Pop Rocks Radio

On this week’s episode of Pop Rocks Radio, we’ll dive into the solo work of our favorite mad genius, The Nerves’ frontman, Jack Lee. Plus, when she wasn’t documenting the decline of our Western civilization (oh, how I long for the days when they actually thought MUSIC was going to be our downfall), Penelope Spheeris gave us a punk rock western with Flea, Duckie, and an Elvis impersonator who saves the day. Follow us out West with this week’s tracks!
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🎥 Movie of the Week:
Dudes (1987)
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Today's Tracks:
The Boys - walk my dog
Joint Pains - Lurleen
GUV - Chasin' Luv
The High Frequencies - Girl In Trouble
Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes In Towers
Angel Du$t - I'm The Outside
Cut Worms - Windows on the World
Blue Ash - She Isn't There
The Methadones - Poor Little Rich Girl
Jody and the Jerms - Some Day
The Cynz - LOVE'S SO LOVELY
Jack Lee:
Good Times
Come Back And Stay
Give Me Some Time
Crime Doesn't Pay
Women
The Pretty Flowers - Came Back Kicking
Van Duren - Oh Babe
Lande Hekt - Lucky Now
Sam Phillips - I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye To You

There was a moment not that long ago when rock ’n’ roll didn’t just soundtrack reality. It tried to change it.
This week’s Movie of the Week is Rock & Rule (1983), the strange, ambitious animated rock opera that emerged from a time when music still felt mythic, dangerous, and world-altering.
We’re also kicking off a new featured-artist arc focused on the members of The Nerves — beginning with Paul Collins. From power pop urgency to post-punk polish, Collins helped define a sound that still echoes through indie rock today.
Plus a clip from the legendary Greg Shaw of Bomp! Records...and plenty of melodic noise from the margins.
New year. Same mission. Digging deep into cult cinema, power pop history, and the music that refuses to disappear.
Be good. Be weird.

Today's tracks:
The Leopards - Block Party
The Voltz - Over and Done
Kim Theory - Child Star Teenybopper
The Webstirs - King of Distortion
Joe Glass - Freight Train Woman
Joint Pains - Everything Considered
The Goods - Back to You
The Vandalias - Buzzbomb!
The Go-Go's - Turn to You
Paul Collins Beat:
Rock N Roll Girl
That's What Life Is All About
I Still Want You
Paul Collins:
Kind of Girl
All Eyes to See
Uni Boys - I Don't Wanna Dream Anymore
Sharp Pins - I Could Find Out
The Darts (U.S.) - Apocalypse
Drugs In Sport - Cooked
The Arcs - She's Just That Kind of Girl
Bellvie - Feels So Far Away
The Primitives - Way Behind Me

Welcome to this week's episode of Pop Rocks Radio! We’re shining a spotlight on artists who came from, played with, or were caught in the orbit of The Quick and their wild little corner of L.A.’s scene.
And since it’s Halloween month at Pop Rocks Radio, we’re kicking things off with our Movie of the Week — Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 👁️‍🗨️
Crank it up, grab your tassels, and let the weird times roll.
🔗 Links:
https://bompstore.com
https://bigstirrecords.com

Tracks:
The Wellingtons- Sad Today
The Allies- EMMA PEEL
The Brandos- Gettysburg
Stella and the Very Messed- Constable Garza Is Bad At His Job
PONY- Superglue
The Half-Cubes- I'll be taking her out tonight
Dom Mariani- World On Its Head
The Saints- Private Affair (Remastered)
The Quick- No No Girl
The Damned- Neat Neat Neat
The Dickies- Pretty Please Me
Great Buildings- Another Day In My Life
Cruzados- Wasted Years
The Runaways- Queens of Noise
Danny Wilde- Time Runs Wild
The Three O'Clock- When She Becomes My Girl
The Othermothers- Rodeo
LOOSE LIPS- Last Laugh
20/20- Jet Lag
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Spooky Ride by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, we dive into the 1990 cult classic Pump Up the Volume — Allan Moyle’s pirate-radio rallying cry for every kid who ever felt like an outsider.
Our featured artist is The Lemonheads — slacker-poet pop-punk darlings whose hooks and heartache made them icons of the ’90s underground.
🎧 Turn it up. Talk hard. Steal the air.

Links:
https://bompstore.com

Today's Tracks
Melvic Centre- Thin
Jim Basnight with The Rockinghams- Need a Car
Camp Trash- Friendship America
The chrisVandalay Project- Facing West
Thin White Rope- Wire Animals
Visqueen- Manhattan
Ty Segall- Skirts of Heaven
The Lemonheads- No Backbone
Lemonheads- Second Chance
Lemonheads- Mallo Cup
Lemonheads- It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads- If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
The Lemonheads- In the Margin
Sonic Whip- Survive
Mad Haven- Wasted on You
Flutter- Standing On A Corner
The Green Pajamas- Peppermint Stick
Cosmo Topper- Green Tea Party
This Machine Kills Archons- Future Shocked
Nada Surf- Always Love

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This week, Pop Rocks Radio takes it to Times Square — our Movie of the Week. Allan Moyle’s 1980 cult classic follows two girls who find their voices in the grit and chaos of New York. It’s messy, uneven, and unforgettable — just the way we like it!
We’re also featuring the brilliant Tamar Berk, tracing her journey from the Starball days through her solo work, and closing with a brand-new track from her latest album, OCD. Tamar’s music is equal parts jagged poetry and irresistible hooks.
🔗 Links:
https://tamarberkmusic.com/
https://tamarberk.bandcamp.com/
https://indivisible.org/
https://substack.com/@swlauden

Playlist:
The Chelsea Curve - Never Come Down
Fastbacks - My Letters
Smokey Brights - All in Who You Know
Shannon & The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place
PONY - Somebody Kill Me Please
PONY - Chokecherry
Starball - Say About Me
Tamar Berk - Over and Done
Tamar Berk - Better off Meditating
Tamar Berk - Dandelions in My Flowerbed
Tamar Berk - Chicago
Tamar Berk - i'm in the day after
The Cords - Fabulist
Radhika - Future Me
The Anti Groupies - Not My Problem
The Hellflowers - Spanish Bombs
Hunx & His Punx - Wild Boys
Momma - I Want You (Fever)
The Shivvers - Remember Tonight

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