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The Kids Just Don't Understand

Dec 25, 2025 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM

Music

With Commie Francis

Commie Francis playing music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s, on a lyrical theme.

Beautiful Things

Songs about beautiful things (not people, that's for another time), the beauty of the world, life and and the universe and the concept of beauty. guess we need the reminder right now.

ways to stay in touch, in order of my preference

10:01 PM		Carole King Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo) The Legendary Demos Legacy Recordings 2012
10:03 PM		Roberto Benigni and Tom Waits It's a Sad and Beautiful World Down by Law 1986
10:03 PM		John Lurie Ahhh... Fishing Fishing With John (Original Music From The Series By John Lurie) Strange and Beautiful 1998
10:03 PM		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Everything Is Beautiful to Me E-Man Groovin' (feat. The Everything Man) Rhino Atlantic 1975
10:11 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Robert Byrne - Walking in Space
10:11 PM		Cub Pretty Pictures Betti - Cola Mint Records 1993
10:12 PM		One Thousand Violins Hey Man That's Beautiful Hey Man That's Beautiful Immaculate 1988
10:17 PM		Leadbelly Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard Leadbelly Vol. 3 1939-1947 Document Records 1993 with Josh White
10:19 PM		Accidente Victorias Mas Bellas Accidente ./ Nightwatchers split LP V/A Stonehenge Records 2024
10:21 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Art Interface - Real Pretty-Like
10:25 PM		Aus Der Schöne Schein Der Schöne Schein Statik Age Music 2024
10:27 PM		The Womenfolk There Is Beauty In the World Man Oh Man! RCA 1966
10:30 PM		Burning Kitchen Slaves of Fashion Confirmation Communichaos Media 1998
10:32 PM		Essential Logic The Beautiful and the Damned Fanfare in the Garden Hiss And Shake Records 2003
10:36 PM		Astrud Gilberto Lugar Bonito Look to the Rainbow Verve Reissues 1966
10:40 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Mort Garson - Walking in Space
10:45 PM		The Boston Show Band Walking in Space Hair Dance-Selections VEAC 1968
10:48 PM		UDS Ma Che Bella Societa Raptus V/A Meccano Records 1983
10:52 PM		Hazel Dickens Beautiful Hills of Galilee Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People Rounder 1980
10:55 PM		Billy Bragg The Busy Girl Buys Beauty Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy Utility 1983
10:57 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Persica 3 - Beauty in the Noise
11:00 PM		Devo Beautiful World New Traditionalists Warner Records 1981
11:03 PM		Fatal Microbes Beautiful Pictures Violence Grows Small Wonder Records 1979
11:05 PM		Jacqueline Taïeb La Plus Belle Chanson du Monde Jacqueline Taïeb RCA Victor 1967
11:07 PM		Dogma Beauty Dogma Grow Your Own Records 2020
11:10 PM		Wednesday Week Pretty Cities Betsy's House - EP Warfrat Grammophon 1982
11:12 PM		Mahalia Jackson Beautiful Tomorrow No Matter How You Pray Apollo 1959
11:15 PM		The Pixies Three Something Beautiful Our History Crystal Ball 2001 recorded early 60s
11:17 PM		Jasmine Niin Kaunis On Taivas Soittaja Bluebird (Finland) 1995 finland's 1996 eurovision entry
11:19 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over The Third - Beautiful
11:24 PM		Roy Orbison Pretty Paper Pretty Paper / Beautiful Dreamer Monument 1963
11:27 PM		Crass Poison in a Pretty Pill Penis Envy Crass Records 1980
11:31 PM		Curtis Mayfield Beautiful Brother of Mine Roots Rhino 1971
11:38 PM		Redd Kross Beautiful Bye-Byes Neurotica Big Time 1987
11:39 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Robert Byrne - Walking in Space
11:42 PM		Jimmy Cliff Wonderful World, Beautiful People Wonderful World, Beautiful People A&M 1969
11:45 PM		Marie Möör Pretty Day Pretty Day - Single MM/BW 1982
11:48 PM		Love Positions Eating June Beauty Billiepeebup (feat. Robyn St. Clare & Nic Dalton) Half A Cow Records 1990
11:52 PM		Patois Counselors Let Beauty Be The Optimal Seat Ever/Never Records LLC 2020
11:55 PM		Modern Delusion Beauty Lies in the Eye Wasteland Doomtown 2014
11:56 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Art Interface - Real Pretty-Like
12:01 AM		Haram Hide Your Beauty, It Is For You – خبي جميلتك هذا لالك N ليش الجنة بيتبلش في الجهنم؟ Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell Toxic State 2025
12:03 AM		Slime Ihr Seid Schön Alle Gegen Alle Slime Tonträger 1982
12:07 AM		Cliterati Trans is Beautiful Ugly Truths / Beautiful Lies Tankcrimes 2019
12:08 AM		Iconoclast Things of Beauty Domination or Destruction Sealed Records 2019
12:09 AM		Trinikas Black Is Beautiful Black Is Beautiful / Remember Me - Single Pearce 1969
12:12 AM		The Limiñanas Prisoner of Beauty Faded Berreto Music 2025
12:17 AM		Odetta All the Pretty Little Horses Odetta At Carnegie Hall SINETONE AMR 1960
12:20 AM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Mort Garson - Walking in Space
12:23 AM		Ultimate Spinach Suite: Genesis of Beauty Behold & See MGM 1968
12:32 AM		Kenny Kenny Oh Oh The Beauty of Absenteeism Typical Girls V/A Emotional Response 2016
12:34 AM		Popdudes Beautiful Sunday Maximum Rock Stupidity Big Stir Records 2017
12:37 AM		Nuclear Crayons Blitz Beauty Mixed Nuts Don't Crack V/A Outside Records 1983
12:38 AM		Danny King and the Mayfair Set Pretty Things Pretty Things / Outside of My Room Columbia 1965
12:41 AM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Persica 3 - Beauty in the Noise
12:43 AM		The Cowsills Beautiful Beige We Can Fly Mercury Records 1968
12:45 AM		Sheila La vie est belle "Killer Joe" (Version stéréo) Le Sifflet Des Copains Philips 1963
12:48 AM		Electro Hippies Things Of Beauty The Only Good Punk Peaceville Records 1987
12:52 AM		Al Green Simply Beautiful I'm Still In Love With You Demon 1972
12:55 AM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Robert Byrne - Walking in Space
12:57 AM		Small Faces Itchycoo Park There are but Four Small Faces Immediate 1967

Chat is archived.

oh hiiiii! merry christmas/post-marathon!

Hello

to you too!

we persist!

I love Carole's demos - this and 'Porpoise Song' esp.

Commie with special guest dj radio boss cat!

From beyond the eye lids.

Two turtle doves

How am I still awake?

that is the question

(I slipped into a nap during joy division>New Order & woke up during the Fall)

i woke up at 4:30am (thumbs up emoji)

I have this Jimmie Castor record on vinyl

BAM!

You were in house all day Commie! A different marathon. lol

OK Commie wins for endurance

(I mean, after Jon, in this post-marathon reality)

Commie - Nadia says Hi and Merry Christmas (she's had the flu - no fun)

hi nadia!! go to sleep!

awesome song btw. he's hitting it hard there a the end!

29 hrs is a helluva feat

Hey Commie!

CUB!!!

110% right on Commie.

CUB! everything is beautiful when you're young and pretty

I’m going to bed for real now but I am glad I heard your intro before I turned in.

Good night, Commie. I’m a fan.

Merry Christmas!!!

Mouse drop

Goodnight Jon - I'm not too far behind you - oddly I got that mysterious "2nd wind"

night jon, i figured you were not long for the conscious world!

We're turning in too. Good night everyone

night rob and lisa!

Merry Xmas Rob from Merry Maryland

GN Rob!

Goodnight everyone 🩷

night cb!

also hi chris from a while ago <3

I'm heading off to drift away to sleep while playing Oregon Trail with a sleeping pug on my lap. Goodnight all, BAM, and thank you all for making this Christmas beautiful AKA KICKING IT UP A NOTCH!!!!!!

At 1033 O CLOCK

night chef!

I probably missed you but goodnight CB (Blue) - I think I too must f*ck off to bed. Merry Christmas all - I very much enjoyed hanging with yous for the day! Cheers - Have a good night Commie - Good night Chef!

This has been a really good and mellow comedown. Really digging the show.

i cannot promise it will remain mellow

night tenderloin!

Merry Christmas Tenderloin! Sleep well, thanks for the fine contributions.

Commie! My favorite Astrud song

Well, right now my husband is trying to play his new Theramin along with whatever is playing, so my idea of mellow might be skewed.

well i might keep it on the chiller side the first hour. we'll see how it goes. my songbag is a little all over the place as per usual.

New Theramin's are a thing? I had no idea. I thought you had to go to really offbeat yard sales to find one.

Fishbone using the Theramin on the Magic Johnson show: https://youtu.be/4JccqSoEhnA?list=RD4JccqSoEhnA

Magic Johnson has a show? Wow, The shit I don't know...

It lasted about 3 episodes

That tracks

oh yeah i remember him having a show!

guys i think this song might be about drugs

Sounds like wholesome drugs to me.

It's commmmmmieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

yowza

what luck, to have crossed paths with you this eve, again.

nice to have you back jrlp!

and hello jimbo, hello

Hey Commie & all! Been listening since the start, keeping it locked alllll night!

tAndy always nice to have you here on the nightshift!

you're not working are you?

Nah, tomorrow night I am though, during the slushfest outside.

oh ugh

It's nice to finally have some winter weather to put my awd to good use. Surely it won't rain on Monday and wash it all away!

Just drove home from Jersey from Leadbelly to Pixies. Thanks for the great soundtrack to that drive, love the theme!

ha for a second i was like wait i didn't play the pixies

i love that wprb can be the soundtrack to driving for HOURS, on the actual radio

On the topic of Beauty, they’re playing Saturday at Vintage on Ninth (903 Main St, Belmar, NJ) with Young Zee, Vincent the Owl, and Tiki Torture.

https://beautylovesyou.bandcamp.com/

wowza!

pretty paper theme

jrlp you never said what your standing request is

Hmm, I don't recognize it from the Marathon content but I don't go all the way back...

OH sorry, well I was going to holler for Frosty during Jon's last segment since it's a big fave that I revisit during the year and happily laugh out loud!

CRASS FOR GREATEST PUNK BAND OF ALL TIME

oh! thanks!

definitely penis envy is the greatest punk album of all time

one thou wow ‼️‼️‼️‼️

Hi Commie F! Nolag Shona duit, great theme tonight.

merry christmas bo!

i swear that wasn't dead air, just a VERY quiet intro

Dirt - Mother

request :) crass records is the best

i love that band/song but i'm not sure it fits my theme. i gotta go grab my foldy record cover

it is gonna get punker and punker shortly, i've been concentrating my punk songs into the last hour

I already know it's gonna be a MAJOR Jam Alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 when I hear that plik plok synth

yes that classic little bleepy beat

holiday hi commy!

hiya ossy!

Hi Ossy!

That Odetta song got to me.

My dad was a huge Odetta fan and got her to play at my elementary school when I was a kid

awww liz. also that is amazing. i definitely have strong childhood/dad associations with odetta too

Yeah, I think our dads had some overlapping tastes!

those vocals are out of this world

the cowsills? yeah they were phenomenal

yeah wow.

their album ii x ii is their peak, it has a crazy choral book of revelations song and an anti space exploration song

and a song where their mom sings (beautifully)

excellent, thank you

Bob, Paul and Susan Cowsill played in Avenel last November.

they put out a new album a few years ago and it was.... ok. i'd go see them for sure though if i had the opportunity

Thank you for this show tonight

thanks for listening to almost the whole thing!

Read my mind Commie! Thanks for a Beautiful show!😍

it felt nice to do it

feed the ducks with a bun everyone

Haha, will do! 🦆

Thanks a bunch Commie.