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Paul Pearson

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Writer, esp. about music, radio producer, music presenter, home cook, fantasy football enthusiast, founding member of championship music trivia team S.H.E.R.M., CWU dad, 12, Olympia/Tumwater WA. https://medium.com/notes-on-song

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Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 3d

Set 4
Tomorrow - Hallucinations
Ed Kuepper & Jim White - The 16 Days
Kilburn & the High Roads - Patience (So What?)
Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Nothing Does Not Show
Mekons - Wild & Blue
Joy Zipper - In The Never Ending Search For A Suitable Enemy

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 3d

Set 3
The Divine Comedy - Don't Make Me Go Outside
Mumps - Stupid
Hinds & Beck - Boom Boom Back
Elli & Bev - 31 Men
Dave Brubeck Quartet - It's a Raggy Waltz
White Fence - Afraid of What It's Worth

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 3d

Set 2
Marvin The Paranoid Android - Marvin, I Love You
water margin - Two Eggs
Ringo Deathstarr - Gazin
Sylvester & The Hot Band - Southern Man
Kate NV - confessions at the dinner table (feat. Quinn Oulton)
Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man
Kirsty MacColl - No Victims

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 3d

Set 1
Ana Gasteyer & Brooks Ashmanskas - Sensitivity
bar italia - glory hunter
Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma
Sampha - Blood On Me
Edmundo Arias - El Mecanico
Jim E. Brown - I'm Quitting Prozac to Continue Drinking
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Dehors

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 3d

New episode of The Music Show is uploaded and live!

The Music Show #30

Freeform music show as heard on KAOS Olympia (kaosradio.org). Originally broadcast October 28, 2025. Listen live on Tuesdays at 6pm Pacific.

www.mixcloud.com

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

...Marie Davidson - Sexy Clown

Set 4
Nun-Plus - Los Angeles
Sara Goes Pop - Lu-Lu On the Rocks
Iris Underground - Acryl Baby
Salarymen - Just Because You Can
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kiss and Say Goodbye
Mary Halvorson - Incarnadine
The Contessas - Just Love Me

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

...
Basil Kirchin & John Coleman - The Scene Around

Set 3
The Divine Comedy - Gin Soaked Boy
Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
Drugdealer - New Fascination
Elisa Waut - Summary Of All My Dreams
Helm - Don't Lick The Jacket
Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock...

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

...
The Lijadu Sisters - Life's Gone Down Low

Set 2
Chas & Dave - Got My Beer In the Sideboard Here
Streetband - Starry Eyed
The Coolies - 40 Foot Stretch
Charlie Haden & Carla Bley - If You Want To Write Me
Maria Usbeck - Pink Lake
Me Lost Me - Take It On Board...

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

Set 1
Eric Idle & Neil Innes - The Song O' the Continuity Announcers
Midnight Rodeo - Cleanshirt
Gelli Haha - Bounce House
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Idaho
Sarabeth Tucek - The Gift
Jim E. Brown - I Texted You A Photo Of The Sunset And You Never Responded...

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

New episode now uploaded! Just hit that triangle.

The Music Show #29

Freeform music show as heard on KAOS Olympia (kaosradio.org). Originally broadcast October 21, 2025. Listen live on Tuesdays at 6pm Pacific.

www.mixcloud.com

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight! kaosradio.org

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

...
The High Llamas - Theatreland

Set 4
Charlie Drake - So This Is the Moon
Papills - Happy Fish
Shaun Cassidy - Wasp
Miss Emily - Solid Ground
Charlie Bruber - Complexion
The Emkays - Let Love Walk Out Again
The Caretaker - Drifting Sublime Hope

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

Set 3
The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Tee Vee Repairmann - Out Of Order
To The Finland Station - Domino Theory
Ice-T - Freedom of Speech
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires - Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love?
Anne Waldman & Andrew Whiteman - I Sing the Anthropocene Deathwish...

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

Set 2
Jennifer Sinard & Danny Burstein - Hey There, Single Guy/Gal
Tchotchke - Kisses
Ryli - I Think I Need You Around
Nina Hagen Band - Unbeschreiblich Weiblich
Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics - Love Thy Neighbour
Bridget St. John - To Leave Your Cover

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

Set 1
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Bangers And Mash
Superchunk - No Hope
The Recreations - Something Strange
Ken Nordine - Flesh
HotWax - She's Got A Problem
Linda Smith - A Crumb Of Your Affection
Shiny Two Shiny - Moment to Moment

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

Latest episode uploaded to Mixcloud!

The Music Show #28

Freeform music show as heard on KAOS Olympia (kaosradio.org). Originally broadcast on October 14, 2025. Listen live Tuesday nights at 6pm Pacific.

www.mixcloud.com

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 17d

Tonight! On kaosradio.org

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

Set 4
John Otway - Bunsen Burner
Nourished by Time - Max Potential
Laura Cantrell - Do You Ever Think of Me
Mosquitos - Avocado
Yann Tiersen - Ninnog at Sea
David Shawty - How to Make Everyone Leave
Chris Farlowe - Handbags and Gladrags

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

Set 3
The Divine Comedy - Down the Rabbit Hole
SKORTS - Eat Your Heart Out
Yard Act - Dream Job
Poison Girl Friend - Fact 2
The Meffs - Do Bad, Don't Look
Benjy Ferree - Fear
Nzila Joseph Et Son Ensemble - Moleke Mbwa

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

Set 2
Julie Ege - Stop It, I Like It
Water From Your Eyes - Nights in Armor
Lifeguard - It Will Get Worse
TK & The Holy Know-Nothings - Serenity Prayer
Vivian Stanshall - Yelp, Bellow, Rasp Et Cetera
Mereba - Ever Needed

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

Set 1
Nathan Lane & Roger Bart - Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
The Pill - Scaffolding Man
Twinkle - Radio Station Lady
bar italia - Fundraiser
Sympathy Nervous - Polaroid
Lambrini Girls - You're Not From Around Here
Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - The African Look

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

New episode of The Music Show uploaded and live on Mixcloud!

The Music Show #27

www.mixcloud.com

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 24d

Tonight!

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Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 26d

That botched trick play looks even dumber than it did at first. #Seahawks

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.bsky.social · 28d