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Hear it!

1. I Want to Kill Everybody by Ed Haynes
2. It Takes Money by Hobo
3. Penetrating Love Ray by Sex for Moderns
4. Radiation Boy by The Uptones
5. Fell In and Out of Art by Stiff Richards
6. Sick by D Compose
7. Sex Pig by Repulsa
8. Piñata by Critical Mass & The Lazy American
9. P.M.F. by Black Pole
10. Mr. Ed by Sex for Moderns
11. Fish In a Tree by Hobo
12. Hobbit Love by The Gazillions
13. I Am a Janitor by Surface Music
14. I Want You Dead by Repulsa
15. R.A.D.I.O. by Count Slowly and The 4 Twenties
16. They Cheat, They Steal, They Lie by McBain
17. Meditations from a Father by Subverse
18. Ridiculous by The Uptones
19. Tony Alva by Opal Book Club

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Track 4 – “Radiation Boy” by The Uptones

radboy_color112The Uptones’ classic tale of the metamorphosis of an ordinary kid who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or right place at the right time, depending, I guess, on how you feel about ambiguous supernatural powers. A timeless hard rockin’ punky ska anthem.

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4. Radiation Boy by The Uptones

Track 18 – “Ridiculous” by The Uptones

uptones_color_shot_112What a monster song! Moose hits the nail on the head. This is the simplest message song I’ve ever heard. It’s soo right on. Scott Tee and his muted trumpet really set up Moose’s vocals, and Scott’s solo is centerfold material in Trumpet Magazine. The entire band plays their asses off. I predict big things for this song.

18. Ridiculous by The Uptones

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MP3 Jackpot Winners! – Reviewed for SF Chronicle by Aidin Vaziri, 1-25-09

mp3jackpotcd-108More than three decades after putting out the seminal Berserkley Chartbusters Vol. 1 compilation – the album that introduced the world at large to power pop heroes like the Rubinoos, Jonathan Richman and Greg Kihn – the label’s founder Matthew King Kaufman is at it again. Continue reading ‘MP3 Jackpot Winners! – Reviewed for SF Chronicle by Aidin Vaziri, 1-25-09′