Monday, July 15, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 7/12/13

The crappy weather didn’t stop the close to 500 folks from coming out to pack The Bell House on Friday. We’ll be back there on August 23rd, and we’ll be in Manhattan at the 92nd St Y on Saturday July 27th!

Nine Inch Nails - “March of the Pigs”
Soundgarden - “Rusty Cage”
Foo Fighters - “Breakout”
L7 - “Pretend We’re Dead”
Faith No More - “A Small Victory”
Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
Radiohead - “Karma Police”
R.E.M. - “Bittersweet Me”
Elastica - “Connection”
Superdrag - “Sucked Out”
The Cure - “Friday I’m In Love”
Counting Crows - “Mr. Jones”
Matchbox Twenty - “3 A.M.”
Sugar Ray - “Fly”
EMF - “Unbelievable”
Stereo MC’s - “Connected”
Lo Fidelity All Stars - “Battleflag”
Cake - “The Distance”
The Presidents of the United States of America - “Lump”
Weezer - “The Good Life”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
Goldfinger - “Here in Your Bedroom”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Eve 6 - “Inside Out”
Meredith Brooks - “Bitch”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Hanson - “MmmBop”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Ginuwine - “Pony”
Notorious B.I.G. - “Hypnotize”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
Jay-Z - “Can I Get A…”
Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got Back”
Big Pun featuring Joe - “Still Not a Playa”
Pras featuring Mya and ODB - “Ghetto Superstar”
A Tribe Called Quest - “Scenario”
Mary J Blige - “Real Love”
Aaliyah - “Are You That Somebody?”
Black Sheep - “The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)”
2Pac - “How Do You Want It?”
Will Smith - “Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Skee-Lo - “I Wish”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Salt-N-Pepa - “Shoop”
TLC - “Waterfalls”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Aqua - “Barbie Girl”
69 Boyz - “Tootsie Roll”
Soul 4 Real - “Candy Rain”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Backstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
N’Sync - “I Want You Back”
Ace of Base - “Beautiful Life”
R. Kelly - “Bump N Grind”
Robyn - “Show Me Love”
Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
Alanis Morissette - “Ironic”
Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic”
Sublime - “Santeria”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Green Day - “Basket Case”
Harvey Danger - “Flagpole Sitta”
Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Barenaked Ladies - “One Week”
Lauryn Hill - “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
Keith Sweat - “Twisted”
Next - “Too Close”
Brandy and Monica - “The Boy Is Mine”
Britney Spears - “…Baby One More Time”
Lou Bega - “Mambo #5”
Madonna - “Ray of Light”
Real McCoy - “Another Night”
Destiny’s Child - “Jumpin’ Jumpin’”
Goo Goo Dolls - “iris”
No Doubt - “Don’t Speak”
Seal - “Kiss From a Rose”
Boyz II Men - “End of the Road”
Aerosmith - “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 6/14/13

Here's the playlist from another great night:



R.E.M. - “Bang and Blame”
Spacehog - “Almond Kisses”
The Replacements - “When It Began”
The Pixes - “Dig For Fire”
Pavement - “Cut Your Hair”
Soul Asylum - “Misery”
Fountains of Wayne - “It Must Be Summer”
Belly - “Feed the Tree”
Superchunk - “Hyper Enough”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Big Bang Baby”
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - “Free Girl Now”
Pearl Jam – “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”
Fastball – “Out of My Head” 
Barenaked Ladies – “It’s All Been Done” 
Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 
Dishwalla – “Counting Blue Cars” 
Deep Blue Something – “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
John Mellencamp – “Wild Night”
Spacehog – “In the Meantime”
Stone Roses – “Love Spreads”
Pulp – “Common People”


(Jonny Cragg Guest Set)

Elastica – “Connection”
My Bloody Valentine – “Soon” 
Blur – “Girls and Boys” 
Oasis – “Supersonic” 
Happy Mondays – “24 Hour Party People”
Supergrass – “Alright”
No Doubt  – “Just a Girl”
Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over”
TLC – “Creep”
De La Soul – “Say No Go”
Blackstreet – “No Diggity”
Fugees – “Fu-Gee-La”
Dee-Lite – “Groove Is in the Heart”
Madonna – “Vogue”
Jamiroquai – “Virtual Insanity”

Len – “Steal My Sunshine”
Michael Jackson – “Black and White”
Mariah Carey – “Fantasy”
Ginuwine – “Pony”
Notorious B.I.G. – “Hypnotize”
2Pac and Dr. Dre – “California Love”
Montel Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison”
Janet Jackson – “If”
En Vogue – “Free Your Mind”
Coolio featuring L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Jay-Z – “Can I Get A…”
Naughty by Nature – “Hip Hop Hooray”
Chumbawamaba – “Tubthumping”
Blur – “Song 2”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta”
Alice in Chains – “Would”
Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy”
Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”
House of Pain – “Jump Around”
Smash Mouth – “All-Star”
Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
NSync – “I Want You Back”
Britney Spears – “(You Drive Me) Crazy”
Ace of Base – “All That She Wants”
George Michael – “Freedom”
Christina Aguilera – “Genie in a Bottle”
Macy Gray – “I Try”
Mary J. Blige – “Real Love”
Jennifer Lopez – “My Love Don’t Cost a Thing”
TLC – “Waterfalls”
TLC – “No Scrubs”
Aaliyah – “One in a Million”
Mariah Carey – “Always Be My Baby”
Pras featuring ODB and Mya – “Ghetto Supastar”
Will Smith – “Miami”
Boyz II Men – “Motownphilly”
Mark Morrison – “Return of the Mack”
Destiny’s Child – “Jumpin’ Jumpin’”
La Bouche – “Be My Lover”
Haddaway – “What Is Love”
Fatboy Slim – “Praise You”
Snow – “Informer”
Salt-n-Pepa – “Shoop”
Brandy and Monica – “The Boy Is Mine”
Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
Prince and the New Power Generation – “7”
Fugees – “Killing Me Softly”
Janet Jackson – “Again”
Extreme – “More Than Words”
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 5/17/13

I'm sort of surprised I survived this night, considering how my bum left knee was acting up Friday night. Hopefully it'll feel better by the next edition on June 14th.


Depeche Mode - “I Feel You”
Beck - “The New Pollution”
Garbage - “Only Happy When It Rains”
U2 - “Mysterious Ways”
Nine Inch Nails - “Closer”
Smashing Pumpkins - “1979”
Blur - “Girls and Boys”
Pulp - “Common People”
Republica - “Ready to Go”
Divinyls - “I Touch Myself”
James - “Laid”
Tom Cochrane - “Life Is a Highway”
The Cure - “Friday I’m In Love”
Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”
The Proclaimers - “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
No Doubt - “Just a Girl”
Fatboy Slim - “Rockafeller Skank”
2Pac and Dr. Dre - “California Love”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
Next - “Too Close”
Salt-N-Pepa - “Shoop”
TLC - “Waterfalls”
Ginuwine - “Pony”
Skee-Lo - “I Wish”
Will Smith - “Getting’ Jiggy Wit It”
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase - “Mo Money Mo Problems”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Boyz II Men - “Motownphilly”
Kris Kross - “Jump”
Michael Jackson - “Black and White”
Madonna - “Deeper and Deeper”
Tony Toni Tone - “If I Had No Loot”
Montell Jordan - “This Is How We Do It”
Mary J. Blige - “Real Love”
Janet Jackson - “That’s the Way Love Goes”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Britney Spears - “…Baby One More Time”
Christina Aguilera - “Genie in a Bottle”
Backstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
NSync - “Tearing Up My Heart”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Hanson - “MMMbop”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Blink 182 - “All the Small Things”
Green Day - “Basket Case”
Everclear - “Santa Monica”
Foo Fighters - “Big Me”
Spin Doctors - “Two Princes”
Barenaked Ladies - “One Week”
George Michael - “Freedom”
Haddaway - “What Is Love”
Eiffel 65 - “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic”
Arrested Development - “Mr. Wendell”
Warren G and Nate Dogg - “Regulate”
SMV - “Human Nature/Right Here”
Lisa Loeb - “Stay”
Extreme - More Than Words”
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Col. Boyd's Derby Day Party 5/4/13

To mark the 40th anniversary of Secretariat winning the Kentucky Derby (and setting a pace that has yet to be topped), I decided to play songs on release in years that ended in 3 since then. Here's how it went

(1973)
Bob Dorough - "3 is a Magic Number"
Beach Boys - "Sail On, Sailor"
Gladys Knight and The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"
The Isley Brothers - "Summer Breeze"
Hall and Oates - "She's Gone"
The Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)"
Paul Simon - "Loves Me Like a Rock"
Carly Simon - "You're So Vain"
Stories - "Brother Louie"
Sweet - "Little Willy"
Led Zeppelin - "Dancing Days"
Rolling Stones - "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis"
(1983)
Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
The Romantics - "Talking In Your Sleep"
Lindsey Buckingham - "Holiday Road"
Huey Lewis and The News - "If This Is It'
Men at Work - "Overkill"
Duran Duran - "New Moon On Monday"
Eurythmics - "Love Is a Stranger"
Cyndi Lauper - "All Through the Night"
Madonna - "Borderline"
Madness - "Our House"
The Kinks - "Come Dancing"
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - "Everyday I Write the Book"
Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
(break)
(2013)
Phoenix - "Entertainment"
Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"
(2003)
No Doubt - "It's My Life"
(1993)
Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"
(2003)
The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - "Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?"
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 4/5/13

Another great night at The Bell House on Friday. I don't think I've ever had so many famous people hear me DJ...although they might not have been paying attention while partying backstage. Anyways, here's the playlist:



Jellyfish - “The King Is Half Undressed”
The Flaming Lips - “She Don’t Use Jelly”
Soul Coughing - “Circles”
The Breeders - “Cannonball”
Nirvana - “Come as You Are”
Soundgarden - “Spoonman”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Interstate Love Song”
The Smashing Pumpkins - “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
The Presidents of the United States of America - “Lump”
Beck - “Devil’s Haircut”
Oasis - “Supersonic”
Fastball - “The Way”
Sublime - “What I Got”
Sugar Ray - “Fly”
Sixpence None the Richer - “Kiss Me”
Meredith Brooks - “Bitch”
Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
New Radicals - “You Get What You Give”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Backstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
Hanson - “MMMBop”
Christina Aguilera - “Come on Over (All I Want is You)”
Brandy and Monica - “The Boy Is Mine”
Coolio featuring L.V. - “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Destiny’s Child - “Say My Name”
TLC - “Waterfalls”
Big Pun featuring Joe - “Still Not a Player”
Ginuwine - “Pony”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
Next - “Too Close”
Salt-N-Pepa - “Shoop”
Skee-Lo - “I Wish”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Montell Jordan - “This Is How We Do It”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Warren G and Nate Dogg - “Regulate”
Notorious B.I.G. - “Juicy”
Jay-Z - “Can I Get A….?”
Dr. Dre - “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”
House of Pain - “Jump Around”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Spin Doctors - “Two Princes”
Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
Beastie Boys - “Sabotage”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
Weezer - “Buddy Holly”
James - “Laid”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Spice Girls - “Say You’ll Be There”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
LFO - “Summer Girls”
Britney Spears - “…Baby One More Time”
N’Sync - “Tearing Up My Heart”
Robyn - “Show Me Love”
Cher - “Believe”
Dee-Lite - “Groove Is in the Heart”
Naughty by Nature - “O.P.P.”
Will Smith - “Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Six Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got back”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - “Got Your Money”
Mariah Carey - “Heartbreaker”
Backstreet Boys - “I Want It That Way”
Goo Goo Dolls - “Iris”
Ben Folds Five - “Brick”
Sinead O’Connor - “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Green Day - “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Song of the Week 3/22/13

Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"



Yes, I was one of the close to a million people that bought The 20/20 Experience last week. I thought "Mirrors" sounded great on SNL and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and I dug Futuresex/Lovesounds, so this wasn't a guilty pleasure purchase. I finally was able to give it a spin on Friday, and while much of the album could have used a sturdy editor, it's still pretty good. And "Mirrors" is by far the best track.

What I didn't expect out of my early Friday evening at the office was to hear Rita Houston spin "Mirrors" as the opening track of her WFUV show The Whole Wide World. That was shocking, to say the least. But good music is good music and her show is pretty diverse -- and it sounded great going into Phoenix's "Entertainment."
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Modern Needs 3/15/13

I had the awesome pleasure of guest DJing at Lee Greenfeld's Modern Needs Friday night at Last Exit on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. It's an all-vinyl event, which means I got to dig out some gems from the home catalog. Thanks so much to Lee for having me along for the ride and to the old Magnetic Field crew (and other friends) that spent their evening with us. Check out the playlist below.

(Please note: The two gaps below mark when Lee took over spinning tunes.)



T. Rex - “Jeepster”
Thin Lizzy - “Jailbreak”
Graham Parker and The Rumour - “Discovering Japan”
The Replacements - “Can’t Hardly Wait (Single Mix)”
Big Star - “Back of a Car”
Buffalo Tom - “Sodajerk”
Sugar - “Gee Angel”
The Godfathers - “Birth, School, Work, Death”
Nada Surf - “Blankest Year”
The Raspberries - “Go All the Way”
The Monkees - “Last Train to Clarksville”
Young Fresh Fellows - “Taco Wagon/Picture Book”
The Beach Boys - “Sail on Sailor”
World Party - “Ship of Fools”
The Motels - “Only the Lonely”
The Zombies - “This Will be Our Year”

Marshall Crenshaw - “Someday, Someway”
Billy Bragg - “Greetings From the New Brunette”
Big Country - “In a Big Country”
The Cars - “Magic”
Crowded House - “Something So Strong”
Duran Duran - “New Moon on Monday”
The Go-Gos - “This Town”
The Pretenders - “Back on the Chain Gang”
The Waitresses - “I Know What Boys Like”
The Tubes - “She’s a Beauty”
Talk Talk - “It’s My Life”
The Thompson Twins - “Hold Me Now”
Missing Persons - “Destination Unknown”
Social Distortion - “Ball and Chain”
Ramones - “I Just Want to Have Something to Do”

Black Flag - “TV Party”
Cheap Trick - “Dream Police”
The Smithereens - “Behind the Wall of Sleep”
The Knack - “My Sharona”
Billy Squier - “My Kinda Lover”
Men at Work - “Overkill”
The Replacements - “I’ll Be You”
Superchunk - “Learned to Surf”
The Figgs - “Ginger”
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
Hoodoo Gurus - “Death Defying”
Madness - “It Must Be Love”
Haircut One Hundred - “Love Plus One”
Joe Jackson - “Fools In Love”
Split Enz - “Six Months in a Leaky Boat”
Blondie - “Rapture”
Talking Heads - “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
The Cure - “Why Can’t I Be You”
The Buggles - “Video Killed the Radio Star”
Urge Overkill - “Sister Havana”
Wilco - “ELT”
Pixies - “Here Comes Your Man”
The Soft Boys - “The Queen of Eyes”
Public Image Limited - “Seattle”
Squeeze - “Black Coffee in Bed”
The English Beat - “Janette”
Scruffy the Cat - “My Baby, She’s Alright”


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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 3/9/13

I expected a big crowd, but never the biggest in Party Like It's 1999's history. I'm still amazed by it three days later. Here's the playlist from that fateful night:

Bad Religion – “A Walk”
Blink 182 – “Dammit”
Sugar – “A Good Idea”
Alice in Chains – “Them Bones”
Foo Fighters – “My Hero”
Metallica – “Enter Sandman”
Pearl Jam – “Daughter”
Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
Radiohead – “Paranoid Android”
Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie on Earth”
Spacehog – “In the Meantime”
Edwyn Collins – “A Girl Like You”
Garbage – “Stupid Girl”
Jesus Jones – “Right Here, Right Now”
White Town – “Your Woman”
A3 – “Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)”
Moby featuring Gwen Stefani – “Southside”
Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus”
Beck – “Loser”
Letters to Cleo – “Here and Now”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get”
Spin Doctors – “Two Princes”
No Doubt – “Just a Girl”
Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
LFO – “Summer Girls”
Len – “Steal My Sunshine”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre – “No Diggity”
Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
2Pac and Dr. Dre – “California Love”
Ginuwine – “Pony”
Destiny’s Child – “Bills, Bills, Bills”
TLC – “No Scrubs”
Ace of Base – “The Sign”
CeCe Peniston – “Finally”
Janet Jackson – “Go Deep”
Color Me Badd – “I Wanna Sex You Up”
Mariah Carey – “Fantasy”
Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison”
Kris Kross – “Jump”En Vogue – “Free Your Mind”
C and C Music Factory – “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
Quad City DJ’s – “C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)”
La Bouche – “Be My Lover”
Culture Beat – “Mr. Vain”
Aqua – “Barbie Girl”
Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
Britney Spears – “…Baby One More Time”
N’Sync – “I Want You Back”
Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”
Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping”
The Proclaimers – “I Wanna Be (500 Miles)”
Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”
Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
Green Day – “Basket Case”
Ricky Martin – “Living La Vida Loca”
Sir Mix A Lot – “Baby Got Back”
Naughty By Nature – “O.P.P.”
Onyx – “Slam”
Coolio featuring L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Snoop Dogg – “Gin and Juice”
Skee-Lo – “I Wish”
Jay-Z – “Can I Get A…”
Eiffel 65 – “Blue (Da Be Dee)”
Robyn – “Show Me Love”
Jennifer Lopez – “If You Had My Love”
Janet Jackson – “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
Warren G. and Nate Dogg – “Regulate”
En Vogue – “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – “One Sweet Day”
Duran Duran – “Ordinary World”
Seal – “Kiss From a Rose”
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Saturday, March 09, 2013

Song of the Week 3/8/13

Duran Duran - "Save a Prayer"

On Thursday I was searching through Amazon's MP3 store for bargains. I came across the expanded edition of Rio for 5.99 and knew I had to buy it because it had the U.S. remixes of the title track and "Hungry Like the Wolf." I listened to the 29 tracks in the collection over the past two days and found myself comparing the album version of "Save a Prayer" and the Arena version that was a U.S. single (and the version I liked best as a teenager). This morning I put VH1 Classic on and wouldn't you know that they played the studio "Save a Prayer" video.

(They followed it up with the the's "This is the Day," which was *awesome*. I had no idea that Wix from Paul McCartney's band plays in the the. But there he is, jamming on the accordion.)

Here's the studio version:

Here's the live version that was a single in 1984:
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Sunday, March 03, 2013

Song of the Week 3/1/13

Husker Du - "Hate Paper Doll"

I raved about the Copper Blue show the Bob Mould Band did last September in the 2012 RT20, but that didn't prepare me for how powerful the trio would be at Bowery Ballroom Tuesday night. They opened with five Copper Blue songs in a row, playing with an intensity that was stunning for a 52 year-old man. The highlight was the trio of songs they did from Husker Du's Flip Your Wig. I never thought I'd ever see Mould sing "Hate Paper Doll." And I never thought it could sound SO much better that the studio version. Just hearing the drums not sound like tin cans was a huge plus.

On Wednesday night SNL/Portlandia star Fred Armisen joined the band for that same trio of Flip Your Wig songs. This video captures just how great that block of tunes can sound on stage.

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Song of the Week 2/22/13

Aimee Mann - "Labrador"

I've gotten turned on to a lot of comedians (and felt like I've learned some fascinating things about life in general) listening to the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. But in the two plus years I've been listening I've never had a song get stuck in my head from a guest's live performance. That changed with Aimee Mann's stripped down take on "Labrador" from her Charmer album.

Why I never picked up this album after seeing the "Labrador" video last fall I'll never be able to explain.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Song of the Week 2/15/13

Supertramp - "Cannonball"

I've slowly been replacing the cassette albums I had from the early 80s to early 90s. This week I ordered Supertramp's first post-Roger Hodgson album Brother Where You Bound. It hasn't held up that well because of the dated production, but the first single "Cannonball" takes me back to spring 1985 within the first 10 seconds.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 2/15/13

Thanks to all that came out Friday night! Our next one is Saturday, March 9th! Here's the playlist!


Sheryl Crow - “All I Wanna Do”
Amy Grant - “Baby, Baby”
Annie Lennox - “Walking on Broken Glass”
Donna Lewis - “I Love You Always and Forever”
Jennifer Page - “Crush”
The Cure - “Friday I’m In Love”
Tom Cochrane - “Life Is a Highway”
Smash Mouth - “All Star”
Squirrel Nut Zippers - “Hell”
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - “Jump Jive n’ Wail”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
Ricky Martin - “Living La Vida Loca”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
2Pac and Dr. Dre - “California Love”
Snoop Dogg - “Gin and Juice”
Notorious B.I.G. - “Hypnotize”
Monifah - “Touch It”
Michael Jackson - “Remember the Time”
Janet Jackson - “If”
Destiny’s Child - “Say My Name”
Aaliyah - “Are You That Somebody?”
TLC - “No Scrubs”
En Vogue - “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Salt-N-Pepa - “Shoop”
Mariah Carey featuring ODB - “Fantasy (Remix)”
Ginuwine - “Pony”
Lauryn Hill - “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
Adina Howard - “Freak Like Me”
Kriss Kross - “Jump”
Snap - “The Power”
Fatboy Slim - “Praise You”
House of Pain - “Jump Around”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Rancid - “Time Bomb”
Weezer - “Buddy Holly”
Spin Doctors - “Two Princes”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Hanson - “Mmmbop”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Christina Aguilera - “Genie in a Bottle”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”
Prince and the New Power Generation - “7”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Boyz II Men - “Motownphilly”
Digital Underground - “Humpty Dance”
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase - “Mo Money, More Problems”
MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
Michael Jackson - “Black and White”
James - “Laid”
No Doubt - “Just a Girl”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Beastie Boys - “Sabotage”
Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got Back”
L.L. Cool J - “Mama Said Knock You Out”
Next - “Too Close”
Pras featuring Michel, Mya and ODB - “Ghetto Superstar”
Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson - “What’s It Gonna Be?”
Fugees - “Killing Me Softly”
Seal - “Kiss From a Rose”
R. Kelly - “I Believe I Can Fly”

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Song of the Week 2/8/13

Duran Duran - "New Moon on Monday"

I usually close my Sunday nights out by listen to the Classic Countdown with Dick Bartley on CBS-FM. They do two set of countdowns that are two hours apiece and set a decade apart. I especially love when they do 1974 and 1984. Those were both formative years for my music fandom, so hearing up to 25 songs from February of each year was a treat.

I had totally forgotten about "New Moon on Monday." After hearing it on the countdown, I downloaded the deluxe version of Seven & The Ragged Tiger and listened to that song eight times this week.


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Monday, February 04, 2013

Song of the Week 2/1/13

The Reigning Monarchs featuring Jed Parish and Norah Jones - "Ghost Town"

One of the reasons I love Brooklyn so much is that sometimes a great moment will come out of nowhere. Another fine example of this took place Saturday night. Heather and I decided, on a whim, to go to The Bell House to check out the Starfish Circus show. I knew that I was interested in hearing The Reigning Monarchs because USA Mike from Letters to Cleo was their lead guitarist. I quickly discovered when talking to the sound man Jeff that their drummer for the evening was Pete Caldes from The Gravel Pit and The Gentlemen. Then during the Monarchs opening set Caldes' Gravel Pit bandmate Jed Parish came out with Norah Jones to sing on a cover of The Specials' "Ghost Town." I was stunned, surprised and incredibly happy.


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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Song of the Week 1/25/13

Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson - "What's It Gonna Be?!"



One of the great things about Party Like It's 1999 is when a song I really liked in the 90s that had slipped through the cracks gets requested. This Busta and Janet collaboration is a perfect example. I remember this song practically burning up the TV screen when I first saw this video.  And I can honestly say that I think it's held up rather well, unlike some rap collaborations from that decade.
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 1/18/13

Well, the first PLI99 of 2013 was off the charts crazy. Hopefully that will set a tone for the rest of the year. The next edition is February 15th at The Bell House with an 11:00 p.m. start in the Main Event Hall. Here's what you heard this month: 

Tom Petty - “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
The Black Crowes - “Jealous Again”
Soul Asylum - “Runaway Train”
Sugar - “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”
The Wallflowers - “One Headlight”
The Verve - “Bittersweet Symphony”
Radiohead - “Karma Police”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
Matthew Sweet - “Sick of Myself”
The Rentals - “Friends of P”
Stroke 9 - “Little Black Backpack”
Veruca Salt - “Seether”
Garbage - “Special”
Hole - “Celebrity Skin”
Tracy Bonham - “Mother Mother”
Matchbox Twenty - “3 A.M.”
Rusted Root - “Send Me on My Way”
Sister Hazel - “All for You”
Goo Goo Dolls - “Slide”
Gin Blossoms - “Hey Jealousy”
The Proclaimers - “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
The Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
Madonna - “Ray of Light”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Heavy D. and Da Boyz - “Now That We Found Love”
Montell Jordan - “This Is How We Do It”
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - “No Diggity”
Ginuwine - “Pony”
L.L. Cool J - “Around the Way Girl”
Skee-Lo - “I Wish”
Notorious B.I.G. - “Hypnotize”
Pharcyde - “Passing Me By”
Snoop Dogg - “Gina And Juice”
MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
Dee-Lite - “Groove Is in the Heart”
Toni Tony Tone - “Feels Good”
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison”
Boyz II Men - “Motownphilly”
Soul 4 Real - “Candy Rain”
Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
Madonna - “Vogue”
Robyn - “Show Me Love”
Pras featuring Michel, Mya and ODB - “Ghetto Superstar”
Salt-N-Pepa - “None of Your Business”
TLC - “Waterfalls”
Destiny’s Child - “Bills, Bills, Bills”
Backstreet Boys - “As Long As You Love Me”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Britney Spears - “…Hit Me One More Time”
NSync - “tearing Up My heart”
Hanson - “Mmmbop”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Blink 182 - “All the Small Things”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Green Day - “Basket Case”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Sugar Ray - “Fly”
Sublime - “Santeria”
Alanis Morissette - “Ironic”
Smash Mouth - “All-Star”
Ricky Martin - “Living La Vida Loca”
Lou Bega - “Mambo No. 5”
Eiffel 65 - “Blue (Da Be Dee)”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Mary J Blige - “real Love”
Next - “Too Close”
Mark Morrison - “Return of the Mack”
Kris Kross - “Jump”
2Pac and Dr. Dre - “California Love”
Usher - “You Make Me Wanna”
Will Smith - Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Puff Daddy - “It’s All About the Benjamins (Remix)”
Warren G. and Nate Dogg - Regulate”
Prince and the New Power Generation - “7”
Savage Garden - “Truly Madly Deeply”
P.M. Dawn - “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”
Extreme - “More Than Words”
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Song of the Week 1/18/13

Lionel Richie - "All Night Long (All Night)"



I swear, I heard this song three times this week on CBS-FM. There's something wrong about that.
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Song of the Week 1/11/13

Paul F Tompkins - "Skyfall"

When I wrote about Adele appearing at the Golden Globes for work, I didn't think of her version of the James Bond theme. I thought about this one, and how it perfectly straddles the line between comedy and heartfelt performance. Enjoy!

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Monday, January 07, 2013

Song of the Week 1/4/13

Kelly Clarkson - "Catch My Breath"


I scrolled through the cable channels Tuesday through Thursday nights and again on Sunday night looking for something to entertain me. And every single time I hit MTV Hits, this video for the newly-blonde Clarkson was on. Pretty weird. Also, pretty good song.

(Oh, hey, I'm doing these SOTWs again. And I promise to fill in the missing ones from 2012 this year. Really. I mean it.)
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Party Like It's 1999 12/28/12

Our next edition of Party Like It's 1999 is Friday, January 18th, 2013! We closed 2012 last Friday with a quirky night of tunes and out of left field requests. Here's what you heard:

 Black Sheep - “The Choice Is Yours”
Brand Nubian - “Slow Down”
De Le Soul – “Ring Ring Ring”
Beastie Boys – “Pass the Mic”
Rage Against the Machine – “Killing in the Name Of”
Metallica – “The Memory Remains”
Faith No More – “A Small Victory”
Soul Coughing – “Super Bon Bon”
Cake – “The Distance”
Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
Garbage – “I Think I’m Paranoid”
White Town – “Your Woman”
Daft Punk – “Around the World”
Lo-Fidelity All-Stars – “Battleflag”
Filter – “Take a Picture”
Urge Overkill – “Sister Havana”
Soul Asylum – “Without a Trace”
Third Eye Blind – “Never Let You Go”
Savage Garden – “I Want You”
Adam Ant – “Wonderful”
Cranberries – “Dreams”
Collective Soul – “Shine”
Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain’t Over Til Its Over”
Fastball – “The Way”
Dishwalla – “Counting Blue Cars”
Better Than Ezra – “Good”
Toadies – “Possum Kingdom”
No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”
En Vogue – “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)”
Dr. Dre and 2Pac – “California Love”
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg – “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thing”
Blackstreet and Dr. Dre – “No Diggity”
Notorious B.I.G. – “Hypnotize”
Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
Mark Morrison – “Return of the Mack”
Will Smith – “Getting Jiggy Wit It”
Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
Wreck-N-Effect – “Rump Shaker”
Puff Daddy featuring Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim and The Lox – “It’s All About the Benjamins”
TLC – “No Scrubs”
Warren G and Nate Dogg – “Regulate”
Chaka Demus and Pliers – “Murder She Wrote”
Boyz II Men – “Motownphilly”
New Kids on the Block – “Step By Step”
Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
N’ Sync – “I Want You Back”
Britney Spears – “(You Drive Me) Crazy”
Destiny’s Child – “Bills, Bills, Bills”
Aaliyah – “Are You That Somebody?”
Naughty By Nature – “O.P.P.”
House of Pain – “Jump Around”
Blink 182 – “All The Small Things”
Green Day – “Basket Case”
Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Smash Mouth – “All Star”
Weezer – “Say It Ain’t So”
Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
No Doubt – “Just a Girl”
Ini Kamoze – “Here Comes the Hotstepper”
Lou Bega – “Mambo No. 5”
Britney Spears – “…Hit Me One More Time”
Usher – “U Make Me Wanna”
Ginuwine – “Pony”
Adina Howard – “Freak Like Me”
Brandy and Monica – “The Boy Is Mine”
Next – “Too Close”
Janet Jackson – “Go Deep”
Des’ree – “You Gotta Be”
Christina Aguilera – “Genie in a Bottle”
Color Me Badd – “I Wanna Sex You Up”
Salt-N-Pepa – “Shoop”
Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue – “Whatta Man”
Coolio featuring L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Lauryn Hill – “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
A Tribe Called Quest – “Find a Way”
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase – “Mo Money, Mo Problems”
Ace of Base – “The Sign”
Spice Girls – “Say You’ll be There”
Faith Evans – “Love Like This”
Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”
Weezer – “Undone (The Sweater Song”)
Semisonic – “Closing Time”
Counting Crows – “A Long December”
Lisa Loeb – “Stay”
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