Archived Shows from 2004

Episode 143: XMAS '04
This is it. This is your last chance to get into the holiday spirit, baby. But don't worry. We're here to help. We're going to keep Christmas rocking all weekend in the Underground Garage. We got Ramones, Sonics, Wailers, no, not that Wailers, the other Wailers, and Keith Richards. We got obscure Beatles fan club stuff, new music from the Charms, and the Cocktail Slippers. Find out what Kris Kringle, the one-eyed demon god Odin, Joe Pesci, Soupy Sales, Darlene Love, and Edd "Kookie" Byrnes have in common. That's right. It's Christmas, Christmas all weekend in the Underground Garage. ~Little Steven~

Episode 142: Christmas A Go-Go
I know what you're thinking. It's not that cold out. People are confused, a little depressed, nobody's making any money. Where's the love? Where's the Christmas Spirit? Well look no further baby, help is on the way. It's the Underground Garage Christmas A Go-Go show. That's right. We are live in Rochester, New York for the Chesterfield Kings Annual Christmas Extravaganza this year featuring the Cynics, the Charms, and Rainy Day Saints. We got so many Christmas songs and so much Christmas spirit, we are doing two Christmas shows this year. That's right. Helping us get into the holiday mood will be Social Distortion, the Dickies, Cheap Trick, and Slade. We got the Kinks, Roy Wood, Brian Setzer, and the Ronettes. Find out what Ringo Starr, Rufus Thomas, Louis Prima and Darlene Love have in common. You can't find the Christmas Spirit? Don't worry about a thing. We got more then enough to go around. Join us this week. It's Christmas A Go-Go in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 141: Sinatra, Keith, & Alan Freed
Don't you hate having a birthday around Christmas? You're definitely going to get gypped out of a gift. But we're making up for it in the Underground Garage this week, as we celebrate Keith Richards, Alan Freed, and Frank Sinatra's birthdays. Joining the party are the Pretty Things, Rascals, Shangri-Las, and Ramones. Brand new coolest rock n' roll on the planet from London's Jarvis Humby, Atlanta's Woggles, and Memphis boys Reigning Sound. And what would a party be without a little controversial High School Sweethearts, and a little scandalous Catholic Girls and Priests? Find out what Jerry Lee Lewis, Taj Mahal, Nancy Sinatra, and Peter Buck have in common. It's the ultimate trifecta, baby: Sinatra, Richards, and Freed, this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 140: Rock and Roll Circus
Remember fun? You don't, do you? The harshness of the daily horror, humiliation and frustration of what we jokingly refer to as life is getting to you, isn't it? And you're only 14! Well, don't worry, baby. This week in the Underground Garage, the circus comes to town. And not just any old circus. It's the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. And helping us celebrate, we've got the criminal elite, freaks and misfits from every corner of the globe: Yarbirds, 45's, and Woggles. New music from Jarvis Humby, the Minus 5, Outrageous Cherry, the High School Sweethearts, the Cocktail Slippers, and the Hives. Cool stuff from the Small Faces, the Who, and Traffic. Find out what Donovan, Little Walter, and Tegan and Sara have in common. Find out why Catholic Girls have more fun. It's rogues, roustabouts, and renegades under the big top. It's the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. This weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 139: Louie
Do you get the feeling that song writing is a lost art? That most records these days sound like they were written by computers? Precise, calculated, no soul, no emotion. Boring. Boring. Boring! Well come to the Underground Garage this week. We are celebrating the greatest rock n' roll record of all time and coolest book. That's right. "Louie Louie" baby! It's a frat rock party with the Kingsmen, the Kinks, the Premiers, Swingin' Medallions, the Rascals, new music from the Rainy Day Saints, Sahara Hotnights, High School Sweethearts, Reigning Sound, the Priests, the Cocktail Slippers. Find out what Joan Jett, Dave Clark, Gary US Bonds, and Mitch Ryder have in common. Find out why the record was investigated by the F.B.I. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover wore a dress. Find out how dirty those lyrics were. It's "Louie Louie," baby; this week, in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 138: THANKSGIVING
OK. Let's face it. Beach Party Bingo is over, and don't tell me it ain't over for you because you live in Miami, Hawaii or Southern California cause I don't want to hear it. It's Thanksgiving next week, so what are we celebrating? Christmas! What else? That's right. It's the World Premiere of the "Christmas with the Kranks" soundtrack, and we've got it before the opening of the movie next week. Helping us party into Thanksgiving will be the Raiders, Rascals, Ramones, Runaways, Rattlers and the Rolling Stones. New Music from the Reigning Sound, the Priests, the 45's, Mooney Suzuki, and Tegan and Sara. Very cool new Christmas songs from the Charms, the Chesterfield Kings and the very mysterious Jean Beauvoir, who isn't French. Find out what Neil Diamond, Patti Smith and Howlin' Wolf have in common. Surf ain't up, but there's plenty to be thankful for this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 137: Do THE ZONK!
I know what you're thinking, the party's over. There's no possible reason to ever celebrate anything again.
Ah, but not so fast, mon ami !
There is one thing we do not celebrate often enough. That's right!
Girls. Women. Females. Chicks. Skirts. Dolls.
This week in the Underground Garage, it's wall to wall Rock & Roll Chicks.
We got Cookies, Angels, Chiffons, Pandoras, Pristeens. Cool new stuff from the Cocktail Slippers from Norway, The Hawaii Mud Bombers from Sweden, and Tegan and Sara from Venus.
Find out what Dusty Springfield, Donna Loren, Marianne Faithfull, Nancy Sinatra, Joan Jett, and Ellie Vee have in common.
Find out why Goldie and the Gingerbreads are the coolest all girl Rock & Roll band ever, and more importantly, find out how to do the Zonk! They're sexy, they're sweet, they're tough, they're vulnerable, they're Rock & Roll chicks. And they're waiting for you this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 136: CHRONICLES
Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. and Mrs. Radio Listener? Well, I'll tell you. It's a party - that's what's going on. This weekend in the Underground Garage, we are celebrating Bob Dylan's new book, "Chronicles." That's right. The gossip. The scandals. All the secrets he kept hidden all these years, he's spillin' his guts - right here on the coolest radio station in town! Joining us at the party will be the Byrds, the Clash, Lou Reed, the Turtles, the Stones; New music from the Flairz from Australia, the Cocktail Slippers from Norway, the Minus 5 from Seattle, Reigning Sound from Memphis and a whole lot more. Find out what the Hawaii Mud Bombers and Nancy Sinatra have in common. Are they in Bob's book? Are you? Find out this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 135: HALLOWEEN
Just when you thought it couldn't get any scarier out there, it's the Underground Garage Halloween show. Oh, we got the usual vampires, wolf men and witches, and they are joined by Pharaohs, Cramps, Ramones, Prunes, Mothers and Beach Boys. Very cool contemporary garage from the Creatures of the Golden Dawn, Hawaii Mud Bombers, the Stems and the Minus 5. And classic garage from Them, the Pretty Things, the Seeds, and the Eyes. It's horrifying! It's terrifying! It's the last time to have any fun before the election. We'll see you this weekend, the last haunted house on the left, in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 134: The T.A.M.I. Show
Alright, you got a question you need answered and I know it's driving you crazy, so let me help. Who's gonna win the World Series? Nah, who cares? Who's gonna be president? No, something important. I know. What's the coolest rock n roll movie like ever? Is it Monterey? Is it Woodstock? No. It's the T.A.M.I. show. That's right! This week we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the T.AM.I. Show. It's the Rolling Stones. It's Marvin Gaye. It's the Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson, Chuck Berry, and most of all, the Barbarians - all fighting it out in Santa Monica 1964. I'm telling you right now, it was the greatest rock movie you've never seen. Joining us will be all of the above, plus the Minus 5, plus the Ramones, plus the Eyes, plus the Cynics. New music from the Cocktail Slippers from Norway, the Flairz from Australia, the Hawaii Mud Bombers from Sweden, and the Rainy Day Saints from Cleveland. Find out what the MC5, Nancy Sinatra, and Pope John Paul II have in common. It's party time in Santa Monica, this weekend, in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 133: Heeere's Johnny(And Stiv)II
I know what you're thinking. The vice presidential debate was so boring it made the presidential debate actually seem like fun. Well we've got real fun in the Underground Garage this week where we're celebrating the birthdays of two of the coolest pop culture icons in history. I'm talking about Johnny Carson and Stiv Bators. Helping us with the party will be wildlife experts the Beatles, the Byrds, and the Turtles. New music from the Insomniacs, the Flairz, and the Cocktail Slippers; and very cool stuff from J. Geils Band, the Woggles, the Kinks, and the Who. Find out what Stiv Bators and Madonna had in common. Why do the Grassroots hate all lawyers? Yeah, even more than you do. Will Johnny Carson come back to take Conan O'Brian's timeslot? All these questions and a few you haven't even thought of yet answered this week in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 132: Groucho Marx II
Hello, I must be going. But before I do, did I mention we're celebrating Groucho Marx in the Underground Garage this week? Attending the party will be the Easybeats, the Yardbirds, the MC5, the Stones, and the Beatles. New music from the Rainy Day Saints, the Hawaii Mud Bombers, Jarvis Humby, Nancy Sinatra, and U2. Come find out what Jeff Beck, Patti Smith, Bobby Fuller Four and Stiv Bators have in common. And find out what's the secret word; this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 131: Fun with Music Day
Family Values, Family Values, Family Values…if I hear Family Values one more time I'm gonna throw up. Where did it all begin? What happened to fun, freedom, and decadence and how did all the things in life worth living for get replaced by Family Values, you ask? Well we're gonna tell you this weekend in the Underground Garage, as we reveal the ultimate cult of freaks, misfits, and outcasts; and they're all midgets and they wear demonic hats with horns attached. I'm talking about the scariest cult in history. It's the Mickey Mouse Club! Helping us investigate will be the Stooges, the Replacements, the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, and the Standells. New music from Mooney Suzuki, the Flaming Sideburns, the Vines, the Rainy Day Saints, the Flairz, and the Hawaii Mud Bombers. Cool stuff from Social Distortion, the Pandoras, and Rocket from the Crypt. Find out what Nancy Sinatra, Freddie Cannon, Soupy Sales, and Eddie Cochran have in common and were any of them former Mouseketeers. It's the secrets of the cult of the Mouse revealed this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 130: Flashback-TheTrip
Are you finding the information age a bit oppressive? Has more information delivered quicker somehow left you with less time? Is everything being organized and in its place and having to be done precisely and at a certain time making you claustrophobic, people phobic and insane? Well turn off your mind, relax and float downstream to the Underground Garage where we will take you to a better place for two hours and perhaps an eternity! Tour guides on our trip include no less than the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Byrds and the Ramones. New music from the Hawaii Mud Bombers, the Insomniacs, Mooney Suzuki, Jarvis Humby, and the Rainy Day Saints. Find out what Graham Parker, Lou Reed, Arthur Lee, Donovan, and Nancy Sinatra have in common. This is one trip your travel agent can't commission. Tune in, turn on, drop out this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 129: New Netherlands
You've been to the beach all summer…out on the golf course…family trips to the country. Let's face it. You've been breathing too much almost clean air. But we'll fix that. This weekend in the Underground Garage it's Mean Streets, Dog Day Afternoon, Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and Guys and Dolls. It's a celebration of New York and New Jersey. Joining us will be Blues Magoos, Blondie, and Belmonts; not to mention Dolls, Dictators, and Darts! New music from Mooney Suzuki, the Insomniacs, the Rainy Day Saints, and the Hawaii Mud Bombers. Find out why Garland Jeffreys, Jim Carroll and Bob Dylan all love the Chiffons. Are you talking to me? Yeah, I'm talking to you. Bring your cards and dice; and I'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 128: Monkee Time
Have you had quite enough with the hurricanes, the political conventions and the depressing news that the Sopranos won't be back until '06?
Well don't worry about a thing because this week in the Underground Garage we are celebrating the Monkees!
No, not those Neanderthals that are running for president; the TV show that turned into a rock group.
Helping us celebrate will be Beatles, Miracles, and Woggles.
New music from the Insomniacs, the Hives, the Forty Fives, the Paybacks, Mooney Suzuki, and the Rainy Day Saints.
Find out what Paul Butterfield, the Beach Boys, and Rufus Thomas have in common.
It's Rolling Stones!
It's Sex Pistols!
It's your favorite primates: Monkees, Monkees, and more Monkees.
This week, in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 127: Back to School
Are we having fun yet? The Beach Boys…bikinis…reggae music…bikinis…volleyball… skateboards…Did I mention bikinis? Summertime, baby. Forget it. It's over. It's back to the frustration, the humiliation, the depressing horror show we like to call reality. It's the Underground Garage Back to School special featuring Yardbirds, Kinks, Gants, Replacements, and the Dave Clark Five. New music from the Hives, the Insomniacs, and Mooney Suzuki. Find out what Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Lee Hazlewood and the Shangri-Las have in common. It's too cool for school, baby. It's the Underground Garage Back to School special. See you this weekend.

Episode 126: Summer's Girls
Are you finally getting over that broken heart? Finally able to get some work done? Finally focused on the things that really matter in life…like your car, your backyard, and your golf game? Well that's all over now, because here come the girls of summer to the Underground Garage this week to remind us what frustration, rejection, and humiliation are all about. And making sense of it all are the Pretty Things, the Fuzztones, the Clash, and the Cult. Not to mention Monkees, Morticians, Moby Grape and the MC5. New music from Jarvis Humby and the Insomniacs. Find out what Donovan, Tommy Roe, Stiv Bator and Bob Dylan have in common. And get Joey Ramone's stock tips. All in the same show! We'll see you and the girls of summer this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 125: Mohair Sam
Whatever happened to mystery? Everything is too obvious in this information age. It's boring. I tell you. It's boring. It's…BORING. I tell you. So here's a mystery for you. Who is Mohair Sam? You have to come to the Underground Garage this weekend to find out. And helping us figure this out will be the Rolling Stones, Raspberries, Romantics and Ramones. Not to mention Buzzcocks, Byrds, Beatles and Beau Brummels. New music from the Hives, Sahara Hotnights, the Paybacks, the Forty-Fives and the Insomniacs. Find out what Elvis Costello, Elmore James, Iggy Pop, and Peter Wolf have in common. Who is Mohair Sam? Find out this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 124: F E S T I V A L!
Are you steamed?
Starting to imagine what a McDonald's French fry endures?
Feeling the dog days of summer?
Has it been so hot the Mayor of New York asked the Statue of Liberty to please, put down her arm?
Then chill out with the coolest Festivals ever to happen: Woodstock, Monterey, and a couple we don't even remember.
That's right, it's Festival Time in the Underground Garage.
We'll catch a real cool breeze spelled with a c: Cocktail Slippers, Creation, Chesterfield Kings, Chocolate Watch Band, Creatures, Caesars and Cynics. There's also Romantics, Dolls, Nancy, and other Pretty Things.
Find out what Homer Simpson, Iggy Pop, Graham Nash, and Andrew Loog Oldham have in common.
It don't get no cooler than this.
It's Festivals Are Us, this weekend, in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 123: REBIRTH
Did you ever get the feeling you've been here before? A conversation or event feels familiar. You meet a stranger you feel like you've known your entire life. In other words, you hate them right away. Well you're not alone. It's deja vu all over again. Join us as we celebrate rebirth this week in the Underground Garage. Contributing to the karma will be the Nazz, Traffic, the Kinks, and Cream. New music from the Paybacks, the Forty Fives, the Insomniacs, the Hives. Very cool stuff from the Flaming Groovies, Mooney Suzuki, the Pretty Things, and the Easybeats. Find out what Donovan, Irma Thomas, Iggy Pop and Johnny Thunder have in common. No, not that Johnny Thunders, the other one. It's hello Dalai - Lama, that is. Join us as we reinvent ourselves, and continue to reincarnate until we get it right.
~Little Steven~

Episode 122: REVENGE
Last week on "as the underground garage turns" we were discussing love and all of its attendant horrors.
But now it's time to act like a man! That's right!
Evolve…evolve you fool! Let that unrequited love turn into revenge!
And to celebrate our desperate search for some pride we're partying this week with the Remains, the Ramones, the Rascals, the Raiders, and the Rolling Stones.
New music from the Hives, the Paybacks, Sahara Hotnights, and the Forty-Fives.
A preview of the first and coolest garage rock festival ever - august 14th at Randall's Island, New York.
Find out what Howlin' Wolf, Bobby Fuller, and the Grassroots have in common.
It's the big payback, baby! Revenge - this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 121: LOVE
Are you lonely? Did your wife take off with your accountant because he has a more exciting life than you do? Did your girlfriend split with your brother because he reminded her of you? Does your hand creep unconsciously toward the phone late at night when the blow up doll commercial comes on? Did the town hooker ever turn you down because you weren't her type?
Well join us this week in the Underground Garage where we explore love and all of its horrors. And helping us to explain the mysteries of romantic frustration are the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Byrds, and the Ramones. New music from the Sahara Hotnights, the Forty-Fives, the Reigning Sound, the Paybacks, the High Dials and very cool stuff from Social Distortion, Rocket from the Crypt, Dion and Them.

Find out what Arthur Alexander, Bob Dylan, and Sam Kinison have in common as we put forth the theory that all you need is love… But a little cash never hurts.
~Little Steven~

Episode 120: The Big Idea
What do you hear? What do you say? What's the big idea? I'll tell you the big idea. How 'bout a radio show that plays the coolest rock and roll songs ever recorded? How's that for big? Yeah. We'll have the Who, the Beatles, the Stones and the Kinks. New music from the Paybacks, the Forty-Fives, Reigning Sound, the Contrast, and Sahara Hotnights. Cooler than cool stuff from Wayne Kramer, the other Birds and the other Johnny Thunder. Come find out what Richard Hell, Randy California, Wendy Case and Gene Vincent have in common. We'll see you this weekend, in the elephant's graveyard of big ideas, otherwise known as the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 119: Jack Nitzsche
Okay kids, time for a pop quiz. Who is the secretary of defense? What's the capital of North Dakota? What is the capital of the Chase Manhattan Bank? Who arranged all the great Spector records, did a bunch of film soundtracks, and is a great producer too? The answers are: who cares, I don't know, I don't know, and Jack Nitzsche! We're celebrating him this week in the Underground Garage!
We've got the Turtles, Randy Newman, Graham Parker and the Rumour,
Neil Young, the Yardbirds, and Mink DeVille. New music from the Forty-Fives, the High Dials, the Contrast, Reigning Sound, and the Paybacks. We've got special guest Andrew Loog Oldham talking about Jack working with the Rolling Stones. And tune in to find out what Crazy Horse, the Crystals, and the Monkees have in common. It's the coolest rock 'n roll records ever made. We'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 118: Film Noir
You've run away . . . You've hidden out . . . You've changed your name, sweetheart, but you can't seem to escape. Why has your color suddenly gone to black and white? Why is that neon sign outside blinking and half burned out? Why are there shadows of Venetian blinds across your chest? Why are you doing a bad imitation of Humphrey Bogart?
You must be in the underground garage tribute to film noir!
We got good guys, we got bad guys -- but we don't know who's who.
We got Strangeloves, Vipers, Cynics and Vamps . . . But then again there are Crybabies, Knickerbockers, Raiders, and Hollies. There will be a payback or two I'll tell ya that.
Outside it's reigning sound and the next sonic monochord you hear will be a forty-five giving somebody a real heat treatment.
The Buzzcocks are circling.
Who will beat the system and who will end up in Shangri-la?
Grab your popcorn and Raveonettes and find out this week in the Underground Garage.

~Little Steven~

Episode 117: Not Fade Away
Do you remember when rock 'n roll was a threat to everything held sacred by society? Do you remember when members of bands were revolutionaries, criminals, and sexual predators? Do you remember when music was so exciting people actually left their couches and went out to see it and every night was a rock 'n roll dance party? Well neither do we!
So you better tune in this week to the Underground Garage to celebrate the Rolling Stones 40th Anniversary of their first album. Time flies when your whole life is demons, dope, and debauchery, and oh yeah, the greatest records ever made. Look whose on the guest list - the Troggs, Humble Pie, Transvision Vamp, and the Kinks. New music from the Reigning Sound, Kelly Osbourne, and the Sugar Twins. Legendary garage from the Cynics, Soundtrack of our Lives, and the Creatures of the Golden Dawn. Find out what David Johansen, Donovan, and the Jellybeans have in common. Would you let your granddaughter go out with a Rolling Stone? Find out this week in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 116: Beach Party
I know how you feel. This has been the longest winter of your life. Everybody hates their job and they're the lucky ones. The unlucky ones are losing their jobs because the economy is never coming back. And on top of that - your wife hates you, your girlfriend's a nag, and your kids are ugly. But wait! There's still hope because surf's up in the Underground Garage, dude, and I'm stoked. It's Brian Wilson's birthday. It is our totally wicked beach party. Yes, the first of the summer. You don't want to miss this, baby. We got the radical Kinks, Ramones, Monkees, and Dictators. New music from the Reigning Sound, the Woggles, Cotton Mather and the gnarliest wahinnies in Cali - the Donnas. Be the first one on your block to find out what Jeff Beck, Iggy Pop, Kelly Osbourne, and Gary US Bonds have in common. And we even throw in some reggae to get you in the mood. It's Beach Boys, Beach Boys, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, and Johnny Thunders. Johnny Thunders? Yeah baby. Grab your board and we'll see you in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 115: Monterey Pop
Do your kids hate you? Of course they do! They want to go to rock festivals this summer and you don't want to accompany them because, let's face it, you're old and boring. Well, this is your last chance to be young again before you die, as the Underground Garage this week celebrates the mother of all rock festivals, Monterey Pop. That's right. Check out the show that introduced the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Otis Redding to America - at least the white part. We got new music from Roy Loney and the Longshots, the Contrast, and the Boss Martians and cool sounds of Ko and the Knockouts, the Fondas, the Romantics, and the Pretty Things. Find out what Moby Grape, Bo Diddley, Kelly Osbourne, and the Electric Prunes have in common. And where else you gonna find Buffalo Springfield, Iggy Pop, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the New York Dolls all hanging out together? Nowhere but our house, baby! It's Monterey Pop. We'll see this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 114: Dino & Nancy
(I had the strangest dream last night. I was on a planet where all the men looked like Dean Martin and all the women looked like Nancy Sinatra. I thought I had died and gone to heaven; but then I realized I was in the Underground Garage where we are celebrating Dino and Nancy's birthdays this week. And look who's invited: the Ramones, the Standells, Yardbirds, Byrds, Beatles. New music from the Boss Martians, Supersuckers, Contrast, the Roolettes, and Patti Smith. A very cool but surprising "coolest song of the week", not to mention Kinks, Count 5, Dino, Desi, and Billy, and the Dead Boys. And find out what Roy Loney, the Rubinoos, and the Rutles have in common.
Everybody loves boots that are made for walking, so walk into the celebration of Dino & Nancy's birthdays. We'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

~Little Steven~

Episode 113: Memorial Daze (Updated repeat)
What's the matter? You started getting used to being cold? You never lost those extra 20 pounds? Your boat is still in hock? Well, it's too late. It's Memorial Day, baby. It's hot wax, hot dogs and hot pants in the Underground Garage. Come let the Donnas get you wet and the Laudrettes hang you out to dry. We got a summer fruit cocktail of Raspberries, Cherries, Grape and Marmalade. New music from the Master Plan, Roy Loney and the Longshots, the Contrast, the Boss Martians and Patti Smith. Not to mention the coolest records ever made by the Beatles, the Rascals, the Beach Boys, the Clash and Traffic. It's Memorial Day, baby. It's "thongs for the memories." We'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 112: BOB DYLAN II
Hey, baby. This isn't Allen Ginsberg and I just want to say you've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend if you don't tune in to the Underground Garage Celebration of Bob Dylan's birthday. Come gather round people wherever you roam because we got the Animals, the Turtles, the Ramones, the Beatles, the Stones, new music from the Contrast, the Boss Martians and the Supersuckers. Tune in to find out what Jason and the Scorchers and Gary U.S. Bonds have in common. Well I see you got your leopard skin pillbox hat, so please Mrs. Henry, crawl out your window and we'll see you at the Bob Dylan million dollar birthday bash this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Episode 111: Ramones Forever!
Are you just a little out of step with society?
Are you an outcast at your water cooler because you missed last night's American idol?
Let's face it, are you a freak who feels there's nothing left to celebrate?
Well join us in the Underground Garage as we celebrate Joey Ramone's birthday - yes, every reject, rogue, and roustabout will be there - like the Boss Martians, Manic Hispanic, and the Amboy Dukes.
We got Garbage, Metallica, and the Troggs - not to mention the Who, Eddie Cochran, and the Swingin' Blue Jeans!
Find out what Patti Smith and Freddy Cannon have in common .
We're celebrating Ramones, Ramones, and more Ramones!!
We'll see you at the party, baby, this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

Episode 110: Bye Bye Birdie Too
What's a matter?
You can't relate to what's going on all around you these days,
and you can't afford to travel anywhere else, can you?
Been working too hard, your money is worthless,
and your kids think you're squaresville?
Well, take a trip with the Underground Garage as we visit Sweet Apple, Ohio for our tribute to Bye Bye Birdie.

oh they’ll all be there, Ann Margret, Dick Van Dyke, Maureen Stapleton, Conrad Birdie himself,
and Ed Sullivan . . .
and it ain't just those rock and roll crazed teenage hopheads --
we got Cynics, Crickets, Woggles, Turtles, and Plimsouls, we'll be spanning the globe bringing you the best new music from England, New York City, and Seattle . . .
join us and Ann Margret's sweater in the Underground Garage!
I'll see you this weekend.
~Little Steven~

Episode 109: Out Of Our Tree
The flowers are blooming. The birdies are tittering. Winter’s chill has lost its sting.
Spring is upon us!
So come with us in the Underground Garage to a land where the sun never shines, the coffee is never regular, and people like it when it rains . . . . . . And on yeah, they practically invented rock and roll as we know it!
It is the Birthplace of Garage Rock.
We’ll have the Wailers, the Sonics, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and of course the Kingsmen.
New northwest cool cats like the Model Rockets, Minus Five, the Supersuckers, and the Boss Martians.
And look who else is avoiding those cancer causing rays of the sun – it’s the Kinks, it’s the Stones, the Ramones, and the Stooges. Not a George Hamilton tan in sight.
It’s Portland. It’s Tacoma. It’s Vancouver. It’s Seattle.
It’s dark, it’s wet, it’s cool!
We’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

~Little Steven~

Episode 108: 1958 Again (Updated Repeat) Are you paying attention in school?
Are you cheating off that girl at the next desk?
Are you hacking into computers to change your grades?
Well, come to the Underground Garage for the only history that really matters!
We got professor Blues Magoo, guidance counselor Dusty Springfield, and principal David Johansen along with the rest of the faculty -- and quite a few who have misplaced their faculties, like some Woggles and Yardbirds and Launderettes and Outrageous Cherries!
Come discover the secrets of the universe , the answers to all questions and, most importantly, why all modern movies really suck. . .
There's a master plan to our reigning sound so when the Strawberry Alarm Clock goes off -- meet us this weekend in the Underground Garage!
~Little Steven~

Episode 107: Leader of the Laundromat
Are you fed up with the filth that permeates our disgusting society?
Gossiping reporters dishing the dirt -
Politicians slinging mud -
Buses and factories spewing pollution -
Nothing but filth, filth, filth!
Come celebrate hygiene with us in the Underground Garage.
We have shiny new Jets, immaculate Stones, organic Vines, and lucky Charms - balanced out by Rascals, Yardbirds, Defectors, and a very scary but spotless Cult or two.
Come join us as we discover why is Norway so clean, and as we answer the question what do Alex Chilton and Courtney Love have in common?
Don't mind the gas fumes and oil spots - after all, its only fossil fuels. Use 'em before we lose 'em.
And we'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Episode 106: London/1964 (Updated Repeat)
You don't get a chance to travel much, do you?
If you reach the end of the mall do you feel like Vasco de Gama?
Do you read National Geographic and get off on the palm trees like they're Playboy centerfolds?
Then take a trip with us in the Underground Garage to London town - 1964 London to be even more trippy!
If you weren't one to begin with, we'll make you an anglophile by hanging out with the Beatles, the Stones, the Yardbirds, the Animals, the Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, and their black sheep mutant progeny - the Libertines, the Gore Gore Girls, the Kaisers, and the Master Plan. Not to mention cameo appearances by Small Faces, Searchers, Pacemakers, and Buzzcocks.
Its Merrie Old England in 1964 mate.
We'll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.
~Little Steven~

04.04.04 Episode 105: B-MOVIE
Have you been going to the movies more and enjoying it less?
Does it cost you almost as much to go to the movies as it does to make them?
Well, come back to radio - where we show the coolest movies in the world every week in the Underground Garage!
And this week we honor the King of the B's himself, Roger Corman!
Helping us celebrate will be the Chocolate Watch Band, the Searchers, Donovan, the Dave Clark Five, and new music from the Defectors, the Minus 5, the Vines, Jet, and the Charms.
Find out what Edgar Allen Poe and Elmore James have in common!
And if that's not enough - a new record by The Who!
That's right, I said a new record by The Who!
Join us this week with wild angels, crab monsters, in our little shop of horrors.
We'll be tripping as we conquer the world from the Underground Garage.
See you this weekend!
~Little Steven~

03.04.28 Episode 104: WILD ONE
Have you been watching too much TV?
Getting depressed as another presidential election approaches with candidate choices you wouldn't have let in your social club, never mind elected them to some office?
Where are our heroes, you ask?
They're all in the underground garage, that's where!
And this week we salute Marlon Brando, that's right baby, the wild one himself!
and helping us celebrate is Iggy Pop, John Mayall, and Courtney Love. How's that for a trifecta?
We got vines, Fondas, Dolls, and Defectors - a virtual wild kingdom of Animals, Byrds, and Beatles - and we're going back to my hometown of Boston for our coolest song in the world this week.
We're on the waterfront baby with Zapata, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and the godfather.
We're on a streetcar named underground garage.
We'll see you this weekend.
~Little Steven~

03.04.21 Episode 103: MOONDOG CORONATION BALL
Are you suffering from the 21st century malady known as time deficit disorder?
Can't get to the gym, pally?
No time for the kiddies?
And when was the last time you attended church?
Well don't worry about a thing this week.
Underground garage is simply divine as we celebrate the first rock concert, the first rock movie. Not to mention the vernal equinox, no that's not a sexual position, it's springtime, you stupid!
Allow us to raise your spiritual consciousness as we offer Creation, Angels, Kings, Comets, Love, and Thunder.
Don't worry, we also have Rascals, Raiders, Yardbirds, and Defectors for those of you who live on the dark side.
Come explore the mysteries of life as we open up pandora's box of goodies in the underground garage.
See you this weekend.
~Little Steven~

03.04.21 Episode 102: Back Down Under (u.r.)
We're completely fed up with this long, cold winter so we thought we'd revisit a place where it is currently summer: literally the other side of the world, Australia and New Zealand!
We shall seek the answers to cosmic questions like. . .
How was Australia discovered, like man, what's the real story?
Is it true that not one member of the legendary Aussie legends the Easybeats is actually from Australia?
Where is Peter Garrett and what is he doing?
What teen dance TV show did kids in oz watch in the 60's?
Who wrote that way cool riff in the film music of master and commander?
Along with Aussie and kiwi legends like the Easybeats, the Saints, Toni McCann, the Stems, the Bee Gees, Midnight Oil, the Lime Spiders, Radio Birdman, the Purple Hearts, Simple Image, the Scientists, the La De Das . . .
We also tune in to groovy contemporary sounds from the likes of the Chevelles, the d4, the Vines, Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts, Jet, the Hekawis, and Mr. Brown.
No worries, mate, we can guarantee you that no kangaroos were tied down during the recording of this show.
Pass the tim tams and turn the radio up loud.

03.04.07 Episode 101:On the Road
We're celebrating Jack Kerouac this week, ahem, like without whom, you dig?
As Steven says, 'jack would devour, make love to, and push to new limits a language called English which he wouldn't speak until he was five years old. ' Indeed, "on the road" would change the world and our consciousness forever.
We're spinning some road songs and some stories about and by jack himself. The atmosphere he was born into - the legendary artists and writer who became his greatest friends - the birth of the beat generation.
You'll also hear a world premiere - three songs from an upcoming album by some folks we've dug before who live rather far away. A place where the water runs down the drain backwards.
Contemporary garage from the likes of Jarvis Humby, Gluecifer, Courtney Love, Manic Hispanic, the Charms, the Chesterfield Kings, Back in Spades, the Vines, and the Defectors.
So snap those fingers, and blow baby blow.
"It was drizzling and mysterious at the beginning of our journey. I could see that it was all going to be one big sags of the mist. "Whooee!" yelled Dean. "Here we go!" and he hunched over the wheel and gunned her; he was back in his element, everybody could see that. We were delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move."
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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03.04.01 Episode 100:Yeah Baby, Yeah!
And They said it wouldn't last . .
YEAH BABY YEAH!!!!
This week you, the listeners, will weigh in with your choices for The Coolest Song In The World for 2003 and who you've crowned Most Cool. We're going to play the Top Ten of Last Year as decided by listener votes from all over the planet.
In addition, since it is Oscar Weekend, we are examining the Academy Awards through the Underground Garage Camera Lens and answering the really important questions such as:
Why are they called the Oscars? Did Bette Davis name them?
What actor’s career consisted of 5 movies, all 5 of which were nominated for Best Picture?
How did the Searchers get their name?
Who played piano on "Wild Horses" and why?
Will Todd Abramson get a cellphone?
What's Garland Jeffreys up to?
We're not going to tell you which bands are on the show this week because we're not giving anything away this week.
All we can say is
TUNE IN.
Forget the Red Carpet, take a ride on the Magic Carpet baby and come fly with us.

02.04.22 Episode 99: HAMBURG / 1966 (updated repeat)
This week we continue to review our 2003 roadtrip throughout the globe and touch down in Hamburg, Germany which can arguably be called the real birthplace of the British Invasion.
Hamburg is where the Beatles really honed those stage chops which eventually helped them to conquer the world.
Since this was originally show 66 we are also doing a little historical perspective on that penultimate year for garage rock classics, the final year, as Steven says, before rock and pop went their separate ways.
"There was a feeling that anything could happen and usually did."
Our freak of the week is a 12th century German Benedictine Nun. When you hear about her escapades, you will know why she qualifies.
Raise your beer stein to contemporary garage sounds from the Australian vines, the Swedish Hives and Soundtrack of Our Lives, the Californian Donnas, the Los Angeleno Manic Hispanic, the Texan Cotton Mather, the Bostonian Charms, and Germany's own Monochords.
But who will be crowned most cool this week? You have to listen to find out!
So who in the world is Bruno Koshmider and what does he have to do with the future of rock and roll?
How did the Troggs get discovered?
The answer to this and other questions shall be revealed during our two hour Bavarian beer fest.
Auf Wiedersehen!

02.04.15 Episode 98: Florence / 1965 (updated repeat)
Buon giorno, we're going back in time to Florence, Italy, the birthplace of western art, one of the exotic places we visited on our 2003 European roadtrip. Ragazzi Andiamo!
Noted Italian rock journalist Paolo Zaccagnini is our very special guest helping set the theme for us as we immerse ourselves in Italian culture. Pass the olive oil, baby.
We also touch on the year 1965 this week as part of our sixties pop culture historical series from last year.
Get yourself a shot of espresso and hop to the contemporary garage sounds of Shazam, Freddy and the Four Gone Conclusions, the Buzzcocks, the Fleshtones, the Vines, Apples in Stereo, the Chesterfield Kings, Creatures of the Golden Dawn, the Cynics, and the return of Courtney Love . . . As we answer the question: what do pier Paolo Pasolini and Giuseppe Garibaldi have in common?
Mangia, Mangia, Mangia!

It is widely believed, though challenged by some scientists, that the universe came into existence about ten or twenty billion years ago in a gigantic explosion known as "the Big Bang." This explosion allegedly hurled matter in all directions which created planets, galaxies, and space debris.
The big bang of rock and roll is no theory, however. It took place on the evening of February 9, 1964 when 41% of the population of the United States tuned in to the Ed Sullivan show to watch the Beatles. In New York City during the hour of 8pm to 9pm that night, not one hubcap was stolen and throughout the country not one major crime was committed by a teenager.
Quoth little Steven: "on February 8th there were virtually no rock and roll bands in America and on February 10th every future freak, rogue, and ne'er do well were moving lawn mowers and boxes of Christmas ornaments in their parents' garage to make room for the drums and amplifiers."
There are a million stories in the naked city and we're going to hear a few not widely known but fascinating ones this week about the Beatles and the cultural clime of February 1964.
We'll be playing our usual buried treasures like the Byrds, the Clash, the Knickerbockers, and traffic, in addition to the coolest contemporary garage sounds of the Chesterfield Kings, Sahara Hotnights, Ko and the Knockouts, Manic Hispanic, Frank Black & the Catholics, Jarvis Humbly, Gluecifer, and the Star Spangles.
Our coolest song in the world this week comes from a young lady who hasn't made any music since 1998 . . . And she did not duet with Justin Timberlake at the superbowl. It is a world premiere album you do not want to miss!

Love is all you need.And if you don't have any, go out and buy some.

We revisit the city of lights in this week's updated repeat of our Paris show from the spring of 2003. Sacre bleu!
Mes amis, join Maurice Chevalier and Little Steven sil vous plait in the romantic streets of Paris where we wax poetic about the Byrds' first album monsieur tambourine man.
It's a veritable embarrassment of riches as we bring le Garage Contemporarie to you in the form of Le Grip Weeds, Le Warlocks, Outrageous Cherie, Le Stems, Le Kings de Chesterfield, Le Reigning Sound, and Frank Black et Le Catholiques.
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Ce soir?

In our minds at least we return to Barcelona this week (the town, not the super agent) as we seek the answers to cosmic questions like "Do you swing?" and "I think, yes, but therefore do I Rock & Roll?"
In addition to our personal travelogue of Barcelona, we also talk a little bit about the year 1962. A few insignificant events took place that year, like for instance the almost-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it Cuban missile crisis!
Tune in to find out what jazz clubs, Gutenberg Galaxies, and Palisades Park all have in common . . .
Doing our job to cover the globe, this week we will be in Worcester, East L.A., Denmark, England, Australia, Norway, Boston, and Detroit in the form of the Crybabies, Manic Hispanic, the Raveonettes, Jarvis Humby, Jet, Gluecifer, Frank Black and the Catholics, the White Stripes, and Freddy and the Four Gone Conclusions.
Welcome to la sagrada familia -- otherwise known as the Underground Garage!

01.04.18 Episode 94: Juggernaut
Welcome to the revolution.You ain't alone no more.
We are about to play the coolest records ever made and these days that is a revolutionary act.
- Little Steven -

This week the Underground Garage pays tribute to the legendary and, in our not so humble opinion, severely under appreciated film director Richard Lester. We aim to get him his rightful place in the pantheon of great directors where he belongs. His story is amazing and you will hear it on this show.
In addition to Richard Lester who helped to change the face of modern film and created music videos decades before there was a TV channel devoted to them, our freak of the week completely changed the way we look at television.
Let's jugger our nauts into 2004 with some killer contemporary garage from the Fuzztones, Jarvis Humby, Gluecifer, the Shazam, the Preachers Kids, and Frank Black and the Catholics.

01.04.11 Episode 93: Amsterdam
Little Steven's underground garage revisits the beautiful city of Amsterdam and the year 1961. This is an updated repeat of a show from last year when we were traveling around Europe for your listening pleasure.
What do Bob Dylan and roger Maris have in common?
Why do Dutch people prefer their country to be called the Netherlands rather than Holland?
What did golden earring's name before they were golden earring?
Who really got Brian Epstein down to the cavern to see the Beatles for the first time?
What does Allen Ginsberg have to do with all this?
Yes, these answers to these questions and more, as well as a groove-laden mix spiced with Contemporary Garage from the Gore Gore Girls, Jarvis Humby, the Hives, the Libertines, the Creatures of the Golden Dawn, the Paybacks, and Gluecifer.

01.04.04 Episode 92: Soupy, Elvis, and Maynard
Felice 2004 with the Underground Garage first show of the year. We're celebrating the birthdays of three cultural icons this week: Elvis Presley, Soupy Sales, and Bob Denver aka Maynard G. Krebs on the many loves of Dobie Gillis.
Get out the bongo drums and join us as we go deep into the depths of 50's television with broadcast pioneer soupy sales and the first TV beatnik, Maynard G. Krebs.
Step aside Dick Clark, as in this show we learn that Soupy Sales had the first rock and roll teenage dance show on television. And speaking of television pioneers, we have a special guest on the show that you'll really, ahem, dig...
Along with the usual delicious bridge mixture of classic garage, roots of garage, British Invasion, and the Ramones, we bring you contemporary garage from R.E.M., the Fondas, the Cynics, the Preachers Kids, the White Stripes, the Caesars, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Jarvis Humby. Not to mention some interesting Elvis covers.
And you can still get your vote in before Wednesday January 7th for the coolest song of the year!!!