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I can’t remember – was Gag Halfrunt Zaphod’s shrink, or just the president of the universe?

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In “Hot for Teacher”, if Dave doesn’t feel tardy, wouldn’t that mean he suspects that the clock is fast?

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The guitar solo in “Two Tickets to Paradise” is Steely Dan worthy – as is the rhythm section. Start listening at 1:30, and tell me I’m wrong.

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In trying times, as ever, Jaz and the gang come through for us. This is Killing Joke, people, with their evergreen classic “Money Is Not Our God!”

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The groom’s father, who was, technically, Roger’s employer for this particular escapade, stayed rooted to his seat at the head table, three places away from the slumping remains of his son, a fork still clenched in his right hand. “What?!?” he demanded, as all the surviving guests fled, screaming.

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The room turned on him then, and men started standing up. Their silken cuffs were buttoned, and they had cummerbunds, and none of them was sober, but between them they outweighed Roger by several decimal places.

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Roger jogged up the rented steps and, with no invitation whatsoever, strode across the stage and commandeered the microphone. He tapped his champagne glass with a gleaming steak knife, and addressed the assembled.

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Can we just, as a species, agree on the existence of a flawless cultural artifact? We have Sade’s “Paradise” for christ’s sake, and we’ve had it since 1988 - all the rest is gravy!

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If you wanna play along at home, go ahead and cue up a supercut of the first five seconds of every single Village People hit, and try to tell the difference between em. Right? But once you get past those cannily addictive five seconds, every song is a gem: disco, positivity, and civic engagement.

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I’m converted, yall! On the basis of “Poor Rambler” alone, DJ Randy is now a comfirmed and diehard Sturgill Simpson fan, fully fledged and dues paid! Hot dang that’s a good song!

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You throw down “Flagpole Sitta”? I counter with Goldfinger’s “Here In Your Bedroom”.

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I’m inclined to take this lady at her word when she says that all she’s gotta do is beep him 911 and he'll be there, because why wouldn’t he? MC Lyte is all that all day people! And DJ Randy has always aspired to be a “Ruffneck”!

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Speaking of inexplicably unsung 90s hip hop crews, can I get some love for the virtuosic Lords of the Underground? What, you need a reminder? Ok, here’s “What’s Goin’ On”, f you can handle it.

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Here’s a tidy little six-and-a-half minute exercise in storytelling, melancholy, and olympic vocalization. From his brilliant 1989 album “Workbook”, this is the inimitable Bob Mould belting out “Brasilia Crossed With Trenton”!

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You know what I wanna hear? Metallica covering Journey’s “La Do Da”. Let’s get on that, guys!

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My life fades…the vision dims…but no worries, because up next we’ve got a guy who manifests the whole Road Warrior ethos, vocally and sartorially. Plus Steve Stevens! Until recently the gem of Generation X, this, people, is Billy Idol – “Come On, Come On”!

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DJ Randy can’t tell if these guys are ecstatic about love, money or Jesus. But either way, I wanna feel like Uriah Heep does when they praise the virtues of “Easy Livin”!

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We’re celebrating House of Freaks tonight, and coming up we’ve got a few songs that I can personally attest were just savage in concert: from the one-two punch of their first couple albums this is Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott with “Black Cat Bone”, “Crack in the Sidewalk” and “White Folks Blood”!

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Why didn’t The Tragically Hip become hard-rock icons? If I could go back in time, I’d release these three singles in rapid succession: “On The Verge” “New Orleans Is Sinking” “The Wherewithal” But those are on three different albums! you say. My point exactly. Plus I have a time machine.

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That barbershop interlude at the 2:50 mark of the otherwise savage "I'm the One"? That, right there, is why Van Halen happened.

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Your mileage may vary, but for DJ Randy’s money it doesn’t get any cooler than Dion’s raspy swagger on “The Wanderer”. Plus check it out, he’s got a sax where the guitar solo should be - that’s wild!

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In case yall were laboring under the misimpression that Bruce is the only vocal talent in the Dickinson family, check out his cousin Rob’s awesome tenor on this next one: the band is Catherine Wheel, the album is “Chrome”, and this here is a barnburner called “Kill Rhythm”!

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The album is “Occupation: Rock Star”, and I do believe they mean it, people. They call themselves Half Cocked, and this swaggering slab of locomotive rock is called “I Lied” – these gals ain’t kiddin around!

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You don’t really know the true meaning of the word adulation until you’ve heard what sounds like the whole population of Rio de Janiero become aware, in unison, that Rush is totally going to play “Cygnus X-1” in its entirety.

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In "The Straits", a kinetic thriller set in 1978, bad guys come to a small Colorado town and mess with the wrong man. After they’re dead, the trouble starts. amzn.to/3D8mBUg

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Need a last minute gift for that special someone in your life who enjoys J.D. Salinger, Mike Hammer, and The Raid: Redemption? Might I suggest a copy of The Straits? amzn.to/3D8mBUg

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OK yes, obviously John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas” is nice and all. But I can’t help feeling judged. I mean I want everybody to have a good time, sure, but come on. It’s obviously not going to work out that way for everyone.

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God bless Run DMC's “Christmas in Hollis” - I can see Nakatomi Plaza from my apartment right now!

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The Kinks' “Father Christmas” is equal parts sentiment, sneer, and legitimate class struggle. Plus it starts rocking within 20 seconds!

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Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus is Comin to Town” is easily the top dog, right? I could go on at length about the ways this song is great, but let’s just you and me start with the bottomless good will this guy generates, yeah? How bout that? Has good will gone out of style?

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If the topic is desert island holiday songs, well, DJ Randy is gonna need more than one post. So here we go, Goldststone.

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OK, DJ Randy’s gonna ask yall to give this next one a chance. Groove to the slightly disquieting riff, then thrill to Klaus Meine’s Teutonic vehemence. I think you’ll ultimately enjoy your upcoming trip, powered, by “The Sails…of Charon”!

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Better believe we’re playing this guy again – you know anybody badder, fill me in. Live in Stockholm from a couple years back, this one should grab you in about two seconds. Robin Trower may be “Too Rolling Stoned”, but we wouldn’t have him any other way.

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I’m sure I’ve said this before, and don’t bet against me saying it again: “Banshee” is the platonic ideal of a kick-ass action drama. It is the ur-text and the ne plus ultra, and if you haven't watched it yet, you're missing out.

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Sure he’s had plenty of success, but come on. I think we can all agree that Lou Gramm’s name does not have a place in our culture commensurate with his towering vocal prowess. This is the man that gave us “Juke Box Hero” and “That Was Yesterday” for god’s sake – raise a glass!

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Now we’re gonna drop the needle on a band that I have it on good authority is one of David Bowie’s personal favorites. So he and DJ Randy have that in common. Here’s T. Rex, swaggering through the punchy pageantry of “Chariot Choogle”.

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Apparently Dave Marsh doesn’t love these guys. Seems he thinks they’ve got a bit too much bravado. Well, DJ Randy isn’t conflicted on this question: they absolutely do, and he’s happy about it! Get your affairs in order, Goldstone, because Queen is about to give you a “Sheer Heart Attack”!

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DJ Randy fondly recalls scaling a South Korean peak while this next jam was blasting through the padded headphones of his late-model Walkman. It’s the Kinks, people, with a definitive rendition of their globe-trotting ode to lost empires: bow down, to “Victooooria”!

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