02/23/2007
#268 - “Why Be A Teen Heartthrob When There Are So Many Other Better Throbbable Parts Of The Body?!” Edition.

02/01/2008
#321 - “Tonight We Explore A Man Whose Passion For Music Is So Strong He Has Given Up Years Of Friday Nights To Share It A Man Whose Dedication Is Legendary, Whose Aroma Is Fragrant, Whose Living Room Is Filled With Music And Who Wants To See If You Are Paying Any Attention To What He Just Said!”

02/08/2008
#322 - “Well, I Voted And I’m Sure My Vote Counted Because I Stuck Around For The Count And Finally Learned How To Use An Abacus!” Edition

02/15/2008
#323 - “How Many Time Do I Have To Tell You That Every Seventh Show Is The 7” Edition? If You Don’t Listen To Me, Next Time Your Going To Bed Without Dinner And Your Radio!” Edition

02/22/2008
#324 - “How Excited Am I About My New YEAR Thing Happening A Week From Tonight? So Excited I Am Turning Tonight’s Menace’s Attic Into A Talk Show And Won’t Be Playing Any Music For The Next 60 Minutes ! Hello, Are You Still There? Did You Hang Up On Me?” Edition

02/29/2008
#325 - “In Order To Test and Practice With My New Audio Equipment For YEAR, This Show Is Actually Being Recorded In My Living Room With Music Pulled As We Go Along!” Edition

02/06/2009
#371 - “The Great Thing About The 7” Edition Is That I Can Wear All Of My Analog Clothing To The Studio – It’s So Much Softer Than Those Digital Duds!” (All Set Intros Tonight Have The Same Structure And End Result – Memorize All Four And Win A Prize!)

02/13/2009
#372 - “It’s The Devil Or Angel Edition - Love Meets Evil One One Exciting Night In Honor Of Valentine’s Day And Friday The 13th!” Edition

02/20/2009
#373 - “It’s Amazing How Shopping At Trader Joe’s Can Inspire Me To Do A Radio Show, And No This Is Not A Dedication To Two Buck Chuck, Who Is Actually Four Buck Chuck In New York City!” Edition

02/27/2009
#374 - We’ve Accomplished. I Do Know That By The Time We Get To 33 And A Third Percent, Things Better Start Spinning Or We’re In Worse Trouble Than We Thought!” Edition

02/05/2010
#424 - “Our Special Guest Tonight Inspired Me To Let New York City Take Over The Show, And So If You Don’t Have Your Token, Don’t Even Think Of Listening!” Edition

02/12/2010
#425 - “What Could Be Sweeter In Honor Of Valentine’s Day Than Some Power Pop And Special Guests Who Is Mighty Sweet On It?” Edition

02/19/2010
#426 - “If I Could Change The Space-Time Continuum, I’d Be Super Happy Right Now. Or At Least My 7 a.m. Flight To A Later One! ” Edition

02/26/2010
#427 - “This Show Couldn’t Be Any More Off The Wall, ‘Cause Every Song Is Pulled Off The Back Wall Of My Living Room – And No Paint Was Chipped In The Process!” Edition

03/09/2007
#270 - The “Once Again The Show Is About Love, Not My Love, Not Your Love, Just The Kind Of Love That Makes The Sets Work.” Edition.

03/16/2007
#271 - The “I Know You’d Love To Be With Me Seeing All Those Bands At South By Southwest, So This Time I Am Bringing Back Some BBQ For Each And Every One Of You, Just Send Me Your Address And I’ll Mail ‘Ya Rib” Edition.

03/23/2007
#272 - The “Normally I Do My South By Southwest Wrap-Up On The Sunday Show, But They Told Me That If I Want A Press Pass Next Year, I Have To Make A Bigger Deal Than Ever Out Of It, So I Decided To Go For Maximum Ratings! Gosh, I Hope The Folks At South by Southwest Aren’t Listening Or Boy Am I In Big Trouble! What? I Have To Send Them A Copy Of This Or They Won’t Know I Did It? Well, Get Ready Mouth, The Foot Is On its Way!” Edition.

03/30/2007
#273 - The “I’m Not Sure Which I’m More Excited About, Spring Or April Fools. Have No Fear, Even On Regular Friday Nights, This Show Has A Lot Of Both. (Whatever That Means!)” Edition

03/07/2008
#326 - “It’s The South by Southwest Warm Up Edition. To Get Ready Tonight While On The Air, I’ll Be Eating Bad Pizza, Chugging Shiner Boch Beer And Only Sleeping During The Long Songs!” Edition

03/14/2008
#327 - “Dennis Is At South By Southwest Tonight So His Ventriloquist Dummy Is Hosting The Show!” Edition

03/21/2008
#328 - “I’m Back From SXSW And It Was So Much Fun, I Decided To Bring Some Leftovers Back For You. Unfortunately, It Didn’t Travel All So Well On The Plane So All I Have Left Is This Strategically Placed Glop Of BBQ Sauce From Ironworks!” Edition

03/28/2008
#329 - “I’ve Had To Come Up With An Original Title For This Radio Show 328 Times Now, And That Is No Small Feat. That Said, I Never Was A Huge Fan Of Little Feat, So There Will Be No “Dixie Chicken” Tonight. Which Reminds Me Of This Terrible Jingle I Heard When I Was A Kid, “Don’t Cook Tonight Call Chicken Delight.” I’ll Bet You’d Pay More More Than A Poultry Sum To Shut Up And Get To The Music!” Editi

03/06/2009
#375 - “It’s Been A Hell Of A Week, And I Couldn’t Be Happier To Be In My Little Studio Cocoon Where The Evils Of The World Can’t Find Me – Except Perhaps Johnny Rotten!” Edition

03/13/2009
#376 - “This One’s For The Girls – The First Ever Menace’s Attic Almost All Female Vocals (Though There Will Likely Be Guys Playing Instruments” Edition

03/20/2009
#377 - “While I’m At SXSW I Decided To Record A Show In The Menace Home Studio Using Only The Comp CD’s I Made For D.J.’ing For Bands Like The Smithereens, Dramarama and The Plimsouls At Café Du Nord!” Edition

03/27/2009
#378 - “This Show Is Fresh Out Of The Oven, So Please Be Sure To Wear Your Mitts While Turning Up The Volume, Or Handling Your Internet Applications To Tune It In!” (Also It’s Technically, The 7”) Edition

03/05/2010
#428 - “After The Last Two Weeks Of Pre-Recorded Shows, You Probably Don’t’ Think I’ll Ever Come In Live On A Friday Night Again. Well, Guess What, I’m Going To Live Here For At Least Two More Weeks Before South-By-Southwest!!” Edition

03/12/2010
#429 - “This Show Was Put Together In Just 25 Minutes And It Takes An Hour To Actually Do It. Hmmm, Am I Just Talking Half As Fast And Playing The Records At The Wrong Speed? Or Is It True This Daylight Savings Time Stuff Must Go?!” Edition

03/19/2010
#430 - “Yup, I’m In Austin Again At South By Southwest And That Means You Can Smell The Shiner Bock On My Breath From A Mile Away, But Please Don’t Put Me In The Clinker With Those Rock ‘n Roll Hatin’ Thugs Again!” Edition

03/26/2010
#431 - “Well, I’m Back From SXSW Live And Glad To Be Alive!” Edition

04/06/2007
#274 - The “Once Again, My Math Failed Me Because I Was Supposed To Do The 7” Edition Last Week. Please Don’t Tell Anyone, Or I’ll Have You Sent To The Principal’s Office!”

04/13/2007
#275 - The “Well It’s Friday The 13th And Right Now I Am In Orlando Florida With Kate At The Nickelodeon Hotel. I Sure Hope Spongebob Doesn’t Invite Danny Phantom To Our Room To Mark The Occasion!”

04/20/2007
#276 - The “When It Comes To Writing A Great Love Song, Sometimes Words Just Ain’t Enough!”

04/27/2007
#278 - The “I’m In New York At Another Film Festival, Pretty Soon The Only Thing I’ll Remember Eating is Sprockets – Hey That Sounds Like A Great Name For A Breakfast Cereal, Of Course In This Age Of Digital Cinema, The Kids’ll Never Buy It!”

04/04/2008
#330 - “In Honor of Tonights 7” Edition (All 45 rpm records all the time.) I Googled 45 Revolutions Per Minute. And Thanks To Wickipedia, I Have Some Amazing Things To Tell You Tonight Between The Songs!” Edition.

04/11/2008
#331 - “When You Go For Dinner And A Drink At Clint’s Place In The Dessert And The Piano Player Is Playing Things Like “Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys”, There’s No Question You Should Find Out More About Him, And I Did. His Name Is Andy Cahan!” Edition

04/18/2008
#332 - “It’s Not Strange At All That The Other Day When I Re-connected With A Friend I Hadn’t Seen In 20 Years I Made That Into One Of Tonight’s Connections For This Radio Show! (Hey, The Gosh Darn Ideas Have Got To Come From Somewhere!)” Edition

04/03/2009
#379 - “Darn I Missed Out On Doing An April Fools Show, So This Show Has To Be Real, And Believe Me I’ve Done A Lot Of Facing Reality In The Past Few Weeks – And Now That The “Project Runway” Lawsuit Is Over, We Can All Rest Easy!” Edition

04/10/2009
#380 - “For The First Time In 17 Years I Have To Go Legitimate, And That’s Going To Take Some Really Excellent Spelling Skills.” Edition

04/17/2009
#381 - When You’re Dealing With Six Decades Of Rock And Roll, Sometimes You Just GO Off The Rails. Oh Wait A Minute You’re Not Dealing With It, I Am. In That Case, We Are Definitely Exchanging Palare – And I Hear The Rate is Pretty Good!” Edition

04/24/2009
#382 - “I’m Not Sure What Story Is Funnier For My Opening Monologue, The Zipper Down Behind The Briefcase on the MUNI One, Or The Mathematics Behind How Many Times The ‘That’s Amore’ 45 Has Been Played On The Jukebox At Gaspare’s One?!” Edition

04/02/2010
#432 - “I Guess You Aren’t Allowed To Do An April Fool’s Joke On April 2nd, So I Want You To Take This Show Very Seriously” Edition

04/09/2010
#433 - The “DTM’s Doing It Top 40 Style Again (With A Twist!)” Edition

04/16/2010
#434 - The “It’s Good To Be Back From Florida, And Before You Ask, NO There Is No Early Bird Discount On Tonight’s Radio Show!” Edition

04/23/2010
#435 - “Once Again, I Blew The Math And Didn’t Do A 7” Edition Last Week. This Time It’s True, The Dog Actually Did Eat The Playlist! Well, If I Owned One He Surely Would Have!” Edition

04/30/2010
#436 - “Tonight’s Show Comes Complete With Virtual Glowsticks Instead Of The Usual Schtick, Because The Second Set Is Being Held Up By Plushgun!” Edition

05/04/2007
#279 - The “I’m Back From New York Alive And Well And Yes, The Pizza, Pretzels And Bagels Really Are Better There. That Doesn’t Necessarily Mean I’m Going To Vote For Giuliani For President!

05/11/2007
#279 - The “I’m Less Than Three Hours Away From My Birthday, You Know The One Where They Say It’s The New Twenty! So, In Honor Of That, We’re Going To Do Some Research Tonight” Edition

05/18/2007
#281 - The “Once Again, I Can’’t Do Math To Save My Life So Please Don’t Divide 281 By 7 And Expect To Get An Even Number – Or To Get Right To The Decimal Point, This 7” Edition Was Supposed To Happen Last Week!” Edition.

05/25/2007
#282 - The “Yeah, Yeah I Know, The Real Start Of Summer Isn’t Until June 21st, And Yet Memorial Day Is The Official Day The Cover Comes Off The Barbecue And The 40 Year Anniversary Of The Summer Of Love Is This Week. So, If That Isn’t Enough Summer For You, Well, You’re Just Not A Good American Citizen And Will Be Immediately Deported!” Edition.

05/02/2008
#333 - “It’s Been Two Weeks Since I’ve Done This Show And I Sure Hope I Remember How To Push The Buttons. Huh? You Say That Even With Over 300 Shows Of Practice, I Still Don’t Know Exactly What I Am Doing. Actually Now That I Think About It, I Agree!” Edition

05/09/2008
#334 - The “It’s My Birthday In Just Three Days, And I Am Wondering What Each Of My Listeners Has Gotten Me, Other Than Your Undying Dedication To This Radio Show Which Truly Would Be Enough If I Wasn’t So Hard Up For REAL Love, You Know The Kind Of Love That…At This Point My Daughter Kate Would Cover Her Ears And Say BLAH BLAH BLAH!” Edition

05/16/2008
#335 - The “I Am Really Excited Tonight Because I Can Hear Better Than I Thought I Could Thanks to H.E.A.R. In Honor Of That, I Will Be Turning Up The Volume Extra Loud Tonight! Just Kiddin’.” Edition

05/22/2008
#336 - The “If You’re Me And You Must Go To Benihana, Then You I Mean I Must Go With Pat Dinizio Of The Smithereens. I’m Surprised And I Given That We’ll Neither Of Us Will Ever Go Back Again, The Opening Song Time & Time Again Does Not Apply Here!” Edition

05/29/2008
#337 - The “Tonight’s Show Is Dedicated To All My Fellow Radioheads Who Actually Take A Break From Their IPods And Social Networks To Enjoy Some Sex, Drugs And Rock & Roll, Only One Of Which Is Legal According To The Federal Complications Commission. Yup, That Should Get Me A Big Fat Fine And Kill Off What’s Left Of My Career Edition!” Edition

05/01/2009
#383 - “When I Programmed This Radio Show Last Night The Weather Report Said It Would Be Raining Right Now! If By Some Chance It Isn’t, Then Just Pretend That The Songs Aren’t About Rain, And That As Usual, The Weathermen Are All Wet!” Edition

05/08/2009
#384 - “As Regular Listeners To This Show Knows No One Can Pay Me To Play A Song On This Show. That Said When It Came To An Auction For My Daughter Kate’s School, I’m Willing To Let One Of Her Fellow Schoolmates Play A Bunch Of Songs! Oh, And Unlike The Usual Friday Night Show, Every Song Tonight Is PG Rated meaning: Perfect For Girls!” Edition

05/15/2009
#385 - “Well, Since I Didn’t Get To Do The Show On My Birthday This Year, I’m Giving Myself A Present And Doing A 7” Edition Of The Menace’s Attic That Was Due To Happen Anyway!” Edition

05/22/2009
#386 - “I’ve Never Quite Understood Why Memorial Day Signifies The Beginning Of The Summer Season Since The Actual First Day Of Summer Is Almost A Month Off. That Said, Given The Year So Far, It Wouldn’t Surprise Me If We Start Celebrating Labor Day Everytime Someone Has A Baby, Or Sings Be My Baby!” Edition

05/29/2009
#387 - “This Show Features A Lot Of The Extra Tracks That Have Been Sitting In My Bag Waiting To Be Played Just In Case The Gentlemen From The Friday Night Session Are Late, And Since Their Track Record Has Been Almost Perfect, I’m Going For It And Playing These Songs Tonight. Now Let’s See What That Does To My Comedy Timing!” Edition

05/07/2010
#437 - ”More Than Usual, My Movie Viewing This Week Has A Lot To Do With How This Show Turned Out. Okay, Here Goes: I Watched ‘This Is It’ And Ironman 2!” Edition

05/14/2010
#438 - ”Tonight’s Menace’s Attic Is 38 Years Old Since It’s Based On A Playlist From One Of My First Radio Shows Ever On April 29th, 1972!” Edition

05/21/2010
#439 - ”Well, We’re Back With A “Normal” Menace's Attic. Though If I Were You I Wouldn’t Take The Temperature Of This Show Without One Of Those ‘In The Ear’ Thermometers!!!” Edition

05/28/2010
#440 - ”How Could It Already Be Memorial Day Again? Yup Those Words Are Being Uttered Throughout America. However, This Weekend In Minsk All Everyone Is Saying Is, ‘I Am So Excited I Could Plotz’ ‘Cause Finally Going To Get To See The First Episode Of Lost This Fall!” Edition

06/01/2007
#283 - The If This Show Doesn’t Make You Believe That There Is Still Things On The Radio Worth Listening To, I’ll Give You Your Money Back, With The Highest Interest Rates In The City!” Edition.

06/08/2007
#284 - The “When I Tell People About This Show And They Say, Oh Heck I Can Do That I Say, Okay, Be At The Studio At 9:00 Next Friday Night Music In Hand, And Every Week, A Cold Pizza Shows Up Instead!” Edition.

06/15/2007
#285 - The “Wow What A Week It’s Been, I Learned Folks In Real Life Actually Listen To This Radio Show!” Edition.

06/22/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #286 - The “I’m Not Sure Why So Many Of The Songs On Tonight’s Show Are About Stupidity, Insanity And Loss. Come To Think Of It, I Was Wondering Why I Had Two Black Eyes And My Head Was Still Vibrating This Morning!” Edition.

06/29/2007
#287 - The “I Can’t Believe Another Seven Weeks Has Gone By And It’s Time For Another 7” Edition Of The Menace’s Attic! What, You Say: “It Is Only Six Weeks Because I Was A Week Late The Last Time?” Well Now I Need To Know What Are The Implications Of This Factor On The Space Time Continuum?! What’s That You Say, “Shut Up And Just Play The Music Like Your Supposed To?” Edition.

06/06/2008
#338 - Some 25,000 SONGS Later, I Am A Big Club Sandwich Fan" Edition

06/13/2008
#339 - “The One Where I Tell You The Ultra Spooky Story Of Four Fathers At A Father/Daughter Camping Trip Who Decide To Leave The Comfort Of The Car And Head For A Car With A Highly Decked-Out Audio System With All The Music On A Hard Drive To Listen To Doom Music – And They Never Come Back! Just Kidding, This Is Just An Excuse To Program This Entire Radio Show From ITunes!” Edition

06/20/2008
#340 - For the first time in almost 7 years, The Menace’s Attic was a rerun this week since DTM was out of town. No matter how fast he moved last week, time caught up with him. This week it will be a new show or your money back.

06/20/2008
#340 - For the first time in almost 7 years, The Menace’s Attic was a rerun this week since DTM was out of town. No matter how fast he moved last week, time caught up with him. This week it will be a new show or your money back.

06/27/2008
#341 - “I’m Not Going To Tell You Any Long Winded Tales From My Trip To Florida Edition Except For The Fact That My Daughter Kate Now Knows A Word Way Beyond The Typical Comprehension Of A Almost 7-Year-Old: TURBULENCE! Oh And By The Way This Is The First Ever 12” Dance Single Edition – Why Did It Take Me Six And A Half Years To Think Of That?” Edition

06/05/2009
#388 - “Tonight We Feature Roaring Drunks, Incredible Sex, And An Incredible Amount Of Musicology That Under The Influence Of Dennis The Menace Will Serve As Rehab No Matter What Kind Of Week Or Weakness You’ve Had Or Have!” Edition

06/12/2009
#390 - “Marshall Crenshaw Enters The Attic, Which Would Otherwise Considered Brave Except For The Fact That He’s In Control Of All The Music On Tonight’s Show” Edition (Also in-studio legendary Bass player Sebastian Steinberg from Marshall’s band!)

06/19/2009
#391 - “It’s Another Fathers’ Day, And I Find Myself Deeply Contemplating The Meaning Of Life, Love And Song, And Where The Universe Is Going And Whether It Will Be On Time And If The Price Of A Pass For It All Is Going Up?!” Edition

06/26/2009
#392 - “I Know It’s Weird, But I Wonder If He Was Listening That Terrible New Top 40 Radio Station In L.A. When It Happened Edition!” Edition

06/04/2010
#441 - ”Whaddaya Know, I Actually Remembered To Do A 7” Edition Of This Radio Show On Time. Now What Year Is This Again, Sonny?” Edition

06/11/2010
#442 - “No Matter How You Slice It, Sleeping In A Tent Doesn’t Represent The Great Outdoors To Dennis The Menace. Unless It’s The Tent Of A Venture Capitalist Who Brings $200 Bottles Of Wine!” Edition

06/18/2010
#443 - “If I Ever Did Decide To Go Into The Boxing Business, My Line As I Stepped Into The Ring Would Definitely Be, I’m A Writer Not A Fighter!” Edition

06/25/2010
#444 - “I Checked Various Numerology Sites To See What The Number 444 Meant And I Discovered That What Ever It Is Four, Uh, Four, Is For The Birds!” (Tonight, Every Set Has A Very Un-Hip Song From The 70’s In It!) Edition

07/06/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #288 - The “Who’s Brilliant Idea Was It To Put July 4th In The Middle Of The Week? How Am I Supposed To Get Out Of Jury Duty That Way?” Edition.

07/13/2007
#289 - The “So Why Exactly Is Friday The 13th Such A Big Deal. I Mean, You Could Have Bad Luck On Tuesday The 13th, Couldn’t You? Let’s Test The Theory Tonight And See How We End Up – And If We Are Still Alive Mwhaa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha (Insert Evil Laugh Here Preferably Not From Vincent Price On ‘Thriller’”) Edition.

07/20/2007
#290 - The “It’s Amazing How A Twenty Three Person Band Can Bring Out The Ultra Liberal In Me And Still Make Me Feel Better Than Any Non-Prescription Drug Can!” Edition.

07/27/2007
#291 - The “Once A Rock Star, Always A Rock Star.” Edition.

07/06/2008
#342 - The “Last Year Some Very Nice Listeners Showed Up At The Studio With A Private Fireworks Display Just For Me, So I Didn’t Miss Out On Anything. While I Greatly Appreciate The Sentiment, I Have Finally Finished Paying Back The Station For That Stray Sparkler That Found It’s Way Into The Transmitter!” Edition.

07/11/2008
#343 - The “If You Tried To Update Your IPhone Software Like I Did This Morning, You’ll Understand Why I Am Only Repeating One Song Over And Over Tonight (Just kidding, I’ll Leave That To The Artists)” Edition.

07/18/2008
#344 - The “Is Wall-E The Greatest Film Of The Year? Probably Not, But I Sure Do Have A Crush On E-Vah!” Edition.

07/25/2008
#345 - The “If You’re Kid Starts Coughing Don’t Send Them To Camp. That Way My Daughter Doesn’t Get The Dreaded Camp Virus! It’s The Joy Of Summer I Tell ‘Ya!” Edition.

07/03/2009
#393 - “Being That July 4th Isn’t For Another Four Hours, Is It Illegal For Me To Light My Sparklers In The Studio? And Know That Was Not Intended To Have Any Sexual Connotation Whatsoever Although The Rest Of The Show Most Certainly Is!” Edition

07/10/2009
#394 - “Tonight We Have Sir Charles Of Concord In The Studio And Even Though He’s Royalty, He’s too Shy To Come To The Microphone So He’ll Let The Turntables Do The Talking Edition!” Edition

07/17/2009
#395 - “This Week We Lost A Great Newsman and A Formerly Great Radio Station. The Good News Is That The Station I Am On Now Has Nothing Formal About It!” Edition

07/24/2009
#396 - “Tonight’s Show Is Proof That The World’s Greatest TV Shows Stand The Test Of Time, I Mean Like The Jetsons Have Everything But Facebook and Twitter!” Edition

07/31/2009
#397 - “If The Lovin’ Spoonful Lived In San Francisco, The Song Would Have Had The Lyrics ‘Cold Town, Winter In The Summer In The City’!” (Oh and Yay, No Major Rock Musician Died This Week, So That Means It’s Truly A Freeform Friday!” Edition

07/02/2010
#445 - “This Show Is Kind Of Like A Sparkler – A Little Celebration For July 4th, Lots Of Sizzle, And Just Enough Noise To Keep You Happy Without Blowing Your Ears Off!” Edition

07/09/2010
#446 - “Once Again It’s Another Enormously Successful Radio Show! How Do I Know? I Just Asked The Goddesses And The Monsters!” Edition

07/16/2010
#447 - “Finally, No One Major In Rock And Roll Died This Week, So I Am Free To Make This Radio Show All About Me! Me! Me! (Like It’s Not Already!)” Edition

07/23/2010
#448 - “Won’t You Be My Night Connection, I’ll Give You True Highway Affection!” Now That’s The Kind Of Lyrics That Make We Want To Do A Hot Summer Radio Show Despite The Fog!” Edition

07/30/2010
#449 - “I’m Not Going To Tell You What Episode This Is So You Won’t Do The Math And Find Out I’m One Show Late For The 7” Edition Again!” Edition

08/03/2007
#292 - The “Here In San Francisco We Don’t Have The Dog Days Of Summer, So Tonight I Present The Fog Days Of Summer Edition. Unless Of Course You Are Listening In The East Bay, Or On The Internet In Say Texas, In Which Case, You Can Have Your Dog Days With Mustard And Kraut, But Please Skip The Chili If You’re Coming Within Fifty Feet Of Me.” Edition.

08/10/2007
#293 - The “It All Started With A Chat About Rock and Roll Around The Campfire At A Father Daughter Camping Trip, And Horror Of Horrors, It Turned Into…A Daddy Playdate At The Radio Station!” Edition.

08/17/2007
#294 - The “Get Ready For Some Stax Of Wax Of The 7” Kind Prior To My Spinning More Of The Same At The Beauty Bar, Let’s See If You Can Beat Me There!” Edition.

08/24/2007
#295 - The “I Want To Hang Out With Some Punk Girls This Weekend, Or If That Doesn’t Work, At Least Meet Someone With A Temporary Tattoo!” Edition.

08/31/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #297 - The “I’m Off To The Mountains For Labor Day, It’s SO MUCH work to watch five movies a day!” Edition.

08/01/2008
#345 - The “Given That KUSF Has Been Off The Air And I Didn’t Do The Programming Until Just A Couple Of Hours Before For This 7” Edition I’ll Be Doing Asbestos I Can!” Edition.

08/13/2008
#346 - The “I Think They Should Come Up With A New Weather Thing Just For San Francisco, Where If A Ferret Doesn’t See His Shadow We’re In For Two More Months Of Fog!” Edition.

08/22/2008
#347 - The “If I Could Go Back In Time, I Surely Would Have Won Marianne Over Before Mick Got Her! My Songwriting Ability Alone Would Have Done The Trick!” Edition.

08/29/2008
#349 - The “Everytime I Have A Cup Of Tea, I Think To Myself, When Will The British Stop Invading?!” Edition.

08/07/2009
#398 - “To Paraphrase A Dion Song, They Entertained A Lot Of People, But It Seems The Good They Die Young.” (Dedicated to Billy Lee Riley, John Hughes and Willy Deville R.I.P)!” Edition

08/14/2009
#399 - “Well, I Must Confess I Owe You TWO 7” Editions Since The Last One Slipped Right By Me Due To My Inability To Divide By Eight, Uh Seven. See What I Mean?” Edition

08/21/2009
#400 - “Holy Moly This Show’s Been On The Radio So Long, It’s Better Than A Perfect Bowling Score! ” Edition

08/28/2009
#401 - “I Really Wanted To Do This Show In Person, Of Course Ellie Would Have Wanted To Change The Lyrics Anyway! In Honor of Her We Are Doing A Top 40-Style Radio Show With Only One Non-Musical Break.” Edition

08/06/2010
#450 - “Tonight’s Show Is Yet Another Example Of Why I Have No Need To Learn Hypnotism, Or Even How To Spell It Right. The Music Will Take You Where I Need You To Go. And While You’re There, Would You Get Me A Pastrami On Rye Please!?” Edition

08/13/2010
#451 - “Well, My Sunday Show Is Pre-Empted This Week Due To Outside Lands, So I Better Make The Best Of This One! Of Course How Am I Supposed To Do That When It’s Friday The Thirteenth? I Know! I’ll Just Power Pop My Way Through It!” Edition

08/20/2010
#452 - “Tonight’s Show Is Dedicated To The Folks Who Clean Up After Our Meals At Restaurants And A Restaurant Chain That Gives The Men What They Want – And That’s Just 10% Of The Songs!” Edition

08/27/2010
#453 - “Let’s See I Can’t Do The Arms Are Tired From Flying Back From L.A., And There’s Another Great Pun About The City Of Angels In One Of The Later Sets. So, I Guess That Means That The Theme For Tonight’s Show Will Just Have To Be Your Responsibility!” Edition

09/07/2007
#298 - The “Our Back To School Sale Is In Full Swing, Be Sure To Check This Sunday’s Pull Out Section For Savings On Power Pop, Punk, Britpop and Disco In All Of The New Fall Colors And Special Considerations For Big And Tall Men and Plus Size Ladies!” Edition.

09/16/2007
#299 - “If You’ve Heard At Least One D.J. Bitch This Week About The CD Player Situation In Our Palatial Studio A, You’ll Understand Why Every Song Except One On Tonight’s Show Is Being Played From Vinyl – And That One Song That Isn’t Is Being Played From Naugahyde!” Edition.

09/28/2007
#300 - “Tonight’s 7” Edition Is Dedicated To The Superheroes Of The World Whether They Be Impressionists, Ants, Or Just Totally Insane!” Edition.

09/05/2008
#350 - The “Why Does Summer Arrive In San Francisco In September? It’s Not Like We Live In A Different Country. Or Do We?” Edition.

09/12/2008
#351 - The “The Mix Tape Is Not Dead, It’s Just Done These Days Over Email!” (Beware At First Listen None Of The Set Titles Make Any Sense.) Edition.

09/19/2008
#352 - The “Let’s Pretend The Economy Is Just Fine And That The Only Currency We Need To Live Is Rock And Roll!” Edition.

09/25/2008
#353 - The “This Show Is Hot Off The Presses, So Please Don’t Touch Your Plate After I Put It On The Table.” Edition

09/04/2009
#402 - “It’s Good To Be Back Live and Alive After A Lot Of Time Traveling. Speaking of Time Traveling, Kate And I Started Watching Back To The Future, And Tonight’s Guest Set-Maker Is Proof That While Time Doesn’t Stand Still, You Can Relive Some Of The Best Year’s Of Your Life Some Thirty Years Later ” Edition

09/11/2009
#403 - “My Daughter Kate Was Two Months Old On 9/11/01 And What’s Really Scary Is That Eight Years Later She Knows What Happened, What A Terrorist Is And One Of Her Favorite T.V. Shows Is “Destroy Build Destroy!” Gosh, At That Age, I Was More Concerned Whether Elmer Fudd Would Shoot The Silly Wabbit!” Edition

09/18/2009
#404 - “Given Everything That Is Going On In My World I’d Just Like To Escape For An Hour. I Have This Radio Show To Do However, So Whether You Like It Or Not, I’m Taking You With Me!” Edition (R.I.P. Larry Gelbart, Patrick Swayze, Henry Gibson, Jim Carroll)

09/25/2009
#405 - “Tonight’s Show Is All About Hits And Misses, You Know, The Mutts Of The Music World All Mixed In With The Pure Breds. The Acronyms With The Synonyms. The White Label With The Big Brand Names. The Never Ending Battle For Truth, Justice And The Milky Way. Thank You Norm Crosby For That Last Line!” Edition

09/03/2010
#454 - “As I Think You Know This Radio Show Is A Labor Of Love, And So In Honor Of Labor Day, I’d Like To Share The Love With You. That Is Assuming You Pass All The Right Musicological Tests!” Edition

10/15/2007
#303 - “Once Again, This Is Not A Live Show. It’s Not A Dead Show Either. It’s Also Not A Taped Show, Since This Is The Digital Age. That Said, I Am Not Digital I Am Human! Are You Getting Any Of This, Or Shall I Hire Someone To Design A Web 2.0 Social Networking Site To Help Us Be Even More Confused?” Edition.

10/26/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #305 - “Well, It’s Not Quite Halloween, And Yet I Feel An Obligation To Make The Songs On This Show Fit The Bill. As Does Roky Erickson, Who I Will Be Presenting On All Hallows Eve And Halloween Night Itself And I Have More Tickets For You Tonight. Nothing Scary About That Is There?”)

10/03/2008
#353 - The “Yes, Once Again I Am At The Mill Valley Film Festival. Thanks To My Superior Multi-tasking Skills I’m Here At Exactly The Same Time!”

10/10/2008
#354 - The “With Out The Wrecking Crew A High Percentage Of Rock Would Never Have Rolled, And It Would Take At Least Six Months Worth Of Episodes Of This Radio Show To Really Dig What I Am Talking About!” Edition

10/17/2008
#355 - “When A Soul Singer Goes To Heaven, I Wonder If They Get Great Seats For The Concert There?” Edition

10/24/2008
#356 - Yes, I’ve Done Shows About New York That Are Broadcast While I’m In New York. This One However Is The Quintessential New York Show. So, Schmear Yourself A Mediocre San Francisco Bagel, Good Luck Finding Some Good Lox And If You Don’t Like What You Hear, Well You Can Go To…

10/31/2008
#357 - The “While It’s Almost Impossible To Do An Original Halloween Radio Show, This Time I Had The Help Of Thirty Years Worth Of D.J.’s!”

10/01/2009
#406 - “A Tribute To The Late, Great Rhino Records, Even Though They Are Still Alive, So To Speak.”

10/09/2009
#407 - “This Show Has Only Been Around For My First Eight Years With The Mill Valley Film Festival And That Means Eight Times I’ve Tried To Apply Some Sort Of Narrative To The Show – Kind Of A Chubby Checker Plot-Twist!”

10/16/2009
# 408 - The Menace’s Attic Episode #408 October 16th, 2009 “Will Dennis The Menace Ever Come To The Station Live Again? Will Wheat Ever Shred? Will Brussels Ever Sprout? God, Now This Is Starting To Sound Like A Bad High School Yearbook. Oh That’s What This Radio Show Actually Is, I Forgot! BTW: Due To Technical Issues, The 7” Edition Will Be One Week Late” Edition

10/23/2009
#409 - The Menace’s Attic Episode #409 October 23rd, 2009 “Tonight’s Show Is A Free-Form 7” Edition!”

10/30/2009
#410 The Menace’s Attic Episode - “It’s The Eve Before All Hallow’s Eve, And I Have Only One Ghoulish Request For Tonight: Please Don’t Dress As A Banker Or You’ll Depress Everyone More Than They Already Are. Edition!”

11/02/2007
#306 - It’s Time To Take Off Your Costume And Go Back To Being Yourself. What Do You Mean That’s Not A Costume And You Are Being Yourself? If That Isn’t A Costume Then I’m Dennis The Menace! What Do You Mean I AM Dennis The Menace?” Edition

11/09/2007
#307 - “In Order To Win The Grand Prize, You Have To Listen To The Entire Show Tonight. Or You’ll Never Be Able To Ascertain How The Opening Song And The Closing Song Connect. Word To The Wise: If You Tivo The Show Ahead Of Time, The Judges Will Disqualify You Immediately!” Edition

11/09/2007
#309 - “In Order To Win The Grand Prize, You Have To Listen To The Entire Show Tonight. Or You’ll Never Be Able To Ascertain How The Opening Song And The Closing Song Connect. Word To The Wise: If You Tivo The Show Ahead Of Time, The Judges Will Disqualify You Immediately!” Edition

11/24/2007
#310 - “I Am Thankful For Some Many Things It’s Hard To Know Where To Start. While I’m Thinking About That, Can You Pass The Turkey, The Sweet Potatoes, The Peas And Carrots, The Mac And Cheese, And Geez, Please Tell Me There’s Another Bottle Of That Expensive Pinot Around Somewhere!” Edition

11/30/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #311 - “Thank God We Still Have Our Brains, Because I Gotta Tell ‘Ya Losing A Hard Drive Is Like Having A Lobotomy Even If The Data Is Intact!” Edition

11/07/2008
#358 - The “This Show Is A Major Cheat, Because I Was Supposed To Do The 7” Edition Last Week. After All, You Can’t Evenly Divide 358 by 7. That Said, Since Our Country Has Come Together This Week And We’re Not As Divided As We Once Were, I Figured The Answer To ‘Can I Do The 7” Edition A Week Late’ Is: YES I CAN!”

11/14/2008
#359 - The “Not That I Would Ever Use The Radio To Gratuitously Promote Something I Am Involved In, But I Am Presenting Matthew Sweet At The Great American Music Hall Next Thursday Night And Doing A Session They Day Before, And Don’t Have A Date For The Show Yet – Hey Wait A Minute, Next Thing You Know This Show Will Be Sponsored By E-Harmony – Or Even Better L. Ron Hubbard, Which Is Basically The Same Thing!

11/22/2008
#360 - The “Every Time The Writer Of A Disaster Song Dies, The World Gets A Little Safer!”

11/28/2008
#361 - What Do Those Folks At The Rock And Roll Know About The Songs That Influenced Rock And Roll, And How Exactly Did They Tally The Votes?

11/06/2009
#411 The Menace’s Attic Episode - “Tonight’s Show Is About Great Songwriting, Great Playing And Great Production. And There Will Also Be Some Music Played At Some Point Too!” Edition

11/13/2009
#412 The Menace’s Attic Episode - The Menace’s Attic Episode #412 November 13th, 2009 The “Don’t Let The Fact That It’s Friday The Thirteenth Freak You Out, At Least It’s Not A Full Moon, In Fact It’s A Waning Crescent, And Only 9% Of Full At This Very Moment!” Edition (Tonight’s Show Is Also In Celebration Of “Pirate Radio” including An Interview With The Director Richard Curtis)

11/20/2009
#413 The Menace’s Attic Episode - “Darn, It Would Have Been SO Cool If This Was Last Week, So Then The 413th Show Would Have Been On Friday The Thirteenth. Maybe If We Go By The Lithuanian Calendar It’ll Work Better. And By The Way IF You Are Lithuanian, Please Understand That Your Nationality Is Only A Placeholder, And Next Time I’ll Use Something Even More Obscure Like Uh…Well I’ll Get Back To You On It Okay?"

11/27/2009
#414 The Menace’s Attic Episode - The “At This Very Moment I Am On An Amtrak Train, On The Final Leg Of My Journey From Los Angeles To Oakland. I Think After 11 Hours Of That I Will Be Very Thankful To Not Be In The Kitchen With Dinah, Hear The Whistle Blowing, And I’m Not Going Anywhere Near A Blowing The Horn Joke!”

12/06/2007
#313 - “If You Met Ross Bagdasarian On The Street, Do You Think He Would Really Talk Like Alvin, Or Is That Just A Trick?” Edition

12/14/2007
The Menace’s Attic Episode #314 - “I Generally Don’t Play Christmas Songs Because Lord Only Knows There Are Enough Of Them On The Radio Right Now. That Said, If I Don’t Play That Augie Rios Track and Some Phil Spector I’ll Have To Change My Name To Dennis The Scrooge, And I Just Don’t Think The Scrooge’s Attic Will Work As A Year Round Show Title!” Edition

12/21/2007
#315 - “Don’t You Hate Those End Of The Year Radio Shows Where They Pay Tribute To All The People Who Died That Year, And Act Like They Really Cared About Them When They Never Actually Knew Them At All? Well, Because I Don’t Want To Be Lumped Into That Category, We’ll Only Honor One Folk Who Died Just Recently And As For The Rest We’ll Make Sure That If They Aren’t Alive Their Bodies Are Relatively Cold!” Edition

12/28/2007
#316 - “Well, Somehow It’s Appropriate That My Last Attic For 2008 Is Dedicated To A Bunch Of Singles. Not Those Of You Who Are Looking For Your New Year’s Date, Rather Those 7” Things With The Big Hole In The Middle. Okay, Let’s Just Leave The Innuendo Right There, Okay Buddy? (Subtheme Yet Again: The Love Rollercoaster Child!)

12/05/2008
#362 - “The Listener/Studio Audience Participation Ratio On This Particular Menace’s Attic Is Much Higher Than Usual. Even Frank Zappa Would Find That A Bit Freaky!”

12/12/2008
#363 - “Tonight’s Radio Show Is So Good It Was Awarded The Good Housekeeping Seal Of Approval – And All I Had To Do To Get It Was Send In 5 Million Box Tops, 10,000 Green Stamps And Ask You To Become A Fan On My Facebook Page!”

12/19/2008
#364 - “Only Two Or Three More Shopping Days Until Hanukah, Depending On How Religious You Are And How Much You Believe Jews Will Do ANYTHING To Get Things Wholesale!”

12/06/2009
#415 The Menace’s Attic - The “If You’ve Got A Condo For Rent Anywhere That Has A Daytime Temperature of 70 Degrees, Invite Me I’ll Supply The Burritos and Chicken Pot Pies!” Edition

12/11/2009
#416 The Menace’s Attic - The “It’s Hanukah and That Means That All Through The Attic, Not A Creature Is Stirring, And We’re Lighting The Only Menorah That Also Doubles As A MP3 Player!” Edition

12/18/2009
#417 The Menace’s Attic - The “It’s a Conundrum, Hanukah’s Over And You’re Probably Already Inundated With Christmas Music. So, What Exactly Should I Do To Be Just Spiritual Enough, But Not Tacky! Well, One Thing I Know, There Will Be NO Kwanza Tunes Tonight!” Edition

12/25/2009
#418 The Menace’s Attic - The “Well It’s The End Of Another Decade – Heck Where Did It Go? I Mean 1999 Seems Like Just Yesterday” So I Thought We’d Head For The End And Beginning Of Six Decades And See What Those Were Like – Musically That Is!” Edition

01/04/2008
#316 - “This Show Is Dedicated To Some Of The Best Rock And Roll Songwriters Of All Time, The Artists That Should Have Had The Hit Version Of And Well, Just A Few That Should Have Never Written A Song Or Had A Hit In The First Place!

01/11/2008
#318 - “After All These Years You Are Probably Tired Of Hearing Me Talk About Going To Sundance. Blah Blah Blah Isn’t Dennis The Menace Important Blah Blah Blah Premieres, Blah Blah Blah, Movie Stars Blah Blah Blah Six Decades Of Rock And Roll By Theme. Blah Blah - Hey Wait A Minute You Can Have Every Set Of Blahs Except The Last One Or The Next Hour Is Going To Be Pretty Darn Quiet” Edition

01/18/2008
#319 - “Even Though I’m At Sundance Right Now, This Show Is Prerecorded and Edited So Perfectly You’d Never Know It Wasn’t Actually Live. This Show Is Prerecorded And Edited So Perfectly You’d Never Know That…Geez Louise, He’s Not Really Going To Stoop To That Kind Of Lowbrow Humor Is He? If So, Let’s Hope The Quality Of The Music Is Just A Bit Above Rheingold. It Used To Be The Champagne Of Bottled Beers, ‘Ya Know!

01/25/2008
The Menace’s Attic Episode #320 - “It’s So Good To Be Back In The Warm Weather! Hey Look, When You’ve Been In Park City, Utah With Temps In The Single Digits, 45 or So Degrees Is A Gosh Darn Heatwave!”

01/02/2009
#366 - “Next Week, I’ll Be Celebrating The 8th Anniversary Of The First Episode Of This Radio Show. With That Comes And Immense Responsibility To Uphold The Tenets That This Show Was Originally Created Upon. So, Basically That Means After All The Time The Tenants Deserve A Rent Increase, Don’t You Think?”

01/09/2009
#367 - “Almost Exactly Eight Years Ago Tonight, I Did The Very First Menace’s Attic. Now Given That The Traditional Eighth Anniversary Gift Is An Electrical Appliance, I Say Why Wait Until The Tenth Anniversary To Raise A Glass And Have A Toaster Oven To The Show!”

01/16/2009
#368 - “Since I’m At Sundance Yet Again And Needed Some New Schtick For A Movie-Themed Show, We’ve Brought Back The Movie Clips!”

01/23/2009
#369 - “My Radio D.J. Went To The Sundance Film Festival And All I Got Was This Lousy $75.00 T-Shirt, A $25.00 Baseball Cap And A Free Copy Of Entertainment Weekly I Already Read A Week Ago!”

01/30/2009
#370 - “Tonight’s Show Is Quirky, Jerky, And Features Misnomers, Cover Versions And Lots Of Surreality, Which Is Now Being Marketed By Kelloggs Even Though It’s Not A Word! ?”

01/01/2010
#419 - The “It’s The First Year Of The New Decade And We’re Already Being Told How To Pronounce It Correctly – It’s Twenty-Ten And Don’t Mess It Up Or They’ll Send You Back To The Last One And We Know How Badly That Would Stink!” Edition

01/08/2010
#420 - Tonight’s Guest D.J. Has Appeared On The Show Since She Was About Three, And Can Run The Control Board Better Than I Can! (Special Guest D.J. Kate Scheyer!) Edition

01/15/2010
#421 - This Is The 7” Edition I Was Supposed To Do Last Week When Kate Was On The Show And The Fact Is At Age 8 She Can Add Better Than I Can, So Let’s Pretend You Can Divide 421 By 7! Edition

01/22/2010
#422 - “While I’m At The Sundance Film Festival I Thought We’d Listen To Some Iconic Tracks That Truly Make The Movies They’re In!” Edition

01/29/2010
#423 - “No Matter How You Slice It I’m Going To Sound Snooty When I Say Things Like “Oh Yeah, I Saw The New Movie About The Runaways at Sundance, And You Can’t See It Until March, Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah!” Edition