Modcast #399: Mr. Suave's Mod Tiki Christmas Extravaganza 2017

Another year, another Christmas modcast. The good tidings here are that at least this year we have a Christmas modcast! That's right I'm back with DJ Ken to bring you the yule you'll wish you could forget. And you just might if you keep up with us drink for drink for drink. And, being a tiki themed Christmas show you know there'll be more than just a smidgen of drinking happening. Hey without that it would hardly be a legally actionable office party. So, get your grass skirt hitched around and prepare to get lei'd for Christmas.

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Dukes Of Surf -- Aloha Christmas
King Kukelele -- Christmas Luau
Sparkle*jets U.K. -- christmas in june
Love Jones - Christmas Feels Like July
The Tiki Torches -- Quiet Christmas Village
Blue Hawaiins Enchanted Xmas
Here Comes Santa Claus in a Red Canoe -- The Surfers
Nina Kealiiwahamana & Boyce Rodrigues -- Spring Spends the Winter in Hawaii
Keely Smith -- Christmas Island
Martin Denny -- Exotic Night
Ixtahuele - White Christmas
Arthur Lyman - Mary's Boy Child
Esquivel -- The Christmas Song
Pink Martini - A Snowglobe Christmas



Check out a few of the ghosts of Christmas modcast past right here.

Modcast #398: Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas

And now for something completely different. Well, okay, not completely different. The difference-maker this week is Mary Queen of Cosmos who is bringing her sleigh full of Christmas spirits to the modcast. She's delivering an audio essay augmented with all the holiday music you could want. It's a more a true podcast in the style of This American Life, but with the perfect seasonal accompaniment.

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Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' -- Albert King
Black Christmas -- Rose Graham
Holiday Cheer -- The Martini's
Christmas Threw Up All Over You -- April Smith and the Great Picture Show
It's Cliched to Be Cynical at Christmas -- Half Man Half Biscuit
I Want a Present for Christmas -- J.B. Summers
Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects -- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
My Favorite Things -- The Supremes
Christmas Gift -- Margie Joseph
Soul Santa -- Funk Machine
This Christmas -- Donny Hathaway
A Marshmallow World -- Darlene Love
Santa Claus -- The Sonics
Candy Cane Children -- The White Stripes
The Christmas Song -- The Raveonettes
Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Fairytale of New York -- The Pogues (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day -- Pedro the Lion
That Was the Worst Chirstmas Ever! -- Sufjan Stevens
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Darlene Love

Cranberry Gin Cocktail

1½ ounces Gin
¾ ounce rich simple syrup
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
Crushed ice
7 fresh cranberries, divided
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
1 mint sprig, for garnish

In a cocktail shaker, combine the gin, rich simple syrup, lemon juice and 2 to 3 pieces of crushed ice. Shake vigorously, then pour ½ ounce of the mixture in the bottom of a rocks glass. Add 4 of the cranberries to the glass and muddle well. Fill the glass with crushed ice and pour the remaining cocktail into the glass. Top with even more crushed ice then garnish with the remaining cranberries. Dust the cranberries with confectioners’ sugar, then garnish with a mint sprig and serve.

Modcast #397: Get Hip To The Beat

Welcome to Modcast number 397 and inching ever closer to 400 all the time. This episode is chock full of new music, so turn it up to 11 and get ready to rock.

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Liam Gallagher -- Greedy Soul (2017)
The Len Price 3 -- Sucking the Life Out of Me (2017)
Blondie -- My Monster (2017)
The New Pornographers -- Darling Shade (2017)
The Perms -- Lose Yourself (2017)
The Thorpedians -- On the Top of My Wall (2017)
Jonny Magus & The Bursting Bubbles -- Melody Delight (2017)
Mean Motor Scooter -- Wavespotting (2017)
Dirty Fences -- Teen Angel (2017)
Oh! Gunquit -- Walking The Streets (2017)
Bee Bee Sea -- D.I. Why Why Why (2017)
The Eddies -- Nuclear Boy (2016)
The Regrettes -- Fox on the Run (2017)
Robyn Gibson -- I Can't Reach You (2017)
Green Day -- Bouncing Off the Wall (2016)

Northern Soulshaker Cocktail

The Perms -- Lose Yourself

Modcast #396: They Got You Covered

I'm baaaaaack. And with a very cool show of very cool covers. Everybody loves a good cover song. I've got a baker's dozen of them for you that showcase some of the best. What makes a good cover? Everybody has a different answer, but for me it's when a band surprises you somehow. Either with an atypical but spot on tribute, like The Ramones did on occasion, or when they simply outshine the original with a unique twist of some sort. Whatever it is that makes a good cover we all know one when we hear one, and you're going to hear a bunch on this modcast.

D'oh! Now with a working link!

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The Clash -- I Fought The Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
Madness -- It Must Be Love (Labi Siffre)
The Specials -- Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) (Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians)
UB40 -- Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
Beautiful South -- Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Talking Heads -- Take Me To The River (Al Green)
Cake -- I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Social Distortion -- Ring of Fire (Anita Carter)
X -- Soul Kitchen (The Doors)
Ramones -- Needles & Pins (Jackie Delshannon)
The Damned -- Alone Again Or (Love)
Blondie -- Hanging On The Telephone (The Nerves)
Chicago Transit Authority -- I'm A Man (The Spencer Davis Group)

NORTHERN SOULSHAKER COCKTAIL

Guy Lombardo & His Canadians -- Enjoy Yourself


Doris Day -- Enjoy Yourself


Bing Crosby & Dean Martin -- Medley w/Enjoy Yourself


Louis Prima & Keely Smith -- Enjoy Yourself

DJ Ken's 10th Annual Halloween Modcast #395: Back From The Dead (2017)

After 10 years of torturing us with his halloween mixes DJ Ken is Back From The Dead with a mix so ghoulish it'll make you long for some pumpkin spice. 

Gluttons for punishment will want to check out his 9 other halloween modcast mixes. 

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3-D Invisibles - The Monster DJ (Jump Off The Screen, 1986)
Spinal Tap - Back From The Dead (Back from the Dead, 2009)
Creepshow - Life After Death (Life After Death, 2013)
T.S.O.L. - Terrible People (Disappear, 2001)
Cadaver Club - I'm Making A Monster, Baby (A Fate Worse Than Life, 2013)
Eels - Your Lucky Day in Hell (Beautiful Freak, 1996)
Tally Hall - Cannibal (Good & Evil, 2011)
Josie & The Pussycats - Voodoo (Single, 1970)
Todd Rundgren - Wolfman Jack (Something/Anything?, 1972)
Damned - Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde (The Black Album, 1980)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Happy House (Kaleidoscope, 1980)
Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadows (All This Useless Beauty, 1996)
Joe Jackson - Evil Eye (Beat Crazy, 1980)
Madness - Shadow Of Fear (Absolutely, 1980)
Messer Chups - Coffin-Mobile (Vamp Babes (Upgrade Version), 2004)
Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures - Day Of The Dead (Rob Zombie Presents Captain Clegg And The Night Creatures, 2009)
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - La Araña (La Araña Es La Vida, 2016)
Cubanismo - Marie Laveaux (Mardi Gras Mambo, 2002)
King Flash & the Calypso Carnival - Zombie Jamboree (Single, 1956)
Mummy Calls - Beauty Has Her Way (Mummy Calls, 1986)
Southern Culture On The Skids - Undertaker (Zombified, 1999)
Syreeta - Happy Birthday to Me (Happy Birthday to Me Soundtrack, 1981)


The Three Stooges "Spook Louder" 1943

Modcast #394: Give Yourself A Hand

So this is it, this is where the modcast jumps the shark ... again. All the music in the world and I'm busy making a jerk off mix. Hey, I just made it, you're the one listening to it! I hope. It wasn't the easiest modcast to put together either. Do you know how many songs there are about self pleasure? It was hard to narrow it down. But I did. So get comfortable and listen in.

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The English Beat -- Hit It (Auto-Erotic) (1981)
Barenaked Ladies -- It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland) (2001)
Macy Gray -- B.O.B. (2015)
Garfunkel & Oates -- Go-kart Racing Accidentally Masturbating
Cyndi Lauper -- She Bop (1983)
The Decemberists -- Billy Liar (2003)
Devo -- Praying Hands (1978)
Oingo Boingo -- Nasty Habits (1981)
Nerf Herder -- Doin' Laundry (1999)
The Pixies -- Holiday Song (1987)
The Buzzcocks -- Orgasm Addict (1977)
Makin' Time -- Pump It Up (1986)
The Vapors -- Turning Japanese (1980)
Ivor Biggun And The Red-Nosed Burglars -- The Winkers Song (1978)
The Modsters -- Put Your Hands Down There (1985)
The Who -- Pictures of Lily (1967)

The Who -- Pictures of Lily

Modcast #393: Caution Gerbils May Explode If Kicked

Action packed show this week, so hot it could explode into flames at any time.

Here we are turning the corner from summer to fall and heading into the back stretch of 2017 aimed at the finish line. There's about a dozen weeks left in the year and I've got seven modcasts to pump out in order to hit show #400. I was hoping to do that this year, but it's going to be tight. But I pumped one out for you this week that has lots of cool new music, as well as some ... er, shall we just call them more experienced sounds?

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Karla Kane -- Lilac Line (2017) (get the new album here)
Vista Blue -- Girl Who Can Curl (2017)
Oh! Gunquit -- Never Sorry (2017)
The Darts -- Revolution (2017)
Dirty Fences -- Goodbye Love (2017)
Duncan Reid and the big heads -- Bombs Away (2017)
Alvvays -- Plimsoll Punks (2017)
Joan Jett & Paul Westerberg -- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (1995)
Mood Six -- Flowers and Boxes (1987)
Southern Culture on the Skids -- Freak Flag (2016)
The Selecter -- Frontline (2017)
Rude Boy George -Town Called Malice (2017)
Spy Kids -- Today's News (1991)
The Employees -- Pick It Up (1980)
King Apparatus -- Made For TV (1999)
The Jam -- But I'm Different Now (1980)


Dirty Fences -- Teen Angel



Oh! Gunquit -- Lights Out

The Corner Laughers vocalist debuts a soft and sensational new solo album

The Corner Laughers have become one of my favorite groups over the past decade. It's surprising because I'm not to fond of folk music, and they have folksiness in spades. Rather than folksy though I've always heard a sort of twee, poppishness to their songs. Vocalist Karla Kane has always ridden atop the Laughers music effortlessly, an integral part of the whole. When I realized the latest release was a solo project I wondered how that would sound. And now I know. It sounds great. Again surprising to me is my enjoyment of what can only be called a folk album. Kane's voice is strong and striking as always, reminding a little bit of She & Him's Zoey Daschenal not because they sound so similar but because they have this sort of ethereal quality that belies an elegant and underlying strength. They both share a softness around the edges that works especially well here for Kane when coupled with the thought provoking lyrics on songs like All Aboard, the feminist folk of Don't Hush Darling, and the album's title track King's Daughters Home For Incurables. Another striking song is Lilac Line, with Kane's customary ukulele twanging along, it boasts a catchy chorus and builds to what amounts to a crescendo for an otherwise subtly understated album. And it reminded me just a bit of the Beautiful South, which is a good thing in my book. Overall this is a strong and enjoyable solo debut, and maybe will inspire me to expand my listening boundaries even a bit further. I'm not going to stop hoping for another right proper album from the Laughers as a whole though!

Karla Kane's King's Daughters Home For Incurables will be released October 6th and you can order it here.

Modcast #392: What Is The Perfect Pop Song?

What is the perfect pop song? Good luck on getting an answer. Most of us can't agree on what a pop song is, let alone which ones are perfect. Or near to. But, Mary Queen of Cosmos had the guts, the chutzpah, the balls if you will, to take up Mr. Suave's challenge to figure out the modern day perfect pop song. It's a good show with quote, "a lot of good upstroking and downstroking", so you know you're going to enjoy it on some level. What do you think? What is the perfect pop song, if there is such a thing? Are any of these that? I'll be the judge. The jury. And the executioner. If the Queen of Cosmos is lucky she will while away the rest of her life in musical purgatory. But if she's very, very lucky (hint, hint, I'm the judge) she won't have to pay for all the vodka she wasted making all those cosmos to make this show listenable.

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Nick Lowe -- Cruel To Be Kind (1979)
Sleigh Bells -- Rill Rill (2010)
Phoenix -- Girlfriend(2009)
Best Coast -- Feeling Okay (2015)
The Preatures -- How I Feel (2014)
The Beach Boys -- Good Vibrations (1966)
The Romantics -- What I Like About You (1980)
Green Day -- Basket Case (1994)
Devo -- Girl U Want (1980)
Sleater-Kinney -- Leave You Behind (2000)
The Postal Service -- Such Great Heights (2003)
The Rolling Stones -- Ruby Tuesday (1967)
The Cure -- Boys Don't Cry (1979)
Paul Weller -- Close To You (2004)
The Police -- Every Breath You Take (1983)

Why Is Modern Pop Music So Terrible?

Modcast #391: Beat Party

Great line up on this week's show if I do say so myself. And I do. Lots of new music, as well as lots of great tracks from yesteryear.


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Action Skulls -- Mainstream (2017)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys --My Heart's Symphony (1966)
Graham Bond Organization -- I Want You (1965)
Count Five -- They're Gonna Get You (1966)
Small Faces -- What's A Matter Baby (1968)
Russ Kennedy & The Little Wheels -- I've Been Watching You (1966)
The Buzz -- Smithereens (2017)
Propeller -- Little Unsteady (2017)
Suzy & Los Quattros -- Start Again (2017)
Kwyet Kings -- Radiated By Your Charm (1997)
Teenage Fanclub -- Slow Fade (2005)
Now -- Into The 80s (1979)
Sick Sad World -- Skateboarding Girl (2015)
Liquid Soul -- Spam Sucker (2000)
Seaside Sons -- Let Me Be (2015)
Camper Van Beethoven -- The Day Lassie Went To The Moon (1985)

Northern Soulshaker Cocktail
Spicy Raspberry Jalapeno Margarita2oz. Tequila
1oz. Jalapeno Liqueur
1oz. Sweetened Lime Juice
Crabbie's Scottish Raspberry Flavored Ginger Beer
Fresh raspberries and fresh jalapenos

In cocktail shaker stir together tequila, jalapeno liqueur and lime juice, and set aside. In a half-pint glass muddle half a dozen raspberries and some jalapeno slices in the bottom. Fill glass with ice, add the tequila mixture and fill the rest of the glass with the ginger beer. If you're looking for an extra kick add a few splashes of Bitterman's Hellfire Habanero Bitters. Garnish with lime slice.

Barnes & Barnes -- Party In My Pants


Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads

Modcast #390: Joe Strummer's Bootcamp

Unless you've been living under a rock you know all about the recent outbreaks of violence during protests, anti-protests, free speech marches, and so on. From Portland, OR to Portland, ME; Boston, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, Louisville. It seems like there is some sort of unrest just about everywhere. None of it more publicized though than the white supremacists and neo-Nazi's who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia. We shouldn't be surprised, this has happened many times before. Sadly, it will likley happen many times again.

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This now famous quote from uber-contrarian Henry Rollins has been popping up in memes and social media over and over again. "This is not the time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for." That got me and Mary Queen of Cosmos thinking and drinking (we do a lot of both).

Who are the people Joe trained? Who are the graduates of Joe Strummer's Bootcamp? This week's modcast highlights just a few.

The Clash -- Know Your Rights (1982)
Gil Scott Heron -- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970)
Jamila Woods -- Blk Girl Soldier (2016)
The Julie Ruin -- I Decide (2016)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - All You Fascists (2000)
X -- See How We Are (1987)
Propagandhi - White Proud and Stupid (1998)
Body Count - No Lives Matter (2017)
A Tribe Called Quest -- We The People (2016)
Chumbawamba - Enough Is Enough (1994)
The Offspring - L.A.P.D. (1992)
Fink -- Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us (2011)


Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes -- Wake up Everybody

Modcast #389: Unofficial Tiki Oasis 2017 International Intrigue Mix

As is his usual modus operandi Ken from the cocktail syndicate is back with the officially Unofficial Tiki Oasis 2017: International Intrigue mix. It's really chapping my hide to have to listen to this since for the first time in a few years I'm not attending Tiki Oasis. I had to buy a roof and some siding for the house --neither of which I ever get to really look at you know seeing as they're on the outside and I'm on the inside-- which really put a dent in the old pocketbook. And following on the heels of my trip to New York, where the Suave's spent money like drunken sailors on leave, and ahead of an upcoming mele kalikimaka holiday expedition to the Hawaiian islands, money is tight. Like .... well never mind what it's tight like. Get a cocktail and loosen up for a good time.

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01. Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - Come Spy With Me (Come Spy With Me, 1966)
02. Petula Clark - L'Agent Secret (Single, 1966)
03. Ennio Morricone - Deep Down (Diabolik) (Danger: Diabolik Soundtrack, 1968)
04. Barry Adamson - 007, A Fantasy Bond Theme (The Murky World Of Barry Adamson, 1999)
05. Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Get Smart (Melbourne Ska Orchestra, 2013)
06. Barbara Feldon - 99 (Single, 1966)
07. Combustible Edison - Spy Vs. Spy (I, Swinger, 1994)
08. Hollies Ft. Peter Sellers - After the Fox (After The Fox Soundtrack, 1966)
09. Del Noah and the Mount Ararat Finks - Push the Button, Max! (Shots In The Dark, 1996)
10. Clee-Shays - Ed Spy (Super Spy Themes, 1966)
11. Bent Scepters - Harry Palmer (Blind Date with Destiny, 1997)
12. David Whitaker Orchestra - Federation Of Finks (Music To Spy By, 1966)
13. Corduroy - Follow That Arab (High Havoc, 1993)
14. Swingerhead - She Could Be a Spy (She Could Be a Spy, 1998)
15. Johnny Dankworth - Modesty Blaise (Main Theme) (Modesty Blaise Soundtrack, 1966)
16. Carlo Montez - Danger In Go Go Boots (Nymphomania, 1998)
17. Bikini Machine - Where's N°11? (An Introduction To Bikini Machine, 2003)
18. Propellerheads - Spybreak! (Single, 1997)
19. Joey Altruda - Tropical Espionage (Cocktails With Joey, 1995)
20. Lalo Schifrin - Jim On The Move (Mission: Impossible Single, 1968)
21. Billy Strange - Run Spy Run (The Secret Agent File, 1965)
22. Wall of Voodoo - Spy World (Call Of The West, 1982)
23. Walker Brothers - Deadlier Than the Male (Deadlier Than The Male Soundtrack, 1967)
24. Mike Redway - Casino Royale (Unreleased Casino Royale Closing Credits, 1967)
25. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Come Spy With Me (The Love I Saw In You Single, 1967)

WELCOME TO TIKI OASIS TV!

Modcast #388: Deep Diving the Revival

Welcome to Modcast #388 in which I deep dive the mod revival and post-punk late '70s early '80s this week. There are a few here that most of you will know, but much of the rest is a bit more obscure. But no less better for being less renowned that's for sure. If you don't know 'em all, and even if you do, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Dirty Looks -- Let Go (1980)
The Scene -- I've Had Enough (1979)
Normal Day -- Angelina, Angelina (1980)
Screen Gemz -- Teenage Teenage (1979)
The Donuts -- All The Innocent Girls (1980)
The Fans -- You Don't Live Here Anymore (1980)
Nirvana Devils -- Some Foreign Shore (1985)
The Jetz -- Moderns For A Day (1983)
Wildfang -- Like Ringo (1984)
City LImits -- Dancing In The Heat (1980)
Strangeways -- Show Her You Care (1978)
Rudi -- The Pressure's On (1979)
The Really 3rds -- Everyday, Everyway (1981)
The Piranhas -- Fiddling While Babylon Burns (1980)
Starjets -- 10 Years (1979)
The Jetset -- Count The Beating Hearts (1985)

Northern Soulshaker Cocktail

Dirty Looks -- Lie To Me


The Jetset -- Wednesday Girl

Modcast #387: Twophers

It's double the listening pleasure, twice as nice, two times the fun, on all new Modcast #387: Twophers. Because, I'm playing two tracks from every artist this week. Started out with a couple of bands that I just couldn't decide which track to include, and so I thought what the hell I'll play both. And, so here we are with a whole of show of double doses of musical goodness.

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The MnM's -- Knock Knock Knock (1980)
Peter Perrett -- An Epic Story (2017)
Peter Perrett & The One -- I'm Not Like Everybody Else (1994)
Playboy Manbaby -- Last One Standing (2017)
Playboy Manbaby -- You Can Be A Fascist Too (2016)
The Buttertones -- Sadie's A Sadist (2017)
The Buttertones -- Matador (2017)
Hurry -- Fascination (2016)
Hurry -- Under Her Thumb (2016)
Ragamuffins -- Dance 'Til Your The Last One Standing (2016)
Ragamuffins -- Telling Tales (2015)
Mando Diao -- Long Before Rock'n'Roll (2006)
Mando Diao -- Tv And Me (2006)
The MnM's -- I'm Tired (1980)

The Ragamuffins - Dance (Til You're The Last One Standing)


Playboy Manbaby -- Last One Standing


Peter Perrett -- How The West Was Won

Modcast #386: The Shingles Ruin Summer Again

Only the second episode of season 11 and I'm already shirking my modcasting duties and turning the show over to The Shingles. DJ Ken is joined by Michael Simmons and the two deliver some seriously suave sounds for your summer soundtrack.


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01. Beach Boys - It's a Beautiful Day (Americathon Soundtrack, 1979)
02. Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky (In It for the Money, 1997)
03. Randell Kirsch & Papa Doo Run Run - California Sleepwalking (Santa Cruz, 2001)
04. Rick Henn - Girl On The Beach (Single, 1973)
05. Explorers Club - California's Callin' Ya (Together, 2016)
06. Thee Midniters with Godfrey - Down Whittier Blvd. (Single, 1967)
07. Tikiyaki 5-0 - Supernova (Introducing The Exotic Sounds Of Tikiyaki 5-0, 2016)
08. XTC - Grass (Skylarking, 1986)
09. Electric Soft Parade - Summertime In My Heart (Idiots, 2013)
10. Mark Eric - Place For The Summer (A Midsummer's Day Dream, 1969)
11. Rumer - Pizza And Pinball (Into Colour, 2014)
12. Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (National Lampoon's Vacation Soundtrack, 1983)
13. Johnny Aloha - Drink To Hawaii (Lavapalooza: Richard Cheese Presents Johnny Aloha, 2010)


1966 Surfing, Skateboarding and Bikinis



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Modcast #385: Back in the Saddle

I'm baaaaack. Did you miss me? My first extended sabbatical from the modcast is over. It only took 10 years for me to take a real break. That's right I've got ten full years of modcasting under my belt now. So welcome to season eleven. And that puts us at the halfway mark of 2017, so I've got lots of new music from the first of half of the year.

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Eggstone -- Shooting Time
One Way Ticket -- Miss Grievous
Los Padrinois -- La Pinta Completa
Blondie -- Doom Or Destiny
Honeychain -- Lucky One
Indonesian Junk -- Crimes
Courtney Barnett -- How To Boil An Egg
Kurt Vile -- Pretty Pimpin'
The Charlatans -- Let's Go Together
The Mountain Goats -- Rain In Soho
The Strypes -- Behind Closed Doors
Eggstone -- Like So

Honeychain -- Messy Love


Strypes -- Behind Closed Doors

Crack Open The Vaults Of The Modcast

While I take a short break and try to get things back on track you should crack open the vaults and check out some of the past modcasts. Here's what's online right now. If there's a past show you'd like to hear just let me know and I'll hook you up.

 

 

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Modcast #384: Something's Funky Up Here

Hello funkonauts! This is the funkiest modcast in a long while, so I hope you're in for some very cool super soul. This is soul music, superfunkified, always cool, always fresh, sometimes jazzy, occasionally with a hint of acid, and never without a full dose of the disco. This is funky.

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Quasamodo & The Q Orchestra -- Funkentstein (2013)
Skeewiff -- Get Down To The Pumpe Up Funk (2015)
Onam Agemo & The Disco Jumpers -- The Disco Jumpers (2017)
Ikebe Shakedown -- Curitiba Strut (2017)
Shaolin Temple Defenders -- Super Nacho Funk (2013)
Midas Touch -- Big Deal! (1977)
Jazzkantine -- Funky Old Kantina (2016)
Club Des Belugas -- Skip To The Bip (2006)
Lack Of Afro -- Holding My Breath (Feat. Jake Morley) (2011)
Mako & The Hawk -- The Devil Made Me Do It feat. Chima Anya (2016)
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound -- I Got High (2011)
Jamiroquai -- Superfresh (2017)

Northern Soulshaker Cocktail

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound -- You Can't Break Me


Mako & The Hawk -- Party Goin' On

Modcast #383: Now Sounds of the Jet Set

Flashback to 1968 and think go-go boots for her and cuban heels for him. All the while the groovy now sounds of the jet set generation are smoothing out the rough edges all around.

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Giancarlo Barigozzi -- Airport Rock (1972)
Addy Flor Orchestra -- Chica Do Verrao (1977)
John Cacavas & The Marc Duval Orchestra-- Breakout For Bass (1973)
Roger Webb & The Paul Dupont Orchestra -- Go-girls (1970)
Claus Ogerman -- Right Now (1965)
Bob Crewe Generation -- Theme For A Lazy Girl (aka Miniskirts In Moscow) (1967)
Henry Mancini -- Odd Ball (1959)
Henri Rene -- Whispering (196?)
The Young Lovers -- The Black Queen's Beads (1968)
Bob Thiele & His Orchestra -- Krishna (1967)
I Componenti -- Zeus (1967)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -- Slick (1968)
Garry Blake & His Orchestra -- Soul Coaxing (1968)
Keith Mansfield -- Mexican DJ (1969)
Lalo Schifrin -- Anpacondra Soul (1965)

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Keith Mansfield -- Exclusive Blend


Alan Hawkshaw -- Beat Me 'Til I'm Blue

Modcast #382: The Music Go Bang

This week's modcast is fully loaded and ready to explode with great music, new and old.

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The Steven McDonald Group -- Motorboat (2002)
The Pacifics -- When I'm Gone (2017)
Fuzzy Vox -- I Got A Girl (2016)
The Eddies -- Nuclear Boy (2016)
Action Jets -- Rock'N'Roll Drag Queen (2017)
Fascinations Grand Chorus -- Growing (2016)
Honeychain -- Messy Love (2017)
Ken Sharp -- Solid Ground (2016)
Fred Thomas -- Brickwall (2017)
Milk'n'Cookies -- Chance To Play (1975)
X -- Make The Music Go Bang (1983)
The Giljoteens -- Before My Eyes (2007)
The Undertones -- There Goes Norman (1980)
The Kids -- Your Eyes (1982)
Them -- I Can Only Give You Everything (1966)

Northern Soul Shaker Cocktail

Fuzzy Vox -- Distracted

Modcast #381: Screen Songs of the 60s

This week I am joined by the inimitable Mary Queen of Cosmos as we explore songs from films of the sixties. If you like movies, especially movies from that decade of decades, then you're going to love this week's modcast.

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Goldfinger -- John Barry Orchestra feat. Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger, 1964)
Moon River -- Aretha Franklin (Breakfast At Tiffany's, 1961)
Mrs. Robinson -- Booker T & The MGs (The Graduate, 1967)
Promises, Promises -- Dionne Warwick (Promises, Promises, 1968)
Aruba Liberace -- Liberace (Where The Boys Meet The Girls, 1965)
Ain't That A Kick In The Head -- Dean Martin (Ocean's 11, 1960)
Lonely Room -- Adolph Deutsch (The Apartment, 1961)
The Cincinnati Kid -- Ray Charles (The Cincinnati Kid, 1966)
Bring Down The Birds -- Herbie Hancock (Blow-Up, 1966)
Theme From The Magnificent Seven -- Al Ciaola (The Magnificent Seven, 1960)
Barbarella -- The Bob Crewe Generation (Barbarella, 1968)
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly -- Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, 1966)
The Pink Panther -- Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther, 1963)
Casino Royale -- Herb Alpert (Casino Royale, 1967)

Barbarella -- Opening Credits


Dean Martin -- Ain't That A Kick In The Head


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Modcast #380: Mr. Suave's Grabbag of Goodies

From Britpop to power pop to indie pop I've got a grabbag full of all sorts of goodies on this week's modcast.

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Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation -- Some Velvet Morning (1986)
The Orwells -- Black Francis (2017)
The Novatones -- Living For the Weekend (2011)
The Blue Collars -- Happy Pills (2013)
The Gallery's -- You Don't Really Love Her (2017)
The Sherlocks -- Was It Really Worth It (2017)
The Corner Laughers -- Just Can't Get Enough (2015)
Skinny -- Live For Today (2012)
Title Tracks -- Cain And The Twigs (2011)
The Magnetic Fields -- Andrew In Drag (2012)
The Bodines -- Heard It All (1987)
The Style Council -- Down In The Seine (1985)
James Taylor Quartet -- Woman (2011)
The Charlatans -- I Don't Wann See The Sights (1991)
Veronica Falls -- If You Still Want Me (2013)


Northern Soulshaker Cocktail


The Orwells -- Who Needs You


The Novatones -- Daddy Didn't Know


The Blue Collars - Cheater



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Modcast #379: Put Some Pop In Your Punk

Two great tastes that taste great together, power pop and punk. Or, pop punk for short. I hesitate to call this a pop punk show but definitely leans in that direction. If you like those original pop punkers The Ramones, or Nikki & The Corvettes or The Go-Gos or The Muffs, Green Day, The Presidents of the United States, The Fastbacks, and so on then you are going to dig this week's show.


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Vista Blue -- I Don't Know Where Dr. Frank Lives (2016)
The Dollyrots -- Save Me (2016)
Tacocat -- Crimson Wave (2014)
The Tuts -- 1982 (2016)
Dollsquad -- Rock-N-Roll Boy (2006)
Suacy Yoda -- Wonton (2010)
Dirty Fences -- 2X2 (2016)
The Malakas -- Cigarettes And Heroin (1999)
General Tso's Fury -- Cereal Time (2015)
Bare Wires -- Runaway Hear (2009)
Blink-182 -- She's Out Of Her Mind (2016)
The Pink Tiles -- State Of The Nation (2015)
Wiseguys -- Invalids (1996)
The Riptides -- Shit Outta Luck (2009)
Somerdale -- Coolest Kid In The Room (2016)

Northern Soul Shaker Cocktail

The Dirty Fences -- Judy (Don't Go)


The Dollyrots -- Twist Me To The Left

Modcast #378: Best of 2016

I'm not so over 2016, especially all the good music it delivered. I've got 18 great songs from 18 great bands on today's show. How good was 2016? So good none of these also really great bands made that cut: Men of North Country, Vista Blue, Teenage Fan Club, The Darts, Flat Five, Madness, Seven Long Years, The Q, The Posies, The Eddies, Charles Bradley, James Hunter, Explorers Club, Fashionism, The Zolas, Nick Pride & The Pimptones, Dustaphonics, The Regrettes, Eli Paperboy Reed, Girl Ray, Dogtooth, The Ace, Plan-B, The Fleshtones, The Julie Ruin. Stunning isn't it?! Here's to 2017 being able to deliver as much great tunage.

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Tommy & The Rockets -- Here Comes Summer
The Zags -- Sick Stereo
The Lash Outs -- Validation Song
The Kickstand Band -- Stay Inside
Pale Lips -- (You Make Me) Wanna Be Bad
The Well Wishers -- Impossible To Blame
French Boutik -- Je Ne Suis La
Hurry -- Under Her Thumb
Trolley -- Crying All The Time
The Soul Snatchers -- Use It Up
Quantic & Flowering Inferno -- 1000 Watts feat. Christopher Ellis
Lack of Afro -- Walk In The Sun feat. Professor Elemental
Cais Soder Funk Connection -- One Of These Days
ABC -- Singer Not The Song
Weezer -- (Girl We Got A) Good Thing
Green Day -- Still Breathing
B-Movie -- San Francisco
The Monkees -- Good Times


Le Casse - French Boutik


Pale Lips - Mary-Lou Sniffin' Glue


Cais Sodré Funk Connection - Offbeat