The weirdly formatted Capital Radio this week was due to my own miscalculations about the American justice system. That is to say, I didn’t think I’d get picked for jury duty. Therefore, the usual 1 o’clock show was delayed by five hours and cut in half by a previously scheduled program.
Still, it was fun to do an evening show, the first part of which was about recent passings: rocker Rick Derringer, “The Simpsons” composer Alf Clausen, and Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso. Then it was time to mark the birthdays of Charlie Watts, Jimmy Jones, Tom Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Michael Steele of The Bangles and Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes.
The second half of the show was entirely drug songs, owing to recent reports about Elon Musk’s indulgences.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio June 2. 2025 6 -8 p.m. and 9:15 – 11:15 p.m. www.Cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“Fever,” The McCoys
“I Got to Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance),” The McCoys
“Hang on Sloopy,” The McCoys
“Sorrow,” The McCoys
“Cheap Tequila,” Rick Derringer
“Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo,” Rick Derringer
“Capitol City,” The Simpsons with Tony Bennett
“We Put the Spring in Springfield,” The Simpsons
“The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson [Medley],” The Simpsons
“Mr. Plow,” The Simpsons
“Plow King,” The Simpsons with Linda Ronstadt
“It Was a Very Good Beer,” The Simpsons
“Spring Waterfall,” The Foday Musa Suso / Philip Glass Quartet
“If You Can’t Rock Me,” The Rolling Stones
“Rocks Off,” The Rolling Stones
“Loving Cup,” The Rolling Stones
“Honky Tonk Women [Live],” The Rolling Stones
“Cool Blues,” Charlie Watts Quintet
“Good Timin,’ Jimmy Jones
“Handy Man,” Jimmy Jones
“September Gurls,” The Bangles
“Tell Me,” The Bangles
“Gold,” Spandau Ballet
“True,” Spandau Ballet
“Heaven Must be Missing an Angel,” Tavares
“More Than a Woman,” Tavares
“Someday,” The Strokes
“Last Night,” The Strokes
“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (take 1),” Bob Dylan
“Let’s Go Get Stoned,” Ray Charles
“Stoned [live],” Old 97’s
“Drugs,” Talking Heads
“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,” Ian Dury
“I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night),” The Electric Prunes
“Handshake Drugs,” Wilco
“Journey to the Center of the Mind,” The Amboy Dukes
“Stoned Soul Picnic,” Laura Nyro
“Jen is Bringing’ the Drugs,” Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
“Freddie’s Dead,” Curtis Mayfield
“Koka Kola,” The Clash
“Heroin,” The Velvet Underground
“White Rabbit,” Patti Smith
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” The Beatles
“Cocaine,” J.J. Cale
“Cocaine Eyes,” Neil Young & the Restless
“The Girl You Lost to Cocaine,” Sia
“Choose Drugs,” Juliana Hatfield
“My Drug Buddy,” The Lemonheads
“The Slow Drug,” PJ Harvey
“Love is the Drug,” Roxy Music
“Bad Drugs and Minor Chords,” Neil Halstead
“The Drugs Not Working,” Ryan Adams
“The Drugs Don’t Work,” The Verve
“White Lines,” Grandmaster Flash & Belle Mel
Capital Radio returns June 9 at 1 p.m. EDT on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Older shows are available at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.
