If you listen to this show, rather than just check out the setlist, you’ll here a screw up (not the first!) as I started playing the wrong side of the Superchunk 7”. The thing about having a theme each week is that everything has to fit it, so I couldn’t just let the “A” side go. 

So, in execution, I dunno. But in concept this is one of my favorite shows so far. 

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Kiss” — Prince & the Revolution
2. “Give Me a Big Kiss” — Van Morrison
3. “Give Him a Great Big Kiss” — The Shangri-Las
4. “Looking for a Kiss” — The New York Dolls
5. “One Kiss Led to Another” — The Coasters
6. “Kizza Me” — Big Star
7. “I’ll Kiss You” — Cyndi Lauper
8. “Beer and Kisses” — Amy Rigby
9. “Passionate Kisses” — Lucinda Williams
10. “The Shoop Shoop Song” — Betty Everett
11. “Then He Kissed Me” — The Crystals
12. “Just One Kiss” — Raphael Saadiq
13. “On the Mouth” — Superchunk
14. “Make Out Club” — Unrest
15. “Kiss Your Lips” — Allo Darlin’
16. “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss” — Yoko Ono
17. “The World’s a Mess, It’s in My Kiss” — X
18. “Kiss and Say Goodbye” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle

This week’s show was tribute songs, from one artist to another. There are tons of these, so I mostly tried to play pairs of linked chains of tribute. I haven’t had a chance to listen back myself, but there were some technical issues early on, at least in my headphones. Wasn’t sure if it was impacting the broadcast. 

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Bessie Smith” — The Band
2. “Song to Woody” — Bob Dylan
3. “Song for Bob Dylan” — David Bowie
4. “Thin Wild Mercury” — Todd Snider
5. “Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs” — The Minutemen
6. “D.Boon” — Uncle Tupelo
7. “Dancing with Joey Ramone” — Amy Rigby
8. “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” — Sleater-Kinney
9. “Tunic (Song for Karen)” — Sonic Youth
10. “Johnny’s Gonna Die” — The Replacements
11. “Alex Chilton” — The Replacements
12. “The Replacements” — Art Brut
13. “Lightnin’ Hopkins” — R.E.M.
14. “Unseen Power of the Picket Fence” — Pavement
15. “Sir Duke” — Stevie Wonder
16. “Parker’s Band” — Steely Dan
17. “Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt” — John Fahey

This week’s show was one of my favorites from an idea/setlist standpoint. Thanks to Prince for the inspiration. 

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Girls & Boys” — Prince & the Revolution
2. “Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?” — The Barbarians
3. “Girls” — David Johansen
4. “Boys” — The Shirelles
5. “Hey Boy” — Magic Kids
6. “Hey Girl” — The Blasters
7. “Bad Girl” — The New York Dolls
8. “Bad Boy” — Holy Modal Rounders
9. “Bad Girl” — Smokey & the Miracles
10. “Bad Boy” — John Prine
11. “Bad Girls” — Donna Summer
12. “The Good Girls” — Amy Rigby
13. “Cynical Girl” — Marshall Crenshaw
14. “Singular Girl” — The Old 97s
15. “This Boy” — The Beatles
16. “That Boy” — Carsie Blanton
17. “Fast Girls” — Sarge
18. “Losing Boy” — Eddie Giles
19. “Androgynous” — The Replacements

This week’s show was one of my monthly “time travel” episodes, jumping back to 1967.

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ — The Beatles
2. “A House is Not a Motel” — Love
3. “She Has Funny Cars” — Jefferson Airplane
4. “Country Air” — The Beach Boys
5. “8:05” — Moby Grape
6. “Sittin’ On a Fence” — The Rolling Stones
7. “Pictures of Lily” – The Who
8. “Ups and Downs” — Paul Revere & the Raiders
9. “Run, Run, Run” — The Velvet Underground
10. “Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out)” — The Hombres
11. “Neon Rainbow” — Box Tops
12. “Expressway to Your Heart” — The Soul Survivors
13. “Spanish Castle Magic” — Jimi Hendrix
14. “Bring It Up” — James Brown
15. “Tougher Than Tough” — Derrick Morgan
16. “Pouring Water on a Drowning Man” — James Carr
17. “Wait You Dog” — Mable John
18. “You’re All I Need” — Bobby Bland
19. “Soul Serenade” — Aretha Franklin
20. “Love is a Doggone Good Thing” — Eddie Floyd

SING ALL KINDS is an afternoon show but to note the beginning of a new year, the first show of 2021 was “The Morning Show”

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Good Morning, Good Morning” — The Beatles
2. “Watch the Sunrise” — Big Star
3. “Your Love is Like the Morning Sun” — Al Green
4. “Breakfast in Bed” — Dusty Springfield
5. “Woke Up This Morning” — Johnnie Frierson
6. “Cigarettes and Coffee” — Otis Redding
7. “Sunday Morning” — The Velvet Underground
8. “Monday Morning” — Fleetwood Mac
9. “Monday Morning Rock” — Marshall Crenshaw
10. “Bloody Mary Morning” — Willie Nelson
11. “One Too Many Mornings” — Bob Dylan
12. “Early in the Morning” — Louis Jordan
13. “Early in the Morning” — Buddy Holly
14. “Early in the Morning” — Heartless Bastards
15. “In the Morning” — Built to Spill 
16. “In the Morning Time” — The Clovers
17. “Jumpin’ in the Morning” — Ray Charles
18. “Sunday Morning Coming Down” — Johnny Cash
19. “We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning” — Gram Parsons

This week, one of pop music’s grand topics: “The Lonesome Show.”

The stream:

The setlist:

1. “Tired of Being Alone” — Al Green
2. “It’s Gonna Be Lonely” — Prince
3. “I’ve Been Lonely for So Long’ — Frederick Knight
4. “Ain’t Got No Home” — Clarence “Frogman” Henry
5. “Crazy with Loneliness” — Harlan T. Bobo
6. “If Loneliness Was Art” — Allo Darlin
7. “Lonely Girl” — Todd Snider
8. “Lonely Girls” — Lucinda Williams
9. “The Lonely, the Lonesome and the Gone” — Lee Ann Womack
10. “Nobody’s Lonesome For Me” — Hank Williams
11. “Lonely Coming Down” — Dolly Parton
12. “Lonesome and a Long Way From Home” — Delaney and Bonnie
13. “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” — Bob Dylan
14. “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights” — Earl King
15. “Lonely Nights” — The Hearts
16. “So Lonely” — Johnny Ace
17. “Wish Someone Would Care” — Irma Thomas
18. “If Only You Were Lonely” — The Replacements

This week was a special New Year’s Eve edition, with songs about not going out and instead sitting around the house. 

The stream:

The setlist: 

1. “Party Lights” — Claudine Clark
2. “Nobody Really Cares if You Don’t Go to the Party” — Courtney Barnett 
3. “TV Party” — Black Flag
4. “Stay Away” — Nirvana
5. “Sequestered in Memphis” — Hold Steady
6. “In My Room” — The Beach Boys
7. “Waterloo Sunset” — The Kinks
8. “Watching the Wheels” — John Lennon
9. “Flowers on the Wall” — Statler Brothers
10. “Bedda at Home” — Jill Scott
11. “Late to the Party” — Kacey Musgraves
12. “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” — The Beatles
13. “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” — Willie Nelson
14. “All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down” — Hank Williams Jr.
15. “Stillness is the Move” — Dirty Projectors
16. “Hommage a Grungie” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle
17. “My Little Corner of the World” — Yo La Tengo

New Year’s resolution: Get back on a weekly posting schedule.

Two weeks ago, on “Sing All Kinds,” I finally leaned on an obvious crutch to which I’ll return from time to time: A covers show. This first one focused mostly on modern “alt-rock” artists borrowing from the classic-rock or pre-punk canons. 

The stream: 

The set list (original artist in parenthesis):

1. “Gloria” — Patti Smith (Them, featuring Van Morrison)
2. “Femme Fatale” — Big Star (The Velvet Underground)
3. “Sweet Jane” — Mott the Hoople (The Velvet Underground)
4. “And Then He Kissed Me” – Moe Tucker (The Crystals)
5. “Into the Groovey” — Sonic Youth (Madonna)
6. “Eight Miles High “– Husker Du (The Byrds)
7. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey” — The Feelies (The Beatles)
8. “Norwegian Wood” — Cornershop (The Beatles)
9. “Waiting for the Day” — Reigning Sound (The Beach Boys)
10. “Crimson and Clover” — Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Tommy James & the Shondells)
11. “Stop Your Sobbing” — The Pretenders (The Kinks)
12. “Soul Kitchen” — X (The Doors)
13. “Alone Again Or” — Mouse Rocket (Love)
14. “Candle Mambo” — Amy LaVere (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
15. “Friday I’m in Love” — Yo La Tengo (The Cure)
16. “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” — Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric (Jackie DeShannon)

Last week, on a Christmas Eve edition, I did “The Jesus Show.:

The stream:

The setlist:

1. “Jesus Christ” — Big Star
2. “Jesus is Waiting” — Al Green
3. “Spanish Pipedream” — John Prine
4. “Me and Jesus” — Tom T. Hall
5. “New Friend Jesus” — Craig Finn
6. “Travellin’ on for Jesus” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle
7. “Jesus Christ” — Woody Guthrie
8. “Christ for President” — Billy Bragg & Wilco
9. “Jesus, Etc.” — Wilco
10. “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” — Nirvana 
11. “Jesus Christ was an Only Child” — Modest Mouse
12. “Spirit in the Sky” — Norman Greenbaum 
13. “Jesus Just Left Chicago” — ZZ Top
14. “Jesus, the Missing Years” — John Prine
15. “Jesus” — The Velvet Underground
16. “Touch the Hem of His Garment” — Sam Cooke
17. “Talkin’ About Jesus” — Delaney & Bonnie

Last week was my birthday, so I took the monthly time machine back to the year of my birth. 

The stream:

Here’s the playlist:

1. “All the Way From Memphis” — Mott the Hoople
2. “Rosalita” — Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
3. “Jean Genie” — David Bowie
4. “Put it On” — Bob Marley
5. “Have You Been Making Out Ok?” — Al Green
6. “Smodern” — Miss Smodern (from Africa Dances)
7. “Thankful n’ Thoughful” — Sly & the Family Stone
8. “Vicious” — Lou Reed 
9. “Personality Crisis” — New York Dolls
10. “Grandma’s Hands” (live) — Bill Withers
11. “Grandpa was a Carpenter” — John Prine
12. “The Swimming Song” — Loudon Wainwright III
13. “Share Your Love With Me” — The Band
14. “Tearjoint” — Dan Penn

A double-up posting on the past two weeks shows:

On Thanksgiving afternoon, I slipped away for a food-centric hour, “The Grab a Plate Show.”

The stream:

Here’s the playlist:

1. “Green Onions” — Booker T. & the MGs
2. “I Got It” — Little Richard 
3. “Beans and Cornbread” — Louis Jordan
4. “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” — Louis Jordan
5. “I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop” — Michael Hurley
6. “Bar-B-Q” — Wendy Rene
7. “Red Beans” — Professor Longhair
8. “They’re Red Hot” — Robert Johnson
9. “Jambalya” — Hank Williams
10. “Heartbeat Chili” — Allo Darlin
11. “Savoy Truffle” — The Beatles
12. “Starfish and Coffee” — Prince
13. “Ham and Eggs” — A Tribe Called Quest
14. “Chicken Grease” — D’Angelo
15. “Memphis Women and Chicken” — Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
16. “Shortnin Bread” — Mississippi John Hurt
17. “No Biscuit Blues” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle
18. “What Made My Hamburger Disappear” — Michael Hurley, the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones

Last week, I delved into the rich musical history of wordless mumbo jumbo with “The Nonsense Show.” 

The stream:

The playlist:

1. “Tutti Frutti” — Little Richard
2. “Be-Bop-a-Lula” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
3. “Hey Baba Leba” — Thurston Harris
4. “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” — Jesse Hill 
5. “Papa Oom Mow Mow” — The Rivingtons
6. “Wooly Bully” — Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
7. “Ooby Dooby” — Roy Orbison
8. “Shoobie Oobie” — Rosco Gordon
9. “Oop Shoop” — Shirley & the Queens
10. “Rama Lama Ding Dong” — The Edsels
11. “Rubber Biscuit” — The Chips
12. “Da Doo Ron Ron” — The Crystals
13. “Diddy Wah Diddy” — Bo Diddley
14. “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy” — Manfred Mann
15. “Do-Wacka-Do” — Roger Miller
16. “Yakety Yak” — The Coasters
17. “Ya Ya” — Lee Dorsey
18. “Wang Dang Doodle” — Howlin Wolf
19. “Boom Boom” — John Lee Hooker
20. “Ba Ba Boom” — The Jamaicans
21. “Chickie Wah Wah” — Huey Smith
22. “Ko Ko Mo” — Gene & Eunice
23. “Shting-Shtang” — Nick Lowe
24. “B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

Nearly a week late for this bit of save-it-for-digital-posterity exercise, but here’s a listening stream and playlist from last week’s radio show, a set of music about listening to music. 

This week — as I post, later today — will be a special food-themed Thanksgiving edition: The “Grab a Plate Show.”

Here’s last week’s show:

And here’s the week’s playlist:

1. “Road Runner” — The Modern Lovers
2. “Ain’t You” — Kleenex
3. “Rock and Roll” — The Velvet Underground
4. “Dance Music” — The Mountain Goats
5. “Tallulah” — Allo Darlin
6. “Brimful of Asha” — Cornershop
7. “Your Favorite Music” — Clem Snide
8. “Teenage Wasteland” — Wussy
9. “You Were Right” — Built to Spill
10. “Paul is Dead” — Yo La Tengo
11. “Caravan” — Van Morrison
12. “Record Year” — Eric Church
13. “Lookin’ Out My Backdoor” — Creedence Clearwater Revival
14. “Certain Songs’ — The Hold Steady