Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:04:11 PM
helloooo!
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Uneasy Listening
Jan 3, 2026 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.
End of year Special 2025
welcome to 2026! well what have we got here. another messed up year. it would be nice if this is the one where we throw off the yoke of our oppressors but well yeah, yknow....
anyway as is tradition i've collected one song i didn't play for each lyrical theme i did this year. i did less themed shows than normal so there might be some extra songs for a couple of topics plus an extended dance party at the end just like there was on my regular show!
| 8:02 PM |
| Bay City Rollers Saturday Night Rollin' Legacy Recordings 1974
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| 8:04 PM |
| Embrace End of a Year Embrace Dischord 1987 intro song
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| 8:07 PM |
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DJ speaks over Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge of Promises | |
| 8:09 PM |
| The Bevis Frond Waving New River Head Fire Records 1991 bridges
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| 8:13 PM |
| Mott the Hoople (Do You Remember the) Saturday Gigs Saturday Gig CBS 1974 saturday
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| 8:17 PM |
| TNT Movie Billy Eine Kleine Machtmusik Off Course Records 1983 film
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| 8:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over Klaus Doldinger - Wild Freshness | |
| 8:22 PM |
| Ceramic Hello Ringing in the Same Return of Flexi-Pop Vol. 2 V/A Ontario 1981 repetition
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| 8:25 PM |
| Memphis Minnie Selling My Pork Chops Selling My Pork Chops / Doctor Doctor Blues Bluebird 1935 groceries
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| 8:28 PM |
| Republika Telefony Republika Pomaton EMI 2002 phone/information
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| 8:32 PM |
| Rudimentary Peni Nothing but a Nightmare Death Church Sealed Records 1982 nightmares
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| 8:34 PM |
| Geoff Goddard Sky Men Sky Men / Walk With Me My Angel His Master's Voice 1963 world contact day
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| 8:37 PM |
| Freestyle Fellowship Physical Form To Whom It May Concern Beats and Rhymes Records 1991 bodies
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| 8:40 PM |
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DJ speaks over Giorgio Moroder - Call Me (Russ Danoff Instrumental Mix) | |
| 8:42 PM |
| Billy Bragg It Says Here Brewing up With Cooking Vinyl 1983 newspapers
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| 8:45 PM |
| Alien Sex Fiend R.I.P (Blue Crumb Truck) R.I.P. / New Christian Music Anagram 1984 1984
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| 8:49 PM |
| Alien Kulture Airport Arrest flying in vehicles - unreleased from early 80s
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| 8:54 PM |
| Vital Disorders Let's Talk About Prams Prams Lowther International 1981 gender roles
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| 8:56 PM |
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DJ speaks over Robert Byrne - Walking in Space | |
| 8:59 PM |
| Midnight Unholy and Rotten Complete and Total Hell Metal Blade Records 2012 decay
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| 9:03 PM |
| The Equals Hey Baby, It's Time You Got Going Unequalled Equals President Records 1967 hey
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| 9:05 PM |
| Black Francis Garbage Heap Svn Fngrs Cooking Vinyl 2008 trash
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| 9:07 PM |
| Killdozer Knuckles the Dog Who Helps People Uncompromising War on Art Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Touch and Go Records 1994 new afternoon show/90s college radio
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| 9:12 PM |
| The Slickee Boys Gotta Tell Me Why Uh Oh... No Breaks! New Rose 1985 commands
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| 9:17 PM |
| At Night Haunted House N At Night At Night 2024 common chord progressions (PS this came out on vinyl yesterday)
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| 9:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over Der Plan - Glitzer-Gleiter | |
| 9:22 PM |
| Death Side Burning Spirit Bet On the Possibility Feral Ward 1991 intangible essences
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| 9:25 PM |
| Solid Space A Darkness in My Soul Space Museum Dark Entries Records 2017 intangible essences. orig 1982
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| 9:29 PM |
| TEKE::TEKE Doppelganger Hagata Kill Rock Stars 2023 twins/doubles
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| 9:33 PM |
| Moonshake Beautiful Pigeon Eva Luna Too Pure 1992 beauty
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| 9:36 PM |
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DJ speaks over Big Jim Sullivan - Translove Airways (Fat Angel) | |
| 9:39 PM |
| The Offs One More Shot R The Offs First Record CD Presents 1984 DANCE PARTY. requested by Justin in western mass
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| 9:42 PM |
| Aviador Dro La Única Solución Es la Venganza Ciudadanos Del Imperio DRO 1987 DANCE PARTY
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| 9:46 PM |
| Use No Hooks Do the Job The Job Chapter Music 2020 DANCE PARTY. recorded 1983. requested by Dana K
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| 9:52 PM |
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DJ speaks over Vitamin String Quartet - Papa Don't Preach | |
| 9:54 PM |
| Portastatic Naked Pilseners I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle Elemental Records 1994 outro song
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| 10:00 PM |
| Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
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| 10:02 PM |
| Modem Kamera Megalomania Modem Age Records 2024
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| 10:06 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworth (instrumental) | |
| 10:09 PM |
| The Motors Dancing the Night Away R Dancing the Night Away Virgin 1977 requested by John and Bo from the chat
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| 10:15 PM |
| The Music Explosion Sunshine Games Sunshine Games/Can't Stop Now Laurie Records 1967
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| 10:17 PM |
| The Faint Animal Needs R Doom Abuse Saddle Creek 2014 requested by Brent from Maine
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| 10:21 PM |
| The Warlord The Ultimate Warlord N All The Young Droids - Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 V/A Night School 2025 orig 1978
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| 10:24 PM |
| Biting Tongues You Can Choke Like That R Don't Heal Situation Two 1981 requested by Justin in Florence MA
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| 10:28 PM |
| Prospexx Shadows A Quiet World Symphony of Destruction 2021
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| 10:32 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworth (instrumental) | |
| 10:34 PM |
| Chumbawamba Slap! Slap! Agit Prop 1990
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| 10:41 PM |
| Optic Sink Construction N Lucky Number Feel It Records 2025
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| 10:47 PM |
| Giorgio Moroder Son Of My Father Son Of My Father Dunhill 1972
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| 10:51 PM |
| Eggs The Obliviist Part 3 Eggs Teenbeat 96 Exploder Teen-Beat 1994
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| 10:55 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworth (instrumental) | |
| 10:58 PM |
| Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening
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Chat is archived.
Richard Lyons
8:05:41 PM
🤘🏼
Richard Lyons
8:06:22 PM
hi Commie and Chris!
Scooter France
8:16:58 PM
Hi Commie (and everyone!)
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:18:12 PM
hiya richard and mr scooter france!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:23:43 PM
i'd ask how everyone's 2026 is going but.... eh.
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:26:02 PM
My birding 2026 is going ok ... Snowy Owl on the 1st, and a Red-flanked Bluetail (a Siberian songbird which winters in southern Asia; one is in northern Virginia) on the 2nd
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:26:35 PM
and hi Commie and everyone
John Coffey
8:30:30 PM
Hi Commie, I'll be long asleep when your show ends but just a vote for Dancing the Night Away by The Motors. One of the first "Punk" Lps I bought!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:31:26 PM
oh yeah, if not during this part of the show i will definitely play that after 10!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:39:23 PM
good job on yr birdies rob! coolest hobby
Richard Lyons
8:46:23 PM
manufacturing consent
Richard Lyons
8:46:50 PM
🖤Billy Bragg
jimbooooo
9:02:01 PM
bleeeepedy bleep
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:05:58 PM
ahoy jimbo!
jimbooooo
9:06:48 PM
Ahoyyyyy Cap'n Commie!
jimbooooo
9:09:33 PM
killdozer!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:10:20 PM
first killdozer song i ever heard!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:10:39 PM
a big moment for me. i was like whaaaaaaaaa
Roffle 0x7EA
9:11:29 PM
I love puppies!
C Monster
9:11:46 PM
howdy all! rob, i'm jealous you got to peep a snowy owl
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:11:52 PM
all those good boys
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:12:37 PM
when i lived in shutesbury ma i saw a snowy owl on the sign for my road once. that was a magical place. but the internet was terrible
jimbooooo
9:13:04 PM
Sitting with my dog, eating dried mango, reading about native plants
C Monster
9:13:49 PM
good start to the year jim!
jimbooooo
9:14:01 PM
So many owlses around here in the west o' Mass
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:14:17 PM
SLICKEE BOYS!!!!!
Roffle 0x7EA
9:14:23 PM
We are not that far from DSL modems at baud rates. :)
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:14:34 PM
@C Monster, hi, thx. It's been at National Airport (DCA) since Christmas Day.
C Monster
9:14:52 PM
hmmmm the ratio of places being magical to internet quality?
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:15:06 PM
good point colin!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:15:37 PM
@Commie, that is a magical encounter!
C Monster
9:16:24 PM
there's been a pair of very chatty great horned owls in my local woods, and a very elusive screech owl. i hear it cooing regularly, but have not seen it yet.
jimbooooo
9:17:06 PM
Colin is a wildlife whisperer!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:18:46 PM
@jimbooooo, I'm envious of your owls. @C Monster, that's nice about your Great Horned Owls. And especially about your screech owl. I heard one today at the Red-flanked Bluetail site, at maybe 11 a.m. That was my first in over a decade!
Roffle 0x7EA
9:20:33 PM
I lived in Hot Springs, MT for about a year and there was all kinds of weird ass wildlife about, and of course the internet was really bad. But that was a while ago. Now it's worse wildlife, but better internet.
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:20:47 PM
My wife summoned me from washing dishes so that I could hear the Killdozer song. We were laughing because a Killdozer/Government Issue/Music For The Deaf show is where I permanently lost some hearing. So to hear them sing about a helpful dog made us laugh
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:23:27 PM
@Roffle, nice! I was at a birder gathering in Billings Montana a decade ago and saw a bunch of nice birds: grouse, Golden Eagle, larks, sparrows. I hope to go back some day
C Monster
9:23:58 PM
total bops!
C Monster
9:25:42 PM
rob, the land management put up a half dozen owl boxes this summer. I'm hoping to see screechy faces peeking out of the doors in the coming spring
jimbooooo
9:30:56 PM
Solid Space was SOLID
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:31:29 PM
yeah i immediately ordered the reissue on dark entries (original was a tape) which is from 2017 but still in print!
Scooter France
9:32:24 PM
I saw TEKE::TEKE open for Unwound 3-4 yeas ago and they were great.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:33:21 PM
the teke teke is a bit of a cheat cause i played it immediately after my show but i love it so much
Richard of Rocky Hill
9:41:02 PM
@ Commie Francis (1) (host) As per my usual, I'm lurkin' while workin' at my desk ... and findin' your show outstanding. Thanks.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:41:26 PM
thanks richard! nice to see you checking in
Ambrose Hughes
9:44:56 PM
Hi Commie F! All in chat.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:45:19 PM
hey bo!
Shawn Swagerty
9:46:46 PM
Probably saying something exceptionally obvious, but this Aviador Dro is reminiscent of the Birthday Party, eh?
C Monster
9:50:25 PM
i just remebered it's a full moon tonight, so full moon dance party!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:52:03 PM
oh yeah very misty moon behind the clouds while i was driving listening to debbie playing dopesmoker! felt appropriate
Scooter France
9:53:20 PM
I love the Use No Hooks reissue. I should finally buy the vinyl.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:54:57 PM
it is truly fantastique
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:55:08 PM
forgot to back announce, whoops
Ambrose Hughes
10:10:51 PM
Nice one Commie!😍
C Monster
10:20:17 PM
if the faint don't need coffee, i'll gladly absorb their portion
C Monster
10:20:58 PM
this is a good request
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:24:09 PM
i feel like the faint drank a lot of coffee actually
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:24:17 PM
or a lot of "coffee"
TAndy
10:24:22 PM
Heya Commie. F and chat. Still dealing with stuff at work, trying to listen when I can! Cheers :)
C Monster
10:25:29 PM
good luck tandy.
TAndy
10:27:30 PM
Yo thanks C-Monster
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:29:31 PM
hey tandy, hang in there!
C Monster
10:30:50 PM
*takes a note to explore prospexx a lot more
TAndy
10:31:05 PM
Thanks Commie!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:31:10 PM
they are sooo good.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:31:54 PM
they havent done anything for a while though. a bunch of them are also in a hardcore band called sial and an industrail-ish band called cave.sex
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:32:02 PM
all great
C Monster
10:33:00 PM
i've definitely listened to sial, adds cave sex to the list
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:38:10 PM
bo do you remember who this song is about?
Rob from Maryland 🦀
10:38:44 PM
Goodnight everyone! I'm going to dream of owls tonight
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:39:31 PM
night Rob! tu whit tu whoo!
Bike R
10:40:56 PM
Hey Commie and chat. Catching the end of this very awesome playlist.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:41:48 PM
well there's lots more to come with the czar in a few minutes!
David Shortell
10:42:33 PM
I think I just heard a sample of "Alternative Ulster".
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:42:44 PM
yes you did
Ambrose Hughes
10:43:33 PM
@David! I caught that too.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:44:34 PM
it's a song about bernadette devlin so very on topic
Ambrose Hughes
10:47:08 PM
Ah! The infamous/famous slap incident!
jrlp
10:49:35 PM
hey commie & Swag?!! & all
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:50:21 PM
hiya jrlp!
Roffle 0x7EA
10:52:01 PM
Fun ride tonight Commie, THX! CU
Roffle 0x7EA
10:52:22 PM
G'nite folks
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:52:51 PM
night roffle!
Ambrose Hughes
10:53:48 PM
Night Roffle!
C Monster
10:56:37 PM
asking myself, how did eggs slip under my radar?!?!?
C Monster
10:58:28 PM
government could use a few slaps right now
Bike R
10:58:37 PM
Nice ride indeed. Thx! …And “how far we have not come” — b. Devlin
Ambrose Hughes
10:58:57 PM
Top Show tonight Commie, thank you! ( and thank you too Bernadette)!
jrlp
10:59:14 PM
THANK YOU
Richard of Rocky Hill
11:00:21 PM
Outstanding, thanks!
michael gudgeon
11:00:28 PM
sick set commie!
michael gudgeon
11:00:35 PM
aw ya czar