1. Ep. 041 · · 43 tracks

    Fish or Fowl

    Fish or fowl: 43 tracks of birds, sharks, and whatever else is biting. Birdhouse in Your Soul and Rock Lobster up front, a five-song shark run from Split Enz to Diane Coffee, Fisherman's Blues and Fishing Blues for the anglers, Surfin' Bird twice (the Trashmen, then Big Bird), Free Bird, and Morris Day's The Bird to close. Appendix: Twin Peaks, WKRP, Enormous Wings, and four beers.

    1 song by Frank Zappa on this show

    • I Am the Walrus (live)
  2. Ep. 040 · · 36 tracks

    Mood Music for Protein Purification

    Mood music for the lab bench: 36 tracks to run a column by. Lou Reed's great adventure and a sedated Ramones up front, Scarlet Begonias and an acoustic Watching the Wheels in the middle stretch, Patti Smith doing Teen Spirit and Warren Zevon's Life'll Kill Ya on the way out, and Joe's Garage to close. Appendix: Barfly, Bukowski, Just Kids, and four beers.

    1 song by Frank Zappa on this show

    • Joe's Garage
  3. Ep. 016 · · 37 tracks

    Radio, Radio

    37 tracks celebrating the medium that started it all. Songs about radio, by radio people, for radio people -- from the dial to the satellite and everything in between. Long live the airwaves.

    1 song by Frank Zappa on this show

    • The Central Scrutinizer
  4. Ep. 011 · · 41 tracks

    Oh, the Places You'll Go

    A musical road trip across America and beyond — from Pittsburgh to London, Memphis to Graceland, and everywhere in between. 41 songs that wear their geography on their sleeve, proving that the best music always knows where it comes from.

    1 song by Frank Zappa on this show

    • In France

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