Dan's Bike Rides

Dan rides solo and leads us to depths of his parents basement in 1980 while we hiss, pop and crackle to the ALL vinyl sounds of Pink Floyd; Rush; Toto; John Cougar; Joe Jackson; Styx; Police and Pink Floyd (again).

It's pledge drive 2025 and the guys are in perfect begging form, if not perfect radio form. Included: Boomtown Rats; Sparks; The Runaways; Joan Jett; a lot of discussion centered around Hank's colonoscopy just yesterday.

The guys serve up a veritable plethora of songs to choose from for this week's after-lunch ride. Included: Come Ride With Me; Nick Cave; Tom Waits; Rosa Lee Cunningham; Tom Rosenthal & Edith Whiskers; Chip Taylor; Drew Peterson; Lars Lillo and Loudon Wainwright III; Chappell Roan; Sass Jordan; Lucinda Williams

The boys are courting Canada to claim Minnesota as the 11th province, playing very ride-worthy deep Canadian tracks from names you've never heard. Included: Bif Naked; Tire Pump; Hemingway Corner; July Talk; Long John Baldry; Junkhouse; The Pursuit of Happiness; Spirit of the West; Bif Naked (again); Emma Albani; Amanda Marshall; Tom Green

It's the Charlie Parr playlist show! Hear what Charlie's been listening to lately straight from his own collection. Included: Mike Gangloff; J.R. Bohannon: Ava Mendoza: Richard Dawson; Dead Pioneers; Rob Cantor; Nate Boots; Jeff Parker ft. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson; Kelby Clark; The Daily Norm

Another week, another bike ride with music and the boy's silly musings. Included: Rosalie Cunningham; The Felice Brothers; Tail Light Rebellion; D.D. Lang; Dear Tic; Longhorn Slim; Van Morrison; Blitzen Trapper; Kevin Morby; Andy Kaufman; Tony Clifton

After a series of speciality shows, the boys get back to their deep melodic roots with this enchanting musical journey, and also rehash Hank's worst bike crash ever. Featured: Loudon wainwright III; Skull Kid; Nathaniel Rateliff feat. Kevin Morby; Aretha Franklin; Courtney Barnett; Cary Morin; Will Sheff; Okkervile River feat. Brdget St. John and Tommy Mchugh; Vic Chestnutt; John Prine; Mason Jennings

Hank again indulges Dan's spectrumy obsession with lions, as the boys volley big cat tracks back and for the whole ride. Included: Pedro The Yellow Lion; K'naan; Skip Marley; Kate Bush; Neko Case; Magnolia Electric Company; Kevin Morby; Camille Saint-Saëns; The Tallest Man on Earth; The Bee Gees; Charlie Parr

THE CONFORMITY SHOW! Hank and Dan are disciplined by the FCC and have to make many programming concessions to stay on the air and out of jail. All songs on this ride have been filtered through the new FCC watchdog team and meet the new standards declared on day ONE. Sneaking one past the gate: Bright Eyes; Bruce Springsteen; Nick Cave; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Pink with the Indigo Girls; John Mellencamp; Louden Wainwright III; Little Steven; Crys Matthews; The XY People

As the CD age of music media technology winds down, and the BR studio now only hosts a single player that works most of the time, and another that fails most of the time, Dan feels compelled to lay down some tracks from his personal disc collection before it's too late. Included: Faces (feat. Rod the Bod); Sheryl (Urlick) Crow; Eagles (yeah, I know, but trust us on this one); Allison (Dan's new crush) Russell; Nick (you've never heard of him) Robberson; Elton (Gershwin Prize winning) John; Joe (it's NOT country I swear!) South; John (DON"T call me Cougar, PUNK!) Mellencamp

Happy BLUE Year! It's all songs that contain a reference to the color blue as the guys think perhaps the new administration might not live up to their supporters expectations. Inbluedes.. I mean INCLUDES tracks from Thelma Plum; Lucinda Williams; Joni Mitchell; First Aid Kit; Van Morrison; Ideal; Charlie Parr; Ella Fitz Gerald & Louis Armstrong; David Bromberg; The Rolling Stones; Magnolia Electric Company and David Gilmore.

It's the BikeRides annual Christmas Show with vague or direct references to the Taylor Swift of holidays sprinkled throughout the ride like tiny little red and green candies on a Christmas cookie. Included: Christine Kane; Felice Bros; There Will be Fireworks; Joan Baez; Dawes; Ricki Lee Jones; Ian Anderson; Nick Cave; Silver Jews (Hanks idea); Paul Simon; Kevin Bloody Wilson

Happy 4th of July in December! It's BikeRides annual twisted take on their favorite holiday. Obscure mentions of the summer holiday explode in beautiful songs throughout the ride like a fountain of colorful, brilliant fire in your ears. Included: Mae Simpson; Steve Earle; Laura Jane Grace; Fallout Boy; Roger Daltrey; Fire/Works; John Mellencamp; Gary Cleghorn; Michael Stanely; Cold Play; John Prine

Execute your warm-up stretches and pack a turkey sandwich, it's the annual Black Friday Longest Ride of the Year. Hank and Dan warm things up with a slew of deep tracks, then they review the entire classic Pink Floyd's Wall, the demo cuts; Under Construction. Later, Mark Conway and Jay Kiser join in studio to review their old band Homespun's basement tape recorded live at Austin's Loading Dock Lounge around 1982.

It's a therapeutic, Facebook Friend generated playlist this week on the ride after that thingy that happened on Tuesday. Included: George Harrison; Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood and Jeff Lyne together in one super band; Small Faces; Yusuf; Sam Cooke; Nick Drake; Pink Moon; Willie Dunn; The Shackletons; Frank Ocean; The Head & The Heart; The Beach Boys

It's the last day of Pledge Drive at KMSU so Hank and Dan go easy on the pressure to make a pledge and focus heavily on just playing the stupid music. Included: England Swings; Delany and Bonnie; John Batdorf; Loudon Wainwright III; Fleetwood Mac; Bob Dylan; Little Feat; Van Morrison; Amanda Shires

It's Fall Pledge Drive and you know what that means, Hank and Dan are begging, threatening, and promising anything to get some pledges for KMSU, the greatest little radio station in the area. PLUS, Halloweeny songs from Pancake Manor; 40 Watt Bulb; Nick Cave; Robbie See Hag Mangano; The Specials; and finally someone you've heard of, Jimmy Buffet.

Anyone who suggests this week's ride has an underlying message is simply reading their own agenda into it. Included: Taylor Swift (yeah, you heard me right); The Killers (just in time for halloween); Dan (the) Mangan, Eric (heavy) Burdon and the (heavier) Animals; Gossip (shhhhh...quiet karen!); Pete Seger (and the silver bullet band...jk!); Kyle (arts and) Craft; (susan b) Anthony D'amto; (don't you dare call them dixie...) Chicks

Hold on to the handlebars there's lot's of sharp turns in this week's random bike ride. Kimay Dawson; Kit Kildahl; City Mouse; Watermelon Slush; Silver Jews; Buffy Sainte Marie; Jesse Welles; Steppenwolf; Femina; Charlie Roth

It's a real $h1t $h0vv this week as the boys power their way through some technical difficulties in the last half of the ride that may be a little distracting to the unfamiliar listener. Anyway, the music is good at least. Included: Beach Boys; the Felice Brothers; Yes; Pete Townsend; Middle Brother; Nathaniel Rateliff; Jethro Tull; Marianne Faithful; Jesse Welles; John Hiatt; Miley Cyrus

The guys dish salacious details about the hot 70s era relationship between Tom Waits and Bette Midler. Also: Rosali Cunningham; Felice Brothers; Connor Oberst; Forty Watt Bulb (x2); The Dead Weather; Venessa Carlton

1. Secure the scene 2. Call an ambulance 3. Assess the injuries It's time to put your First Aid training to the test as Dan and Hank discuss their recent, worst double bike crash ever in BikeRides history. Bike Crash related tracks forthcoming from La Lucura; Alasondro Alegre; Sun Room; Declan Murry Brown; Gracie Addison; The Coronets; John Linnell; The Tennessee Mafie Jug Band; Keith Cameron; Primitives.

A lot of sharp turns this week with some connections at the start of this whimsical, late summer ride. Included: Pravesh Sunker; Nick Cave; Robert Johnson; Miley Cyrus; Anna Tival; Elton John; Skull Kid; Willie Nelson.

ARTWORKS FESTIVAL! This week we sample a little taste of the music lineup for Artworks Festival 2024 this weekend in Austin. Included: Drew Peterson; Ben Scruggs; Whalen and the Willows; Nate Boots; The Shape of Walter.

It's the bicycle chain of songs this week; every song will somehow be related to the last until we tie the chain together at the end. Included: Modern Lovers; Amy Winehouse; Donny Hathaway; Ray Charles; Willie Nelson; Sheryl Crow; Aldus Huxley; Bernard Harris; Stevie Nicks; Car Seat Headrest; and back to Amy Winehouse again. See if you've got the musical chops to follow the chain.

It's County Fair season and you know what that means; Demolition Derbies! Big hit songs in demo form only this week on the ride includes chart busters from Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen Led Zeppelin, Spirit and Household Objects Project. Wait, what was that last one?? Tune in, find out!

Hank crawls across the finish line in the race to 60 years-old with a special birthday edition of Bike Rides and takes a super deep dive into the late David Berman's two main bands, The Silver Jews, and Purple Mountains

The Foreign Exchange; Kelley Stoltz; Rickie Lee Jones; John Hiatt; Amos Lee; Bee Balm Fields; Ben Skruggs; Chris Bertrand; Andrea Von Kampen; Pousette - Dart Band; and Mary Guatheir make up this typical summer bike ride.

Nothing to see here but 2 heterosexual men secure enough in their own skin to produce a full hour of LGBTQ related music in solidarity with PRIDE month, so beat them up if you must. Included: Jayne County, Crys Matthews; Rod Stewart; The Wet Spots; The Who; The Hawk in Paris; Kriste Moore; The Magnetic Fields; Mary Gauthier; Boy George

It's BikeRides 5 0 0 t h show! After a long period of intense study, silent meditation and recall, out of 4,500 songs played over the last 13 years, Hank and Dan narrow the list down to the best five tracks each, the result is the most delicious and satisfying frothy beverage you've enjoyed yet this summer. By the way, you owe us $45,000.

Elliot Park, Dawes, Drew Peterson, Maren Morris, Ron Geesin/Roger Waters, Keb Mo', Connie Smith, Little Feat/Bonnie Raitt, Gas Light Anthem, Willie Nelson/Orville Peck make up this random bike ride any cowboy would be fond of.

Spring Pledge Drive is upon us so Dan and Hank begin to explore alternative sources of income in case the drive doesn't go well for them. PLUS it's almost BikeRides 500th show, so get ready from a bunch of "500" related deep bike tracks. Included: Jimmie Rogers, Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Willie Nelson, Stuck with Green, Against Me, Stevie Wonder, Sleeping at Last and some healthy lifestyle advice from John Wayne, and the Flintstones.

The whole ride this week is dedicated to the music of MOWER COUNTY HOME GROWN MUSIC FEST at the Historic Paramount Theater in Austin This Saturday. Part Time Ex's, Prairie Clamor, Six Mile Grove, Whalen and the Willows and Charlie Freaking Parr, each get at least two tracks today as they prepare to rock Austin this weekend like only the locals can!

Magnolia Electric Company bookends the show this week with chapters from Red Rockers, Velvet Underground, Nico, Iris Dement, Kitten Forever and a snippet or two from Elmo making up the rest of your afternoon read.. I mean RIDE.

A spring theme leads to a slew of tracks on this week's ride that have never been played before on the show. The Flaming Lips, Billie Holiday, Carly Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Captain and Tennille and much more included.

Dan makes a Bob Dylan bread sandwich for your lunch on the ride today. The meat: Katy Kirby, Twain, Caroline Rose, Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle and Twain (NOT Shania - you're welcome). Careful eating and riding, it makes it difficult to text!

Austin Texas America artist Mary Gauthier played on the MSU campus this week so we bookend the show with two of our favorite classic MG tracks plus a BIG SURPRISE from Mary herself at the end of the ride. Magnolia Electric Company, Don McLean, new Charlie Parr, The Pretenders, Allison Russell, Sonny Bill Glover and The Hold Steady make up the heart of your afternoon bike ride sandwich.

Hope ya like the Felice Brothers, if not come back next time but some of us want to hear raw, slow rolling, acoustic folk/blues now and then and IANTOWN, the Felice's first and never released 2006 album, is just what the bike doctor ordered.

It's a purging of hard feelings on the ride this week as Dan lays down a whole show of angry songs. Helen MckCookerybook (yep), Elton John, Pink Floyd, John Mellencamp, Jackson Brown, Charlie Parr, The Gear Daddies, Queen and Van-the-angriest-man-man-I-know Morrison all included.

A TALKING HEADS Day sponsor inspires this THs' sandwich bookending the ride, with some interesting and poignant messages in the songs making up the meat and cheese. Now Serving: Kerry Lash, Purple Mountain, Barclay James Harvest, Allison Russell, Elizabeth Cotton and NFL MVP, Taylor Swift (you read that right).

Dan processes a recent traumatic experience with the riders and listeners and follows the story up with related songs. Included: Tom Waits, SarahMcLachlan, Ninah Washington, Charlie Parr, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Status Quo, The Talking Heads and an unnerving cut from the score of Damien Omen 2, a movie that made The Exorcist look like Saturday morning cartoons.

Hank drops by for a ride this week to share some diverse song sets as he and Dan make the ride mostly about the music this week. Included: Neko Case, Nathanial Rateliff, Silver Jews, Mazzy Star, Arrogant Worms (ahhhh, what?!) Charlie Parr and more. Did we mention diverse?

For sure: Across all genres/eras there have been an abundance of songs recorded about being alone, and we're going to play 14 of them for you today. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Charley Crockett, Robert Finely, Kim Karnes and Norah Jones are just a few of the amazing and diverse artists expressing their tendencies toward solitude through song on this week's ride.

Donovan, Chris Kerrigan, Future Teens, John Prine, The Zombies, Jolina Carl, Warren Haynes, Derivakat, Otis Redding, Tom Waits, Michael Martin Murphy and Andrew Bird make up this year's New Year's ride..

Hank joins Dan for the annual Christmas ride. Sea Flats, Nick Lowe, Jimmy Buffet, Belle & Sebastian, Michael Martin Murphy, The Cure and the Coffee Hag Choir all make up this variety of "Christmas" mention at a minimum, or even some all out Christmas songs in some cases, holiday special.

Dan tempts fate when he calls winter out for being a chicken $h1t in December, then they make-up when he plays a full show of 'Winter' songs. Included: Be Your Own Pet, Of Monsters and Men, The Head & The Heart, Bright Eyes, Vashti Bunyan, a couple winter bike riding stories and much more.

It's a "December" solo ride featuring The Grey Boy Allstars, Counting Crows Feet, Mazzy North Star, Willie Won't Go Nelson, Merle X-con Haggard, Eddi Brickell & the New Bo He's, George Winston Cigarettes, July London Fog, Norah Mr.Jones, Kate leaving-it-alone Bush, and the Four Pork Chop Seasonings.

With apologies to the July riders and listeners we present the semi-annual Bike Rides 4th of July in December show, which is weighted a little heavily toward the December riders this time, but we promise every song does contain a July 4th reference, no matter how subtle. Included: Elton John, Cold Play, John Prine, Neko Case, Tom Waits, Pedro Samp, Puddles, Steve Hachet, and Hank Nemi... I mean Hank THOMPSON..

It's the annual Black Friday, longest ride of the year LIVE! Hank joins for hour 1 & 2, then we'll ditch inside one of Austin's most legendary live music venues for a trip back to 1981. After that it's loooooooooooong songs to finish out the last 2 hours.

It's the annual Halloween slash Pledge Drive show. Halloweenie sounding tracks from Black Oak Arkansas, James Blunt, Ruen Brothers, Dan Fogelberg and more.

It's Fall Pledge Drive and the guys bust out their best sad puppy faces to solicit cash from supportive riders and listeners like YOU! Included Charlie Parr, The Shape of Walter, Martin Zellar and Nate Boots helps bring it home. Plus.. COMMERCIALS!