The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Podcast - Music For People Who Are Serious About Music

NEW FOR JUNE 1, 2007 People don't want eclectic. It's a terrible idea. What with the great choices offered by traditional music radio, based on research by the suits upstairs. No need to touch that dial. Feast on the never ending swill of ubiquity. The Paris Hilton record was a smash. And who doesn't love the Black Eyed Peas ? Isn't the new Lindsay Lohan album out soon ? Bravo . . . "You had bette...

NEW FOR MAY 15, 2007 Seventeen years in the making. This spring we experience the emergence of the legendary 17 Year Cicada. Cicadas on YouTube As they emerge from the ground en masse, they begin the mating call that will permeate the air. The Best Radio Podcast offers an alternative version . . . 1. Armor and Sword - Rush 2. How Soon Is Now - Love Spit Love 3. Day Of The Eagle - Robin Trower 4. B...

NEW FOR MAY 1, 2007 A bit of adventure, intrigue and suspense for this May Day 2007. Gather the kids around the May Pole and crank up this month's Best Radio Podcast. 1. One Of Our Submarines - Thomas Dolby 2. Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan 3. Ballad Of Billy The Kid - Billy Joel 4. Looking For Clues - Robert Palmer 5. Almost Cut My Hair - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 6. Flourescent Adolescen...

NEW FOR APRIL 15, 2007 I suspect music has started as many fights as religion has started wars. The catalyst can usually be identified as a single factor: The DJ. That may be a guy on the radio, a girl spinning in the clubs or just the fool at your party who has commandeered the sound system in your living room. One thing that is fact (because I said so . . .) is that most DJs, in their pursuit to...

NEW FOR APRIL 1, 2007 Well, I ain't no April Fool, but I sure do hope that the fools who have access to "the button" are minding their P's and Q's. As the title suggests, all it will take is "One False Move" in the serious chess game this planet is engaged in and it's Rock 'em Sock 'em Warheads. My suggestion : A series of sit downs between the heads of state, a cooler full of cold ones and a blas...

NEW FOR MARCH 15, 2007 "Et tu, Brute?" The final words from Julius Caesar as Brutus shanked him jail house style. But it came with warning; "Beware The Ides of March." And in the immortal words of Don Vito Corleone "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. And make sure you tell both of them about The Best Radio You Have Never Heard . . . " 1. Vehicle - The Ides Of March 2. I'm Shipping Up...

NEW FOR MARCH 1, 2007 Temperance. Once regarded as a virtue, it shut down gin mills nationwide when our country was thrust into Prohibition. Although that topic has been covered in this space (see Beer, Blood and Piss Vol. 44) I think this podcast serves as a reminder that a good dose of denial will always get you through in a pinch. 1. Over Hail Marys - Odd Man Out 2. Caesar's Palace Blues - U.K....

NEW FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2007 Taste is a funny thing. One man's gourmet is another's poison. Your idea of fashion is the next guys nightmare. And when it comes to the arts, faguhdaboutit. However, The Best Radio You Have Never Heard bridges the gaps and brings people together with the best music produced throughout the ages. Have a earful of this mid-month podcast and I can guarantee a beggars banquet...

NEW FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2007 Are there "dog days" of winter ? If so, the unwelcome feeling of the wind off of Lake Michigan and a thermometer reading 15ºF makes for some mighty braying from the hell hounds of winter. So a little something to warm you up in what is proving to be the antithesis of global warming. If you are lucky enough to be somewhere where the thought of jumping into a pool is more b...

NEW FOR JANUARY 15, 2007 At the end of 2006, Best Radio contributer Rick in New York, suggested the idea of a best of 2006 for The Best Radio You Have Never Heard. Although every episode represents the best in music, I told Rick to sift thru the 2006 podcasts tracks and make his list of the best tracks that appeared last year. Presented today is Rick's Picks for 2006: 20/20 Hindsight-The Best Radi...

NEW FOR JANUARY 1, 2007 Simply going on the record to wish you the very best in 2007 and starting you off with On The Record-The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 53. 1. Auld Lang Syne - Band Of Gypsys 2. Come Together - Primal Scream 3. E=mc2 - Big Audio Dynamite 4. Round and Round - Ratt 5. Off The Record (live) - My Morning Jacket 6. The Chain (live) - Fleetwood Mac 7. Breathe - Odd Man Out...

NEW FOR DECEMBER 15, 2006 It's that time of year again and it seems the ol' holiday standard is turning into the fruitcake of the new millennium. C'mon, you see it coming down the hallway from a co-worker. Being thrust on you on a cassette no less by your old college roommate. You even got one in the mail from an ex. Yes, it's the annual dreaded Christmas Mix CD/Tape. Smile and hope it's recorded...

NEW FOR DECEMBER 1, 2006 As I sit in a hotel room in Cabo San Lucas preparing this podcast entry, I can clearly see the Thick Empty Skull of somebody who ought to be out in the waves or besides the pool. 'Nuff said . . . 1. Desire (Hollywood Mix) - U2 2. Punk Sandwich - Dixie Dregs 3. Firth Of Fifth - Genesis 4. Violet - Hole 5. Jamie's Cryin' - Van Halen 6. Heaven- Anne Clark 7. Hot 'Lanta - Sea...

NEW FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2006 Change is the only constant in the universe. This time the revolution took place on the nightly news on a Tuesday night in November 2006. The follow up, to be broadcast, will determine if as we meet the new boss, is he the same as the old boss ? A trashy mini-series or a Discovery Channel HD documentary ? Or another sweeps fluff piece ? Just don't turn that dial except to...

NEW FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2006 Bush. Shrubbery? The desirous object of frat boys everywhere? A "W" looking like a deer caught in the headlights of a Mack truck? Any or all of the above. But in this case, The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 49. 1. Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard 2. You're Too Old - Dirty Looks 3. Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers 4. Possession - Sarah McLachlan 5. Here Comes Th...

NEW FOR OCTOBER 15, 2006 All Hallows Eve. We at The Best Radio You Have Never Heard are trying to put the fright back into Fright Night. What with pop culture dominating Halloween these days we thought it was time for the comeback of the monsters and the devil. Vampires, slashers and witches, ghosts and goblins ! That's what Halloween is all about, right ? Dressing up as one of the foursome from S...

NEW FOR OCTOBER 1, 2006 My good friend, Dave from Scotland lost his wife unexpectedly and suddenly yesterday. This podcast is my response to this tragic event. We all react differently in life to things. I speak thru music and currently my podcasts, as words cannot even begin to translate my feelings here. As I have said before in sad times, keep a stiff upper lip, Dave Please use the comment butt...

NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 Something did happen day. Another knucklehead in a trench coat. Ref: Anything Can Happen Day-The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 38. 1. A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode 2. Open Your Eyes - Lords Of The New Church 3. Suicide Blonde - INXS 4. Crybaby - Utopia 5. Jerusalem - Sinead O'Connor 6. Tomorrow - Morrissey 7. Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 - Ian Dury and t...

NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 Probable Cause ? That open bottle of tequila on the passenger seat ? That pungent smell coming from your house ? The fact that the money you just used at Starbucks looks like you made it on a copy machine ? Having the police shine a light on you after climbing up a lamp post to steal the street sign that's the same name as your ex-girlfriend ? Or the September 1, 2006 pod...

From The Archive It's September and that means back to school. Time to rehash that old lesson of American measures to metric. Just keep it together whether it is a Quarter Pounder or a Grand Royale. Order up the new first podcast for September with all the trimmings. This ain't your average Happy Meal. 1. Sanctuary (Howling Mix) - The Cult 2. Word Of God - The Subjects 3. Jesus, He Knows Me - Gene...

NEW FOR AUGUST 15, 2006 As we get about to this point in the year you start to hear people lamenting the end of summer. The dichotomy here is that mid-August can be the hottest time of the season. What does this have to do with this mid-month podcast Beer, Blood, and Piss ? Sweating a bunch, cooling down with cold beer in a club that is 100º and enjoying the aromas ? Finding the former "beer dist...

From The Archive With last months archive entry Stuff, Different Order , it doesn't seem right not to follow it up with the companion piece More Stuff, Different Order . Recorded at about the same period in 2002, this one remains in its original form without the requisite remix the former enjoyed. I suspect you will enjoy this one as well. 1. All the Girls Love Alice - Elton John 2. Betrayed - G-M...

NEW FOR AUGUST, 2006 Starting out August, 2006 with a hand in the topical. Ball Bearing Paint Job is a reference to the results of the work of the fine bomb makers using shrapnel and ball bearing as filling to further inflict injury to military and civilians alike. Nasty people doing nasty things. 1. The Lebanon - Human League 2. The Israelites - Desmond Dekker and The Aces 3. Heartland - The The...

From The Archive This months Archive title might be one the eldest of the bunch. Originally recorded in 2002, I took the liberty to re-edit this one for it's return into the list. So although some of you might actually have already downloaded this one at one time or another, this version is slightly updated and three seconds shorter for those keeping score at home . . . 1. This Is The Day - The Th...

NEW FOR JULY 15, 2006 The mid-month podcast for July was in the can and awaiting upload when the sad news arrived that legendary rock icon and Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett had died at the age of 60. This event struck a chord with me and the results are this July's mid-month new release. The previously intended title will have to wait until August 1, 2006. This podcast is a tribute to Syd Barrett...