Janitor (Suburban Lawns) covered by the Dead Milkmen

 

The Dead Milkmen recording the song “Janitor” by Suburban Lawns at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia PA, August 30, 2025.

X-Ray Spex - Identity

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Spex

Everything's Gone Green - New Order

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything%27s_Gone_Green

Concrete Blonde - Still in Hollywood

 

Found in the sidebar while saving new Magnum, P.I. promo. Can be heard in The Hidden (1987). Cult/Sci-Fi movie. 

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-hidden-1987.html

XTC - Dear God

 

Another MTV favorite from the 80s. Even cheap beer is expensive these days. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_God_(XTC_song) 

https://www.avclub.com/how-to-be-a-pop-star-january-22-2026-music-videos

Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

 

MTV staple back in the day. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cat_Strut

The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun

Musical Interlude - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man (Live at Olympic Stadium, Montreal, 1977)

 

Musical Interlude: Hidden Speakers. Quadraphonic.

 

This was playing on the kitchen radio just now. Stanley scene from Foul Play. I remember that being a big hit. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stayin%27_Alive

Musical Interlude: Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

 

From Peter Lovesey's book The Tooth Tattoo. Murder in a string quartet. 

https://robertarood.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/on-the-subject-of-the-string-quartet-a-stellar-performance-by-peter-lovesey/

“Beethoven, wasn’t it?” Diamond ventured.
Anthony was supposed to get the idea that Diamond was a fellow lover of music. He didn’t show a glimmer of appreciation.
“I couldn’t place the piece,” Diamond added, which was true. He was about as capable of placing a piece of Beethoven as he was of riding a Derby winner. “Do you mind telling me what it was?”
Opus 59, Number 3,” Anthony said.
“Silly me. I’m a duffer with numbers.”
“In C major.”
“C major.” Diamond raised his thumb as if all had been made clear. “Any particular part?”
“The fugue.”
“And to me it sounded just as a fugue should.”
“It was too fast.”
“A shade quick, I’ll give you.”

https://ums.org/2016/05/17/beethoven-string-quartets-and-contemporary-musicians-how-do-they-combine/

Same As It Ever Was

 

This is how it's always been, this is how we do things in the country

 

I'm not ashamed to admit I spoke to God, my friends. I said, God, give me power and I will never leave my TV again.

Somebody That I Used to Know

 

This has been playing on the kitchen radio lately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know

Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah!

Violent Femmes Jetsons cover.

https://thejetsons.fandom.com/wiki/Eep,_Opp,_Ork,_Ah-ah!

Paul Williams - Where Do I Go from Here

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot