Once more we get to Fresh Air time, and this week I have a splendidly hot off the press mp3 from the new New Pornogrgaphers album. It arrived in my inbox just as I was getting ready to leave work, so you can’t get much more news-whorish than that!
For the rest of the show, however, I am going to take a slightly different tack to the usual indie-folk, or whatever you want to call it. I have some Dusty Springfield, some Nicole Atkins, some Bettye Swan and even some Dionne Warwick just because erm… well no reason really, it just struck my fancy when I was picking songs for the playlist in all honesty.
I’ll fill in the playlist live below from 8pm onwards, so feel free to leave feedback, constructive criticism, mindless abuse, etc in the comments during the show.
01. Dionne Warwick- I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
02. Joanna Newsom- On a Good Day
03. Grand National- Boner
04. Hot Lava- The Auctioneer
05. Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose- 3 Knife
06. Dusty Springfield- Don’t Forget About Me
07. The Come Ons- Strangelove
08. The Morning Benders- Excuses
09. Mountain Man- Honeybee
10. Nicole Atkins- Brooklyn’s On Fire
11. Scott Walker- The Girls And The Dogs
12. Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Love Over and Over
13. New Pornographers- Your Hands Together
14. Lissie- Everywhere I Go
15. Morrissey- You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
16. The Tallest Man On Earth- King of Spain
17. Vampire Weekend- White Sky
I recorded this podcast marooned in the middle of France at my parents’ house, with no more musical resources than the compilation CDs I’ve been taking them constantly since I left home. It was quite weird to poke through all the old songs I’ve sent home over the years, actually.
There’s something unavoidably honest about the mixes you make for other people. Look back on the year or the decade yourself and you apply hindsight, selective memory and all sorts, but if you look at the stuff you send to other people then you don’t get the chance to quietly forget the shite because it looks a little unfashionable in hindsight.
Of course, due the benefits of hindsight and making sure I save face I am not playing you any of the shite because my ego is fragile and couldn’t stand the mockery if I told you the absolute and honest truth. So here is a version of the music I used to send to my parents, handily sanitised so I don’t make a total tit out of myself.
Right, happy Christmas, I’m off to watch Back to the Future…
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01. Sparklehorse – Eyepennies (02.48)
02. Evan Dando – Hard Drive (11.57)
03. Jay Farrar – Fool King’s Crown (14.57)
04. Lucky Jim – You Stole My Heart Away (21.31)
05. Mark Lanegan – Wedding Dress (29.39)
06. Grand National – Boner (32.34)
07. Arizona Amp & Alternator – Baby, it’s Cold Outside (41.29)
08. The Zincs – Finished in This Business (46.50)
09. Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel (54.10)
10. Tom Waits – The Part You Throw Away (61.23)
