Lightnin' Licks Radio

Hooooooo doggies! LLR returns with another bonus episode featuring an eclectic mix of everything Jay and Deon have been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. Library music with Library Mark? Check. Venezuelan psych rock? Check. German new wave? You betcha. Art rap, classic jangly American pop and egg punk? YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT! Join the fun. It was worth the wait. Promise.

Sonic contributors to the nineteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:  Townes Van Zandt, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Black Midi, De La Soul, Ideal, Cal Tjader, Hoyt Axton, Steppenwolf, Blind Melon, Frances Lee McCain, Zach Galligan, Clarence Williams, James Tim Brynn, Dally Small, Alline Bullock, Ike & Tina Turner, The Doors, The Beatles, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Rolling Stones, Jacko Peake, The Who, Merv Griffin, Saint Etionne, Uncle Ted Nugent, Iron Butterfly, Cheap Trick, Germs, The Clash, Steel Pulse, Elvis Costello, Sweet, Living Colour, Beatific Vision, DJ Magic Mike, The Baseball Project, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, Jahari Massamba Unit, Shawn Lee & Clutchie Hopkins.

Deon brought to the dining room table the sounds of Nnamdi, Nina Simone, Alan Tew, and Denzel Curry.

Jay suggested checking out Humpe Humpe, The Pets, The Rhythm Section, and R.E.M.

Super-special-secret-friend Library Mark hipped Podcast America to Mannequin Pussy, Sheer Mag, Snooper, and The Courettes.

Bonus #19 mixtape

[A1] Snooper - Defect [A2] Denzel Curry - Ricky [A3] The Pets - El Entierro de un Hombre Rico Que Murio de Hombre [A4] Sheer Mag - Paper Time [A5] Alan Tew - The Rub [A6] Humpe Humpe - Yama-Ha [B1] The Rhythm Section - Waiting for the Sun [B2] Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [B3] Nnamdi - let gO my egO [B4] The Courettes - Shake! [B5] Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter [B6] R.E.M. - Summer Turns to High [end]

Thank you Library Mark and his record store of choice Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, Michigan, USA.

The “I”s have it! And Lightnin’ Licks Radio has the “I”s. Ten of them to be exact. Jay and Deon discuss their favorite vinyl records filed under the letter I. It’s intimate and intense. It's immersive and inspiring though, ironically, they’re idiots.

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In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru H, so naturally, they went with I.

The “I” mixtape:

[SIDE I-1] (1) INTHEWHALE – Animals (2) The Ice Man’s Band – People Make the World Go ‘Round (3) Icehouse – Walls (4) Ice Cube – Down for Whatever (5) Instant Funk – Never Let It Go Away [SIDE I-2] (1) Donnie Iris – Joking (2) The Impressions – I’m Loving Nothing (3) The Icicle Works – Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (4) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunshine (5) Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain [END]

Sonic Contributors to the thirty-fifth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith. Grand Puba, Piere Cavalli, Azymuth, Star Wars and Gremlins read-along story books and Sesame Street, Cowboy Junkies, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, Just Blaze, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Icehouse, Ivy Davies, Ice Cude, Leaders of the New School, Fred Gwynne, Joe Pecsi, The Bomb Squad, Da Lench Mob, N.W.A., Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Quincy Jones, Instant Funk, Day La Soul, Prince Paul. T-Connection, The Postal Service, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Another Nashville Coma. Big Country, The Icicle Works. INTHEWHALE, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Ice Man’s Band, The Beatles, The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, The Funk Brothers, Donnie Iris, The Jaggers, The Cruisers, Steve Miller Band, Ozzy Osbourne. Dres and Black Sheep, Menehan Street Band, The Stylistics, and the Clockers.

*Review Magazine Readers' Choice 2023 (someone nominate us for this year please)

Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Buy vinyl, tapes or CDs at Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice Electric Kitsch in Bay City, Michigan, USA.

The “I”s have it! And Lightnin’ Licks Radio has the “I”s. Ten of them to be exact. Jay and Deon discuss their favorite vinyl records filed under the letter I. It’s intimate and intense. It's immersive and inspiring though, ironically, they’re idiots.

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In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru H, so naturally, they went with I.

The “I” mixtape:

[SIDE I-1] (1) INTHEWHALE – Animals (2) The Ice Man’s Band – People Make the World Go ‘Round (3) Icehouse – Walls (4) Ice Cube – Down for Whatever (5) Instant Funk – Never Let It Go Away [SIDE I-2] (1) Donnie Iris – Joking (2) The Impressions – I’m Loving Nothing (3) The Icicle Works – Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (4) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunshine (5) Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain [END]

Sonic Contributors to the thirty-fifth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith. Grand Puba, Piere Cavalli, Azymuth, Star Wars and Gremlins read-along story books and Sesame Street, Cowboy Junkies, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, Just Blaze, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Icehouse, Ivy Davies, Ice Cude, Leaders of the New School, Fred Gwynne, Joe Pecsi, The Bomb Squad, Da Lench Mob, N.W.A., Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Quincy Jones, Instant Funk, Day La Soul, Prince Paul. T-Connection, The Postal Service, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Another Nashville Coma. Big Country, The Icicle Works. INTHEWHALE, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Ice Man’s Band, The Beatles, The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, The Funk Brothers, Donnie Iris, The Jaggers, The Cruisers, Steve Miller Band, Ozzy Osbourne. Dres and Black Sheep, Menehan Street Band, The Stylistics, and the Clockers.

*Review Magazine Readers' Choice 2023 (someone nominate us for this year please)

Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Buy vinyl, tapes or CDs at Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice Electric Kitsch in Bay City, Michigan, USA.

The hits didn't stop with #11 for Jay nor Deon in 2023. This past calendar year brought us plenty of noteworthy vinyl releases, and the eighteenth bonus episode rightfully shines a spotlight on said sonic successes. These sounds are downright delightful. It's an honor to share them with podcast America.

ROCK. ON.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to this special 2023 Leftovers edition of Lightning Licks Radio include:

Howard Glysz, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Ethan Klein, Dinner Party, Michael Gonet, Sonic Youth, Destroyer, Laura Branigan, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, Bully, Soccer Mommy, Rat Boys, Julian Casablancas, Mother Love Bone, Stone Gossard, Jamie Wyatt, Olivia Newton John, The Police, Electric Light Orchestra, Adrian Quesada, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, Lloyd Newman, and LeAlan Jones along with his sister and grandmother.

Featured artist include, from Jay, Be Your Own Pet, Mega Bog, Debby Friday, Brad, and Juliana Hatfield.

Deon brought Oddissee, Sparklehorse, Black Thought and El Michels Affair, Slow Pulp, and Black Pumas to the dining room table.

Your leftover mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Black Thought & El Michels Affair – The Weather (2) Brad – Straight to the Hoop (3) Black Pumas – Gemini Sun (4) Debby Friday – So Hard To Tell (5) Sparklehorse – O Child [SIDE B] (1) Be Your Own Pet – Bad Mood Rising (2) Oddissee – Many Hats (3) Mega Bog – Don’t Doom Me, Now (4) Slow Pulp – Slugs (5) Juliana Hatfield – Telephone Line [END]

DEON’S TOP 11:

11 - Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over

10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V

9 – Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society

8 – Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering

7 – Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky

6 – Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy

5 – Hannah Jadagu - Aperture

4 - Sufjan Stevens -Javelin

3 – Say She She - Silver

2 - Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You

1 – Califone - Villagers

JAY’S TOP 11:

11 – Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble

10 – Blur – The Ballad of Darren

9 – Film School - Field

8 – Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire

7 – Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty

6 – Mint Field – Aprender a Ser

5 – The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise

4 – Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight

3 - Sleaford Mods -UK Grim

2 – Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

1 – Liquid Mike – s/t

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Sonic contributions to episode thirty-four of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast, 2023’s year in review and its supplementary mixtape, include:  Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, Dhanji, Rahsla, Anthony Fantano, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Herb Honeysuckle, Durand Jones, The Indications, Macho Man Randy Savage, Aziz Ansari, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Maple Glider, Blur, The Beatles, Dinner Party, Retta, Open Mike Eagle, The Roots, Hall and Oates, Young Zee, Wu Tang Clan, Film School, Squirrel Flower, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Young Fathers, Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Mint Field, Hannah Jadagu, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Lael Neale, Chic, Say She She, Sweeping Promises, The Go-Go’s, The B-52’s, Sleaford Mods, Pet Shop Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, Olivia Rodrigo, Ugly Casanova, Red Red Meat, Califone, Liquid Mike, Cory Hanson, Scarface, Isaac Hayes, Jack Van Impe, and Marvin Gaye.

Music heals us. Happy listening in 2024.

To receive a downloadable or physical copy of the mixtape, contact us.

Jay discusses Brazilian psych and girl group goodness. He also recalls the origins of his unlikely friendship with a literary working-class hero, who in turn introduced him to the syrupy sounds of a power pop legend. Deon brings urban hits, brand-spanking new indie pop and experimental space rock to the mix. Super-secret-special friend Nichole dishes on her love of T Swift (but not necessarily Swifties) and Allison Mosshart. Ahh Yeah. Alright.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the seventeenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include:

The Koreatown Oddity, DJ Nu-Mark, Jurassic 5, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Young-Holt Limited, Melvin and Mervin Steals, Madlib, Joachim Sherrylee, Supercordas, Boogarins, Pharrell Williams, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, Jimmy Bishop, Say She She, The Pink Floyd, Francis Bebey, Easy Love, Jeff Bridges, Eagles, Andre 3000, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, The Beatles, John Mayer, E.L.O., Cheech & Chong, Bon Iver, The National, Ryan Adams, The Dead Weather, Anthony Bourdain, Jesse Plemons, Eddie Holman, Barbara Mason, Rick James, Deborah Foreman, Bauhaus, Tom Petty, Phil Seymour, Alabama, Jay’s amazing mixtape pen pal Ben Hamper (reading excerpts from his excellent memoir Rivethead published by Warner Books and also as a disc jockey on WNMC 90.7 FM out of Traverse City, Michigan), the Hagerty Sidedrift Podcast’s Larry Webster, goddamn Fleetwood Mac, Jim Croce, Big Star, Frederick Knight, Anita Ward, The Big Moon, Slow Pulp, Crispin Glover, and last but not least…Wipers.

Featured artists:

Jay – Guaxe, Honey & the Bees, Jess Cornelius, Dwight Twilley Band,

Deon – Janelle Monae, Hawkwind, Love & Rockets, Marika Hackman

Supper-special-secret friend Nichole B. – Matt Costa, Taylor Swift, The Kills, Dr. Hook

Bonus #17 mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Ben Hamper bumper intro (2) Dwight Twilley Band – Baby Let’s Cruise (3) The Kills – Sour Cherry (4) Hawkwind – Silver Machine (5) Jess Cornelius – I Can’t TellYou Why (6) Matt Costa – Astair (7) Janelle Monae – Float [SIDE B] (1) Marika Hackman – No Caffeine (2) Love & Rockets! – Rainbird (3) Honey & The Bees – We Got To Stay Together (4) Taylor Swift – My Tears Ricochet (5) Guaxe – Nilo (6) Dr. Hook – Sharing The Night Together [END]

Listen to Ben Hamper on the radio. Well, on the radio but on the internet. https://spinitron.com/WNMC/dj/71117/Ben-Hamper

What the H? Exactly. The award-winning* Lickers discuss some of their favorite records filed under the letter H.

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In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2023, idiotic, introverted hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru G, so naturally, they went with H.

LLR "H" mixtape:

 [SIDE H-A] (1) Kristian Harting - Digging Up Graves (2) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Hideaway (3) Height Keech - Working Woman Blues / This Brutal World... (4) Honey Ltd. - Tomorrow Your Heart (5) Tim Hecker - Voice Crack

[SIDE H-B] (1) Hurrah! - If Love Could Kill (2) Donny Hathaway - I Believe To My Soul (3) Daryl Hall - Why Was It So Easy (4) H.E.R. - Focus (5) John Hartford - Holding

Sonic contributors to episode thirty-one of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:  Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, James Todd Smith, SZA, Herbie Hancock, Placido Flamingo, 

*2023 REVIEW magazine fans’ choice award for best live-streaming production.

Jay and Penny Lover discuss what’s been yanking their sonic cranks as of late. Repeat guest Don throws in his two cents as well.

We don’t understand it. Oh, what’s come over us? But we’re not gonna worry. No. Not anymore. Because when men are in love, we’ve only got one story. That’s why our love is lost somewhere in your kiss. When we’re lost and alone, it’s you that we miss. With a love like yours, it’s hard to resist. Oh-oh-oh.

Sonic contributions to the sixteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast includes:  Nick Kroll, Jason Moustakas, DJ Nu Mark, Jurassic Five, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, SAULT, The Millennium, Emitt Rhodes, Jay Dilla, Slum Village, Doc Illingsworth, Tortoise, Burt Bacharach, Sonic Youth, Inflo, Tilla, Sleaford Mods, Viagra Boys, John Hartford, The Runaways, Motley Crue, Zhane, Weakened Friends, Adam & the Ants, Height Keech, De La Soul, Purple Mountains, Arrested Development, Nino Rota, Arc of All, Stillwater, Mac DeMarco, Dilly Dally, Big Thief, Neil Young & Crazyhorse, MJ Lenderman, Phish, Prince Paul, Chicago, Instant Funk, Young Holt Limited, Etta James, The Jam, The Specials, Elastica, Chemical Brothers, and Lionel Richie.

Jay brought to the dining room table the sweet sounds of Benny Hester, Jim O’Rourke, The Donnas, and Bran Van 3000.

Deon was partial to the musical stylings of Black Milk, Little Simz, Wye Oak, and Wire.

Returning super special not-so-secret friend Don is fucking with JW Francis, Wednesday, Wooden Wand, and Karate, Guns and Tanning.

BONUS #16 MIXTAPE

[SIDE A] (1) Wye Oak – Before (2) Benny Hester – Let It Be So (3) JW Francis – Casino (4) Black Milk – Sunday’s Best / Monday’s Worst (5) The Donnas – Rock and Roll Machine (6) Wooden Wand – Spitting at the Camera[SIDE B] (1) Karate, Guns & Tanning – White Nights (2) Jim O’Rourke – Something Big (3) Little Simz – Poison Ivy (4) Wednesday – Chosen to Deserve (5) Bran Van 3000 – Drinking in L.A. (6) Wire - Champs

Random ska-jazz-rock-R&B-rap-house-pop set. Blow, Branford, blow.

(1) Ethiopia - Obeah Book / Dub Versions (2) King Tubby - Dancing Dubs (3) @illingsworth - rats (4) The Paragons - On The Beach (5) The Baba Brooks Band - Watermelon Man / Gun Fever (6) Desmond Dekker - Beautiful and Dangerous (7) Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Jungle Lion (8) Yusef Lateef - Like It Is (9) Wu Tang Clan - It's Yourz (10) Def Jef - On The Real Tip (11) Yusek & Bartrand Burgalat - Icare (12) The Brand New Heavies & Black Sheep - State of Yo (13) Cymande - Dove (14) Fugess / Inspectah Deck - Triumph Verse (15) Arrested Development - Ease My Mind (15) Nu Shooz & Spyder D - I Can't Wait (To Rock the Mike) (17) Zhane - Hey Mr. DJ (18) Shanice - I Love Your Smile (19) Hall & Oates - Sara Smile (20) Marika Hackman - Playground Love (21) Dwight Twilley Band - Looking for the Magic (22) LCD Soundsystem - i used to (23) The Doors - Summer's Almost Gone.

The heat is (dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun) ON! Ending summer with a bang, the award-winning Lickers are discussing what they consider to be some of the most trusted record labels of all time. Even in the digital hellscape that is 2023, a reputable record label can be an important point of interest when discovering new bands, or music that may have been around a while but is new to you. Join the dysfunctional duo in a conversation built around the business entities that bring our favorite music onto our turntables and into our ears.

Sonic contributors to the thirty-second episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:  Brothers Johnson, Lee Moses, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Height Keech, Drizabone, Kavinski, Khruangbin, Mark Mothersbaugh, Brian K., Paul Rubens, Chris Kline, Anthony Fantano, Damien Keyes, Joeski Love, Def Jeff, Dust Brothers, Tone Loc, Young MC, Masters of Reality, The Brand New Heavies, Nadia Davenport, Jimi Hendrix, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, The Strangeloves, The Music Machine, The Ramones, Yaz, Madonna, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Ruzillos, The Human League, Pavement, H.P. Zinker, Beck, Helium, Liz Phair, Peach Kelli Pop, Death Valley Girls, Ty Segall, Habibi, The Summer Twins, Cherry Glazerr, Easy Love, Cursive, Bright Eyes, The Faint, Desaparecidos, Tomberlin, 764-HERO, Modest Mouse, The Paranoyds, The Gun Club, Peanut Butter Wolf, madlib, Jay Dilla, OH NO, Homeboy Sandman, Jonwayne the producer, and John Wayne the famous actor, Georgia Muldrow, Pheobe Bridgers, Stella Donnelly, Faye Webster, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Pale Jay, Kendra Morris, Black Market Brass, Durand Jones, Say She She, Monophonics, The Jive Turkeys, Okonski, Jacko Gardner, Alvvays, American Football, Xiu Xiu, Painted Palms, STRFKR, Adrian Quesada, Ikebe Showdown, robot Biden and The Clockers.

Labels We Trust mixtape

[SIDE ONE] (1) Painted Palms – Here It Comes [Polyvinyl Records] (2) Pale Jay – By the Lake [Karma Chief c/o Colemine Records] (3) Easy Love – I’ll Be Fine [Burger Records] (4) Yoko Ono – Hirake [Secretly Canadian] (5) Homeboy Sandman – America the Beautiful [Stones Throw Records]

[SIDE TWO] (1) The Coathangers – Sex Beat [Suicide Squeeze Records] (2) Liz Phair – Mesmerizing [Matador Records] (3) The Pharcyde – She Said [Delicious Vinyl] (4) The Rezillos – (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures [Sire Records] (5) Tomberlin – stoned [Saddle Creek Records]

R.I.P. PWH

For Ollie. <3