographers; In Spite Of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris DeMent; Perfect Day - Hoku; Going For The One - Yes

For this BONUS Patreon episode, we asked our Patrons to send in songs about drinking and/or drugs. Real talk: Alcohol/Drugs in excess can be bad, but songs about them can be awesome! If you'd like to participate in these episodes, please consider becoming a Patron today...
Cheers!!

Songs featured in this episode: Heroin - Saul Williams and John Cale (Concert at the Philharmonie de Paris, April 3, 2016); Arrested For Driving While Blind - ZZ Top; I Think I'm In Love - Spiritualized; Jane Says - Jane's Addiction; High Time - Casey Musgraves; Opium Trail - Thin Lizzy; Since You Put Me Down - Margo Price; Johnny Hit & Run Pauline - X; The Masked Marauder - Country Joe and The Fish; The Straight and Narrow - Spiritualized; The King Is Gone (So Are You) - George Jones; The British Army on LSD - Luke Haines & Peter Buck; White Rabbit - The Damned; Passenger Side - Wilco; Here Comes A Regular - Replacements; Black Coffee - Black Flag; Beer - Jay Bennett; Get Off On Your Porch - Charlie Pickett; I'm Straight (Jonathan Richman Cover) - Psyclone Rangers; Golden Brown - The Stranglers; Dopesmoker - Sleep

Episode Spotify Playlist

For Halloween 2022 we asked our Patrons to send in a song or music that was used in a movie scene that made it MUCH more tense, terrifying...etc. They didn't just stick to horror films - any movie where a song/music was used in a scene to ratchet-up the suspense/anxiety level was fair game - and as usual they did NOT disappoint!
Happy Halloween!!

Songs featured in this episode: 'Goodbye Horses' - Q Lazzarus; 'Tubular Bells' - Mike Oldfield; 'Needle In The Hay' - Elliott Smith; 'Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)' - The Delfonics; 'The Shining, Main Title' - Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind; 'All Along The Watchtower' - Bear McCreary; 'The Cannibals' - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis; 'Die By The Sword', 'Captor of Sin' - Slayer; 'In Dreams' - Roy Orbison; 'Stuck In The Middle With You' - Stealers Wheel; 'Jessie's Girl' - Rick Springfield; 'Kites Are Fun' - The Free Design; 'Walk The Night' - Skatt Bros.; 'Witch' - Goblin; 'Hip Priest' - The Fall; 'East Hastings' - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

For Labor Day 2022 we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite work-related songs. It's an impressively eclectic list, with surprisingly NO Bruce Springsteen songs! (although he IS referenced several times throughout the episode)
"There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hand of the worker
But it all amounts to nothing
If together we don't stand
There is power in a Union"
 - Billy Bragg

Songs featured in this episode: Career Opportunities - The Clash with Luke and Ben Gallagher; Finest Worksong - R.E.M.; Paid In Cigarettes - Hot Snakes; Working Girl - The Members; A New Career in a New Town - David Bowie; The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince; Hamlet Chicken Plant Disaster - Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon; Working Class - The Defibulators; I Hate My Job - Butthole Surfers; Graveyard Shift - Uncle Tupelo; Morning Train (9 to 5) - Sheena Easton; 16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford; Heigh Ho - Tom Waits; Hey! Hey! It's Friday! - Black Snake Halo; Those Men In White Coats - The Diagram Brothers; Working Man - Rush (Live, All The World's A Stage); Bell Boy - The Who; The Working Hour - Tears For Fears; Clockout - Devo; Don't Wanna - All Hits; King Of Ska - Desmond Dekker; Piss Factory - Patti Smith; Factory - Wall Of Voodoo; Vacation - The Go-Go's; The Magnificent Seven - The Clash; There Is Power In A Union - Billy Bragg; Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil

Spotify Playlist:
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For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a Duet/Collaboration that got them - metaphorically - high.
They did good. Real good.

Songs featured in this episode: I Got You, Babe - Sonny and Cher, Marianne Faithful and David Bowie, UB40 with Chrissie Hynde, Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent; Let It Be Me - The Everly Brothers; Whenever I Call You Friend - Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins; Angel from Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt and John Prine; Piss Bottle Man - Mike Watt with Evan Dando; Down In The Willow Garden - The Everly Brothers; Sweet Fire Of Love - Robbie Robertson and U2; The Mask - Danger Doom (Danger Mouse and MF DOOM); Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris; Muffin Man - Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart; Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl; Kick It - Peaches and Iggy Pop; Life's A Gas - Marc Bolan and Cilla Black; Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris; Traveling Light - Tindersticks with Carla Torgerson; Baby Don't Go - Dwight Yoakam and Sheryl Crow; Kingdom of Rain - The The (Matt Johnson and Sinead O'Connor); Tha Boogee - Janko Milovic/The Soul Surfers; I Love How You Love Me - Nino Tempo and April Stevens; King Of America - The I Don't Cares (Julianna Hatfield and Paul Westerburg); Sweet Dreams Will Come - Nancy Grifith and John Stewart; Break Into Your Heart - Iggy Pop and Josh Homme; So Long, So Long - Dashboard Confessional with Adam Duritz; The Seer - Big Country with Kate Bush; Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart - Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye; Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) - Malcolm McLaren with Betty Ann White and Debbie Cole

It's another BONUS Patron-curated episode! For this one, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite INSTRUMENTAL song.
No singers?? No problem!!

Songs featured in this episode:
Waltzinblack - The Stranglers;
Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band;
Fun To Be Happy - Love Tractor;
Groovy Delivery Boy - Frank DeVol;
Fracture (Live) - King Crimson;
The Köln Concert, Part IIc - Keith Jarrett;
La Femme d'Argent - Air;
Brendan #1 - Fugazi;
Pacifica - Los Straitjackets;
What Does Your Soul Look Like - DJ Shadow;
Astradyne - Ultravox;
Sandusky - Uncle Tupelo;
Roygbiv - Boards of Canada;
Larks Tongues in Aspic Parts 1 & 2 - King Crimson;
Quilombo - Steroid Maximus;
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk;
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag;
Ekute - Pino Palladino & Blake Mills;
Lester Leaps In - The Monochrome Set;
Slim Jenkins' Place - Booker T. & The MGs;
Mosh, Don't Pass The Guy - Frank Black;
Move - Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins;
Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed;
Vuscalli (The Porcupine) - Humbert