Alternative Milestones

Alternative Milestones Episode 23 – Happy Birthday, America

Thu, Jul 4, 2024

Today is Independence Day here in America (as I’m sure you’re aware).  So sprinkled in with our usual Alternative Milestone tracks this week we’ll be hearing some holiday-related tracks as well, just to make sure you’re all ready for a safe and happy 4th of July celebration.

Happy Birthday, America!

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Playlist

    Time: July 4 - 1:02:12 pm
  • See How We Are

    X, “4th of July”

    from See How We Are

    Fat Possum - 1987

    • Time: July 4 - 1:06:08 pm
  • Friction Baby

    Better Than Ezra, “Long Lost”

    from Friction Baby

    Elektra Records - 1996

    • Time: July 4 - 1:09:49 pm
  • Light

    Matisyahu, “One Day”

    from Light

    100% Records - 2010

    • Time: July 4 - 1:12:53 pm
  • Razorlight

    Razorlight, “America”

    from Razorlight

    Motown - 2006

    • Time: July 4 - 1:19:51 pm
  • Wilco (The Album)

    Wilco, “Wilco (The Song)”

    from Wilco (The Album)

    Nonesuch - 2009

    • Time: July 4 - 1:23:00 pm
  • Squeezing Out Sparks + Live Sparks

    Graham Parker & The Rumour, “Local Girls”

    from Squeezing Out Sparks + Live Sparks

    Arista - 1979

    • Time: July 4 - 1:26:31 pm
  • Duty Now for the Future

    Devo, “Wiggly World”

    from Duty Now for the Future

    Warner Records - 1979

    • Time: July 4 - 1:31:51 pm
  • A Pagan Place

    The Waterboys, “A Pagan Place”

    from A Pagan Place

    Chrysalis Records - 2002

    • Time: July 4 - 1:37:27 pm
  • Enter the Vaselines

    The Vaselines, “Sex Sux (Amen)”

    from Enter the Vaselines

    Traffic Inc. - 2009

    • Time: July 4 - 1:40:33 pm
  • 13 Songs

    Fugazi, “Margin Walker”

    from 13 Songs

    Dischord - 1989

    • Time: July 4 - 1:45:01 pm
  • Velveteen

    Transvision Vamp, “Baby I Don't Care”

    from Velveteen

    Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1989

    • Time: July 4 - 1:49:11 pm
  • Last Splash

    The Breeders, “Saints”

    from Last Splash

    4AD - 1993

    • Time: July 4 - 1:51:45 pm
  • God Shuffled His Feet

    Crash Test Dummies, “Afternoons & Coffeespoons”

    from God Shuffled His Feet

    Arista - 1993

    • Time: July 4 - 1:55:29 pm

  • Alien Ant Farm, “Movies”

    from Greatest Hits

    Chick Music Records - 1999

    • Time: July 4 - 2:00:55 pm
  • Little Plastic Castle

    Ani DiFranco, “Independence Day”

    from Little Plastic Castle

    Righteous Babe Records - 1998

    • Time: July 4 - 2:04:35 pm
  • Ocean Avenue

    Yellowcard, “Only One”

    from Ocean Avenue

    Capitol Records - 2003

    • Time: July 4 - 2:08:47 pm
  • Zen Arcade

    Hüsker Dü, “Something I Learned Today”

    from Zen Arcade

    SST Records - 1984

    • Time: July 4 - 2:13:54 pm
  • Careers

    Beverly, “Honey Do”

    from Careers

    Kanine Records - 2014

    • Time: July 4 - 2:17:08 pm
  • 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Boomtown Rats

    The Boomtown Rats, “Like Clockwork”

    from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Boomtown Rats

    Island Def Jam - 2005

    • Time: July 4 - 2:20:31 pm
  • She's So Unusual

    Cyndi Lauper, “She Bop”

    from She's So Unusual

    Portrait - 1983

    • Time: July 4 - 2:27:08 pm
  • All the People (Live At Hyde Park 02/07/2009)

    Blur, “There's No Other Way (Live At Hyde Park 02/07/2009)”

    from All the People (Live At Hyde Park 02/07/2009)

    Parlophone UK - 2009

    • Time: July 4 - 2:30:29 pm

  • Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)”

    from Bad Reputation

    Blackheart Records / TuneCore - 1981

    • Time: July 4 - 2:34:12 pm
  • Rock Spectacle (Live)

    Barenaked Ladies, “Life, In a Nutshell (Live)”

    from Rock Spectacle (Live)

    Reprise - 1996

    • Time: July 4 - 2:36:41 pm
  • Five Leaves Left (Remastered)

    Nick Drake, “Day Is Done”

    from Five Leaves Left (Remastered)

    Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1970

    • Time: July 4 - 2:42:32 pm
  • Double Nickels on the Dime

    Minutemen, “Viet Nam”

    from Double Nickels on the Dime

    SST Records - 1989

    • Time: July 4 - 2:44:09 pm
  • Cure for Pain

    Morphine, “Buena”

    from Cure for Pain

    Ryko/Rhino - 1993

    • Time: July 4 - 2:47:06 pm
  • Lungs

    Florence + the Machine, “Dog Days Are Over”

    from Lungs

    Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 2009

    • Time: July 4 - 2:51:20 pm
  • 4

    The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, “California”

    from 4

    A+R Productions/Monarch Records - 2014

    • Time: July 4 - 2:56:55 pm
  • Greatest Hits

    Simon & Garfunkel, “America”

    from Greatest Hits

    Columbia - 1972