Bob Dylan’s 7th Theme Time Hour was on “Fathers.” Here’s my take:
1. Cat Stevens “Father and Son”
2. Gnarls Barkley “Gone Daddy Gone”
3. James Brown “Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
4. Talking Heads “Big Daddy”
5. Nina Simone “My Father”
6. U2 “Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car”
7. Vetiver “Oh Papa”
8. Britta Persson “A Dad For You”
9. [...]

I gotta add, making a nice, diverse mix of songs about jail was not easy. In the end, it is not that diverse, unfortunately: mostly blues and old songs and some rap tossed in. There’s only one woman on here, and I tried to find songs that were actually about jail and not [...]

Bob Dylan’s fifth Theme Time Radio Hour was on coffee. It seems that coffee is a popular topic for blues songs.
1. Prince “Starfish and Coffee”
2. Roger McGuinn “One More Cup Of Coffee”
3. Can “Bring Me Coffee Or Tea”
4. Mississippi John Hurt “Coffee Blues”
5. Bill Strength “Black Coffee Blues”
6. The Dandy Warhols “The Coffee And [...]

Been sitting on this bunch of songs awhile, probably because songs about baseball don’t excite me much. But Dylan apparently really likes them, and his 4th Theme Time Radio Hour was on the sport. I do have an Olympics baseball game on, so it seemed a good time to post it. Not [...]

Bob Dylan’s third Theme Time Radio Hour was “Drinking,” and so is my third Rip-Off Hour! That’s either a coincidence, or I am drunk.
1. Beck “Beercan”
2. Elbow “Don’t Mix Your Drinks”
3. At Swim Two Birds “Wine Destroys The Memory”
4. Sia “Drink To Get Drunk”
5. Dean Martin “Little Ole Wine Drinker Me”
6. Ron Sexsmith “Dandelion [...]

Bob Dylan’s second Theme Time Radio Hour was on the theme “Mothers” (it aired the week of Mother’s Day). Listening to it, and trying to find songs on my own for Rip-Off Hour, I could not help but notice that, though heartfelt, most songs about mothers are pretty cornball. I did my best [...]

Bob Dylan has his own radio show and it is the Best Thing Ever. I am going to rip it off occasionally, and in the same order as his themes! Dylan’s first episode was a playlist of rad old (OLD) songs about the weather. Here’s my take on it:
1. Talib Kweli “NY [...]