Mistress of the Mixtape

Mistress of the Mixtape

Author: Pop Rocks Radio October 8, 2025 Duration: 1:20:14

Welcome to this week's episode of Pop Rocks Radio! We’re shining a spotlight on artists who came from, played with, or were caught in the orbit of The Quick and their wild little corner of L.A.’s scene.

And since it’s Halloween month at Pop Rocks Radio, we’re kicking things off with our Movie of the Week — Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 👁️‍🗨️

Crank it up, grab your tassels, and let the weird times roll.

🔗 Links:

https://bompstore.com

https://bigstirrecords.com

Tracks:

The Wellingtons- Sad Today

The Allies- EMMA PEEL

The Brandos- Gettysburg

Stella and the Very Messed- Constable Garza Is Bad At His Job

PONY- Superglue

The Half-Cubes- I'll be taking her out tonight

Dom Mariani- World On Its Head

The Saints- Private Affair (Remastered)

The Quick- No No Girl

The Damned- Neat Neat Neat

The Dickies- Pretty Please Me

Great Buildings- Another Day In My Life

Cruzados- Wasted Years

The Runaways- Queens of Noise

Danny Wilde- Time Runs Wild

The Three O'Clock- When She Becomes My Girl

The Othermothers- Rodeo

LOOSE LIPS- Last Laugh

20/20- Jet Lag

💛 Share it, support it, and as always: Be good. Be weird.

Spooky Ride by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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