- Godley & Creme - Cry
- Brian Eno - 2/1
- Can - Spoon
- DJ Spooky - Thoughts Like Rain
- DEVO - Beautiful World
- Laurie Anderson - O Superman (for Massenet)
- Esquivel and His Orchestra - Granada
- Tangerine Dream - Cloudburst Flight
- The Sun Ra Arkestra - Plutonian Nights
- Todd Rundgren - International Feel
- Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
- International Contemporary Ensemble - Steve Reich, “Pulse”
“Hello And Welcome!" - Daryl Grove (1979-2020)
The Mentos The Freshmaker Show (formerly known as Moose Hour) is my weekly streaming radio show. I play a variety of stuff suiting my varied and generally somewhat obscure tastes, including rock, jazz, and soul, much like I played on college radio in the 80s and 90s, when I was known as DJ Mentos the Freshmaker (hence the name of this show.)
The show currently airs on tilderadio at 0000 UTC on Tuesdays.
Episode 15: “Futurists”
Episode 14: “Please Advise”
- The Dismemberment Plan - Time Bomb
- Pat Metheny - Zero Tolerance for Silence, Part 1
- Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie
- Miles Davis - Spanish Key
- Stereolab - Ping Pong
Episode 13: “Everywhere Like Such As”
Each of the artists in this show either started out in, or were based most of the time in, a place where I have lived.
- Bad Brains - Banned in D.C. (Washington, DC)
- Beauty Pill - Pardon Our Dust (Washington, DC)
- Breadwinner - Tourette’s (Richmond, VA)
- Happy Flowers - They Cleaned My Cut Out With a Wire Brush (Charlottesville, VA)
- Labradford - Accelerating on a Smoother Road (Richmond, VA)
- Lungfish - Nothing Is Easy (Baltimore, MD)
- Root Boy Slim - Dare To Be Fat (Washington, DC)
- Sexual Milkshake - Hip Death Goddess (Ballad Of The) (Harrisonburg, VA)
- Silver Jews - Random Rules (Charlottesville, VA)
- Supersystem - Born Into the World (Washington, DC)
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Me and Mia (Washington, DC)
- The Slickee Boys - Here to Stay (Washington, DC)
- Unrest - Imperial (Arlington, VA)
Episode 12: “In The Outskirts”
- KISS - Detroit Rock City
- Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
- Suzanne Vega feat. Joe Jackson on piano - Left of Center
- The Replacements - Bastards of Young
- The Soul Searchers - Ashley’s Roachclip
- Isaac Hayes - Walk on By
- Prince and The Revolution - Kiss
- Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
- The Jam - Town Called Malice
- Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr. Skull
Episode 11: “Domo arigatou, Mr. Roboto”
- Guillemots - Trains to Brazil
- Guided by Voices - Motor Away
- TV on the Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness
- Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
- LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
- New Order - Shellshock
- New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big
- Loop - Got to Get It Over
- Arcade Fire - Intervention
- Fort Knox Five - The Brazilian Hipster
- Thievery Corporation feat. Sleepy Wonder & Gunjan - Warning Shots
Episode 10: “What’s Your Meaning, Larry?”
- The Monks - Monk Time
- Blue Öyster Cult - The Red and the Black
- The Flaming Lips - God Walks Among Us Now - Jesus Song No. 6
- Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
- Tricky - Christiansands
- Medicine - The Pink
- Jawbox - FF=66
- Jawbox - Savory
- The Byrds - Eight Miles High
- John Coltrane - India
- The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
- Joy Division - Dead Souls
- The Evolution Control Committee - Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream mix)
Episode 9: “Daydream Sparks”
- Sleater‐Kinney - Entertain
- Lush - Ladykillers
- Tsunami - Water’s Edge
- Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
- Donny Hathaway - A Song for You
- Nina Simone - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings (excerpt)
- Steroid Maximus - ¡Quilombo!
- Sonic Youth - Rain King
- Crescent - Sun
- The Church - The Unguarded Moment
- The United States of America - Coming Down
Episode 8: “The Bingo Game That Made The Man”
- Spacemen 3 - Revolution
- Can - Vitamin C
- Massive Attack - Be Thankful for What You’ve Got
- A.C. Newman - The Palace at 4 A.M.
- Spiritualized - Feel So Sad (7″ single version)
- Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine
- Daniel Lanois - Sonho Dourado
- Pale Saints - Kinky Love
- Low - Especially Me
- Bailterspace - EIP
- Girls Against Boys - She’s Lost Control
Episode 7: “Drop Out Of B.U.”
- Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
- A Certain Ratio - Do The Du
- Kraftwerk - The Robots
- Handsome Boy Modeling School - Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
- Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
- The Afghan Whigs - My World Is Empty Without You
- Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose
- The Art Of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion One)
- Romeo Void - Never Say Never
- The Modern Lovers - Modern World
- A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
Episode 6: “Less Talk, More Rock”
- New Order - Blue Monday
- Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
- Faraquet - Cut Self Not
- Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
- Interpol - Untitled
- Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
- Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
- The Birthday Party - Mr Clarinet
- The Slits - Newtown
- The Damned - Wait for the Blackout
- The Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It’s Over
- LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down
Episode 5: “Technical Difficulties”
This show featured no voiceovers due to me having a sore throat, and a few tracks were played at the wrong speed due to… reasons.
- Poster Children - Water
- Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
- Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
- Don Caballero - Lucky Father Brown
- Animal Collective - My Girls
- Arcwelder - Raleigh
- My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
- Earth - Introduction
- Pitchblende - Redcap
- Pixies - Gigantic
- The Clash - Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
- Wire - Lowdown
- Spacemen 3 - When Tomorrow Hits
Episode 4: “THINK”
Main Set List
- Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
- Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
- Beastie Boys - Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
- DJ Shadow - Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
- Tune-Yards - Gangsta
- TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
- Spiritualized - Electricity
- Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
- Beauty Pill - You Are Right to Be Afraid
- My Morning Jacket - How Do You Know
- The Mars Volta - The Widow
- WU LYF - We Bros
Incidental Music
- The Budos Band - Up From The South
- 5ive Style - Deep Marsh
Episode 3: “New Day Rising”
Main Set List
- Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
- Polvo - Batradar
- PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
- The Wedding Present - Dalliance
- Unrest - Teenage Suicide
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
- My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
- Hole - Violet
- Ride - Like A Daydream
- Loop - Vapour
- Wire - 12XU
- Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Incidental Music
- The Budos Band - Up From The South
- Khruangbin - Summer Madness
- MF DOOM - Coco Mango (FloFliz Remix) (Instrumental)
- 5ive Style - Deep Marsh
Episode 2: “Our Own Correspondent”
Main Set List
- Wire - Reuters
- Suicide - Ghost Rider
- Ultravox - Rockwrok
- Drive Like Jehu - Here Come The Rome Plows
- Fugazi - Smallpox Champion
- Girls Against Boys - Rockets Are Red
- Minutemen - Corona
- The Bad Plus - Velouria
- ESG - UFO
- Stereolab - French Disko
- Broadcast - Come On Let’s Go
- Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us
Incidental Music
- The Budos Band - Up From The South
- Kaytranada - Weight Off
- 5ive Style - Deep Marsh
Episode 1: “Twenty-Five Years”
Main Set List
- Sonic Youth - Tom Violence
- Hüsker Dü - Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely
- Replacements - Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)
- Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
- Big Black - Kerosene
- Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman
- And You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled
- Eleventh Dream Day - Testify
- Slint - Glenn
Incidental Music
- The Budos Band - Up From The South
- Thievery Corporation - Un Simple Histoire
- Kaytranada - Weight Off
- 5ive Style - Deep Marsh