The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 34: “A New Birth of Freedom”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 34: “A New Birth of Freedom”

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Intro

“Roadrunner” by the Modern Lovers

Set 1

“There’s a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be” by John Wesley Harding

“Burning the Bowery” by Jesse Malin

“Honolulu Blues” by Craig Finn

“Dirty Rain” by Ryan Adams

Set 2

“Lonely Boy” by the Black Keys

“By Your Hand” by Los Campesinos!

“Boom Boom Mancini” by Warren Zevon

“Gotta Go” by Oberhofer

“Nodding Off” by Wavves (featuring Best Coast)

Set 3

“Revolution Girls” by Mariachi El Bronx

“Hanuman” Rodrigo y Gabriela

“Join the Evolution” by Servotron

“Roll (Dance) with Me Henry” by Etta James

“North Side Gal” by JD McPherson

Set 4

“Midnight City” by M83

“Sail Away” by the Rapture

“Palms Will Smoke in Cold Air” by the Pica Beats

Set 5

“Stranded” by the Saints

“Past Tense” by Student Teachers

“La Costa Brava” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Outro

“The Neighbor” by Jason Falkner

UPDATED: The Sonic Parthenon Show Returns (Probably) January 29.

One year ago, we embarked on a new adventure. The scribe turned amateur mp3-jockey. And what we did was bang out 33 episodes over about 45 weeks (someone else can do the math). That should have worked out to 66 hours of rock n roll and mindless banter. Instead it worked out to about 10,364 hours (don't do the math on that one). Then we had to take a bit of a break, not just for the holidays and the football playoffs, but because SPHQ took a hike. The Brookly-Born One-Time Brooklyn Scenester is still in Brooklyn but in more hospitable environs. As it worked out, our equipment had an "upgrade" (it remains to be seen if that is really the case) but it appears it is indeed something of an improvement for the purposes of giving you a faithful rock n roll radio show.

And so it is now the case that Pennypacker can announce to you the return of the Sonic Parthenon Show, scheduled for January 29, 2012. 7PM Eastern. (Why the change to one hour earlier? two words: Downtown Abbey) It'll be a double celebration show: a one year anniversary and of the new digs. Also, like when we started, we'll take another week off for the Super Bowl. But maybe we can do something on the fly Super Bowl weekend to tide you over...we can do that now. In fact, we think we can even do all of this LIVE. Which means anything can happen.

 In the meantime, don't forget we have a podcast feed at http://kupad.net/thorradio/sonicparthenon/rss.xml

Casey Shea; Luke Wesley @ Rockwood II

Casey Shea; Luke Wesley @ Rockwood II New York, NY - January 13, 2012

 Another year, another first concert at Rockwood, though Pennypacker's first at the new deluxe set-up. And another year, and another celebration of a friend's birthday at said site, once again with the catchy hooks of Luke Wesley ("Pretty Boy" ought to be a hit) and this time with the HEY-IT'S-A-ROCK-N-ROLL-BAND punch of Casey Shea. The latter instantly called up the following: the Faces, Exile on Main Street, Nick Lowe, and Black Crowes. That's enough of a spectrum to get the job done and boy howdy did these cats get the job done.

A Slight Hiatus (probably)

If you've already heard the last show of the year, you heard me say that we're going on a brief hiatus. We're off the two holiday weekends, which is nothing stark, but we may be off for a few more weekends after that. Upcoming playoffs may have something to do with it but more immediate is that Sonic Parthenon Headquarters is moving.

Brooklyn is still home to Elwood's franchise but we've decided it's time to leave the confines of southern Brooklyn. The perfume is getting to be too much. Too much house music. It may be a seamless move and we'll pick right up where we left off or we may be out of commission for awhile as the boys in IT figure out how to rejigger the radio tower in more northern climes.

But there may be a prize for your patience: The show may come back in a new format - LIVE. ON TAPE. We'll see. Stay tuned.

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 33: “Pennypacker’s Top 25 Songs of 2011”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 33: “Pennypacker’s Top 25 Songs of 2011”

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Intro “Countdown” by the Black Keys

Set 1 25. “Eating Paper” by David Bazan
24. “King of Diamonds” by Motopony
23. “Ten-Twenty-Ten” by Generationals
22. “Pineapple Girl” by Mister Heavenly
21. “Down by the Water” by the Decemberists

Set 2
20. “My Mistakes” by Eleanor Friedburger
19. “Through the Floor” by Crystal Stilts
18. “Just Saying” by the Hold Steady
17. “Highway Down” by I See Hawks in L.A.
16. “I Don’t Care” by TV Girl

Set 3
“Another Girl, Another Planet” by the Replacements
“New Pleasure” by Richard Hell & the Voidoids
“Where Was My Brain?” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Set 4
15. “Money and Run” UNKLE featuring Nick Cave
14. “These Times” by Stag
13. “Guilty Girls” by Buffalo Tom
12. “Little White Doves” by Dirty Vegas
11. “Romance” by Wild Flag

Set 5
“Bad as Me” by Tom Waits
“Woe is Me…I am Ruined” by the Lonely Forest
“Just a Creep” by Dum Dum Girls
“Philadelphia (the City of Brotherly Love)” by We Are Augustines

Set 6
10. “Blue Door” by Two Habors
9. “Dressed Sharply by An Horse
8. “Caffeinated Consciousness” by TV on the Radio
7. “Boeing 737” by the Low Anthem
6. “Record Store” by Gold Bears

Set 7 5. “Mine Smell Like Honey” by R.E.M.
4. “These Days” by Sea Monsters
3. “Jericho” by Jamaica
2. “Under Cover of Darkness” by the Strokes

Outro
1. “Belong” by the Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Sonic Parthenon Year in Music: 2011 (or Part 2 in an On-going Joke of How Elwood Is No Longer With It)

2011 marked something of a notable change in the music mission of this blog. By the end of last year, I assessed the change was already a done deal but there was a chance to make things the way they used to be. It was clear however in 2011 that the relevant scenesterism perused by Elwood D Pennypacker was a bell graph. So in 2011, it was decided that generally speaking, Sonic Parthenon could not actively, constantly, look forward. It was now time to look back.

A mere 13 concert reviews in 2011 reveals part of the story (and a telling word from an old SP friend points out that old man Elwood started referring to 'concerts' instead of 'shows'). And of the 13, only a couple could be considered a trending, "the place the tastemakers are at tonight" style of show (such as the Joy Formidable and Lonely Forest). The others either spoke to my ongoing love affairs (the Dirtbombs, the National, the Thermals), making rites of passage (Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt, the Blasters), or celebrations of recent appreciations (Deniz Tek and Ivan Julian, Tommy Stinson, Ted Leo).

The bigger story in 2011 was of course the birth of the Sonic Parthenon Show. Yours truly refocused his energies, cast himself in the Orson Welles vein as your "obedient servant", and joined up with the online forces of Thor Radio in order to share audibly with the world what music has meant to him over the last 30 years. A lot of episodes have devoted time to new songs, much of which was noted in the playlists (Editor's Truthful Note: I forgot to put R.E.M. in the Playlist for Early 2011 and grandfathered them into it now. Maybe this is why they broke up a couple of months ago - lack of recognition). But the general schematic for each episode so far has been a review and revue of all things Elwood Rock n Roll. And annoying impersonations of old stars of the Yiddish theater.

Some have said it may be time for Elwood to hang up the rock n roll mantle and give up all pre-tense of having a relevant blog (many read the tea leaves in the official demise of the White Stripes at the beginning of the year). That apart from the show and the occasional nostalgia concert, it's all over, happenin'-wise. As Grampa Simpson once said, "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too".

Now may be the time to focus on being a "foodie". Indeed, the treat of many Sonic Parthenon Shows so far as been the accompanying show meal, usually involving rocambole garlic, purple cauliflower, and some apricot-infused chorizo. We'll see where 2012 leads us. This indeed may be the future.

But you never know. Some young buck may be working his way up in the ranks of rock n roll, dazzling the hipster crowds, making them shut up, put away the cell phones, and tone down their style of dress. A prospect hell bent on shaking things up, making it all about the music again, and not economy-defying lushing-about. In fact, Elwood thinks he has seen the future and is fully prepared to write in 2012 about the leader of this vanguard that will make rock n roll (and this blog) relevant again. This brash rook is named Tom Waits. And I think you're going to hear a lot from him real soon.

The Playlists

Early 2011, Vol 1

Early 2011, Vol 2

Spring 2011, Vol 1

Spring 2011, Vol 2

Summer 2011, Vol 1

Summer 2011, Vol 2

Autumn and Late 2011

The Shows (or Concerts if you prefer)

Shwa and Bryan Dunn @ Rockwood

Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt @ Beacon

The Blasters @ Bell House

The Joy Formidable and Lonely Forest @ Webster

The Thermals @ le Poisson Rouge

The Dirtbombs and Dennis Coffey @ Bell House

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists and Screaming Females @ the Seaport

Joan Jett @ Coney Island

U2 @ the Meadowlands

Cheap Trick @ Coney Island

Tommy Stinson @ Bowery Electric

Deniz Tek and Ivan Julian @ Bell House

The National @ Beacon

The National @ Beacon Theater (Or Part 1in an On-going Joke of How Elwood Is No Longer With It)

The National; So Percussion
@ Beacon Theater
New York, NY - December 14, 2011

Sure I could write about how the National have AMPED up. How they are more of a full-on rock band than ever before without actually changing their songs or their sound. How they are now halfway to being a rock spectacle like their old forerunners the Arcade Fire. How Padma and Doveman weren't there but the horn section is a permanent component of the band. How Berninger was as playfully fun as he's ever been (A Dessner mess-up to the opening of "Fake Empire" prompted a faux "WHAT THE FUCK!" that I found endlessly hilarious for reasons I am still unclear on). And how they do not forget their Fine Arts-y affiliations (witness the Steve Reich-playing Blue Man Group/Stomp for the Caviar set opener called So Percussion).
But nah. Let's talk about me! It's the Internet, you know.

It wasn't that long ago that seeing the National was regular "Pennypacker-on-the-town" business. I was the first person through the door at Terminal 5 when they christened it. I was at the great BAM shows. Etc. Etc. The National were (and still are) part of my elite favorites that I go to on a regular listening basis when nothing else will suffice (you know the crew - the Hold Steady, Metric, and my beloved misfit Dirtbombs). But that's just it. The National were (are) part of the last wave of bands-of-the-moment that I attached myself to. I've been musically stuck in 2007, 2008 for all these years. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been great. Grinderman/Nick Cave and Tom Waits have been the most exciting musical stories to me of late. See my upcoming Year in Review for more on the few new bands and much older bands that Pennypacker has been listening to.

I spent more time listening to the Replacements this year than any other band.
This is why this blog is no longer relevant.

But that's OK.

I didn't mean for this to happen. I meant to stay hip and cutting edge for a long time. I've already blamed myself and others (bad concert audiences, the Chillwave scene) for this as being a problem. But maybe it isn't a problem. Maybe it's perfectly reasonable stasis. There is nothing wrong with a band like the National being part of the apex, the climax, the ne plus ultra, of a music-learning life. Especially if part of the change is life around you.

The National, maybe more than any other band in the Pennypacker Trust, provide a soundtrack. Matt Berninger's seemingly non-sensical but probing lyrics have the right kind of mature ambiguity to narrate that time you went to a party and felt out of place (or worse, went to a party and felt completely IN place!), the time you went to buy a dryer with your girlfriend's mother, the time you told your friend about having this exact kind of pretentious meta-conversation with yourself and share it on an obscure slice of the Internet. And of course the soundtrack for when they don't have Ewephoria cheese at Fairway and you belt out a Berninger-style "WHAT THE FUCK!".
So this review should not serve as a final goodbye letter to Pennypacker the Schmuck Who Likes Rock n Roll. But it looks like it is the final goodbye to Pennypacker the Schmuck Who Thinks He Can Tell You Which Band to See Right Now. You're on your own. Good luck.

The Sonic Parthenon Playlist: Autumn and Late 2011

Our final reflection of 2011 demonstrates again the bevy of singles that dominates the Pennypacker experience in music but behold! At the end! A rather large number of albums - and I mean albums - that stood out. So while the "Album is Dead" theory took a blow this Fall, it is more likely the case that this was merely an anomaly. And unlike all the other changes in the Sonic Parthenon universe, the theory is reflective of a greater change in music overall, and not merely the ongoing devolution of a pseudo-scenester turned homebody preservationist.

There'll be more to come on the above theories as conclude the year.

Singles:
Tori Amos - "Job's Coffin" (featuring Natashya Hawley)
Asa - "Why Can't We"
Braid - "The Right Time"
Jimmy Cliff - "Ship is Sailing"
Fool's Gold - "Wild Window"
Gross Relations - "When You Go Down"
John Wesley Harding - "There's a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be"
Hillbilly Casino - "The Doctor"
Ivy - "Fascinated"
Japandroids - "Younger Us"
The Jim Jones Review - "Elemental"
Matt Latterell - "Hostage"
Little Dragon - "Ritual Union"
Rene Lopez - "Shing-a-ling is What I Bring"
Los Campesinos! - "By Your Hand"
M83 - "Midnight City"
Mariachi el Bronx - "Revolution Girls"
Mates of State - "Palomino"
Spectrals - "Big Baby"
Two Harbors - "Blue Door"
Youth Lagoon - "Montana

Albums:
Black Keys - El Camino
Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
Flogging Molly - Speed of Darkness
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
We Are Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
Wild Flag - Wild Flag

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 32: “A Pennypacker Festivus…or…Why We Should Celebrate the Winter Harvest and the Revolution of the Earth Around th

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 32: “A Pennypacker Festivus…or…Why We Should Celebrate the Winter Harvest and the Revolution of the Earth Around the Sun”

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Intro
“Rock and Roll Christmas” by George Thorogood & the Destroyers

Set 1
“Fuck Christmas” by Fear
“The Christmas Song” by the Raveonettes
“The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole
“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” by the Ramones
“Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)” by the Darkness

Set 2
“Santa’s on His Way” by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
“Must Be Santa” by Bob Dylan
“Dear Santa” by Amy Gore
“Santa Claus” by Thee Headcoatees
“Father Christmas” by the Kinks

Set 3
“Christmas with the Devil” by Spinal Tap
“Mistress for Christmas” by AC/DC
“Fruitcake” by the Superions
“O Tannenbaum” by Vincent Guaraldi

Set 4
“Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis” by Tom Waits
“Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
“Annunciation Day/Born on Christmas Day” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
“I Wish It Was Christmas Today” by Julian Casablancas

Set 5
“Christmas All Over” by Tom Petty
“Merry Christmas Baby” by Elvis Presley
“Christmas Wrapping” by the Waitresses
“Everything is One Big Christmas Tree” by the Magnetic Fields
“The Blizzard” by Camera Obscura

Set 6
“Candy Cane Children” by the White Stripes
“Tell the Lord (What Santa’s Done)” by Goober & the Peas
“Don’t Forget to Feed the Reindeer” by the Come Ons
“My Last Christmas” by the Dirtbombs

Set 7
“Future is in the Future” by Electric Six
“2012” by Box Elders
“2012 Blues” by Thomas Function
“New Year’s Eve” by Tom Waits

Outro
“Auld Lang Syne” by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 31: “This is Dedicated to Those I Am Moderately Fond of…Or…Hard Times Thanksgiving Blues”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 31: “This is Dedicated to Those I Am Moderately Fond of…Or…Hard Times Thanksgiving Blues”

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Intro
“Dedicated to the One I Love” by the Temprees

Set 1
“Hallelujah, I’m a Bum” by Harry “Mac” McClintock
“Gimme Some Money” by Spinal Tap
“Livin’ in the Red” by War
“Broke in Detroit (Again)” by the Dirtbombs
“Hard Times in New York Town” by Bob Dylan

Set 2
“Money Changes Everything” by the Brains
“No Money No Luck Blues” by B.B. King
“Debt Collector” by the Deadly Snakes
“There’s a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be” by John Wesley Harding
“Headlong Into the Abyss” by We Are Augustines

Set 3
“Blue Door” by Two Harbors
“Wild Window” by Fool’s Gold
“Big Baby” by Spectrals
“Pineapple Girl” by Mister Heavenly*

Set 4
“Satisfied” by Tom Waits
“Methamphetamine Blues” by Mark Lanegan
“Job’s Coffin” by Tori Amos
“The Hula Hula Boys” by Warren Zevon

Set 5
“Everlong” by Foo Fighters
“Breed” by Nirvana
“When She Begins” by Social Distortion
“I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement” by the Ramones
“Suzanne Beware of the Devil” by Nicky Thomas

Set 6
“I Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)” by the Replacements
“Not Fade Away” by Buddy Holly
“The Rat” by the Walkmen
“Stone Free” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Outro
“Rubber Biscuit” by the Blues Brothers

*Post-Show Note: It would have been nice if I had something to say about Mister Heavenly during the program. The band is made up of members of Islands, Modest Mouse, and Man Man, and Michael Cera used to be the touring bass player.

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 30: “Ode to the Auteur”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 30: “Ode to the Auteur”

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Intro
“Hooray for Hollywood” featuring Benny Goodman and various artists

Set 1
“Blank Generation” by Richard Hell & the Voidoids
“I Wanna Be Your Dog” by the Stooges
“You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)” by the White Stripes
“There’s An End” by Holly Golightly & the Greenhornes

Set 2
“Down, Down, Down” by Tom Waits
“Mystery Train” by Elvis Presley
“Tommy Gun (Live)” by Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
“I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Set 3
“Misirlou” by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
“Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray Men
“Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green
“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Santa Esmerelda
“Goodnight Moon” by Shivaree

Set 4
“Who’s That Knocking?” by the Genies
“Layla” by Derrick & the Dominoes
“Breakaway” by Sidney Stripling

Set 5
“I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys
“Sail on Sailors” by the Beach Boys
“Like a Rolling Stone (Live Version)” by Bob Dylan
“Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James

Set 6
“Judy is a Punk” by the Ramones
“Everyone” by Van Morrison
“Mongoloid” by Devo
“Ooh La La” by the Faces

Set 7
“Chains of Love” by the Dirtbombs
“Don’t Kiss Me Goodbye” by Ultra Orange & Emmanuel
“24 Hour Party People” by Happy Mondays
“True Faith” by New Order
“I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by Kenny Rogers & First Edition
“In the Jailhouse Now” by the Soggy Bottom Boys
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder

Outro
“I’ll See You in My Dreams” by Woody Allen

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 29: “All The Love That’s Fit to Print”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 29: “All The Love That’s Fit to Print”

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Intro
“Love Stinks” by J. Geils Band

Set 1
“My Love for You” by the Dirtbombs
“Love Bomb” by Grinderman
“I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett
“Ever Fallen in Love” by the Buzzcocks

Set 2
“Oh Oh I Love Her So” by the Ramones
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” by the Rubinoos
“Honey in the Sun” by Camera Obscura
“Second, Minute, or Hour” by Jack Penate
“What a Wonderful World” by Sam Cooke

Set 3
“Say No to Love” by the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
“Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” by Bob Dylan
“That Was Yesterday” by Wynonna Judd

Set 4
“Obsessed With You” by the Orion Experience
“The Seed 2.0” by The Roots (with Cody Chestnutt)
“Come on Over (Turn Me On” by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
“We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” by Jermaine Stewart

Set 5
“High Fidelity” by Elvis Costello
“Lovers Who Wander” by Dion
“Thinking About You” by Norah Jones
“My Lover’s Prayer” by Otis Redding
“Love That Girl” by Raphael Saadiq

Set 6
“Palaces of Montezuma” by Grinderman
“Encrypted” by the Dirtbombs
“Be My Wife” by David Bowie
“All I Want Is You” by U2

Outro
“I Love You, Suzanne” by Lou Reed
“Goodnight Irene” by Leadbelly

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 28: “The Pennypacker Shuffle, Vol II”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 28: “The Pennypacker Shuffle, Vol II”

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Intro
“Sunshine” by Regina Spektor

Set 1
“Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
“Twistin’ the Night Away” by Sam Cooke
“The Great Communicator” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
“Dance with Me” by the Modern Lovers
“Smoke and Mirrors” by the Gentlemen Callers

Set 2
“I Think I Smell a Rat” by the White Stripes
“Stadium Love” by Metric
“(Baby) I’m Your Fool” by the Black Hollies
“Be My Somebody” by Norah Jones
“I Hate You, I Love You” by the Dead Milkmen

Set 3
“Primal Scream” by Motley Crue
“Perfectly Good Guitar” by John Hiatt
“Temptation” by Elvis Costello
“Going to California” by Led Zeppelin
“Tiny Dancer” by Elton John

Set 4
“Acony Bell” by Gillian Welch
“Now, Right Now” by Reverend Horton Heat
“Like a Secret” by Sam Champion
“By My Side” by the Gentleman Callers
“She Put the Hurt on Me” by Otis Redding

Set 5
“Sex Objects” by the Briefs
“Riding With Mary” by X
“Come in Alone” by My Bloody Valentine
“Children of the Grave” by Black Sabbath
“Girls” by Marina & the Diamonds

Set 6
“Freedom” by Jimi Hendrix
“A New Day Yesterday” by Jethro Tull
“A-Tisket A-Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald
“Broken” by the Love Me Nots

Outro
“Race for the Prize” by the Flaming Lips

The Sonic Parthenon Show : Episode 27 – “Bands A-Z, Vol. 2: No Good Lousy Punks”

The Sonic Parthenon Show : Episode 27 – “Bands A-Z, Vol. 2: No Good Lousy Punks”

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Intro
“Woo Hoo” by 5.6.7.8’s

Set 1
“Chinese Takeaway” by The Adicts
“X Offender” by Blondie
“I Don’t Mind” by the Buzzcocks
“White Riot” by the Clash
“Uranium Rock” by the Cramps

Set 2
“New Rose” by the Damned
“Sonic Reducer” by the Dead Boys
“Rock and Roll Evacuation” by Electric Six
“Modern Kicks” by the Exploding Hearts
“Let’s Have a War” by Fear
“Swagger” by Flogging Molly

Set 3
“Ready Steady Go” by Generation X
“Hey Hey, We’re the Gories” by the Gories
“Get off the Phone” by Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
“Declare Guerre Nucleaire” by the Hives
“Sailor Itch” by the Intelligence
“In the City” by the Jam

Set 4
“Dock It #8” by the King Khan & BBQ Show
“No Love Lost” by LCD Soundsystem
“Corona” by Minutemen
“(You Must Fight to Live) on the Planet of the Apes” by the Mummies

Set 5
“Trash” by the New York Dolls
“Something for Nothing” by the Oblivians
“Boys from County Hell” by the Pogues
“Punk Rock Girls” by the Queers

Set 6
“Havana Affair” by the Ramones
“Fuck School” by the Replacements
“Holidays in the Sun” by the Sex Pistols
“If the Kids are United” by Sham 69

Set 7
“Paper” by Talking Heads
“See No Evil” by Television
“Teenage Kicks” by the Undertones
“Love Comes in Spurts” by Richard Hell & the Voidoids

Set 8
“Red Bowling Ball Ruth” by the White Stripes
“Ex Lion Tamer” by Wire
“Sex and Dying in High Society” by X
“Oh! Bondage up Yours!” by X-Ray Spex
“Date with the Night” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Outro
“Inergy” by Zero Boys

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 26: “Alliances: Holy and Unholy Alike”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 26: “Alliances: Holy and Unholy Alike”


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Intro
“Walk This Way” by Run D.M.C. with Aerosmith

Set 1
“Common People” by William Shatner with Joe Jackson
“I’m Waiting for the Man” by David Bowie and Lou Reed
“Strange Overtones” by David Byrne and Brian Eno
“Disorder in the House” by Warren Zevon with Bruce Springsteen
“When Love Comes to Town” by U2 with B.B. King

Set 2
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
“Hootchie Cootchie Man” by Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones
“The Weight” by the Band with the Staples Singers
“Ball & Biscuit” by Bob Dylan and Jack White

Set 3
“Date to Church” by the Replacements with Tom Waits
“Dear John” by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals with Norah Jones
“I’ll Fly Away” by Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

Set 4
“Tramp” by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
“It’s a Natural Fact” by Billy Childish & Holly Golightly
“Post Modern Girls” by the Strokes & Regina Spektor
“Ode to L.A.” by the Raveonettes with Roni Spector

Set 5
“La Di Da Di” by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
“The Girl from Ipanema” by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
“U Got the Look” by Prince with Sheena Easton
“Where the Wild Roses Grow” by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue

Set 6
“Carpetbaggers” by Jenny Lewis with Elvis Costello
“You’re Never Alone in New York” by Mark Mallman
“Mama Told Me Not to Come” by Tom Jones & Stereophonics
“History Repeating” by Propellerheads with Shirley Bassey

Outro
“My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash” by Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong

The Sonic Parthenon Show: Episode 25 – “Paging Dr. Rock… or…The Show Must Go On…”

The Sonic Parthenon Show: Episode 25 – “Paging Dr. Rock… or…The Show Must Go On…”

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Intro
“The Show Must Go On” by Pink Floyd

Set 1
“Dr. Rock” by Ween
“Girl You Have No Faith in Medicine” by the White Stripes
“Planet Health” by Chairlift
“I’m Sick Y’All” by Otis Redding
“The Sick Bed of Cuchulain” by the Pogues

Set 2
“Miracle Man” by Elvis Costello
“If You Don’t Start Drinking (I’m Gonna Leave)” by George Thorogood & the Destroyers
“In the Midnight Hour” by Wilson Pickett
“Sunday Papers” by Joe Jackson

Set 3
“Younger Us” by Japandroids
“When You Go Down” by Gross Relations
“Why Can’t We” by Asa
“Palomino” by Mates of State
“East Harlem” by Beirut

Set 4
“Banquet” by Bloc Party
“Being Here” by the Stills
“Them or Me” by Finding Fiction
“It’s Casual” by Maritime
“The Runout” by Maps of Norway

Set 5
“Kids in America” by Kim Wilde
“Say What You Want” by Texas
“Red, White, and Blue” by Cast of Thousands
“Rebellion (Lies)” by Arcade Fire
“What is Life” by George Harrison

Set 6
“Waterloo” by ABBA
“Working on a Building” by Elvis Presley
“Career Opportunities” by the Clash
“1 2 3 4” by Feist
“Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show

Outro
“Coming Down” by Dum Dum Girls

25 Episodes of the Sonic Parthenon Show: The Numbers So Far

Number of Times I've Played the Dirtbombs: 10 (Mick Collins of the Dirtbombs has been played 12 times total, also counting the Gories and Blacktop).

Number of Times I've Played the Hold Steady: 10

Number of Times I've Played Bob Dylan: 9

Number of Times I've Played the Ramones: 13 (the Ramones also hold the record for number of consecutive episodes played with 6 - Episodes 13 through 18; Furthermore, the Ramones were played 8 times over 10 episodes, for a batting average of .462, thereby breaking Ted Williams' long-held record).

Number of Times I've Played the Beatles: 1

Number of Times I've Mentioned Not Liking the Beatles: 2

Number of Times I've Played Aerosmith Despite Also Saying I Don't Really Like Them: 2

Number of Artists I've Played Twice in One Show: 3 - the Hold Steady (twice), Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams

Number of Songs I've Played More Than Once: 1 - "Alex Chilton" by the Replacements

Number of Times I've Played Alex Chilton the person, not the song: 2 (both times as Big Star)

Number of Times I've Played the Replacements total: 7

Number of Times It Feels Like I've Played the Replacements: approximately 21

Number of Contemporary Pop Starletts I've Played: 1 (Adele)

Number of ads for Rocky Barnes, Secret Agent: 3

Number of Times I've Mentioned New York: Every episode, too many to count

Number of Times I've Mentioned I Love New York: 5

Number of Times I've Mentioned I Hate New Yorkers: 15

Number of Times I've Mentioned Philadelphia or my College Experience: almost every episode, also too many to count

Number of Times I've Mentioned Detroit - on purpose: about 6

Number of Times I've Mentioned Detroit - by accident: about 18

Number of References to No Longer Being "With It": surprisingly, only twice.

Number of References to my non-existent producer behind the non-existent glass, Horatio Huffnagle: 2

Number of References to my non-existent ex-wife, Zezu Pennypacker: 1