The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 31: “This is Dedicated to Those I Am Moderately Fond of…Or…Hard Times Thanksgiving Blues”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 31: “This is Dedicated to Those I Am Moderately Fond of…Or…Hard Times Thanksgiving Blues”

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Intro
“Dedicated to the One I Love” by the Temprees

Set 1
“Hallelujah, I’m a Bum” by Harry “Mac” McClintock
“Gimme Some Money” by Spinal Tap
“Livin’ in the Red” by War
“Broke in Detroit (Again)” by the Dirtbombs
“Hard Times in New York Town” by Bob Dylan

Set 2
“Money Changes Everything” by the Brains
“No Money No Luck Blues” by B.B. King
“Debt Collector” by the Deadly Snakes
“There’s a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be” by John Wesley Harding
“Headlong Into the Abyss” by We Are Augustines

Set 3
“Blue Door” by Two Harbors
“Wild Window” by Fool’s Gold
“Big Baby” by Spectrals
“Pineapple Girl” by Mister Heavenly*

Set 4
“Satisfied” by Tom Waits
“Methamphetamine Blues” by Mark Lanegan
“Job’s Coffin” by Tori Amos
“The Hula Hula Boys” by Warren Zevon

Set 5
“Everlong” by Foo Fighters
“Breed” by Nirvana
“When She Begins” by Social Distortion
“I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement” by the Ramones
“Suzanne Beware of the Devil” by Nicky Thomas

Set 6
“I Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)” by the Replacements
“Not Fade Away” by Buddy Holly
“The Rat” by the Walkmen
“Stone Free” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Outro
“Rubber Biscuit” by the Blues Brothers

*Post-Show Note: It would have been nice if I had something to say about Mister Heavenly during the program. The band is made up of members of Islands, Modest Mouse, and Man Man, and Michael Cera used to be the touring bass player.

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 30: “Ode to the Auteur”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 30: “Ode to the Auteur”

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Intro
“Hooray for Hollywood” featuring Benny Goodman and various artists

Set 1
“Blank Generation” by Richard Hell & the Voidoids
“I Wanna Be Your Dog” by the Stooges
“You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)” by the White Stripes
“There’s An End” by Holly Golightly & the Greenhornes

Set 2
“Down, Down, Down” by Tom Waits
“Mystery Train” by Elvis Presley
“Tommy Gun (Live)” by Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
“I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Set 3
“Misirlou” by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
“Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray Men
“Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green
“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Santa Esmerelda
“Goodnight Moon” by Shivaree

Set 4
“Who’s That Knocking?” by the Genies
“Layla” by Derrick & the Dominoes
“Breakaway” by Sidney Stripling

Set 5
“I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys
“Sail on Sailors” by the Beach Boys
“Like a Rolling Stone (Live Version)” by Bob Dylan
“Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James

Set 6
“Judy is a Punk” by the Ramones
“Everyone” by Van Morrison
“Mongoloid” by Devo
“Ooh La La” by the Faces

Set 7
“Chains of Love” by the Dirtbombs
“Don’t Kiss Me Goodbye” by Ultra Orange & Emmanuel
“24 Hour Party People” by Happy Mondays
“True Faith” by New Order
“I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by Kenny Rogers & First Edition
“In the Jailhouse Now” by the Soggy Bottom Boys
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder

Outro
“I’ll See You in My Dreams” by Woody Allen

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 29: “All The Love That’s Fit to Print”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 29: “All The Love That’s Fit to Print”

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Intro
“Love Stinks” by J. Geils Band

Set 1
“My Love for You” by the Dirtbombs
“Love Bomb” by Grinderman
“I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett
“Ever Fallen in Love” by the Buzzcocks

Set 2
“Oh Oh I Love Her So” by the Ramones
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” by the Rubinoos
“Honey in the Sun” by Camera Obscura
“Second, Minute, or Hour” by Jack Penate
“What a Wonderful World” by Sam Cooke

Set 3
“Say No to Love” by the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
“Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” by Bob Dylan
“That Was Yesterday” by Wynonna Judd

Set 4
“Obsessed With You” by the Orion Experience
“The Seed 2.0” by The Roots (with Cody Chestnutt)
“Come on Over (Turn Me On” by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
“We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” by Jermaine Stewart

Set 5
“High Fidelity” by Elvis Costello
“Lovers Who Wander” by Dion
“Thinking About You” by Norah Jones
“My Lover’s Prayer” by Otis Redding
“Love That Girl” by Raphael Saadiq

Set 6
“Palaces of Montezuma” by Grinderman
“Encrypted” by the Dirtbombs
“Be My Wife” by David Bowie
“All I Want Is You” by U2

Outro
“I Love You, Suzanne” by Lou Reed
“Goodnight Irene” by Leadbelly

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 28: “The Pennypacker Shuffle, Vol II”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 28: “The Pennypacker Shuffle, Vol II”

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Intro
“Sunshine” by Regina Spektor

Set 1
“Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
“Twistin’ the Night Away” by Sam Cooke
“The Great Communicator” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
“Dance with Me” by the Modern Lovers
“Smoke and Mirrors” by the Gentlemen Callers

Set 2
“I Think I Smell a Rat” by the White Stripes
“Stadium Love” by Metric
“(Baby) I’m Your Fool” by the Black Hollies
“Be My Somebody” by Norah Jones
“I Hate You, I Love You” by the Dead Milkmen

Set 3
“Primal Scream” by Motley Crue
“Perfectly Good Guitar” by John Hiatt
“Temptation” by Elvis Costello
“Going to California” by Led Zeppelin
“Tiny Dancer” by Elton John

Set 4
“Acony Bell” by Gillian Welch
“Now, Right Now” by Reverend Horton Heat
“Like a Secret” by Sam Champion
“By My Side” by the Gentleman Callers
“She Put the Hurt on Me” by Otis Redding

Set 5
“Sex Objects” by the Briefs
“Riding With Mary” by X
“Come in Alone” by My Bloody Valentine
“Children of the Grave” by Black Sabbath
“Girls” by Marina & the Diamonds

Set 6
“Freedom” by Jimi Hendrix
“A New Day Yesterday” by Jethro Tull
“A-Tisket A-Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald
“Broken” by the Love Me Nots

Outro
“Race for the Prize” by the Flaming Lips

The Sonic Parthenon Show : Episode 27 – “Bands A-Z, Vol. 2: No Good Lousy Punks”

The Sonic Parthenon Show : Episode 27 – “Bands A-Z, Vol. 2: No Good Lousy Punks”

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Intro
“Woo Hoo” by 5.6.7.8’s

Set 1
“Chinese Takeaway” by The Adicts
“X Offender” by Blondie
“I Don’t Mind” by the Buzzcocks
“White Riot” by the Clash
“Uranium Rock” by the Cramps

Set 2
“New Rose” by the Damned
“Sonic Reducer” by the Dead Boys
“Rock and Roll Evacuation” by Electric Six
“Modern Kicks” by the Exploding Hearts
“Let’s Have a War” by Fear
“Swagger” by Flogging Molly

Set 3
“Ready Steady Go” by Generation X
“Hey Hey, We’re the Gories” by the Gories
“Get off the Phone” by Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
“Declare Guerre Nucleaire” by the Hives
“Sailor Itch” by the Intelligence
“In the City” by the Jam

Set 4
“Dock It #8” by the King Khan & BBQ Show
“No Love Lost” by LCD Soundsystem
“Corona” by Minutemen
“(You Must Fight to Live) on the Planet of the Apes” by the Mummies

Set 5
“Trash” by the New York Dolls
“Something for Nothing” by the Oblivians
“Boys from County Hell” by the Pogues
“Punk Rock Girls” by the Queers

Set 6
“Havana Affair” by the Ramones
“Fuck School” by the Replacements
“Holidays in the Sun” by the Sex Pistols
“If the Kids are United” by Sham 69

Set 7
“Paper” by Talking Heads
“See No Evil” by Television
“Teenage Kicks” by the Undertones
“Love Comes in Spurts” by Richard Hell & the Voidoids

Set 8
“Red Bowling Ball Ruth” by the White Stripes
“Ex Lion Tamer” by Wire
“Sex and Dying in High Society” by X
“Oh! Bondage up Yours!” by X-Ray Spex
“Date with the Night” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Outro
“Inergy” by Zero Boys