Sinko Music Podcast

60: Moving

One of the things I dislike most in my life is moving -- I don't like packing, moving or unpacking. I don't like moving myself or helping others move anymore. So I guess it's somewhat odd that I chose this as a topic...

1. The Kinks - I Gotta Move
2. Wire - Start To Move
3. Beastie Boys - The Move
4. The Jam - I've Changed My Address
5. The Smiths - Back To The Old House

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59: Sklash

This episode features The Clash's reggae influences, including their covers of Junior Murvin's "Police & Thieves" and Coxsone Dodd's "Armagideon Time".

(And yes, I realize that The Clash was influenced by reggae and not specifically ska, but it made for a better title since 35% of all ska bands begin with "Sk-"...)

1. (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
2. Police & Thieves
3. The Guns of Brixton
4. Armagideon Time
5. Revolution Rock

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58: Short Attention Span

This'll be real quick...all fives songs under 60 seconds each.

1. Sicko - Attention Span
2. NOFX - Hobophobic (Scared of Bums)
3. Bad Religion - Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
4. Anti-Flag - Bring It To An End
5. Minutemen - Search

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57: A Cuppa Joe

Some songs about coffee, including a bonus cup from the Descendents (since they're such big fans of the stuff).

1. Bob Marley - One Cup Of Coffee
2. Dance Hall Crashers - Java Junkie
3. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Cowboy Coffee
4. Descendents - Kids / Coffee Mug
5. Black Flag - Black Coffee

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56: Drinking Songs

How about a drink?

1. Laurel Aitken - Bartender
2. They Might Be Giants - Drink!
3. Black Flag - Six Pack
4. Leatherface - Hops And Barley
5. The Queers - I Only Drink Bud

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55: Green Day

Five songs from Green Day? Sure, why not? I tried to select some of their less-popular songs for this episode, from their early days to (almost) today.

1. Why Do You Want Him?
2. One Of My Lies
3. Stuart and the Ave.
4. Fashion Victim
5. Take Back

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54: Rap Influences

For this episode, I selected some songs that had a large impact on the formation of rap music. From Kraftwerk's influence on electro and funk, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" (which spawned almost as many DJ's as the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance spawned bands), Art Of Noise's sampling, and of course often-sampled beats like "Funky Drummer" and "The Big Beat".

1. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
2. Herbie Hancock - Rockit
3. Art Of Noise - Beat Box
4. James Brown - Funky Drummer
5. Billy Squire - The Big Beat

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53: Rockabilly

This episode follows some rockabilly through the years...

1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
2. Roy Orbison & The Teen Queens - Go! Go! Go!
3. The Cramps - Aloha from Hell
4. Amazing Crowns - Losing Streak
5. Reverend Horton Heat - Bad Reputation

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52: Guitar Hero Wish List

I recently got Guitar Hero for my birthday, and I'm totally hooked (as a combined music nerd/video game geek should be). I'd have a hard time picking songs I would want to be in the game, but here are five by bands that (I think) have not made it into any of the various versions of GH.

1. The Ventures - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
2. Bad Brains - I Against I
3. Samiam - Viewpoint
4. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
5. Man or Astro-man? - Interstellar Hardrive

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51: Covers 1

Some covers of bands taking a song and making it their own -- none of these sound very much like the originals.

1. All: Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
2. Quicksand: How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths)
3. Jawbreaker: Into You Like A Train (Psychedelic Furs)
4. J Church: Planet Earth (Duran Duran)
5. Leatherface: Eagle (ABBA)

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