Sinko Music Podcast

69: Time

1. Joe Jackson - Got The Time
2. The Futureheads - Trying Not To Think About Time
3. New Order - Fine Time
4. Hot Hot Heat - Running Out of Time
5. The Pacers - Out of Time

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68: 2:42

In an article for The Morning News, Joshua Allen did a little "research" to determine that 2 minutes and 42 seconds is the ideal song length. I think he might be right, and here are five songs that clock in at that perfect length.

1. The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
2. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Criminal Piece
4. Weezer - American Gigolo
5. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash

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66: New Wave Covers

90s versions of 80s songs! OK, "No Action" is from the 70s and the lesser-known original "Tainted Love" is from the 60s. But still...

1. The Muffs - No Action (Elvis Costello)
2. The Mr. T Experience - Can't Get There From Here (R.E.M.)
3. Horace Pinker - Our Lips Are Sealed (Go-Go's)
4. The Hi-Fives - Tainted Love (Soft Cell, Gloria Jones)
5. Goldfinger - Rio (Duran Duran)

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65: Instrumentals 2

More lyric-free music, this time with an alt-rock flavor.

1. Frank Black - Tossed
2. The Breeders - Flipside
3. The Cure - Another Journey By Train
4. Reverend Horton Heat - Big Sky
5. fIREHOSE - Tien An Man Dream Again

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64: Superchunk

I think I'm definitely in the minority for preferring Superchunk's later material to their earlier, punkier stuff. No matter -- here are five great songs from the pride of Chapel Hill.

1. Slack Motherfucker
2. Ribbon
3. Yeah, It's Beautiful Here Too
4. Her Royal Fisticuffs
5. European Medicine

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62: Wire

Not the band Wire, but simply songs with "wire" in the title.

1. The Meters - Live Wire
2. U2 - Wire
3. Sahara Hotnights - Walk On The Wire
4. Pixies - Hang Wire
5. fIREHOSE - Chemical Wire

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61: Cars

1. Gary Numan - Cars
2. Elastica - Car Song
3. Buzzcocks - Fast Cars
4. Beck - Rental Car
5. Beastie Boys - Car Thief

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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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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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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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50: Sinko's Burning

1. The Clash - London's Burning
2. Fugazi - Burning Too
3. Horace Pinker - Burn Tempe To The Ground
4. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday
5. Wire - Torch It!

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49: Rickenbacker Guitar

A mix of songs performed using the unique jangly sound of the Rickenbacker guitar.

1. Beatles - Ticket to Ride
2. The Who - I Can't Explain
3. R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower
4. The Romantics - When I Look in Your Eyes
5. The Jam - Start!

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47: Shoegazy

I realize that "shoegazer" as a genre isn't really an accurate description, or even a flattering one...but what else can I call this set of songs? "Shoegazy"? Well, I guess I did...

Whatever you want to label them, these bands share the swirling effects-driven guitars and ethereal vocals usually associated with shoegazers.

1. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
2. Lush - De-Luxe
3. Ride - Vapour Trail
4. Luminous Orange - How High
5. Asobi Seksu - Nefi + Girly

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46: Devo Covers

Covers of Devo songs, preceeded by the originals.

1. Devo / Big Drill Car - Freedom Of Choice
2. Devo / Skankin' Pickle - Gates of Steel
3. Devo / Nirvana - Turn Around
4. Devo / Superchunk - Girl U Want
5. Devo / Doc Hopper - Uncontrollable Urge

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45: Another Night

1. The Allstonians - Another Night
2. New Order - This Time Of Night
3. R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix)
4. Elastica - All-Nighter
5. Rancid - Another Night

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44: Last Night

1. Prefuse 73 - Last Night
2. The Cure - A Night Like This
3. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
4. Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Night Rider
5. The Strokes - Last Night

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43: New Year

Happy new year! I originally started off this episode with U2's "New Year's Day" but figured that was like shooting fish in a barrel. But here are some other "year"-related songs to kick off 2008.

1. The Breeders - New Year
2. Pinhead Gunpowder - Losers of the Year
3. Sicko - Bad Year
4. Hüsker Dü - These Important Years
5. Asobi Seksu - New Years

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42: Sleep part 2

1. The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
2. Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
3. Radiohead - Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)
4. J Church - Sleep
5. All - Copping Z

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41: Sleep part 1

1. The Shins - Sleeping Lessons
2. The La's - I Can't Sleep (live)
3. They Might Be Giants - Sleeping In The Flowers
4. Jawbreaker - Sleep
5. Crimpshrine - Sleep, What's That?

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40: Theme Songs

Jack Spade: [looks at musicians] "Who are these guys?"
John Spade: "They're my theme music. Every hero's got to have some."

1. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
2. Schoolly D - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme
3. Chisel - Theme For A Pharmacist
4. Man Or Astro-man? - Theme from Eeviac
5. Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme

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39: Title Tracks 2

Title tracks is the theme again, this time with more of a rock focus.

1. The Beatles - Help!
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. AC/DC - Back In Black
4. The Police - Synchronicity I
5. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

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37: Ian MacKaye

With a strong DIY ethic, Ian MacKaye is one of the most influential artists in punk/hardcore. In addition to fronting many bands (including Minor Threat and Fugazi) he founded Dischord Records and helped start the straight edge movement (whether on purpose or not).

1. Minor Threat - No Reason
2. Skewbald - Sorry/Change For The Same
3. Fugazi - Waiting Room
4. Fugazi - Bed For The Scraping
5. The Evens - All These Governors

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36: I Can Spell!

Some artists like to show off their spelling skills.

1. The Cure - Fire In Cairo
2. The Kinks - Cadillac
3. They Might Be Giants - S-E-X-X-Y (remix)
4. Elastica - How He Wrote Elastica Man
5. Anti-Flag - Captain Anarchy

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35: Rudeboys

Rudeboys: they went from being all around to "where have they gone?" Maybe they're just waiting for the fourth wave of ska to hit...

1. Joe White - Rudies All Around
2. Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message to You
3. The Specials - Rude Boys Outta Jail
4. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone

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33: Rock Radio

1. Ramones - (Do You Remember) Rock 'n' Roll Radio
2. The Clash - Capital Radio One
3. They Might Be Giants - Greasy Kid Stuff
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Radio, Radio
5. Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

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31: Wire Covers

Following up the Wire podcast, here are some Wire covers...

1. Fischerspooner - The 15th
2. My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
3. fIREHOSE - Mannequin (live)
4. Henry Rollins - Ex-Lion Tamer
5. Minor Threat - 12XU

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29: Title Tracks 1

If you're going to name your album after a song on it, it had better be a good song. Like these...

1. The Clash: London Calling
2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
3. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: Hearts Of Oak
4. Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll
5. Bad Religion: No Control

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28: Television

Songs about TV (including Man or Astro-man's Talking Heads cover).

1. Sunny Day Real Estate: Television
2. Man Or Astro-man?: Television Man
3. Ned's Atomic Dustbin: Kill Your Television
4. Sicko - Mike TV
5. Gorilla Biscuits: Stand Still

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27: Weekdays

We covered the weekend back in Sinko #23. Here's the rest of the week...

1. NOFX: Thank God It's Monday
2. Stevie Wonder: Tuesday Heartbreak
3. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Wednesday Week
4. Asobi Seksu: Thursday
5. Joe Jackson: Friday

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26: Sinko's Back

Hey, Sinko's back with more podcasts! Enjoy the mixes...

1. Rakim: Guess Who's Back
2. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Jimmy's Back
3. Prefuse 73: Back In Time
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
He's Back (live)
5. Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town

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25: Pixies

I've always liked the Pixies, but over time I've really come to appreciate their music even more. They really helped pave the way for (good) alternative rock, and I was glad they reunited a few years ago so I could see them live. Rather than feature some of their "hits," for this podcast I decided to highlight some of my favorite less-well-known songs.

1. Ana
2. Dead
3. The Holiday Song
4. Alec Eiffel
5. Something Against You

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23: The Weekend

A new podcast to start the weekend:

1. Art Brut - Bad Weekend
2. The Cure - 10.15 Saturday Night
3. Wire - Field Day For The Sundays
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Sunday
5. Superchunk - Burn Last Sunday

(I know this is St. Patrick's Day and I should have some Irish music podcast -- I guess I'm just not that on top of things...)

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22: Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong might not have a good voice, but it's definitely distinct. He got his start with Operation Ivy (going by the name "Lint"). After that band broke up, he went on to success with Rancid, and recently had a weird rap-punk side project Transplants.

1. Operation Ivy - Unity
2. Rancid - Detroit
3. Bad Religion - Television
4. Rancid - Let Me Go
5. Transplants - Diamonds And Guns

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16: Unnecessarily Long Song Titles

Man or Astro-man? alone have some of the longest song titles in music, including "Spectrograph Reading Of The Varying Phantom Frequencies Of Chronic, Incurable Tinnitus" and "Obligatory Part 2 Song In Which There Is No Presently Existing Part 1, Nor The Plans To Make One". But I chose a different one, along with four others:

1. Minutemen - Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?
2. The Kinks - Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
3. The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
4. Jets To Brazil - "Your X-Ray Results Have Come Back From The Doctor And We Think We Know What The Problem Is"
5. Man Or Astro-man? - Song Of The Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator Stanford University, Stanford, California

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14: Questions Part 2

More questions for you...

1. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
2. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
3. They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad?
4. The Specials - Why?
5. Public Enemy - Who Stole The Soul?

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12: Walter Schreifels

Walter Schreifels got his start writing and playing guitar for New York hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits. After that band broke up, he went on to form Quicksand which moved away from the hardcore of GB for a heavier sound and also featured Walter on vocals. Since Quicksand, his other bands have included Rival Schools and Walking Concert. This podcast follows his evolution through these bands, from NYC hardcore to more melodic indie rock.

1. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotten
2. Quicksand - Unfulfilled
3. Quicksand - Blister
4. Rival Schools - So Down On
5. Walking Concert - The Animals

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09: Back to School

Although I did enjoy having my summers off, I'm glad I don't have to go back to school...

1. Chuck Berry - School Days
2. The Jam - Art School
3. Nirvana - School (live)
4. Pixies - U-Mass
5. The Hi-Fives - Class Dismissed

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08: Good Morning

Wake up!

1. Built To Spill - In The Morning
2. The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning
3. Elastica - Waking Up
4. Jets To Brazil - Morning New Disease
5. Radiohead - Morning Bell

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07: Questions, Part 1

Let me ask you a few questions...

1. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
3. Green Day - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
4. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)?
5. Frank Black - Whatever Happened To Pong?

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05: Fives

For the fifth podcast of Sinko, it seems fitting that we listen to five songs with the number "five" in their title.

1. Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising
2. Perceptionists - 5 O'Clock
3. Beck - High 5 (Rock the Catskills)
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - 5ive Gears In Reverse
5. Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)

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04: Bob Mould

I really like Hüsker Dü, and I am a huge fan of Sugar. In between and after those two bands, Bob Mould released solo albums. Sinko episode 04 follows Bob's career in five songs.

1. Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today
2. Hüsker Dü - Friend, You've Got To Fall
3. Bob Mould - See a Little Light
4. Sugar - Fortune Teller
5. Bob Mould - Paralyzed

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03: Drummers

Who doesn't like a good drummer? Sinko podcast #3 listens to five great drummers -- guys who don't just keep the beat but add energy, personality, and subtle fills that I love to hear. These are songs I like to hear just to concentrate on the drums.

1. The Police (Stewart Copeland) - One World (Not Three)
2. Sunny Day Real Estate (William Goldsmith) - Theo B
3. Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlain) - Cash Car Star
4. Sinkhole (Chris Pierce, who also sings) - Leaner Days
5. The Bad Plus (David King) - And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation

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