Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=5340&ordering=-airdate
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The song also features a sampled dialogue line (\"I'm a driver/I'm a winner...\") from the 1991 film \"Kill the Moonlight.\" The distinctive sitar part was played by producer and co-writer Carl Stephenson.\n--\n“Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That’s all I want them to be—crumbs. I don’t want to work any kind of fabricated message.” --Beck", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639933, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639933/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:27:18-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "I Walk on Guilded Splinters", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "218cdc97-65ac-4490-911c-3bbef1d2de8e", "artist": "Johnny Jenkins", "artist_ids": [ "b22d0d4f-4cc7-4130-ae0d-2538fafdd130" ], "album": "Rollin' And Tumblin' (American Electric Blues 1965-1971)", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2b2a06d7-3252-4604-9f7c-3634c4b1a770", "labels": [ "Cherry Red Records" ], "label_ids": [ "0a866b14-bfd8-4e74-b451-ada9fc713329" ], "release_date": "2025-07-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny Jenkins proved a massive influence on acts from his home town, Macon, Georgia, such as Otis Redding and the Allman Brothers, and also those from further afield such as Jimi Hendrix. On a visit to Macon, Hendrix had noted the flamboyance of Jenkins' left-handed, upside-down guitar playing and realized that showmanship, like playing the guitar behind the head, was a very good gimmick.\n--\nHere's an obituary for the flamboyant guitarist who died in 2006: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/16/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639934, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639934/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:26:50-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "“I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.” --Beck", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3639932, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639932/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:20:30-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710800.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c3619bbc-887b-4012-9024-0b7806333c4d/mbid-c3619bbc-887b-4012-9024-0b7806333c4d-38534240640_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710800.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c3619bbc-887b-4012-9024-0b7806333c4d/mbid-c3619bbc-887b-4012-9024-0b7806333c4d-38534240640_thumb250.jpg", "song": "E‐Pro", "track_id": "1e90111e-60ad-3a43-9002-58daecc4b2fd", "recording_id": "31970bcd-4879-4040-ba46-c75ca9593519", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Guero", "release_id": "c3619bbc-887b-4012-9024-0b7806333c4d", "release_group_id": "e49e2f8a-94c0-3dcf-8ce6-9bc52a1a7867", "labels": [ "Interscope Records" ], "label_ids": [ "2182a316-c4bd-4605-936a-5e2fac52bdd2" ], "release_date": "2005-03-29", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"E-Pro\" contains samples of the rhythm track from \"So What'cha Want\" by Beastie Boys and the drums from \"The Big Beat\" by Billy Squier.\n--\n ”One of the few things I remember Beck saying early on,” recalls Mike Simpson, who helped produce the album, ”was that he just wanted some rocking songs that he could play live.” Beck: Yeah, you just try to articulate certain things in a way that doesn’t come off as too pretentious or overbaked. I find that sometimes you can work on something for a long time and get it to have all these meanings, and sometimes it just doesn’t want to have any of those. The song just wants to be real simple, and not have a lot of significance to it.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639931, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639931/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:15:50-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c27b99d1-8b6b-4f5b-901f-c8a8e5845ec1/mbid-c27b99d1-8b6b-4f5b-901f-c8a8e5845ec1-9661165599_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c27b99d1-8b6b-4f5b-901f-c8a8e5845ec1/mbid-c27b99d1-8b6b-4f5b-901f-c8a8e5845ec1-9661165599_thumb250.jpg", "song": "So What'cha Want (single version)", "track_id": "783e7e4f-5c1b-389d-b694-fbc8cf308446", "recording_id": "e6103940-5494-47bb-8019-8e8054c527d8", "artist": "Beastie Boys", "artist_ids": [ "9beb62b2-88db-4cea-801e-162cd344ee53" ], "album": "So What'cha Want", "release_id": "c27b99d1-8b6b-4f5b-901f-c8a8e5845ec1", "release_group_id": "1ddbd705-19d4-367d-b3cd-720453916df7", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1992-06-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song samples “Just Rhymin’ With Biz” by Big Daddy Kane featuring Biz Markie, and “I’ve Been Watching You” by Southside Movement.\n--\nBeck sampled it for his song \"E-Pro\" from \"Guero.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639930, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639930/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:10:24-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c-43096301269_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c-43096301269_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Milk & Honey", "track_id": "ca7e9567-2ce6-3585-adc5-31873cb5b4b6", "recording_id": "740acde9-fed9-4b93-b760-0cb35cbc7977", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Midnite Vultures", "release_id": "53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c", "release_group_id": "4c5cd9dc-31b5-32b1-bd11-57081e83f8bb", "labels": [ "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1999-11-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck sampled the hooks from both Mr. Loco and Buzz Clifford for this song.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639929, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639929/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:07:55-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "I See I Am", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "51d31c04-08b7-4cbb-9eae-ed7680cac58c", "artist": "Buzz Clifford", "artist_ids": [ "e4c06a55-4bec-4be4-9086-8e205ec83f06" ], "album": "See Your Way Clear", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "581451a5-377f-4be9-94bb-f375abc2b86f", "labels": [ "Big Pink" ], "label_ids": [ "c4316b82-561b-4eff-933d-c923cb90608e" ], "release_date": "1969-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "R.I.P., Reese Francis Clifford III, who died in 2018 at age 75. He was perhaps best known for his song, \"BabySittin' Boogie,\" with its unique gurgling sound.: https://bestclassicbands.com/buzz-clifford-obituary-1-28-18/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639928, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639928/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:06:09-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Mister Loco", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b6f5b088-36e4-441a-93a7-cbc578c01018", "artist": "Mr. Loco", "artist_ids": [ "477cab43-296f-4924-91d0-2c739fcc2d8b" ], "album": "Uno", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7e2392ed-e06d-4cf3-a8fa-f7eecb70af8e", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1975-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Mister Loco is a Mexican rock band formed in 1975 by former members of the group Los Locos del Ritmo.: https://grokipedia.com/page/Mister_Loco", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639927, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639927/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:05:51-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "“I’m a musician. I’m not, like, a personality. I’ve never really pretended to perform that kind of function.” --Beck", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3639925, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639925/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T14:58:48-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710606.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f94dc170-00b5-4b99-8ea3-061ab264cc50/mbid-f94dc170-00b5-4b99-8ea3-061ab264cc50-11233531408_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710606.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f94dc170-00b5-4b99-8ea3-061ab264cc50/mbid-f94dc170-00b5-4b99-8ea3-061ab264cc50-11233531408_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Paper Tiger", "track_id": "7ae3ce31-2141-407f-b287-2c6de07eefc7", "recording_id": "2bf8f547-057d-4be0-82ef-f19a2e3ac402", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Sea Change", "release_id": "f94dc170-00b5-4b99-8ea3-061ab264cc50", "release_group_id": "5f84e8b9-b8e5-3fbf-b514-0192a62d88b6", "labels": [ "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "2002-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck's father, orchestrator David Campbell, helped with the brass and string arrangements on this song and the rest of the album. Beck told NPR how they worked together. \"I usually get some kind of keyboard and I'll play the basic voicings and we'll map it out,\" he said. \"With strings, a lot of times I'll play or sing parts over the song, which we'll transcribe.\"\n\nHe added: \"For 'Paper Tiger' there's a whole solo that the orchestra does; that was actually something I sang, and then we just transcribed it.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639924, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639924/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T14:57:19-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710303.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bdbe5b7d-6579-4ff6-832f-172b2e83fdb3/mbid-bdbe5b7d-6579-4ff6-832f-172b2e83fdb3-23122333798_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710303.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bdbe5b7d-6579-4ff6-832f-172b2e83fdb3/mbid-bdbe5b7d-6579-4ff6-832f-172b2e83fdb3-23122333798_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cargo culte", "track_id": "c60ac351-83c5-4f14-9039-407a2f40d687", "recording_id": "7a460071-71f4-4c02-9586-3b4f9fb60fcb", "artist": "Serge Gainsbourg", "artist_ids": [ "b21ef19b-c6aa-4775-90d3-3cc3e067ce6d" ], "album": "Histoire de Melody Nelson", "release_id": "bdbe5b7d-6579-4ff6-832f-172b2e83fdb3", "release_group_id": "431ae137-315a-3faa-8005-c959fc0d57e9", "labels": [ "Light in the Attic Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d277da0d-1d64-4256-90f5-ced940fb9b77" ], "release_date": "2009-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Histoire de Melody Nelson\" is Serge Gainsbourg's Lolita, the story of an affair with an underaged nymphette who Gainsbourg’s character meets when he nearly runs her over in his Rolls Royce. Melody Nelson is voiced by Gainsbourg’s wife, Jane Birkin, whose squeaks and squeals of delight provide an unnervingly erotic accompaniment to Gainsbourg’s lurid bass lines and luscious psychedelic arrangements.\n\n“Cargo Culte,” the album’s finale, is staged as Gainsbourg’s response to Melody’s tragic death in a plane crash. \nLearn more about this song here:", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639922, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639922/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T14:52:51-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3d08d05a-59ec-4ed2-b096-efdea0977f62/mbid-3d08d05a-59ec-4ed2-b096-efdea0977f62-1190605830_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802806.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-3d08d05a-59ec-4ed2-b096-efdea0977f62/mbid-3d08d05a-59ec-4ed2-b096-efdea0977f62-1190605830_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The New Pollution", "track_id": "4e8ee244-3e53-376a-9c99-d2aa630a1dda", "recording_id": "aa9135c4-0499-4d75-9caf-4e2025caf388", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Odelay", "release_id": "3d08d05a-59ec-4ed2-b096-efdea0977f62", "release_group_id": "f2466d20-9a29-3baa-bfac-c245410e925f", "labels": [ "Bong Load Custom Records", "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "b41ac8e4-c575-44df-a544-40ad84723ff3", "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1996-06-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The New Pollution\" samples the drumbeat from Gus Poole's \"Hallelujah, Alright, Amen,\" a funky disco soul track from 1970, and the bluesy sax riff is from Joe Thomas' \"Venus\" (1976).\n -- \nBeck was once asked what the new pollution was. 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With \"Sweet Sunshine,\" he did the opposite, taking a completely innocent (and in a way cheesy) phrase like \"sweet sunshine\" and turning it into an ugly, harsh image: \"Gonna break my face on the sweet sunshine.\" He sings of buckets of blood, scumbag souls, wreckin' balls, and how he killed his imagination. This is not a song that should be titled \"Sweet Sunshine\"! Beck's explored this type of duality in his lyrics many times, from \"Asshole\" to \"Beautiful Way.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639919, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639919/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T14:44:40-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Save the World", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d0223bfe-1266-42c3-b6fc-8e8453a85777", "artist": "Southside Movement", "artist_ids": [ "fbfbd9ec-8e4a-4216-9d9e-e9f057494a6a" ], "album": "Movin'", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0acdf997-4ef6-3038-8ef4-c9023f90ac8e", "labels": [ "20th Century Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ed0d5aff-e23f-4239-950f-bae0bc201e6c" ], "release_date": "1974-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Southside Movement was a Chicago-based funk and soul octet which recorded in the early '70s. 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