The Sonic Cafe

07/11/2025

Sonic Café #469/Beats, Chilled… But Never Shaken
Network Release: 7/11/2025
Stream:https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-469beats-chilled-but-never-shaken/

Sonic Café the little radio café in the Pacific Northwest where amazing things always seem to be happening. Hello, and welcome, this is episode 469 and I’m your host Scott Clark. With the release of this episode the Sonic Café has been on the air for nine years now. Wow, just wow. We thank all the great radio stations out there for playing the Sonic Café each week and most importantly we thank you for listening. So ahh this time the Sonic Café celebrates in the chillest way possible, with a great mix of down tempo, lounge and electronic tunes, with Beats, chilled but never shaken. We’ve pulled together a mix of favorites mostly from the early two-thousands, listen for Bill Conti, Gabin, Fragile State, Chicane, Bent and of course many more. So we’re just gonna get kick back, and grab our headphones, along with you and celebrate our ninth anniversary, with beats, chilled but never shaken. From the 2002 Beautiful Tomorrow release this is Blue Six and we’re the Sonic Café.

Complete playlist:
Song 1: Jumbo
Artist: Underworld
LP: Beaucoup Fish
Yr: 1999
Song 2: Pure (Jay's Nightlife Dub)
Artist: Blue Six
LP: Beautiful Tomorrow
Yr: 2002
Song 3: Deep Kitsch
Artist: dZihan & Kamien
LP: Gran Riserva
Yr: 2002
Song 4: Red Label
Artist: Bill Conti
LP:
Yr. 2012
Song 5: La Maison (di Battista's Dream)
Artist: Gabin
LP: Gabin
Yr: 2003
Song 6: 600 Bliss
Artist: Fragile State
LP: Voices from the Dust Bowl
Yr: 2004
Song 7: Low Sun
Artist: Chicane
LP: Behind the Sun
Year: 2000
Song 8: King Wisp
Artist: Bent
LP: The Everlasting Blink
Yr: 2003
Song 9: Breathing Light
Artist: Nitin Sawhney
LP: Pure Chill Out
Yr: 2002
Song 10: Pink's Song mediagrant.com
Artist: Richard Wright
LP: Wet Dream
Yr: 1978
Song 11: Gloomy Sunday
Artist: Heather Nova
LP: Pure Chill Out
Yr: 2002
Song 12: Nixon's Spirit
Artist: Paul Oakenfold
LP: Bunkka
Yr: 2002

Sonic Café, the little radio café in the Pacific Northwest where amazing things always seem to happen. Hello and welcome. This is episode 469, and I’m your host Scott Clark. With this episode, the Sonic Café marks nine years on the air. Wow. Huge thanks to all the great radio stations that carr...

07/10/2025

From Sonic Café #468 Network Release: 7-4-2025
Artist: Aviva
LP: Wierdo
YR: 2023

07/08/2025

From Sonic Café #468 Network Release: 7-4-2025
Artist: The Hellacopters
LP: Rock & Roll Is Dead
YR: 1998

07/06/2025

From Sonic Café #468 Network Release: 7-4-2025
Artist: Nerf Herder
LP: American Cheese
YR: 2002

07/04/2025

Sonic Café #468/Weird Is The Word
Network Release: 7/4/2025
Stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-468weird-is-the-word/

Sonic Café with a song that’s just plain weird, Oingo Boingo there with some, weird, wacky science from 1985, so hey welcome to our little radio café way out here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 468. This time the Sonic Café celebrates the weird world we live in. Listen for comedian Mark Poolos describing the weird wonderful people he’s seen at Walmart, and later on comedian Jim Gaffigan shares some of his weird observations about life. Our music mix is pulled from 54 years including Weird Al Yankovic mashing the 80’s Safety Dance tune with his lyrics to ahh deliver the Brady Bunch. Just a bit weird. We’ll also spin Bob Seger’s Katmandu, The Helacopters, Frank Zappa, Avril Lavigne, Pixies, Aviva, X Ambassadors and many more. Oh and just to make things a bit more weird Neil deGrasse Tyson stops by to tell us the Zodiac signs are all wrong, plus a bit on strange phenomena from around the world. All this time as Weird ahh is the Word. From 2002 this is Nerf Herder from their American Cheese release and of course we’re the Sonic Café.

Complete playlist:
Song 1: Weird Science
Artist: Oingo Boingo
LP: Dead Man's Party
Yr: 1985
Song 2: Welcome to My World
Artist: Nerf Herder
LP: American Cheese
Yr: 2002
Song 3: The Brady Bunch
Artist: Weird Al Yankovic
LP: In 3-D
Yr: 1999
Song 4: Weird People At Walmart
Artist: Mark Poolos
LP: Dry Bar Comedy
Yr.
Song 5: Katmandu (Remastered 2011/Edit)
Artist: Bob Seger
LP: Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets
Yr: 1975
Song 6: Nothing Terribly New
Artist: The Hellacopters
LP: Rock & Roll Is Dead
Yr: 2018
Song 7: Why Zodiac Signs Are WRONG
Artist: Neil deGrasse Tyson
LP: Star Talk
Year: 2024
Song 8: Weird Scene
Artist: Mr.Brown
LP: The Coolest Songs In The World. Vol 1
Yr: 1998
Song 9: Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Artist: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
LP: Freak Out!
Yr: 1966
Song 10: Crazy On You
Artist: Heart
LP: Dreamboat Annie
Yr: 1976
Song 11: Weird/Brain Surgeon
Artist: Jim Gaffigan
LP: Beyond the Pale
Yr: 2006
Song 12: Anything but Ordinary
Artist: Avril Lavigne
LP: Let Go
Yr: 2002
Song 13: Weird At My School
Artist: Pixies
LP: Complete B Sides
Yr: 2001
Song 14: WEIRDO
Artist: AViVA
LP: WEIRDO
Yr: 2023
Song 15: Unsteady
Artist: X Ambassadors
LP: VHS
Yr: 2015
Song 16: Can't Get Enough
Artist: Smash Mouth
LP: Can't Hardly Wait
Yr: 1998
Song 17: Aw' Mercy
Artist: Booker T. & The MG's
LP: The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 1
Yr: 2019

Sonic Café with a song that’s just plain weird—Oingo Boingo from 1985. So hey, welcome to our little radio café out here in the Pacific Northwest. I’m Scott Clark, and this is episode 468. This time, the Sonic Café celebrates the weird world we live in. You’ll hear comedian Mark Poolos on...

07/03/2025

From Sonic Café #467 Network Release: 6-27-2025
Artist: Rare Earth
LP: One World
YR: 1971

07/01/2025

From Sonic Café #467 Network Release: 6-27-2025
Artist: Chicago
LP: Chicago VI
YR: 1973

06/29/2025

From Sonic Café #467 Network Release: 6-27-2025
LP: The Midnight Special
YR: 1972-1981

06/27/2025

Sonic Café #467/The Era of the Midnight Special
Network Release: 6/27/2025
Stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-467the-era-of-the-midnight-special/

Sonic Café, welcome to the era of the Midnight Special, a time when vinyl records were the thing, and thirty-three and a third album was king. I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 467. The Midnight Special aired from 1972 to 1981 featuring live bands of the era in a 90-minute late night format. This time the Sonic Café presents a thin slice of that time, every song in this mix was released between 1969 and 76. Tune in your radio during then and you might have heard one of these songs for the very first time. Listen for the Rolling Stones, J. Geils Band, Doobie Brothers, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Rod Stewart and the Faces, of course many more. Presented with the vinyl crackle everyone heard when the needle hit the record. Very cool. Oh, and there’s more, comedian Nate Bargatze is here to inform us that Reading is the Key to Being Smart, also Shane Gillis let’s us know that becoming republican, is a thing that grows on you, and finally the Sonic Café presents a list of seventies artists who hit the top 40 just once. So join us as we present Album Rock of the Seventies. From 1974, this is Ace, and from way out here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re the Sonic Café.

Complete playlist:
Song 1: The Midnight Special
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
LP: W***y and the Poor Boys
Yr: 1969
Song 2: How Long
Artist: Ace
LP: Five a Side
Yr: 1974
Song 3: Tumbling Dice
Artist: The Rolling Stones
LP: Exile On Main Street
Yr: 1972
Song 4: Reading Is The Key To Smart
Artist: Nate Bargatze
LP:
Yr. 2025
Song 5: Give It To Me
Artist: J. Geils Band
LP: Bloodshot
Yr: 1973
Song 6: Feel Like Makin' Love
Artist: Bad Company
LP: Guitar Rock
Yr: 1975
Song 7: Long Train Runnin'
Artist: The Doobie Brothers
LP: Best Of The Doobies
Year: 1974
Song 8: Immigrant Song
Artist: Led Zeppelin
LP: Boxed Set
Yr: 1970
Song 9: Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
Artist: John Lennon
LP: Legend
Yr: 1974
Song 10: Pinball Wizard
Artist: The Who
LP:
Yr: 1975
Song 11: I Can Feel It. It Grows
Artist: Shane Gillis
LP:
Yr: 2024
Song 12: Feelin' Stronger Every Day
Artist: Chicago
LP: Chicago VI
Yr: 1973
Song 13: (I Know) I'm Losing You
Artist: Rod Stewart & The Faces
LP: The Definitive Rock Collection [Disc 1]
Yr: 1971
Song 14: 70s Artists With Only One U.S. Top 40 Hit
Artist: Tommy Edison Shorts
LP:
Yr: 2025
Song 15: I Just Want To Celebrate
Artist: Rare Earth
LP: One World
Yr: 1971
Song 16: Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Artist: Steely Dan
LP: Pretzel Logic
Yr: 1974
Song 17: Baby Blue
Artist: Badfinger
LP:
Yr: 1971

Sonic Café, welcome to the era of the Midnight Special, when vinyl ruled and 33⅓ albums were king. I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 467. The Midnight Special aired from 1972 to 1981, showcasing live bands in a 90-minute late-night format. This time the Sonic Café brings you music released b...

06/26/2025

From Sonic Café #466 Network Release: 6-20-2025
Artist: Frank Zappa and the Mother’s of Invention
LP: Freak Out!
YR: 1966

06/24/2025

From Sonic Café #466 Network Release: 6-20-2025
Artist: Reverend Clayton’s Big Damn Band
LP: Dance Songs for Hard Times
YR: 2021

06/22/2025

From Sonic Café #466 Network Release: 6-20-2025
Artist: Diane and the Gentle Men
LP: The Bad and the Beautiful
YR: 2023