Playlist: Punk Faves

A continuing celebration of my favorite punk, hardcore punk songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Minor Threat, Arlington, VA, 1983

01. Bad Religion – “21st Century (Digital Boy) (1990)

02. Bad Religion – “American Jesus” (1993)

03. Bad Religion – “Big Bang” (1989)

04. Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)

05. Bad Religion – “Kerosene” (1993)

06. Murphy’s Law – “Panty Raid” (1989)

07. Bad Religion – “You” (1989)

08. Bad Religion – “Stranger Than Fiction” (1994)

09. Bad Religion – “Turn on the Light” (1990)

10. The Clash – “I Fought the Law” (1979)

11. Minor Threat – “Screaming at a Wall” (1981)

12. Bad Religion – “You Are (The Government)” (1988)

13. The Dictators – “California Sun” (1975)

14. The Stooges – “Down on the Street” (1970)

15. Bad Religion – “Two Babies in the Dark” (1992)

16. Sex Pistols – “God Save the Queen” (1977)

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Garage Freaks! NOW

Here are some of my garage, garage rock favorites. I regularly update this playlist. Enjoy! 

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Playlist: The Jean Goes to College – Part 2

A continuing celebration of my favorite indie, indie rock songs. Updated. Enjoy!

01. The Replacements – “Alex Chilton (Live)” (1989)

02. The Replacements – “Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)” (1985)

03. Superchunk – “Is It Making You Feel Something” (2025)

04. Superchunk – “Burn Last Sunday” (1997)

05. Superchunk – “If You’re Not Dark” (2022)

06. Pixies – “Motoroller” (2024)

07. DREAMERS – “Wolves (You Got Me)” (2016)

08. Superchunk – “Everything at Once” (2010)

09. Superchunk – “Train on Fire” (2025)

10. Superchunk – “Hyper Enough” (1995)

11. Superchunk – “Here’s Where the Strings Come In” (1995)

12. Superchunk – “Learned to Surf” (2010)

13. Superchunk – “Stuck in a Dream” (2025)

14. Bob Mould – “I Don’t Know You Anymore” (2014)

15. Sebadoh – “Magnet’s Coil” (1994)

16. Jets to Brazil – “You’re Having the Time of My Life” (2000)

17. Sebadoh – “Not a Friend” (1994)

18. Versus – “Crazy” (1994)

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Playlist: The Jean Goes to College – Part 1

A continuing celebration of my favorite indie, indie rock songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Sebadoh

01. Stephen Malkmus – “Jenny & the Ess Dog” (2001)

02. Sebadoh – “Brand New Love” (1991)

03. Dehd – “Bad Love” (2022)

04. Sebadoh – “License to Confuse” (1994)

05. Sebadoh – “Rebound” (1994)

06. Sebadoh – “Skull” (1994)

07. Sebadoh – “On Fire (Acoustic)” (1994)

08. Crooked Fingers – “Sleep All Summer” (2005)

09. Sebadoh – “Willing to Wait” (1996)

10. Superchunk – “Cue” (2025)

11. Mogwai – “God Gets You Back” (2025)

12. Sebadoh – “Not a Friend (Demo)” (1993)

13. Sebadoh – “Magnet’s Coil (Acoustic)” (1994)

14. Sebadoh – “Rebound (Acoustic)” (1994)

15. Migala – “Fade into You” (1997)

16. Migala – “Moon River” (1997)

17. Migala – “Your Star, Strangled” (2004)

18. Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the Pain” (1994)

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Good Time Boys NOW

Here are some of my Britpop favorites. I regularly update this playlist. Enjoy!

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Playlist: Good Time Boys III

A continuing celebration of my favorite Britpop songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Kula Shaker

01. Travis – “Big Chair” (2007)

02. Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2006)

03. The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” (1992)

04. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)

05. The Verve – “Lucky Man” (1997)

06. The Verve – “Sonnet” (1997)

07. The Verve – “Velvet Morning” (1997)

08. U2 – “Beautiful Day” (2000)

09. The Cure – “Friday I’m in Love” (1992)

10. Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want to Be There - When You Come” (1997)

11. Oasis – “She’s Electric” (1995)

12. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars” (2006)

13. Travis – “Closer” (2007)

14. Kula Shaker – “Hush” (1996)

15. The Cardigans – “Lovefool” (1996) 

16. Keane – “Silenced by the Night” (2012)

17. Oasis – “Champagne Supernova” (1995)

18. Radiohead – “Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)

19. Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)

20. Snow Patrol – “Open Your Eyes” (2006)

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Gen X-Mas

For me, the standout tracks remain three wonderful covers by two fellow Canadian singer-songwriters and one former Beatle. Two sacred numbers – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Silent Night” –  are also stellar.  The one SM original here is okay if holiday heartbreak is your cup of tea (Gord and Joni would approve). A couple of the secular Christmas numbers include what sounds like jazz trumpet which seems out of place and feels very un-Sarah. I prefer her singing about God and Jesus. Merry Christmas! Grade: B+

“Because we could not go to God, God came to us and dwelt among us. As Fr. Canice Egan, SJ, put it, ‘In the silence of the night Love Itself stole down unseen to embrace the hearts of all.’ That the Creator of the universe would deign to take on the nature of his creature and become one of us is so astonishing!” 

—Excerpted from Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2025 by the Irish Jesuits

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