2012's Top 20 Singles

20) Joey Ramone - “New York City” (Mutate Music/BMG)

Joey Ramone sings about the places he loves in the greatest city in the world? Hell yes, I'll purchase that.

19) Bruce Springsteen - “We Take Care of Our Own” (Columbia)

Springsteen is pretty angry on Wrecking Ball (with good reason), yet once again people missed the point of this song. Hello, doesn't any one remember "Born in the U.S.A." was not a patriotic anthem?

18) Ben Folds Five - “Do It Anyway” (Imaveepee Records/Sony Music)

Welcome back boys, part 1. I didn't realize how much I had missed the bass playing of Robert Sledge. His lines and use of distortion to make his bass a solo instrument was an essential part of this band that is the missing piece from Folds' solo career. 

17) Benjamin Gibbard - “Teardrop Windows” (Barsuk)

This laid back pop gem sounds like Gibbard spent a lot of time listening to the Byrds before he hit the studio. There's nothing wrong with that.

16) David Byrne & St. Vincent - “Who” (Todo Mundo/4AD)

I think collaborating with other solo artists brings the best out of the former Talking Heads main man. The album he did with Brian Eno four years ago was Byrne's best work in ages. And this pairing with St. Vincent is pretty strong. My favorite part of this track from Love This Giant is St. Vincent's voice (or a sample of her voice perhaps) yelling (heck, let’s call it grunting) "who, who." It sounds like she's punching herself in the gut each time she does it. Although I hope she didn't do that. That wouldn't be good for her singing ability.

15) Soundgarden - “Been Away for Too Long” (Seven Four/Republic)

Welcome back boys, part 2. You were away too long. This song makes me want to air drum as much as Superunknown's "My Wave." That is not good news for my carpel tunnel.

14) John Wesley Harding - “Making Love to Bob Dylan” (Yep Roc)

The lyrical conceit of this song (not being able to get it while Bob Dylan's voice is in the room) makes me laugh every time. And the line "I'll lie on my back for Roberta Flack" has actually made me laugh out laugh on the F train.

13) Hospitality - “Friends of Friends” (Merge)

This song reminds me so much of Romeo Void. And that is a very good thing.

12) Nada Surf - “When I Was Young” (Barsuk)

In the album section I mentioned how much the presence of Doug Gillard seems to have inspired Nada Surf on The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy. And the monster guitar solo Gillard rips out during this two part epic is the perfect example of that.

11) Gomez - “Jumpin' Jack Flash (Live at Carnegie Hall)” (ATO)

To create a very memorable cover you have to either outperform the song's originator (like, let's say, Whitney Houston's take on Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," which I hate, but is an example that will work for this entry). Or you have to turn the song inside out and make it something truly new. And that's what Gomez does on this take on The Rolling Stones’ classic. They fuck with the time signature throughout until final 40 seconds, taking it from a slow groove to almost punk rock speed and back again. And the best part of this live recording (which the band gave away as a free download) is that the crowd doesn't even know what song it is until the lyrics come in. And then after the first line, you can hear a bunch of people scream in recognition. It's a great moment.

10) Grouplove - “Tongue Tied” (Canvasback/Atlantic)

I know my pal Jay Frank despises this band (or at least thinks their live performance is craptacular). I haven't seen them perform live, so I can't speak to that part of the band. I can say that this former iPod Touch ad tune makes me nostalgic for my youth. Better yet, somebody else's youth that was in the suburbs and included making out at my best friend's house. I also liked this song before I found out the drummer is the son of former Yes ax man Trevor Rabin, who was the guy behind all of my favorite parts on 90125. Way to pass on the genes Trevor!

  9) Norah Jones - “Happy Pills” (Blue Note/Capitol)

Norah Jones has really gotten more interesting as her career has hit the decade mark. It's hard to imagine the woman that could sing the snoozer "Don't Know Why" could eventually do a sultry, slinky kiss off song like "Happy Pills." I have a feeling her next decade will be even more fascinating.

  8) The Figgs - “Do Me Like You Said You Would” (Stomper)

The first time I ever heard this song was at a show in April 2011 at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn. The laid back groove and the double entendre lyrics were familiar, yet so so different for these guys. I knew that they had something on there hands when people started singing the chorus the second time it came around. It was a pretty cool moment and one I think of every time I play the song. (This, by the way, is the first Figgs single to crack the Top 10 on this list in 18 years. Wow.)

  7) Calvin Harris - “Feel So Close” (Ultra)

I got turned onto this song one night while scrolling through the channels and stopping at MTV Hits. I'm not sure what Harris used to get that "it sounds like a guitar but I know it has to be a keyboard or a sample" that plays throughout the track, but my goodness it buried its way into my brain. The song might be higher, but it was used in the ads for that Billy Crystal and Bette Midler "comedy" Parental Guidance and that was worth a few demerits.

  6) Ellie Goulding - “Lights” (Polydor UK)

This song gets the award for the song I heard the most while getting breakfast in 2012. The trophy for that award is made out of bacon. So Ellie, get in touch with my people when you can.   

  5) The Shins - “Simple Song” (Aural Apothecary/Columbia)

I'm not a big fan of Port of Morrow, frontman James Mercer's first Shins album without any of the band's original members. "Simple Song" is the only track that echoes the majestic pop feel I always got from tracks like "So Says I" and "Phantom Limb." And it does it so well. When the little piano lick comes in and Mercer reaches for the highest range in his voice, it's pure sonic heaven. I just wish the rest of the album reached these heights. 

  4) Bob Mould - “The Descent” (Merge)

I knew that Mould had a shot at having his biggest album in ages when the video for this gem hit YouTube. I posted it on my Facebook page, and I saw it on the timelines of 11 other friends within two hours. That's a sign of a great track.

  3) Carly Rae Jepsen - “Call Me Maybe” (Schoolboy/Interscope Records)

You've heard this song a thousand times. You've seen hundreds of lipdub videos on YouTube by everyone from Justin Bieber to Katy Perry and numerous sports teams. You've probably heard (or watched) a few good parodies (and plenty of bad ones). And you know what? That still doesn't take away from the fact that this song's chorus is easily one of the best constructed in the past decade. (And the "I want you so bad" line, which is like a post-chorus, is pretty damn good too.)

  2) Superchunk - “This Summer” (Merge)

Mac McCaughan seems to have hit a good songwriting vein with Superchunk's last three singles. "Digging for Something" and "Crossed Wires" (from 2010’s RT 20 #1 album Majesty Shredding) were instant classics that sounded as if they'd always existed. "This Summer," with its' handclaps, harmonies, great riff and nostalgic lyrics is timeless and a song I'll return to whenever it gets warm. (This, with climate change, will soon start happening in February here in New York.)

  1) Kelly Clarkson - “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (RCA)

I'm not sure how a song that takes its title from a cliché made it to the top of this list. Perhaps it's just Clarkson's knack for always delivering an "I'll be fine without you, asshole" lyric with more grit than almost every singer currently on the Top 40 charts. It could be that quirky dance done in the song's video. Or maybe most of all, it's just a perfectly constructed pop song that sounds great blasting out of car, on a dance floor or in your headphones. This is a song that deserved to hit number-one and score all those Grammy nominations.

Other Musical Stuff from 2012

Reissues, Live Albums, EPs, Etc

10) Rufus Wainwright - The Gum EP (Funny or Die)

Rufus Wainwright sings gum jingles. Thank you Funny or Die for making this concept come true.

  9) Chorus vs. Solos: A Tribute to Charlie Chesterman (Stereorrific Recordings)

Charlie Chesterman was the singer for one of my favorite college-era discoveries, Scruffy the Cat. Chesterman has been battling cancer for a couple of years, and those bills can mount up. So a bunch of great Boston acts got together to record songs from Chesterman’s Scruffy and solo era catalogs. Simply put, it’s great music for a great cause. Buy it digitally on Bandcamp or the CD version on Amazon.

  8) The English Beat - The Complete Beat (Shout Factory)

For a band that had such a brief career, they made a shocking high amount of quality music. I had no idea until I got this comprehensive box set.

  7) Uncle Tupelo - The Seven Inch Singles Box Set (Legacy)

I already owned much of this material, but the B-sides I didn’t have (and the digital download code that came with box) made it my favorite Record Store Day pick up.

  6) Mike Doughty - The Question Jar Show (Snack Bar/Megaforce)

Mike Doughty’s Question Jar shows have featured him and his bassist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston answering questions from the audience that were dropped into a jar on the stage. The questions that were selected for this double disc set are funny, intriguing and even creepy. And that is what makes it stand apart from your typical live album fare.

  5) Old 97’s - Too Far to Care (Omnivore Recordings)

This reissue of what is arguably the band's strongest album is a must own for any hardcore 97s fan. The demos on the second disc show how complete Rhett Miller’s songs were before they were ever properly recorded in the studio.

  4) The Minus 5 - The Minus 5 (a.k.a. The Gun Album) (Yeproc)

Eight previously unreleased Scott McCaughey songs? Um, hell yes, I’ll re-buy an album I only bought seven years ago

  3) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch/Elektra)

Here’s the highest amount of praise I can give a box set that had two albums and a DVD that I already owned -- the 13 previously unreleased songs on Volume 3 within the box were totally worth shelling out cash for the whole package.

  2) Paul McCartney - Ram (Hear Music/Concord)

I had the 1993 remaster of this album (which is co-credited with Linda McCartney) and I was able to compare that and the 2012 remaster side by side. It was no contest. It seems like people are finally realizing that remastering an album doesn’t mean you just push up the volume. (I’m looking at you, folks that did the Rolling Stones’ Some Girls.)

  1) Sugar - Copper Blue/Beaster (Merge)

The remastering job done for this reissue is one of the best I’ve ever heard. This edition of Copper Blue has warmness to it that I never sensed before. And wow, the drums sound massive.

Concerts

10) Delta Spirit, Webster Hall, New York, NY 3/29

I think Matt Vasquez has become one of the best frontmen in rock, and this show just added to my impression of that. He made the 1500 capacity hall seem as tiny as a 70 person capacity club. 

  9) Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 12/4

I think my Facebook status from after this show summed it up well: “Well, tonight's Neil Young show at the Barclays featured no one spilling beer over my head. That, plus hanging with Scott Wells, makes it my favorite Neil Young show of the year.”

  8) Wilco, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 7/24

Each time I see Wilco (this was my 23rd show, maybe 24th? I’ve actually lost count. Heck, I think I’ve forgotten where I am as I type this) I’m always impressed by how comfortable and funny Jeff Tweedy has gotten doing banter. The songs from The Whole Love have really grown with a year’s worth of touring behind them.

  7) Lyle Lovett, The Concert Hall at the SEC, New York, NY 2/28

There’s a famous (or infamous) album of Elvis Presley’s stage banter called Having Fun with Elvis on Stage. It’s a notable cash grab, for sure, but it also makes me think that Lyle Lovett needs to do one of these. He was so entertaining between songs that I would gladly download Having Fun with Lyle on Stage. Oh, and the music was pretty great too.

  6) The Baseball Project, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 4/13

This was not your typical gig (as if the venue didn’t give that away). There was a panel about the Met’s baseball card collection featuring Dale Murphy and Jackie Robinson’s daughter followed by a great performance by the five piece edition of the Project (with Mike Mills on keyboards and vocals) featuring a song written especially for the event. And then I met Dale Murphy. So yeah, that went well.

  5) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Titus Andronicus, Andrew WK, The Bell House,

      Brooklyn, NY 12/7

This Sandy benefit hosted by Ted Leo and Tom Scharpling was a perfect mix of rock and the kind of comedy that literally makes you bend over laughing. The highlights are too numerous to mention, but I can say that I really look forward to Leo’s next album after hearing the new songs he played. And that Chris Elliott is still one of the funniest fucking people on the planet.

  4) The Figgs, Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY 3/2

I always feel good when I can get a couple of people that have never seen The Figgs to one of their shows. My friends Jon and Jessica caught the guys on a really good night with a bunch of new songs from The Day Gravity Stopped, a diverse of mix of songs from seven of their albums and two balls out great covers (Buffalo Springfield’s “Mr. Soul” and The Rolling Stones’ “When the Whip Comes Down”). Not bad for some guys that have been playing together for 25 years.

  3) Nada Surf, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 1/24; Webster Hall, New York, NY

      4/8; Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 12/15

I really couldn’t choose just one show from these guys. All three were fantastic for varying reasons. The January 24th show was memorable as the band played their new songs as if they’d been touring them for weeks, not debuting most of them for a worshipping hometown crowd. The tour-closing show on December 15th was such a joyous occasion in the wake of what was a very difficult weekend. And I’ll never forget the April 8th gig because the band covered a song by one of my favorites, The Gravel Pit. They did that song inspired by a conversation we had after I interviewed them. I will admit it -- I screamed like a five year old girl when they started doing “Something’s Growing Inside.” Somehow I was still able to film it.

  2) Bob Mould, Williamsburg Park, Brooklyn, NY 9/7

Bob Mould and his current band playing Copper Blue all the way through? For free? Um, yes, thank you rock gods? It was the best album performance I’ve seen to date. And the mix of new tunes and Husker Du classics I had never seen before. Oh yeah, it was that good.

  1) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, XL Center, Hartford, CT 10/25

I hadn’t Springsteen and the E Streeters since 2003. And with two members passing away over the past four years, I was pretty sure I would kick myself if I didn’t catch the Wrecking Ball tour. And I couldn’t have picked a better night. This new expanded version of the band is a force to reckon with. And the set list was, well, fucking amazing. Opening with “Held Up Without a Gun?” “Incident on 57th Street” into “Point Blank?” A seventeen minute take on “Kitty’s Back?” Incredible. It’s definitely my top three Springsteen shows ever.

The 2012 AV Top 5 Lists

Podcasts

   5) The Poscast with Joe Posnanski

Joe Posnanski moved from Sports Illustrated to a new web venture (Sports on Earth) but he kept his podcast going. His conversations with Parks and Recreation creator Michael Schur (who is virtually the only guest Posnanski has) are smart, silly and thought-provoking conversations about sports and whatever else crosses their minds.

   4) The Fogelnest Files

You might remember Jake Fogelnest from that 1990s MTV show Squirt TV. Foglenest has come a long from being a teenager interviewing stars in his bedroom. This podcast sees him digging up weird, arcane clips from the Internet for us to enjoy. And to enjoy others making fun of them.

   3) The Ronna & Beverly Podcast

I have laughed so loudly about inappropriate things uttered by Beverly (played by Jamie Denbo--full disclosure, I know her) on the F train on my way home from work that I’ve scared people and they moved to other parts of the car. That, my friends, is some powerful comedy.

   2) WTF with Marc Maron

Marc Maron has become, for better or worse, perhaps the biggest name in podcasting. And when you listen to his conversations with Todd Glass about coming out, The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne about creativity or Steven Wright about, well, hell, anything, you’ll understand exactly why people want to write about what they hear.

   1) Harmontown

Community creator Dan Harmon and former Whose Line Is It Anyway panelist Jeff Davis get drunk, play Dungeons and Dragons, make up raps about your mother and go on lengthy stream of consciousness rants about, well, anything that cross’s Harmon’s mind. This is not a podcast for just anyone. If you liked Community, this is just for you.

TV Shows

   5) Person of Interest (CBS)

Okay, I must be getting old -- I non-ironically enjoy a CBS crime procedural (and I don’t watch it in reruns on USA). The second season of this sci-fi version of The Equalizer has added more humor and doubled down on the extensive conspiracy arcs. By my count there are four different running threads the show can tap into any week, which is four more than any other CBS show. Alas, Jim Caviezel still acts as if he’s in a walking coma (except for the well crafted action sequences). Fortunately the very talented Michael Emerson and Taraj P. Henson more than make up for Caviezzzzzzels sleepy delivery.

   4) Community (NBC)

The nine month wait for new episodes almost made me leave one of my favorite shows ever off the list. (Stupid NBC.) Then I remember how hard I laughed when Troy and Abed were being “normal,” Jeff turning into the Incredible Hulk or the entire cast turning into 8-bit video game versions of themselves. Dan Harmon made some great television over three seasons. Let’s hope the fourth (and likely final season) is a worthwhile coda to that time when it debuts in February.

   3) Louie (FX)

I must admit that I missed the boat on the first two seasons of Louie. I read so much great writing about how amazing this series from Louis C.K. was that I decided to set the DVR and give it a shot. Most critics said this year wasn’t as good as its second season, which made me think I better catch up on those episodes because I was hugely entertained by season three. (I suppose I’ve got something to watch on the iPad this winter.) Parker Posey’s guest turn as the most unnerving yet memorable date of Louie’s life and the three-episode arc where Louie auditioned to succeed David Letterman weren’t just funny, they were genuinely moving. That’s a hard act for a comedy to pull off, yet Louie did it each week.

   2) Sherlock (PBS)

The only disappointing thing about this 21st Century update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective is that there aren’t more episodes. The three 90-minute episodes we do get feature everyone in involved working at the top of their game, especially Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson. The Conan Doyle-inspired cliffhanger will have me anxiously awaiting the next brief run, which isn’t likely to hit these shores until 2014 because of the busy schedules of the leads. (Damn you Star Trek: Into Darkness and The Hobbit!)

   1) Parks and Recreation (NBC)

I didn’t think this show could improve on its greatness of 2011, but both the hysterical and heart-warming arc about Leslie’s campaign for city council wrapping up in the spring and the transition into a new season with every character adapting to new roles was superb. Amy Poehler and Adam Scott play one of the best couples on television and I applaud the writing staff for creating a realistic relationship that has stayed fresh and funny.

Films

   5) Lockout (Europa/Canal Plus/Open Road Films)

I believe the pitch for this film had to be one sentence -- “Escape From New York, set in outer space.” Guy Pearce chews through every bit of scenery in the film as the convict that has to rescue the president’s daughter. Add it to your Netflix cue right now. It’s the perfect so stupid it’s smart action film

   4) Skyfall (MGM/Sony)

Daniel Craig just may be my favorite James Bond ever. (Well, behind George Lazenby.) What a relief the series didn’t go down further after the drudgery of Quantum of Solace. And (spoiler alert!!!!) Judi Dench will be missed.

   3) Fat Kid Rules the World (Whitewater Films & Whippany Park Productions)

Full disclosure: my friends Michael Galvin and Pete Speakman wrote the screenplay for this film based upon the 2003 young adult novel by KL Going. But don’t let my personal bias distort from the fact that this is a great film. First time director Matthew Lillard (yup, the guy from Scream and that played Shaggy in the Scooby Doo films) picked an excellent cast to bring this tale of an overweight teenager that gets indoctrinated into punk rock culture to life. Get it on iTunes now!

   2) Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures/20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures)

I’ll admit it -- the last Steven Spielberg film I liked was, heck, could it be Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Really (Goes to IMDB to check.) Oops, forgot about Saving Private Ryan. So it’s been 14 years since I was impressed by Spielberg. And I didn’t expect Lincoln to be so entertaining. The healthy doses of humor in Tony Kushner’s script (and the delivery of those lines by the amazing cast) enliven what could have been a very dry historical artifact of the nuts and bolts of passing a constitutional amendment. I’m pretty sure no one’s going to be making a film about how today’s Congress can’t get their own heads out of their asses and pass any bill.

   1) The Avengers (Marvel/Disney)

I’m still amazed that some film executive was smart enough to give Joss Whedon the keys to a blockbuster franchise. This was my favorite superhero film since the first X-Men film, and in most ways surpasses it. Whedon made the Hulk a viable film character, which is miraculous after Ang Lee and Edward Norton messed it up in separate tries. The excitement of seeing this with an insanely audience on opening day reminded me that some movies are best experienced on the big screen with a bunch of people high on adrenaline and candy.

The Back Page

Good stuff in 2012: Mara’s trips, the “Oh Sherrie” sing off, domesticated car-driven weekends with yearly playlists, R.A. Dickey’s book and Cy Young season, unexpected meetings at Sample, “Baba O’Riley” at the Derby, holidays weekends with the Mondays off, the wings and meatball sandwich combo at Bonnie’s, good company and amazing food at Battersby, football-inspired day-drinking and Ted Leo’s Don Barnes impression.

 

This list took four large Dunkin Donuts iced teas, one turkey and cheese on a whole wheat hero, one bag of Charms Blow Pops Minis, one sirloin steak, one bowl of corn, four Blue Razz Blow Pops, two 20 oz. diet cokes and four trips on the F Train. And all of that took place within 24 hours. Yeah, I wrote this whole thing (warts, spelling mistakes and all) in a 25 hour period from 3:00 p.m. on December 27th to 4:00 p.m. on December 28th. It was quite a rush. And a wicked change of pace from doing it in fits and starts over a few weeks. Although, I don’t think I’ll do it this late ever again.

Party Like It's 1999 11/17/12

The Sandy Benefit Edition was more of a success than I could have expected. We raised $1235 for the Brooklyn Recovery Fund, which is a big chunk of change that will help out folks in our borough.

I must admit, assembling all these paid for requests into a coherent flow was one of the biggest challenges I've had as a DJ. I think it went well. Check out the playlist below.

R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
Joan Osborne - "One of Us"
Gin Blossoms - "Found Out About You"
Matchbox 20 - "3 A.M."
Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Slide"
Sublime - "What I Got"
Garbage - "Stupid Girl"
D.N.A. featuring Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner"
Everything But the Girl - "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)"
Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"
Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha (Fatboy Slim Remix)"
Madonna - "Ray of Light"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Blur - "Girls and Boys"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
Kid N Play - "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"
Next - "Too Close"
Digable Planets - "Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes"
George Michael - "Freedom"
Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Jay-Z - "Can I Get a....?"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
Kriss Kross - "Jump"
Michael Jackson - "Jam"
Montell Jordan - "This Is How We Do It"
Us3 - "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"
Naughty By Nature - "Hip-Hop Hooray"
Q-Tip - "Vibrant Thing"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
House of Pain - "Jump Around"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Oasis - "Supersonic"
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Dee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"
Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
2Pac and Dr. Dre - "California Love"
MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
Notorius B.I.G. - "Juicy"
Skee-Lo - "I Wish"
TLC - "No Scrubs"
Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
NSync - "I Want You Back"
Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
Ace of Base - "The Sign"
Prince and the New Power Generation - "7"
Ginuwine - "Pony"
Ini Kamoze - "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
Mark Morrison - "Return of the Mack"
O.M.C. - "How Bizarre"
New Radicals - "You get What You Give"
NSync - "Tearing Up My Heart"
Christina Aguilera - "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)"
Robyn - "Show Me Love"
Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"

Party Like It's 1999 10/19/12

Our second anniversary party was a smash success. I was just stunned by the amount of people that came out. Here's what you heard.

Garbage – “Only Happy When It Rains”
Fountains of Wayne – “Denise”
Bad Religion – “21st Century Digital Boy”
Danzig – “Mother”
Guns n’ Roses – “Yesterdays”
Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song
Soundgarden – “Outshined
Alice in Chains – “Would"
R.E.M. – “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”
Guided By Voices – “Motor Away”
Oasis – “Live Forever”
Radiohead – “Just”
Live – “Selling the Drama”
Tom Petty – “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
Weezer – “El Scorcho”
Matthew Sweet – “Sick of Myself”
Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want”
The Wallflowers – “One Headlight”
Better Than Ezra – “Desperately Wanting”
Del Amitri – “Roll To Me”
The Breeders – “Cannonball”
Garbage – “I Think I’m Paranoid”
Nirvana – “Lithium”
Republica – “Ready to Go”
Spin Doctors – “Two Pirnces”
Fastball – “The Way”
Veruca Salt – “Volcano Girls”
Everclear – “Santa Monica”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I get”
Reel Big Fish – “Sell Out”
No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”
James – “Laid”
Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”
Hanson – “Mmmbop”
Len – “Steal My Sunshine”
Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
Ace of Base – “The Sign”
Destiny’s Child – “Say My Name”
TLC – “No Scrubs”
Monica and Brandy – “The Boy Is Mine”
Blackstreet – “No Diggity”
<Will Smith – “Miami”
Montel Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
Boyz II Men – “Motownphilly”
Kriss Kross – “Jump”
Ginuwine – “Pony”
2Pac and Dr. Dre – “California Love”
Salt-N-Pepa – “Shoop
Prince and the New Power Generation – “Cream”
C and C Music Factory – “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison”
N’Sync – “Tearing Up My Heart”
Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
Britney Spears – “…Hit Me One More Time”
Christina Aguilera – “Genie In a Bottle”
Robyn – “Show Me Love”
Mariah Carey – Fantasy”
Michael Jackson – “Black and White”
Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping”
Sugar Ray – “Fly”
The Presidents of the United States of America – “Peaches”
Tom Cochrane – “Life Is a Highway”
Blink 182 – “What’s My Age Again”
Green Day – “She”<
Rancid – “Ruby Soho”
Smash Mouth – “All-Star”<
Eve 6 – “Inside Out”
Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase – “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems”
Coolio featuring L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
“Weird Al” Yankovic – “Amish Paradise”
George Michael – “Freedom 90”
Prince and the New Power Generation – “7”
Salt-n-Pepa and En Vogue – “Whatta Man”
En Vogue – “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Jay Z – “Can I Get a…”
Destiny’s Child – “Bills, Bills, Bills”
TLC – “Creep”
Warren G. and Nate Dogg – “Regulate”
Snopp Dogg – “Gin and Juice”
Digital Underground – “the Humpty Dance”
Will Smith – “Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Lauryn Hill – “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
Janet Jackson – “If”
Madonna – “Ray of Light”
Aaliyah – “Are You That Somebody?”
Spice Girls – “Say You’ll Be There”
New Radicals – “You Get What You Give”
Sublime – “Doin’ Time”
Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”
Semisonic – “Closing Time”
Lisa Loeb – “Stay”
Aerosmith – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
Crash Test Dummies – “Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm”
Extreme – “More Than Words"

Party Like It's 1999 9/28/12

Well, that was a rather interesting night. Not often a guy with the biggest song of the year is in the bar when I'm working.

Here's what you heard. And don't forget to come down for the PLI99 2nd anniversary party on October 19th!

Tori Amos - “God”
Heather Nova - “Walk This World”
Sarah McLachlan - “Sweet Surrender”
Shawn Colvin - “Sunny Came Home”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Sour Girl”
Pearl Jam - “Last Kiss”
The Flys - “Got You (Where I Want You)”
Green Day - “Brain Stew”
Cracker - “Low”
Oasis - “Live Forever”
Radiohead - “My Iron Lung”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
Matchbox Twenty - “3 A.M.”
Tal Bachman - “She’s So High”
Shawn Mullins - “Lullaby”

Eagle Eye Cherry - “Save Tonight”

Tom Cochrane - “Life Is a Highway”
Smash Mouth - “All-Star”
Sugar Ray - “Fly”
Barenaked Ladies - “One Week”
Meredith Brooks - “Bitch”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Pras, Mya and ODB - “Ghetto Superstar”
Wrexx-N-Effect - “Rump Shaker”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
2pac and Dr. Dre - “California Love”
Snow - “Informer”
Biz Markie - “Just a Friend”
Notorious B.I.G. - “Big Poppa”
Salt-N-Pepa - “Let’s Talk About Sex”
TLC - “What About Your Friends”
En Vogue - “Free Your Mind”
Will Smith - “Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Skee-Lo - “I Wish”
Montell Jordan - “This Is How We Do It”
Kris Kross - “Jump”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
Lauryn Hill - “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Backstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
NSync - “Tearing Up My Heart”
Hanson - “Mmmbop”
The Proclaimers - “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”
Britney Spears - “…Baby One More Time”
Christina Aguilera - “Genie in a Bottle”
Color Me Badd - “I Wanna Sex You Up”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Real McCoy - “Another Night”
Six Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got Back”
Quad City DJs - “Space Jam”
Snap - “The Power”
TLC - “No Scrubs”
Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue - “Whatta Man”
Janet Jackson - “That The Why Love Goes”
Mariah Carey - “Always Be My Baby”
Madonna - “Vogue”
Digital Underground - “Humpty Dance”
Dr. Dre - “Still D.R.E.”
Snoop Dogg - “Gin and Juice”
Will Smith - “Miami”
Lou Bega - “Mambo #5”
Spice Girls - “Spice Up Your Life”
Coolio featuring L.V. - “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Weird Al Yankovic - “Amish Paradise”
98 Degrees - “Because of You”
Backstreet Boys - “As Long As You Love Me”
Divinyls - “I Touch Myself”
No Doubt - “Don’t Speak”
Lisa Loeb - “Stay”

Party Like It's 1999 8/18/12

Well, that was nuts. I honestly don't know what to say anymore about the amount of people coming out.

September 28th is the next edition. I hope we can get everyone in.

Here's what you heard this past Saturday:

Whiskeytown - "16 Days"
Old 97's - "Time Bomb"
Wilco - "Monday"
John Mellencamp - "Wild Night"
The Refreshments - "Banditos"
Toad the Wet Sprocket - "All I Want"
Lemonheads - "Mrs. Robinson"
Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away"
Alice in Chains - "Man in the Box"
Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
Pearl Jam - "Elderly Woman in a Small Town"
Sugar - "If I Can't Change Your Mind"
Guided By Voices - "Motor Away"
Nirvana - "The Man Who Sold the World"
Beck - "Loser" Cake - "Never There"
R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
Matchbox Twenty - "3 A.M."
Rusted Root - "Send Me On My Way"
Better Than Ezra - "Good"
Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"
Dave Matthews Band - "Ants Marching"
Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"
Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"
Hole - "Celebrity Skin"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Wilson Phillips - "Hold On"
Mr. Big - "To Be With You"
The Cardigans - "Lovefool"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Ricky Martin - "Living La Vida Loca"
Bell Biv Devoe - "Poison"
C & C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
CeCe Peniston - "Finally"
Deee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
Notorious B.I.G featuring Puff Daddy and Mase - "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
Groove Theory - "Tell Me"
Jay Z - "Can I Get A..."
Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
TLC - "Waterfalls"
Michael Jackson - "Remember the Time"
Heavy D & Da Boyz - "Now That We Found Love"
Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
NSync - "I Want You Back"
Backstreet Boys - "As Long As You Love Me"
Ace of Base - "The Sign"
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Blink 182 - "All the Small Things"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
The Presidents of the United States of America - "Peaches"
Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Semisonic - "Closing Time"
Arrested Development - "Tennessee"
Madonna - "Vogue"
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
2Pac and Dr. Dre - "California Love"
Pras featuring Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Ghetto Supastar"
Juvenile - "Back That Azz Up"
Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Janet Jackson - "That's The Way Love Goes"
Prince and New Power Generation - "7"
Mary J Blige - "Real Love"
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
Montell Jordan - "This is How We Do It"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
No Doubt - "Just a Girl"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
The Proclaimers - "I Wanna Be (500 Miles)"
Britney Spears - "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
Robyn - "Show Me Love"
LFO - "Summer Girls"
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "Summertime"
House of Pain - "Jump Around"
Digital Underground - "Humpty Dance"
Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"
PM Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"

Cruel Summer 081012

Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
Madonna – “Like a Virgin”
Prince and the Revolution – “Kiss”
Chaka Khan – “I Feel for You”
Whitney Houston – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
Janet Jackson – “What Have You Done for Me Lately”
Terence Trent D’Arby – “Wishing Well”
The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian”
Pat Benatar – “Love Is a Battlefield”
David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
Duran Duran – “Hungry Like the Wolf”
A-Ha – “Take on Me”
Tony Basil – “Mickey”
Ray Parker Jr. – “Ghostbusters”
Irene Cara – “Flashdance…What a Feeling”
Shannon – “Let the Music Play”
Run-DMC – “It’s Tricky”
Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It”
LL Cool J – “Goin’ Back to Cali”
Beastie Boys – “No Sleep Til Brooklyn”
Go-Go’s – “Head Over Heels”
Huey Lewis and the News – “Power of Love”
Madonna – “Like a Prayer”
Toto – “Africa”
Nu Shooz – “I Can’t Wait”
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force – “Head to Toe”
Men Without Hats – “Safety Dance”
Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer”
Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”
USA for Africa – “We Are the World”

Party Like It's 1999 7/21/12

Well, um, last night was, um, off the chain son. I never thought I'd be DJ-ing at a place -- and there'd be a line to get in. Totally nuts. Here's what you heard (or didn't get to hear):

Queensryche – “Jet City Woman”

Temple of the Dog – “Hunger Strike”

Urge Overkill – “Sister Havana”

Buffalo Tom – “Sodajerk”

For Squirrels – “Mighty K.C.”

R.E.M. – “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”

Cracker – “Shake Some Action”

Wax – “California”

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Where’d You Go”

The Muffs – “Kids in America”

Belly – “Feed the Tree”

Garbage – “Stupid Girl”

Hole – “Celebrity Skin”

Beastie Boys – “Alive”

Urban Dance Squad – “Deeper Shade of Soul”

3rd Bass – “Pop Goes The Weasel”

Arrested Development – “Mr. Wendell”

Blur – “Girls and Boys”

Smash Mouth – “All Star”

New Radicals – “You Get What You Give”

Sugar Ray – “Fly”

Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”

Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”

Hanson – “Mmmbop”

Len – “Steal My Sunshine”

Spice Girls – “Wannabe”

Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”

Britney Spears – “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

Ace of Base – “The Sign”

TLC – “Creep”

Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre – “No Diggity”

Mariah Carey – “Fantasy”

Salt-N-Pepa – “Shoop”

Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa”

2pac – “How Do You Want It”

Dr. Dre – “Nuthin’ But a G Thing”

Coolio  featuring L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”

Warren G & Nate Dogg – “Regulate”

En Vogue – “My Lovin’ (Never Gonna Get It)”

Destiny’s Child – “Bills, Bills, Bills”

Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison”

Deee-Lite – “Groove Is in the Heart”

Robyn – “Show Me Love”

Robyn S. – “Show Me Love”

Aqua – “Barbie Girl”

No Doubt – “Just a Girl”

Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”

Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Blink 182 – “All The Small Things”

Green Day – “Basket Case”

Eve 6 – “Inside Out”

The Offspring – “Come Out and Play (Keep ‘Em Separated)”

Weezer – “Buddy Holly”

Divynls – “I Touch Myself”

James – “Laid”

The Cardigans – “Lovefool”

Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn”

Meredith Brooks – “Bitch”

Spin Doctors – “Two Princes”

Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping”

Sublime – “Santeria”
Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
Pearl Jam – “Alive”
House of Pain – “Jump Around”
Kris Kross – “Jump”
Heavy D – “Now That We Found Love”
Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
NSync – “I Want You Back”
Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”
Christina Aguilera – “Genie in a Bottle”
Aaliyah – “Are You That Somebody?”
Brandy & Monica – “the Boy Is Mine”
Jennifer Lopez – “If You Had My Love”
Pras featuring Mya & ODB – “Ghetto Supastar”
Naughty by Nature – “Hip-Hop Hoorey”
Skee-Lo – “I Wish”
Snow – “Informer”
Culture Beat – “Mr. Vain”
Madonna – “Ray of Light”
Ini Kamoze – “Here Comes the Hotstepper”
EMF – “Unbelievable”
Britney Spears – “…Baby One More Time”
TLC – “Waterfalls”
Prince & the New Power Generation – “7”
Gin Blossoms – “Found Out About You”
Fastball – “Out of My Head”
En Vogue – “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Faith No More – “Easy”
Goo Goo Dolls – “Name”

Party Like It's 1999 6/29/12

My oh my, I had no idea so many folks would be around last night. Thanks for coming out and packing the Bell House once again. Here's the playlist:

Afghan Whigs - "Debonair"
Sugar - "Helpless"
Superchunk - "Slack Motherfucker"
Elastica - "Connection"
King Missile - "Detachable Penis"
Jesus + Mary Chain - "Sometimes Always"
L7 - "Pretend We're Dead"
Everclear - "Everything to Everyone"
Cracker - "Low"
Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly"
Blink 182 - "Dammit"
Goldfinger - "Here in Your Bedroom"
Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
Stereo MC's - "Connected"
Blind Melon - "No Rain"
Sugar Ray - "Every Morning"
Dave Matthews Band - "Ants Marching"
Sixpence None the Richer - "Kiss Me"
Sister Hazel - "All for You"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"
Cardigans - "Lovefool"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
House of Pain - "Jump Around"
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Montell Jordan - "This Is How We Do It"
Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5"
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Nortorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
2pac - "I Get Around"
Pras featuring Mya and ODB - "Ghetto Supastar"
Wyclef - "We Are Trying to Stay Alive"
Skee-Lo - "I Wish"
Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Salt-n-Pepa - "Shoop"
TLC - "Creep"
Ace of Base - "The Sign"
Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"
Santana featuring Rob Thomas - "Smooth"
Ricky Martin - "Living La Vida Loca"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Eve 6 - "Inside Out"
Weezer - "El Scorcho"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
Blink 182 - "All the Small Things"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot"
Biz Markie - "Just a Friend"
Vitamin C - "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
Warren G. and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
Jennifer Lopez - "If You Want My Love"
Britney Spears - "...Hit Me One More Time"
Aqua -"Barbie Girl"
NSYNC - "I Want You Back"
Dee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"
LaBouche - "Be My Lover"
Eiffel 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Spice Girls - "Spice Up Your Life"
Will Smith - "Miami"
Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase - "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
Janet Jackson - "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
Christina Aguilera - "Genie In a Bottle"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
Mandy Moore - "Candy"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Proclaimers - "I'm Gonne Be (500 Miles)"
Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Slide"
The Presidents of the United States of America - "Peaches"
Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"
Eagle-Eye Cherry - "Save Tonight"
Gin Blossoms - "Found Out About You"
Faith No More - "Easy"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
Mark Cohn - "Walking in Memphis"
Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"
Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Extreme - "More Than Words"

Party Like It's 1999 5/18/12

Another fun night was had at The Bell House. Here's my-so-called playlist:

Beastie Boys - "So Whatcha Want"
Beastie Boys - "Root Down"
Bad Religion - "American Jesus"
The Posies - "Dream All Day"
The Get Up Kids - "Woodson"
that dog - "Never Say Never"
Garbage - "#1 Crush"
Moby featuring Gwen Stefani - "Southside"
Morrissey - "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get"
Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"
The Prodigy - "Firestarter"
Nirvana - "Verse Chorus Verse"
Soundgarden - "Spoonman"
Radiohead - "Just"
Beastie Boys - "Intergalatic"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"
Hole - "Violet"
Better Than Ezra - "Good"
The Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight"
Weezer - "My Name Is Jonas"
Reel Big Fish - "Sell Out"
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - "Jump Jive An' Wail"
Eagle Eye Cherry - "Save Tonight"
White Town - "Your Woman"
Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"
Everclear - "Santa Monica"
Lit - "My Own Worse Enemy"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
Len - "Steal Your Sunshine"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
TLC - "No Scubs"
Ace of Base - "Don't Turn Around"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Tupac and Dr. Dre - "California Love"
Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise"
Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Snow - "Informer"
Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5"
Boyz II Men - "Motownphilly"
NSync - "I Want You Back"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
The Proclaimers - "I Wanna Be (500 Miles)"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot"
Beastie Boys - "The Biz vs. The Nuge"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Rancid - "Ruby Soho"
311 - "All Mixed Up"
Eve 6 - "Inside Out"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Dee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"
Naughty By Nature - "O.P.P."
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Michael Jackson - "Black and White"
Ace of Base - "The Sign"
Jennifer Lopez - "If You Want My Love"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"
Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
Janet Jackson - "That's The Way Love Goes"
Outlast - "Ms. Jackson"
Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life"
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
Arrested Development - "Tennessee"
Digable Planets - "Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
Ol' Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis - "Got Your Money"
Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
Macy Gray - "I Try"
SWV - "Right Here/Human Nature"
R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"
Frente - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Lisa Loeb - "Stay (I Missed You)"

Party Like It's 1999 4/6/12

Amazing. Good Friday and Passover didn't stop folks from coming out to the Bell House Friday night. I was very surprised. Here's the playlist:

Danzig - "Mother"
Guns n' Roses - "You Could Be Mine"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Wicked Garden"
Pearl Jam - "Corduroy"
Soundgarden - "Spoonman"
Alice in Chains - "Would"
Faith No More - "Midlife Crisis"
Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy"
Beck - "Loser"
The Cure - "Friday I'm in Love"
Sponge - "Molly"
Urge Overkill - "Sister Havana"
Lemonheads - "It's a Shame About Ray"
Nada Surf - "Popular"
Superdrag - "Sucked Out"
Smash Mouth - "Walking on the Sun"
The Presidents of the United States of America - "Peaches"
Fiona Apple - "Criminal"
Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth.."
Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
R.E.M. - "Shiny Happy People"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
EMF - "Unbelievable"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
The Cardigans - "Lovefool"
James - "Laid"
Mr. Big - "To Be With You"
Natalie Imbriglia - "Torn"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
No Doubt - "Just a Girl"
Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Will Smith - "Getting Jiggy Wit It"
Dee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"
Montell Jordan - "This Is How We Do It"
Bell Biv Devoe - "Poison"
Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase - "Mo Money Mo Problems"
Coolio - "Fantastic Voyage"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
TLC - "No Scrubs"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
Britney Spears - "...Hit Me Baby One More Time"
Ricky Martin - "Living La Vida Loca"
Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"
Madonna - "Vogue"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
George Michael - "Freedom '90"
New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"
The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
Blink 182 - "All The Small Things"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic"
Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - "Nuthing But a G Thing"
Cypress Hill - "Insane in the Brain"
Adina Howard - "Freak Like Me"
Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
Mandy Moore - "Candy"
NSync - "I Want You Back"
Prince and the New Power Generation - "7"
Ace of Base - "Don't Turn Around"
Tony Toni Tone - "Feels Good"
Haddaway - "What Is Love"
Arrested Development - "Tennessee"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
Usher - "Nice and Slow"
Ginuwine - "Pony"
Faith No More - "Easy"
Scorpions - "Wind of Change"
PM Dawn - "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"
Pearl Jam - "Black"
Lisa Loeb - "Stay (I Missed You)"
Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"