Show Notes
Originally released October 2015:
On this episode BJ plays some of his favorite songs by some of the various bands that came to be known as "power pop" in the nineties.
THE POSIES - GOLDEN BLUNDERS
RICHARD X. HEYMAN - FALLING AWAY
VELVET CRUSH - ASH AND EARTH
THE BLOW POPS - STORYBOOK
MATERIAL ISSUE - NEXT BIG THING
RICHARD BARONE - NOBODY KNOWS ME
TEENAGE FANCLUB - SPARKY'S DREAM
SLOAN - KEEP ON THINKIN'
ADAM SCHMITT - CAN'T GET YOU ON MY MIND
THE CRITICS - CHANGE YOUR MIND
THE LEATHERWOODS - HOW CAN I MISS YOU?
PAPAS FRITAS - WE'VE GOT ALL NIGHT
THE GRIP WEEDS - EVERY MINUTE
THE ROOKS - REASONS
THE TEARAWAYS - CAN'T GET THROUGH
GIGOLO AUNTS - WHERE I FIND MY HEAVEN
THE GREENBERRY WOODS - TRAMPOLINE
SPLITSVILLE - THE MISFITS
SUPERDRAG - DESTINATION URSA MAJOR
SPECTACLE - SO UNKIND
THE SMOKING POPES - NO MORE SMILES
THE SHAZAM - CALLING SYDNEY
THE VANDALIAS - MACH V
KYLE VINCENT - IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
JASON FALKNER - MISS UNDERSTANDING
CAST - ALRIGHT
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