Chasing the Essential

Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey. - Courtney BarnettCourtney Barnett Pedestrian At BestThe On And Ons Rockin' with the BeatThe Ravines TambareenJesse Malin OutsidersCage The Elephant Mess AroundMaritime Satellite LoveBest Coast Heaven SentThe Dazies IdiotDeath Cab For Cutie The Ghosts Of Beverly DriveBaby Shakes Running Through the NightMichael Carpenter Don't Open That DoorThe Decemberists Fits & StartsCaper Clowns Crossword PuzzlesRooni Run (Into My Arms)Nick Piunti Heart Stops BeatingThe Damnwells Money And Shiny ThingsElvyn AMDeco Auto One of a MillionErik Voeks Descending From A DaydreamReno Bo Strange MapsJason Isbell 24 Frames

I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's ... and his hair was perfect - Warren ZevonThe Clash London's BurningThe Contrast The Battery PackThe Pillbugs Life as It HappensOasis Roll With ItCaper Clowns Behind The Waterfall (Ayayahoo) Rooftop Screamers Blink of an EyeTomas Nilsson Desert Island HolidayNelson Bragg Forever DaysINXS Stay YoungThe Dandy Warhols All The Girls In LondonThe Go-Betweens Head Full of SteamFountains Of Wayne Someone's Gonna Break Your HeartThe Bluebells Young At HeartThe Woodentops Travelling ManThe Alarm Brighter Than The SunThe Pogues London You're A LadyMichigander I'll Be OKRyan Allen Anxious All the TimeThe Bablers Here I ComeWarren Zevon Werewolves Of London

Sharing it with anyone, who has the time ... I wish I had the time ... if I only had the time. - Caper ClownsElvis Costello The Other Side Of SummerTelekinesis Lean on MeThe Stayawakes When Your Heart Dreams Of SpringCaper Clowns Chasing The E CC (3)Caper Clowns I'd Be MeDavid Mead Confidence ManPeach Pit Every Little ThingIndigo Girls Hammer And A NailCaper Clowns LifelineJill Sobule I Kissed A GirlThe Backfires Turn Off The LightsDavid Lowery I Wrote a Song Called Take the Skinheads BowlingCaper Clowns Dressed in FlawsThe Lemonheads PittsburghThe Damnwells Pretty as PittsburghThe Rave-Ups The Best I Can'tCaper Clowns Take A Number (Join The Line)The Davenports FreedomThe Tisburys Elephant HotelCaper Clowns Confiscating Bad EmotionsConcrete Blonde Walking in London

Living in the backstreets, that's our home from home.  The painted walls were all we've ever known. - The AlarmA tribute to Mike Peters, RIP.The Beths Metal The Backfires Never Seen You Before The Tisburys Wildfire The Alarm Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? David Mead Amelia Peach Pit Magpie Ruth Ruth Cadillac, Michigan The Alarm Whatever X Johny Hit And Run Paulene The Alarm The Stand (Single Version) Dada Dim Jesse Malin & Counting Crows Oh Sheena The Replacements Kiss Me On The Bus The Go-Betweens Spring Rain MIEN Slipping Away The Alarm Rain In The Summertime The Smiths London Joe Jackson Down To London The Clash London Calling The Alarm One Guitar

Show me all the rules girl, I just want to get 'em wrongShow me all the rules girl, I just want to belong - Ben KwellerCaper Clowns It's My BusinessCrossword Smiles Night TrainDavid Mead Kicking The CanThe Tisburys By A LandslideThe Jam London GirlCaruso London (Remastered)Mansfield London RiotsXTC Towers Of LondonSponge PlowedThe Vapors ProudOkkervil River Pop LieVampire Weekend WalcottMatthew Sweet Sunshine LiesThe Go-Betweens In the Core of the FlameJesse Malin & The Hold Steady Death StarJoe Jackson Take It Like A ManJosh Rouse DirectionsRhett Miller This Is What I DoBen Kweller The RulesFountains Of Wayne These Days

"But don't forget the songs that made you cryAnd the songs that saved your lifeYes, you're older now and you're a clever swineBut they were the only ones who ever stood by you" - The SmithsThe Producers Hey ManMIEN Evil PeoplePush Puppets SimilarCrossword Smiles Counting By FivesThe Contrast AdversityDavid Myhr Cut to the ChaseEcho & The Bunnymen SatelliteThe Smiths Rubber RingThe Housemartins Happy HourGary Myrick & The Figures Died On TelevisionFine China Gonna Need A VacationYours And Mine Gimme Gimme Rock & RollSarah Borges Same Old 45Go Dog Go Talkin' with My DogVelvet Crush Here It ComesElvis Costello (I Don't Want To Go To) ChelseaThe Second Summer GlimmerglassThe Singles Since youve been goneThe Police When The World Is Running Down

"I've given you love that is true, you're holding my heart and my soul" - The Empty Hearts(A tribute to Clem Burke)Blondie DreamingJanne Borgh The Distance Between UsSarah Borges & The Broken Singles Ride With MeThrift Store Halo I'm Not ThroughCrossword Smiles Falling All Over MyselfThe Telepathic Butterflies BonhomieThe Pooh Sticks Indiepop Ain't Noise PollutionJoan Jett Wooly BullyDramarama Work For FoodRooks, The Circle of FoolsArmchair Oracles Garth WaderPugwash Kicking And ScreamingThe Empty Hearts The Best That I CanThe Animators Die In LAThe Romantics I Need YouDada PostersIcecream Hands No Weapon But LoveThe Psychedelic Furs All That Money WantsBlondie Union City BluePete Townshend Brilliant Blues

"None of these girls would ever care, or get upset, or get upset." - SqueezeThe On And Ons Get Your KicksRyan Allen After I'm DeadSouthern Culture On The Skids HighlifeSuperchunk Bruised LungThe Tisburys A Still Life Without YouThe Someloves Don't Talk About UsThe Chesterfield Kings It's Mind ManipulationSqueeze Mumbo JumboScruffy The Cat Time Never ForgetsArvidson and Butterflies Tired Of RunningDreams So Real Here To Speak My MindThe Beths Knees DeepSallie Ford & The Sound Outside DangerThe Overtures Once in a WorldRichard X. Heyman Tell Me WhenHayley and the Crushers Water On GlassThe Anderson Council Seize UponStarry Eyed And Laughing Going DownAny Trouble Second ChoiceBob Mould Your Side

"Walking a bridge on weakening cables.  Huddled up in fear and hate because we know our fate" - The ShinsCaper Clowns Take A Number (Join The Line)Telekinesis Power LinesBob Mould Lost Or StolenThe Lazy Lies Flower GardenFine China Television SetThe Bablers Thinking Of YouRuler DragNada Surf Concrete BedThe Rentals Friends of P.Indigo Girls Rock & Roll Heaven's GateDavid Brookings And The Average Lookings And It Feels LikeRingo Starr Feat. Billy Strings BreathlessThe Rembrandts This House Is Not A HomeGary Myrick & The Figures Living In a MovieShoes Only We RemainDavid Myhr Looking for a LifeThe Vapors Look Away NowThe Shins Fighting In A SackDom Mariani Jangleland

"Life was easier at five" - Marcy PlaygroundBob Mould Here We Go CrazyMarcy Playground Paper DollsRyan Allen Spider SallyTed Leo Run to the CityCrossword Smiles PuppetsCharlie Mars One Horse TownBird Streets On The PromenadeThe Campbell Apartment 30,000 DaysPeter Gabriel D.I.Y.David Mead Knee-Jerk ReactionGUTTERCATS Wishing On A WorldThe Cars Keep On KnockingCake Sinking ShipThe Go-Go's Automatic Rainy DayThe Mosquitos I'm So AshamedThe Damnwells Death After LifeThe Vapors The WordsSinking Ships Secondhand SmokePush Puppets This Whole EndeavorColin Hay Live It Up - Tribute to Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything)

"Foolishly you're laughing in the front seat, wondering if your life's already gone" - The TisburysThe Vapors Nonstop RadioThe Jellybricks All About YouGrip Weeds Gonna Find My WayThe Tisburys Second Sign (ft. The Lunar Year)Ruth Ruth Dedicate It to YouFreedy Johnston Death of StarsThe Rembrandts Easy To ForgetAny Trouble Playing BogartLizzie Borden & The Axes Out of TouchArmchair Oracles An Extension Of Life's NecessitiesYours And Mine The KidNick Piunti & The Complicated Men I'm ReadyChris Church Life On A TrampolineThe Shazam Goodbye American ManModern English I Know Your SoulIcecream Hands Everything You AreThe Davenports You Could've Just Said ThatNik Kershaw How High?Toad The Wet Sprocket The Best Of MeThe Patti Smith Group Pissing In A River

Can't you see you're tеmpting fate?  A force of nature, patent pending. - The TisburysStar Collector I Feel YouChris Milam Always on My MindThe Dandy Warhols Cool As Kim DealCaper Clowns Anywhere Is HomeThe Tisburys Water In The CloudsThe Needmores Lookin'The Knack Harder On YouRichard Hell & The Voidoids Down At The Rock And Roll ClubNew York Dolls Personality CrisisThe Go-Betweens Right HereMichigander SocialiteSpygenius In A GardenBOX DraglineThe Clash The Card CheatYours And Mine Pushing Up DaisiesThe Rosenbergs Pushing up DaisiesSiouxsie & The Banshees Song From the Edge of the WorldCliff Hillis Things You Cant EraseCaptain Storm Dancing with youDavid Johansen & Robin Johnson Flowers In The City

"Doctor, look into my eyes, I've been breathing air, but there's no sign of life"- Cage the ElephantMichigander EmotionalThe Rallies Comes And Goes (promo)The Davenports We're Talking About YouCage The Elephant Cold Cold ColdThe Electorate Peace Love & KindnessBrad Jones Nicole's Been StrangeBob Evans Cold ComfortThe Dandy Warhols Smoke ItRamones We Want The AirwavesBronze Radio Return Warm Day, Cold WarNada Surf Cold To See ClearThe Grip Weeds After The SunriseThe Bongos Glow In The DarkPortugal. The Man All My PeoplePrefab Sprout The King of Rock 'N' RollViolent Femmes Cold CanyonGo Time! Damaged GoodsGang Of Four Damaged GoodsFountains Of Wayne Cold Comfort FlowersSloan Green Gardens, Cold Montreal

Truth is the light. The light is the way. The less folk know, the more they've got to say. - The RemainsThe Rosenbergs Holding PatternThe Jellybricks Let You DownThe Armoires Green Hellfire At The 7-11Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men Rejection LetterChris Church Sit DownJoe Giddings Then Came MadelineSoul Asylum High RoadLords of the New Church Li'l Boys Play With DollsStereophonics A Thousand TreesIan M. Bailey RooksHuman Sexual Response Guardian AngelThe Gold Needles I Don't Know About ThatThe Bangles In A Different LightDropkick In a Different LightThe Remains Don't Look BackFine Young Cannibals Don't Look BackXTC Don't Lose Your TemperSHAKE SOME GUESS A LIEX Hot HouseThe Thrills You Can't Fool Old Friends With Limousines

"Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday" - The JamThe Easybeats Gonna Have A Good Time (Good Times)The Candyskins You Are HereThe Davenports FreedomThe Jellybricks Dreaming In StereoLibrarians With Hickeys No More GoodbyesBur Pretzel StyleFranz Ferdinand Right ActionThe Model Rockets A Notice To Everyone (The Cops Are Pissed)James Say SomethingPush Puppets All Together On 3Salim Nourallah DamageThe Jam That's EntertainmentThe Del Fuegos Don't Run WildThe Lemonheads The Turnpike DownThe Neighborhoods Prettiest GirlThe Cars Dangerous TypeThe Damnwells Falling Out of LoveIt's Karma It's Cool Back in '78David Bowie DaysChuck Prophet It's a Good Day to Be Alive

"They call it forever, chance of a lifetime, but we weren't born yesterday" - The TisburysThe Tisburys ForeverDropkick Primary ColoursMatt Pond PA Lost LanguagesPretenders How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?20/20 King Of The Whole Wide WorldElliott Smith L.A.Potty Mouth I've Got a FeelingBroken Baby So PointlessThe Rolling Stones ShatteredMitch Easter 1 1/2 Way StreetNovo Combo Everything It Takes to Be HappyLove Nut Falling DownDeath Cab For Cutie The Ghosts Of Beverly DriveErik Voeks Finger Painted CatFEAR Ramblin Gamblin ManRob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin I Got Lots of ProblemsCaper Clowns April FoolCotton Mather April's FoolThe Jesus & Mary Chain April SkiesEcho & The Bunnymen Silver

"You can take the kid from Connecticut, but you can't take the cut from the kid." - Matt Pond PAThe Leftovers Lose Your HeadThe Buzzcocks Something's Gone Wrong AgainShazam, The PeriscopeReno Bo Here Right  NowSorrows Out Of My Head20/20 The End Of The SummerDropkick SnowflakesChristopher Peifer Bonjour! Hello!Wire Train I Forget It All (When I See You)otter petter Turn Out the LightsDanny McDonald Northern Gaze (2018)The Regrettes Barely On My MindMatt Pond PA ConnecticutToo Much Joy ConnecticutSuperchunk ConnecticutRayland Baxter CasanovaFireking A Sentimental EducationThe Mighty Lemon Drops Out of HandLow Stars Just Around The CornerVicki Peterson & John Cowsill A Thousand Times

"I've waited hours for this. I've made myself so sick. I wish I'd stayed asleep today" - The CureThe Replacements Hold My LifeThe Del Fuegos Sound Of Our Town10,000 Maniacs Can't Ignore The TrainThe Waterboys The Whole Of The MoonThe Golden Palominos OmahaThe Cure Close To Me'Til Tuesday Love In A VacuumTears For Fears Mothers TalkHoodoo Gurus BittersweetR.E.M. KohoutekThe Alarm Father To SonSimple Minds Sanctify YourselfDivinyls Pleasure & PainThe Cult She Sells SanctuaryThe Pogues Dirty Old TownThe Smiths I Want The One I Can't HaveThe Dukes Of Stratosphear Vanishing GirlGuadalcanal Diary Why Do the Heathen Rage?Beat Farmers Bigger StonesAgitpop On the HudsonTalking Heads Road To Nowhere

"I see the monkeys riding on their bikes, racing through the impossible night" - Patti SmithPatti Smith Glitter In Their EyesSpoon Rent I PayU2 Picture Of You (X+W)The Damnwells Without a HeartSteven Wright-Mark The Times They Are A-Changin'otter petter Tiny WordsColman Gota Crack The CodeThe Mayflies USA Calling The Bad Ones HomeFigures On a Beach No Stars20/20 Laurel CanyonBottlecap Mountain Freedom! '24Maritime Satellite LoveCage The Elephant Cigarette DaydreamsSpygenius Eucalyptus & CigarettesThe Smithereens CigaretteNew York Dolls Dancing On the Lip of a VolcanoCaptain Storm If I Could The Star Spangles Which One Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down?Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians She Doesn't ExistFountains Of Wayne These Days

Part two of my favorite stuff from 2024!Chuck Prophet Wake The DeadErik Voeks The SymmetryReal Estate Water UndergroundThe Damnwells Shepherd of 12th AvenueBroken Baby The Perfect SongEd Ryan MAKE IT HAPPENGreg Williams The Things That Make Me HappyGreen Day One Eyed Bastard [Explicit]Jesse Malin & Low Cut Connie When You're YoungElephant Stone Lost In A DreamMark Ward Zip It UpNick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Raincoat in the RiverThe Armoires Ridley & Me After the ApocalypseThe Avett Brothers Love Of A GirlThe Linda Lindas Lose YourselfThe Maureens Warning SignThe Vaccines Lunar EclipseVegas With Randolph A Pretty Good RunX The Way It IsMansfield The Nature of a Troubled Mind

Here is the first batch of my favorites from 2024!otter petter CobwebsThe Vapors Eyes On the PrizeDennis Shocket and Cliff Hillis The Girls Are Back In TownThe Tisburys The AnniversariesJim Trainor Better Than You DoJohn Larson And The Silver Fields Guilty By AssociationLibrarians With Hickeys Everything Will Be All Rightis the first batch toLiquid Mike Drinking and DrivingModern English Long In The ToothNada Surf In Front of Me NowNick Piunti & The Complicated Men EyelidsPernice Brothers Hey, Guitarpete donnelly Exploding LightbulbRedd Kross Candy Coloured CatastropheTamar Berk Good ImpressionThe Chesterfield Kings Fly The Astral PlaneThe Jack Rubies Corrupted (FCC Warning)Valley Lodge Hanging AroundThe Call A Beautiful LieRick Kingo feat Cherry Fez In Our Solitude

"Have yourself a Merry little Christmas now" - Hugh MartinReno Bo Christmas Time Is ComingRon Sexsmith Maybe This ChristmasThe Dandy Warhols Little Drummer BoyGoo Goo Dolls Let It SnowThe Raveonettes The Christmas SongRufus Wainwright Spotlight On ChristmasThe Bradburys I Love It When It Snows!Paul Simon Getting Ready for Christmas DaySun Kings Santa's CallingMatt Nathanson I Believe in Father ChristmasThe Killers BootsFountains Of Wayne Valley Winter SongLisa Mychols Joy Is In The GivingThe Weepies All That I WantThrift Store Halo I Still Love ChristmasMarcy Playground Keegan's ChristmasThe Hangabouts Colors of ChristmasOctober Elsewhere Christmas Every DayOld 97's Gotta Love Being a Kid (Merry Christmas)David Woodard Peace Love Merry XmasJesse Malin Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)Pretenders Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

In memory of Andy BlakemoreErik Voeks Let Go NowLow Cut Connie Are You Gonna Run?otter petter WinnebagoSearching for Sylvia The RealistFather John Misty She Cleans UpRob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin Slow DownAndy Bopp SimplifiedEven As We Speak ForgivingTrio Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)Soul Asylum The Only Thing I'm MissingThe Galileo 7 Not Gonna Miss YouSearching For Sylvia SEMA (Sunday Evening Misery Attack)Phil Angotti False AlarmThe Jellybricks We'll Be TogetherCombat Road TripRamones Chop Suey [Alternate Version]pete donnelly CompassRob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin/SHAKE SOME I Got Lots Of ProblemsMarcy Playground Gone CrazySearching For Sylvia Play That Song (On The Radio)

20 of my favorite Essential Digs over the years!The B-52's Nip It In The BudThe Cure Grinding HaltHoodoo Gurus Like Wow-WipeoutKelly Osbourne Come Dig Me OutPeter Schilling Major Tom (Coming Home) [Director's Cut]The Producers I Love LucyPursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult NowRuth Ruth UninvitedSniff 'n' the Tears Driver's SeatStan Ridgway Drive, She SaidSyd Straw Future 40's (String of Pearls)The Rings Uh-Oh (Here I Go Again)Wire Train Chamber of HellosBangs Getting Out Of HandBlur There's No Other WayThe Fixx Stand Or FallWoodentops Get it OnLive Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)Culture Club Church Of The Poison MindThe Dentists Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)

"Scum-bags and superstars, tell me your names ... I'll make a bet, you're both the same" - Talking HeadsIcecream Hands Picture Disc From The BeneluxErik Voeks My DentistBilly Bragg The Boy Done GoodThe Glad Machine I Wanna Drive (2024 Charity Single)Steven Wright-Mark Falling UpRedd Kross The Shaman's Disappearing RobeThe Figgs There are Never Two AlikeNick Piunti Blame in VainLuscious Jackson Naked EyeGreg Williams The Things That Make Me HappyDavid Woodard We're Not Coming BackJoe Jackson Pretty GirlsChuck Prophet, ¿Qiensave? First Came the ThunderToo Much Joy UnbeautifulTalking Heads Lifetime Piling UpNick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Raincoat in the RiverTHE TOMS BLACK & WHITEMaterial Issue If Ever You Should FallThe Decemberists Born To The MorningXTC My Bird Performs

"Well, here's a song I wrote when I was about a hundred and forty-four" - The Soundtrack of Our LivesPete Donnelly Exploding LightbulbErik Voeks The Symmetrysparkle*jets u.k. Right IdeaOld 97's Falling Down20/20 Back to CaliforniaDeer Tick Grey MatterTommy Keene Tuesday MorningThe Mighty Lemon Drops My Biggest ThrillJoe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War Trash CityHayley and the Crushers AlleywaysThe Chesterfield Kings If I Had To LeaveThe Gold Needles I Don't Know About ThatJack Green Too Many FoolsThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives Still AgingAny Trouble Another HeartacheFountains Of Wayne Richie And RubenJesse Malin & Spoon The Way We Used to RollKURT BAKER Inner DemonsEd Ryan FOLLOW YOU DOWNAimee Mann & Michael Penn Two of Us

"... and I got a clear and able mind that sees my life going fine" - Melissa FerrickMyracle Brah Whisper SoftlyJosh Rouse Dressed Up Like NebraskaTommy Keene Never Really Been GoneGoo Goo Dolls BroadwayThe Knack Terry & Julie Step OutThe Plimsouls Dangerous BookThe Connells Still LifeSuperdrag Sold You An AlibiDada Beautiful Turnback Time MachineRichard X. Heyman If We Should Ever Meet AgainSloan Keep On Thinkin'The Tragically Hip FireworksCAKE Let Me GoMelissa Ferrick Everything I NeedNick Heyward 3 Colours (bonus track)Hole AwfulIcecream Hands DodgyLiz Phair Big Tall ManBob Mould Moving TrucksElliott Smith Baby BritainR.E.M. Daysleeper

"... and they folked out with guitars around a bonfire, just singin' and clappin', man, what the hell happened? - SmashmouthThe Stems Falling From The SkyNada Surf Intel and DreamsChuck Prophet Same Old CrimeThe Wallflowers Don't Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day)Librarians With Hickeys Everything Will Be All RightSemisonic Little Bit of SunThe Chesterfield Kings Crazy Days and Wild NightsThe Damnwells What You GetSmash Mouth Walkin' On The SunNick Piunti & The Complicated Men Long Way DownEd Ryan MAKE IT HAPPENThe Linda Lindas Lose YourselfNick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Went to a PartySusanna Hoffs High LonesomeOrbis Max Candy On The HillThe Dead 60s Riot RadioRobbers On High Street Japanese GirlsThe New Pornographers Twin CinemaOK Go Here It Goes AgainThe Cure A Fragile Thing

"Ain't no fun dancing in the dark " - The DamnwellsThe Tisburys The AnniversariesNick Piunti & The Complicated Men EyelidsEd Ryan FINE ART TO LETTING IT GOChuck Prophet Wake The DeadThe Chesterfield Kings We're Still All The SameThe Beths Lying In The SunLone Justice Teenage KicksCAKE & NOISE FOR NOW Hold You (Responsible)Roman Holliday Stand ByThe Jam Thick As ThievesThe Smiths William, It Was Really NothingNew Musik Living By NumbersJim Trainor Better Than You DoDennis Shocket and Cliff Hillis The Girls Are Back In TownThe Popravinas The Girl Who Didn't Want To Hear Any TunesThe Armoires You Oughta Be Cut In HalfThe Damnwells Easy TigerRooftop Screamers Souvenirs Jesse Malin & Butch Walker In the Modern WorldRick Kingo feat Cherry Fez In Our Solitude

"When you're young and you run and you're burning like a star and it's fun and it's done and it leaves you with a scar" - Jesse MalinNick Piunti & The Complicated Men SeasickJesse Malin & Low Cut Connie When You're YoungSemisonic Keep Me in MotionRuler DragJohn Larson and The Silver Fields Whisper_to_be_HeardDennis Shocket and Cliff Hillis Violet BlueDM3 Falling For YouThe Romantics Poison IvyThe Monroes What Do All The People KnowHaircut 100 Milk FilmAdam & The Ants Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los SimiosThe Junior League This Concludes Our Broadcast DayBill Lloyd TrampolineFrancine TrampolineEztv TrampolineGreenberry Woods TrampolineNada Surf Second SkinLibrarians With Hickeys Spying By The NumbersLook Park Stars Of New YorkNina Gordon The Time Comes

"And the toll will bring you down real hard.  'Cause your house is only made of cards" - Mark MulcahyMark Mulcahy Cookie JarJets Overhead Blue Is RedSomeone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Oregon GirlJosh Rouse Winter In The HamptonsThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives BigtimeThe High Dials Higher And BrighterThe Contrast Big Dark NowhereOasis The Meaning Of SoulWeezer The Damage In Your HeartThe Raveonettes Love In A TrashcanThe Anderson Council Friday's Girlmatt pond PA So Much TroubleThe Dandy Warhols Down Like DiscoThe Caesars May The RainThe Jessica Fletchers How Unlucky (Can You Possibly Get)?The Go-Betweens Here Comes A CityBig Star Best ChanceBen Lee Catch My Disease (That's The Way I Like It)Spoon I Turn My Camera OnNada Surf Always LoveThe Decemberists 16 Military Wives

"Don't let your dreams die young,  don't let your heart go numb. " Goo Goo DollsNick Lowe & Los Straitjackets A Quiet PlaceLannie Flowers What Did I KnowThe Swinging Blue Jeans Keep Me Warm ('Til The Sun Shines)The Armoires Music & AnimalsLibrarians With Hickeys No More GoodbyesCheap Trick Quit Waking Me UpGuided By Voices Cavemen Running NakedGuadalcanal Diary Look Up!Gary Myrick & The Figures The PartyThe On and Ons Give Me TimeThe English Beat Noise In This WorldGreg Williams Sing for YouJack Green BabeRob Laufer Bolt Of BlueNada Surf X Is YouLisa Loeb This Is My LifeGrace Potter & The Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)The Goo Goo Dolls Run All NightNoah Kahan Growing Sideways

"Why wasn't I present? I could have been living" - Nada SurfThe Armoires Ridley & Me After the ApocalypseColman Gota EnemyJoseph Arthur Wait For Your LightsRomeo Void Just Too Easy [Album Version]Hayley and the Crushers Blood and TreasureTHE TOMS STATIONARY BIKEThe Linda Lindas Too Many ThingsNada Surf In Front of Me NowRobin Lane & The Chartbusters Send Me An Angel [Remastered]Hey Pam! DeadlineXTC Ten Feet TallThe Connells Upside DownThe Rosenbergs Paper And PlasticSuzi Quatro Rock HardRooni Rock Paper ScissorsThe Damnwells Super Expensive FearDream Phases Way DownDan Kibler Rail Me DownRedd Kross I'll Take Your Word For ItWorld Party Sooner Or Later

"She turned the music up real loud, it was The Talking Heads" - Chick ProphetSloan 13 (Under A Bad Sign)Sloan Take It EasyElephant Stone Motherless Child (Love's Not For War)Dan Wilson A Song Can Be About AnythingThe Both (Aimee Mann And Ted Leo) BEDTIME STORIESLinus Of Hollywood Don't F**K It UpSugar Stems We Only Come Out At NightThe Tripwires Production SedanMyracle Brah Sleeping in My CarSpoon Rainy TaxiMichael Pink Northern GirlsQuilt Tired & ButteredThe Jellybricks About the WeekendReno Bo ShineCliff Hillis Turn on a DimeChuck Prophet Ford EconolineDave Caruso Sticks, Keys & WiresOld 97's Let's Get Drunk & Get It OnThe Hangabouts NovemberLisa Mychols Back To The TruthThe Gaslight Anthem Get Hurt

"Time's gonna make you a man someday" - The VaporsNada Surf Los​​ing Valley Lodge I Wrote A Song Caddy Someone Like You The Vapors Live At The Marquee The Armoires This One's For The Swedes otter petter Cobwebs Three Legged Dog Hey Love Starbelly Lay Low The Vapors News At Ten Jellyfish All I Want Is Everything Pylon Read A Book Tamar Berk Tamar Berk ChasingThe Essential Promo Tamar Berk Artful Dodger The Vapors Eyes On the Prize Redd Kross Candy Coloured Catastrophe The Riflemen THE HUNTERS INN Dream Phases Fate Came Knocking X The Way It Is Go Dog Go Like I Said The Vapors Letter From Hiro

"What do you think they would say, if I stood up and I walked away?" - Blind MelonRinehearts I Don't MindSpoon ShotgunShazam, The Some Other TimeDavid Wax Museum Born With A Broken HeartTamar Berk That's Not a LieThe Lemon Twigs Peppermint RosesThe Vapors Isolated CaseJesse Malin Todd YouthBlind Melon Tones Of HomeThe Decibels Still Get ByThe Dukes Of Stratosphear CollideascopeLeslie Mendelson Rock and Roll On the RadioGreg Kihn Band The Life I GotElvis Costello VeronicaThe Comsat Angels Island HeartThe Overtures Watching the Grass GrowThe Damnwells What If I TalkedGlenn Tilbrook HostageVic Chesnutt LadleSearching For Sylvia Hey PocahontasHappy Birthday Andy!

"You were sitting, your fingers like fuses, your eyes were cinnamon" - Beth OrtonSloan Losing CaliforniaGigolo Aunts The Big LieOwsley Zavelow HouseMyracle Brah Isn't It A CrimeFountains Of Wayne Go, HippieContinental Drifters The Rain SongAdam Daniel Her ShakeMarshall Crenshaw Television LightGuster Barrel Of A GunTommy Keene Paper Words and LiesDavid Mead Touch Of MascaraGas Giants Tonight Won't Let Me WonderJosh Joplin Group Camera OneThe Tragically Hip FireworksThe Smithereens Even If I Never Get Back HomeJoe Strummer & The Mescaleros Road To Rock N' RollPretenders Legalise MeMarcy Playground All The Lights Went OutCatie Curtis Burn Your Own House DownBeth Orton Stolen Car

"Well the sun is burning down on the pavement.  Money in the bank, I ain't gonna save it." - Chuck ProphetTamar Berk That's Not a LieThe Glad Machine So HighChristopher Peifer Only a BreakdownJesse Malin Black Haired Girl (feat. Billie Joe Armstrong)X Face In The Moonotter petter CobwebsMark Ward Kiss Me Kiss Me KateThe Damnwells All for the TakingGreen Day One Eyed Bastard [Explicit]Rancid Time BombThe Linda Lindas All In My HeadSmashing Pumpkins TodayThe Bangles Silent TreatmentLisa Mychols & SUPER 8 Love ConnectionThe Decemberists Long White VeilValley Lodge DoorstepArmy Navy The MistakesThe Forty-Fives Junkfood HeavenMansfield The Safest PlaceChuck Prophet Summertime Thing

"... the past has been bottled and labeled with love" - SqueezeFountains Of Wayne MaureenJellyfish That Is WhyDave Cope and The Sass Hidden From The WorldThe Candyskins She Blew Me AwayX Baby & AllLiquid Mike Mouse TrapThe Chesterfield Kings Fly The Astral PlaneBloc Party BanquetToad The Wet Sprocket All I WantCAKE Shadow StabbingThe Connells StarsThe Psychedelic Furs No Easy StreetCrowded House Teenage SummerGuided By Voices Serene Kingsparkle*jets u.k. Little CirclesThe Church AmanitaThe Linda Lindas Found a JobThe Half-Cubes Precious To Me (Phil Seymor)R.E.M. The Flowers Of GuatemalaSqueeze Labelled With LoveUntil next week!

"... so put your phone in your pocket because I think you maybe have had enough" - Mark WardMaterial Issue What Girls WantThe Chesterfield Kings So Sad About UsThe Lemon Twigs Rock On (Over And Over)The Damnwells Shepherd of 12th AvenueThe Half-Cubes Jet LagCaddy Bleeding NowBabes NYC Kickin' It On CropseyDennis Schocket & Cliff Hillis For EverlyLone Justice ShelterGreenberry Woods Round And RoundThe Shrugs Stop, Drop And RollPretenders Lie To MeBow Wow Wow Quiver (Arrows In My)Men Without Hats Where Do the Boys Go?Wang Chung Dance Hall DaysModern English Crazy LoversRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Sick BugKevin Robertson GhostingMichael Penn Me AroundMark Ward Zip It UpI hope your summer is everything you had hoped it would be! 

"Why don't you take a vacation from the land of make pretend?" - Miracle LegionTamar Berk Good ImpressionThe Armoires Here Comes The SongGigolo Aunts The Big LieThe Damnwells Pretty as PittsburghX Big Black XGo Betty Go C'monCaddy Smalltown OperatorVelvet Attack Daughter Of The SunBoDeans Closer To FreeDavid Mead Big BallsHeatwaves Big FanMiracle Legion Closer to the WallThe Sunshine Boys Only A Million MilesLisa Loeb The WorstTommy Keene Big Blue SkyBen Lee Close I've ComeVinyl Kings Big New LifeMichael Been For Your LoveLolas I Wish You a Happy JourneyMiracle Legion So GoodTalk soon!

"Let me begin with a bead time story, let me remind you what you came here for." - David MeadDavid Mead Bedtime StoryElvis Costello & The Imposters Magnificent HurtErik Voeks & The Ghosters Break AwayJanove Ottesen This City KillsMike Adams At His Honest Weight Diem BeThe Connells Universal GlueMark Ward I've Been AroundSuperchunk Wild LonelinessSuburban Hi-Fi The Year In PicturesSloan Dream It All Over AgainGreg Pope Cave DaysTom Curless & the 46% Julie's Crying AgainSalim Nourallah The Sound of SufferingThe Format Wait, Wait, WaitSteven Wright-Mark UndergroundThe Tisburys Exile (On Main Street)Bryde Paper CupsThe Quarter After She RevolvesRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever French PressErik Voeks & The Ghosters Suck It Up, ButtercupImperial Broads I Got A FeelingRuler Fucking UpHanson Don't Ever Change (feat. Rick Nielsen)The Beths Expert In A Dying FieldThanks for the collaboration Chip, you and IPTO are the best!

A quick cover while I was on vacation ... enjoy!Miracle Legion Mr SpacemanThe Brandos StrychnineMaterial Issue Bus StopThe Beat Farmers There She Goes Again (LP Version)The Cyrkle 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)sparkle*jets u.k. This Will Be Our YearThe Chesterfield Kings My Back PagesExtra Arms Gates of Steel [Devo]The Regrettes A Teenager in LoveThe Bongos Sunshine SupermanJuliana Hatfield Don't Lie To MeQueens Of The Stone Age Picture BookThe Tisburys Left Of The Dial (ft. The Lunar Year)Too Much Joy A New EnglandThe Corner Laughers Our HouseChris Collingwood Life In A Northern TownStan Ridgway NadineJesse Malin If I Should Fall From Grace With God [Live]Ron Sexsmith This Is Where I BelongMike Viola Everybody Wants To Rule The World

"Stop—what's that sound? Seems like the sixties are still swingin' around". - Joe JacksonThe Shang Hi Los Morganatic PanicThe Beths You Wouldn't Like MeBlake Jones & The Trike Shop Mock Stoner VoicesSteven Wright-Mark Summer Sky (Steven Wright-Mark)sparkle*jets u.k. I'm Away From My DeskNate Ruess You Light My FireEugene Edwards It Doesn't Get Better Than ThisThe Call Blood Red (America) (Remastered)A Flock Of Seagulls MessagesMansfield No Is Not an OptionTelejet Thats WhyJoe Jackson Down To LondonMidnight Oil King Of The MountainMarc Carroll (It Was) Lust Not LoveThe Rave-Ups How Old Am I?Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Fresh StartThe Church MetropolisThe Bongos Beat HotelR.E.M. Fall On MePavement Range Life

"Cause maybe there's a paradise on earth and maybe I can find out just what I'm worth" - Miracle LegionBleachers / Jesse Malin Prisoners of Paradise (feat. Bleachers)Broken Baby The Perfect SongDavid Woodard Flower Power In The 80sBiltmore Scenes From An American Highway Rest StopThe Fleshtones The Dedication SongPortugal. The Man So AmericanVegas With Randolph The Better PartThe Decemberists Born To The MorningGang Of Four I Love A Man In UniformRooney Holdin' OnSergio Ceccanti I Can't Stay Away From YouThe Libertines Oh ShitMiracle Legion ParadiseValley Lodge Hanging AroundCage The Elephant MetaverseAugustana BulletsSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin My Terrible PersonalityThe Vaccines Lunar EclipseThe Reverberations Lost In TimeBilly Bragg Waiting for the Great Leap ForwardsLater!

"See I bleed and I bruise Oh, but what's it to you.  I'm only human on the inside." - DivinylsFountains Of Wayne Survival CarOdds Someone Who's CoolJolene AlongsideWilco MondayMarshall Crenshaw Twenty-Five Forty-OneMatthew Sweet Where You Get LoveThe Model Rockets Candy CarvingPaul Westerberg Ain't Got MeThe Lemonheads If I Could Talk I'd Tell YouGin Blossoms Follow You DownWeezer El ScorchoCAKE NuggetIcecream Hands ByeReel Big Fish She Has a Girlfriend NowThe Dandy Warhols (Tony, This Song Is Called) Lou WeedThe Brian Jonestown Massacre Talk-Action=ShitSuperdrag Sucked OutLiquor Giants Jerked AroundLush LadykillersDivinyls Human on the InsidePeace!

This life's a dream, that seems like forever. Still we don't know what tomorrow will bring. - The PlimsoulsMansfield Let's Stop PretendingThe Magic Numbers Take A ChanceNick Piunti and The Complicated Men Get the FeelingThe Wallflowers Hospital For SinnersArmy Navy Running WildThe Mighty Lemon Drops Reach OutThe Regrettes Red LightThe Chesterfield Kings ElectrifiedThe Lords Of The New Church Live For TodayContrast Heavens To MurgatroydSolarflairs CarnivalThe Jessica Fletchers I Need LoveEcho & The Bunnymen DrivetimeOrange Humble Band Get Straight DownArvidson and Butterflies Another SheThe Plimsouls Inch By InchThe Trafalgers Second Hand Shop GirlAerial I Bet You Know KarateValley Lodge Dirty Dishesfun. Some NightsHave a great week!

"Always remember there was nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us share our name" - Avett BrothersThe Chesterfield Kings Meet You After MidnightThe Rubinoos The GirlPaul Westerberg These Are The DaysThe Vapors TrainsBlake Jones & The Trike Shop Record Cover GirlThe Second Summer AdultsLet's Active Still Dark OutTegan & Sara I Won't Be LeftJoan Jett & The Blackhearts Light of DaySwervedriver Pile-UpFuzzbubble Rockstar ParkingOld 97's MasterpieceJay Byham Lonely Kind Of LifeCaper Clowns The Significance of Tea CupsThe Vaccines The DreamerBelly GepettoThe Hellacopters Murder On My MindXTC I'm The Man Who Murdered LoveThe Chevelles Murder on Her MindThe Avett Brothers Murder in the CityAlways chose love!

Yeah I curse the radio, the same old songs we already know, played until ad nauseam, playing us like we're already numb.  - Nick Piunti and the Complicated MenNick Piunti and The Complicated Men Bottle ItJim Trainor NothingJohn Larson And The Silver Fields I Don't Wanna Go BackRyan Hamilton Haunted By The Holy GhostNada Surf In Front of Me NowCage The Elephant Hifi (True Light)The Decemberists Burial GroundThe Avett Brothers Orion's BeltHaircut 100 Love Plus OneThe Candyskins Not Sad To See You GoRatboys My Hands GrowJay Byham Never Meant To LastThe Swimming Pool Q's Little MisfitKingdom of Mustang More Than They DeserveLava Fangs Tuesday MorningSimple Minds All The Things She SaidThe Clash Train in Vain (Stand by Me)Primal Scream Gentle TuesdayHungrytown Tuesday SunThe Grapes of Wrath At Your SoulHappy Holiday!

" You can play it in your head, every night until your dead." - The Whigshe Weeks The House We Grew Up InNada Surf Looking ThroughBen Kweller You Can Count On MeThe Figgs She Can't Say No EitherThe Dandy Warhols Sad Vacation (Radio Edit)The Whigs Rock And Roll ForeverSteven Wright-Mark On Your TurntableGuided By Voices Chocolate BoyMatt Pond Love To Get UsedShoes Nobody To BlameBob Mould Angels RearrangeSoul Asylum Take ManhattanMarcy Playground Up and DownChuck Prophet Play That Song AgainThe Stars Explode Here And NowThe Gaslight Anthem "45"The Anderson Council We're Like the SunThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives Throw it to the UniverseBob Cox The Price You Have To PayThe White Buffalo The PilotThe BoDeans Everything You WantedHave a great week!

"Then she reached in her purse and she pulled out a gun and said,  "Now, just shut up and keep your hands on the wheel..." - Stan RidgewayVegas With Randolph I Feel GreatHayley and the Crushers UnsubscribeThe Hi-End Save Your SoulThe Brothers Steve SheThe Vaccines Heartbreak KidBen Kweller Heart Attack KidThe Never Never Big KidNada Surf Happy KidStan Ridgway Drive, She SaidThe Jags Tune Into HeavenSunshine Ponies If Our Days Are NumberedMatthew Sweet Quiet HerThe Libertines Run Run RunConcrete Blonde Run Run Runpete donnelly Invisible ArmsThe Alarm Strength (7" single version)Cruzados Bed of LiesVampire Weekend Gen-X CopsHoodoo Gurus What's My SceneThe Gaslight Anthem Here's Looking At You, KidNext week we visit 2012 ... see you then!