PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Bucket of Blood – Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers; Great Big Cowboy – Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers; Remember Mojo Nixon – Deke Dickerson w/DJ Bonebrake; On to Reno – Junior Varsity; Morgantic Panic – The Shang Hi Los; Hot Sun – Joe “King” Carrasco y los Crowned Heads of Tex-Mex; Let’s Go Crazy – Prince; Take Me With U – Prince; Hold Me Up – Velvet Crush; My Blank Pages – Velvet Crush; Commercial for “Endless Summer” – The Beach Boys; Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys; Catch a Wave – The Beach Boys; Surfin’ U.S.A. – The Beach Boys; Little Deuce Coupe – The Beach Boys; Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys; I Get Around (live) – The Beach Boys; Wendy – The Beach Boys; Let Him Run Wild – The Beach Boys; Girl Don’t Tell Me – The Beach Boys; You’re So Good to Me – The Beach Boys
PART 2: Mock Stoner Voices – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; That Kind of Fun – The Kaisers; Keep Walking That Way – The Kaisers; Shaking and Stomping – The Kaisers; Tremblin’ – The Kaisers; Vitamin U – The Yum Yums; Do You Like Me – The Yum Yums; Baby Doll – The Yum Yums; Steal My Heart Away – The Yum Yums; I Can’t Wait for Summer – sparkle*jets u.k.; Box of Letters – sparkle*jets u.k.; Where’s the Moment? – sparkle*jets u.k.; Things Get Better With You – Sour Ops; Evangeline – Sour Ops; Overcoming – Sour Ops; Standing in the Shadows – Sour Ops; Don’t Make Me Go Down There – Sour Ops; You’re Letting Me Down – Sour Ops; How Rock and Roll You Are – Sour Ops; Night Magic – Sour Ops; She’s the One – Sour Ops; Slow Me Down – Sour Ops
PART 3: Sweet Lady Genevieve (live) – Ray Davies; You Really Got Me – The Kinks; All Day and All of the Night – The Kinks; I Took My Baby Home – The Kinks; A Well-respected Man – The Kinks; David Watts – The Kinks; Some Mother’s Son – The Kinks; Rosie Won’t You Please Come Home (live) – Ray Davies; Love Me Till the Sun Shines – The Kinks; Set Me Free – The Kinks; Stop Your Sobbing – The Kinks; Picture Book – The Kinks; Victoria – The Kinks; Australia – The Kinks; Animal Farm (live) – Ray Davies; Ducks on the Wall – The Kinks; Sleepwalker – The Kinks; Juke Box Music – The Kinks; Around the Dial – The Kinks; Destroyer – The Kinks; Live Life (U.S. Single Mix) – The Kinks; Come Dancing – The Kinks; Better Things – The Kinks; Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks; Days – The Kinks
… 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.