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Ep. 042 · · 43 tracks
Trick or treat, then election horror: 43 tracks in two acts. Tubular Bells, I Put a Spell on You, Season of the Witch and the Halloween theme for the haunted half; then Vote, Baby, Vote, Democracy, Election Day and U.S. Blues for the genuinely scary part, closing with Elected, Campaigner and Rockin' in the Free World. Appendix: The Exorcist, Halloween, Psycho, Enormous Wings, and five beers.
Ep. 041 · · 43 tracks
Fish or fowl: 43 tracks of birds, sharks, and whatever else is biting. Birdhouse in Your Soul and Rock Lobster up front, a five-song shark run from Split Enz to Diane Coffee, Fisherman's Blues and Fishing Blues for the anglers, Surfin' Bird twice (the Trashmen, then Big Bird), Free Bird, and Morris Day's The Bird to close. Appendix: Twin Peaks, WKRP, Enormous Wings, and four beers.
Ep. 040 · · 36 tracks
Mood music for the lab bench: 36 tracks to run a column by. Lou Reed's great adventure and a sedated Ramones up front, Scarlet Begonias and an acoustic Watching the Wheels in the middle stretch, Patti Smith doing Teen Spirit and Warren Zevon's Life'll Kill Ya on the way out, and Joe's Garage to close. Appendix: Barfly, Bukowski, Just Kids, and four beers.
Ep. 039 · · 40 tracks
Even more bagels in our baker's dozens: the near misses and omissions. 40 tracks with no unifying theme, just songs that deserved a spin -- two Stolen Cars, a run of touches, a stretch of rain, Nowhere Man to Ramblin' Man, and a Dylan send-off from Frank Turner, Diarrhea Planet, and Wilco with Fleet Foxes.
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