Uptown Song Club

USC 10 - Klickity Klow feat. Jim Laczkowski and Brad Strauss

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back with it's final episode for the season! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Jim Laczkowski (current host of Director's Club and author of Five Years) and Brad Strauss (former host of Director's Club) to talk about The Best of All Possible Worlds by Kris Kristofferson, The Rip by Portishead and Mythological Beauty by Big Thief. They also talk about the most 90's song, songs that are too much of a good thing, and our on-ramps onto country music.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
USC Intro #10 - Patrick Ripoll
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Devil's Haircut - Beck
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Tubthumping - Smashmouth
Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
Cannonball - The Breeders
Lord of the Thighs - Aerosmith
Lord of the Thighs - The Breeders
Never Said - Liz Phair
Blurry - Puddle of Mudd
Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
Aint Nuthin But A G Thing - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
They Want The Efx - Das Efx
Mic Checka - Das Efx
Crossroads - Bone Thugs n Harmony
Jump - Kris Kross
Mystic Styles - Three Six Mafia
Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground
No Diggity - Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
Much More - De La Soul feat. Yummy
Three Ages of Dave (Chappelle's Show)
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Jesus, I Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan
Pretty, Pretty Star - Billy Corgan
Rocket - The Smashing Pumpkins
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - The Smashing Pumpkins
X.Y.U. - The Smashing Pumpkins
X.Y.U. (live) - The Smashing Pumpkins
Peace Frog - The Doors
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Heartbreaker - Les Zeppelin
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Brain Stew - Green Day
Good Lovin' (10-31-1980 Radio City, NY, set 3-10) - Grateful Dead
Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
Box of Rain - The Grateful Dead
Davy Jones - The Grateful Dead
Fire On The Mountain (12-31-78) - The Grateful Dead
The Final Countdown - Europe
Only Time Will Tell - Asia
Forgotten Years - Midnight Oil
Forgotten Years (Ellis Park, 1994) - Midnight Oil
Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson
Help Me Make It Through the Night (live 2016) - Kris Kristofferson
Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan
Read About It - Midnight Oil
Best of All Possible Worlds (Live at Farm Aid 1994) - Kris Kristofferson
Best of All Possible Worlds - Roger Miller
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
DNA. Humble. (Live at the VMAs) - Kendrick Lamar
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Further On Up The Road - Johnny Cash
Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn
City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Rambling Man - Waylon Jennings
Giants in the Sky - Into The Woods Broadway Cast
In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
The Rip - Portishead
Sour Times - Portishead
Symphony No. 3, Op.36 (1976) - David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw (Soprano) & The London Sinfonietta
Symphony No. 3, Op.36 - Beth Gibbons & Polish National Radio Symphony
Plastic - Portishead
Nylon Smile - Portishead
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Wandering Star - Portishead
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Numb - Portishead
All Mine - Portishead
Glory Box - Portishead
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
15 Step - Radiohead
Mysterons - Portishead
and more!
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USC 9 - Moogaloo Was Right There feat. Bill Ackerman & Heather Drain

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0600

It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you, without a dope pod to cast to. Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters) to talk about Procession by New Order, Tunnel Walker by Barnes & Barnes and El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia) by The Joe Cuba Sextet. They also talk about the worst song on the best album, the greenest songs they can think of, and the disappointing lack of rivalry between 80's Athens rock bands and 60's Harlem boogaloo bands.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club intro #9 - Patrick Ripoll
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
No Mercy - The Tubes
Only the Strong Survive - The Tubes
Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - The Tubes
TV Is King - The Tubes
Prime Time - The Tubes
Sushi Girl - The Tubes
Kasimir S. Pulaski Day - Big Black
Bombastic Intro - Big Black
He's A Whore - Big Black
Bad Penny - Big Black
Everybody Hurts - REM
The Tourist - Radiohead
Good Night - The Beatles
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Going Down - Bruce Springsteen
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want To Know - Fleetwood Mac
Telecide - The Tubes
Hairshirt - REM
Grass - XTC
Psychomania - The Accused
You Can't Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies
Green Eyed Lady - The Accused
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Richie Dagger's Crime - The Germs
99 Ways to Die - Megadeth
Forming - The Germs
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols
What We Do Is Secret - The Germs
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
I'm On Fire (Live at Paredes de Coura 2007.08.15) - Electrelane
I'm On Fire - Electrelane
Procession - New Order
Isolation - Joy Division
Everything's Gone Green - New Order
Shadowplay - New Order
Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division
Ceremony - New Order
The Perfect Kiss - New Order
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Age of Consent - New Order
Temptation - New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Doubts Even Here - New Order
Blue Monday - New Order
No One Is There - Nico
Sub-Culture - New Order
Angel Dust - New Order
Iron Fist - Motorhead
Lord of Light - Hawkwind
5 8 6 - New Order
Tunnel Walker - Barnes & Barnes
Fishheads - Barnes & Barnes
Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body? - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Everything You Know Is Wrong - Weird Al
Horse with No Name - America
Boogie Woogie Amputee - Barnes & Barnes
Last Time I'm Playing Nice - Barnes & Barnes
Borstal Breakout - Sham 69
Your Number Or Your Name - The Knack
I Had Sex With ET - Barnes & Barnes
Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping - Barnes & Barnes
Getting Out of Bed - Crispin Glover
Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers
Foam Hands - Destroyer
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) - Joe Cuba Sextet
I Like It Like That - Paul Rodriguez
Clave Mambo - Joe Cuba Sextet
...and more!

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USC 8 - Arthritic Goat feat. Heather Drain & Bill Ackerman

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600

After a holiday hiatus Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back dropping polished gold nuggets directly into your ears! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters) to talk about The Bloodbells Chime by Current 93, Antidote by The Hives and Las Vegas Story/Walking With The Beast by The Gun Club. They also talk about the pettiest songs they can think of, songs they feel bad for not liking and the 70's rock-revival wave of the mid-00's. Listen up!

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #8 - Patrick Ripoll
The Stranger in Our Town - The Gun Club
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - Morrissey
I Know It's Over - The Smiths
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Frankly, Mr. Shankly - The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj
Jumpoff - Nicki Minaj
The Jump Off - Lil Kim
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk
Roman's Revenge - Nicki Minaj
Superbass - Nicki Minaj
Black Friday - Lil Kim
Pisson On Em - Lil Kim
Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj
Hardcore Vibes - Dune
Come On A Cone - Nicki Minaj
Roman in Moscow - Nicki Minaj
Free Will - Rush
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Think About Me - Fleedwood Mac
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous with Mick Fleetwood
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Use Me - Bill Withers
All Right Now - Free
Lean on Me - Amador Valley High School Choir
Lean on Me - Orem Junior High Symphonic Band
Also sprach Zarathustra - Portsmouth Sinfonia
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Rumors - Timex Social Club
The Bloodbells Chime - Current 93
Happy Birthday Spooky Moonbeam (Live NY 96) - Current 93
The Great, Bloody and Bruised Veil of This World - Current 93
Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
Dig It - Skinny Puppy
Steven and I in the Field of Stars - Current 93
Rose Clouds of Holocaust - Death In June
All The World Makes Great Blood - Current 93
The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home - Current 93
Aquele Frevo Axe - Gal Costa
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) - Current 93
The Death of the Corn - Current 93
She Took Us to the Places Where the Sun Sets - Current 93
Antidote - The Hives
Welcome To Paradise - Green Day
What's My Age Again? - Blink 182
Fatlip - Sum 41
Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes
Right Now - SR-71
Last Nite - The Strokes
Hate To Say I Told You So (Live on Conan) - The Hives
Street Fighting Man (Live) - The Rolling Stones
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Walk Idiot Walk - The Hives
Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones - The Hives
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
Mike Patton Puts Wolfmother In Their Place
Bad Decisions - The Strokes
I Melt With You - Modern English
Let Your Self Go - Reigning Sound
Barely Legal - The Strokes
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
...and more!
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7 - The Real Queen of Christmas ft. Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan of Christmas Movies Actually

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0600

On a very special Christmas episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan, hosts of the Christmas movie podcast Christmas Movies Actually to talk about Christmas (Baby Please Come Home by Darlene Love, I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You by Claudine Longet and Where Did My Snowman Go? by Patti Page. They also talk about Christmas covers that changed the meaning of the original, non-Christmas songs that deserve a place on holiday radio, and settle once and for all a question of yuletime throne dispute: Who is the real queen of Christmas?

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Christmas Theme 1- Patrick Ripoll
I Believe in You - Sinead 'O Connor
I Believe in You - Bob Dylan
Dance of the Reed Flutes - Tchaikovsky
Sinead 'O Connor on SNL
I Believe in You (live at 30th Anniversary Bob Dylan concert) - Sinead 'O Connor
Twelve Days of Christmas (1956) Animated Short
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Holiday in Harlem - Ella Fitzgerald
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
Snow is Falling In Manhattan - Purple Mountains
People - Silver Jews
Silver Bells - Bing Crosby & Carole Richards
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Whatchamacallit - Esquivel
Mucha Muchacha - Esquivel
White Christmas - Esquivel
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Esquivel
River (Live) - Indigo Girls
River - Joni Mitchell
7 O'clock News/Silent Night - Simon & Garfunkel
Silent Night - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Mariah Carey attempts to trademark ‘Queen of Christmas’ - Nightline
Merry Merry - Elizabeth Chan
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Jingle Bells (Shake It Off parody) - Elizabeth Chan
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (live on The Late Show) - Darlene Love
Biography: Phil Spector
SPECTOR (2022) Official Trailer
Mariah Carey talks about sharing Christmas joy with her kids, new book - Good Morning America
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Mariah Carey
Gremlins Opening Credits
Santa Claus is Coming To Town - The Crystals
Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer Convicted Of Murder, Dies In Prison - TODAY SHOW
Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Climactic speech from Scrooged
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Claudine Longet
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Margo Guryan
Nothing to Lose (from The Party) - Claudine Longet
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
Actress Claudine Longet January 1977 News Report
Claudine - The Rolling Stones
God Only Knows - Claudine Longet
A Fine Romance - Fred Astaire
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
"I don't intend to be ignored, Dan..." - Fatal Attraction
Where Did My Snowman Go? - Patti Page
Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby
The First Noel - Patti Page
I Want To Go Skating With Willie - Patti Page
The Mama Doll Song - Patti Page
How Much Is That Doggy In the Window? - Patti Page
Where Did My Snowman Go? - Gene Autry
Christmas Piggy - Hunts Sisters
The Lonely Little Gnome - Pepper Pots
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Michael Buble
...and more!

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6 - Glasses Kid Meets The Wolfman ft. Regina Linn & Erin Vogel

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0600

On the sixth episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by singer/songwriter Erin Vogel and Dinah Shore enthusiast Regina Linn to talk about Master of Art by Laura Stevenson, Black by Okkervil River, and Chaise Lounge by Wet Leg. They also talk about love songs that wouldn't sound creepy playing the father/daughter dance at a wedding, the next 80's hit that Stranger Things will rocket back onto the charts, and several other songs that are not Buttons & Bows.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Theme 6 - Patrick Ripoll
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
My Girl - The Temptations
My Girl - Full House Cast
Daughter - Pearl Jam
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - The Talking Heads
Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Stranger Things Theme - Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
A Beautiful Mine - RJD2
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
Master of Art - Laura Stevenson
Wretch (Live at Beat Kitchen 2022) - Laura Stevenson
Everybody That You Love - Bomb the Music Industry!
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
Peach Plum Pear - Joanna Newsome
Make Up Your Mind - Shelby Sifers
Black - Okkervil River
Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
For Real - Okkervil River
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Nos. 1-14 - Sergei Prokofiev
Chaise Lounge - Wet Leg
Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
Black Myself - Amythyst Kiah
Typical Girls - The Slits
Suck My Left One - Bikini Kill
Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches
WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion
Chaise Lounge (Glastonbury 2022) - Wet Leg
Gucci Gang - Lil Pump
Too Late Now - Wet Leg
Spoils - Dry Cleaning
The Isle of Wight for Me - Lauri Say & The Island Folk
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
Uptown Song Club Outro - Patrick Ripoll

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5 - I Like My Girls A Little Bit Older ft. Regina Linn & Erin Vogel

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0600

On the fifth episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by singer/songwriter Erin Vogel and one-time Columbia House Record Club Subscriber Regina Linn to talk about Drops of Jupiter by Train, Cover Me Up by Jason Isbell and Don't Start Now by Dua Lipa. They also talk about the greatest songs that are under two minutes long, the ethics of covering personal songs and engage in a full-blown Song War over two 80's radio-rock staples: Working For the Weekend by Loverboy and Your Love by The Outfield.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #4 - Patrick Ripoll
Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes
Yours To Keep - Guided By Voices
Echos Myron - Guided By Voices
Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies
Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Dance Music - The Mountain Goats
Welcome to the Working Week - Elvis Costello
Final Day - Young Marble Giants
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
The End of All Things - Nomeansno
Symphony No.7 Leningrad 4th Movement Part 1 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Working For the Weekend - Loverboy
Your Love - The Outfield
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Meet Virginia - Train
Hey Soul Sister - Train
Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5
Falling Away From Me - Korn
People of the Sun - Rage Against the Machine
Lonesome Day - Bruce Springsteen
Vibrate - Rufus Wainwright
Calling Cards - Neko Case
Crash Years - The New Pornographers
Cover Me Up - Jason Isbell
Cover Me Up - Morgan Wallen
Outfit (Live at Chicago Theater 9/1/17) - Jason Isbell
Love Is All - The Tallest Man on Earth
Leave - Glen Hansard
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Cover Me Up (Live on Austin City Limits) - Jason Isbell
Mama's Little Baby Loves Me - Sawyer Brown
The Kind of Love We Make - Luke Combs
This Year (Live at the Crescent Ballroom 9/11/08) - The Mountain Goats
This Year - The Mountain Goats
We Don't Have to Be Friends (Live at Beast Women Showcase 2015) - Erin Vogel
One May Die So Lonely - Jaymay
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
Wat U Gon Do - Lil John
Title and Registration - Death Cab For Cutie
I Like You - Post Malone feat. Doja Cat
Shaker Loops Pt. I, Shaking and Trembling - John Adams
Anti Hero - Taylor Swift
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
As It Was - Harry Styles
Lose Yourself to Dance - Daft Punk
New Rules - Dua Lipa
MIA - Bad Bunny feat. Drake
Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
I Never Knew Love (Made In Detroit Mix) - Chez Damier
Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
Single Ladies - Beyonce
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Uptown Song Club Outro #3 - Patrick Ripoll

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Halloween Mix 2022 - One Eye Open, One Eye Closed

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 02:00:00 -0500

for nathaxnne walker

"The Devil is dope" - The Dramatics

Beyond the darkest depths of imagination, the outer rim of human experience, the forbidden rites thought forgotten, rediscovered. The annual tradition of the Halloween mix corrupted, made sinister, clawed loose from the crypt and into the stark sunlight of reality. Italian soundtracks to 1930's jazz to darkwave to stoner metal to house to folk to garage psychedelia and beyond. Remember: when you look Satan in the face, he looks back at you, with one eye open and one eye closed.

*1. The Devil is Dope - The Dramatics
*2. Headless - Tearist (Live on KXLU)
3a. "AKA Dr. Satan" (House of 1000 Corpses excerpt)
*3b. House of 1000 Corpses - Rob Zombie
4a. Drive-In Movie Radio Spot - Night of the Living Dead & Blood and Black Lace (1968)
*4b. In The Room Where You Sleep - Dead Man's Bones
5a. "Satan, our Lord and Master" (Alucarda excerpt)
*5b. Main theme (from Beyond the Darkness) - Goblin
6a. "The great devil's advocates of the past..." (Anton LeVey interview excerpt)
*6b. Cryptorchild - Marilyn Manson
7a. Race With The Devil radio spot
*7b. Jekyll And Hyde - Jim Burgett
8a. Devil Shake Radio Ad (Murray the K 1966 broadcast)
*8b. Evil Satan (Devil Shake remix) - Acid King
9a. Damien Prayer monologue (from Final Conflict: The Omen 3)
*9b. Lucifer's The Light Of The World - King Dude
10a. The Devil's Widow trailer
*10b. Me and the Devil - Soap&Skin
11a. "Jesus was talking about a place called hell" (The Burning Hell excerpt)
11b. Crackling fireplace sfx
*11c. [Don't Worry] If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go - Curtis Mayfield
*11d. Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell - Iggy Pop & The Stooges
*11e. Man - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*11f. To Hell with Good Intentions - McKlusky
*11g. We're All Going To Hell - The Bastard Fairies
*11h. All Hell Breaks Loose - The Misfits
*12. Headless (2015 mix) - Tearist
*13. Death 2 - Flatbush Zombies
14a. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985 teaser trailer)
*14b. Nightmare (Maggot's Over Antwerp) - Spencer Tune
15a. Seance Piano Strings sfx
15b. The Call Of The First Aethyr - Aleister Crowley
*15c. Swingin' At the Séance - Deep River Boys
*16. Lipstick to Void (Under the Skin score) - Mica Levi
17a. Take It from Someone Who Used to Talk to Satan: Halloween Is a Bad Idea (CBN news segment excerpt)
*17b. Ordinary Vanity (Silent Hill 2 score) - Akira Yamaoka
*17c. On All Hallow's Ever - Killing Joke
*18. Masquerade (The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi soundtrack) - The Mystery Kindaichi Band
19a. "Faster and Faster" (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me excerpt)
*19b. Pink Room (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me soundtrack) - Angelo Badalamenti
19c. Satanic Mass - Coven
*19d. The Litanies of Satan - Diamanda Galás
*19e. Witches & Devils - Albert Ayler
20a. Seven Doors of Death (AKA The Beyond) trailer
*20b. Voci dal Nulla (The Beyond score) - Fabio Frizzi
21a. The Devil Within Her trailer
*21b. Aloha From Hell - The Cramps
*22. The Devil's Gonna Get You - Bessie Smith
*23. Midnight Graveyard - Mother Sunday
*24. Headless - Tearist

4.5 - It's Me, Tony V

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0500

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USC 4 - Podcast Lost! feat. Jim Laczkowski

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0500

Well podcasting Icarus has done it this time. They flew too close to the sun trying to become the first podcast recorded in a Cessna and now they're stranded in the ocean with nothing but memories of better days, days where they discussed thicc songs, great album transitions, People by Silver Jews, Easy Lover by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins, and The Heist by Jaylib.

(Sometimes technical difficulties occur while podcasting and you make do with what you got.)

SONGS FEATURED:
Suspense theme
Wish - Nine Inch Nails
Myxomatosis - Radiohead
Work It - Missy Elliot
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliot
Toe-Cutter/Thumb-Buster - Thee Oh Sees
Death From Above - Goatwhore
Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
Living Loving Maid - Led Zeppelin
Ballet For A Rainy Day - XTC
1000 Umbrellas - XTC
Summer's Cauldron- XTC
Grass - XTC
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Pale and Precious - The Dukes of Stratosphear
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
And Death Shall Have No Dominion - Dylan Thomas
The Meeting Place - XTC
Sweet Thing - David Bowie
Candidate - David Bowie
Sweet Thing (Reprise) - David Bowie
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
People - Silver Jews
Send in the Clouds - Silver Jews
We Were Lucky - Wilco
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Make Up - Lou Reed
That’s Just the Way That I Feel - Purple Mountains
Snow is Falling in Manhattan - Purple Mountains
Random Rules - Silver Jews
Alright Now - Free
Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Children of the Ghetto - Phillip Bailey
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
If I Was - Midge Ure
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
She Loves You - The Beatles
Take Me Home - Phil Collins
The Heist - Jaylib
Accordion - Madvillain
Stop - J Dilla
Starz - Jaylib
The Red - Jaylib
Knuckleheadz - Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and U-God
Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) - Jay Electronica
Players - Slum Village
One Beer - MF Doom
Raid - Madvillain
LOST: Main Theme (Live from National Concert Hall, Dublin / June 2019) - Michael Giacchino

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3 - Sweden's #1 Gestation Pop feat. Tony Valdivieso and Jim Laczkowski

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0500

On the second episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by guitarist Tony Valdivieso and songwriter & recording artist Jim Laczkowski (Director's Club Podcast) to talk about It Never Entered My Mind by The Miles Davis Quintet, Do I Move You? by Nina Simone and Bastards of Young by The Replacements. They also talk about the most exciting sounds they ever heard in a rap song, songs that changed in meaning as they got older and the secret nefarious messages laced into Ace of Base's biggest chart-toppers.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #3 - Patrick Ripoll
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
After Hours - A Tribe Called Quest
Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
Bring the Noise - Public Enemy
Stan - Eminem
Woo-Ha! - Busta Rhymes
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Jump Around - House of Pain
The Grunt - The JBs
Shoot Your Shot - Junior Walker and the All Stars
Undastandz Me - E-40
Captain Save A Hoe - E-40
What A Man - Linda Lyndell
Back in Business - E-40
I'm on One - E-40
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Don't Turn Around - Ace of Base
The Sign - Ace of Base
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Once in a Lifetime - The Talking Heads
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
State Trooper - Bruce Springsteen
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
It Never Entered My Mind - The Miles Davis Quintet
So What - Miles Davis
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonius Monk
Hanky Panky - Hank Jones
Blue Rondo à la Turk - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Stardust - Lester Young
Clair De Lune - Claude Debussy
Gymnopédie No.1 - Erik Satie
Rêverie, L. 68 Reverie - Erik Satie
Blue In Green - Miles Davis
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
It Never Entered My Mind - Frank Sinatra
Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright
Salt Peanuts - Miles Davis
Do I Move You? - Nina Simone
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
Roseanne Theme
Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley
Lilac Wine - Nina Simone
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Satisfaction (Live) - Otis Redding
Cool - The Time
I Am A God - Kanye West
Make It Funky (Live At The Apollo Theater 1971) - James Brown
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
Bernard Pretty Purdie The Legendary Purdie Shuffle (YouTube)
Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
Rosanna - Toto
House of the Rising Sun - Nina Simone
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone
Bastards of Young - The Replacements
Unsatisfied - The Replacements
Harry Dean Stanton SNL Promo
Bastards of Young (live on SNL) - The Replacements
Magic - The Cars
Lithium (live at the VMA's) - Nirvana
All Apologies (Unplugged) - Nirvana
Sliver - Nirvana
Mexican Seafood - Nirvana
American Waste - Black Flag
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears

Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club
Spotify Playlist of Every Song Feature

2 - Robert Fripped Me feat. Tony Valdivieso and Jim Laczkowski

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500

On the second episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by guitarist Tony Valdivieso and songwriter & recording artist Jim Laczkowski (Director's Club Podcast) to talk about Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder, Hope You Feel Better Love Pt. 1 & 2 by The Isley Brothers and Rocket Queen by Guns and Roses. They also talk about songs that would have been better if Alanis Morissette sang them, what artists should have done James Bond themes and exciting new ways to trick Spotify into forking over big cartoon money bags full of cash.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #2 - Patrick Ripoll
Video Games - Lana Del Rey
Ride - Lana Del Rey
No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
Put Some Sugar On It - Half-Japanese
Conduit For Sale! - Pavement
People Are Strange - Tiny Tim
Old Friends 4 Sale - Prince
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney
Batdance - Prince
Dark Matter - Andrew Bird
Fiery Crash - Andrew Bird
Here's To The Night - Eve 6
Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground
Santa Monica - Everclear
Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
Black Hole Sun - Alanis Morrissette
Sunshower - Chris Cornell
Lovefool - The Cardigans
I Want to Break Free - Queen + Paul Rodgers
Under Pressure - Queen + David Bowie + Annie Lennox
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
Break My Stride (Remix Club Edition) - Matthew Wilder
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Sleepless - King Crimson
A Message to You Rudy - The Specials
Walking On The Moon - The Police
Every Little Things She Does Is Magic - The Police
The Way You Do The Things You Do - UB40
Stir It Up - Bob Marley
Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
Love On Top - Beyonce
The Kid's American - Matthew Wilder
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Honor to Us All - Lea Salonga, Marni Nixon & Beth Fowler
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Hope You Feel Better Love Pt. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
Shout Pt. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
Between the Sheets - The Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers
Fight the Power Pt. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
For the Love of You Pt. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
Love, Peace, and Happiness - The Chambers Brothers
Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic
Twist & Shout - The Isley Brothers
Don't You Worry Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
Long Train Running - The Doobie Brothers
"THE GUITAR 1970-1979 | THE DECADE OF LEGENDS" - Rick Beato
Joy in Repetition - Prince
Love Machine - The Miracles
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Rocket Queen - Guns 'N Roses
Estranged - Guns 'N Roses
Nothing But A Good Time - Poison
Still of the Night - White Snake
Sweet Child O Mine - Guns 'N Roses
Don't Cry - Guns 'N Roses
Final Countdown - Europe
...and more!

Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club
Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured On Uptown Song Club

1 - We Are All Just Meat

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0500

On the debut episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by guitarist Tony Valdivieso and recording artist Jim Laczkowski (Director's Club Podcast) to talk about Left Alone by Fiona Apple, Buena by Morphine, and Alright Now by Free. They also talk about their favorite songs about beverages, covers that changed how they look at the original, and the tyranny of the wood block.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Theme #1 - Patrick Ripoll
Ice-Breaker Question Theme #1 - Patrick Ripoll
Orange Crush - REM
One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer - George Thoroughgood
Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze
Tempted - Squeeze
Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
Still Tippin' - Mike Jones feat. Slim Thug & Paul Wall
Purple Reign - Future
Beer - Mustard Plug
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright
Cold Gin - KISS
Alcohol - Paul Stanley
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
Hey Jude - The Beatles
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
Day Tripper - Jimi Hendrix
Sign 'O' the Times - Muse
Sign 'O' the Times - Prince
Enter Sandman - Vice Squad
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - RUN-DMC
No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
Intervention - Arcade Fire
Intervention - A Giant Dog
The Well & The Lighthouse - Arcade Fire
The Well & The Lighthouse - A Giant Dog
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - Wilco
Left Alone - Fiona Apple
Criminal - Fiona Apple
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Hyperballad - Bjork
Peach Plum Pear - Joanna Newsom
Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song) - Fiona Apple
Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple
Hero - Mariah Carey
Chasing Pavements - Adele
Girl Anachronism - The Dresden Dolls
Daredevil - Fiona Apple
Buena - Morphine
Honey White - Morphine
Dawna - Morphine
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Thursday - Morphine
Early to Bed - Morphine
Running Up That Hill - Placebo
Shine - Collective Soul
Kitty - The Presidents of the United States of America
Would? - Alice in Chains
Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing - Chris Isaak
The Pink Room - Angelo Badalamenti
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
All Right Now - Free
WDRV Station ID
Slow Ride - Foghat
Little Bit of Love - Free
"Lift Weights" from Dirty Work
Shout, Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
Wishing Well - Free
Come and Get It - Badfinger
Bad Company - Bad Company
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Uptown Song Club Outro - Patrick Ripoll & Reg Linn

Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club
Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured On Uptown Song Club