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White Tiger Radio

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White Tiger Radio episodes

  • We Write the Song.

    Portland songwriter Erin Gately wrote a brand new set of lyrics, and we asked a set of artists to turn those words into a song. Here's what we got:

    • Frankie Kimm, "In Plain Sight"
    • Born Losers, "Dark Places"
    • Skip Popadopolis, "The Secret Side"
    • Dan Blaker, "Potted Shrub"
    • Erin Gately, "Artful Concealment"
      • 1 hr 10 min
    • It's All About Me.

      Fictional stories with the author as the main character and songs about the songwriter's real life.

      • "Walk on the Wild Side," Lou Reed
      • "Coalman" by Tate Emerson
      • "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," Loretta Lynn
      • "Fear and Loathing in Astana" by Mike Northcott
      • "Bad Reputation," Joan Jett
      • "Late Local News with Skip" by Bret Emerson
      • "Swimmingly Good" by Erin Gately
      • "Fuck and Run," Liz Phair
      • "What I Did Last Summer" by Jack Miller
      • "Castles Made of Sand," The Jimi Hendrix Experience
      • "Just Because" by Shanon Emerson
      • "Sea of Love," Phil Phillips
      • "Thief in the Night," The Rolling Stones
        • 1 hr 8 min
      • Summer Songs.

        Listeners sent us requests for their favorite summertime songs. We talked about idioms, summer memories, and Barry Goldwater, among other things.

        • Toots and the Maytalls, "Ain't Got No Tip"
        • Michael Franti & Spearhad, "The Sound of Sunshine"
        • Judy Holliday, "An Occasional Man"
        • The Royal Guardsmen, "Snoopy v. the Red Baron"
        • Looking Glass, "Brandy"
        • Whodini, "The Freaks Come Out at Night"
        • Roy Ayers, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
        • Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack"
        • Reverend Horton Heat, "Big Red Rocket of Love"
        • "Flathead's Request/Sunny"
        • Just Jack, "Glory Days"
        • Alice Cooper, "School's Out"
          • 1 hr 8 min
        • The Movie Show.

          Songs by fictional bands that have appeared in movies since the 1970s. We also played some movie scenes we've always loved and discussed, among other things, making the world a better place, the blurry line between fiction and reality, and George C. Scott's attitude about the Oscars.

          • The Rutles, "Goose-Step Mama"
          • The Blues Brothers, "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"
          • Eddie and the Cruisers, "Dark Side"
          • The Leningrad Cowboys, "Ballad of the Leningrad Cowboys"
          • The Commitments, "Take Me to the River"
          • Citizen Dick, "Touch Me I'm Dick"
          • CB4, "Straight Out of Locash"
          • The Wonders, "Dance with Me Tonight"
          • Venus In Furs, "Tumbling Down"
          • Stillwater, "Fever Dog"
          • Soggy Bottom Boys, "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow"
          • Hedwig and the Angry Inch, "Tear Me Down"
          • DJay, "Whoop That Trick"
            • 1 hr 11 min
          • Something Stupid I Did That Worked Out Okay.

            This month's show was dedicated to the theme "Something Stupid I Did That Worked Out Okay." We presented a collection of listener-created 2-minute stories around that theme, played some specially chosen songs, and talked about life and whatnot. Things were learned.

            • "McDonald's Parking Lot, Peoria, Illinois (1988)" by Greg Weinger
            • "Sunday Morning Coming Down," Johnny Cash
            • "Off The Tracks Asshat Shrew! You Can't Stop A Love Train" by Tracy Bonaccorso
            • "Jackson," Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood,
            • "The Late Local News with Skip" by Bret Emerson
            • "That Time" by Shanon Emerson
            • "The Man Who Couldn't Cry," Loudon Wainwright III
            • "Shopping Genius" by Judy Ossello
            • "Guess Things Happen That Way," Emmylou Harris
            • "Free Mower" by Phil Tiso
            • "Estuary" by Megan Iwami
            • "A Boy Named Sue," Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
            • "You Bent My Five Iron, You Fat Fuck" by Jack Miller
            • "Mean Eyed Cat," Johnny Cash
            • "Yellowstone" by John Emerson
              • 1 hr 6 min
            • Frankenstein's Footlocker.

              We dug into the archive for stuff that we've recorded over the years, files that've been sent to us, and a few things we've scrounged up along the way.

              • Born Losers, "Little Room"
              • Shanon Emerson, Neutron Joke
              • Brandon, Sandra, Shanon, "Gin and Juice"
              • Phil Tiso, Sensory Deprivation Tank Joke
              • Johnny Yeast, "Carlo Rossi"
              • Shanon Emerson, "Crosswalk Driver"
              • Holly Deye, "Hillbilly Love Song"
              • Anthony Lopez, "Lick a Gift Horse"
              • Marco Davis, "Song of My Life"
              • Colin Lingle, Unnamed story
              • filips and flathead, Guilty Pleasures show
              • Jack Miller, "Crack-Baby Pate"
              • Man Band, "Heartbreak Hotel/Don't Be Cruel"
              • Wes Youssi, "Ready to Run"
              • Rod Bramblett, Final play of the Iron Bowl
              • Marjoe Gortner, "Lay My Burden Down"
              • Ramblin' Jack Eliot, "Don't Think Twice It's Alright"
                • 1 hr 25 min
              • Comedy Night.

                Live comedy in the White Tiger Lounge.

                Hosted by Bri Pruett.

                Featuring
                Katie Nguyen
                Curtis Cook
                Steven Wilbur
                Anthony Lopez
                Secial appearance by Pizza Box

                1 hr 41 min
              • The beginning, the middle, or the end.

                Writers gave us their take on "The beginning, the middle, or the end" in four minutes or less.

                • "Lovey Wouldn't Last a Week" by Ann Graber
                • "I'd Stowaway" by Erin Gately
                • "Which Part?" by Zane Emerson
                • "Tomorrow Never Knows" by Mike Northcott
                • "The Late Local News with Skip" by Bret Emerson
                • "You Are So Smart, You Got Your Nipples Pierced" by Lupine Swanson
                • "Take That, Aristotle" by Eric Smith
                • "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Sandy & the Sparknotes
                • "Rib Winner" by Jack Miller
                • "Driving Wind" by Tate Emerson
                • "Mid-freakin Yea" by Tracy Bonaccorso
                  • 58 min
                • Give and Let Spin.

                  December is all about the giving and sharing, so Shanon and Jack gave each other a stack of records the day before the show and then played and talked about songs selected from those stacks.

                  • Stevie Wonder, "Sir Duke" on Songs in the Key of Life
                  • Roy Orbison, "Lay it Down" on Laminar Flow
                  • Scorpions, "The Same Thrill" on Love at First Stin
                  • Joe Cocker, "Honky Tonk Women" on Mad Dogs & Englishmen
                  • Barbra Streisand, "Queen Bee" on A Star is Born
                  • Hank Williams, Jr., "I Can't Take It No Longer" on The Best of Hank Williams, Jr.
                  • Lynyrd Skynyrd, "I Know a Little" on Gold & Platinum
                  • Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristoffersen, "Big River" on Highwayman
                  • Kris Kristofferson, "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" on Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72
                  • Bob Dylan, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" on Highway 61 Revisited
                  • Tom Petty, "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" on Hard Promises
                  • Mahalia Jackson, "I'm Going to Wait Until My Change Comes" on I Believe
                  • Sly and the Family Stone, "If You Want Me to Stay" on Fresh
                  • Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band, "Trust Me" on Pearl
                  • The Flying Burrito Bros, "Juanita" on The Gilded Palace of Sin
                  • Diana Ross, "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" on 20 Golden Greats
                  • Loretta Lynn, "Portland Oregon" on Van Lear Rose
                    • 1 hr 19 min
                  • Cover This.

                    Cover songs produced specifically for this broadcast. Willing artists were assigned a song title and given two weeks to submit a recording.

                    • "Little Room" by the Born Losers
                    • "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" by Eric Smith
                    • "In Tall Buildings" by Tito Fuentes and Company
                    • "One Man Guy" by Chuck Masi
                    • "All My Rowdy Friends" by Greg Weinger
                    • "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by Jack Miller
                    • "Fade Into You" by Lisa and Chris
                    • "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" by Cotton Mayer
                    • "Son of a Preacher Man" by Matt Fontaine
                    • "All Apologies" by Shanon Emerson
                    • "Borderline" by Dan Blaker
                    • "Home Town Blues" by Ben Sandler & the Walking Stars
                    • "Heroin" by Guitarzan
                    • "(Hotel) California Dreaming" by Brandon Emerson
                    • "Diamonds and Gold" by Erin Gately
                      • 1 hr 12 min

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                    White Tiger Radio is a podcast of true variety as well as a monthly live internet radio show.