{"id":2814,"date":"2019-08-08T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/?page_id=2814"},"modified":"2025-01-15T08:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:31:41","slug":"playlist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t see as many bands play live as I once did,<\/strong> even though I tend to like music better that way. For one thing, it’s a whole lot pricier and more of an ordeal here than it was back than when I lived in Boston near a handful of great venues. My music interests have also expended considerably over the years as I\u2019ve filled in the gaps in my pop knowledge, and frankly most older acts that I\u2019ve rediscovered aren’t as much fun to see when they’re past their prime. As for the newer stuff the kids all listen to? Well, I barely have the energy to keep up when I\u2019m still trying to track down MP3s of every song that once lived in the 110-cassette mixtape library I once curated.<\/p>\n

In the interests of good record-keeping, though, here’s my updated master list. If you remember ever seeing someone with me that I\u2019ve left out, please let me know, since this is largely reconstructed from memory.<\/p>\n

1986\u20132022:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
3Puen!<\/p>\n

808 State<\/p>\n

Bryan Adams<\/p>\n

The Afro-Cuban All Stars<\/p>\n

The Allstonians<\/p>\n

Marc Almond<\/p>\n

The Alterbois<\/p>\n

Los Amigos Invisibles<\/p>\n

Laurie Anderson<\/p>\n

Ariana the Rose<\/p>\n

Ariel<\/p>\n

The Authority<\/p>\n

The B-52’s<\/p>\n

The Balanescu Quartet<\/p>\n

Barenaked Ladies<\/p>\n

Basement Jaxx<\/p>\n

Bastille<\/p>\n

Shirley Bassey<\/p>\n

Bear in Heaven<\/p>\n

Sandra Bernhard<\/p>\n

The Beta Band<\/p>\n

Bj\u00f6rk<\/p>\n

Black 47<\/p>\n

Blood Moon<\/p>\n

Justin Bond<\/p>\n

The Bonedaddys<\/p>\n

Book of Love<\/p>\n

BOP (harvey)<\/p>\n

The Brand New Heavies<\/p>\n

Brassy<\/p>\n

Brave Combo<\/p>\n

Bright Light Bright Light<\/p>\n

The Brodsky Quartet<\/p>\n

Brown Belt<\/p>\n

Bullet<\/p>\n

The Busters<\/p>\n

Reuben Butchart<\/p>\n

David Byrne<\/p>\n

Cafun\u00e9<\/p>\n

Candy Butchers<\/p>\n

Cazwell<\/p>\n

The Chakras<\/p>\n

Cherie Curry<\/p>\n

Chromeo<\/p>\n

Chucklehead<\/p>\n

Church of Betty<\/p>\n

CHVRCHES<\/p>\n

Circle Jerks<\/p>\n

Clarko<\/p>\n

Colin Self<\/p>\n

Colon on the Cob<\/p>\n

Colourmusic<\/p>\n

Consolidated<\/p>\n

Julian Cope<\/p>\n

Corn Mo<\/p>\n

Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet<\/p>\n

Covergirl<\/p>\n

Crazy and the Brains<\/p>\n

The Creatures<\/p>\n

Allison Crutchfield & The Fizz<\/p>\n

The Cure<\/p>\n

Cursive<\/p>\n

Cherie Curry<\/p>\n

Terence Trent D’Arby<\/p>\n

Da Lipstyxx<\/p>\n

The Dead Milkmen<\/p>\n

De La Soul<\/p>\n

Depeche Mode<\/p>\n

Devo<\/p>\n

Digable Planets<\/p>\n

D’Influence<\/p>\n

Dirty Excuse<\/p>\n

Beth Ditto<\/p>\n

Dom<\/p>\n

Dresden Dance<\/p>\n

The Dueling Bankheads<\/p>\n

Duran Duran<\/p>\n

Echo & The Bunnymen<\/p>\n

Sophie Ellis-Bextor<\/p>\n

Elva Snow<\/p>\n

El Vez<\/p>\n

ESG<\/p>\n

Cesaria Evora<\/p>\n

Faggot<\/p>\n

Fishbone<\/p>\n

Flaming Fire<\/p>\n

The Flaming Lips<\/p>\n

Julian Fleisher<\/p>\n

Lisa Flores<\/p>\n

Fringes<\/p>\n

Diamanda Galas<\/p>\n

Galaxie 500<\/p>\n

Gang Green<\/p>\n

Gang Starr Posse<\/p>\n

Gene Loves Jezebel<\/p>\n

Get People<\/p>\n

Gio Black Peter<\/p>\n

Glassio<\/p>\n

The Go-Gos<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n

Go West<\/p>\n

Guadalcanal Diary<\/p>\n

Hayseed Dixie<\/p>\n

The Hazzards<\/p>\n

Heart<\/p>\n

Imogen Heap<\/p>\n

The Hi-Hats<\/p>\n

Hunx and His Punx<\/p>\n

Hyetal<\/p>\n

Idles<\/p>\n

I, Gingko<\/p>\n

I Know I Have No Collar<\/p>\n

The Indigo Girls<\/p>\n

The Jack Rubies<\/p>\n

Joe Jackson<\/p>\n

Lisa Jackson<\/p>\n

Jonah Baseball<\/p>\n

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings<\/p>\n

The Julie Ruin<\/p>\n

Brian Kennedy<\/p>\n

Kid Koala<\/p>\n

Kiki & Herb<\/p>\n

Kinky<\/p>\n

Killing Joke<\/p>\n

The Klezmatics<\/td>\n

Ladysmith Black Mambazo<\/p>\n

Less Than Jake<\/p>\n

Let’s Go Bowling<\/p>\n

Little Hurricane<\/p>\n

The Losers Lounge<\/p>\n

Lyle Lovett<\/p>\n

Gill Manly<\/p>\n

Man or Astro-Man?<\/p>\n

The Manta Rays<\/p>\n

Manufacture<\/p>\n

The Maul Girls<\/p>\n

Ste McCabe<\/p>\n

Jonny McGovern<\/p>\n

Meat Beat Manifesto<\/p>\n

The Melting Ice Caps<\/p>\n

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones<\/p>\n

Kylie Minogue<\/p>\n

Miss Fairchild<\/p>\n

Moby<\/p>\n

Modest Mouse<\/p>\n

Monopuff<\/p>\n

Morplay<\/p>\n

Moxa<\/p>\n

Mr. Cranky<\/p>\n

Nasty Cherry<\/p>\n

New Order<\/p>\n

Niki and the Dove<\/p>\n

The Night Terrors<\/p>\n

Nile Rodgers & Chic<\/p>\n

Novo Amor<\/p>\n

Gary Numan<\/p>\n

The NY Citizens<\/p>\n

ODESZA<\/p>\n

OK Go<\/p>\n

Orkis<\/p>\n

Pansy Division<\/p>\n

Paxton<\/p>\n

Pere Ubu<\/p>\n

Phranc<\/p>\n

The Pixies<\/p>\n

PJ Harvey<\/p>\n

Poi Dog Pondering<\/p>\n

Pop Will Eat Itself<\/p>\n

Potato 5<\/p>\n

The Power Station<\/p>\n

The Proclaimers<\/p>\n

The Promise<\/p>\n

Public Image, Ltd.<\/p>\n

Radiohead<\/p>\n

The Rain Dogs<\/p>\n

Lee Ranaldo<\/p>\n

Anthony Rapp<\/p>\n

Rebounder<\/p>\n

R.E.M.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Richman<\/p>\n

Robyn<\/p>\n

Royal Crescent Mob<\/p>\n

Saint Etienne<\/p>\n

Salt Cathedral<\/p>\n

JD Samson & MEN<\/p>\n

The Scissor Sisters<\/p>\n

The Scofflaws<\/p>\n

John Sebastian<\/p>\n

The Selecter<\/p>\n

Shadows of Dreams<\/p>\n

Shannon and The Clams<\/p>\n

Shy Five<\/p>\n

Holiday Sidewinder<\/p>\n

Sigur R\u00f3s<\/p>\n

Siouxsie & The Banshees<\/p>\n

The Skatalites<\/p>\n

Sleater-Kinney<\/p>\n

Sleep Chamber<\/p>\n

Sleeping States<\/p>\n

SmaxXx<\/p>\n

The Smiths<\/p>\n

Jill Sobule<\/p>\n

Sofi Tukker<\/p>\n

Special Beat<\/p>\n

The Specials<\/p>\n

Skylar Spence<\/p>\n

Spencer the Gardener<\/p>\n

The Spin Doctors<\/p>\n

Ssion<\/p>\n

Stephanie St. John<\/p>\n

The Sugarcubes<\/p>\n

Sylvan Esso<\/p>\n

Teen Vice<\/p>\n

Texas Is the Reason<\/p>\n

The The<\/p>\n

They Might Be Giants<\/p>\n

Think Tree<\/p>\n

The Three Terrors<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/p>\n

Tippy Toes<\/p>\n

Title Fight<\/p>\n

Toad the Wet Sprocket<\/p>\n

The Toasters<\/p>\n

The Toilet Boys<\/p>\n

Too Much Joy<\/p>\n

Tourist<\/p>\n

Tribe<\/p>\n

Trophy Wife<\/p>\n

T.S.O.L.<\/p>\n

Tune-yards<\/p>\n

Russ Turk<\/p>\n

Twist and Shout<\/p>\n

Ultramarine<\/p>\n

US Girls<\/p>\n

Vallis Alps<\/p>\n

The Velvet Mafia<\/p>\n

The Venomous Pinks<\/p>\n

The Violent Femmes<\/p>\n

Rufus Wainwright<\/p>\n

The Wau-Wau Sisters<\/p>\n

The Who<\/p>\n

Jess Williams<\/p>\n

Xavier<\/p>\n

“Weird Al” Yankovic<\/p>\n

Wire<\/p>\n

W.I.T.<\/p>\n

Yaaks<\/p>\n

Yolanda & the Plastic Family<\/p>\n

Zog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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