"The Great Leap Forwards" -- Radio Show #103 (S6, E22)

The final show of the year, so we had to take care of some business, including sharing some of our favorite albums of 2023, celebrating some December birthdays, and playing a few Christmas tunes for good measure. See you in 2024! 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 Great Leap Forwards"

Show #103 (S6, E22)

December 22, 2023

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Big Star - September Gurls (1974)

R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk (1983)

The Replacements - I Will Dare (1984)

Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire - Here We Go Again (2023)

Robert Forster - Tender Years (2023)

Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (1988)

Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Clash - Clampdown (1979)

Waco Brothers - Best That Money Can Buy (2023)

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)

Deer Tick - Grey Matter (2023)

The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)

Hüsker Dü - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1986)

Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (1987)

The Silos - ¿Por Que No? (1990)

"World Shut Your Mouth" -- Radio Show #102 (S6, E21)

This week we spanned the decades and then we sang about our baby and the fate of the world. 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

"World Shut Your Mouth"

Show #102 (S6, E21)

December 8, 2023

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

The Connells - Slackjawed (1993)

The Replacements - Within Your Reach (1983)

The Who - The Real Me (1973)

Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage (2003)

The Blips - Who Took My Baby Away? (2023)

Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away (1981)

Bob Mould - Baby Needs A Cookie (2020)

Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby (1984)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

Circle Jerks - World Up My Ass (1980)

Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (1987)

The Jam - The Modern World (1977)

The Plimsouls - Oldest Story in the World (1983)

The Pogues - White City (1989)

The Del-Lords - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (1984)

Shane MacGowan & the Popes - That Woman's Got Me Drinking (1995)