Topic of Conversation Playlist - February 25, 2011

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


Cheap Girls - Sunnyside (From My Roaring 20's)
Drag The River - Tobacco Fields (From You Can't Live This Way)
Frank Turner - Jet Lag (From Love Ire & Song)
Neil Young - Journey Through The Past (From Live At Massey Hall 1971)
One Hundred Dollars - Nothing's Alright (From Forest Of Tears)
Jon Rae & The River - Come Back To Me (From Old Songs For The New Town)
The Sadies - The Story's Often Told (From Stories Often Told)
Hank III - Drinkin' Ain't That Hard To Do (From Rebel Within)
Waylon Jennings - Wishing All These Old Things Were New (From If Only I Could Fly)
Eddie Spaghetti - Without Love (From Old No. 2)
The Dwarves - One Time Only (From Are Young And Good Looking)
Gwar - I Hate Love Songs (From Hate Love Songs 7")
The Evaporators - Gassy Jack (From Gassy Jack & Other Tales)
Wesley Willis - Jello Biafra (From Rock N' Roll Will Never Die)
Witches With Dicks - Fuck All Lindseys (From Manual)
The Credentials - 50 Fucking Years (From Consolation Prizes)
Zoinks! - Soap Factory (From Soap Factory 7")
Rhythm Collision - Hippie Now (From Clobberer)
Sinkhole - Burning, Itching, Irritation (From Space Freak)
The Bolweevils - Fence SItter (From Heavyweights)
Red City Radio - 50th & Western (From The Dangers of Standing Still)
Red City Radio - Two of Flinching (From The Dangers of Standing Still)
Red City Radio - Captioned For The Hearing Impaired (From The Dangers of Standing Still)
Screeching Weasel - Beginningless Vacation (From First World Manifesto)
The Apers - Whatever It Takes (From You're Only As Strong As The Table You Dance On)
The Ergs - Hang Up (Parasite cover from unreleased record)
The Lillingtons - I Need Some Brain Damage (From Death By Television)
Sloppy Seconds - The Horror of Party Beach (From Destroyed)
Teen Idols - Test Tube Teens (From Pucker Up!)
Sludgeworth - Someday (From Losers Of The Year)
Samiam - Dull (From Astray)
Tiltwheel - Skyway (From We'll Inherit The Earth: A Tribute To The Replacements)
Iron Chic - Timecop (From Not Like This)
Mr. T Experience - Deep Deep Down (From Love Is Dead)

Topic of Conversation Playlist - February 10, 2011

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


Wolf Parade - Little Golden Age (From EXPO 86)
Immaculate Machine - There's No Such Thing As The Future (From Ones And Zeros)
Japandroids - The Boys Are Leaving Town (From Post-Nothing)
Pulp - Bar Italia (From Different Class)
The Shins - Young Pilgrim (From Chutes Too Narrow)
Wax - Jiffy Boy (From 13 Unlucky Numbers)
Mixtapes - And If We Both Fail (From Maps)
Screeching Weasel - Beginingless Vacation (From First World Manifesto)
Nada Surf - See These Bones (From Lucky)
The Smoking Popes - Megan (From Destination Failure)
AC Newman - Drink To Me Then (From The Slow Wonder)
Archers Of Loaf - Greatest Of All Time (From Vee Vee)
The D'Ubervilles - Shout It Out (Organ Song) (From S/T EP)
Hüsker Du - Green Eyes (From Flip Your Wig)
The Pixies - Hey (From Doolittle)
Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King (From Biovac)
Mission Of Burma - Acadamy Fight Song (From Signals, Calls & Marches)
Red City Radio  - Spinning Circles Is A Gateway Drug (From Spinning CIrcles Is A Gateway Drug)
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck - Hollow Graves (From Goodbye Debris EP)
The Menzingers - Chamberlain Waits (From Chamberlain Waits)
Operation Cliff Clavin - Punk Rock Is Not Just Something You Listen To (From Operation Cliff Clavin / Max Levine Ensemble split 7")
Beatnik Termites - When She's Nearby (From Strawberry Girl)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Blockhead (From Jerk Lessons 10")
Sinkhole - Mush-Mouth (From Core Sample)
Sicko - Spider (From You Can Feel The Love In This Room)
Superchunk - Rosemarie (From Majesty Shredding)
The Mr. T Experience - New Girlfriend (From Alternative Is Here To Stay EP)
The Haverchucks - Work It Out (From S/T Demo)
The Vindictives - Apt #2 (From The Many Moods Of The Vindictives) 
The Muffs - All For Nothing (From S/T)
Pretty Boy Thorson & The Fallen Angels - Remember The Field Of The Goddamn Field (From Take It Easy)

Topic of Conversation Playlist - February 4, 2011

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


Billy Bragg & Wilco - At My Window Sad And Lonely (From Mermaid Avenue)
Built To Spill - Strange (From Ancient Melodies Of The Future)
Ladyhawk - (I'll Be Your) Ashtray (From Shots)
The Constantines - Young Lions (From Too Slow For Love)
... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Counting Off The Days (From The Secret Of Elena's Tomb)
Attack In Black - Sparrow (From The Curve Of The Earth)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (From I And Love And You)
Hayden - More Than Alive  (From In Field & Town)
John K. Samson - Heart Of The Continent (From City Route 85)
Tim Barry - Wait At Milano (From Rivanna Junction)
Neil Young - Journey Through The Past (From Live At Massey Hall 1971)
Chris Wollard And The Ship Theives - Left To Lose (From Anybody Else/Left To Lose 7")
Frank Turner & Jon Snodgrass - Susannah (From Buddies)
Cheap Girls - Sunnyside (From My Roaring 20's)
Two Cow Garage - Brass Ring (From Speaking In Cursive)
Social Distortion - Still Alive (From Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes)
Horace Pinker - Second Best (From Pop Culture Failure)
Everready - Taylor (From Al Time Low)
Off With Their Heads - Clear The Air (From In Desolation)
The Apers - Whatever It Takes (From You Are Only As Strong As The Table You Dance On)
The Sprinklers - Sicko (From You Can Feel The Love In This Room)
The Ergs!- Prayer For Rain (From DorkRockCorkRod)


After that, I played Off!'s "First Four Ep's" in its entirety, because:
a) I could
b) It's fucking awesome
c) I couldn't think of anything else to play.

Topic of Conversation Playlist - January 7, 2011

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Woke Up Near Chelsea (From The Brutalist Bricks)
RVIVR - Cut The Cord (From S/T)
Red City Radio - Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug (From Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug)
The Flatliners - Carry The Banner (From Cavalcade)
Direct Hit - Satan Says (From #5)
Dan Padilla - The Last Arrivals (From As The Ox Plows)
The Thermals - God And Country (From Fuckin A)
Teen Idols - 20 Below (From Pucker Up)
The Scutches - Not My Fault (From The Sharon Chronicles)
The Methadones - Falling Forward (From This Won't Hurt)
The Queers - Back To The Basement (From Back To The Basement)
The Haverchucks - Allison Don't Love Me Anymore (From Demo)
The Credentials - Night Sweats (From Consolation Prizes)
The Riptides - Detention (From Hang Up)
The Ergs - Pray For Rain (From DorkRockCorkRod)
Chixdiggit - I Should Have Played Football In Highschool (From Best Hung Carrot In The Fridge)
The Menzingers - Deep Sleep (From Rebellion)
The Riot Before - Backstage Rooms (From Rebellion)
Iron Chic - Timecop (From Not Like This)
Off With Their Heads - Clear The Air (From In Desolation)
Tiltwheel - I Spent My Spring Break In Vancouver BC and All I Got Was This Dumb Song (From The High Hate Us)
Leatherface - Anther Dance (From The Stormy Petrel)
The Gaslight Anthem - Bring It On (From American Slang)
The Hold Steady - Hurricane J (From Heaven Is Whenever)
Against Me! - Because Of The Shame (From White Crosses)
Superchunk - Slow Drip (From Majesty Shredding)
Sicko - Attention Please (From You're Not The Boss Of Me)
Sinkhole - Donut (From Core Sample)
Dead Mechanical - Baltimore Calling (From Addict Rhythms)


Also, for those interested, here are my top picks of 2010:

Topic of Conversation Playlist - December 24, 2010

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


The Raveonettes - Christmas in Cleveland 
Okkervil River - Listening To Otis Redding During Christmas
Weezer - Christmas Celebration 
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas 
The Descendents - Christmas Vacation 
The Lawrence Arms - Faintly Falling Ashes 
The Ergs! - Linus & Lucy 
The Riptides - I Can't Have A Merry Christmas 
The Scutches - Christmas 
Everready - Father Christmas 
Sloppy Seconds - Lonely Christmas
The Mr. T Experience - Merry Fucking Christmas
Groovie Ghoulies - My Christmas Card To You
Stephen Egerton (feat. Milo Aukerman) - She's Got Everything
The Bollweevils - White Christmas
Groovie Ghoulies - Christmas On Mars
The Vindictives - Nuttin For Christmas
Jingle Punx - Blue Christmas
The Huntingtons & The Darlington- It's Always Christmas At My House
Griswalds - Don't Break My Heart Christmas Time
Monty Love - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 
Cousin Oliver - Naked Christmas
The Chinkees - Christmas
Bob Marley & The Wailers - White Christmas
Mariachi El Bronx - Lady Rosales
Darlington - The Christmas Song
The Prozacs - No Christmas This Year
Sloppy Seconds - Hooray For Santa Claus
The Barbecuties - Merry X-Mas, Santa Claus
Face To Face - Merry X-Mas
Joey Ramone - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
The Ramones - Merry Christmas 
The Raveonetes - Come On Santa
Ren And Stimpy - Fleck The Halls
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York

Topic of Conversation - December 10, 2010

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled Up In Cork (From The Brutalist Bricks)
Texas Is The Reason - If It's Here When We Get Back, It's Ours (From S/T 7")
Superchunk - Detroit Has A Skyline Too (From Here's Where The Strings Come In)
The Smoking Popes - Need You Around (From Born To Quit)
Sludgeworth - Someday (From Losers Of The Year)
The Methadones - Far Away (From Career Objectives)
Screeching Weasel - The Girl Next Door (From Kill The Musicians)
Ozma - Apple Trees (From Rock And Roll Part Three)
The Rentals - The Love I'm Searching For (From Return Of The Rentals)
The Get Up Kids - In Your Sea (From Guilt Show)
The Loved Ones - Drastic (From S/T 10")
Chris Wollard & The Ship Theives - Left To Lose (From S/T 7")
Wilco - Radio Cure (From Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Attack In Black - Ever Faster (From Curve Of The Earth)
The Weakerthans - Left And Leaving (From Live At The CBC)
Joel Plaskett - Non-Believer (From La De Da)
Kepi Ghoulie And Friends - True Love Will Find You In The End (From American Gothic)
Paul Baribeau - Rolling Clouds (From Unbearable)
Sebadoh - Happily Devided (From Bubble And Scrape)
Chuck Ragan - Symmetry  (From Feast Or Famine)
Tim Barry - Avoiding Catatonic Surrender (From Rivanna Junction)
Steve Earle - Lonlier Than This (From Transcendental Blues)
Ben Nichols - Tobin (From The Last Pale Light In The West)
Porter Wagoner - Commitred To Parkview (From Committed To Parkview)
Merle Haggard - Leavin's Getting Harder (From If I Could Only Fly)
Leatherface - Not Superstitious (From Discography Part II - B Side Collection)
Nothington - The Ocean (From Roads, Bridges & Ruins)
Newtown Neurotics - The Mess (From Beggars Can Be Choosers)

Topic of Conversation Playlist - December 3, 2010

Here was tonight's setlist. Remember, you can always tune in my clicking here every Friday at 6:30pm (EST)


The Sadies - Tell Her What I Said (From Darker Circles)
Minnesota Calling - Whiskey Nights And Grey Skies (From S/T EP)
Old 97's - Big Brown Eyes (From Wreck Your Life... And Then Some)
Murder By Death - As Long As Their Is Whiskey In The World (From Good Morning, Magpie)
Red Collar - Used Guitars (From Pilgrim)
Two Cow Garage - Sally, I've Been Shot (From Sweet Saint Me)
Chris Wollard And The Ship Theives - Left To Lose (From S/T 7")
John K. Samson - The Last And (From Provincial Road 222)
Jon Rae & The River - Come Back To Me (From Old Songs For The New Town)
The Gaslight Anthem - She Loves Me (From The Record Store Day 7")
Elliott Brood - Jackson (From Ambassador) 
Arliss Nancy - Abacus (From Truckstop Roses)
American Steel - Hurlin' (From Destroy Their Future)
Hüsker Dü - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (From Candy Apple Grey)
Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song (From Signals, Calls & Marches)
Naked Raygun - I Lie (From Basement Screams)
Newtown Neurotics - The Mess (From Beggars Can Be Choosers)
Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero (From Nobody's Hero)
One Man Army - S.O.S (From Rumors And Headlines)
Tiltwheel - I Spent My Spring Break In Vancouver B.C and All I Got Was This Dumb Song (From High Hate Us)
Latterman - Water Manes At The Block's End (From We Are Still Alive)
The Loved Ones - Candy Cane (S/T 10")
The Queers - Back To The Basement (From Back To The Basement)
The Muffs - All For Nothing (From S/T)
Smoking Popes - Pretty Pathetic (From Destination Failure)
The Lemonheads - Skulls (Misfits Cover From Favorite Spanish Dishes)