Wed, Dec 11, 2024 - Frozen Frequencies & Fan Favorites

This episode of "Music is Powerful Stuff" doubles as a "Frozen Frequencies Fundraiser" for Pirate Cat Radio (KPCR), a listener-supported, commercial-free community radio station. Host Mike Park urges listeners to donate to help cover bills and keep the station on air, offering a Pirate Cat Radio t-shirt for a $25 donation. Throughout the show, Mike takes calls from regular listeners, Izzy from Riverside (who always calls around the 20-minute mark), and nine-year-old Ava from Ventura, both of whom request songs. Later, Jacob Martin from the band Mocktag calls in to request one of his own band's songs. Mike shares anecdotes about the bands, discusses upcoming concerts, and even reveals a personal theory about Tom Waits' voice. The episode concludes with a traditional "Weird Al Yankovic" song and an invitation for listeners to join Mike at a Weird Al residency show in Las Vegas.

Setlist

• Hot Water Music - "Trusty Chords"
• Oingo Boingo - "Only a Lad"
• The Clash - "Pressure Drop"
• Less Than Jake - "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads"
• The Kinks - "Father Christmas"
• Royal Dog - "Pickle"
• The Selby Tigers - "Droid"
• The Epoxies - "Need More Time"
• Joyce Manor - "Catalina Fightsong"
• Voluntary Hazing - "Phone Tag"
• The Muffs - "Lucky Guy"
• Bull Shannon - "High on Nag Champa"
• Grave Secrets - "S2L"
• Link 80 - "Turn It Around"
• Mocktag - "All You Folks Are Dead For What You Did"
• Sad Park - "Good Luck"
• Reviver - "Rain Down"
• Buds - "Building Blocks"
• Tidal Fight - "Memorial Field"
• Camping - "Tiny House"
• Iron Chic - "Know What I Mean, Jelly Bean"
• New Order - "Blue Monday"
• Tom Waits - "Downtown Train"
• Social Unrest - "Red, White, and Blue"
• Weird Al Yankovic (unspecified song to close the show)