And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad – the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.

Don’t let the birds sing, don’t let the phone ring, don’t let this mood swing, don’t say anything.

I really really really really wish you were here.

If you’re a man without a hat it’s really too cold to be outside.

I thought this show was some kinda fun. Hope you will too!

At home he feels like a tourist
At home he feels like a tourist
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer

This week’s show (setlist below):

This is the best video of an early Gang of Four performance I could find on YouTube – in Zagreb in 1981. If you didn’t see them live back then, check this out:

Nothing makes me crave 80’s alternative music quite like a road trip through the deepest of the Deep South. Then again, grits – so there’s that.

This week’s playlist is a weird mix of deeply dystopian works with flowers of hope sprinkled throughout. Not sure how we got there but hope you’ll enjoy it nonetheless.

So not the most Christmas-y music but still a lot of fun tunes. A couple of friends told me that they’d like to hear me talk more during the show so I tried that out this week. Let me know what you think.

Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the best for 2022!

Q: What do the Temptations, Pere Ubu, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, and Status Quo all have in common?

A: They’re all covered on this week’s show! Check it out!

So you want to be a rock and roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time and learn how to play

If you’re not familiar with the music of Bill Nelson and/or Be Bop Deluxe, I do hope you’ll check them out. And my nephew just “discovered” Brian Eno this week and is going deep deep deep into the stacks to learn more. Always a fantastic feeling to uncover great music from years past.

My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I’m proud as hell of that fact

How many times have you been told
If you don’t ask, you don’t get?
How many lads have taken your money?
Your Mother said you shouldn’t bet
Who has the fun? Is it always a man with a gun?
Someone must have told you, if you work too hard, you can sweat?

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

Pretty sunset timelapse from Aruba a few years back. Only 82 seconds. Worth a watch!

It’s not quite a Jaguar.

This means that and that stands for something.
This over here relates to another thing.
I should know how but I wasn’t listening.
I play along but I don’t know anything.

I particularly enjoyed putting this one together – hope you’ll like it too. Remember to follow us on Twitter at @CKMS81828384. Leave comments there or here. Tell your friends!

A zesty mélange of up-tempo retro alternative music for you kids this week!

To kidnap an heiress, and threaten her with a knife?

Here’s this week’s show. Follow us on Twitter at @CKMS81828384!

The sheep is not a creature of the air.

Fortunately, if you have an unpleasant nature and dislike people, this is no impediment to work.

New show here:

When you get there, ask if the room is ready for Ralph.

Here’s this week’s show! Playlist is posted on Twitter at @CKMS81828384

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