-originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Wednesday, August 26, 2026
-episode audio archive posted after the live show
-in this episode, we dive immediately into the Teacher’s theme for the fall 2026 “American Mixtape” class, featuring the 1960s & 1970s, including the darker side of the counterculture, with a specific focus on how the 60s influenced the 1980s & 90s.
-photo by Vernon Merritt iii of the Barker Ranch, a temporary residence of the Manson family
-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university
Aretha Franklin - Jumpin Jack Flash (1986 recording of the 1968 Rolling Stones song)
U2 - Helter Skelter (1988 release of the 1968 Beatles song, recorded live on the Joshua Tree tour in Fall 1987)
Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch - Death Valley ‘69 (a 1985 meditation on the brutal Manson Family murders of 1969)
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun (1985)
Husker Du - Ticket To Ride (1985 version of a 1965 Beatles song)
R.E.M. - There She Goes Again (1983 version of a 1967 song by the Velvet Underground & Nico)
Bongwater - Just May Be The One (1988 version of a 1967 song by The Monkees)
The Cure - Purple Haze (1993 version of the a 1967 song by Jimi Hendrix)
Echo & the Bunnymen - People Are Strange (1987 version of a 1967 song by The Doors)
Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter (1992 version of a 1967 song by The Rolling Stones)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence (1983 version of a 1968 song by The Beatles)
The Cult - Brother Wolf; Sister Moon (1985)
Rain Parade - What’s She Done To Your Mind (1983)
The Gun Club - Eskimo Blue Day (1990 version of a 1969 song by Jefferson Airplane)
Jason & the Scorchers - Absolutely Sweet Marie (1983 version of a 1966 song by Bob Dylan)
Camper Van Beethoven - We Saw Jerry’s Daughter (1986)
Indigo Girls - Uncle John’s Band (1991 version of the Grateful Dead song that was released in 1970 on Workingman’s Dead)
10,000 Maniacs - Peace Train (1987 version of the 1971 Yusuf/Cat Stevens song)
Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (1986 version of the 1969 song by Norman Greenbaum)
The Soup Dragons & Junior Reid - I’m Free (1990 version of the 1965 song by The Rolling Stones)
U2 - All Along The Watchtower (1988 release of a 1987 version of the 1967 Bob Dylan song)
U2 - Paint It Black (1991 version of 1966 song by The Rolling Stones)
The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson (the 1993 version of the 1968 song by Simon & Garfunkel from the soundtrack to the Mike Nichols’ film The Graduate)
The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (1985)
Claire Vaye Watkins books (referenced early in the show)
Battleborn - short stories 2012
Gold Fame Citrus - novel 2015
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness - novel 2021
Yellow Pine - novel 2026
Claire Vaye Watkins was born in Bishop, California in 1984. She is the daughter of Martha Watkins, described by Claire as "this incredible dynamo, a great bullshitter," and Paul Watkins, a former member of the Manson Family and a close collaborator of Charles Manson. Claire Watkins was raised in the Mojave Desert, first in Tecopa, California and then across the state line in Pahrump, Nevada. Photo by Dustin Snipes.
-episode audio archive posted after the live show
-in this episode, we dive immediately into the Teacher’s theme for the fall 2026 “American Mixtape” class, featuring the 1960s & 1970s, including the darker side of the counterculture, with a specific focus on how the 60s influenced the 1980s & 90s.
-photo by Vernon Merritt iii of the Barker Ranch, a temporary residence of the Manson family
-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university
Aretha Franklin - Jumpin Jack Flash (1986 recording of the 1968 Rolling Stones song)
U2 - Helter Skelter (1988 release of the 1968 Beatles song, recorded live on the Joshua Tree tour in Fall 1987)
Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch - Death Valley ‘69 (a 1985 meditation on the brutal Manson Family murders of 1969)
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun (1985)
Husker Du - Ticket To Ride (1985 version of a 1965 Beatles song)
R.E.M. - There She Goes Again (1983 version of a 1967 song by the Velvet Underground & Nico)
Bongwater - Just May Be The One (1988 version of a 1967 song by The Monkees)
The Cure - Purple Haze (1993 version of the a 1967 song by Jimi Hendrix)
Echo & the Bunnymen - People Are Strange (1987 version of a 1967 song by The Doors)
Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter (1992 version of a 1967 song by The Rolling Stones)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence (1983 version of a 1968 song by The Beatles)
The Cult - Brother Wolf; Sister Moon (1985)
Rain Parade - What’s She Done To Your Mind (1983)
The Gun Club - Eskimo Blue Day (1990 version of a 1969 song by Jefferson Airplane)
Jason & the Scorchers - Absolutely Sweet Marie (1983 version of a 1966 song by Bob Dylan)
Camper Van Beethoven - We Saw Jerry’s Daughter (1986)
Indigo Girls - Uncle John’s Band (1991 version of the Grateful Dead song that was released in 1970 on Workingman’s Dead)
10,000 Maniacs - Peace Train (1987 version of the 1971 Yusuf/Cat Stevens song)
Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (1986 version of the 1969 song by Norman Greenbaum)
The Soup Dragons & Junior Reid - I’m Free (1990 version of the 1965 song by The Rolling Stones)
U2 - All Along The Watchtower (1988 release of a 1987 version of the 1967 Bob Dylan song)
U2 - Paint It Black (1991 version of 1966 song by The Rolling Stones)
The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson (the 1993 version of the 1968 song by Simon & Garfunkel from the soundtrack to the Mike Nichols’ film The Graduate)
The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (1985)
Claire Vaye Watkins books (referenced early in the show)
Battleborn - short stories 2012
Gold Fame Citrus - novel 2015
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness - novel 2021
Yellow Pine - novel 2026
Claire Vaye Watkins was born in Bishop, California in 1984. She is the daughter of Martha Watkins, described by Claire as "this incredible dynamo, a great bullshitter," and Paul Watkins, a former member of the Manson Family and a close collaborator of Charles Manson. Claire Watkins was raised in the Mojave Desert, first in Tecopa, California and then across the state line in Pahrump, Nevada. Photo by Dustin Snipes.
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