KWRS #5

You know how at the end of Baileys commercials they pour the drink over ice and it looks so incredibly smooth? This is the audio equivalent of that creamy booze marketing.

1. "The Breaks" - Kurtis Blow
2. "Oh, How to Do Now" - The Monks
3. "A House Is Not a Model" - Love
4. "Prototype" - Outkast
5. "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
6. "National Anthem of Nowhere" - Apostle of Hustle
7. "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf
8. "Don't You Evah" - Spoon
9. "Plain Jane" - Bobby Darin
10. "Dream Lover" - Bobby Darin
11. "Happiness" - Goldfrapp
12. "Shattered" - The Rolling Stones
13. "Optimistic" - Radiohead

KWRS #4

The theme for this episode is "I dare you to listen to this."

1. "Gulag Orkestar" - Beirut
2. "Israelites" - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
3. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
4. "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)" - MGMT
5. "You Can't Catch Me" - Chuck Berry
6. "Contempt" - The Books
7. "Pledge of Allegiance" - Louis XIV
8. "Ticket to Ride" - Vanilla Fudge
9. "I Don't Want to Live On the Moon" - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
10. "For Once In My Life" - Stevie Wonder
11. "Priority" / "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" - Mos Def
12. "Evil" - Interpol
13. "My Sharona" - The Knack
14. "Smile (Mark Ronson Version Revisited)" - Lily Allen
15. "Christian Dior Denim Flow" - Kanye West et al.



VIDEO BONUS (alternate take):

KWRS #3

Another hour of your ears is taken care of. Delicious.

1. "Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)" ft. MGMT & Ratatat - Kid Cudi
2. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" - Adam and the Ants
3. "Hoist That Rag" - Tom Waits
4. "I Got You Babe" ft. Chrissie Hynde - UB40
5. "Acapella" - Kelis
6. "Nowhere to Run" - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
7. "Oh, Me" - Nirvana
8. "The Passenger" - Iggy Pop
9. "Bésame Mucho" - The Beatles
10. "Black Satin" - Miles Davis
11. "Jesus Christ Was An Only Child" - Modest Mouse
12. "Long Distance Call" - Phoenix
13. "On the Radio" - Regina Spektor
14. "Lola" - The Kinks
15. "Come Together" - Michael Jackson
16. "Sail Away" - Randy Newman

If this show were a food, it would be a cucumber. Cool, nourishing, with just enough crunch to remind you that yes, you remembered to put some cucumber slices in your sandwich. Great work, man!

KWRS #2

Don't worry, I've arranged to have the Law of Diminishing Returns cancelled. It's good for the environment. (Time is one hour.)

1. "Band on the Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings

2. "Make Up" - Lou Reed

3. "In the Flowers" - Animal Collective

4. "The Boy in the Bubble" - Paul Simon

5. "Genius of Love" - Tom Tom Club

6. "Sunshowers" - M.I.A.

7. "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" - Morrissey

8. "Machine Gun Funk" - The Notorious B.I.G.

9. "Oh, Maker" - Janelle Monáe

10. "Gypsy Eyes" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

11. "Somebody's Calling Me" - LCD Soundsystem

12. "Long Tall Sally" - Little Richard

13. "Freedom 90" - George Michael

14. "On the Road Again" - Bob Dylan


You won't believe how easy this is. Just click play below, leave this tab open, and get back to business. No hands required!

KWRS #1

You can play along at home! (Or on your lunch hour.)

Hear it all right here:



1. "What I'd Say" - Ray Charles
2. "Natural Blues" - Moby
3. "I've Got A Feeling" - The Beatles
4. "I Love My Car" - Belle & Sebastian
5. "People Are Strange" - Das Racist
6. "Reflections After Jane" - The Clientele
7. "Maggot Brain" - Funkadelic
8. "Jolene" - Dolly Parton
9. "Car" - Built to Spill
10. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" - Aretha Franklin
11. "Vesuvius" - Sufjan Stevens
12. "Warwick Avenue" - Duffy
13. "Step Right Up" - Tom Waits


By my iTunes, we have one hour on the nose. See you again soon?

(VIDEO BONUS)