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Number 23: JapanAid

Music collector and More Lost Time host Ric Dube celebrates rock and roll artists of Japan in this installment of the program, including Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and Number Girl.  Dube tells the short version of meeting Tomovsky at SXSW in Austin, Texas and plays "Sanpo no Tame no Sanpo," a pop suite that crams more music into four minutes than some artists are able to fit into entire albums. Also, in addition to playing a cut from the debut release by Cornelius that never saw release in the U.S., the "group sounds" or G.S. movement of the '60s is discussed -- and its inherent weaknesses -- as a way of introducing the comparative qualities of music by the Golden Cups and the Mops. Fans of the program are encouraged to contribute to various tsunami relief efforts.

Number 22: Brian's Song

Archivist Ric Dube plays rare recordings by the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Miranda Lee Richards, as well as the Renegades, the only 60s garage rock act from his hometown of Manchester, New Hampshire by whom he has been able to find an original record. Also, Dube plays a cut from Storytelling, the 1988 solo LP by Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Segel due to be re-released later this year following a successful campaign led by the musician using Kickstarter.com to find patrons to fund the reissue. More Lost Time is sponsored by the New Generation Baking Company and Modern Age Brownies.

Number 21: Daydream Salvation

In the latest installment of More Lost Time, host Ric Dube struggles with French pronunciations, considers the distinction between influence and imitation, attempts to casually pass off bad puns as serious names and features rare recordings from his formidable archive including covers by Sonic Youth, '70s pop act Hackamore Brick, Boston's Noonday Underground, a little known mid-90s teaming of Frank Black and Teenage Fanclub, and other rare/out of print records. The program is sponsored by Modern Age Brownies and distributed worldwide by NAC Radio.

Number 20, SPECIAL: Fell in Love With a Band

In this very special episode of More Lost Time, rare music archivist Ric Dube spins out of print vinyl and plays live recordings in salute of one of the best rock acts of the last 20 years -- a now-defunct faux brother-sister blues revival team out of Detroit that wore a lot of red.

Number 19: Can't Hardly Rate

In this installment of More Lost Time, rare music archivist Ric Dube considers what made the Replacements a great live band, or at least different from former Stealer's Wheel frontman Gerry Rafferty. Dube also champions an 80s indie rock act from Champaign-Urbana called the Outnumbered and speculates whether Perry and the Harmonics were a bunch of studio musicians goofing off after hours. Also: the Pills, the Exploited and the first recording by a psychedelic British act of little to no consequence.

Number 18: Signed, Feelied and Delivered

In the last of a three-part look at Hoboken, N.J.'s legendary Feelies, archivist Ric Dube plays side projects by the band, including Dave Weckerman's Yung Wu, as well as Foggy Notion, a one-off Velvet Underground cover band that performed once in May of 1983 to benefit local community radio station WFMU. Foggy Notion included members of Phosphenes, Ward 8, Gray District and the Bongos, as well as Feelies drummer Stanley Demeski and an appearance by guitarist Glenn Mercer. The More Lost Time multi-part Feelies series ignored Sunburst, a Glenn Mercer-led post-Feelies act that existed briefly in 2000 that recorded at least one demo worth including on the program mostly because it's interesting how much it sounds like Stereolab. Other notable acts included in this More Lost Time include the Liquor Giants, the Rain Parade, Sloan, the Masters Apprentices and one other artist known for admitting to trying to break hearts.

Number 17: Wake of the Feelies

In the return of More Lost Time following corporate owner NAC Radio's failed attempt to retool the program, host Ric Dube continues his three-week look at side projects by Hoboken, New Jersey's legendary Feelies. This week two songs are showcased by Wake Ooloo, Glen Mercer's short-lived underrated harder rocking stepchild of the Feelies. Also, a seldom heard 7" by Tyrannasaurus Rex, Marc Bolan's pre-T. Rex acoustic guitar/bongo duo, an unreleased song by the band formed from the ashes of Boston's shoegazing Drop Nineteens, Fidel. Finally, how many music fans are aware of just how good the Osmonds could get? Before you answer, is that more or fewer than can name the first Smithereens record? Hint -- it's *not* 'Beauty and Sadness.' All of this -- and what one rock writer call the greatest alternative rock song ever released is on the latest More Lost Time.

Number 16: The Good Worth

Archivist Ric Dube points to worthy tracks not commercially available by the recently reunited Feelies. Also, a lost single from England's psychedelic '60s and a lost LP from Detroit's crud-covered '70s are both showcased. Plus other rare music, including Dube's beloved Pooh Sticks, whom it is occurring to him as he types this, he should play more often, as well as Everclear, whom he enjoys but plays perhaps just frequently enough.

Number 15: Wipers Pre-Saged

An interesting similarity between a 1965 single by Birmingham, England's the Craig and Portland, Oregon's Wipers is highlighted. Also, rare tracks by Rich Kids, Junior Parker, Valvola and the Creation are showcased. Last, a remastered tape of Minutemen frontman d. boon doesn't sound nearly as good as Dube hoped it would or suggests it will, but the performance it presents more than makes up for it.

Number 14: Bang, They're Dead

In the new More Lost Time, Ric Dube proposes what might be the opposite of the tribute album before playing rare recordings by Bang, Shellac, Money Mark, Badfinger, the Rockin' Ramrods and the Soft Boys. The program is sponsored by Modern Age Brownies.