SESSION 28

Written By Alex Rearick

Session 28 – YouTube playlist

HOSTED BY: Ben
SPECIAL GUEST: Steve “FlipSide CT” - Check out his YouTube channel here.

CATEGORIES

CATEGORY 1 — CAREERING
Song by a musician or band member who didn’t begin in, or hasn’t continued in, the music industry.

CATEGORY 2 — EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
Song whose title or lyric prominently mentions a time of day, day of the week, or the name of a month or a year.

CATEGORY 3 — 2026 MINUS 28
Favorite song released in 1998.

TRACKLIST*

‍ ‍CAREER

  1. The Golden Flower — The Apples in Stereo (Andy)
    Rober Schneider left the band to become a math teacher

  2. Shanti / Ashtangi — Madonna (Bill)**
    Madonna was a dancer first, studying with Martha Graham

  3. Peace of Mind — Boston (Steve)
    Tom Shulz is an MIT-trained engineer who built his own recording studio

  4. What’s Wrong With This Picture — Bourgeois Tagg (Ben)
    Tagg became an English teacher

  5. No Turning Back — Gui Boratto (Kwai)
    Boratto holds a degree in architecture and urban planning

  6. Seven Days — Sting (Herman)**
    Sting was also an English teacher

  7. Party for Your Right to Fight — Public Enemy (Will)
    Flavor Flav went to culinary school, Chuck D was a graphic designer and later wrote a book about pilates, DJ Terminator X left music to start an ostrich farm

  8. The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone’s Pizza House) — Tom Waits (Alex)**
    Waits was a dishwasher and cook at Napoleone’s, with characters in the song based on his coworkers and regulars there

  9. Kissing My Love — Bill Withers (Ron)
    Withers was an aircraft mechanic

    TIME / DAY / WEEK

  10. Saturday Love (feat. Alexander O’Neal) — Cherrelle (Alex)

  11. 25 O’Clock — The Dukes of Stratosphear (Andy)

  12. Futures — Zero 7 w/José González (Will)

  13. 1984 — David Bowie (Steve)

  14. A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays” — De La Soul (Ron)

  15. In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) — Zager & Evans (Bill)

  16. 2040 — Spymob (Ben)

  17. Six Days — DJ Shadow (Herman)

  18. Strange Days (1999) — Health (Kwai)

    1998

  19. Ain’t it a Bitch — Izzy Stradlin (Steve)

  20. Everglade — Tortoise (Alex)

  21. St. Elmo’s Fire — Ulilab (Bill)

  22. The Colour of Spring — Mark Hollis (Ron)

  23. Baba — Alanis Morissette (Ben)

  24. The Sleepless (feat. MC Det) — Red Snapper (Will)

  25. Lonely Soul (feat. Richard Ashcroft) — UNKLE (Herman)

  26. Carriage for Two — Tricky (Kwai)

  27. California Stars — Billy Bragg & Wilco (Andy)

* Session categories were played live in an alternate order (2, 1, 3)
** Double-Dip Bonus! Song satisfies two categories at once

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