Lightnin' Licks Radio

Summer is unofficially upon us. Hot boy summer, some say. Two hot boys and one hot girlie summer, even. Lickers Jay & Deon check in with Super-Secret-Special-Friend Jess to see (and hear) what she has been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. It’s good clean fun in the sun, ya dang bums! Check out Jess’s production of Mr. Burns: A Post Electric PlaySonic contributions to this bonus episode twenty-nine of Lightnin’ Licks Radio were made by: Prince Paul, De La Soul, Brothers Johnson, Zack Braff, Natalie Portman, POSPOTUS. Q-Tip, Rashan Roland Kirk, L.L. Cool J, R.E.M., Jay Dilla, The Pharcyde, Main Source, Boogie Down Productions, Vince Guaraldi. The 45 King, DJ Kool, Kool & the Gang, Newcleus, Kevin McCaffrey. Space. Jewel, Mackeeper. Hole, Courtney Love, Melissa Auf De Mor, Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins, Yoko Ono, David Porter, Puff and Big, Blind Melon, Young Marvel Giants. Helado Negro. Peaches and Herb, Charles Fox, Jessica McQuarter, Anne Washburn, Michael Friedman, Bernard Herrmann & Elmer Bernstein. Halsey, Lido. Hemlocke Springs, Doechii, Ian James, Joey Hamhock, Banser. Starship, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick, Elvin Bishop. Some spacey smooth Japanese psych loops courtesy of Portal Records, XTC, Exile. National Wake, N.W.A., Slick Rick, Wilson Picket, Funkadelic, The Winstons, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Aldo Nova, Elvis Costello, Deon’s wife Shannon, Jan Hammer. The Police. Nas, Large Professor, 3rd Bass, MC Search, N.O.R.E., Pete Rock, DJ Premier, James Brown & The J.B.'s. More Japanese psych loops, Sting, The Isley Brothers, Ice Cube, DJ Pooh. Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Staple Singers, Parliament, LBJ, good brother Abraham (Jefferson), and AI Steve Inskeep.Get your vinyl records and vintage wares here. Freedom. Know it while you have it. Get involved.SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF FEATURED ARTISTSHEAR THE FULL MIXTAPE ON SOUNDCLOUD

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 six decades, artists the world over in every artistic medium have used Eno's strategy while attempting to overcome a lull in creative output.In 2026, nihilistic, nerdy nimcompoops and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming forty-seventh episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they had a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru M, so naturally, they went with N.Sonic contributors to the 47th episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include:NPR, Beaste Boys, Gravediggaz, Brothers Johnson, James Ussery, RZA, Prince Paul. James Todd Smith, Rashaad "Ringo" Smith, Cindy Lee, Pete Jolly Trio, Ace Frehley. Delroy Lindo, Greg Gutfeld, the N***. Nazz, Todd Rundgren, The Temptaitions, Cheap Trick. Aaron Neville. George Davis, Warren Barker, Linda Rondstadt, Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Arthur Hamilton, David Gates and Bread. Tricky, The Presidents of the United States. The Naked and Famous. Nada Surf, Weezer, America. The Natural Four, Leroy Houston. CNN, Drink Champs podcast, the Neptunes, N.O.R.E., Brittany Spears, N.E.R.D., Clipse. Nice Strong Arm, Dinasaur Jr., Swans. Heatmiser, Elliott Smith, No. 2. LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Robert Tepper, Benny Mardones, The Natural History, Gang of Four. The Nonce, Kwest Tha Madd Ladd, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone. Okonski, The Clockers, POSPOTUS DJT, Jim Carey, Megan Kelly, Tim Robinson."YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"Copyright Police hammered us on 6/10 tracks, a new record! Fear not, Lickers -you can still hear the FULL MIXTAPE via Soundcloud or jam 90% of the tunes on thisNEARLY FULL Spotify PlaylistSupport these artists and your local music store.Happy Spring, C'mon, Stewk!

Holy hell, somebody done showed up a little late to the top-albums-of-2025 party. List week = missed week. NBD, better late than never, right? RIGHT? It's the sixth annual big episode, where Jay and Deon discuss their favorite twenty-two vinyl releases of this past year. That be eleven each, because Lickers go to eleven while these other suckaz be stuck on ten. LLR goes deep. LLR goes long. LLR wishes what you just read was code for something way cooler, but it isn’t. It's just really long. The flippin' Free Bird of podcats.Dig this list? What did they miss? Let ‘em know your favorite long player releases in the year of our Lord 2025, it's never too late to share what sonically inspires you. Lightnin’ Licks Radio Podcast’s one big beautiful twenty twenty-five year in review episode SAMPLE SOURCES include: NPR, Beastie Boys, James Todd Smith. John Ussery, Prince Paul, Frukwan, Method Man, Brothers Johnson. Harry Shearer, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kankles McTaco Tits, Elton John, The Time with Prince. Jeremy Gan, Josh Heath Scott, Jim DeRogatis, Anthony Fantano. Molly Sanborn, Matt O’Leary, Eli Enis, Ian Cohen. A Tribe Called Quest, Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, Missy "Misdemeanor” Elliot, Nicole “Lady” Wray, Tropical Fuck Storm, The Bee Gees, The sisters Haim. Calvin Harris, The Beatles… always. Kaytranada. Janet Jackson, De La Soul, Kelly Moonstone, Quelle Chris. Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, The AutumnDefense. NewDad, Aesop Rock, Blockhead. Verity Den, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. Winter, Debby Friday. Water From Your Eyes, This Is Lorelei. Greg Freeman, Richmond Fontaine, Poison, The Darkness, KISS, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Aerosmith. Lael Neale, The Cars, Weakened Friends, Buckethead. Liquid Mike, The Rentals. Pile, Cody Maresec, YUM! The Smith Westerns, Whitney, Billy Nomates, Sleaford Mods. Fleetwood Mac, Eric Gale, Faces, Ry Cooder, Randy Weston. Pines, Greet Death, Christian Science Reading Room. Momma. Chris Keys (a lot), Amosdoll, Atlys, The Zombies. Cozy Cole, Andy Cohen, Raúl "El Gordo" De Molina, Tommy Chong, James Austin Johnson, Tim Robinson (YOU CAN'T DO THAT!), and lastly - and certainly least… Swamp Thing. Alternate links to the uninterrupted 2025 EOY mixtape will be available in short order,Have a great year!LLR’s Top 22 albums of 2025 SPOTIFY PLAYLISTHear the mix via Soundcloud here!Part 1(Deon) : Intro _ Liquid Mike – AT&T _ HAIM – Everybody’s Tryin’ to Figure Me out! _ Pile – Bouncing in Blue _ NewDad – Entertainer _ Kelly Moonstone – Nananabooboo _ Weakened Friends – Queen of Town _ This Is Lorelei – Mouth Man _ The Autumn Defense – More Than I Can Say _ KAYTRANADA featuring TLC – DO IT! (Again) _ Debby Friday – Lipsync _ Greet Death – Love Me When You Leave Part 2(Jay) : Greg Freeman – Gulch _ Lael Neale – Down on the Freeway _ Aesop Rock – Full House Pinball _ Momma – Last Kiss _ Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E _ Billy Nomates – Nothin’ Worth Winnin’ _ Lady Wray – Best of Us _ Whitney – Damage _Verity Den – Wet Glass _ Winter - The Beach _ Tropical Fuck Storm – Stepping on a Rake.Lickers drink champagne and shop at Electric Kitsch.Please act kindly to our neighbors and be patient with those who serve us. Let some light in. Good will prevail. Cheers and later.Dedication: Rob Ervin 1961 - 2025

The boys, back in town, discuss what they have beenlistening to. Their list includes four rock-n-roll hall of famers, three recently departed legends, two underground rap heavyweights, and a partrige in a pear tree. Jay’s wing gets clipped as Deon’s sampling gets a little out of hand. Get into it.Sonic contributors to the 28th BONUS episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: A wealth of treasures from the KPM Archives; the prompt was 50’s lounge. Brothers Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, DJ NuMark, Jurassic 5. James Todd Smith, Ice Cube, One Eye, Cynthia Fee & Andrew Gold, Sleepy Donnie POSPOTUS, Darling Jula @soundwavesoffwax, MattHeller A.K.A. DJ Snakes. The E-Street Band. Bruce Springsteen, The Boss-type beats, Bob Dylan, Timothy Chalamet, Paul Walter Houser, Jeremy Allen White. Bon Iver, Cowboy Junkies, Pavement. Stephen Malkmus, Lottie’s, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Warren Zevon, John Hammond. Miranda from Endless Scroll podcast, Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, The Beatles, Lil’ Yachty, Marvin Gaye, J.J. Fad, Black Circle Radio, Arc of All, The Source of Light and Power, Open Mike Eagle’s What Had Happened Was podcast, Chris Rock, Height Keech, Prince Paul. Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr. Octogon, Kool Keith, Dan the Automater, Chris Elliot, Right Said Fred, Beastie Boys, Bee Gees, Kardinall Offshall, Sly Boogy, TikTokker @cgleason22, Dave James, D’Angelo, Questlove, Questlove’s eulogy of D’Angelo, Prince, The Roots, Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Vanguard, DJ Premier, Q Tip, Brian Baumgartner, Blindboy Boatclub, Iggy Pop, Kiss, Ace Frehly, Dick Dale, Phill Most Chill, RUN DMC, Soft Cell, Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Jimi Hendrix, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and actor Larry Thomas. Our super-secret-special-sonic friends that we may or may not have even ever met include Miranda Reinert, Mitch Anderson, Open Mike Eagle, and Prince Paul.Suggestions: Deon – Cowboy Junkies by way of BruceSpringsteen, Lottie’s, D’Angelo, and Phill Most Chill. Jay – New old R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Ace Frehly, Soft Cell. Miranda – Tame Impala. Mitch – Sweetwater, but not the 90’s grunge outfit, rather the 60’s psych folk collective. Mike & Paul – Doctor Octogon by way of Handsome Boy Modeling School.Mixtape can be heard UNCUT on Soundcloud HERE. A Spotifyplaylist with most featured tracks can be found HERE. As expected, the mix is cut fom the episode due to copyright claims. Please purchase music. Also like and subscribe to cool podcasts. Also volunteer in your community. (1) Sweetwater - In a Rainbow (2) Phill Most Chill - I'm (3) Warren Zevon - The Worrier King (4) Ace Frehley - What's on Your Mind? (5) Lottie's - The Cut.(1) Cowboy Junkies - My Father's House (2) D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Another Life (3) Tame Impala and HAIM - 'Cause I'm a Man [Deon's Half&Half remix] (4) R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe [Jacknife Lee remix] (5) Dr. Octagon - BlueFlowers [Prince Paul's It's so Beautiful remix] (6) Soft Cell -Where the Heart is.Happy Holidays.

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 six decades, artists the world over in every artistic medium have used Eno's strategy while attempting to overcome a lull in creative output.In 2025, moody-melodramatic-mediocre yet somehow still award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming forty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru L, so naturally, they went with M.Sonic contributors to the forty-fifth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include:  Brothers Johnson, M. M. Knapps, James Todd Smith, Tone Loc. Prince Paul, Camp Lo, Dynasty, Mary Jane Girls. Dire Straits, Uncle Tupelo, various Sesame Street characters, Crash Test Dummies. Emma Ruth Rundle, Marraiges, Drab Majesty, Ted Lucus. The bible, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Sir Mix-a-Lot. The Rolling Stones, Mantronix, Afrika Bambaataa, Beck, De La Soul. Big Daddy Kane, Crooklyn Dodgers, Q-Tip, Masta Ace. M.F. Doom, Metal Fingers. Ducks Deluxe, Tyla Gang, The Motors, Brinsley Schwartz, Leif Garrett, Homer Simpson. The Impressions, MC 900-ft Jesus, Curtis Mayfield, Martha and the Muffins, Romeo Void, M & M. DanielLineau, Maps & Atlases, Bandeau, La Rosa Noir, Dave Matthes Band. The Music Machine, Alice Cooper, The Association, Rick Springfield, Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham. Joe “Beans” Espisito, Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens, The Main Ingredient, The Temptations, Seals & Croft, Stevie Wonder, Leon Ware. Alicia Keys, 21 Savage, J. Cole, and the Clockers.Please defend the rights of (y)our neighbors. Drink Blue Chair Bay responsibly. Stay warm and keep it in your pants.The Letter “M” mixtape: HEAR IT ON SOUNDCLOUD[side one] 1 mudhoney - night of the hunted 2 marth & the muffins - paint by number heart 3 the main ingredient - let me prove my love to you 4 the music machine - talk talk 5 masta ace  -nineteen ninety seventy something [side two] 1 the motors - forget about you 2 curtis mayfield - billy jack 3 marriages - skin 4 maps and atlases - vampires 5 mantronix - who is it [end]