Oh no.
My worst nightmare realized.
I forgot to reset my alarm after last night's brief power outage- it's exactly 7 AM. I have to be on-air in zero seconds. I call the studio and ask DJ KB to give me 15 minutes, on the way, etc...
(Thanks K)
Then I realized I hadn't put my show together- I was gonna do it in the early morning hours- so I just grab the first box o' crap I see and bolt.
At 7:10 I'm signing on. It's a good thing I live near the studio.
Lou Reed- What's Good?
This album, Magic and Loss, was gift to me from my mom as she was dying of cancer. For years I couldn't listen to it without falling apart but now I fall back on it when I need strength.
This morning I fell back on it when I needed an opening song.
Jefferson Airplane- Other Side of This Life
It always looks better here from over there.
I'm a big fan of the Airplane family and this live LP is one of my faves- those guys could really tear it up on stage- none of that polished Marty Balin Starship crap that came later...
Larry Graham-Hair
I cut the hell out of myself while shaving my head yesterday- had blood running down my face like Sissy Spacek in Carrie-well, it wasn't quite that bad. It was more like a few drops, but it's more dramatic to describe it as 'torrents'.
Tom Verlaine- Down on the Farm
As heard in Television- from his solo LP, Mr. Blur. I found this in a box of closet junk- cool find!
King Crimson- Heartbeat
I need to land sometime...right next to you.
This LP, Beat , and the following one, Three of a Perfect Pair, contain some unusually sweet and accessible love songs by Crimson standards. After they broke up, singer/guitarist Adrian Belew released a couple of solo albums celebrating the wonders of fatherhood and domestic bliss, so I guess the Crimson tracks were a form of foreshadowing.
Tangerine Dream- Little Blond in the House of Attractions
Right now I need a song that's seven minutes long. Maybe longer. The radio in the bathroom is broken...much time is left? Aaaaaaa!
This should be titled : Little Bald in the Outhouse of Spasms
Pentangle- Hunting Song
This group is better than a dozen Xanax. Their recordings have a timeless, hypnotic clarity to them. I haven't had any coffee and I start drifting off...pretty guitars...sweet voice
Stranglers- Golden Brown
Bad choice- I love this ballad, but the faux harpsichord and airy harmonies are puttin' me to sleep. La lala la...
Loreena McKinnet - Mummer's Dance
If I'm gonna lapse into dreamland on-air, I might as well play McKinnett and hope that I fall into a shamanistic trance state. Those are educational.
Clannad- Love and Affection
Why is this so hard to find? The song asks, but doesn't answer.
Fiona Joyce- The Juggler
One of the few new Celtic CD's received recently. I like Joyce a lot, hard to find in the stores though.
Bob Dylan- Mighty Quinn/ Little Sadie
When in doubt, a double Dylan will do. From Self-Portrait.
Damien Dempsey- Celtic Tiger
Swift would like this song. A lot. If you can find Dempsey stateside, buy it.
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
I love this LP. My favorite song contains some of the most beautiful profanity ever recorded. Too bad I can't play it.
Hot Tuna- North Wind Rise
Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen from the Airplane Family.
Lucinda Williams- I Lost It
Hahahaha...I love this song! Finally starting to wake up. LW is my new coffee!
Patti Smith - Free Money
Wanna know how to make free money? Hmmm? No one? Aw.
Robert Fripp- Chicago
I love the muted howling of the guitar in the background...it reminds me of sitting on my brother's shady Chicago back porch. It's calm and peaceful, but in the distance something loud is always happening.
Alan Parsons Project- Don't Let It Show
Sometimes I feel like this song. Not sure that's a good thing.
Soft Boys- Positive Vibration
Keep it positive! Manic happy!
Flaming Groovies- Comin' After Me
Ten headhunters with a buzz-saw! Not that I'm paranoid or anything...
Clash- Brand New Cadillac
When I was kid, I listened to the Grateful Dead. When I got older I listened to the Clash.
I still listen to the Clash.
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Gold and Silver
This jazzy dueling guitar instrumental should be a nice intro to the next show, which is called Be-Bop and Beyond- it's hosted by a former New Orleans DJ, Mr. Jazz, and his theme song is by jazz great Horace Silver- done special for Mr. Jazz! Hep!
Damn...why am I so tired? Oh yeah. I know why I'm so tired.
Sweet dreams and have a pleasant valley Sunday!
7 comments:
the Outhouse of Spasms had me in spasms myself. Uh, not those spasms. Different spasms. As in laughing. Yeah...
When I over-sleep, I wake up with a sickening sense of something being catastrophically wrong, without knwoung quite wha it is. I don't know how you could be awake enough in ten minutes to compile a playlist let alone get out of the house and to the station.
heh heh... so did you get some sleep, or is it too early for you still?
life's good :)
rats...on my new loaner laptop I can get sound..and was going to listen to you're radio station and you sunday..and I fucking forgot..we ended up watching old movies ..bolish likes old movies..so we watched the john wayne alamo and from here to eternity...he keeps asking if they are dead or alive..send me your sched. so I will know when you're on...
I'm guessing sometime between 7:00AM (waking) and 7:10AM (arriving at station) you found some way to ingest the required amounts of coffee...
I feel a bonding. I own almost all this music. Yes, I love that song by Marianne. Have you heard her sing it live? Afterwards, she says: I feel better. I've seen her twice.
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