more lost time

On the first More Lost Time special, host Ric Dube plays rare comedy recordings from his collection including selections by Robert Klein, Martin Mull, the Credibility Gap and the National Lampoon. The "break-in records" made popular by Dickie Goodman and brilliantly parodied by Albert Brooks are highlighted and an out-of-print version of a song by the Rutles surfaces. The special edition is a collaboration with Jay Kumar's "Completely Conspicuous" podcast, whose current episodes feature Dube and Kumar discussing stand-up comedy records.

In this week's More Lost Time host Ric Dube fondly recalls Britain's mod revival, spinning rarities by the Chords and Back to Zero after featuring a demo by the New Pornographers' Dan Bejar alongside a mistakenly overlooked act from the '80s Athens, GA indie rock boom, Fetchin' Bones. Next, Dube regrets burying late in the program a lost single by the Tages, from Sweden, and an album track by Bang, a 70's power trio no fan of hard rock should miss out on. A rare acoustic recording of XTC wraps up this More Lost Time.

Host Ric Dube appreciates UK singer/songwriter Kristy MacColl through covers by the Lemonheads, the Picketts and the Young Fresh Fellows. Also featured are rare demo recordings by Jellyfish and a lost 45 rpm single from 1967 by Florida punk act the Beaver Patrol. The program also includes a radio session outtake from one-off Rockpile side project the Beverly Brothers.

On the tenth More Lost Time, Dube celebrates the release of Rusty Willoughby's new solo album, Cobirds Unite, by recalling Willoughby's former bands: Pure Joy, Flop and Llama. Also, rare recordings by the Pop-O-Pies, the Streys, Jonny Polonsky -- and a brief discussion of original Replacements' bassist Tommy Stinson's humanitarian work for Haiti.

French singer/songwriters Jacques Dutronc and Francoise Hardy are played, in addition to ALL, the Ugly Ducklings and others, including Katy Rose, who host Ric Dube attempts to make a case for as "entertaining."

By sheer coincidence, acts from the U.S. mid-west are featured, including Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, although it is worth pointing out that no country music or so-called 'no depression' rock is played. Host Ric Dube unearths a lost Big Star recording, champions that band's successors the Scruffs, recalls the Windbreakers and shines a light on the Wigwags. Amid all the hicksploitation, two UK artists are shoehorned in.

In this installment, rare early recordings are showcased by artists that have ultimately disappointed. Also, speculating the inspiration for a Velvet Underground song title and the blueprint for an entire band.

Host Ric Dube returns from a visit to New York City to a renovated studio, spinning out-of-print, rare recordings by Scrawl, Ben Kweller, the Dogmatics and others. A garage rock classic by the Modds is played, and a new trivia game is introduced.

In the fifth show, Dube takes a contrary position on the Dickies, politely suggests that TV was a lousy way to market the Hudson Brothers and offers evidence that NRBQ beat Steely Dan in a race that nobody ever asked to be run.

In the fourth 'More Lost Time,' Dube plays the first of what's likely to be many songs by Scruffy the Cat, raises the Gilbert O'Sullivan debate, and tells how the JG Giants got their name.