"This Ain't No Picnic" -- Radio Show #110 (S7, E7)

This week we took a quick trip back to 1978 and then we talked about girls, home sweet home, and D. Boon. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"This Ain't No Picnic"

Show #110 (S7, E7)

April 5, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea (1978)

X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo (1978)

Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (1978)

Devo - Come Back Jonee (1978)

Buffalo Tom - New Girl Singing (2024)

The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (1986)

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (1978)

Graham Parker - Local Girls (1979)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Clash - Garageland (1977)

Public Image Limited - Home (1986)

The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (1980)

Ramones - I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement (1976)

Nick Lowe - So It Goes (1978)

The Feelies - What Goes On (1988)

Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic (1984)

"Light of Day" -- Radio Show #109 (S7, E6)

It's Women's History Month and so we celebrated, but we left some room for a few dudes, including the late, great Karl Wallinger. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"Light of Day"

Show #109 (S7, E6)

March 22, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Pretenders - Talk of the Town (1981)

The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall (1984)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Light of Day (1987)

Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl (1993)

Mary Timony - Don't Disappear (2024)

The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl (1987)

BoDeans - Fadeaway (1986)

Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade (1992)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Generation X - Wild Youth (1978)

Blondie - Die Young Stay Pretty (1979)

Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) (1986)

Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets (1982)

X - Los Angeles (1980)

Concrete Blonde - Still in Hollywood (1986)

World Party - Put the Message in the Box (1990)

"Green Eyes" -- Radio Show #108 (S7, E5)

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, we decided to celebrate a little, but we didn't over do it. We had to save ourselves for Lou's birthday. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"Green Eyes"

Show #108 (S7, E5)

March 8, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Stiff Little Fingers - Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae (1981)

U2 - Rejoice (1981)

Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (1987)

Fontaines D.C. - Boys in the Better Land (2019)

Sprints - Cathedral (2024)

Shane MacGowan & the Popes - The Church of the Holy Spook (1995)

The Beat Farmers - Gun Sale at the Church (1986)

Concrete Blonde - God Is a Bullet (1989)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Green Shirt (1979)

The Jam - Pretty Green (1980)

Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes (1985)

R.E.M. - Green Grow the Rushes (1985)

The Undertones - Whizz Kids (1980)

The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow (1982)

Lou Reed - Hold On (1989)

"Bo-Day-Shus!!!" -- Radio Show #107 (S7, E4)

This week we jumped in our time machine and set the dial for 1989, but only for a brief visit. We had other business to attend to -- namely the contemplation of heaven and hell, the here and now, and a world without Mojo. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"Bo-Day-Shus!!!"

Show #107 (S7, E4)

February 23, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Camper Van Beethoven - Borderline (1989)

Hoodoo Gurus - Come Anytime (1989)

XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton (1989)

Flat Duo Jets - Wild Wild Lover (1989)

Sleater-Kinney - Hell (2024)

The Breeders - Hellbound (1990)

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven (1989)

Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Heaven (1985)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Plimsouls - Now (1981)

Smoking Popes - Gotta Know Right Now (1994)

World Party - Way Down Now (1990)

The Dream Syndicate - Now I Ride Alone (1986)

Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Gonna Put My Face on a Nuclear Bomb (1986)

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (1988)

Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere (1987)

"Barbed Wire Love" -- Radio Show #106 (S7, E3)

With Valentines Day just around the corner, we decided to play some "love" songs tonight. Proceed with caution. . . . If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"Barbed Wire Love"

Show #106 (S7, E3)

February 9, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love? (1978)

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Back of Love (1983)

Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me (1991)

Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne (1984)

The Paranoid Style - I Love the Sound of Structured Class (2024)

Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (1978)

The dB's - A Spy in the House of Love (1984)

Big Star - I'm in Love With A Girl (1974)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love (1979)

Billy Bragg - Love Gets Dangerous (1984)

The Cult - Love Removal Machine (1987)

X - When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch (1981)

A Flock of Seagulls - Modern Love is Automatic (1982)

The Vibrators - Automatic Lover (1978)

MC5 - Teenage Lust (1970)

"Watch Your Step" -- Radio Show #105 (S7, E2)

This week we took a trip back to 1984. And when we returned, we put some pretenders in their place. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"Watch Your Step"

Show #105 (S7, E2)

January 26, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

The Replacements - Favorite Thing (1984)

Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue (1984)

Miracle Legion - The Backyard (1984)

Wire Train - Chamber of Hellos (1984)

The Whiffs - Pretender (2023)

Pretenders - Precious (1980)

The Kinks - Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout that Girl (1965)

Simple Minds - Speed Your Love To Me (1984)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Watch Your Step (1981)

The English Beat - Walk Away (1981)

Dinosaur Jr. - I Ran Away (2021)

Guadalcanal Diary - Trail of Tears (1984)

David Bowie - Fashion (1980)

Superchunk - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (2003)

Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Charlotte Street (1984)

"The Birth Of The True" -- Radio Show #104 (S7, E1)

Happy new year, friends, and welcome to Season 7. Tonight we celebrated the "new" and the virtues of beginning again. If you missed all the fun, the podcast is available in most places where podcasts reside. This handy link will point the way — https://linktr.ee/beatsurrender

"The Birth Of The True"

Show #104 (S7, E1)

January 12, 2024

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

X - The New World (1983)

The Cramps - New Kind Of Kick (1981)

The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era (1979)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Girl (1978)

The Mountain Goats - Clean Slate (2023)

Echo & the Bunnymen - Do It Clean (1980)

The Connells - New Boy (1993)

Beck - The New Pollution (1996)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Jam - Start! (1980)

R.E.M. - Begin The Begin (1986)

Aztec Camera - The Birth Of The True (1984)

Guided By Voices - Watch Me Jumpstart (1995)

The Damned - New Rose (1976)

Freedy Johnston - In the New Sunshine (1992)

The Velvet Underground - New Age (1970)