S5E235 - Ween 'The Mollusk' with Les Norris

Explicit content warning

07/09/22 • 57 min

Our 2nd foray into the rock and roll enigma that is Ween, this time diving into their sixth studio album The Mollusk with special guest and super-fan Les Norris. Pegged as a favorite by both Gene and Dean Ween - as well as purportedly being the inspiration for Spongebob Squarepants - it's a dark but surprisingly tuneful multi-genre concept album that flits from psychedelia to sea shanties as only they can. "Bring forth the mollusk, cast unto me Let's be forever, let forever be free" Songs featured in this episode: Loop de Loop - Ween; Chances When - Radiobaghdad; Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead; Brain Damage - Pink Floyd; Spongebob Squarepants Theme Song - Patrick Pinney; Are My Ears On Straight? - Gayla Peevey; I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight, The Mollusk - Ween; I've Seen All Good People - Yes; Wonderboy - Tenacious D; Polka Dot Tail, I'll Be Your Johnny On The Spot - Ween; Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat & Tears; Octopus - Syd Barrett; My Monkey - Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids; Mutilated Lips, The Blarney Stone, It's Gonna Be Alright, The Golden Eel - Ween; Green Machine - Kyuss; Doctor Rock (live) - Ween; The Unquiet Grave - Luke Kelly; Cold Blows The Wind, Pink Eye (On My Leg), Waving My Dick In The Wind - Ween; Jar Of Cardinals - Guided By Voices; Buckingham Green, Ocean Man, Pollo Asado, She Wanted To Leave - Ween; Sears & Applebees - Les Norris

Previous Episode

S5E234 - Curtis Mayfield 'There's No Place Like America Today' with Alan Zweig

Canadian documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon, When Jews Were Funny) brings us an album of understated, fluid funk with a subtle-but-potent message: 'There's No Place Like America Today' by Curtis Mayfield. Released in 1975 on Mayfield's own Curtom Records, it's a stunning, sophisticated - and sadly overlooked - chronicle of austere times by a true master of his craft. Essential listening.

*Opening dialogue from the 2000 documentary film 'Vinyl'Songs featured in this episode: Blame Canada - Mary Kay Bergman; Superfly - Curtis Mayfield; People Get Ready - The Impressions; Freedom of '76 - Ween; Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons; Rock and Roll - The Velvet Underground; The Young Mods' Forgotten Story - The Impressions; Billy Jack, When Seasons Change - Curtis Mayfield; No Time - The Guess Who; So In Love, Jesus - Curtis Mayfield; Jesus Is Coming Soon - Blind Willie Johnson; Blue Monday People, Hard Times, We Gotta Have Peace (live), Love To The People - Curtis Mayfield; Move On Up (live) - The Jam

Next Episode

S5E236 - Bonus Mixtape Episode #2 with Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon, Pylon Reenactment Society)

Singer/Artist Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon, Supercluster, Pylon Reenactment Society) joins us for another BONUS "Mixtape Episode", where we invite a special guest to curate a mixtape for our listeners and dig into their musical selections. Vanessa's mixtape: 1. What is Life - George Harrison 2. Space Oddity - David Bowie 3. If There is Something - Roxy Music 4. Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith 5. Dance This Mess Around - B-52’s 6. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones 7. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four 8. Planet Rock - Afrika Bamabatta & Soul Sonic Force 9. The Robots - Kraftwerk 10. Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem 11. Man on the Moon - R.E.M. 12. Na Nanana - The Squalls

*Other songs featured in this episode: Cool, Beep - Pylon; Messenger - Pylon Reenactment Society; You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes; Trans Europa Express - Kraftwerk; Crazy - R.E.M.; Stop It - Pylon

**Additional listening recommendations from Vanessa: Nina Simone - Feeling Good Olivia Tremor Control - Jumping Fences Beach Boys - God Only Knows Leonard Cohen - Boogie Street DAR Williams - I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Over Everything The Cure - Just Like Heaven The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner Blondie - One Way or Another The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing Romeo Void - Never Say Never Bush Tetras -Too Many Creeps Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun Allman Brothers - Jessica Delta 5 - Mind your own business Heart - Barracuda Joy Division - She’s Lost Control Pere Ubu - Non-Alignment Pact Sly and the Family Stone - Everybody is a Star The Staple Singers - I’ll Take You There Green Day -Boulevard of Broken Dreams The Go-Go’s - We Got The Beat ESG - UFO Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love Parliament - Flashlight / Strobelight