Debts No Honest Man Can Pay

On this week's show, we...wish a very happy birthday to one of our best friends & most loyal listenerscelebrate the dawn of the Biden/Harris administration with songs of hope wave goodbye to Audio Separated at Birth & say hello to Dopplebangers All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we...preview the forthcoming record from cowpunk legend Jason Ringenberg catch up with the new 2019/2020 singles collection from neo-soul man extraordinaire Mayer Hawthorne spend quality time with some of our favorite alt-country power couplesAll this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we...spend quality time with the album Steve Earle never wanted to makeremember the dystopian side of David Bowie on the 5th anniversary of his passingcatch up with a fistful of new singles from The Man From RavconAll this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we...spend quality time with Billie Joe Armstrong's rad new covers recordbrag about getting tons of cool birthday music for not a ton of money in a long-overdue installment of Greenberg's Big Score bid adieu to Silver Bullet Band saxophonist Alto Reed All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

In early December, I was honored to be a guest on Andy Smith & Rick Quinn's podcast, Ordinary Takes, along with esteemed fellow music nerds Amy Rock, Scott Winchell, Becca Klaver & Steve Stockman.This bonus episode features my segment on the Marathon of Meaning - Best Music of 2020 episode. I encourage you to check out the episode in its entirety and to subscribe to Ordinary Takes on Spotify. Also, check out Andy's radio show & blog, Teacher on the Radio.Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we wrap up the merry month of Debts-cember (and the year in general) with...the most honorable of mentionsthe runners-up that fill our cupthe best of the rest of 2020 All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we... deck all the hallsstuff all the stockingsyule all the tidesrein all the deer sleigh all the rides jingle all the bells ...with wall-to-wall holiday bangers from all over the musical map. There's something for everyone under our tree! All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember!Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights - On this week's show, because I just didn't have it in me to pull off another extended show, we're dialing it back with our shortest episode ever! 8 songs (one for each night of Chanukah) plus a brief bonus track to symbolize the starter candle. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of 2020 - On this week's show, we spend quality time with the records that inspired us to get out of bed, face the day & conquer the world while the world raged on like an unholy dumpster fire. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we recover from the post-Thanksgiving food coma with the first Christmas by Murder by Death, a surprise new release from the dirty ol' one-man band himself - Scott H. Biram, and a 6-pack of world-class badass women infiltrating & dominating the boys' club of the Grammy Awards Best Rock Performance category. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we gear up for Thanksgiving with a heaping helping of grateful grooves, a bumper crop of Canadian content, and new music from some of earth's mightiest singer/songwriters. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we attempt a 13-track cover chain, spin some dope new tracks from some folks we dig, and wish some Canadian dude named Neil Young a happy 75th birthday. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, in honor of the Pennsylvania blue flip reminding us that democracy is still alive, we take a deep dive into the heart of Philly soul. This includes, but is not limited to the holy trinity of 70s balladry that is the Delfonics, the Chi-Lites & the Stylistics, the blue-eyed soul stylings of Hall & Oates, David Bowie & Sir Elton John, and the majesty of the mighty O'Jays. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, it's songs about zombies, werewolves, draculas, witches, creepy vibes, miscellaneous monsters, murderous mayhem, eerie dystopian futures & the devil you know. That's how we celebrate Halloween & soothe our election-induced anxiety. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we spend quality time with the brand new record from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and hear Wildflowers they way the late, great Tom Petty intended for you to hear it. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Low Cut Connie & Sturgill Simpson, check out the first new music in 15 years from Stevie Wonder & the first new music in 18 years from Midnight Oil, and enjoy another exciting edition of Audio Separated at Birth. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we pay homage to the late, great Eddie Van Halen, spend quality time with the superlative new Replacements box set, and check out the latest grooves from Daptone Records.All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we spend quality time with the surprise new Drive-By Truckers record, some covers from the sprawling blink-and-you'll-miss-it Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Vol. 2, the loud & awesome new IDLES album, and the less loud yet equally awesome new release from Dawes. All this & much, much less!Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we spend quality time with the first new record from Lydia Loveless in 4 years, spin brand new tracks from Bruce Springsteen, Pixies & Yo La Tengo, and tap into the restorative healing power of the n'yow. All this & much, much less!Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we've got so much to celebrate:the beginning of autumnRosh Hashanah the 35th anniversary of a The Waterboys' Celtic rock masterpiece, This is the Seathe birthdays of three giants of American song - Ray Charles, John Coltrane & Bruce Springsteen All this & much, much less!Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we...spin the first new song from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band in 6 years & the first new New Order song in 5 yearsnerd out over some of 2020's best music documentariesbear witness to the sprawling "now you see it, now you don't" 40-track compilationplus...Mike Doughty is haunted by the Ghost of VroomWaxahatchee & Hurray for the Riff-Raff team up with Bedouine to turn it up to thirteenAll this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Because we're gluttons for punishment, we're taking a break from work this Labor Day weekend with songs about the last thing you want to think about this weekend - work. Haunting melodies for the long, dark night shift of the soul. Anthems to shout when the whistle blows. Laments for when the job blows. Tunes to whistle while you work.plus some new songs that have nothing to do with work. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

In an alternate reality version of 2020, we might have spent damn near the entire episode celebrating the 45th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run. Unfortunately, the 2020 we did get continues to kick us in the collective 'nards, then laugh as we gasp for breath. This week alone, marked by senseless acts of police brutality & vigilante violence in Kenosha, and the RNC's funhouse mirror spin on reality, was nothing short of horrifically surreal. The cherry atop the sundae of suck dropped on Sunday with the untimely passing of insanely talented 38-year old singer / songwriter Justin Townes Earle. No, wait...as I type this the news just broke that Chadwick Boseman died. No! Not T'Challa! Rest in power, fellas. We honor the late JTE this week with our extended 25-song mix tape. As we flip the tape, we take a brief intermission to spend a little quality time with the superlative new record from world-class interpreter of song, Bettye LaVette. Then we bookend the whole damn affair with a couple iconic moments from the aforementioned 45-year old classic album. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we've got brand new music from Old 97's & The Waterboys, Television being revolutionized by Luna, and the improvisational summit of Mac McCaughan & Mary Lattimore. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

This week's show boasts tracks from Orville Peck's major label debut, new music from Grammy-winning blues rocker Fantastic Negrito, a bumper crop of outstanding under-the-radar alt.country & a visit from some family & friends. All this & much, much less!Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we do our part to keep a legendary NC music venue open. If you'd like to help, please check out Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover to Benefit Cat's Cradle. We also give it up for a couple of records we dig that not only turn 10 years old this week, they topped our 2010 Top 10 list. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we treat you to a preview of the new Lemon Twigs record, offer an overview of the sorely underrated Los Lobos side hustle known as Latin Playboys, whet your musical appetite with a sampling of PJ Harvey's Dry demos, and chill with a trio called Muzz. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

As a young man of few dollars & even fewer means, my friends & I would sometimes pool our meager resources together when things looked bleak. What we managed to scrape together would result in a surprisingly festive feast, an impromptu party, or some other damn magical celebration of surviving another day of being young & broke. That's kindasorta how I felt when putting together this week's show. There were no new releases this week so I felt compelled to explore, and I drew a total blank. But wait! What's this? An awesome new Lydia Loveless single just dropped (check out the super-fun video for "Love Is Not Enough"). That changes everything! I looked around & saw there were other new songs from forthcoming records by artists I dig. Okay.... now we're getting somewhere.Where to next?I'd been seeing a lot of articles online about queer country. I'd totally dropped the ball about doing anything on the show to celebrate Pride Month. Many of these artists are artists I already like. Here's a chance to explore an exciting & important musical movement that's been slowly building up over the years.Okay, now we're cooking! Waitaminute! I just remembered we've yet to spend quality time with the new Jayhawks record. We are getting there. Cap it off with a fistful of tracks that were in heavy rotation during our first year as a mere mortal terrestrial radio show. Next thing you know, I'm standing in front of what I'd seen previously as a bare cupboard, looking now at the makings of a fairly festive feast. Enjoy! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we proudly present an extended preview of The Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me Deluxe Edition box set, dig into the new record from Detroit's post-punk powerhouse Protomartyr, dig some hypnotic new grooves from the second collaborative summit of Ethio-jazz godfather Mulatu Astatke & Australian Ethio-jazz-hip-hop-funk octet Black Jesus Experience, and make good on our long-standing threat to play a 20-minute song from one of our favorite paisley underground bands. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

On this week's show, we pour one out for the late, great Ennio Morricone, bear witness to Margo Price tapping into her inner Stevie Nicks, and pop open a 6-pack of tracks each from a couple of world-class badass digital compilations - Pandemophenia from Chicago's Bloodshot Records & Father/Daughter Records' Adam Schlesinger tribute album, Saving for a Custom Van. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Enjoy an extended set of summer jams, sandwiched between some night music from the official unofficial house band of summer, and some other pretty chill grooves. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Year-end Top 10 contenders? Quite possibly! Here are some of the albums we dug from the first half of 2020, plus we spend quality time with new records from HAIM & Khruangbin. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

99.9% of the music in this episode is new (or at least it was at the time of recording). We spend quality time with brand new records from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever & Steve Earle & The Dukes, as well as sprawling epics from The Waterboys & Bob Dylan. We bear witness to the triumphant return of Kathleen Edwards & Orville Peck's leap from indie to major label. Plus, we get a glimpse of how 1975 could have been a very different year for Neil Young. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

The world's been turned upside down by the Thanos-snap of COVID-19, the president continues to defy logic & good sense at every turn, and the horrific & inexcusable death of George Floyd reverberates throughout the world with a louder-than-ever dialogue about police brutality, police reform & systemic racism that will hopefully bring about some long overdue change. It's gonna be a long walk home from all of this, but nobody has to go it alone. With that in mind, we spin songs of protest, songs of unrest & songs of revolution on this week's show from The Isley Brothers, Bob Mould, Public Enemy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Morello, Bruce Springsteen, Mavis Staples & Bob Dylan, among others. We also spend quality time with the brand new Run The Jewels record. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

This episode found us spending quality time with new records from Chicano Batman & Damien Jurado, as well as the first record in 13 years from Devil Doll. PLUS.... We gave away mad prizes. All this & much, much less! The episode was scheduled to air on 5/2/20, but tech issues at our previous radio home (Plaza Midwood Community Radio - a Charlotte-based grassroots internet radio station) prevented us from doing so. Unfortunately, the station shut down less than a week later. Aside from a handful of friends I shared this with, it has gone largely unheard. Enjoy this - our last PMCR episode as a sort of preview of things to come. Oh, and yeah, the prizes? We actually did give them away on our facebook page. Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.