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Sean Sylver and friend Padraic O’Connor talk about musical influences and pivotal moments and make a birthday mix tape.

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Topics: Bob Marley, The Clash, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Oasis, Dropkick Murphys, The Smiths, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Aerosmith, Taylor Swift, The Plasmatics, Bim Skala Bim, Limp Bizkit, Shinedown, separating art from artist, making the perfect mix tape, Limewire, sharing music with our kids, Both Sides Now, Columbia House, BMG Music Service, 10 CDs for a Penny

Sean Sylver is joined by Mike Sweeney to talk about the Boston music scene over the years and pick 10 CDs from an October 1993 BMG Music Service magazine ad.

Pick yours:

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Topics: R.E.M., Belly, Nirvana, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Radiohead, Neil Young, Guns N’ Roses, Squeeze, Arrested Development, Kiss, Barry Manilow, The Del Fuegos, Bob Dylan, Cracker, Sugar, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Worcester Centrum, The Middle East, Newbury Comics, Great Woods, V66, The Rat, WFNX, WBCN, Rolling Stone, CMJ, Boston music, college radio, Medfield

Sean Sylver is joined by “She’s With the Band” host Ashley Elizabeth to order some CDs from a 1993 BMG Music Service magazine ad.

Pick yours:

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Show links:

She’s With the Band - Thursdays at 8 on Mark Skin Radio

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Michelle Branch tickets are $72! - and some of it goes to a local youth arts non-profit

Topics: Primus, Aerosmith, Duran Duran, INXS, New Order, REM, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Madonna, Guns ‘n Roses, The Killers, MTV, Slash, Tool, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Joy Division, Unplugged in New York, Robyn, The Bodyguard, 2Pac, Michelle Branch, JoJo, Interpol, TV in your room, music videos, Worcester, the “Crazy” music video, Madonna’s “Sex” book

Sean Sylver is joined by What Chaos! co-host David Bean to pick 12 CDs from a 1999 BMG Music Service magazine ad.

Pick your 12:

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Topics: Lit, Filter, TLC Kid Rock, 2Pac, Q-Tip, Jay-Z, Backstreet Boys, Shania Twain, Korn, Santana, DMX, Outlawz, Billy Joel, Stompin' Tom Connors, hockey, goal songs, guitar solos, Metallica, Rod Stewart, Bruce Hornsby, Busta Rhymes, Black Rob, Eddie Van Halen, Dave vs. Sammy, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal, Shaggy, Michael Jackson memes, Columbia House, 10 CDs for a penny

Sean Sylver is joined by comedian Lamont Price to pick eight CDs from a Spring 1994 Columbia House magazine ad.

Pick your eight:

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Topics: Dr. Dre, De La Soul, Inner Circle, Spin Doctors, Alan Jackson, Steve Miller Band, Wreckx-n-Effect, Shai, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Lucy Van Pelt, candy corn, MC Hammer, WILD AM 1090, En Vogue, Night Flight, Patra, Retro Junk, TV themes, Saturday morning cartoons, pro wrestling, Seinfeld, Souls of Mischief, BMG Music Service, 10 CDs for a penny

Sean Sylver is joined by friend and radio colleague Joe Murray to talk about the first US release of Now That's What I Call Music! From 1998.

Track list

Topics: Karaoke, Shaquille O'Neal, Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys, Fastball, Harvey Danger, Spice Girls, K-Ci and Jojo, All Saints, Tonic, Hanson, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Imajin, Brain McKnight, Aqua, Radiohead, Everclear, Lenny Kravitz, Marcy Playground.

I've got this song stuck in my head, and it goes like this...

Topics: The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Hard Day's Pete, Reply All podcast, The Case of the Missing Hit, earworms, lyrics websites, Shazam

Sean Sylver is joined by stalwart Boston radio host, producer and program director Adam 12 to pick 12 cassettes from a Spring 1992 Columbia House magazine ad.

Pick your 12:

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Topics: Das EFX, Arrested Development, Tears for Fears, Beastie Boys, The Cure, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Dire Straits, AC/DC, Tom Petty, Steely Dan, Cheap Trick, Nirvana, Gift of Gab, Aerosmith, Ramones, paper routes, Wakefield Daily Item, Strawberries, cool uncles, CD Spins, BMG Music Service, 10 CDs for a Penny

Sean Sylver and friend Patrick Bonner take a year-by-year journey through the movie soundtracks of the 1990s, picking one essential soundtrack from each year. Part two covers the years 1995 through 1999.

Topics: Empire Records, Clueless, Romeo and Juliet, The Crow: City of Angels, Trainspotting, Lost Highway, Grosse Point Blank, The Faculty, Can’t Hardly Wait, Belly, 10 Things I Hate About You, Cruel Intentions, the DMB Crash Into Me remix, Mr. Brightside, Goo Goo Dolls, Maxell tapes

Sean Sylver and friend Patrick Bonner take a year-by-year journey through the movie soundtracks of the 1990s, picking one essential soundtrack from each year. Part one covers the years 1990 through 1994.

Topics: Pump Up the Volume, Batman, Pretty Woman, Dick Tracy, Goodfellas, New Jack City, The Commitments, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Singles, The Bodyguard, Wayne's World, Judgment Night, Last Action Hero, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Reality Bites, Dumb & Dumber, The Crow, Above the Rim, Forrest Gump, 10 CDs for a Penny, Columbia House, BMG Music Service, Talkboy, video rentals