Session 0203 - A Power Pop Primer (Airdate: 10/1/23)

We tried something different this week - a journey through the timeline of power pop. What is power pop? Listen and find out. (But it's basically Cheap Trick-type stuff.) Tonight we also met our new timeslot neighbor, the 10:00 DJ, Miles. His music is great, so please keep listening after we're done with our set!

This week's playlist is based upon this thorough video by the illustrious Trash Theory:

Playlist (w/links to YouTube videos):

Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me - Live at Budokan
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
The Who - I Can't Explain
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now
The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville
The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
Badfinger - No Matter What
Raspberries - Go All The Way
Big Star - September Gurls
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
Shoes - Too Late
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
Nick Lowe - So It Goes
Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams
The Records - Starry Eyes
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Blondie - Dreaming
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Knack - My Sharona
The Knack - Good Girls Don't

Bonus songs (cut for time):

The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
The Romantics - What I Like About You
Weezer - Buddy Holly

Cheap Trick - Dream Police

Session 0202 - Double Shots III: The Search For Rock (Airdate 9/24-23)

 

The time-worn gimmick of double shots returns! DJ Mikey Mo was a bit under the weather this week, so Keith was not available. Maybe not our best episode, but not bad overall. How we haven't played Tom Waits or The Hold Steady before now is a mystery...

Playlist (w/links to music videos on YouTube):

Guided By Voices - Glad Girls
Guided By Voices - Surgical Focus
Motley Crue - Smokin' In The Boys' Room
Motley Crue - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
The Hold Steady - Massive Nights
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
Stone Temple Pilots - Where the River Goes
Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains
Cold War Kids - Miracle Mile
Cold War Kids - Bulldozer
Morrissey - Hairdresser On Fire
Morrissey - Speedway
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Magazine - A Song From Under the Floorboards
Bjork - Venus As A Boy
Bjork - Isobel

Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Tom Waits - Train Song (live)
Tom Waits - Telephone Call From Istanbul (live)
Big Country - In a Big Country
Big Country - The Crossing
The Wedding Present - Always the Quiet One
The Wedding Present - Don't Touch That Dial (Pacific Northwest Version)

Session 0201 - What We Did On Our Summer Vacation (Airdate: 9/17/23)

This being our first show back from the summer off, DJ Mikey Mo regaled listeners with tales of his trip to the Postal Cab For Service show, and seeing the greatest concert film ever, Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. Keith has a baby now! Mostly we just played cool music, including some new singles from Auto Reverse favorites Wild Nothing, DJ Shadow and Future Islands.

Playlist (w/links to music videos on YouTube):
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live from Stop Making Sense)
Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Wild Nothing - Suburban Solutions (NEW!)
Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return
The Suburbs - Love Is The Law
Del Amitri - Roll To Me
Huey Lewis and The News - The Power Of Love
Phil Collins - Sussudio
DEVO - Girl U Want
Janelle Monae - Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Editors - A Ton Of Love
Midnight Juggernauts - Vital Signs
Chameleons - Perfume Garden
DJ Shadow - Ozone Scraper (NEW!)
Future Islands - Deep In The Night (NEW!)
Catherine Wheel - Judy Staring At The Sun (feat. Tanya Donelly)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Destroyer - Kaputt

Session 0114 - …Whatever (feat. Tony & Heidi) (Airdate: 5/7/23)

We finished our season with a visit from two of the show's biggest fans, our great friends Tony & Heidi, live in the studio. We split the hours between the collected requests of our listeners, and a new experiment - the Sunday Night Dance Party. It was...a successful experiment.

Tubeway Army - Listen to the Sirens (requested by Huge Man Dan)

CHiPs Intro

Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever (requested by Huge Man Dan)

Motorhead - Rock n’ Roll (requested by Huge Man Dan)

Live - Iris (for Chris & Diana Wells)

Metric - Black Sheep (requested by Diana Wells)

Prince - Pop Life (requested by Dan Keel)

Billy Joel - The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ (requested by Tony)

The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (requested by Kim Zunda)

Heart - Crazy On You (requested by Kim Zunda)

Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise (requested by Steve Okenquist)

Rush - La Villa Strangiato (requested by Tony)

Rush - YYZ (requested by Tony)

The Sunday Night Dance Party
Macross 82-99 - Miss Macross

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Animotion - Obsession

Haddaway - What Is Love?

Scatman John - Scatman

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash

Nu Shooz - I Can’t Wait

Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart

Shannon - Let the Music Play

Cover Girls - Show Me

Expose - Point of No Return

Expose - Come Go With Me

Teena Marie - Lovergirl

CeCe Peniston - Finally

Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)

Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer

Session 0113 - Double Shots II: Electric Boogaloo (Airdate: 4/30/23)

Like the graphic says, one of radio's tried-and-true gimmicks returns to Auto Reverse - double shots! Taking a page from last week's playlist, we brought back US Girls for two tremendous songs. And of course, a special appearance by William Shatner really rounded things out. Maybe the most important thing, though, is that we played the anthem of the Young People's Uprising of 1989 in an alternate universe, Electric Youth by the great Debbie Gibson.

Chess (feat. Murray Head) - Bangkok/One Night In Bangkok

U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo)

U.S. Girls - Pump

Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises

Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams

Sparks (feat. Jane Wiedlin) - Cool Places

Sparks - Eaten By The Monster of Love

The Clash - Safe European Home

The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket

Men at Work - Overkill

Men at Work  - Blue For You

Queen - Flash

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

REM - What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

REM - Losing My Religion

Garbage - Stupid Girl

Garbage - Temptation Waits

Pulp - Common People

William Shatner - Common People

Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get

Morrissey - Everyday is Like Sunday

Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth

Depeche Mode - Home

Session 0112 - Kings Among Runaways (feat. Dan Keel) (Airdate: 4/23/23)

Noted local amazing human Dan Keel joined us this week with another fantastic guest playlist. Dan's always a great time, and tonight was no exception. Tonight was also notable as the first appearance of Taylor Swift on our playlist; certainly not the last.

Elliott Smith - Coast to Coast

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce

OK Go - End Love

Arcade Fire - Afterlife

The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall

Placebo - Meds

Morning Parade - Under the Stars

U.S. Girls - Only Daedalus

Broken Bells - After the Disco

James Blake - I’m So Blessed You’re Mine

RY X - Spiral

Solange - Don’t You Wait

Dornik - Drive

Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko

Taylor Swift - So It Goes…

Masego (feat. Medasin) - Love Be Like

We Are KING - The Greatest

The Weeknd - Secrets

Kimbra (feat. Foster the People) - Warrior

Passion Pit - The Reeling

Metric - Youth Without Youth

Session 0111 - Covers, Vol. 1 (Airdate: 4/16/23)

This week we featured interesting, transformative and unexpected covers, in the first of what we hope will be a regular feature. There's certainly enough interesting covers out there. If you have a cover song that's unexpected, drop us a line and maybe we'll feature it in a future show. We once again apologize for the Eagles-adjacent content (a double shot, no less!), but the covers of Hotel California are each transformative enough to erase any memory of...the Eagles.

Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

Motley Crue - Helter Skelter

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Sturgill Simpson- In Bloom

Tori Amos- Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Polyphonic Spree - Lithium

DEVO - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

The Cardigans - Iron Man

Smashing Pumpkins- Landslide

Faith No More - Easy

Self - What a Fool Believes

David Byrne - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Skankin' Pickle - Turning Japanese

Save Ferris - Come On Eileen

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons

Skadaddyz- Hotel California

Gipsy Kings - Hotel California

Disturbed- The Sound of Silence

Disturbed- Land of Confusion

Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Type O Negative- Summer Breeze

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Karen O & Willie Nelson - Under Pressure