27 Apr Matador Playlist 4/23/26 + Big C Wedding!

It is fortunate indeed for you, Gentle Reader(s), to have stumbled upon this particular obscure corner of the intrawebs at this particular juncture in the space/time continuum. ‘Why?’ you may ask, and well you might. Because this is the last Matador Playlist to be forthcoming for six weeks or so. Shocking news, to be sure, but all for a good cause. That good cause is that Your Humble Narrator will be traveling to locales far and wide, near and narrow, in pursuit of… I dunno. In pursuit of life, love, art, music, I suppose, and the simple urban pleasures of flânerie. I’ll leave it at that for the moment, but fear not—my wanderings will not be for naught. Documentation thereof, in one form or another, will eventually find its way to these pages, rest assured. Or just rest. Rest is important.

It has been a pretty chill night at Ye Olde Matador Bar & Lounge—probably the calm before the storm, actually, as our very own Cesar is getting married this coming weekend. Sadly, I will not be in attendance as my wanderings will commence on Saturday morning not long before two days of scheduled nuptial activities are to commence. I regret not being able to attend, but the timing gods just were not having it. I shall be there in spirit and I hope you will join me in wishing all the best to our boy Big C and his lovely bride, Rebecca Whitaker—that is the newlywed couple there at the top of the page. It’s gonna be a good party, I am most certain. In the meantime, I offer you this musical party and you may find the usual YouTube-ish playlist by clicking on the link right HERE. Over and out for now, Gentle Reader(s)—keep the faith!

Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
Dance to the Bop – Gene Vincent
Godless – Dandy Warhols
The Hungry Wolf – X
Young Americans – David Bowie
Y Control (Brooklyn Fire Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Think I Need It Too – Echo & the Bunnypersons
Army of Me – Björk
It’s A Sin – Eddy Arnold
Head and Shoulders – Leftfield & Sleaford Mods
Feel Good Forever – the Fruit Machines
Rockaway Beach – the Ramones
Please Mr. Postman – the Marvelettes
Big Women – G.B.H.
Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins (request)
Top O’ the Mornin to Ya – House of Pain
Shadows of the Night – Pat Benatar (request)
Betray – Minor Threat
Do The Strand – Roxy Music (request)
I Can’t Stand It – the Hotrats
Fascination Street – the Cure (request)
Girls On Film – Duran Duran (request)
That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 – Isley Brothers
American Psycho – the Misfits
Lam Saravane Dub – Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart
Santa Fe – Zach Bryan
The Nights of Wine and Roses – Japandroids
Wot About Me – Wild Youth
Tutti-Frutti – Little Richard
Cherry Chapstick – Yo La Tengo
A Certain Girl – the Yardbirds
Born to Die – M.D.C.
Teardrop – Massive Attack
Little Chickie Wa-Wa – Huey ‘Piano’ Smith
Memphis Egypt – Mekons
Cissy Strut – the Meters
Back in Black – AC/DC
Waiting for the Siren’s Call – New Order
Theme from Shaft – Isaac Hayes
Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe
Born to Lose – Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
Modern World – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Gamma Knife – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Fall Back Down – Rancid
What’d I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 – Ray Charles
Bastards of Young – the Replacements
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
Rock You Like A Hurricane – the Scorpions
Look At You – Screaming Trees
Everybody Is A Star – Sly & the Family Stone
Paralyzed – Gang of Four
50ft Queenie – PJ Harvey
Battery Acid – Queens of the Stone Age
El Pueblo Unido – Thievery Corporation
Check the Rime – A Tribe Called Quest
Teenage Kicks – the Undertones
Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam – the Vaselines
Blue Orchid – the White Stripes
Romance – Wild Flag
Personality Crisis – the New York Dolls
Drain You – Nirvana
Do That Stuff – Parliament
Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque – the Partridge Family
Papa Was A Rolling Stone – the Temptations
Show Stopper – Peaches
Maggie Mae – the Pietasters
Punk Rock Girls – the Queers
It Happened Today – R.E.M.
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend – the Ramones
Set Me Free – the Kinks
You Disappear – La Luz
The Rover – Led Zeppelin
The Devil’s Train – Hank Williams
Search & Destroy – Iggy & the Stooges
Whiteout – Boss Hog
The Hill – Bombay Bicycle Club
Come On, Come On – Cheap Trick
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Taxi – Bryan Ferry