The reckless war on Iran that weighs on the world dominates the first hour of this week’s Capital Radio. It turns out a lot of songs about the pointless war in the Gulf fits pretty well for this one. It all led to a few songs endorsing this weekend’s No Kings rally.
We celebrated the birthdays of Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, who turns 58; Chaka Khan, turning 73; David Grisman, 81, as well as Ric Ocasek of The Cars, born this day in 1944, as was producer Jimmy Miller, pictured above, whose work we heard with the Rolling Stones, The Move, Spencer Davis Group and Primal Scream.
The good news at the end of the show was that baseball’s opening day is imminent. But it was strange when setting up the show’s final song, the computer went off altogether. So the show ends rather abruptly, like a walk off run.
Here’s the archived show in three parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio. March 23, 2026. 1 – 4:14 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com.
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Hate and War,” The Clash
- “War,” The Temptations
- “Bombs Away,” The Police
- “Lines in the Sand,” Randy Newman
- “One More Parade,” Phil Ochs
- “Some Unholy War,” Amy Winehouse
- “Some Mother’s Son,” The Kinks
- “Love & War,” Neil Young
- “Peace Attack,” Sonic Youth
- “War on War [alternate take],” Wilco
- “The Day the World Said Stop the War,” Robb Johnson
- “Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam),” Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg & Steve Earle
- “Bring the Boys Home,” Freda Payne
- “Day After Tomorrow,” Tom Waits
PART II
- “No Kings,” Jesse Welles with Joan Baez
- “No Kings Here,” Tom Paxton
- “No More Kings,” Pavement
- “My City of Ruins [live],” Bruce Springsteen
- “We Will Never Give Up,” Kristin Lems
- “Oil,” Gorillaz with Stevie Nicks
- “Song 2,” Blur
- “Clint Eastwood,” Gorillaz
- “Ain’t Nobody,” Rufus
- “I Feel for You,” Chaka Khan
- “I’m Every Woman,” Chaka Khan
- “Shady Grove,” Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
PART III
- “Old and in the Way,” Old & In the Way
- “Little Maggie,” Lee Sexton
- “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” John Lee’s Groundhogs
- “Just What I Needed,” The Cars
- “You Might Think,” The Cars
- “Let’s Go,” The Cars
- “Honky Tonk Women,” The Rolling Stones
- “Tumbling Dice,” The Rolling Stones
- “Shine a Light,” The Rolling Stone
- “I’m a Man,” The Spencer Davis Group
- “Blackberry Way,” The Move
- “Movin’ On Up,” Primal Scream
- “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” Harvey Hindermyer
- “Baseball Boogie,” Mabel Scott
- “(Love is Like a) Baseball Game,” The Intruders
- “Fair Weather Fans,” The Baseball Project
- “Say Hey (the Willie Mays Song),” The Treniers
Capital Radio returns March 30 at 1 p.m. EDT until after 4 on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Recent shows are available on demand at cygnusradio.com. Older shows are posted at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.