Playlist 10-17-14
It's Chuck Berry's 88th birthday, so there was a lot of the pioneer of rock and roll and his wittily written songs. Then there was a lot of Jayhawks, since…
Playlist 10-10-14
I wasn't scheduled to go on tonight, but nobody else was coming in, and I had a lot I wanted to play. Some Paul Revere and the Raiders, because of…
Playlist 10-3-14
Started with a real grab bag of instrumentals and old songs, celebrated the start of the postseason. A salute to baseball's postseason went into some Dylan and Dylan covers, which…
Playlist 9-19-14
The vote in Scotland moved us to play an hour or so of Scottish bands including Teenage Fanclub, The Vaselines, Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand. There were long sets…
Playlist 9-5-14
A nod to the season start of "Boardwalk Empire." A tribute to one of this week's Kennedy Center Honorees, Al Green. A look back at shows this week by Spoon…
Playlist 8-29-14
As summer ebbs, perhaps the most comprehensive Labor Day set list to date, which ended with a saluted to what would have been Michael Jackson's 58th birthday. A set to…
Playlist 8-15-14
A whole lot of summer songs, of course, before it's all over, with two songs each from the Beach Boys and Belle & Sebastian. There was some Baseball (Project), too.…
Playlist 8-1-14
It's been nearly a month since the last show, so there was a lot to catch up on: The death of Charlie Haden, the birthday of Jerry Garcia. And in…
Playlist 7-4-14
Started with the traditional (though not factual) annual birthday salute to Louis Armstrong, before embarking on the whole big Fourth of July playlist. But there was also time to remember…
Playlist 6-20-14
A few deaths to mark, including jazz singer Jimmy Scott, DJ Casey Kasem and lyricist Gerry Goffin (represented by songs he co-wrote performed by the Beatles, Animals, Monkees, Byrds, Chiffons…