Category Archives: Carl’s living room

#725

May 5, 2026

Today’s Gulls Window Circus is a rock show that surfaces some excellent tracks I’ve found while CD surfing in my collection. It ends with the most well-known artist of the bunch, Nada Surf. Outside of Sean Na Na (a Har Mar Superstar side project) the bands had only regional success. Choo Choo La Rouge, The Audiants, Linnane, and Clem Snide had Boston roots. The show is a love letter to 00, with 1 from 2000, 3 from 2002, 3 from 2005, 2 each from 2006, 2007, and 2009, and then 1 each from 2014 and 2017.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Colorful Rhythm	Everybody Close Your Eyes	“Megapixy”	Colorful Rhythm
In Fervor	In The Spirit Of Self Sufficiency	Onward Downward	DCXXV Recordings
David LK Murphy	If I	Goodbye	David LK Murphy
Linnane	Today Always	The Shady Tree	Linnanemusic
Sean Na Na	My Old France	Split: Mary Lou Lord / Sean Na Na – EP	Kill Rock Stars
The Primidonnatives	Middle of the Night Cafe	Go	Vague Moon Records
The Audiants	Thaw	All The Time In The World	The Audiants
Choo Choo La Rouge	Copper Spoons	Black Clouds	Kiam Records
Clem Snide	The Sound Of German Hip-Hop	End Of Love	spinART Records
Brazzaville	Star Called Sun	East L.A. Breeze	Vendlus Records
Soft Cactus	Hungry	Five Ways To Foreshadow	Soft Cactus
Pinback	Fortress	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records
Nada Surf	If You Leave	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records

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March 24, 2026

A vinyl rock show that works the room without worrying about artists sharing the same vibe. I loved programming this show and believe it is a great listen end to end. First 10 songs are from the 80s, then two from the 90s, then 3 from the 70s. All artists are well-known in their fanbases, but as grouped together will surprise all listeners.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Gene Loves Jezebel	20 Killer Hurts	The House Of Dolls	Geffen Records
Duran Duran	New Religion	Arena	Capitol Records
A Flock Of Seagulls	Standing In The Doorway	A Flock Of Seagulls	Jive
Gaye Bykers On Acid	After Suck There’s Blow	Drill Your Own Hole	Caroline Records
The Human League	Seconds	Dare	A&M Records
The Sugarcubes	Deus	Life’s Too Good	Elektra
Cocteau Twins	Lorelei	Treasure	4AD
The Cure	Catch	Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me	Elektra
Christian Death	When I Was Bed	“Ashes”	Nostradamus Records
Nina Hagen	My Way	In Ekstasy	Columbia
Cibo Matto	Spoon	Selections From Super Relax	Warner Bros. Records
Curve	Missing Link (Remix)	Missing Link	Charisma
Dave Edmunds	Take Me For A Little While	Repeat When Necessary	Swan Song
Wizzard	Crazy Jeans	Introducing Eddy And The Falcons	Warner Bros. Records

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March 17, 2026

Happy St. Patricks Day! No leprechauns today, but a Gulls Window Circus rock CD show with tracks from between 1992 and 1999 does await you. The show starts with the biggest name in it (Pulp) then explores a bunch of super-worthy other names. Some you might know, like NY’s The Mommyheads, His Name Is Alive or Inspirial Carpets, but you will hear many that are new to your ears, and none of those are in this set merely for that reason – all have greatness which you will hear.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Pulp	Disco 2000 (Remix)	Disco 2000	Island Records
Menswe@r	Sleeping In	Nuisance	Laurel
The Mommyheads	Broken And Glazed	Bingham’s Hole	Dot Dot Dash
Catherine	It’s No Lie	Sleepy	TVT Records
Melony	Mirror On The Freeway	Satisfiction	DGC
Fivel	Drive	Fivel	North Of No South Records
Evelyn Swoons	The Worker Bee	Go Baby Go	Jelo-Delite Records
Treble Charger	Cleric’s Hip	Self=Title	Ear Candy Records
¡Carlos!	Steamroller	Bigger Teeth	Headhunter Records
The Knobs	Cathy Says	happy, sad, drunk	Moodfood Records
Inspiral Carpets	Irresistible Force	Revenge Of The Goldfish	Elektra
The Customers	Tonight	Green Bottle Thursday	Vapor Records
Pat Daugherty	Hardcore	Dance Of The Hours	Buffalo Puppy Records
His Name Is Alive	Nice Day	Country Girl	4AD

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March 10, 2026

This Gulls Window Circus show covers lesser-known rock bands 1995-1999 that released stellar songs, without finding larger exposure. Nothing here is sub-par, the only thing that was missing for these bands was a lot of ears, something this show hopes to rectify.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Randy Herman And The Sceptre Of Benevelonce	Rock ‘n Roll Loser	Healthy Hair	Bunnycake Records
Individual Fruit Pie	You’ve Been Seen	Release Me	Dot Dot Dash
Iris	Gone	After School Special	Bubble Core Records
Kante	Highway	Zwischen Den Orten	Kitty-Yo Int.
Sicko	Little	Chef Boy RU Dumb	Empty Records
China Drum	Somewhere Else	Self Made Maniac	Mantra Recordings
W.O.W.	The Ocean	One Hit Wonder	One Hit Wonder
Bag Of Panties	Time is Tight	Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day	Not On Label
Hybrasil	Massive Breeder	Friendly Destroyer	Bam Records
Three Mile Limit	Let Me Play The Fool	Floating Off Somewhere Else	Bridgefolk Records
The Multiple Cat	High School Girls	“Territory” Shall Mean The Universe	Zero Hour
Strung Out	Monster	Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues	Fat Wreck Chords
Swank	You Piss Down	The Swill Of It All …	Curve Of The Earth
The Prissteens	Sorrow	The Prissteens	Almo Sounds
Bali Girls	A Love Song	A Housewife’s High	Spork!

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March 3, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus vinyl rock show with tracks from 1983-1986, so closely scoped. There is China Crisis, The Church, Violent Femmes, and ABC (sounding like Roxy Music) that you will know, The Dream Syndicate and True West from the paisley underground peak, and a bunch of others that your ears will enjoy: Agent Orange, New Math, The Dots, The Eastern Dark, Do It Now!, and E-I-E-I-O. Be sure to treat yourself to them.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Violent Femmes	To The Kill	Violent Femmes	Slash
Agent Orange	Somebody To Love	When You Least Expect It…	Enigma
New Math	Power Of The Air	Gardens	Brain Eater
The Dots	In Another World	Return Of The Dots	Rebel Rec.
The Dream Syndicate	John Coltrane Stereo Blues	This Is Not The New Dream Syndicate Album… Live!	A&M Records
True West	At Night They Speak	Drifters	PVC Records
The Church	Already Yesterday	Heyday	Warner Bros. Records
China Crisis	Gift Of Freedom	Flaunt The Imperfection	Virgin
The Eastern Dark	Over Now	Long Live The New Flesh!	What Goes On Records
Do It Now!	Fugitive From The Grey	“Pay Later”	Talkcrest
E-I-E-I-O	Get Back To Arkansas	Land Of Opportunity	Frontier Records
ABC	Love’s A Dangerous Language	Beauty Stab	Mercury
BoDeans	Fadeaway	Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams	Slash

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February 24, 2026

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Sods	Ice-Age For Awhile	Under En Sort Sol	Medley Records
Echo And The Bunnymen	Stars Are Stars	Crocodiles	Sire
Walter Steding	Shout	Walter Steding	Red Star Records
Harry Kakoulli	Waiting	Even When I’m Not	Oval
Pete Townshend	Jools And Jim	Empty Glass	UMC
The Chords	Dreamdolls	So Far Away	Polydor
Klark Kent	Away From Home	Klark Kent	I.R.S. Records
Codek	Demo	Me, Me, Me	MCA Records
Chrome	Eyes On Mars	Red Exposure	Beggars Banquet
Die Doraus Und Die Marinas	Einkauf	Blumen Und Narzissen	Ata Tak
Adam And The Ants	Mile High Club	Prince Charming	CBS
The Police	Hungry For You (J’Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi)	Ghost In The Machine	A&M Records
The dB’s	Espionage	Stands For Decibels	Albion
Ric Ocasek	Jimmy Jimmy	Beatitude	Geffen Records
Startoon	Affectionate Type	Summer Volcano	Anamaze Records
Christiana	Suechtig	Final Church	Supermax

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February 17, 2026

Gulls Window Circus slashes into your classic rock perceptions by presenting a show that excavates rock sounds that belong in the now-era, lovingly blending a tasty but unlikely stew in the circle of included artists/bands.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Paul Simon	Paranoia Blues	Paul Simon	Columbia
Johnny Winter	Boney Moroney	Saints & Sinners	Columbia
Joe Walsh	Mother Says	Barnstorm	Dunhill
The Edgar Winter Group	Queen Of My Dreams	Shock Treatment	Epic
Yes	The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)	Fragile	Atlantic
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	Anthem	The Impossible Dream	Vertigo
Eno	In Dark Trees	Another Green World	Editions EG
Todd Rundgren	Happenings Ten Years Time Ago	Faithful	Bearsville
Foghat	Take Me To The River	Night Shift	Bearsville
Uriah Heep	Sunrise	The Magician’s Birthday	Mercury
Pavlov’s Dog	Fast Gun	Pampered Menial	ABC Records
Slade	Look Wot You Dun	Sladest	Reprise Records
Dr. Feelgood	Nothin’ Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees)	Sneakin’ Suspicion	Columbia
The Clash	Last Gang In Town	Give ‘Em Enough Rope	CBS
City Lights	Travelin’ Man	Silent Dancing	Sire

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February 10, 2026

A rock vinyl Gulls Window Circus show that starts off with a Tucker Zimmerman track (RIP Jan 2026) before entering an 80s (7 tracks) & 90s (6 tracks) balanced out with a Sundowners track from 2009. A nice listen that touches on a lot of different sounds.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Tucker Zimmerman	Nobody Knows (feat. Big Thief)	Dance Of Love	4AD
Neil Young & The Bluenotes	Can’t Believe Your Lyin’	This Note’s For You	Reprise Records
Acetate Zero	Steward Version	Softcore Paradise	Orgasm
The Embarrassment	Beautiful Day	God Help Us	Bar/None Records
The Daintees	Roll On Summertime	Roll On Summertime	Kitchenware Records
The Apples In Stereo	Strawberryfire	Her Wallpaper Reverie	Earworm
Dot Allison	Mo’ Pop	Mo’ Pop	Heavenly
Allez Allez	Allez Allez (Original Mix)	Allez Allez	Eskimo Recordings
Close Lobsters	Just Too Bloody Stupid	Foxheads Stalk This Land	Enigma
Dustdevils	Encient	Rhenyards Grin	Rouska
Sundowners	Golden Circles	Gnome & Glacier	Dirt Cult Records
Dwarves	What Hit You	Blood Guts & Pussy	Sub Pop
Dog Faced Hermans	Lie And Swell	Those Deep Buds	Alternative Tentacles
Algebra Suicide	Sinister	The Secret Like Crazy	RRRecords
Steaming Coils	Golding Operations	The Tarkington Table	Motiv Communications

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February 3, 2026

A vinyl rock Gulls Window Circus show that has two from 1969 (Nick Drake and Scott Walker), six from the 70s (George Harrison, Brian Eno, Carole King/Maurice Sendak, Joe Walsh, Hawkwind, King Crimson), one from 1986 (Talking Heads) and three from 2025 (silver biplanes, Saint Etienne, Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno). Listen and see how they all fit together.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
silver biplanes	Coming Up For Air	Coming Up For Air	Precious Recordings Of London
Saint Etienne	Two Lovers	International	Heavenly
King Crimson	Cirkus (Including: Entry Of The Chameleons)	Lizard	Panegyric Recordings
Hawkwind	We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago	X In Search Of Space	Atomhenge
Scott Walker	Big Louise	Scott 3	Mercury
Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno	Part Of Us	Liminal	Verve Records
Joe Walsh	Happy Ways	The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get	Analogue Productions
Nick Drake	River Man	Five Leaves Left	Island Records
Wilco	Should’ve Been In Love	A.M.	Rhino Records
Talking Heads	Dream Operator	True Stories	Sire
Carole King	Ave. P	Really Rosie	Ode Records
Brian Eno	Here He Comes	Before And After Science	Astralwerks
George Harrison	Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long	Living In The Material World	Dark Horse Records
Nico	Lawns Of Dawns	The Marble Index	Domino

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January 27, 2026

The first show in Gulls Window Circus new one hour duration plays rock vinyl, concentrating on blending era, popularity and geography. In a single show you will hear Candy, The Grave Digger 5, The Stiffs, The Hollywood Stars, Wildfire, Grinderman and Cam Couple alongside institutions such as Chris Stamey, The Cars, Thin Lizzy, The Yardbirds, David Bowie & Mick Jagger, 13th Floor Elevators, Rolling Stones and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They sit together quite comfortably, as you will hear today.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Chris Stamey	Meet Me In Midtown	Anything Is Possible	Label 51 Recordings
The Hollywood Stars	Taxi Driver	Starstruck	Sioux
The Stiffs	Inside Out	Demos And Rarities 1978-1981	Projectile Platters
Candy	Somebody Else	Sweet Treats	Projectile Platters
The Cars	You Are The Girl	Door To Door	Elektra
Thin Lizzy	The Hero And The Madman	Vagabonds Of The Western World	Decca
Wildfire	Time Will Tell	Smokin’	Out-Sider
The Yardbirds	What Do You Want	Beck’s Blues the defining sound of Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds	Charly Records
David Bowie & Mick Jagger	Dancing In The Street (Instrumental)	Dancing In The Street	Parlophone
Grinderman	(I Don’t Need You To) Set Me Free	Grinderman	BMG
13th Floor Elevators	Roller Coaster	Live Houston Music Theatre ’67	Culture Factory
Rolling Stones	Whole Wide World	Live At Racket · NYC	Rolling Stones Records
The Grave Digger 5	All Black And Hairy	Cavestomp! The Garage Rock Festacular! Presents A Torrent Of Talent! Volume One!	ORG Music
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Little Miss Strange	Electric Ladyland	Experience Hendrix
Cam Couple	Flutes Go Hard	Meet The Frombees	Kissing Kobra Records