I dance better than Elaine. My friends are jealous.

Gene Vincent & This Blue Caps – Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back
Mickey Avalon – My Dick
Momus – Saved
Radiohead – A Wolf At The Door
Stereolab – Bop Scotch
Goldrush – Wait For The Wheels
The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Herculean
Bongwater – One Hand On The Road
Pearl Jam – Oceans
Ray Charles – Lonely Avenue

And it’s been very hot and sticky lately so it’s just like dying with my buddies like pigs in the mud in `Nam… so, uh, number eleven.
Barenaked Ladies – Leave

Your Time has Come – Audioslave
Save it for Later – English Beat
Silent All These Years – Tori Amos
Drive – Melissa Ferrick
Let it Rain – Eric Clapton
Imperial Hotel – Stevie Nicks
Into the Dark – Melissa Ethridge
You Do – Aimee Mann
Buildings and Bridges – Ani Difranco
Trouble Me – 10,000 Maniacs

Eclecticism is the theme today:

You Can’t Count on Me — Counting Crows
The Crane Wife 3 — The Decemberists
La Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme — Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon
Shubada Du Ma Ma — The Steve Miller Band
Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor (Chopin) — Arthur Rubinstein

Tattoo(Live) — The Who
For You Blue — The Beatles
Summer Side of Life — Gordon Lightfoot
Paradise by the “C” (Live) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Play That Funky Music — Wild Cherry

Two bonuses this week:
If I Were Brave — Shawn Colvin
Typewriter Tip, Tip, Tip — Shankar/Jaikishan

Stay A Little Longer – Willie Nelson
Back To Memphis – David Sanborn
Sweet Girl – Fleetwood Mac
Rhythms Of The Saints – Paul Simon
He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Evening Blues – Dave Alvin
Idioteque – Radiohead
A Woman’s Got A Right – Dave Alvin
It’s Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer – Charley Pride
Raghupati – Ananda Shankar

+ A Man Needs A Maid – Neil Young

1. This Love Is Fucking Right – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2. City Bird – Of Montreal
3. Strangers – The Kinks
4. Damage – Yo La Tango
5. Monsters – The Boy Least Likely To
6. Koreandogwood – Devendra Banhart
7. No More Runnin’ – Animal Collective
8. Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks (again!)
9. Teddy Bear – Elvis Presley
10. Play Your Part (Pt. 1) – Girl Talk

And one more (because reading other people’s random 10 is such a bore):

11: We’re Desperate – X

The B-52’s – “June Bug”
Stanley Jordan – “Still Got The Blues”
Angelo Badalamenti – “Twin Peaks Theme”
Seal & Jeff Beck – “Manic Depression”
Enya – “On My Way Home”
Ibrahim Ferrer – “Mami Me Gustó”
W.A.S.P. – “Wild Child”
Enigma – “Mea Culpa”
The Who – “The Punk And The Godfather”
John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra – “The Dune Sea Of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler”

Bonus #11
James Brown – “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine”

I was not aware I had any W.A.S.P. in my library. It’s from the album Harley-Davidson Cycles: Road Songs.

1. Ben Sidran – “Look Here” — Tell Me Something
2. Willie Nelson – “Shotgun Willie” — The Essential Willie Nelson
3. John Mayall – “I’m Gonna Fight For You” — The Turning Point
4. Buffalo Springfield – “Mr. Soul” — Retrospective
5. Elvis Costello – “Our Little Angel” — King Of America
6. Big Joe Turner – “Shake, Rattle And Roll”– Sounding Out The Blues
7. The Jam – “Beat Surrender” — Compact Snap
8. Paul Simon – “Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes” — Graceland
9. The Ramones – “We’re A Happy Family” — Mania
10. The Blasters – “21 Days In Jail” — American Music

**Bonus** The White Stripes – “Conquest” — Icky Thump

10+1 and only 10+1. Apologies for disrespecting tradition so flagrantly last week. Hrmph!

The Thirteen from home:

Simon Smith & the Amazing Dancing Bear – Randy Newman
Three Girl Rhumba – Wire
Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Go’s
I Got the Feelin’ – James Brown
Hanging on the Telephone [Live] – Blondie
Whippings & Apologies – Sparks
Fo-Fo – Pistol Valve
Starman – David Bowie
Pagan In Paris – Jack Pleis & his Orchestra
When Do You Say Hello? – Great Plains
Talkin Trash – Betty Davis
Poker Samba – RIAA
Appetite – Great Plains

Rolls Royce – Pizzicato Five
Cavalettas – The Mars Volta
Riverside – Rose County Fair
Dirty Knife – Neko Case
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton – Bob Mould
Roses Are Blooming – The Hollisters
Designs On You – Old 97’s
My Superman – Santogold (now Santigold, I believe)
You Make It Easy – Air
Where It’s At – Beck

Eleven:
Creepy Jackalope Eye – Supersuckers

Is it so hard to imagine
Is it so hard to believe
Something so outrageous
Something so far fetched
Well how ’bout Adam and Eve?

Kingdom Of Days – Bruce Springsteen
Come On, Let’s Go – Los Lobos
Everything’s Just Wonderful – Lily Allen
Righteously – Lucinda Williams
Come On, Sheila – Zachary Richard
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today – Jorma Kaukonen
Aluminum Park – My Morning Jacket
Laugh And Be Happy – Randy Newman
Wild Packs Of Family Dogs – Modest Mouse
plus: All That You Dream – Little Feat

David Grisman & Tony Rice – Song For Two Pamelas
Love – A House Is Not A Motel
Pavement – Ann Don’t Cry
F. Mac – Go Your Own Way
F. Mac – Destiny Rules

Blackalicious – First In Flight
Page & Coverdale = Waiting On YOu
Alison Krauss – Choctaw Hayride
Postal Service – Sleeping In
Bauhaus – Ziggy Stardust

eeww. just eew.

Well, it’s all over but the shouting. I’m 50 today. No sage words or pontificating on this austere occasion…just rock.

Loser — Beck
Girl Inform Me — The Shins
Queen Of Pain — The Cramps
I Found Out — John Lennon
Just A Girl — No Doubt
All The Roadrunning — Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Poor Places — Wilco
Bad Is Bad — Dave Edmunds
Goodbye Again — The Iguanas
Flavor Of The Month — The Posies

Birthday Bonus girlie single…

The Fear — Lily Allen

1. Offering – John Coltrane
2. A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan & the Rolling Thunder Revue
3. The Fire – Television
4. Take Me Back – Randy Newman
5. Looking For Love – Alejandro Escovedo
6. A Man Needs A Maid – Neil Young
7. Men and Mountains – Marching Mountains (Ruggles) – Cleveland SO / von Dohanyi
8. Rip Off – T. Rex
9. “The Wreckers” Overture (Smyth) – Scottish National Orch. / Gibson
10. Allegro, from Sonata no. 8 (Beethoven) – Emmy Verhey
11. I Do Believe – Kris Kristofferson

No Black Sabbath, unfortunately.

Laurie Anderson “Washington Street” Life on a String
Fenton Robinson “You Don’t Know What Love Is” The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
Mikel Rouse “Candy Cane” Music for Minorities
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong “They All Laughed” Our Love Is Here to Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin
Portastatic “The Soft Rewind” Bright Ideas
Shawn Colvin “You and the Mona Lisa” A Few Small Repairs
PJ Harvey “Beautiful Feeling” Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Fountains of Wayne “Barbara H.” Fountains of Wayne
Old 97’s “Old Familiar Steam” Wreck Your Life
Son Volt “Creosote” Straightaways

bonus
Los Super Seven “Talk to Me” Heard It on the X