Dan's Bike Rides

It's a special musical salute to Hank's grandson, Braylon (Captain Ron) and his passion for ships and boats. Included: Pete Seger, Tom Waits, Al Stewart, Bryan Ferry and of course the big freighter standard from old gray whiskers and heavy winter sweater wearing, Canadian Folk God himself, Gordon Lightfoot and the wreck of the EFG.

Dan's Mom posthumously co-hosts the Bike Rides Radio Show (yes, you read that correctly)

Dan guest hosts KMSU's Folk Scene Etc. program in honor of late host Bruce Davis; whom we recently lost to cancer. This is a two hour program that delves deep into Bruce's own material as a key contributor to many Folk bands over the decades, and the musical youtube posts created over the last year of his life..Every Bruce Davis/Folk Music friend or fan should enjoy this therapeuti

Take a soul melting ride on the coldest night of the winter with friends of the show Charlie Parr and Erik Koskinen, live, in studio, for some collaborative musical magic and more. This nearly 2 hour web version contains tons of extra dialogue not heard on the radio, and that always seems to be where the best stories emulate and incubate from. It's a special ride like no other, don

Happy 4th of July in December! It's BikeRides annual twisted take on their favorite holiday. Obscure mentions of the summer holiday explode in beautiful songs throughout the ride like a fountain of colorful, brilliant fire in your ears. Included: Mae Simpson; Steve Earle; Laura Jane Grace; Fallout Boy; Roger Daltrey; Fire/Works; John Mellencamp; Gary Cleghorn; Michael Stanely; Cold

Execute your warm-up stretches and pack a turkey sandwich, it's the annual Black Friday Longest Ride of the Year. Hank and Dan warm things up with a slew of deep tracks, then they review the entire classic Pink Floyd's Wall, the demo cuts; Under Construction. Later, Mark Conway and Jay Kiser join in studio to review their old band Homespun's basement tape recorded live at Austin's

It's a therapeutic, Facebook Friend generated playlist this week on the ride after that thingy that happened on Tuesday. Included: George Harrison; Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood and Jeff Lyne together in one super band; Small Faces; Yusuf; Sam Cooke; Nick Drake; Pink Moon; Willie Dunn; The Shackletons; Frank Ocean; The Head & The Heart; The Beach Boys

It's the last day of Pledge Drive at KMSU so Hank and Dan go easy on the pressure to make a pledge and focus heavily on just playing the stupid music. Included: England Swings; Delany and Bonnie; John Batdorf; Loudon Wainwright III; Fleetwood Mac; Bob Dylan; Little Feat; Van Morrison; Amanda Shires

It's Fall Pledge Drive and you know what that means, Hank and Dan are begging, threatening, and promising anything to get some pledges for KMSU, the greatest little radio station in the area. PLUS, Halloweeny songs from Pancake Manor; 40 Watt Bulb; Nick Cave; Robbie See Hag Mangano; The Specials; and finally someone you've heard of, Jimmy Buffet.

Anyone who suggests this week's ride has an underlying message is simply reading their own agenda into it. Included: Taylor Swift (yeah, you heard me right); The Killers (just in time for halloween); Dan (the) Mangan, Eric (heavy) Burdon and the (heavier) Animals; Gossip (shhhhh...quiet karen!); Pete Seger (and the silver bullet band...jk!); Kyle (arts and) Craft; (susan b) Anthony