Lightnin' Licks Radio

It's friend-of-the-show Chris's birthday, and there's nothing he'd rather do on his special day than share his girlfriend Vicki with his lightning-licking comrades. Vicki rules. She shares stories recalling her DJ past in the Detroit scene of yesteryear while adding female-powered cuts to this bonus episode's mixtape. Deon and Jay tackle old and new cuts spanning 7 decades of musical deliciousness, everything from 60's Brazilian bossa nova to 80's pop to 90's hip-hop to a fresh release from an alternative indie heavyweight.Sonic contributors to this very special 26th bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic 5, DJ Nu-Mark, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Prince Paul, National Public Radio, Beastie Boys, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Eddie Murphy, Olivia Newton John, John Waters' film Pink Flamingos featuring Divine, David Lochery & Mink Stole, Richard Rodgers, Deborah Kerr & Marni Nixon, Blake Mills, The Rivingtons, Black Thought & El Michaels Affair, Faith No More, MC Breed, Bootleg of the Dayton Family, Pat Finnerty's stink horn, Michelle Zauner,  Ethan Klein, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Glen Campbell, The Meters, Lani Hall, The Beatles, The Pretenders, YES, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Guitar Wizards of the Future, Daffy Duck, Squeeze, more Beatles, The Vapors, SRC, John Frusciante, System 7 & Derrick May, Brian Austin Green, Negative Approach, Laughing Hyenas, Mule, Insane Clown Posse, Stone Temple Pilots, Galaxy to Galaxy, Beck, Skinny Puppy, Millie Jackson, Bob Seger System, The Jesus and Mary Chain, James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome, Bob Vylan & Amy Taylor, Greet Death, Ol' Burger Beats, Muddy Waters, Against Me! Operation Ivy,  Neon Trees, No Doubt, Bush, Gwen Stefani, English Beat, The Specials, Bad Manners, Cat Stevens, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Miller, more Pretenders, Sublime, Prince, The Avalaches featuring Camp Lo, Holland-Dozier-Holland, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, William McLean, The S.O.S. Band, Parliament Funkadelic, ZAP, Tamia, LCD Soundsystem, David Bowie, James Murphy, Tom Scharpling, The Turtles, Bob James, The Alkoholiks, Justin Avdek, The Roots, Tori Spelling, and Dipshit Don, accepter of bribes. Jay loves – Missing Persons, Sergio Mendes, Honey Cone, and Newcleus. Deon likes – Japanese Breakfast, Laura Marling, Black Sheep, and The Pool.Vicki digs – Cat Bite, Sincere Engineer, P.P. Arnold, and Robyn.The 26th Bonus Mixtape:LISTEN TO THE MIX ON SOUNDCLOUD OR ON SPOTIFY[SIDE ONE] (1) Cat Bite - Call Your Bluff (2) Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey (3) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Wichita Lineman (4) Robyn - Dancing on my Own (5) The Pool - Jamaica Resting (6) Honey Cone - Sunday Morning People[SIDE TWO] (1) Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit (2) Sincere Engineer - Fireplace (3) Newcleus - No More Runnin' (4) Laura Marling - Don't Let Me Bring You Down (5) P.P. Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest (6) Missing Persons - Surrender Your HeartA.I. David Silver appears courtesy of the fact that it's 2025 and we can deep fake whoever the flip we want to.Drink Blue Chair Bay. Shop at Electric Kitsch. Be kind to neighbors and strangers alike.

L is for Ligtnin' (and) Licks. Ladies Love Loud Losers, listen...In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past six decades, artists the world over in every artistic medium have used Eno's strategy while attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2025, lazy, lackluster yet somehow still award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming forty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru K, so naturally, they went with L.Sonic contributors featured in Lightnin' Licks Radio's forty-third episode include: Beastie Boys, National Public Radio, James Todd Smith, Ol' Burger Beats, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Gravediggaz, Method Man, John Ussery. Brothers Johnson, G.I. Joe's Rescue From Adventure Team Headquarters, Ninth Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire. Jay Dilla, Black Milk, Ronnie Laws, Inner Circle, Donny Trump, Childish Gambino, Marly Marl, Mary Jane Girls, Bert and Ernie, Greg Nice, Miss Lauren Hill, Cyprus Hill, The Light Men Plus One, Bubbha Thomas, Ornette Coleman. Tim Reid as Venus Flytrap, Kenny Loggins, L.A. Witch, Living Colour, Malcolm X, Arlo Guthrie, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Public Enemy, Le Bucherettes. At the Drive-in, Terry Genderbender, Bosnian Rainbows. Land of Talk, Canada, Tim Robinson, US Representative Tom Emmer, The Lovely Bad Things, Linn County, The Mighty Loop, Fur and Skin Trading Company. The Pool, Public Image Limited, Morphine, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Hindu Love Gods, Adrian Youngue, La Luz, The Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, and, the Clockers (theme song).Our favorite selections from the L section in our collections mixtape: (1A) Lime Spiders - Ignormy (2A) Lightmen Plus One - Ashie (3A) L.A. Witch - Sexorexia (4A) Land of Talk - Yuppy Flu (5A) Loop - Head on (1B) Living Colour - Open Letter to a Landlord (2B) Le Bucherettes - Demon Stuck in Your Eye (3B) Linn County - Fever Shot (4B) Lovely Bad Things - Slug Boy (5B) La Luz - In the CountryShop locally for your music. We attend church at Electric Kitsch. We drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums (without endorsement or appreciation from Kenny Chesney.) We are pro-Canada, but not anti-American. It's very messed up we even feel the need to type that last sentence.

The “I”s have it! And Lightnin' Licks Radio has the “I”s. Ten of them to be exact. Jay and Deon discuss their favorite vinyl records filed under the letter I. It's intimate and intense. It's immersive and inspiring though, ironically, they're idiots.--In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru H, so naturally, they went with I.The “I” mixtape:[SIDE I-1] (1) INTHEWHALE – Animals (2) The Ice Man's Band – People Make the World Go ‘Round (3) Icehouse – Walls (4) Ice Cube – Down for Whatever (5) Instant Funk – Never Let It Go Away [SIDE I-2] (1) Donnie Iris – Joking (2) The Impressions – I'm Loving Nothing (3) The Icicle Works – Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (4) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunshine (5) Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain [END]Sonic Contributors to the thirty-fifth episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith. Grand Puba, Piere Cavalli, Azymuth, Star Wars and Gremlins read-along story books and Sesame Street, Cowboy Junkies, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, Just Blaze, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Icehouse, Ivy Davies, Ice Cude, Leaders of the New School, Fred Gwynne, Joe Pecsi, The Bomb Squad, Da Lench Mob, N.W.A., Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Quincy Jones, Instant Funk, Day La Soul, Prince Paul. T-Connection, The Postal Service, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Another Nashville Coma. Big Country, The Icicle Works. INTHEWHALE, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Ice Man's Band, The Beatles, The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, The Funk Brothers, Donnie Iris, The Jaggers, The Cruisers, Steve Miller Band, Ozzy Osbourne. Dres and Black Sheep, Menehan Street Band, The Stylistics, and the Clockers.*Review Magazine Readers' Choice 2023 (someone nominate us for this year please)Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Buy vinyl, tapes or CDs at Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice Electric Kitsch in Bay City, Michigan, USA.

Super-Special-not-so-Secret Friend Don returns to the diningroom table for another thrilling bonus episode. Deon and Jay welcome his ass with arms wide open, as Lightnin' Lickers are want to do. Twelve crackin' tracks are lifted from wax and stitched back onto a mixtape after an in-depth discussion of the artists who created said cuts takes place. It's good to be back. Happy (Merry) St. Patrick's Day (Bay City Christmas)!Sonic contributors to the latest bonus episode of Lightnin'Licks Radio podcast include: Max Heath, Prince and the Revolution, Alan Silvestri, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Arc of All, Junkyard Band, Roberta Flack, Donald Trump, Jimmy Webb, The Beatles, Tim Hardin, Holland Dozier Holland, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Chris Whitley, Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman, Missing Persons, Mitchell Froom, Guns N' Roses, Stephen Malkmus, the Jicks, KMFDM, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Beck, Revolting Cocks, Led Zepplin, Greta Van Fleet, Grace Slick, Bjork, Black Flag, Grateful Dead, Henry Rollins Band, Mike Judge's Beavis & Butthead, A Tribe Called Quest, Ubiquity, Digible Planets, Abe Jefferson, Billy Woods, ELUCID, Raekwon the Chef, Outkast, Ms. Judy, Quelle Chris, Don Messick as Zorac, Sade, Mr. K and Boyd Jarvis.Jay noted he was snacking on the sonic deliciousness of theSound Symposium, Noel and the Red Wedge, Wartime, and Fazerdaze.Deon is with Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Pavement, Roy Ayers, Cavalier and Child Actor. Don suggested checking out the Hard Lessons, Balthazar, S.G. Goodman, and MaidaVale. In a world full of and Stephen Millers and Ted Cruzes, be aMr. Studinger or a Tom Cedarberg. Share joy and buy music from your local record store. We suggest Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, Michigan.  BONUS #25 mixtape:[SIDE 1] (1) S.G. Goodman - If You Were Someone I Loved {edit} (2) Pavement - Grounded (3) Noel & the Red Wedge - Special to You (4) Balthazar - Bunker (5) Roy Ayers - Slow Motion (6) Wartime - The Whole Truth [SIDE 2] (1) The Sound Symposium - America (2) The Hard Lessons - Milk & Sugar (3) Cavalier & Child Actor - Judy is Forever (4) Fazerdaze - A Thousand Years (5) MaidaVale - Daybreak (6) Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Backsliders

The world may be on fire, but at least baseball is returning. That's some welcome good news. The cleats clickin', the mitts poppin', the bats crackin'...oh man! The sounds of this soon-to-be-season are as satisfying as she gets, folks! In honor of our Detroit Tigers' Grapefruit League season kicking off (acceptable mixed-sports metaphor) today, we're placing a refreshing treat in our episode feed.Deon created the original pilot episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio in May of 2019. He did so to test all of the music and recording equipment in the basement and also to convince Jay that their stories could ultimately be rendered as a sonically palatable product, therefore presenting podcasting as a worthwhile endeavor. Well...it worked! Jay agreed to partner with Deon thus Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast was born.This is that fateful pilot episode.Although it doesn't sound too similar to what the podcast would eventually become as far as format is concerned, the storytelling element was strong from day one, with vinyl records and other found-sound / field recordings / archival audio sources playing an important role in the story. If you haven't already heard this episode and you enjoy baseball, poetry, or stories of childhood memories, give it a listen. We think it's pretty cool.When many Michiganders think spring, we think baseball. And many spring-loving, baseball-minded Mitten-dwellers have a special place in their hearts for Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers for many generations. This episode was written and recorded a few days after news broke that Ernie's widow Lulu had passed away at the age of 99, not long before the 9th anniversary of her legendary broadcaster husband's death. We hope you enjoy it.Oh, and...Go Tigers.

It's 2025, but the Lickers are still snackin' on the sonic deliciousness that was brought to the table in the year of Our Lord 2024. Pull up a chair, slap on a bib, and join Jay, Deon, and Don for an intimate dinner party fit for rock & roll royalty. Sonic contributors to the forty-second episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Brothers Johnson, M.M. Knapps, James Todd Smith, The Last Poets, an uncleared sample from the west coast gangster rap label that shall not be named, Parliament Funkadelic, The Honey Drippers, Harry Shearer, Howard Shore, Memphis Horns, Eric B. & Rakim, Young-Holt Unlimited, Kool & the Gang, Ronny Bell, Ethan Klein, Hasan Piker, Jaime Grace, Xmal Deutschland, Anja Huwe, JW Francis, Dehd, Dream Eagles, Heavy Dreams, Pernice Brothers, Jack Black, Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Joe Pernice, Kim Gordon, The Pixies, Kim Deal, The Breeders, Jessica Pratt, Tanukichan, Smiling Friends, Koji Kondo, Shallac, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeny, Jim White, Emmett Kelly, The Hard Quartet, Rolling Stones, the Rapture, Merv Griffin, fcukers, Beck, Them, Cindy Lee, Women, Shadow Show, Fab 5 Freddy, Nonjuror, and The Clockers.   2024 Leftovers mixtape: [SIDE 1] (1) Anja Huwe - O Wald (2) Shellac - WSOD (3) Dehd - Dg Days (4) Pernice Brothers - Hey, Guitar (5) Kim Dal - Big Ben Beat (6) Jessica Pratt - Life Is [SIDE 2] (1) JW Francis - Coming up for Air (2) Shadow Show - Mystic Spiral (3) fcukers - Homie Don't Shake (4) The Hard Quartet - Rio's Song (5) Cindy Lee - All I Want is You (6) Tanukichan - Low Resist the bad shit. Rock good music. Invite you friends over for drinks (Blue Chair Bay?) and shop at you local record shop (our favorite is Electric Kitsch).

“We're gonna take a (llonnnng) trip right now. Like we always do about this time.” List week has come and gone, but Lightnin' Licks Radio is once again runnin' it back. As we embark on 2025, let's reflect on the best of the best musical offerings released over the past twelve months. Lickers Jay and Deon take a deep dive into the most delightful vinyl LPs that soundtracked their day-to-day and made them feel some way. We've been gifted a bountiful cornucopia of sonic deliciousness in 2024. Join us at the dining room table for stories over champagne. Sonic contributors to episode 41 of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: The Last Poets, Brothers Johnson, M. M. Knapps, L. L. Cool J, Prince Paul, DjayTiger, Van Halen, The Good Life, T. Swift, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Mustard!, Habibi, DMX, John Yoko Lennon, Harry Shearer, Wishy, Karate Guns and Tanning, MGMT, Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief, Cloud Nothings, Newdad, Lush, Liquid Mike, Superdrag, rowdy saloon ambiance, Buzz Martin, Jackyl, Andrew Gabbard, Neil Young, BNNY, Wunderhorse, The Dead Pretties, Amyl & the Sniffers, JPEG Mafia, Danny Brown, 9th Wonder, Rapsody, Erykah Badu, Hit Boy, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lil' Wayne, Adeem the Artist, Suki Waterhouse, BLOND:ISH, White Lies, Nilufer Yanya, Marika Hackman, Revenge of the Nerds, Common & Pete Rock, Carpenters, Curtis Mayfield, Diiv, Film School, Waxahatchee, MJ Lederman, Plains, The Microphones, Mount Eerie, Dub Narcotic, Jeff Bridges, Fontaines D.C., Tyler the Creator, Ty Dolla $ign, Freddie Gibbs, GloRilla, Travis Scott, Earlonthebeat, Ojivolta, Mix Master Mike, Playboi Carti, Beastie Boys, National Lampoon's Christopher Guest and Bill Murray. Selected tracks from the Top 22 Albums of 2024 mixtape: [LISTEN] AVAILABLE NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD! AVAILABLE NOW ON MIXCLOUD! [D0] Mix Master Mike - Unidentifried (intro) [D1] Wunderhorse – July [D2] Cloud Nothings – Final Summer [D3] Amyl & the Sniffers – Going Somewhere [D4] Rapsody – Back in my Bag [D5] DIIV – Everyone Out [D6] Adrianne Lenker – Evol [D7] Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman – Right Back to It [D8] Sean Ono Lennon – Thinking of M [D9] MGMT – Bubblegum Dog [D10] Mount Eerie – I Spoke with a Fish [D11] Liquid Mike – Mouse Trap. [J0] National Lampoon's Mister Robert's Neighborhood (skit) [J1] Habibi – Alone Tonight [J2] Common & Pete Rock – We're on Our Way [J3] Fontaines D.C. – Favourite [J4] Marika Hackman – Slime [J5] Wishy – Persuasion [J6] Bnny – Good Stuff [J7] Nilufer Yanya – Method Actor [J8] Andrew Gabbard – If I Could Show You (Then You Would Know What I Mean) [J9] Suki Waterhouse – Big Love [J10] Adeem the Artist – Rotations [J11] Newdad – In My Head Happy New Year!

Let us examine the truths and falsehoods surrounding the most recent bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio… FACT: It is typical for the Lickers to lag a bit behind the “Year's Best” list-making frenzy which consumes the majority of the sonic commentary mediasphere. FICTION: LLR is the only EOY list that matters. FACT: It's still worth the flippin' wait. Check back the first week of January, baby! FICTION: This month's super-special-secret-friend is two-time Saturn award-nominated* actor Crispin Hellion Glover. FACT: Our super-special-secret-friend is an interesting and kind soul with great taste in music. FICTION: LLR podcast bonus episode #24 is one to miss. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the 24th bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Townes Van Zandt, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Get Down Services, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Tom Bell, Radio Ranch, The Replacements, Fredro, Grandmaster Caz, Grand Pupa, Sadat X, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, David Bowie, Spike Lee, Michael Jordan, DJ Premier, Ashford & Simpson, The Renaissance, The Beatles, Dion DiMucci, The Doors, Simon and Garfunkel, Spanky and Our Gang, Jimmy Webb, The Meters, Liquid Mike, Starship, Freeman's Narrative, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Peter Gabrel, Beastie Boys, Donald Trump, Run the Jewels, Dr. Katz Professional Therapist's theme song, Ol' Burger Beats, Tapes and Tapes, Pimp My Ride's theme song, Daft Punk, Slowdive, Pursuit of Happiness, Danzig, Iggy Pop, Blue Oyster Cult, Mastodon, Nebula, Dave Grohl, Abraham Jefferson, The Price is Right sounds, Nirvana, Ugly Casanova, Tom Werman, Michael Moorcock, Ty Karim, Kent Harris, India Arie Simpson, Jim Morrison, DJ Fredwreck, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, Crispin Glover, Kendrick Lamar, Heath Ledger, Eyag Nivram, and Jack Van Impe. Featured artists include: From Jay: Tears for Fears, Kelly Willis, John Tartaglia, and Blue Oyster Cult. From Deon: The Intruders, Saigon featuring Pete Rock, Mandy, and Tawana & the Total Destruction. Courtesy of our super-special-secret-friend Michael Paulus: Lola Young, Mojave 3, Ghost, and Stephen Wilson Jr. Bonus # 24 mixtape: [A1] Saigon featuring Pete Rock – Get Loose [A2] John Andrews Tartaglia – Wichita Lineman [A3} Ghost – Spillways [A4} Tawana & the Total Destruction – Wear Your Natural, Baby [A5] Tears for Fears – Astronaut [A6] Lola Young – Messy [B1] Blue Oyster Cult – You're Not the One (I Was Looking For) [B2] Mojave 3 – Prayer for the Paranoid (electric version) [B3] Mandy – Ms. Appear [B4] The Intruders – Turn the Hands of Time [B5] Kelly Willis – Fading Fast [B6] Stephen Wilson Jr. - Billy *Back to the Future, Willard. Jay's expressed opinions of Dave Grohl and Michael's conspiratorial beliefs about Courtney Love are not necessarily endorsed by this podcast. We drink Blue Chair Bay rums. We shop for music at Electric Kitsch. We perform said activities on our own accord. "We built this titty on cock and hole." - Michael Moorcock

Vinyl records play a significant role in Jay and Deon's lives. They're 100% obsessed with music. But how did this madness all start? Well, episode 40 of LLR examines their origin stories. Ten classic artists who helped shape the Lickers' sonic identities are discussed while another crackin' mixtape is curated, created, and (hopefully) cranked. God gave rock and roll to us, Goddamn it! Put it in your souls already. Sonic contributors to the fortieth episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include (in order of appearance): Brothers Johnson, dialogue from Peter Pan Records' "G.I. Joe: Escape From Adventure Team Headquarters" storybook, DJ Sanz, James Todd Smith, Boy Meets Girl, Berlin, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, The Treacherous Three, T La Rock, Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys , NPR's A. Martinez - Kye Ryssdal - Leilah Fadel, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Dr. Pascal Wallisch, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Queen, Elvis, Tommy Durden, Wings, James Horner & Will Jennings, Celine Dion, Right Said Fred, Greta Van Fleet, Dave Brubeck, Mac Demarco, Moose Charlap & Jule Styne, Jerry Goldsmith, M.M. Knapps, library “space” music and read-along storybook dialogue, Arc of All, Jim Kirk, Casey Kasem, Van Halen, Dion DiMucci, Leif Garrett, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich, Shawn Cassidy, Gregg Diamond, Andrea True Connection, Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight*, Stevie Wonder, Bernie Taupin, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, The Undisputed Truth, Perry-Perkins-Johnson, Honey Cone, TV adverts from Firestone Tires and Post cereal's Pink Panther Flakes, The Jackson Five, the Motown Players & the Funk Brothers, the King of Pop*, Cameron Crowe & Nancy Wilson, Still Water, Temple of the Dog, Sweet Water, The Dust Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, Dudley Taft (brandishing his axe and ripping a bong), Black Sabbath, Dancefloor Destruction Crew, The Wrecking Crew, The Partridge Family, Wally Gold, Idris Muhammad, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys (again), Alice Cooper (band), Digable Planets with Wah Wah Watson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Jimmy Buffett, Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy, Three Dog Night, Hoyt Axton, Randy Newman, Paul Williams, Russ Ballard, America, Rainbow, Cheap Trick, Freda, Argent, Wilson Pickett, Wu-Tang's RZA, Pinback, Three Mile Pilot, Lou Reed, Goblin Cock, Fruer, Black Sabbath (again), Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jethro fucking Tull, the Source of Light and Power, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, The Clockers. Love at First Listen mixtape [SIDE 1] (1) Sweet Water – King of '79 (2) King of Pop - GTBT* (3) Spearhead – Positive (4) The Partridge Family – Lay it on the Line (5) Pinback – Loro [SIDE 2] (1) Alice Cooper – You Drive Me Nervous (2) #6 Pop Hit W.E. 04_FEB_1984* (3) Jethro Tull – Two Fingers (4) Beastie Boys – Live at P.J.'s (5) Three Dog Night - Liar Thanks for Listening. Autumn has fallen. Do your best to not jump into a ravine. Please shop for your music locally. We suggest ⁠Electric Kitsch⁠. Drink ⁠Blue Chair Bay⁠ flavored rums. Feeling like jumping into a ravine? There's ⁠help⁠ available. *some details have been changed

Clearly, vinyl records play a significant role in Jay and Deon's lives. But how did this all start? Well, episode 40 examines their origin stories. Ten classic artists who helped shape the Lickers' sonic identities are discussed and another crackin' mixtape is curated, created, and (hopefully) cranked. God gave rock and roll to us, Goddamn it. Put it in your soul already. Sonic contributors to the fortieth episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast includes (in order of appearance): Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Derrick Harriott, Townes Van Zandt, James Todd Smith, Boy Meets Girl, Berlin, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, The Treacherous Three, T La Rock, Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys , NPR's A. Martinez - Kye Ryssdal - Leilah Fadel, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Dr. Pascal Wallisch, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Queen, Elvis, Tommy Durden, Wings, James Horner & Will Jennings, Celine Dion, Right Said Fred, Greta Van Fleet, Dave Brubeck, Mac Demarco, Moose Charlap & Jule Styne, Jerry Goldsmith, M.M. Knapps, library “space” music and read-along storybook dialogue, Arc of All, Jim Kirk, Casey Kasem, Van Halen, Dion DiMucci, Leif Garrett, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich, Shawn Cassidy, Gregg Diamond, Andrea True Connection, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Bernie Taupin, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, The Undisputed Truth, Perry-Perkins-Johnson, Honey Cone, TV adverts from Firestone Tires and Post cereal's Pink Panther Flakes, The Jackson Five, the Motown Players & the Funk Brothers, Michael Jackson, Cameron Crowe & Nancy Wilson, Still Water, Temple of the Dog, Sweet Water, The Dust Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, Dudley Taft (brandishing his axe and ripping a bong), Black Sabbath, Dancefloor Destruction Crew, The Wrecking Crew, The Partridge Family, Wally Gold, Idris Muhammad, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys (again), Alice Cooper (band), Digable Planets with Wah Wah Watson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Jimmy Buffett, Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy, Three Dog Night, Hoyt Axton, Randy Newman, Paul Williams, Russ Ballard, America, Rainbow, Cheap Trick, Freda, Argent, Wilson Pickett, Wu-Tang's RZA, Pinback, Three Mile Pilot, Lou Reed, Goblin Cock, Fruer, Black Sabbath (again), Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jethro fucking Tull, the Source of Light and Power, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, The Clockers. Love at First Listen mixtape [SIDE 1] (1) Sweet Water – King of '79 (2) Michael Jackson – Got to be There (3) Spearhead – Positive (4) The Partridge Family – Lay it on the Line (5) Pinback – Loro [SIDE 2] (1) Alice Cooper – You Drive Me Nervous (2) Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues (3) Jethro Tull – Two Fingers (4) Beastie Boys – Live at P.J.'s (5) Three Dog Night - Liar Thanks for Listening. Autumn has fallen. Do your best to not jump into a ravine. Please shop for your music locally. We suggest Electric Kitsch. Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Feeling like jumping into a ravine? There's help available.

For the first time ever on the internet, hear bread machine. Sonic contributors to this bonus Lightnin' Licks Radio content include: Deon, Slaunchwise, Bread, and Bob Green & Jay Glysz as bread machine. Snippet taken from Lightnin' Licks Radio Bonus #23: Band Canyon, fake Zombies, and HHM. Tracklist: (1) introduction (2) Everything I Own (3) Guitar Man (4) If Tracks 2 and 4 written by David Gates. Track 3 written by Jerry Reed.

Join Jay and Deon at the dining room table as they discuss the musical projects they have been obsessed with as of late. Super-special-secret friend Gary Johnson revisits Michigan's rich music history and exposes touring sonic imposters of yesteryear. A Hell's Half Mile Music Festival preview is also included in this joyful and juicy episode. Dig in! Sonic contributors to the twenty-third BONUS episode of Lightnin' Licks radio podcast include: Koreatown Oddity, Brothers Johnson, Jurassic 5, DJ NuMark, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Quincy Jones, Left Banque, The Ballroom, October Country, The Fifth Dimension, Shellac, The Pixies, The Breeders, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, The Winkies, Godfather Don, Das EFX, Fu-Shnickens, Public Enemy, Slaunchwise, Bread, Bread Machine, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Fancey, Randy VanWarmer, The Organ, The Smiths, Jack Ashford, Johnny Griffith, Billy Sha-Rae's Band, Eddie Parker, Sandra Richardson, Lee Rogers, The Magnificents, Cody Chestnutt, Third Company Syndicate, Sault, Big Maybelle, ? and the Mysterians, Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers, Elvets Rednow, Bob James, Bruce Springsteen, Waxahatchee, Billy Joel, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground, REM, Mitch Ryder, Nico, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Cheap Trick, The Zombies, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Daniel Ralston's “The True Story of the Fake Zombies” podcast, Smokey Robinson, Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, the Texas fake Zombies, ZZ Top, the Michigan fake Zombies, The Excels, Quintet Plus, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, The Monkees, The Archies, Colin Blunstone, Big Star, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Curtis Gadson, Los Bitchos, Liquid Mike, Sungaze, J.W. Francis, Bluhm, and The Monophonics. Bonus # 23 mixtape: [SIDE ONE] (1) Los Bitchos – Don't Change (2) Godfather Don – On & On (3) The Zombies – Hung up on a Dream (4) The Stylists – I Need Your Love (To Satisfy my Soul) (5) Hurray for the Riff Raff – Hawkmoon (6) The Organ – Basement Band Song [SIDE TWO] (1) Liquid Mike – Man Lives (2) The Velvet Underground – I'm Waiting for the Man (3) Waxahatchee – Crowbar (4) October Country – My Girlfriend is a Witch (5) The Breeders – Fortunately Gone (6) Brian Eno & the Winkies – Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (super special not-so-secret hidden track) Bread Machine – Guitar Man Huge thanks to Gary for one of the most interesting conversations to ever take place across the dining room table. Visit the Michigan Rock & Roll Legends Hall of Fame. Read more about Bay City's doomed teen club of the mid 60s Band Canyon.  Subscribe to The True Story of the Fake Zombies podcast. Check out Gary's podcast. Make sure to attend Hell's Half Mile Film and Music Festival in Downtown Bay City, September 26th through 29th. Check out the HHM 2024 Music Playlist, too! Shop at Electric Kitsch. Drink Blue Chair Bay. Be kind. Rewind. EXPLICIT LANGUAGE (Sorry, Gary)

Kindred know-it-alls Deon and Jay kick knowledge…f#@% it, you know where this is going. In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, kooky, knuckleheaded yet somehow still award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming thirty-ninth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru J, so naturally, they went with K. Our favorite selections from the K section in outr collections mixtape: [SIDE ONE] (1) Al Gromer Khan – Konya (2) John Krautner – I Need Sugar (3) Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Freaks for the Festival Part One (4) Kitchens of Distinction – Railwayed (5) Khruangbin featuring Nina Simone – Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair [SIDE TWO] (1) The Kingbees – Man Made for Love (2) Key-Matic – Breakin' in Space (3) Klark Kent – Away From Home (4) Kris Kristofferson – Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Goes (5) The Korgis – Perfect Hostess Sonic contributors to LLR podcast episode 39 include: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Brothers Johnson, Head Hunters, Sault, Blues Brothers, Donald Trump, The Alkoholiks, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Dreamville, J. Cole, Dr. Dre, Kermit, Grover, Thief, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lionel Richie, Billie Holiday, the Kingbees, Trouble Boys, Pendletons, DJ Shadow, Pace Salsa, Pete Seeger, Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Newcleus, Key-Matic, L.A. Dream Team, Freestyle, Egyptian Lover, Midnight Star, The Korgis, Beck, Liverpool Express, Sad Café, Khruangbin, Nina Simone, MN8, The Beatles, Joji, Kitchens of Distinction, Bronski Beat, Kriss Kristofferson, Paul Reubens, Danny Elfman, The Champs, John Krautner, The Go, Ohio Express, Vernal Equinox, Chasman, Al Groper Kahn, Yanni, the Police, Stuart Copeland, Klark Kent, Al Pacino, Third Company Syndicate, and The Clockers.   *REVIEW Magazine Readers' Choice 2022

Super-special-secret friend Matt Heller (a.k.a. DJ Snakes) joins Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon for an in-depth discussion about what he's been listening to. In true DJ form, Snakes brings four rare/abstract vinyl singles to Electric Kitsch for a conversation about the DIY punk scene of his adolescence, the intersection of skateboarding and hip-hop, dusty independent soul holy grail 45s, proto-drumless rap from Wu's G.O.A.T. (arguably), and an unlikely emcee whose appeal is seemingly without boundaries. As always, an eclectic custom mixtape is curated and included on the back end. Lickers gonna lick. Join the fun! Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the twenty-second bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Townes Van Zandt, Ahmed, Teddy Pendergrass, Thomas Dolby, Prince Paul and De La Soul, Gary Wright, Biggie Smalls, Mtume, Mike Judge's Hank and Bobby Hill, Migos, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, James Todd Smith, Osonski, Oddisee, Thundercat, Greta Van Fleet, Whitney, Smith Westerns, Fleetwood Mac, Haim, The Rockets, Jimi Hendrix, Tropical Fuck Storm, Bee Gees, Nine Inch Nails, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, LCD Soundsystem, Robert Gordon, Hozier, Mekons, James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Green River, J.J. Cale, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Snakes, Bob James, Run DMC, Jurassic 5, Ted Nugent, IAM, Black Star, J-Live, Drug Toilet, Take No Prisoners, Slaunchwise, Army of Juan, bev.clone, Mighty Lovers, Eric & the Vikings, Raphael Saadiq, Mayer Hawthorne, Big Tone, Jimmy “Soul” Clark, RZA, True Master, The Delfonics, Madlib, Jay Dilla, Height Keech, Cortex, 3rd Base, Thumbling, Glider, Jesus Jones, Rick Rubin, 2 Much, Rhythm Addicts, Mary Jane Girls, Jennifer Lopez, Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson, Marley Marl, The Emotions, Sean Evans, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Shannon Doherty, Luke Perry, Strictly Butters, and Brass Construction. Jay suggested songs from Cullen Omari, Model/Actriz, The Three Johns, and Majesty Crush. Deon brought Peter Green, Link Wray, Stone Gossard, and LL Cool J to the dining room table. Our SSSF Matt brought in bangers from Smatch, New Holidays, Ghostface, and MF Doom. Bonus #22 mixtape: [side one] (1) strictlybutters' Wake Up intro (2) Smatch – i am nowhere (you are nothing) (3) Link Wray – Morning (4) Model/Acrtiz – Mosquito (5) Ghostface – holla (6) Stone Gossard – Fits (7) The Three Johns – Go Ahead Bikini [side two] (1) New Holidays – Maybe So, Maybe No (2) LL Cool J – Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings (3) Majesty Crush – No. 1 Fan (4) MF Doom – one beer (5) Cullen Omari – Four Years (6) Peter Green – Hidden Depths (remix) Thank you, Matt, for taking the time to dive deep with the geeks. Follow Snakes on Instagram. Check out Sandbox Automatic for all your physical rap music needs. The full conversation with Snakes will be packaged as a stand-alone bonus episode sometime in the near future. We got into some shit, I'll tell you whhhat.

In BONUS episode #19 of LLR, Jay brought an LP from German Neue Deutsche Welle sister duo Humpe (und) Humpe to the dining room table. It was a treat. The lyrics to their song "Yama-ha" reminded us of something we saw in a parody horror flick twenty-or-so years after the album's release.

In episode #38 of LLR, we explore and celebrate the deep discographies of some of our favorite artists. We'll revisit surprisingly solid solo efforts, sensational side projects, and often overlooked, audacious LP releases from way-back-when, which gave listeners a taste of the sonic greatness to come. Plug your noses and blow it out your ears, Podcast America…we're about to dive deep! Sonic contributors to episode thirty-eight of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include:  Derrick Harriott, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Townes Van Zandt, James Todd Smith, George Gershwin & Michael Sweeney, Johnny Marr, The Smiths, Thin Lizzy, Ace Frehly, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, Rose Royce, Jim Croce, Better Oblivion Community Center, Jim James, Desaparecidos, Modest Mouse, Califone, Ugly Casanova, Kids Bop kids (yeah!), Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dan the Automator, Gulliver, Tim Moore, Bay City Rollers, Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Big Thief, Billy Bob Thorton, Phill Collins, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Kootch, Carol King, The City, Judee Sill, The Byrds, Dillard & Clark, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, President Joe Biden, The Cars, Ric Ocasek, Ministry, Digable Planets, Beastie Boys, Shabazz Palaces, Latin Playboys, Los Lobos, Chris Keys, and the Clockers. LLR mixtape #38: [SIDE ONE] (1) Shabazz Palaces - #CAKE (2) Latin Playboys - Crayon Sun (3) Gene Clark - Strength of Strings (4) Desaparecidos - City on the Hill (5) Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek - money [SIDE TWO] (1) Gulliver - Lemon Road (2) Ugly Casanova - Hotcha Girls (3) The City - Paradise Alley (4) Monsters of Folk - Losin' Yo Head Ric Ocasek - Time Bomb Thanks so much for tuning in. LLR will return in a few weeks with another bonus episode featuring a super-special-secret guest. Do your best to stay hydrated and practice selfcare. Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Why ask why? Try Blue Chair Bay flavored rums and head outside, let the sun hit you. Stream, rent, or buy the excellent documentary The Immediate Family, it's Kootch approved!

21st dang installment of LLR pod's bonus offering is OFF THE FLIPPN' CHAIN. Jay and Deon discuss what's been on their turntables and pumped into their ears. A mildly summery mixtape is manufactured with input from Super-Secret-Special-Friend Scott Baker, who also waxes poetic on podcasting, creating his own music, and (sometimes reluctantly) sharing sonic interests with his children. Join us for a super-sized helping of sonic deliciousness. TRANSLATION: This b!#@h is looooooooooooooong. Enjoy! Sonic contributors to the twenty-first bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Koreatown Oddity, DJ Nu-Mark, Jurassic 5, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Pale Jay, Lindsey Buckingham, Matt Pond PA, Lightning Love, Silver Jews, Pavement, Jesus Lizard, STEVE FUCKING ALBINI, Cheap Trick, Ant Banks, Too $hort, MC Breed, Mel Brown, Hanna-Barbara's Flintstones, The Beatles, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Hanson, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Who, Cal Tjader, Public Image Limited, Eric Sermon, Marvin Gaye, MC5, Van Halen, White Zombie, The Stooges, Jon Stewart, Marianne Towan, Steve Drzewiecki Band, Meghan Trainor, MMHP from the 989, ? & the Mysterians, Bob Segar System, Billy Stings, Willie Nelson, Dick Wagner, Alice Cooper, Norah Jones, Scott Baker, Gotye, Adrian Gorvitz, Bobby Caldwell, Llyod Cole, Everything but the Girl, Neil Finn, The Style Council, Ashiko, Monwa & Son, The Black Five, Hot Soul Singers, Zasha, David Axelrod, Organized Konfusion, Meredith Monk, Cut Chemist, Afrika Bambaataa, Candito, Babe Ruth, Chicago Gangsters, Juice, and Original Concept. Jay brought to the dining room table the sounds of Veruca Salt, Thunderclap Newman, Tinted Windows, and DJ Shadow. Deon offered up tunes from Purple Mountains, Spice 1, Yusef Lateef, and Stimela. Scott suggested taking a trip with Rich Hinman vs. Alan Levy, Alan Baufman, Hozier, and Crowded House. Do summer right. Consume Blue Chair Bay Flavored Rums. Be kind, rewind, and enjoy lawn darts responsibly. XXI mixtape: {SIDE ONE} [1] Sell out intro [2] DJ Shadow – The Number Song [3] Rich Hinman vs. Adam Levy – Flawless [4] Purple Mountains – She's Making Friends, I'm Turning Stranger [5] Veruca Salt – Shimmer Like a Girl [6] Alan Braufman – Spirits (edit) [7] Stimela – Mind Games (edit) {SIDE TWO} [1] Tinted Windows – Messing With my Head [2] Crowded House – Night Song [3] Yusef Lateef – Like It Is (edit) [4] Thunderclap Newman – The Reason [5] Spice 1 featuring Mel Brown – Money Gone (remix) [6] Hozier – De Selby (parts 1 & 2, edit) mix intro/bumper/outro lifted from The Who's classic 1967 LP The Who Sell Out Guest Scott Baker's website Guest Scott Baker's podcast Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Lickers Jay and Deon wax poetic on ten of their favorite records from their respective collections which are filed under the letter J. Their choices lead to discussions on Blindboy Boatclub (he rules), the origins of their nicknames (do you even know these guys?), another blind-bought Burger Records beauty (Jay is a total Burger fanboy), Steve Albini (R.I.P.), and much more. Tune in and rock out! --- In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted yet somehow still award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming thirty-seventh episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru I, so naturally, they went with J. Sonic contributors to the thirty-seventh episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, Steve Albini, L.L. Cool J, Patience, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Freddie King, Little Walter, Blinboy Boatclub, SHANNON, Cornbroom Jenkins, Mighty Mista Knapps, Lucy Givens, Sesame Street, Huey Lewis & the News, The Jesus Lizard, Jonathon Wolffe, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, The Three Degrees, EMINIM, Labi Siffre, Marilyn Manson, Hootie & the Blowfish, Drive Like Jehu, Led Zepplin, Helmet with David Yow, Junk Monkeys, Goo Goo Dolls, Syl Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Wu-tang Clan, Kanye West with Jay-Z, Hank & Kieth Shocklee with Public Enemy, Charlie Rich, Cypress Hill, The Luniz, R2D2, Jessie Jones, Death Valley Girls, Pete Jolly, Art Pepper, Jessica McQuarter, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, Ugly Duckling, DJ Einstein, Jimmie & Vella, Bobby Womack, Dead Prez, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Fantano, Drake, Timmy Thomas, Post-POTUS George W. Bush, Childish Gambino, Jobriath, David Bowie, Stephen Trask, Vernard Jonson, Peter C. Johnson, Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss, Cody Jinks, Shellac, the Radiolab archives, The Clockers. LLR “J” mixtape: [SIDE A](1) The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather (2) Jimmie & Vella - Well (3) Peter C. Johnson - Snowblind (4) J. Cole - No Role Modelz (5) Vernard Johnson - Soul Metamorphosis Medley MegaMix [SIDE B] (1) Pete Jolly - Springs (2) Junk Monkeys - Round and Round (3) Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (4) Jessie Jones - Sugar Coated (5) Jobriath - World Without You Thanks for listening. Tune in again sometime within a few weeks for another bonus episode. Have a great summer! *former REVIEW magazine best live streaming production --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

This is our true crime podcast. This is also three-plus hours of engaging content featuring a few comedians relentlessly speaking over one another. SIIIIIIKE! It's simply Jay and Deon yapping about the vinyl records they've been listening to as of late. Their super-secret-special friend, MLive crime reporter and stupendous social gathering contriver Cole Waterman joins the party to add some crackin' tunes to a mixtape. You should totally join along as the three old pals discuss music, writing, and the meaning of life and/or why it's a gruesome, tiresome, pointless goddamn slog. Enjoy! Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the twentieth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include:  Prince Paul / De La Soul / Zach Braff / Natalie Portman / Amerigo Gazaway / River Shook / The Disarmers / Yesterday's New Quintet / Denzel Curry / Karriem Riggins / Mattiel / Brothers Johnson / Joe Diffy / Toby Keith / Kenny Chesney / Junkyard Band / Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Deadmau5 / Hayle / Michael Boyd / Gary Remal Malkin / Camp Lo / Ski / Trugoy the Dove / Craig Mack / Easy Moe Bee / Lung / Air / Heinz Kiesling / Lesley Gore / Wally Gold / Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Tiffany / Tommy James & the Shondells / Billy Idol / New Kids on the Block / Debbie Gibson / Dr. Dog / Kim Gordon / Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Jay brought to the dining room table the sounds of Chris Whitley, Sarah Bethe Nelson, A Taste of Honey, and Charles Wright. Deon suggested songs from Sarah Shook and the Devil, Jahari Massamba Unit, Adeem the Artist, and Man Man. Our super-secret-special-friend Cole was fucking with King Hannah, Sparklehorse, The Leather Nun, and The Gaslight Anthem. Bonus XX mixtape: (A1) King Hannah – A Well-Made Women (A2) Charles Wright – One Two Three Four Five Six (A3) Man Man – Head On (Hold on to Your Heart) (A4) The Leather Nun – Desolation Avenue(A5) Sarah Bethe Nelson – I Can Just Leave (A6) Jahari Massamba Unit – Anointed Soul (B1) Chris Whitley – Narcotic Prayer (B2) Sparklehorse – Kind Ghosts (B3) Sarah Shook & the Devil – Ghost Town (B4) A Taste of Honey – Say That You'll Stay (B5) The Gaslight Anthem – Michigan, 1975 (B6) Adeem the Artist – I wish You Would've Been a Cowboy Thanks to Cole for joining us and using his good words. Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rum. Shop at Electric Kitsch or any other local independent record retailer on Record Store Day April 20th, and also every other day of the year. Be kind. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Anthologies. Perspectives. Comps. No music geek's collection is complete without a wonderful compilation record (or twelve). Some of the greatest albums EVER are actually amalgamations of singles that get pulled together into their own separate, sometimes themed collection. Whether examining the sounds of scenes, eras, genres or labels or cataloging rarities and otherwise hard to find hits, comps consistently scratch the sonic itch. Join Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon as they discuss some of their all-time favorite “various artist” comps and the stories behind them. Stay tuned for this month's mixtape which serves as a compilation of cuts derived from other compilations. SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE THIRTY-SIX OF LIGHTNIN' LICKS RADIO INCLUDE: AFRIKA BAMBAATAA / KURTIS BLOW / DAVID BARRETT / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / HOT JAZZ / PETE JOLLY / DJ EINSTEIN / UGLY DUCKLING / NO DEATHROW RECORDS ARTISTS' BEATS, BUT MANY DEATHROW-TYPE BEATS FROM THE INTERNET / ROSE ROYCE / MARY J. BLIGE / BOYZ II MEN / TEVIN CAMPBELL / SWV / EN VOGUE / BABYFACE / TONI BRAXTON / FAITH EVENS / BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY / MONICA /AALIYAH / JODECI / THE BLUES PROJECT / THE STRANGELOVES / ELECTRIC PRUNES / THE SEEDS / THE VAGRANTS / ALICE COOPER / THE DEAD BOYS / THE REMAINS / THE MOONEY SUZUKI / THE STANDELLS / LOVERBOY / THE BOOMTOWN RATS / ADAM AND THE ANTS / OMD / PSYCHEDELIC FURS / HOLLY & THE ITALIANS / TRANSVISION VAMP / JO JO ZEB AND THE FALCONS / MY BLOODY VALENTINE / JUNIOR BOY'S OWN / FUTURESHOCK / NEW ORDER / ANDREW WEATHERALL / PRIMAL SCREAM / EDIE BRICKELL  & THE NEW BOHEMIANS / PETER FONDA / UNDERWORLD / SIMPLY RED / BJORK / SANGRE GITANA / LOS GACHOS / TOBEGO / RUMBA TRES / BARRACUDA / JOHNNY SAYLES / THE DU-ETTES / ALVIN CASH & THE REGISTERS / JOSEPH MOORE / ULTI-MATIONS / THE YOUNG FOLK / JOSEPHINE TAYLOR / LINDA JONES / J.J. JACKSON / IKE AND TINA TURNER / BABY LLOYD / THE APOLLOS / THE OLYMPICS / JAY JAY PISTOLET / THE MIDDLE EAST / LOCAL NATIVES / WOLF ALICE / JAMES YUILL / SAINT VITUS / SWA / D.C. 3 / OVERKILL / HUSKER DU / WURM / BLACK FLAG / MEAT PUPPETS / WILLIE DIXON / MINUTE MEN / VAN HALEN / FAMILY FOUR / BROTHER'S DISCO / CHIC / MAJESTICS / SUGAR DADDY / QUEEN / SHE / THE CLOCKERS / FAMILY / MR.FOX /PATRIC ADAMS / HEIGHT KEECH & FRIENDS / POOR BOY RAPPERS / T.J. SWAN & COMPANY / TEEN-MACHINE / TOMMY DEEMO / THE STRANGLERS / XTC / STEEL PULSE /  DIRE STRAITS / WILCO JOHNSON BAND / TYLA GANG / X-RAY SPECS / STEVE GIBBONS BAND / ARC OF ALL / RICHARD NERITA / JENNIFER JASON LEIGH V.A. – FAVORITE COMPS COMP (A1) The Remains - Don't Look Back (A2) Barracuda - Puedos Buscarte un Nuevo Amor (A3) The Middle East - Blood (A4) Wurm - Deathride (A5) Josephine Taylor - For You My Love (B1) Holly & the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut up (B2) Mr. Fox - Smooth Talk (B3) Tyla Gang - Styrofoam (B4) Baby Lloyd - There's Something on Your Mind (part 1) (B5) Primal Scream - Loaded --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Hooooooo doggies! LLR returns with another bonus episode featuring an eclectic mix of everything Jay and Deon have been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. Library music with Library Mark? Check. Venezuelan psych rock? Check. German new wave? You betcha. Art rap, classic jangly American pop and egg punk? YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT! Join the fun. It was worth the wait. Promise. Sonic contributors to the nineteenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Townes Van Zandt, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Black Midi, De La Soul, Ideal, Cal Tjader, Hoyt Axton, Steppenwolf, Blind Melon, Frances Lee McCain, Zach Galligan, Clarence Williams, James Tim Brynn, Dally Small, Alline Bullock, Ike & Tina Turner, The Doors, The Beatles, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Rolling Stones, Jacko Peake, The Who, Merv Griffin, Saint Etionne, Uncle Ted Nugent, Iron Butterfly, Cheap Trick, Germs, The Clash, Steel Pulse, Elvis Costello, Sweet, Living Colour, Beatific Vision, DJ Magic Mike, The Baseball Project, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, Jahari Massamba Unit, Shawn Lee & Clutchie Hopkins. Deon brought to the dining room table the sounds of Nnamdi, Nina Simone, Alan Tew, and Denzel Curry. Jay suggested checking out Humpe Humpe, The Pets, The Rhythm Section, and R.E.M. Super-special-secret-friend Library Mark hipped Podcast America to Mannequin Pussy, Sheer Mag, Snooper, and The Courettes. Bonus #19 mixtape [A1] Snooper - Defect [A2] Denzel Curry - Ricky [A3] The Pets - El Entierro de un Hombre Rico Que Murio de Hombre [A4] Sheer Mag - Paper Time [A5] Alan Tew - The Rub [A6] Humpe Humpe - Yama-Ha [B1] The Rhythm Section - Waiting for the Sun [B2] Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [B3] Nnamdi - let gO my egO [B4] The Courettes - Shake! [B5] Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter [B6] R.E.M. - Summer Turns to High [end] Thank you Library Mark and his record store of choice Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, Michigan, USA. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

The “I”s have it! And Lightnin' Licks Radio has the “I”s. Ten of them to be exact. Jay and Deon discuss their favorite vinyl records filed under the letter I. It's intimate and intense. It's immersive and inspiring though, ironically, they're idiots. -- In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru H, so naturally, they went with I. The “I” mixtape: [SIDE I-1] (1) INTHEWHALE – Animals (2) The Ice Man's Band – People Make the World Go ‘Round (3) Icehouse – Walls (4) Ice Cube – Down for Whatever (5) Instant Funk – Never Let It Go Away [SIDE I-2] (1) Donnie Iris – Joking (2) The Impressions – I'm Loving Nothing (3) The Icicle Works – Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (4) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunshine (5) Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain [END] Sonic Contributors to the thirty-fifth episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith. Grand Puba, Piere Cavalli, Azymuth, Star Wars and Gremlins read-along story books and Sesame Street, Cowboy Junkies, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, Just Blaze, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Icehouse, Ivy Davies, Ice Cude, Leaders of the New School, Fred Gwynne, Joe Pecsi, The Bomb Squad, Da Lench Mob, N.W.A., Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Quincy Jones, Instant Funk, Day La Soul, Prince Paul. T-Connection, The Postal Service, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Another Nashville Coma. The Icicle Works. INTHEWHALE, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Ice Man's Band, The Beatles, The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, The Funk Brothers, Donnie Iris, The Jaggers, The Cruisers, Steve Miller Band, Ozzy Osbourne. Dres and Black Sheep, Menehan Street Band, The Stylistics, and the Clockers. *Review Magazine Readers' Choice 2023 (someone nominate us for this year please) Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Buy vinyl, tapes or CDs at Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice Electric Kitsch in Bay City, Michigan, USA. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

The hits didn't stop with #11 for Jay nor Deon in 2023. This past calendar year brought us plenty of noteworthy vinyl releases, and the eighteenth bonus episode rightfully shines a spotlight on said sonic successes. These sounds are downright delightful. It's an honor to share them with podcast America. ROCK. ON. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to this special 2023 Leftovers edition of Lightning Licks Radio include: Howard Glysz, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Ethan Klein, Dinner Party, Michael Gonet, Sonic Youth, Destroyer, Laura Branigan, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, Bully, Soccer Mommy, Rat Boys, Julian Casablancas, Mother Love Bone, Stone Gossard, Jamie Wyatt, Olivia Newton John, The Police, Electric Light Orchestra, Adrian Quesada, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, Lloyd Newman, and LeAlan Jones along with his sister and grandmother. Featured artist include, from Jay, Be Your Own Pet, Mega Bog, Debby Friday, Brad, and Juliana Hatfield. Deon brought Oddissee, Sparklehorse, Black Thought and El Michels Affair, Slow Pulp, and Black Pumas to the dining room table. Your leftover mixtape: [SIDE A] (1) Black Thought & El Michels Affair – The Weather (2) Brad – Straight to the Hoop (3) Black Pumas – Gemini Sun (4) Debby Friday – So Hard To Tell (5) Sparklehorse – O Child [SIDE B] (1) Be Your Own Pet – Bad Mood Rising (2) Oddissee – Many Hats (3) Mega Bog – Don't Doom Me, Now (4) Slow Pulp – Slugs (5) Juliana Hatfield – Telephone Line [END] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

MIXTAPE AVAILABLE NOW ON ⁠MIXCLOUD⁠ & ⁠SOUNDCLOUD Moving forward, but not before we take a look back. 2023 was another wonderful year in music. Lickers Jay and Deon ring in the New Year by each revealing their top 11 (we go to eleven) vinyl long players in the year of Our Lord twenty twenty-three. Break out the champagne and Blue Chair Bay, this episode is a journey. DEON'S TOP 11: 11 - Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over 10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V 9 – Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society 8 – Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering 7 – Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky 6 – Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy 5 – Hannah Jadagu - Aperture 4 - Sufjan Stevens -Javelin 3 – Say She She - Silver 2 - Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You 1 – Califone - Villagers JAY'S TOP 11: 11 – Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble 10 – Blur – The Ballad of Darren 9 – Film School - Field 8 – Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow's Fire 7 – Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty 6 – Mint Field – Aprender a Ser 5 – The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise 4 – Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight 3 - Sleaford Mods -UK Grim 2 – Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 1 – Liquid Mike – s/t __ Sonic contributions to episode thirty-four of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast, 2023's year in review and its supplementary mixtape, include:  Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, Dhanji, Rahsla, Anthony Fantano, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Herb Honeysuckle, Durand Jones, The Indications, Macho Man Randy Savage, Aziz Ansari, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Maple Glider, Blur, The Beatles, Dinner Party, Retta, Open Mike Eagle, The Roots, Hall and Oates, Young Zee, Wu Tang Clan, Film School, Squirrel Flower, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Young Fathers, Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Mint Field, Hannah Jadagu, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Lael Neale, Chic, Say She She, Sweeping Promises, The Go-Go's, The B-52's, Sleaford Mods, Pet Shop Boys, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, Olivia Rodrigo, Ugly Casanova, Red Red Meat, Califone, Liquid Mike, Cory Hanson, Scarface, Isaac Hayes, Jack Van Impe, and Marvin Gaye. Music heals us. Happy listening in 2024. To receive a downloadable or physical copy of the mixtape, contact us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Jay boasts of Brazilian psych and girl group goodness while discussing of his unlikely friendship with a literary working-class hero who helped him discover a power pop great. Deon brings urban hits, brand-spanking new indie pop and experimental space rock to the mix. Super-secret-special friend Nichole dishes on her love of T Swift (but not necessarily Swifties) and Allison Mosshart. Oh Yeah. Alright. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the seventeenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: The Koreatown Oddity, DJ Nu-Mark, Jurassic 5, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Young-Holt Limited, Melvin and Mervin Steals, Madlib, Joachim Sherrylee, Supercordas, Boogarins, Pharrell Williams, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, Jimmy Bishop, Say She She, The Pink Floyd, Francis Bebey, Easy Love, Jeff Bridges, Eagles, Andre 3000, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, The Beatles, John Mayer, E.L.O., Cheech & Chong, Bon Iver, The National, Ryan Adams, The Dead Weather, Anthony Bourdain, Jesse Plemons, Eddie Holman, Barbara Mason, Rick James, Debrah Foreman, Bauhaus, Tom Petty, Phil Seymour, Alabama, Jay's amazing mixtape pen pal Ben Hamper (reading excerpts from his excellent memoir Rivethead published by Warner Books and also as a disc jockey on WNMC 90.7 FM out of Traverse City, Michigan), the Hagerty Sidedrift Podcast's Larry Webster, goddamn Fleetwood Mac, Jim Croce, Frederick Knight, Anita Ward, The Big Moon, Slow Pulp, Crispin Glover, and last but not least…Wipers. Featured artists: Jay – Guaxe, Honey & the Bees, Jess Cornelius, Dwight Twilley Band, Deon – Janelle Monae, Hawkwind, Love & Rockets, Marika Hackman Supper-special-secret friend Nichole B. – Matt Costa, Taylor Swift, The Kills, Dr. Hook Bonus #17 mixtape: [SIDE A] (1) Ben Hamper bumper intro (2) Dwight Twilley Band – Baby Let's Cruise (3) The Kills – Sour Cherry (4) Hawkwind – Silver Machine (5) Jess Cornelius – I Can't Tell You Why (6) Matt Costa – Astair (7) Janelle Monae – Float [SIDE B] (1) Marika Hackman – No Caffeine (2) Love & Rockets! – Rainbird (3) Honey & The Bees – We Got To Stay Together (4) Taylor Swift – My Tears Ricochet (5) GUAXE – nilo (6) Dr. Hook – Sharing The Night Together [END] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

What the H? Exactly. The award-winning* Lickers discuss some of their favorite records filed under the letter H. -- In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2023, idiotic, introverted hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru G, so naturally, they went with H. LLR "H" mixtape:  [SIDE H-A] (1) Kristian Harting - Digging Up Graves (2) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Hideaway (3) Height Keech - Working Woman Blues / This Brutal World... (4) Honey Ltd. - Tomorrow Your Heart (5) Tim Hecker - Voice Crack [SIDE H-B] (1) Hurrah! - If Love Could Kill (2) Donny Hathaway - I Believe To My Soul (3) Daryl Hall - Why Was It So Easy (4) H.E.R. - Focus (5) John Hartford - Holding Sonic contributors to episode thirty-one of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, James Todd Smith, SZA, Herbie Hancock, Placido Flamingo,  Babyface, The Rascals, B.L.K., Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Elton John, Robert Frip, David Bowie, Kristian Harting, Mike Kroll, Honey Limited, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Mamas and the Papas, The Wrecking Crew, Height Keech, Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, super special secret guest student disc jockey Billy Lalonde form the WHCW archives circa 1992(ish), Faith No More, The Waterboys, John Fahey, John Hartford, Glenn Campbell, Randy Scruggs, Norman Blake, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tim Hecker, Brian Eno, H.E.R., TLC, Home, U2, Elvin Bishop, DJ Shadow, Arc of All, The Clockers, Ashley Alexander, Mister and Jenn Wasner. *2023 REVIEW magazine fans' choice award for best live-streaming production. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Jay and Penny Lover discuss what's been yanking their sonic cranks as of late. Repeat guest Don throws in his two cents as well. We don't understand it. Oh, what's come over us? But we're not gonna worry. No. Not anymore. Because when men are in love, we've only got one story. That's why our love is lost somewhere in your kiss. When we're lost and alone, it's you that we miss. With a love like yours, it's hard to resist. Oh-oh-oh. Sonic contributions to the sixteenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast includes:  Nick Kroll, Jason Moustakas, DJ Nu Mark, Jurassic Five, Dave Matthews Band, SAULT, The Millennium, Emitt Rhodes, Jay Dilla, Slum Village, Doc Illingsworth, Tortoise, Burt Bacharach, Sonic Youth, Inflo, Tilla, Sleaford Mods, Viagra Boys, John Hartford, The Runaways, Motley Crue, Zhane, Weakened Friends, Adam & the Ants, Height Keech, De La Soul, Purple Mountains, Arrested Development, Nino Rota, Arc of All, Stillwater, Mac DeMarco, Dilly Dally, Big Thief, Neil Young & Crazyhorse, MJ Lenderman, Phish, Prince Paul, Chicago, Instant Funk, Young Holt Limited, Etta James, The Jam, The Specials, Elastica, Chemical Brothers, and Lionel Richie. Jay brought to the dining room table the sweet sounds of Benny Hester, Jim O'Rourke, The Donnas, and Bran Van 3000. Deon was partial to the musical stylings of Black Milk, Little Simz, Wye Oak, and Wire. Returning super special not-so-secret friend Don is fucking with JW Francis, Wednesday, Wooden Wand, and Karate, Guns and Tanning. BONUS #16 MIXTAPE [SIDE A] (1) Wye Oak – Before (2) Benny Hester – Let It Be So (3) JW Francis – Casino (4) Black Milk – Sunday's Best / Monday's Worst (5) The Donnas – Rock and Roll Machine (6) Wooden Wand – Spitting at the Camera [SIDE B] (1) Karate, Guns & Tanning – White Nights (2) Jim O'Rourke – Something Big (3) Little Simz – Poison Ivy (4) Wednesday – Chosen to Deserve (5) Bran Van 3000 – Drinking in L.A. (6) Wire - Champs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon discuss the upcoming 17th annual Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, previewing the bands slated to perform while reminiscing about artists whom have previously been showcased under the HHM banner. If you're looking to celebrate the official end of summer in a big way, Downtown Bay City is the place. HHM No. 17 Music Festival is set to kick off the evening of September21st with Indianapolis psych rock trio Karate, Guns & Tanning rocking the Opening Night Party at Old City Hall. The next evening, Cincy synthpop outfit (and returning favorite) Moonbeau will be taking the stage at MI Table. Both Thursday and Friday's music events start at 10 PM, ticket info @ hhmfest.com or the event door. Finally, the weekend's premier music event takes place Saturday, September 23rd at the Dunlop Building (located at 517 Washington Ave., Bay City, MI), and per usual features 3 amazing bands! This year's lineup features Weakened Friends (Portland, ME), LVRS (Lansing, MI) & Kelly Jean Caldwell Band (Detroit, MI).  As a festival we're thrilled to return to the Dunlop Building and transform it into an HHM-style venue for one evening, and bring 3 incredible bands together at this unique location. Last year the atmosphere in the Dunlop Building added to the experience making for an unforgettable live show. Get ready to run it back, Hellions! The show is open to all ages for Pass holders, or admission is $15 at the door, which opens at 8 PM.   HHM 2023 unofficial end-of-summer mix tape: [SIDE A] (1) EOS HHM Intro (2) Moonbeau – All Summer (3) Weakened Friends – Everything is Better (4) Kelly Jean Caldwell Band – Caroline Creature (5) LVRS – Safe Word (6) Karate, Guns & Tanning – Hot Bots [SIDE B] (1) Moving Panoramas – ADD Heart (2) Georgie James – Long Week (3) The Satin Peaches – Well Well Well (4) Passalacqua – At the Party (5) Matt Pond PA – Champagne Supernova [END] Sonic contributors to Lightnin' Licks Radio's Hell's Half Mile Preview bonus episode include: Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, James Todd Smith, Erno the Inferno, Earth. Wind & Fire, Georgie James, John Fusciante, Ratatat, Weakened Friends, Letters To Cleo, Kelly Jean Caldwell Band, The Lemonheads, LVRS, Moonbeau, Karate Guns and Tanning, De La Soul, Mogwai, Seth and Jax Anderson, Passalacqua, Eddie Logix, Boz Scaggz, Matt Pond PA, Leslie Sisson, Moving Panoramas, LCD Soundsystem, James Brown, John Prime, The Mynabirds, George Morris and the Gypsy Chorus, Handgrenades, Jordan Pries, Height Keech, Gershwin and Heyward, Charlie Parker, J. Cole, The Satin Peaches, American television series “The O.C.”, Oasis, Arc of All, The Clockers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

The heat is (dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun) ON! Ending summer with a bang, the award-winning Lickers are discussing what they consider to be some of the most trusted record labels of all time. Even in the digital hellscape that is 2023, a reputable record label can be an important point of interest when discovering new bands, or music that may have been around a while but is new to you. Join the dysfunctional duo in a conversation built around the business entities that bring our favorite music onto our turntables and into our ears. Sonic contributors to the thirty-second episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Brothers Johnson, Lee Moses, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Height Keech, Drizabone, Kavinski, Khruangbin, Mark Mothersbaugh, Brian K., Paul Rubens, Chris Kline, Anthony Fantano, Damien Keyes, Joeski Love, Def Jeff, Dust Brothers, Tone Loc, Young MC, Masters of Reality, The Brand New Heavies, Nadia Davenport, Jimi Hendrix, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, The Strangeloves, The Music Machine, The Ramones, Yaz, Madonna, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Ruzillos, The Human League, Pavement, H.P. Zinker, Beck, Helium, Liz Phair, Peach Kelli Pop, Death Valley Girls, Ty Segall, Habibi, The Summer Twins, Cherry Glazerr, Easy Love, Cursive, Bright Eyes, The Faint, Desaparecidos, Tomberlin, 764-HERO, Modest Mouse, The Paranoyds, The Gun Club, Peanut Butter Wolf, madlib, Jay Dilla, OH NO, Homeboy Sandman, Jonwayne the producer, and John Wayne the famous actor, Georgia Muldrow, Pheobe Bridgers, Stella Donnelly, Faye Webster, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Pale Jay, Kendra Morris, Black Market Brass, Durand Jones, Say She She, Monophonics, The Jive Turkeys, Okonski, Jacko Gardner, Alvvays, American Football, Xiu Xiu, Painted Palms, STRFKR, Adrian Quesada, Ikebe Showdown, robot Biden and The Clockers. Labels We Trust mixtape [SIDE ONE] (1) Painted Palms – Here It Comes [Polyvinyl Records] (2) Pale Jay – By the Lake [Karma Chief c/o Colemine Records] (3) Easy Love – I'll Be Fine [Burger Records] (4) Yoko Ono – Hirake [Secretly Canadian] (5) Homeboy Sandman – America the Beautiful [Stones Throw Records] [SIDE TWO] (1) The Coathangers – Sex Beat [Suicide Squeeze Records] (2) Liz Phair – Mesmerizing [Matador Records] (3) The Pharcyde – She Said [Delicious Vinyl] (4) The Rezillos – (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures [Sire Records] (5) Tomberlin – stoned [Saddle Creek Records] R.I.P. PWH For Ollie.

Random ska-jazz-rock-R&B-rap-house-pop set. Blow, Branford, blow. (1) Ethiopia - Obeah Book / Dub Versions (2) King Tubby - Dancing Dubs (3) The Paragons - On The Beach (4) The Baba Brooks Band - Watermelon Man / Gun Fever (5) Desmond Dekker - Beautiful and Dangerous (6) Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Jungle Lion (7) Yusef Lateef - Like It Is (8) Wu Tang Clan - It's Yourz (9) Def Jef - On The Real Tip (10) Yusek & Bartrand Burgalat - Icare (11) The Brand New Heavies & Black Sheep - State of Yo (12) Cymande - Dove (13) Fugess / Inspectah Deck - Triumph Verse (14) Arrested Development - Ease My Mind (15) Zhane - Hey Mr. DJ (16) Shanice - I Love Your Smile (17) Hall & Oates - Sara Smile (18) Marika Hackman - Playground Love (19) Dwight Twilley Band - Looking for the Magic (20) LCD Soundsystem - i used to (21) The Doors - Summer's Almost Gone. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Your award-winning Lickin' duo is back in action with another bonus episode filled to the brim with sonic recommendations from their personal collections. They also meet up for a pleasant Sunday afternoon conversation with super-special-secret friend Bryan Konieczka at Electric Kitsch to rap about what's been on his turntable as of late. Gold stars all around. Sonic contributors to the fifteenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  random KPM archived K-Mart sounding shit, Brothers Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic Five, DJ Nu-Mark, Zach Braff & Natalie Portman, I Alive, Come, The Posies, The Fugs, The Mugwomps, Iggy & The Stooges, Hank Williams, The Remains, Black Flag, The Undertones, Chris Keys, Billy Woods, Kenny Segal, Open Mike Eagle, Small Faces, Rod Stewart, 7apes, Peace Attack, Arc of All, Liz Phair, The Emotions, Living Colour, Guns-N-Roses, Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters, John Kricfalusi, Chris Reccardi, Jim Smith, Scott Humi, Public Enemy, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Murray Head, Don Cabore, Sammy Turner, J.D. Bryant, Jaye Kennedy, De La Soul, Height Keech…a lot of Height's shit is in the weeds actually…Business Midgets, Abraham Jefferson, M.M. Knapps, Moe Beaver, Bell Biv Devoe, Joe Ely, Black Milk, Simon & Garfunkel, Gary Farmer, David Murray, Ray Angry, ?uestlove, WYNC's Radiolab archive, Charles Bukowski, Johnny Depp, and friend of the pod and enemy of Joe Rogan, Spotify, and hippie-hatin' neocons unnumbered…Neil Young. Jay – Urge Overkill (for Blackie), Earth Girls, Faces, Sam Taylor, Jr. Deon – The Godz, Quelle Chris, Bloodstone, Another Nashville Coma Bryan – Generationals, Bully, Sebadoh, Michael Penn Bonus #15 mixtape: [SIDE A] (1) Filled With Confidence (2) Bully - Day Moves Slow (3) Faces - That's All You Need (4) Quelle Chris - Alive Ain't Always Living (5) Michael Penn - Brave New World (6) Bloodstone - Natural High (7) Urge Overkill - What's This Generation Coming To? (8) It Works! [SIDE B] (1) Sweet Delight (2) Earth Girls - Wrong Side of History (3) The Godz - May You Never Be Alone (4) Generationals - Dirt Diamond (5) Soul of Jesus Christ Superstar / Sam Taylor, Jr. - Heaven On Their Minds (6) Sebadoh - Flame (remix) (7) Another Nashville Coma - Cold. Cold. Cold. (8) Endless Night [end] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Our favorite vinyl records from bands or artists filed under "G". And...GO! In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2022, idiot basement-dwelling, award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-first episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good handle on the alphabet. They had previously utilized the letters A thru F, so naturally, they went with G. Nuthin' But a “G” Thang mixtape:   [SIDE G1] (1) Game Theory - Erica's World (2) Grant Green - We Have Only Just Begun (3) Grazia - Soyle Beni (4) Goodie Mob - Cell Therapy (5) Glitterhouse - I Lost Me a Friend [SIDE G2] (1) Guru featuring Roy Ayers - Take a Look at Yourself (2) Grandaddy - Hewlett's Daughter (3) Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (4) Guadalcanal Diary - 3AM (5) The Goon Sax - Sweaty Hands [END]   Sonic contributors to episode thirty-one of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Cal Tjader, Craig Mack & Co., DJ Evil Dee, The Nonce, Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre & Snoop, Lee Hazelwood, J. Geils Band, some classic Sesame Street ABC bits, White Wedding String Quartet, Milkbone, Geto Boys, The Goon Sax, The Go-Betweens, Guadalcanal Diary, Don Dixon, Marti Jones, L.L. Cool J., Rick Rubin,  DJ Premier, Gang Starr, Roy Ayers, Branford Marsalis, Donald Byrd, Guru, Nena Cherry, The Velvet Underground, Game Theory, The Loud Family, Scott Miller, Let's Active, Goodie Mob, Rob Harvilla, Outkast, Gnarles Barkley, Cee Lo Green, Witch Doctor, The Dungeon Family, Grandaddy, The Alan Parsons Project, Chicago, Grant Green, Rudy Van Gelder, The Jackson Five, The Carpenters, Roger Nichols, Paul Williams, Mozart, Glitterhouse, Slowdive, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terell, The Funk Brothers, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Grazia, Marko Buchar, Murray Head, Andrew Doggett, Andrew Llyod Webber, Tim Rice, The Deviants, The Clockers. *2023 REVIEW magazine fans' choice award for best live-streaming production. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Episode 31 is back after being banned from all streaming platforms. New (the same) and improved (still mid) with certain sonic elements removed (as to not get sued). It's time to find out which LPs and/or 12” singles filed under the letter “G” from Jay & Deon's collections they love most, then rap about the bands behind the vinyl. GO! -- In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted one-time award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-first episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru F, so naturally, they went with G. The “G” mixtape: (A1) Game Theory – Erica's World (A2) Grant Green – We've Only Just Begun (A3) Grazia – Soyle Beni (A4) Goodie Mob – Cell Therapy (A5) Glitterhouse – I Lost me a Friend (B1) Gure featuring Roy Ayers – Take a Look (at Yourself) (B2) Grandaddy – Hewlitt's Daughter (B3) Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man (B4) Guadalcanal Diary – 3 AM (B5) The Goon Sax – Sweaty Hands Sonic contributors to the thirty-first episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio, the letter “G” redux, include: Prince Paul, Brothers Johnson, James Todd Smith, Arc of All and The Source of Light and Power, J. Geils Band, Geto Boys, The Goon Sax, The Go-Betweens, Guadalcanal Diaries, Let's Active, Guru, Roy Ayers, Gangstarr, Donald Byrd, DJ Premier, MC Solar, Game Theory, Loud Family, Goodie Mob, Cee-lo Green, Dungeon Family, Gnarls Barkley, Grandaddy, Jason Lytle, Mercury Rev, All Smiles, Grant Green, Rudy VanGelder, The Carpenters, Glitterhouse, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Young-Holt Unlimited, Grazia, Marco Bachir, also Bachir Attar with Elliot Sharp, Cervo, Radio Trip, Jimmy Buffet, and The Clockers.  *2023 Review magazine readers' choice; best live streaming production   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Bonus episode fourteen features the award-winning Lightnin' Lickers* Jay and Deon sharing what they've been sonically f#@%ing with as of late. A field trip to their record store of choice, Electric Kitsch, finds them seated in conversation with super special not-so-secret friend Trevor. Trev discusses then submits a LLR all-time record of FIVE (5) choice cuts to this month's mixtape. Five? You give an inch… Sonic contributors to the fourteenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include: Townes Van Zandt, the Jesus and Mary Chain, James Todd Smith, Supertramp, Wolf Alice, Jordana, Ohio Players, Arthur Brown, Liquid Mike, Arc of All, Jay Dilla, De La Soul, Madlib, A Tribe Called Quest, Flea, Nada Surf, Illuminated Hotti, Bonnie Hayes, Nic Cage & Deborah Foreman from Valley Girl, The Payolas, The Plimsouls, Yard Waste, John Fahey, Elizabeth Cotton, Sandy Bull, Bert Janache, Davy Graham, Quelle Chris, Aceyalone, Christopher Cross, Dave Coulier, Pesky Kid, The Meters, Elton John, The Neville Brothers, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Adrian Young, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Chico Hamilton, Yesterday's New Quintet, Ronnie Laws, Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, Haim, Gorillaz, Buffalo Springfield, Lee Hazlewood, The Walker Brothers, Josh - Jordo - Deon, Rilo Kiley, Plains, Alabaster DePlume, Led Zepplin, and Kenny Beats. For the mix…Jay brought to the dining room table the musical stylings of:  FAZERDAZE, Pom Pom Squad, Gary Myrick, The Bambi Slam, and Gion Piero Reverberi. Deon suggested cuts from:  Slum Village, Suitcase, and Jenny Lewis. Our super special not-so-secret friend Trevor likes:  Leo Nocentelli, Gary Bartz, Thundercat, Neil Young, and Scott Walker. The wait is over, here's your gawl dang mix tape: [SIDE A] (1) The Bambi Slam – Long Time Coming (2) Thundercat – Friend Zone (3) Pom Pom Squad – Second That (4) Leo Nocentlli – Your Song (5) Slum Village – Look of Love (remix) (6) Gary Myrick – Time To Win [SIDE B] (1) Suitcase – Save Me Some Gravy (2) Scott Walker – It's Raining Today (3) FAZERDAZE – Winter (4) Gary Bartz – Spiritual Ideation (5) Jenny Lewis – Psychos (6) Gion Piero Reverberi – Cat Casanova (7) Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers – Mellow My Mind (live) [END] Q: Is there any bass better than dinosaur fart bass? *Review Magazine's Reader's Choice 2023. Thanks to whomever nominated and voted. You are appreciated. Coziness :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Hi. Our name is Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast. Song titles that are also a person's name is the theme of episode thirty. “Name” that tune. Get it? Join Lickers Jay and Deon as they discuss some of their favorite name songs and the artists responsible for them. Stay healthy out there, Podcast America. Also, check your sump pump(s). Sonic contributors to episode thirty of Lightnin' Lick Radio podcast include:  Lee Moses, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Labi Siffre, Seth McFarlane, Shirley Ellis, Lincoln Chase, Charles Calello, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Parliament Funkadelic, Soul Doctors, Carson Williams, Harry and Roberta Salter, Johnny Oliver Orchestra, Tom Kennedy, Iggy Pop, The Prodigy, War Games, Rare Earth, Timbaland, Joyner Lucas, Bob Edwards, BJ Leiderman, Stuart McLean, Garrison Keillor, Tom Newman, Andrew Bird, Gillian Welch, William Prince, The Undertones, The Specials, That Petrol Emotion, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Nick Lowe, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs, Dwight Twilley Band, Genesis, Drugdealer, Kate Bollinger, Weyes Blood, Masters of Reality, Chris Goss, Kyuss, Little Beaver, Chocolate Clay, Squeeze, Red House Painters, Mark Kozalek, The Cars, Sun Kil Moon, Hot Chocolate, Urge Overkill, George McCrae, Isaac Hayes, Geto Boys, The Clockers, Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon. “Name” That Tune mixtape: [SIDE 1] (1) Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs – Judy (2) Little Beaver – Joey (3) The Undertones – Julie Ocean (4) Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Nadja (5) Squeeze – Vicky Verky [SIDE 2] (1) Drugdealer – Madison (2) Red House Painters – Kavita (3) Hot Chocolate – Emma (4) William Prince – Goldie Hawn (5) Masters of Reality – John Brown [fin.] RECORDED: 04/30/2023  RELEASED 05/07/2023  SPECIAL THANKS: Blue Chair Bay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Lightnin' Licks Vinyl Preservation Society founding members Jay and Deon discuss the records that they've fallen in love with while diving deep into the stories behind these beloved LPs and 45s. Each episode is produced in supersonic stereo as a "mixtape within a mixtape" featuring sounds from your next favorite artist just waiting to be discovered. Tune in and rock out! Lightnin' Licks Radio is powered by Blue Chair Bay. The views expressed during this broadcast are solely that of the Lightnin' Lickers and do not necessarily reflect views held by Kenneth Arnold Chesney, No Shoes Nation, or Blue Chair Bay brand flavored rum liquors. Blue Chair Bay does not officially sponsor Lightnin' Licks Radio. Subscribe to Lightnin' Licks Radio. Drink Blue Chair Bay rum products. Support your local record store. Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice is Electric Kitsch, located at 2106 Kosciuszko Avenue in beautiful Bay City, Michigan, (48708) U.S.A. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

13. Unlucky? Who's to say? Either way, hosts Deon and Jay are more than happy to sip some Blue Chair Bay and share sonic sunshine with all the Lickers out there in Podcast America. Here is what they've been f#@%in' with as of late. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the thirteenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include: Prince Paul / De La Soul / Eddie Murphy / Zack Braff / Natile Portman / Pink Floyd / Cat Power / The Replacements / Husker Du / Goo Goo Dolls / Psychedelic Furs / Jawbox / The Adverts / August Is Falling / Mouth Stuff / Hand Stuff / The Partridge Family / Todd Rundgren / The Crystals / Utopia / David Bowie / Wendy & Carl / Jesus Jones / Majesty Crush / Jazzless / Miss Bliss / King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Jimi Hendrix / Pipe Eye / Q-Tip / ROME / Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Roots / Danger Doom / Pavement / Midnight Reruns / Superdrag / The Rentals / Hayley Williams / Disq / Beck / Phoebe Bridgers / Taylor Swift / Neal Francis / Okonski / David Spade / NAS / Plug 2. Jay brought to the dining room table – Sean Cassidy, Tropical Fuckstorm, MorMor, Muna Deon is currently fucking with – Quiet Slang / Beach Slang, loveliescrushing, Beastie Boys, Danger Mouse & Black Thought featuring MF Doom Super special secret friend Cody suggested – Paramore, My Bloody Valentine, Graham Hunt, Liquid Mike bonus mixtape #13 [side one] (1) Liquid Mike - God Bless The World (2) Shaun Cassidy - Rebel, Rebel (3) loveliescrushing- youreyesimmaculate (4) Muna - Kind Of Girl (5) Danger Mouse & Black Thought featuring MF Doom - Belize (6) Graham Hunt - Atwood [side two] (1) Paramore - Figure 8 (2) MorMor - Chasing Ghosts (3) Quiet Slang/Beach Slang - Throwaways {mix} (4) My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep (5) Tropical Fuckstorm - The Golden Ratio (6) Beastie Boys feat. Q-Tip - Get It Together {Buckwild remix} *thank you, Dave* Send us a voice message. Rate the show. Share with a friend. Be nice to all pets. Party. Use drugs in a responsible manner. Read a fucking book or two. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Recovering from another Valentine's Day hangover, the lovesick Lickers return to once again to play the alphabet game in episode twenty-nine. This time they're discussing their favorite bands and/or artists that are filed away in the “F” section of their vinyl collections. Hot s#!t! In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2022, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good handle on the alphabet. They had previously utilized the letters A thru E, so naturally, they went with F. Fan-f#@%ing-tastic. The ”F” mixtape: [SIDE F1] (1) Radio Fuzz Intro #1 (2) Fay Ray – (Waiting For The) Heatwave (3) The Friends Of Distinction – And I Love Him (4) Lupe Fiasco – MS. MURAL (5) Fifty Foot Hose – Rose (6) Michael Fennelly – Easy To Love [SIDE F2] (1) Radio Fuzz Intro #2 (2) Fuzzbox – Love Is The Slug (3) First Aid Kit – Wild Horses II (4) Weather Report (5) The Fatback Band – Love (6) Fetchin' Bones – Steamwhistle (7) Flight Of The Conchords – Hurt Feelings (8) The Segregator Official Motion Picture Trailer [END] Sonic Contributions to Episode 29 of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses / Holland-Dozier-Holland / James Todd Smith / The Nu'rons / Dixie's Land / King Geedorah / The Basement Khemist / Tobe Nwigwe / Diamond Jim / Cookie Monster / Fetchin' Bones / Guadalcanal Diary / The United States of America / Fifty Foot Hose / Jefferson Airplane / Fay Ray / The Police / Mattiel / The Rutts / Flight Of The Conchords / Tenacious D / Fuzzbox / Norman Greenbaum / Wet Leg / Roxy Music / First Aid Kit / Leonard Cohen / The Rolling Stones / Graham Parsons / The Flying Burrito Brothers / Gotye / Kimbra / Anna Ternheim / Michael Fennelly / Crabby Appleton / The Millennium / Sagittarius / The Fatback Band / The Blackbyrds / Neil Sedaka / Hugh Masekela / The Friends Of Distinction / The Five Stairsteps / The Beatles / Celeste Legaspi / Lupe Fiasco / DJ Evil Dee / G Herbo / King Von / Nayirah / Arc Of All / Todd Louiso & John Cusak (High Fidelity) / APM stock trailer score / Tucker Carlson / Alex Jones / The Clockers. Recorded 02/19/23. Released 02/26/2023. LLR Cover Art by Bryan Konieczka. Episode Art by M.M. Knapps. ***please consider leaving us a voice message*** Lightnin' Licks Radio does not condone the historical social policy of segregation. Vinyl records can, however, be segregated by the race of the artist or band to more easily reorganize them into genres and subgenres. Again, segregation is not good. Deon is not a segregationist. But he is "the Segregator". RATE US! TELL A FRIEND! BE KIND & REWIND! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Contains segments from Valentine's Day-themed Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast episodes #'s 6 (“Heartache”), 13 (“Teenage Love Story”), and 20 (“Love Is…”). Sonic contributors to this supplementary bonus episode include: Eddie Holman / Beastie Boys / Luther Ingram / Ponderosa Twins + One / Dream City Film Club / Father John Misty / George Peppard & Audrey Hepburn ("Breakfast At Tiffany's") / The Cure / Cortney Love (the person)'s band Hole / Courtney Love (the band) / Snail Mail / AIR / Common / J Dilla / Bobby Caldwell / Huey Lewis & The News / Eazy E / Violent Femmes / Book Of Love / Matt Pond PA / Oasis / Lou Reed / The Velvet Underground / L.L. Cool J / Outkast / UGK / Marvin Gaye / Gram Parsons / The Byrds / Emmy Lou Harris / Big Star / Chris Bell / Sufjan Stevens / The Merry Go Rounds / Emitt Rhodes / Will Oldham / Bonnie “Prince” Billy / The Sylvers / Lafayette Afro Rock Band / Lushus Daim & The Pretty Vain / The Time / Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam / Bobby Womack / The Valentinos / The Rolling Stones / The Flight Of The Concords / J.J. Johnson / Lenny Kravitz / James Taylor / Dave Hamilton & His Peppers / Tom Petty / The Heartbreakers / Max Julien & Sandra Brown ("The Mack"). Valentine's Day MegaMix: [SIDE 1} (1) Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Careless Love (2) Sufjan Stevens – All Of Me Wants All Of You (3) Emitt Rhodes – You Should Be Ashamed (4) Courtney Love – The 2nd Most Beautiful Girl In The World (5) Lou Reed – I Love You (6) Matt Pond PA – Specks (7) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Wild One, Forever [SIDE 2] (1) UGK featuring Outkast – Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (2) Book Of Love – You Make Me Feel So Good (3) Bobby Womack – That's The Way I Feel About ‘Cha (4) Lushes Daim and the Pretty Vain – The One You Love (5) Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos. HAPPY VALENTIMEZ DAY WEEKEND, LICKERS! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

The dirty dozenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio features a glut of eclectic sonic selections curated by hosts Jay and Deon with special guest and “wee fanboy” of the pod, Philly Josh. As always, a crackin' mixtape is available at the end of the episode. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to this dirty dozenth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Marvin, DJ NuMark, Jurassic Five, Dave Matthews Band, Brothers Johnson, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Frank DeVol, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Unnatural Funk Band, Jay Dilla, Jungle Brothers, The Cure, Sweet, Freddie Mercury, Bernie Taupin, Mike Ronson, Jake the Flake, Insane Clown Posse, Esham, Dayton Family, Sleaford Mods, Ought, The Kinks, Cowboy Junkies, Gang Starr, Da Lench Mob, The Bomb Squad, Wiz Khalifa, Drugdealer, robot narrator Snoop, Shuggie Otis, and Charles Bukowski. For the mix, Jay brought to the dining room table, Hot Hot Heat, Material Issue, China Crisis, Squirrel Flower, and The Blackbyrds. Deon suggested tunes from Elton John, Sag Nasty, and Adrian Quesada. Our not-so-secret super special friend Josh likes Dry Cleaning, Cola, and Circuit Rider. Bonus # 12 mixtape [SIDE A] (1) Sag Nasty Intro (2) Sag Nasty – Doe & Gold {edit} (2) Hot Hot Heat – Oh, Goddamnit! (3) Cola – Fulton Park (4) Squirrel Flower – Roadkill (5) Adrian Quesada featuring College of Knowledge – Eso No Lo He Dicho Yo (5) China Crisis – The Highest High [SIDE B] (1) Hank's Words of Wisdom Intro (2) Circuit Rider – Speed {edit} (3) Elton John – All The Nasties (4) The Blackbyrds – Love Is Love (5) Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard (6) Material Issue – Going Through Your Purse [END] Thank you, Josh. Leave us a goddamn voice message. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Season friggin' FIVE. Episode twenty-dang-EiGHT. We're all likely still hungover from the bounty of sonic goodness 2022 offered us. What a wonderful year of music! What is the perfect way to celebrate such solid slate of new musical releases? Well…dig into the leftovers, of course! Special guest licker Josh joins Jay and Deon to discuss great records that found their way into our ears, hearts, paws, and ultimately our collections in 2022; sort of a follow-up to our year-in-review, if you will. Make yourself a plate, this episode and its accompanying mixtape is guaranteed to be delicious. Chef's kiss. “Leftovers” mixtape [SIDE 1] (1) Alabaster DePlume – Don't Forget You're Precious (2) Deap Vally – Magic Medicine (3) Phife Dawg featuring Lyric Jones – Residual Curiosities (4) Plains – Line of Sight (5) SAULT – The Circle [SIDE 2] (1) Film School – Stratospheric Tendencies (2) Billy Woods – No Hard Feelings (3) Crossword Smiles – Parallel Lines (4) A.O. Gerber – Mount Washington Phone Company (5) SAULT – Run [END] Sonic Contributors to the 28th episode of Lightning Licks Radio podcast include: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / JAMES TODD SMITH / DENNIS LLOYD / MAT WEASEL / FATBOY SLIM / NO DOUBT / ETHAN KLEIN / HASAN PIKER / JAMIE GRACE / DEAP VALLY / JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR. / DEAP LIPS / THE FLAMING LIPS / THE WHITE STRIPES / ROYAL BLOOD / SAULT / BILLY WOODS / ARMAND HAMMER / FILM SCHOOL / ALABASTER DEPLUME / ALICE COLTRANE / WAXAHATCHEE / JESS WILLIAMSON / PLAINS / A.O. GERBER / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / 9TH WONDER / MASTER P & THE NO LIMIT SOLDIERS / MARK RONSON / MYSTIKAL / RANDOM NEWS REPORTER / ROCKWELL / MICHAEL JACKSON / PHIFE DAWG / LYRIC JONES / CROSSWORD SMILES / THE OMAHA INTROVERT / THE LEGAL MATTERS / TEENAGE FANCLUB / NADA SURF / ARC OF ALL / THE CLOCKERS / MARLEY MARL. Special thanks to guest Licker Josh. Send us a goddamn voice message, you animals! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

EPISODE 27: Top twenty-two albums of 2022 (Year-In-Review) Jay and Deon each reveal their top eleven vinyl releases of this past year. As is tradition. Jay's Top Eleven: #11 Nilufer Yanya – PAINLESS #10 Mattiel – Georgia Gothic #9 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms #8 Whitney – SPARK #7 Interpol – The Other Side of Make-Believe #6 Hatchie – Giving The World Away #5 Shout Out Louds – House #4 Julia, Julia – Derealization #3 Momma – Household Name #2 Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow #1 Winter – What Kind of Blue Are You? Deon's Top Eleven: #11 MICHELLE – AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS #10 The Chats – Get Fucked #9 Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers #8 Wet Leg – Wet Leg #7 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down #6 Say She She – Prism #5 Broken Bells – Into The Blue #4 Kurt Vile – (watch my moves) #3 Alex G – God Save The Animals #2 Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyes See Your Future #1 Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You Sonic contributors to Lightnin' Licks Radio's twenty-two for '22 Year-In-Review episode and mixtape include: Lee Moses. Holland Dozier Holland. L.L. Cool J. Andrew Bird. Gus Lombardo. Tom Waits. Rob Reiner. Ric Parnell. The Irish Rovers. U2. Larry Fleet. Oliver from the "Deep Cuts" YouTube channel. J. Cole. Biggie Smalls. Height Keech. The Pixies. Nilufer Yanya. Mattiel. MICHELLE. En Vogue. The Chats. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Whitney. The Smith Westerns. The goddamn Beatles. Kendrick Lamar. Wet Leg. Passalacqua. Interpol. Hatchie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Perfume Genius. Piya Malik. Say She She. Shout Out Louds. Peter Bjorn & John. Julia, Julia. Broken Bells. The Shins. Kurt Vile. Mama. Weyes Blood. (Sandy) Alex G. Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Denzel Curry. Gizzle. Bren Joy. 454. Buzzy Lee. Pachyman. Winter. The Sundays. Big Thief. Will Ferrell. Duncan Lamont. Stephen Grey. The Clockers. Eazy-E. Ali Alexander. Beastie Boys. The World's Famous Supreme Team. Big Bird, Brian Eno, random wooks. Thank you for a wonderful year of sharing music with friends. We love you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Lightnin' Lickers Deon and Jay have curated a 90-minute mixtape containing songs selected from their favorite vinyl releases of 2022. Enjoy! [EXPLICIT CONTENT] Twenty-two for '22 all-vinyl mixtape: [DEON SIDE] (1) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Tidal River (2) MICHELLE – MESS U MADE (3) Hatchie – Quicksand (4) Kendrick Lamar – Mirror (5) Julia, Julia – Where Have You Been? (6) Wet Leg – Angelica (7) Weyes Blood – Children of the Empire (8) Kurt Vile – Fo Sho (9) Mattiel – Lighthouse (10) Alex G – Miracles (11) Broken Bells – Love On The Run {45:00} [JAY SIDE] (1) Say She She – Prism (2) Whitney – MEMORY (3) Nilufer Yanya – midnight sun (4) Interpol – Mr. Credit (5) Big Thief – Change (6) Shout Out Louds – High As A Kite (7) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Burning (8) Denzel Curry – Walkin (9) Momma – Speeding 72 (10) Winter – write it out (11) The Chats – The Price Of Smokes {45:00} [fin.] Additional appearances by: Eazy-E, Ali Alexander, Beastie Boys, The World's Famous Supreme Team, Big Bird, Brian Eno, random wooks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Quite frankly and if we're being totally honest, episode 26 is 100% underrated. The songs selected for the end-of-episode mixtape all originally appeared on underrated albums in their respective band or artist's discographies. Tune in and show some love to some classic LPs that are sadly too often overlooked. Sonic contributors to episode twenty-six of Lightnin' Licks Radio include: Lee Moses / Holland-Dozier-Holland / L.L. Cool J / Pink Floyd / David Bowie / Led Zeppelin / Anthony Fantano / Offset / Throwing Muses / The Breeders / Belly / The Rolling Stones / Sly and the Family Stone / T. Rex / Mott / De La Soul / Prince Paul / The JBs / Lou Rawls / Slave / Jay Dilla / Television / Neil Young / Crazy Horse / XTC / Tony! Toni! Tone! / Raphael Saadiq / DJ Quick / Mott the Hoople / British Lions / Pavement / The Clockers. underrated LPs mixtape: [SIDE 1] (1) T. Rex – Electric Slim and the Factory Hen (2) De La Soul – I Am I Be (3) XTC – Wake Up (4) Sly & the Family Stone – If This Room Could Talk (5) The Rolling Stones – Winter [SIDE 2} (1) Throwing Muses – Dragonhead (2) Television – Days (3) Tony! Toni! Tone! Featuring DJ Quick – Let's Get Down (4) Neil Young – Hippie Dream (5) Mott – Shouting and Pointing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

This is what happens when two music nerds leave their mics on in between takes and talk about...football? Happy Thanksgiving! Sonic contributors to "Sports." include: Sparks / gameplay from NES's Tecmo Super Bowl video game cartridge. It should be noted: Since poo-pooing the big city kitties in the Lightning Licks studio, the Detroit Lions are 3-1. Forward down the field. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

What happens when mics are left on in between takes. "I don't wanna fight anybody. I want to fist fight everybody." Sonic contributors to this podcast outtake include: PiL / Herbie Hancock / Stu Gardner / W. Kamau Ball / Hannibal Buress / Eshu Tune / Vernon Reid / Pat Finnerty / Danny Boyle / Sex Pistols. We Need to Talk About Cosby is available on SHOWTIME and Google Play. The Public Image Is Rotten is available on The Roku Channel Pistol is available on FX and hulu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Bonus eleven is dope. The Lickers speak with their super-secret special friend _________ (shhhhh...it's a secret) about what they've been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. Whoa now. Hot $h!t. Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the 11th bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: Redd Foxx / DJ Nu-Mark / Jurassic 5 / Dave Matthews Band / Zach Braff / Natile Portman / SAULT / Carolina Barlow / Ron Burgundy / Neil Young / Euro Trash Girl / Lana Del Rey / Tonya Donnelly / Heidi Gluck / mf Doom / Freddie Gibbs / Prince Paul / Peanut Butter Wolf / 10cc / Supertramp / Michael Jackson / J. Geils / Bernard Wright / will.i.am / Black Eyed Peas / Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg / J Dilla / A Tribe Called Quest / Easy Moe Bee / Isaac Hayes / Notorious B.I.G. / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / The Buzzcocks / Magazine / The Vains / Dave Kendall / John Lydon / Classix Nouveaux / The Railway Children / Forth Wanderers /Chris Spedding / The Tuff Darts / The Shakin' Pyramids / Ozzy Osborne / Cheap Trick / John Candy / Marshall Crenshaw / Link Wrey / Psychedelic Furs / L.A. Witch / New Order / Midnight Oil / Seals and Croft / Eric Burdon and WAR / Crosby Stills and Nash / Bob Dylan / James Taylor / The Temptations / Nick Lowe Jay – the Watson Twins / Godley and Crème / Robert Gordon / INXS / the Isley Brothers Deon – Madlib, Tom Browne, the Paranoyds Our super secret friend Peter Brian Barry – Barry Adamson / Trashcan Sinatras / Tanukachan [SIDE A] (1) The Paranoyds – Freak Out (2) INXS – Not Enough Time (3) The Isley Brothers – Fire And Rain (4) Tanukichan – Lazy Love (5) Madlib – Medicine Show Mix (6) Godley & Crème – I Pity Inanimate Objects [Side B] (1) Tom Browne – Funkin' For Jamaica (2) Barry Adamson – The Vibes Ain't Nothin' But The Vibes (3) Robert Gordon – Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die (4) The Watson Twins – Powderfinger (5) Trashcan Sinatras – One At A Time [fin.] Thanks, Peter. You rule! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

LLR REWIND #5 features an excerpt from episode 4 of Lightnin' Licks Radio where Deon and special guest Cody discuss individuals in their lives who have served as musical influencers, those beautiful souls responsible for shaping their musical tastes. For Cody, a surprising number of said influencers all entered his life during his first abbreviated stint as a student at Northern Michigan University. Cody has since returned to the university and completed his studies, but the sonic impact made by those special friends remains intact. If you aren't streaming on Spotify, you can view the video here on YouTube. Check out Cody's musical projects YUM, Ampersand Castles, Yard Waste, and the kick ass band he most recently formed with friends at NMU, Liquid Mike on bandcamp. Much of the supplemental artwork / photos featured in the video were created by Cody as well. Very little to nothing was used with permission. Better to ask forgiveness. Sonic contributors to LLR REWIND #5 include: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / L.L. COOL J. / MARVIN GAYE / EAZY E / SLICK RICK / JAM MASTER JAY / THE BOMB SQUAD / BEASTIE BOYS / DJ EVIL DEE / ISAAC HAYES / HEIGHT KEECH / YUM / RZA / GHOSTFACE KILLA / M.M. KNAPPS/ PILE / AMPERSAND CASTLES / HOOVER / NEIL YOUNG / JOHN FAHEY / SANDY BULL / STRIKERS. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

Back from September sabbatical, the Lickers return for episode 25, playin' the alphabet game again. This time they're discussing their favorite bands or artists that are filed under “E” in their vinyl collections. Praise be. In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2022, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They had already utilized the letters A thru D, so naturally, they went with E. Genius. The Filed Under “E” mixtape: [SIDE E-1] (1) EPMD – You Gots To Chill (2) The Easybeats – Sorry (3) EMA – When She Comes (4) Eye To Eye – Nice Girls (5) Ertlif – Camargue [SIDE D-2] (1) The Exploding Hearts – Modern Kicks (2) The Easy Side Kids – I See I Am (3) Yvonne Elliman – Muesli Dreams (4) The Electric Chairs – Rock-N-Roll Resurrection (5) Hazel English – Never Going Home SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 25 OF LIGHTNIN' LICKS RADIO INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / L.L. COOL J / ARC OF ALL / SOUNDS OF SHEA / DJ SHADOW / TOASTERS ‘N' MOOSE / MORGAN FREEMAN / THE DOORS / MAC DAVIS / DAVID BOWIE / THE BEATLES / ERTLIF / PROCOL HARUM / YES / EYE TO EYE / STEELY DAN / EPMD / MANTRONIX /NAS / MA$E / DIDDY / MIAMI SOUND MACHINE / NAS / KOOL & THE GANG / DAZ / BEASTIE BOYS / THE EXPLODING HEARTS / THE ADVERTS / THE NERVES / BUZZCOCKS / FLAMIN' GROOVIES / E L A / THE EASYBEATS / MERV GRIFFIN / AC/DC / JAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS / THE SEX PISTOLS / YVONNE ELLIMAN / THE JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTARS PLAYERS / FATBOY SLIM / PETE TOWNSEND / THE EAST SIDE BOYS / GIANT CRAB / MARS BONFIRE / HAZEL ENGLISH / JOHN CAMERON / MADLIB / MARVIN GAYE / THE CLOCKERS. RECORDED: 10/23/2022 RELEASED: 10/29/2022 COVER ART: M.M. KNAPPS & THE ELECTRIC CO. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

LLR REWIND #4 features an excerpt from episode 4 of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast, where Jay and Deon pay homage to some of the unsung sonic taste-shapers that inspired them to embark on their lifelong musical journeys. Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and CCR were all introduced into the soundtrack of Jay's life by a neighbor he met through a chance summer encounter. Who in your life is most responsible for strengthening your relationship with the music you now love? Sonic contributors to LLR REWIND # 4 include: Lee Moses / Brothers Johnson / L.L. Cool J / Marvin Gaye / Slick Rick / Beastie Boys / Jam Master Jay / Vance Wright / Seals & Croft / The Main Ingredient / Cream / Alice Cooper / The Partridge Family / Led Zeppelin / KISS If you are not streaming on Spotify, view the video here on YouTube. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message

LLR REWIND #3 features a discussion from Episode 11 of Lightnin' Licks Radio, “Rock Show”. 2020 was certainly a challenging year for music fanatics, especially for that rare breed of SUPER fan who only exists to attend live concert events. To honor said legion of dedicated music enthusiasts who have been kept from witnessing their favorite artists rock out on stage, Jay and Deon discussed some of their all-time favorite rock show moments. In this excerpt, Jay's memories of witnessing U2 perform at the LA Coliseum during their 1987 Joshua Tree Tour takes center stage. If not streaming on Spotify, you can view the video here on YouTube. Sonic Contributors to the third LLR REWIND video include: Brothers Johnson / L.L. Cool J. / Dynasty / U2 / The Pretenders / The Smiths / The Dust Brothers / Beastie Boys/ The Eagles / The Band / The Fatback Band. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llradio/message