Lightnin' Licks Radio LLVPS

This is our true crime podcast. This is also three-plus hours of engaging content featuring a few comedians relentlessly speaking over one another. SIIIIIIKE! It's simply Jay and Deon yapping about the vinyl records they’ve been listening to as of late. Their super-secret-special friend, MLive crime reporter and stupendous social gathering contriver Cole Waterman joins the party to add some crackin' tunes to a mixtape. You should totally join along as the three old pals discuss music, writing, and the meaning of life and/or why it's a gruesome, tiresome, pointless goddamn slog. Enjoy!


Sonic (non-mix) contributors to the twentieth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: 


Prince Paul / De La Soul / Zach Braff / Natalie Portman / Amerigo Gazaway / River Shook / The Disarmers / Yesterday’s New Quintet / Denzel Curry / Karriem Riggins / Mattiel / Brothers Johnson / Joe Diffy / Toby Keith / Kenny Chesney / Junkyard Band / Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Deadmau5 / Hayle / Michael Boyd / Gary Remal Malkin / Camp Lo / Ski / Trugoy the Dove / Craig Mack / Easy Moe Bee / Lung / Air / Heinz Kiesling / Lesley Gore / Wally Gold / Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Tiffany / Tommy James & the Shondells / Billy Idol / New Kids on the Block / Debbie Gibson / Dr. Dog / Kim Gordon / Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Jay brought to the dining room table the sounds of Chris Whitley, Sarah Bethe Nelson, A Taste of Honey, and Charles Wright.

Deon suggested songs from Sarah Shook and the Devil, Jahari Massamba Unit, Adeem the Artist, and Man Man.

Our super-secret-special-friend Cole was fucking with King Hannah, Sparklehorse, The Leather Nun, and The Gaslight Anthem.

Bonus XX mixtape:

(A1) King Hannah – A Well-Made Women (A2) Charles Wright – One Two Three Four Five Six (A3) Man Man – Head On (Hold on to Your Heart) (A4) The Leather Nun – Desolation Avenue(A5) Sarah Bethe Nelson – I Can Just Leave (A6) Jahari Massamba Unit – Anointed Soul

(B1) Chris Whitley – Narcotic Prayer (B2) Sparklehorse – Kind Ghosts (B3) Sarah Shook & the Devil – Ghost Town (B4) A Taste of Honey – Say That You’ll Stay (B5) The Gaslight Anthem – Michigan, 1975 (B6) Adeem the Artist – I wish You Would’ve Been a Cowboy

Thanks to Cole for joining us and using his good words.

Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rum. Shop at Electric Kitsch or any other local independent record retailer on Record Store Day April 20th, and also every other day of the year.

Be kind.





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Anthologies. Perspectives. Comps. No music geek's collection is complete without a wonderful compilation record (or twelve). Some of the greatest albums EVER are actually amalgamations of singles that get pulled together into their own separate, often themed collection. Whether examining the sounds of scenes, eras, genres or labels... or cataloging rarities and otherwise hard to find hits, comps consistently scratch the music enthusiast's sonic itch. Join Lightnin’ Lickers Jay and Deon as they discuss some of their all-time favorite “various artist” comps and the stories behind them. Stay tuned for this month’s mixtape which serves as a compilation of captivating cuts derived from other compilations.

SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE THIRTY-SIX OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO INCLUDE:

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA / KURTIS BLOW / DAVID BARRETT / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / HOT JAZZ / PETE JOLLY / DJ EINSTEIN / UGLY DUCKLING / NO DEATHROW RECORDS ARTISTS’ BEATS, BUT MANY DEATHROW-TYPE BEATS FROM THE INTERNET / ROSE ROYCE / MARY J. BLIGE / BOYZ II MEN / TEVIN CAMPBELL / SWV / EN VOGUE / BABYFACE / TONI BRAXTON / FAITH EVENS / BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY / MONICA /AALIYAH / JODECI / THE BLUES PROJECT / THE STRANGELOVES / AMBOY DUKES / ELECTRIC PRUNES / THE SEEDS / THE VAGRANTS / ALICE COOPER / THE DEAD BOYS / THE REMAINS / THE MOONEY SUZUKI / THE STANDELLS / LOVERBOY / THE BOOMTOWN RATS / ADAM AND THE ANTS / OMD / PSYCHEDELIC FURS / HOLLY & THE ITALIANS / TRANSVISION VAMP / JO JO ZEB AND THE FALCONS / MY BLOODY VALENTINE / JUNIOR BOY’S OWN / FUTURESHOCK / NEW ORDER / ANDREW WEATHERALL / PRIMAL SCREAM / EDIE BRICKELL  & THE NEW BOHEMIANS / PETER FONDA / UNDERWORLD / SIMPLY RED / BJORK / SANGRE GITANA / LOS GACHOS / TOBEGO / RUMBA TRES / BARRACUDA / JOHNNY SAYLES / THE DU-ETTES / ALVIN CASH & THE REGISTERS / JOSEPH MOORE / ULTI-MATIONS / THE YOUNG FOLK / JOSEPHINE TAYLOR / LINDA JONES / J.J. JACKSON / IKE AND TINA TURNER / BABY LLOYD / THE APOLLOS / THE OLYMPICS / JAY JAY PISTOLET / THE MIDDLE EAST / LOCAL NATIVES / WOLF ALICE / JAMES YUILL / SAINT VITUS / SWA / D.C. 3 / OVERKILL / HUSKER DU / WURM / BLACK FLAG / MEAT PUPPETS / WILLIE DIXON / MINUTE MEN / VAN HALEN / FAMILY FOUR / BROTHER’S DISCO / CHIC / MAJESTICS / SUGAR DADDY / QUEEN / SHE / THE CLOCKERS / FAMILY / MR.FOX /PATRIC ADAMS / HEIGHT KEECH & FRIENDS / POOR BOY RAPPERS / T.J. SWAN & COMPANY / TEEN-MACHINE / TOMMY DEEMO / THE STRANGLERS / XTC / STEEL PULSE /  DIRE STRAITS / WILCO JOHNSON BAND / TYLA GANG / X-RAY SPECS / STEVE GIBBONS BAND / ARC OF ALL / RICHARD NERITA / JENNIFER JASON LEIGH

V.A. – FAVORITE COMPS COMP

(A1) The Remains - Don't Look Back (A2) Barracuda - Puedos Buscarte un Nuevo Amor (A3) The Middle East - Blood (A4) Wurm - Deathride (A5) Josephine Taylor - For You My Love (B1) Holly & the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut up (B2) Mr. Fox - Smooth Talk (B3) Tyla Gang - Styrofoam (B4) Baby Lloyd - There's Something on Your Mind (part 1) (B5) Primal Scream - Loaded



LLR's favorite compilation releases:

Loma: A Soul Music Love Affair Volume 1: Something’s Burning 1964-1968 (Future Days Recordings, 2016)

JBO: A Perspective 1988-1998 (Junior Boy’s Own, 1998)

Exposed II: A Cheap Peak at Today’s Provocative New Rock (CBS, 1981)

Boombox 3 (Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979-83) (Soul Jazz, 2018)

Mar-V-Lus Records: The One-Derful! Collection (Secret Stash, 2014)

Tani – Disco Rumba & Flamenco Boogie 1976-1979 (Pharaway Sounds, 2018)

Nuggets (Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968) (Elektra, 1972)

The Blasting Concept Volume II (SST, 1986)

Chess Club Volume 1 (Chess Club, 2014)

Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival (Warner Bros. 1978)

Special thanks to our record store of choice, Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, MI USA.






















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Hooooooo doggies! LLR returns with another bonus episode featuring an eclectic mix of everything Jay and Deon have been f#@%ing with, sonically speaking. Library music with Library Mark? Check. Venezuelan psych rock? Check. German new wave? You betcha. Art rap, classic jangly American pop and egg punk? YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT! Join the fun. It was worth the wait. Promise.

Sonic contributors to the nineteenth bonus episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio include:  Townes Van Zandt, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Black Midi, De La Soul, Ideal, Cal Tjader, Hoyt Axton, Steppenwolf, Blind Melon, Frances Lee McCain, Zach Galligan, Clarence Williams, James Tim Brynn, Dally Small, Alline Bullock, Ike & Tina Turner, The Doors, The Beatles, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Rolling Stones, Jacko Peake, The Who, Merv Griffin, Saint Etionne, Uncle Ted Nugent, Iron Butterfly, Cheap Trick, Germs, The Clash, Steel Pulse, Elvis Costello, Sweet, Living Colour, Beatific Vision, DJ Magic Mike, The Baseball Project, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, Jahari Massamba Unit, Shawn Lee & Clutchie Hopkins.

Deon brought to the dining room table the sounds of Nnamdi, Nina Simone, Alan Tew, and Denzel Curry.

Jay suggested checking out Humpe Humpe, The Pets, The Rhythm Section, and R.E.M.

Super-special-secret-friend Library Mark hipped Podcast America to Mannequin Pussy, Sheer Mag, Snooper, and The Courettes.

Bonus #19 mixtape

[A1] Snooper - Defect [A2] Denzel Curry - Ricky [A3] The Pets - El Entierro de un Hombre Rico Que Murio de Hombre [A4] Sheer Mag - Paper Time [A5] Alan Tew - The Rub [A6] Humpe Humpe - Yama-Ha [B1] The Rhythm Section - Waiting for the Sun [B2] Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [B3] Nnamdi - let gO my egO [B4] The Courettes - Shake! [B5] Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter [B6] R.E.M. - Summer Turns to High [end]



Thank you Library Mark and his record store of choice Electric Kitsch in beautiful Bay City, Michigan, USA.


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The “I”s have it! And Lightnin’ Licks Radio has the “I”s. Ten of them to be exact. Jay and Deon discuss their favorite vinyl records filed under the letter I. It’s intimate and intense. It's immersive and inspiring though, ironically, they’re idiots.

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In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past half century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2024, idiotic, introverted award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming thirty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably good solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru H, so naturally, they went with I.

The “I” mixtape:

[SIDE I-1] (1) INTHEWHALE – Animals (2) The Ice Man’s Band – People Make the World Go ‘Round (3) Icehouse – Walls (4) Ice Cube – Down for Whatever (5) Instant Funk – Never Let It Go Away [SIDE I-2] (1) Donnie Iris – Joking (2) The Impressions – I’m Loving Nothing (3) The Icicle Works – Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (4) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunshine (5) Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain [END]

Sonic Contributors to the thirty-fifth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith. Grand Puba, Piere Cavalli, Azymuth, Star Wars and Gremlins read-along story books and Sesame Street, Cowboy Junkies, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, Just Blaze, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Icehouse, Ivy Davies, Ice Cude, Leaders of the New School, Fred Gwynne, Joe Pecsi, The Bomb Squad, Da Lench Mob, N.W.A., Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Quincy Jones, Instant Funk, Day La Soul, Prince Paul. T-Connection, The Postal Service, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Another Nashville Coma. Big Country, The Icicle Works. INTHEWHALE, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Ice Man’s Band, The Beatles, The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, The Funk Brothers, Donnie Iris, The Jaggers, The Cruisers, Steve Miller Band, Ozzy Osbourne. Dres and Black Sheep, Menehan Street Band, The Stylistics, and the Clockers.

*Review Magazine Readers' Choice 2023 (someone nominate us for this year please)

Drink Blue Chair Bay flavored rums. Buy vinyl, tapes or CDs at Lightnin' Licks Radio's record store of choice Electric Kitsch in Bay City, Michigan, USA.






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The hits didn't stop with #11 for Jay nor Deon in 2023. This past calendar year brought us plenty of noteworthy vinyl releases, and the eighteenth bonus episode rightfully shines a spotlight on said sonic successes. These sounds are downright delightful. It's an honor to share them with podcast America.

ROCK. ON.

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to this special 2023 Leftovers edition of Lightning Licks Radio include:

Howard Glysz, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Ethan Klein, Dinner Party, Michael Gonet, Sonic Youth, Destroyer, Laura Branigan, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, Bully, Soccer Mommy, Rat Boys, Julian Casablancas, Mother Love Bone, Stone Gossard, Jamie Wyatt, Olivia Newton John, The Police, Electric Light Orchestra, Adrian Quesada, DJT, Eric B., Soul Coughing, Lloyd Newman, and LeAlan Jones along with his sister and grandmother.

Featured artist include, from Jay, Be Your Own Pet, Mega Bog, Debby Friday, Brad, and Juliana Hatfield.

Deon brought Oddissee, Sparklehorse, Black Thought and El Michels Affair, Slow Pulp, and Black Pumas to the dining room table.

Your leftover mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Black Thought & El Michels Affair – The Weather (2) Brad – Straight to the Hoop (3) Black Pumas – Gemini Sun (4) Debby Friday – So Hard To Tell (5) Sparklehorse – O Child [SIDE B] (1) Be Your Own Pet – Bad Mood Rising (2) Oddissee – Many Hats (3) Mega Bog – Don’t Doom Me, Now (4) Slow Pulp – Slugs (5) Juliana Hatfield – Telephone Line [END]








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MIXTAPE AVAILABLE NOW ON ⁠MIXCLOUD⁠ & ⁠SOUNDCLOUD

Moving forward, but not before we take a look back. 2023 was another wonderful year in music. Lickers Jay and Deon ring in the New Year by each revealing their top 11 (we go to eleven) vinyl long players in the year of Our Lord twenty twenty-three. Break out the champagne and Blue Chair Bay, this episode is a journey.

DEON’S TOP 11:

11 - Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over

10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V

9 – Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society

8 – Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering

7 – Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky

6 – Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy

5 – Hannah Jadagu - Aperture

4 - Sufjan Stevens -Javelin

3 – Say She She - Silver

2 - Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You

1 – Califone - Villagers

JAY’S TOP 11:

11 – Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble

10 – Blur – The Ballad of Darren

9 – Film School - Field

8 – Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire

7 – Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty

6 – Mint Field – Aprender a Ser

5 – The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise

4 – Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight

3 - Sleaford Mods -UK Grim

2 – Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

1 – Liquid Mike – s/t

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Sonic contributions to episode thirty-four of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast, 2023’s year in review and its supplementary mixtape, include:  Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, Dhanji, Rahsla, Anthony Fantano, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Herb Honeysuckle, Durand Jones, The Indications, Macho Man Randy Savage, Aziz Ansari, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Maple Glider, Blur, The Beatles, Dinner Party, Retta, Open Mike Eagle, The Roots, Hall and Oates, Young Zee, Wu Tang Clan, Film School, Squirrel Flower, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Young Fathers, Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Mint Field, Hannah Jadagu, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Lael Neale, Chic, Say She She, Sweeping Promises, The Go-Go’s, The B-52’s, Sleaford Mods, Pet Shop Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, Olivia Rodrigo, Ugly Casanova, Red Red Meat, Califone, Liquid Mike, Cory Hanson, Scarface, Isaac Hayes, Jack Van Impe, and Marvin Gaye.

Music heals us. Happy listening in 2024.

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