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Episode 131: Modcast #131: Get The Mod Blues

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000

From the vaults! Another long lost, but not forgotten, modcast of a bygone era. Enjoy.

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, modcast #131 if you can believe it. I don't know about you, but I've got the blues. The legendary queen of the blues Koko Taylor died a little more than a week ago, and that sparked me to dig out and revisit some my old blues, esepcially the British blues of the sixties, the early R&B. London's blues scene in the late 50s and early sixties spawned a number of bands and musicians that went on to great fame, many with very mod sounds - Rolling Stones, Georgie Fame, Them, the Animals, the Yardbirds and so on . And No doubt Ms. Koko Taylor was an inspiration to sixties mods who were blending the blues with rock, and jazz with soul, and creating radically new sorts of sounds. So, now it's time to get some mod blues. Remember, you can get all things mod over at the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com.

Episode 596: Modcast #596: Licensed To Cover

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:32:27 +0000

Ooops! I did it again, another all covers show. Now these are what you might call ... not the originals. More like echoes and interpretations. So, get you earbuds settled and top off your cocktail because I'm about to flip it and rip it on Modcast #596 Licensed to Cover.

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Episode 595: Modcast #595: Wait For It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:32:06 +0000

Good things come to those who wait. Here come the goods from the likes of The Selectmen, The Corner Laughers, Drool Brothers, The Eddies, Jim Basnight, The Decibels and many more.

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Episode 594: Modcast #594: Last Drink Before Trouble

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:22:06 +0000

New year, new music, same issues. Here comes the first modcast of 2026 featuring a mix of music from garage rock to sophistipop, from northern soul to indie rock. Tune in, turn on, and be careful on the dancefloor. There are witnesses.

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Episode 593: Modcast #593: Mr. Suave's Faves of 2025

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:32:02 +0000

New year, new music. But what about last year's great music? Here's a last hurrah for some of the best releases of 2025. These are 20 of my favorites that I listened to on repeat in 2025. So many best of lists are ridiculously long with 200, 250, even 500 releases. What's the point? I like to take my time and actually edit it down to a managable number that means something. It's not easy, there are some bands that didn't make the cut, but were so very close and truly deserving. But not everything can be a favorite, because again, what would be the point? So here's my look back at some of 2025s best. Enjoy and let me know what you think, leave a comment below and tell me what some of your faves were in 2025..

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Episode 592: Modcast #592: Get Tight

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:27:04 +0000

Even as it's the start of the holiday season I'm eschewing the holiday sounds for when we get a bit closer to Christmas. Right now I've got a whole show of new songs to share with you. Tons of good music has been dropping since the summer, and earlier in the year as well, and I realized I haven't been keeping up with keeping you hipped to the latest and greatest. So this should set that to rights. Get to listening!

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Episode 591: Modcast #591: Pogo Au Gogo

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:42:59 +0000

Here's your guide to the ups and downs of the mod world. Doing the pogo is fun, fast and anyone can do it, even you! Boing boing!

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/11/modcast-591-pogo-au-gogo.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 590: Modcast #590: They'll Get You Tonight (Halloween 2025)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:20:54 +0000

The season's spookiest selecter -DJ Ken- is back with a plastic pumpkin packed with full size candy bars. No minis, no worthless snack size treats, no siree, this is Halloween as it is meant to be enjoyed.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/10/modcast-590-theyll-get-you-tonight.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 589: Modcast #589: Pre-Season Warmup

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 21:26:01 +0000

There's a chill in the air, baseball playoffs on TV, and candy on sale. You know what means? That's means it's almost Halloween. Come on along for some cool new music, and a chat with Rex & Christina of Big Stir Records about the label's new seasonal release: Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire. Contrary to all that, this is not the Mod Mod World's annual modcast. Fear not, is still to come with modcaster extraordinaire DJ Ken handing out the candy as always. Check all the past halloween modcasts here.

And for the first time ever, a video modcast interview! In 19 seasons, with almost 600 modcasts under my belt, and this is the very first time I've recorded a video. First time for everything eh. Check it out on the modcast homepage.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/10/modcast-589-pre-season-warmup.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 577: Modcast #588: Get Up Tonight

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:38:52 +0000

The right mix to make you get up on your feet and shuffling to the beat. Get to grooving with all new, cool, soulful, sixties R&B styled tunage.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/10/modcast-588-get-up-tonight.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 587: Modcacst #587: Ready! Set! Now!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:54 +0000

Get ready for all new music. Get set to be blown away. Modcast 587 is now, is new, is on!

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/09/modcast-587-ready-set-now.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 586: Modcast #586: Suave Summer Vibes

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:28:57 +0000

Summertime, summertime, it's sum-sum-summertime at Suave Manor. That means it's time for music to sip tonics & gin with. From The Postmarks to The James Taylor Quartet, The Happy Somethings to Say She She, I've got the sounds of summer coming through to you.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/08/modcast-586-suave-summer-vibes.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 585: Modcast #585: Shakin' It Down with Star Collector

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 18:33:43 +0000

This week on the Modcast I shakedown the breakdown with Vancouver's own power pop sensations Star Collector. Vic and Steve join me to dish the dirt on the making of the band's latest album, Everything Must Go!

They're not holding anything back, the band puts it all out there for their seventh full length release. Overall the album has a strong, modern rock vibe with hints of the influences you'd expect surfacing all throughout from The Who to Big Star to Teenage Fanclub. And while those echoes are there, the album stands on its own songwriting with hooks aplenty and lyrics from clever to emotional. The title track is loud, glitzy and anthemic and will have audiences bouncing along, driven by Who like guitars and pounding drums. Then there's the notstalgic Victory Dance with it's mod scene theme that all aging mods can relate to. Other standout tracks include Shakedown the Breakdown, Station 8, and Victory Dance. Hell I could list all 13 tracks as stand outs. So, come along for the show, you'll be glad you did.

As always a bonus third set of songs - all Star Collector videos this time around, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/08/modcast-585-shakin-it-down-with-star.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 206: Modcast #206: Sum-Sum-Summertime Booze

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, it's time to get some summertime booze. At last, at long last, summer has come to seattle. This has been one of the coldest springs on record in the northwest, but the times they are a changin'. The thermometer has actually eeked up over 80 degrees fahrenheit. Not exactly Vegas temps sure, but I'll take it.

This week you're going to get a full dose of sunny, hot, summer songs.
But don't blame me, it's not my fault. Give credit where credit is due right, so I have to give credit and a shout out to one of the best blogs on the net Music Ruined My Life. If you dig power pop, punk, pop-punk, mod, new wave and so on then Music Ruined My Life should be one of the blogs you follow. Jeffen the man behind the blog recently did a great post featuring summer songs -- which got me to thinking. I started putting together a list in my mind and voila here's the modcast to prove it.

Episode 584: Modcast #584: Listen Up!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:13:35 +0000

Lots of musical goodness headed your way with some rocking power pop, some punk rock, some indy rock, some garage rock -- all of it with the mod friendly sound we all love so much.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/07/modcast-584-listen-up.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 583: Modcast 583: The Decline Of Western Civilization Contd.

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:09:47 +0000

No one is united, And all things are untied, poetic lines that emotionally personalize the political, are the opening lines of X's The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss and now this Modcast #583: The Decline of Western Civilization Contd. As poignant now as they were in 1980 when written by Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X. Now, they again resonate with what is happening in the world. Happy birthday America, such as it is.

Carve out a bit of time and listen to the whole podcast start to finish. I'm trying something a little bit different and would love to hear what you think. Leave a comment on the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/07/modcast-583-decline-of-western.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 22: Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World Episode #22: More Mod Beats

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:10:56 +0000

Welcome to episode #22 featuring an exceptional track list. I've got a new feature I'm trying out, tracing the roots of current mod bands and bands obviously heavily influenced by mod music. So for this episode I've got The Who, The Jam & Green Day. [Originally aired August 2007 on Mistersuave.com]

To set the scene here's a passage from Mr. Suave's First Epistle to the Mods.
Chapter 1
Verse 1: In the beginning was The Who and the mods knew it was good. It was loud and brash and full of danceable rhythm.
Verse 2: The Who begat the Jam and the punks and mods knew it was good. It was fast and it was soulful.
Verse 3: The Jam begat Green Day. And the punks and the mods and the masses finally all opened their ears and knew it was good. It was loud, and brash, and fast. And ultimately they showered it with silver and gold.

Headquarters -- Tunnel Vision
Blur -- Charmless Man
Posies -- I May Hate Your Sometimes
Orange Peels -- Something In You
The Who -- Pictures of Lily
The Jam -- Billy Hunt
Green Day -- Castaway
The Fuzztones -- Ward 81
The Equals -- Viva Bobby Joe
Secret Affair -- Just Another Teenage Anthem
Jimmy Lingon -- 100 Times

If you have any questions be sure to e-mail me at rob@mistersuave.com.

Episode 582: Modcast #582: Modxotica

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:28:11 +0000

It's time to get exotic. DJ Ken joins me to dig into some modern, 21st century, exotica and lounge music. Perfect mix to vibe out and escape the chaos of the mundane, uncool world we're all stuck with these days.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/06/modcast-582-modxotica.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 266: Modcast #266: Get Ready To Rumble

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Another week, another great modcast coming your way. I'm, kicking off the show with an American 60s band that sounds almost more mod than the British mods of their day. The band is Powder and I included them this week in part because this coming Saturday I'm going to get to meet them when they play at the Studio 66 mod night at the LoFi Performance Gallery here in Seattle, and lucky me I'm going to be the guest DJ.

Another thing that is making this week's show especially good is that I'm joined by my old friend Dean Hoth who is the singer and bass player for power pop band The Eddies. Additionally Dean has been a behind the scenes mover and shaker in producing some great tribute albums, and is also working on releasing unheard live materials of older mod bands from the 80s to the 90s to the 21st century. He's got some news for mod music lovers.

Get on over to the modcast homepage for more info and links from Dean and a complete track list for the show.

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Episode 581: Modcast #581: For Your Consideration

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:55:48 +0000

Happy birthday to me, and to the modcast! Launched at the end of May in 2006 and here we are both still kicking 19 years later. Kick it with me and enjoy another episode packed with all new music from northern soul to power pop to garage punk and everything in between.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/06/modcast-581-for-your-consideration.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 580: Modcast #580: It's All Too Beautiful

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 19 May 2025 21:51:46 +0000

What can I say about the Small Faces that hasn't already been said? Not much honestly. I'm not a Small Faces junky. But I do love their music. In fact, in my earliest mod days I think I preferred them to The Who. It's been said that The Who was a band that became mods, but the Small Faces were mods who became a band. I was looking for some covers of Small Faces songs when I realized how few there really are out there. Compared to the hundreds of covers of The Who, The Kinks, The Stones and other British invasion acts of the 60s, I was shocked at just how few people have covered their songs over the years. And amongst those, fewer still ones that are really any good. I've gathered here a double handful that I think fit the bill and do the group justice.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/05/modcast-580-its-all-too-beautiful.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 579: Modcast #579: My Big Fat Modcast

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:11:09 +0000

Are your ears hungry for tasty music? This is Modcast #579 my big fast modcast. I have a scrumptious buffet of tunes lined up for your listening pleasure, so get ready to dig in and gorge yourself on some great music. For starters we have The Molotovs, and the menu of main courses includes delicious offerings from The Cynz, The Roxies, 20th Century Boys, The states and lots more. Eat in or dine out.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/04/modcast-579-my-big-fat-modcast.html

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 578: Modcast #578: Get Mod Jazzed

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:49:01 +0000

Good luck trying to get a definitive answer to what mod jazz is. It's like the famous comment by US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when asked to define what obscenity is: "I know it when I see it." Well that's me with mod jazz folks, I know it when I hear it. Maybe soul jazz is a better shorthand term, this music certainly has a lot of soul to it. All I can do is play the music for you and let you be swept away by it.

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Episode 577: Modcast #577: Floor Fillers

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:45:33 +0000

From deep within the bowels of Suave Manor in -somewhat- beautiful West Seattle on this third rock from the sun comes another pack of power poppin' floor fillers guaranteed to get you up and pogoing, shimmying, shoulder shakin' or whatever it is that moves your tailfeather. New tunes from KVNX, The Wrong Society, The Embrooks and more. Tune in, turn on and get to listenin'.

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Episode 576: Modcast #576: I Can See Clearly Now

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:56:44 +0000

I'm walking, I'm seeing, it's like I'm a real boy again! What's a boy to do when things start getting better? Make a better modcast! And here it is, a show stocked with all new music from bands and artists to whom I give my mod world seal approval.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage.

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Episode 32767: Modcast #97: Now Is The Time

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:59:07 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. It is hot hot hot here in the pacific northwest. After almost no spring to speak of, Seattle is finally jumping feet first into summer. So, I've happily put together a show that plays well in any climate, but especially seems suited for the summer sun we're enjoying here right about now. From pop to mod with a few stops in between this modcast is going to quickly become one of your favorites. You've got the trad mod sounds of the Bishops, some acid jazz goodness from Mother Earth, and serious sixties vibes from The Monks, Boyce & Heart and The Free Design. Tune in, turn on and enjoy yourself. (Originally broadcast 2008)

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/01/modcast-575-never-stop.html.

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Episode 575: Modcast#575: Never Stop

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:33:13 +0000

Here we come with the first real new show for 2025 of the Modcast that just keeps going and going. I'm spotlighting some brand new music this time around, as well as some great recent releases that I think you all will enjoy. And of course, I've dropped a few gems yesteryear throughout. So, quit wasting time and never stop listening!

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/01/modcast-575-never-stop.html.

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Episode 574: Modcast #574: Mr. Suave's Faves of 2024

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:26:32 +0000

Time again for me take a look back at last year, not in anger, but in awe that I survived. And it was thanks in large part to some great music from many great artists. So here is my humble little list of the bands and albums that I played over and over again, my favorites from 2024.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2025/01/modcast-574-mr-suaves-faves-of-2024.html.

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Episode 573: Modcast #573: Insert Theme Here (Christmas 2024)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 01:11:22 +0000

Here comes Santa's two laziest elves with a sackful of songs for your seasonal enjoyment. The pack is bulging with tunage from The Happy Somethings, Mayer Hawthorne, Bite Me Bambi, Ben Folds, the Monkees and lots more. DJ Ken from The Shingles joins me in hosting this year's modcast Christmas office party.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/12/modcast-573-insert-theme-here-christmas.html.

Looking to be haunted by Christmas modcasts of the past? All the modcast Christmas office parties and Christmas invitationals are here: http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/12/the-ghost-of-modcast-christmas-past-is.html. Enjoy.

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Episode 32767: MIster Suave's Swingin' Christmas Mix

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:28:07 +0000

All music, no annoying chatter! A way back when, every year I would crank it up at our annual holiday hootenannies. Then eventually posting the track list online, and generally spreading the cheer. And every year people would beg me to burn them a copy. I even burned dozens of CDs as Christmas gifts in 2000. Seems that people really dig it because of the wide variety of Christmas music; it's got everything from Combustible Edison to Frank Sinatra, from the most excellent holiday special ever The Year Without a Santa Claus to the Waitresses, to Bing, Ella, Burt and lots more. I revised and expanded it for the modcast back in 2007.

Oh and stay tuned for a new Christmas modcast coming Sunday, Dec. 22! Happy Krimble!

Opening- Fred Waring
Happy Holidays -- Mel Torme
Jingle Bells -- Juan Garcia Esquivel
Winter Wonderland -- Ella Fitzgerald
Mr. Snow Miser -- Johnny Thompson**
Sleigh Ride on High -- Squirrel Nut Zippers
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Billy May & His Orchestra
Toot, Toot, Tootie, Toot -- Duke Ellington
Let It Snow -- Lena Horne
Christmas in Las Vegas -- Richard Cheese*
Christmas Wrapping -- The Waitresses
A Time To Be Jolly -- Bing Crosby
Skating -- Vince Guiraldi
The Merriest -- June Christy
Warm December -- Julie London
We Four Kings -- The Blue Hawaiians
Baby, It's Cold Outside -- Dean Martin
Caroling -- Nat King Cole Trio
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle -- Burt Bacharach
Jing-a-ling, Jing-a-ling -- The Starlighters*
Merry Christmas Darling -- The Carpenters
It Happened In Sun Valley -- Mel Torme
Ring Those Christmas Bells -- Peggy Lee
Merry Christmas Everyone -- Edison LightHouse*
Christmas Time Is Here -- Combustible Edison (on Late Night with Conan O'Brien)**
Mr. Heat Miser -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Frosty The Snowman -- Ray Conniff Singers
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- Cyndi Lauper/Frank Sinatra
Merry Christmas Baby -- Charles Brown and Bonnie Rait*
Eggnong -- Ramsey Lewis Trio*
Melekalikimaka -- Kasey Musgraves and Zooey Deschenel*
Holiday Cheer -- The Martini's*
Ixtahuele - White Christmas*
Little Jack Frost -- Emilie Clair Barlow*
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -- Bing Crosby
Auld Lang Syne -- Bobby Darin

*Not on original playlist
**Not on Spotify Playlist

Episode 572: Modcast #572: More Garage Stompin'

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:06:49 +0000

It wouldn't be the mod world without some serious snarling, fuzzy guitaring, drum smashing, maraca shaking, loud and snotty music. I've got all that and more lined up for you from the classics of the sixties, the revivalists of the 80s, and some brand new garage sounds.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/11/modcast-572-more-garage-stompin.html.

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Episode 571: Modcast #571: One More Lap

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:56:37 +0000

Time to kick the tires and see what this modcast is really made of! All new music from power pop to indy rock to ska with a few pit stops in between for some truly mod friendly sounds.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/11/modcast-571-one-more-lap.html

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Episode 2024: Electile Dysfunction: Mr. Suave's Election Special

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:31:32 +0000

Just like elections themselves, every four years whether we need it or not I trot out my election playlist. Think of it like a soundtrack for your breakdown. So, turn on your least favorite cable news outlet, turn their sound down on the tube and turn this sound way up on your stereo system. With no talkin, just rockin' here is Electile Dysfunction: Mr. Suave's Election Special.

As always find a complete track list over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/11/electile-dysfunction-2024-end-of.html

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Episode 570: Modcast #570: Wake The Dead (Halloween 2024)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:16:53 +0000

Just like a pesky Zombie back from the dead, DJ Ken from The Shingles returns to torture us again with his annual Halloween show.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/10/modcast-570-wake-dead-halloween-2024.html.

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Episode 569: Modcast #569: Meetin' Up The Manor

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 18:59:43 +0000

Music meeting called to order at Suave Manor, Mr. Suave presiding. All in favor say aye. The agenda for today is good music followed by great music, new and old. Take a seat and let's get started.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/10/modcast-569-meetin-up-manor.html.

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Episode 568: Modcast #568: Peace Out

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:19:15 +0000

Here it comes, here comes the modcast, packed with all new blood pumping bangers guaranteed to blow your mind.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/09/modcast-568-peace-out.html

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Episode 567: Modcast #567: And Now For Something Completely Different

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 22:25:13 +0000

Believe it or not there is more to life than punk rock. Than garage rock. Than power pop even. It's time we expand your musical horizons, extend your artistic consciousness beyond it's three chord boundaries. This week's show is gonna blow you away, and it's gonna get heavy on the acid. But not too heavy.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/09/modcast-567-and-now-for-something.html.

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Episode 566: Modcast #566: Boys & Girls

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:02:18 +0000

Here comes the latest mod mod world modcast, #566 reviewing a whole fistull of mod friendly indie and punk bands as well as highlighting lots new recent releases. Fun for boys and girls alike.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/08/modcast-566-boys-girls.html.

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Episode 565: Modcast #565: Dog Days Of Summer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:14:52 +0000

Too hot. Too hot. This modcast is too hot. Like our sweltering summer. The dog days of summer are upon us so chill out with some cool new music hand picked by yours truly.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/08/modcast-565-dog-days-of-summer.html.

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Episode 564: Modcast #564: Keepin' The Summer Alive

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 21:57:52 +0000

We've got a really big show tonight. Ken from The Shingles and Michael from sparkle*jets u.k are in charge while Mr. Suave is in recovery, and they are all juiced up for summer and ready to bring you some really cool tunes. Fire up the grill, break out the rum, and get ready for a hot summer night.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/06/modcast-564-keepin-summer-alive.html.

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Episode 563: Modcast #563: Twistin' Summer Punk Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:57:02 +0000

This is Modcast #563, Mr. Suave's Twistin' Summer Punk Party, and it is packed I tell you, absolutely packed with the best songs of the moment. Lots of new music coming your way, plus some diamond geezers,

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/06/modcast-563-twistin-summer-punk-party.html/

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Episode 562: Modcast #562: Get Hip II

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:26:56 +0000

I'm going under the knife again for another hip replacement. If I can't dance for a while so be it, but I can listen and so can you. Once I'm on the road to recovery I know my ears will be hungry for new tunes, and so will yours. So, I've got sweet and savory for you this week. Nothing too salty, and of course nothing bitter. From sixties influenced, tweeish folk pop to frothy pulse pounding power pop, its a smorgasbord for your ears.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/06/modcast-562-get-hip-ii.html.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Episode 561: Modcast #561: Playing Hooky

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:11:50 +0000

Cast your mind back to '84 and remember when you used to play hooky from school on a sunny day. If you were like me you had to have some music along for the ride. I liked to concoct my own mix tapes with whatever was musically catching my ear's fancy at the time. Recently I came across notes I'd made with track listings for old mix tapes and this one jumped out to me, and I thought hey why not remix that one for a modcast. And here it is.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/05/modcast-561-playing-hooky.html.

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Episode 560: Modcast #560: Too Hot To Handle

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 04 May 2024 07:34:52 +0000

This modcast is so smokin' hot, it's gonna burn your ears off. I mean there are modcasts, and then there are modcasts, if you know what I mean. And this is a modcast. Got it?

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/05/modcast-560-too-hot-to-handle.html.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/03/modcast-558-spin-me-right-round.html.
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Episode 559: Modcast #559: And Away We Go

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:55:29 +0000

And away we go with a new modcast packed with new music, and a few choice cuts from the past just to keep it interesting.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/04/modcast-559-and-away-we-go.html.

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Episode 558: Modcast #558: Spin Me Right Round

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:03:18 +0000

Tune in, turn it up, and get on your good foot. This one is a mover and shaker from the get go. Rock and roll is all there is to it.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/03/modcast-558-spin-me-right-round.html.
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Episode 557: Modcast #557: Go Baby Go

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:52:27 +0000

I hope you're ready for some mod groovers as this modcast is bringing you the swinging sounds of sexploitation, courtesy of Carnaby street. I've got three sets of down and dirty, floor shakin' tracks, for you, all with a very cinematic feel to them.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/03/modcast-557-go-baby-go.html.

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Episode 556: Modcast #556: Playing Favorites

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:10:17 +0000

Here comes some fun. This modcast is sort of a mini-invitational. A while back I got this crazy idea, what are the faves of my faves? What do some of the bands and artists I love, who I've featured on the modcast in the past, what do *they* love? Here's the first few from Friends of Cesar Romero, The Happy Somethings, and Star Collector, along with some new tunes, and some can't miss blasts from the past.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/02/modcast-556-playing-favorites.html.

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Episode 555: Modcast #555: Yes, And

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:36:36 +0000

Here comes the latest modcast, chock full of all the musical goodness you can stand in one sitting. An you'd better not be sitting!

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/02/modcast-555-yes-and.html.

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Episode 554: Modcast #554: En Fuego!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:50:07 +0000

This modcast is red hot and on fire. It is so smokin' hot you're gonna need pot holders for your ears. You're gonna wanna listen again and again. And again. Might as well start now.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/01/modcast-554-en-fuego.html.

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Episode 553: Modcast #553: Mr. Suave's Faves of 2023

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:48:49 +0000

It is time for my annual faves show where I highlight what I enjoyed from the previous year's smorgasbord of musical offerings. It took me longer than I expected to comb through all of last year's new releases again and try and come up with what were my favorites. Somebody asks you for your favorite band or artist, and you respond immediately. Then a moment later you think well what about so and so? Or what about that one song? And suddenly trying to pick the very best overall is pretty much impossible. It's hard to narrow it down, but I've tried. I let my ears do the pickin, and now I'll let you do the judgin'.

As always find a complete track list, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/01/modcast-553-mr-suaves-faves-of-2023.html.

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Episode 552: Modcast #552: Suave Soul Christmas Party (2023)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:43:01 +0000

It's Christmas here at Suave HQ which means it's time for another Suave office Christmas party. Joining me once again is DJ Ken. In the past he and I have blown up Christmas, survived Christmas, had Christmas extravaganzas, had rockin', exotica, rat pack, punk, and power pop Christmas shows. But to our great shame we've never had a whole soul only show for Christmas. Until now. We're funkin' things up with Christmas soul tunes from across the years. Listen in, you'll be glad you did.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com.

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Episode 551: Modcast #551: Get With It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:08:07 +0000

Now is the time to get with the program, and have I got a program for you. This modcast is packed with the coolest of the cool new music that will get you through the pre-holiday, winter doldrums.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com.

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Episode 550: Modcast #550: The Modtacular Sixties

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:57:34 +0000

This is it, a deep dive into the sorts of things I would have been listening to had I been old enough to be listening to anything at all in the sixties.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com.

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Episode 549: Modcast #549: The Witching Hour

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:03:13 +0000

It's halloween au-go-go time, baby! I've got witches galore, as well as haunted ghosties and zombies of ghoulish garage punk, power pop, tasty goodness. No tricks, just treats for your listening enjoyment.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/10/modcast-549-witching-hour-halloween-2023.html

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Episode 548: Modast #548: Sounds Like Heaven

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:58:18 +0000

Good day, sinners. Are you looking for heavenly songs and angelic voices? Then you're probably in the wrong place! This here is down and dirty rock & roll. The kind your mother warned you about. C'mon, take a quick listen. You know wanna.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage: http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/10/modcast-548-sounds-like-heaven.html.

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Episode 547: Modcast #547: Tearin' It Up

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 04:27:42 +0000

Here we go again with a great mix of new music including some garage rock, some glam rock, as well some power pop, some northern soul and even some ska. Come drink deep from the fountain of new tunes.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/09/modcast-547-tearin-it-up.html.

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Episode 546: Modcast #546: Trip The Pop Fantastic

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:54:57 +0000

Here we go around the popberry bush kids. A bit of psych pop, punk pop, jangle pop, garage pop, and more.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/08/modcast-546-trip-pop-fantastic.html.

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Episode 545: Modcast #545: Modtacular AF

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 15:39:05 +0000

This show is Modtacular AF and packed with obvious bangers, classic smashes, deep cuts, and a few brand new stompers.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/08/modcast-545-modtacular-af.html.

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Episode 544: Modcast #544: Summer Sizzlin'

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 22:12:24 +0000

Summertime and the livin' is easy. I've been on my now annual summer sabbatical where I take a few weeks off from my job as modcaster general and try to get out and some fun in the sun. But, I had to get back to this because so much cool new music has been coming out of late and I really want to be sharing it with you all.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/08/modcast-544-summer-sizzlin.html.

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Episode 543: Modcast#543: Sounds Like Pleasure

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:40:11 +0000

Now coming to you from the middle of summer, tunes that sound like pleasure. This one has been a while coming and while most all the songs are new, they aren't as fresh as I had hoped. Still its a fun collection of power pop, garage rock, sixtiesish stuff, and even an instrumental! Tune in and your ears will thank you.

As always find a complete track list, a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/07/modcast-543-sounds-of-pleasure.html.

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Episode 542: Modcast #542: Eye of the Beholder

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:33:29 +0000

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Of course, they also say one man's trash is another man's treasure. In the continuing tradition of terrible ideas for a modcast this week Mary Queen of Cosmos joins me on an audio podcast for a visual topic: album covers. She delivers her list of albums with striking covers and we play some of the songs to give you the flavor of it all as well.

As always find a complete track list and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/06/modcast-542-eye-of-beholder.html.

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Episode 541: Modcast #541: Tony Valentino of The Standells

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 19:36:56 +0000

One of the great garage rockers, a godfather of punk rock, and all around good guy, Tony Valentino joins me on this modcast to talk about his time in The Standells, and his latest musical endeavors. Be sure to check out his new album, Dirty Water Revisited.

As always you can get a full track list of all the songs, links to all the bands, and a bonus set of videos of The Standells TV & movie appearances over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/06/modcast-541-tony-valentino-of-standells.html.

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Episode 540: Modcast #540: It's Outta Here

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 30 May 2023 17:49:16 +0000

This one's a homerun, even without sports songs! Instead a great line-up of new power pop and garage rock tunes perfect for the modern mod's playlist.

As always find a complete track list, the bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/05/modcast-540-its-outta-here.html.

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Episode 539: Modcast #539: And One More Thing

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:48:57 +0000

Here we go kids, the rollicking music ride that is Modcast #539: And One More Thing, as Columbo would say. All new music for your listening pleasure.

As always find a complete track list and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/05/modcast-539-and-one-more-thing.html.

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Episode 538: Modcast #538: Steady Steady Vibes

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:44:33 +0000

I've been combing the musical vaults here deep in the bowels of suave manor, and have put together an action packed modcast for your listening enjoyment. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.

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Episode 537: Modcast #537: Turn It Up with The Decibels

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 22:10:31 +0000

This week I'm joined by veteran rockers Dean and Brent Seavers of The Decibels, one of the best mod friendly, power pop acts of the past thirty years (yes we're all that old, get used to it). With five albums already under their belt they are back this year with a brand new release, When Red Lights Flash. And it rocks. It's got an accessibility to it that is familiar, but with enough newness to keep it fresh beginning to end. Songs like Enough<, with it's very mod opening that lets you know where you at, and then takes you on a power pop ride that doesn't slow down until the last lick. The album is chock full gems like this, He Thinks He's Right, Today Is Your Day could have fallen off a Plimsouls or Knack album. And there's lots of echoes of the sixties like The Beatles, The Who and The Zombies. Nothing here will disappoint. Get on over to bandcamp and get yourself a copy.

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Episode 536: Modcast #536: Soul Rollin'

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 19:33:51 +0000

I've got your rock and soul, your soul and roll, and it's all ready and steady to go. Let's get out on the rink and dig the music.

2025 Update. I recently learned, to my deep shame, that rollerskating is NOT like riding a bike. Sigh.

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Episode 535: Modcast #535: In Depth With Timothy Cameron

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:08:20 +0000

Here we go with a great convo with Timnothy Cameron, Canadian, power poppin', singer, songwriter aka T.C. Folkpunk, aka Caremonoise. We get into it pretty deep podering things like can a band have home field advantage? What's it like to retool your own music? What TV show did Timothy audition for? And what movie was he actually cast in? Listen in and be sure to check out his music on Bandcamp.

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Episode 534: Modcasts #534: Step This Way

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:21:18 +0000

From pop to punk to pop punk to garage rock and a bit of all else, this modcast has something that will get you stepping in the right direction. Listen. Share. Repeat.

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Episode 533: Modcast #533: Rocking With Star Collector

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:27:18 +0000

Vancouver mod rock outfit Star Collector are back with a new album, Attack, Sustain, Decay, Repeat. Lead singer Vic Wayne joins me to talk about the album. What do Katrina and the Waves have to do with the band's latest album? How do joy, sex, murder and aging play into it? What's it like to be an old mod? Can you even be an old mod? Listen in and find out.

Be sure to check out all six of Star Collector's albums over on their bandcamp page.

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Episode 532: Modcast #532: It's Still A Mod Thing

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:29:27 +0000

Sometimes you just need musical comfort food folks, and so I've got a double helping of great mod tunes for you. Some sold, some new, some classics you're sure to recognize, and a maybe a few hidden gems to surprise you along the way. All mod fare through and through.

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Episode 45: Modcast #45: See the Light

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:49:07 +0000

This week's modcast has some good stuff. There's a good dose of power pop as usual. But, there's a nice little trio of 80s synthesizer infused, soul influenced modpop as well. I think you'll find a striking similarity between Mood Six and The Truth, both sounding like precursors to later groups such as Swing Out Sister or the Orange Peels.

The M.B.s (Modern Blues Band) -- Another Day
Green Circles -- Amourette
Eurovox -- In For A Penny
Statues -- The Audition
Odd Numbers -- Little Kings & Queens
The Last Ones -- Bit of You
Paul Collins -- USA
Mood Six -- I Saw The Light
The Truth -- You Play With My Emotions
The Housemartins -- Five Get Over Excited
The Pandoras -- You're All Talk

Bonus Video: The Odd Numbers

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Episode 531: Modcast #531: Super Bowl Full O' Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:57:37 +0000

Big game action top to bottom on this week's nod to the Superbowl and Mr. Suave's Bowl Full O' Soul series of funkified soul modcasts.

As always find a complete track list, along with a bonus third set of songs, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/02/modcast-531-super-bowl-full-o-soul.html.

Also get links to all the past Bowl Full O' Soul shows.

And, because we lost one of the greatest soul men of all time this week be sure to check out Mr. Suave's 2013 tribute to Burt Bacharach at http://www.mistersuave.com/2013/12/modcast-286-mods-mod-burt-bacharach.html

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Episode 530: Modcast #530: All Its Cracked Up To Be

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:29:22 +0000

Here comes the nice with a heady concoction of magical music from the past and present.

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Episode 529: Modcast #529: Your Winter Hangover Remedy

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:13:09 +0000

Here we go with modcast #529 kicking off 2023 with a ton of new music and a few golden oldies.

As always find a complete track list, bonus set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2023/01/modcast-529-your-winter-hangover-remedy.html.

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Episode 528: Modcast #528: Mr. Suave's Faves of 2022

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 19:33:44 +0000

Here it is, my annual taster's choice of 2022's most mod friendly sounds. From soul to ska to garage and power pop, 2022 delivered some cool music. This show could easily have been three hours long, but rather than just listing everything I stubbed my ear on over the year I really try to hard to narrow it down to the what in my opinion is the very best of the year. Not an easy task, and I'm not sure I didn't miss some essentials. But I tried, and now you can enjoy and let me know what you think of my selections.

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Episode 527: Modcast #527: Ready! Steady! Go Ho-Ho-Ho!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:49:23 +0000

Christmas time is here again! Settle in for a long winter's modcast Christmas office party as DJ Ken joins me in sharing a big ol' sleigh full of Christmas tunes.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/12/modcast-527-ready-steady-go-ho-ho-ho.html.

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Episode 526: Modcast #526: 2022 Modcast Christmas Invitational

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 18:04:05 +0000

Every year I send out a decree for the coolest of the cool, the moddest of the mods and rockers to gather and deliver their yuletithe. This year's invitational is packed with their faves, their originals and more. Who wants to sock Springsteen in the face? Yule find out. Who doubled down with two, that's right count 'em two favorite Christmas tracks? Yule find out. Who penned up some original seasonal sounds? Yule find out. And I'm throwing in a few picks of my own along the way. Mull some wine, nog some eggs, dawn you ugliest sweater and get ready to get merry.

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Episode 525: modcast #525: Soul Transfusion

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:45:28 +0000

[Flashback to Modcast #525, original broadcast November 2022]
Northern soul has infused, and been transfused into all manner of music. It's a foundational part of the mod scene, and well everything else in music as well it turns out. So, thought I'd single out a few interesting byways and sideways of northern soul.

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Episode 524: Modcast #524: Fun Fun Fun

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:47:47 +0000

Get your radio blasting and we'll go cruising just as fast as we can now. All new music coming your way on this week's typical two set modcast, and don't miss the bonus third set of songs along with the full track listing, links to bands and more over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/11/modcast-524-fun-fun-fun.html.

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Episode 523: Modcast #523: Mr. Suave's Block Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:11:51 +0000

Where my party people at? Crank up the stereo because we're going to rock the block on the modcast this week with some new tunes as well as a few golden oldies.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/10/modcast-523-mr-suaves-block-party.html.

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Episode 522: Modcast #522: Mod Pop Rock

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:36:37 +0000

The modcast is back with a biff bang pow of 1980s power poppin' mod friendly rock and roll. Thanks some old mates reminiscing with me I've come up with a whole bunch of really great songs including some rarities, some more obscure stuff, but also a few more familiar things as well. Get to listenin'.

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Episode 521: Modcast #521: Sounds Alive

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:49:39 +0000

Summer is dead. Long live fall. And long live good music. Got lots of great new music from lots of cool bands on this modcast. Sit back, relax, and let the sounds breathe new life into your ears.

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Episode 520: Modcast #520: Blue-Skied Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:17:46 +0000

I'm back! That's right modcast lovers, like it or not I am back after a slightly longer vacation than usual. Just like Richard Milhouse Nixon, I'm tanned, rested and ready. So, naturally I flashback to 1968 when music was being mixed into new shapes and forms, often by older stars who were desperate to stay relevant. But also by up and comers looking to hit it big with a sort of bubblegum pop aimed at teens and their rapidly expanding wallets.

So you get some pretty cool, and pretty interesting music in the roughly five year period of '67 to '71. Much of that was America's easy, breezy version of blue-eyed soul. Known as sunshine pop, I've always said it could just as easily been called blue-skied soul as it was so tied to California blue skies, with bits of soul, psych and folk mixed in with a sort of sun and fun vibe.

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Modcast #419: Bits & Pieces

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:00:00 +0000

Here we are nearing the end of the year and entering into holiday season. So, no holiday music! Just a whole bunch of great songs that I've been wanting to play on and off for a while. A few new tracks and lots of others spanning the gamut of time and genre.

In other news, Suave Manor is getting remodeled and my regular studio office has been relocated to the basement. So, if things sound a bit different that is probably why. As you can see from this on the spot shot of the modcast coming to form, it's not a bad room. Pretty cool in fact as I can stare some of my favorite framed records. Soon all will be right in my suave little corner of the universe and I'll have a newly remodeled office where I can once again work my magic.

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Episode 519: Modcast #519: Modcast & Chill Out

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:39:21 +0000

Cool off with some scorching hot music.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/07/modcast-519-modcast-chill-out.html.

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Episode 518: Modcast #518: Just Monkeeing Around

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:59:41 +0000

The Modcast turns into a Monkeecast this week. Top to bottom this show is all pre-fab four. Related at least. The Monkees were constructed no doubt. But what a construction.

This modcast is a first. In 16 years I've never done a show focusing on just one band. The closest I ever came was back in 2020 when I did a whole modcast featuring bands that sounded a lot like The Style Council, Modcast #459: In The Style Of. But this one is different. This focuses on The Monkees music and you'll get a few of their lesser known tracks along the way, as well as some of the members later solo material, and then some interesting covers of Monkees songs and songs clearly inspired by and sampling The Monkees. So buckle up baby it's gonna be quite a ride. Let's go monkey around.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/07/modcast-518-just-monkeeing-around.html. This week's third set is a doozy, tons of covers of The Monkees' (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone.

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Episode 517: Modcast #517: Survivor Syndrome

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:45:36 +0000

I survived Covid and am back in the saddle and ready to ride. Come on along for some cool, mod friendly tunage.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/06/modcast-517-survivor-syndrome.html.

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Episode 516: Modcast #516: Pick Your Poison

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:41:52 +0000

Here's your counternmeasure to crappy music. Lotsa cool, new rock and roll for you on this week's modcast, as well as a few cool throwbacks nestled in there just for fun. You'll feel better in no time.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/06/modcast-516-pick-your-poison.html.

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Episode 515: Modcast #515:

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:21:41 +0000

Get out of your brain, not on the train, but on this modcast. Fifteen fantastic songs that should be topping charts worldwide. They're tops on this show and you'll hear why when you tune in.

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Episode 514: Modcast #514: Late To The Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 15 May 2022 17:26:54 +0000

You're late to the party, but lucky for you Mr. Suave's party never ends. Mary Queen of Cosmos joins me this week to talk about being late to musical parties, and the joy of discovering something new to you no matter how old it might be.

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Episode 513: Modcast #513: Speed Zone Ahead

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 07 May 2022 19:42:51 +0000

When I began putting this modcast together all the songs were pretty short, sharp and speedy. I rounded it out with some other great tracks that may not be speed monsters, but they can definitely keep up with the pace.

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Episode 512: Modcast #512: Power Pop Talk with Kid Gulliver's Simone Berk

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:32:54 +0000

This time around I'm joined by Boston, veteran power pop outfit Kid Gulliver's lead singer, Simone Berk to talk about the band, what makes a good song, and she schools me on some of Boston's power pop history.

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Episode 511: Modcast #511: Yet Another Funky Bowlful of Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:08:45 +0000

Are you ready for me to sock it to you with another bowlful of soul?

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/04/modcast-511-yet-another-funky-bowlful.html.

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Episode 510: Modcast #510: Play Loud

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 14:42:33 +0000

If your speakers go to 11 then crank 'em up. This week's the show is packed with mostly new music, hip tracks all.

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Episode 509: Modcast #509: Straight Ahead with The Chelsea Curve

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:50:41 +0000

Great show lined up for you with a few blasts from the past, and lots of new music as well. Not least of which comes courtesy of one of the best bands on the scene these days, Boston's own The Chelse Curve. Their debut album All The Things is just out now (pick it up on their Bandcamp page), and no surprise it totally rocks. The Chelsea Curve join me on the modcast to talk musical inspirations and other such stuff so tune in and enjoy.

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Episode 508: Modcast #508: Mod, Mod, Mod & More Mod

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 06:41:29 +0000

Sixteen years of modcasting and I've never done a show like this one. This is a the mondo moddest of all modcasts. So far. Ton of great songs, mod songs all with no exceptions. Check it out you might find a few surprises.

As always find a complete track list plus a bonus third set of music, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/03/modcast-508-mod-mod-mod-more-mod.html.

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Episode 507: Modcast #507: Beat Party Time

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:15:31 +0000

It's time to get out on the dance floor and work it on out.

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Episode 506: Modcast #506: You're All I've Got Tonight

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:54:25 +0000

Mr. Suave is rested, ready, and talking about himself in the third person, as he drops a musical mayhem bomb on you. Lots of good music coming your way, so download, turn on, and tune in.

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Episode 2: Episode #2: It's a Mod, Ska and even Garage Rock kinda World

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:08:53 +0000

Welcome to episode two again featuring a mix of various mod, and ska, bands from the the 1980s.

The Targets – Searching for a Scene
The Jetz – Moderns for a Day
The Idea – Our Way
The Untouchables – Ska Mods
Fishbone – Skankin’ to the Beat
The Untouchables – Lebanon
The Question – Stare you Down
The Pandoras – Stop Pretending

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In closing out this episode I played the title track to the Pandora’s second full length LP “Stop Pretending” which was their best, and their most mod probably because lead Pandora Paula Pierce had originally recorded it with her previous --more really British mod-- band Action Now.

There’s a good website for the Pandoras maintained by one of the band members -- www.juliepatchouli.com and she even has a video of an entire concert.

Also, you can get Pandoras info at: http://www.bomp.com/2021Press.html.

And you can get a remastered recording of their first LP, "It's About Time" at Amazon.com.

Finally, there are some Untouchables tracks available for purchase at http://www.mp3.com/the-untouchables/artists/4938/summary.html.

Episode 3: Episode #3: In the Garage

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:04:33 +0000

Welcome to episode 3 featuring garage revival bands. Lots of bands start in garages, but these bands all share a certain sound that can only be called sixties punk. They draw their influences from the sixties sounds of the likes of The Standells, The Seeds, The Sonics, The Count 5, Velvet Underground and The Kingsmen. But they also were influenced by the original punk rock scene of the late seventies such as the Ramones, Sex Pistols and New York Dolls. The garage rock bands featured in this episode are just the tip of the iceberg.

The wikipedia probably has the definitive garage rock summary of the genre and an exhaustive list of links to garage bands and related info.

The Prisoners -- Better in Black
Thee Headcoatees -- Don't Try and Tell Me
Yard Trauma -- Some People
Chesterfield Kings -- Are You Gonna Be There
The Pandoras -- The Way It's Gonna Be
Gravedigger V -- Spooky
Cynics -- Waste of Time
Fleshtones -- A Hand for the Bands
Salvation Army -- Going Home
Tell-Tale Hearts -- Won't Need Yours
Unclaimed -- Run From Home
The Prisoners -- Maybe I Was Wrong

Episode 5: Modcast Episode 5: It's The Power Pop Stupid

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:50:43 +0000

Welcome to episode #5 dedicated to power pop. Power pop has always had a starring role in the mod scene, so this week I've put together a list of various different power pop songs that embody the sound, from the bands that influenced so many mods -- to rockers of all other stripes.

Take a gander at this interesting video from Malaysian power pop group, Couple.

Prisoners--Vapors
Apologies--Pointed Sticks
Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat--Times
Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
One Way Ticket--Nerves
Walking Out On Love--Breakaways (Paul Collins)
Everyday Things--Plimsouls
What I Like About You--The Romantics
Moods for Moderns--Elvis Costello
Every Word Means No--Let's Active
International Pop Overthrow--Material Issue
Cruel To Be Kind--Nick Lowe
Cool For Cats--Squeeze

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Episode 4: Episode #4: Mod Progeny - What Hath We Wrought?

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:40:32 +0000

prog·e·ny
n. pl. progeny or prog·e·nies
One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant.
Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
A result of creative effort; a product.

This week's episode features current *mod* bands. After playing a lot of old mod bands the past few episodes, I thought it would be cool to see what it is they inspired in today's mods. So, here are a few current mod tracks.

There are a lot of mod styled bands playing these days, so this is just a little taste of what's out there if you look around. Enjoy.

Mando Diao - Cut the Rope
Solarflares - Unsociable
The Chartists - I'll be Leaving Here
Robbers on High Street - Amanda Green
Ordinary Boys - Life Will be the Death of Me
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Second Saturday - The Chase
The Made - Not a Piece of Cake
The Pills - Fighting Words
The Walnut Dash - Your Mum
The Platforms - Walk of Shame

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Episode 505: Modcast #505: So Fresh And So Clean

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:49:41 +0000

From beginning to end, the music on this week's modcast is so fresh and so clean. All new music to indulge your ears.

As always find a complete track list, bonus videos, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/02/modcast-505-so-fresh-and-so-clean.html.

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Episode 504: Modcast #504: The Year of The Cover

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 17:35:41 +0000

Maybe it's the pandemic, being in lockdown, self quarantining, or just the stress of it all, who knows; but, whatever it is the past couple of years have seen a slew of cool cover songs. So, here I am delivering to your hungry ears some of the best covers of 2021.

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Episode 503: Modcast #503: Mr. Suave's Faves Of 2021

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:20:07 +0000

It's that time again, time for the annual look back at last year's best. Every year I stumble across some great tunes that stub my ear. So, here are the tracks that caught my ear in 2021. Sit back, relax and let the music take you away.

As always find a complete track list, bonus videos, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2022/01/modcast-503-mr-sauves-faves-of-2021.html.

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Episode 502: Modcast #502: Suave Office Christmas Party (2021)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:11:44 +0000

Merry Christmas and welcome to Suave headquarters 2021 office Christmas party. As always I'm joined by my Christmas partner in crime DJ Ken of The Shingles, It is indeed that time of year again when everyone is dusting off their old school Christmas disks and spinning The Waitresses and Wham! morning 'til night. But not on this modcast. Nope on this modcast we're jazzing it up so you're going to get some cool yule, literally, from the likes of Louis Prima, Jamie Cullum, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Emilie Clair Barlow, Oscar Peterson and the Chairman of the Board. So, heat up the eggnog, slip in some whiskey, sit back and relax with some Christmas cheer.

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Episode 501: Modcast #501: 2021 Christmas Invitational

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 21:54:53 +0000

This holiday modcast is a show for music lovers, so if you're not one you're listening to the wrong podcast. If you are one then you're in the right place as I've enlisted the help of a whole bunch of fun folks to share their fave holiday music with us all. We'll hear from James Clark of James Clark Institute, Rex & Christina of Big Stir Records, Vic Wayne from Star Collector, Mike Patton of Vista Blue, DJ Parka Pat from Addicted To The Needle, Neal Augenstein of Modest Proposal, and longtime modcasters DJ Ken and Mary Queen of Cosmos. Plus you can mix up some Christmas cheer with Parka Pats holiday cocktail recipe. Get to listenin' kids!

As always find a complete track list, bonus videos, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2021/12/modcast-501-2021-christmas-invitational.html.

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Episode 500: Modcast #500: Let Me Spell It Out For Ya

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:08:42 +0000

I started this modcast in part because it seemed to me that a lot of great mod bands from the original Southern California scene of the 80s never got their due. My first few shows were dedicated to sharing the music of some those bands and then it just sort of grew from there.

Remember back in 2006 the internet was still in its infancy really. Napster had opened up digital music in the 90s, but it still wasn't easy to find music by bands like these online. You couldn't just type their name in google and have a complete playlist wash over you. So, I thought I'd share what I had. I had digitized a lot of my mod catalog a few years before that and so I had the mp3s and could share them. And now here we are 500 shows later.

I gotta tell you after doing this show for 15 years, this modcast is really the first love letter to myself. I've collected some of my favorite artists and a few of my favorite songs, fitting them all into a strange little theme that Mrs. Suave came up with. I struggled to figure out a good way to hang 500 shows together for this one particular modcast. I just couldn't come up with a good theme. And then she dropped this little gem on me. Let's see if you can figure it out. If you do, let me know.

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Episode 499: Modcast #499:Your Virgin Ears

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 01:20:49 +0000

Modcast #499 gives you a big blast of power poppin', old school, punk and new wave. Get your musical wet suits on and your oxygen tanks topped off so you can join me on another deep dive into some more obscure and less championed tracks of the past.

As always find a complete track list, bonus third set, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at As always find a complete track list, bonus third set, and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2021/11/modcast-499-your-virgin-ears.html.

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Episode 498: Modcast #498: Here Comes The Nice

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:00:44 +0000

Modcast #498 is gonna leave you breathless. I've got a great line up of great music for all of you my great listeners. I've got something solid, something cold, something checkered, something amplified, from punk rock to garage rock to northern soul to power pop, I've got all the bases covered.

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Episode 497: Modcast #497: Come Join The Masquerade

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:01:51 +0000

DJ Ken has done it again. He's mixed a Halloween cake that is sure to knock your costume off with Louis, Lizzy, Siouxsie, Curry, Dolly, Lefty and so much more.

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Episode 496: Modcast #496: Ease On Down To The Lounge

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:25:43 +0000

Right this way, watch your step, the bar's open, get yourself a table and we'll bring you a drink.

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Episode 142: Modcast #142: Soundtrack for Groovy Living

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:55:33 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. This week's show is nothing short of loungerific, with some groovy instrumentals, some swingin' covers, and just lots of cool songs from beginning to end. [Original broadcast October 4, 2009]

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Episode 495: Modcast #495: The Real Deal

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 17:44:59 +0000

This week's show is the real deal, complete with the hip shaking you want, and the head banging you need.

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Episode 494: Modcast #494: The Triple Play

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:40:07 +0000

It's the end of the season, the pennant race is on, the fall classic is looming. So, of course I had to call up some ringers to talk baseball and music. First up is DJ Ken from The Shingles, and batting cleanup is none other than Vista Blue front man, Mike Patton. All baseball related songs of course, and a few of baseball's greatest play calls as well.

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Episode 493: Modcast #493: Diver Down

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:37:17 +0000

You know the artists but do you remember these tracks? I've got deep cuts from the back catalogs of some of our favorite bands on this week's show. These are the songs that often get forgotten, or overshadowed by the bigger hits. We all know their hits, everyone knows their popular albums, and the true fans will know a lot of the back catalog for all the bands here, I'm sure. But I'm guessing even those diehards don't play many of these tracks very often.

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Episode 492: Modcast #492: Summer's Slipping Away

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:00:19 +0000

Indeed, it's the end of the summer season and just in the nick of time here comesguest hosts DJ Ken and Michael Simmons to say a final farewell with their annual summer shindig.

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Episode 491: Modcast #491: The Future Is Bright

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 19:27:41 +0000

If the future is so bright you gotta wear sunglasses, the music of now is so great you gotta turn up the volume. Lucky listeners out there are gonna get hipped to some very cool new music from garage pop to punk rock to soul, got it all going on right now, right here. You're welcome.

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Episode 490: Modcast #490: All Funked Up

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:04:02 +0000

Here comes some super soul tunes with such rounded edges that it gives 'em a smooth, swaggering vibe the likes of which your ears will be begging for more. This will have movin' and groovin' and slidin' and glidin' as you bump and hustle across the floor. Relax people, it's okay to like it.

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Episode 489: Modcast #489: Stirring Things Up With Big Stir Records

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 18:06:12 +0000

Power pop lovers of all stripes are probably well aware of the guests joining me on this modcast: Rex and Christina co-founders of Big Stir Records. We talk about turning a live scene into a record label and some of the new --and old-- acts they're bringing to your ears.

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Episode 488: Modcast #488: Play Em Again Suave

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:37:33 +0000

We're just a little past the half way mark for this year and already it's shaping up to be a great one as far as new music goes. A lot of music rumbles through my ears, and lately these are the artists who are in heavy rotation here at Suave headquarters. There are definitely some solid contenders for my annual best of list at the end of the year. These are acts I've already hyped this year, but the music is so good I decided I'd better play 'em again.

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Episode 487: Modcast #487: Here Comes The Ice Cream Man

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 17:25:39 +0000

Ages ago I discovered this great blog (yes blog!) called Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More. It was highlighting all the exact types of music that I loved. Eventually that morphed into the fantastic Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Podcast and Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Records, run by the even more fantastic prince of power pop promotion, Wayne Lundqvist Ford. I'd be shocked --shocked I tell you-- if you could find anyone who has done more to promote independent artists playing all the great types of mod friendly music from power pop to northern soul and everything in between. His compilations featuring new and old bands and are legendary for breaking new sounds as well as sometime being so vast you're riding high for weeks listening to them all.

So, I invited him to chat about new music, old music, what is good music, and more. He even kindly brought some brand new tunes to share with us all.

BTW: Wayne guest hosted a couple of modcasts back in the day, one of which has even survived into the present: Modcast #276: With Guest Host The Ice Cream Man.

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Episode 486: Modcast #486: Today's Hit Parade

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:46:31 +0000

The sounds may cover the decades, but they're all now sounds from now bands. With nods to past eras aplenty, all of the band here are pumping out great, new music.

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Episode 485: Modcast #485: Down With The Upstroke

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:25:34 +0000

Time to get down with the upstroke, the Jamaican R&B shuffle that is the foundation of ska music. Got lots of cool music for you this week with some new ska, some unlikely ska, some ska covers -- hey can't have a ska show without covers can you.

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Episode 484: Modcast #484: Summer Solstice Sounds

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:35:02 +0000

I've queued up some sunshine pop for your summer listening enjoyment. It's summer in Seattle, and a few other places around the world as well, and that means it's time for some sunshiney sounds. I've got lots of new tunes and few older ones to keep you cool on those hot summer nights.

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Episode 483: Modcast #483: All Things Star Collector

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:10:48 +0000

This week I was fortunate to connect with the lead singer of Vancouver, BC's Star Collector (Bandcamp, Facebook). It was a fun conversation about the band, his inspirations and what he's listening to currently. Star Collector's latest album, their first in about 15 years, is Game Day and it is a rip roaring power pop ride from start to finish. Highly recommended, as is anything from their four earlier LPs. You won't be disappointed.

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Episode 482: Modcast #482: Mr. Suave Sells Out (15th Anniversary Show)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:19:57 +0000

Fifteen years in and the modcast is still going strong. Stronger than strong having just recently passed 1,162,585 visitors to mistersuave.com, and over over 500,000 downloads and streams of the modcast since it's inception in 2006. Big thanks to all the fans and friends who've been listening down the years.

We're all products of good marketing these days. Good marketing often includes good music. So this week DJ Ken joins me in showcasing some of the great songs that have been sold out to hawk all manner of products and outlets.

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Episode 481: Modcast #481: Breaking New Sound Too

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:35:56 +0000

Here it comes. Another shotgun scatter of new tunes. Breaking New Sound Too. There is so much cool new music out there that one Modcast alone can't hip you to all the mod friendly sounds that abound. Last week's Modcast #480: Breaking New Sound was a huge success (fastest one ever to 3000 streams), and there were so many more songs and bands I wanted to highlight, I did something rare and threw together a part 2 for this week's listening.

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Episode 480: Modcast #480: Breaking New Sound

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 14 May 2021 22:39:42 +0000

Sixteen great artists all breaking new sound for you on the Modcast. I've got some power pop for you, some garage rock, some straight up punk rock, some soulful stuff, a bit of indie rock. What do they all have in common? They're all excellent. What else would you get on Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World?

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Episode 479: Modcast #479 Tasty Waves & Hot Licks

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 02 May 2021 00:03:11 +0000

The tide is high, the surf's up, and it's time to wax your stick and hit water. Got an ocean full of garage rock, punk rock, and surf rock.

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Episode 478: Modcast #478: This Is It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:13:52 +0000

No more rehearsing and nursing of parts, this is it, the show of shows, and who knows what heights we're gonna hit with this one. They say a good day starts with a good breakfast. So, a good week should start with a good modcast. Kick off your week with Modcast #478: This Is It.

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Episode 477: Modcast #477: Gateway Drugs

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:54:09 +0000

What was your first musical crush? What was the band that was a gateway to other similar acts? That's the focus of this week's modcast with Mary Queen of Cosmos joining in the fun. And it's a monster. One of the longest ever. Action packed from top to bottom with a crazy mix of genres from acid jazz to punk to soul.

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Episode 476: Modcast #476: And Now For Something A Little Different

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:41:50 +0000

This modcast is a happy hour in and of itself, the perfect accompaniment to your own cocktail party. That's the good thing about modcasts, they're always there when youw want them. So hit the pause button and go mix yourself a tasty libation, don't be stingy with the booze, Mr. Suave doesn't allow subtle drinks. Then sit back and let this one wash over you from a completely fresh angle.

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Episode 475: Modcast #475: Time Won't Let Me

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 23:05:03 +0000

From old school to new cool Modcast #475: Time Won't Let Me is packed with great music of the power pop, garage rock, mod friendly variety. Plus Dean Hoth from The Eddies drops in to talk about the band's new album and upcoming projects.

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Episode 474: Modcast #474: For your Listening Pleasure

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:20:20 +0000

Great line up for this go around with a little bit of everything from some soul to ska to psych-pop to garage rock.

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Episode 473: Modcast #473: Look Sharp feat Oliver Orton of Sharp Class

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:19:57 +0000

I'm joined this week by Sharp Class (formerly Subculture) frontman, mod singer and songwriter, Oliver Orton. Listen as we discuss the band, their latest single, their videos, some of Oliver's fave songs and more.

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Episode 472: Modcast #472: More Sounds Of Now

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:03:26 +0000

Here are 20 tracks, the sounds of now, guaranteed to perk up your ears, all perfect for your listening pleasure.

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Episode 471: Modcast #471: DJ Parka Pat's Got You Covered

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:25:21 +0000

Record collector and Mod DJ extraordinaire, Parka Pat the man from the Parka Avenue Blog and the Addicted to the Needle podcast, brings some of his rare 45's to the modcast. Specifically, he's sharing some great cover versions of classic tracks. And, as a special bonus for the modcast faithful he brings us an exclusive, a 45 single that isn't available to listen to anywhere else. Join us as we talk about record collecting, DJing, scooter trips and all things mod.

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Episode 470: Modcast #470: 20 From 2020

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:54:33 +0000

Kicking off 2021 with the obligatory best of 2020. And yes there were some bests in 2020, expecially when it came to music. Here the are some of favorite tracks from last year. Have a listen, knock back a cold something or other, and get ready for the next 12 months of musical mayhem. Cheers friends!

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Episode 469: Modcast #469: Surviving Christmas

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 01:14:04 +0000

Christmas in 2020 is like none other before it. This year it's al about remembering the before, getting through the the during, and hoping for the after. Feel good music is the perfect present for your ears. DJ Ken joins me in mixing before, during and after songs for your seasonal survival. Here's to next year!

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Episode 468: Modcast #468: Sixties Dance Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:15:05 +0000

Shine your shoes, put on your best threads, and get your talcum powder, it's time to dance your ass off at home alone one more time this year. Here's a couple of sets with the full on garagesoulr&b vibe that is guaranteed to put your toes to tappin.

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Episode 467: Modcast #467: Hip New Sounds

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:48:28 +0000

Covid is raging around the world. It's clear many musicians are using this time to tap into their inspiration and some great music is being written and recorded these days in spite of all the daily horrors. I've got a whole bunch of it cued up for you. Originally, my plan for this modcast was to do a new and used show with new and old music mixed. But I realized I've been remiss of late in highlighting all the great new music coming out in the past couple of months so decided to just focus on all the new stuff. Hope you dig it as much as I do.

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Modcast #466: 21st Century Garage Rock Reenvisioned

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:51:09 +0000

Join me on my deep dive into modern garage rock, all from around the turn of the century. A new century required a new garage rock sound. And we got it. Built around buzzed out, guitar driven buzzsaw sounds and incorporating elements of everything from soul to grunge to modern alternative rock, all aimed at keeping the garage sound fresh but still recognizable.

If you love garage rock of any era and variety, like I do, then get over to mistersuave.com and in the show notes for this modcast I've got links to all of the garage rock shows I've done over the modcast's 14 year span. Nine such shows to be exact, and there are links to all of them up at mistersuave.com.

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Modcast #465: The Devil Made Me Do It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:19:56 +0000

Lucky you, you get to listen to DJ Ken's 13th annual halloween modcast, the unluckiest of modcast spooktaculars. Twenty tracks of ghoulish greatness. Like candy corn for your ears.

You can catch up with any of the 12 past annual halloween modcasts right here.

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Modcast #464: Who Did It Better?

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:12:03 +0000

Welcome to Modcast #464: Who Did It Better in which I will undoubtedly piss off a bunch of people by proclaiming various covers to be far superior versions than the original songs themselves. Change my mind!

Be sure to check out the tracks that just barely got cut from the show. You can find all the videos for that bonus third set on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com.

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Modcast #463: We Have Lift Off!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:42:49 +0000

Houston we have a problem, too much great music for just one modcast! From soul to power pop to punk to sixties styled R&B, I've got a great show standing on the launching pad ready to blast off to your ears. Crank up the volume on your headset and get ready to be blown outta this world.

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Modcast #462: Skankin' To The Beat

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:13:00 +0000

Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up. Welcome to the skacast. Mr. Suaves Mod Mod world is going rocksteady this week with a full load of new ska and reggae tunes for you. I've mixed up a potent brew of new ska and reggae for you all. Your welcome.

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Modcasst #461: The Lockdown Sound

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 21:43:14 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's locked down, shut down, quarantined mod world. Periods of upheaval and trauma often result in amazing bursts of art -- physical art, written art, recorded art, all sorts of art. Since right after the global shut down I started scouring the interwebs for artists who were producing new music from lockdown. And I found it. Lots of it. More than one modcast could possibly contain. I'm not gonna do another one, at least not right away. So you'll just have to enjoy this one.

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Modcast #460 Buy Or Beware

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:01:35 +0000

That's right I'm having a big ol' fire sale on great music and you had better buy into the proposition or beware the consequences, like missing out on some kick ass music.

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Modcast #459: In The Style Of

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:51:13 +0000

Long have groups mixed soul with jazz and pop, infusing it all with strings and horns, and often synthesizing throughout. Lots of mod and mod friendly bands have experimented with sophistipop over the years, ultimately paving the way for the acid jazz sound that we've all come to love. Here then are some from across the span of time of the modcast that have dabbled in such sophisticated songmanship.

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Modcast #458: The Doctor Will See You Now

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 17:05:46 +0000

Are you feeling run down and unwell due to a lack of good music? Don't worry, Dr. suave here to prescribe the best medication for your condition. I'm proscribing two sets of perfectly mixed music which will have you rocking out in no time at all.

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Modcast #457: Summer Easy Chillin'

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:14:12 +0000

It's summertime and the livin' is easy. Let the summer wind come blowin' in as you listen to two sets of laid back, summertime tunes, perfect for relaxing on the patio with some gin and tonic.

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Modcast #456: Right On Target

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:43:49 +0000

Two sets of absolutely fabulous music for the modern mod. This week's modcast is a dynamite show with two sets jam packed with mod friendly songs, every one of 'em a winner. Don't believe me? Just listen to this. You'll be glad you did.

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Modcast #455: Endless Bummer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:01:49 +0000

DJ Ken & Michael Simmons are at the controls this week, dialing in the summer season.

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Modcast #454: 3 Chords, 3 Minutes & Skinny Ties

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:08:10 +0000

Three minutes, three chords, and skinny ties is the one of the best recipes for music. This week I've got your full meal deal of mostly late 70s and early 80s power pop. The tracks here are what I fondly call lesser lights, not as a slight, but rather as an acknowledgement that they should've been so much more. There are at least a dozen shoulda been hits right here in this modcast.

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Modcast #453: Better Things

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 20:08:50 +0000

What a time to be alive. None of us has ever lived through a pandemic like this. Around the world people are affected in different ways and to different degrees. One thing that for me is a constant comfort is music. I've been listening to a lot of classic tracks the past couple of months. Like comfort food, this is comfort music. I love my comfort foods from ice cream to mac and cheese to chex mix. And of course all the cocktail accompanists. So motown to lounge, power pop to jazz, and all manner of genres in between. I call it ear candy, and it is helpful in soothing the soul.

So, I thought I'd reach out to some friends, various musicians, DJs, artists, and so on and find out what it is they're listening to during these tough times. What's their go-to comfort music? Joining me are Neal from Modest Proposal, Don from The Inciters, Dfactor Dave, Andrè M, Mike from Vista Blue, Wayne from The Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More, and Parka Pat from Addicted to the Needle podcast.

Here then is what they came up with, mixed in with a couple of sets of my own picks, one set from the sixties and one from the eighties. I hope it makes you feel as good as it does me.

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Modcast #452: Even Bigger Bowlful O' Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 25 May 2020 22:21:15 +0000

Got your best threads on? Gor your rhythm shoes ready? Put some talcum on the hardwoods and get ready to groove baby, because you're about to get funked. I've mixed up a full show of funky, chunky, sometimes discoey soul just for you.

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Modcast #451: Songs for the Cocktail hour

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 17 May 2020 23:30:00 +0000

It's happy hour somewhere, and to celebrate Mary Queen of Cosmos joins me to share some great music for you cocktail hour. We've got now sounds from back then, and new tunes with old twists. So, mix yourself a tasty libation, and get ready to get happy.

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Modcast #450: Music For Hanging Out

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 09 May 2020 19:55:09 +0000

Spring is in the air, the grill is hot and the cocktails are cold, and here's your soundtrack for just kicking back and enjoying life. All new music this week, with lots of power pop, garage rock and soulful vibes coming your way.

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Modcast #449: The Innocents Ride Again

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 01 May 2020 21:59:19 +0000

The 1980s, 2-stroke terrors of So Cal's Inland Empire ride again. This week a few old scooter buddies join me in celebrating all of our shelter in place orders. From our old days riding around southern California as the way too pretentious Innocents 21+ ESC, to our graying geezerhood, we pulled together a few tracks each for this thematic show.

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Modcast #448: Best Laid Plans

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:21:54 +0000

You know the old saying, man plans and the gods laugh. Well they had a good chuckle when another planned modcast sort of crashed and burned. So with almost no time to prepare our old friend and sometime guest host, DJ Ken, partnered up with me to throw together a show on the fly, slapdash style. We spun up the relevant music machines and came up with a nice mix of tunes. Hopefully, we can rebuild the other show bigger, better, faster and showier.

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Modcast #447: Kids Want Hits

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:09:14 +0000

It's not just the kids, everybody wants hits these days. So, here you go, some great, feel good music to get you through the day. Got lots of new tunes, as well as a few past classics. Enjoy.

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Modcast #446: C-19, Not C-86

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:58:58 +0000

Modcast #446: C-19, Not C-86 Mary Queen of Cosmos vents her coronavirus frustrations and I clap back with some happier tracks featuring the likes of The Lambrettas, Squire, Rancid, Orgone, Wolf Alice, Elvis Costello, Time Zone, Car Seat Headrest,Small Faces, The Clash & more.

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Episode 445: Modcast #445: Don't Touch Me I'm Sick!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:14:50 +0000

It's gone airborne! From under self-imposed quarantine in Seattle, the corona virus capital of America, here comes Modcast: #445 Don't Touch Me I'm Sick! Wash your hands, adjust your mask, don't touch your face, and whatever else you do turn up the volume.

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Modcast #444: The Rim Ram Room

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:44:51 +0000

Time something a little different. I've packed out this show with mid-century rat packers, swingers, and singers such as Frank Sinatra, Wynonie Harris, Bobby Darin, Dinah Washington, Julie London and more.

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Modcast #443: For The Love Of Rock & Roll

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:12:47 +0000

If you're a music lover like I am than you will love this modcast. I've got a little bit of everything from punk to pop, new to old, sweet to pervy. Don't believe me, just listen in and try not to like the tunes I've got in the mix.

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Modcast #442: Faves of 2019

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:49:19 +0000

It's time for my annual look back of some of the songs that I really liked last year. Are these the best of 2019? To be sure they should be included in any best of round-up, but there were lots of great artists who produced a lot of great music last year. These then are the tracks that really jumped out at me, that got lodged in my head and my playlists. Enjoy this quick listen back as you begin listening forward to 2020.

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Modcast #441: Long Time Coming with Neal Augenstein from Modest Proposal

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:35:23 +0000

Neal Augenstein from Modest Proposal drops into the captains chair for this week's Modcast #441: Long Time Coming and brings a raft full of classic tracks to share. And, some news too. Modest Proposal is doing their first reunion show in over a decade, Sunday March 15th and along for the ride are their special guests from New York, Mod Fun. Here's the link for tickets and more info. Be sure to get tix soon as space is limited and these are going to go fast: https://www.pearlstreetwarehouse.com/e/modest-proposal-w-mod-fun-87485462373/

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Modcast #440: Christmas Potluck Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:29:28 +0000

Are your merry bells ringing? They will be after you hear me and DJ Ken jingle our jangles at this year's modcast Christmas potluck party. We had a little of this and a lot of that, and threw together a hodge podge of Christmas music past and present.

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Modcast #439: Rock On!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:58:23 +0000

This week's modcast rocks hard. It's a great collection of new tunes from garage to power pop and everything in between. Turn your speakers up to eleven.

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Modcast #438: The Soulution

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 18:47:30 +0000

If you've got a musical problem then this modcast is your soulution. Jam packed with fillers, thrillers and killers, guaranteed to get your blood pumping and to your toes tapping.

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Modcast #437: It's Later Than You Think (Halloween, 2019)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:49:57 +0000

Halloween is here, mostly on time even if later than you think. And DJ Ken from The Shingles is back with his annual corn maze of music, this time around he's going old school, new school, and all cool. Enjoy yourself.

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Modcast #436: Alexa can you hear me?

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:56:43 +0000

If you have an Alexa, or any digital assistant, you know how musically inept it can be. Mary Queen of Cosmos, and the biggest abuse of Alexa ever, joins me as we set to prove just how horrible Alexa's musical prowess really is.

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Modcast #435: Lean Into It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:36:01 +0000

Here we go again with Modcast #435, short and sweet and packed with great music as always.

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Modcast #434: Blast Off!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:38:59 +0000

Here comes another full show of cool new music, got some power pop, some psychadelic garage sounds and a whole set of the ladies.

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Modcast #433: Done Messing Around

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:20:25 +0000

No more messing around, just bringing you a great music mix. Some new stuff. Some old stuff. And, it is all fun stuff.

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Modcast #432: Blues in the Beginning

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:14:49 +0000

Everyone knows that jazz and soul played a big part in the early mod scene, and so of course did the blues. Mostly white British youth became enamored of delta blues belted out by black American musicians in the mid to late '50s. The sounds of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, and Sonny Boy Williamson swamped London music clubs. A first wave of older players latched on to the music like Alexis Korner, Zoot Money, George Fame, Cyril Davies and Graham Bond. These early blues adopters took other younger musicians under the collective wings and mentored the future stars of the British invasion in rhythm & blues such as Long John Baldry, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Manfred Mann, Eric Burdon, Rod Stewart and more. It was these stars that the early mods embraced and turned into the icons of their burgeoning teen music scene. This then is the blues in the beginning of the mod era.

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Episode 431: Modcast #431: Jerry Dammers' Bootcamp

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:17:01 +0000

In 1980 musical currents were steeped in punk, post-punk, power pop, and new wave. The Specials were riding high off the success of their debut album, and founder Jerry Dammers pushed the band to immediately record a follow-up, More Specials. But rather than continue the DIY punked up ska and reggae they had mastered on their first LP Dammers pushed for doing something entirely different, something new and contrary to the popular sounds of the era. In an interview in mid-1980 Dammers said: "It's time for 2-Tone bands to begin getting experimental. Some of the home-grown ska has started to become a cliche. We've got to start all over again." So he drove The Specials in hard left turn creating an album of easy listening, exotica, lounge music. And young mods like yours truly ate it up. [Updated June 2025. For more modern exotica check out Modcast #582: Modxotica.]

We didn't realize we were cutting our teeth on lounge music and that it was training us up for the coming cocktail revolution of the 1990s. There's no doubt that Jerry Dammers trained mods to like lounge, exotica, tiki and other incredibly strange music that we embraced decades later. So who are the people Jerry really trained? Who are the graduates of Jerry Dammers' Bootcamp? DJ Ken from The Shingles joins me in highlighting a few of Dammers contemporaries and his musical progeny.

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Modcast #430: All New Hits

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:45:17 +0000

What do you want? New music! When you want it? Right freakin' now! Modcast #430: All New Hits has it all from the likes of The Heck, Geoff Palmer, Librarians with Hickeys, Amoeba Teen, the Skints, Jonny Magus & The Bursting Bubbles, Pale Lips, Oliver Kennan and lots more.

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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is the web's original modcast celebrating mod music & mod-influenced music from past eras including soul, ska, garage, 60s R&B, power pop, punk, britpop, acid jazz, lounge, easy listening & more. Mod friendly music mixes since 2006. #mod #mods #powerpop #soulmusic #ska #garagerock #sixties #modrevival #modcast

Modcast #429: The Sass of Brass

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 17 May 2019 01:32:05 +0000

Here it is one of the horniest modcasts ever. That's right this modcast is stacked with horns. All made from brass ... even most of the woodwinds.

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Modcast #428: Pressed to Impress

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:59:11 +0000

I've been pressed to impress myself of late. Got me a new suit, some new ties and have been upping the game with a bit more effort to step out with style. But, the music is still the same. So, here we go again with a great set of new music, along with a few older gems to round out the mix.

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Modcast #427: All Together Now

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 22:15:21 +0000

This week's modcast sort of came together by accident, as some of my best shows do. It didn't start out that way, but eventually as I was working on things the theme presented itself and I thought it would work pretty well. As you listen I'm sure it won't be hard for you to nail down what the theme is. No matter the theme it's a nice mix of funky, soulful, acid jazz goodness.

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Modcast #426: Coming On Strong!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:20:16 +0000

You know when you're at a baseball game and as soon as you hear the crack of the bat you know it's a homerun? That's this show folks. Tons of great new music for you. So, get yourself a hotdog, some peanuts, and a cold one as you enjoy this week's modcast.

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Modcast #425: Garage Rockin' Through the 80s

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:44:20 +0000

Hello garage rockers, are you ready to rock and roll? Special delivery to you on this modcast is some great old 80s garage rock. It's loud and brash, with lots of fuzzy guitars and pounding drums. The girls will all be in miniskirts and gogo boots, while the boys will have Prince Valiant hair and lotsa paisley shirts. This show is packed with great music, some of it a little obscure as I've chosen some deeper tracks that maybe don't get played as much. So packed that you won't even hear groups like Gravedigger V, Tell-Tale Hearts, Pandoras, Crawdaddy's, or the Fuzztones. But you do get is going to blow you away.

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Modcast #424: Front and Center

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:30:08 +0000

Finally! Welcome to the modcast kids, I've got a great show lined up for you. Out here in the Pacific Northwest we just survived Seattle's snowpacalypse. We got over a foot of snow here in West Seattle at Suave Mannor and spent the past week housebound. That doesn't usually happen out here. Rain yes, a little snow sometimes, but not like this. It was Seattle's biggest snowfall in almost 100 years, but being snowed in did give me time to work up this modcast. Some new stuff, some old stuff, all great stuff.

Modcast #423: The Mod Jazz Organization

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:39:17 +0000

I can't remember who but a while back somebody messaged me and asked if I'd do a whole show of cool organ jazz, and well here it is. The first one at least. I've got a couple of other organ shows brewing in the back of my mind. But this one is all just cool jazz numbers really. Some by artists you're sure to recognize and some by a few that might be new to you.

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Modcast #422: Faves of 2018

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:47:30 +0000

This is it, the end of another year. 2018 is bowing out and 2019 is stepping up to the plate. This past year was a pretty damn good one for new music. So much so that it's taken me weeks to really filter through the crop and pick just the ripest bits of tasty musical fruit. Tons of good bands simply didn't make the cut, not because they didn't produce good stuff, but just because I only have one more hour this year and so you're going to get just the tastiest bits. The bands that didn't make the show could have a show of their own like The Mads, The Chats, Alkaline Trio, Faz Waltz, Outtacontrollers, the Darts, The Vaccines, The Interrupters, and The Laissez Faires. Which means what remains is going to give you one hell of a ride.

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Modcast #421: Blowing Up Christmas

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:29:29 +0000

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and you know what that means. Time for another modcast office Christmas party. At past parties DJ Ken and I have thrown up on Christmas, been blown away by Christmas, blown off Christmas, but this year we're blowing up Christmas.

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Modcast #420: And On And On And On

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:40:02 +0000

Here we are twenty plus years past the heyday of Britpop and the internets are all atwitter wondering whether or not we're having a Britpop revival. Can you really revive something that never died? Maybe it's more of a Britpop resuscitation. Either way I settle the debate and put the question of a Britpop revival to bed on an all new, supersized modcast.

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Modcast #418: Mr. Suave's Swingin' Cocktail Lounge

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 21:40:03 +0000

Call it lounge music, cocktail music, exotica, jetset bachelor pad music, whatever, if it swings then its in the mix this week.

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Modcast #417 Death Is Amongst Us (Halloween 2018)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 04:59:37 +0000

There's a lot of Zombies in this year's Halloween modcast. It's a scary one with zombies, gravediggers, devils, and even hipsters. DJ Ken from the Shingles is back as the head devil for his 11th annual haunting halloween blowout, Modcast #417: Death Is Amongst Us.

Missed one of the others? Here's ten pumpkin's full of rockin' Halloween tunes.

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Modcast #416: Do The Dance Around

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:30:35 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, and this time around I'm delivering some new tunes, some older tunes, some soul, some power pop, basically a little bit of everything. And, I'm excited to have found and have a chance to share with you one special track.

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Modcast #415: Garage Stompin' in the Sixties

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:03:14 +0000

Put on your stovepipe pants, slip into a paisley shirt and get your chelsea boots shined up, it's time to slip back to the sixties for some raw and raucous cave-stompin garage rock.

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Modcast #414: iMod Shuffle Vol. VI

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:00:55 +0000

Oops, the iPod did it again. I'm either too busy or too lazy to curate my own modcast this week. That's right it's that time again, time for the old iPod to shuffle up a batch of random acts of music excellence. So, here's your chance to peek behind the curtain as it were and see what's lurking on my disk drives. Let's set the iPod on shuffle and be on our way.

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Modcast #413: Suburban Sunset

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 00:48:59 +0000

Prepare for a soundgasm of good music on this week's show. Stir up a strong something or other, sit back on the old porch and watch the sun go down while sweet, sweet music soothes your soul.

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Modcast #412: This Is Where It's At

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 23:26:25 +0000

This week's show is short and sweet. You know what they, size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it. And I do some amazing things this week with lots of new songs, as well as a couple older tracks.

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Modcast #411: Behind The Music Vol. II

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 19:49:29 +0000

After a dozen years of modcasting the tables were finally turned in episode 400 when I was the one getting grilled by Mary Queen of Cosmos in Mr. Suave Behind The Music volume one. And now it's time for Behind The Music volume two with more on scenes, fanzines, the intersection of the mod scene with cocktail culture and the beginnings of Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World.

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Check out Modcast #400: Mr. Suave Behind The Music Vol. I. Mary Queen of Cosmos sat me down and tortured me with booze to get the real story of how I ended up here. From The Bangs to The Who to Edwin Starr to oh so many more.

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Modcast #410: Hold Steady, More Rocksteady

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 16:07:08 +0000

Tons of cool, new music all up in the modcast this week, and all of it of the ska, reggae, rocksteady, dub variety.

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Modcast #409: André M's One Handed Shuffle

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:58:06 +0000

I've got a special treat for you this week. Guest hosting is UK musician and composer André M. André has been pushing out some fantastic, hammond-based soul, funk and R&B for a bit now. When you hear what he's listening to you'll understand why his music is so much fun to listen to. Check out his debut album ‘Cheriton Drive’ and 45s 'Sneaky Thief' and the double A side 'Kenzy's Choice'/'Dap And Dip'. More music is on the way, too.

e-mail: andrem@set2records.com
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Modcast #408: It's Still Rock & Roll To Me

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:18:14 +0000

Welly, welly, well, sirs, here it is. Start. Stop. Turn it off and back on again maybe it will work. Lo, and behold the modcast is back up and running after some behind the scenes technical difficulties with my host, Podomatic. I don't know if it makes me feel better to know it wasn't just me that suffered, but most all of those who use Podomatic. But no matter everything seems to be back online and in order.

So, without further ado here is my F-U to trolls of the recent weeks who felt the need to tweet or comment on the Facebook show about how terrible this show is. I think one of them said my voice was like listening to nails on a chalkboard. I've always said I had a face for radio and a voice for silent films, so it isn't like I haven't been upfront about this! My first thought was to actually use recordings of nails on chalkboards, but I was too lazy to spend the time to do all that. Most of the complaints were actually about content; apparently my choices aren't mod enough. I beg to differ for so many reasons, mostly because they're wrong. You can listen in to hear my reasoning and judge for yourself.

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Modcast #407: The Obligatory Promotion of Mike's New Album

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 26 May 2018 16:14:52 +0000

The Shingles (don't Google that on a full stomach) are in the driver's seat this week. Ken and Mike team up for some cool tunes and discussing Mike's new album First Days of Summer, among other bullshit.

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Episode 406: Modcast #406: Your Mileage May Vary

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:01:53 +0000

If you're looking for new tunage you've tuned into the right show. Lots of cool new sounds for you to drown your earbuds in.

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Modcast #405: Play Ball with Mike from Vista Blue

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:40:16 +0000

It's baseball season so I've called up a promising prospect to give this week's modcast some real slugging power. Mike Patton from Vista Blue joins me this week to talk baseball, music, and baseball music. He's submitted a line up that is sure to win. So put on your rally caps, get yourself an overpriced beer and a cold hot dog because it's time to play ball!

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Modcast #404: New Cool Old School

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 22:25:26 +0000

Jazz has always played a big part of the mod lifestyle, indeed it was arguably the founding sound of the original mods. Over the years R&B, soul, power pop and other musical styles have become even more dominant in some ways. But elements of jazz always have been and always will be a mainstay of mods the world over. I'm not a deep jazz cat by any means, but I like jazz. I've got lots of jazz favorites like from the early stuff like Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Count Basie, and of course all the various flavors of mod jazz from Jimmy Smith, Chico Hamilton, Miles Davis, and so on. So, this week I'm veering a little more contemporary with more modern mod friendly jazz acts.

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Modcast #403: Hard To Beat

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:00:56 +0000

Hard to beat, as in both the music in this week's show and the flu that's been going around. I may have been down, but I'm not out. In fact, this week I'm in, way in, with new music and old.

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Modcast #402: Still Another Bowlful O' Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:54:26 +0000

Get the funk up outta your chair and start movin' and groovin' to that souled out beat. From across the decades comes another bowlful of sizzling soul tracks, new, old, classic and everything in between.

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Modcast #401: The Last Gasp

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:06:37 +0000

Here it is, the first of the modcast's second 400 shows! Egads. What will happen first, Trummp's impeachment or my last modcast? Stay tuned to find out. And in the meantime enjoy one last dip into the year in music that was 2017.

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Modcast #400: Mr. Suave Behind The Music

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:05:52 +0000

Hitting a milestone this week with the #400th episode of the modcast. Mary Queen of Cosmos sits me down and tortures me with booze to get the real story of how I ended up here. From The Bangs to The Who to Edwin Starr to oh so many more.

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Modcast #399: Mr. Suave's Mod Tiki Christmast Extravaganza 2017

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:46:00 +0000

Another year, another Christmas modcast. The good tidings here are that at least this year we have a Christmas modcast! That's right I'm back with DJ Ken to bring you the yule you'll wish you could forget. And you just might if you keep up with us drink for drink for drink. And, being a tiki themed Christmas show you know there'll be more than just a smidgen of drinking happening. Hey without that it would hardly be a legally actionable office party. So, get your grass skirt hitched around and prepare to get lei'd for Christmas.

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Modcast #398: Have Yourself A Mary Little Christmas

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:32:53 +0000

And now for something completely different. Well, okay, not completely different. The difference-maker this week is Mary Queen of Cosmos who is bringing her sleigh full of Christmas spirits to the modcast. She's delivering an audio essay augmented with all the holiday music you could want. It's a more a true podcast in the style of This American Life, but with the perfect seasonal accompaniment.

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Modcast #397: Get Hip To The Beat

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:55:38 +0000

Welcome to Modcast 397, I'm inching ever closer to 400 all the time. This episode is chock full of new music, so turn it up to 11 and get ready to rock.

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Modcast #396: They Got You Covered

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:45:13 +0000

I'm baaaaaack. And with a very cool show of very cool covers. Everybody loves a good cover song. I've got a baker's dozen of them for you that showcase some of the best. What makes a good cover? Everybody has a different answer, but for me it's when a band surprises you somehow. Either with an atypical but spot on tribute, like The Ramones did on occasion, or when they simply outshine the original with a unique twist of some sort. Whatever it is that makes a good cover we all know one when we hear one, and you're going to hear a bunch on this modcast.

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Modcast #395: Back From The Dead (Halloween Mix 2017)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:51:58 +0000

After 10 years of torturing us with his halloween mixes DJ Ken is Back From The Dead with a mix so ghoulish it'll make you long for some pumpkin spice.

Gluttons for punishment will want to check out his 9 other mixes.

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Modcast #394: Give Yourself A Hand

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:36:53 +0000

So this is it, this is where the modcast jumps the shark ... again. All the music in the world and I'm busy making a jerk off mix. Hey, I just made it, you're listening to it. I hope. It wasn't the easiest modcast to put together either. Do you know how many songs there about self pleasure? It was hard to narrow it down. But I did. So get comfortable and listen in.

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Modcast #393: Caution Gerbils May Explode if Kicked

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:04:00 +0000

Action packed show this week, so hot it could explode into flames at any time.

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Modcast #392: What Is The Perfect Pop Song?

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:32:03 +0000

What is the perfect pop song? Good luck on getting an answer. Most of us can't agree on what a pop song is, let alone which ones are perfect. Or near to. But, Mary Queen of Cosmos had the guts, the chutzpah, the balls if you will, to take up Mr. Suave's challenge to figure out the modern day perfect pop song. It's a good show with quote, "a lot of good upstroking and downstroking", so you know you're going to enjoy it on some level. What do you think? What is the perfect pop song, if there is such a thing? Are any of these that? I'll be the judge. The jury. And the executioner. If the Queen of Cosmos is lucky she will while away the rest of her life in musical purgatory. But if she's lucky (hint, hint, I'm the judge) she won't have to pay for all the vodka she wasted making all those cosmos to make this show listenable.

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Modcast #391: Beat Party

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:02:35 +0000

Great line up on this week's show if I do say so myself. And I do. Lots of new music, as well as lots of great tracks from yesteryear.

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Modcast #390: Joe Strummer's Bootcamp

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 20:31:16 +0000

Unless you've been living under a rock you know all about the recent outbreaks of violence during protests, anti-protests, free speech marches, and so on. From Portland, OR to Portland, ME; Boston, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, Louisville. It seems like there is some sort of unrest just about everywhere. None of it more publicized though than the white supremacists and neo-Nazi's who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia. We shouldn't be surprised, this has happened many times before. Sadly, it will likley happen many times again.

A now famous quote from uber-contrarian Henry Rollins has been popping up in memes and social media over and over again. "This is not the time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for." That got me and Mary Queen of Cosmos thinking and drinking (we do a lot of both). Who are the people Joe trained? Who are the graduates of Joe Strummer's Bootcamp? This week's modcast highlights just a few.

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Modcast #389: Unofficial Tiki Oasis 2017 International Intrigue Mix

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 01:10:48 +0000

As is his usual modus operandi Ken from the cocktail syndicate is back with the officially Unofficial Tiki Oasis 2017: International Intrigue mix. It's really chapping my hide to have to listen to this since for the first time in a few years I'm not attending Tiki Oasis. I had to buy a roof and some siding for the house --neither of which I ever get to really look at you know seeing as they're on the outside and I'm on the inside-- which really put a dent in the old pocketbook. And following on the heels of my trip to New York, where the Suave's spent money like drunken sailors on leave, and ahead of an upcoming mele kalikimaka holiday expedition to the Hawaiian islands, money is tight. Like .... well never mind what it's tight like. Get a cocktail and loosen up for a good time.

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Modcast #388: Deep Diving the Revival

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:09:41 +0000

Welcome to Modcast #388 in which I deep dive the mod revival and post-punk late '70s early '80s mod revival this week. There are a few here that most of you will know, but much of the rest is a bit more obscure. But no less better for being less renowned that's for sure. If you know 'em all, and if you don't sit back and enjoy the show.

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Modcast #387: Twophers

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:42:39 +0000

It's double the listening pleasure, twice as nice, two times the fun, on all new Modcast #387: Twophers. Because, I'm playing two tracks from every artist this week. Started out with a couple of bands that I just couldn't decide which track to include, and so I thought what the hell I'll play both. And, so here we are with a whole of show of double doses of musical goodness.

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Modcast #386: The Shingles Ruin Summer Again

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:06:19 +0000

Only the second episode of season 11 and I'm already shirking my modcasting duties and turning the show over to The Shingles. DJ Ken is joined by Michael Simmons and the two deliver some seriously suave sounds for your summer soundtrack.

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Episode 385: Modcast #385: Back in the Saddle

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:12:15 +0000

I'm baaaaack. Did you miss me? My first extended sabbatical from the modcast is over. It only took 10 years for me to take a real break. That's right I've got ten full years of modcasting under my belt now. So welcome to season eleven. And that puts us at the halfway mark of 2017, so I've got lots of new music from the first of half of the year.

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Modcast #384: Something's Funky Up Here

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 08 May 2017 06:08:32 +0000

Hello funkonauts! This is the funkiest modcast in a long while, so I hope you're in for some very cool super soul. This is soul music, superfunkified, always cool, always fresh, sometimes jazzy, occasionally with a hint of acid, and never without a full dose of the disco. This is funky.

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Modcast #383: Now Sounds of the Jet Set

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:56:19 +0000

Flashback to 1968 and think go-go boots for her and cuban heels for him. All the while the groovy now sounds of the jet set generation are smoothing out the rough edges all around.

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Modcast #382: The Music Go Bang!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:17:36 +0000

This week's modcast is fully loaded and ready to explode with great music, new and old.

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Modcast #381: Screen Songs of the 60s

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 06:40:35 +0000

This week I am joined by the inimitable Mary Queen of Cosmos as we explore songs from films of the sixties. If you like movies, especially movies from that decade of decades, then you're going to love this week's modcast.

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Modcast #380: Mr. Suave's Grabbag of Goodies

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:23:44 +0000

From Britpop to power pop to indie pop I've got a grabbag full of all sorts of goodies on this week's modcast.

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Modcast #379: Some Pop In Your Punk

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:43:36 +0000

Two great tastes that taste great together, power pop and punk. Or, pop punk for short. I hesitate to call this a pop punk show but definitely leans in that direction. If you like those original pop punkers The Ramones, or Nikki & The Corvettes or The Go-Gos or The Muffs, Green Day, The Presidents of the United States, The Fastbacks, and so on then you are going to dig this week's show.

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Modcast #374: Get Hip!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:40:52 +0000

"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster." It worked for Steve Austin, and I'm hopin' it works for me. I'm going in for a hip transplant so I can get back to dancing, back to scootering and, just back to it all in general. This modcast is better, stronger, faster and totally hip.

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Episode 369: Modcast #369: It's A 60s Thing

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:08:10 +0000

Step into the wayback machine for a blast from the past. This week it's all sixties music top to bottom.

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Modcast #355: Jetset Swingin'

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:39:13 +0000

It's time to get easy, mod easy, with another episode of Mr. Suave's Swingin' Cocktail Lounge. That's right, it's time to explore the lounge side of mod with the now sound of the space-age, jetset, bachelor pad.

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Episode 352: Modcat #352: Pleased To Meet Me, Album 1, Side 1, Track 1

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:40:17 +0000

Every story starts somewhere. In music, every band or artist has a first album, and every album has a side one. Or, at least they used to when LPs ruled the day. And every side one has a track one. So this week you're going to hear a bunch of great bands very first introduction of themselves to you, the music loving public.

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Episode 348: Modcast #348: Mo' Bowls O' Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:24:49 +0000

The new year is upon us and you know what that means. It means you gotta put on your slickest dancing shoes and get ready to strut your stuff, it's time for another bowlful of soul, another totally souled out modcast.

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Modcast #337: The Fall Classics

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:47:45 +0000

Fall is in the air. Damn, seems like only last week I was doing a dog-days-of-summer soundtrack. Welcome to the changing of the seasons modcast. It's time for fall classics, so I've compiled a whole bunch of what I call fall classics for you, as well as paying homage to the fall classic which is going to sneak up on us pretty quickly now. So grab your glove, put on your rally caps because we're going out to the ball game, right after some brand new music.

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Episode 334: Modcast #334: Spotlight on Brian Wilson

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:45:31 +0000

RIP Brian Wilson. I've long argued that no Beach Boys means no Fun, Fun, Fun. Which means no Ramones., Which means no punk rock. No punk and there's no alternative music, no DIY musical rebellion, no Napster, no digital music, no streaming. you get the picture. Brian Wilson changed everything with a few musical notes.
[Updated June 11, 2025]

Summer is in full swing, even in Seattle. Though, in full disclosure this delightful ode to Mr. Wilson was crafted in warmer, sunnier, southerner climes. Namely that dried out husk of a region known as the Inland Empire of Southern California. In such a place you have to get your pleasure where you can. In this case it's a full dose of surf and sun inspired sixties pop sounds from Brian Wilson and Beach Boys and all collected, dusted off and spun up for you by two of The Shingles:regular guest host DJ Ken, and alternating summer special guest star Mike Simmons. Both are men of many talents not the least of which is knowing a good tune when they hear one. Slather on your cocoa butter and prepare to catch some rays.

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Episode 328: Modcast #328: Guaranteed Fillers, Thrillers & Killers

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 10 May 2015 18:20:50 +0000

If you asked me to DJ your dance party you'd get something kinda like this -- a whole set of floor filling, toe tapping, blistering rug cutters. I'll keep the chat to a minimum and let you just dig the deep grooves. Get to steppin'!

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Episode 327: Modcast #327: The Comp of Comps

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:13:29 +0000

Everybody likes a good compilation album. This week I'm highlighting a bunch of really great 80s comps from power pop to mod to punk. Back in the 80s when finding good music took more than a Google search and mouse click, compilation albums could help turn you on to new and cool sounds.

I remember finding the 20 Of Another Kind Vol. 2 album which had tracks from The Jam and Purple Hearts. At least half of the other bands on the album I'd never heard of before, but I bought it in the hopes of finding new mod friendly tunes. I bought a lot of compilations back then, and all of the records represented on this week's show were ones that I bought myself between 1980-1990, and played the hell out of them for years afterwards. I'm hoping to highlight some lesser known things, or some things that are otherwise hard to come by, so you may not be hearing a lot of your own favorites.

Speaking of which, if you had a favorite compilation back in the day, drop me a line on the show's Facebook page and let me know what it was.

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Episode 326: Modcast #326: Wow! Just Wow!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 03:02:21 +0000

Are you ready to be wowed? I've got a bunch of brand new music that is guaranteed to blow your socks off, as well some sixties beat music just to keep it interesting. So, make sure you've got the speakers turned up to 11 and you've got your dancing shoes on, because you're about to get wowed. [originally broadcast April 2015]

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Episode 325: Modcast #325: Saturday Morning Pop

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:27:10 +0000

Zoinks! Keep an on your cereal bowl kids, I'm taking aim at a bygone Saturday morning tradition and planning to blow it away. I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and their damn dog. Mod powers activate. Form of diamond geezer, shape of an aging ace...

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Episode 321: Modcast #321: Another Bowlful-O-Soul

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:12:17 +0000

This modcast is sizzling with soul. I'm still trying to recover from that heartbreaking loss the Seahawks suffered in the final seconds of the Sueprbowl last week. And, really the only way to get out of a funk like I've been in is ... well with something funky. So here it is, funkified for your pleasure.

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Modcast #310: The Misters Have It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:45:59 +0000

You can blame this modcast on honorary producer Mary Queen of Cosmos who was the inspiration for this week's show -- as she often has been in the past as well. Anyhow she recently sent me Otis Redding's Mr. Pitiful which Redding wrote and recorded in the Stax studios in 1964 and then released on his 1965 album The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads. But I digress. Ms. Mary challenged me to come up with a playlist to go with the song, and that's how we all end up here listening to some really kick ass music. She's also provided us with an excellent cocktail recipe which you can find on mistersuave.com. Trust me you'll want to take this one to heart ... or liver, as the case may be.

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Episode 302: Modcast #302: It's Got Some Kick To It

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:37:27 +0000

With the US, UK, Italy and Australia out of the World Cup now, there's no excuse for the countries that support Mr. Suave most to not be listening to this week's modcast. I've got almost as many new songs as Tim Howard had saves! From floor filling soul tracks to guitar driven power pop, this modcast can't be beat in regulation time. That's right this week's show is crammed full of new music from the likes Paul Weller, The Ace, The Blue Dawns, Fuzzy Vox, Paul Orwell, Smoove & Turrel and of course the ubiquitous more.

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Episode 300: Modcast #300: Eighth Anniversary - The Brill Bldg. Sound

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 30 May 2014 17:32:22 +0000

It's been eight crazy years I've been producing the modcasts. When I started the show was pretty basic and the focus was on the music. The show is still pretty basic and the focus is still on the music. It seemed fitting to celebrate the eighth anniversary with a stroll through a musical treasure trove. The Brill Building.

The Brill building is a big old art-deco thing that has one of the greatest music stories you could imagine. From the 1930s on the Brill Building has been at the center of American music; home to producers, writers, publishers, and musicians who all work and collaborate together.

“Expressing the optimism and outrage of the early civil rights movement, [the Brill Building catalog] amalgamated black, white, and Latino sounds before multiculturalism became a concept, much less a cliché, and integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools. It helped create a youth market – teenagers were a new breed of human being and a brand-new consumer category – and trafficked in teen idols from whom Justin Timberlake and the Simpson sisters directly descend.” -- Ken Emerson, Always Magic In The Air: The Bomp And Brilliance Of The Brill Building Era

The Brill launched the careers of the likes of Burt Bacharach, Paul Simon, Sonny Bono, Carol King, Neil Diamond, Paul Anka and many more. The Brill sound was made famous by Dionne Warwick, Lesley Gore, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Sonny & Cher, and many more. So, it seemed like as good a time as any to finally pay tribute to the Brill Building Sound.

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Episode 299: Modcast #299: I've Got Your Number

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 22 May 2014 22:06:16 +0000

Can you hear me now? Good. No busy signals, no call waiting, and no dropped calls on this week's modcast. It's telephone time in the mod mod world, and I've got the best hold music you've ever heard so stay on the line for some great telephone songs.

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Modcast #298: Flashback to '94

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:29:17 +0000

Just like some girls' mothers, some years are bigger than other years. One of the great mod friendly years in musical history happens to be back 20 years ago, Before the internet, before MP3s became ubiquitous, back to when vinyl was still dead, CDs ruled the musical universe. Before ipads, pods or phones. Hell John Major was still in 10 Downing street and things were just about to really get wild. 1994 brought us lounge music, pop punk, Britpop, and acid jazz. Now, I'm bringing 1994 to you.

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Episode 290: Modcast #290: Viva Bossa Nova!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:20:23 +0000

This week, I'm gettin' all easy up in the suave lounge and delivering you a whole show of Bossa Nova. Bossa Nova became an American,and international really, music staple in the 60s, and it is still immensely popular. For this week's show I'm gonna take you through some stuff that should be in every mods catalog as we celebrate that South American sensation, Bossa Nova. Most everyone is familiar with the most popular of Bossa Nova tracks like The Girl From Ipanema, So Nice, and Bim Bom. What I'm hoping to do is dig a little deeper and share some lesser known tracks, as well as a few more recognizable songs. (Originally broadcast 2014)

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Episode 288: Modcast #288: Mr. Suave's 2013 Christmas Rat Pack Extravaganza

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 20:46:50 +0000

Another year, another Christmas office party. For this year's rat pack Christmas celebration, I'm joined again by my sometimes sober co-host DJ Ken from The Shingles. This year's extravaganza is strictly BYOB. You bring the spirits and we'll bring the cheer. Bottoms up!

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Episode 286: Modcast #286: The Mod's Mod - Burt Bacharach

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:31:35 +0000

[Updated 2.09.23 It's a grey day now. I just don't know what to do with myself. The mod's mod, Burt Bacharach, has today walked on by. RIP.]

This week's show is a tribute to a man I consider as mod a composer, as mod a musician, as mod a man, as any mod out there. Mr. Burt Bacharach. (Be sure to check out my Mod-A-Day write up on Burt.)

Ever since his first chart hit --written for Nat King Cole in 1952-- Burt Bacharach has written music that swings with soul. He wrote a number of hits for northern soul singers like Jerry Butler as well as groundbreaking chart toppers like The Shirelles (arguably the first all-girl soul group to top the chart) not to mention sixties superstars like Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick and Sergio Mendes.

Bacharach has done it all. He's got grammys, emmys, and oscars. He's dated supermodels, hung with the rat pack, and even gave the Beatles a run for their chart supremacy. And then, somehow became the poster boy for easy listening as the king of lounge music during the cocktail music revival of the 90s.

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Modcast #281: I Wanna Be Your Dancemaster

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:59:36 +0000

I'm a rug cutter from way back. I can't help but get up and dance when a good song starts spinning. I mean if I had a sprained ankle, a fractured leg and a broken pelvis and one of these songs started playing, I would have to painfully drag myself out onto the dance floor and start struttin' my stuff. So, get out the talcum mods, and put on your dancing shoes and get to shuf-shuf-shuffling.

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Episode 278: Modcast #278: Time, Oh Give Me Time

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:27:34 +0000

Time. We are running out of it. All of us. Time is important. Right. How else do you get through the day? There is no way for us poor humans to not think about time. Try it. Try to not think about time right now. How long did you last? Exactly. See what I mean. And, as they say time is money. So you are gonna be rich by the end of this show. This week I've got a time theme going, and all of the songs are about some element of time. Seconds, minutes, hours, whatever, you can rest assured that because this is the Mod Mod World you know it's gonna be time well spent.

Quit wasting time!

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Episode 277: Modcast #277: Crime, Criminals, Punishment and Prison

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:24:33 +0000

How many songs about cops or crime are there? Well dozens, if you're just listening to The Clash. This week's modcast is all about crime and punishment, the cops and the criminals. Every song touches on some angle of the overall theme from The Clash to The Kirkbys, from the 60s to the 90s and beyond, it's a pretty popular theme.

First things first, quick shout out and thank you to the Ice Cream Man for hosting last week's show, and it was a pretty damn good show. He was fresh off the debut of his own power pop podcast which you can check out at his very excellent blog at icecreamman1967.blogspot.com.

Now reach for the sky mods, you've got a lot of crime to catch up on.

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Episode 276: Modcast #276: With Guest Host The Ice Cream Man

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:53:06 +0000

A big welcome back to The Ice Cream Man, guest hosting the modcast for a second time. He is hot off the debut of his own newly launched power pop podcast which you can find it at his most excellent blog, The Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More!.

If you're familiar with his blog, then you know that this will be a fantastic modcast with really great music from bands like The Riots, The Solicitors, The Judes, The Most and much more . What else would expect from The Ice Cream Man?

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Episode 271: Modcast #271: The Soundtrack of My Summer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:42:52 +0000

Sun. Surf. Sand. It's summertime, at least in California. Who better to give you a musical spray tan than guest hosts Ken from The Shingles and Mike from Sparkle*Jets UK? No one else can do to your ears what they can. So, get yourself a lot of gin and a little tonic, collapse onto your beach chair, and prepare to get some summer sun.

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Modcast #265: Doin' the iMod Shuffle III

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:15:45 +0000

This is the modern world. So proclaimed The Jam back in 1977. But how much more modern is the world today, as it is complete with iPods and mp3 players and more portable music than you can shake a tailfeather at?

When I first got into the mod scene portable music was a cassette tape played on a three pound Walkmen. Cassettes typically held a dozen songs, maybe 18-20 if you made a Ramones mixtape. But that was the best you could do if you wanted your music to go mobile.

Well, this indeed is the modern world. Now I have an iPod that has upwards of 6,000 songs on it, a phone that has a couple thousand more, and a laptop with a digital catalog of just over 30,000 songs. And in this digital musical dream world I have become a slave to shuffle.

So this week I'm bringing back the iMod shuffle. The whole show was picked out by my iPod's shuffle. This installment of the iMod shuffle is the result of a recent trip to the dog park with Kali Shiva and Dick Gibson (she's a goddess, and he's a dick). Anyhow, this modcast mix really did come up in exactly this order. That's the only rule for the iMod shuffle, I play it as it came up on the iPod -- these exact songs in exactly this order, no substitutions.

Have fun Doin' the iMod Shuffle.

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Episode 263: Modcast #263: Made in America, Mod in the USA

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:19:12 +0000

Made in the USA is a tag that means something over here. Sort of. At least it means it wasn't tiny-hand crafted by children in a third-world sweatshop. Supposedly. But, I digress. The point today is that made in the USA means mod in the USA. [Originally broadcast 2013]

Worldwide, the modness out there is almost palpable. Spain. France. Russia. The Netherlands. Philippines. Is there anywhere a mod band won't pop up these days? Short answer is no.

From the four corners of the earth we've got slick dressed chicks and dandified dudes. And all of them are backed up by a lot of sixties inspired, soul infused, garage rockin', freakbeat driving, pogoing powerpop, music. And hey guess what: I ain't talkin' about Britain. This is America, we're having our own little mod revival going right here in these good ol' United States.

That's right, this week's show is all Mod in the USA. All American bands representing different approaches to the mod scene -- soul bands, power pop bands, garage rock acts, I've got it all covered for you. So right here right now you can briefly stop being an anglophile and you can appreciate all the great American mod sounds.

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Episode 260: Modcast #260: Keepin' The Faith

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:19:45 +0000

Soul music really is the soul of mod. Since the 60s mods have had a love affair with soul music. It's amazing how big (and sometimes surprisingly subtle) an influence soul has been to music overall. Too many songs are really just soul songs gussied up in another genre whether it be garage, or lounge, or sophistopop or whatever. So, this week I'm taking you all out for a serious soul fling. Put your dancing shoes on, and get ready to get down. (Originally broadcast 2013)

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Modcast #259: Too Fast For You

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:43:56 +0000

Slow down, you say? I'm moving too fast, you say? Hurry up and get on the good foot, I say to you. Got a great show lined up for all you kids to dig. Want some Brit-pop? You got it. Yearning for a bit of soul music? You got it. Mod? power pop? Check. Check. Yup, got that covered too. Speaking of being covered, I've even got some cool covers of classic songs. Might I suggest you get yourself some booze, sit back, relax, and just enjoy the ride.

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Episode 254: Modcast #254: Mods' Christmas Faves

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:54:36 +0000

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Merry Grimble, ho ho ho and all that stuff. This is the time of year that all over the planet people are striving to be of good cheer. And the mods on the internet are no different. I have invited a bunch of mod bloggers, mod podcasters, mod friendly bands to tell us about their favorite Christmas song. You'll hear from guests The Bang with a special brand new acoustic Christmas track; Warren Peace of the We Are The Mods podcast; Jonny from mod band The Ace; Wayne from The Ice Cream Man and More Power Pop blog; cocktail diva Mary Queen of Cosmos; Dean from the Mod Soul Review Podcast and more. Oh yeah, and a few tracks of my own that I think are right nice around this time of year.

Mark you calendars folks because next week is the 4th Annual Suave Headquarters Office Christmas Party, when my co-host will be none other than Ken from The Shingles. See you then for more holiday shenanigans, Christmas music and mayhem all courtesy of the rat bastard who put so little punch in the office rum bowl.

Modcast #253: East Meets West With the Shibuya-Kei Soul Sound

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:58:14 +0000

East meets west with Shibuya-kei taking center stage in the mod world this week. Shibuya-kei was a 1990s music movement that wasn't about Tokyo's ultra-trendy and fashionable Shibuya district as it was about a rather lucky gathering of Japanese musicians who mixed bossa nova, soul, funk, jazz, techno and synthpop into a retro-futrist sound that was redundant yet fresh.

Shibuya-kei's most prominent artists -- Flipper's Guitar, Pizzicato 5, Love Tamborines, Kahimi Karie, Fantastic Plastic Machine and others -- mixed together everything from sixties pop and motown, to acid jazz, krautrock, French ye-ye and twee. The result was something like if Sergio Mendes and Burt Bacharach had a Japanese love child.

So this week I'm exploring the soul and style of Shibuya-kei and also exploring a few of the scenes influences, as well as some of it's offspring and distant cousins.

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Episode 252: Modcast #252: Do The Shu-Ga-Loo

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:45:39 +0000

Now is the time for all good mods to come to the aid of their scene. Download this podcast, turn up the stereo to 11 and introduce the world to some great music. Whether it's soul, power pop, classic rock, or new wave I've got you covered this week. [Originally broadcast November 28, 2012]

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Episode 250: Modcast #250: C'mon Let's Go

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:21:55 +0000

Two hundred fifty? If you'd told me six years back that I'd pump out 250 modcasts --with a little help from my friends-- I'd have told you to bugger off you crazy fool. But, lo and behold here we are doing just that. (Publishing the 250th show that is, not buggering off.) Amazingly, over that time the show has been downloaded over 268,921 times and there have been over 200,000 pageviews at mistersuave.com (where you can get a complete track list for the show, as usual - http://www.mistersuave.com/2012/11/modcast-250-cmon-lets-go.html).

[Original broadcast Nov. 3, 2012

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Episode 246: Modcast #246: The Chosen Few of '82

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:41:34 +0000

Welcome mods! I've set the wayback machine to jet us 30 years into the past. For your listening pleasure I present the chosen few of '82: some rather obscure, some more recognizable, but all of them worth hearing out. Almost all of these songs were released in '82, although there are a couple of late '81s in here, but you would have been listening to those in '82.

Really this just scratches the surface of what was going on in music that year. There were albums out from The Clash, the Damned, the Beat, the Ramones, Oingo Boingo, Madness, Spandau Ballet, ABC and so many more. Michael Jackson released Thriller, and of course 1982 marked the end of The Jam with the release of one of their best albums, The Gift. Movies that year included Pink Floyd's The Wall, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, ET, Blade Runner and the legendary Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip. The Iron Lady was large and in charge and the Falklands War dominated international news. In the US gas was only $.90 cents a gallon, the USA Today published it's first newspaper, Magnum PI and Knight Rider were atop the TV ratings, and the first CD player rolled off a Japanese assembly line. And for those of us so inclined, and I was quite inclined, the hottest arcade games in 1982 included Joust, Dig Dug, and Donkey Kong Jr. Yup, 1982 was quite a year.

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Episode 243: Modcast #243: Keepin' The Beat

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:13:20 +0000

Keepin' the beat in the mod world this week is a whole host of great bands from The Who to The Chase to The Ska Vengers, with sounds from power pop to soul, to ska. What's old is new again with a couple of cool covers mixed in with brand new originals and a few classics that always put your toes to tapping.

As usual you can get a full track list and watch bonus videos from The Ska Vengers and The Fleet Street, and get links to all the bands over at the modcast homepage: http://www.mistersuave.com/2012/09/modcast-243-keepin-beat.html.

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Episode 241: Modcast #241: The House That Suave Built

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:40:38 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, the 241st show of that name, if you can believe it. The long march to episode #500 continues, and I'm almost halfway there. Summer seems to have finally arrived in Seattle.

Temperatures are pushing the mercury up above 80 degrees, which around here is pretty warm. The skies are blue, the nights are long (not Alaska long, but long enough) and it does indeed seem like the dog days are here at last.

As Natalie Babbit put it: "These are strange and breathless days, the dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after." Well, I don't think I've done anything on this week's show that I will be sorry for after, but you'll have to listen and judge for yourself.

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Episode 227: Modcast #227: Get Easy, Mod Easy

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:47:10 +0000

Life is easy in the mod world this week. As in easy listening. Of course it's always easy listening to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, but this week it's especially easy. From bossa nova to lounge pop, I've got a suave set of easy listening music from the heyday of the now sound, mostly though not exclusively. I've even thrown in a few surprise easy gems from Supergrass, Truly Smith, Frank Sinatra and more.

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Episode 173: From The Vaults: Modcast #173: Mr. Suave's Losers Lounge

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:34:57 +0000

Lost in the "vaults" is more like it. This show was popular in it's first appearance in 2010 and has had a couple resurrections since then. So, bringing it back yet again, you know to give the people what they want. ~Mr. Suave, 2024

In the early 90s there was a bubbling up of cocktail music coming from the unsorted Goodwill record bins all the way to the dusty film music libraries of long dead or dormant record labels. Like a slow burn it crackled and hissed its way from one hi-fi set to the next, reviving memories of the yesteryear of 50s and 60s music, mostly amongst folks (like yours truly) just a tad to young to actually have such memories.

In 1993 a little book called Incredibly Strange Music Volume 1 accompanied by a CD compilation arrived to little fanfare. Like they say it only takes a spark. The fire that got going not only included an explosion of lounge music compilations (multiple volumes of Music For a Bachelor's Den, the Beat at Cinnecita and Easy Tempo series, and the grand-daddy of lounge mixes, Capitol's Ultra-Lounge series which is still going strong) but also original acts like Love Jones and Combustible Edisonwho were echoing the smooth, suave, and sometimes silly and screwy, sounds of Esquivel, Martin Denny, Les Baxterand even Burt Bacharach and The Rat Pack among others. The lounge revival was in full swing, complete with it's own movie, Swingers. And later it's own parody, Austin Powers.

It's not surprising that mods like myself, lovers of all things 60s, grew up and into the lounge revival. The music evokes some of the best aspects of 60s culture above and beyond the typical British Invasion, soul, and garage rock sounds most mods were weened on.

Joining me on this week's loungecast is loungemaster extraordinaire, Ken from The Shingles, a long time mod friend, and he who is guilty of turning me on to the sounds of the cocktail nation all the way back in the early 90s. Here then is our primer on lounge music with a few better known tracks, some lesser lights, some easy listening, and some more jazzy stuff. Overall this is as good a lounge sampler as you might stumble across anywhere.

And, for those so inclined here are a few recommendations for what to spin during your next cocktail hour.

As always, swing by the swank place, www.mistersuave.com for a complete track list and bonus videos.

Episode 221: Modcast #221: Baby It's Cold Outside

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:45:12 +0000

What a week. Icy cold storm kept me holed up in suave headquarters most of the week, only to emerge to the news that Etta James had died, Jamesetta, that was her real first name which she later reversed for her stage name, grew up hard, lived hard, worked hard, and sang hard, she had a voice that was large and in charge. Didn't seem like much of a show without something from the legendary Ms. James.

Most of the week though was spent sipping hot beverages like hot chocolate with coffee liqueur and amaretto just to keep warm. And of course I had these beautiful songs to heat me up. So, listen up and I guarantee you'll get hot. Of course, as usual, you get what you pay for.

As always you can zip over to http://www.mistersuave.com/2012/01/modcast-221-baby-its-cold-outside.html for a full track list, links to bands, bonus videos and lots more.

Episode 216: Modcast #216: No Costume, No Candy (Halloween 2011)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Ken and Darren from The Shingles are on hand to scare the bejeebers out of you. Don't worry they won't do it with heavy metal or gangsta rap. Nope their serving up delicious treats from the likes of The Action, the Mummies, Batlove, Swingin' Neckbreakers and more. Get your costumes on if you want some candy.

As always find a complete track list, bonus videos and all the important links to all the important stuff over on the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2011/10/annual-halloween-modcast-216-no-costume.html

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Episode 211: Modcast #211: Long, Hard & Fast

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:36:53 +0000

How do I like my music? Long, hard and fast like my . . . . modcasts. This week's show has a lot of little gems from my musical gold mine like Ace Spectrum, The Luck of Eden Hall, Pimlico, The Parties, Beady Eye and lots more. Please enjoy.

Be sure to head over to the modcast homepage for a complete track list and this week's bonus videos.

Episode 204: Modcast #204: Where The Action Is

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:29:30 +0000

Welcome to where the action truly is. Another great episode of Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World is on the launching pad ready to send you to new heights of musical ecstasy. Among other things I've got a review of the lates release from garage rockers The Greenhornes (also known on occassion as The Raconteurs), as well as the usual mod friendly tracks from past and the present.

Be sure to cruise on over to the modcast homepage for a complete track list and to check out this week's bonus videos from The Moondogs and others. That's at mistersuave.com.

Episode 202: Modcast #202: Ready, Steady, Mod!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:34:01 +0000

This week on the modcast, something old something new, but nothing borrowed or blue. The something new is Mr. Suave's Reviews You Can Use, this week with a review of The Spazzys latest release "Dumb is Forever".

Head on over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for links to the band sites, bonus videos from The Q and Asteroid #4 and lots more cool stuff.

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Episode 41: Mrs. Suave's Hot Rockin' Beats: Huntin' The Gowk

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:05:50 +0000

All brand new show baby. It's time for Mrs. Suave's Hot Rockin' Beats, bringing you all the heaviest of hits. You'll be tearing your hair out in no time at all. Promises.

Be sure to hit the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a full track list for all the modcasts, bonus videos, links to bands and blogs and more.

Episode 196: Modcast #196: The Modern Mod's Record Collection

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:26:19 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, and a midweek modcast. This week I'm dusting off the record crates, delving into the modern mod's record collection and digging out some of the best tracks of the 21st century.

The turn of the century brought us a new wave of garage bands updating the garage rock sounds of past eras for a whole new legion of fans. It also ushered in a second wave -- or maybethird wave depending on who you talk to -- of Britpop influenced bands, many of whome weren't even British. Throughout the first decade of this century the momentum of good music has been maintained and there are scores of bands out there that I could have highlighted in this show. I picked just a few, all bands with tracks that I think are worth keeping in your hip pocket. Any mod collection would be well served by their inclusion.

Be sure to head over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a full track list, bonus videos from The Rifles and Graham Coxon, and more.

Modcast #191: Mod Essentials III The Britpop Invasion

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:33:46 +0000

Here, finally, was proof that mod could mutate into a reflection of contemporary street culture and yet still retain its vital characteristics: confidence, defiance and an appreciation of a nice pair of shoes, all wrapped up in a cocksure bravado traceable all the way back to original ‘tacky herbert’ Jimmy Cooper. A booming Loaded magazine (run by Jam fans James Brown and Tim Southwell) happily ran fashion spreads of Liam-esque models in fishtail parkas and Hush Puppies and Oasis duly became the biggest band since The Beatles. Once again mod chic had officially became the nation’s leisurewear and outlook of choice.
-- Mojo Magazine, 2004
In the early 90s American music ruled the airwaves internationally. Seattle had spawned the angrily apathetic punk-metal hybrid that was grunge, and the slacker sound had rolled right round the world.

For every action there is a reaction. Britpop was that reaction. Blur front man Damon Albarn explained Britpop has a reaction to grunge's lack of style. The Britpop scene of 1994 - 1997 was a sort of stylistic second coming of the mod revival, this one based less on soul and R&B and more on the pure Britishness of being what was essentially a modern mod. Britpop bands brought back the importance of being British, and the music was so thoroughly British it never did manage an invasion of the US the way sixties British music had.

Britpop was a cultural shift through and through. It had its own movies like Trainspotting and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. It had its own celebrity nightlcub The Blow Up. Its own style, lad boys along with its own documentation of the style, lad mags. But above all it had its own music which dominated the world's music scene throughout the mid-90s.

So, as part of my mod essentials series of modcasts I'm exploring the Britpop phenomenon. Previously I looked the sixties mods and then the mod revival of the late 70s and early 80s. And now it's time to turn to Britpop and the 90s.

You can explore more as well. I had a lot of resources that I was able to crib from, using audio clips and borrowing quotes. There are some good movies about the Britpop era: The Britpop Story and Live Forever. There is a fantastic book that delves into the whole scene from the music to the culture to the politics: Britpop!: Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock by John Harris. Mojo magazine produced an entire Britpop special edition a few years back that includes interviews with about 20 of the artists and briefly tells the scene's story. Once you get into it you'll find, as I did, how amazing a time it really was.

Be sure to head over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a full track list for this show.

Episode 190: Modcast #190: The Britpop Launching Pad

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:21:21 +0000

Rising out of the mod, twee, power pop and C86 scenese of the 80s came a guitar driven alternative rock in the UK. It was partly as a response to the hordes of flannel wearing grungesters and the burgeoning gangsta rap scene of the day.

This alt rock movement was based outside of London, primarily in Manchester, and had as it's own roots in the British invasion bands of the 60s as well as psychadelic rock of the 60s/70s and the post-punk and new wave movements of the 80s.

The bands on this modcast provided the launching pad for the mod influenced, British reinvasion that came to be called Britpop.

Head over to the modcast homepage for a complete track list, bonus videos and more.

Modcast #189: On The Good Foot

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:19:18 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World where we're all breakin our beats on some nasty funk and soul this week. So, get on your good foot.

Head on over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a complete track list as well as bonus videos.

Episode 181: Modcast #181: Monsters Rule O.K. (Halloween 2010)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:09:59 +0000

Ken from The Shingles is once again at the wheel of this scary Halloween hearse and he's steering it on a creepy course sure to give you a bit of a tingle up and down your spine. Creepy, kooky, ooky and downright groovy, this year's Halloween modcast has it all: Boss Martians, Fred Schneider, The Damned, The Who, and a hell of a lot more.

Modcast #181: Monsters Rule O.K. (2010)
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Episode 177: Modcast #177 Featuring Bart Mendoza of The Shambles and Manual Scan

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:18:40 +0000

I'm taking you back to the early days of the US mod scene this week with some great music including a couple of really cool live tracks from The Bangles & The Three O'Clock.

Even cooler than that is that I got a chance to interview Bart Mendoza. He's been making and shaking the mod scene since the late 70s when he started Manual Scan, and then later as member of The Shambles. With a resume like that it's pretty clear that power pop is in his blood. In addition to his musical prowess Bart is a one-stop mod promotional guru, and a walking encyclopedia on the US mod scene.

The interview is long, but worth it for those of you interested in the history of the mod scene, and for anyone who likes the great power pop music of Manual Scan and The Shambles. Bart talks about both bands, as well as about his work behind the scenes as was one of the folks that kept the mod scene going, producing shows, publishing fanzines, organizing rallies and events.

The Shambles website
The Shambles on Myspace
Manual Scan on Myspace
The Che Underground

Be sure to head on over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a full track list, and some very cool bonus videos of Manual Scan and The Shambles.

From the Vaults Modcast #63: Mod for the Summer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:01:10 +0000

Once more into the vault my friends, once more into the vault. Step back in time, to a time when the modcast was young and fresh. Take a giant step outside your current listening constraints and journey with me all the way back to those oh so sweltering days of Summer 2007. I've opened up the vaults and dusted off a classic modcast that I think you'll enjoy. Again.
Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, I opened today's show with a track from a band called Airborne Toxic Event, and even though they're out of Los Angeles man they sound a lot like a british band with obvious influence from Franz Ferdinand and the Fratellis. The rest of the show is equally as good. I think there is pretty much something for everyone here -- except for the Def Leppard crowd (you know who you are, now leave me alone and learn to like better music).

If you're in the mood, you might want to cruise on over and check out the Mr. Suave's homepage at www.mistersuave.com. I try to keep my top friends up to date with some classic mod bands as well as newer groups I've been listening to of late and also reviewing new and old bands alike.

If you've got questions or just want to chat drop me an e-mail at rob@mistersuave.com.

Thanks for listening.

Episode 170: Modcast #170: New To You

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:34:28 +0000

This week's modcast is jam packed with all new songs for you. That's right these are all 2010 releases; brand new bands and brand new songs. Or, at the least brand new songs, since some are from old friends like The Vibrators, Hot Hot Heat, Bubblegum Lemonade and even Devo. Hopefully there'll be a few new treats here for you. [Originally broadcast in 2010]

Be sure to head on over to the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2010/06/modcast-170-new-to-you.html and check out bonus videos from new bands The Young Veins and The Like, and a tragically disturbing one from Bubblegum Lemonade.

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Episode 167: Modcast #167: Classic Songs Ska'd For Life

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:56:46 +0000

Welcome to Mr Suave's Mod Mod World, the big ska covers show. I don't know when exactly it happened, but at some point covers ceased to be just a ska band staple as they were for Madness, The Beat, The Specials and so on back in the two-tone era. Then, covers were soemthing that rounded out a band's performance, a nice little extra that was the musical cherry on top of each band's original ice cream sundae. Now, not so much. You practically can't be a ska band these days if you aren't doing a slew of covers of classic songs in a ska style. For better or worse, the modern ska catalog owes as much to covers as it does to original composition. There are ska styled covers of everything from the Village People's "YMCA" to the Star Wars theme song.

So, here then is a whole bunch of ska related covers. This whole modcast is either songs done in a ska style, or a cover of a ska band made new, or something along those lines. There's even a cover of a cover of a cover of a commercial buried in here.

Be sure to hit the modcast homepage to get a full track listing and check out some bonus videos.

Episode 61: Modcast #61 Here Comes The Summer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:17:47 +0000

This is episode 61 of the Mod World and I thought it wouldn't last three shows! Go figure. This week's show has a little something for everyone, I hope. Don't just take my word for it, actually listen to the music. You'll be blown awayby The Fratellis, Radio Stars, Manfred Mann, Downliners Sect, The Understones and more, I guarantee it. Head over to the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com for a full track listing and a bonus video from Mocean Worker.

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Episode 164: Modcast #164: Mod Men

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:38:10 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. This week's show is brought to you by the letter Y as in Y chromosome. It's mod men week on the modcast. I've collected songs from mod men, some with undeniable mod street cred like Ray Davies, Steve Marriot, or Paul Weller, and to others like Mose Allison and Paul Heaton who I will go to my grave arguing are every bit the mod as any other man. Regardless of all that, you can't argue with the songs. It's another great mix, if I do say so myself.

It was hard to put together the list, partly because what I really wanted were established artists who were now doing solo work. It was easy for some of them. Then there were others, like Steve Marriot who I really wanted to put in the show, that I had to dig deep and still found them in a band situation, or guys like Mose Allison who have essentially been solo artists for their entire careers, I included them anyhow.

So, these are some of my favorite songs, by some of my favorite mod men. Enjoy.

Be sure to head on over to the modcast homepage for a complete track listing and to check out cool bonus videos for The Jet Set and Ray Davies latest solo work.

Episode 163: Modcast #163: Listen Listen Listen

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:26:46 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World.

Got a big, bold, beautiful show for you this week with new tracks from Paul Weller, The Booze and The School as well as new bands like Fitz and The Tantrums and Sunshine Highway. Along the way I've thrown in some golden oldies too from So Cal mod-skasters The Untouchables, and ska-pop new wavers Graduate. Kicking it all off is one of the Lambretta's earliest --and most underrated-- songs, and then I wrap it up with one of the most covered songs of all from soul diva P.P. Arnold. That last track has been recorded so many times I doubt anyone can get an accurate count of who's covered it over the years. It's been done by everyone from Dusty Springfield to the Pretenders. In fact Chrissy Hynde did a version on Friends. Nina Simone's recorded it, as has Olivia Newton John, and the Dead Milkmen even used to occasionally break into the chorus between songs during their live shows. The most famous version is the one from 1980 by Juice Newton. It was originally recorded in 1967, but didn't get released until 1968 when two different artists had hits with it simultaneously, one in the US, and Ms. Arnold's in the UK. So, listen, listen, listen.

And over on the modcast homepage there's a twofer for you, two Untouchables videos, and of course you can grab the complete track list for this week's show.

Modcast #159: Let Your Mod Light Shine

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:46:12 +0000

This week on the Mod Mod World I'm shining a light on some great sounds from acid jazz to power pop. This week's show is a bit longer than usual, but it's worth it. It's an eclectic mix to be sure, but then mods are lucky enough to enjoy many different styles of mod friendly music. (original broadcast 2010)

Don't forget to head over to the modcast homepage at http://www.mistersuave.com/2010/03/modcast-159-let-your-mod-light-shine.html for a full track list of this show, to see bonus videos, get band links, and lots more.

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Episode 158: Modcast #158: It's A Mod Thing

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:04:43 +0000

This week the mod world is full up with cool sounds both new and old. New from The Futureheads and Ocean Colour Scene, and old from the likes of The Doors and Pimlico. It's a good show, I guarantee it. If you've been perusing past shows and find some that aren't currently available just leave me a comment and I'll put them back online. Storage and bandwidth cost money, so some of the older shows aren't available anymore. That's why I do the From The Vaults shows where I dust off old modcasts and repost them.

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Episode 156: Modcast #156: Play That Song

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:02:22 +0000

Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, modcast #156. In honor of Valentine's Day I've done nothing. Nothing for Valentine, but everything for you dear listener -- and it's a much better story.

I've got a couple of brand new tracks from The Eddies and the Len Price 3. The Eddies are twins Dean and Dale Hoth backed up by legendary producer Earl Mankey on the drums. (If you don't know, Mankey was an original member of Sparks when they started out and later became a producer in the LA undergrounds for The Quick, The Last, Three O'Clock, Long Ryders, Leaving Trains and more.) Their new song shows off Mankey's producing with lots of cool sound affects throughout. The Len Price 3's latest album dropped last month to rave reviews, and you won't get any argument from me. They've outdone themselves again. In addition there are a few supercool, superhero number and some sixties stuff. Nothing not to like here.

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Episode 152: Modcast #152: A Bowlful O' Soul Funkified For Your Pleasure

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:11:45 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, this week I'm laying the funk down. Since mods cannot live on power pop alone, I've got a full bowl o' soul for you, with extra funkification to help you get your groove on from the likes of The New Mastersounds, Lo Fidelity Jet Set Orchestra, The Fantastics! and more. Head on over to the modcast homepage for a full track listing, and a preview of the Seattle soul movie Wheedles Groove. Dig in.

Episode 144: Modcast #144: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Halloween 2009)

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:50:17 +0000

There's definitely chill after dark these days. That can only mean that Halloween must be nearly upons us. With that in mind here is a spooky, surprise-filled modcast from guest DJ Ken from The Shingles -- Something Wicked This Way Comes. Be sure to check out mistersuave.com for more podcasts, spooky and otherwise.

Modcast #144: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Halloween 2009)
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Episode 1: Episode #1: The 80s Mod Scene

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:57:20 +0000

Welcome to episode one featuring a number of lesser known, but still fantastic, mod bands from the US in the 1980s.

The Modsters -- Why Aren't You Dreaming?
Chardon Square -- Lost in the Cartoons
The Question -- Shall Be Love
The Key -- Feeling Special
The Leopards -- Psychadelic Boy
The Targets -- Sax Man
Manual Scan -- Nothing Can Be Everything
The Three O'Clock -- Jetfighter
Modest Proposal -- Seen Your Face Before
Mod Fun -- Live in Yourself

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Episode 135: Modcast #135: Power Pop Summer

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:45:41 +0000

Flashback to the early days when the modcast was fresh and so clean . . . . . .

Welcome to another mid-summer classic, this of the power pop kind. There's nothing better than the news that power pop legends Cheap Trick -- celebrating their 35th year of existence if you can believe it -- have a new album simply titled The Latest. Or that California's own sunshine power poppers extraordinaire, The Orange Peels, have a new release in the works. And if you throw in new stuff from the Beatseekers, Baskervilles and Green Day, well than you've got a summer line up that is sure to be a winner. Pull up a lawn chair, smooth out your blanket, pop open a cold one or six, and enjoy the show my friends.

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Episode 134: Modcast #134: Mr. Suave's Rough Edges

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:28:12 +0000

This modcast is a bit different than the others, since I'm turning the mod mod world into the punk punk world. Growing up in southern California in the early 80s I was lucky enough to get to take in some of the great music of the era, namely hardcore punk. Most of the time I was wearing paisly shirts, three button mohair suits, desert boots and riding my scooter. But there were sometimes when you just needed to experience some non-violent violence, some unagressive agression. Those were when you headed out to see some hardcore bands like The Stepmothers, Circle Jerks, Delirium Tremens, Pilsbury Hardcore, the Dickies, TSOL and their ilk. The music was fast and loud and the crowds were over the top. Good luck if you were a little guy like me who got caught in the wrong pit. There were one or two times where I came home bruised and bloodied and missing a shoe or shirt. So, here's some heavier stuff, some hardcore suave style.

As usual you can hit the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com for a complete track listing and some cool bonus videos.

Episode 130: Modcast #130: Sum-Sum-Summertime

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:44:44 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, and welcome to summer. Like it or not, this is the obligatory summer show. Can't wait 'til the summer comes. How can I tell it's summer in Seattle? Please, there were two momentary sun breaks today, and Metro was smellin' pretty ripe on the way home.

Be sure to get over to the modcast homepage for the complete track list, band links and bonus videos.

Modcast 125: Mod Essentials II - The Revival

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:47:39 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave’s Mod Mod World. This is a special episode of the modcast, the second in a series I call Mod Essentials. The first one, Mod Essentials: In The Beginning premiered last summer and featured my take on the most essential mod tracks of the 1960s. As you can imagine it was hardly definitive. And this one likely won’t be either . This is Mod Essentials II: The Revival. You will see that while there are some fantastic songs here, there are a number of key artists missing like The Crooks, Squire, The Amber Squad, Long Tall Shorty, The Cigarettes and lots more. From 1977 to 1981 mod was reborn in the UK, which sparked mod revivals around the world. For a few glorious years the energy and angst of punk was wed to the rhythm of soul, the pulse of power pop, and the fashions of the sixties. The Who release Quadrophenia at the height of the revival creating even more interest in all things mod. Inevitably the mod scene became overexposed, it went mainstream briefly, and that more than anything else killed it and drove the remaining mods back to their soul clubs to await the movements next revival -- still more than a decade away. Here then are the songs that I think epitomize the wide range of sounds in the mod revival. So, what are your essential mod revival tracks? I'm dying to find out from people what they see as the quintessential mod revival sound. Leave a comment and let me know what you think of my list here, what you would have added, or what you would have scrapped. Don't be shy.

Episode 123: Modcast #123: It Came From California

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:30:51 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. This week it comes from California, the it being some great mod bands down through the years. California has always been the nation's defacto leader for the mod scene. Not that there aren't great scenes and bands from around the country, but in California you have three scenes in San Francisco, Los Angeles/Orange County, and San Diego, and each has its own distinct personality -- which you'll get a taste of on this show. Some new mod bands like The Parties and The New Fidelity, some mod legends like The Odd Numbers, The Pandoras and Manual Scan, and some lesser known mod bands like The Idea and The New Breed.

Head over to the modcast homepage for the complete track listing, and bonus videos from The Parties and Manual Scan.

Episode 117: Modcast #117: Shoutin' To The Top

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:19:38 +0000

It's all smack and tackle thanks to this being Superbowl weekend. The food is great, but I'm not one for the game myself. I'd much rather sitdown and listen to some great garage rock, or some swingin' lounge music. Or, I could mix up a modcast of epic proportions.

Flashback to 1984, and to 1967, and to 1978, and even just back to '02. Flashbacks are great aren't they? So are the tracks on this week's modcast. Okay, maybe not epic, but pretty damn good none the less. Got a couple of new things to serve up for you: some power pop from The Wishes, and some very excellent mod R&B courtesy of Invisible Lead Soup. And there's a few nice gems here that I blew the dust off of which I think you'll dig from The Standells, the Sidewalks and not the least of which is a great little song from power pop composer Gary Valentine who, sadly, has never received the accolades he's due.

Get thee over to the modcast homepage and check out the show, as well as the bonus videos and other goodies!

Episode 113: modcast #113: To Begin All Over Again

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:05:20 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. This is the 113th modcast, and the first of 2009. Here's hoping that this year will be better than last year. Not that last year was all that bad but it did end on a rotten, stinking, rancid note for your humble host who had a computer catastrohe and lost tons of archived digital music. Even my backups were blasted away. Thus far, my new year has been spent trying to put the pieces back together enough to get a new modcast mixed up.

And, here it is complete with a brand new track from Spearmint front man Shirley Lee's forthcoming album, some soulful tracks from Lefties Soul Convention, some power pop from Lacrosse, some sixties psychadelia from Five by Five, and a few other goodies. So, crank up your mod listening device and enjoy the tunes.

Be sure to hit the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com to get a gander of couple of cool bonus videos, track listings and the likes.

Episode 112: Modcasts #112 - Mr. Suave's 2008 Christmas

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:10:44 +0000

For a full tracklist visit the modcast page.

The temperatures in Seattle have dipped uncomfortably low so that must mean it's about Christmas time. So, here is my annual foray into holiday shenanigans.

This year's modcast has all the elements of a classic -- old and new, power pop and punk rock, garage and indie faves, traditional --and not so traditional-- holiday cheer. Everything from The Wombats to the The Yobs, and some interesting stuff inbetween from The Andersons, Young Fresh Fellows, The Shambles, Girl Trouble, The Wondermints and more.

Merry Christmas to all.

Episode 107: Modcast #107: Halloween 2008 Monsters A Go-Go!

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:57:49 +0000

Halloween Modcast 2008: Monsters A Go-Go!

Be afraid, be very afraid. Ken from The Shingles is at the controls of the this week's suave modcast and if that doesn't scare you, nothing will. Get haunted by the likes of Me First and the Gimme, Gimmes; The Damned; The Kinks; the Ghastly Ones; The Dead 60s; Swamp Zombies; Gene "Bowlegs" Miller and a whole hell of a lot more ghoulish goodies.

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Episode 106: Modcast #106: You're Wondering Now

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:48:37 +0000

Flashback to 2008 and Modcast #106: You're Wondering Now. [Originally broadcast 2008]

This week's modcast opens with a track from Stereolab's new release, runs on along and closes with another new release from London's Supernovas, a band that is on a self-proclaimed mission to trigger a new mod revival. It's a good show that I think you'll enjoy.

Head over to the modcast homepage for a complete track listing, bonus videos from The Groovy Cellar, The Supernovas and more.

Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at mailto:rob@mistersauve.com.

Mod on, kids, mod on.

Modcast #105: I Wanna Be A Mod

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:17 +0000

What a week. If you're a financier you've been on a wild ride. And if you're not, well you've probably been watching it all from the comfort of your couch -- if you still have one.

Suddenly there is lots of cool new music flooding the markets, the scene is topsy turvy with recent and still to come releases. Next week alone will see a brand new album from Oasis, as well as new mod jazz outfit Trio Valore Inc. And you are going to your first little taste of both on this week's modcast. Also on tap this week is new stuff from Raphael Saadiq, the Private Jets, Brazillian sensation Ari Borger, and Secret Beauty Cream. So as not to overdose on the new drugs, I dug through the suave music vault and have dusted off some old faves from the likes of The Unclaimed and the Goldstars. You can check out some cool bonus videos on the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com from Ari Borger and Trio Valore.

No doubt, the wildness isn't over. So, buckleup kids because I'm going to take you on your own wild ride right now.

Episode 104: Modcast #104: Your Big Sister Said You Ain't Never Been Cool

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:45:56 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. This week's show is a little longer than usual but it's worth it. Got a great big strong soul vibe going. With the new soul revival in full swing it seems there's always new --and old-- stuff to discover and enjoy. Got a great live track from JTQ, some new stuff from the Upper 5th and Buttonup among other things. One especially nice treat here is the new track by Adrian Holder, former front man for The Moment. He's putting together a new album and if it's anything like what you can get a taste of on his Myspace page then it will be one hell of a release.

Head over to the modcast homepage for the complete track listing and bonus videos from Lucky Soul and The New Mastersounds. Mod on, kids, mod on.

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Mod Essentials: In The Beginning

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:56:37 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. I'm back from vacation and have compiled a special episode of the modcast. This the first in a series called Mod Essentials -- fittingly this one is In The Beginning.

For a complete track list, links to bands, and bonus videos be sure to visit the modcast homepage at www.mistersuave.com.

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Episode 91: Modcast #91: Oh So Pretty

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:33:21 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, Kicking this show off is the brand new single Supernatural Supercilious from REM. I'm not a big REM fan, but in 1984 they were breaking new ground in power pop to be sure, and here there are 25 or so years later pounding a really great song, one of the best they've produced a really long time. Got some great stuff for you on this week's including, The Frowning Clouds, The Charms, The Standells, The Expressos, and a little something from the very earliest days in REM's existence. full track list at http://www.mistersuave.com/2008/04/modcast-91-oh-so-pretty.html.

Episode 90: Modcast #90: I Like What You Say

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:23:37 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, and do I have a big treat for you all this week. Mike Tholfsen is guest hosting and he's a got a great line up for you. Head on over to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World and get a taste of The Posies, Tahiti 80, The Legends, Super Deluxe and more. Enjoy, people, enjoy.

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Episode 87: Modcast #87: Rockin' with the Mods

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:19:47 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Suave’s Mod Mod World, and it’s a good, good world this week indeed with the latest release from one of my fave Britpop bands The Charlatans. I had to get that Charlatans track in there in order to let you know about the free Charlatan’s album available for download at Xfm. You can grab the whole thing right now, right here.

But I digress. In truth the rest of the modcast is a bit out of step with that opening. It’s got cool, groovy sounds beginning to end. Anyhow, I recommend you grab yourself a libation, sit back, relax and enjoy some cool swingin’ sounds. It’s time you were Rockin’ with this Mod.

Questions? E-mail me at rob@mistersuave.com.

Episode 78: Modcast #78: It's Merry Merry Christmas Time

rob@mistersuave.com (Mr. Suave) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:23:20 +0000

Merry Christmas and welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod Christmas episode. It is indeed that time of year again when everyone is dusting off their old skool Christmas disks and spinning Nat King Cole and Burl Ives morning 'til night. But not on this modcast. Nope on this modcast you're going to get the likes of Otis Redding, Arrah and the Ferns, High Elevations, and the Staple Singers. So, heat up the eggnog, slip in some whiskey, sit back and relax with some Christmast cheer.

Next week I'll be serving up my annual modcast of Mr. Suave's Swingin' Christmas. Seems that people really dig it because of the wide variety of christmas music; it's got everything from Combustible Edison to Frank Sinatra, from the most excellent holiday special ever The Year Without a Santa Claus to the Waitresses, and lots more.

And right now I've got a couple of classic Christmas videos up on the modcast homepage from The Ramones and The Kinks. And of course there's a full track list there and other info.