Chasing the Essential

"Oh, your father was a one-eyed jack of hearts, with diamonds and an ace up his sleeve " - B52sRuler Rare OccuranceThe Selecter Stay RebelArthur Alexander Oh Lulu, Won't You Be My GirlThe B-52's Deadbeat ClubEyelids Crawling Off Your PagesVigilantes of Love I Could Be WrongSqueeze Happy DaysThe B-52's Queen Of Las VegasWarren Zevon Lawyers, Guns And MoneyPeter Case Wake Up CallA.C. Newman Drink To Me, Babe, ThenRyan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts Jesus & John LennonThe B-52's ButterbeanMarble Jets It's So EasyOdds My Mind’s On Other ThingsSmoking Popes My Lucky DayX New LifePortugal. The Man Ghost TownThe Tisburys Ten Years OnThe B-52's MesopotamiaVegas Baby!

"The sky is burnin' I believe my soul is on fire" - The JamThe Half-Cubes Lie To MeThe Anderson Council Do You Remember WalterThe White Buffalo AvalonTamar Berk sunday drivingThe Decibels EncouragingSemisonic LightningThe Jam Burning SkyThe Finn Brothers All God's ChildrenHaircut 100 Fantastic DayVan Go GratefulThe Stan Laurels I Want to BelieveThe Linda Lindas Resolution/RevolutionThe dB's Big Brown EyesThe Stranglers Golden BrownExtra Arms Honey BrownThe Planes First Breath After MaskSwansea Sound TWENTIETH CENTURYBrian Fallon Among Other Foolish ThingsGraham Parker & The Goldtops It Mattered To MeLove Everybody’s Gotta LiveAs Dave says, these essentials are not going to chase themselves!

"I'm not ever quite together, I'm not sorted out." - The Connells X Burning House Of LoveNick Piunti Til The End of The DayThe Singles You Can't Hurt Me NowTamar Berk walking hurricaneThe Connells BurdenThe Dead 60s Start A WarFuture Clouds & Radar Get Your Boots OnMichael Penn Seen The DoctorDavid Brookings And The Average Lookings And It Feels LikeBeebe Gallini To Love SombodyTim Anthony It Was YouTom Curless & the 46% Don't Shoot the MessengerThe Connells '74-'75Wavves DaisyThe Beatles Paperback WriterJosh Joplin Group Camera OneThe Easybeats SorryEveryday Things, The Just Out of ReachRyan Adams & The Cardinals Fix ItThe Connells Eyes On The GroundMusic always rings essential

"I can't reveal what's inside or behind me and thoughts that are real I can't feel they won't find me" - The E-Types13th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss MePush Puppets Small DosesBob Mould I Don't Know You AnymoreThe Beths WhateverContinental Drifters The Rain SongThe Turtles Outside ChanceSloan Who Taught You to Live Like That?Lisa Mychols Right On TimeAny Trouble Open FireThe Bongos Apache DancingThe Magic Mushrooms It's-A-HappeningParthenon Huxley A Feeling That Won't Fade AwayThe Castaways Liar, LiarThe Contrast Side FXOdds 25 WordsMarshall Crenshaw Never Gonna HappenDeer Tick Forgiving TiesDream Syndicate Tell Me When It's OverHurry Beggin' For YouThe E Types Put The Clock Back On The WallJames Mastro My GodPerfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch essential ...

"When I've walked in the garden. When I'm walking off stage. When everything's quiet ... Will you stay?" - Sinead O'ConnorThe Planes Thrift Store The Gaslight Anthem History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen) Best Coast Graceless Kids CAKE Wheels Marble Jets Feel So Free Dolph Chaney Mr. Eli The Salt Collective Not Going Back The Alarm The Returning The Fixx Saved By Zero The Beths Knees Deep Caper Clowns Me For a Friend Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Talking Straight Sinéad O'Connor The Emperor's New Clothes Paolo Nutini Children Of The Stars The Feelies What Goes On The Pencils Steal Your Love Sick Rose How to Be Your Friend Spoon I Turn My Camera On ? & The Mysterians Just Like A Rose Sinéad O'Connor Just Like U Said It Would BRIP Sinead.

"In the garage, I feel safe,  no one cares about my ways" - WeezerHurry Parallel HauntingBilly Bragg The Boy Done GoodThe Nashville Ramblers The TrainsRobin Lane & The Chartbusters Shot in the DarkRichard X. Heyman Hangman Smilesv. Spy v. Spy InjusticeThe E-Types I Can't Do ItOK Go Let It RainWeezer In The GarageChris Church Far Too LateMuck & The Mires I Never Got Over YouThe Gravel Pit Closer to the WallArmy Navy Ode to Janice MeltJenny Lewis PsychosThe No Ones The After PartyLiam Corcoran If You Must KnowArthur Alexander It's Not Love Anymore #2The Posies Notion 99The Waterboys World PartyGraham Parker & The Goldtops Shorthand

"As the years go by, they take their toll on you.  Think of all the things we wanted to do" - Bob MouldBroken Baby Beautiful VoicesGreenberry Woods Yeah [Yeah, Yeah, Yeah]Star Collector Running Through The Rainsparkle*jets u.k. Sunshine TonightPaolo Nutini Petrified In LovePortugal. The Man Grim GenerationTamar Berk if u know, u knowThe Patti Smith Group Ask the AngelsRoxy Music Over YouLeslie Pereira & The Lazy Heroes Fly Like A BirdThe Rallies You're My DreamEyelids They Said SoThe Alarm Another WayThe dB's Ask for JillAdele & The Chandeliers Up There For ThinkingPretenders Lie To MeThe Anderson Council Picture ThisThe Plimsouls Everyday ThingsJim Basnight I Want YouBob Mould See A Little LightTom Curless & the 46% Here TomorrowWelcome Otis!  

"...And I will take my chances, cause anything can happen" - The Finn BrothersDeer Tick DisgraceThe Shazam Shazam-Engine RedThe On and Ons Sunny JimThe Walkmen HeavenThe Format Pick Me UpThe Glad Machine San FranciscoThe Never Never From The InsideThe Tisburys GardenThe Hollies Look Through Any WindowThe Music Machine Talk Talk (Mono)Barreracudas Baby baby babyThe Regrettes Dress UpNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Love Is A Rich ManThe Tragically Hip Save The PlanetEyelids That's Not Real At All (B. Midweek Pg. 207)Mansfield London RiotsThe Finn Brothers Anything Can HappenThe Questionnaires Anything Can HappenNick Piunti Anything but EasyMurray Attaway Under JetsAny day is a great day for chasing down some new music.

"If he was from Mars, then that'd be cool?"  - The Replacementsdrop in the bucket Tamar BerkBetter Than A Hit Cotton MatherPigeon Farm Marcy PlaygroundWalk Among the Stars OddsOutsiders Jesse MalinBreaking Through These Gates The FiggsNo No No The CandyskinsI Made A Work Of Art Swansea SoundHeartbeat The Psychedelic FursFireball The JosephinesMy Street (North Florida Version) Lannie FlowersAshes Arthur AlexanderYa Gotta Go Crazy BoDeansI'm So Ashamed The MosquitosPerfect Skin (Remastered) Lloyd Cole & The CommotionsThe Ologist Song Graham ParkerAlex Chilton The ReplacementsWhen You Find Out The NervesBright Future In Sales Fountains Of WayneConfident In Time Rick Kingo... and we all Chase on!

This is we episode 400! Co-Creator, @alexwarhall is back to cohost and the episode is filled with the bands that got us this far! Special thanks to friends over the years that made this journey special… @chippersaam and @icecreammanpowerpop for filling in and collaborating, @davecarusomusic for his witty ending spots, @andyhartley49 for immortalizing the show in song and Alex for giving me much more than a hobby! Peace and Love to all.Tisburys When A Switch FlipsThe Armoires Walking DistanceOld 97's Turn Off The TVIcecream Hands Roll It BackTom Curless and the 46% Move Aside Rick Kingo Zephyr's ReignDave Caruso The DropEd Ryan LIGHTHOUSEThe Lemonheads My Hero, ZeroThe Gaslight Anthem "45"Elvis Costello 45Spoon Rainy TaxiSearching For Sylvia Play That Song (On The Radio)The Remains Don't Look BackFranz Ferdinand MichaelRamones My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)Andy Bopp HelloGreenberry Woods #37 [Feels So Strange]Myracle Brah I'd Rather BeStarbelly Ballad of BaltimoreStar Collector Beat It To DeathAimee Mann BarflyTalking Heads This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)Essential love to all!