...just some of the stories that shaped today's song picks!

With the usual wide mix of genres and eras and tracks inspired by stories that have caught my eye this week...almost made it to the Z, but not quite!
ASGEIR Youth
BLAME MY YOUTH Prizefighter
NICK CAVE + BAD SEEDS Today’s Lesson
CLASH Rock the Casbah
SURF COWBOYS Not the Way
DIVINE COMEDY Diva Lady
ELTON JOHN, GEORGE MICHAEL Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
THE FRAMES Lay Me Down (live)
GHOST Jesus he Loves Me
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIENCE w/ ERKYAH BADU Afro Dizzy
HAPPY MONDAYS Kinky Afro
IVANN Afro
JOSE GONZALEZ Leaf off the Cave
KORN Freak on a Leash
PIL Hawaii
MAXIMO PARK Books From Boxes
KATE NASH Mouthwash
OFFSPRING The Kids Arent Alright (Wiseguys Remix)
PRIMITIVES Crash
QUEEN Save Me
BENNY SINGS, REMI WOLF Pyjamas
SPILLER, SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTER Groovejet
SEAL Kiss From a Rose
THE TESKEY BROTHERS Never Tear Us Apart
TONE LOC Funky Cold Medina
U2 Angel of Harlem
GRETA VAN FLEET Meeting the Master
WEEZER Pork and Beans
BASEMENT JAXX Fly Life (Cajmere Green Velvet remix)
YANIS, CAMELPHAST, FOALS Hypercolour
not played: SZA, DOJA CAT Kill Bill remix