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Returning guest Mick Hans brings us a lost 60s nugget this week, as we explore the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Merrell Wayne Fankhauser and his 1968 release: Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty 'Things'. It's as obscure a collection of wonderfully executed psyche/pop/blues as you're likely to come across, and we're here for it!

Songs discussed in this episode: Wipe Out - Merrell Fankhauser (Live from The Tiki Lounge, 2013); Chicago Shuffle Blues - Julius H; Fort Lauderdale - The Impacts; Wipe Out - Surfaris; The Music Scene - Fapardokly; Ain't No Blues - Mu; Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band; Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond; Things (Goin' Round In My Mind) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Wasn't Born To Follow - The Byrds; Girl (I'm Waiting For You) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Frownland - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band; What Does She See In You - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  I Can't Reach You - The Who; Lost In The City, Your Painted Lives - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Sweet Caroline (Fenway Park, Game 2 ALCS 10-14-2018) - Neil Diamond; Drivin' Sideways (On A One Way Street) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Tomorrow's Girl - Merrell & The Xiles (Fapardokly); In A Minute Not Too Soon, A Visit With Ashiya - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Listen To The Flower People - Spinal Tap; The Big Gray Sky, Rich Man's Fable - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly; Ice Cube Island, Madame Silky, I'm Flying Home, Tampa Run, Everybody's Talkin' - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty

For this BONUS 'Mixtape Episode', we invited drummer Sam Fogarino (Interpol) to curate a mixtape and dug into his selections.
Sam's mixtape:
1.Auf Wiedersehen - Cheap Trick
2.Smash It Up - The Damned
3.Panorama - The Cars
4.Mustopha Dance - The Clash
5.Chessboards - Killing Joke
6.Disappearer - Sonic Youth 
7.Carry The Zero - Built To Spill
8.Lullaby - Low
9.Dos Galaxias  - El Mato a Un Policia Motorizado
10.Rock Music - Pixies
11.Only The Strong - Midnight Oil
12.Girl Loves Me - David Bowie

*Other songs featured in this episode: PDA (live, Sydney Australia 2008), Toni, Gran Hotel - Interpol; March Of The Pigs - Nine Inch Nails; Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand

Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wVVi4w6ZBHnTCjDm7V6L0?si=fa958cceedfb40a2

**episode artwork: Cori Elba (On PlanetWeird)

Our 2nd foray into the rock and roll enigma that is Ween, this time diving into their sixth studio album The Mollusk with special guest and super-fan Les Norris. Pegged as a favorite by both  Gene and Dean Ween - as well as purportedly being the inspiration for Spongebob Squarepants - it's a dark but surprisingly tuneful multi-genre concept album that flits from psychedelia to sea shanties as only they can.
"Bring forth the mollusk, cast unto me
Let's be forever, let forever be free"

Songs featured in this episode: Loop de Loop - Ween; Chances When - Radiobaghdad; Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead; Brain Damage - Pink Floyd; Spongebob Squarepants Theme Song - Patrick Pinney; Are My Ears On Straight? - Gayla Peevey; I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight, The Mollusk - Ween; I've Seen All Good People - Yes; Wonderboy - Tenacious D; Polka Dot Tail, I'll Be Your Johnny On The Spot - Ween; Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat & Tears; Octopus - Syd Barrett; My Monkey - Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids; Mutilated Lips, The Blarney Stone, It's Gonna Be Alright, The Golden Eel - Ween; Green Machine - Kyuss; Doctor Rock (live) - Ween; The Unquiet Grave - Luke Kelly; Cold Blows The Wind, Pink Eye (On My Leg), Waving My Dick In The Wind - Ween; Jar Of Cardinals - Guided By Voices; Buckingham Green, Ocean Man, Pollo Asado, She Wanted To Leave - Ween; Sears & Applebees - Les Norris

We put the AA batteries into our Sony Walkman and fired up Berkeley California's The Motels 1982 New Wave classic 'All Four One'. Our special guest, retired drag queen and bon vivant Shelley Novak a.k.a. Tommy Strangie, brings the passion AND the knowledge as we explore the life, songs and stylings of Martha Davis and Co. Along the way we bump into Mark McGrath, Diane Warren and Wink Martindale, among others.
Join us, won't you?

Songs featured in this episode: You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore; Talk Of The Town - The Pretenders; Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics; Total Control, Danger, Mission Of Mercy, Celia, Take The L - The Motels; Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles; Only The Lonely - The Motels; Tonight - Tina Turner with David Bowie; Working For The Weekend - Loverboy; It's My Life - No Doubt; Art Fails, Change My Mind, So L.A., Tragic Surf, Apocalypso - The Motels; I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith; He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Motels; He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals; Suddenly Last Summer, Forever Mine - The Motels; You'll Never Walk Alone - Tom Jones