Been a while since I've done a special, so let's do this. For those who haven't seen them, I usually pick a word, search the library for that word, and then randomize among those songs. Today, I'm going with "school" in honor of the kids...
The Nation of Ulysses, "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)"
Back in the day, there were troglodytes on Usenet that hated the Nation of Ulysses for being too arty, too pretentious, just too much. How stupid is that? This shit rocks, people are dumb.
Death...
Alejandro Escovedo, "Chelsea Hotel '78"
Escovedo is one of those artists that has had a long recording career, and someone whose name I'd seen in a bunch of places, but I didn't really know anything about him. I picked up what was, at the time,...
Felt, "Bass For Your Truck"
Repeat!
The Smiths, "Is It Really So Strange?"
I really need to get to the point where my kid can have visitors again, because I really want to try and mortify them by singing along to the Smiths really loud....
Frederick Knight, "Trouble"
Hell yeah, that's the stuff.
Front 242, "Gripped By Fear"
This is from a remix EP called Mixed By Fear, containing remixes of songs from Tyranny For You. It's every bit as forgettable as that sounds, and is incredibly inessential.
El Michaels...