Alien Lanes Radio

Alien Lanes Radio 38

Special guest Chris Nicholas stops by the basement to play some songs and to spread the word.

The Red Garland Trio – Hey Now
Count Basie Orchestra – Lester Leaps In

Elvis Costello – Tonight, the Bottle Let Me Down
The Features – Bumble Bee

Apes of Wrath - Takeover
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – We Call Upon the Author
The Rakes - Strasbourg

Guided By Voices – Auditorium/Motor Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN3gmKltn88
Hotels – Leilani

Lemon Sun – Wanna Have You

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Record #37/52 Rodriguez - Coming From Reality
http://www.lightintheattic.net/index.php

Record #38/52 The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo_You

Record #39/52 Donald Byrd – A New Perspective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Byrd

The Rolling Stones – Hang Fire

Robert Pollard – Chance to Buy an Island
The Clean – Anything Can Happen
The Rosebuds – Shake Your Tree

Rodriguez – Climb Up on My Music
Bob Dylan – Visions of Johanna
Minutemen – Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

ZZ Top - Tush
The Muslims – Bright Day

Donald Byrd and the Voices – The Chant

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 Record #36/52 – Daniel Johnston – Artistic Vice

http://www.hihowareyou.com/

Jack Kittel – You Think I’m Psycho, Don’t You Mama

The New Original Sonic Sound – Psycho

Wheels on Fire – Feel Like I’m Losing (Nothing at All)

Brimstone Howl – USMC

Daniel Johnston – I Know Casper

Guided By Voices – They Are Not Witches

Elmore James – Standing At the Crossroads

The Stooges – Search and Destroy

The Replacements – Color Me Impressed

Dead Moon – Graveyard

Junior Kimbrough – Old Black Mattie

Tom Waits – Big Joe and Phantom 309

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Record #34/52 - Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_%28album%29

Record #35/52 – Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins

Ahmad Jamal – But Not For Me

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
REM – Rotary Ten
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Don’t Look Now

Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
Bob Marley – Burnin’ and Lootin’
Sun Ra – Island in the Sun

Calexico – Two Silver Trees
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Keep Me in Mind, Sweetheart
Guided By Voices – 14 Cheerleader Coldfront

U2 - Heartland

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Record #32/52 - Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Green

Record #33/52 – The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Khan_and_the_Shrines

James Brown – Into/I’ll Go Crazy/Try Me/Think/I Don’t Mind

King Khan and the Shrines – Crackin’ Up
The Monks – Drunken Maria
Pink Floyd – Lucifer Sam

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!
Beastie Boys – Something’s Got to Give
Booker T – Hey Ya

Al Green – Old Time Loving
Sly and the Family Stone – Family Affair
Robert Pollard – Tight Globes

Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)

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Record #31/52 – Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townes_Van_Zandt

Sonic Youth – Free City Rhymes

Townes Van Zant.- Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
Lambchop - The Man Who Loved Beer
The Moondoggies - Changing

Dinosaur Jr - In a Jar
Teenage Fanclub - Hang On
Guided By Voices - Girls of Wild Strawberries

The Liberators/Willie King - Terrorized
Jack Oblivion – I’m In Love With You

Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack

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Record #30/52 Dexter Gordon – Go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon

Les Paul – Sweet Georgia Brown

Elvis Costello – Mystery Dance
The Nerves – When You Find Out
Those Darlins – Red Light Love

Black Diamond Heavies – Make Love Time
The Black Lips – Drugs
Guided By Voices – Motor Away

Wheels on Fire – Hit You With a Kiss
The Ramones – Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
Henry Rollins – Ex-Lion Tamer

The Who – Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
fIREHOSE – Walkin’ the Cow
The Band – Long Black Veil

Dexter Gordon – Three o’clock in the Morning

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Record #26/52 Robert Pollard – Elephant Jokes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard

Record #27/52 Kenny Dorham – Una Mas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Dorham

Record #28/52 Justin Townes Earle – Midnight at the Movies
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/justin-townes-earle

Record #29/52 Supersuckers – Live at the Mural Amphitheater July 31 1998
www.supersuckers.com

Robert Pollard – Johnny Optimist

Justin Townes Earle – What I Mean To You
George Jones – Things Have Gone to Pieces
Grateful Dead – Me and My Uncle

Kenny Dorham – Una Mas
Junior Brown – My Wife Thinks Your Dead

Supersuckers – Cowboy Song/Born with a Tail

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Record #23/52 – Rodriguez – Cold Fact
http://www.lightintheattic.net/releases/rodriguez/

Record #24/52 – Motown: The Classic Years
http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/funksbio.htm

Record #25/52 – Dinosaur Jr – The Farm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr.

A A Bondy – American Heart

Rodriguez – I Wonder
Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There

Dinosaur Jr – See You
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe/Sunshine of Your Love
Neil Young – Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze

Guided By Voices – Tropical Robots
Faces – Last Orders Please
Felice Brothers – Run Chicken Run

Velvet Underground – Who Loves the Sun

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Record #19/52 - Bo Diddley – Have Guitar Will Travel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley

Record #20/52 – The Monks – Black Monk Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks

Record #21/52 – Meat Puppets – Sewn Together
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Puppets

Record #22/52 - Pebbles Volume 4 – Summer Means Fun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles_series

Big Audio Dynamite – The Globe

Guided By Voices – Smothered in Hugs
The Monks – Love Comes Tumbling Down
The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait

The Clash – Jimmy Jazz
The Ventures – Walk Don’t Run
The Trashmen – New Generation

Bo Diddley – Mumblin’ Guitar
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Cool ‘n’ Out

Meat Puppets – Love Mountain

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Record #17/52 – Wheels on Fire – Get Famous
http://www.myspace.com/wheelsonfire

Record #18/52 – The Felice Brothers – Yonder is the Clock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Felice_Brothers

The Vaselines – Son of a Gun

Wheels on Fire – Three Sisters
The Murder City Devils – Boom Swagger Boom

The Felice Brothers – Penn Station
Frank Black and the Catholics – Preacher’s Daughter
Charles Mingus – Boogie Stop Shuffle
Syd Barrett – Waving My Arms in the Air

Cosmos – Nude Metropolis
Vince Mira – I Was the Train
Johnny Cash – Train of Love

Wilco – Sunken Treasure

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Record #15/52 Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_Through_Life

Record #16/52 – Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub – Blue Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Burch

Eddie Spaghetti – Misery and Gin

Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub – Vaster Cain
The Crickets – Not Fade Away
Bob Dylan - Shake Shake Mama

Lucinda Williams – Joy
John Lee Hooker – I’m in the Mood
Thelonius Monk – Criss Cross

Guided By Voices – The Best of Jill Hives
King Kahn and the Shrines – 69 Faces of Love

Elvis – That’s All Right

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Record #13/52 – Husker Du – Zen Arcade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Arcade

Record #14/52 – Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_Bastards

Social Distortion – When She Begins

Soledad Brothers – Lowdown Streamline
T-Model Ford – Bad Man
Heartless Bastards – The Mountain

George Jones – White Lightning
Husker Du – Chartered Trips
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
Guided By Voices – My Valuable Hunting Knife

The Brimstone Howl – Hero of Gold
The Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks

Dead Moon – It’s OK

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I’ll get back to my new records next week, but I wanted to have my fiancé Heather on this show…we put this together last Friday night...we might have been drinking…think it still turned out pretty good though…Thanks Heather for heading down to the basement!

Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think…

Port O’brien – I Woke Up Today

Merle Haggard – Swinging Doors
The Replacements – Beer for Breakfast
Mudhoney – Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown

Stephen Malkamus – Vanessa from Queens
My Morning Jacket – Librarian
Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane

The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
Guided By Voices – Glad Girls
Heartless Bastards – The Piano Song

Jim James and Calexico – Going to Aculpoco
Miles Davis – Round About Midnight

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Record 8/52 The Black Lips – 200 Million Thousand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lips
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Record 9/52 Hacienda – Loud is the Night
http://www.myspace.com/haciendaspace
Record 10/52 – Wayne “the train” Hancock – Tulsa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Hancock
Record 11/52 – Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mott_the_Hoople
Record 12/52 – Bill Evans – The Best of Bill Evans on Verve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

The Black Lips – Let it Grow

Minutemen – One Reporter’s Opinion
Dan Auerbach – My Last Mistake
Hacienda – Shake Ya

Old 97’s- Doreen
Wayne “the Train” Hancock – Gonna Be Flyin Tonight
The Magnetic Fields – A Chicken With It’s Head Cut Off

Boston Spaceships – Queen of Stormy Weather
Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Butterglory – When Her Brow Curls

Bill Evans – On Green Dolphin Street
Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes

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Record 6/52 Dan Auerbach – Keep it Hid
http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/dan-auerbach

Record 7/52 Boston Spaceships – The Planets Are Blasted
http://www.bostonspaceships.com/

Billy Joe Shaver – Georgia on a Fast Train

Compulsive Gamblers – Stop and Think it Over
Lions Rampant – Legs
http://www.thelionsrampant.com/test.htm
Van Halen – Beautiful Girls

Dan Auerbach -
Meat Puppets – Look at the Rain
Cracker – Don’t Fuck Me Up (with Peace and Love)

Guided By Voices – Gold Star for Robot Boy
Robert Pollard - Miles Under Your Skin

The Quintet – Salt Peanuts

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Record 4/52 is Van Morrison Astral Weeks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison

Record 5/52 is the Gil Evans Orchestra – Out of the Cool
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Evans

The Gil Evans Orchestra – Sister Sadie

Lambchop – The Book I Haven’t Read
Van Morrison – Sweet Thing

Big Mama Thorton – Just Like a Dog (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
Willie Nelson – My Own Peculiar Way
Drive By Truckers – World of Hurt

Thelonious Monk – Hakensack
Guided By Voices – How’s My Drinking

Eddy Arnold – Make the World Go Away
Tom Waits – Ol’ 55

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Record 3/52 is the Brimstone Howl – We Came in Peace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstone_Howl

Merge Records celebrates 20 years!
http://www.mergerecords.com/score/news/

The Lung – Dinosaur Jr

Exhuming McCarthy – REM
Shagri La – Brimstone Howl

Requiem – M Ward
Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington
Love is Stronger than Witchcraft – Robert Pollard

Forever Yours – Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub
High Time (You Quit Your Low Down Ways) – Waylon Jennings

Honey Bee – Superchunk
I Can See For Miles – the Who

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Record #2/52 is the Soledad Brothers – Voice of Treason
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_Brothers_(band)

The picture this week is Mr. Ron Asheton of the Stooges. Rest in Peace.
http://www.nme.com/news/the-stooges/41900

No Fun – Stooges

Lay Down This World – Soledad Brothers
Rip This Joint – The Rolling Stones

So Quiet – Heartless Bastards
Ballard of Lou the Welterweight – The Felice Brothers
Call Miss Khadija – Art Blakey

The Butler Stands for All of Us – Robert Pollard
Do You Remember Walter – The Kinks

Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth

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First Show of 2009! 52 records in 52 weeks.
1st record for 2009 is the Compulsive Gamblers – Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_Gamblers

Get on the Good Foot – James Brown

Charlie Don’t Surf – The Clash
Mondo Bongo – Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

Brother, My Cup is Empty – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
White Trash Party – The Afghan Whigs
You Know, I Know – John Lee Hooker

Weather: Perfectly Clear – The Fastbacks
Wait a Bit Joe – Compulsive Gamblers
Ready to Pop – Boston Spaceships

Grinnin’ in Your Face – Son House
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

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Merry Christmas!!

Father Christmas – The Kinks

Merry Christmas Baby – Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band

Christmas from a Hooker in Minneapolis – Tom Waits
Merry Christmas (I don’t want to fight tonight) – The Ramones

Father Sgt. Christmas Card – Guided By Voices
Run Rudolf Run – Chuck Berry
Santa Claus is Back in Town – Elvis Presely

Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
It’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Ella Fitzgerald

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Piss Bottle Man – Mike Watt

Boogie On Reggae Woman – Stevie Wonder
Lightnin’s Boogie – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin

Good Time Rock n Roll – Quasi
Son of a Gun – Nirvana
Mansion on the Hill – Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Jay Reatard – Always Wanting More
Pantherz – Guided By Voices

Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter – Nina Simone

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The Winner – Bobby Bare

Mississippi Mud – Hank III
Boob Scotch – Bob Log III

Supersucker Drive By Blues - Supersuckers
Tiger Man – Elvis Presley
My Red Truck - Psychodots

Moaner - Psychodots
Closer You Are – Guided By Voices

It’s A Raggy Waltz – Dave Brubeck Quartet
Copy Machine – Psychodots

Happy Thanksgiving!
http://profile.myspace.com/psychodots

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Happy Halloweenie!

Pagin’ the Devil – Lester Young

The Vampire – The Upsetters
The Witch – The Sonics

Tall Cool One – The Wailers
Granny’s Pad/Louie, Louie/Goin’ Back to Granny’s - The Viceroys
Something’s Got A Hold On Me - The Kingsmen
Louie, Louie – Iggy Pop

As I Rise - The Decemberists
Tractor Rape Train – Guided By Voices

Here No More – The Breeders
Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield

http://www.mergerecords.com/score/
http://www.nortonrecords.com/index2.html
http://surf.to/sonics
http://www.marcribot.com/

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Mississippi (Alternate take) – Bob Dylan

Walking Spanish – Tom Waits
Nervous Breakdown – Black Flag
Ace of Spades – Motorhead
Wart Hog – Ramones

Fast Cars – Buzzcocks
Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello
Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
All from the “No Thanks: The 70’s Punk Rebellion” boxset.

Dolphins of Color – Robert Pollard
Wishlist – Pearl Jam
Both live in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dance Cadaverous (Alternate take) – Wayne Shorter
Start with a alternate take, end with an alternate take.

Let me know if you have any requests and if your in the Seattle area, drop by the Alien Lanes basement.

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Pancho and Lefty – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

The Maldives- Goodbye
The Black Keys – If You See Me
http://www.themaldivesmusic.com/

Johnny Farmer – Trouble Me
Thee Shams – You Want It
Rolling Stones – Turd on the Run
http://www.fatpossum.com/artists/farmer.html

Cobra Verde – Every God For Himself
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard – Slick as Snails

Herbie Hancock – And What If I Don’t

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Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard – Waylon Jennings

Crazy – Patsy Cline
Drunken Angel – Lucinda Williams

The Race is On – George Jones
If Dogs Run Free – Bob Dylan
Zoom (It Happens All Over the World) – Robert Pollard

When You’re Hot, You’re Hot – Jerry Reed
Eastbound and Down – The Supersuckers
Waylon’s Blues – Waylon Jennings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Reed

Comedy with Jamup and Honey
Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams

Coward of the County – Kenny Rogers
We’ve Been Had – Uncle Tupelo

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Must Be the Moon - !!!
Got this one from KEXP’s “song of the day” podcast. www.kexp.org

Greasy Saint – The Walkmen
The Well and the Lighthouse – Arcade Fire
Pulled the Walkment song off of this website http://www.daytrotter.com/ good stuff
My girlfriend also picked up there new album at bumbershoot last weekend…worth getting. It’s called You & Me.

Fighting My Way Back – Thin Lizzy
High School – MC5
Poor Born – Dead Moon

I’ll Be You – The Replacements
Playboy Andy – Boston Spaceships
http://www.bostonspaceships.com/

The Wanderer – McCoy Tyner

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Summer Rain – Smokey and Miho

Workin’ Man Blues – Merle Haggard
Rock & Roll – The Velvet Underground

Helen Fry – Felice Brothers
Dust My Blues – Elmore James
Bottle Up & Go – Monkey Wrench
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

No Surprises – Radiohead
To Remake the Young Flyer – Guided By Voices

Straight Up & Down – Eric Dolphy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dolphy

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This is the back from Alaska and Vinyl show.

Playlist:

No Ceiling – Eddie Vedder
From the soundtrack to the movie Into The Wild about the idealistic, yet naïve Christopher McCandless and his journey to and eventual death in Alaska. I just got back from Alaska early this morning and it is very easy to see how the place could have such a powerful pull. It was absolutely awesome and awe inspiring how beautiful, unspoiled, and BIG the state is.

The Righteous Path – Drive By Truckers
What Deaner Was Talking About – Ween
Been waiting for the latest DBT album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, to be released on vinyl…well worth the wait. Ween song from the re-released Live in Toronto album from their country tour.

Pali Gap – Jimi Hendrix
It’s All Right – The Impressions
Come See About Me – The Supremes
Little known fact that Hendrix was actually a backup musician for the Impressions (as well as the Isley Brother, Sam Cooke, and Little Richard) for a bit during the mid-60’s before he was “discovered.”

I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
Waves, Etc/Cats Love a Parade/Speak in Many Colors – Robert Pollard
The entire second side of the Silverfish Trivia EP that was only released on vinyl. Mr. Pollard has stated many times the influence the Beatles have had on his music.

Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington
Pretty new to the Duke, but I love what I’ve heard. Pretty huge catalogue to choose from as he was creating music for over 50 years.

Playlist:

Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney
They are playing the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary show this weekend…and also a free show in the KEXP parking lot on Wednesday, the 23rd of July. New album out, which I haven’t picked up yet, but the songs I’ve heard from it kick ass. This one is from their classic first album that helped put Sub Pop on the map, along with a little band called Nirvana.
www.subpop.com

Far Gone and Out – The Jesus and Mary Chain
Head On – Pixies
The Jesus and Mary Chain is out again on tour…not sure if they ever went away, but definitely haven’t put anything out lately or toured. Head On is a cover of a Jesus and Mary Chain song off the last Pixies album, Trompe Le Monde. Not one you hear people talk about a lot, but it was the first one I heard and probably still my favorite.

Mean Eyed Cat – Johnny Cash
Here Comes My Girl – Tom Petty
Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5 – Guided By Voices

When you hear Me Howling - Jimmy Lee Williams
Of Evil/For Evil - South San Gabriel
Jimmy Lee Williams…another gem turned up by the Fat Possum record label.
www.fatpossum.com

Walkin’ – Miles Davis
From the beginning of Miles’ second great quintet. Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and for a bit Sam Rivers as featured on this recording from Tokyo who was later replaced by Wayne Shorter. A quick not on Miles, if you have any interest in jazz you should read his autobiography…it’s probably the best jazz book…heck I’ll even say best autobiography I’ve ever read.

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Playlist:

Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows
First show ever, 13 years old at Bogarts in Clifton, Ohio.

Billy Joe Shaver – I Don’t seem to Fit Anywhere
Loretta Lynn – Mrs. Leroy Brown
www.kexp.org

Beastie Boys – POW
Jimmy Smith – Root Down (and get it)

Robert Pollard - Gratification to Concrete
www.robertpollard.net First tour in two years. Oh yeah.
Hang on to Your Ego – Beach Boys

Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
Happy Father’s Day Dad!

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Tonight's show features special guest DJ Sweet Buns (aka my girlfriend Heather).

Playlist:


Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks Your Dead

BR 549 - Cherokee Boogie
Steve Earle - Guitar Town


Grant Lee Phillips - Spring Released
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Robin Thicke - Make a Baby


Guided By Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
CAKE - Let Me Go

Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane - Bye Ya

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Kingpin/Wilco
This one is on the double disc Being There. Probably my favorite Wilco album, it’s a nice mix of their country and rock/alt rock sounds. http://wilcoworld.net/tours/index.php Check out their summer tour dates here, a great live band especially with Nels Cline now adding his guitar soundz.

Randy Describes Eternity/Built to Spill
From the Perfect From Now On record that they will be playing in its entirety this summer at a couple festivals and I know of at least one show that they are playing with Dinosaur Jr. and the Meat Puppets.

Elevate Me Later/Pavement
This was the first Pavement album I ever got, actually I think my brother got it but it is still my favorite. I took this from the expanded double disk edition with tons of demos/extra tracks. A great summer, hanging out in the back yard album.

A Quick One While He’s Away/The Who
This was Pete Townshends first try at writing a rock opera. This one is a bit shorter than the other ones he would go on to write, but pretty powerful. This version is from the Live at Leeds 1970 album. If you consider yourself a Who fan and don’t have this you should really be making a trip to the record shop today.

Pendelum/Guided By Voices
This version is from the Live at Austin City Limits show during the Electrifying Conclusion tour. Some great lines in this one…best opening line ever? “Come on over tonight, we’ll put on some Cat Butt and do it up right” and I love “ and we’ll be middle aged children but so what?” Word is is that Robert Pollard is going to head back on the road this fall. Sweet.

Poor Girl/Eddie Vedder and the Supersuckers
This is a cover of the X song that is on a compilation benefiting the West Memphis Three. Check out the link here to find out what that’s all about. http://www.wm3.org/splash.php

I’m Your Man/Richard Hell and the Voidoids
This one is on the classic Blank Generation album. Blank wasn’t meant to be taken as meaning that the generation is blank, it was supposed to give you the option to fill in the blank and call your generation whatever you wanted.

Girl of My Dreams/Dizzy Gillespie
Just got this one not to long ago. It’s a live recording from the early 70’s as part of series that releases the jazz greats recorded in Paris. I got a few other ones and whenever I see them in the used bin at the record store I try to get them.

I Don’t Wanna Grow Up/Tom Waits
Well here’s some words of wisdom from Mr. Tom Waits. He’s jammin out again with a new album coming up and a small tour, unfortunately not hitting Seattle though. This is from the Bone Machine album...heard a story that he wanted all the music on this record to sound as if it was being made by bones clanking together.

Ammaring/J Mascis and the Fog
This track is from the sessions that J and the Fog did for John Peel. The Fog being Mike Watt on thudstaff (bass) and George Berz on drums. Amma is the famous hugging saint. There is advertising for her visit to Seattle on some of the busses around town and it always makes me think of this song.

Pull Your Clothes Off/Junior Kimbrough
There is a great documentary film called ‘You See Me Laughin’ put out by the boys at Fat Possum Records that tells the story of Junior and other country blues guys still shaking the roadhouses in the South. It’s sad, joyous, and completely unbelievable to see how these guys are still living the blues. This is off of the Sad Days, Lonely Nights album.

Bury Me/The Hides
My bro, Eric, just turned me on to this Cincinnati band. It features one of the members of the now defunct Ass Ponys and they get compared to Neil Young a lot…which in my opinion is pretty high praise. Picked this song off of I-tunes so I could get something from them on the show. They got a new album coming out soon which I will definitely be picking up.
Barstool Blues/Neil Young
Off of the Zuma album, one of his albums that you don’t hear people talk about a lot I guess but it’s one of my faves. It came out in 1975 when he had Crazy Horse backing him up, which is how I prefer my Neil.

Mr. Superlove/Afghan Whigs
Ok, this is a cover of an Ass Ponys song found on the What Jail is Like ep. A nice little collection Whigs songs. I was a fan of this song way before I knew it was a cover. I think it’s pretty cool when Cincinnati bands like the Whigs cover lesser known Cincinnati bands.

7th Level Shutdown/Robert Pollard and His Soft Rock Renegades
Got this one off of the Crickets compilation, which sums up Pollards 44 Fading Captain label releases of singles, ep’s, side projects, etc. The compilation is great as it takes the highlights from all of his side projects, because there is no way I have enough money to get every album he releases.

I Burn Today/Frank Black
This is on his Honeycomb album that was cut with a group of longtime Nashville session musicians backing him up. So I guess that Frank Black is now Black Francis again. Alright.

May Day/Elvis Perkins
My girlfriend, Heather, turned me on to this ‘Elvis.’ This song is from the Ash Wednesday album, a favorite of ours for playing in the car. I had assumed he was related to Carl Perkins, but I just looked him up on wikipedia and he is the son of actor Anthony Perkins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Perkins

Raise Four/Thelonious Monk
You can find this on the Underground album, one of his more critically acclaimed albums. It’s also know because it had one of the coolest album covers ever.

Bike/Pink Floyd
In honor of the beginning of Bike to Work Month here in Seattle. This track is from the first Pink Floyd album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn with Syd Barrett on guitar and singing. This is pre David Gilmore joining the band when Syd was the main songwriter. Definitely a little different than the Pink Floyd that you can hear on any classic rock radio station.

Thunder on the Mountain/Bob Dylan
The opening song on Bob’s latest album, Modern Times. Pretty crazy that I’ve gone three weeks without playing any Dylan. Check out the radio show he has on XM radio, Theme Time Radio Hour. He tackles a different theme every week to play songs around and spreads the good word. http://www.xmradio.com/bobdylan/#

We Don’t Run/Willie Nelson
Yet another great song and album from Willie, this is off of Songbird. He just keeps going and going, much like Bob Dylan. This album was produced by Ryan Adams and he couldn’t even mess it up…just kidding…kinda…

Roadworn and Weary/Supersuckers
From their country album, Must've Been High. Great band to see live, whether they are playing their country or rock sets. They are based out of Seattle and you can often see Eddie Spaghetti around town playing solo sets when they are not out on tour. New record for the 'suckers due out soon too.

Some Girls/Rolling Stones
From arguably their best record post Exile on Main Street days released in 1978 at the height of disco. One of the first Stones albums that I can remember getting and for some reason I think I first heard in from my uncle Tommy when he was giving me a ride to a grade school basketball game. Hoping to see the Martin Scorcese movie Shine a Light this week at the I-max.

Folks like Me/Geraldine Fibbers
The Geraldine Fibbers are mainly the brainchild of Carla Bozulich but the album this was taken from, Butch, also features Mr. Nels Cline. Nels of course is now a member of Wilco and also recorded a new album with Mike Watt. The Fibbers released a couple of albums in the mid-late 90’s that are both pretty darn good. Carla still keeps in real with various solo projects. She recorded an awesome cover of the entire Willie Nelson classic, Red Headed Stranger album.

New Resolution/Heartless Bastards
Hailing from Southwest Ohio, the Heartless Bastards have been around since 2003. This is from their first album, Stairs and Elevators. She has such a powerful voice and it just sounds like real, real rock and roll.

U.S. Mustard Company/Robert Pollard
From his first post-GBV solo album, From a Compound Eye. It’s a killer. Probably listen to this double album more than any of his other solo albums. For me, it’s pretty reminiscent of the early Guided By Voices records in that it’s all over the place sonically, both short and epic at the same time.

Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi U.S.A./Charles Mingus
This is from a live recording made in 1974, the Changes Volume 2 album. From reading his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, you can get the impression the Mingus was one crazy guy…also genius…but crazy with a capital C.

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Best of All Possible Worlds/Kris Kristofferson
Looking through some old records that we bought at a yard sale a few years ago, it came to me why I had never really listened to any of Kris Kristofferson’s records until recently. In with those records was a copy of A Star is Born soundtrack with him and Barbara Striesand. Now, I realize that that was completely unfair of me…if he’s good enough to play with Cash, Nelson, and Jennings in the Highwaymen, it’s probably ok to listen to him. This is off his debut record and every song on it is good.

Frankie’s Gun/Felice Brothers
My favorite new band. The first time I heard them was when they opened for the Drive By Truckers a few months ago. I was pretty blown away with how good and much fun they were to see live. This is from their self-titled American debut.

Daniel and the Sacred Harp/The Band
When asked to describe the Felice Brothers sound, I usually compare them with the Band. They both come from the mountains of New York, all the members sing, and they both sound like pure Americana. This song is from the Stage Fright album.

The Breeders/We’re Gonna Rise
From their new album Mountain Battles. Kim Deal has one of my favorite voices and can pretty much do no wrong in my book. But that being said, I think it’s a good album. They are playing the Sasquatch festival at the Gorge, but I’m still hoping for a Seattle show.

Shocker in Gloomtown/Guided By Voices
The Breeders covered this song and even featured the members from Guided By Voices in the video they made for the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esd8n6awI3w
The connection being that Robert Pollard and Kim Deal are both from Dayton, Ohio. This song first appeared on the Grand Hour ep in 1994.

The Shape is in a Trance/Thurston Moore
From his latest solo record, Trees Outside the Academy. He will be playing his first solo album, Psychic Hearts, live at the Pitchfork festival this summer. I like this trend that’s happening these days where bands are playing complete albums live in the order they appeared on the record.

Carbona Not Glue/The Ramones
My uncle Joe turned me on to the Ramones when I was in about 6th grade and I haven’t been quite the same since. God Bless the Ramones.

100,000 Fireflies/Superchunk
Well, I think I was about 15 years too late on this band. Picked up a compilation of their b-sides, singles, etc on a whim basically because I really like the name Superchunk. Sadly, they are no longer a band. This song in particular was a b-side to the Question is How Fast single.

Backstreets/Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
For Danny Federuci, the longtime keyboard player for the E-Street Band who passed away last week. This song is taken from the recently released live at the Hammersmith/Odeon 1975 when the band was still relatively unknown, especially in England. Well after this show, that was no longer the case

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Echoes Myron/Guided By Voices
The name Alien Lanes Radio comes from the great GBV album 'Alien Lanes' so we will definitely be working our way through the GBV/Robert Pollard catalog, but this has always been one of my favorites from the classic album 'Bee Thousand.' Especially love the line 'we're finally here/and shit yeah it's cool/shouldn't it be/or something like that.'

Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing/Minutemen
One of the great, great song titles that the minutemen had. Story is that mike watt actually sent this song to the King of Pop for him to record but there was no response from MJ. Would have loved to have heard his version. Found on Double Nickles on the Dime, an album everyone should have.

White Sport Coat/Meat Puppets
Great cover of the Marty Robbins song. Found this on the website the Pups drummer, Derrick Bostrom maintains http://derrickbostrom.com/puppets/. It's a compilation that a fan put together of b-sides/radio appearances/live/rare songs. It's great. The Meat Puppets are back together (w/out Derrick Bostrom, but w/ Chris Kirkwood back in the mix) so check them out if you get a chance.

Blue Bayou/Roy Orbison
How can you not love his voice? I played this because the Meat Puppets song reminded me of their cover this Roy Orbison song. They tacked this song onto the end of a jam that also included Funkadelic and Black Sabbath if I'm not mistaken. Anyways, this track comes from a live album from '65 in Holland that was found in a used record store by my friend Chris (good find chris). I've only begun to scratch the surface on finding Roy Orbison tunes, so if you have any recommendations please let me hear 'em.

A Love Supreme (Part 1, Acknowledgement)/John Coltrane
From a compilation that was the first jazz album that I ever bought. How could you not become a fan of jazz after hearing this song? The Love Supreme album has recently been reissued with a second disc that includes a rare live perforance of the entire Love Supreme suite. It's pretty essential.