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Modcast #314: Cleaning Out The Garage 1:03:43
Modcast #313: Acid Jazzin' 1:12:56
Modcast #312: Gotta Look Sharp 57:29
Modcast #311: Death Is A Lonely Business 1:09:03
Modcast #310: The Misters Have It 1:06:23
Modcast #309: It's Modtastic 59:58
Modcast #308: 'E' For Exotica 1:07:36
Modcast #307: New to You 1:02:45
Modcast #306: The Big Skacast 1:07:29
Modcast #305: For Tiki Oasis 2014 - Like, The Unofficial ... 1:11:04
Modcast #304: '79 Hell Of A Lot More Than Just A Mod Revival 1:12:58
Modcast #303: How Are The Acoustics In Here? 1:02:27
Modcast #302: It's Got Some Kick To It 1:03:07
Modcast #301: Let's Go To The Beach 1:02:53
Modcast #300: Eighth Anniversary - The Brill Bldg. Sound 1:21:26
This week I'm giving you all the garage rock you can stand, from some sixties originals to some up and coming contemporary bands. After the original garage rock scene of the sixties passed away, it was a decade or so before it really sprang back to life. The punk rock scene of the late seventies fragmented into a number of different sounds, one of which was largely influenced by loud, raw, R&B of sixties bands like The Standells, The Chocolate Watchband, and The Count Five. They mixed the punk of the sixties with the punk of the seventies and incorporated the blues influences of the early Stones, Them and Yardbirds to create a distinct sound. Since then bands have built on those fuzzed out, guitar driven buzzsaw sounds incorporating elements of soul and modern alternative rock to keep the garage sound fresh but still recognizable. 
No doubt one of the biggest parts of mod music for the last 30 or so years has been acid jazz. What is acid jazz? Well broadly speaking I would describe it as a combination of jazz, soul, funk, bebop and sometimes hip hop. Sometimes its all of those rolled into one big fatty of a track. Other times its just one or two of those mixed together for a quick, smooth hit. Acid jazz is a big canvas, and as you'll see on this week's modcast I'm painting with bold broad strokes, like Van Gogh or Cezanne. For me acid jazz is pretty big tent and you can cram a lot under a big tent. 
Welcome to the big post Halloween show, a show so big thirty minutes can't contain it! I want to thank my usual stand-in, DJ Ken from The Shingles, who nicely took over last week to you some great Halloween tunes for his 
Welcome to the annual Halloween modcast hosted by DJ Ken from 
You can blame this modcast on honorary producer Mary Queen of Cosmos who was the inspiration for this week's show -- as she often has been in the past as well. Anyhow she recently sent me Otis Redding's Mr. Pitiful which Redding wrote and recorded in the Stax studios in 1964and then released on his 1965 album The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads. But I digress. Ms. Mary challenged me to come up with a playlist to go with the song, and that's how we all endup here listening to some really kick ass music. Mary says a Mr. Pitiful deserves a Mrs. Fabulous, so she's provided us with an excellent cocktail recipe that you'll want to take to heart ... or liver, as the case may be. 
Welcome to a very modtastic modcast. Great music from beginning to end, with lots of new stuff, as well as lots of familiar tracks. And, hopefully a few golden gems that you can dig. Enjoy the show.