12/11/12 Friday!! Born this Mystery Year: JJ Abrams, Pet Sounds & Revolver..19??

  1.  The Monkees- (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
  2.  The Beatles- She Said, She Said
(News: Radio Caroline update)
  3.  The Kinks- Dedicated Follower of Fashion
(News: Truman Capote on his Black and White Masked Ball)
  4.  Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66- Mas Que Nada
(TV: Batman)
  5.  The Beach Boys- That's Not Me
  6.  Otis Redding- Cigarettes and Coffee
(TV: Danger Man)
  7.  Slim Harpo- Scratch My Back
(TV: Bewitched)
  8.  The Rolling Stones- Mother's Little Helper
(News: Ronald Reagan on the shocking dances on UC Berkeley Campus)
  9.  Frank Zappa- Hungry Freaks Daddy
(TV: Captain America)
10.  Captain Beefheart- Diddy Wah Diddy
*All from the year: 1966!!!
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2/9/15 Wednesday!! Stand and Deliver in…1989!!

  1.  REM- Stand
  2.  Replacements- Achin' To Be
(Movie: Do The Right Thing)
  3.  Don Henley- The Heart of the Matter
  4.  Bonnie Raitt- Nick of Time
(Movie: Crimes and Misdemeanors)
  5.  Biz Markie-Just a Friend
(TV: Cheers)
  6.  XTC- Mayor of Simpleton
(TV: Pee Wee's Playhouse)
  7.  Fine Young Cannibals- Good Thing
(News: Berlin Wall)
  8.  The Cure- Fascination Street
  9.  The The- Kingdom of Rain
10.  Stones Roses- I Wanna Be Adored
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12/8/15 Tuesday!! Words and Music in Memory of…John Lennon (10/9/40- 12/8/80)

1. Instant Karma
2. Revolution 1 [Not on rdio]
3. Give Peace a Chance
4. Power to the People
5. Crippled Inside
6. Whatever Gets You Through The Night
7. Mind Games
8. #9 Dream
9. Beautiful Boy
10. (Just Like) Starting Over

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12/7/15 Monday!! 10 Live Tracks Recorded at KFOG Concerts for Kids Past!

1. Chris Isaak-Big Ole Santa Claus [Not on rdio]
2. Stevie Nicks- Stand Back
3. John Mayer- No Such Thing
4. Joe Jackson-Stepping Out
5. Death Cab For Cutie- I Will Follow You Into the Dark
6. The Pretenders- Blue Christmas (Not on rdio)
7. The Airborne Toxic Event- All I Ever Wanted
8. Counting Crows- Mrs Potter’s Lullabye
9. Barenaked Ladies- Testing 1-2-3
10. Melissa Etheridge- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Not on rdio]

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12/4/15 FRIDAY! 10 from Stone Temple Pilots: Rest In Peace, Scott Weiland (10.27.67-12.3.15)

1. STP- WICKED GARDEN
2. STP- SOUR GIRL
3. STP- LADY PICTURE SHOW
4. STP- BIG EMPTY
5. STP- INTERSTATE LOVE SONG
6. STP- CREEP
7. STP- PLUSH (UNPLUGGED)
8. STP- DANCING DAYS [Not on rdio]
9. STP- VASOLINE
10. STP- SEX TYPE THING

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12/3/15 Thursday!! Doing a Heck of a Job in…2005!!
(News: Pres Bush to FEMA director "Brownie, you're doin' a heck of a job.")
  1.  The Killers- Mr Brightside
(News: Hurricane Katrina devastation)
  2.  Allen Toissaint- Yes We Can Can
(TV: Daily Show: Pres Bush vacay response to hurricane damage)
  3.  Beck- Black Tambourine
  4.  White Stripes- My Doorbell
(Movie: Brokeback Mountain)
  5.  Bonnie Raitt- I Will Not Be Broken
(Movie: Brokeback Mountain)
  6.  Silver Jews- I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You
(Movie: Brokeback Mountain)
  7.  Coldplay- Fix You
  8.  My Morning Jacket- Wordless Chorus
(News: "the facebook.com trance")
  9.  Spoon- I Turn My Camera On
(TV: Daily Show US not on board w/climate control Kyoto protocol)
10.  Arcade Fire- Wake Up
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12/2/15 Wednesday!! Hang On, We’re Going Way Back to…1972!!
1.  David Bowie- Hang On To Yourself
(TV: The Paul Lynde Show)
  2.  The Move- Tonight
(Movie: The Godfather)
  3.  Todd Rundgren- I Saw the Light
  4.  Rolling Stones- Shine a Light
  5.  The Eagles- Peaceful Easy Feeling
(TV: Maude)
  6.  Carole King- Sweet Seasons
  7.  Big Star- The Ballad of El Goodo
(TV: Maude)
  8.  Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
(TV: Maude)
  9.  Paul McCartney- Hi Hi Hi
(TV: Maude)
10.  Randy Newman- Leave Your Hat On
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12/1/15 Tuesday!! More Than Music in…1986!!

1.  Gene Loves Jezebel- Desire (Come and Get It)
2.  Banarama- More Than Physical
(Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
3.  The Smithereens- Behind the Wall of Sleep
4.  REM- Superman
(Movie: Crocodile Dundee)
5.  Chameleons- Swamp Thing
(Movie: Hannah and Her Sisters)
6.  The Smiths- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
(Movie: Hannah and Her Sisters)
7.  Oingo Boingo- Just Another Day
(News update: Chernobyl)
8.  Thompson Twins- King For a Day
(News: Bay Bridge 50th Anniversary)
9.  Jackson Browne- In The Shape Of a Heart
(Sports: Tyson new champ)
10.  Public Image Ltd- Rise

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11/30/15 Monday!! Hitting The Highway in…1991!

1. Dire Straits- The Bug
2. Tom Petty- King’s Highway [Not on rdio]
(Movie: Thelma and Louise)
3. Massive Attack – Be Thankful For What You Got
4. Alison Moyet- It Won’t Be Long
(News break)
5. The Rembrandts- Just the Way It is, Baby
6. Huey Lewis and the News- Couple Days Off
7. Bonnie Raitt/BB King -Right Place, Wrong Time [Not on rdio]
(Nirvana intro)
8. Nirvana- In Bloom
(News: Star Trek Anniversary & passing of creator, Gene Roddenberry)
9. The Orb- Little Fluffy Clouds [Not on rdio]
(News: Star Trek Anniversary & passing of creator, Gene Roddenberry)
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan- The Sky Is Crying

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11/27/15 Friday !! Zooming Back to…1973!!

(TV: Zoom!)
1. Elton John- Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
(Movie: Enter the Dragon-Bruce Lee “the art of fighting without fighting”)
2. The Who- The Punk Meets the Godfather [Not on rdio]
3. Mott the Hoople- All The Way from Memphis
(Movie: The Way We Were)
4. Dr. John- Such a Night
5. Gilbert O’Sullivan- Get Down
(Movie: Magnum Force)
6. Alice Cooper- No More Mr Nice Guy
(News: Gas rationing)
7. Toots and the Maytals- Time Tough
(News: Nixon on need for secrecy in gov’t)
8. Pink Floyd- Us and Them (B.O.S-Tie!)
(News: Unrest in the Middle East)
9. John Lennon- Mind Games (B.O.S-Tie!)
(TV: Kung Fu)
10. Stevie Wonder- Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing

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11/26/15 Thursday ! Traditional Thanksgiving (Musical) Meal!! Happy Thanksgiving, Fogheads!!

1. Robert Johnson- Come On In My Kitchen (BOS-TIE!!)
2. Hank Williams- Hey, Good Lookin’ (BOS-Tie!)
3. Little Eva- Let’s Turkey Trot
4. Trashmen- Surfin’ Bird
5. Blues Brothers- Rubber Biscuit
6. Fats Waller- All That Meat and No Potatoes
7. James Brown- Mashed Potatoes
8. Ray Charles/James Taylor- Sweet Potato Pie (BOS-Tie!)
(Meanwhile at the kids’ table…)
9. Adam Sandler- The Thanksgiving Song
10. The Kinks- Maximum Consumption
(Going for extras…”it’s wafer thin”)
The Sugarcubes- Eat The Menu
(Going for the true meaning w/The Peanuts gang)
Isley Brothers- Harvest For The world

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11/25/15 Wednesday!! Back to the Future in…1985!

 

(Movie: Back to the Future)
1. Simple Minds- Alive and Kicking
2. Kate Bush- The Big Sky [Not on rdio]
(Movie: Back to the Future)
3. INXS- Shine Like It Does
4. The Alarm- Strength
5. Mike & The Mechanics- All I Need Is a Miracle
6. Kool & The Gang- Fresh [Not on rdio]
(Movie: Back to the Future)
7. Huey Lewis and The News- Back To The Future [Not on rdio]
8. Alex Chilton- Ti Ni Nee Ni Nu [Not on rdio]
9. Prince- Raspberry Beret [Not on rdio]
(Movie: Back to the Future)
10. Robert Palmer- Addicted to Love

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11/24/15 Tuesday!! The Wide Wide World of Variety in…1979!!

 

1. Flash and the Pan- Hey, St Peter
(News: 3 Mile Island nuclear accident)
2. Pink Floyd- Run Like Hell
(News: 3 Mile Island nuclear accident)
3. OMD- Electricity
4. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army- Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
(News: Consumer electronics show ’79)
5. Joy Division- Transmission
6. B-52’s- Dance This Mess Around
7. Michael Jackson- Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
(News: Eclipse)
8. ZZ Top- Cheap Sunglasses
(Movie: The Jerk)
9. The Specials- A Message to You, Rudy
(Movie: The Jerk)
10. The Clash- Rudie Can’t Fail

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11/23/15 Monday!! Faraway So Close in…1993!!

(News: the new internet connection)
1. Stero Mc’s- Connected
(News: the internet connection)
2. Duran Duran- Come Undone
(News: River Phoenix dies)
3. U2- Stay Faraway So Close
4. Bonnie Raitt & John Prine- Angel from Montgomery
5. Depeche Mode- Walking In My Shoes
(Movie: Dazed and Confused)
6. The Breeders- Cannonball
(Movie: Dazed and Confused)
7. Counting Crows- A Murder of One
8. Smashing Pumpkins- Today
(News: Clinton’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy proposal)
9. Liz Phair- Never Said
(TV: SNL – Van down by the river)
10. The Afghan Whigs- Debonair

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11/20/15 Friday!! Startin’ Somethin’ in…1983!!!
1.  Culture Club- The Church of the Poison Mind
(Movie: Return of the Jedi)
  2.  Tears for Fears- Change
  3.  Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
(Movie: War Games)
  4.  Aztec Camera- Oblivious
  5.  Rain Parade- I Look Around
  6.  REM-Catapault
(Ad: Toys R Us kids)
  7.  Tracey Ullman- They Don't Know
(News:Reagan Star Wars defense strategy/Movie: Return of the Jedi)
  8.  The Call- The Walls Came Down
(News: Star Wars defense strategy/ Movie: Return of the Jedi)
  9.  The Kinks- Young Conservatives
10.  Grand Master Melle Mel- White Lines
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11/19/15 Thursday!! Getting Some Clarity in…2003!!
1.  Jet- Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
  2.  White Stripes- I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart
(TV: Arrested Development: Buster & Mom)
  3.  Guster- Amsterdam
  4.  No Doubt- It's My Life
(Movie: A Mighty Wind)
  5.  John Mayer- Clarity
  6.  Josh Rouse- Comeback (Light Therapy)
(News: Blackout in Northeast)
  7.  David Bowie- New Killer Star
  8.  My Morning Jacket- Golden
(TV: Arrested Development)
  9.  Lucinda Williams- Righteously
(Movie: Kill Bill Volume 1)
10.  Foo Fighters- Times Like These
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11/18/15 Wednesday!! Deja Vu, Janis and Jimi in…1970!!
1.  CSNY- Deja Vu 
  2.  Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia
(TV: Janis Joplin on Dick Cavett Show)
  3.  The Pretty Things- She's a Lover
(TV: Janis Joplin on Dick Cavett Show)
  4.  Kris Kristofferson- Me and Bobby McGee
  5.  Rare Earth- Born to Wander
(TV: Janis Joplin on Dick Cavett Show)
  6.  Van Morrison- And It Stoned Me
(News: Beatles break up. Fans blame Linda McCartney)
  7.  Paul McCartney- The Lovely Linda/ Maybe I'm Amazed
(News: Beatles break up)
  8.  George Harrison- All things Must Pass
(News: Death of Jimi Hendrix)
  9.  Jimi/ Band of Gypsys- Them Changes
10.  Canned Heat-Let's Work Together
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November 17th: Tuesday!! Loaded with Good Music in…1990!!

 

1. Primal Scream- Loaded
2. Soup Dragons- I’m Free
(Ad: Radioshack new portable “car phone”)
3. World Party- Put the Message In the Box
(News: Nelson Mandela freed)
4. Midnight Oil- Blue Sky Mine
(News: SF Bay Sea lions & Humphrey the whale)
5. Van Morrison- Real Real Gone
(TV: The Simpsons)
6. Inspiral Carpets- This Is How It Feels
7. Trash Can Sinatras- Obscurity Knocks
(Movie: Misery)
8. Saint Etienne- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
(Movie: Pretty Woman)
9. UB40- The Way You Do the Things You Do
(Movie: Pump Up the Volume)
10. A Tribe Called Quest- Check the Rhime

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November 16th: Monday!! Back to…1981!!

1. The Police- Hungry For You (j’aurais toujours faim de toi)
2. Grace Jones- I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
3. The Cure- Primary
(News: Sandra Day O’Connor first female supreme court justice)
4. Steve Winwood – While you See a Chance
5. Rolling Stones- Waiting On a Friend
(Movie: Arthur)
6. Department S- Is Vic There? (French version)
7. Blondie- The Tide Is High
(Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
8. The Cars- Since You’re Gone
(Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
9. Carl Carlton- She’s a Bad Mama Jama
(Movie: Mommie Dearest)
10. The Pretenders- Message of Love

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11/13/15 Friday the 13th Luck!!

(Rocky Horror Picture Show: We're all Lucky!)
 1.  Lene Lovich- Lucky Number
 2.  Elvis Presley- Lucky Charm
(Lucky Charms ad)
 3.  JoBoxers- Just Got Lucky
(Napolean Dynamite "Lucky")
 4.  Daft Punk w/Pharrell Williams- Get Lucky
 5.  Tom Petty- Even the Losers
(Lost: Hurley's bad luck)
 6.  Johnny Cash- Thirteen
 7.  Bruce Springsteen- My Lucky Day
(Seinfeld: Good luck with all that)
 8.  Madonna- Lucky Star
(Golden Girls: robbery after Madonna show)
 9.  Frank Sinatra- Luck Be A Lady
(Madmen: Lucky Strikes pitch/old Lucky Stripes jingle)
10. Social Distortion- Bad Luck

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November 12th Backing it up to 1997!

1. Sister Hazel – All For You
2. Big Head Todd – Please Don’t Tell Her
(TV: King of the Hill)
3. OMC – How Bizarre
4. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get
5. Oasis – All Around the World
(Movie: Good Will Hunting)
6. Indigo Girls – Get Out the Map
(AD: 1-800 Collect with Phil Hartman)
7. Everclear – Everything to Everyone
8. Foo Fighters – Everlong (BOS!)
9. Bush – Greedy Fly
10. Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life

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11/11/15 Wednesday!! Today’s Set Goes To 11 in…1984!!

(Movie: This Is Spinal Tap)
 1.  Bruce Springsteen- Born In the USA
(News: Election day Reagan & Mondale/Jet hijacked to Tehran)
 2.  Bruce Cockburn- Lovers In a Dangerous Time
(TV: SNL: Romeo & Juliet skit)
 3.  General Public- Tenderness
 4.  Sheila E-The Belle of St Mark
(TV: SNL: Romeo & Juliet skit)
 5.  Prince- I Would Die 4 U
 6.  The dB's- Amplifier
(Movie: ...Spinal Tap)
 7.  The Kinks- Living On a Thin Line
 8.  The Pretenders- Thin Line Between Love and Hate
(Movie: ...Spinal Tap)
 9.  Icicle Works- Whisper To a Scream (Birds Fly)
10. The Smiths- This Charming Man
(Movie: This Is Spinal Tap "goes to 11")
11: Spinal Tap- Gimme Some Money
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November 10th: Mixing It Up In…1977!!

1.  Elvis Costello- I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself [not available on rdio]
(Movie: Annie Hall)
2.  Mink DeVille- Mixed Up Shook Up Girl
(Movie: Annie Hall)
3.  Earth Wind and Fire- Serpentine Fire
4.  Nick Lowe- I Love My Label
(Ad: Ronco Records)
5.  Little Feat- Rocket In My Pocket
(Movie: Star Wars)
6.  Bonnie Raitt- Runaway
7.  Steely Dan- Deacon Blues
(Movie: Goodbye Girl)
8.  Fleetwood Mac- Never Going Back Again
9.  Paul Simon- Slip Slidin’ Away
(News: Alaska pipeline over budget)
10. Johnny Guitar Watson Jr- A Real Mother For Ya

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November 9th: Send Me On My Way to…1994!!

(News: Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding)
1. Green Day- She
2. Rusted Root- Send Me On My Way
(Movie: Pulp Fiction)
3. R.E.M- Crush With Eyeliner
(Movie: Pulp Fiction)
4. Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
5. Mazzy Star- Fade Into You
(Movie: Pulp Fiction)
6. Oasis- Supersonic
7. Hole- Violet
8. Nirvana- The Man Who Sold the World
(News: What is internet?)
9. The Dambuilders- Shrine
(News: Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding)
10. Veruca Salt- Seether

 

 

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November 6th Friday!! Be Happy in…1988!!
1.  Bobby McFerrin- Don't Worry Be Happy
(Movie: Big)
 2.  The Pixies- Where Is My Mind?
(News: New Problem: The Computer Virus)
 3.  Talking Heads- (Nothing But) Flowers
(TV: Roseanne)
 4.  Brian Wilson- Love and Mercy
(News: VP candidate Dan Quayle)
 5.  Patti Smith- People Have the Power
 6.  John Hiatt- Slow Turning
(Movie: Rain Man)
 7.  New Order- Touched By the Hand of God
(News: shamed evangelist, Jimmy Swaggart)
 8.  The Pogues-If I Should Fall Fromn Grace With God
 9.  Depeche Mode- Route 66
(Movie: Rain Man)
10. LL Cool J- Going Back To Cali
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