PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Don’t Think – The Linda Lindas; Abracadabra – Lady Gaga; What Have I Done to Deserve This? – Pet Shop Boys; Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag – Pigbag; Nitroglycerine – The Gories; Just as Long as We’re Together – Jalen Ngonda; Fight Fire – The Pist; Nazi Punks Fuck Off – Dead Kennedys; Funky Fu Manchu – Big Bad Johns; Hey Las Vegas – Big Bad Johns; Hot Rods to Hell – Big Bad Johns; Get off the Phone (Live at Café Nine, 2003) – Big Bad Johns; Smokin’ Joe – Big Bad Johns; Groovy Girl – Big Bad Johns; The Bar That I Call Home – Big Bad Johns; Two Faces of Love – Big Bad Johns; Beautiful Girl (Live at Café Nine, 2003) – Big Bad Johns
PART 2: Hang on Sloopy (Cavestomp ’98) – The Remains; Why Do I Cry – The Remains; Let Me Through – The Remains; Diddy Wah Diddy – The Remains; Say You’re Sorry (1966 Demo Session) – The Remains; Route 66 (Live 1969) – The Remains; Don’t Look Back (Cavestomp ’98) – The Remains; Git Up and Go – The Untamed Youth; The Breeze – I. Jeziak & the Surfers; Free as the Ocean – I. Jeziak & the Surfers; Catch These Fists – Wet Leg; Neanderthal – Bob Mould; Hard to Get – Bob Mould; When Your Heart Is Broken – Bob Mould; You Need to Shine – Bob Mould
PART 3: Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; The Lonely Bull – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; Tijuana Taxi – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; A Taste of Honey – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; Come On Get Happy – The Partridge Family; I Woke Up in Love This Morning – The Partridge Family; I Can Feel Your Heartbeat – The Partridge Family; Poetry in Motion – Johnny Tillotson; Fascist Bumblebee Winter Formal – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; Fighting the Big Dumb Noise – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; My Soft Rock Girlfriend – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; Pride (in the Name of Love) – U2; Celluloid Heroes – The Kinks; Frederick – Patti Smith Group; Ask the Angels – Patti Smith; Because the Night – Patti Smith; People Have the Power – Patti Smith
… is the hostess of Franorama 2.0, most Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time on Cygnus Radio. So what’s a genre? I just throw everything against a wall and see what sticks. Rock’n’roll, garage, punk, soul (especially Northern), rockabilly, real country, cheesy goofball stuff – no matter what generation, if it has a heart and soul, it has a home here.