"Cracking Up" -- Show #40 (S3 E13)

Alright, alright. A good time was had tonight. We spent some time in 1988, but we weren't confined there. We bounced around through the years like we were everywhere at once. And we celebrated the birthdays of the Bard and the Modfather. If you missed the show, the podcast is available in most places, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. The playlist looks a little like this . . .

"Cracking Up"

Show #40 (S3, E13)

May 28, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death (1988)

The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988)

The Fall - Victoria (1988)

The Go-Betweens - Was There Anything I Could Do? (1988)

Pernice Brothers - Mint Condition (2019)

Pixies - Gigantic (1988)

Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene (1988)

Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Perfect Skin (1984)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Nick Lowe - Cracking Up (1979)

Bob Dylan - Girl From The North Country (with Johnny Cash) (1969)

The Jam - Girl on the Phone (1979)

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (1988)

Mojo Nixon - Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child (1989)

Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction (1994)

The Plimsouls - Oldest Story In The World (1983)

Blondie - Dreaming (1979)

"Looking for a Kiss" -- Show #39 (S3 E12)

A swell time was had tonight. We dipped our toes into 1980 and sang along to songs about girls and boys and cross-dressers and junkies. Good ol' family entertainment! If you missed the show, the podcast is available in all the right places, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. Here's how it all went down . . .

"Looking for a Kiss"

Show #39 (S3, E12)

May 21, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Jim Carroll Band - It's Too Late (1980)

The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You (1980)

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)

U2 - Stories For Boys (1980)

Chuck Prophet - High as Johnny Thunders (2020)

New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss (1973)

Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground (1992)

The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (1970)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Devo - Girl U Want (1980)

X - White Girl (Single Mix) (1980)

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Coma Girl (2003)

Joe Jackson - Pretty Girls (1979)

Buffalo Tom - Guilty Girls (2011)

Cheap Trick - Southern Girls (1977)

The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys (1979/80)

"Hyper Enough" -- Show #38 (S3 E11)

After a week's hiatus, we were back and ready for some goddamn fun. 100% of it. We played some favorites from 1995 and then we hit the pavement in search of employment. If you missed the show, the podcast is available in most places, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. See playlist below. Catch you on the flip.

"Hyper Enough"

Show #38 (S3, E11)

May 14, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Matthew Sweet - Sick Of Myself (1995)

Morphine - Honey White (1995)

Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay (1995)

Rancid - Time Bomb (1995)

Smoking Popes - Rubella (1994/95)

Split Single - (Nothing You Can Do) To End This Love (2021)

R.E.M. - Superman (1986)

Superchunk - Hyper Enough (1995)

Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore (2014)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The English Beat - Get-A-Job (1981)

The Clash - Career Opportunities (1977)

Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week (1977)

Dead Kennedys - Take This Job And Shove It (1986)

Throwing Muses - Bright Yellow Gun (1995)

The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns (1984)

The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man (1987)

The Cult - Rain (1985)