binary, so magical

Floating – Julee Cruise
Romancers – Joan Armatrading
Something – The Beatles
Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo – MC Solaar
Vodoo Dreams – The Arthur Lyman Group
Scatta Head – Femi Kuti
Kisses On The Wind -Neneh Cherry
Miss Macbeth – Elvis Costello
Remember (Christmas) – Harry Nilsson
This Year’s Love – David Gray

and # 1011
Reason For Waiting – Jethro Tull

1. “Sun King”- The Beatles- Abbey Road
2. “Wild International”- One Day As a Lion- One Day As a Lion (EP)
3. “Lookin’ Out The Window”- Stevie Ray Vaughn- Soul To Soul
4. “Pass The Courvoisier”- Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell- Genesis
5. “The Panther”- Thunderball- Den of Thieves (The Sounds Of Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
6. “Welcome”- 311- Music
7. “In A Mellow Tone”- Duke Ellington- Blues In Orbit
8. “1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”- The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
9. “Throwdown”- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones- Performing Arts Center
10. “Deeez Nuuuts”- Dr. Dre- The Chronic

think I’ll dedicate that last one to Marc Thiessen and stop right there.

I forget sometimes just how great Bruce once was. Wish I’d been old enough to see him live back before he got super popular.

Let’s shuffle….

1. Patsy Cline – “Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You)” (The Ultimate Collection)
2. Quasi “Nothing from Nothing” (Featuring “Birds”)
3. The Beatles – “Ticket to Ride” (Help!)
4. XTC – “Playground” (Wasp Star [Apple Venus Volume 2])
5. Luna – “Hey Sister (Alternate mix)” (Slide EP)
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers – “Easy Skanking” (Kaya)
7. The Beatles – “Little Child” (With the Beatles)
8. Morrissey – “Billy Budd” (Vauxhall and I)
9. The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Nicely Nicely Jane (Demo)” (25 O’Clock)
10. Pavement – Spizzle Trunk” (Westing [by musket and sextant])

11. David Bowie – “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (Aladdin Sane)

1 what light – wilco
2 new york city – moe
3 katherine kiss me – franz ferdinand
4 outside the door – jay farrar
5 leisure – xtc
6 little shadow – yeah yeah yeahs
7 knock knock – the hives
8 warm beer and cold women – tom waits
9 knock – christy moore
10 leaving new york – rem

bonus

when i’m gone – eminem
closest (look out) – matt pond pa

video goodness – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUXDpYR6YE
(“this is kinda a torch song. . . written primarily for piano and fire extinguisher”)

For extra fun, check out the version of “Kitty’s Back” from the same Hammersmith concert.

1. Let Go-Frou Frou
2. Right Now-Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris
3. Pants-Here Come The Mummies
4. Fingers Of Love-Crowded House
5. Dead Shrimp Blues-Robert Johnson
6. Don’t Need a Reason-Beth Orton
7. The Crystal Frontier-Calexico
8. Little Queen Of Spades (Alternate Take)-Robert Johnson
9. Boy with a Coin-Iron & Wine
10. Transformer-Gnarls Barkley

Bonus: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – The Waifs

Feeling Old Today:

1.) Tired Of Midnightblue – George Harrison (Cloud Nine)
2.) Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix (Axis Bold As Love)
3.) D.W. Washburn – The Monkees (Greatest Hits)
4.) Flametop Piano – Daniel Lanois (Omni Series – Santiago)
5.) The Engine Driver – Decemberists (Picaresque)
6.) Virgin On The Ridiculous – Caravan (Caravan & The New Symphonia)
7.) Great Dub In The Sky – Easy Star All-Stars (Dub Side Of The Moon)
8.) The Calvary Cross (Live Bonus Track) – Richard & Linda Thompson (I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight)
9.) I Know A Place – John Hiatt (Tiki Bar Is Open)
10.) Andy – Frank Zappa (Buffalo)

Bonus: Sorry Bunch – The Dresden Dolls (No, Virginia)

The World Shadow – Sun Ra, Pharoah Sander & Black Harold
Play With Me – The Cure
Dancing In Outer Space – Atmosphear
Better Off Dead – Bill Withers
Dance On The Groove (And Do The Funk) – Love International
Pantomime – Harold Budd w/ Zeitgeist
Pandajero – Cantoma
As – Stevie Wonder
Dammpfschiff – Dzihan & Kamien
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer

Kaleidoscope – Marmalade
Fuzzed – Familie Seelig

1. Rodopska Horo – Ivan Kirev – Planet Squeezebox
2. High Water – Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
3. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen – The Essential Leonard Cohen
4. Baby’s In Black – The Beatles – Beatles For Sale
5. Eyes On the Prize – Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions
6. Ives: Study No. 2 for Piano – Alan Mandel, piano – Charles Ives Works For Piano
7. Ives: Scherzo “Holding Your Own” – Emerson String Quartet – American Originals: Ives & Barber String Quartets
8. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash – Complete Live At San Quentin
9. Barber: Hermit Songs op. 29, #1: At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory – Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber – Modern American Vocal Works
10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues – Art Tatum – Complete Capitol Recordings (Vol. 2)
11. Bach: Fantasia & Fugue In C Minor, BWV 537 – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen – Bach: Transcriptions for Orchestra

I’m Paying Taxes, What Am I Buyin’- Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s
Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ – The Velvet Underground
Cadallaca Theme – Cadallaca
Master Teacher – Erykah Badu
Of The Instant – Gang Of Four
Freedom Run – Kyuss
Living North – Cymbals Eat Guitars
Execution – Spoon
Fluorescent Adolescent – Artic Monkeys
He Called Me Baby – Patsy Cline

Eleven:
Kaoru – Naked City

My favorite Mouse song! I’ll take this as a good omen.

Wow, this shuffle really was magical:

1. New York, New York – Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
2. Good Luck to You – The Cables
3. Wait Till the End – Sisters
4. Romans Ten and Nine – Bailes Brothers
5. Blues in the Night – Judy Garland
6. Tercera Canción – Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC
7. Be Holy My Brothers & Sisters – Johnny Clarke
8. The Same Thing – Willie Dixon
9. Heart and Soul and Mind – Maher Shalal Hash Baz
10. Rest Your Daylights – Eric Chenaux
Bonus: Lisa’s Spider – Cadence Weapon

1. Polly – Nirvana
2. My Big Mouth – Oasis
3. I’m Ready – Long John Baldry
4. Rip This Joint – The Rolling Stones
5. Remember When (Side A) – The Black Keys
6. Back To Schooldays – Graham Parker
7. I Won’t Cry Anymore – Big Maybelle
8. Electioneering – Radiohead
9. Mi Corazon – Gipsy Kings
10. I Walk The Earth – Voice Of The Beehive

**Bonus** We’re Not Right – David Gray

Come On, Sheila – Zachary Richard
The Angels Hung Around – Rilo Kiley
Why Me – Kris Kristofferson
Sober – Pink
Listen To Her Heart – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Laws Have Changed – The New Pornographers
November – Tom Waits
Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart – Alicia Keys
So Long – Visqueen
My Maker – Heartless Bastards

And: Hours – TV On The Radio

A day late, a dollar short, but here goes:

Side One:

Black Crow Blues — Bob Dylan
A Case of You — Joni Mitchell
Been It — The Cardigans
St. James Infirmary — Allen Toussaint
Polly Come Home — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Side Two:

Crazy Heart — Hank Williams
It’s True That We Love Each Other — The White Stripes
Bob Lee Junior Blues — Memphis Jug Band
The Painter — Neil Young
Dead End Street — The Kinks

A selection so good it calls for two bonus tracks:

1982 — Randy Travis
Give A Little Love — Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

1. Divine Hammer – The Breeders
2. Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
3. Only You – Patsy Cline
4. Gone Hollywood – Supertramp
5. Fly Me to the Moon – Astrid Gilberto
6. Longview – Green Day
7. Get Down – Groove Armada
8. Buena – Morphine
9. September – Earth, Wind and Fire
10. Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!! – Minus the Bear
11. Skeleton Boy – Friendly Fires

The Minutemen covered “Dr. Wu”?? My life is complete.