Jesse Ransom, LIVE! (KPSU Phase I Episode 103)
Jesse Ransom is one of those rare people that you feel lucky to meet in your lifetime: a talented, funny, and genuine person who happens to write beautiful songs that are sometimes as poignant as their are hilarious. His band Mondale (named after the Jello Biafra’s “Names For Bands” spoken word piece) was one of my faves: a great mix of Punk, Surf and songs about girls. In the years since Jesse has kept his guitar muscles firmly flexed, which has culminated in me finally calling him and telling him to show up to play music on the air, on this most hallowed of holidays, 666. In the ensuing hour, Ransom busts out three originals, three covers, a lot of anecdotal humor about music in general, and a small taste of some of his big influences. This is a show I’ve been waiting to do for some time now, and it makes me happy to see it finally come to fruition. Please listen, won’t you?
Jesse Ransom
01.) Raven Is A Spy * Mondale * Square Roots Radicals * Self-Released
02.) New School Gearhead * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
03.) Attraction / Distraction * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
04.) Salome (Old 97’s Cover) * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
05.) Proto Unit V-3 * Mondale * Square Roots Radicals * Self-Released
06.) Dear God (XTC Cover) * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
07.) I Wanna Be A Catholic * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
08.) God Isn’t Real (Robbie Fulks Cover) * Jesse Ransom * Performed Live 6/6/06
09.) Jean-Claude Van Damme * Mondale * Square Roots Radicals
10.) Flat Earth Society * Bad Religion * Against The Grain
11.) Galactic Pioneers * Phenomanauts * Rockets And Robots
12.) Chimaera * Bad Religion * Generator
13.) Telepathetic * Mondale * Square Roots Radicals * Self-Released
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