Songs About Death and Other Musings On Mortality

Todays show is inspired by the passing of my grandmother the day after my girlfriend's grandmother passed away.  There have obviously been a number of high profile deaths this week including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Sky Saxon.  There were a number of songs that ran through my head all week, particularly Leadbelly's Little Children's Blues, so I thought that I would put together a show based on encounters with death and struggles with mortality.  Each band brings a different perspective to the subject, some mourning another, some initiating their own passage, some taking stock of life and some questioning what's next.  

Okay, here's the set, starting with New Adds:

Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise *

Bachelor of Arts - Beethoven, Freedom & A Hard Place *

Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power - Fever *

Metro - A Penz *

Health - Die Slow *

Mochipet - It Ain't Trickin' If You Got It *

Don Simon, Klimperei + Telefunken - Trumpet To Eustacchius *

Corvina - A Tuz *

DinoWalrus - Electric Car, Gas Guitar *

39 Clocks - You Can't Count The Bombs (It's Zero) * 

Theo Angell - A Crime From The Vine * 

Wand - Arriving *

Theo Angell - The Shadow Ring * 

Sam And The Plants - Board Snore *

Our Brother The Native - Someday *

Songs About Death and Other Musings On Mortality

The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine (Sky Saxon RIP) 

Pendrecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima 

Yoko Ono – Mrs. Lennon 

Eels –
Going to Your Funeral Part 1 

Abe
Vigoda – The Reaper 

Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig 

Glenn
Branca – The Ascension 

Jens Lekman –
Jens Lekman’s Farewell Song To Rocky Dennis 

M.
Ward - Dead Man 

Son House - Death Letter Blues 

Nirvana – Lake
of Fire 

Elliot
smith - A Fond Farewell 

Modest
Mouse - Lives 

Band
of Horses - Funeral 

Pixies
- Monkey Gone To Heaven

Psychic TV –
Papal Breakdance 

 “I love you as I fall apart / I love you
and your sacred heart.”

Talking
Heads - Heaven 

Randy
Newman - Old Man  

Lead Belly – Little Children’s
Blues 

Ralph
Stanley/Keith Whitley - Oh Death 

David Bowie
- Five Years 

New
Order - Procession 

LCD
Soundsystem - Someone Great 

Loretta
Lynn - Little Red Shoes 

Lou Reed – The Bed 

Walter
Wegmuller – Der Tod 

Neil Young - Tonight's The Night  

Spiritualized
– Death Take Your Fiddle 

Iggy
pop – Tonight 

Neutral
Milk Hotel – Ghost 

Shangri Las –
Leader of The Pack 

One
Way Streets – We All Love Peanut Butter 

Jay
Reatard – An Ugly Death 

Beat
Konducta (Madlib) – In Jah’s Hands (Dilla’s Lament) 

Leonard
Cohen - Death of a Ladies Man 

A Day Without A Theme

Hey everyone. Today I am sick and have been insanely busy. Any free time I have had has been spent trying to sleep, which has been punctuated by bizarre dreams that mash up Arrested Development and Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (true story). By the way, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (with Dennis Hopper) may be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Anyhow, that said, I have not been able to put together a theme show for today, so its just good old fashioned off the cuff programming for today.

Okay, here's some music:

Sunn O))) - Big Church
Brian Eno - By This River
Arthur Russell - Goodbye Old Paint
Big Star - Kangaroo
Black Angels - Deer-Ree-Shee
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Ian Drury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick +
Request by Chuck
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
Mochipet - Turbo Thizz Petnation *
Quasimoto - Come On Feet
EL-P - Delorean
Jaylib - The Red
ODB with Macy Grey - Don't Go Breakin My Heart
The Faction - Cokebash +
Request By Mitchell
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
Big Black - Bad Penny
Brimstone Howl - We Have Come In Peace
Bauhaus - Antonin Artaud
Arrington De Dionyso - All Is On !
Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman
Frantic Johnny Rogers - Sassy
Nite Hawks - Chicken Grabber
Earthworm! - Mo' Taters
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
David Byrne & Brian Eno - One Fine Day
Can - Sing Swan Song
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part II
The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
The Fugs - Supergirl
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl (Dublab Version)
Sunset Rubdown - I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave
Nordon Bombsight - Four On The Lawn
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries
The Cramps - Psychotic Reaction +
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Jakobinarina - His Lyrics Are Disastrous
Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Horses - Father
The Space Elevator - Intergalactic Noise +
Built To Spill - Conventional Wisdom
Band of Horses - The Funeral
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Happy Birthday Peter Choyce!!!)
Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake (Happy Birthday My Shimoda)
Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything
The Veils - A Birthday Present (Now Playing)

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Far East Family Show

Today's show (after the new adds, of course) is all music from Japan.  This does not mean songs about Japan - meaning I am not playing Turning Japanese by The Vapors.  This also does not mean non-Japanese bands recording live from Japan - There will be no live at Budokan.  This show is completely dedicated to underground music from the far east. 

If you want to learn more about Japanese Psych Rock, the definitive place to start is Julian Cope's book JAPROCKSAMPLER.  He also has a website up based on the book www.japrocksampler.com.  Check it out if you want a crash course in some of the most mind altering music the world has ever known.

New Adds
Health - Die Slow *
Hecuba - Tom & Jerry *
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Pink Mountaintops - *
Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise *
Are you fucking serious?  I can't believe the Dirty Projectors are writing songs about this Riverside County vacuum.  They have clearly spent some time there considering they mention the housing developments and car dealerships.  This is more surprising than when Clapton name dropped Escondido.  What is going on in the world?
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Mochipet - Marshall Bass Stacks *
Wand - Chrome *
Purple Duck - Get in Shape *
Divisadero - Lefty Goes Soft *
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
Savath Y Savalas - Adeu *
Gastr Del Sol - Black Horse *
Blake Miller - A Golden Bird, A Wooden Floor, A Box of Skulls *
Our Brother The Native - Someday *

JAPANESE THEME!!!
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part I
Far East Family Band – Kokoro
Acid Mothers Temple – Good-Bye Ice Cream
Merzbow – Intro
Merzbow – Munchen
Keiji Haino (From Fushisusha) – I Don’t Want To Know
OOIOO – UMA
OOIOO (EYE Remix) – EYE MIX 1 
Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer
Boredoms - Acid Police
Melt Banana - Get the Head Back
Melt Banana - About
Melt Banana - Neck on B1
5.6.7.8’s – Green Onions +
Guitar Wolf  - Wild Zero +
Nagisa Ni Te – Threads of Souls
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Kamakura
Shonen Shojo – A Walk In A Dream/Overleaf
Speed, Glue and Shinki – Mr. Walking Drugstore Man
LSD March – Dare Ga Hoera
Fushisusha – This Is
Les Rallizes Denudes – People Can Choose
Boris – Rafflesia
Ghost – Piper
Michio Kurihara – Twilight Mystery of A Russian Cowboy
Blues Creation – Sooner or Later
High Rise – Outside Gentiles
Cornelius – Bird Watching At Inner Forest
YMCK - Magical 8bit Tour (Now Playing)

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The Name Game

First, New Adds

1) Corridor - Redux Doze *
2) Blake Miller - This Morning *
3) Land of Kush - Rue du Depart *
4) Hal Onserud - Homespun Yarns *
5) Our Brother The Native - manes *
6) Al Duvall - Mary Mack *
7) Divisadero - The Boxers Daughter *
8) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born on a Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
9) Mochipet - Sumo Hertz *
10) Prefuse 73 - DEC. Machine Funk All ERA's *
11) Diamond Watch Wrists - Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later) *
12) Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
13) Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love *
14) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up *
15) Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *

Names Theme
16) Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
17) Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride
18) The Axcents - Hold It Mary
19) The Stooges - Ann +
20) Suicide - Cheree +
Request by Erica
21) Ariel Pink - For Kate I Wait
22) Acid Mothers Temple - Sweet Juicy Lucy
23) Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels
24) Lifter Puller - Katrina and The K Hole +
request by Ian
25) Randy Newman - Suzanne
26) Desmond Dekker - Get Up Adina
27) Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
28) Blackblack - Sophia
29) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
30) Slowdive - Alison +
Request by Ellie
31) Patty Smith - Kimberly
32) The Pixies - Toni's Theme (live) +
Request by Gabe
33) Brian Eno - Blank Frank
34) The Jam - David Watts
35) Dan Deacon - My Name Is Robert +
Request by My Shimoda
36) Arthur Russell - Eli
37) Joanna Newsom - Sadie
The Replacements - Gary's Got A Boner +
Request by Danny
38) David Bowie - Joe The Lion
39) Brian Jonestown Massacre - (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six
40) Jacques Brel - Jef
41) Belle and Sebastian - Mary Jo
42) Van Dyke Parks - John Jones
43) The Flying Burrito Brothers - Cody, Cody
44) Big Star - Stroke It Noel
45) Jarvis Cocker - Angela
46) The Rakes - Strasbourg
47) Eels - Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
48) Blur - Yuko & Hiro
49) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary
50) The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says +
Request by Danny
51) Charles Spearin Project - Vanessa
52) Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
53) Aphex Twin - Ziggy
54) Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy
55) Frank Zappa - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (now playing)

* New Add
+ Request

New Day - New Show

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled
Made In Mexico - For Your Own Good *
Mika Miko - On The Rise *
Eu Dirijo O Carro Bomba - Akira S Et Garotas Que Erraram
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Fugazi - Give Me The Cure
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams +
Request by Ludlow
Xu Xu Fang - Fascination Street *
Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo *
Land of Kush - The Light Over The Ranges *
Black Dice - La Cucaracha *
Liars - Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway +
No Age - Eraser +
Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues +
Ariel Pink - I Wanna Be Young +
M. Ward - Sad, Sad Song +
Bodies of Water - These Are The Eyes +
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - All Around You +
Darker My Love - Rate +
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us +
Hecuba - Miles Away *+ 
Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child +
The Living Sisters - How Are You Doing +
Inara George - Dirty White +
Lavender Diamond - When You Wake For Certain +
Minutes Til Midnight - Innocent +
Warlocks - Come Save Us +
Minute Men - It's Expected I'm Gone +
Condo Fucks - Gudbuy T'Jane *
Pink Mountaintops - Axis: Thrones of Love *
So Many Wizards - I'm Just Like You *
Illinois - Old Saloon
Prolapse - Zen Nun Deb
Jackie O Motherfucker - Bonesaw
The Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion
Happy Birthday Danny Gabai!!!
Tones On Tail - Go!
The Soft Pack - Night Life *
39 Clocks - My Tears Will Drown The World *
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart +*
Request for Erica
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Jay Bennett (RIP) - Overexcusers
Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
In honor of all who are denied dignity and justice by the upholding of Prop 8 and Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Diamond Watch Wrists * - One Second Early Late
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044 *
The Walkmen - Many Rivers To Cross
Adanowsky - Estoy Mal
Rita Pavone - Viva La Pappa Col Pomodoro
Jane Birkin - Orang outan
Amanda Palmer - Leeds United
The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
The Geraldine Fibbers - Lilybelle
Lou Reed - Sad Song

* Request
+ New Add

The Numbers Show

Hey everyone,

I really want to thank Scott Beibin for coming onto the show.  If you don't know who Scott is I highly recommend googling him and his various activities including The Lost Film Festival, Evil Twin Booking, The Fake New York Times Prank or just reach out to him on Facebook.  It's like that!

Today's theme is numbers.  All songs significantly revolve around numbers (and a few have them in their titles for no apparent reason).  But first...new adds.

Next theme is names which means that 867-5309 Jenny is a song I won't be playing for two theme shows in a row!

Here's the playlist:

Blake Miller - In The Danger *
Black Dice - Earnings Plus Interest *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
The Soft Pack - Future Rock *
Toxic Lipstick - Obsteshun *
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1 - 11 
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage (Up Yours)
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Acid Mothers Temple - Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi *
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Double Dagger - Camouflage *
The Coathangers - Toomerhead *
Alma Mater - Long *
Funeral Crashers - Disconnected * 
Corridor - T. And <-> *
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *

Numbers Numbers Numbers

Yeasayer - 2088
Avalanches - Two Hearts in 3/4 time +
Request from Mike
Fourtet – High Fives
DJ Shadow – The Number Song
The Grey Album – 99 Problems
The Jaguars – Exit 6
Django Reinhardt – Swing 42
Serge Gainsbourg – 18 – 39
Deerhoof - +81 +
Request by Mike (different Mike)
David Ramos – Count
Dr. Octagon – 3000
Broadcast – Minus 1
Beta Band - Number 15 
The Soviets - 2 and 1 Goes +
Request from Sean was actually for Number One Is Three by The Soviets, but I only had 2 and 1 Goes
Boris – Six three times
Aphex Twin – 4
Pink Floyd – Chapter 24
Suicide - 96 Tears
Wire – The Map Reference 41 degrees N 93 degrees W (Iowa 71 miles outside of des moines)
Toots & The Maytals - 54/46
Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
Waylon & Willie - The Year 2003 minus 25
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off +
Request from Eric, my old friend from college.
Included for the section:
I take one one one cause you left me and
Two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost God and
10 10 10 10 for everything
Everything everything everything

Art Brut - 18,000 Lira
Iggy Pop - Sixteen 
Speaking of Iggy, check out the best blog ever dedicated entirely to Iggy Pop's The Idiot: Idiotlust

David Bowie - TVC 15
Tom Robinson – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90
Stiff Little Fingers – Tin Soldiers
Screeching Weasel - 99
Love - Seven and Seven Is +
Request from...damn it I forgot her name!!!

Dirty Little Secret - Guns Guns Guns
Rap about Pi (Don't know song name) - (Don't know artist, but Dragon Boy Suede has a verse) Video is at the top of this blog.  How amazing is that?
Sesame Street - 12
School House Rocks - 3 Is A Magic Number
Lightning Bolt – 13 Monsters 
Philip Glass - Knee 3

Interview with Scott Beibin

Laurie Anderson - Zero and One

* New Add
+ Request

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Huddie Ledbetter AKA Leadbelly in Prison

I am particularly indebted to Dave Weiner for this episode.  He is the first person to hand me the Leadbelly album "Take This Hammer" which I used in the background as I talked between sets.  Truly a life-changing record for me.

Alma Mater - Marching On *
Mika Miko - Totion *
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Black Dice - Nite Creme *
Prefuse 73 - Regalo *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
Xu Xu Fang - Underground *
The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong *
Swan Lake - Paper Lace *
Bradbury - Nymphs + Shepards *
Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains *
The Nextdoor Neighbors - We Are The Future *
Elfin Saddle - The Bringer *
Crazyhorse - Eric Kuhlmann *
Lotus Plaza - Redoak Way *

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SET

PART I: THE DESIRE TO COMMIT A CRIME
Van Morrison – Cypress Street
This Bike Is A Pipebomb – Murder Bike
The Ponys – Pickpocket Song
Jarvis Cocker – I Will Kill Again

PART II: COMMITTING THE CRIME
Tommy Collins – Got To Have A License

The Crime: Illegal Substance
Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band – Don’t Drink It Here
Randy Newman – Guilty
Curtis Mayfield – Pusherman

The Crime: Theft
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
The Fall – Petty (Thief) Lout 
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Take It From The Man
The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’ 

The Crime: Murder
The Cure – Killing An Arab 
Tom Waits – Murder In The Red Barn 
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night 
Throbbing Gristle – Very Friendly

Health – Crimewave

PART III: THE LAW
Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives
Public Enemy – 911 Is A Joke 
Jay Dee – Fuck The Police 

PART IV: ON THE RUN
The Clash – Police On My Back
Mission Of Burma – Outlaw 
Panther – On The Lam 

PART V: THE TRIAL
Prince Buster – Judge Dread
The Specials – Stupid Marriage
Dangerdoom – Basketcase 
Roky Erickson – Please Judge 

PART VI: PRISON
Leadbelly – Governor Pat Neff
Loretta Lynn – Women’s Prison
Gram Parsons - Medley Live From Quebec 
Islands – Life In Jail
Kid 606 – Juvenile Hall Role Call

DENOUEMENT 
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Mark David Chapman 
Beck – Steal My Body Home
The Streets – The Irony Of It All 
GZA – Investigative Reports

Charles Manson – Don’t Do Anything Illegal 

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THE NEXT THEME WILL BE NUMBERS.  PLEASE LEAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS TO THIS BLOG.  THIS MEANS ALL SONGS REVOLVING AROUND NUMBERS.