The Weak In Rock

Last year I made a feeble, furtive attempt at podcasting and figured out two things:

1. I’m not vain enough to think that anyone really wants to listen to me yammer.
2. Audio files take up a buttload of file server space.

But I still like the idea of doing internet radio shows. So I came to the conclusion that I would try again once I got the right tools, so here goes folks. The Weak In Rock Radio Hour, vol. 1.

Here’s the playlist and some commentary:

• James Brown - Out of Sight: I’ve said it many times; I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t feel like dancing the minute they hear a good James Brown song and this is a great one.
• Lewis Black - Homeland Security: I agree, Tom Ridge had all the leadership qualities of a rodent.
• Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots: just a damned fine and funky song.
• Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation: often immitated, never improved upon.
• Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water: overplayed to death when I was a kid, but still one of the immortal guitar riffs.
• Paul McCartney & Wings - You Gave Me The Answer: pure pop goodness.
• Adam Ant - Apollo 9: one of the most fun and silliest songs of the 80s
• Van Halen - So This Is Love: oh how the mighty have fallen. Just listen to that guitar.
• Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat: more danceable goodness.
• Chuck Berry - Havana Moon: ok, so he likes to poop on people, that doesn’t make his music any less great.
• Hayseed Dixie - Christine Sixteen: for some this would be sacrilege, for me it’s a massive improvement.
• Santo & Johnny - Sleepwalk: i love surf instrumentals to death and this is a great one.
• Tom T. Hall - I Like Beer: silly.
• The Who - See Me Feel Me: another song that got played to death when I was a kid, but hardly sees the light of day these days.
• The Pixies - River Euphrates: 90s alternarock goodness.
• OutKast - Knowing: funny how I keep referring to this band here every December.
• Buzzcocks - I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life: pop punk glory at its finest.
• Kristen Hersh - Sundrops: just gorgeous music.
• The Replacements - Answering Machine: back when Paul Westerberg could do heartbreaking at the drop of a hat.

That’s all folks. Happy holidays.