Category Archives: Musical Tributes

In these shows, I choose a musical theme and take you on a journey, to the best of my abilities. We often focus on one musician who inspires a whole plethora of different music.

Episode 74: Heartbreak Healing

24 Friday Apr 2020

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for April 28, 2020. In this episode, we find the Heartbreak in Healing and the Healing in Heartbreak.

Songs Played in this episode (now with time codes!):

5:10 : “Sky Full of Song” by Florence + The Machine

8:53 : “Come on Doom, Let’s Party” by Emily Wells

12:28 :  “More of the Same” by Caroline Rose

18:35 : “Perfectly Wrong” by Shawn Mendes

22:04 : “Break Me” by Sharon Van Etten

26:02 : “Keep You” by Wild Belle

31:37 : “I’ll Never Love Again” by Kelly Finnigan

34:56 : “True Love” by Durand Jones and The Indications

38:37 : “Don’t Blame It On the Moon” by Esther Rose

43:10 : “Turn It Off” by Deap Vally

47:21 : “Dreams so Real” by Metric

50:02 : “Electric Arc” by Lia Ices

55:58 : “I’m Scum” by IDLES

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Episode 73: Rest in Power 2019

11 Saturday Apr 2020

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for April 14, 2020. In this episode, we memorialize some of the musicians we lost in 2019. May they all Rest in Power

Songs Played in this episode (now with time codes!):

4:13 : “Tea for Two” by Clora Bryant

7:56 : “Who Drank My Beer While I Was In the Rear” by Dave Bartholomew

10:45 :  “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) [live recording]” by Jackie Shane

18:08 : “True Love Will Find You in the End” by Daniel Johnston

19:54 : “You’re Dead” by Norma Tanega

22:15 : “It’s a Cold Night for Alligators” by Roky Erickson

25:15 : “For Pete’s Sake (Closing Theme)” by The Monkees

33:13 : “Kids in America” by The Muffs

36:24 : “Twist & Crawl” by The English Beat

38:57 : “30 Century Man” by Scott Walker

43:37 : “Only Black Man in South Dakota” by Andre Williams

47:04 : “Hava Nagila” by Dick Dale

49:08 : “Right Place, Wrong Time” by Dr. John

54:21 : “Cissy Strut” by The Meters

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Episode 72: Quarantine

27 Friday Mar 2020

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 31, 2020. In this episode, I explore songs for shut-ins!

Songs Played in this episode (now with time codes!):

4:20: “Ghost Town (Extended Version)” by The Specials

10:13 : “Lonely Wanderer” by Panda Bear

14.27 :  “Leave Me Alone” by MS MR

21:41 : “Voices Inside my Head” by The Police

25.30 : “The Way I Feel Inside” by The Zombies

27.05 : “Inside” by Jethro Tull

32.38 : “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes

37.02 : “Who Can It Be Now?” by Men At Work

40.22 : “I Drink Alone” by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

48.11 : “Stay Inside! (Nirvana’s “Stay Away” cover” by Urian Hackney (Venmo him at @urianvhackney) of Rough Francis

51.19 : “Alone” by James Pants

57:18 : “Inside Edition” by Sneaks

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Episode 71: Thriving in Pandemic

15 Sunday Mar 2020

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 17, 2020. In this episode, I ask, can we move past survival mode into a place of THRIVING during this Pandemic?

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Episode 70: Best New Music of 2019

02 Sunday Feb 2020

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for February 4, 2020. In this episode, we share some of the best music of 2019.

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Episode 69: Labor of Love

01 Sunday Sep 2019

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for September 3, 2019. In this episode, we celebrate opening up to more love in life, through loving ourselves…

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Episode 68: Addiction

16 Saturday Mar 2019

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 19, 2019. In this episode, we explore Obsessions and Addictions!

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Episode 67: Best Music of 2018

09 Saturday Mar 2019

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 12, 2019. In this episode, we take a whirl through some of the best music released in 2018.

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Episode 66: Goodbye 2018

31 Monday Dec 2018

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for New Year’s Day 2019. In this episode, we say goodbye to some of the amazing geniuses we lost in 2018.

Songs Played in this episode:

  • “Guess Who I Saw Today?” by Nancy Wilson
  • “Homosapian” by Pete Shelley
  • “Ever Fallen in Love” by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
  • “Today” by Jefferson Airplane
  • “Blue Velvet” by Tony Bennett
  • “Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly
  • “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” by Roy Clark
  • “No Need to Argue” by The Cranberries
  • “Ain’t Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around” By Aretha Franklin
  • “Rock Steady (Outtake)” by Aretha Franklin
  • “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” by Aretha Franklin
  • “Heron Dance” by Ursula K. Le Guin and Todd Barton
  • “The Look” by Penny Marshall and Michael McKean

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Episode 64: Dead Author Party 2017

25 Friday May 2018

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This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 29, 2018. In this episode, I pay tribute to some of the writers who passed away in 2017. If you’d like to hear my tribute to the writers who passed away in 2016, click here.

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