Hey, do you like The Descendents, Lemonheads, All and Teenage Fanclub? Guess what? Shirk Circus might just be your favorite band you've never heard of! Bass Player/Singer/Songwriter Dan Bonebrake (Dashboard Confessional, Lightworkers, The Enablers) brings us the debut album by this short-lived New Jersey band, 1994s 'Words To Say'.

Songs featured in this episode: Untitled - Shirk Circus; I Didn't Think - Lightworkers; Back Of A Car - Big Star; Guess Who Came Home Today, #14 (What Would You Be If You Weren't Nothing) - Shirk Circus; Rudderless - Lemonheads; Makes No Sense At All - Husker Du; #10 (Under Acme), Summer Sun - Shirk Circus; Get Bent (demo) - AC Cobra; Sweet 75 (Live on KEXP) - Sleigh Bells; #2 (Smile), Fine Line - Shirk Circus; The Ballad Of El Goodo - Big Star; Wendy - The Beach Boys; Wendy - Descendents; #6 (Garden Grey) - Shirk Circus; It's So Dirty - Squeeze; Basement, Sell-Out - Shirk Circus; Prison Bound - Social Distortion; #13 (Words To Say), Climb Inside, Save My Day, #9 (Younger Than Your Years), Too True - Shirk Circus; I Didn't Think - Lightworkers