"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)

 

"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)