:: Arling and Cameron ::

I once interviewed the AC3D artificial intelligence, modeled after the Dutch quirks of Arling and Cameron. It was a very polite and well-spoken AI.

In this episode: Akakage’s Happy Set, Arling + Cameron, Ben Vaughn, Brave Combo, Countdown Quartet, Devo, Dusminguet, El Flaco, Neutral Milk Hotel, Owsley, Primus, Sir Millard Mulch, The Folksmen, Ween

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1. Song
   Artist

2. How About The Boys

   Arling + Cameron

   Celebratory apropos of Young Thomas Mapother Lacking IV’s birthday

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3. La Negra

   Brave Combo

   From Tejas!

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4. Lupin 3

   Akakage’s Happy Set

   Japanimania!

5. BREAK

6. Unflappable

   El Flaco

   Crunchy, isn’t it?

7. Tiger Rag

   Countdown Quartet

   Hold dat tiger!

   [asa]B000QZVWWO[/asa]

   

8. Go

   Dusminguet

   French and frantic

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9. Blood On The Coal

   The Folksmen

   Favorite folk disaster mashup!

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10. BREAK

11. Song Against Sex

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    Noisy syrup

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12. Oh No The Radio

    Owsley

    Named after the famed LSD concoctioner

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13. Making Plans For Nigel

    Primus

    Unstoppable beat

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14. BREAK

15. Girl U Want

    Devo

    Everyone remembers this one from the skate park

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16. I Hate Retro!

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Was that Rush in the middle?

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17. So Many People In The Neighborhood

    Ween

    The delightful weirdness

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18. BREAK

19. El Camino

    Ben Vaughn

    Vaughn also produced Ween’s fantastic country album

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1. Song
   Artist

2. El Camino

   Ben Vaughn

   Vaughn also produced Ween’s fantastic country album

3. BREAK

4. How About The Boys

   Arling + Cameron

   Celebratory apropos of Young Thomas Mapother Lacking IV’s birthday

   [asa]B00000HYBJ[/asa]

   

5. La Negra

   Brave Combo

   From Tejas!

   [asa]B0056D4IY0[/asa]

   

6. Lupin 3

   Akakage’s Happy Set

   Japanimania!

7. BREAK

8. Unflappable

   El Flaco

   Crunchy, isn’t it?

9. Tiger Rag

   Countdown Quartet

   Hold dat tiger!

   [asa]B000QZVWWO[/asa]

   

10. Go

    Dusminguet

    French and frantic

    [asa]B00008O2WN[/asa]

11. Blood On The Coal

    The Folksmen

    Favorite folk disaster mashup!

    [asa]B00282Y7YI[/asa]

    

12. BREAK

13. Song Against Sex

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    Noisy syrup

    [asa]B000VP94UG[/asa]

    

14. Oh No The Radio

    Owsley

    Named after the famed LSD concoctioner

    [asa]B003A97Y6Q[/asa]

    

15. Making Plans For Nigel

    Primus

    Unstoppable beat

    [asa]B000V6AEJU[/asa]

    

16. BREAK

17. Girl U Want

    Devo

    Everyone remembers this one from the skate park

    [asa]B002TSO53O[/asa]

    

18. I Hate Retro!

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Was that Rush in the middle?

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19. So Many People In The Neighborhood

    Ween

    The delightful weirdness

    [asa]B003Z9PKAS[/asa]

    

20. BREAK

21. Magnetize Your Food

    Evolution Control Committee

    Magnetize your kittens!

22. Core

    The Cardiacs

    Under-appreciated band of the evening

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23. El Barzón

    Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio

    More Mexican monsterbeats

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24. BREAK

25. Party At Ground Zero

    Fishbone

    It’s the nonstop partying!

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26. Stink Stinky Ashtray

    Damn

    Nice Ren sample

    [asa]B002R9ATY4[/asa]

    

27. Reggae Got Soul

    Toots + The Maytalls

    An original

    [asa]B000VZYWS0[/asa]

    

28. Dancin’ In The Moonlight

    King Harvest

    One hit wonders, expats in Paris

29. BREAK

30. One Step Beyond

    Madness

    A second wave standard

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31. Lovely Rita

    The Beatles

    With a comb-and-paper section

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32. Kana Kapila

    The Continental Cousins

    From the surfing shores of… Belgium?

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33. Kinder

    Davíd Garza

    Discover Dah-veed.

    [asa]B001NS7JKC[/asa]

    

34. BREAK

35. The Famous Polka

    They Might Be Giants

    Prelude to the great Milwaukee Stage Disaster

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36. I Said

    Nose

    Grooviness

37. All-Nite Dinah

    Venice Shoreline Chris

    The always-amazing Chris Murray

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38. Stay Up All Night

    Drink Me

    Some wicked Fanta bottle on that

    [asa]B001A3GSGG[/asa]

    

39. BREAK

40. Destroy The Flower

    Lisa Germano

    Haunting pieces

    [asa]B000S5BWNQ[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. DEVO Corporate Anthem

   The Coctails

   From the Chicago Loungesters

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3. BREAK

4. Last Word

   Archers Of Loaf

   Prickly stuff I tell you

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5. Medicine Man

   The Hush Sound

   Thumpety thump

   [asa]B0015C3UP4[/asa]

   

6. What the Astronaut Noticed and Then Suggested

   Bob Wiseman

   Bob’s in an accordion mood

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7. Anthony Robbins Personal Slave II

   Sir Millard Mulch

   I bought his set of CDs off my sister’s internet

8. BREAK

9. I Loved London

   The Real Tuesday Weld

   Very moody for being real

   [asa]B000XTGS1S[/asa]

   

10. Shake It

    Arling + Cameron

    Skippiness, begone!

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11. The City

    The Dismemberment Plan

    Recently reunited for one last tour

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12. She’s On Drugs

    The Jazz Butcher

    Sha na na na

    [asa]B003KXKFTK[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Life Is So Sweet

    Garageland

    Let’s hear it for New Zealand

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15. The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

    The Four Corners

    Too cool for stereo

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16. Aberdeen

    Cage the Elephant

    At their pixiest

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17. Late Night Heartbroken Blues

    Miss Li

    Oh, Miss li

    [asa]B0040ELM7C[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. The Drums

    Islands

    Robot unicorns if you know what I mean

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20. Kissing The Lipless

    The Shins

    Soaring high and shouting

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21. Death Cab For Cutie

    The Bonzo Dog Band

    Is this where the band got their name?

    [asa]B000VO8BQU[/asa]

    

22. Bucepahlus Bouncing Ball

    Aphex Twin

    Clicky twitches

    [asa]B00123MB56[/asa]

    

23. BREAK

24. Rocked by Rape

    Evolution Control Committee

    Time for us to bug out

    [asa]B003WO0OQ6[/asa]

    

25. We Used To Wait

    Arcade Fire

    Who is Arcade Fire?

    [asa]B003X73QA8[/asa]

    

26. Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf

    Frank Churchill

    Have some Disney music. Charley

27. Sterno

    Los Straitjackets

    Sounds somewhat familiar…

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28. BREAK

29. Treat You Right Someday

    House of Freaks

    Contemplative

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30. Halves And Have-Nots

    Mates Of State

    Harmonies that make you grit your teeth

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31. My Kid Smokin’

    And The Moneynotes

    Playing it loose

    [asa]B001BGY8HI[/asa]

    

32. Crouton Man

    Tepado

    ¡Esta tepado!

33. BREAK

34. She Was Talking to Me (Down on Avenue B)

    Paleface

    Some of that dirty NYC folk

35. Two Dollar Wine

    The Glands

    Outta Athens

36. Funeral

    The Mekons

    Outta Leeds

    [asa]B000SY4QAI[/asa]

37. Trouble Is My Beeswax

    Cigarbox Planetarium

    Instrumental health

    [asa]B000S56IKI[/asa]

    

38. BREAK

39. My Favorite Record

    Asylum Street Spankers

    So sad they’re calling it quits

40. Time Never Forgets

    Scruffy the Cat

    And don’t you forget it

41. Kite Flying

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    Rushmore, rushmore

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42. Smash It Up

    The (International) Noise Conspiracy

    Kindred spirit to the Damned song

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43. BREAK

44. Right This Second

    Deadmau5

    It’s like Oxygene 2011

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1. Song
   Artist

2. TV Party

   Asylum Street Spankers

   Even more warped than Black Flag’s version

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3. BREAK

4. Any Old Thing

   Peglegasus

   It’s complicated

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5. Mouthful Of Love

   Young Heart Attack

   Call the cardiologist

   [asa]B000S57938[/asa]

   

6. When I Drink

   The Avett Brothers

   Can’t seem to shake the plaintiveness

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7. Insensible

   Juana Molina

   Argentinian child star weirdness

   [asa]B00122MBQQ[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Boisa-bis-o-boisa

   Jens Lekman

   Rare track from this Swede

10. Sammy Come a Jail

    Chris Murray

    Lo-fi ska-jinks

    [asa]B002CYN7LG[/asa]

    

11. Hello Angel

    Scruffy the Cat

    Goodbye, Scruffy

12. BREAK

13. Impatient

    Nine Iron

    She’s so impatient with me

    [asa]B000QZR2KA[/asa]

    

14. Drive Until He Sleeps

    Ui

    Road hypnosis

    [asa]B0029QSJMY[/asa]

15. Palm of your Hand

    Cake

    Classic Cake melody

    [asa]B00138D35C[/asa]

    

16. The Curse

    The Mekons

    Truly cursed

    [asa]B004CBMOJS[/asa]

    

17. BREAK

18. New Ways Of Living

    Destroyer

    Shaking itself to pieces

    [asa]B000VPB3PU[/asa]

    

19. Running Out Of Class

    Bronco Busters

    Damn, they rock

    [asa]B001BG4HWE[/asa]

    

20. Border Ska

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Reduce, reuse, recycle

    [asa]B001AZ47GC[/asa]

    

21. My Window Faces the South

    Los Super Seven

    Muchas gracias to Willie Nelson

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22. BREAK

23. La La Love You

    Pixies

    I’m still mad at the Pixies

    [asa]B000S559VW[/asa]

    

24. Santa Fe

    Binder & Krieglstein

    From my current obsession

    [asa]B0017IZRS4[/asa]

    

25. Road Hog

    The Coctails

    Going out to the blue Sentra

    [asa]B001GH0UT2[/asa]

    

26. Strange New Glasses

    The Ophelias

    The girlskin ottoman stays

27. BREAK

28. The Light Brigade

    Noonday Underground

    What is this sound?

    [asa]B000T1HRHO[/asa]

    

29. Hello Dad, I’m In Jail

    Was (Not Was)

    Happy birthday!

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30. Superstition

    Stevie Wonder

    In the mood for this one

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31. Vince The Loveable Stoner

    The Fratellis

    Hey, we all know a Vince

    [asa]B003RNZFRK[/asa]

    

32. BREAK

33. Tiny Chairs

    Sir Millard Mulch

    And yet, you can sit on them

34. Right Before My Eyes

    Snitches

    Canadian inyourfaceness

    [asa]B000S56PAQ[/asa]

    

35. Son of the South

    Afghan Whigs

    Masters of self-hatred

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36. She Won’t Budge

    Young Fresh Fellows

    From the noisy Low Beat Time

    [asa]B002I6ABDK[/asa]

    

37. BREAK

38. The Perfect Tear

    David Garza

    A rare demo version

    [asa]B00000IPN2[/asa]

39. Dark Dark Leaves

    The Sugar Oaks

    Whatever happened to?

    [asa]B001E0F0K0[/asa]

    

40. Soul Drive Sixth Avenue

    Money Mark

    Decade old, still fresh

    [asa]B00005NCZ0[/asa]

41. BREAK

42. Other Side Of The Sun

    Otaku

    Space dub for you

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Alakazam

   Boom Pam

   Steve Miller never saw it coming

3. BREAK

4. Daddy

   Binder & Krieglstein

   Mashing up the Balkans and the islands

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5. Rock Steady

   Chris Murray

   Lofi and loving it

   [asa]B002CYN7LG[/asa]

   

6. I Stole A Bride

   Hefner

   Yes. More Hefner.

   [asa]B0019BABHG[/asa]

   

7. BREAK

8. El Barro

   Los Amigos Invisibles

   Ode to dermatological problems

   [asa]B000S98WCG[/asa]

   

9. Travelling Ants Who Got Eaten By Moskus

   Low Frequency In Stereo

   Norway-bound!

   [asa]B0007MSU5I[/asa]

10. Single Girl

    Lush

    From the EP of the same name

    [asa]B00002DD7O[/asa]

    

11. You Make Me Feel So Young

    Michigan Jake

    Some barbeshop will liven things up

    [asa]B00130T80O[/asa]

    

12. BREAK

13. Dang Me

    Rhett Miller

    Originally by a different Miller

    [asa]B000UPV25M[/asa]

    

14. Dark Lady

    DJ Food

    Pump that bass

    [asa]B0013F4CC8[/asa]

    

15. Here Come The Warm Jets

    Brian Eno

    The original fuzzbath

    [asa]B000TETF9O[/asa]

    

16. BREAK

17. Fantino

    Sébastien Tellier

    Spooky

    [asa]B001W35N5G[/asa]

    

18. Stratosphere Boogie

    Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

    A quick pick me up

    [asa]B000002Z93[/asa]

19. Crystalised

    The XX

    Sounding very Pinback

    [asa]B002DESIE6[/asa]

    

20. Straight To Hell

    Kevn Kinney

    Howling, he is

    [asa]B00004SZVI[/asa]

    

21. BREAK

22. Film 2

    Grauzone

    I like my pulse

23. Three Point Scrabble

    The High Llamas

    Sonic ginger ale

    [asa]B002HO900S[/asa]

    

24. Indian Bingo

    Tripping Daisy

    Ah, Brainiac

25. BREAK

26. You Are An Airplane

    I Am The Wolrd Trade Center

    Like Applied Communications

27. The Basement

    The Jazz Butcher

    The spy’s demise

    [asa]B000S17E8W[/asa]

    

28. Men’s Lips

    Ciao Bella

    Check out the excellent Darla 100 compilation

    [asa]B0028DHBJU[/asa]

    

29. Let Me Smoke My Pipe

    Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

    What are you going to do about it, sah?

30. BREAK

31. Madam Ching

    NaNuchKa

    Soft bossa… is it?

    [asa]B001FMSNEW[/asa]

    

32. Dr. Whilton Popple’s Personal Slave II

    Sir Millard Mulch

    One day I’ll find the Anthony Robbins version

    [asa]B001GCGF9Q[/asa]

    

33. Me Van A Matar

    Julieta Venegas

    From the soundtrack to Amores Perros

    [asa]B0017P9NLE[/asa]

    

34. Gelati

    Sonetic Vet

    Elisabeth from Solex

35. BREAK

36. Mary Anning

    Artichoke

    The fossil lady

    [asa]B000QQTY4Q[/asa]

    

37. Jeepster

    T Rex

    From the Deathproof soundtrack

    [asa]B00122DF4S[/asa]

    

38. Back To Hell

    Zero Zero

    Driving downhill

    [asa]B002KQDANG[/asa]

    

39. Bossa No Praia (Beach Samba)

    Walter Wanderley

    Your moment of relaxation

    [asa]B001NSADXW[/asa]

    

40. BREAK

41. Swing Bop

    Der Dritte Raum

    Bouncing and thumping

    [asa]B0032XCAVE[/asa]

    

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)

   London Calling Of Chicago

   They live up to their name

   [asa]B000S5AUK2[/asa]

   

3. BREAK

4. Bubblehouse

   Medeski, Martin + Wood

   Kinda goes around and around

   [asa]B00000321J[/asa]

   

5. Goodbye Mister

   Big Fish Ensemble

   A perfect pop gem

   [asa]B003MOGJD8[/asa]

6. The Power Brokers

   Cut Out

   Mystery of the evening!

7. Satan Lend Me A Dollar

   Hill Of Beans

   With Steve Moramarco, later of the Abe Lincoln Story

   [asa]B000QQX6JK[/asa]

   

8. BREAK

9. Ska Trek

   Tack>>Head

   Adrian Sherwood, we bow before thee

10. Cowboy

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Whoooooooo!

11. The Porkers

    Skank away, see if I care

    [asa]Cool mcCool[/asa]

    

12. Born Stoned

    Push Kings

    Missing the Push Kings a lot lately

    [asa]B000S56V82[/asa]

    

13. BREAK

14. Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues [Edit]

    Todd Snider

    A bit of audio editing to bring this to your ears

    [asa]B000R04VX0[/asa]

    

15. Kung den knege

    Pluxus

    Swedish oscillations

    [asa]B000QZTPK0[/asa]

    

16. Fly

    Cornelius

    Buzzy noizzy

    [asa]B001UHEPGM[/asa]

    

17. Nardwuar Vs. Rahzel

    Evaporators

    Absolutely

    [asa]B001ARRVDQ[/asa]

    

18. BREAK

19. Nereu Nereu

    Trio Mocotó

    Brazilian legends

    [asa]B003A24L50[/asa]

    

20. Machinery Hill

    Flour

    One man and his drum machine

    [asa]B0000019HS[/asa]

21. Master Manipulator

    Bourbon Princess

    With Jerome Deupree of Morphine

    [asa]B000QQWDXK[/asa]

    

22. BREAK

23. I Was On The Moon

    Apollo Sunshine

    Majestic sounds from New York state

    [asa]B003L9NZLS[/asa]

    

24. Underground

    Ben Folds Five

    Keeping it real

    [asa]B000SNW0CK[/asa]

    

25. Tear Down the Opera House

    The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

    A rager

    [asa]B002N8XQM6[/asa]

    

26. Lesbians Of Russia

    Bongwater

    You’re lucky I’m on a Bongwater kick lately

    [asa]B002C9O724[/asa]

    

27. BREAK

28. The Cat Empire

    Melbourne, Australia via Havana, Cuba

    [asa]Sly[/asa]

    

29. Run Away, the Sequel

    Darling New Neighbors

    Low fi earworm

    [asa]B000QZQMLK[/asa]

    

30. MC Honky

    Music from a man called E

    [asa]The Devil Went Down To Silverlake[/asa]

    

31. BREAK

32. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Not the only song with this title, I might add

33. Centerpiece

    Mary Stallings

    Only Howard Moon scats better

34. The McCAmpaign Song

    Mayor McCA

    The mouse song!

35. Break Your Mama’s Back

    Slowrunner

    Don’t do it

36. BREAK

37. Cerdo

    Molotov

    Like a badly-wrapped tamale

    [asa]B001BGY80A[/asa]

    

38. Capturing Moods

    Rilo Kiley

    A box of fish hooks

    [asa]B0015KL198[/asa]

    

39. The River Song

    The Extra Glenns

    Darnielle and Bruno, potent mix

    [asa]B0034ECP84[/asa]

    

40. Woman

    Wolfmother

    Remember Guitar Hero?

    [asa]B000WITSZS[/asa]

    

41. BREAK

42. Bossa Per Due

    Nicola Conte

    Brazilliant

    [asa]B0015HNXTW[/asa]

    

:: Ben Vaughn ::

I admire Ben Vaughn’s “press record and go” work ethic. He recorded an entire album inside a ’65 Rambler… when I dig that up, you’ll be sure to hear it.

In this episode: Ben Vaughn, Bettie Serveert, Bob Dylan, Dan Hicks, Dim Dim, Matisyahu, Mazzy Star, New Order, Shantel, Sir Millard Mulch, Sparks, The Bronx, The Cat Empire, Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears, Zzzz

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Growin’ A Beard

   Ben Vaughn

   Quite the activity

   [asa]B000003BJO[/asa]

3. Good Morning Boyfriend

   Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears

   WTF is this about? Is that a theremin?

4. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

   Bob Dylan

   Goin’ out to Broadhurst, I think

   [asa]B000050HTO[/asa]

5. BREAK

6. Assassination Polka

   Zzzz

   Can you dance to this?

   [asa]B0007NMJJA[/asa]

7. Middle-Case Keyboards

   Sir Millard Mulch

   This woman loathes the listener

8. Riri

   Dim Dim

   Dutch and very detailed

   [asa]B00006RY65[/asa]

9. Party Started

   The Cat Empire

   From our sister city of Melbourne, AUS

   [asa]B000LPS4F2[/asa]

10. BREAK

11. My Cello

    Dan Hicks

    So suave, that Hicks boy

    [asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]

12. We Will Walk

    Matisyahu

    Rhymes of the chosen

    [asa]B001TPJW8Q[/asa]

13. Ride It On

    Mazzy Star

    Dedicated to the Librarian

    [asa]B000002V07[/asa]

14. BREAK

15. Have A Heart

    Bettie Serveert

    Belgian, Canadian, what have you

    [asa]B00008DKDF[/asa]

16. Immigrant Child

    Shantel

    Romania-mania

    [asa]B000AP8VNI[/asa]

17. My Love

    The Bronx

    That should do it for Mariachi El Bronx, for now

    [asa]B002FOQY3G[/asa]

18. Angst In My Pants

    Sparks

    From the mythical Valley Girl soundtrack

    [asa]B00004Y58H[/asa]

19. BREAK

20. Blue Monday

    New Order

    Bigtime oldschool, by request

    [asa]B000002LCK[/asa]

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1. Song
   Artist

2. She’s Like A Rainbow

   Cub

   The spookiest Rolling Stones song there is

   [asa]B000002RFW[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Sticky Dew

   OFFICE

   From the entirely free download, Mecca

5. Chelsea Burns

   Keren Ann

   Slow like Low

   [asa]B0007LXP5O[/asa]

6. The State That I Am In

   Belle And Sebastian

   Dozing off, so pleasant

   [asa]B001FZ0AAO[/asa]

7. BREAK

8. Would you… ?

   Plaster

   Spazzy and skankin’

9. Secret Door

   Arctic Monkeys

   Veddy British

   [asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]

10. Crush The Pill

    Mason Jennings

    Short and sweet and bitter

    [asa]B000A7QYPI[/asa]

11. I Guess We’re Done

    The Wrens

    Chiming us off into the sunset

    [asa]B000005Z78[/asa]

12. BREAK

13. Walt Whitman

    My Robot Friend

    Because poets kick ass

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14. Borateen

    Self

    What started it all for me

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15. Ó, Ég Er Svo Svöng!

    Bellatrix

    Members of the Sugarcubes?

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16. Printer-Painter

    Coyle & Sharpe

    Which is it!

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17. BREAK

18. Cue The Elephants

    Bishop Allen

    More of that Bishop Allen kick

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19. Masters

    Schneider TM

    Were you nodding off?

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20. Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)

    Mahala Rai Banda

    The Balkan is of nonstop!

21. City

    Capitol K

    Bring on the sonic bricolage

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22. BREAK

23. Growin’ A Beard

    Ben Vaughn

    Quite the activity

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24. Good Morning Boyfriend

    Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears

    WTF is this about? Is that a theremin?

25. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

    Bob Dylan

    Goin’ out to Broadhurst, I think

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26. BREAK

27. Assassination Polka

    Zzzz

    Can you dance to this?

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28. Middle-Case Keyboards

    Sir Millard Mulch

    This woman loathes the listener

29. Riri

    Dim Dim

    Dutch and very detailed

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30. Party Started

    The Cat Empire

    From our sister city of Melbourne, AUS

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31. BREAK

32. My Cello

    Dan Hicks

    So suave, that Hicks boy

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33. We Will Walk

    Matisyahu

    Rhymes of the chosen

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34. Ride It On

    Mazzy Star

    Dedicated to the Librarian

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35. BREAK

36. Have A Heart

    Bettie Serveert

    Belgian, Canadian, what have you

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37. Immigrant Child

    Shantel

    Romania-mania

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38. My Love

    The Bronx

    That should do it for Mariachi El Bronx, for now

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39. Angst In My Pants

    Sparks

    From the mythical Valley Girl soundtrack

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40. BREAK

41. Blue Monday

    New Order

    Bigtime oldschool, by request

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:: Piestasters ::

My friend Julio doesn’t like the Pietasters, and for once the feeling is mutual — they don’t like him, either. Still, “Something Better” is quite the excellent song, even if the band ended up being a bunch of third-wave ska frat boys.

In this episode: Aislers Set, Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Brendan Benson, Devo, Forro In The Dark, Geraldo Pine, Heavy Vegetable, Janis Joplin, Jason Trachtenburg, Pietasters, Poi Dog Pondering, Rah Brahs, Simian Mobile Disco, Sir Millard Mulch, The Avett Brothers, The Bronx, Ui

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Something Better

   Pietasters

   Ancient by now, but the song still stands

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3. Shame

   The Avett Brothers

   Some old Avett Bros. before I’m consumed by the new one

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4. Te Manu Pukarua

   Poi Dog Pondering

   Hawaii Ho!

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5. Deliver the Stuff

   Jason Trachtenburg

   I make more in my lunch break than you make in 15 days

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6. BREAK

7. Don’t Wanna Talk

   Brendan Benson

   Detroit pop city

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8. One Half Laughing

   Aislers Set

   Delightfully noisy

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9. Mongoloid

   Devo

   From the Moog Soundtrack

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10. Mrs. Lady Lady

    Ui

    Complicated, undulating

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11. BREAK

12. Litigation

    The Bronx

    Maybe some older Bronx next week?

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13. Kabaluere

    Antonio Carlos & Jocafi

    Black Rio!

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14. Riacho Do Navio

    Forro In The Dark

    From the northern part of Brazil

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15. Jackie Chan Is A Punk Rocker

    Heavy Vegetable

    A convoluted disaster

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16. BREAK

17. Bye, Bye Baby

    Janis Joplin

    For the leaving peoples

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18. Sleep Deprivation

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Get the apes on the dancefloor

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19. Water Damage

    Rah Brahs

    What is to be known about them?

20. Chariots Of The Sales Gods

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Not obscure enough, is it.

21. BREAK

22. Heavy Heavy Heavy

    Geraldo Pine

    Afrobeat Forever

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Train to Chicago

   Mike Doughty

   Live in Minneapolis

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3. BREAK

4. Real Good

   Tiny Masters Of Today

   Bratty-licious

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5. Laughing Owl

   John Zorn

   Zorn + Groovy = WTF

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6. That’s Something I Do

   Apples In Stereo

   The loudest band tonight

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7. A World Without Love

   Blue Skies For Black Hearts

   Bring on the jing and jangle.

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8. BREAK

9. La Locomotora

   Café Tacuba

   Again with the Mexican stuff

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10. Siki, Siki Baba

    Gaëtano Fabri vs. Koçani Orkestar

    Hypnotic Turkish madness

11. Have You No Shame, Girl?

    Solex

    Dutch, natch

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12. Rosey

    Ken Nordine

    Some more Color Man for the fans

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13. BREAK

14. Sophisticated Hula

    Petty Booka

    Do your hula dips!

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15. Abe Lincoln

    Bishop Allen

    From their October 2006 EP

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16. Green Haze, Pt. 1 & 2

    Elvis Hitler

    Disgraceland is still one of the best album names ever.

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17. Sleepwalk

    Los Straitjackets

    ¡En vivo!

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18. BREAK

19. See What I See

    The Photon Band

    The indestructible Photon Band

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20. Desaparecido

    Manu Chao

    Cuando me encuantran, ya no soy

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21. Caveman 5000

    Quintron

    Live and lethal

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22. Enter Spacebar

    Trabant

    Icelandic magic

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23. BREAK

24. Something Better

    Pietasters

    Ancient by now, but the song still stands

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25. Shame

    The Avett Brothers

    Some old Avett Bros. before I’m consumed by the new one

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26. Te Manu Pukarua

    Poi Dog Pondering

    Hawaii Ho!

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27. Deliver the Stuff

    Jason Trachtenburg

    I make more in my lunch break than you make in 15 days

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28. BREAK

29. Don’t Wanna Talk

    Brendan Benson

    Detroit pop city

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30. One Half Laughing

    Aislers Set

    Delightfully noisy

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31. Mongoloid

    Devo

    From the Moog Soundtrack

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32. Mrs. Lady Lady

    Ui

    Complicated, undulating

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33. BREAK

34. Litigation

    The Bronx

    Maybe some older Bronx next week?

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35. Kabaluere

    Antonio Carlos & Jocafi

    Black Rio!

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36. Riacho Do Navio

    Forro In The Dark

    From the northern part of Brazil

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37. Jackie Chan Is A Punk Rocker

    Heavy Vegetable

    A convoluted disaster

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38. BREAK

39. Bye, Bye Baby

    Janis Joplin

    For the leaving peoples

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40. Sleep Deprivation

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Get the apes on the dancefloor

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41. Water Damage

    Rah Brahs

    What is to be known about them?

42. Chariots Of The Sales Gods

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Not obscure enough, is it.

43. BREAK

44. Heavy Heavy Heavy

    Geraldo Pine

    Afrobeat Forever

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1. Song
   Artist

2. El Camino

   Ben Vaughn

   Vaughn also produced Ween’s fantastic country album

3. BREAK

4. How About The Boys

   Arling + Cameron

   Celebratory apropos of Young Thomas Mapother Lacking IV’s birthday

5. La Negra

   Brave Combo

   From Tejas!

6. Lupin 3

   Akakage’s Happy Set

   May 26, 2009 5:37 AM

7. BREAK

8. Unflappable

   El Flaco

   Crunchy, isn’t it?

9. Tiger Rag

   Countdown Quartet

   Hold dat tiger!

10. Go

    Dusminguet

    French and frantic

11. Blood On The Coal

    The Folksmen

    Favorite folk disaster mashup!

12. BREAK

13. Song Against Sex

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    Noisy syrup

14. Oh No The Radio

    Owsley

    Named after the famed LSD concoctioner

15. Making Plans For Nigel

    Primus

    Unstoppable beat

16. BREAK

17. Girl U Want

    Devo

    Everyone remembers this one from the skate park

18. I Hate Retro!

    Sir Millard Mulch

    Was that Rush in the middle?

19. So Many People In The Neighborhood

    Ween

    The delightful weirdness

20. BREAK

21. Magnetize Your Food

    Evolution Control Comittee

    Magnetize your kittens!

22. Core

    The Cardiacs

    Under-appreciated band of the evening

23. El Barzón

    Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio

    More Mexican monsterbeats

24. BREAK

25. Party At Ground Zero

    Fishbone

    It’s the nonstop partying!

26. Stink Stinky Ashtray

    Damn

    Nice Ren sample

27. Reggae Got Soul

    Toots + The Maytalls

    An original

28. Dancin’ In The Moonlight

    King Harvest

    One hit wonders, expats in Paris

29. BREAK

30. One Step Beyond

    Madness

    A second wave standard

31. Lovely Rita

    The Beatles

    With a comb-and-paper section

32. Kana Kapila

    The Continental Cousins

    From the surfing shores of… Belgium?

33. Kinder

    Davíd Garza

    Discover Dah-veed.

34. BREAK

35. The Famous Polka

    They Might Be Giants

    Prelude to the great Milwaukee Stage Disaster

36. I Said

    Nose

    Grooviness

37. All-Nite Dinah

    Venice Shoreline Chris

    The always-amazing Chris Murray

38. Stay Up All Night

    Drink Me

    Some wicked Fanta bottle on that

39. BREAK

40. Destroy The Flower

    Lisa Germano

    Haunting pieces

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1. Song
   Artist

2. She’s My Best Friend

   The Wedding Present

   Beautiful Lou Reed song, a perfect match for David Gedge’s voice

3. BREAK

4. Wet Rainbow

   Tipsy

   SF Lounge mixsters

5. Orange (Acoustic)

   Metal Molly

   A Belgian band, from the aptly-named Tremelo

6. Little Bell

   Young Fresh Fellows

   Some fabulous sounds from the Pacific Northwest

7. BREAK

   Rancho Relaxo set

8. Mon dieu, les banlieues (Featuring Laszlo Loco)

   Monsieur Leroc

   Mais oui, ce’st GERMAN!

9. Yeah, It’s That Easy

   G. Love & Special Sauce

   Nice riff, lifted from Fela Kuti

10. Bellbottoms

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Boosexposion! Wif stringses!

11. Wait (Don’t Rush Me)

    Tony Cook

    From the European funk scene formerly with the JBs

12. BREAK

13. The Late Great Cassiopia

    The Essex Green

    pinnacle of neo-psychedelia

14. I Can’t Explain

    Coldspot 8

    Feat. Kyle Jones of the Cook Trio

15. Vaseline And Sand

    Sukia

    with members of DJ Me DJ You, love the freaky scene

16. BREAK

17. Come To Daddy (Little Lord Faulteroy Mix)

    Aphex Twin

    Genius

18. Mexican Radio

    Polvo

    Named after Spanish slang for sex

19. Collegiate Dope Slingaz

    All That

    Tuba heavy on their other tracks

20. Wack Wack

    The Young-Holt Trio

    Former backing band for Ramsey Lewis

21. BREAK

22. Hey Baby

    Mocean Worker

    Grooving to a fault

23. Problem

    Brazilian Girls

    Try finding them on Google. I dare you

24. Shame & Scandal

    Madness

    From their Dangermen concert series

25. BREAK

26. Poop Ship Destroyer

    Ween

    Going out to crazy Nate and Large Harlequin

27. Rainsong

    Mosquitos

    NYC + Brazil … from their eponymous debut album

28. 130.5

    Subthunk

    Chunky, but without the lumps

29. Hate

    Cinerama

    So sweet, so spiteful

30. BREAK

31. Level 5 Executive

    Sir Millard Mulch

    From the “How To Sell The Whole F#$%*&ing Universe” Triple Album

32. Ines

    Drink Me

    The Quietest Rock and Roll Ever Made

33. Pressure Drop

    The Maytals

    Can’t get enough reggae classics!

34. Engine Engine #9

    Southern Culture On The Skids

    A classic of a different stripe, by Roger Miller

35. BREAK

36. Oh Sweet Susanna

    The Mooney Suzuki

    NYC rawk dirt

37. Tico

    Don Swan

    A song dating back to 1917

38. Mellow, Pt. 1

    Mellow

    Fine psychedlia from Rex Essex

39. BREAK

40. Sa Sabine

    Les Sans Culottes

    Beautiful Sabine’s ham — if you thought they were French, you are WRONG

41. Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)

    The Stranglers

    From their Dreamtime album

42. BREAK

43. Nothing, Nowhere

    Quasi

    This one is by Janet Weiss…

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Ice Ice Baby

   Ben Kweller

   Yes. You heard right

3. BREAK

4. Hierarchy Rock

   Jason Trachtenberg

   Solo album, produced by Chris Ballew of PUSA

5. Sweetness Lies Within

   Hefner

   Darren Hayman’s voice breaks my heart

6. Got It (What You Need)

   Galactic

   The sound of New Orleans

7. BREAK

8. Let’s Move

   Sir Millard Mulch

   Pack, unpack, pack up again and head right back

9. Ring The Alarm

   Tenor Saw

   A definitive sound system classic

10. Alfie

    Lily Allen

    Going out to George!

11. BREAK

12. Sauerschnauze

    Bodenstandig 3000

    Or as we hipsters know them, B3K

13. 1000 Words

    Arthur + Yu

    Sounds like the Velvet Underground to me…

14. By The Way

    Cagnee + Lacey

    Had to follow up with more crypto-VU

15. BREAK

16. The Burnout

    Gosling

    Dig that Benny + The Jets reference

17. I Got A Man

    Positive K

    From DJ Kicks : Hot Chip

18. Like You

    Gramme

    From DJ Kicks : Hot Chip

19. Your Ironic T-Shirt

    Atomic 7

    Always the best song titles

20. BREAK

21. RR vs. D

    Au

    Nice fakeout! To carnival music!

22. Ani Meki

    Habiluim

    “I’m throwing up!”

23. Ungawa

    Chow Nasty

    Narsty… ungawa!

24. BREAK

25. Barnes

    Pinback

    Too many coincidences to not play this

26. Le Pain Perdu

    Cibo Matto

    “The lost bread”?

27. Business Time

    Flight of the Conchords

    Hey… that’s tomorrow!

28. BREAK

29. Train To Chicago

    Drink Me

    “Gas station neon sign, orange and white.”

30. Tequila Calling

    Big Sandy + his Fly-Rite Boys

    Western swing done right

31. When I Drink

    The Avett Brothers

32. BREAK

33. Outside Chance

    Heavy Trash

    Murcy. Featuring John Spensah of the Boosexposion

34. I Got You

    Split Enz

    Hooray for New Zealand

35. Cora

    The Mommyheads

    Where is Adam Elk now?

36. BREAK

37. That’s That

    Cass McCombs

38. All-Night Dinah

    Venice Shoreline Chris

    AKA Chris Murray, who is very Canadian and pale

39. Into Action

    Tim Armstrong

    From Rancid, etc.

40. Nick Cave Dolls

    Bongwater

    I want one!

41. BREAK

42. Buzz

    B. Fleischman

    Sink into honey…

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1. Song
   Artist

2. I’ll Be Your Mirror

   Nico

   Don’t know why I had to hear this

3. On This Earth

   Blinker the Star

   Majestic and unexpected

4. BREAK

5. Illuminati Stormhorse

   Less Pain Forever

   WTF is up with that amazing chorus?

6. Back to New Orleans

   Blue Skies for Black Hearts

7. Sweat

   Jon Spencer Boosexposion

   Hooooo! Pantleg

8. Riding the Sorry Train to Dumpsville

   Atomic 7

   Another great song title by Atomic 7

9. BREAK

10. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    You knew some White Hassle was coming

11. Nothing In This World

    Kinks

    From the Rushmore soundtrack

12. This Purple Child

    Howe Gelb + Grandaddy

    Driving in the desert at night with a ghost trumpet

13. Jet Girl (Acoustic)

    The Wedding Present

    David Gedge and his Unmistakable Voice

14. BREAK

15. Book Song

    Tiny Masters of Today

    To my resident librarian

16. Belly Warmer

    Dub Narcotic

    Jam on it, Calvin

17. Do Me

    Jean Knight

    Classic funk from the Superbad sountrack

18. Tide Is High

    Paragons

    Original reggae version, made famous by Blondie

19. BREAK

20. Nice Day

    His Name Is Alive

    Perfect pop from Warren Defever

21. Perfect

    Petty Booka

    Cover of Fairground Attraction song, by Flameco A Go Go grads

22. Making Plans for Nigel

    Primus

    Cover of XTC song. Pounding drums a big plus

23. Senses Working Overtime

    XTC

    Had to follow up with some actual XTC, ya know

24. BREAK

25. Softcore War

    hollAnd

    Completely analog and hypnotic

26. Plug Me In

    Add N to X

    And the same goes for this

27. Mondo ‘77

    Looper

    This one too. Also on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack

28. Scout

    Calexico

    Loosely jointed spy theme

29. BREAK

30. I Got My Mojo Working

    Young Fresh Fellows

    (And I Thought You’d Like To Know)

31. Musique Automatique

    Stereo Total

    “My antenna telepatique…tique…tique…tique…”

32. She Don’t Use Jelly

    The Flaming Lips

    A radio classic

33. I Wanna Destroy You

    Soft Boys

    Archetypal Soft Boys track

34. BREAK

35. Whale In The Sand

    The Brunettes

    From New Zealand!

36. Boombox

    Mosquitos

    From Brooklyn, featuring an Actual Brazilian Native

37. The Baby That Was You

    MC Honky

    Entrancing use of a baby sample

38. BREAK

39. The Monkey Steals The Peaches

    Sir Millard Mulch

    SMM live in the studio, sorta

40. Lookin Lookin Gaa

    Polysics

    Lookin ga, SMM

41. Eyes of the Night

    Starlight Mints

    Spooky pop… save it for Halloween

42. Manta Ray

    Pixies

    B side from somewhere

43. BREAK

44. Tuff Luff

    Unicorns

    Some Unicorns to round things out