The podcast to accompany my final post at bloggedy blog.

Playlist:

1. Intro - The End/Public Image/Beatles Medley - The Doors/Public Image Ltd.
2. Time to Move On - Tom Petty
3. Goodbye - Asobi Seksu
4. Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
5. Goodbye Goodbye - Oingo Boingo
6. Auf Wiedersehen - Cheap Trick
7. Hello & Goodbye - The Ataris

Playlist below. Full countdown/commentary at bloggedy blog.

10. Ben Kweller - Penny on a Train Track, from Ben Kweller

9. Drive By Truckers - Feb. 14, from A Blessing and a Curse

8. Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down, from American V: A Hundred Highways

7. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll, from Bang Bang Rock &Roll

6. The Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

5. The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!, from Boys and Girls in America.

4. Asobi Seksu - Strawberries, from Citrus

3. Cat Power - Empty Shell, from The Greatest

2. Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog, from The Life Pursuit

1. Tapes 'n Tapes - Insistor, from The Loon

Tags: music, music lists, best music of 2006, CD of the year, lists, 2006, best CDs, podcast, podcasting, mp3

The end-of-year review continues. Visit bloggedy blog for commentary.

Playlist:

1. Paul Simon - How Can You Live in the Northeast? (from Surprise)
2. Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Midday (Avoid City After Dark) (from An Other Cup)
3. The Lemonheads - Pittsburgh (from The Lemonheads)
4. Johnny Cash - Further On Up the Road (Bruce Springsteen cover) (from American V: A Hundred Highways)
5. Ben Kweller - I Don't Know Why (from Ben Kweller)
6. Cat Power - Lived in Bars (from The Greatest)
7. Neko Case - Margaret vs. Pauline (from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood)
8. Wolfmother - Woman (from Wolfmother)
9. The Hold Steady - Same Kooks (from Boys and Girls in America)

Tags: music, music lists, best music of 2006, CD of the year, lists, 2006, best CDs, podcast, podcasting, mp3

The end-of-year best-of listings continue. Commentary at bloggedy blog.

Playlist:

1. Asobi Seksu - New Years, from Citrus
2. Prototypes - Danse Sur La Merde, from Prototypes
3. Drive By Truckers - Daylight, from A Blessing and a Curse
4. Macon Greyson - Own, from Translate
5. Bottle Rockets - Middle Man, from Zoyzia
6. Buzzcocks - Big Brother Wheels, from Flat Pack Philosophy
7. The John Doe Thing - Broken Smile, from For the Best of Us
8. Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners - Sky Blue Pink, from Sev7en

Tags: music, music lists, best music of 2006, CD of the year, lists, 2006, best CDs, podcast, podcasting, mp3

The latest installment of my year-end music project. Visit bloggedy blog for more.

Playlist:

1. Art Brut - Moving to L.A., from Bang Bang Rock and Roll
2. The Pipettes - It Hurts to See You Dance So Well, from We Are the Pipettes
3. Tapes 'n Tapes - Crazy Eights, from The Loon
4. Pinky Tuscadero - Priscilla, from Look Your Best
5. Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill, from Let's Get Out of This Country
6. Paul Simon - That's Me, from Surprise
7. Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair, from I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
8. Arctic Monkeys - The View from the Afternoon, from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Tags: music, music lists, best music of 2006, CD of the year, lists, 2006, best CDs, podcast, podcasting, mp3

This podcast accompanies the brief history of punk timeline at my new book/blog site, Never Mind the Bibles: A Theology of Punk.

Playlist:

1. The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting for My Man
2. The Stooges - Real Cool Time
3. The New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
4. Ramones - 53rd and 3rd
5. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
6. The Clash - Deny
7. Black Flag - American Waste

Tags: podcast, music, punk, punk rock, rock, rock and roll, rock'n'roll

The "country, bluegrass and blues" club that gave birth to American punk, CBGB's, will close later this month. That's right, the national treasure that introduced us to Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Television, Richard Hell, and so many other great punk and new wave bands, will soon be history. (The legendary Patti Smith will play the final CBGB's show on Oct. 15.) So here is my little homage to this great place, a podcast of some of the bands that got their start there, or played there in the early days. Thanks, CBGB's, for the memories.

Playlist:

1. The Heartbreakers - Born to Lose
2. Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation
3. Talking Heads - The Book I Read
4. Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
5. Blondie - I'm On E
6. Television - See No Evil
7. The Vibrators - Baby Baby
8. Ramones - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

Tags: podcast, music, Punk, punk rock, CBGB's, rock, rock and roll, rock'n'roll

This is the final podcast accompanying my countdown of the 100 albums that changed my life. Thanks for listening.

Commentary is at my blog.

Playlist:

Playlist:

Talking Heads, "Don't Worry About the Government" (from 77)

The Rolling Stones, "Shattered" (from Some Girls)

David Bowie, "Rebel, Rebel" (from Diamond Dogs)

The Clash, "Rudie Can't Fail" (from London Calling)

Pink Floyd, "Brain Damage" (from Dark Side of the Moon)

Alice Cooper, "Teenage Lament '74" (from Muscle of Love)

Jimi Hendrix, "The Wind Cries Mary" (from Are You Experienced?)

Devo, "Gut Feeling" (from Q: Are We Not Men?)

The Beatles, "Baby You're a Rich Man" (from Magical Mystery Tour)

Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone" (from One More From the Road)

Tags: podcast, music, rock, rock and roll, rock'n'roll, lists, music lists, countdowns

Update: Playlist corrected. Sorry about the confusion, but I swapped some tunes around at the last minute. - AC

The countdown continues. This week's podcast covers albums 20-11 of the top 100 albums that have changed my life. As always, accompanying blather can be found on my blog, bloggedy blog.

Playlist:

Sex Pistols, "Pretty Vacant" (from Never Mind the Bollocks)

The Beatles, "A Day in the Life" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

Cheap Trick, "On Top of the World" (from Heaven Tonight)

The Who, "Pinball Wizard" (from Tommy)

B-52s, "Dance This Mess Around" "Rock Lobster" (from The B-52s)

Pretenders, "Tattooed Love Boys" "Mystery Achievement" (from Pretenders)

Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Things Going On" (from Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)

The Cars, "Let the Good Times Roll" "Moving In Stereo" (from The Cars)

Neil Young, "Old Man" (from Harvest)

Ramones, "Judy Is a Punk" (from Ramones)

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Here we go again. The latest podcast accompanying my countdown of 100 life-changing albums. Please visit bloggedy blog for the accompanying commentary.

The countdown continues. This week's podcast covers albums 40-31 of the top 100 albums that have changed my life. Visit bloggedy blog for commentary.

Playlist:

Violent Femmes, "Promise" (from Violent Femmes)

Steve Miller Band, "Dance, Dance, Dance" (from Fly Like an Eagle)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Even the Losers" (from Damn the Torpedoes)

Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Blues" (from At Folsom Prison)

Talking Heads, "Crosseyed and Painless" (from Remain in Light)

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, "Katmandu" (from Live Bullet)

Patti Smith, "Redondo Beach" (from Horses)

U2, "Out of Control" (from Boy)

Beatles, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (from Abbey Road)

Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (from Rust Never Sleeps)

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Here's the sixth rockin' installment of the bloggedy blog countdown of the top 100 rock'n'roll albums that changed my life. Please visit bloggedy blog for commentary.

Playlist:

The Police, "Next to You" (from Outlandos D'Amour)

Led Zeppelin, "When the Levee Breaks" (from IV)

The Beatles, "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" (from The White Album)

David Bowie, "Let's Dance" (from Let's Dance)

Blondie, "Hanging on the Telephone" (from Parallel Lines)

Elvis Costello, "Moods for Moderns" (from Armed Forces)

The Clash, "Career Opportunities" (from The Clash)

Pink Floyd, "Have a Cigar" (from Wish You Were Here)

The Who, "Bargain" (from Who's Next)

Talking Heads, "Paper" (from Fear of Music)

Tags: podcast, music, Thursday Thirteen, rock, rock and roll, rock'n'roll, lists, music lists, countdowns

This podcast accompanies my "music of 2006 (so far) in review" at bloggedy blog.

Playlist:

1. Belle and Sebastian - "The Blues Are Still Blue"
2. Drive By Truckers - "Wednesday"
3. Art Brut - "Formed a Band"
4. Cat Power - "Empty Shell"
5. Arctic Monkeys - "From the Ritz to the Rubble"
6. The Futureheads - "Fallout"
7. The Bottle Rockets - ""Align Yourself"
8. Tapes 'n Tapes - "Crazy Eights"
9. Neko Case - "The Needle Has Landed"
10. The Raconteurs - "Yellow Sun"
11. Kudu - "Hot Lava"

Tags: music, lists, music lists, music countdowns, Belle and Sebastian, Drive By Truckers, Art Brut, Cat Power, Arctic Monkeys, Futureheads, Bottle Rockets, Neko Case, the Raconteurs, jack white, Kudu, podcast