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Bob Weir guesting on this week’s Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig

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Spotify link for the podcast

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Nick Robinson’s appearance on last Sunday’s Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig

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On The Right Track playlists Episodes 1-6

Episode 1 playlist: intro song: Ghostface Killah – Run instrumental (produced by RZA) J Dilla – Outro/Workinonit J Dilla – Waves J Dilla – The New J Dilla – Stop J Dilla – Lightworks Ghostface Killah – Beauty Jackson Pharcyde – Runnin’ We Five – You Were On My Mind The Bangles – The Real World Giorgio Moroder – Underdog ABBA – Tiger Fabulous Thunderbirds – Wrap It Up Dave Edmunds – Girls Talk Randy Newman – Last Night I Had a Dream (late ‘60s garage rock version) Thee Oh Sees – Contraption/Soul Desert TUNS – Mind Over Matter The Inbreds – Any Sense of Time Toad the Wet Sprocket – Brother Spacehog – In The Meantime Wrestling Theme of the Week: Kazuchika Okada Harry Nilsson – Rainmaker Marvelous Darlings – Teenage Targets Tegan and Sara – Monday Monday Monday Lupe Fiasco – Kick, Push Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha Johnny Paycheck – She’s All I Got Ashley Monroe – Winning Streak George Benson – Give Me The Night Heatwave – The Star of the Story Paul Shaffer – Late Night David Lowe and David Shapiro – Charlie Rose theme Closing theme: The Crusaders – Way Back Home

--------------------------------------------------- Episode 2 Intro song: Mike Post – The Rockford Files theme Ghostface Killah – Shakey Dog (half of it, anyway haha) Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon – R.A.G.U. Ghostface Killah – Whip You With a Strap Ghostface Killah – The Champ Quincy Jones – The Streetbeater (Sanford and Son theme) Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – A Taste of Honey T.I. – King Back T.I. – What You Know Roachford – Cuddly Toy Sparks – The No. 1 Song in Heaven Clipse featuring Slim Thug – Wamp Wamp (What It Do) Clipse featuring Pharrell – Trill Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart featuring Tay Zonday – (Everybody’s Talking About) Sully Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) – Weeping on the Inside A Tribe Called Quest – We The People A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour The Roots featuring Malik B – Game Theory The Roots featuring Peedi-Peedi and Bunny Sigler – Long Time Wrestling Theme of the Week: “The Cleaner” Kenny Omega Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Born to Run SPECTRES– Strange Weather Melted Mirror – Casualty Ward Beastie Boys – The Biz vs. The Nuge/Time For Livin’ Terminal Head – Boys in the Back Sloan – Fading Into Obscurity Jan Hammer Group – Don’t You Know Closing song: The Crusaders – Way Back Home ----------------------------------------------------- Episode 3 playlist: Episode Title: The Genius of Nick Lowe, Part 1 (1969-1980) Intro song: Nick Lowe – Shake That Rat Brinsley Schwarz – (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding Brinsley Schwarz – Surrender to the Rhythm Nick Lowe – So It Goes Nick Lowe – I Love My Label Nick Lowe – I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass Nick Lowe – Marie Provost Nick Lowe – Little Hitler Nick Lowe – Cruel to be Kind Nick Lowe – Cracking Up Nick Lowe – American Squirm (featuring Elvis Costello) Nick Lowe – Born Fighter Elvis Costello – Welcome to the Working Week Elvis Costello – Mystery Dance Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello – No Action Elvis Costello – Pump it Up Elvis Costello – I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World Dr. Feelgood – Milk and Alcohol The Damned – New Rose The Damned – Neat Neat Neat Young Guv – Crushing Sensation Young Guv – Kelly, I’m Not a Creep Sloan – The Good in Everyone Sloan – I Can’t Sleep Melted Mirror – Double Agent Graham Parker – White Honey Graham Parker – Back to Schooldays Johnny Cash – Without Love Carlene Carter – Cry Nick Lowe – Christmas at the Airport Carlene Carter – I’m So Cool Nick Lowe – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday ---------------------------------- Episode 4 playlist: Episode title: “Ballad of a Comeback Kid”

cold open intro song #1: The New Pornographers – Ballad of a Comeback Kid cold open intro song #2: Rollins Band – Do It Intro/bed music for first segment: Theme Weavers LLC – The Best Theme for The Best Show (instrumental) The Sweet – Action The Sweet – Blockbuster! Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart The Monkees – Birth of an Accidental Hipster Oasis – Acquiesce The Jam – Absolute Beginners The Style Council – Shout to the Top! The Style Council – Headstart for Happiness Squeeze – Another Nail in the Heart Elvis Costello – Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper A Tribe Called Quest – Solid Wall of Sound Q-Tip – Breathe and Stop The Lonely Island – I’m So Humble featuring Adam Levine Ming Tea – Daddy Wasn’t There Petra Haden – Can’t Find My Way Home Mike Myers, Dana Carvey & G.E. Smith – Wayne’s World Theme (Extended Version) Wrestling Theme of the Week #1: Tetsuya Naito Carly Simon – Tranquillo (Melt My Heart) Wrestling Theme of the Week #2: Hiroshi Tanahashi (“High Energy”) Chicago – Questions #67 & #68 Mandy Moore – I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week Todd Rundgren - Long Flowing Robe Miranda Lambert – Smoking Jacket Brandy Clark – Love Can Go to Hell Closing Song (in tribute to DJ Pressplay): Desiigner – Panda (A Minute of) The Crusaders – Way Back Home -------------------------------------------- Episode 5 playlist: Episode Title: There’s a Whole Lot of Walking To Do cold open song: Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Walking To Do intro bed music: Theme Weavers LLC - Green Room Blues  TV Casualty - Children in Heat TV Casualty - Teenagers from Mars TV Casualty - Who Killed Marilyn? TV Casualty - Some Kinda Hate Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - You're Too Possessive The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall The La's - There She Goes Big Audio Dynamite - Rush (NYC Club Mix) Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better Pimp C - I'm Free Tom Petty - The Apartment Song Wrestling Theme of the Week: AJ Styles Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen Mikal Cronin - Get Along Pet Shop Boys - Rent Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) The New Pornographers - Backstairs ABBA - Hey Hey Helen Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band - Sorrow featuring Jenny Lewis Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys Dionne Farris - I Know Republica - Ready to Go Paul Simon - Kodachrome Sloan - Who Taught You To Live Like That? Closing song: The Crusaders - Way Back Home ----------------------------------- Episode 6 playlist Episode title: “The Music of Eastbound & Down.” cold open song: Freddie King – Goin’ Down April Wine – You Could Have Been a Lady Tindersticks – The Organist Entertains Black Keys – Your Touch Ram Jam – Black Betty Lee Hazlewood – Think I’m Coming Down Lee Hazlewood – I’d Rather Be Your Enemy Kenny Rogers – Love Will Turn You Around Shawn Lee’s Ping-Pong Orchestra – Kiss the Sky Los Monstruos – Hey Monstruo George Jones – The Grand Tour Tindersticks – Hubbard Hills Insight Out – It Makes You Feel So Bad The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine Kurt Vile – He’s Alright The Stooges – Down on the Street Strangeloves – Night Time ESG – My Love for You Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe Alan Price – O Lucky Man Kid Congo- Funky Fly Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme Candlebox – Far Behind Sammy Hagar – The Winner Takes it All Leonard Nimoy – Put a Little Love in Your Heart Holger Czukay – Cool in the Pool (R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit) Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking Ty Segall – The Keepers Gerard McMahon - Cry Little Sister (Theme to The Lost Boys) Sagor & Swing – Vals pa Vinger J Geils Band – Must of Got Lost

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"You know, when I first started here, I believed in what we were doing. Now I’m not so sure. But there is one thing I know: You’re the biggest jagoff I’ve ever worked for, and I hope this place burns to the ground with you in it. Because that is exactly what you deserve, you nickel-and-dime, chickenshit motherfucker. You call yourself a producer? You couldn’t produce a ham sandwich! I’m leaving and I’m never coming back. Not if you beg me! And one more thing… Who’s with me?"

A spectacular ending to an unbelievable season of television. Review forever.

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Please read this incredibly moving post on friendship by the wonderful Chris Gethard, talking about his relationship with the wonderful Katie Dippold (who wrote The Heat, which you should go see this weekend). 

My Friend Katie Dippold

In 1998, I moved into a room on the first floor of Campbell Hall, a dorm that was perched along the Raritan River in a tucked away corner of the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

I don’t remember what room number I had, but if memory serves correct, I did spend a lot of time in room 109. That’s the room down the hall where my friend Katie Dippold lived.

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Mavis Staples' new album One True Vine just came out today. Like her last album You Are Not Alone, it was produced by Jeff Tweedy, and it is sensational. Tweedy played every instrument on the album (with the exception of drums, which are played by his son Spencer), and wrote three songs. One of my favourite songs from the album is "Far Celestial Shore," written by the incredible Nick Lowe. Lowe is one of my very favourite songwriters, as he just blows me away with his economical and vivid writing. Lowe's strong songwriting coupled with the amazing vocal performance by Staples makes this something really special. 

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I am still processing the death of James Gandolfini 24 hours later. I have been going on YouTube, looking at various clips from The Sopranos (I rewatched the A.J. suicide attempt scene from "The Second Coming," which has to be some of his very best work, but was really hard to watch, especially now), and from his many great film roles. What I feel like posting is this wonderful scene from Armando Iannucci's tremendous In The Loop, in which Gandolfini's Lieutenant General Miller spars with Peter Capaldi's Malcom Tucker. It's an incredibly funny scene, with two complete professionals at the top of their game, going back-and-forth with each other. Such a joy to watch. I kept hoping that Gandolfini's Lieutenant General Miller would appear on Iannucci's Veep one day, reuniting with both Iannucci and HBO. I am saddened we won't get the pleasure to witness that, and the other remarkable work he would have given us.

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Great Writing on James Gandolfini

Matt Zoller Seitz of New York Magazine: "James Gandolfini, 1961-2013: A Great Actor, A Better Man."

Alan Sepinwall of HitFix: "Remembering James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano."

D.C. Pierson: "Here's That Coyote."