Fight This Generation

ANNOUNCING THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF "FIGHT THIS GENERATION!"

2010-05-09T20:47:00.004-06:00

In the proud and storied tradition of "Fight This Generation," the reins of the show have once again changed hands. Concluding a brief hiatus from Radio 1190's schedule, I am pleased to announce the show's triumphant return this summer. Tune in on Monday evenings at nine o'clock when I will serve up a sixty minute dose of highlights from the golden age of classic college radio. I'm honored to revive the rich and distinguished heritage of "Fight This Generation" on Radio 1190.

I'll be posting future playlists at the show's new URL: http://fightthisgenerationradio.blogspot.com/

-Zane

Playlist January 10, 2010

2010-01-10T14:05:00.019-07:00

Catherine Wheel - Broken Head
The Stockholm Monsters - To Look at Her
Adam & the Ants - Los Rancheros
Magazine - About The Weather
The Buzzcocks - I Can't Control Myself

The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Beat Happening - Our Secret
PJ Harvey & John Parish - Cracks In The Canvas

Iggy & The Stooges - Penetration
Meat Puppets - I'm A Mindless Idiot
Descendents - Pervert
The Olivia Tremor Control - NYC-25
Jaxbox - Green Glass
Stereolab - Crest

Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
Slint - Breadcrumb Trail
David Bowie - Lady Stardust
The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular
Eric's Trip - Blinded

Pavement - Zürich Is Stained
Helium - Baby Vampire Made Me
Medicine - Miss Drugstore
My Bloody Valentine - Never Say Goodbye
Public Image Ltd. - Fodderstompf

The Pogues - The Sun and The Moon
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
Sleater-Kinney (pictured) - Heart Factory

Playlist December 20, 2009

2009-12-20T14:03:00.026-07:00

The Fall - Extricate
Blonde Redhead - Astro Boy
Death - Keep on Knocking
Volcano Suns - Sounds Like Bucks

The Velvet Underground - The Gift
The Jesus Lizard - Low Rider
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
The Cramps - Uranium Rock

New Order - True Faith
Cabaret Voltaire - Spies In The Wires
The Stone Roses - Made of Stone
Pixies - Vamos

Heavenly (pictured) - Don't Be Fooled
Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh - No Matter What
Galaxie 500 - Sorry
The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About

Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Drop Nineteens - Ease It Halen
The Bevis Frond - Splendid Isolation
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - I'm Your Man
Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help

The Wedding Present - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Depeche Mode - Fly on the Windscreen (Final)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Silverblade
The Cure - The Perfect Girl
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

D+ - Green Party
Big Black - Jordan Minnesota
Fugazi - Runaway Return

Playlist December 13, 2009

2009-12-13T14:06:00.024-07:00

The Clash - London Calling
X-Ray Spex - Oh, Bondage Up Yours
Libraness - Face On Backwards
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Really Mystified
Radiohead - Yes I Am

Joy Division (pictured) - Passover
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Oh Lord
Television Personalities - 14th Floor
Circle Jerks - Leave Me Alone
The Vaselines - Slushy

Saccharine Trust - Longing For Ether
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Thurston Moore - Blues From Beyond The Grave
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune

Cub - Leapfrog
Slowdive - The Sandman
Mazzy Star - Free
Roxy Music -Street Life

Shudder To Think - Lies About The Sky
Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes In Towers
Sparklehorse - Heart of Darkness
Mercury Rev - The Funny Bird

The Boo Radleys - Take The Time Around
The Palindromes - Step
Echo & The Bunnymen - Thorn of Crowns
The Faint - Some Incriminating Photographs
Clem Snide - Better

Dead Boys - Down In Flames
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Had Dream, Joe
Captain Beefheart - She's Too Much For My Mirror
The Silver Jews - Inside The Golden Days Of Missing You

Sonic Youth - Expressway To Yr Skull

Playlist December 6, 2009

2009-12-06T14:08:00.026-07:00

Sonic Youth - Hey Joni (home demo)
Cro-Mags (pictured) - Life of My Own
Swervedriver - Sci-Flyer
Sleep - The Druid
Th' Faith Healers - Without You
Morrissey - I Like You (Live)
The Slits - I Heard It Though The Grapevine
Mekons - Empire Of The Senseless
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
Wire - A Touching Display
New Order - Regret
Caustic Resin - Half Step
Descendents - Marriage
Wipers - No Generation Gap
fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (Request)
Hüsker Dü - I'm Not Interested (Live)
Talking Heads - I'm Not In Love (Live)
Sebadoh - Soul and Fire (Acoustic Demo)
Fuzzbox - Console Me
Sebadoh - Sister
Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
Free Kitten - Strawberry Milk
The Zombies - Maybe After He's Gone
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want To Get Over You
Adam & the Ants - Lou
Björk - The Anchor Song
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
Suicide - I Remeber
Screaming Trees - Transfiguration
Spacemen 3 - Things'll Never Be The Same

Playlist November 29, 2009

2009-11-29T14:01:00.024-07:00

The Stooges - Dirt
R.E.M. - Drive
Nick Drake - Fly
Dim Stars - Monkey
Jawbox - Cooling Card
Stephen Malkmus - Post-Paint Boy
Bad Brains - At The Movies/Right Brigade
The Birthday Party - Big Jesus Trash Can
Beck - Beercan
Smog - Bathroom Floor
Bowery Electric - Out of Phase
Lush - Kiss Chase
Helium - Baby's Going Underground
Guided By Voices - An Earful O' Wax
Giant Sand - Off Ramp Man
Archers of Loaf - Plumb Line
Ramones - Needles & Pins
Brian Eno/John Cale - Lay My Love (request)
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Olivia Tremor Control - No Growing
Bongwater - Bedazzled
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
X - The Unheard Music
Black Flag - Damaged II
Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat
Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A. (Peel Session)

Playlist November 22, 2009

2009-11-22T14:08:00.024-07:00

Flipper - Life
Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Mission of Burma - Peking Spring
The Muffs (pictured) - Agony
Rocket From The Crypt - Born In '69
Chemical People - Following
Patti Smith - Free Money
Clouds - Maryanne
Faust - It's A Rainy Day Sunshine Girl
The Damned - Smash It Up (Pts 1 &2)
The Clash - Deny
Curve - Superblaster
Misfits -Die, Die My Darling
The Breeders - Iris
Superchunk - Florida's On Fire
Joe Meek - The Valley of Saroos
Yo La Tengo - What Can I Say
Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
The Primitives - Sick of It
Mudhoney - Hate the Police
Ultra Vivid Scene - Candida (Remix)
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
Peter Murphy - The Sweetest Drop
The Raincoats - Balloon
Robert Pollard - Subspace Biographies
Meat Beat Manifesto - Funny Feeling
Treepeople - Fishbasket
Pussy Galore - Dick Johnson

Playlist November 15, 2009

2009-11-15T14:03:00.026-07:00

Pavement - Fin
Eleventh Dream Day - Sweet Smell
The Cure - A Forest
Red Red Meat (pictured) - Gauze
Alex Chilton - My Rival
The Untamed Youth - Pabst Blue Ribbon
Tiger Trap - Chester
The Flaming Lips - Convinced of the Hex
Loop - Straight To Your Heart
The Halo Benders - Bury Me
Camper Van Beethoven - One of These Days
Codeine - Ides
Lou Reed - Vicious
fIREHOSE - Honey, Please
Nirvana - Sappy [Live]
That Petrol Emotion - It's a Good Thing
The Replacements - Swingin' Party
Melvins - Dead Wipe
The Feelies - Slipping (Into Something)
Can - Paperhouse
Felt - Primitive Painters
The Dukes of The Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
Fugazi - KYEO
Stiff Little Fingers - State of Emergency
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Allies
Suede - Metal Mickey
Julain Cope - Fear Loves This Place

Playlist November 8, 2009

2009-11-08T14:02:00.028-07:00

Cocteau Twins - Persephone
Frank Black - White Noise Maker
The Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (request)
Magazine - The Honeymoon Killers
Elevator To Hell - Made For You
Beat Happening - Fortune Cookie Prize
Palace Brothers - No More Workhorse Blues
Chrome - You've Been Duplicated
Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love
Polvo - Beggar's Bowl (request)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat
Red House Painters - Over My Head
Destroyer - Rose
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Swallowtail (Live)
New Order - Truth
Pale Saints - Sight of You
Public Image Ltd. - Annalisa
Clan of Xymox - No Words (request)
Don Caballero - Bears See Things Pretty Much The Way They Are
Helium - Pat's Trick
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
Belly - Low Red Moon
Eric's Trip (pictured) - My Chest Is Empty
Uncle Tupelo - Wait Up
The Pixies - The Happening

Playlist November 1, 2009

2009-11-01T14:05:00.033-07:00

Descendents - I'm Not A Punk
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Quickspace - Friend
Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow is Falling
Dead Moon (pictured) - Hate The Blues
Man Or Astro-Man? - Of Sex And Demise
Sonic Youth - Stones
Joy Division - Passover
Crime - Instrumental Instrumental
Bikini Kill - Capri Pants
Polvo - Time Isn't On My Side
My Bloody Valentine - You Never Should
Let's Active - Blue Line (request)
The Soft Boys - (I Want To Be an) Anglepoise Lamp
Love & Rockets - Ball Of Confusion (request)
Black Flag - Fix Me
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Adolescents - L.A. Girl
Sloan - Can't Face Up
The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
DEVO - Secret Agent Man
Built To Spill & Caustic Resin - When Not Being Stupid Is Not Enough
The Bodines - Therese
Blondie - X Offender
The Vaselines - Oliver Twisted
Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex (request)
Death - Freakin' Out
Dub Narcotic Soundsystem - Teenage Time Bomb
Adam & The Ants - Zerox
The Jesus Lizard - Monkey Trick
The Magnetic Fields - When My Boy Walks Down The Street

Playlist October 25, 2009

2009-10-25T14:01:00.034-06:00

XTC - Meeting Place
Butterglory - The Halo Over Your Head
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute
The Cramps - What's Behind the Mask
Spongetones - (My Girl) Maryanne
The Stone Roses - Elizabeth My Dear
Lilys - The Hermit Crab
MC5 - Skunk (Sonically Speaking)
The Who - Mary-Anne With the Shaky Hands (Request)
Squeeze - Misadventure
Velocity Girl (pictured) - Lisa Librarian
The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet
Hoover - Cable
Chapterhouse - Breather
Wipers - Tragedy (4-Track Version)
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
Grifters - Bronze Cast
Mudhoney - Fuzzgun '91
Mazzy Star - Blue Light
Yo La Tengo - Always Something
Ride - Seagull
Blue Orchids - Work
Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart
The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
The Fall - Hip Priest
Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
The Smiths - Suffer Little Children
The Dylans - (Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quaint In Blue

Playlist October 18, 2009

2009-10-18T13:58:00.029-06:00

R.E.M. - 9-9
Theses Animal Men - Speeed King
Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe
Hector Zazou - Vera C
The Pretenders - Message of Love
The Modern Lovers - She Cracked
Big Star - Feel
Pavement - Fight This Generation (request)
Minor Threat - Salad Days
The Lyres - Don't Give It Up Now
The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Rain Parade - I Look Around
Unrest - Soon It Is Going To Rain
The dBs - Storm Warning
Royal Trux - Mercury
The Mekons - Where Were You?
The Minutemen -Dr. Wu
Spiritualized - Things Will Never Be The Same
The Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants
Talk Talk - I Believe In You
Blur - Bugman
The Velvet Underground - Temptation Inside Your Heart
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Obsession (request)
Big Black - Passing Complexion (request)
James Blood Ulmer - TV Blues
Bevis Frond - Wild Afterthought
Lush - Never-Never
The Replacements (pictured) - Left of the Dial
The Jam - The Modern World
X - Johnny Hit and Run Paulene

Playlist October 11, 2009

2009-10-11T14:10:00.025-06:00

Red Red Meat - Words
Bad Brains - Re-Ignition
The Chills - Pink Frost
Lydia Lunch - Mechanical Flattery
Tom Waits - Alice
The Breeders - I Just Wanna Get Along
The Cynics - Baby What's Wrong
Television - Torn Curtain
Built To Spill - Hindsight
Ramones - Cretin Hop
Swirlies - Park The Car By The Side Of The Road
Damon & Naomi With Ghost - Dreamed of the Caucasus
Archers of Loaf - Tatyana
Th' Faith Healers - The People
Stereolab - Cybele's Revenge
Able Tasmans - What Was That Thing
Iggy Pop - Sixteen
Blasters - Love You So
Björk - There's More To Life Than This
The Flaming Lips (pictured) - Unconciously Screamin'
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Another World
Throwing Muses - Vicky's Box
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green
The Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow--Wipeout!
Bardo Pond - Tommy Gun Angel
Medicine - Fried Awake

Playlist Sept 27th

2009-09-27T14:09:00.025-06:00

Flipper - Flipper Blues (live)
Blonde Redhead - Swing Pool
Silver Apples - A Pox On You
Wooden Shijips - Losin' Time
Sleater-Kinney - Lora's Song
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
Butthole Surfers - Creep In The Cellar
The Slits - Typical Girls
The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
The Verve - Feel
Drop Nineteens - Angel
The Bats - The Black and The Blue
The Cramps - Human Fly
Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Quasi - California
Marie Morr - Pretty Day
The Raincoats - Shouting Out Loud (live)
Jesse Garon and the Desperados - Splashing Along
Daniel Johnston (pictured) - Lousy Weekend
Teenage Fanclub - Alcoholiday
The Creatures - Miss The Girl (Request)
Giant Sand - Live To Tell
Pavement - Circa 1762 (Peel Session)
Spacemen 3 - Revolution
Catherine Wheel - Crank

Playlist September 20, 2009

2009-09-20T14:06:00.019-06:00

Frank Black - Olé Mulholland
Volcano Suns (pictured) - White Elephant
Guided By Voices - Liar's Tale
Josef K - Sorry For Laughing
Kitchens of Distinction - Margaret's Injection
The Smithereens - Now and Then
The Buzzcocks - Boredom
Swirlies - Vigilant Always
Swell Maps - Big Empty Field
Slint - Nosferatu Man
Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double or Triple
The Halo Benders - Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
Front 242 - Lovely Day (Request)
A Trois Dans Les WC - Contagion
Sebadoh - Forced Love
R.E.M. - Laughing
Felt - September Lady
Television Personalities - Look Back In Anger
Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Love in a Void (Request)
Chrome - TV As Eyes
Bowery Electric - Out of Phase
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (Request)
Loop - From Centre To Wave

Playlist September 6, 2009

2009-09-06T14:04:00.029-06:00

Pussy Galore - Waxhead
The Stockholm Monsters - Your Uniform
Suicide (pictured) - Che
DEVO - The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize
Death - Where Do We Go From Here???
Wire - 12 X U
My Bloody Valentine - The Things I Miss
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Roxy Music - Sunset
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Wipers - The Lonely One
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown (Request)
Smog - Your Wedding
Heavenly - Boyfriend Stays The Same
Superchunk - Cast Iron
Eric's Trip - Girlfriend
Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home?
X - Riding With Mary
Unrest - Make Out Club
The Feelies - Waiting
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do (Request)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Another World
Codeine - Loss Leader
Joy Division - The Only Mistake
Wall of Voodoo - Call of The West
Mazzy Star - Before I Sleep
Swervedriver - Sunset
Pere Ubu - Final Solution

Playlist August 30, 2009

2009-08-30T14:06:00.024-06:00

Gramme - Like You
Billy Childish & Kyra - Why Can't You See
Young Marble Giants - Searching For Mr. Right
Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
The Magnetic Fields - Epitaph For My Heart
Pig Bag - Hit The 'O' Deck (12" Version)
Helium - XXX
Xymox - Phoenix of My Heart/Wild Thing outro (Request)
The Au Pairs - It's Obvious
Sleep - Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
Adam & the Ants - The Human Beings
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Her Way of Praying
Ciccone Youth - Burning Up (Madonna Cover) (Mike Watt Original Demo)
Spiritualized (pictured) - Shine a Light (Clear Light/Clear Rush)
Radiohead - Blow Out
Lou Reed - NYC Man
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
The Leaving Trains - 10 Generations
Hüsker Dü - Turn On The News
Lene Lovich -Lucky Number
Bardo Pond - Green Man
D.O.A. - Logjam

Playlist August 23, 2009

2009-08-23T14:05:00.025-06:00

New Order - Love Vigilantes
Six Finger Satellite - Where Humans Go
The Clash - Safe European Home
Adolescents - Kids Of The Black Hole
Medicine - Miss Drugstore
The Sugarcubes - Fucking In Rhythm & Sorrow
Archers Of Loaf (pictured) - Fabricoh
Patti Smith - Free Money
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Swell Maps - Another Song
fIREHOSE - Anger
Fugazi - Suggestion
The Primitives - Shadow
Television - Little Johnny Jewel
The Mekons - Honeymoon In Hell
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
The Cure - Want
Cub - A Party
Orange Juice - Tender Object
Cul de Sac - The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, California
Guided By Voices - Tractor Rape Chain
The Dirtbombs - Indivisible
Sebadoh - The Freed Pig
Flipper - The Way Of The World

Public Image Ltd. - Memories
Grifters - Maps Of The Sun
Volcano Suns - Time Off
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Playlist August 16, 2009

2009-08-16T14:09:00.020-06:00

Crime - San Francisco's Doomed
Awesome Color - Eyes of Light
Sentridoh - Endless Tease
Pixies - The Happening
Volcano! - Africa Just Wants To Have Fun
The Vibrators - Baby Baby
James Blood Ulmer - TV Blues
The Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
Red Red Meat - Chain Chain Chain
Black Flag - Modern Man
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
The Dictators - Two Tub Man
Bad Brains - I
The Jesus Lizard - South Mouth
The Germs - Richie Dagger's Crime
My Bloody Valentine - (When You Wake) You're Still In A Dream
Melvins - Copache
Buffalo Tom - Stymied
Superchunk - Cast Iron
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Death - Where Do We Go From Here???
Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup
R.E.M. - Orange Crush
Thurston Moore - Silver > Blue
Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All
XTC - Is This Pop?
X - We're Desperate
The Bluebells - Syracuse University
The Catherine Wheel - Pain

Playlist August 9, 2009

2009-08-09T14:08:00.017-06:00

Dim Star - Dim Star Theme
Blonde Redhead (pictured) - I Don't Want U
Two Dollar Guitar - Kilroy
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Run On - Baap
The Ramones - Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Skin Yard - Start At The Top
Big Star - O My Soul
Edith Frost - Temporary Loan
T. Rex - Metal Guru
Eleventh Dream Day - Tenth Leaving Train
Suicide - Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
The Flaming Lips - Pilot Can At The Queer Of God
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Cure cover)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Wail
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Silver Jews - Trains Across The Sea
Jawbox - Savory
Mission Of Burma - What We Really Were
Libraness - Totempole
Morphine - Scratch
The Fall - Free Range
Morrissey - Glamourous Glue
The Jam - Little Boy Soldiers
Daniel Johnston - Life In Vain
The English Beat - Rough Rider

Playlist August 2, 2009

2009-08-02T14:07:00.016-06:00

Sonic Youth - Massage The History
Helium - Silver Angel
Echo and The Bunnymen - All My Colors
Olivia Tremor Control (pictured) - Holiday Surprise 1,2,3
The Go- Betweens - Cattle and Cane
Galaxie 500 - Decomposing Trees
Pavement - Fight This Generation (live)
Killing Joke - Adorations
Minor Threat - In My Eyes
Beck - Soul Sucking Jerk (alternate version)
March Violets - Snake Dance
The Replacements - Shiftless When Idle
The Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted
The Individuals - Walk By Your House
Spacemen 3 -Walkin' With Jesus (Sound of Confusion)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Hole
Stereolab - Wow and Flutter
Primative Partners - Felt
The Dream Syndicate - Halloween
Kraftwerk - The Model
Eric's Trip - View Master
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Treepeople - Whe'd I mean To Think you said
Pink Floyd - Fearless

Playlist July 26, 2009

2009-07-26T14:03:00.028-06:00

Wipers - Doom Town
David Bowie - TVC 15
The Halo Benders - Canned Oxygen
Royal Trux - Call Out The Lions
Arches of Loaf - Underdogs of Nipomo
Slowdive - Blue Skied An' Clear
Alice Cooper - Gutter Cats vs. The Jets
Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave
Slint - Kent
The Apples In Stereo - 7 Stars
Suicide - Rocket USA
Neutral Milk Hotel (pictured) - Song Against Sex
The Church - Tantalized
New York Dolls - Lookng For A Kiss
Alex Chilton - Sugar Sugar / I Got The Feelin' (Heavy Medley)
The Breeders - Fate To Fatal
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better
Loop - Collision (Peel Session)
Built To Spill - Big Dipper
Chameleons - Caution
Buzzcocks - Without You
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Chainsaw Kittens - Media Star Hymn
Love & Rockets - Mirror People

Playlist July 19, 2009

2009-07-19T14:04:00.028-06:00

Pixies- River Euphrates
Medicine- A Short Happy Life
Pavement- The Classical (The Fall cover)
Nirvana- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Joy Division- Disorder
Bad Brains- Coptic Times
The Clash (pictured)- Last Gang In Town
Black Flag- I Can't Decide
The Vaselines- You Think You're A Man
Front 242- Quite Unusual (request)
Moondogs- Imposter
Versus- Yeah You
The Prats- Disco Pope
Lou Reed- Romeo Had Juliet
The Primitives- Keep Me In Mind
Elvis Costello- Less Than Zero
fIREHOSE- Windmilling
Eurythmics- Regrets
Mark Beer- The Man Man Man
Cheap Trick- On The Radio
The Verve- A Man Called Sun
Pretenders- Space Invader
Jawbox- Green Glass
The Lines- Cool Snap
Circle Jerks- High Price On Our Heads
The Comsat Angels- Our Secret
Pond- Cinders
Magazine- Shot By Both Sides
Shudder To Think- Gang Of $
Husker Du- Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill

Playlist July 12, 2009

2009-07-12T14:04:00.026-06:00

Swervedriver - Planes Over The Skyline
Red House Painters - Summer Dress
Six Finger Satellite - Parlour Games
Throwing Muses - Red Shoes
The Cure - Fire In Cairo (Peel Session)
Descendents - Myage
Smog - Ambition
Bauhaus - Silent Hedges
Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane
Sebadoh - Drama Mine
Death - Let The World Trun
Caustic Resin - Half Step
Frank Black - Headache
Afghan Whigs- Be Sweet
My Bloody Valentine- Loomer
Jesus Lizard- Monkey Trick
Half Japanese- Lucky Ones
Minutemen- Corona
Delta 5- You
Television Personalities- Salvador Dali's Garden Party
Devo (pictured)- Uncontrollable Urge
Echo & The Bunnymen- The Killing Moon
Guided By Voices- My Valuable Hunting Knife
Blondie- Hanging On The Telephone
Yo La Tengo- Damage
Wire- Ex-Lion Tamer
R.E.M.- Me In Honey
The Wedding Present- My Favourite Dress
Uncle Tupelo- The Long Cut
Depeche Mode- Never Let Me Down Again (request)

Playlist July 5, 2009

2009-07-05T14:13:00.028-06:00

The Mekons - Dear Sausage
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
Les Savy Fav - Je T'Aime
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song
The Vaselines - Sex Sux (Amen)
Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch
Morrissey - You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
Bikini Kill - Magnet
Suicide - Sweetheart
Blur - Coffee And TV
The Stone Roses - Song For My Sugar Spun Sister
Bowery Electric - Next To Nothing
Suede - Metal Mickey (request)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Rodeo Jones (live) (request)
New Order - Temptation
Bratmobile - Cherry Bomb
American Music Club - Crabwalk
Built To Spill - I Would Hurt A Fly (live)
Stiff Little Fingers - Wait And See
Orange Juice - Falling And Laughing
The Lemonheads - Rudderless
Cub - Motel 6
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter (pictured)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
The Soft Boys - Like A Real Smoothie
Josef K - Crazy To Exist
Iggy Pop - The Passenger

Playlist June 28, 2009

2009-06-28T14:07:00.020-06:00

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
The Vibrators - Flying Duck Theory
Vortex OST - Black Box Disco
The Replacements - Shiftless When Idle
Bush Tetras - Can't Be Funky
Morrissey - Suedehead
Free Kitten - Top 40
The Feelies (pictured) - Moscow Nights
The Grifters - Black Fuel Incinerator
Archers of Loaf - Step Into the Light
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Pavement - Pueblo
The Sea and Cake - Jacking the Ball
Beat Happening - Black Candy
Julian Cope - Trampolene
The Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Pixies - Caribou
The Gun Club - Sex Beat
Total Chaos - Primitive Feeling
Dinosaur Jr. - I Don't Wanna Go There
Curve - Blindfold
The Pop Group - We Are Time
Psychedelic Furs - Mr. Jones
Swell Maps - Border County
Polvo - Thermal Treasure
Scratch Acid - Flying Houses
Theoretical Girls - No More Sex

Playlist June 21, 2009

2009-06-26T13:06:00.003-06:00

Thanks to Charles for covering this week's edition of Fight This Generation

Big Black- Kerosene
DNA- Not Moving
Mount Shasta- Sleeping Fugly
Dinosaur Jr.- Little Fury Things
Sonic Youth- Anti Orgasm
Cicone Youth- Get into the Groovey (Madonna)
Drop Nineteens- Angel (Madonna)
Frontline Assembly- Vexation (Request)
Tuxedomoon- Where Interests Lie
Joy Division- Transmission
Eleventh Dream Day- Watching Candles Burn
Pere Ubu- I Will Wait
Lene Lovich (pictured) - Bird Song
DEVO- Slap Your Mammy
Talking Heads- No Compassion
The Jam- Bricks and Mortar
REM- Wolves Lower
Miracle Legion- Ladies from Town
Yo La Tengo- Private Dalmatians
Flipper- Survivors of the Plague
Wipers- Just a Dream Away
The Dickies- Hideous
The Bevis Frond- Confusion Days
Stereolab- Peng!
Reversible Cords- Video Cassette Machine
Brian Jonestown Massacre- Cold To The Touch
Spacemen 3- Why Wouldn’t I See?
Big Dipper- Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Playlist June 14, 2009

2009-06-14T14:06:00.028-06:00

Minutemen - West Germany
Monochrome Set - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
X-Ray Specs - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Mission of Burma - Peking Spring
Birdsongs of The Mesozoic - The Orange Ocean
Beat Happening - Hangman (request)
Radiohead - The Trickster
Contact - Constant Beat
X (pictured) - Los Angeles
Huggy Bear - Pansy Twist
The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
Rodan - Jungle Jim
Gang of Four - I Found That Essence Rare
The Slits - Typical Girls
LiliPUT - Die Matrosen
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
The Sugarcubes - Coldsweat
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anenome
Red Red Meat - Taxidermy Blues In Reverse
The Embarrassment - Sex Drive
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
PJ Harvey - Working For The Man
Belly - Slow Dog
Cul de Sac - Death Kit Train
Stereolab - Percolator
Devo - Though Being Cool
Cows - Midnight Cowboy
Super Furry Animals - Demons

Playlist June 7, 2009

2009-06-07T14:03:00.026-06:00

The Chameleons - Don't Fall
Seaweed - Sit In Glass (peel sessions)
Tiger Trap - Words and Smiles
Velocity Girl - Here Comes (peel sessions)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa
Daniel Johnson - Love Wheel
The Db's - Bad Reputation
The Cramps - Lonesome Town (request)
Fugazi - Shut The Door
Helium - Baby's Going Underground
The Raincoats - The Void (request)
Sebadoh - Magnet's Coil (request)
The Contortions - I Can't Stand Myself
Magazine - Song From Under The Floorboards
Clem Snide - Better
Silver Jews - Trains Across The Sea
Saccharine Trust - We Became Snakes
Konk - Baby Dee
Mantis - 199(7)1
The Red Krayola - Columbia
Sonic Youth - Tunic (8 Track Demo)
The Telescopes - Flying
The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
Th' Faith Healers - S.O.S. (peel sessions)
Descendents (pictured) - Silly Girl
Black Flag - Annihilate This Week
The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses

Playlist May 31, 2009

2009-05-31T18:30:00.004-06:00

Echo and The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
Julian Cope - Sunpots [single]
The Fuzztones - 1-2-5
Slint - Washer
A Minor Forest - Speed For Gavin
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
Vivienne Goldman - Launderette
Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It
Stephen Malkmus - No More Shoes
Pussy Galore - Sweet Little Hi-Fi
Quickspace - Rise
Soul Merchants - Rotten Rose
Lydia Lunch - Lady Scarface
Sleater-Kinney - Words and Guitar
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
Adam & The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
Bratmobile - Some Special
Joy Division - Transmission (live) [request]
Chemical People - Two Years
Jason Anderson - Jet Ski Accidents [request]
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Adolescents - Wrecking Crew
The Cells - You Give Me Nothing
Birthday Party - Mr. Clarinet
Can (pictured) - Oh Yeah!
The Rodgers Sisters - Delayed Reaction
Beat Happening - In Between
The Olivia Tremor Control - Courtyard
Desert Storm - New Trition

Playlist May 24, 2009

2009-05-24T14:18:00.034-06:00

Talking Heads - I'm Not In Love
L7 - One More Thing
Inmates - Mr. Unreliable
Flipper - Life
Lyres - Don't Give It Up Now (request)
ESG - You're No Good
Caustic Resin - Kill You If You Want Me To
Guided By Voices - Postal Blowfish
The Fall - Mere Pseud Mag. Ed.
Loop - Too Real To Feel
Volcano Suns (pictured at right) - White Elephant
Swirlies - Wrong Tube
Wire - Too Late
Cocteau Twins - Seekers Who Are Lovers
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
XTC - Grass
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
Brian Eno - Backwater
Pale Saints - A Deep Sleep For Steven
The Feelies - Raised Eyebrows
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (request)
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together (request)
New Order - Ceremony
Modern Lovers - Astral Plane (request)
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Pixies - Manta Ray

Playlist May 17, 2009

2009-05-17T14:07:00.028-06:00

Wipers - So Young
The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
Kraftwerk - Numbers
Meat Beat Manifesto - Oblivion/Humans
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Smithereens - Tell Me, When Did Things Go So Wrong
Big Dipper - All Going Out Together
Pig Bag - Sunny Day
Iggy Pop - Success
The Germs - Manimal
Grifters - Shark
The Replacements - More Cigarettes
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Royal Trux - 70 Of Heart's
Chainsaw Kittens - Silver Millionaire
The Breeders (pictured) - Cannonball
The Chameleons - Looking Inwardly (John Peel Session)
Comsat Angels - Our Secret
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night
The Cure - Grinding Halt
The Au Pairs - You
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - The Beat
The Jam - Private Hell
Melvins - Set Me Straight
Josef K - Final Request
Mekons - Amnesia
Magazine - Definitive Gaze
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Carcass
Slowdive - Machine Gun

Summer 2009 Schedule

2009-05-09T11:24:00.003-06:00

Fight This Generation will air on Sundays from 2-4 pm beginning Sunday May 17th. Be sure to tune in for more episodes of Fight This Generation all summer long.

Playlist May 7th, 2009

2009-05-07T18:02:00.026-06:00

Curve - Coast Is Clear
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Ruth - Roman Photo
Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers
The Clash - I'm So Bored of the U.S.A.
The Monochrome Set - Adeste Fideles
Camper Van Beethoven - Where The Hell Is Bill?
The Fall - War
Dinosaur Jr. - I Don't Wanna Go There
Bad Brains - Right Brigade
The Damned (pictured) - Neat Neat Neat
Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation (Flashback)
Six Sed Red - Beat 'Em Right
Smog - It's Rough
Bark Psychosis - A Street Scene
Mercury Rev - Car Wash Hair
Bleach - Trip & Slide
Built To Spill - Broken Chairs (live)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Hole
Yo La Tengo - Double Dare
Robert Pollard - Conquerer Of The Moon

Playlist April 30th, 2009

2009-04-30T18:02:00.018-06:00

Red House Painters - San Geronimo
The Catherine Wheel - Kill Rhythm
Chrome - Danger Zone
Six Finger Satellite - Artificial Light/Half Control
Einstürzende Neubauten - Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego)
Swervedriver - Never Lose That Feeling
Gang Of Four - Call Me Up
Public Image Ltd. (pictured) - Public Image
Squeeze - Separate Beds
The Fall - L.A.
Swell Maps - Midget Submarines
Thee Hydrogen Terrorists - Mime Time
The Cramps - New Kind Of Kick
Pell Mell - Red Rhythm
Six Finger Satellite - Hot Food
Six Finger Satellite - Rome From Home
Birthday Party - Loose (The Stooges)
Evergreen - Solar Song
Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
Daniel Johnston - Silly Love
Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime (The Weirdos)
Throwing Muses - Golden Thing
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

Thanks to J of Six Finger Satellite for coming in and spinning some great records!

Six Finger Satellite Interview

2009-04-27T16:14:00.006-06:00

On Thursday April 30th Fight This Generation will be interviewing J. Ryan from the band Six Finger Satellite. We will be discussing the latest Six Finger Satellite material and digging into a few of J's favorite records.

Be sure to check out the new 6FS tracks on their myspace

Playlist April 23rd, 2009

2009-04-23T18:06:00.027-06:00

Devo - Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
Animals + Men - I Never Worry
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
Lilys - High Writer at Home
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Shabby Doll
Ride (pictured) - Vapour Trail
X-Ray Spex - I Am a Poseur
The Muffs - Big Mouth
Polvo - My Kimono
The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs
Iggy Pop - China Girls
Bob Mould - Fort Knox, King Soloman
Kitchens of Distinction - The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule
Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (request)
New Order - Blue Monday (12' extended version)
Uncle Tupelo - Acuff Rose
Silver Apples - You and I
Pavement - Kentucky Cocktail
Half Japanese - Smile
Echo & The Bunnymen - Enlighten Me
Young Marble Giants - Credit In The Straight World
Elevator To Hell - Typical, Boy Loses Girl
The Afghan Whigs - Turn On The Water
Radar Bros. - We're Over Here
Palace Brothers - There

Playlist April 16th, 2009

2009-04-16T18:10:00.020-06:00

The Velvet Underground - Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)
The Embarrassment - Celebrity Art Party
A.R. Kane (pictured) - A Love From Outer Space
Black Flag - Loose Nut (Live)
Negative Approach - Nothing
Nirvana - Sliver (Request)
Heavens to Betsy - Nothing Can Stop Me Now
The Fuzztones - Ward 81
Radiohead - You
Television Personalities - King and Country
Cub - Cast a Shadow
X - Come Back To Me
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - That Girl Suicide
Galaxie 500 - Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
Eric's Trip - Follow
Circle Jerks - Live Fast Die Young
NEU! - Negativland
Mudhoney - Something So Clear
Babes In Toyland - Bruise Violet
Red Red Meat - Words
Guided By Voices - Echoes Myron
Fugazi - Fell, Destroyed
Halo Benders - Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
Morrissey - Late Night, Maudlin Street
Midnight Oil - Stand In Line

Playlist April 9th, 2009

2009-04-09T18:08:00.019-06:00

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Talking Heads - Big Country
Th' Faith Healers - Get The Fuck Out Of My Face
Descendents - M 16
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Wire - Mannequin
Archers of Loaf - You and Me
The Pogues - Night Train To Lorca
Unwound - Natural Disasters
Chapterhouse - Falling Down
The Raincoats - The Void
Pixies - All Over The World
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Roommate
Velocity Girl - Rubble
Shipping News - Books On Trains
Richard Hell and the Voidoids (pictured)- I'm Your Man
My Bloody Valentine - Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)
Hüsker Dü - Somewhere
Silver Jews - Advice To The Graduate
The Vaselines - Dying For It
Preston School of Industry - Whalebones
Butthole Surfers - Sweat Loaf

Playlist April 2nd, 2009

2009-04-02T18:08:00.021-06:00

RADIO 1190 PLEDGE DRIVE!

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Adam And The Ants - Antmusic
Bowery Electric - Fear of Flying (Request)
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Lydia Lunch - Spooky
Public Image Ltd. - Seattle (Request)
Chemical People - Two Years
Sonic Youth - Stalker (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
XTC - Dear God
L7 - One More Thing
David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock
PJ Harvey & John Parish - Passionless, Pointless
Delta 5 (pictured)- Now That You've Gone
The Soup Dragons - Whole Wide World
Bauhaus - a god in an alcove
Wipers - No One Wants an Alien
Bell - Loose and Unsubdued
Minutemen - West Germany
Let's Active - Lowdown
Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me

Playlist March 19th, 2009

2009-03-19T18:02:00.025-06:00

Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over
Young Marble Giants - Include Me Out
Swans - Stay Here
Public Image Ltd - Home
XTC - Senses Workng Overtime
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Wall Of Voodoo - They Don't Want Me (Request)
Death - Polticans In My Eyes
Big Star - Don't Lie To Me
Slowdive(pictured) - Soulaki Space Station
Joy Division - Decades
Built To Spill & Caustic Resin - Shit Brown Eyes
The Zombies - I Want Her She Wants Me
Smog - Bathysphere
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
The Breeders - Hag
Slant 6 - Are You Human
Old Time Relijun - Archaeopteryx Claw
The Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters
Bad Brains - Banned In D.C.
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Belly - Dusted
Sebadoh - Total Peace
The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home
The Jam - Going Underground
The Bats - Fear of God

Playlist March 12th, 2009

2009-03-12T18:09:00.032-06:00

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater: Remixed by Kevin Shields
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Icelandic Version)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms
The Lyres - Help You Ann
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - The Beat
Grifters -Teenage Jesus
Gang of Four - Call Me Up
Depeche Mode - Halo
Fuzzbox - Console Me
Stereolab - Crest
Black Flag - T.V. Party
Dead Kennedys - Goons of Hazzard
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Drop Nineteens - Ease It Halen
Bauhaus - Silent Hedges
Beat Happening - Black Candy
Ramones - I Wanna Live
Primal Scream - Loaded
Lush - Never-Never
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Gravel - Hang Me
The Stooges - Ann
Cabaret Voltaire - Do the Mussolini (headkick)
Pere Ubu - Mirror Man
Big Dipper - Restaurant Cloud
Superchunk - For Tension

Playlist March 5th, 2009

2009-03-05T18:03:00.024-07:00

Ultravox! - Saturday Night in the City of the Dead
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dazzle
Camper Van Beethoven - Eye of Fatima (Parts 1-2)
The Descendents - Suburban Home
Velocity Girl - Pop Loser
Nico - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Request)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Mission of Burma (pictured) - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
The Wedding Present - Spangle
Pavement - Range Life (Request)
Donner Party - Blue Starch Acid For Baby's New Tooth
The Replacements - I Will Dare
The Cure - A Forest
Bratmobile - Cool Schmool
The Dead Milkmen - Smokin' Banana Peels
X-Ray Spex - Art-I-Ficial
The Flaming Lips - Prescription: Love
Spacemen 3 - How Does It Feel?
Nothing Painted Blue - Big Pink Heart (Request)
The Fall - Couldn't Get Ahead
Big Black - Cables [Live]
Sleater-Kinney - Heart Factory
The Clash - Police & Thieves
King Missile - No Point
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Eric's Trip - Frame

Playlist February 26th, 2009

2009-02-26T18:01:00.019-07:00

Archers of Loaf - Toast
Pussy Galore - Wait A Minute
Volcano Suns - Promise Me
The Boo Radleys - Upon 9th and Fairchild
Swervedriver - Duel
Unwound - Corpse Pose
Lilys - Overlit Canyon (The Obscured Wingtip Memoir)
Kitchens of Distinction - When In Heaven
Saccharine Trust - A Human Certainty
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Felt - All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead
Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards
Devo - Out of Sync
Sonic Youth - Candle
The Teen Idles - Sneakers
Television - Friction
Art Bears - Terrain
Red House Painters - Summer Dress
My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss
The Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
Rodan (pictured)- The Everyday World of Bodies
Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You
The Vaselines - Lovecraft

Playlist February 19th, 2009

2009-02-19T17:58:00.029-07:00

Talk Talk - Eden
Talking Heads - Electricity (Drugs) (Live)
Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
Elevator To Hell - Why I Didn't Like August 93
Meat Puppets- Aurora Borealis
Bikini Kill - Anti-Pleasure Dissertation
Loop - Afterglow
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Orphans
Beck - Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
Swirlies - Bell
Palace Brothers - The Cellar Song
fIREHOSE - Sometimes
NEU! - Hallogallo
Robyn Hitchcock - Executioner
The Primitives - I Almost Touched You
Th' Faith Healers - Serge (live)
The Afghan Whigs - Miles iz Ded
Morrissey - I'm OK By Myself
Wire - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
The Breeders - When I Was a Painter
Polvo (pictured) - Lazy Comet
Ultra Vivid Scene - Grey Turns To White
The Replacements - Anadrogynous
Slowdive - Sing
The Folk Implosion - Pole Position

Review: Morrissey - Years of Refusal

2009-02-18T22:40:00.009-07:00

Anticipation for Morrissey’s ninth solo album Years of Refusal has been flooding from the press in the last few weeks. Perhaps this enthusiasm stems from the fact that it has been three long years since the release of Ringleader of the Tormentors, because of the cryptic cover artwork or perhaps because Morrissey described this effort as his “strongest work to date.” Though the last point surely isn’t accurate, Morrissey has managed to produce one of his best albums in recent memory.

“Something Is Squeezing My Skull” immediately showcases Jerry Finn’s clean production and the aggressive, guitar based construction found throughout the record. “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris,” the first single from Years of Refusal is a wonderful pop composition that successfully uses the Morrissey formula without being repetitive or predictable. Moz sounds lively, and gives a performance not equaled in its ferocity since You Are the Quarry. No doubt these songs will sound great live – perhaps this is why he has not been shy in exhibiting these new cuts during recent shows. Morrissey’s songwriting remains strong on this disc and is less elusive than that on Ringleader of the Tormentors. In fact, Moz seems to take a more empowered stance toward his lyrics than usual. Of course, his usual sentiments are on display, especially in “One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell” and “Black Cloud,” but in addition to these Morrissey seems more confident in his self-sufficiency as he settles into his fifties. This is most apparent in the closing track, where Morrissey proclaims “I’m OK by myself! And I don’t need you and I never have.”

Some of Morrissey’s musical experimentation is unwelcome; especially the mariachi guitar on “When I Last Spoke To Carol” and the two minutes of ambient drone on the end of ”You Were Good In Your Time.” Otherwise the bolder musical decisions on this album cater to Morrissey’s strengths, and result in a very enjoyable collection of pop songs. Two of the best tracks on this release, “That’s How People Grow Up” and “All You Need Is Me” were previously released on Morrissey’s 2008 greatest hits compilation, but nonetheless they are welcome additions to this album. Overall, the newest release from one of our favorite solo musicians showcases his strengths: meandering and dramatic vocals, his exceptional musical presence, and sharp (not to mention entertaining) songwriting. Of course a solid band consisting of regular guitarist Boz Boorer, along with Jesse Tobias (guitar), Soloman Walker (bass) and Matt Walker (drums) provides the necessary instrumentation. Expect to hear a cut from Years of Refusal on our show tomorrow!

Years of Refusal is out now on Attack/Lost Highway (US)

Playlist February 12th, 2009

2009-02-12T18:03:00.031-07:00

Black Flag - Bastard In Love (Live)
Adam & The Ants - You're So Physical (Peel Session)
The dB's - Amplifier
Beat Happening - Let's Kiss
The Homosexuals - Walk Before Imitate
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
Spiritualized - Take Your Time
Yo La Tengo - From A Motel 6
Eugenius - Breakfast
The Velvet Underground - Ocean
Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes
Drop Nineteens - Kick The Tragedy
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who?
The Embarrassment - Lewis & Clark
Blur - Repetition
Radiohead - Just
Thurston Moore - Ono Soul
Jawbox (pictured) - Breathe
The Misfits - Bullet
Dinosaur Jr. - Sludgefeast
The Pastels - Truck Train Tractor
The Verve - Gravity Grave [edit]
The Olivia Tremor Control - Define a Transparent Dream
The Bevis Frond - Wild Mind
The Psychedelic Furs - So Run Down
Iggy Pop - Fall In Love With Me

Playlist February 5th, 2009

2009-02-05T18:03:00.027-07:00

Joy Division - Transmission (Live)
Wipers - Youth of America
Dead Milkmen - Methodist Coloring Book (Request)
Built To Spill and Caustic Resin - One Thing
Bowery Electric (Pictured) - Another Road (Request)
Superchunk - The Question Is How Fast
The Grifters - Mysterious Friend
Minutemen - Fake Contest
R.E.M. - Oddfellows Local 151
Chapterhouse - Pearl
Magnetic Fields - Torn Green Velvet Eyes
Orange Juice - Blokes On 45
Pale Saints - You Tear the World In Two
Mercury Rev - Boys Peel Out
Cocteau Twins - Pandora
Pixies - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
Midnight Oil - Dreamworld
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Scratch Acid - Cannibal
The Feelies - The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
Sugar - A Good Idea
Sebadoh - Last Day of School
Fugazi - Merchandise
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces
Medicine - A Short Happy Life
Melvins - Joan of Arc

Playlist January 29th, 2009

2009-01-29T18:01:00.010-07:00

The Clash - Know Your Rights
Volcano Suns - Polythene Pam/Greasy Spine
Big Star - O My Soul
Bad Brains - Reignition
Young Marble Giants - Eating Noddemix
The Smiths - What She Said
Gang of Four - Anthrax
Minor Threat (Pictured) - Think Again
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Love Comes in Spurts
Lush - Light From A Dead Star
The Replacements - Interview/The Ledge
Mudhoney - Ounce of Deception
Happy Flowers - Jenny Tried to Kiss Me at Recess
The Flaming Lips - Jesus Shootin' Heroin
Slint - Don, Aman
Smog - Golden
Half Japanese - Penny in the Fountain
Eric's Trip - Stove
Pavement - Harness Your Hopes
Shonen Knife - Kappa Ex
Robert Pollard - The Right Thing
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Feeling Lucky
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
XTC - Earn Enough For Us
The Bats - Made Up In Blue
PJ Harvey - Man-Size

Schedule Update!

2009-01-27T23:37:00.000-07:00

Fight This Generation will begin at 6pm and end at 8pm on Thursday Nights from now on. Thanks for listening!

Playlist January 22nd, 2009

2009-01-22T21:04:00.010-07:00

Delta 5 - You

The Cramps - I'm Cramped

The Individuals - Dancing With My Eighty Wives

The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night

Meat Puppets - Oh, Me

Swirlies - House of Pancake

Suicide - Cheree (Request)

Slant 6 - Alien Movie Star

Archers of Loaf - Harnessed in Slums

Mission of Burma - Weatherbox

The Stooges - Real Cool Time (Alternate Mix)

Galaxie 500 - Another Day

Naked Raygun - Prepare To Die (Request)

Big Dipper - She's Fetching

Robyn Hitchcock - Jewels For Sophia

Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On

L7 - Shove

Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign

Silver Apples - I Have Known Love

Big Black - Kerosene

Uncle Tupelo - The Long Cut

Daniel Johnston - The Sun Shines Down On Me

Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

New Order - Age of Consent

Cabaret Voltaire - Digital Rasta

Stereolab (pictured) - The Noise of Carpet

Brian Eno - No Receiving

8Tracks Mixtapes on Fight This Generation

2009-01-19T21:10:00.007-07:00

After Fight This Generation on Thursday Nights, I will upload the show's playlist and a 8Tracks mixtape of some of the songs that were played. 8Tracks is a service allows you to upload a mixtape (minimum 8 tracks) and share it via twitter or an embeded player. The service complies with copyright laws, and best of all it hosts all of your files for free. Enjoy!

http://8tracks.com/

Playlist January 15th, 2009

2009-01-15T21:19:00.007-07:00

Pavement - Fight This Generation
Loop - Breathe Into Me (request)
Talking Heads - No Compassion (request)
The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowdays
The Fall - Bombast
David Bowie - Station To Station
Utah Saints - Something Good (request)
Devo - Too Much Paranonias
Th' Faith Healers - See Saw
My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for the Electric Guitar
The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Sonic Youth (pictured) - Anagrama
Swervedriver - Rave Down
Spacemen 3 - Feel So Good
Television - Marquee Moon

Fight This Generation is now back on the air!

2009-01-15T20:55:00.002-07:00

Fight this Generation is back on Radio 1190 on Thursday Nights from 6-8pm. My name is Nick and I will be co-hosting with my brother Phil. Our goal is to bring you the finest classic college and indie rock cuts. On this blog you will be able to check out our playlists from week to week and find more information about the artists we play. Additionally, Phil and I will occasionally write reviews of new and old releases along with, (hopefully) interviews with the indie rock gods we worship. Be sure to tune in!

Pavement: authors of Fight This Generation, the song that is our namesake.