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Uneasy Listening

May 31, 2025 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

With Commie Francis

Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. On a lyrical theme for the first two hours, FREEFORM MADNESS for the last hour.

Hey! It's my last show before summer!

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Wow hey look I saved all the "hey" songs from my interjections show a couple of years back and here are some of them! There are a lot more too.

This is my last show before I take a break for the summer! But don't worry I'll still be back on air periodically at unpredictable times.

Find out when I'll be on the radio by following me via:

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Uneasy Listening
8:01 PM
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Bay City Rollers Saturday Night
Rollin' Arista 1974
theme song!
8:04 PM
Konec - Hey
Konec Hey
Schrille Blitze recordJet 1982
8:06 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' Bout Love (excerpt)

8:08 PM
Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Hey Baby
Nino Tempo & April Stevens Hey Baby
Hey Baby! Atlantic Recording Corp. 1966
8:10 PM
Diagram Brothers - Hey Dad! (John Peel Session)
Diagram Brothers Hey Dad! (John Peel Session)
The Peel Sessions LTM Recordings 2011
recorded 1982
8:13 PM
Men's Recovery Project - Well Hidden Sausage
Men's Recovery Project Well Hidden Sausage R
Immense Ovary Reject Walkabout 1996
requested by Andrew from the internet!
8:14 PM
The Furors - Hey, Joni
The Furors Hey, Joni
It Happened... But Nobody Noticed V/A Gustav Records 1982
8:18 PM
Ali Kocatepe - Hey Gidi Dünya Hey
Ali Kocatepe Hey Gidi Dünya Hey
Hey Gidi Dünya Hey / Kaybolmayan Hayalin - Single Bir Numara Müzik 1974
8:21 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Fear - Hey

8:25 PM
Ruby and the Party Gang - Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth)
Ruby and the Party Gang Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth)
Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth) Law-ton Records 1971
8:28 PM
The Jam - Hey Mister
The Jam Hey Mister
Extras Polydor Records 1992
originally 1979-ish
8:30 PM
Skull Cult - Hey Hey My My
Skull Cult Hey Hey My My
Vol. 1+2 butt hole fart 2023
8:31 PM
Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand - Hey Little Boy
Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand Hey Little Boy
Courting Songs Elektra 1954
8:33 PM
Teengenerate - Hey Baby
Teengenerate Hey Baby
Get Action! Crypt Records 1994
8:34 PM
Stripsearch - Hey Kid
Stripsearch Hey Kid
Hey Kid / Who Shot Sadat? Vinyl Repellant Records 1982
8:36 PM
X - Hey You
X Hey You
X-Spurts (The 1977 Recordings) Laneway Music 2015
8:39 PM
Billy Preston - Hey Brother
Billy Preston Hey Brother
That's The Way God Planned It Apple 1969
8:41 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Minutemen - Ain't Talking Bout Love (excerpt)

8:45 PM
...And The Native Hipsters - Mr. Magic
...And The Native Hipsters Mr. Magic R
There Goes Concorde Again... Mechanically Reclaimed Music 2001
requested by Dana K
8:49 PM
Government Issue - Hey Ronnie
Government Issue Hey Ronnie
Flex Your Head V/A Dischord Records 1982
8:51 PM
Graham Central Station - Hey Mr. Writer
Graham Central Station Hey Mr. Writer
Release Yourself Rhino/Warner Records 1974
8:54 PM
The Kiss Offs - Hey, Cowboy
The Kiss Offs Hey, Cowboy
Goodbye Private Life Peek-A-Boo 1999
8:56 PM
Wasted Time - Hey, Pat!
Wasted Time Hey, Pat!
No Shore EP Grave Mistake Records 2007
8:57 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Unrest - Hey Hey Halifax

9:00 PM
Pixies - Hey
Pixies Hey
Doolittle 4AD 1989
9:03 PM
Linda Perhacs - Hey, Who Really Cares?
Linda Perhacs Hey, Who Really Cares?
Parallelograms Kapp Records 1970
9:06 PM
Danny and the Dressmakers - Hey Ho Hey Ho My Cholesterol Level is Low
Danny and the Dressmakers Hey Ho Hey Ho My Cholesterol Level is Low
39 Golden Grates Weird Nose Tapes 1979
9:07 PM
Rolex - Hey Sunshine
Rolex Hey Sunshine
GRIMLY FORMING / ROLEX Split 11PM Records and Under The Gun Records 2024
https://grimlyforming.bandcamp.com/album/grimly-forming-rolex-split
9:07 PM
Woody Guthrie - Hey Lolly Lolly
Woody Guthrie Hey Lolly Lolly
Woody Guthrie Vol. 1 Stinson Records 1952
9:10 PM
Les Sexareenos - Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
Les Sexareenos Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
Live! In the Bed Sympathy For The Record Industry 2000
9:12 PM
Butthole Surfers - Hey
Butthole Surfers Hey R
Butthole Surfers Alternative Tentacles 1983
another request from Andrew!
9:14 PM
Zalmen Mlotek,The New Yiddish Chorale, The Workmens Circle Chorale - In Ale Gasn (in every Street)  Daloy Politsey (Down with the Police)
Zalmen Mlotek,The New Yiddish Chorale, The Workmens Circle Chorale In Ale Gasn (in every Street) Daloy Politsey (Down with the Police)
In Love and In Hope: The Musical Legacy of the Jewish Labor Bund 1999
9:17 PM
Inez & Charlie Foxx - Hey Diddle Diddle
Inez & Charlie Foxx Hey Diddle Diddle
Mockingbird Sue Records 1964
9:19 PM
Ronnie and the Rhythm Boys - Hey Joe
Ronnie and the Rhythm Boys Hey Joe
Little Bands V/A no label 1980
9:21 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' Bout Love (excerpt)

9:25 PM
The Fall - Hey Student
The Fall Hey Student R
Middle Class Revolt Permanent Records 1994
9:29 PM
Andy Cory - Hey You, What Are You, Some Kind Of Nut?
Andy Cory Hey You, What Are You, Some Kind Of Nut?
Hey You, What Are You, Some Kind Of Nut? / Lindy Bird Silver Bid 1961
9:31 PM
Powerplant - Hey Mr. Dogman!
Powerplant Hey Mr. Dogman!
People in the Sun Dreamland Syndicate 2019
9:34 PM
Mabel - Hey, I Love You
Mabel Hey, I Love You
Hey, I Love You / Movin' Generation Polydor 1976
9:37 PM
Strawbs - Hey Little Man
Strawbs Hey Little Man
Grave New World A & M 1972
9:38 PM
Dean and Jean - Hey Dean, Hey Jean
Dean and Jean Hey Dean, Hey Jean
Hey Dean, Hey Jean Les Disques Vogues 1964
9:40 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Fear - Hey

9:44 PM
Morning After - Hey Girl
Morning After Hey Girl
Hey Girl / Disco-Tick Reward Records 1975
9:49 PM
Tacocat - Hey Girl
Tacocat Hey Girl
NVM Hardly Art 2014
9:51 PM
Wilfried - Hey
Wilfried Hey
Elastic Jet Mission V/A Slampt 1995
9:52 PM
Section 8 - Hey Pale Face
Section 8 Hey Pale Face
Really Fast Vol. 10 V/A Really Fast 1999
9:53 PM
The Tribe - Hey Little Bird (Home Demo)
The Tribe Hey Little Bird (Home Demo)
Scope 1989-2007 (A Historic and Prehistoric Compilation) [Songs and Versions of The Tribe, Bang! and Scope] Snaps music 2014
9:56 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Minutemen - Ain't Talking Bout Love (excerpt)

10:00 PM
Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Leonard Cohen Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Songs of Leonard Cohen Columbia 1967
10:01 PM
Freddy Cannon - Transistor Sister
Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister
Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
10:03 PM
Blue Öyster Cult - Then Came the Last Days of May
Blue Öyster Cult Then Came the Last Days of May
Blue Öyster Cult Columbia 1972
for Bill!
10:06 PM
Hunx & His Punx - Alone In Hollywood On Acid
Hunx & His Punx Alone In Hollywood On Acid N
Walk Out On This World 2025
https://hunxandhispunx.bandcamp.com/album/walk-out-on-this-world-2
10:10 PM
Artificial Go - Late to the Party
Artificial Go Late to the Party
Musical Chairs Feel It Records 2025
https://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/album/musical-chairs
10:12 PM
Franx - Destroy
Franx Destroy N
Demo / Too Much Love, Too Much Hate Noise Merchant Records 2025
https://franxhc.bandcamp.com/
10:15 PM
Buckner & Garcia - The Defender
Buckner & Garcia The Defender
Pac Man Fever K-tel 1982
10:18 PM
Motorbike - Throttle
Motorbike Throttle
Motorbike Feel It Records 2023
https://motorbikernr.bandcamp.com/album/motorbike
10:21 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

10:25 PM
Manu Chao - São Paulo Motoboy (Mario Caldato Rock Version)
Manu Chao São Paulo Motoboy (Mario Caldato Rock Version) N
Coração No Mar - EP Because Music 2025
https://manuchao.bandcamp.com/album/cora-ao-no-mar
10:28 PM
Kilynn Lunsford - Nuke the USA
Kilynn Lunsford Nuke the USA N
Dot Dash MixTape Volume 3 V/A Dot Dash Sounds 2025
https://dotdashsounds.bandcamp.com/album/dot-dash-mixtape-volume-3
10:30 PM
Big Leather - Rolling Up My Sleeves
Big Leather Rolling Up My Sleeves
Rolling Up My Sleeves - Single self released 2025
https://bigleather.bandcamp.com/track/rolling-up-my-sleeves-3
10:32 PM
Mestiza - El Control
Mestiza El Control N
Ataque - Acción 2025
https://mestizahc.bandcamp.com/album/ataque-acci-n
10:34 PM
Ben LaMar Gay - Yowsers
Ben LaMar Gay Yowsers N
Yowsers International Anthem 2025
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/yowzers
10:36 PM
Primer Regimen - Terroristas
Primer Regimen Terroristas
Ultimo Testamento Discos Enfermos 2023
https://primerregimen.bandcamp.com/album/ultimo-testamento
10:39 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

10:43 PM
22 Beaches - Dust
22 Beaches Dust
Another Spark V/A Another Spark Tapes 1984
10:49 PM
Karl Frog - Colonial Hearts
Karl Frog Colonial Hearts N
Yes, Music Spoilsport 2025
https://karlfrog.bandcamp.com/album/yes-music
10:52 PM
The Unknowns - Thunder in My Head
The Unknowns Thunder in My Head N
Looking from the Outside Drunken Sailor Records 2025
https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/album/looking-from-the-outside-lp
10:54 PM
Total Nada - Desolloran la Paloma
Total Nada Desolloran la Paloma N
Aquí y Ahora 11pm Records 2025
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aqu-y-ahora
10:55 PM
Kopli Otelli - Rott
Kopli Otelli Rott
Disko Pole Oluline, Punk On Põhiline (Eesti Pungi Varajased Aastad) V/A 2010
10:57 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

10:59 PM
Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died
Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died
Uneasy Listening
byeeeeee see you on the kids just don't understand!
Chat is archived.
Richard Lyons 8:02:07 PM
📻🎶
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:04:32 PM
hello! hey!
Richard Lyons 8:05:47 PM
hello! end of a saturday ritual for a while :(
Octofish 8:06:45 PM
TGICF
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:09:08 PM
aww! The CZAR will be on early in my place!
andrew g 8:25:55 PM
hey!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:26:54 PM
hey! sorry i didn't know where you from besides the internet
andrew g 8:26:56 PM
weaponizing MRP is brilliant!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:27:22 PM
Hey, have a great summer! (And we're enjoying the show tonight)
jimbooooo 8:33:30 PM
HEY. Hey. hey.
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:40:26 PM
"hey hey hey hey" - micky dolenz
jimbooooo 8:46:01 PM
I love this
andrew g 8:46:27 PM
ok this is amazing
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:46:35 PM
it's great! someone else dared me to play metallica but well. i will not. i didn't even want to listen because james hetfield saying "hey" seems like the worst
michael gudgeon 8:47:27 PM
lmao
Richard Lyons 8:47:36 PM
this IS amazing
michael gudgeon 8:47:37 PM
sick set commie!
jimbooooo 8:47:58 PM
Two rotting corpses! Two rotting corpses!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:50:09 PM
ooh Government Issue! :-D
andrew g 8:50:18 PM
you play so many great songs that can be used to torture people 💚
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:51:34 PM
yes it's kind of my specialty
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:51:41 PM
...And The Native Hipsters were totally wtf?! :-)
Richard Lyons 8:52:21 PM
https://andthenativehipsters.bandcamp.com/album/there-goes-concorde-again
andrew g 8:52:53 PM
good ol' irritainment
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:53:52 PM
i just say they are still doing music! well it seems like it might mostly just be blatt at this point
Commie Francis (1) (host) 8:53:58 PM
saw not say
andrew g 8:55:35 PM
thanks Richard! £2 well spent!
Richard Lyons 8:58:18 PM
and no tariffs
Rob from Maryland 🦀 9:00:53 PM
Pixies!!!!
Richard Lyons 9:01:10 PM
!!!!
andrew g 9:01:27 PM
how could you not play this
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:02:05 PM
what can i say i have weird values
Rob from Maryland 🦀 9:02:40 PM
Commie, I had just finished telling my wife "I bet she won't play the Pixies song" right as you started to say that you were going to play the Pixies song
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:03:10 PM
i had to!
jimbooooo 9:03:30 PM
Listened to The Amps album recently...so good.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 9:03:42 PM
:-)
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:03:58 PM
i really love post pixies kim bands!
jimbooooo 9:04:22 PM
Yesyes
jimbooooo 9:13:12 PM
I predicted the Future!
Colin 9:21:41 PM
Hey!
jimbooooo 9:23:10 PM
Hey YouOuOuOeeeoooOoo
DebbieWebby 9:25:06 PM
HEY Commie!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:25:51 PM
HEY DebbyWebby!!
Scooter France 9:26:29 PM
Hey!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:27:09 PM
hi!
Colin 9:27:46 PM
Speaking of hay, do you know why farms sometimes bail their hay in those big circular bails? it's so the live stock can get a more rounded meal. 🤣
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:28:05 PM
ayyyyyyyy
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:28:11 PM
ayyyyy is for horses
Colin 9:29:38 PM
🤣
Richard Lyons 9:30:20 PM
Hey You, What Are You, Some Kind Of Nut?
Richard Lyons 9:30:27 PM
haha
jimbooooo 9:32:28 PM
Let's goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Scooter France 9:32:38 PM
great show!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:32:57 PM
i'm having fun and regretting my choice to take the summer off!
Michael Shakarjian 9:39:49 PM
Yes, Commie, wouldn't it be nice....thanks for Strawbs!
Colin 9:39:55 PM
battery recharges are always worth it. we will be looking out for those kids are alright sub shows.
DebbieWebby 9:40:08 PM
Aw! You can always sub.. everyday! Lol jk!! But you will def have lots of opportunity to fill in :) Enjoy your break!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:45:20 PM
i think last summer i probably filled in on average once a week!
DebbieWebby 9:47:01 PM
HA! Well there you have it. Were you off last summer too?
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:50:20 PM
yeah! that was so i could play more with my band but then i really didn't!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 9:50:36 PM
this year it's a little more involuntary, just have some family obligations that might make it hard
DebbieWebby 9:54:47 PM
Ah! Speaking of your band, how was your shows in NY the other month?
TAndy 9:55:10 PM
Heya Commie and everyone. Thank you for staying on the air this season, it's always fun running late to my last workday with your tunes blasting on my car stereo 😁
DebbieWebby 9:55:45 PM
Oh, I see. Hoping you have a good and enjoyable summer.
Scooter France 9:57:30 PM
elastic jet mission comp is the best!
Ossy 9:59:14 PM
Evening Commy
Colin 9:59:40 PM
tandy so this is your version of tgif!!!!
David Shortell 10:01:05 PM
Asbury Park's Von Mons also plays a good version of that Barbarians song. They're playing a June 22 show at Long Branch's Whitechapel Projects to benefit the Ribeye Brothers' singer, who's been diagnosed with ALS.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 10:01:29 PM
Tacocat!!! :-D
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:01:41 PM
good to know david! debby they were fun! chris U KNOW IT
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:03:40 PM
and tandy you're welcome! hopefully you will continue to randomly come across me over the summer!
Colin 10:10:08 PM
this song is inspiring
TAndy 10:13:50 PM
Thanks, Commie! And yes, Colin, Saturdays rule for this reason 😉
jimbooooo 10:15:33 PM
pew! pew!
jimbooooo 10:17:04 PM
The next two dogs I get are going to be named Buckner & Garcia
andrew g 10:17:06 PM
omg! this was the first album i ever bought! i was like 9 or 10, and the guy at sam goody just shook his head. i haven't heard this song in a really long time
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:17:35 PM
buckner and garcia deep cuts!!
andrew g 10:18:05 PM
froggy's lament is the best song. my hardcore-ish band in the 90s covered it
Richard Lyons 10:18:28 PM
🤖
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:19:05 PM
hell yeah andrew!
David Shortell 10:20:00 PM
Hunx & His Punx are coming to Warsaw in Brooklyn on September 9. I saw them over a decade ago at the Cake Shop. The Trashwomen's Tina was drumming at the time!
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:21:03 PM
their... bass player i think? lives in nyc
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:21:16 PM
the current one
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:21:56 PM
she's also in habibi
andrew g 10:22:11 PM
tonight's show is 🔥🔥🔥 as the kids say
andrew g 10:22:19 PM
way to go out with a bang
michael gudgeon 10:27:11 PM
still killen it francis!
Florence + The Mok 10:29:13 PM
I just saw a flag of democracy tonight. Love to hear mannequins
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:29:39 PM
did you see them with froggy?
Colin 10:31:51 PM
re: the froggy show, i'm a huge fan of teenage Bigfoot. they always bring it when they play. (i didn't go, but i love those guys)
David Shortell 10:32:34 PM
I just discovered this recent live set Kilynn played on the radio:
David Shortell 10:32:37 PM
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133222
Alex Crowe 10:34:39 PM
Hey Commie Francis! Mestiza sound a bit like Kaelen Mikla...
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:35:09 PM
i don't know them! i will check them out
Alex Crowe 10:38:22 PM
Brooding music, lots of yelling...from Iceland.
Florence + The Mok 10:40:53 PM
Yes that show. I got lots of video. Posting to YT as I type 🤘
andrew g 10:44:16 PM
awesome! fod is still killing it after 42? 43? years
Florence + The Mok 10:45:32 PM
They tore it up. Dan from The Dead Milkmen was in the crowd. Cool chatting with him
Florence + The Mok 10:46:04 PM
He said it was surreal to meet Tony Hawk at some festival in CA
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:47:23 PM
he's a wprb fan! and not to brag but a commie francis fan specifically
Commie Francis (1) (host) 10:48:03 PM
dead milkmen do a youtube show where they talk about stuff and he had nice things to say about the station when they had an episode about radio
Florence + The Mok 10:48:47 PM
Prob the coolest Philly band ever. Milkmen forever
Florence + The Mok 10:49:59 PM
Love seeing Joe Jack solo shows 😍
David Shortell 10:53:12 PM
I've seen Joe Jack play in a log cabin in Manchester (NJ).
Alex Crowe 10:55:09 PM
Thanks for the always fun show (s). Kind of feels like college days summer vacation ...see you in September.
David Shortell 10:55:37 PM
I first saw the Dead Milkmen 41 years ago in Florence NJ opening for Hüsker Dü.
Colin 10:58:31 PM
dirty, budget recording, overseas punk selections. 😍
michael gudgeon 10:58:56 PM
enjoy the break commie, hopefully catch the sneak sessions
David Shortell 10:59:20 PM
I enjoyed most of tonight's show via my car radio. Too bad I missed parts of it while seeing lame bands play in this nightclub.
Colin 11:00:16 PM
love the whole song
Commie Francis (1) (host) 11:00:38 PM
gotta get to the end! good night everyone, thanks for listening!