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Modern Moonlight 7-16-08

Shouting out to birthday boys Johnny Thunders, Roky Erickson and Ian Curtis.

Pipeline, Johnny Thunders / Looking For A Kiss, Dont Start Me Talking, the New York Dolls / Chinese Rocks, Born To Lose, You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory, Johnny Thunders /  AC-DC, Joan Jett / You've Got A Friend, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / My favorite Thing, the Replacements / Should I Stay Or Should I go, the Clash / American gangster Time, Elvis Costello / 22 Dreams, Paul Weller / Jesus Chrysler Drove A Dodge, Screaming Blue Messiahs / Slapped Actress, the Hold Steady / Periscope, Lilys / You're Gonna Miss Me, Fire Engine, the 13th Floor Elevators / Bermuda, Creature With The Atom Brain, You Don't Love Me Yet, Roky Erickson / Beginning Of The Twist, the Futureheads / Free Things For Poor People, the Infadels / Big FM Radio Hit, Head Like A Kite / Tall Tall Grass, Tilly and the Wall / What's The 3?, the Apples In Stereo / Gamma Ray, Modern Guilt, Soul Of A Man, Profanity Prayers, Beck / Shotgun, Bleach / Tumbledown, the Jesus and mary Chain / Transmission, Isolation, 24 Hours, Dead Souls, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division / DJed, Tortoise / Hard To Be Human Again, the Mekons / Carrot Cake and Wine, the Stereophonics / Jesus Wants me For A Sunbeam, the Vaselines / Kiss Me Deadly, Generation X

Modern Moonlight 7-9-08

Close To Me, I Was A Cub Scout / Freakshow, In Between Days, the Cure / Constructive Summer, the Hold Steady / Love Yourself, the Fleshtones / Salute Your Solution, the Raconteurs / Oh vanity, the Charlatans / Garage Band 69, Stan Ridgeway / Cherub Rock, Smashing Pumpkins / Tales Of Terror, Mudhoney / The Wagon, Dinosaur Jr / Devotion, Mission Of Burma /  Human Being, the New York Dolls / She's A Martyr, Little Beirut / High Coin, Clinic / Danny Says, the Ramones / Miss World, Hole / Strange, Wire / The Beautiful Light, Slow Down Tallahassee / Because I Want You, Placebo / Best face, Dirty Pretty Things / The Pedestrian, Foxboro Hot Tubs / Can't Go back, Primal Scream / #1 Song. Julie Ocean / Never Said Nothing, Liz Phair / Satisfaction, the Rolling Stones / Satisfaction, Devo / Children In Pieces, Morrissey / Planet Telex, Radiohead / Space Monkey, Patti Smith / Where Is My Mind, the Pixies / Sister Midnight, Iggy Pop / Kill Rhythm, the Catherine Wheel / Superconnected, Broken Social Scene / In A Funny Way, Mercury Rev / NYC Ghosts And Flowers, Sonic Youth / Pass The hatchet I Think Im Goodkind, Yo La Tengo / Disappointed, Public Image Ltd / Machine Gun, Portishead / Who Are You, Scarlett Johanson / Last Day Of Magic, the Kills / Return Of The Las Palmas 7, Madness

Modern Moonlight 7-2-08

Patriotic Edition

Back In The USA, the MC5 / So American, the Mutants / Bright Lights Of America, Anti Flag / Crawling To The USA, Elvis Costello / I'm So Bored With The USA, the Clash / Debaser, Bone Machine, Velouria, the Pixies / Constructive Summer, Sequestered In memphis, Joke About jamaica, Slapped Actress, the Hold Steady / I'm Afraid Of Americans, David Bowie / The Big Country, Talking Heads / Star Spnagled Banner, Jimi Hendrix / Echoes Round The Sun, Paul Weller / Shameless, the Fratellis / Freakbeat Phantom, the Rascals / Tired Of England, Dirty Pretty Things / X Offender, Blondie / Troublemaker, Weezer / The American In Me, the Avengers / Pieces Of Truth, the Foxboro Hot Tubs / You Speak My Lnguage, Morphine / Ihop, Luna / Psychotic Reaction, the Cramps / Soup Is Good Food, the Dead Kennedys / Let Them Eat War, Bad religion / Can't Go Back, Primal Scream / Shine (In Your Head), the Apples In Stereo / Here Comes danny, Julie Ocean / In Another Land, the Rolling Stones / When The Music's Over, the Doors / You can't Always get What You want, the Rolling Stones/ Here It Never Snowed Afterwards It Did, the twilight Sad / Spiderman On Hollywood, the Wedding Present / Today's Lesson, Nick Cave / Help Help, Mates Of State / You Me And The Bourgoesie, the Submarines /  All You Need Is Me, Morrissey / Luck Soup, Full Contact Kitty / Last Great American Whale, Lou Reed / On With The Show, the Rolling Stones

Modern Moonlight 6-23-08

Rockin In The Free World, eil Young / Storyline, Casey Neill / Search and Destroy, the Stooges / Tame, the Pixies / The World's A Mess It's In His Kiss, X / The Beginning Of The Twist, the Futureheads / I Want To Be Wrong, No Use For A Name / Everything Right Is Wrong Again, They Might Be Giants / Impatience, We Are Scientists / Dance To The Underground, Radio 4 / Here Comes The Summer, the Undertones / Keys To Your Heart, the 101ers / I'm So Bored With The USA, In The Pouring Rain, the Clash / Johnny Appleseed, Joe Strummer / Sex Bomb, Flipper / Complete Offer, Mojack / Audience, Dirty On Purpose / Go Away, Elvis Costello / Private Affair, the Virgins / We've Come So Far, Radio Birdman / Threshold Apprehension, Frank Black, Life wasted, Pearl Jam / Hey Jealousy, Until I Fall Away, Found Out About You, Allison Road, the Gin Blossoms / Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon, Urge Overkill / Straw Man, Lou Reed / Big Sound, the M's / Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk, the Wedding Present / The Whole Truth, Carbon Silicon / Gun, John Cale / Shut The Door, Fugazi / National Geographic, Babe The Blue Ox / Ava Adore, the Smashing Pumpkins / Anywhere I lay My Head, Scarlett Johansen / Tangled, the Black Heart Procession / Where Is My Mind, the Pixies

Modern Moonlight 6-18-08

Featuring the world's most exciting Brian Wilson birthday tribute.

1970, the Stooges / Gift, Sugar / Silver Rocket, Sonic Youth / Howling At The Moon, the Ramones / Little Honda, Yo La Tengo / Surfin USA, the Jesus and Mary Chain / Hang On To Your Ego, Frank Black / Heroes And Villains, the Apples In Stereo / Don't Worry Baby, Bryan Ferry / God Only Knows, Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet / Surf City, the Ramones / I Just wasn't Made For These Times, the Beach Boys / The Day The World Turned DayGlo, X Ray Spex / Keep Your Head, the Ting Tings / Tell Me A Lie, the Fratellis / Precious, the Pretenders / Whatever Happened, the Strokes / Vertigo, the Libertines / Pretty Vacant, the Sex Pistols / One Week Of Danger, Rich Girls, Private Affair, the Virgins / California Dreamer, Wolf Parade / I Believe In Me, Sloan / Big Sound, the M's / Big FM Radio Hit, Head Like A Kite / She's A Saint Not A Celebrity, Foxboro Hot Tubs / Loser, Beck / Conquest, Tapes N Tapes / Nude Star, Garageland / Starlight, Muse / No Evil, Motorpsycho / Armalite Rifle, Gang Of Four / Acid wash Soul, Little Beirut / Pumpin (My Heart), Patti Smith / In The Jungle, the Vines / Fiction Romance. the Buzzcocks / Options Are, Wire / Somebody Got Murdered, the Clash / Sixties Remake, Tokyo Police Club / In The Dark, Romeo Void / Everything Goes To Hell, Tom Waits / I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Wilco / Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time, the Smiths / After The Gold Rush, the Flaming Lips / Tonight, Nick Lowe

Modern Moonlight 6-11-08

School's Out, Alice Cooper / Go way, Elvis Costello / No Sunlight, Death Cab For Cutie / Shut Up And Let Me Go, the Ting Tings / Radio Heart, the Futureheads / I'm Now, Mudhoney / Race Car Driver, Girl In A Coma / Dudley, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Take Me Down To The Hospital, the Replacements / Third Planet, Breaktrhough, Float On, Fly Trapped In A Jar, Modest Mouse / Pork And Beans, Weezer / In Between Days, the Cure / Club Mekon, the Mekons /  Wave Of Mutilation, the Pixies / I Love You But You're Standing On My Foot, the Mr T Experience / Political Song For Micheal Jackson To Sing, the Minutemen / What Goes On, Bettie Serveert / Problems, the Sex Pistols / Stop Drop and Roll, the Foxboro Hot Tubs / Biggest Lie, No Use For A Name / Mannequin, Wire / Breaking Standing, Forward Russia / The Bright Lights Of America, Anti-Flag / Oilwell, Carbon Silicon / Black Cat, Ladytron / My Year In Lists, Los Campesinos / I Parade Myself, Gang Of Four / Point And Shoot, Yo La Tengo / Frankenstien, New York Dolls / Ubu Dance Party, Pere Ubu / D7, the Wipers / I've Been Duped, the Fall / Tarantula, Smashing Pumpkins / Superman, the Stereophonics / My Doorbell, the White Stripes / Gun, Siouxsie and the Banshees / In This Home On Ice, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Send Me An Angel, Dirty On Purpose / Baby Im Just A Fool, Spiritualized / It's Summertime, the Flaming Lips / Rock And Roll High School, the Ramones

Still hopelessly backlogged

It's been nearly impossible to keep up with this blog lately.

I think that I will be reconceptualizing the whole thing in the not too distant future, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, I will update the playlists and keep posting them, for my own future reference, if nothing else.

Modern Moonlight 6/4/08

Summertime Pledge Drive Dance Party A Go Go and Bo Diddley Memorial edition

Money, the Flying Lizards / Let's Dance, David Bowie / Do You Wanna Dance, the Ramones / Cmon Everybody, the Sex Pistols / Dancing With Joey Ramone, Amy Rigby / Do The Dog, the Specials / URA Fever, the Kills / I'll Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor, the Arctic Monkeys / Pump It Up, Elvis Costello / Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can, the B52s / Showdown, the New York Dolls / Honeybomb, the Mermen / Angry Cockroaches, Tito and the Tarantulas / Loco Gringoes Like A party, Rev. Horton Heat / Nobody But Me, the Human beinz / Hypno twist, Los Straightjackets / The Ultra Twist, the Cramps / Bo Diddley Is Jesus, the Jesus and Mary Chain / Who Do You Love, the Woolies / Diddy Wah Diddy, Captain Beefheart / Pills, the New York Dolls / Hey Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley / Last Day Of Magic, the Kills / Do The Strand, Roxy Music / Do The Panic, Phantom Planet / I Love You Suzanne, Lou Reed / Jesus Built My Hot Rod, Ministry / The Hokey Pokey, Yo La Tengo / 24 Hour Party People, Happy Mondays / Mustapha Dance, the Clash / Mother Of Pearl, Roxy Music / Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order / Cmon Every Beatbox, Big Audioe Dynamite / Sexx Laws, Beck / Just Cant Get Enough, Depeche Mode / Born To Boogie, T Rex / Do Fries Go With That Shake, George Clinton / Dont You want me, Human League / The Model, Kraftwerk / Return To The Valley Of Out Come The Freaks, Was Not Was / Dance Me To The End Of Time, Leonard Cohen / Don't Forget To Dance, the Kinks

Modern Moonlight 5/28/08

Stacks of new stuff!

Frenchette,David Johansen / My Party, Kings Of Leon / I Got Mine, the Black Keys / Real As An Animal, Alejandro Escivedo / Salute Your Solution, the Raconteurs / I Hear The Sirens, the Dirtbombs / Stop Drop And Roll, Mother Mary, Ruby Room, She's A Saint Not A celebrity, the Foxboro Hot Tubs / harmony In My Head, the Buzzcocks / Stella Hurt, Elvis Costello / Children Of The Revolution, T Rex / You Burn Me Up Im A Cigarette, Robert Fripp / I'm Now, Mudhoney / Rockaway Beach, the Ramones / Troublemaker, Everybody Get Dangerous, Dreamin', Weezer / We Used To Vacation, the Cold War Kids / Tom Courtenay, Yo La Tengo / Walk It Off, the Breeders / The Age Of The Understatement, the Last Shadow Puppets / Broke Up The Time, the Futureheads / See The Sun, the Kooks / Sarah's Game, the Loved Ones / Sing Along Forever, the Bouncing Souls / Mr Brightside, the Killers / The News, Carbon Silicon / Palm Trees In The Feckin Bahamas, Don Caballero / Devotion, Mission Of Burma / Reflex Motor, Aliens / Atrocity Exhibition, Joy Division / Machien Gun, Portishead / Grounds For Divorce, Elbow / Space (I Believe In), the Pixies / Pretty In Pink, the Dresden Dolls / Memories, Clinic / International Bulletproof Talent, Bauhaus / Send Me An Angel, Dirty On Purpose / Luck Soup, Full Contact Kitty / Ghosts, Ladytron / Striped White jets, Guided By Voices / I Got A Fire, Spiritualized / Clara Bow, 50 Foot Wave / Common Reactor, Silversun Pickups / We Love You, the Rolling Stones

Modern Moonlight 5/21/08

Happy birthday to Jerry Dammers and Morrissey! And brand new Elvis Costello!

State Of Massachusetts, the Dropkick Murphys / I'm Now, Mudhoney / Biggest Lie, No Use For A Name / Creepy Crawly, Be Your Own Pet / Bad Kids, the Black Lips / American gangster Time, Turpentine, Go Away, Elvis Costello / Gangsters, A Message To You Rudy, Stupid Marriage, Do The Dog, Rude Boys Out Of Jail, Ghost Town, Nelson Mandela, the Specials / The Open Mind, What's This Thing, Mudhoney / Today's Lesson, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Gravity, Husker Du / Confessions, the Violent Femmes / This Charming Man, Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, the Smiths / Suedehead, The Last Of The Famous International Playboys, Tommorrow, You Have Killed Me, Morrissey / Pedestrian, the Foxboro Hot Tubs / Welcome To Paradise, Green Day / The Age Of Understatement, Seperate And Ever Deadly, I Don't Like You Anymore, the Last Shadow Puppets / Heroin, Lou Reed / Careful With That Ax Eugene, Pink Floyd / Dragonfly Pie, Stephen malkmus and the Jinks / Pink Steam, Sonic Youth / Audience, Dirty On Purpose / Stone, Full Contact Kitty / Heroes, David Bowie / Enter Sandman, Metallica / Anthrax, Gang Of Four / Madame Butterfly, malcolm macLaren / Love You Till The End, the Pogues