Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:02pm Dr. Goot:

Hello Joe!

12:02pm Claw!:

Nice start, Joe!
Happy Monday!

12:03pm Dominick:

Hiya!

12:04pm Cecile:

awesome!

12:04pm paula pc:

wondrous start with these two

12:04pm Marc Francis:

Good day Belock! Good day all y'all!

12:04pm Dr. Goot:

Absolutely!

12:06pm SmokinJ:

Here we go! Hiya kids! :)

12:08pm KP:

Great work on that version of R.A.M.O.N.E.S., Joe

12:09pm Joe B:

Hey everyone! thanks for tuning in and checking in!

12:10pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe and peoples. Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit!

12:12pm Todd-o-phonic:

Purple Wizard album is great...flew way under the radar.

12:13pm Joe B:

not on this show!

12:13pm Mike East:

Do it, Joe! I need this...deep in my soul

12:13pm Todd-o-phonic:

That's why Belock is THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP!!!!

12:13pm Bluesman:

I'm sure the band name through a lot of folks local and from afar.

12:18pm Bluesman:

This Danny Laj tune reminds me a bit of early Sights.

12:19pm Joe B:

I agree Blues, good point

12:20pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Joe!

12:23pm Miss Mailas:

Howdy, friends!

12:25pm Marc Francis:

Howdy Miss Mailas! Belock - you are on fire again!

12:36pm Grok-o-matic:

Nice, kinda reminds me of Scream Jay Put a Spell on You, sorta vibe.

12:36pm joe:

'ello folks

12:38pm joe:

I think there is a Joey version of R.A.M.O.N.E.S on Greatest Hits live. I could be mistaken it might be CJ as well but I'm pretty sure it is Joey.

12:40pm Joe B:

hi Joe. Could be! was it that same version? that didn't sound live.

12:41pm Dr. Goot:

Nice segue Joe.

12:41pm joe:

I think it was a studio version stuck at the end of the disc. It's been a while I'll have to check when I get home. Not a disc I listen to very often.

12:42pm Joe B:

Thanks Dr! called an audible! glad it worked out

12:43pm Joe B:

as opposed to that terrible segue!

12:43pm Dr. Goot:

ha!

12:45pm Bluesman:

I've been putting the word out about Sonny's family and the needed support. What a tragedy.

12:47pm Joe B:

yes that is terrible, there is a go fund me page and all the details are on Sonny's facebook page

12:49pm Dean:

Pooch!

12:49pm glenn:

and that right there is why you should elect bernie sanders. so you don't have to have fundraisers for medical bills.

12:49pm Bluesman:

Sonny mentioned that GoFundMe was giving him some difficulty. Not sure if that ever cleared up. His PayPal account is an alternate. All spelled out on his Facebook page.

12:50pm Joe B:

right on Glenn

12:55pm Todd-o-phonic:

New Parquet Courts material sounded great live last week...

12:57pm Wild Neil:

Hi Joe et al! Hey, this Parkay Quarts sounds like Brian Jonestown Massacre to me...

12:58pm Wild Neil:

"My women's got a dozen knees,
She tries to satisfy soldiers,
Although they say 'its all the same'"
I think I mis-heard...

12:59pm MattBelow:

Hey Mr B!

1:02pm Bluesman:

Sonny made a very positive and optimistic post on GoFundMe regarding his recovering family members!

1:07pm Cliff:

Well apparently David Bowie refused twice to produce an album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers....and they were also turned down 8 times by Brian Eno

1:09pm glenn:

good. nothing can make those mopes sound good.

1:10pm V Priceless:

hey Joe! Cool show! Thanx for the Bowie/Spiders!

1:10pm Cliff:

Just cracks me up....you'd think after refusal #5 or so they'd get the hint

1:11pm SmokinJ:

These guys rule!

1:12pm Dean:

Maybe they only asked once, but Eno replied, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

1:13pm Marc Francis:

DAMN! Miriam covered this? My all time favourite Bowie (or Davey Jones) song!!!!!

1:13pm Cliff:

Nah, that sounds more like something Robert Fripp would do.

1:14pm Wild Neil:

@Dean and Cliff-this proves to me that Eno had and still has good taste. I strongly dislike the RHCPs. A LOT.

1:15pm Grok-o-matic:

Ha, a song about Bowie, cool

1:17pm Dean:

Fripp would have said "no" just once then run a loop.

I'm not an RHCP fan, either, but I did see Fear once with Il Duce making a cameo appearance, and I think Flea was playing bass.

1:17pm Cliff:

Wild Neil - I don't think they're THAT bad, I was in high school in the early 90's so a lot of their hits from then bring back good memories for me

1:18pm Grok-o-matic:

You know who didn't turn them down? Rick Ruben

1:18pm Cliff:

I was thinking of the solo on "Starless", I don't think he looped that one

1:18pm Dean:

What? He turned them up?

1:18pm Cecile:

The RHCP have good taste in music, but they make music that tastes bad.

1:18pm Grok-o-matic:

woah, nice cover. Love Moonage Daydream.

1:19pm Cecile:

Ohio loves itself some Bowie.

1:19pm Wild Neil:

@Dean and Cliff-Hey, that's cool. To me they just never resonated. Much worse in that regard are the Spin Doctors. Ug.
Speaking of King Crimson solos, I think Earthbound is actually a GREAT album I want to get.
@Cecile-exactly.!

1:19pm Joe B:

Chili Peppers have their moments. Bowie also thankfully turned down Coldplay

1:19pm Amy:

Moonage Daydream! One of my favorite Bowie songs.

1:19pm V Priceless:

Lots of cool stuff on John Allen's DB-inspired premium from last marathon, including a crazed version of 'Hang On To Yourself' by Charles De Goal - woo!

1:19pm Dean:

Makes sense, Cecile. Very likely one of the DJs at KROQ who would have played them was named Charlie Tuna.

1:19pm Grok-o-matic:

Yeah, I liked some of the John Frusciante solo stuff, nothing like RHCP

1:20pm Parq:

Mikey Edwards owes Tom Jones a Father's Day card.

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1:20pm Hoboken Jack:

@Parq: exactly!

1:20pm Carmichael:

RHCP are playing one of the Superbowl concerts this week. Metallica and some male & female divas will be there as well ...

1:20pm Cecile:

John Frusciante solo stuff is cool, and Flea has done some cool stuff outside the band. He deflects scorn by just providing the bassline on "Bust a Move"

1:21pm paul b:

Wait! So did Kid Congo Powers name his band "the Pink Monkey Birds" after that line in Moonage Day Dream. Why did I never notice that before?

1:21pm Grok-o-matic:

I love this cover. This is one of the best cover versions I've heard.

1:21pm oks:

wow i thought it was Tom Jones!

1:21pm Wild Neil:

Hey, Rick Rubin is ok, he produced The Masters of Reality on one album in 1988...

1:21pm Grok-o-matic:

At one time Flea was in a band with Gibby Haynes and Johnny Depp.

1:21pm Cecile:

Metallica will be great as always. Seen 'em twice, they do not fail to rock. I saw the RHCP once and I was appalled. The audience went insane, but I was just pissed off.

1:21pm Cliff:

Flea also had a great cameo in the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

1:21pm Power Papi:

SHATNER!!!

1:22pm Joe B:

yes Cecile, John's solo stuff is very cool.

1:22pm Grok-o-matic:

Rick Ruben is also responsible for Beastie Boys License To Ill.

1:22pm Mike East:

Oh man...who caught Shatner on Jonesy yesterday?! I can't tell if I dreamed that.

1:22pm Carmichael:

I can call him "Bill" ...

1:22pm Cliff:

Errr....technically a role, not a cameo. But Hunter had a great cameo!

1:22pm Cecile:

If someone happened to play FoTC's "Bowie" that would not be horrible.

1:23pm Cecile:

Rick rubin also signed Trouble, and helped Johnny Cash with a comeback.

1:23pm V Priceless:

@ Mike East - yeah, that was real!

1:24pm Power Papi:

@Cecile--I was just thinking the same thing! "Nipple Antennae"

1:24pm Cliff:

Awesome Shatner cover

1:24pm Greg from ZONE 5:

MAN did Jonesy throw us a curveball yesterday…

1:24pm Civilian Thom:

ENOUGH FRIGGING BOWIE ALREADY! WE GET IT HE IS DEAD, AND THE ROCK IS STILL BLOCKING THE FUCKING TOMB.

SICK AND TIRED OF BOWIE.

WHERE ARE THE ABE VIGODA TRIBUTES?

#MOVIEMOBCHARACTERSLIVESMATTER

1:24pm Cliff:

Almost as good as "Rocket Man"

1:24pm Cecile:

That's pretty freaky, Papi. ;)

1:25pm Cecile:

Greg, I think they have Barney Miller re-runs somewhere on the Web.

1:25pm Dean:

Is this really Richie Blackmore?

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1:25pm acid casualty:

This is so atrocious, it's funny!

1:26pm Wild Neil:

I never owned a Bowie album. Ever.

1:27pm coelacanth:

greetings Joe and others

1:27pm Cliff:

Civilian Thom: go to abevigoda.com and listen to "Abe Vigoda's Dead"

1:27pm Stevel:

Go Joe!

1:27pm Wild Neil:

Awkward pause...

1:27pm Cecile:

I owned Low long before he passed, but I have purchased a couple I passed on back in the day.

1:27pm Carmichael:

Boy, he boldly went where no man has gone before.

1:28pm Wild Neil:

@living fossil fish-wassup?

1:28pm Cliff:

Wild Neil: me neither, but I just bought "Blackstar" yesterday

1:28pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Haha—nicely played.

1:28pm Cecile:

Sorry, I meant Civilian Thom. You are a-ok with me Greg

1:28pm Claw!:

FISH!!!!!!!!! ☆(❁‿❁)☆

1:29pm Cecile:

You know, in my eyes, Blackstar might be his best album for my aesthetic and whatnot. Sucks it won't have a sequel.

1:29pm Wild Neil:

Bowie was a musical genius to be sure...very creative and his music is the soundtrack for much of my life...but not a part of MY life if that makes any sense...

1:29pm Greg from ZONE 5:

No worries, Cecile :)

1:30pm coelacanth:

Hey Bear!! !!!
you been hiding?

1:30pm Cecile:

But Joe single-handedly turned me onto Scary Monsteres.

Wild Neil, yes I get it. He wrote some of my favorite songs, but when he died, I felt bad for my friends. When Lemmy died, I felt bad for me.

1:30pm V Priceless:

show 'em where you live, JB!

1:31pm Arne:

this is sooo good.

1:31pm Dean:

Funny how Bowie managed that. I have but one record, the David Live LPs. But if I had all of them, I'd find the time to spin them. Speaking of Lemmy, I just picked up the 11-CD (!!!) Hawkwind box set of early stuff. Really, really good. Love the Greasy Truckers Party material.

1:31pm Cliff:

Cecile: I heard he was even working on some follow-up material before he died, he had another 5 songs written already

1:33pm Cecile:

I know, Cliff! Unbelievable.

1:33pm Claw!:

Nah, Fish. We're getting ready to move the shop, so I've been crazy busy and stressing out about it.
But I am here today and boy, does it feel good. :-)

Things alright on your end?

1:35pm Cliff:

I listened to that interview, it was great and totally unexpected

1:35pm Cecile:

I saw him, he was hilarious. Full of himself, but that's to be expected.

1:36pm Cecile:

voice of reason!

1:37pm Wild Neil:

Facebook is retarded.

1:37pm Carmichael:

We will be hearing new/unreleased Bowie songs for almost forever. Jimi Hendrix releases seem to come out every month.

1:37pm coelacanth:

Joe, that's justified!

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1:37pm Hoboken Jack:

I'd like to see BBC footage of Bowie eating lunch.

1:37pm glenn:

hmmm. depends on the footage and the lunch.

1:37pm Civilian Thom:

Thanks, Joe -

Is this the equivalent of the Marathon years ago -" If you guys don't pledge $500 in 20 min, we are gonna play another Madonna song..."

#myearsbleedfromTOOMUCHBowie
#everydouchecommentintheformofahashtag
#metadouchbaggery

1:38pm Cecile:

You can see footage of the late Quorthan from Bathory eating lunch. I guess he never played live, so fans would video him secretly as he went about his daily business.

1:39pm Dean:

"Ray of Light"!

1:39pm Cecile:

Iggy doing "Burning up!"

1:39pm coelacanth:

Bear! things are a-okay here!
...maybe we'll chat more after the move?

1:40pm Parq:

The great Irish-French rocking cabaret singer Camille O'Sullivan ("hard cabarert" is what I call her stuff) also does a great version of "Moonage Daydream" And she actually exists. (Fellas, oh boy, does she exist! Check below).
www.toimg.net...

1:40pm glenn:

but i'm not on facebook. does quorthan do pinterest?

1:41pm Cecile:

I saw them on YouTube. Quorthon has been dead for 12 years.

1:42pm Cecile:

Although it would be cool if he did Pintrest under the handle "Dead Quorthon". I'd follow.

1:42pm Wild Neil:

@Parq-she is a HOT LUNCH as we used to say back in the late 80's...

1:42pm coelacanth:

Dave's a solid bassist too.

1:43pm Wild Neil:

Freakwater? I heard them on WFMU back in the 90's!

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1:43pm Jeff from Rahway:

This Freakwater song has some swell harmonies.

1:46pm Claw!:

@Fish - Yes, I would like that. Hoping to be a little more present before then, but it might be a little tough... Glad you are well. :-)

1:48pm Wild Neil:

Ok, country music now...me likey! Cowboy Junkies would be a logical next step...or some Merly Haggard!

1:48pm Carmichael:

Pure Prairie League.

1:48pm Wild Neil:

"Merl Haggard" not ....'Merly'

1:50pm Nate K.:

I think it's Merle...

1:51pm Alex d'Chicago:

Nice tune

1:51pm Dean:

NRPS

1:51pm Wild Neil:

@Nate-yeah, that.

1:51pm glenn:

i vote for maynard and the musties.

1:52pm Wild Neil:

St. Stephen by The Dead??

1:52pm Wild Neil:

Lets play "Second Guess the DJ!" Who's up next??

1:54pm Carmichael:

Luther Wright & The Wrongs?

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1:57pm Jeff from Rahway:

That Dave Rawlings song is very Neil Young-inspired

1:57pm Claw!:

I kinda liked "Merly"...

1:57pm glenn:

corb lund and the hurtin' albertans?

1:59pm Dean:

This Kevin Welch?

1:59pm Dean:

Oops, no. Sounds like his voice, songwriting.

2:00pm Dean:

For truly Neil Young-inspired Dave Rawlings, listen to the cover of "Cortez the Killer" on the first album.

2:02pm Mike Sin:

Tunin' in while moseying around Madison Ave in NYC -- always happy to catch the show live while I can.

2:02pm Joe B:

Thanks Dean, did not know Dave R did that tune, will check it out

2:04pm glenn:

joe hasn't played any half hour long neil young cuts lately, come to think of it.

2:05pm Cecile:

got beefheart?

2:06pm Wild Neil:

Rocco De Luca and the Burden, I Trust You to Kill Me....

2:07pm Dean:

It's a medley with Conor Oberst's "Method Acting": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKzkcgErsM Real nice ten minutes.

2:12pm Cecile:

Sheh-hair-uh-zod

2:12pm glenn:

sheh- hair a zad.

2:12pm Wild Neil:

@John=Shu-HAIR-uh-Zod.

2:12pm Bluesman:

"Mosey" Mike Sin!

2:12pm glenn:

haha.

2:12pm Wild Neil:

Aw look at us, teachers little helpers!

2:13pm glenn:

very funny.

2:14pm Nate K.:

When I was a kid (and probably still now, if I'm being honest with myself), I enjoyed watching NFL Super Bowl recaps from previous years that ESPN would run far more than the actual Super Bowl.

2:15pm Cecile:

nice! That probably is a great place to shop.

2:15pm Cecile:

Nate K, I can count on 1 hand the times the big game has not been a drag.

2:16pm Cecile:

even the worst games are exciting with NFL Films. how can you lose with John Facenda at the mic?

2:18pm Nate K.:

@Cecile, indeed.

2:22pm Wild Neil:

I TRIED to like football, honest I did...nothing. Hockey is awesome though! So is college basketball...but football? No thanks.

2:25pm Cecile:

I like it. I don' t love it, but it can be very enjoyable as audio wallpaper, and really gripping if the game is good. I prefer ice skating, or pro basketball.

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2:32pm Jeff from Rahway:

Are the Mummies playing any Super Bowl parties?

2:36pm Joe B:

I wouldn't be surprised Jeff, they are getting ready to play some shows in 2016

2:36pm Claw!:

@Joe - Get out! Really?? THE Mummies???

2:39pm glenn:

is this from wfan?

2:39pm Cecile:

Bart Starr? hahahhahaha

2:39pm Carmichael:

Is it Jim Nance?

2:39pm CeeDubbles:

AM660

2:40pm V Priceless:

please tell me this moron's head explodes at the end of this?

2:40pm Cecile:

tony manderich. hahahahhaha

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2:41pm Jeff from Rahway:

If you have 18 minutes to kill, this is one of my favorite on-air rants concerning football youtu.be...

2:41pm Cecile:

play the drunken sailor one.

2:42pm CeeDubbles:

deadspin.com...

2:42pm Carmichael:

Do we get to hear the voice? "On the frozen tundra of Lambeau field, the stage was set for a cataclysmic event, the likes of which the earth has never witnessed."

2:44pm Cecile:

I hope so, Carm!

2:44pm glenn:

i would imagine lambeau field gets pretty nipply around about now.

2:46pm Cecile:

it would if there was football played there right now. :(

2:46pm glenn:

the fuzz guitarist has been listening to his tony iommi.

2:47pm glenn:

or her.

2:47pm Cecile:

I didn't know In The Read was still putting out records.

2:48pm Cecile:

red

2:49pm Dean:

Fave Starship tune right there.

2:49pm Dr. Goot:

Great Starship tune Joe, thanks!

2:51pm Carmichael:

I saw all of the Jefferson/non-Jefferson iterations back in the day. It pays to live near or in San Francisco.

2:51pm Cecile:

which one was the best? Worst?

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2:52pm ChrisB.:

Oh wow. Scott Muni's on!

2:52pm Cliff:

Worst: "We Built This City"

2:53pm Cliff:

Or wait, you meant band iterations, not songs?

2:53pm Dean:

The Worst of Jefferson Airplane, per Rolling Stone, was just OK: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-worst-of-jefferson-airplane-19710204

2:53pm Cecile:

iterations that Carm saw.

2:54pm Wild Neil:

We Built this city sounds like a commercial. It sucks. Jane sounds awesome!

2:55pm Wild Neil:

@John-what year did you see Jefferson Starship? 1980?

2:55pm Carmichael:

Airplane will always be the best. Starship (without the Jefferson) was horrible, in my opinion. But I've never been much of a Mickey Baker fan.

2:55pm Cliff:

I like "Find Your Way Back"

2:56pm coelacanth:

Thanks Joe! ciao all

2:57pm Cliff:

Thanks Joe!

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2:57pm Hoboken Jack:

thanks Joe!!!

2:59pm V Priceless:

thanx Joe!

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
The Zeros	Don't Push Me Around	s/t	Bomp	1977/1991		0:00:00 Pop-up)
Ramones	R.A.M.O.N.E.S.			1995	Motorhead cover, unreleased Joey vocal	0:03:32 Pop-up)
Wild Billy Childish & CTMF	A Flame From The Fen	Acorn Man	Damaged Goods	2014		0:05:06 Pop-up)
Jam Messengers	You Can't Sit Down	Guilty	Thick Syrup	2014	live on the show Feb 29!	0:07:29 Pop-up)
Purple Wizard	I've Been Wrong Before	s/t	Full Tilt	2005		0:10:02 Pop-up)
The Hollies	Then The Heartache Begins	Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968	EMI	1967/2011	great 6 CD set; originally on Evolution	0:13:04 Pop-up)
Dany Laj and the Looks	Carl Le Fou	Word On The Street	Squirtgun Records	2015	another great Matt M discovery!	0:14:56 Pop-up)
Tall David	The Line	Remedies		2015	Memphis man about town	0:18:56 Pop-up)
The On and Ons	Rockin' With the Beat	The On and Ons Calling ...	Citadel	2015		0:22:04 Pop-up)

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Adjunct Street	Under The Savage Sky	Bloodshot	2015		0:35:03 Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Down In the Hole	Emotional Rescue	Rolling Stones	1980		0:39:34 Pop-up)
Sonny Vincent	Tear It Into Pieces	Bizarro Hymns	Get Hip	2015		0:43:00 Pop-up)
Metalleg	Too Bad	Hit of the Week		2012?	playing at Berlin and Cake Shop this week, and friday night in Philly with paul Collins Beat	0:45:28 Pop-up)
Blow-Up	Souvenir	Teenage News 1976-1980	Polar	1980/2014	the song I should have played two songs ago!	0:48:12 Pop-up)
The Degrads	I Don't Care If She Smells	s/t	Cameleon	1982/2015		0:51:22 Pop-up)
Parkay Quarts	Slide Machine	Content Nausea	What's Your Rupture?	2014		0:54:48 Pop-up)

Dwight Yoakam	The Big Time	Second Hand Heart deluxe version	Reprise	2015	1989 demo version for song released in 2015	1:06:21 Pop-up)
David Bowie	Round and Round	Sound + Vision	Rykodisc	1971/1989	Not the Ratt song. B-side from Ziggy sessions, one of Dwight Yoakam's Top 5 Bowie records	1:08:34 Pop-up)
Miriam	You've Got a Habit of Leaving	Down Today	Norton	2015	cover of Davy Jones & the Lower Third, Bowie's last release before changing his name	1:11:40 Pop-up)
The Tigerlilies	Bowie	123456!!!		2015	from cincinnati, not the british band	1:14:10 Pop-up)
Milky Edwards and The Chamberlings	Moonage Daydream				great youtube hoax! not a real band	1:19:14 Pop-up)
William Shatner	Space Oddity			2011	check the great interview with Glen Jones from yesterday	1:21:00 Pop-up)
David Bowie	Fascination	Young Americans	Virgin	1975/1999		1:27:18 Pop-up)

Freakwater	Velveteen Matador	Scheherazade	Bloodshot	2016	playing here on the show Feb 22!	1:43:56 Pop-up)
The Sadies	Postcards	Darker Circles		2010		1:46:35 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass	Fair	s/t		2015	playing live on the show next week!	1:49:16 Pop-up)
Dave Rawlings Machine	The Weekend	Nashville Obsolete	Acony	2015		1:53:04 Pop-up)
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin	Silver Little Lies	Get Loud		2015		1:58:21 Pop-up)
Heavy Trash	Jibber Jabber	Noir!		2015		2:04:29 Pop-up)

The Tempos	Heartbeat	Speaking of ... the Tempos	Norton	1966/2008		2:15:49 Pop-up)
The Coffin Daggers	Instigator	Aggravatin' Rhythms	Cleopatra	2016	BRAND NEW!	2:18:01 Pop-up)
Thee Fine Lines	Leave You Far Behind	Splittin' Time	Wee Rock	2015		2:19:51 Pop-up)
Atlantic Thrills	On Your Own	Vices	Almost Ready	2015		2:23:37 Pop-up)
The Last Conspirators	Two Days In May	Hold That Thought Forever		2016		2:26:09 Pop-up)
Sally Crewe	Looking At the Moon	Later Than You Think	8-Track Mind	2015		2:30:21 Pop-up)

Resineators	Super Bowl	Don't ---- With My Fantasy	Siltbreeze	2001		2:34:08 Pop-up)
Chris Russo	Super Bowl trivia rant			2016		2:37:33 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Round Up	Autumn Thunder: 40 Years of NFL Films Music			Sam Spence special Tuesday night on Morricone Island!	2:39:45 Pop-up)
Fuzz	Time Collapse pt. II / The 7th Terror	Fuzz II	In the Red	2015		2:42:49 Pop-up)
Jefferson Starship	Ride the Tiger	Dragonfly		1974		2:49:15 Pop-up)

The Leftovers	Party Til We Die	Eager To Please	Oglio	2009	kurt Baker	2:56:00 Pop-up)

February 1, 2016

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