BRAIN SALAD SURGERY

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Back once again with the ill behaviour – It’s West Midlands Hospital Radio! The nation’s number-one medically themed indie rock radio show.

Tonight’s show is one for the heads. We’re leaving affairs of the heart behind us and getting cerebral. That’s right! It’s brain week here at St Vincent’s and we let Pavlov’s dogs out with all sorts of neurological, psychological, sort of logical sounds: Pink Freud, Lisa Lobe, the sound of neuroscience. If that all sounds a bit, well, difficult, I assure you it’s not brain surgery… oh, wait…

I sort of thought that this week’s episode might be a bit bumpy, but I think it’s turned out great. We have 30 absolute melon twisters for you (alright, maybe 28) plus Jokes galore! Midway Metal Madness! Behind the Music! Hot Take! Taillights Fail! Dubious accents! And a little bit of mental health chat.

Parental guidance: Sufjan Stevens (of all people) gets very sweary 35 minutes into the show. Tighten it up Stevens. The rest of the episode is all beeped, but you make your own decision as to whether you want your kids listening to Quiet Riot.

The tracklisting in full 

Prince – Let’s Go Crazy

Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train

The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist

Therapy – Screamager

Chain and the Gang – If I Only Had a Brain

Bad Brains – The Big Takeover

Buffalo Tom – Birdbrain

Frank Black – Headache

Sufjan Stevens – I Want to Be Well

Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized

Yo La Tengo – Season of the Shark

Uncle Tupelo: No Depression

Black Flag: Depression

Madder Rose: Panic On

Quiet Riot – Metal Health

Cannibal Corpse – Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (live)

Emerson Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery

Eve (Featuring Gwen Stefani) – Let Me Blow Ya Mind

Self Esteem – The Best

Kape Kanaveral – Anxiety Attack

Guided by Voices – Her Psychology Today

Best Coast – Feeling Okay

Muncie Girls – Clinic

Clinic – The Equalizer

Colleen Green: Things That are Bad for Me Part 1

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Tiffany: I Think We’re Alone Now 

Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness

The Television Personalities – Sick Again


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