Lightnin' Licks Radio

This is our true crime podcast. This is also three-plus hours of engaging content featuring a few comedians relentlessly speaking over one another. SIIIIIIKE! It's simply Jay and Deon yapping about the vinyl records they’ve been listening to as of late. Their super-secret-special friend, MLive crime reporter and stupendous social gathering contriver Cole Waterman joins the party to add some crackin' tunes to a mixtape. You should totally join along as the three old pals discuss music, writing, and the meaning of life and/or why it's a gruesome, tiresome, pointless goddamn slog. Enjoy!

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

Prince Paul / De La Soul / Zach Braff / Natalie Portman / Amerigo Gazaway / River Shook / The Disarmers / Yesterday’s New Quintet / Denzel Curry / Karriem Riggins / Mattiel / Brothers Johnson / Joe Diffy / Toby Keith / Kenny Chesney / Junkyard Band / Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Deadmau5 / Hayle / Michael Boyd / Gary Remal Malkin / Camp Lo / Ski / Trugoy the Dove / Craig Mack / Easy Moe Bee / Lung / Air / Heinz Kiesling / Lesley Gore / Wally Gold / Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Tiffany / Tommy James & the Shondells / Billy Idol / New Kids on the Block / Debbie Gibson / Dr. Dog / Kim Gordon / Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Jay brought to the dining room table the sounds of Chris Whitley, Sarah Bethe Nelson, A Taste of Honey, and Charles Wright.

Deon suggested songs from Sarah Shook and the Devil, Jahari Massamba Unit, Adeem the Artist, and Man Man.

Our super-secret-special-friend Cole was fucking with King Hannah, Sparklehorse, The Leather Nun, and The Gaslight Anthem.

Bonus XX mixtape:

(A1) King Hannah – A Well-Made Women (A2) Charles Wright – One Two Three Four Five Six (A3) Man Man – Head On (Hold on to Your Heart) (A4) The Leather Nun – Desolation Avenue(A5) Sarah Bethe Nelson – I Can Just Leave (A6) Jahari Massamba Unit – Anointed Soul

(B1) Chris Whitley – Narcotic Prayer (B2) Sparklehorse – Kind Ghosts (B3) Sarah Shook & the Devil – Ghost Town (B4) A Taste of Honey – Say That You’ll Stay (B5) The Gaslight Anthem – Michigan, 1975 (B6) Adeem the Artist – I wish You Would’ve Been a Cowboy

Thanks to Cole for joining us and using his good words.

Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rum. Shop at Electric Kitsch or any other local independent record retailer on Record Store Day April 20th, and also every other day of the year.

Be kind.

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 good 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]

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 Tell You 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,  Babyface, The Rascals, B.L.K., Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Elton John, Robert Frip, David Bowie, Kristian Harting, Mike Kroll, Honey Limited, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Mamas and the Papas, The Wrecking Crew, Height Keech, Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, super special secret guest student disc jockey Billy Lalonde form the WHCW archives circa 1992(ish), Faith No More, The Waterboys, John Fahey, John Hartford, Glenn Campbell, Randy Scruggs, Norman Blake, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tim Hecker, Brian Eno, H.E.R., TLC, Home, U2, Elvin Bishop, DJ Shadow, Arc of All, The Clockers, Ashley Alexander, Mister and Jenn Wasner.

*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

Lightnin’ Lickers Jay and Deon discuss the upcoming 17th annual Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, previewing the bands slated to perform while reminiscing about artists whom have previously been showcased under the HHM banner.

If you’re looking to celebrate the official end of summer in a big way, Downtown Bay City is the place.

HHM No. 17 Music Festival is set to kick off the evening of September21st with Indianapolis psych rock trio Karate, Guns & Tanning rocking the Opening Night Party at Old City Hall. The next evening, Cincy synthpop outfit (and returning favorite) Moonbeau will be taking the stage at MI Table. Both Thursday and Friday’s music events start at 10 PM, ticket info @ hhmfest.com or the event door.

Finally, the weekend's premier music event takes place Saturday, September 23rd at the Dunlop Building (located at 517 Washington Ave., Bay City, MI), and per usual features 3 amazing bands! This year's lineup features Weakened Friends (Portland, ME), LVRS (Lansing, MI) & Kelly Jean Caldwell Band (Detroit, MI).

 As a festival we're thrilled to return to the Dunlop Building and transform it into an HHM-style venue for one evening, and bring 3 incredible bands together at this unique location. Last year the atmosphere in the Dunlop Building added to the experience making for an unforgettable live show. Get ready to run it back, Hellions!

The show is open to all ages for Pass holders, or admission is $15 at the door, which opens at 8 PM.

HHM 2023 unofficial end-of-summer mix tape:

[SIDE A] (1) EOS HHM Intro (2) Moonbeau – All Summer (3) Weakened Friends – Everything is Better (4) Kelly Jean Caldwell Band – Caroline Creature (5) LVRS – Safe Word (6) Karate, Guns & Tanning – Hot Bots

[SIDE B] (1) Moving Panoramas – ADD Heart (2) Georgie James – Long Week (3) The Satin Peaches – Well Well Well (4) Passalacqua – At the Party (5) Matt Pond PA – Champagne Supernova [END]

Sonic contributors to Lightnin’ Licks Radio’s Hell’s Half Mile Preview bonus episode include: Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, James Todd Smith, Erno the Inferno, Earth. Wind & Fire, Georgie James, John Fusciante, Ratatat, Weakened Friends, Letters To Cleo, Kelly Jean Caldwell Band, The Lemonheads, LVRS, Moonbeau, Karate Guns and Tanning, De La Soul, Mogwai, Seth and Jax Anderson, Passalacqua, Eddie Logix, Boz Scaggz, Matt Pond PA, Leslie Sisson, Moving Panoramas, LCD Soundsystem, James Brown, John Prime, The Mynabirds, George Morris and the Gypsy Chorus, Handgrenades, Jordan Pries, Height Keech, Gershwin and Heyward, Charlie Parker, J. Cole, The Satin Peaches, American television series “The O.C.”, Oasis, Arc of All, The Clockers.

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.

Your award-winning Lickin’ duo is back in action with another bonus episode filled to the brim with sonic recommendations from their personal collections. They also meet up for a pleasant Sunday afternoon conversation with super-special-secret friend Bryan Konieczka at Electric Kitsch to rap about what’s been on his turntable as of late. Gold stars all around.

Sonic contributors to the fifteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:  random KPM archived K-Mart sounding shit, Brothers Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic Five, DJ Nu-Mark, Zach Braff & Natalie Portman, I Alive, Come, The Posies, The Fugs, The Mugwomps, Iggy & The Stooges, Hank Williams, The Remains, Black Flag, The Undertones, Chris Keys, Billy Woods, Kenny Segal, Open Mike Eagle, Small Faces, Rod Stewart, 7apes, Peace Attack, Arc of All, Liz Phair, The Emotions, Living Colour, Guns-N-Roses, Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters, John Kricfalusi, Chris Reccardi, Jim Smith, Scott Humi, Public Enemy, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Murray Head, Don Cabore, Sammy Turner, J.D. Bryant, Jaye Kennedy, De La Soul, Height Keech…a lot of Height’s shit is in the weeds actually…Business Midgets, Abraham Jefferson, M.M. Knapps, Moe Beaver, Bell Biv Devoe, Joe Ely, Black Milk, Simon & Garfunkel, Gary Farmer, David Murray, Ray Angry, ?uestlove, WYNC’s Radiolab archive, Charles Bukowski, Johnny Depp, and friend of the pod and enemy of Joe Rogan, Spotify, and hippie-hatin’ neocons unnumbered…Neil Young.

Jay – Urge Overkill (for Blackie), Earth Girls, Faces, Sam Taylor, Jr.

Deon – The Godz, Quelle Chris, Bloodstone, Another Nashville Coma

Bryan – Generationals, Bully, Sebadoh, Michael Penn

Bonus #15 mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Filled With Confidence (2) Bully - Day Moves Slow (3) Faces - That's All You Need (4) Quelle Chris - Alive Ain't Always Living (5) Michael Penn - Brave New World (6) Bloodstone - Natural High (7) Urge Overkill - What's This Generation Coming To? (8) It Works! [SIDE B] (1) Sweet Delight (2) Earth Girls - Wrong Side of History (3) The Godz - May You Never Be Alone (4) Generationals - Dirt Diamond (5) Soul of Jesus Christ Superstar / Sam Taylor, Jr. - Heaven On Their Minds (6) Sebadoh - Flame (remix) (7) Another Nashville Coma - Cold. Cold. Cold. (8) Endless Night [end]

Episode 31 is back after being banned from all streaming platforms. New (the same) and improved (still mid) with certain sonic elements removed (as to not get sued). It’s time to find out which LPs and/or 12” singles filed under the letter “G” from Jay & Deon’s collections they love most, then rap about the artists behind the beloved vinyl. GO!

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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 one-time award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-first 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 F, so naturally, they went with G.

The “G” mixtape:

(A1) Game Theory – Erica’s Word (A2) Grant Green – We’ve Only Just Begun (A3) Grazia – Soyle Beni (A4) Goodie Mob – Cell Therapy (A5) Glitterhouse – I Lost me a Friend (B1) Gure featuring Roy Ayers – Take a Look (at Yourself) (B2) Grandaddy – Hewlitt’s Daughter (B3) Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man (B4) Guadalcanal Diary – 3 AM (B5) The Goon Sax – Sweaty Hands

Sonic contributors to the thirty-first episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio, the letter “G” redux, include:

Prince Paul, Brothers Johnson, James Todd Smith, Arc of All and The Source of Light and Power, J. Geils Band, Geto Boys, The Goon Sax, The Go-Betweens, Guadalcanal Diaries, Let’s Active, Guru, Roy Ayers, Gangstarr, Donald Byrd, DJ Premier, MC Solar, Game Theory, Loud Family, Goodie Mob, Cee-lo Green, Dungeon Family, Gnarls Barkley, Grandaddy, Jason Lytle, Mercury Rev, All Smiles, Grant Green, Rudy VanGelder, The Carpenters, Glitterhouse, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Young-Holt Unlimited, Grazia, Marco Bachir, also Bachir Attar with Elliot Sharp, Cervo, Radio Trip, Jimmy Buffet, and The Clockers.

 *2023 Review magazine readers' choice; best live streaming production

Bonus episode fourteen features the award-winning Lightnin’ Lickers* Jay and Deon sharing what they’ve been sonically f#@%ing with as of late. A field trip to their record store of choice, Electric Kitsch, finds them seated in conversation with super special not-so-secret friend Trevor. Trev discusses then submits a LLR all-time record of FIVE (5) choice cuts to this month’s mixtape. Five? You give an inch…

Sonic contributors to the fourteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:

Townes Van Zandt, the Jesus and Mary Chain, James Todd Smith, Supertramp, Wolf Alice, Jordana, Ohio Players, Arthur Brown, Liquid Mike, Arc of All, Jay Dilla, De La Soul, Madlib, A Tribe Called Quest, Flea, Nada Surf, Illuminated Hotti, Bonnie Hayes, Nic Cage & Deborah Foreman from Valley Girl, The Payolas, The Plimsouls, Yard Waste, John Fahey, Elizabeth Cotton, Sandy Bull, Bert Janache, Davy Graham, Quelle Chris, Aceyalone, Christopher Cross, Dave Coulier, Pesky Kid, The Meters, Elton John, The Neville Brothers, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Adrian Young, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Chico Hamilton, Yesterday’s New Quintet, Ronnie Laws, Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, Haim, Gorillaz, Buffalo Springfield, Lee Hazlewood, The Walker Brothers, Josh - Jordo - Deon, Rilo Kiley, Plains, Alabaster DePlume, Led Zepplin, and Kenny Beats.

For the mix…Jay brought to the dining room table the musical stylings of:  FAZERDAZE, Pom Pom Squad, Gary Myrick, The Bambi Slam, and Gion Piero Reverberi.

Deon suggested cuts from:  Slum Village, Suitcase, and Jenny Lewis.

Our super special not-so-secret friend Trevor likes:  Leo Nocentelli, Gary Bartz, Thundercat, Neil Young, and Scott Walker.

The wait is over, here’s your gawl dang mix tape:

[SIDE A] (1) The Bambi Slam – Long Time Coming (2) Thundercat – Friend Zone (3) Pom Pom Squad – Second That (4) Leo Nocentlli – Your Song (5) Slum Village – Look of Love (remix) (6) Gary Myrick – Time To Win [SIDE B] (1) Suitcase – Save Me Some Gravy (2) Scott Walker – It’s Raining Today (3) FAZERDAZE – Winter (4) Gary Bartz – Spiritual Ideation (5) Jenny Lewis – Psychos (6) Gion Piero Reverberi – Cat Casanova (7) Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers – Mellow My Mind (live) [END]

Q: Is there any bass better than dinosaur fart bass?

*Review Magazine's Reader's Choice 2023. Thanks to whomever nominated and voted. You are appreciated. Coziness :)

Hi. Our name is Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast. Song titles that are also a person’s name is the theme of episode thirty. “Name” that tune. Get it? Join Lickers Jay and Deon as they discuss some of their favorite name songs and the artists responsible for them. Stay healthy out there, Podcast America. Also, check your sump pump(s).

Sonic contributors to episode thirty of Lightnin’ Lick Radio podcast include:  Lee Moses, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Labi Siffre, Seth McFarlane, Shirley Ellis, Lincoln Chase, Charles Calello, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Parliament Funkadelic, Soul Doctors, Carson Williams, Harry and Roberta Salter, Johnny Oliver Orchestra, Tom Kennedy, Iggy Pop, The Prodigy, War Games, Rare Earth, Timbaland, Joyner Lucas, Bob Edwards, BJ Leiderman, Stuart McLean, Garrison Keillor, Tom Newman, Andrew Bird, Gillian Welch, William Prince, The Undertones, The Specials, That Petrol Emotion, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Nick Lowe, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs, Dwight Twilley Band, Genesis, Drugdealer, Kate Bollinger, Weyes Blood, Masters of Reality, Chris Goss, Kyuss, Little Beaver, Chocolate Clay, Squeeze, Red House Painters, Mark Kozalek, The Cars, Sun Kil Moon, Hot Chocolate, Urge Overkill, George McCrae, Isaac Hayes, Geto Boys, The Clockers, Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon.

“Name” That Tune mixtape:

[SIDE 1] (1) Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs – Judy (2) Little Beaver – Joey (3) The Undertones – Julie Ocean (4) Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Nadja (5) Squeeze – Vicky Verky [SIDE 2] (1) Drugdealer – Madison (2) Red House Painters – Kavita (3) Hot Chocolate – Emma (4) William Prince – Goldie Hawn (5) Masters of Reality – John Brown [fin.]

RECORDED: 04/30/2023  RELEASED 05/07/2023  SPECIAL THANKS: Blue Chair Bay

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13. Unlucky? Who’s to say? Either way, hosts Deon and Jay are more than happy to sip some Blue Chair Bay and share sonic sunshine with all the Lickers out there in Podcast America. Longtime pal Cody Maresec of crackin' power punk/pop rock outfit Liquid Mike joins the conversation and adds a few slammin' tracks to the mixtape. What a dang treat.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the thirteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio  include: Prince Paul / De La Soul / Eddie Murphy / Zack Braff / Natile Portman / Slick Rick / Pink Floyd / Cat Power / The Replacements / Husker Du / Goo Goo Dolls / Psychedelic Furs / Jawbox / The Adverts / August Is Falling / Mouth Stuff / Hand Stuff / The Partridge Family / Todd Rundgren / The Crystals / Utopia / David Bowie / Wendy & Carl / Jesus Jones / Majesty Crush / Jazzless / Miss Bliss / King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Jimi Hendrix / Pipe Eye / Q-Tip / ROME / Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Roots / Danger Doom / Pavement / Midnight Reruns / Superdrag / The Rentals / Hayley Williams / Disq / Beck / Phoebe Bridgers / Taylor Swift / Neal Francis / Okonski / David Spade / NAS / Plug 2.

Jay brought to the dining room table  – Sean Cassidy, Tropical Fuckstorm, MorMor, Muna 

Deon is currently fucking with – Quiet Slang / Beach Slang, loveliescrushing, Beastie Boys, Danger Mouse & Black Thought featuring MF Doom 

Super special secret friend Cody suggested – Paramore, My Bloody Valentine, Graham Hunt, Liquid Mike 

bonus mixtape #13 

[side one] (1) Liquid Mike - God Bless The World (2) Shaun Cassidy - Rebel, Rebel (3) loveliescrushing- youreyesimmaculate (4) Muna - Kind Of Girl (5) Danger Mouse & Black Thought featuring MF Doom - Belize (6) Graham Hunt - Atwood [side two] (1) Paramore - Figure 8 (2) MorMor - Chasing Ghosts (3) Quiet Slang/Beach Slang - Throwaways {mix} (4) My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep (5) Tropical Fuckstorm - The Golden Ratio (6) Beastie Boys feat. Q-Tip - Get It Together {Buckwild remix} *thank you, Dave*

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Recovering from another Valentine’s Day hangover, the lovesick Lickers return to once again to play the alphabet game in episode twenty-nine. This time they’re discussing their favorite bands and/or artists that are filed away in the “F” section of their vinyl collections. Hot s#!t!

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 2022, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-ninth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good handle on the alphabet. They had previously utilized the letters A thru E, so naturally, they went with F. Fan-f#@%ing-tastic.

The ”F” mixtape:

[SIDE F1] (1) Radio Fuzz Intro #1 (2) Fay Ray – (Waiting For The) Heatwave (3) The Friends Of Distinction – And I Love Him (4) Lupe Fiasco – MS. MURAL (5) Fifty Foot Hose – Rose (6) Michael Fennelly – Easy To Love [SIDE F2] (1) Radio Fuzz Intro #2 (2) Fuzzbox – Love Is The Slug (3) First Aid Kit – Wild Horses II (4) Weather Report (5) The Fatback Band – Love (6) Fetchin’ Bones – Steamwhistle (7) Flight Of The Conchords – Hurt Feelings (8) The Segregator Official Motion Picture Trailer [END]

Sonic Contributions to Episode 29 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses / Holland-Dozier-Holland / James Todd Smith / The Nu’rons / Dixie’s Land / King Geedorah / The Basement Khemist / Tobe Nwigwe / Diamond Jim / Cookie Monster / Fetchin’ Bones / Guadalcanal Diary / The United States of America / Fifty Foot Hose / Jefferson Airplane / Fay Ray / The Police / Mattiel / The Rutts / Flight Of The Conchords / Tenacious D / Fuzzbox / Norman Greenbaum / Wet Leg / Roxy Music / First Aid Kit / Leonard Cohen / The Rolling Stones / Graham Parsons / The Flying Burrito Brothers / Gotye / Kimbra / Anna Ternheim / Michael Fennelly / Crabby Appleton / The Millennium / Sagittarius / The Fatback Band / The Blackbyrds / Neil Sedaka / Hugh Masekela / The Friends Of Distinction / The Five Stairsteps / The Beatles / Celeste Legaspi / Lupe Fiasco / DJ Evil Dee / G Herbo / King Von / Nayirah / Arc Of All / Todd Louiso & John Cusak (High Fidelity) / APM stock trailer score / Tucker Carlson / Alex Jones / The Clockers.

Recorded 02/19/23. Released 02/26/2023. LLR Cover Art by Bryan Konieczka. Episode Art by M.M. Knapps. ***please consider leaving us a voice message*** Lightnin' Licks Radio does not condone the historical social policy of segregation. Vinyl records can, however, be segregated by the race of the artist or band to more easily reorganize them into genres and subgenres. Again, segregation is not good. Deon is not a segregationist. But he is "the Segregator". RATE US! TELL A FRIEND! BE KIND & REWIND!

Contains segments from Valentine’s Day-themed Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast episodes #’s 6 (“Heartache”), 13 (“Teenage Love Story”), and 20 (“Love Is…”).

Sonic contributors to this supplementary bonus episode include: Eddie Holman / Beastie Boys / Luther Ingram / Ponderosa Twins + One / Dream City Film Club / Father John Misty / George Peppard & Audrey Hepburn ("Breakfast At Tiffany’s") / The Cure / Cortney Love (the person)’s band Hole / Courtney Love (the band) / Snail Mail / AIR / Common / J Dilla / Bobby Caldwell / Huey Lewis & The News / Eazy E / Violent Femmes / Book Of Love / Matt Pond PA / Oasis / Lou Reed / The Velvet Underground / L.L. Cool J / Outkast / UGK / Marvin Gaye / Gram Parsons / The Byrds / Emmy Lou Harris / Big Star / Chris Bell / Sufjan Stevens / The Merry Go Rounds / Emitt Rhodes / Will Oldham / Bonnie “Prince” Billy / The Sylvers / Lafayette Afro Rock Band / Lushus Daim & The Pretty Vain / The Time / Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam / Bobby Womack / The Valentinos / The Rolling Stones / The Flight Of The Concords / J.J. Johnson / Lenny Kravitz / James Taylor / Dave Hamilton & His Peppers / Tom Petty / The Heartbreakers / Max Julien & Sandra Brown ("The Mack").

Valentine’s Day MegaMix:

[SIDE 1} (1) Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Careless Love (2) Sufjan Stevens – All Of Me Wants All Of You (3) Emitt Rhodes – You Should Be Ashamed (4) Courtney Love – The 2nd Most Beautiful Girl In The World (5) Lou Reed – I Love You (6) Matt Pond PA – Specks (7) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Wild One, Forever [SIDE 2] (1) UGK featuring Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (2)  Book Of Love – You Make Me Feel So Good (3) Bobby Womack – That’s The Way I Feel About ‘Cha (4) Lushes Daim and the Pretty Vain – The One You Love (5) Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos.

HAPPY VALENTIMEZ DAY WEEKEND, LICKERS!

The dirty dozenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio features a glut of eclectic sonic selections curated by hosts Jay and Deon with special guest and “wee fanboy” of the pod, Philly Josh. As always, a crackin’ mixtape is available at the end of the episode.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to this dirty dozenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Marvin, DJ NuMark, Jurassic Five, Dave Matthews Band, Brothers Johnson, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Frank DeVol, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Unnatural Funk Band, Jay Dilla, Jungle Brothers, The Cure, Sweet, Freddie Mercury, Bernie Taupin, Mike Ronson, Jake the Flake, Insane Clown Posse, Esham, Dayton Family, Sleaford Mods, Ought, The Kinks, Cowboy Junkies, Gang Starr, Da Lench Mob, The Bomb Squad, Wiz Khalifa, Drugdealer, robot narrator Snoop, Shuggie Otis, and Charles Bukowski.

For the mix, Jay brought to the dining room table, Hot Hot Heat, Material Issue, China Crisis, Squirrel Flower, and The Blackbyrds. Deon suggested tunes from Elton John, Sag Nasty, and Adrian Quesada. Our not-so-secret super special friend Josh likes Dry Cleaning, Cola, and Circuit Rider.

Bonus # 12 mixtape

[SIDE A] (1) Sag Nasty Intro (2) Sag Nasty – Doe & Gold {edit} (2) Hot Hot Heat – Oh, Goddamnit! (3) Cola – Fulton Park (4) Squirrel Flower – Roadkill (5) Adrian Quesada featuring College of Knowledge – Eso No Lo He Dicho Yo (5) China Crisis – The Highest High [SIDE B] (1) Hank’s Words of Wisdom Intro (2) Circuit Rider – Speed {edit} (3) Elton John – All The Nasties (4) The Blackbyrds – Love Is Love (5) Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard (6) Material Issue – Going Through Your Purse [END]

Thank you, Josh. Leave us a goddamn voice message. 

Season friggin’ FIVE. Episode twenty-dang-EIGHT. We’re all likely still hungover from the bounty of sonic goodness 2022 offered us. What a wonderful year of music! What is the perfect way to celebrate such solid slate of new musical releases? Well…dig into the leftovers, of course! Special guest licker Josh joins Jay and Deon to discuss great records that found their way into our ears, hearts, and ultimately our collections in 2022; sort of a follow-up to our year-in-review, if you will. Make yourself a plate, this episode and its accompanying mixtape is guaranteed to be delicious. Chef's kiss.

“Leftovers” mixtape

[SIDE 1] (1) Alabaster DePlume – Don’t Forget You’re Precious (2) Deap Vally – Magic Medicine (3) Phife Dawg featuring Lyric Jones – Residual Curiosities (4) Plains – Line of Sight (5) SAULT – The Circle [SIDE 2] (1) Film School – Stratospheric Tendencies (2) Billy Woods – No Hard Feelings (3) Crossword Smiles – Parallel Lines (4) A.O. Gerber – Mount Washington Phone Company (5) SAULT – Run [END]

Sonic Contributors to the 28th episode of Lightning Licks Radio podcast include: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / JAMES TODD SMITH / DENNIS LLOYD / MAT WEASEL / FATBOY SLIM / NO DOUBT / ETHAN KLEIN / HASAN PIKER / JAMIE GRACE / DEAP VALLY / JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR. / DEAP LIPS / THE FLAMING LIPS / THE WHITE STRIPES / ROYAL BLOOD / SAULT / BILLY WOODS / ARMAND HAMMER / FILM SCHOOL / ALABASTER DEPLUME / ALICE COLTRANE / WAXAHATCHEE / JESS WILLIAMSON / PLAINS / A.O. GERBER / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / 9TH WONDER / MASTER P & THE NO LIMIT SOLDIERS / MARK RONSON / MYSTIKAL / RANDOM NEWS REPORTER / ROCKWELL / MICHAEL JACKSON / PHIFE DAWG / LYRIC JONES / CROSSWORD SMILES / THE OMAHA INTROVERT / THE LEGAL MATTERS / TEENAGE FANCLUB / NADA SURF / ARC OF ALL / THE CLOCKERS / MARLEY MARL.

Special thanks to guest Licker Josh. Send us a goddamn voice message, you animals!

EPISODE 27: Top twenty-two albums of 2022 (Year-In-Review)

Jay and Deon each reveal their top eleven vinyl releases of this past year. As is tradition.

Jay’s Top Eleven: #11 Nilufer Yanya – PAINLESS  #10 Mattiel – Georgia Gothic #9 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms #8 Whitney – SPARK  #7 Interpol – The Other Side of Make-Believe #6 Hatchie – Giving The World Away #5 Shout Out Louds – House  #4 Julia, Julia – Derealization  #3 Momma – Household Name #2 Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow #1 Winter – What Kind of Blue Are You?

Deon’s Top Eleven: #11 MICHELLE – AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS #10 The Chats – Get Fucked #9 Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers #8 Wet Leg – Wet Leg #7 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down #6 Say She She – Prism  #5 Broken Bells – Into The Blue #4 Kurt Vile – (watch my moves) #3 Alex G – God Save The Animals #2 Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyes See Your Future #1 Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Sonic contributors to Lightnin’ Licks Radio's twenty-two for ’22 Year-In-Review episode and mixtape include: Lee Moses. Holland Dozier Holland. L.L. Cool J. Andrew Bird. Gus Lombardo. Tom Waits. Rob Reiner. Ric Parnell. The Irish Rovers. U2. Larry Fleet. Oliver from the "Deep Cuts" YouTube channel. J. Cole. Biggie Smalls. Height Keech. The Pixies. Nilufer Yanya. Mattiel. MICHELLE. En Vogue. The Chats. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Whitney. The Smith Westerns. The goddamn Beatles. Kendrick Lamar. Wet Leg. Passalacqua. Interpol. Hatchie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Perfume Genius. Piya Malik. Say She She. Shout Out Louds. Peter Bjorn & John. Julia, Julia. Broken Bells. The Shins. Kurt Vile. Mama. Weyes Blood. (Sandy) Alex G. Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Denzel Curry. Gizzle. Bren Joy. 454. Buzzy Lee. Pachyman. Winter. The Sundays. Big Thief. Will Ferrell. Duncan Lamont. Stephen Grey. The Clockers. Eazy-E. Ali Alexander. Beastie Boys. The World's Famous Supreme Team. Big Bird, Brian Eno, random wooks.

Thank you for a wonderful year of sharing music with friends. We love you.

Lightnin' Lickers Deon and Jay have curated a 90-minute mixtape containing songs selected from their favorite vinyl releases of 2022. Enjoy! [EXPLICIT CONTENT]

Twenty-two for ’22 all-vinyl mixtape:

[DEON SIDE] (1) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Tidal River (2) MICHELLE – MESS U MADE (3) Hatchie – Quicksand (4) Kendrick Lamar – Mirror (5) Julia, Julia – Where Have You Been? (6) Wet Leg – Angelica (7) Weyes Blood – Children of the Empire (8) Kurt Vile – Fo Sho (9) Mattiel – Lighthouse (10) Alex G – Miracles (11) Broken Bells – Love On The Run {45:00} [JAY SIDE] (1) Say She She – Prism (2) Whitney – MEMORY (3) Nilufer Yanya – midnight sun (4) Interpol – Mr. Credit (5) Big Thief – Change (6) Shout Out Louds – High As A Kite (7) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Burning (8) Denzel Curry – Walkin (9) Momma – Speeding 72 (10) Winter – write it out (11) The Chats – The Price Of Smokes {45:00} [fin.]

Additional appearances by: Eazy-E, Ali Alexander, Beastie Boys, The World's Famous Supreme Team, Big Bird, Brian Eno, random wooks.

Quite frankly and if we’re being totally honest, episode 26 is 100% underrated. The songs selected for the end-of-episode mixtape all originally appeared on underrated albums in their respective band or artist’s discographies. Tune in and show some love to some classic LPs that are sadly too often overlooked.

Sonic contributors to episode twenty-six of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include: Lee Moses / Holland-Dozier-Holland / L.L. Cool J / Pink Floyd / David Bowie / Led Zeppelin / Anthony Fantano / Offset / Throwing Muses / The Breeders / Belly / The Rolling Stones / Sly and the Family Stone / T. Rex / Mott / De La Soul / Prince Paul / The JBs / Lou Rawls / Slave / Jay Dilla / Television / Neil Young / Crazy Horse / XTC / Tony! Toni! Tone! / Raphael Saadiq / DJ Quick / Mott the Hoople / British Lions / Pavement / The Clockers.

underrated LPs mixtape:

[SIDE 1] (1) T. Rex – Electric Slim and the Factory Hen <Tankx> (2) De La Soul – I Am I Be (3) XTC – Wake Up <The Big Express> (4) Sly & the Family Stone – If This Room Could Talk <A Whole New Thing> (5) The Rolling Stones – Winter <Goats Head Soup> [SIDE 2} (1) Throwing Muses – Dragonhead <Hunkpapa> (2) Television – Days <Adventure> (3) Tony! Toni! Tone! Featuring DJ Quick – Let’s Get Down <House of Music> (4) Neil Young – Hippie Dream <Landing on Water> (5) Mott – Shouting and Pointing <Shouting and Pointing>

This is what happens when two music nerds leave their mics on in between takes and talk about...football? Happy Thanksgiving!

Sonic contributors to "Sports." include: Sparks / gameplay from NES's Tecmo Super Bowl video game cartridge.

It should be noted: Since poo-pooing the big city kitties in the Lightning Licks studio, the Detroit Lions are 3-1. Forward down the field.

Bonus eleven is dope. The Lickers speak with their super-secret special friend _________ (shhhhh...it's a secret) about what they’ve been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. Whoa now. Hot $h!t.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the 11th bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include:

Redd Foxx / DJ Nu-Mark / Jurassic 5 / Dave Matthews Band / Zach Braff / Natile Portman / SAULT / Carolina Barlow / Ron Burgundy / Neil Young / Euro Trash Girl / Lana Del Rey / Tonya Donnelly / Heidi Gluck / MF Doom / Freddie Gibbs / Prince Paul / Peanut Butter Wolf / 10cc / Supertramp / Michael Jackson / J. Geils / Bernard Wright / will.i.am / Black Eyed Peas / Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg / J Dilla / A Tribe Called Quest / Easy Moe Bee / Isaac Hayes / Notorious B.I.G. / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / The Buzzcocks / Magazine / The Vains / Dave Kendall / John Lydon / Classix Nouveaux / The Railway Children / Forth Wanderers /Chris Spedding / The Tuff Darts /  The Shakin’ Pyramids / Ozzy Osborne / Cheap Trick / John Candy / Marshall Crenshaw / Link Wrey / Psychedelic Furs / L.A. Witch / New Order / Midnight Oil / Seals and Croft / Eric Burdon and WAR / Crosby Stills and Nash / Bob Dylan / James Taylor / The Temptations / Nick Lowe

Jay – the Watson Twins / Godley and Crème / Robert Gordon / INXS / the Isley Brothers

Deon – Madlib, Tom Browne, the Paranoyds

Our super secret friend Peter Brian Barry  – Barry Adamson / Trashcan Sinatras / Tanukachan

[SIDE A] (1) The Paranoyds – Freak Out (2) INXS – Not Enough Time (3) The Isley Brothers – Fire And Rain (4) Tanukichan – Lazy Love (5) Madlib – Medicine Show Mix (6) Godley & Crème – I Pity Inanimate Objects [Side B] (1) Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica (2) Barry Adamson – The Vibes Ain’t Nothin’ But The Vibes (3) Robert Gordon – Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die (4) The Watson Twins – Powderfinger (5) Trashcan Sinatras – One At A Time [fin.]

Thanks, Peter. You rule!

Back from September sabbatical, the Lickers return for episode 25, playin’ the alphabet game again. This time they’re discussing their favorite bands or artists that are filed under “E” in their vinyl collections. Praise be.

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 2022, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They had already utilized the letters A thru D, so naturally, they went with E. Genius.

The Filed Under “E” mixtape: [SIDE E-1] (1) EPMD – You Gots To Chill (2) The Easybeats – Sorry (3) EMA – When She Comes (4) Eye To Eye – Nice Girls (5) Ertlif – Camargue [SIDE E-2] (1) The Exploding Hearts – Modern Kicks (2) The Easy Side Kids – I See I Am (3) Yvonne Elliman – Muesli Dreams (4) The Electric Chairs – Rock-N-Roll Resurrection (5) Hazel English – Never Going Home

SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 25 OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / L.L. COOL J / ARC OF ALL / SOUNDS OF SHEA / DJ SHADOW / TOASTERS ‘N’ MOOSE / MORGAN FREEMAN / THE DOORS / MAC DAVIS / DAVID BOWIE / THE BEATLES / ERTLIF / PROCOL HARUM / YES / EYE TO EYE / STEELY DAN / EPMD / MANTRONIX /NAS / MA$E / DIDDY / MIAMI SOUND MACHINE / NAS / KOOL & THE GANG / DAZ / BEASTIE BOYS / THE EXPLODING HEARTS / THE ADVERTS / THE NERVES / BUZZCOCKS / FLAMIN’ GROOVIES / E L A / THE EASYBEATS / MERV GRIFFIN / AC/DC / JAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS / THE SEX PISTOLS / YVONNE ELLIMAN / THE JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTARS PLAYERS / FATBOY SLIM / PETE TOWNSEND / THE EAST SIDE BOYS / GIANT CRAB / MARS BONFIRE / HAZEL ENGLISH / JOHN CAMERON / MADLIB / MARVIN GAYE / THE CLOCKERS.

RECORDED: 10/23/2022 RELEASED: 10/29/2022 COVER ART: M.M. KNAPPS & THE ELECTRIC CO.

Capturing the raw chaos and electric energy of a live rock-n-roll event, then transferring said show to tape is an understandably difficult task. Over the years, however, a good number of artists have proven themselves fit for duty and done exactly that...release crackin' live records! Episode 24 of Lightnin' Licks Radio is all about such acts and their awesome live albums. Ten of our favorite concert LPs from legends, luminaries, lesser-known cats, and lunatics alike. Strap in.

Lightnin’ Licks Radio Live Revue mixtape:

[SIDE 1] (1) The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night (2) James Brown – Escape-ism/Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (3) The The – Sweet Bird of Truth (4) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Country Preacher (5) Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me [SIDE 2} (1) Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – I Aint Waiting (2) Rush – Bastille Day (3) Sam Cooke – It’s Alright/Sentimental Reasons (4) Desaparecidos – Greater Omaha (5) Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think

Sonic contributors to episode 24 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / L.L. COOL J / ARC OF ALL / HEIGHT KEECH / SPYDER D / SAXON / SAM COOKE / ROLLING STONES / BOBBY WOMACK / TALKING HEADS / MARILYN MAXWELL / DEEK WATSON / RUSH / PAT TRAVERS BAND / PETER FRAMPTON / LYNARD SKYNARD / RUSSELL TYRONE JONES / JAMES BROWN / MAYOR KEVIN WHITE / CHADWICK BOSEMAN / CRAIG ROBINSON / THE KINKS / THE PRETENDERS / THE CANNONBALL ADDRELEY QUINTET / ART BLAKELY / MILES DAVIS / JOE ZAWINUL / WARREN ZEVON / LINDA RONSTADT / PUBLIC ENEMY / BEASTIE BOYS / MATT JOHNSON & THE THE / TELEVISION / CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND / NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE / DESAPARECIDOS / CURSIVE / COCOON / NECESSARY PEOPLE / THE CLOCKERS.

Recorded: 8/7/2022 Released: 8/10/2022 Support featured artists by purchasing their music and merch. We did.

The boys of summer are back at it with more bodacious bonus material. Guest Licker Jordan, co-owner of LLR’s record store of choice Electric Kitsch, discusses with Jay and Deon two rare jazz records that he’s been listening to as of late.

Sonic contributors to the NINTH bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:

Morris Day / DJ NuMark / Jurrassic 5 / Dave Matthews Band / Zach Braff / Natile Portman / Henry Purcell / Bernard Wright / The Light Brigade / The Free Design / Graham Nash / The Beatles / Bruce Springsteen / Elvis / Johnny Cash / Nick Cave / Shiana Twain / The Kinks / The Dirtbombs / Pink Floyd / Prince / Jam & Lewis / Janet Jackson / XTC / Sun Ra & His Arkestra / Grachan Moncur III / Mother earth-nature…the beach and stuff… / Lou Reed / Archie Shepp / Phil Ranelin / Nduduzzo Makhatini / The Meters / James Taylor / Redbone / The Mamas & The Papas / Elton John / Bernie Taupin / Sonic Youth / Mount Shasta / The Delta 72 / God Bullies / Masaru Imada Trio / Karianne Lisonbee / Heart

Suggested Artists:

Jay – Enoch Light / Timbuk 3 / The Sonics / Shriekback / Star Pimp

Deon – Orville Peck / The Time / Leo Nocentelli

JORDO – Clifford Thornton / Wendell Harrison

Bonus Mixtape #9

[SIDE A] (1) Wendell Harrison – Mary Had an Abortion / Where Am I (2) Star Pimp – Slave Girl (3) The Sonics – The Hard Way (4) Orville Peck – The Curse of the Blackened Eye (5) Enoch Light – Let It Be [SIDE B] (1) The Time – Ice Cream Castles (2) Timbuk 3 – Hairstyles And Attitudes (3) Leo Nocentelli – Give Me Back My Loving (4) Clifford Thornton – Pan-African Festival (5) Shriekback – Only Thing That Shines

Support featured artists by purchasing their music and merch. We did.

Thank you, Jordo!

"D." LLR's favorite records by artists or bands whose names start with the letter D. That's deep.

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 2022, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-third episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They had already utilized the letters A thru C, so naturally, they went with D. Genius. 

The D-Train mixtape: [SIDE D-1] (1) hell raisers intro (2) Syd Dale – The Hellraisers (3) DMZ - Mighty Idy (4) D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Betray My Heart (5) Dyan Diamond – Your Neighborhood (6) Nick Drake – Place To Be [SIDE D-2] (1) Deadbeat Beat – The Kids At My School (2) Dyke & The Blazers – Broadway Combination (3) Stella Donnelly – Lunch (4) Don & The Goodtimes – My Color Song (5) Dr. Dog - Good Grief (6) k-mart outro 

SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 23 OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / L.L. COOL J / EL POLICIA / TOOTS & THE MAYTALS / FREUR / DAFT PUNK / RANDOM SESAME STREET CHARACTERS / PHONICS MAN / DR. DOG / PAT FINNERTY / INI KAMOZE / DYAN DIAMOND / THE RUNAWAYS / VENUS AND THE RAZORBLADES / SOULQUARIANS / BIDAL / D’ANGELO / DRE & SNOOP / PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC / SLY & THE FAMILY STONE / PRINCE / RAPHAEL SAADIQ / DMZ / THE MODERN LOVERS / DYKE & THE BLAZERS / JAMES BROWN / WILSON PICKETT / DON AND THE GOODTIMES / THE SONICS / THE STOOGES / THE KINGSMEN / NICK DRAKE / DEADBEAT BEAT / THE VONBONDIES / SYD DALE / KEITH MANSFIELD / ALAN HAWKSHAW / STELLA DONNELLY / METHYL ETHEL / GLORILLA & HITKIDD / THE CLOCKERS. RECORDED: 5/25/22 RELEASED: 6/4/22  Support featured artists by purchasing their music and merch. We did.

Jay and Deon discuss the artists they have been listening to as of late. They then travel through time and space to their record store of choice, Electric Kitsch, to chat with guest Licker Jessica about what she’s been reading and rocking out to. All-in-all, it’s simply another worthwhile sonic journey. You’re welcome to tag along.

Sonic contributors to eighth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: DJ NuMark / Jurassic Five / Dave Matthews Band / Denzel Curry / Kenny Beats / Basehead / Bay City Rollers / The Corporation / Clifford Breston / Rose Ella Jones / Smokey Robinson / Ronnie White / an excerpt from Quest Love’s film “Summer Of Soul”/ Tony Lawrence / Martin Coleman / Clay Murray / Garnett Mimms and the Enchanters / The Guess Who / The Royalettes / O.V. Wright / Wu-Tang / Al Green / Willie Mitchell / The Emotions / The Charmels / Bob James / Ghostface Killah / Gloria Smith / Odetta / O.D.B. / The Jackson 5 / The Mitchfits / Marika Hackman / Laurie Pepper / excerpts from the Straight Life Book Audiocast, Art Pepper’s serial audio archive available for free on Bandcamp / Three-Six Mafia / Sunbear / Madlib / Ramsey Lewis / The Beatniks and the Alkoholics.

Bonus mixtape #8

[SIDE ONE] (1) Dead Moon – Fire In The Western World (2) Maple Glider – Be Mean, It’s Kinder Than Crying (3) David Ruffin – Anything That You Ask For (4) Film School – Take What You Need (5) Art Pepper – Junior Cat [SIDE TWO] (1) Pilot – Just A Smile (2) Wendy Rene – After Laughter (3) The Stampeders – Gator Road (4) The Shirelles – It’s Gonna Take A Miracle (5) Brett Mitchell – Heart Of A Lion (6) Dead Moon – Parchment Farm

May the 4th isn't just Star Wars day or whatever - it is also the anniversary of Ernie Harwell's passing. This special bonus offering from Lightnin' Licks Radio, a rebroadcast of LLR's pilot episode, is dedicated to the memory and legacy of the legendary voice of the Detroit Tigers. Take a trip, and may the fourth...become the fifth.

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Baseball is returning. That's some welcome good news. The cleats clickin', the mitts poppin', the bats crackin'...oh man! The sounds of this soon-to-be-season are as satisfying as she gets, folks! In honor of MLB's Spring Training games kicking off (acceptable mixed-sports metaphor) this weekend, we're placing a special treat in our episode feed.

In episode 6, Deon told the story of creating the original pilot episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio in May of 2019. He did so to test all of the music and recording equipment in the basement and also to convince Jay that their stories could ultimately be rendered as a sonically palatable product, therefore presenting podcasting as a worthwhile endeavor. Well...it worked! Jay agreed to partner with Deon thus Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast was born.

This is that fateful pilot episode.

Although it doesn't sound too similar to what the podcast would eventually become as far as format is concerned, the storytelling element was strong from day one, with vinyl records and other found-sound/field recordings/archival audio sources playing an important role in the story. If you haven't already heard this episode and you enjoy baseball or poetry or stories of childhood memories, give it a listen. We think it's pretty cool.

When many Michiganders think spring, we think baseball. And many spring-loving, baseball-minded Mitten-dwellers have a special place in their hearts for Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers for many generations. This episode was written and recorded a few days after news broke that Ernie's widow Lulu had passed away at the age of 99, not long before the 9th anniversary of her legendary broadcaster husband's death. We really hope you enjoy it.

Oh, and...Go Tigers :)

April 23, 2022  10 am - 11:15 am

(1) Escape From Synth City – Chasman (2) Ian Drury & The BlockHeads – This Is What We Find (3) The 3 Pieces – Backed Up Against The Wall (4) Plastics – Copy (Welcome Back Ver.) (5) De La Soul – Patti Duke (6) Mattiel – Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (7) Zhane – Hey Mr. DJ (8) Radio 4 – Start A Fire (9) JunkYard Band – Sardines (10) Question Mark & The Mysterians – Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby (11) Eddie Russ – The Lope Song (12) Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground (13) Black Milk – Brain (14) Negativland – The Perfect Cut (Rooty Poops) (15) MICHELLE – Mess U Made (16) The Move – Hello Susie (17) Terry Reid – Dean (18) Masters Of Reality – Domino (19) Neil Young – Bad News Beat (20) Nina Hagen – Born In Xixax (21) Drama – *Electronic Pink Panther

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

April 23, 2020  11:16 am - 12:32 pm

22) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize (23) Teenage Fan Club – Star Sign (24) The Ventures – Hanky Panky (25) Ural Thomas & The Pain – Smile (26) Surgery – Shimmer (27) Funky 4 + 1 – That’s The Joint (28) Holly & The Italians – Tell That Girl To Shut Up (29) Tom Petty – Hung Up And Overdue (30) Neko Case & The Sadies – Rated X (31) Gene Clark – Past Tense (33) Fetchin’ Bones – Stray (34) Gil Scott-Heron – Grandma’s Hands (35) King Crimson – Dig Me (36) Digable Planets – Little Renee (37) Lime Spiders – Slave Girl (38) The Sylvers – Stay Away From Me (39) Renegade Soundwave – Murder Music (40) SAULT – Free (41) Rotary Connection – Sunshine Of Your Love (42) OutKast – Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Part 2) (43) The Rezillos – Good Sculptures (My Baby Does)

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

April 23, 2022  12:33 pm - 1:50 pm

(44) The Waterboys – World Party (45) The Amboy Dukes – Baby Please Don’t Go (46) Kurt Vile – Fo Sho (47) Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Physical Love (48) Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman (49) Black Flag – Annihilate This Week (50) Beast In The Field – Great Watcher Of The Sky (51) Helado Negro – Run (52) El Policia -  De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (53) Francis Bebey – Forest Nativity (54) The System – You Are In My System (55) Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (56) Talking Heads – Mind (57) Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You (REMIX) (58) Mike Krol – An Ambulance (59) The Pharcyde – Drop (60) Cockney Rebel – Hideaway (61) Joe Jackson – Pretty Boys (62) The Shangri-Las – Give Him A Great Big Kiss (63) The Clockers & She – Ms D.J. Rap It Up! Dub (LLR THEME SONG)

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

Scoring a solitary megahit isn’t exactly a common occurrence for a recording artist. More often than not, they’ll land no singles on the charts whatsoever. When they are lucky enough to score a hit but subsequently fail to produce a follow-up, the label of “one-hit wonder” is often unceremoniously attached to their legacy. Jay & Deon discuss some of their favorite one-hit wonderful artists who deserve additional attention and admiration, then curate a mixtape featuring alternate choice cuts from their discographies.

One-hit wonderful mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Nada Surf – Blankest Year (2) Spacehog – Starside (3) Herbie Hancock – Fat Mama (4) Soft Cell – The Best Way To Kill (5) New Radicals – I Hope I Just Didn’t Give Away The Ending [SIDE B] (1) Sir Mix-A-Lot – Buttermilk Biscuits (2) The Darkness – Open Fire (3) DEVO – Gut Feeling (4) Digable Planets – Flyin’ High In The Brooklyn Sky (5) Big Country – Tall Ships Go

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to episode 22 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio Podcast include: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / JAMES TODD SMITH / TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB / MARRS / YES / ISABELLA MANFRENI / AYO & TEO / WILL FERRELL / CAROLINA BARLOW / DEL SHANNON / ROMEO / HOWARD STERN / RICH FROM LONG ISLAND / EMINEM / AFROMAN / KID ROMO / TRI LAMBDA NERDS / LARRY B. SCOTT / M / AEROSMITH / DANIELLE BRISEBOIS / CARROLL O’CONNOR / JENNIFER ANISTON / DAVID SCHWIMMER / WORLD PARTY / THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES / PET SHOP BOYS / BESIDE & FAB 5 FREDDY / LESTER BOWIE / WAH WAH WATSON / THE BEATLES / THE OVERTON BERRY TRIO / HELEDO NEGRO / BLACK ON WHITE AFFAIR / THE CLOCKERS

RECORDED: 10APR2022  RELEASED: 15APR2022  COVER LOGO BY: BRYAN KONIECZKA  EPISODE ART: M.M. KNAPPS 

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Jay and Deon discuss their most recent musical obsessions while guest Licker Chris adds an unprecedented FOUR tracks to bonus mixtape number seven. A heaping helping of rock-n-roll, a pinch of twang, some greasy funk-n-R&B, and a dash modern pop make up the recipe to an audibly delicious entre your Lightnin’ Licks chefs have cooked up in their sonic kitchen. Chow time.

LLR Radio bonus mixtape #7

[SIDE 1] (1) P.M. Dawn - Downtown Venus (2) Beachwood Sparks - Midsummer Daydream (3) Sammy Davis, Jr. - Wichita Lineman (4) Max Q - Ot-Ven-Rot (5) Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal (6) Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye [SIDE 2] (1) Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers - Patch It Up (2) The Rave Ups - The Best I Can’t (3) Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - If It’s Poison (4) The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (5) Pony - Furniture (6) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Keeping Me Alive

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to Lightnin’ Licks Radio’s “What are you listeng to?” bonus episode # 7 include: DJ NUMARK / JURASSIC FIVE / DAVE MATTHEWS BAND / E BROS. / ENDANGERED SPECIES / ABBA / THE BEATLES / CLAUDE FRANCOIS / SPINNING WHEEL / JIMMY WEBB / ARGENT / THE RAMONES / LEONARDO DICAPPRIO / ERNIE HUDSON /MASSIVE INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS / MYTEE G. POETIC / RUBBER ROOM / DANGER MOUSE / CONCRETE CLIK / SHOW & AG / TALKING HEADS / HARRY NILSSON / MARVIN GAYE / LELAND BLUE / DONNY BROWN / NICK PIAZZA / CHRIS ORRICK & LASSO / ODDISEE / ELASTICA / THE WIRE / THE STRANGLERS / ALLEN GINSBERG/ PINK FLOYD.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ELECTRIC KITSCH, DOUGIE JENKINS AND CHRIS FLISEK. PHOTO CREDIT: SARA MULLINS. RECORDED: 3/5/22 RELEASED: 3/20/22

"C." - LLR's favorite records by artists or bands whose names start with the letter C. It's cool.

Third verse – same as the first (and second). 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 2021, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-first episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They already used the letter A. Also B. So they proceeded to the letter C.

Genius is as genius does.

The C Section mixtape brought to you by the number 33-1/3, the the letter C:

[SIDE 1] (1) Come - Dead Molly (2) Valerie Carter - Ooh Child (3) Cymande - Brothers On The Slide (4) Kelly Jean Caldwell Band - Caroline Creature (5) Charli 2Na - Comin' Thru [SIDE 2] (1) Cap'N Jazz - Take On Me (2) Cabaret Voltaire - No One Here (3) Kenny Cox - Lost My Love (4) The Carpettes - Reach The Bottom (5) The Choice 4 - Angel Don't Fly Away

ADDITIONAL SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 21 INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND / BROTHERS JOHNSON / L.L. COOL J / CAMILLA CABELLO / THE CLASH / THE CURE / MARTIN SHORT / JOHN CANDY / DAVID RUDMAN / COOKIE MONSTER / 2 LIVE CREW / BROTHER MARQUIS / THE CARPETTES / COME / THE JESUS LIZARD / VALERIE CARTER / CYMANDE / MF DOOM / THE CHOICE 4 / THE STYLISTICS / VAN MCCOY / THE EBONYS / KENNY COX / LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION / BOBJAMES / CABARET VOLTAIRE / THROBBING GRISTLE / SKINNY PUPPY / JURASSIC FIVE / OZOMATLI / CHARLI 2NA / CHARLIE THE TUNA / THE KELLY JEAN CALDWELL BAND / THE LEMONHEADS / EVAN DONDO / JULIANA HATFIELD / CAP'N JAZZ / JOAN OF ARC / THE PROMISE RING / AMERICAN FOOTBALL / A-HA / JIM CROCE / HEIGHT KEECH / MARLOWE / THE CLOCKERS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DOUG JENKINS FOR HANGING OUT IN THE STUDIO WITH US.  RECORDED: 3/5/22  RELEASED: 3/9/2022

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It looks as though Jay and Deon are back on their bonus b#!!$#!t again. The SIXTH “What are you listening to?” episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio features a candid dining room table discussion with special guest Licker Alan LaFave. The mixtape eventually created by these three blokes includes eleven wonderful cuts from the worlds of hip-hop, dance-rock, Turkish psych, sunshine pop and elsewhere across the universal sonic spectrum. Come take a trip with us.

Bonus mixtape #6

[SIDE 1] (1) Tour Guide (2) A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko (Stir It Up) (3) Slim & The Beast - Billie (4) Ducks LTD. - 18 Cigarettes (5) Tkay Maidza - PB Jam (6) Kurt Vile - One Trick Ponies {20:19} [SIDE 2] (1) The Yellow Balloon - Can't Get Enough of Your Love (2) Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You (3) Erkin Koray - Dost Aci Söylermiş (4) Dragonette - Fixin' To Thrill (5) L.A. Witch - Ghost On The Highway (6) Buck Meek - Dream Daughter {21:37}

Artists contributing to the (non-mix) sound collage that accompanies the sixth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: PAUL ANKA / HOWARD HESSEMAN / DAVE MATTHEWS BAND / DJ NUMARK / JURASSIC 5 / TED NUGENT / NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZYHORSE / WAR ON DRUGS / THE VIOLATORS / LOU REED / THE COATHANGERS / THE GUN CLUB / BLONDIE / CLYDE MCPHJATTER / JAMES BROWN / MICHAEL JACKSON / BUSTA RHYMES / JIMMY MCGRIFF / THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS / MOUNTAIN / SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE / FREDDIE HUBBARD / HANIF ABDURRIQIB / RON BUTLER / THE METERS / JAN AND DEAN / THE GRASS ROOTS / THE CLIQUE / R.E.M. / *UNCREDITED ANATOLIAN ROCK LIFTED FROM AQUARIUM DRUNKARD MIXTAPES / ADRIANNE LENKER / THE DRUMS / GEORGE MORRIS / KRS ONE / M.M.KNAPPS / D + D PROJECT / ANIMALS / HEIGHT KEECH / CAL TJADER.

Behold, the third annual ridiculously cheeky lovefest from your friends at Lightnin’ Licks Radio. Disgusting.

They walk in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in their aspect and their eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er their face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

-Lord Byron

“Love Is…” mixtape:

[SIDE 1] (1) Adrianne Lenker – anything (2) The Beach Boys – Forever (3) Funkadelic – I’ll Stay (4) Lou Reed – I Love You (5) O.V. Wright – Afflicted {20:20} [SIDE 2] (1) Paul Hyde and the Payolas – You’re the Only Love (2) Matt Pond PA – Specks (3) Little Ann – Deep Shadows (4) UGK featuring Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (5) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Wild One, Forever {20:30}

CONTRIBUTING SONIC PARTNERS OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO’S TWENTIETH EPISODE INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND / BROTHERS JOHNSON / JAMES TODD SMITH / LUTHER INGRAM / ISAAC HAYES / ROD STEWART / STAN GETZ / PONDEROSA TWINS + ONE / YE / DUNGEON FAMILY / TONE CAPONE / LUNIZ / LINDA LEE & CHARLES BUKOWSKI / PAT BENETAR / RASHAD “RINGO” SMITH / STETSASONIC / GRACE JONES / MONOPHONICS / O.V. WRIGHT / HI RHYTHM / PAUL HYDE & THE PAYOLA$ / BOB ROCK / METALLICA / VAL KILMER / MATT POND PA / OASIS / LOU REED / THE VELVET UNDERGROUND / P-FUNK ALL STARS / FUNKADELIC / PRINCE PAUL / DE LA SOUL / THE PARLIAMENTS / PAT LEWIS / THE DIRTBOMBS / LITTLE ANN / THE MARVELETTES / ANN BRIDGEFORTH / TARHEEL SLIM / ANDY GIBB / L.L. COOL J’S L.A. POSSEE / JUICY JAY / DJ PAUL / UGK / ORGANIZED NOIZE / THREE SIX MAFIA / OUTKAST / WILLIE HUTCH / CAROLYNE WILLIS / JULIA A. TILLMAN / LORNA MAXINE WILLARD / THE BEACH BOYS / DENNIS WILSON / JESSE & THE RIPPERS / BURT BACHARACH, MACK DAVID & THE FIVE BLOBS / ADRIANNE LENKER / PHIL WEINROBE / BUCK MEEK / BIG THIEF / BRIAN ENO / DAVE HAMILTON & HIS PEPPERS / TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS / SANDRA BROWN / MAX JULIAN / JAMES MARSTERS / SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR / HEIGHT KEECH & IALIVE / THE NECESSARY PEOPLE / THE CLOCKERS.

RECORDED: 05FEB2022 RELEASED: 10FEB2022 COVER ART: M.M. KNAPPS IMAGE OF SPECIAL GUEST OLLIE GLYZ APPEARS WITH PERMISSION FROM HIS FATHER, HOWARD. HAPPY VALENTIMEZ DAY!

[CONNECTION SUCCESSFUL] There will come a time, in the not-too-distant future, when robots will overtake most of the jobs that we humans presently perform. This includes content creation. Machine learning technologies and AI capabilities are growing by the second. AI-generated content will certainly soon be proliferating on the Internet, with consumers less likely to be capable of differentiating between robot content and genuine products of the creative human brain.

In the spirit of embracing the near-limitless potential of AI technology, a very special bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio has been "created" in collaboration with the "good" people at Umbrella Laboratories. Welcome to the future, Lickers.

An AI application (Diltrizatron 20000) was tasked to analyze every second of content released by Lightnin’ Licks Radio from its inception to present day. The application was then programmed to create a new bonus episode reviewing the podcast’s past episodes, including generating host personalities (JAKE and DEONDRA) to interact with each other as well as the listening audience in Podcast America. This audio upload contains the resulting episode.

Sonic contributors to this bonus episode of Lightning Licks Radio include:  Lee Moses. Holland Dozier Holland. Brothers Johnson. James Todd Smith. Radiohead. Kraftwerk. The Nonce. Klapex. Shalamar. Mister Shadow. Shoes. Busta Rhymes. Timbaland. Eazy E. Slick Rick. Jam Master Jay. The Bomb Squad. Adam Horovitz. Missy Elliot. Todd Rundgren and Utopia. Jenny Lewis. Jonathon Rice. Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. Bernard Herrmann. Grateful Dead. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Kool & the Gang. Biz Markie. Michael Diamond. Herbie Hancock. Alan Merrill. Jake Hooker. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Bruce Springsteen. The Apache Relay. Boombox Hearts. Candlebox. CODA Curl. Can. Javon. Talking Heads. The Clash. Peaches. Daft Punk. L. L. Cool J. Joe Esposito. Chris Tucker. Electric Light Orchestra. The Cure. Method Man. Queen. Grimes. John Cougar Mellencamp. Tom McGovern. Ampersand Castles. Blowfly. Rick Moranis. Dave Thomas. Donald Byrd. Henry Winkler. Tom Bosely. Flying Lotus. Bon Iver. Three Dog Night. Phoebe Bridgers. Beastie Boys. John Cusack. Iben Hjejle. Charles Bradley. Daptone Players. Count Von Count. Jerry Nelson. The insect puppet parody group The Beetles, not the Fab Four but the Sesame Street band. Janelle Monae. Pharrell Williams. Tim Kasher. The Good Life. Height Keech. The Clockers. The human Lickers return for episode twenty, which drops on Valentine's Weekend, Twenty Twenty-two. Your listening is greatly appreciated. Goodbye. [END TRANSMISSION]

2021 LLR Year In Review mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Modest Mouse – Fuck Your Acid Trip (2) The Go! Team – Pow (3) The Dirty Nil – Possession (4) Shannon & The Clams – Vanishing (5) The Avalanches – Music Is The Light (6) Shame – Snow Day (7) Snail Mail – Glory (8) Mac McCaughan – Dawn Bends (9) Bat Fangs – Talk Trash (10) La Luz – I Won’t Hesitate (11) Sleaford Mods – I Don’t Rate You [SIDE B] (1) Emma Ruth Rundle – Razor’s Edge (2) IDLES – King Snake (3) Weakend Friends – Everything Is Better (4) Steven Wilson – Man Of The People (5) Faye Webster – Better Distractions (6) Japanese Breakfast – Paprika (7) Marcey Yates & XOBOI featuring JaKeen Fox – Shitte Dae (8) SAULT – 9 (9) Crowded House – Start Of Something (10) The Bronx – New Lows (11) Rose City Band – Dawn Patrol

“This will be our year…”