Episode 24 of the ReadJunk Podcast is all about TV Songs and TV themes. It could be a theme song, a song I heard in an episode of a show and things like that. This is Volume 1 so obviously there will be a lot more episodes like this in the future. I got a great batch of bands that have had their music in shows so have a listen!

Playlist:

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos)

Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion (Breaking Bad)

The Scrantones - The Office Theme (The Office)

Stereophonics - Long Way Round (Long Way Round)

Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma (Fear the Walking Dead)

The National - The Rains of Castamere (Game of Thrones)

The Pogues - Body of an American (The Wire)

Young Dubliners - Father’s Son (Madigan Men)

The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Stranger Things)

The Smiths - I Don’t Owe You Anything (Girls)

Madness - One Step Beyond (Freaks & Geeks)

Handsome Family - Far From Any Road (True Detective)

Johnny Cash - It’s All Over (The Walking Dead)

Jace Everett -  Bad Things (True Blood)

The Minutemen - Corona (Jackass)

Elvis Presley - Little Less Conversation (Las Vegas)

Valley Lodge - Go (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)

Joe Strummer - It’s A Rockin’ World (South Park)

Supergrass - Alright (How I Met Your Mother)

The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (The Simpsons)

Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized  (21 Jump Street)

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression that I Get (Friends)

Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross (Daredevil)

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Three Little Birds (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Slim Smith & The Uniques - My Conversation (Lost)

The Lonely Island - Natalie’s Rap - (Saturday Night Live)

The Muppet Show Theme (The Muppet Show)

Eric Idle - Money Song (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)

Charles Bradley - Ain’t It A Sin (Luke Cage)

Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go to Him) (Married with Children)

The Doobie Brothers - Takin’ It To The Streets (What’s Happening)

Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man) (Robin of Sherwood)

The Cranberries - Linger (Don’t Trust The B---- in Apt 23)

Rogue Wave - Eyes (Heroes)

Colin Hay - Overkill (Scrubs)

The Alternate Routes - The Future’s Nothing New (Burn Notice)

Mat Kearney - Nothing Left To Lose (Jericho)

Phil Collins - Take Me Home (Mr. Robot)

The Shins - A Comet Appears (Chuck)

Live - Overcome (The Shield)

The White Buffalo - Come Join The Murder (Sons of Anarchy)

Luciano Michelini - Frolic (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

It's New York Comic-Con this week which means the ReadJunk Podcast is dedicating an entire episode to pop culture songs. We got songs about comics, Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, video games and other stuff along those lines. It's a fun episode so check it out!

Playlist:

Nerf Herder - At The Con

Teenage Bottlerocket - Necrocomicon

The Ramones - Spider-Man

Radkey - Marvel

Blink 182 - A New Hope

Powerglove - X-Men

Galactic Empire - Imperial March

Austrian Death Machine - I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle

Lion - Transformers Theme

Anthrax - I Am The Law

Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

The Scofflaws - William Shatner

The Aquabats - Play Dough

The Selecter - James Bond

Backyard Superheroes - Arcade Girl

Attaboy Skip - Ghostbusters

The Holophonics - The Legend of Zelda

MC Lars - Dragon Blood

Koo Koo Kango Roo - Superheroes Unite

MC Chris - Fett's Vette

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Nightmare on My Street

Supernova - Chewbecca

Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra - Star Wars - Imperial Reggae

The Taj Motel Trio - Vader

Kirby Krackle - Moisture Farm

Weird Al Yankovic - Yoda

Queen - Flash Gordon

The Jam - Batman Theme

The Levellers - Second Life

Stephen Lynch - D&D

Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Game Of Thrones

Mu330 - Captain

Pepper - Storm Trooper

Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk

Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space - Camp Crystal Lake

Leonard Nimoy - Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Secret Song

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Episode 22 is all new music for the month of September, or well, other months as well. 

Playlist:

1. The Push Stars - Stand Beside The Present Time 2. Chain Wallet - Ride 3. The Alternate Routes - One Dance Left 4. Carbon Poppies - I'll Meet You There 5. Bayside - It Don’t Exist 6. Backyard Superheroes - She’s Gotta Go 7. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Glorious 8. Bar Stool Preachers - DLTDHYOTWO 9. Death of Guitar Pop - Ska is the Bollocks 10. Rude Boy George - Only You 11. Charles Bradley - I Feel A Change 12. The Fuss - 15 Pills 13. Jr. Thomas & The Volcanoes - Chin Up 14. Caz Gardiner & The Badasonics - Out of Time 15. MxPx - Moments Like This 16. The Living End - Otherside 17. The Smoking Popes - Amanda My Love 18. Wank - Shut You Down 19. Terror - Spirit Of Sacrifice 20. Larry and His Flask - Ellipsis 21. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - Dirty Swerve 22. The Rumjacks - Saints Preserve Us 23. Soft Science - There 24. The Dull Blue Lights - Unveil The Elephant 25. Black Uhuru - As The World Turns 26. Jo Mersa Marley - Hurting Inside 27. Iya Terra - Stars 28. Jesse Royal, DJ Frass - My Time To Shine 29. Space March - Icarus 30. Danny Goffey - Ancient Text 31. Marc Ribot - Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)

 

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AHOY! It's September 19th and you know what that means, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! To get yourself in the mood, I gathered up a bunch of sea shanties and pirate-themed songs. Or just songs that about sailing, boats and other things similar to being a pirate. So annoy your family members or coworkers with talking like a pirate today and enjoy this episode of shanties and pirate songs, Saavy? 

Playlist:

Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life For Me)

Mad Caddies – Weird Beard

Tom Waits – Singapore

Great Big Sea – Captain Kidd

The Pogues – South Australia

Sex Pistols – Friggin’ in the Riggin

The Real McKenzies – Mainland

Jud Conlon Chorus - A Pirate's Life

Flogging Molly – Seven Deadly Sins

Captain Tractor – The Last Saskatchewan Pirate

The Greenland Whalefishers – Punk Shanty

John C. Reilly - My Son John

Gaelic Storm - Heart of the Ocean

Bear McCreary - Black Sails Main Theme

The Pirate Flags - Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum

Loudon Wainwright III – Good Ship Venus

Running Wild – Under Jolly Roger

Alestorm – Drink

Swashbuckle – Walk The Plank

Spongebob Squarepants Theme Song

Crystal Eyes - Waves Of War

RUMAHOY - Forest Party

Authority Zero – Drunken Sailor

The Vandals – Pirates Life

The Dreadnoughts - Gintlemen's Club

The Rumjacks – Down with the Ship

Key & Peele - Pirate Chantey

The Aquabats – Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates

Jamons - Ska Pirate

The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle

The El Conquistadors- Ballad Of Captain Morgan

Deal’s Gone Bad – Shiver Me Timbers

Oysterband – Sail On By

Fiddler’s Green – The Mermaid

Pirates Charles - Rye Whiskey

Liam Clancy - Yarmouth Town

Allen Robertson – Blow The Man Down

Ahead To The Sea – Sing with The Sirens

Face to Face – Popeye the Sailor Man Theme

Hans Zimmer - He’s A Pirate

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Episode 20 of the podcast is called United States of SKAmerica and I picked 1 band from each state, plus the capital of the US. So 51 tracks of ska! It's a long episode at 3 hours long so feel free to skip around or pause and come back to it. Enjoy!

 

Playlist:

Alabama - Blame Sydney - Moose Gun

Alaska -  T.I.A. - 34c

Arizona - Kongo Shock - Mokska Medicine

Arkansas - The Mistletones - Gimmie Somethin' to Dance to

California - Reel Big Fish - Thank You For Not Moshing

Colorado - Five Iron Frenzy - A Flowery Song

Connecticut - Spring Heeled Jack - Pay Some Dues

Delaware - The Bullbuckers - Gimme a Little Sign

Florida - Less Than Jake - My Very Own Flag

Georgia - The Taj Motel Trio - Stop Playing Games

Hawaii - Go Jimmy Go - Don’t Stop Everything

Idaho - The Opskamatrists - Routine

Illinois - Slapstick - There's A Metal Head in the Parking Lot

Indiana - Johnny Socko - If I Didn’t Have A Goiter

Iowa - Fairhaven - Floating

Kansas - O’Phil - You Say

Kentucky - The Rough Customers - Army of My Own

Louisiana - Joystick - Merry Kitchen

Maine - Sonic Libido - All The Same

Maryland - The Smooths - Farewell

Massachusetts - Mighty Mighty Bosstones - It Can’t Hurt

Michigan - Mustard Plug - Away From Here

Minnesota - The Prizefighters - Hypocrite

Mississippi - StereoHype - Blackout

Missouri - Mu330 - Now

Montana - The Skoidats - Goggles & Blinders

Nebraska - The Bishops - The Other Side

Nevada - Be Like Max - You Don't Know Me

New Hampshire - The Feel Goods - Running Out Of Time

New Jersey - Inspecter 7 - Regret II

New Mexico - The Giant Steps - One Day Soon

New York - The Toasters - Dub 56

North Carolina - The Jumpstarts - Recover Lover

North Dakota - The Ska-Skank Redemption - Hit N’ Run

Ohio - The Pinstripes - Alright Baby

Oklahoma - LFNC - Quiet Beginnings

Oregon - Cherry Poppin’ Daddies - Don Quixote

Pennsylvania - Ruder Than You - Uncle Albert

Rhode Island - The Agents - Every Night

South Carolina - The Independents - In The Rain

South Dakota - Donnybrook Brawlers - Blow Your Mind

Tennessee - The Soul Radics - One Time

Texas - The Suspects - Another Day Another Dollar

Utah - Stretch Armstrong - Drool

Vermont - Steady Betty - Sabotage

Virginia - Murphy's Kids - Silver Lining

Washington - Easy Big Fella - Regular Guy

West Virginia - Distorted Penguins - Sexi Lexi

Wisconsin - I Voted For Kodos - Calc Lecture Girl

Wyoming - Charlie Pathetic - Sore Loser

Washington D.C.* - The Pietasters - Maggie Mae

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This week's episode (Episode 19) is "Twangy Tunes." Country, alt-country, Americana and folk, singer/songwriter type of music that I like. Maybe it's something you're into or not, if not come back next week for something different. Lots of great bands and musicians in this episode so give it shot!

 

Playlist:

Hank Williams - Move It On Over

Johnny Cash -  Ring Of Fire

The White Buffalo - The Pilot

Steve Earle - Nowhere Road

Chuck Ragan - Nomad By Fate

Larry and His Flask - Hobo’s Lament

Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - Where Are We Gonna Work (When The Trees Are Gone)

New London Fire - Other Side Of Town

Old Man Markley - For Better For Worse

Mike Ness - Ballad of a Lonely Man

Carbon Leaf - Tombstone vs Ashes

The Alternate Routes - Toe The Line

Trapper Schoepp & The Shades - Cold Deck

Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers - Shady Esperanto And The Young Hearts

Nick 13 - Nighttime Sky

Nick Gill - By The Way

Justin Townes Earle - Walk Out

William Elliott Whitmore - Old Devils

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

The Men they Couldn’t Hang - Never Born To Follow

John Denver - Thank God I’m A Country Boy

Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down

The Handsome Family - Weightless Again

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy

She & Him - Change is Hard

Legendary Shack Shakers - Agony Wagon

The Devil Make Three - Do Wrong Right

The Paperboys - California

Band of Horses - Older

The Silent Comedy - Bartholomew

Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love

Christian Lopez - Will I See You Again

Tim Barry - Dog Bumped

Willie Nelson - On The Road Again

Dewey Cox - Beautiful Ride

 

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Episode 18 of the ReadJunk Podcast is New Music Part 2 for August. Some bands you've heard before on the podcast, a lot of ones I play for the first time as well. It's a good mix of music and something for everyone. Enjoy!

 

Playlist:

Carbon Leaf - Bow & Arrow (Shore Up A Love)

The Devil Makes Three - Need To Lose

Levellers - Liberty

The Mahones - Win Some, Lose Some

The Maple State - Deadline

Tommy and the Commies - Devices

Radkey - Basement

Down By Law - Undone

Alkaline Trio - Blackbird

NOFX - The Moron Brothers (live)

Toots and the Maytals - A Song Call Marley

Protoje - Truth & Rights

KBong - Easy To Love You (featuring The Movement)

Collie Buddz - Love & Reggae

Common Kings - One Day

The Fad - Rat Race

Mad Caddies - And We Thought That Nation - States Were A Bad Idea

Catbite - Street Feeling

311 - Self Esteem

The Offspring - Down

The Hempsteadys - Still Life With Woodpecker

Culture Abuse - Dave’s Not Here (I Got The Stuff Man)

Sharp / Shock - Real Life

The Last Gang - Sing For Your Supper

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Somnambulist

The Decemberists - Once In My Life

The Kooks - Chicken Bone

Sha La Das - Just For A Minute

The English Beat - Never Die

Gilbert O’Sullivan - The Same The Whole World Over

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Episode 17 of the podcast is my conversation with frontman of Sgt Scagnetti (https://www.facebook.com/SgtSCAG), Steve Lonergan. I drove over to Clifton, NJ to see the band perform at The Clash Bar. You can check out my photos on SkaPunkPhotos.com.

Before the show, we talked for about an hour in my car and had a great conversation about the band, the scene, why New Haven has the so-called best pizza, Sea Sea's in Moosic, PA and it's owner Vince, Murder Houses, and at the end, we play another game of Goldblum Trivia. 

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Episode 16 of the ReadJunk Podcast is a tribute to The Vans Warped Tour, which just ended forever. I curated an awesome playlist of bands that have played the tour, as well as tell some stories about the tour. I give some perspective as someone who's took photos of the tour since 90s as well. 

 

Playlist: 

NOFX - All Outta Angst

Pennywise - Fight Till You Die

Less Than Jake - Sugar in Your Gas Tank

Bouncing Souls - True Believers

Reel Big Fish - Everything Sucks

Green Day - Basket Case

Dance Hall Crashers - Lost Again

Blink 182 - Wasting Time

Mad Caddies - Goleta

Rancid - Bloodclot

Buck-O-Nine - Water in My Head

The Vandals - I Can’t Wait

Voodoo Glow Skulls - Insubordination

Fenix Tx - Minimum Wage

Social Distortion - Don't Drag Me Down

Deftones - 7 Words

CIV - Set Your Goals

VOD - Element

AFI - Totalimmortal

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Rocket Man

The Aquabats - Martian Girl

Hepcat - I Can’t Wait

The Smooths - In The Grass

Pepper - Back Home

Morgan Heritage - Let’s Make Up

Jurassic 5 - The Influence

Cherry Poppin Daddies - Brown Derby Jump

Royal Crown Revue - Walkin Like Brando

Tiger Army - Nocturnal

Dropkick Murphys - Never Alone

Flogging Molly - Salty Dog

The Offspring - The Kids Aren’t Alright

Frenzal Rhomb - Punch in the Face

Strung Out - City Lights

The Specials - Running Away

Bad Religion - A Walk

 

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Episode 15 features all new music from 2018. Got a lot of punk, indie rock, ska, some reggae and some other things as well. 

Playlist:

MxPx - All Of It

Swingin' Utters - Human Potential

The Generators - Back on the Job

The Adolescents - Just Because

Street Dogs - Working Class Heroes

Something To Do - Richard Spencer Punched In The Head

Sgt Scag - Funai Elektric

The Holophonics - Try Me On

Monkey - Hitchin A Ride

Boomtown United - Outside

DevotchKa - Straight Shot

Day Wave - Still Let You Down

Great Lake Swimmers - Alone But Not Alone

Valley Lodge - It’s Alright

Family of the Year - Latchkey Kids

Willie Nile - Seeds of a Revolution

Anti-Flag - The Debate Is Over (If You Want It)

Face to Face - Bill of Goods

Rise Against - Like An Angel

The Gaslight Anthem - God’s Gonna Cut You Down

Slightly Stoopid - Stay The Same (Prayer For You) featuring Don Carlos

New Town Kings - Music

Sugary Staple & Neville Staple - When You Call My Name

Ziggy Marley - The Storm is Coming

The Town Pants - The Wall

William Elliott Whitmore - Fear of Trains

Mt Desolation - On Your Way

Ogikubo Station - Take a Piece Of All That's Good

 

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