This week, to celebrate the close of a wonderful little outdoor version of ol' Bill's A Midsummer Night's Dream, we had a special guest in the studio by the name of Jason Simac. Now Jay played Bottom, and I the mischievious Robin Goodfellow, and together we were bound to make an interesting pair! I was determined to get as much Nina Simone and Henry Mancini at him as I could, and he in turn threw everything under the sun at me! Bonus points for you if you pick which were Jay's choices and which were mine!
Here's a little show we like to call:
This Week in Braille or Bottom Gets His Groove Back
- Kirk Hunter; Opening Titles from Final Approach Soundtrack
- Future Sound of London (FSOL); We Have Explosives (6:19) from Dead Cities
- Fluke; Atom Bomb (5:45) from Risotto
- Junkie XL; Crusher (5:28) from Radio JXL - A Broadcast From The Computerhell Cabin
- Manic Street Preachers; Everything Must Go (Chemical Brothers Remix) (6:33) from the Everything Must Go [SINGLE] {and a shade of nostalgia}
- Nina Simone; Satin Doll (3:37) from Nina Simone Sings Duke Ellington
- Henry Mancini; Chicken Little Was Right from The Party Soundtrack
- Henry Mancini; A Shot in the Dark from the A Shot in the Dark Soundtrack
- Modern Jazz Quartet; Baden Baden (4:03) from Coffee and Cigarettes Soundtrack
- The Ventures; James Bond Theme (3:51) from 60's Rock Instrumental Collection, Vol. 3
- Forgotten Rebels; England Keep Yer Stars from This Ain't hollywood...
- Distillers; Gypsy Rose Lee (3:54) from Distillers
- McLusky; Forget About Him, I'm Mint from The Difference Between Me and You
- Sonic Youth; Dirty Boots (5:00) from Goo
- Jack Off Jill; I Touch Myself (3:18) from <INTERWEB!>
- Dick Hyman; The Minotaur from Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman
- The Tragically Hip; Boots or Hearts (3:44) from Up to Here
- The Doors; The Soft Parade (9:38) from The Soft Parade
- CAKE; You Part the Waters (2:50) from Motorcade of Generosity
- The Beatles; Hey Jude (4:21) from Anthology 3
- Nina Simone; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (2:42) from Pastel Blues
- James Brown; Sportin' Life (3:51) from Black Caesar Soundtrack
- Vampire Weekend; Oxford Comma (3:15) from Vampire Weekend
- The Cramps; I Was a Teenage Werewolf (3:05) from Songs the Lord Taught Us
- Warren Zevon; Werewolves of London (3:27) from Excitable Boy
- The Cramps; The Surfin' Dead (4:12) from Return of the Living Dead Soundtrack
- Stray Cats; Rock this Town (3:24) from Greatest Hits
- Stray Cats; Stray Cat Strut (3:15) from Greatest Hits
- Peerless Four; Trouble in My Way (6:44) from Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey Volume 08: Velvet Voices
- Mississippi John Hurt; Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:52) from Avalon Blues: The 1928 Okeh Sessions
- Mississippi John Hurt; Candy Man Blues (2:47) from Avalon Blues: The 1928 Okeh Sessions
- Roy Orbinson; In Dreams (2:50) from Blue Velvet Soundtrack
- Lead Belly; Pick a Bale O' Cotton (2:59) from Midnight Special
- Liz Phair; Divorce Song (3:20) from Exile in Guyville
- Dusty Springfield; Oh No! Not My Baby! (2:53) from Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
- Nina Simone; Ain't No Use (3:05) from Pastel Blues
- Syd Dale; Come One, Come All (2:44) from Ready Steady Boogaloo
- Sparks; Bon Voyage from Propaganda
- Stump; Charlton Heston from A Fierce Pancake
- Talking Heads; Wild Wild Life (3:40) from True Stories
- Camper Van Beethoven; Take the Skinheads Bowling from Telephone Free Landslide Victory
- Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra; El Manisero/Me Odias from Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra
- The Cat Empire; The Rhythm from On the Attack
- Julie London; Come on-a' My House (2:57) from The Magic of Julie London
- Henry Mancini; Something for Sellers (2:47) from The Pink Panther Soundtrack
- CAKE; Mahna, mahna (2:54) from B-Sides and Rarities {Why? You ask? Why not? is my reply!}
- Barry Louis Polisar; All I Want is You (2:38) from Juno Soundtrack
- Basia Bulat; Little Waltz (2:53) from Oh, My Darling
- Basia Bulat; La-da-da (3:19) from Oh, My Darling
- Adele; Right as Rain (3:17) from 19
- Billie Holiday; I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (and Throw Away the Key) (2:11) from Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah!
- Nils Landgren; Dancing Queen from Funky Abba
- Dinah Washington; Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (Rae and Christian remix) from Verve Remixed
- Nina Simone; See-Line Woman (Masters at Work remix) (10:06) from Verve Remixed
- CAKE; War Pigs (3:54) from B-Sides and Rarities
- She & Him; I Should Have Known Better (3:39) from Volume One
- Jens Lekman; Into Eternity (3:45) from Night Falls Over Kortedala
- Joanna Newsom; Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (4:02) from Joanna Newsom and the Ys. Street Band
- Nina Simone; Be My Husband (3:25) from Pastel Blues
- Miles Davis; Saeta (5:08) from Sketches of Spain
- Peter Gabriel; Solsbury Hill (4:21) from Car
- Janis Joplin; Kozmic Blues (4:24) from I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
As always, let us know what you think at thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com !
Hear you next week!
