"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)

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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)

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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)

"Somewhere Apart" -- Show #37 (S3 E10)

Episode 10 of this new season is in books. It was a burner, but we made sure to keep it under the speed limit. Hey, if the Minutemen can obey the traffic laws, why not us? If you missed the show, the podcast is available in most places, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. Playlist below, have a look-see.

"Somewhere Apart"

Show #37 (S3, E10)

April 30, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Soul Asylum - Sometime To Return (1988)

fIREHOSE - Sometimes (1987)

Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic (1984)

Paul Westerberg - Ain't Got Me (1996)

John Paul Keith - I Don't Wanna Know (2021)

The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis (2008)

The Mekons - Memphis, Egypt (1989)

Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Somewhere Apart (1986)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Jam - In The City (1977)

The Style Council - A Solid Bond In Your Heart (1983)

The Who - Pictures Of Lily (1967)

Guided By Voices - Glad Girls (2001)

Camper Van Beethoven - (I Was Born in a) Laundromat (1989)

The Police - Born In The 50's (1978)

Squeeze - I've Returned (1982)

"A Bit Part" -- Show #36 (S3 E9)

So that just happened. We lined up another episode and we knocked it down. We took a peek into 1979. We honored Mr. Joey Ramone. And in between we sat for storytime and it didn't leave us sleepy eyed at all. If you missed the show, the podcast is available almost everywhere, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. Here's how it went down . . .

"A Bit Part"

Show #36 (S3, E9)

April 23, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Gang of Four - I Found That Essence Rare (1979)

The B-52's - 52 Girls (1979)

XTC - Life Begins At The Hop (1979)

Joy Division - Disorder (1979)

X - ALPHABETLAND (2020)

X - Burning House of Love (1985)

New Order - Love Vigilantes (1985)

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Back Of Love (1983)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Specials - Gangsters (1979)

Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)

Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Lost Weekend (1985)

Big Dipper - Wet Weekend (1987)

Buffalo Tom - Tangerine (1995)

The Lemonheads - Bit Part (1992)

The Ramones - I Just Want To Have Something To Do (1978)

"Places That Are Gone" -- Show #35 (E3 S8)

It was Friday night and we had ourselves a good ol' time. Kinda like Phil Alvin on that iconic Blasters album cover . . . actually, it was exactly like that. If you missed the show, the podcast is available almost everywhere, including beatsurrender.podbean.com. Here's what we played tonight . . .

"Places That Are Gone"

Show #35 (S3, E8)

April 16, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

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

Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette (1986)

The Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep (1986)

Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone (1986)

The Jayhawks - Dogtown Days (2020)

The Jayhawks - Blue (1995)

The Beat Farmers - Blue Chevrolet (1986)

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)

THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

The Stranglers - Peaches (1977)

Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays (1979)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Hope You're Happy Now (1986)

Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk (1979)

The Blasters - American Music (1981)

Violent Femmes - American Music (1991)

Billy Bragg - Ideology (1986)

"Movin' On Up" -- Show #34 (S3 E7)

Another fun show in books, people. We did a deep-ish dive into the year of 1991 and then hopscotched across the decades until we landed in 1996 and signed off with a tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne. If you missed it, the podcast is available pretty much everywhere, including the latest big boy to succumb to the Beat Surrender -- Spotify.

"Movin' on Up"

Show #34 (S3, E7)

April 9, 2021

The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

Primal Scream - Movin' On Up (1991)

The Pixies - Planet of Sound (1991)

Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me (1991)

Uncle Tupelo - Still Be Around (1991)

Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me (1991)

Matthew Sweet - Coming Soon (2021)

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)

The Monkees - Sunny Girlfriend (1967)

Mojo Nixon - Girlfriend in a Coma (2005)

The Cramps - The Way I Walk (1978)

Alex Chilton - Volare (1987)

The Replacements - Alex Chilton (1987)

Talking Heads - Cities (1979)

Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar (1992)

Billy Bragg - Sexuality (1991)

Fountains of Wayne - Leave the Biker (1996)