POP Goes The World!
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 27, 2013
Wednesday Nov 27, 2013
So it's been cold, and frosty, and overcast, and raining all day long, and it looks like it'll be this way for a few days, so I'm going to take it upon myself to supply the sunshine!
You're welcome.
click "LISTEN NOW" then grab your sunglasses and bask in the warmth!
Song
Artist
Album
Year
Sun Is Out
The Apples In Stereo
New Magnetic Wonder
2007
When The Sun Comes
Skidmore Fountain
Cloudless Blue
2009
Until We Burn In The Sun (the kids just want a love song)
Bedouin Soundclash
Street Gospels
2007
Another Sunny Day
Belle & Sebastion
The Life Pursuit
2006
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Everyday Sunshine
Fishbone
Reality Of My Surroundings
1991
Here Comes The Sun (Beatles cover)
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Who Is, This is?
1994
California Sun (The Rivieras cover)
The Ramones
Leave Home
1977
Sun Bridge
Royal Bangs
Brass
2013
Everything Looks Better In The Sun
Obits
Moody, Standard, and Poor
2011
Setting Sun
Drop City
Magic Transistor Radio
1995
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Tame The Sun
Male Bonding
Endless Now
2011
Close To The Sun
The Grip Weeds
Strange Change Machine
2010
Setting Sun
The Aliens
Astronomy For Dogs
2007
Sun Kissed Bliss
Splashh
Comfort
2013
Higher Than The Sun
Peace
In Love
2013
Sunday Sun
The Cinematics
A Strange Education
2007
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Don't Look Back Into The Sun
The Libertines
Don't Look Back Into The Sun
2003
Sunshine Girl
The Dirtbombs
Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!
2013
Staring At The Sun
Ultra Vivid Scene
Joy 1967-1990
1990
Always The Sun
The Stranglers
Dreamtime
1986
Sometimes The Sun
Lashes
Get It
2006
Watching The Sun Come Up
Ed Harcourt
From Every Sphere
2003
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Sun Goes Down
The Futureheads
The Chaos
2010
Sunshine On Me
Vampire Beach Babes
Beach Blanket Bedlam!
2004
Setting Sun
The Chemical Brothers
Dig Your Own Hole
1997
Sun
Caribou
Swim
2010
Sunny (Bobby Hebb cover)
Montefiori Cocktail
A Taste Of...Part II
2006
You're Always The Sun
Supreme Beings Of Leisure
Supreme Beings Of Leisure
2000
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Sun Will Shine (Warmth Of The Sunship Version)
Akron/Family
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
2009
Staring At The Sun
TV On The Radio
Young Liers
2003
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Touch The Sun
Original Soulboy
2001
Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
Good evening boys and girls, I'm The Power Pop Commander and I'm here to vanquish your angst and irony!
That's right, I've got minor chords and I'm not afraid to use them!
Song
Artist
Album
Year
Gonna Let You Down
Queen Electric
Queen Electric
Rock & Roll Submarine
Urge Overkill
Rock & Roll Submarine
2011
Rebel In You
Supergrass
Diamond Hoo Ha
2008
Unstoppable
Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam
2010
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Change Her Mind
Peachfuzz
Catch Your Snap
2007
Wesley Station
The Webstirs
So Long
2008
Big Black Mouth
The June
Magic Circles
2009
Dropping The Bombs
Class Three Overbite
Horses For Courses
2008
Who's Running My Ranch
Robert Pollard
Jack Sells The Cow
2012
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Streetlight
Derby
Posters Fade
2008
The Descent
Bob Mould
Silver Age
2012
Vicious Circle
The Evil Eye
2011
Like A Vibration
The Whigs
Mission Control
2008
The Trouble In Keeping Up With The Joneses
The Telepathic Butterflies
Breakfast In Suburbia
2008
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The Swan
Cheatahs
Extended Plays
2013
Goes Around
Rockfour
Memories Of The Never Happened
2007
Do You Want It All?
Two Door Cinama Club
Tourist History
2010
Special Shades
French Films
White Orchid
2013
Tokyo
Telekinesis
Telekinesis
2009
My Body (is a strange place to live)
Friendly Foes
Born Radical
2008
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Her Camera
Oranjuly
Oranjuly
2010
React
Rob Bonfiglio
Bring On The Happy
2008
Swings & Roundabouts
Farrah
Farrah
2010
Isn't There
The Grapes Of Wrath
High Road
2013
Two Ways Out
Darker My Love
2
2008
Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart
Fountains Of Wayne
Sky Full Of Holes
2011
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The Whale
The Dress Whites
My God, The Shame!
2007
Breaking In Two
Doug Gillard
2011
Sorry
The Smithereens
2011
2011
Take Back The City
Snow Patrol
A Hundred Million Suns
2008
Teardrop Guitar
Crocodiles
Crimes Of Passion
2013
Crushed Like A Car
Army Navy
Crushed EP
2013
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Violet!
Jerry Messersmith
The Reluctant Graveyard
2010
Wednesday Nov 13, 2013
Wednesday Nov 13, 2013
Hmmm, so today is 11/12/13.
I wonder what my show should be about tonight?
"Can't Wait One Minute More"
Civ
Set Your Goals (1995)
"Two-Headed Coin"
Obits
I Blame You (2009)
"Neighborhood #3"
Arcade Fire
Funeral (2004)
"Four Leaf Clover"
Old 97's
Too Far To Care (1997)
"Five Feet Of Snow"
The Dirty Secrets
The Dirty Secrets (2008)
"Six Legged Man"
Black Francis
Nonstoperotik (2010)
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"The Magnificent Seven"
The Clash
Sandinista! (1980)
"Eight Miles High" (Byrds cover)
Husker Du
Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense At All EP (1990)
"Nine Things Everybody Knows"
Q and not U
No Kill No Beep Beep (2000)
"News At Ten"
The Vapors
New Clear Days (1980)
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"Eleven Years"
Wolfgang Press
Funky Little Demons (1995)
"The Twelve Steps"
Spiritualized
Let It Come Down (2001)
"V Thirteen"
Big Audio Dynamite
No. 10, Upping St. (1987)
"14th Of July"
Shout Out Louds
Optica (2013)
"Fifteen"
Standard Fare
The Novelle Beat (2010)
"Sixteen"
The Heavy
The House That Dirt Built (2009)
"Seventeen Years"
Ratatat
Ratatat (2004)
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"Eighteen With A Bullet"
The Realistics
Eighteen With A Bullet (2012)
"Nineteen In Naples"
Jonathan Richman
I'm So Confused (1998)
"The Twentysomething"
Simple Kid
2 (2007)
"21 For The Money"
Car Bomb
Locked & Cocked (1996)
"22 Dreams"
Paul Weller
22 Dreams (2008)
"23 Below"
Jon Auer
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"Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill"
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
101 Damnations (1989)
"25 O'Clock"
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (1987)
"Section 26 (We Crawl)"
The Polyphonic Spree
The Fragile Army (2007)
"B27"
The Toasters
New York Fever (2005)
"Forever 28"
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Mirror Traffic (2011)
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"29"
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Mainstream (1987)
"30 Century Man"
Scott Walker
Scott 3 (1969
"Thirty One Today"
Aimee Mann
@#%&*! Smilers (2008)
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"32 Flavors"
Ani DiFranco
Not A pretty Girl (1995)
Wednesday Nov 06, 2013
Wednesday Nov 06, 2013
I'm sorry to report that October and I are no longer seeing each other.
http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/11548/
http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/11598/
Sadly, we broke up this past Thursday, and she moved out on Friday.
I knew it wouldn't last. These fall romances rarely do.
There's something significantly poignant, and bittersweet about nursing a broken heart amidst the colorful, dying fall foliage (even if it is over a "girlfriend" that's actually a conceptual ideal).
Still, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get all Lloyd Dobler and hoist the metaphorical boom box outside of October's window!
Song
Artist
Album
Year
If You Don't Love Me
Prefab Sprout
A Life Of Surprises: The Best Of Prefab Sprout
1992
Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
C-60
1997
Goodbye Girl
Squeeze
Cool for Cats
1978
Can't Get Used To Losing You (Andy Williams cover)
The English Beat
I Just Can't Stop It
1980
The Bed's Too Big Without You
The Police
Reggatta de Blanc
1979
Ever Fallen In Love (Buzzcocks cover)
Nouvelle Vague
Bande A Part
2006
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13 Valleys (live acoustic)
Big Country
Without The Aid Of A Safety Net
1995
Concrete Bed
Nada Surf
The Weight Is A Gift
2005
Cut Flowers
The Smithereens
11
1989
This House Is Not For Sale
Ryan Adams
Love Is Hell
2004
If I Can't Change Your Mind
Sugar
Copper Blue
1992
Winter
The Dodos
Visiter
2008
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Over and Done With
The Proclaimers
This Is The Story
1987
Gone To Stay
Ursula Points
Light Up A Galaxy
2007
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)
The Swans
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1988
Feeling Oblivion
Turin Brakes
The Optimist LP
2001
Pitseleh
Elliott Smith
XO
1998
You Don't Make It Easy Babe
Josh Ritter
Hello Starling
2003
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(When You) Call Me
The Style Council
Live! The Style Council Home & Abroad
1986
Fools In Love/For Your Love (live)
Joe Jackson
2000-Summer In The City (Live In New York)
2000
I Scare Myself
Thomas Dolby
The Flat Earth
1984
Slimcea Girl
Mono
Formica Blues
1998
And I Remember Every Kiss
Jens Lekman
Night Falls Over Kortedala
2007
Your Face
The Frames
Fitzcarraldo
1996
All My Love
Mark Eitzel
Don't Be A Stranger
2012
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Sorry Waltz
Hezekiah Jones
Bread Of Teeth
2009
The Last
The Replacements
All Shook Down
1990
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime (The Korgis cover)
Beck
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (soundtrack)
2004
I Can Tell
Michael Penn
Resigned
1997
Days That Are Gone
Sondre Lerche
Two Way Monologue
2004
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Not The One
François Virot
Yes or No
2008