The Sonic Cafe

01/16/2026

Sonic Café #496/Hooray for Beer!
Network Release: 1/16/2026
Stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-496hooray-for-beer/

Sonic Café — “The Survivor,” that’s Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Hey there and welcome to our little coastal radio café in the Pacific Northwest, serving a weekly blend of eclectic music, comedy, and pop culture. I’m Scott Clark, and this is episode 496.
This time we’re spinning a super‑fun mix pulled from 59 years. Former Pentatonix standout Avi Kaplan brings “Peace Somehow,” a tune that feels like it drifted out of our mossy forests. We’ll test your musical IQ with the most‑streamed songs of the last seven decades—see how many you nail. Plus Jimmy Page tells how Led Zeppelin’s classic “Kashmir” came together.
Canada’s greatest party band, Dwayne Gretzky, tears into Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al.” Plus Minus the Bear, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys and we’ll also slip in some classic jazz with Wayne Shorter’s “Footprints,” and ride the Sonic Café Time Machine back to 1970 for Mark Lindsay’s “Silver Bird.”
Whew, that’s a lot of goodness—so let’s pour the first round. Celebrating the malted arts, here’s Bowling for Soup with “Hooray for Beer.” And as always, we’re the Sonic Café.
Complete playlist:
Song 1: Survivor
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
LP: The Future
Yr: 2021
Song 2: Hooray For Beer
Artist: Bowling For Soup
LP: Sorry For Partyin'
Yr: 2009
Song 3: Sonic Cafe-Most Streamed Songs
Artist: Scott Clark
LP: Sonic Cafe
Yr: 2025
Song 4: Peace Somehow
Artist: Avi Kaplan
LP: Move Our Souls
Yr. 2025
Song 5: Kashmir
Artist: Led Zeppelin
LP: Boxed Set
Yr: 1975
Song 6: Hooray
Artist: Minus The Bear
LP: Menos El Oso
Yr: 2005
Song 7: You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon Cover)
Artist: Dwayne Gretzky
LP:
Year: 2024
Song 8: Silver Bird
Artist: Mark Lindsay
LP:
Yr: 1970
Song 9: Dani California (HD)
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
LP: Stadium Arcadium
Yr: 2006
Song 10: Footprints
Artist: Wayne Shorter
LP: Adam's Apple
Yr: 1966
Song 11: Breaking Down
Artist: The Black Keys
LP: Let's Rock
Yr: 2019
Song 12: Be Still My Heart
Artist: The Postal Service feat Jenny Lewis
LP: Give Up (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [Disk 2]
Yr: 2013
Song 13: WKRP End Theme
Artist: Jim Ellis
LP: WKRP in Cincinnati
Yr: 1978

01/15/2026

From Sonic Café #495 Network Release: 1-9-2026
Artist: Girl Tones
LP: Blame
YR: 2025

01/13/2026

From Sonic Café #495 Network Release: 1-9-2026
Artist: Ricky Byrd
LP: Sobering Times
YR: 2021

01/11/2026

From Sonic Café #495 Network Release: 1-9-2026
Artist: Wilson Pickett
LP: Hey Jude
YR: 1969

01/09/2026

Sonic Café #495/The Most Oregon Man In The World
Network Release: 1/9/2026
Stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-495the-most-oregon-man-in-the-world/

Sonic Café, kicking off with two legends, Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman, tearing into the Beatles Hey Jude, so welcome to that little radio café on the Oregon coast, I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 495.

This time the Sonic Café brings you the Most Oregon Man in the World. At least according to AI. It’s fun because ahh a lot of it checks out.

Our music mix is pulled from 57 years. Listen for Life is Good, Ricky Byrd from 2020’s Sobering Times release, also Girl Tones from 2025, with Blame; we’ll spin The Doors ripping a raw 1969 Roadhouse Blues; plus singer songwriter Jesse Welles who’d really rather skip going to Walmart today. All that plus Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, Wet Leg and the list goes on.

Then another Crazy Music Facts (the My Own Grandpa edition) from our friends at Origins of Songs; Also comedy shorts from Zoltan Kaszas and a quick math moment with Ronnie Chang.

Plus a brand new Sonic Café feature we’re calling, That’s Just Weird, featuring Iowa’s Metrolites covering the 1958 sci-fi classic The Blob. It’s ahh, just plain weird. So ahh strap in and cue the guitars. The year is 1976, the Band is Boston and, we’re the Sonic Café.

Complete playlist:
Song 1: Hey Jude
Artist: Wilson Pickett (w/ Duane Allman)
LP: Hey Jude
Yr: 1969
Song 2: Peace Of Mind
Artist: Boston
LP: Boston
Yr: 1976
Song 3: The Most Oregon Man in the World
Artist: AI Generated
LP:
Yr: 2025
Song 4: Life is Good
Artist: Ricky Byrd
LP: Sobering Times
Yr. 2021
Song 5: Blame
Artist: Girl Tones
LP: Blame
Yr: 2025
Song 6: Roadhouse Blues (Live)
Artist: The Doors
LP: The Very Best of the Doors
Yr: 1969
Song 7: Baby Photo
Artist: Zoltan Kaszas
LP:
Year:
Song 8: Walmart
Artist: Jesse Welles
LP:
Yr: 2024
Song 9: Angel Dance
Artist: Robert Plant
LP: Band Of Joy
Yr: 2010
Song 10: The Blob
Artist: The Metrolites
LP: In Spy-Fi
Yr: 2004
Song 11: Crazy Facts About Music Everyone Should Know! (Pt.88)
Artist: The Origins of Songs
LP: The Origins of Songs
Yr: 2024
Song 12: Watching The Northern Lights
Artist: Ba*****ed Ladies
LP: All In Good Time
Yr: 2010
Song 13: Math
Artist: Ronnie Chieng
LP:
Yr:
Song 14: Life Of Work
Artist: Iggy Pop
LP: Zombie Birdhouse
Yr: 2019
Song 15: u and me at home
Artist: Wet Leg
LP: Moisturizer
Yr: 2025
Song 16: She's Fine
Artist: The Stems
LP: Coolest Songs In The World, Vol. 2
Yr: 2003
Song 17: Stereo Tonic
Artist: Thunderball
LP: Scorpio Rising
Yr: 2001

01/08/2026

From Sonic Café #494 Network Release: 1-2-2026
Artist: Tina Brooks
LP: The Complete Tina Brooks Quintet Master Takes
YR: 2016

01/06/2026

From Sonic Café #494 Network Release: 1-2-2026
Artist: Lifehouse
LP: Out of the Wasteland
YR: 2015

01/06/2026

Check it out. The listen to the Sonic Cafe debut on episode #494

Musical guest sombr performs "back to friends" for The Tonight Show.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3gZJaNySubs...

01/04/2026

From Sonic Café #494 Network Release: 1-2-2026
Artist: sombr
LP: back to friends
YR: 2025

01/02/2026

Sonic Café #494/Experience Required
Network Release: 1/2/2026
Stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1/sonic-caf%C3%A9-494experience-required/

Sonic Café where we keep the revolution of radio alive, from 2024 that was sombr with his breakout alternative track Back to Being Friends, so welcome to the little coastal radio café, bringing you a weekly mix of eclectic music, comedy and pop culture. It’s a thing we call the Sonic Café. I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 494.

This time the Sonic Café explores the chicken or the egg concept with a classic movie moment from 1987’s Secret of My Success, where actor Michael J. Fox learns that he can’t get a job because he doesn't have experience, and he can’t get experience because he doesn’t have a job. Sound familiar?

We’ll also flashback to the 1980’s to capture that quintessential 80’s sound with Oingo Boingo. Listen for Dead Man’s Party.

We’ll also mix in Scary Pockets with a cool cover of Kiss, the Prince classic. That plus the Breakers, Out of Control from Dave Allen and the Guilty Ones, a truly bluesy version of Gallows Pole from Alvin Youngblood Hart, a Jazz Club classic from the late tenor man Tina Brooks and of course more.

Also playing basketball to delay death, a comedy short from Sheng Wang, plus Chevy Chase beats the Lamb Fry eating record. All that plus some other neat stuff thrown in along the way. So let’s get to it, from 2014, She’s A Beast, this is Lenny Kravitz, and we’re the Sonic Café.

Complete playlist:
Song 1: back to friends
Artist: sombr
LP: back to friends
Yr: 2024
Song 2: She's A Beast
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
LP: Strut
Yr: 2014
Song 3: Dane the Go-Go
Artist: The Breakers
LP: The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 4
Yr: 2008
Song 4: Kiss (Prince Cover)
Artist: Scary Pockets ft. Rozzi
LP:
Yr. 2019
Song 5: Dead Man's Party
Artist: Oingo Boingo
LP: Dead Man's Party
Yr: 1985
Song 6: Hurricane
Artist: Lifehouse
LP: Out Of The Wasteland
Yr: 2015
Song 7: Gallows Pole
Artist: Alvin Youngblood Hart
LP: True Blues
Year: 2013
Song 8: True Blue (Featuring Freddie Hubbard, Duke Jordan, Sam Jones & Art Taylor)
Artist: Tina Brooks
LP: The Complete Tina Brooks Quintet Master Takes
Yr: 2016
Song 9: basketball is life
Artist: Sheng Wang
LP: Sweet and Juicy
Yr: 2025
Song 10: Out Of Control
Artist: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones
LP: Eleven Eleven
Yr:
Song 11: Lamb Testicles
Artist: Chevy Chase
LP:
Yr:
Song 12: Paper Planes
Artist: This Century
LP: Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 3
Yr: 2010
Song 13: Jimi Thing
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
LP: Under The Table and Dreaming
Yr: 1994
Song 14: Get Out Of My Life Woman
Artist: The John Schroeder Orchestra
LP:
Yr: 1966

01/01/2026

From Sonic Café #493 Network Release: 12-26-2025
Artist: Chris Joss
LP: No Play No Work
YR: 2011

12/30/2025

From Sonic Café #493 Network Release: 12-26-2025
Artist: The Wonders
LP: That Thing You Do
YR: 1996