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The Exploding Boy: My #YouTube Playlist Homage to "The Cure"
The Exploding Boy: My #YouTube Playlist Homage to "The Cure"

This week my tribute playlist is to the band "The Cure" in honor of them embarking on their new tour.

Songs from virtually every album from Three Imaginary Boys through Wish.

Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. Hoe10:15 On A Saturday Night, Three Imaginary Boys, Primary, Faith, A Strange Day, Pornography, Shake Dog Shake, The Top, Give Me it, Six Different Ways, The Head On The Door, A Man Inside My Mouth, In Between Days, Screw, The Exploding Boy, Standing On A Beach, Just Like Heaven, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration, Lullaby, Pictures Of You, Love Song, Letter To Elise, Wish, Friday I'm In Love, Robert Smith, The CureComment
Pirate Transmission 7: Strange Dollaz Down Lost Halls #Spotify Playlist
Pirate Transmission 7: Strange Dollaz Down Lost Halls #Spotify Playlist

Pirate Transmissions are #Spotify playlists that I put on the site every Thursday.

Each playlist is named in homage to Captain Beefheart, in other words, they all have strange names.

You can either just click on the playlist itself, or read on while you listen. 

Enjoy, Explore, and Celebrate New Music!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoePirate Transmission, #SpotifyPlaylist, #Spotify, Spotify Playlist, Spotify, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Strange Ways, Madvillian, Madvillainy, Had Ten Dollaz, Cherry GLazerr, Livin' Was Easy, The Glands, Neighborhood Watch, Mike Korl, Turkey, I'm Dead, The Liminanas, Down Underground LP's 2009/2014, Shutdown, Skepta, Konnichiwa, Texas Renznikoff, Mitski, Bury Me At Makeout Creek, Neighbor Down The Hall, Benji Hughes, A Love Extreme, Spikes, Death Grips, Bottomless Pit, Get Lost, L.A. Witch, LA Witch, Baby Boy, Pile, Dripping, Walk To The One You Love, Twin Peaks, Down In Heaven, Show Me, Mint Royale, Dancehall PlacesComment
#YouTube Playlist: I "Kill Rock Stars" Too (Metaphorically...Duh)
#YouTube Playlist: I "Kill Rock Stars" Too (Metaphorically...Duh)

As part of my music community-building efforts, I am starting a series of weekend YouTube playlists featuring artists on independent music labels.

This is the first of those Playlists and it features artists or music from the Kill Rock Star Label.

Enjoy! 

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeKill Rock Stars, YouTube, #YouTubePlaylist, #YouTube, The Melvins, Elliot Smith, Heavens To Betsy, Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Summer Cannibals, Full Of It, Wimps, Suitcase, Stereo Total, Love With The Three Of Us, Musique Automatique, Say My Name, Free Kitten, Rock Of Ages, Nice Ass, godHead Silo, Nuts To You, The Scientific Supercake LP, Marnie Stern, Year Of The Glad, The Chronices Of Marnia, Thao And The Get Down Stay Down, Know Better Learn Faster, Unwound, Scarlette, Leaves Turn Inside You, Couches, Kinski, Drink Up And Be Somebody, 7 or (8), Boats, Getting Worst, A Fairway Full Of Miners, Sleater, Sleater KinneyComment
Pirate Transmission #6: "Professor Robot's Crafty Dorks" #Spotify Playlist
Pirate Transmission #6: "Professor Robot's Crafty Dorks" #Spotify Playlist

Pirate Transmission #Spotify Playlists come out every Thursday!

This is the Professor Robot's Crafty Dorks Playlist - Including Professor Murder, Pissed Jeans, The Nerves, Beastie Boys, Mr. LIF, and many others.

Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeThe Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Pirate Transmission, Spotify, Spotify Playlist, #SpotifyPlaylist, #Spotify, #YouTubePlaylist, YouTube, #YouTube, Captain Beefheart, Hanging On The Telephone, Nerves, One Way Ticket, Sun Medallion, King Tuff, Was Dead, Free Stress Test, Professor Murder, Professor Murder Rides The Subway, Robot Stop, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity, False Jesii Part 2, Pissed Jeans, King Of Jeans, First Of All, Japanther, Beets Limes and Rice, Eraser, Metz, Tropical Depression, The Night Marchers, Allez Allez, Whizdom, Mr. Lif, Don't Look Down, Hair Reeceding, Xenia Rubinos, Magic Trix, Dorks, Aesop Rock, The Impossible Kid, Vampire, Wimps, Suitcase, She's Crafty, Beastie Boys, The Beastie Boys, Licensed To IllComment
Superstars Of Imagination #OPS YouTube Playlist
Superstars Of Imagination #OPS YouTube Playlist

Well, this is where the Saturday throw down #Playlist lives now. I will post it on Google+ as well but I put them out every Saturday here.

Thursdays are #Spotify playlists and Saturdays are #YouTube playlists

As always, "Just Hit Play!"

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeInstitute, Salt, Salt EP, Meatbodies, Mountain Meatbodies, Dalek, Guaranteed Struggle, Asphalt For Eden, Sudakistan, You And Your Way, Caballo Negro, The Rentals, Friends Of P, The Return Of The Rentals, Wimps, Vampire, Suitcase, Blondie, Hanging On The Telephone, Parallel Lines, Bully, Milkman, Milkman EP, Pissed Jeans, False Jesii Part 2, King Of Jeans, Radiohead, Burn The Witch, YouTube, #YouTube, #YouTubePlaylistComment
Pirate Transmission #5: Straight Tripping Witch #Spotify Playlist
Pirate Transmission #5: Straight Tripping Witch #Spotify Playlist

Big week for new music and for nostalgia through the return of old musical friends.

This is the "Straight Tripping With" #Spotify Playlist

It includes songs by Summer Cannibals, The Meanies, Radiohead, Wire, and many others.

Enjoy, Explore, and Celebrate new music!

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PlaylistJoshua B. Hoe#Spotify, Spotify, #SpotifyPlaylist, Spotify Playlist, Daredevil, Netflix, Internal Exile, Wire, Nocturnal Koreans, Institute, Salt EP, Salt, Mountain, Meatbodies, Antabus, Makthaversakan, II, Dream Age, The Meanies, It's Not Me It's You, Full of It, Summer Cannibals, Shattered, Dalek, Asphalt For Eden, Straight, A Place To Bury Strangers, Transfixation, You And Your Way, Sudakistan, Caballo Negro, Hanging On The Telephone, Blondie, Dumb Love, Stepsisters, Thick, Friends Of P., The Rentals, The Return Of The Rentals, Burn The Witch, Radiohead, Dawn Chorus, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Captain BeefheartComment
"Explore This" #OPS Playlist 4/30/2016
"Explore This" #OPS Playlist 4/30/2016

Every weekend I put out new #YouTube playlists.

My "explore this" playlists try to emphasize great artists that you might not know (with a few old favorites thrown in).

As always, you can click on the highlighted band or artist names for more information.

Enjoy, Explore, and Celebrate music!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeSummer Cannibals, Full Of It, Minor Threat, In My Eyes, Julien Casablancas, Run Run Run, Vinyl (HBO), Dalek, Speak Volumes, From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots, Prince, Black Sweat, 3121, Reverend Horton Heat, One Time For Me, Liquor In The Front, Lilys, Black Carpet Magic, Everything Wrong Is Imaginary, HTRK, Ha, Marry Me Tonight, Clorox Girls, Don't Take Your Life, Tacocat, Talk, Lost Time, Wilco, Radio Cure, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, #YouTube, #YouTubePlaylist, #MusicComment
Pirate Transmission #4: "Ha, Magic Tomboy" Playlist
Pirate Transmission #4: "Ha, Magic Tomboy" Playlist

It is Thursday, so that means another Spotify Playlist. This one is called Ha, Magic Tomboy.

This one includes Drive Like Jehu, Jay Reatard, The Coathangers, Deposit Man, and many other great bands. 

Explore, Enjoy, and Celebrate New Music!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDiet, Diet Crime and Delinquency, Personal and the Pizzas, Black Carpet Magic, Lilys, Everything Wrong Is Imaginary, Ha, HTRK, Ha/Panties, Here Comes The Rome Plows, Drive Like Jehu, Yank Crime, Tomboy, Acid Baby Jesus, LP, Minnesota, Little Yachty, Lil' Boat, Tyranny, Deposit Man, Deposit Man EP, Pretend We're Dead, L7, Bricks Are Heavy, Mi Cuidad Natal, Clorox Girls, Demos Rarities and Early 7's, Down Down, The Coathangers, Nosebleed Weekend, Fading All Away, Jay Reatard, Blood Visions, Suspicious Minds, Ellvis, Elvis Aaron Presley, Back In Memphis, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and his Magic BandComment
"Blog Mischief" Playlist - #OPS Throw-Down 4/24/2016
"Blog Mischief" Playlist - #OPS Throw-Down 4/24/2016

This is my Saturday YouTube playlist, I tried to focus mostly on fun songs today. 

Lots of old fun friends like the Dead Milkmen and Mojo Nixon!

Enjoy, Explore, and Celebrate Music!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeSmashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, Mayonaise, Siamese Dream, Not on Tour, Maybe One Day, Bad Habits, Deposit Man, Tyranny, Deposit Man EP, Mojo Nixon, Burn Down The Malls, Frenzy, The Dead Milkmen, Punk Rock Girl, Death Rides A Pale Cow, Dread Zeppelin, Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street), Bootleg, The Clash, Rock The Casbah, Combat Rock, The Darkness, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, Punk, Punk Rock, Rock and RollComment
Fun With Genres: #OPSThrowdown Playlist 4/22/2016
Fun With Genres: #OPSThrowdown Playlist 4/22/2016

Every weekend I put out YouTube playlists under the heading #OPSThrowdown on Google+ and on YouTube. I reproduce them here as well.

This is the Fun With Genres Playlist from 4/22/2016 Just Hit Play!

Enjoy, Explore, and Celebrate New Music with me! 

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeSpotify, YouTube, Kweku Collins, Lonely Lullabies, Nat Love, Buke and Gase, Houdini Crush, General Dome, Gleaming Spires, Are You Ready For The Sex Girls, Revenge of the Nerds, Chain & the Gang, Certain Kinds of Trash, In Cool Blood, The Coathangers, Watch Your Back, Nosebleed Weekend, Cannibal Ox, Harlem Nights, Blade of the Ronin, Total Control, Carpet Rash, Henge Beat, Honduras, Paralyzed, Rituals, LCD Soundsystem, I Can Change, This Is HappeningComment
Pirate Transmission #3: Houdini Trash Rash Playlist
Pirate Transmission #3: Houdini Trash Rash Playlist

Broadcasting for Pirate Satellite, this is Transmission #3: Houdini's Trash Rash

Every Thursday, I post a new Spotify Playlist. Just click on the article and push play to hear the Spotify playlist OR stick around after you hit play and learn more about the bands by clicking on the Band or Artist's name in the blog post.

Enjoy the playlist!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeAll Night Party, Gleaming Spires, Revenge of the Nerds, Ghost, Kweku Collins, Nat Love, Eraser Stargazer, Eraser Stargazer Forever, Guerilla Toss, Freak Cast In Iron, Tenement, Bruised Music Vol. 2, Certain Kinds of Trash, Chain and the Gang, In Cool Blood, Houdini Crush, Buke and Gase, General Dome, Paralyzed, Hondurus, Rituals, Carpet Rash, Total Control, Henge Beat, Radio Cure, The Bad Plus, All I Care, For All I Care, I Can Change, LCD Soundsystem, Pirate Transmission, Spotify, Playlist, Spotify Playlist, Captain BeefheartComment
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016

This is a reproduction of the music from my Saturday #OPSThrowdown on Google+

Today's theme was Blues, Rock, Rap. It was a musical companion piece to my articles about NWA and Gene Simmons arguing about if Hip-Hop music counts as Rock.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNWA, Ice Cube, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS, Google+, #OPSThrowdown, #OPS, YouTube, Rock n' Roll, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Music, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Spotify, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Run-DMC, Run DMC, King Of Rock, Beastie Boys, No Sleep Til' Brooklyn, Public Enemy, Bring The Noise, Scott Ian, Anthrax, Aerosmith, Walk This Way, George Clinton, Atomic Dog, Smell The Glove, Spinal Tap, Cypress Hill, Linkin Park, Rock Superstar, The Bad Plus, Radio Cure, WilcoComment
Rock Ain't Dead: #OPSThrowdown Playlist
Rock Ain't Dead: #OPSThrowdown Playlist

Every Friday and Saturday I do what I call an #OPSThrowdown.

Basically, I try to create a string of videos around a theme entirely spontaneously. Now that I have a YouTube channel, I am posting them on Google+, YouTube (as a playlist), and linking them here.

Today's theme was "Rock Ain't Dead" + includes videos from Destruction Unit, Greys, La Misma, and Hallelujah The Hills.

Enjoy! 

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeGoogle+, YouTube, SHEER MAG, RVIVR, Destruction Unit, Downtown Boys, La Misma, Greys, Youth Code, Fear of Men, Hallelujah The Hills, Guerilla Toss, Rock, Punk RockComment
Pirate Transmission #2 - "Bad Teeth Island"
Pirate Transmission #2 - "Bad Teeth Island"

This is Pirate Transmission #2 - Bad Teeth Island

Every Thursday I post a new playlist. You can listen to it on Spotify, or reconstruct it using the information broken out below the embedded playlist.

You can also learn more about each band by clicking on the band name (or artist name) in the post.

Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNobunny, Seth Bogart, Hunx and His Punx, Queen, Radio Ga Ga, Radios GaGa, Viet Cong, Grammy Awards, The Grammy Awards, Parquet Courts, Human Performance, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Captain Beefheart, The Man, Patto, Threshold Apprehension, Black Francis, Bluefinger, Four Teeth, True Widow, Circumambulation, Island, Fear Of Men, Fall Forever, Elle, Cosmic Psychos, Go The Hack, Satruday, Sports, All Of Something, Bad Skin, Street Punk, Raspberry Fields, Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein, Bunker Buster, The WorksComment
Pirate Transmission 1: Haunted Faith Attack
Pirate Transmission 1: Haunted Faith Attack

Pirate Transmission #1: Haunted Faith Attack

This post includes my weekly playlist, an explanation of my rebranding of my playlists, my site manifesto, and much more information about the bands included.

This week, my playlist includes Frankie Cosmos, Stars, The Saints, No Age, Cloud Nothings, Black Mountain and many others. 

As always, ENJOY + Explore!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeThe Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, punk, Punk Rock, Post Punk, Disco, Funk, Hip Hop, Rap, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Tropical Hot Dog Night, End Of Faith, The Autumn Stones, Escapists, Wasted Days, Cloud Nothings, Attack On Memory, Here And Nowhere Else, From The Night, Stars, No One Is Lost, I'm Stranded, The Saints, (I'm) Stranded, 90210, The Courtneys, Dinosaur Jr., Florian Saucer Attack, Black Mountain, IV, On The Lips, Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing, No Ground, No Age, An Object, Haunted When The Minutes Drag, Love and Rockets, Seventh Dream Of A Teenage Heaven, Peter Murphy, Dali's Car, Bauhaus, Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven, Malcolm McLarenComment
Playlist: "Touch Real Maths Love"
Playlist: "Touch Real Maths Love"

Every Thursday I post a new Spotify playlist. 

This week's playlist includes songs by Amnesia Scanner, Art of Noise, Paul McCartney, Father, Nap Eyes, Buzzcocks, and many others.

Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. Hoerock, electronica, punk, rap, hip-hop, Hip Hop, Moments In Love, Art Of Noise, And What Have You Done With My Body God?, Not In Love, Crystal Castles, Robert Smith, Amnesia Scanner, AS EP, AS Crust, Temporary Secretary, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney II (Special Edition), How Does It Feel, Kamaiyah, Real Maths/Too Much, The Gotobeds, World Up My Ass, Circle Jerks, Group Sex, Why Don't U, Father, ILoveMakonnen, I'm A Piece Of Shit, Nap Eyes, Dark Credence, Whine Of The Mystic, A Devil In The Woods, The Gun Club, Miami, 12XU, Minor Threat, First Two Seven Inches, Why Can't I Touch It, Buzzcocks, Singles Going SteadyComment
Playlist: Contorted Devil Submarine
Playlist: Contorted Devil Submarine

Every Thursday I post a new Spotify Playlist.

This week's playlist includes the Gore Gore girls, Savages, Swell Maps, Black Eyes, The Jesus and Mary Chain and many others (including Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio).

This week's trivia question: Where are "Life Without Buildings" from? 

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNew Town, Life Without Buildings, Any Other City, Midget Submarines, Swell Maps, A Trip To Marineville, My White Devil, Echo and the Bunnymen, Porcupine, Contort Yourself, James Chance and the Contortions, Buy, Capitalized, Big Ups, Before A Million Universes, Tear It Up, Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio, T.I.W.Y.G, Savages, Adore Life, Deformative, Black Eyes, Loaded Heart, Gore Gore Girls, Get The Gore, King Of Hearts, Gun Outfit, Two-Way Player, Sermon, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Jazz Mind, Happy When It Rains, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jesus and Mary Chain, DarklandsComment