Garage rock, rock & roll, three chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, punk,/post punk, backwards guitar,Rickenbacker, Farfisa, Vox and 4-track recorders, girl groups, art damaged weirdos, phasing and fuzz, trashy R&B,paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, retro soul, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! Hullabaloo, Where The Action Is, Trouser Press, Rock Scene, Bomp! and Creem, drippy mascara, psych rock…obscurities & rarities, past and present, and the simply strange….and assorted action shakin’ sounds!
Listen Up!: Where the cool, the classic, the corny and even the cringe-worthy collide.
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Playlist (Artist -Title )
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level
MC5 – Gotta Keep Movin’
Soft Boys – I Wanna Destroy You
The Prefab Messiahs- The Man Who Killed Reality
The Honey Drippers – Impeach The President
The Schizophonics – Ooga Boog Booglaoo
The Stooges – 1969
The Barracudas – (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again
Raunch Hands – Whap A Dang!
Johnny Jones And The King Casuals – Purple Haze
Ding Dongs – Ding Dong Party
Jerry McCain – My Next Door Neighbor
Don & Juan – Chicken Necks
Esquirita – Gettin’ Plenty Lovin’
Linda Gayle – Maggie’s Farm
The Sloths – Makin’ Love
Barrence Whitefield & The Savages – Mama Get The Hammer
Alex Chilton – Take Me Home And Make Me Like It
Abby Travis – Toast To The Unappreciated
The Green Pajamas – The Queen Be Is Dead
The Kinks – Alcohol
The Handsome Family – Weightless Again
John Cale – Hanky Panky Nohow
Yo La Tengo – Shades of Blue
Tim Buckley – Dolphins
Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Love – Message To Pretty
Shangri-Las – Dum Dum Ditty
The Pussywillows – Come On Now
Louie Louie – You Still Want Me
Lene Lovich – Say When
Santigold – L.E. S. Artistes
Pale Lips – Riff Raff
The Go Go’s – Skidmarks On My Heart
Shadows Of Knight – Light Bulb Blues
Closing Theme
Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune
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