The defiant Charles Mingus, on his 100th birthday. 

Headlong plunge into "Analogues," "Sequentials," "An Incident in Cathedral Romance," "A Deuce Cross." 

Wide-ranging talk: the first take of the Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock, the music criticism of George Bernard Shaw, a radio adaptation of W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw," the most difficult hockey team of all-time to beat in a seven game series, early baseball slugger Gavvy Cravath. 

Conversing about the new JazzTimes Jelly Roll Morton piece, Prince covering Radiohead's "Creep," a George Bernard Shaw puppet play, and the 1983 Canadian B-horror, Siege. 

Ten of the jazz giant's best recordings. 

Exploring "Brackets," "Blinkered," "Yellow Hammers," "My Death Tie." 

New short story "Desilva," Jamie T's "Alicia Quays," a peak behind the curtain of a Beatles recording session, and a baseball slugger near the end tries to become a pitcher. 

The relationship between music and sports. 

Skipping the drinks on St. Patrick's Day. 

Johnny Most, Dylan at the Supper Club, Quiet, Please predicts the future, X Minus One introduces the last Martian, and nineteenth century baseball player, Chicken Wolf. 

An animated Disney film about hockey, the fascinating career and life of old time baseball player Ice Box Chamberlain, Yaz in 1968, the Escape episode, "Border Town," and a most mysterious radio offering from out of Cape Cod. 

An Escape radio episode of a Conan Doyle story starring Jack Webb, an early version of the Who's cover of "Baby Don't You Do It," the Grateful Dead playing an acoustic gig in 1970, first episodes of The Honeymooners and The Likely Lads, and problems with baseball. 

Talking about the latest Beatles piece, the 1964 dreck-fest, The Horror of Party Beach, an early Goddard short, Beethoven's Irish folk tunes, and Tolstoy. 

A feature on the 1972 porn film, Behind the Green Door. 

An essay on the band's two best love songs. 

Talking about the Vaccines' "Headphones Baby," the retirement of the Bruins' Tuukka Rask, a radio adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space," and the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episode, "The McClain Matter." 

Scroll down to episode #94 with a follow-up segment in episode #95 for a conversaton about Sam Cooke: Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963. 

The longest version of the Grateful Dead's "Dark Star," the 1979 animated film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the 1933 Jean Vigo film, Zero for Conduct, the Kansas City 7's "Lester Leaps In" (1939), and what ails the Star Wars franchise. 

Muddy Waters + Rolling Stones, Green Day, Orson Welles, pride, and thing in need of saying about discrimination. 

From Amazon: "With If You [ ], author Colin Fleming breaks the unwritten rule of the short story collection. In over thirty different styles, Fleming delivers a punk rock triple album in book form―compositions that display a dizzying range of fearless artistry, from horror to hyper-experimental to a story disguised as a grocery list. Together, these pieces resonate with unexpected chords, exploring the breadth of human experience and affirming that that narrative is everywhere, if we are able and willing to see it."

Interview on Downtown with Rich Kimball about an early live performance of “Atom Heart Mother” by Pink Floyd from Leeds 2/28/70; a 1945 episode of Suspense starring Judy Garland; versions of “Some Other Guy” by the Beatles and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates; Edgar Allan Poe’s “Hop-Frog”; and the beauty of the 1956 Topps baseball card set.

Quick piece about a John Coltrane-themed triple set. 

Discussing works by Man Ray, Franz Kafka, Joseph Cornell, T.E. Hulme, and John Coltrane. 

Essay on jazz pianist Freddie Redd and his masterful Shades of Redd album. "Some albums seem to enjoy a challenge more than others. That is, they say, “Hit me with what you got, because this is what I got, and I think I can take you out.” Let us consider, then, Shades of Redd, one of the finest jazz dates of its era, and I think I’d extend the words upon the marquee to read, “any era.”

Talking about music from Blind Lemon Jefferson, Little Walter, Bessie Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Blind Willie Johnson.