Longtime buddy Howe Gelb and I take a peek at his 40 year career...

1. Howe Gelb - Thousand Kisses Deep

2. Giant Sand - Shiver

3. Giant Sand - Happenstance

4. Howe Gelb - Terribly So

5. Giant Sand - Cowboy Boots on Cobble Stone

6. Howe Gelb Sno Angel - Paradise There About

7. Giant Sand - Hurting Habit

8. Giant Sand - Black Venetian Blind

Russ Tolman of Paisley Underground adjacent band True West spins PU tunes and tells tales about the scene:

1. 15 Minutes - Last Chance For You

2. True West - Steps to the Door

3. Rain Parade - I Look Around (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983)

4. Salvation Army - She Turns to Flowers (Self-Titled, 1982)

5. The Bangs - Getting Out of Hand (first 45, 1981)

6. Long Ryders - 10-5-60 (self-titled EP, 1983) PVC

7. Green on Red - Black Night (EP, 1982) Downthere

8. Dream Syndicate - Some Kind of Itch (EP, 1982)

9. True West - Lucifer Sam (45, 1982)

10. 28th Day - 25 Pills (EP, 1985) Bring Out Your Dead

11. Bangles - How is The Air Up There (EP, 1982)

12. Three O’Clock - When I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown, 1982)

13. Dream Syndicate - Too Little Too Late (Live)

14. Long Ryders - Sweet Mental Revenge (Native Sons, 1984)

15. Green on Red - Gas Food Lodging (1985)

16. Rain Parade - You Are My Friend

17. Thin White Rope - Red Sun (In The Spanish Cave, 1988)

Russ travels East...

1. Alex Chilton - Bangkok
2. Johnny Thunders & the

ese Rocks

1. Iggy Pop - China Girl
2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
3. Dead Kennedy - Holiday in Cambodia
4. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
5. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
6. Be Bop Deluxe - Japan
7. The Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)
8. Thundercat - Tokyo
9. Kim Wilde - Cambodia
10. The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
11. One Click Straight - Manila
12. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
13. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
14. The Bird & The Bee - Love Letter to Japan