Commie Francis (host)
5:02:01 PM
hiiii!!!!!!
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The Kids Just Don't Understand
Jul 8, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 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.
The Mayor Just Doesn't Understand
Songs about garbage and solidarity for a Tuesday afternoon! I'm back filling in for Esoterica but following my normal format of 2 hours themed/1 hour freeform.
All opinions expressed on this show are solely those of me, Commie Francis!
It's so nice to be back on the radio!
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| 5:01 PM |
| Carole King Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo) The Legendary Demos Legacy Recordings 2012
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| 5:03 PM |
| The Apostles Workers' Autonomy, Pt. 1 Punk Obituary Cherry Red Records 1986
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| 5:05 PM |
| Kronos Quartet Garbage (feat. Lee Knight) Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2020
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| 5:07 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Streetcleaners - Garbage City | |
| 5:10 PM |
| The Philadelphia International All-Stars, Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Archie Bell, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays & Dee Dee Sharp Gamble Let's Clean Up the Ghetto (12" Version) Let's Clean Up the Ghetto Legacy Recordings 1977
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| 5:16 PM |
| The Doll Trash Streets V/A Beggars Banquet 1977
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| 5:19 PM |
| Scott X Trash Can Scott X Rockhouse International Records 1984
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| 5:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Apostles - Worker's Autonomy (Part 2) | |
| 5:24 PM |
| New York Dolls Trash R New York Dolls Mercury Records 1973 requested by Nadia, Mark and Steve
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| 5:28 PM |
| Julia Gerity and Her Boys & Snooks Friedman & His Memphis Stompers Sittin' On a Rubbish Can Poor Man's Heaven - Blues and Tales of the Great Depression - When the Sun Goes Down Series (Remastered) RCA Bluebird 2003 orig 1931
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| 5:30 PM |
| No Milk on Tuesday Trash Man The Whining Ultimate TPOS 1988
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| 5:32 PM |
| Student Nurse Garbage R As Seen On T. V. - A Four Song E.P. Rug Records 1980 requested by Erika from Portland
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| 5:34 PM |
| Shades Of Brown Garbage Man S.O.B Geffen 1970
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| 5:38 PM |
| Meanwhile Garbage In Garbage Out Lawless Solidarity Bye Bye Productions 2000
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| 5:40 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Streetcleaners - Garbage City | |
| 5:44 PM |
| Jonathan Richman Chewing Gum Wrapper Rockin' and Romance Twin/Tone 1985
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| 5:47 PM |
| Peace Talks Trash In America Progress Cruel Noise Records 2023
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| 5:49 PM |
| Jon Spencer Do the Trash Man R Spencer Sings the Hits In the Red 2018 requested by Jon Solomon of Jon Solomon with Jon Solomon
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| 5:52 PM |
| Terrible Feelings Trash & Burn Blank Heads - EP Adrian Recordings 2011
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| 5:53 PM |
| Carsickness Shooting Above the Garbage Shooting Above the Garbage TMI Products 1980
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| 5:56 PM |
| The Coasters Wake Me, Shake Me Coast Along With The Coasters Rhino/Elektra 1962
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| 5:57 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Apostles - Worker's Autonomy (Part 2) | |
| 6:00 PM |
| The Dead Milkmen My Many Smells R Beelzebubba Ryko/Rhino 1988 requested by Darcy currently in Philly
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| 6:02 PM |
| Spirit Fresh Garbage Spirit Ode/Epic/Legacy 1968
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| 6:05 PM |
| Pulsallama Trash Pulsallama Modern Harmonic 2020 orig early 80s
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| 6:08 PM |
| Bronski Beat Junk The Age of Consent (Bonus Tracks) [1996 Remaster] London Records (Because Ltd) 1984
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| 6:12 PM |
| The Family Vibes Garbage Man R Confined to Soul United Artists 1973 requested by Brian D from the chat
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| 6:15 PM |
| Pack Rat Pure Trash Life's a Trap Hosehead Records 2024
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| 6:17 PM |
| Krupted Peasant Farmers I Love Trash R 20 Bands Trash 20 Songs to Find the Way to Sesame Street Bun Length, Etc 1995 requested by Brent from Maine
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| 6:18 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Apostles - Worker's Autonomy (Part 2) | |
| 6:23 PM |
| As Mercenárias Trashland R Trashland EMI 1987 requested by Erika from Portland
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| 6:26 PM |
| Reverse Local Trash Synchysis Whiplash Records 1981
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| 6:28 PM |
| Shel Silverstein Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out Where the Sidewalk Ends Columbia/Legacy 1975
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| 6:31 PM |
| Gus Cordovox Quintet Trashpickin' R You're Soaking In It! (Music From Philadelphia & N.Y.) V/A APEX 1988 requested by Steven from Johnstown or something
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| 6:33 PM |
| The Capaces Human Rubbish Amplifired Plastic Bomb 2010
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| 6:35 PM |
| Tyvek Trash & Junk R Overground GINKGO RECORDS 2023 requested by Jon Solomon
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| 6:39 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Apostles - Worker's Autonomy (Part 2) | |
| 6:41 PM |
| Quincy Jones Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater) R You've Got It Bad Girl A&M 1973 requested by Randy in the chat
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| 6:44 PM |
| Tee Vee Pop Garbage Can I Karma Irmgardz 1982
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| 6:47 PM |
| Ugly Shadows Out of Trash Kids of Tomorrow Stand Against Vivisection Records 2017
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| 6:50 PM |
| Linda Carr & The Impossibles (I'm In Love With) The Garbage Man Shy One / (I'm In Love With) The Garbage Man Ray Star 1961
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| 6:52 PM |
| The Lewd Trash Can Baby (Demo) Kill Yourself...Again The Lewd 1997
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| 6:54 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Apostles - Worker's Autonomy (Part 2) | |
| 6:58 PM |
| Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers Solidarity Forever The Original Talking Union With The Almanac Singers & Other Union Songs With Pete Seeger And Chorus Folkways 1955
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| 7:01 PM |
| Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
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| 7:03 PM |
| Hekátē Service state N Μαύρη Tρύπα Black Hole Mascara Rocks 2025
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| 7:07 PM |
| Lame Las Palabras, La Sangre, La Memoria N Lo Que Extrañas Ya No Existe La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2025
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| 7:09 PM |
| Rata Negra Hawai N Hawai - Single Sonido Muchacho 2025
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| 7:10 PM |
| Toxic Rites Rural Song N Toxic Rites Symphony of Destruction 2025
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| 7:13 PM |
| Carnivorous Bells The Inaudible Hounds L Beacons in Limbo Human Headstone Presents 2025 out in Septemberhttps://humanheadstonepresents.bandcamp.com/album/beacons-in-limbo
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| 7:17 PM |
| Amerol Desperate Living N Demo Helta Skelta 2025 https://heltaskeltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo-cs-5
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| 7:19 PM |
| Guiding Light Spiegelbild S/T EP - EP Tall Texan 2024 https://stuccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/guiding-light
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| 7:21 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 7:25 PM |
| Meridian Brothers Escuchen El Grito Del Tigrillo N VI Les Disques Bongo Joe 2025 orig 2009https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/vi
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| 7:31 PM |
| Quality Used Cars Tullamareena N One Hundred Million Spoilsport 2025 https://qualityusedcars.bandcamp.com/album/one-hundred-million
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| 7:35 PM |
| ZEVK. Nehirden Denize (From the River to the Sea) N Under the Blade of a Zionist Nightmare IV V/A Plastic Wound Records 2025 https://plasticwoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-blade-of-a-zionist-nightmare-vol-iv-and-we-have-to-fight-back
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| 7:36 PM |
| Moleskine Non Sense N Affective Experience of Urban Space Urticaria Records 2025 https://urticariarecords.bandcamp.com/album/affective-experience-of-urban-space
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| 7:40 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 7:44 PM |
| Línea Maginot Adicción cruzada N Línea Maginot Flexidiscos 2025 https://flexidiscos.bandcamp.com/album/linea-maginot
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| 7:48 PM |
| No Sector Flush Your Brain N Mercury Poisoning Razored Raw 2025 https://razoredraw.bandcamp.com/album/mercury-poisoning
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| 7:50 PM |
| Dark Thoughts Slept Til 2 L N 2025 Summer Promo self released 2025 https://dark-thoughts.bandcamp.com/album/2025-summer-promo
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| 7:52 PM |
| Baxter Dury Allbarone N Allbarone Heavenly Recordings 2025 https://baxterdury.bandcamp.com/album/allbarone
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| 7:55 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 7:58 PM |
| Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening
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Chat is archived.
Francis
5:03:24 PM
Carole KIng and her partner were iving on Pleaseant Valley in West Orange, and wrote the song about it
Commie Francis (host)
5:15:08 PM
little piece of NJ history!
Jon Solomon
5:15:27 PM
Real trash playlist (compliment).
Commie Francis (host)
5:17:51 PM
that's cool, and also that is trash
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:26:09 PM
Hi Commie, loving your show!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:26:48 PM
Also, twin Tornado Warnings for the northern part of the Philly area until 5:45
Commie Francis (host)
5:26:53 PM
thank you! i love this theme, i did it 10 years ago and i'm just as psyched for it this time
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:26:55 PM
https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=PHI&wwa=tornado%20warning
Commie Francis (host)
5:27:12 PM
aieee
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:27:41 PM
Hey Commie, you are replying to my comments but my comments are not showing!
Commie Francis (host)
5:28:36 PM
oops i turned off comment approval by accident
Wes Steenson
5:28:41 PM
Laser beams! What do you run on, Rockette Morton? [Say beans] Beans! I runs on beans! I runs on Laser Beans! [That’s right!] 🫘
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:29:49 PM
No worries!
Wes Steenson
5:31:23 PM
Finally, some real music! None of those beetle bugs with their electric guitars! Those darn kids!
ParrScream
5:31:43 PM
Great theme tonight Commie! I love it.
Commie Francis (host)
5:36:10 PM
thanks!
Randy Marthins
5:42:36 PM
Need to get Quincy Jones "Street Beater" in this jawn
Rob from Maryland 🦀
5:45:14 PM
The Tornado Warning for s.e. Montgomery and n.w. Philadelphia counties has expired
Randy Marthins
5:46:11 PM
FWIW - I lived in Philly during the 1986 trash strike
Commie Francis (host)
5:47:29 PM
i hope it doesn't last that long this time!
John Coffey
5:49:24 PM
Hey Rob from MD, got a bird question for ya. I'm seeing fewer Osprey on Chesapeake this summer and saw somewhere that one of their food sources is low. Any insight ion this? Thanks
Brian D
5:50:28 PM
Just walkin between the tornadoes here. The Family Vibes "Garbage Man" is a good one
David Shortell
5:56:33 PM
Jon Spencer this Saturday: https://dice.fm/partner/maker-park-radio-incorporated/event/oel235-maker-park-radios-8-year-anniversary-music-art-fest-night-2-w-jon-spencer-nobro-the-thing-skorts-and-more-12th-jul-maker-park-new-york-city-tickets
oldmotorbikeguy
6:03:37 PM
commie francis, loving your show and with you all the way on the workers.
Pethie
6:04:17 PM
I never can come up with theme songs, but I just thought of one! “Fresh Garbage”!
Commie Francis (host)
6:05:02 PM
lol instant request
Pethie
6:05:15 PM
Whoops, my comment was magic!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:06:31 PM
@John Coffey, "Chesapeake Bay Ospreys Are Facing Persistent Nest Failures
Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across the continent. But in the Chesapeake Bay, industrial fishing may be contributing to an extended run of failed nests." https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/chesapeake-bay-osprey-nest-failure-menhaden-fishing/
Brian D
6:13:24 PM
Heh... thanks. Just heard it this a.m. and thought why not again
David Shortell
6:19:18 PM
I saw Pulsallama's Jean Caffeine last May in Jersey City: https://facebook.com/david.shortell.1/posts/pfbid02HPijrT6VZLekFGwyE5mUsCbEyP6jFFKG39aZtX8QqpWQNwE7bS2nzyWxvSEfau5Ql
John Coffey
6:21:51 PM
Thanks Rob MD, respect these birds, as long as they stay off my boat. I was always worried that if they started a nest on my boat, by law I’d be forbidden to use my boat till they left. Several empty nests that were normally occupied every year.
Commie Francis (host)
6:30:57 PM
power flickering here at the barge
Richard Lyons
6:37:11 PM
rare summer Commie show! yippee!
Pethie
6:43:01 PM
Ah, this brings back memories!!
Randy Marthins
6:45:31 PM
THANKS COMMIE!!!
Jon Solomon
6:47:57 PM
Route 1 southbound at 295 apparently closed due to trees down…
Jon Solomon
6:48:02 PM
https://nixle.us/GG2SP
Randy Marthins
6:54:57 PM
My brother had a friend who got sentenced co community service - hosing out trash trucks, in the Summer
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:03:51 PM
@John Coffey, it is sad that Ospreys aren't doing that well.
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:04:07 PM
@Commie, yikes about the flickering power
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:44:53 PM
There are no current Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for anywhere near Princeton & Philly.
Commie Francis (host)
7:45:00 PM
thank you rob
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:45:58 PM
"...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE, WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN,
NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER, NORTHERN SALEM, EAST CENTRAL CHESTER, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES..."
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:46:21 PM
From https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=PHI&wwa=flash%20flood%20warning
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:47:13 PM
Philly/Mt. Holly National Weather Service homepage here: https://www.weather.gov/phi/
Logan Perkins
7:48:20 PM
This is a cover of a Gang of Four song
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:48:33 PM
It sure is! :-)
Commie Francis (host)
7:48:36 PM
that's my thought too
Commie Francis (host)
7:49:03 PM
if it's not it's a TOTAL ripoff. they might not mentoion it on bandcamp cause bandcamp technically doesn't allow covers
Logan Perkins
7:52:14 PM
Gang of Four "Damaged Goods"
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:53:45 PM
Baxter Dury is the son of Ian Dury
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:54:25 PM
"As a young boy he appeared on the front cover of Dury's album New Boots and Panties!!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_Dury
Commie Francis (host)
7:54:46 PM
i knew he was ian dury's kid but i didn't know he was on that record cover@!
jimbooooo
7:57:25 PM
Commmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:57:43 PM
We both enjoyed your show tonight, Commie. No trash played tonight
Commie Francis (host)
7:58:33 PM
no trash yet ALL TRASH
Commie Francis (host)
7:58:42 PM
hi jimbo! bye jimbo!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:59:01 PM
No garbage and no Garbage
Richard Lyons
7:59:24 PM
great show! thanks Commie Francis!