Side A
Artist	Song
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts	Fake Friends / 1984 / Album
The Ramones	Slug [Demo] / 1978 / Rocket to Russia [Bonus Track]
"Diner" dialogue	"Have you been playing my records?"
Gene Pitney	It Hurts to be in Love / 1964 / Greatest Hits of All Time
Gene Chandler	A Song Called Soul / 1963 / 7" Single
Darlene Love	Stumble and Fall / 1964 / Back to Mono (1958-1969) [Phil Spector]
Material Issue	Li'l Christine / 1991 / International Pop Overthrow
"The Commitments" dialogue	"I thought you were selling drugs."
The Lawrence Arms	Brick Wall Views / 2002 / Apathy and Exhaustion
Mott the Hoople	Death May be Your Santa Claus / 1972 / Brain Capers
Joe Tex	If Sugar Was as Sweet as You / 1966 / 7" Single
The Animals	Boom Boom / 1964 / The Best of The Animals
"Arrested Development" dialogue	"I'm as fun as anybody, I can handle a little back room."
The Chiffons	I Have a Boyfriend / 1963 / 7" Single
Wipers	Tragedy / 1980 / Is This Real?
Paul Westerberg	Postcards From Paradise / 2002 / Stereo [Hidden Track]
"Freaks and Geeks" dialogue	"What am I supposed to do with a porno?"
The Rivieras	California Sun / 1964 / 7" Single
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
The Knickerbockers	Lies / 1965 / Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
Marvin Gaye	One More Heartache / 1966 / 7" Single
"Better Off Dead" dialogue	"What's better: speaking no English at all or speaking Howard Cosell?"
The Hold Steady	You Can Make Him Like You / 2006 / Boys and Girls in America
The Replacements	Favorite Thing / 1984 / Let it Be
Badfinger	Baby Blue / 1971 / Straight Up
The Toys	Attack / 1965 / 7" Single
"Annie Hall" dialogue	"What is so fascinating about a group of pituitary cases trying to stuff a ball through a hoop?"
Ryan Adams	So Alive / 2003 / Rock N Roll
The Shirelles	Boys / 1963 / 7" Single
Wilson Pickett	Mercy, Mercy / 1966 / The Exciting Wilson Pickett
The Romantics	Girl Next Door / 1981 / The Romantics
"Trainspotting" dialogue	"He insisted in telling me about his unifying theory of life."
The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman / 1961 / 7" Single
X	Devil Doll / 1983 / More Fun in the New World
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	Why do Fools Fall in Love? / 1956 / 78 rpm
"Wayne's World" dialogue	"Does this guy know how to party or what?"
Dinosaur Jr	Freak Scene / 1988 / Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground

Comment:

Every Monday I work late covering municipal meetings for a newspaper in Chicago's western suburbs. And the best part of my exhausting day is driving back to the city and listening to Little Steven's Underground Garage, the only two hours of radio (besides NPR) that doesn't make me want to puncture my ear drums. This tape is an homage to that show. Rock, pop, soul, girl groups, punk and R&B with little snippets of movie/TV dialogue in between. As far as this mix goes, there's no unifying theme linking all of this together, except that it all kicks ass.

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