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The Bike Rides Radio Show is a weekly, one hour, locally produced variety program that airs on KMSU independent public radio in Mankato, Minnesota. Bike Rides is at times whimsical and other times sharp, featuring music and conversation that flows together nicely like a summer bicycle ride through the countryside.
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Hank's got dog problems so Dan had to fill the void, even playing one song twice just to make it happen. I wonder if there are any messages in the music. Included: Paul McCartney; Counting Crows; Margo Clicker; Palmyra; Amanda Shires; Dutch Interior; Charlie Parr; Lucinda Williams; Drew Peterson; Talking Heads; Counting Crows (again).
It's the last day of the fall pledge drive at KSMQ, AND it's HALLOWEEN! Nothing but spirited music and a couple pledge reminders this week as another October pledge drive winds down on the Bike Rides Radio Show. Featured: Beat'n Awake; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Misfits; Kids on Bikes; Ryan Adams; Rosalie Cunningham; Ween; Rush; Fleetwood Mac
It's the Fall Pledge Drive at KSMQ and Dan plays the sympathy card for pledges. Included: Fat's Domino; Devo(x6); Dan Fogelberg
Nothing to see here but your average bike riding radio show, you've heard one, you've heard them all. Included: Harry Styles; Tom Waits; Michael McLean/John Batdorf; Neko Case; Father John Misty; Allison Russell; Courtney Barnett; Joe Pug; Jack Savoretti; Sinead O'Connor
Hank joins Dan to celebrate the ivory anniversary of all this nonesense known in dark circles as the BikeRides Radio Show. Included: The Box and Banjo Band; Dylan Hughs; Jordan Patterson; My Morning Jacket; Eric Balkey; Jon Bon Jovi/Bruce Springsteen; The Gaslight Anthem; Tibetan Pop Stars; Drop Kick Murphys; Murphy's Law
Dan's back from his solo vacation for another solo ride this week, as he describes a solo ride he took at Cuyuna Lakes, buy himself. Included: Ron Gallo; George Winston; Rush; Mark Knopfler; Neko Case; Frike; Tom Waits; The Silos; Courtney Barnett
It's a very special ride this week as the audience of AMPERS sister station KAXE joins the KMSU riders and listeners to celebrate the music of Grand Rapids Riverfest, on September 6th. Included: Alan Sparhawk,; Trampled by Turtles; Charlie Parr, Emily Parr; Jeremie Albino; Margo Price; Billy Strings; Low; Courtney Barnett
What starts as an innocent ride finds the guys stripped to the skivvies by the end; listen and find out how it got there. Included: Brett Horton; Wilco; Joe Purdy; Mildred Bailey; Renaissance; Noah Cyrus, ft. Bill Callahan; Steve Miller Band; Soccer Mommy; Wilco (again); The Brambel Patch; Jezus Wizard Spatula (you need to hear the last one)
Hank and Dan present another wide array of genre bending music, only fit for consumption by the deepest musical palette, even when that palette shows up in the form of a frog at the studio window. Included: Bicycle; David Bromberg; Black Rebel; Big Thief; Angel Olsen; Lucinda Williams; Charley Crockett; Los Chico Muertos; Zavior Rudd; The Backseat Lovers; Dead Man Winter
If you're one of those nocturnal freaks who doesn't finish a bike ride when the sun goes down, but begins one, this NIGHT-ride is for you. Featured: Front Street Remix; Dolly Pardon ft. Chris Stapleton; Charlie Crockett; Lucinda Williams; Ricky Lee Jones; Amos Lee; Some Nights Live on Forever; Tom Waits; J. Micheal Henderson; Allison Russell
Nothing funny about this week's ride, as the guys give voice to the victims of sexual assault. Featured: Kids on a Bike; Alanis Morissette; Taylor Swift; Lady Gaga; Ani Difranco; Fletcher; James McMurtry; HELL YEAH; Motorhead; Billy Morrison
Hank joins Dan for a tandem summer ride and they share a story about a bike crash Hank and his wife had recently. Included: Runner; Felice Brothers; Peter Mulvey; James McMurtry; Lana Del Ray, Feat Faher John Misty; Tegan and Sara; Bill Callahan with a host of others; Bright Eyes; Jack Savoriti; Drew Peterson; Allison Russell
It's Hank's birthday show and for some reason he felt the need to take his shirt off when he received Dan's present in his driveway. Hank picks almost all the songs this week and claims there may be a pattern to them, but Dan doesn't get it - or is he just LYING again?? Included: Sir Arthur Sullivan; Caravan; Allison Krause/Shawn Colvin/Jerry Douglas; The Room Full of Blues; James McMurtry; The Brads; Bugger Burns; Peter Frampton; Andrea Gibson; Jimmy Stewart
We're going loco for local this week on the ride. Included: Charlie Roth; Nate Boots; Mal Murphy; Watermelon Slush; Jeff Reinartz; Good Morning Bedlam; Mary Clare Stroh; Ben Scruggs; Nate Boots (again); Nate Boots (again!); Nate Boots (that's right, AGAIN!!)
Steppenwolf; Counting Crow; David Gray; Fotheringay; Emily Linge; Van Morrison
It's the second official NO KINGS DAY in the good ol' US of A (the first originally called The Boston Tea Party) as the guys serve up a solid playlist for your protest ride. Included: Rock-A-Teens; Freddie McGregor; Elton John; Lucinda Williams; U2; Pat Benatar; Randy Newman; Beatles; ELO; Kings of Leon; Marillion; Tom Petty; Mary Gauthier
Another hodgepodge of misfits and rebel thinkers, some you know, some you don't on this week's ride. Included: Ilker Taaskin (told you, you wouldn't know them all); Bruce Springsteen; Taylor Swift (told you, you'd know some); Jeffry Foucault; Oasis; Kasey Chambers (again, you won't know them all); Jeff Buckley; Billy Joel (AGAIN, you'll know some!)
The ride finishes with a solemn Memorial Day set and begins with rather silly hosts being annoying, followed by another wide array of songs that finds Dan taking a step closer to playing country music. Included: Delyn Christian; Father John Misty (FJM); Valerie June; Peter Mulvey; Greg Brown; Kevin Morby; Sara Morris & Emily Haavik; Brett Horten; The Silver Jews; The United States Army Band; Brett Horton (NO! not THAT Brett Horton –– Hell no!)
Dan's lying his arse off while Hank piles on to the sizzling protest heap of songs and the both call Putin out on this week's random ride - this may be the last broadcast before the entire Bike Rides operation gets moved to El Salvador. John Prine; Pussy Riot; NOFX; Steve Earle & The Dukes; Grace J'Will; Lumineti Suns; Luminati Suns (again) w/Walk of the Earth; Janice Joplin; Bill Amesbury; Bright Eyes; Karmen
Hank and Dan play weird music and tell dumb bike riding stories, blah, blah B L A H, won't these two ever grow up?? Included: Bombedils; Roxy Music; Kevin Morby, Kevin Morby (again); Joe Purdy; Alabama Shakes; Felice Brothers
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