Modcast #573: Insert Theme Here (Christmas 2024)

Here comes Santa's two laziest elves with a sackful of songs for your seasonal enjoyment. The pack is bulging with tunage from The Happy Somethings, Mayer Hawthorne, Bite Me Bambi, Ben Folds, the Monkees and lots more. DJ Ken from The Shingles joins me in hosting this year's modcast Christmas office party.

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Mayer Hawthorne -- Merry Christmas Party
Shake Some Action! -- Christmas In The Sun
The Monkees -- House Of Broken Gingerbread
The Weeklings -- Festivus
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize -- Christmas Shopping
Jesse Wagner With Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra - Merry Christmas
Bite Me Bambi - Mall Santa
Angry Snowmans - Gift Card
Ralphie's Red Ryders -- Black Bart
The Happy Somethings -- It's Christmas Time (we're as miserable as sin)
Tommy and the Rockets -- December Snow
Timmy Sean -- It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas
Ben Folds -- Christmas Time Rhyme
Jamie Cullum -- Christmas Don't Let Me Down

Tis the season so, here is the oft requested Mr. Suave's Swingin' Christmas, originally mixed in 1999. (Download or spotify)

The Ghost of Modcast Christmas Past Is Here To Haunt You

Bonus Videos

John Waters - It's a Punk Rock Christmas


The Primitives - You Trashed My Christmas


The Yobs - Rub A Dum Dum - Live at Rockefeller


Kittenhead - Falala


June Christy - The Merriest


Palmyra Delran - Coal in My Fishnet Stocking


Cliff Hillis -- Christmas Songs Tonight


X - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Mr. Suave's Swingin' Christmas 2024

Here is the oft requested Mr. Suave's Swingin' Christmas, originally mixed in 1999.

All music, no annoying chatter! A way back when, every year I would crank it up at our annual holiday hootenannies. Then eventually posting the track list online, and generally spreading the cheer. And every year people would beg me to burn them a copy. I even burned dozens of CDs as Christmas gifts in 2000. Seems that people really dig it because of the wide variety of christmas music; it's got everything from Combustible Edison to Frank Sinatra, from the most excellent holiday special ever The Year Without a Santa Claus to the Waitresses, to Bing, Ella, Burt and lots more. I revised and expanded it for the modcast back in 2007.

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Opening- Fred Waring
Happy Holidays -- Mel Torme
Jingle Bells -- Juan Garcia Esquivel
Winter Wonderland -- Ella Fitzgerald
Mr. Snow Miser -- Johnny Thompson**
Sleigh Ride on High -- Squirrel Nut Zippers
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Billy May & His Orchestra
Toot, Toot, Tootie, Toot -- Duke Ellington
Let It Snow -- Lena Horne
Christmas in Las Vegas -- Richard Cheese*
Christmas Wrapping -- The Waitresses
A Time To Be Jolly -- Bing Crosby
Skating -- Vince Guiraldi
The Merriest -- June Christy
Warm December -- Julie London
We Four Kings -- The Blue Hawaiians
Baby, It's Cold Outside -- Dean Martin
Caroling -- Nat King Cole Trio
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle -- Burt Bacharach
Jing-a-ling, Jing-a-ling -- The Starlighters*
Merry Christmas Darling -- The Carpenters
It Happened In Sun Valley -- Mel Torme
Ring Those Christmas Bells -- Peggy Lee
Merry Christmas Everyone -- Edison LightHouse*
Christmas Time Is Here -- Combustible Edison (on Late Night with Conan O'Brien)**
Mr. Heat Miser -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Frosty The Snowman -- Ray Conniff Singers
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- Cyndi Lauper/Frank Sinatra
Merry Christmas Baby -- Charles Brown and Bonnie Rait*
Eggnong -- Ramsey Lewis Trio*
Melekalikimaka -- Kasey Musgraves and Zooey Deschenel*
Holiday Cheer -- The Martini's*
Ixtahuele - White Christmas*
Little Jack Frost -- Emilie Clair Barlow*
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -- Bing Crosby
Auld Lang Syne -- Bobby Darin

*Not on original playlist
**Not on Spotify Playlist

Modcast #572: More Garage Stompin'

It wouldn't be the mod world without some serious snarling, fuzzy guitaring, drum smashing, maraca shaking, loud and snotty music. I've got all that and more lined up for you from the classics of the sixties, the revivalists of the 80s, and some brand new garage sounds.

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The Standells -- Soul Drippin' (1968)
The Munyks -- Nasty Love (2024)
The Giant Robots -- Tell Me Something New (2013)
The Flies -- House Of Love (1968)
Los Tentakills -- Where Ya Gonna Go (2013)
The Vipers -- Who Dat? (1985)
Sons Of Adam -- Saturday's Son (1968)
The Basements -- Way Back (2023)
The Mocks -- Eventually (2024)

The Legendary Golden Vampires -- Gone For Good (1985)
The Vendettas -- Bad Little Girl (2024)
The Music Machine -- Trouble (1966)
The Fadeaways -- 1996 (2024)
Tony Marisco & The Ugly Thingz -- Burning Questions (2024)
Marty & The Gones -- Show Me The Way (2013)
The Liquorice Experiment -- Novice Pretender (2013)
The Squires -- Going All The Way (1966)
Dynamite Shakers -- What's Going On? (2024)

Past garage rock modcasts:
Modcast #466: 21st Century Garage Rock Reenvisioned (2020)
Modcast #425: Garage Rockin' Through the 80s (2019)
Modcast #415: Garage Stompin' in the Sixties (2018)
Modcast #375: Time Out In The Garage (2016)
Modcast #314: Cleaning Out The Garage (2014)
Modcast #294: Garage Stompin' (2014)
Modcast #274: Everybody's Going To The Love-In (2013)
Modcast #161: Garage Rock 'Round The World (2010)
Modcast #3: In The Garage (2006)

Bonus Third Set

The Young Veins - Change


The Strypes - Eighty-Four


Tell-Tale Hearts - Hey Tiger


The Giant Robots - Tell Me Something New


The Brood - I Believe


Graham Day & The Gaolers - Get Off My Track


The Higher State - Break The News


The Event - Baby You Hurt Me


And keep up with me between modcasts:
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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #571: One More Lap

Time to kick the tires and see what this modcast is really made of! All new music from power pop to indy rock to ska with a few pit stops in between for some truly mod friendly sounds.

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CLASS -- The Hits Are Here To Stay (2024)
Jupiter Motel -- Do Ya Think You're Right (2024)
The Lolas -- From The Start (2024)
Shake Some Action! -- Cut Loose (2024)
The Credits UK -- Suburban Life (2022)
Dfactor -- Wake Up Call (2024)
Gene Champagne -- You Can't Break Me (2024)
The Mads -- Time By Time (2024)

The Well Wishers -- Could We Ever Get Along (2024)
The Explorers Club -- Knock Knock (2024)
The Happy Somethings -- Stand Up To April (2024)
Cinéma Lumière -- Into The Sun (2024)
The Gold Needles -- I Don't Know About That (2024)
The Jack Rubies -- Corrupted (FCC Warning) (2024)
The Discarded -- Going Down To The Beach (2024)
The Slackers -- What We Gonna Do Now (2024)

Bonus Third Set

Gene Champagne - Rock N Roll Boy


The Linda Lindas - Too Many Things


Teenage Frames - I Wish I Didn’t Know That About You


The Schizophonics - Black to Comm


Maximo Park - Doppelganger Eyes


The Fatal Flaw - Enough


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Electile Dysfunction 2024 End of Civilization Special

Just like elections themselves, every four years whether we need it or not I trot out my election playlist. Think of it like a soundtrack for your breakdown. So, turn on your least favorite cable news outlet, turn their sound down on the tube and turn this sound way up on your stereo system. With no talkin, just rockin' here is Electile Dysfunction: Mr. Suave's Election Special.

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1 The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
2 The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
3 Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
The Who - La-La-La Lies
5 The Vipers - Telling Those Lies
6 The First Steps - Anywhere Else But Here
7 The Rainyard - Beyond the Pale
8 The Guess Who - American Woman
9 Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion
10 The Jetty Boys - Mr. Negative
11 Slickee Boys - This Party Sucks
12 Buzzcocks - Oh Shit!
13 Mad Parade - Real Horror Show
14 Oingo Boingo - Capitalism
15 Devo - Freedom of Choice
16 The Riptides - Shit Outta Luck
17 The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
18 The Clash - White Riot
19 Agent Orange - A Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad
20 The Offspring - Stuff is Messed Up
21 X - We're Desperate
22 The Ramones - I Wanna be Sedated
23 Steve Adamyk Band - Election Day
24 The Cute Lepers - The News is Always the Same
25 The Darling Buds - You've Got to Choose
26 The Diodes - Shape of Things to Come
27 The Grays - Both Sides Now
28 Scissor Sisters - Running Out
29 The Addicts - Stop the World I Wanna Get Off
30 Mountain Goats - This Year
31 David Bowie - Changes
32 Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come
33 The Doors - The End

Modcast #570: Wake The Dead (Halloween 2024)

Just like a pesky Zombie back from the dead, DJ Ken from The Shingles returns to torture us again with his annual Halloween show.

Missed a halloween modcast over the years? Well, then choke down a few of these musical treats, 15 blasts from halloweens past.

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01. Golden Orchestra - Halloween Macabre (Halloween Party! 1969)
02. Damned - Wake The Dead (Darkadelic, 2023)
03. Nox Novacula - Disappear (Feed The Fire, 2024)
04. Minus 5 - Lies of the Living Dead (In Rock, 2000)
05. Playn Jayn - Letter From The Other Side (Five Good Evils, 1985)
06. Chameleons - Don't Fall (Script Of The Bridge, 1983)
07. Sound - Skeletons (From The Lion's Mouth, 1981)
08. Astors - In The Twilight Zone (Stax Single, 1965)
09. Blenders - Graveyard (A.F.O. Records Single, 1962)
10. Satans - Makin' Deals (Heroes And Villains: The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-68, 2022)
11. Chesterfield Kings - The Madcap Marauder (We're Still All The Same, 2024)
12. Oingo Boingo - Teenage Monster (Only A Lad outtake, 1981)
13. Faker - Teenage Werewolf (Addicted Romantic, 2005)
14. Bite Me Bambi - Do The Damned (Eat This, 2025)
15. Prince Buster - Hard Man Fe Dead (What a Hard Man Fe Dead, 1967)
16. El Gran Combo - La Muerte (De Siempre, 1963)
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees - El Dia De Los Muertos (B-Side of "The Last Beat of My Heart," 1988)
18. Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer (Strangeways, Here We Come, 1987)
19. World Party - Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Egyptology, 1997)
20. Vista Blue - They Wait in the Dark (Even Dracula Will Be There, 2023)
21. Lori Carsillo with Project Pimento - Monsters & Madness (Monsters & Madness, 2021)
22. Louis Armstrong - The Skeleton In The Closet (Pennies From Heaven, 1936)

Silly Symphonies - The Skeleton Dance

Modcast #569: Meetin' Up The Manor

Music meeting called to order at Suave Manor, Mr. Suave presiding. All in favor say aye. The agenda for today is good music followed by great music, new and old. Take a seat and let's get started.

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Orbis Max -- We Shall Rise Again (2024)
Haircut 100 -- The Unloving Plum (2024)
Abby Jeanne -- Know Better (2023)
Triptides -- July (2017)
Corduroy -- I'm So Bored (2020)
Joel Sarakula -- London Road (2020)
Red Sleeping Beauty -- Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook (1992)

Paul Heaton -- Quicksand (Feat. Rianne Downey) (2024)
Darron Robinson -- Be What You Are (2024)
Bangs & Talbot -- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (2022)
Gizelle Smith -- S.T.A.Y (2018)
Tracie -- Mam Never Told Me (1984)
Swing Out Sister -- Happier Than Sunshine (2018)
Boys Wonder -- Mayfair (1989)

Bonus Third Set

Abby Jeanne - Baby Roll'N Stone


Boys Wonder - Soho Sunday Morning


Nick Lowe - Raging Eyes


Mood Six - Hanging Around


The Pearlfishers - Even On A Sunday Afternoon


Paul Weller - Above The Clouds


Maeve - Stole Me From The Sky

Tasty Halloween Modcast Treats

Halloween a-haunting we will go. It's trick or treat time and we've got full sized treats for you. No healthy pop music, no tiny bags of alt country, no bite sized bits of hip hop. Not on my watch. These are full sized bars of ear candy, chock full of ghoulish garage punk power pop tasty goodness.

Modcast #107: Monsters A-Go-Go! (2008)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2008/10/halloween-modcast-107-monsters-go-go.html

Modcast #144: Something Wicked This Way Comes (2009)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2009/10/modcast-144-something-wicked-this-way.html

Modcast #181: Monsters Rule O.K. (2010)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2010/10/modcast-181-monsters-rule-ok.html

Modcast #216: No Costume, No Candy (2011)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2011/10/annual-halloween-modcast-216-no-costume.html

Modcast #249: Rest In Peace (2012)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2012/10/modcast-249-rest-in-peace.html

Modcast #283: How Do the Dead Come Back? (2013)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2013/10/modcast-283-halloween-special-2013-how.html

Modcast #311: Death Is A Lonely Business (2014)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2014/10/welcome-to-annual-halloween-modcast.html

Modcast #341: Dig My Own Grave ( Halloween 2015)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2015/10/halloween-is-upon-us-which-means-it-is.html

Modcast #372: And When I Die (Halloween 2016)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2016/10/modcast-372-and-when-i-die-halloween.html

Modcast #395: DJ Ken's 10th Annual Halloween Modcast #395: Back From The Dead (2017)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2017/10/dj-kens-10th-annual-halloween-modcast.html

Modcast #417 Death Is Amongst Us (Halloween 2018)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2018/10/modcast-417-death-is-amongst-us.html

Modcast #437: It's Later Than You Think (Halloween, 2019)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2019/10/modcast-437-its-later-than-you-think.html>

Modcast #465: The Devil Made Me Do It (Halloween, 2020)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2020/10/modcast-465-devil-made-me-do-it.html

Modcast #497: Come Join The Masquerade (2021) http://www.mistersuave.com/2021/10/modcast-497-come-join-masquerade.html

Modcast #549: The Witching Hour (Halloween 2023)
http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/10/modcast-549-witching-hour-halloween-2023.html

Modcast #570: Wake The Dead (Halloween 2024) http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/10/modcast-570-wake-dead-halloween-2024.html