Alternative Milestones

Alternative Milestones Episode 15 – The Best Day Ever?

Thu, May 9, 2024

This week, we celebrate May 10th 1994.  We’ve got 5 album release milestones, all on that one amazing day… including 3 debuts!

Celebrating 30 years tomorrow: Sunny Day Real Estate’s debut album Diary, G. Love & Special Sauce’s self-titled debut and Weezer’s self-titled debut all came out on that day.  Also Sonic Youth’s 8th album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, and Indigo Girls’ 5th album Swamp Ophelia.

As if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got 4 milestones from albums released May 5th 2009!

We’re also celebrating 3 milestone birthdays this week.  We’ve got music from a 45-year-range from 1974 thru 2019.

Gonna be a fun one!

You can always follow along with the milestones every day on my Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/drjayontheradio/

Show archive

Playlist

    Time: May 9 - 1:02:41 pm
  • Candleland (Expanded)

    Ian McCulloch, “Proud to Fall”

    from Candleland (Expanded)

    Rhino - 2012

    • Time: May 9 - 1:06:34 pm
  • Pistolero

    Juno Reactor, “Pistolero (Radio Edit)”

    from Pistolero

    Metropolis Records - 2000

    • Time: May 9 - 1:09:50 pm
  • Outer South

    Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, “Air Mattress”

    from Outer South

    Merge Records - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 1:14:56 pm
  • Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey

    Cracker, “Turn On Tune In Drop Out With Me”

    from Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey

    Savoy - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 1:19:03 pm
  • Reach for the Sun

    The Dangerous Summer, “Where I Want to Be”

    from Reach for the Sun

    Hopeless Records, Inc. - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 1:22:49 pm
  • Actor (Bonus Track Version)

    St. Vincent, “Actor Out of Work”

    from Actor (Bonus Track Version)

    4AD - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 1:27:38 pm
  • Luminous

    The Horrors, “So Now You Know”

    from Luminous

    XL Recordings - 2014

    • Time: May 9 - 1:32:32 pm
  • Natalie Merchant

    Natalie Merchant, “Texas”

    from Natalie Merchant

    Nonesuch - 2013

    • Time: May 9 - 1:37:32 pm
  • Heartbeat City

    The Cars, “Magic”

    from Heartbeat City

    Rhino/Elektra - 1984

    • Time: May 9 - 1:43:40 pm
  • Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Deluxe Edition)

    Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Easy Skanking”

    from Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Deluxe Edition)

    Island Records - 1984

    • Time: May 9 - 1:46:34 pm
  • Parklife

    Blur, “Parklife”

    from Parklife

    Parlophone UK - 2012

    • Time: May 9 - 1:50:54 pm
  • Street Fighting Years

    Simple Minds, “Mandela Day”

    from Street Fighting Years

    Virgin Records - 2002

    • Time: May 9 - 1:56:32 pm
  • Last of the Independents

    Pretenders, “Night In My Veins”

    from Last of the Independents

    Rhino/Warner Records - 2004

    • Time: May 9 - 2:01:49 pm
  • Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

    Sarah McLachlan, “Hold On”

    from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

    Arista - 1993

    • Time: May 9 - 2:05:59 pm
  • Unrepentant Geraldines

    Tori Amos, “Trouble's Lament”

    from Unrepentant Geraldines

    Mercury Classics - 2014

    • Time: May 9 - 2:09:38 pm
  • In Too Much Too Soon

    New York Dolls, “Chatterbox”

    from In Too Much Too Soon

    Mercury Records - 1974

    • Time: May 9 - 2:15:10 pm
  • Diary (2009 Remastered Version) [Bonus Track Version]

    Sunny Day Real Estate, “In Circles”

    from Diary (2009 Remastered Version) [Bonus Track Version]

    Sub Pop Records - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 2:20:09 pm
  • Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star

    Sonic Youth, “Bull In the Heather”

    from Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star

    Geffen - 2016

    • Time: May 9 - 2:23:13 pm
  • G. Love and Special Sauce

    G. Love & Special Sauce, “Cold Beverage”

    from G. Love and Special Sauce

    Okeh/Epic - 1994

    • Time: May 9 - 2:25:39 pm
  • Swamp Ophelia

    Indigo Girls, “Least Complicated”

    from Swamp Ophelia

    Epic - 1994

    • Time: May 9 - 2:29:50 pm
  • Weezer

    Weezer, “My Name Is Jonas”

    from Weezer

    Geffen - 2016

    • Time: May 9 - 2:35:07 pm
  • Red Alert - EP

    Basement Jaxx, “Red Alert”

    from Red Alert - EP

    XL Recordings - 1999

    • Time: May 9 - 2:38:41 pm
  • Hopes and Fears (Deluxe Edition)

    Keane, “Everybody's Changing”

    from Hopes and Fears (Deluxe Edition)

    UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) - 2009

    • Time: May 9 - 2:43:37 pm
  • Fake Tunes

    Bear Hands, “Back Seat Driver (Spirit Guide)”

    from Fake Tunes

    Spensive Sounds - 2019

    • Time: May 9 - 2:47:24 pm
  • Young Enough

    Charly Bliss, “Capacity”

    from Young Enough

    Lucky Number Music - 2019

    • Time: May 9 - 2:51:03 pm
  • Three Imaginary Boys

    The Cure, “10:15 Saturday Night”

    from Three Imaginary Boys

    Rhino/Elektra - 1979

    • Time: May 9 - 2:59:32 pm
  • E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals

    The Matches, “Chain Me Free”

    from E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals

    Pretend Record Label - 2018