Lightnin' Licks Radio

Every record collector has a secret stash of weird LPs, a bizarre stack of wax tucked away for safe keeping. The return of Lightning Licks Radio brings those strange selections out of the darkness of the basement and into the brightness of our turntables. Special guest Licker Jordan Pries, coproprietor of our local record store of choice Electric Kitsch, brings some stunning sonic oddities to the discussion. Let’s get weird, Podcast America.Sonic contributions to the RETURN OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO podcast, episode forty-four, include: N.P.R. Please support National Public Radio. Beastie Boys, James Todd Smith, Too Poetic, Method Man, The Gravediggaz. Bobby Hebb, John Ussery, Brothers Johnson, De La Soul, Prince Paul, M.C. Eight, Redman, Migos. Eminem, Yelawolf, Wild Style, Lawrence Welk, Jo Ann Castle, Eddie Van Halen, Marcy Tigner, Benny Chong. Alain Goraguer, Madlib, Jay Dilla.Denzel Curry, Serge Gainsbourg. Inner Circle, Homeboy Sandman, John Wayne, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, John Mitchum, random standard USA patriotic marches. Public Enemy, Pete Seger, Hump the Grinder, Curtis Gadson, Sandy Bull, Homer Croy. Frank De Vol, Christopher Knight, Barry Williams, Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland, Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, John Fahey. Arc of All, Abraham Jefferson, Errol Paul Reid, Ern Westmore, Recordings from the K.P.M. archives, Peter Thomas, Ronald Frank, Simon George Begg, A. P. Gall, Curtis Mooney, Alex Heffes. Francis Shaw, Keith Mansfield, Arch E. Roberts, Donald J. Trump & his J6 insurrectionists, Tony Kinsey, George Fenton, Kenneth Freeman. Louis Ridgway, Wayne Fischer, Hank Williams, John Weissrock, various Christian organ standards and hymnals, The Langley Schools Project, Brian Wilson, D.J. Shadow. The Doug Wood Band, The Titans, The Larks, Ru Paul, Joe Maphis, Z.Z. Top, The Del Vikings, rad sound effects of drag cars, go-karts, and speed boats. The De-Fenders, random archived educational films, Massive Internal Complications, The Doors, The Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, The Templeton Twins with Teddy Turner’s Bunson Burners, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Beatles, Jose Feliciano, Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio’s Four Seasons with Frankie Valli, Harry Nilsson. Electric Light Orchestra, The Lustful Sex Life of a Perverted Nympho Housewife, heart recordings, Kesha, John Burt & Dave Corbin, Doctors Jack and Rexella (Oh, Rexella!) Van Impe, Robin Williams, Johnny Carson, X.T.C., Dusty Springfield, Adrian Quesada, The Source of Light and Power, The Clockers, The Outlaw Blues Band, Cheech & Chong, and Childish Gambino.The mixtape is bananas. Good fucking luck.A) Vroom-Vroom. Insects. Jesse James. Gospel Train. Beauty Exercises. John Wayne's Amerikkka.B) The United Nations & the New World Order. Sex & Rock-N-Roll. Light My Fire. Church Organ. Drugs. Fin.WATCH La Planette Sauvage ON VIMEO HEREListen to the mixtape on Soundcloud here! (if necessary)

It’s friend-of-the-show Chris’s birthday, and there's nothing he’d rather do on his special day than share his girlfriend Vicki with his lightning-licking comrades. Vicki rules. She shares stories recalling her DJ past in the Detroit scene of yesteryear while adding female-powered cuts to this bonus episode’s mixtape. Deon and Jay tackle old and new cuts spanning 7 decades of musical deliciousness, everything from 60's Brazilian bossa nova to 80's pop to 90's hip-hop to a fresh release from an alternative indie heavyweight.Sonic contributors to this very special 26th bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic 5, DJ Nu-Mark, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Prince Paul, National Public Radio, Beastie Boys, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Eddie Murphy, Olivia Newton John, John Waters’ film Pink Flamingos featuring Divine, David Lochery & Mink Stole, Richard Rodgers, Deborah Kerr & Marni Nixon, Blake Mills, The Rivingtons, Black Thought & El Michaels Affair, Faith No More, MC Breed, Bootleg of the Dayton Family, Pat Finnerty’s stink horn, Michelle Zauner,  Ethan Klein, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Glen Campbell, The Meters, Lani Hall, The Beatles, The Pretenders, YES, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Guitar Wizards of the Future, Daffy Duck, Squeeze, more Beatles, The Vapors, SRC, John Frusciante, System 7 & Derrick May, Brian Austin Green, Negative Approach, Laughing Hyenas, Mule, Insane Clown Posse, Stone Temple Pilots, Galaxy to Galaxy, Beck, Skinny Puppy, Millie Jackson, Bob Seger System, The Jesus and Mary Chain, James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome, Bob Vylan & Amy Taylor, Greet Death, Ol’ Burger Beats, Muddy Waters, Against Me! Operation Ivy,  Neon Trees, No Doubt, Bush, Gwen Stefani, English Beat, The Specials, Bad Manners, Cat Stevens, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Miller, more Pretenders, Sublime, Prince, The Avalaches featuring Camp Lo, Holland-Dozier-Holland, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, William McLean, The S.O.S. Band, Parliament Funkadelic, ZAP, Tamia, LCD Soundsystem, David Bowie, James Murphy, Tom Scharpling, The Turtles, Bob James, The Alkoholiks, Justin Avdek, The Roots, Tori Spelling, and Dipshit Don, accepter of bribes. Jay loves – Missing Persons, Sergio Mendes, Honey Cone, and Newcleus. Deon likes – Japanese Breakfast, Laura Marling, Black Sheep, and The Pool.Vicki digs – Cat Bite, Sincere Engineer, P.P. Arnold, and Robyn.The 26th Bonus Mixtape:LISTEN TO THE MIX ON SOUNDCLOUD OR ON SPOTIFY[SIDE ONE] (1) Cat Bite - Call Your Bluff (2) Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey (3) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Wichita Lineman (4) Robyn - Dancing on my Own (5) The Pool - Jamaica Resting (6) Honey Cone - Sunday Morning People[SIDE TWO] (1) Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit (2) Sincere Engineer - Fireplace (3) Newcleus - No More Runnin' (4) Laura Marling - Don't Let Me Bring You Down (5) P.P. Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest (6) Missing Persons - Surrender Your HeartA.I. David Silver appears courtesy of the fact that it’s 2025 and we can deep fake whoever the flip we want to.Drink Blue Chair Bay. Shop at Electric Kitsch. Be kind to neighbors and strangers alike.

L is for Ligtnin' (and) Licks. Ladies Love Loud Losers, listen...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, lazy, lackluster 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-third 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 K, so naturally, they went with L.Sonic contributors featured in Lightnin’ Licks Radio’s forty-third episode include: Beastie Boys, National Public Radio, James Todd Smith, Ol’ Burger Beats, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Gravediggaz, Method Man, John Ussery. Brothers Johnson, G.I. Joe's Rescue From Adventure Team Headquarters, Ninth Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire. Jay Dilla, Black Milk, Ronnie Laws, Inner Circle, Donny Trump, Childish Gambino, Marly Marl, Mary Jane Girls, Bert and Ernie, Greg Nice, Miss Lauren Hill, Cyprus Hill, The Light Men Plus One, Bubbha Thomas, Ornette Coleman. Tim Reid as Venus Flytrap, Kenny Loggins, L.A. Witch, Living Colour, Malcolm X, Arlo Guthrie, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Public Enemy, Le Bucherettes. At the Drive-in, Terry Genderbender, Bosnian Rainbows. Land of Talk, Canada, Tim Robinson, US Representative Tom Emmer, The Lovely Bad Things, Linn County, The Mighty Loop, Fur and Skin Trading Company. The Pool, Public Image Limited, Morphine, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Hindu Love Gods, Adrian Youngue, La Luz, The Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, and, the Clockers (theme song).Our favorite selections from the L section in our collections mixtape: (1A) Lime Spiders - Ignormy (2A) Lightmen Plus One - Ashie (3A) L.A. Witch - Sexorexia (4A) Land of Talk - Yuppy Flu (5A) Loop - Head on (1B) Living Colour - Open Letter to a Landlord (2B) Le Bucherettes - Demon Stuck in Your Eye (3B) Linn County - Fever Shot (4B) Lovely Bad Things - Slug Boy (5B) La Luz - In the CountryShop locally for your music. We attend church at Electric Kitsch. We drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums (without endorsement or appreciation from Kenny Chesney.) We are pro-Canada, but not anti-American. It's very messed up we even felt the need to type that last sentence.

It’s 2025, but the Lickers are still snackin’ on the sonic deliciousness that was brought to the table in the year of Our Lord 2024. Pull up a chair, slap on a bib, and join Jay, Deon, and Don for an intimate dinner party fit for rock & roll royalty. We've got all the fixins!Sonic contributors to the forty-second episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include:Gravediggaz, Method Man, John Ussery, De La Soul, Prince Paul, Brothers Johnson, M.M. Knapps, James Todd Smith, The Last Poets, an uncleared sample from the west coast gangster rap label that shall not be named, Parliament Funkadelic, Walter Trarbach & Jeff Hutchins, The Honey Drippers, Harry Shearer, Howard Shore, Memphis Horns, Eric B. & Rakim, Young-Holt Unlimited, Kool & the Gang, Ronny Bell, Ethan Klein, Hasan Piker, Jaime Grace, Xmal Deutschland, Anja Huwe, JW Francis, Dehd, Dream Eagles, Heavy Dreams, Pernice Brothers, Jack Black, Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Joe Pernice, Kim Gordon, The Pixies, Kim Deal, The Breeders, Jessica Pratt, Tanukichan, Smiling Friends, Koji Kondo, Shallac, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeny, Jim White, Emmett Kelly, The Hard Quartet, Rolling Stones, the Rapture, Merv Griffin, fcukers, Beck, Them, Cindy Lee, Women, Shadow Show, Fab 5 Freddy, Nonjuror, and The Clockers.  2024 Leftovers mixtape: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD[SIDE 1] (1) Anja Huwe - O Wald (2) Shellac - WSOD (3) Dehd - Dg Days (4) Pernice Brothers - Hey, Guitar (5) Kim Deal - Big Ben Beat (6) Jessica Pratt - Life Is [SIDE 2] (1) JW Francis - Coming up for Air (2) Shadow Show - Mystic Spiral (3) fcukers - Homie Don't Shake (4) The Hard Quartet - Rio's Song (5) Cindy Lee - All I Want is You (6) Tanukichan - LowResist the bad shit. Rock good music. Invite your friends over for drinks (Blue Chair Bay?) and shop at your local record shop (our favorite is Electric Kitsch).Sample of A Sausage & a Soda in Chicago featuring Steve Albini appears courtesy of Taint Ain't Bad Productions LLC, copyright 2025.

“We’re gonna take a (llonnnng) trip right now. Like we always do about this time.” List week has come and gone, but Lightnin’ Licks Radio is once again runnin’ it back. As we embark on 2025, let’s reflect on the best of the best musical offerings released over the past twelve months. Lickers Jay and Deon take a deep dive into the most delightful vinyl LPs that soundtracked their day-to-day and made them feel some way. We’ve been gifted a bountiful cornucopia of sonic deliciousness in 2024. Join us at the dining room table for stories over champagne. Sonic contributors to episode 41 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: The Last Poets, Brothers Johnson, M. M. Knapps, L. L. Cool J, Prince Paul, DjayTiger, Van Halen, The Good Life, T. Swift, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Mustard!, Habibi, DMX, John Yoko Lennon, Harry Shearer, Wishy, Karate Guns and Tanning, MGMT, Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief, Cloud Nothings, Newdad, Lush, Liquid Mike, Superdrag, rowdy saloon ambiance, Buzz Martin, Jackyl, Andrew Gabbard, Neil Young, BNNY, Wunderhorse, The Dead Pretties, Amyl & the Sniffers, JPEG Mafia, Danny Brown, 9th Wonder, Rapsody, Erykah Badu, Hit Boy, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lil’ Wayne, Adeem the Artist, Suki Waterhouse, BLOND:ISH, White Lies, Nilufer Yanya, Marika Hackman, Revenge of the Nerds, Common & Pete Rock, Carpenters, Curtis Mayfield, Diiv, Film School, Waxahatchee, MJ Lederman, Plains, The Microphones, Mount Eerie, Dub Narcotic, Jeff Bridges, Fontaines D.C., Tyler the Creator, Ty Dolla $ign, Freddie Gibbs, GloRilla, Travis Scott, Earlonthebeat, Ojivolta, Mix Master Mike, Playboi Carti, Beastie Boys, National Lampoon’s Christopher Guest and Bill Murray. Selected tracks from the Top 22 Albums of 2024 mixtape: [LISTEN] AVAILABLE NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD! AVAILABLE NOW ON MIXCLOUD! [D0] Mix Master Mike - Unidentifried (intro) [D1] Wunderhorse – July [D2] Cloud Nothings – Final Summer [D3] Amyl & the Sniffers – Going Somewhere [D4] Rapsody – Back in my Bag [D5] DIIV – Everyone Out [D6] Adrianne Lenker – Evol [D7] Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman – Right Back to It [D8] Sean Ono Lennon – Thinking of M [D9] MGMT – Bubblegum Dog [D10] Mount Eerie – I Spoke with a Fish [D11] Liquid Mike – Mouse Trap. [J0] National Lampoon's Mister Robert's Neighborhood (skit) [J1] Habibi – Alone Tonight [J2] Common & Pete Rock – We’re on Our Way [J3] Fontaines D.C. – Favourite [J4] Marika Hackman – Slime [J5] Wishy – Persuasion [J6] Bnny – Good Stuff [J7] Nilufer Yanya – Method Actor [J8] Andrew Gabbard – If I Could Show You (Then You Would Know What I Mean) [J9] Suki Waterhouse – Big Love [J10] Adeem the Artist – Rotations [J11] Newdad – In My Head Happy New Year!

In episode #38 of LLR, we explore and celebrate the deep discographies of some of our favorite artists. We’ll revisit surprisingly solid solo efforts, sensational side projects, and often overlooked, audacious LP releases from way-back-when, which gave listeners a taste of the sonic greatness to come. Plug your noses and blow it out your ears, Podcast America…we’re about to dive deep!Sonic contributors to episode thirty-eight of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include:  Derrick Harriott, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Townes Van Zandt, James Todd Smith, George Gershwin & Michael Sweeney, Johnny Marr, The Smiths, Thin Lizzy, Ace Frehly, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, Rose Royce, Jim Croce, Better Oblivion Community Center, Jim James, Desaparecidos, Modest Mouse, Califone, Ugly Casanova, Kids Bop kids (yeah!), Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dan the Automator, Gulliver, Tim Moore, Bay City Rollers, Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Big Thief, Billy Bob Thorton, Phill Collins, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Kootch, Carol King, The City, Judee Sill, The Byrds, Dillard & Clark, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, President Joe Biden, The Cars, Ric Ocasek, Ministry, Digable Planets, Beastie Boys, Shabazz Palaces, Latin Playboys, Los Lobos, Chris Keys, and the Clockers. LLR mixtape #38:[SIDE ONE] (1) Shabazz Palaces - #CAKE (2) Latin Playboys - Crayon Sun (3) Gene Clark - Strength of Strings (4) Desaparecidos - City on the Hill (5) Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek - money[SIDE TWO] (1) Gulliver - Lemon Road (2) Ugly Casanova - Hotcha Girls (3) The City - Paradise Alley (4) Monsters of Folk - Losin' Yo Head (5) Ric Ocasek - Time BombThanks so much for tuning in. LLR will return in a few weeks with another bonus episode featuring a super-special-secret guest. Do your best to stay hydrated andpractice selfcare. Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get away? Why ask why? Try Blue Chair Bay flavored rums and head outside, let the sun hit you. Stream, rent, or buy the excellent documentary The Immediate Family, it’s Kootch approved!

Lickers Jay and Deon wax poetic on ten of their favorite records from their respective collections which are filed under the letter J. Their choices lead to discussions on Blindboy Boatclub (he rules), the origins of their nicknames (do you even know these guys?), another blind-bought Burger Records beauty (Jay is a total Burger fanboy), Steve Albini (R.I.P.), and much more. Tune in and rock out!---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 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 thirty-seventh 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 I, so naturally, they went with J.Sonic contributors to the thirty-seventh episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lee Moses, Steve Albini, L.L. Cool J, Patience, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Freddie King, Little Walter, Blinboy Boatclub, SHANNON, Cornbroom Jenkins, Mighty Mista Knapps, Lucy Givens, Sesame Street, Huey Lewis & the News, The Jesus Lizard, Jonathon Wolffe, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, The Three Degrees, EMINIM, Labi Siffre, Marilyn Manson, Hootie & the Blowfish, Drive Like Jehu, Led Zepplin, Helmet with David Yow, Junk Monkeys, Goo Goo Dolls, Syl Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Wu-tang Clan, Kanye West with Jay-Z, Hank & Kieth Shocklee with Public Enemy, Charlie Rich, Cypress Hill, The Luniz, R2D2, Jessie Jones, Death Valley Girls, Pete Jolly, Art Pepper, Jessica McQuarter, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, Ugly Duckling, DJ Einstein, Jimmie & Vella, Bobby Womack, Dead Prez, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Fantano, Drake, Timmy Thomas, Post-POTUS George W. Bush, Childish Gambino, Jobriath, David Bowie, Stephen Trask, Vernard Jonson, Peter C. Johnson, Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss, Cody Jinks, Shellac, the Radiolab archives, The Clockers.LLR “J” mixtape:[SIDE A](1) The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather (2) Jimmie & Vella - Well (3) Peter C. Johnson - Snowblind (4) J. Cole - No Role Modelz (5) Vernard Johnson - Soul Metamorphosis Medley MegaMix [SIDE B] (1) Pete Jolly - Springs (2) Junk Monkeys - Round and Round (3) Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (4) Jessie Jones - Sugar Coated (5) Jobriath - World Without YouThanks for listening. Tune in again sometime within a few weeks for another bonus episode. Have a great summer!*former REVIEW magazine best live streaming production

Anthologies. Perspectives. Comps. No music geek's collection is complete without a wonderful compilation record (or twelve). Some of the greatest albums EVER are actually amalgamations of singles that get pulled together into their own separate, often themed collection. Whether examining the sounds of scenes, eras, genres or labels... or cataloging rarities and otherwise hard to find hits, comps consistently scratch the music enthusiast's sonic itch. Join Lightnin’ Lickers Jay and Deon as they discuss some of their all-time favorite “various artist” comps and the stories behind them. Stay tuned for this month’s mixtape which serves as a compilation of captivating cuts derived from other compilations.SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE THIRTY-SIX OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO INCLUDE:AFRIKA BAMBAATAA / KURTIS BLOW / DAVID BARRETT / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / HOT JAZZ / PETE JOLLY / DJ EINSTEIN / UGLY DUCKLING / NO DEATHROW RECORDS ARTISTS’ BEATS, BUT MANY DEATHROW-TYPE BEATS FROM THE INTERNET / ROSE ROYCE / MARY J. BLIGE / BOYZ II MEN / TEVIN CAMPBELL / SWV / EN VOGUE / BABYFACE / TONI BRAXTON / FAITH EVENS / BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY / MONICA /AALIYAH / JODECI / THE BLUES PROJECT / THE STRANGELOVES / AMBOY DUKES / ELECTRIC PRUNES / THE SEEDS / THE VAGRANTS / ALICE COOPER / THE DEAD BOYS / THE REMAINS / THE MOONEY SUZUKI / THE STANDELLS / LOVERBOY / THE BOOMTOWN RATS / ADAM AND THE ANTS / OMD / PSYCHEDELIC FURS / HOLLY & THE ITALIANS / TRANSVISION VAMP / JO JO ZEB AND THE FALCONS / MY BLOODY VALENTINE / JUNIOR BOY’S OWN / FUTURESHOCK / NEW ORDER / ANDREW WEATHERALL / PRIMAL SCREAM / EDIE BRICKELL  & THE NEW BOHEMIANS / PETER FONDA / UNDERWORLD / SIMPLY RED / BJORK / SANGRE GITANA / LOS GACHOS / TOBEGO / RUMBA TRES / BARRACUDA / JOHNNY SAYLES / THE DU-ETTES / ALVIN CASH & THE REGISTERS / JOSEPH MOORE / ULTI-MATIONS / THE YOUNG FOLK / JOSEPHINE TAYLOR / LINDA JONES / J.J. JACKSON / IKE AND TINA TURNER / BABY LLOYD / THE APOLLOS / THE OLYMPICS / JAY JAY PISTOLET / THE MIDDLE EAST / LOCAL NATIVES / WOLF ALICE / JAMES YUILL / SAINT VITUS / SWA / D.C. 3 / OVERKILL / HUSKER DU / WURM / BLACK FLAG / MEAT PUPPETS / WILLIE DIXON / MINUTE MEN / VAN HALEN / FAMILY FOUR / BROTHER’S DISCO / CHIC / MAJESTICS / SUGAR DADDY / QUEEN / SHE / THE CLOCKERS / FAMILY / MR.FOX /PATRIC ADAMS / HEIGHT KEECH & FRIENDS / POOR BOY RAPPERS / T.J. SWAN & COMPANY / TEEN-MACHINE / TOMMY DEEMO / THE STRANGLERS / XTC / STEEL PULSE /  DIRE STRAITS / WILCO JOHNSON BAND / TYLA GANG / X-RAY SPECS / STEVE GIBBONS BAND / ARC OF ALL / RICHARD NERITA / JENNIFER JASON LEIGHV.A. – FAVORITE COMPS COMP (A1) The Remains - Don't Look Back (A2) Barracuda - Puedos Buscarte un Nuevo Amor (A3) The Middle East - Blood (A4) Wurm - Deathride (A5) Josephine Taylor - For You My Love (B1) Holly & the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut up (B2) Mr. Fox - Smooth Talk (B3) Tyla Gang - Styrofoam (B4) Baby Lloyd - There's Something on Your Mind (part 1) (B5) Primal Scream - LoadedLLR's favorite compilation releases:Loma: A Soul Music Love Affair Volume 1: Something’s Burning 1964-1968 (Future Days Recordings, 2016)JBO: A Perspective 1988-1998 (Junior Boy’s Own, 1998)Exposed II: A Cheap Peak at Today’s Provocative New Rock (CBS, 1981)Boombox 3 (Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979-83) (Soul Jazz, 2018)Mar-V-Lus Records: The One-Derful! Collection (Secret Stash, 2014)Tani – Disco Rumba & Flamenco Boogie 1976-1979 (Pharaway Sounds, 2018)Nuggets (Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968) (Elektra, 1972)The Blasting Concept Volume II (SST, 1986)Chess Club Volume 1 (Chess Club, 2014)Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival (Warner Bros. 1978)Special thanks to our record store of choice, Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, MI USA.

MIXTAPE AVAILABLE NOW ON ⁠MIXCLOUD⁠ & ⁠SOUNDCLOUD Moving forward, but not before we take a look back. 2023 was another wonderful year in music. Lickers Jay and Deon ring in the New Year by each revealing their top 11 (we go to eleven) vinyl long players in the year of Our Lord twenty twenty-three. Break out the champagne and Blue Chair Bay, this episode is a journey. DEON’S TOP 11: 11 - Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over 10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V 9 – Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society 8 – Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering 7 – Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky 6 – Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy 5 – Hannah Jadagu - Aperture 4 - Sufjan Stevens -Javelin 3 – Say She She - Silver 2 - Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You 1 – Califone - Villagers JAY’S TOP 11: 11 – Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble 10 – Blur – The Ballad of Darren 9 – Film School - Field 8 – Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire 7 – Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty 6 – Mint Field – Aprender a Ser 5 – The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise 4 – Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight 3 - Sleaford Mods -UK Grim 2 – Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 1 – Liquid Mike – s/t __ Sonic contributions to episode thirty-four of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast, 2023’s year in review and its supplementary mixtape, include:  Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, Dhanji, Rahsla, Anthony Fantano, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Herb Honeysuckle, Durand Jones, The Indications, Macho Man Randy Savage, Aziz Ansari, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Maple Glider, Blur, The Beatles, Dinner Party, Retta, Open Mike Eagle, The Roots, Hall and Oates, Young Zee, Wu Tang Clan, Film School, Squirrel Flower, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Young Fathers, Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Mint Field, Hannah Jadagu, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Lael Neale, Chic, Say She She, Sweeping Promises, The Go-Go’s, The B-52’s, Sleaford Mods, Pet Shop Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, Olivia Rodrigo, Ugly Casanova, Red Red Meat, Califone, Liquid Mike, Cory Hanson, Scarface, Isaac Hayes, Jack Van Impe, and Marvin Gaye. Music heals us. Happy listening in 2024. To receive a downloadable or physical copy of the mixtape, contact us.

Vinyl records play a significant role in Jay and Deon’s lives. They're 100% obsessed with music. But how did this madness all start? Well, episode 40 of LLR examines their origin stories. Ten classic artists who helped shape the Lickers’ sonic identities are discussed while another crackin’ mixtape is curated, created, and (hopefully) cranked. God gave rock and roll to us, Goddamn it! Put it in your souls already.Sonic contributors to the fortieth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include (in order of appearance): Brothers Johnson, dialogue from Peter Pan Records' "G.I. Joe: Escape From Adventure Team Headquarters" storybook, DJ Sanz, James Todd Smith, Boy Meets Girl, Berlin, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, The Treacherous Three, T La Rock, Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys , NPR’s A. Martinez - Kye Ryssdal - Leilah Fadel, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Dr. Pascal Wallisch, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Queen, Elvis, Tommy Durden, Wings, James Horner & Will Jennings, Celine Dion, Right Said Fred, Greta Van Fleet, Dave Brubeck, Mac Demarco, Moose Charlap & Jule Styne, Jerry Goldsmith, M.M. Knapps, library “space” music and read-along storybook dialogue, Arc of All, Jim Kirk, Casey Kasem, Van Halen, Dion DiMucci, Leif Garrett, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich, Shawn Cassidy, Gregg Diamond, Andrea True Connection, Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight*, Stevie Wonder, Bernie Taupin, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, The Undisputed Truth, Perry-Perkins-Johnson, Honey Cone, TV adverts from Firestone Tires and Post cereal’s Pink Panther Flakes, The Jackson Five, the Motown Players & the Funk Brothers, the King of Pop*, Cameron Crowe & Nancy Wilson, Still Water, Temple of the Dog, Sweet Water, The Dust Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, Dudley Taft (brandishing his axe and ripping a bong), Black Sabbath, Dancefloor Destruction Crew, The Wrecking Crew, The Partridge Family, Wally Gold, Idris Muhammad, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys (again), Alice Cooper (band), Digable Planets with Wah Wah Watson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Jimmy Buffett, Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy, Three Dog Night, Hoyt Axton, Randy Newman, Paul Williams, Russ Ballard, America, Rainbow, Cheap Trick, Freda, Argent, Wilson Pickett, Wu-Tang’s RZA, Pinback, Three Mile Pilot, Lou Reed, Goblin Cock, Fruer, Black Sabbath (again), Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jethro fucking Tull, the Source of Light and Power, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, The Clockers. Love at First Listen mixtape LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD[SIDE 1] (1) Sweet Water – King of ’79 (2) King of Pop - GTBT* (3) Spearhead – Positive (4) The Partridge Family – Lay it on the Line (5) Pinback – Loro [SIDE 2] (1) Alice Cooper – You Drive Me Nervous (2) #6 Pop Hit W.E. 04_FEB_1984* (3) Jethro Tull – Two Fingers (4) Beastie Boys – Live at P.J.’s (5) Three Dog Night - LiarThanks for Listening. Autumn has fallen. Do your best to not jump into a ravine. Please shop for your music locally. We suggest ⁠Electric Kitsch⁠.Drink ⁠Blue Chair Bay⁠ flavored rums.Feeling like jumping into a ravine? There's ⁠help⁠ available.*some details have been changed

Kindred know-it-alls Deon and Jay kick knowledge…f#@% it, you know where this is going.In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives tospark 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 benefitedfrom utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, kooky, knuckleheaded 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 thirty-ninth 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 J, so naturally, they went with K.Our favorite selections from the K section in our collections mixtape:[SIDE ONE] (1) Al Gromer Khan – Konya (2) John Krautner – I Need Sugar (3) Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Freaks for the Festival Part One (4) Kitchens of Distinction – Railwayed(5) Khruangbin featuring Nina Simone – Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair [SIDE TWO] (1) The Kingbees – Man Made for Love (2) Key-Matic – Breakin’ in Space (3) Klark Kent – Away From Home (4) Kris Kristofferson – Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Goes (5) The Korgis – Perfect Hostess Sonic contributors to LLR podcast episode 39 include: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Brothers Johnson, Head Hunters, Sault, Blues Brothers, Donald Trump, The Alkoholiks, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Dreamville, J. Cole, Dr. Dre, Kermit, Grover, Thief, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lionel Richie, Billie Holiday, the Kingbees, Trouble Boys, Pendletons, DJ Shadow, Pace Salsa, Pete Seeger, Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Newcleus, Key-Matic, L.A. Dream Team, Freestyle, Egyptian Lover, Midnight Star, The Korgis, Beck, Liverpool Express, Sad Café, Khruangbin, Nina Simone, MN8, The Beatles, Joji, Kitchens of Distinction, Bronski Beat, Kriss Kristofferson, Paul Reubens, Danny Elfman, The Champs, John Krautner, The Go, Ohio Express, Vernal Equinox, Chasman, Al Groper Kahn, Yanni, the Police, Stuart Copeland, Klark Kent, Al Pacino, Third Company Syndicate, and The Clockers.  *REVIEW Magazine Readers’ Choice 2022

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.--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 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.

What the H? Exactly. The award-winning* Lickers discuss some of their favorite records filed under the letter H. -- 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.

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. PWHFor Ollie. <3

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! -- 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  

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:Judy, Joey, Julie Ocean, (4) Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Nadja, Vicky Verky. Madison, Kavita, Emma, Goldie Hawn, John Brown.RECORDED: 04/30/2023 RELEASED 05/07/2023  SPECIAL THANKS: Blue Chair Bay

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!

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.

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 <Buhloone Mindstate> (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>