Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers - "Banzai Jam" - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Mr. Scruff & Quantic - "Donkey Ride" - Ninja Tuna *
Beasts of Bourbon - "Drop Out" - The Axeman's Jazz
The Melvins - "The Kicking Machine" - Nude With Boots *
Bob Hund - "Bli Aldrig Som Oss, Bli Varre" - Folkmusik *
Death - "Politicians in My Eyes" - For the Whole World To See *
Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone" - 12" single
Insight - "True to the Game" - X: A Decade of Independence 2xCD *
Serge Gainsbourg - "Lunatic Asylum" - L' Homme a Tete de Chou
Marion Maerz - "Frag doch nur Dein Herz" - Burt Bacharach Songbook *
Screamers - "Matar Dolores" - In a Better World 2xCD
Carolee - "Water the Rocks" - CD EP * [MySpace]
Lafayette Gilchrist - "For Vince Loving" - The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist *
Big Blood - "Heart of Glass" - Under Covers (For WFMU) *
The Volta Sound - "No Control" - My All American Girl
PJ Harvey & John Parish - "Black Hearted Love" - A Woman A Man Walked By *
Frak - "Breakfast Morning" - Loce Beyond Synth Saga *
Kraftwerk - "Home Computer" - Computer World
Sweet Tee - "I Got da Feelin'" - Fly Girls! B-Boys Beware 2xCD *
Wooden Shjips - "Motorbike" - Dos *
The Next - "Mr. Wonderful" - Deep in the Throat of Texas: Six Small Wonders of Texas Punk [compilation]
Sunshine - "Insomnia" - Necromance: Digital Urban Icons
Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" - Pop Art [Vinyl Box Set]
Kurt Vile & the Violators - "The Hunchback" - The Hunchback EP *
Arthur Russell - "Place I Know/Kid Like You" - World of Echo
Bobby Goldsboro - "Summer (The First Time)" - 7"
Alan & Richard Bishop - "Space Prophet Dogon" - The Brothers Unconnected: Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls *
Dub Dickerson - "Lovinest Lovin'" - Desperate Rock & Roll, Vol. 10
Spacemen 3 - "Walkin' with Jesus" - The Perfect Prescription
Erica Pomerance - "You Used to Think" - You Used to Think [Re-issue, 1968] *
The War on Drugs - "Show me the Coast" - Wagonwheel Blues *
James Brown - "The Boss" - Black Caesar
Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice - "This Jesus Must Die" - "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Michael Nesmith - "Rio" - From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing
Notes:
- An asterisk indicates a new or recent release.
- After some consideration, I decided to shut down the real-time comment feed during this show. I certainly don't intend this as a slight against the many wonderful listeners who've made meaningful contributions in that forum, but I think the technology has begun attracting people who don't actually give a hoot about WFMU or its programming. I'm sure you'd agree there are plenty of online platforms for hurling stupidity into the ether, so rather than provide another one, I'll probably be cruising comment-free in the future. It''s also worth mentioning that the show got a hell of a lot better once I swung the axe.
- That new Kurt Vile song is THEE-DIRTY-HOODED-SWEATSHIRT-DRUGGIE-JAM-OF-2009! For more on Kurt Vile, check out the piece I wrote about him in Dusted Magazine a while back, or head this way for some killer MP3s from WFMU's newly launched Free Music Archive.
- A bunch of songs played during this show were brought to my attention by the brilliant SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS MP3 blog. I love this blog not just for the editor's musical taste (which is exemplary), but also for his artful presentation of the material. Rather than post entire albums (which I don't approve of), he instead zeroes in on a particular song or two and offers it along with anecdotal text which is as smart as it is smart-assed. Ambiguity and mystery is, for me, a major component to the joy of discovering new sounds, and unlike a lot of MP3 blogs that treat art as a bland commodity, SibLINGSHOT uses it to make personal and political points with exceptional panache. I'm proud to call myself a fan.
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