Both of our entries today in The 2025 PopCult Gift Guide are tied to today’s new music specialty programs that debut this afternoon on our sister internet radio station, The AIR. With The 2025 PopCult Gift Guide in mind, we managed to cook up new episodes that debut on Wednesday afternoon, as The AIR brings you new installments of Curtain Call and Beatles Blast, each of get right into the gift-giving spirit. You can tune in at the website, or just stay right here and  listen to the convenient embedded radio player lurking elsewhere on this page.

Our first pick is a crossover collectible that will be the perfect gift for the die-hard Beatles fan who is also an avid collector of die-cast cars.

For years Corgi Model Company has been making die-cast Double Decker Buses and London Taxis covered with graphics taken from album and single sleeves from The Beatles more notable releases.

These are high-quality die cast models with wonderful depictions of the sleeve designs for The Beatles vinyl releases, some from different countries, and they make for a really cool and distinctive collection.

There are several from which to choose, and you can find them at a variety of online retailers and hobby shops, or at The Beatles Store or Amazon. Prices range from twenty dollars to a little over thirty, depending on the model and the retailer.

To tie into this gift suggestion, yours truly decided to dedicate today’s new episode of Beatles Blast to songs The Beatles sang about cars. It seemed like a great idea, except when it came time to put the show together, I discovered that they didn’t really write that many songs about cars.  At 2 PM (EST) on The AIR Beatles Blast brings you a musical collage of automotive songs and dialogue produced by The Beatles, together and solo, with a few covers tossed in.

I mean it’s a little strange. George was an avid driver and palled around with Formula 1 drivers. Paul was known to enjoy a good drive now and then. Ringo seemed comfortable behind the wheel. And John enjoyed custom painting and crashing a variety of expensive vehicles.

Still, I was able to cobble together a decent mixtape show using songs by the group, covers of “Drive My Car” by Dion and The Donnas, and solo tracks about cars or driving.

Check out the playlist:

Beatles Blast 127

The Beatles “Drive My Car”
George Harrison “Faster”
John Lennon “You Can’t Catch Me”
Wings “Helen Wheels”
Ringo Starr “In My Car”
Dion “Drive My Car”
The Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour”
Paul & Linda McCartney “Back Seat of My Car”
Yoko Ono “Coffin Car”
Beatles vs. G-Dragon “Missing My Car”
The Beatles “The Bus”
The Beatles “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”
George Harrison “Any Road”
Ringo Starr “Don’t Go Where The Road Don’t Go”
Paul McCartney “Driving Rain/Motor of Love”
The Donnas “Drive My Car”

Beatles Blast can be heard every Wednesday at 2 PM, with replays Thursday at 11 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday afternoon.