07 Jun Matador Playlists 5/29/25 & 6/5/25

At long last, Your Humble Narrator has returned to his crepuscular little corner in Ye Olde Matador Bar & Lounge to spin the toons for the multitudes once again. It was a fairly long hiatus this time around—almost two months—but I figure that my time was well spent as the previous posting on this page will attest. One event that took place while I was out of the Santa Fe pocket was the Matador anniversary. The Little Bar That Could first opened its door (there’s only one) on May 5, 2007, and it has been taking names and kicking butt ever since. There was that whole unfortunate pandemic thing back in 2020, but with that one exception the Mat has been open every day of every week of every month for the past 18 years. That is pretty incredible. A wide range of watering holes—most of them within a block or three of the corner of Galisteo and West San Francisco Streets—have come and gone during that period of time, but the Matador abides and, somewhat improbably, so does DJ Inky. The promo image at the top of the page dates back 16 years.

Besides Francisco and Cesar, YHN is the only remnant of the original Matador crew still darkening the doorway—and that includes patrons as well as employees. I held forth on this topic back at the beginning of the year (see my post of 1/5/25), but I thought it worthy of a further mention. So, Happy 18th Birthday Matador—you are now an ostensible institutional adult and old enough to vote, though I don’t expect you’ll ever really grow up. I wouldn’t consider it an exaggeration to say, Gentle Reader(s), that we live in strange and precarious times, but I can’t but help to look forward to the eventuality of the Mat’s 20th anniversary in 2027. I have no notion of what manner of celebrations might be in order to observe the blessed occasion and I’m not holding out much hope that the Mayor will issue any proclamations or present us with the key to the city. There’s plenty of time to figure out something special but we’ve got to actually get there first. Fingers crossed!

In the meantime, I offer up not just one but TWO Matador playlists for your delectation and delight. Is this your lucky day or what?? Here is the YouTube link for this week’s presentation, and here’s the one for last week. The particulars of both sessions are listed below, as always. Enjoy!

Matador Playlist 5/29/25

Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
Matador – Piñata Protest
Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
Brick House – the Commodores
Cashing In – Minor Threat
Hey Boy, Hey Girl – Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Marquis de Sade – Crocodiles
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville – R.E.M.
Psycho Billy #2 – Mad Trucker Gone Mad
Aneurysm – Nirvana
Cabbage Alley – the Meters
Blast Off – the Birthday Party
Concrete Jungle – Bob Marley & the Wailers
New York Groove – Ace Frehley
Straight to Hell – the Clash
Young Lady, You’re Scaring Me – Ron Gallo
Back in Your Arms Again – the Mavericks
Rock You Like A Hurricane – the Scorpions
Hurray Gurdy Man – Donovan
Shamrocks & Shenanigans – House of Pain
Cut Your Hair – Pavement
Booty-Whop – Big Freedia
Come and Get It – Badfinger
Do the Strand – Roxy Music
Young Lover (Roma Zuckerman remix) – St. Vincent
Rockaway Beach – the Ramones
The Other Side – the Roots
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – Buzzcocks
Waitin’ for the Bus – ZZ Top
Jesus Just Left Chicago – ZZ Top
You Didn’t Need – Rollins Band
Dress – PJ Harvey
All the Small Things – blink-182
Dead Men Tell No Tales – Motörhead
Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth
Rivers of Babylon – the Melodians
Astro Zombies – the Misfits
It’s Over – Roy Orbison
Chatterbox – New York Dolls
Dope Cloud – Protomartyr
Baligaga – Tricky
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie – Black Flag
Summer of the Strange – Toadies
Love Bends – Wire
The Wizard – Black Sabbath
Rock & Roll High School – the Ramones
Pitbull Terrier – Die Antwoord
Oye Como Va – Santana
Submission – Sex Pistols
Piece of My Heart – Janis Joplin (request)
Primo – Tito Double P (request)
Bob Willis is Still the King – Waylon Jennings
Another State of Mind – Social Distortion
See No Evil – Television
S.U.S. – the Ruts
Candy Sam – Ty Segall
Ack Ack Ack – the Minutemen
Jangling Jack – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
C’mon C’mon – the Von Bondies
El Mero Cero – St. Vincent
Born to Raise Hell – Motörhead
Listen – Stiff Little Fingers
Fascination Street – the Cure
T.V. Eye – the Stooges
Lonely Weekends – Charlie Rich
I Come From the Mountain – Thee Oh Sees
Foggy Notion – the Velvet Underground
Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine – the White Stripes
Beyond and Back – X
My God is the Sun – Queens of the Stone Age
Seattle – Public Image, Ltd.
They Put a Body in the Bayou – the Orwells
I’m the Man – Nashville Pussy
The Great Salt Lake – Band of Horses
Ramble On – Led Zeppelin
Cure for Pain – Morphine
Young Americans – David Bowie
Malachite – Division Day
Think Again – Minor Threat
Space Cowboy – Steve Miller Band
Romance – Wild Flag
Soul Kitchen – the Doors
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Taxi – Bryan Ferry

Matador Playlist 6/5/25

Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
My Iron Lung – Radiohead
Cantina – Piñata Protest
He’d Send in the Army – Gang of Four
Easy Lover – Phil Collins/Philip Bailey
Funhouse – the Meteors
Universal Heartbeat – Juliana Hatfield
T.N.T. – AC/DC
Boss of Me – David Bowie
You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man) – Loretta Lynn
The War – Bob Mould
Trouble Come This Morning – Crime & the City Solution
Everyday I Write the Book – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Stupid Girl – Garbage
The Trooper – Iron Maiden
If I Were a Carpenter – Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Blue Moon – the Kills
Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley
I Shall Not Be Moved – Public Enemy
A Well Respected Man – the Kinks
Don’t Stop the Dance – Bryan Ferry
Riverside Jump – Jimmy Dale
Atmosphere – Joy Division
Limelight – Rush
Easy Easy – King Krule
American Society – L7
A History of Bad Men – the Melvins
Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin Wolf
I Felt Like A Gringo – the Minutemen
20th Century Boy – T. Rex
Dime Western – Screaming Trees
Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone – Texas Tornados
Counting Sevens – White Hills
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Lila Engel (Lilac Angel) – Neu!
Weekend – Mac Miller (request)
I Got You Babe – UB40
World Destruction – Time Zone w/ Afrika Bambaataa
X – Because I Do
Crack City – Tin Machine
Pure & Easy – the Who
Flashlight – Parliament
When the Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin
2009 – Mac Miller (request)
Tearing – Rollins Band
Common People – Pulp
I Get Around – the Beach Boys
The Crusher – the Cramps
Psycho Mafia – the Fall
Milkman – Bully
C’mon Everybody – Eddie Cochran
Sister Midnight – Iggy Pop
Talking Loud & Saying Nothing, Pts. 1 & 2 – James Brown
Just Like Honey – the Jesus & Mary Chain
Come On, Come On – Cheap Trick
Trapped By A Thing Called Love – Denise LaSalle
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton (request)
Unsung – Helmet
Big Women – G.B.H.
Purity Rock – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Lake of Fire – Meat Puppets
Arika Shox – Leftfield, feat. Afrika Bambaataa
Fuck & Run – Liz Phair
Freya – the Sword
Buena – Morphine
Walken’s Syndrome – Fugazi
Ceremony – New Order
She’s A Bad Mama Jama – Carl Carlton
Living After Midnight- Judas Priest
Look Back in Anger – David Bowie
Ways To Be Wicked – Lone Justice
Lithium – Nirvana
Meet Ze Monsta – PJ Harvey
In My Head – Queens of the Stone Age
Everything is Everything – Lauryn Hill
Teenage Bonehead – the Queers
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Taxi – Bryan Ferry