POP Goes The World!

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POP Goes The World!

Kicking in the door and dragging you kicking and screaming into the weekend!Puking aural sunshine every Friday afternoon from 3-5p.m. on 97.3 WRIR Richmond Independent Radio (streaming live at www.wrir.org.)Saving the world from mediocrity, and bringing joy and happiness to all the good little boys and girls with pure hearts with power chord crunches, soaring three part harmonies, and a smattering of minor chords played on jangly guitars.

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    Zen AF!

            The Young Fresh Fellows "Rock'n'roll Pest Control" from Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest/Topsy Turvy (1989) Tracy Bryant "Hey Spaceman!" from Subterranean (2016) Pere Ubu "Modern Dance" from Elitism For the People 1975 (2015) Kim Fowley "Motorboat" from Living In the Streets (1977)           ===================================================================       Powersolo "Boom Babba Do Ba Dabba" from The Real Sound (2014) The Delmonas "Comin' Home Baby" from Dangerous Charms (1985) Sleeper Agent "Impressed" from About Last Night (2014) Sonic Surf City "Sleepy Heads" from Viva Wahines! (2017)           ===================================================================       The Launderettes "I Wanna Jump Your Bones" from Shaken and Disturbed (2002) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Any Weather (606 Version)" from Unvarnished (2013) Honeyblood "Killer Bangs" from Honeyblood (2014) Jenny and Johnny "Big Wave" from I'm Having Fun Now (2010) Daniele Luppi, Parquet Courts & Karen O "Talisa" from Milano (2017)           ===================================================================       The Strypes "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover" from Snapshot (2014) The Rebels of Tijuana "Johnny Marr" from La bourgeoise (2012) The CRY! "I Think I'm In Love" from The Cry! (2011) Literature "Apples" from 7' (2013) China Rats "N.O.M.O.N.E.Y." from Don't Play With Fire EP (2013) Mother's Children "What's Your Problem Now?" from Are You Tough Enough (2011)           ===================================================================       Strangeways "It Doesn't Matter" from Powerpop! (2004) Bleeding Rainbow "Time & Place" from Interrupt (2014) Utopians "Trastornados" from Trastornados (2012) Archie Powell & The Exports "Crazy Pills" from Great Ideas in Action (2012)           ===================================================================       Sonic's Rendezvous Band "City Slang (The Best Stuff You Havent Heard)" from Sonic's Rendezvous Band (2006) Downtown Boys "Dancing In The Dark" from Full Communism (2015) Mean Jeans "Steve Don't Party No More" from Are You Serious? (2009) The Dollyrots "Puppy Dog Eyes" from Barefoot and Pregnant (2014)           ===================================================================       The Tights "7707" from 7707 (2006) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives "Bigtime" from Origin (2003) Pretty City "Running Around" from Colorize (2015) Jacuzzi Boys "Happy Damage" from Happy Damage - EP (2015) Radioactivity "Battered" from Silent Kill (2015) Marvelous Darlings "I Don't Wanna Go to the Party" from Single Life (2011)           ===================================================================       Creatures of the Golden Dawn "Bye Bye Baby" from 1000 Shadows (1994) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll (Punk Song)" from B.R.M.C. (2001) The Saints "Porno Movies" from Nothing Is Straight In My House (2005) Pretenders "Boots of Chinese Plastic (Edit)" from Break Up the Concrete (2009)

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    FYI.....

      ….all your favorite dj’s too.     Spiritual Cramp "At My Funeral" from RUDE (2025) La Peste "Better Off Dead" from Better Off Dead - Single (2014) Them in Uniform "Curran St" from Curran St (2026) The Sha La La's "(Baby You're A) Scene Freak" from Wild Hearted Losers - EP (2026)           =====================================================       Dazy "Delusions of..." from Bad Penny (2025) The Boojums "Don't Wanna Love" from The Boojums (2025) Uni Boys "I Don't Wanna Dream Anymore" from I Don't Wanna Dream Anymore - Single (2026) Tom Emlyn "Starsick" from Starsick - Single (2026) Good Kid "Rift" from Can We Hang Out Sometime? (2026)           =====================================================       The James Baker Beat "Friday Night Friend (feat. Dom Mariani)" from Friday Night Friend (feat. Dom Mariani) - Single (2025) The Len Price 3 "The Luckiest Guy Alive" from Misty Medway Magick (2025) Zenxith "Lemonade Sky" from What's Happening To Me? (2025) J. Perla "Frustrated Painters" from Frustrated Painters - Single (2025) Wolf Parade "I'll Believe In Anything" from Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)           =====================================================       Late Guest At the Party "No Supply (feat. ILTON)" from No Supply - Single (2025) Ritz Vanity "Midnight Trance" from Ritz Vanity (2025) Tomorrow "My White Bicycle" from Permanent Dream (2023) Blind Mr. Jones "Spooky Vibes" from Stereo Musicale (1992)           =====================================================       Doug Derek & The Hoax "Bobby's Got To Get Back To Boston" from Who The Hell Is Doug Derek (2008) The Zeros "Sticky Sweet Girls" from 4-3-2-1...Zeros (1991) Stiff Little Fingers "Gotta Getaway" from Nobody's Heroes (1980) La Peste "I Don't Know Right From Wrong" from I Don't Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976 - 1979 Vol. 1 (2026) Hyper Minds "Nail Biter" from Nail Biter - Single (2024) DF Triste "Vulture" from Long Memory in Blood (2025)           =====================================================       The Pink Spiders "Let's Go Home" from Freakazoid (2023) Placebo "Drag" from Meds (2006) The Bohicas "XXX" from The Bohicas - EP (2014) The Bohicas "Swarm" from The Bohicas - EP (2014) Bee Bee Sea "This Dog Is the King of Losers" from Sonic Boomerang (2017)           =====================================================       Dynamite Shakers "Ridiculous" from Don't Be Boring (2024) Tórax y las Extremidades "Deambula" from single The Boyfriends "You're the One" from Wrapped up in a Dream (2022) The Jetz "I'll Get a Hold on You" from The Jetz Anthology 1977-79 (2011)           =====================================================       Neuman "Turn It" from If (2014) Les Trois Accords "Corinne" from Beaucoup de plaisir (2018) Stereo Total "Heroes (2015 Remaster)" from Yéyé Existentialiste (2015) Liam Lynch "United States of Whatever" from Fake Songs (2003)

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    Listen man………

            Mad Staring Eyes "Well Done Son" from Bored of Looking Cool (2008) Tijuana Panthers "Path of Totality" from Carpet Denim (2019) The Buttertones "Baby C4" from Midnight in a Moonless Dream (2018) Editors "A Ton of Love" from The Weight of Your Love (2013)           ===========================================================       The Magnolias "Hello Or Goodbye" from Off The Hook (1992) 39 Steps "Slip Into the Crowd" from Slip Into the Crowd (1986) Cyanide Pills "Conquer The World" from Cyanide Pills (2010) The Wigs "Tijuana" from My Chauffeur (2013) DMZ "Cinderella" from Dmz (1977)           ===========================================================       The Singles "He Can Go, You Can't Stay" from Better Than Before (2003) The Gantry "Green Eyes" from Years and Years (2012) The Skins "Surf" from Wreckroom Sessions (2012) Night Beats "Love Ain't Strange (Everything Else Is)" from Sonic Bloom (2013)           ===========================================================       The Hellacopters "Nothing Terribly New" from Rock & Roll Is Dead (2005) Oblivians "Call the Police" from Desperation (2013) Radioactivity "Sickness" from Radioactivity (2013) Royal Headache "Psychotic Episode" from Royal Headache (2012) Bass Drum Of Death "Nerve Jamming" from Gb City (2011) Pangea "Summertime" from Living Dummy (2011)           ===========================================================       The Telescopes "Flying" from Untitled Second (1992) Splashh "Headspins" from Comfort (2013) Brass Bed "Please Don't Go" from The Secret Will Keep You (2013) Kids on a Crime Spree "Sweet Tooth" from We Love You So Bad (2011)           ===========================================================       Swell Maps "The Helicopter Spies" from Jane from Occupied Europe (1979) Generationals "Nobody Could Change Your Mind" from Con Law (2009) Devo "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" from Duty Now for the Future (1979) Magazine "A Song from Under the Floorboards" from The Correct Use of Soap (1980)           ===========================================================       Riccardo Cioni "In America (feat. Max-A-Million) [Radio Edit]" from In America (1983) The Walker Brothers "Nite Flights" from Nite Flights (1978) The Lucid Dream "Bad Texan" from Compulsion Songs (2016) Young the Giant "My Body" from Young the Giant (2010)           ===========================================================       Ezra Furman "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" from Twelve Nudes (2019) Magic Kids "Cry with Me Baby" from Memphis (2010) The Explorers Club "I've Been Waiting" from Grand Hotel (2012) Magic Bullets "Millions of People Running Around" from Magic Bullets (2010) The Divine Comedy "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count (Original 1993 Version)" from Liberation (1993)

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    "What A Drag It Is Getting Old"

        I turned 60 years old yesterday, and I gotta tell ya, I don’t feel it. It’s been said that Gen X is the generation that became 30 at the age of 15, and is still 30 at 50. I felt that at 50. I still feel it today at 60. Guess there’s only one thing to do…… go grab your board, and join me……. I brought tunes!       Strangeways "Sugar Sugar" from Powerpop! (2004) Chuck Prophet "Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins" from Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins (2017) Ronnie Spector "For His Love" from Something's Gonna Happen - EP (2003) Marshall Crenshaw "Rockin' Around In NYC" from The 9 Volt Years (1998)           ==================================================       King Khan & The Shrines "Born to Die" from Idle No More (2013) The Mars Volta "Birthday" from The Bedlam in Goliath (2008) Bart Davenport "Born To Suffer" from Palaces (2008) Mr. Children "Happy Birthday" from Happy Birthday (1995) Peelander-Z "Happee Birthday" from P-TV-Z (2010)           ==================================================       Cock Sparrer "What's It Like To Be Old?" from Back Home (2003) Ramones "I Don't Want to Grow Up" from Adios Amigos (1995) The Living End "Growing Up (Falling Down)" from The Living End (1997) A Giant Dog "Birthday Song" from Pile (2016)           ==================================================       Hey Steve "Birthday Suit" from High and Tight (2016) Fletcher C Johnson "Happy Birthday" from Salutations (2013) The Geraldine Fibbers "Birthday Boy" from Live from the Bottom of the Hill (1996) Gravys Drop "Happy Birthday" from For the Love of Gravy (2021) The Teenbeats "Teenage Beat" from Uppers on the South Downs (1979)           ==================================================       Makin' Time "Here Is My Number" from Rhythm and Soul (2001) The Jam "Heatwave" from Setting Sons (1979) The Crooks "Modern Boys" from Just Released: The Anthology (2002) The Directions "Three Bands Tonite" from Weekend Dancers (2005)           ==================================================       Stars "Ageless Beauty" from Set Yourself on Fire (2004) Yuck "Rebirth" from Glow & Behold (2013) The Smiths "Unhappy Birthday" from Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) The Vacant Lots "Bells" from Exit - EP (2019)           ==================================================       Vigil "Born Again" from Vigil (1987) Kuroyume "Happy Birthday" from feminism (1995) Missing Persons "Forever Young" from Uppers on the South Downs (1979) Concrete Blonde "Happy Birthday" from Free (1989)           ==================================================       Lou Reed "Perfect Day" from The Essential Lou Reed (2011) Jen Trynin "Getaway (February)" from Gun Shy, Trigger Happy (1997) Altered Images "Happy Birthday" from Happy Birthday (1980) The Zutons "Don't Ever Think (Too Much)" from Who Killed the Zutons? (2004)

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    Poppin' My Cherry

        Let’s consecrate this new studio, shall we? In the name of The Power Chords, The Soaring Harmonies, and The Minor Chords played on Jangly Guitars. Amen       A Giant Dog "& Rock & Roll" from Pile (2016) Beach Slang "Future Mixtape for the Art Kids" from A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (2016) Bare Wires "Seeking Love" from Seeking Love (2010) The Beat Merchants "Pretty Face" from Maximum R 'n' B (2011)           =====================================================       The Mooney Suzuki "Singin' A Song About Today" from People Get Ready (2000) Empire Dogs "Whole Lotta Love" from Love Attacks!!! (2006) The Golden Dogs "Yeah!" from Everything In 3 Parts (2004) The Bloody Hollies "Delta Heart Attack" from Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love (2007)           =====================================================       Archie Bronson Outfit "Two Doves On a Lake" from Wild Crush (2014) Brimstone Howl "Tomahawk" from Guts of Steel (2008) Japanther "River Phoenix" from Skuffed Up My Huffy (2007) Jay Reatard "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" from Watch Me Fall (2009) FIDLAR "No Waves" from Fidlar (2013)           =====================================================       The Frights "You Are Going to Hate This" from You Are Going to Hate This (2016) Kids on a Crime Spree "It's in My Blood" from We Love You So Bad (2011) The Ettes "I Heard Tell" from Look at Life Again Soon (2008) Bad Moves "Give It a Shot" from Tell No One (2018)           =====================================================       Jeff Rosenstock "USA" from POST- (2018) Fishbone "Sunless Saturday" from The Reality Of My Surroundings (1991) New Model Army "51st State" from The Ghost of Cain (1985) The Clash "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A." from The Clash (1977)           =====================================================       The Music "Freedom Fighters" from Welcome to the North (2004) La Vida Bohème "Radio Capital" from Nuestra (2011) Ned's Atomic Dustbin "Kill Your Television" from God Fodder (1991) Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine "An All American National Sport" from 101 Damnations (Bonus Edition) (1989)           =======================================       Ezra Furman "Slacker Adria" from Day Of The Dog (2013) The Detroit Cobras "Shout Bamalama" from Life, Love And Leaving (2016) Tijuana Panthers "Crewcut" from Max Baker (2015) The Chats "Smoko" from Get This In Ya (2017) Supernova "Vitamins" from Ages 3 & Up (1995)           =====================================================       Superpunk "Ich bin ein Snob" from A bisserl was geht immer (1998) The Doughboys "Black Sheep" from Is It Now? (2007) The Love Me Nots "Give Em What They Want" from Let's Get Wrecked (2011) Evolfo "Vision of Sin" from Last of the Acid Cowboys (2017) The Barbaras "Day At the Shrine" from 2006-2008 (2012) Me First and The Gimme Gimmes "Favorite Things" from Are a Drag (1999)

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Kicking in the door and dragging you kicking and screaming into the weekend!Puking aural sunshine every Friday afternoon from 3-5p.m. on 97.3 WRIR Richmond Independent Radio (streaming live at www.wrir.org.)Saving the world from mediocrity, and bringing joy and happiness to all the good little boys and girls with pure hearts with power chord crunches, soaring three part harmonies, and a smattering of minor chords played on jangly guitars.

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