# college radio (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover college radio. Page: Feed: --- ## [2000 Great Songs #1433: The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1433-death-of.html) _2026-08-25 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ The Magnetic Fields ' 1999 triple-CD magnum opus 69 Love Songs is such an embarrassment of riches that I've largely declined to give it its due in this list, 'cuz where would one even begin? But for our second visit to the box set, I'm pulling the trigger and landing on the unlikely cut "The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure." Now, 19th century Swiss linguists are not a typical topic for rock songs.… ## [2000 Great Songs #1432: Waldo P. Emerson Jones](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1432-waldo-p-emerson.html) _2026-08-24 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While fictitious cartoon band The Archies are generally considered merely the one-hit wonder responsible for " Sugar Sugar ," there are actually a fistful of perfectly respectable and enjoyable bubblegum pop tunes spread across the five records released under the Archies' byline. While many are equally meritorious numbers just shy of the indisputable pop genius of "Sugar," I'm partial to "Waldo P.… ## [2000 Great Songs #1431: Down By The Sea](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1431-down-by-sea.html) _2026-08-23 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Not for the first time this month , we're hitting an extended groove that serves more for a massive jam session than a proper song. This time, it's Bay Area neo-psychedelia band Wooden Shjips (see also Moon Duo and Rose City Band ), from their lo-fi 2009 second album, Dos . The ten-minute "Down By The Sea" is an insistent, unchanging 3-note bassline anchoring some reverbed,… ## [2000 Great Songs #1430: On The Roof](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1430-on-roof.html) _2026-08-22 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ This is our third visit to The Good Earth , the Feelies ' 1986 masterpiece of pastoral indie jangle which, as I've spouted ad nauseum, is one of my absolute favorite, most frequently-played records in my Absurdly Oversized Music Collection. And while I think other tracks on the album are "better" (though the blend of guitars here and some subtle piano is simply gorgeous), the album-opening "On The… ## [Chainsaw Charts 8/18/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/21/chainsaw-charts-8-18-26/) _2026-08-21 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ # Artist Record Label 1 EXHUMED Red Asphalt Relapse 2 NEUROSIS An Undying Love For A Burning World Neurot 3 CHAMBER this is goodbye… Pure Noise 4 LETTERSTOYOU …Maybe Someday Became Today \[EP\] Self-Released 5 MISERERE LUMINIS Sidera Debemur Morti 6 STABBING Eon Of Obscenity Century Media 7 COFFIN HUNTERS “Skeleton Key” \[Single\] Self-Released 8 \[…\] The post Chainsaw Charts 8/18/26 appeared first on… ## [Afterhours Charts 8/18/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/21/afterhours-charts-8-18-26/) _2026-08-21 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Afterhours Charts # Artist Record Label 1 GABUISLOST Bite Me Self-Released 2 EAR Rumspringa A24/Virgin 3 ZAINAB Canal View \[EP\] Technicolour 4 HELADO TROPICAL Helado Tropical Psychic Hotline 5 LOGIC1000 “All In For You” feat. KUCKA \[Single\] Therapy/Because 6 EARTHEATER Heavenly Body: If I’m The Bottle You’re The Message Chemical X/Mad Decent 7 HORSEGIIRL Nature \[…\] The post Afterhours Charts… ## [Underground Charts 8/18/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/21/underground-charts-8-18-26/) _2026-08-21 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Underground Charts # Artist Record Label 1 7XVETHEGENIUS Self 7xve 3 Broadband Sound 2 ALFA MIST Roulette Sekito 3 CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON Patchwork Stone Woman/XL 4 DEMAE Deep Dive \[EP\] FAMM 5 ARLO PARKS Ambiguous Desire Transgressive/PIAS 6 LORD SKO ELEVATOR MUSIC Uptown Sh!t/Stimulated 7 MAGI MERLIN POWER HOUSE ONErpm/Bonsound 8 MOONCHILD Waves ONErpm 9 \[…\] The post Underground Charts 8/18/26… ## [Jazz Charts 8/18/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/21/jazz-charts-8-18-26/) _2026-08-21 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Jazz Charts # Artist Record Label 1 ALAN BRAUFMAN Anthem For Peace Valley Of Search 2 CHARLES TOLLIVER ALL STARS Right Now And Then Mack Avenue/Strata-East 3 BRIAN LYNCH Torch Bearers Hollistic MusicWorks 4 FLEA Honora Nonesuch 5 GOLDINGS BERNSTEIN STEWART Rhombus Smoke Sessions 6 MICHAEL MAYO Fly (Deluxe Edition) Mack Avenue 7 WEB WEB \[…\] The post Jazz Charts 8/18/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1… ## [2000 Great Songs #1429: Violet](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1429-violet.html) _2026-08-21 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Hole 's Live Through This is one of those records I absolutely adored at the time of its 1994 release, then pretty much memory-holed for the next few decades (whether due to Courtney Love's public baggage or it just being such a consummately 90s album). Nowadays it's something like, say, Neutral Milk Hotel 's Aeroplane , or Pink Floyd 's The Final Cut , where I'll pull it out once or twice a year… ## [Top Charts 8/18/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/21/top-charts-8-18-26/) _2026-08-21 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Top Charts # Artist Record Label 1 CITIZEN Halcyon Blues Run For Cover 2 GARDEN, THE Bootleg Epitaph 3 JON HOOD Pieces Of Reality Oh, Sister! 4 BABE RAINBOW Acid And Honey Eureka 5 GETDOWN SERVICES Massive Champion Breakfast 6 GROWING PAINS “Crush” \[Single\] Photo Finish 7 KEVIN COPELAND Only Love Songs Self-Released 8 PUBLIC \[…\] The post Top Charts 8/18/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North… ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JHp4LhmbCXU7) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [2000 Great Songs #1428: My Name Is Jack](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1428-my-name-is-jack.html) _2026-08-20 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Much like Fleetwood Mac, who similarly (and presciently) took their name from a member other than the frontman, Manfred Mann (named for its keyboardist) went through myriad iterations and huge stylistic changes over the decades as singers/songwriters came and went. After their early years as an R&B-flavored British Invasion act fronted by Paul Jones, new singer Mike d'Abo ushered in a few years of… ## [2000 Great Songs #1427: Temporary Beauty](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1427-temporary-beauty.html) _2026-08-19 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Graham Parker is one of those long-running artists with a massive, almost invariably reliable discography, where I have a million albums I can pull out and say, yep, this one's pretty good... but who don't necessarily create songs that I find revelatory. (Good lord--I'm just discovering this is his first mention in the seven years I've been doing this thing!) Which is fine; the world needs really… ## [2000 Great Songs #1426: Against Pollution](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1426-against-pollution.html) _2026-08-18 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ When it comes to John Darnielle and his Mountain Goats , I assume there are a handful of tunes which are generally-acknowledged classics by fans, and then certain songs that may become idiosyncratic personal favorites just because of the way they happen to hit you. I assume "Against Pollution," off 2004's We Shall All Be Healed , probably falls into the latter camp. It's not his most immediate… ## [EOT 433 Paperhand Puppet Project](https://wknc.org/2026/08/17/eot-433-paperhand-puppet-project/) _2026-08-17 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Eye on the Triangle returns for the Fall 2026 semester! In this episode, Autumn Smith interviews Donovan Zimmerman from Paperhand Puppet Project about the 2026 production “The Wild Wisdom of the World,” a stage performance about the human condition. Beforehand, Hail Zulueta breaks down data about the new AI assistant ‘Oscar’ on NC State campus \[…\] The post EOT 433 Paperhand Puppet Project appeared… ## [2000 Great Songs #1425: You Can Call Me Al](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1425-you-can-call-me-al.html) _2026-08-17 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ It's been 40 years since the release of Paul Simon 's landmark 1986 LP Graceland , and, as detailed in my book , I haven't been able to enjoy it since listening to it in an altered state of mind in college and coming to the realization that the whole album is just two songs played over and over with different lyrics. (I don't know if that's actually the case, but once you have one of these stoner… ## [2000 Great Songs #1424: Bertha Butt Boogie](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1424-bertha-butt-boogie.html) _2026-08-16 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Jimmy Castor (both with and without The Jimmy Castor Bunch) released records throughout the 70s filled primarily with fairly straight soul and R&B (and some smooth jazz), but he also recorded some hugely entertaining funk music--albeit often novelty tracks with goofy lyrics. "Bertha Butt Boogie," off the Bunch's 1974 colorfully-titled Butt Of Course , obviously falls into that latter camp, but for… ## [Emo Records That The Martyroshka Recommends](https://wknc.org/2026/08/15/emo-records-that-the-martyroshka-reccomends/) _2026-08-15 · the martyroshka · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Emo’s been in a bit of a heyday period, has it not? From the mainstream to the niche, we’re seeing many a fan of music rebuke the pejorative that “It’s just a phase,” and continue to riffle through the emo sections of the crates at their local record shop in order to search for both \[…\] The post Emo Records That The Martyroshka Recommends appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State… ## [2000 Great Songs #1423: It's Too Bad](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1423-its-too-bad.html) _2026-08-15 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ With so many great albums from The Jam , it feels like overkill to be paying our third visit to 1978's All Mod Cons . But, damn, what a record! "It's Too Bad" finds Paul Weller in full-on Beatles mode. And, sure, his borrowing of the "She Loves You" riff chords the bridge has a lot to do with it (far from the only instance where Weller found himself cutting-and-pasting a Beatles hook into one of… ## [Chainsaw Charts 8/11/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/chainsaw-charts-8-11-26/) _2026-08-14 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ # Artist Record Label 1 NEUROSIS An Undying Love For A Burning World Neurot 2 CHAMBER this is goodbye… Pure Noise 3 HELLRIPPER Coronach Century Media 4 MISERERE LUMINIS Sidera Debemur Morti 5 REEKING AURA On the Promise of the Moon Profound Lore 6 CONVERGE Hum Of Hurt Deathwish/Epitaph 7 CONCEALAR This Room Could Be \[…\] The post Chainsaw Charts 8/11/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North… ## [Afterhours Charts 8/11/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/afterhours-charts-8-11-26/) _2026-08-14 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Afterhours Charts # Artist Record Label 1 GABUISLOST Bite Me Self-Released 2 EAR Rumspringa A24/Virgin 3 EARTHEATER Heavenly Body: If I’m The Bottle You’re The Message Chemical X/Mad Decent 4 HELADO TROPICAL Helado Tropical Psychic Hotline 5 HORSEGIIRL Nature Is Healing RCA 6 PEANUT BUTTER ORCHESTRA “Back Outside” \[Single\] Unreel 7 Y X O F \[…\] The post Afterhours Charts 8/11/26 appeared first on… ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wXhQ2lu0a6WI) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [DJ Starburst’s July 2026 chart](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/dj-starbursts-july-2026-chart/) _2026-08-14 · dj starburst · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Happy August everyone. It’s the hottest month of the year, but it’s also that time of the year where everything (for us students) is about to get back to normal as we return to school. With the flip of the calendar page, it’s time for a new chart from yours truly. July is over, and \[…\] The post DJ Starburst’s July 2026 chart appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student… ## [Underground Charts 8/11/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/underground-charts-8-11-26/) _2026-08-14 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Underground Charts # Artist Record Label 1 CAUTIOUS CLAY The Hours: Night Fantasy/Concord 2 DANNY BROWN Stardust Warp 3 FLY ANAKIN (The) Forever Dream: Night Shift Lex 4 NIGHTMARES ON WAX Echo45 Sound System Warp 5 LORD SKO AND STATIK SELEKTAH Elevator Music Stimulated 6 CHUCK STRANGERS Glory Of The King’s Hand Lex 7 ALFA \[…\] The post Underground Charts 8/11/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM -… ## [Jazz Charts 8/11/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/jazz-charts-8-11-26/) _2026-08-14 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ Jazz Charts # Artist Record Label 1 COCHEMEA Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros Daptone 2 DAVE DAMIANI AND THE NO VACANCY ORCHESTRA Feels So Good – A Tribute to Chuck Mangione Hard Knocks 3 EYAL VILNER BIG BAND Big Apple Stomp Self-Released 4 HIROMI Balloon Pop Telarc 5 ITAI KRISS Daybreak Jojo 6 JAVIER NERO JAZZ \[…\] The post Jazz Charts 8/11/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State… ## [2000 Great Songs #1422: The Kirwan Song](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1422-kirwan-song.html) _2026-08-14 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ I really enjoy the music of Swedish indie act The Amazing , who have about a half-dozen albums blending mellow psychedelia, dream pop, and freak folk. Of course, such music is better suited to quiet backdrops for a lazy weekend morning or settling evening dusk than to active listening, so it's hard for me to pick out specific songs for attention. But I do love "The Kirwan Song," the opening track… ## [Top Charts 8/11/26](https://wknc.org/2026/08/14/top-charts-8-11-26/) _2026-08-14 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ # Artist Record Label 1 SWAPMEET Mount Zero Winspear 2 ATTA BOY Silt Self-Released 3 GETDOWN SERVICES “Cha Cha Slide” \[Single\] Breakfast 4 PETE YORN All The Beauty Shelly 5 RILEY! To Live And Die In The American South \[EP\] Pure Noise 6 CHARM Minor Thing(s) Bean Farm 7 CROOKED PARKER NEWWORLD Defected 8 CHARLOTTE \[…\] The post Top Charts 8/11/26 appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State… ## [2000 Great Songs #1421: Nights On Broadway](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1421-nights-on-broadway.html) _2026-08-13 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As noted previously , I was never a Bee Gees fan once they got past their late 60s pop-psych era. Still, I've got a soft spot for "Nights On Broadway," from 1975's Main Course , the album which saw them start to pivot from AOR pop into soul & disco. Obviously that pivot would become complete with 1977's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, an album which seized control of the universe (or at least… ## [2000 Great Songs #1420: Live To Tell All](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1420-live-to-tell-all.html) _2026-08-12 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Since the heyday of bubblegum pop music in the late 60s through mid 70s--bands like the Lemon Pipers and Archies and Sweet and Bay City Rollers and Abba --few acts have tried to revive bubblegum, and even fewer have succeeded. But Dressy Bessy , part of the original Elephant 6 stable in the late 90s, have a run of wonderful singles in that vein. "Live To Tell All," a 2000 split-single (later… ## [2000 Great Songs #1419: Romeo Had Juliette](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1419-romeo-had-juliette.html) _2026-08-11 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ This is our second visit to Lou Reed 's 1989 classic New York , one of his strongest, most straightforwardly rocking albums in an indisputably erratic solo career. As with any topical album, New York is a little dated in spots, but "Romeo Had Juliette" holds up, capturing both the romance and darkness of 80s NYC. Lou's lyrics are at their most Dylanesque, sprawling storytelling that's highly… ## [2000 Great Songs #1418: Red Barchetta](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1418-red-barchetta.html) _2026-08-10 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As Rush works its way through an unexpected (and, based on the YouTube videos I've watched, rousingly successful) tour with German drummer Anika Nilles filling in for the late, greatly-missed Neil Peart--breaking down some longstanding gender barriers in the process--it seems like a good time for me to full-throatedly confirm: I just don't care for Rush. I mean, yeah, there are some pretty cool… ## [OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival 2026: Where Creativity Comes to Life](https://wknc.org/2026/08/10/outsouth-queer-film-festival-2026-where-creativity-comes-to-life/) _2026-08-10 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ In todays episode of Oak City Move, Sophs sits down with Sandhya Anantharaman, a part of the programming committee for OUTSOUTH queer film festival, happening this August 13-16th at the Carolina theater! The two discuss this years festival as they go over common themes between different genres, excitement for upcoming films, as well as the \[…\] The post OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival 2026: Where… ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wBKAUZSxd1T3) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Players To Watch](https://wknc.org/2026/08/09/players-to-watch/) _2026-08-09 · WKNC Admin · WKNC 88.1 FM – North Carolina State University Student Radio_ This episode looks into players to watch from the transfer portal to potential pros! View the episode transcript. In The Den is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page \[…\] The post Players To Watch appeared first on WKNC 88.1 FM - North… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/6c30a7bb/0bc8a8fc.mp3) ## [My Summer Project: Distilling The Dead](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/my-summer-project-distilling-dead.html) _2026-08-09 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Summer is winding down--classes start up again later this month--and I'm still plugging away on my summer project: An absurd quest to burn myself copies of every 80s-era Grateful Dead show currently circulating in high-quality soundboard. Which is, of course, kinda nuts. I've already got pretty much every 60s/70s show, and a pretty hefty helping of 80s & 90s shows. Do I really need any more? Now,… ## [2000 Great Songs #1417: Teacher Teacher](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1417-teacher-teacher.html) _2026-08-09 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ The stand-out opening cut from Rockpile 's sole proper LP, 1980's Seconds of Pleasure , "Teacher Teacher" features Nick Lowe at his best. While firmly in the power pop mold of Lowe's early solo work, guitarist Dave Edmunds gives it some rockabilly twang. Thematically, it may be a tougher sale these days--though they beat Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" to the punch by about four years--but… ## [2000 Great Songs #1416: I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1416-i-was-dancing-in.html) _2026-08-08 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Jonathan Richman 's post- Modern Lovers records can be a mixed bag, some genuinely charming music sometimes balanced out by tracks that are a little too childlike to warrant repeat listens. 1992's I Jonathan probably had a higher hit-to-miss ratio than most (albeit including a ringer with a remake of his earlier " That Summer Feeling "). The jaunty "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar" walks the line… ## [New-ish Releases: Les Big Byrd](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/new-ish-releases-les-big-byrd.html) _2026-08-07 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ The downside of decades of obsessive music listening & collecting is that it becomes increasingly rare to have one of those "this is my new favorite band!" moments. So it's always refreshing when you randomly stumble across an artist you haven't heard before and spend a few days listening exclusively to their music. Anyway, I recently came across the latest release from Swedish psychedelic act Les… ## [2000 Great Songs #1415: Rock 'n' Roll High School](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1415-rock-n-roll-high.html) _2026-08-07 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While Ramones purists may balk at the band's bid for commercial acceptance with the polished "Rock 'n' Roll High School," the song arguably served its purpose. Once polished up enough to get played on mainstream radio, it helped expose me (and presumably others) to the band. And, for all its sheen, it's still a Ramones song, silly and fun and absurdly catchy. The original 1979 version of the song… ## [2000 Great Songs #1414: Ma](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1414-ma.html) _2026-08-06 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ How many 17-minute 2-chord vamps does a Top 2000 really need? Well, apparently two (so far). Detroit's Rare Earth, one of the few all-white acts on Motown, had already released some fantastic (and underrated) R&B albums in the late 60s and early 70s when they decided to go all in on some absurdly over-the-top funk. For the title track of 1973's Ma , they took a basic two-note bass riff and… ## [2000 Great Songs #1413: The Divided Sky](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1413-divided-sky.html) _2026-08-05 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Recently got myself into a Very Online Phish Twitter kerfuffle by admitting that I am not enamored with some of the band's earlier, dorkier material (relegating myself to what some phans called the band's "dadrock" era). So be it! But that said, they certainly had some memorable, and musically impressive, songs dating all the way back to their beginnings. Like "The Divided Sky," from their 1989… ## [2000 Great Songs #1412: I Apologize](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1412-i-apologize.html) _2026-08-04 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Three visits to Hüsker Dü 's 1985 post-punk landmark New Day Rising may be overkill... but since our prior selections were both from drummer/vocalist Grant Hart, I figured we could use a little Bob Mould . Pretty basic song--basically a simple pop song run through the gale-force guitar buzzsaw wringer--but there are few things more bracing than an emotionally unhinged Mould delivering shout-along… ## [2000 Great Songs #1411: Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1411-tell-me-if-you.html) _2026-08-03 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ 2013's Begin Again was a sweet little film, cute and charming, and, hey, I'm a sucker for movies about the music-making process. (See also Frank for a very different take on the subject of musical creativity.) The songs at the heart of the film--released on the following year's soundtrack album--were surprisingly enjoyable, light pop but oozing with charisma thanks to the disarming delivery by… ## [2000 Great Songs #1410: And I Moved](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1410-and-i-moved.html) _2026-08-02 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Another example of the deep cuts being far more interesting to me than the singles. A bit of a sleeper on Pete Townshend 's 1980 solo LP Empty Glass , "And I Moved" features one of rock's greatest guitars leaving his guitars behind, replaced with a delightful rolling piano figure provided by frequent collaborator John "Rabbit" Bundrick (who also played on the following year's Who LP Face Dances )… ## [2000 Great Songs #1409: The Conqueror](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1409-conqueror.html) _2026-08-01 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Genesis ' 1969 debut, From Genesis To Revelation , gets a pretty bad rap, and is frequently omitted from retrospectives of the band's Peter Gabriel years--though I just read the record is about to get a long-overdue deluxe edition treatment. Its reputation isn't exactly unjustified, as it's a pretty flawed album. The songs are a little twee, short nuggets quite different from the majestic prog… ## [2000 Great Songs #1408: Better Things](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1408-better-things.html) _2026-07-31 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Another early single from The Minders , part of the stable of Elephant 6 -affiliated 90s indie pop bands. The flip-side of a 1997 small-pressing 7", later collected on 1998's excellent Cul-De-Sacs & Dead Ends compilation, "Better Things"--not to be confused with the Kinks track of the same name, covered here many moons ago--is short and sweet, a pretty basic lo-fi bubblegum pop tune that sounds… ## [2000 Great Songs #1407: The Ghost In You](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1407-ghost-in-you.html) _2026-07-30 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As noted previously, the Psychedelic Furs ' " Love My Way " was one the most definitive songs of my high school years, high atop the shortlist of new wave-era songs that opened me to music beyond the top 40 hits and classic rock chestnuts I'd been absorbing up until that point. "The Ghost In You," off 1984's Mirror Moves , doesn't have quite the same emotional connotations for me--it's just a… ## [2000 Great Songs #1406: Third Stone From The Sun](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1406-third-stone-from.html) _2026-07-29 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While I don't spend a lot of time listening to Jimi Hendrix , Guitar God--this is only the second Hendrix original on the list, third if you count " Watchtower " as belonging as much to him as to Dylan (note that I have "Watchtower" credited to Hendrix on the 2000-song database linked below)--I do enjoy Hendrix the psychedelic explorer. And "Third Stone From The Sun," the most extended cut on… ## [2000 Great Songs #1405: Six Different Ways](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1405-six-different-ways.html) _2026-07-28 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Despite a lengthy list of great Cure singles to choose from, I'm partial to "Six Different Ways," from 1985's The Head On The Door , as a key example of an album track that should've been the hit single. (It did get its day as a b-side, backing up the flamenco-tinged "The Blood," released as a single in Spain.) It's a slinky little track, obviously far less immediate than the same album's " In… ## [2000 Great Songs #1404: Shilo](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1404-shilo.html) _2026-07-27 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ I suppose there will come a day when I can post a Neil Diamond song without adding the " Guilty Pleasure " caveat, but this surely ain't that day. Because writing a heartfelt song about a lonely boy and his imaginary friend? Not a convincing bid for rock & roll coolness (though props to Neil for pushing to record a more introspective song over the objections of his label, which wanted more… ## [2000 Great Songs #1403: Veronica](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1403-veronica.html) _2026-07-26 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While I've continued to check out anything new Elvis Costello puts out right through the present day, I tend to view his first six albums as untouchable, and the balance as hit and miss with moments of greatness. That said, he could still work the occasional miracle to remind you that he's one of rock & roll's greatest songwriters, and "Veronica," off 1989's Spike , is clearly one of those magical… ## [2000 Great Songs #1402: Donimo](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1402-donimo.html) _2026-07-25 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ One of the all-time-great LP closers, "Donimo," the last cut on Cocteau Twins ' 1984 accurately-title Treasure (and the second cut to make this list), shows what the band could do when given some space to stretch out. The six-minute track opens with a few minutes of ambient synths, Elizabeth Fraser wafting in at her most restrained, just a gentle wash of sheer operatic beauty. It finally cuts…