This Sixteenth of May, 2008

Hello Radio Listeners!

Okay, I'm a bit pressed for time this holiday weekend, so I'm throwing this up quickly then slipping out for some fun, friends, and family. So no obnoxious/condescending/didactic rambling this week! Huzzah!

This Week's Featured Artist: Foals
This Week's Featured Album: A Mouthful by The Dø

Foals are a great new band out of England. Like the popular Vampire Weekend, they are ex-ivy leaguers, this time from Oxford! The Dø are from France and were recommended to me by my good friend Andrew Root who is in that fine country as I write this! Foals is fun, but I am in love with The Dø. The album is spectacular for its variety as well as its quality. Check them out!

Here's a little episode we like to call:

This Week in Braille or Nobody Knows the Wreck of the Soul the Way You Do

1. Shirley Horn; Love for Sale (3:53) from The Very Best of Cole Porter
2. The New Pornographers; Miss Teen Wordpower (3:24) from Electric Version
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Gold Lion (3:09) from Show Your Bones {Sorry about the advert, but this was the best version I found}
4. Polysics; Bye Bye Red Sneaker (4:22) from ENO
5. [Featured Artist:] Foals; Balloons (3:01) from Antidotes
6. Black Eyed Peas; Weekend (ft. Esthero) (4:04) from Bridging the Gaps
7. Blitzen Trapper; Summer Town (2:24) from Wild Mountain Nation
8. Modest Mouse; Florida (3:00) from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
9. Christina Aguilera; Candyman (3:14) from Back to Basics
10. Cut Copy; Far Away (4:56) from In Ghost Colours
11. [Featured Album:] The Dø; Stay (Just a Little Bit More) (3:06) from A Mouthful
12. [Featured Album:] The Dø; Queen Dot Kong (3:14) from A Mouthful
13. Desmond Dekker; Opportunity (2:56) from ...In Memoriam 1941 - 2006
14. The Aggrolites; Countryman Fiddle (3:50) from The Aggrolites
15. The Aggrolites; Work to Do (3:02) from The Aggrolites
16. Bob Marley & the Wailers; Crazy Baldhead (3:12) from Rastaman Vibration
17. Iron & Wine; Boy With a Coin (4:06) from The Shepherd's Dog
18. The Beatles; Lovely Rita (2:42) from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
19. Big Brother & the Holding Company; Catch Me Daddy (Live) (5:32) from Cheap Thrills (Reissue)
20. Bob Dylan; It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (4:09) from Highway 61 Revisited
21. David Bowie; Miracle Goodnight (4:15) from Black Tie, White Noise
22. [Featured Artist:] Foals; Cassius (3:50) from Antidotes
23. The Primitives; You Said (2:19) from Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969
24. The Undertones; Hypnotised (2:31) from Hypnotised {2nd song on the set, mediocre quality, but hey, it's not like you did the leg work!}
25. The Sonics; Walkin' the Dog (2:46) from Here are the Sonics!
26. The Sonics; Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2:26) from Boom
27. Jorge Drexler; High and Dry (3:45) from 12 Segundos de Oscuridad
28. Françoise Hardy; Effeuille moi le coeur (2:07) from Soleil
29. Chinese National Orchestra; Moon Rising in the Rosy Clouds (3:21) from Moon Rising in the Rosy Clouds
30. Françoise Hardy; J'suis d'accord (2:05) from The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl From Paris
31. Jorge Drexler; Inoportuna (2:45) from 12 Segundos de Oscuridad
32. [Featured Artist:] Foals; Heavy Water (4:32) from Antidotes
33. [Featured Album:] The Dø; Travel Light (4:02) from A Mouthful
34. [Featured Album:] The Dø; Tammie (3:16) from A Mouthful
35. Richie Havens; Alarm Clock (7:15) from Alarm Clock
36. The Beatles; The End (2:20) from Abbey Road
37. Hayden; My Wife (3:02) from Elk-Lake Serenade
38. Johnny Cash; Like the 309 (4:35) from American V: A Hundred Highways
39. Janis Joplin; Half Moon (3:55) from Pearl
40. The Jacksons; Sugar Daddy (2:30) from Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 Compact Command Performances
41. Parliament; I Can Move (If You Let Me) (2:46) from Up for the Down Stroke
42. James Brown; I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) (4:31) from Sex Machine (Live)
43. Christina Aguilera; Still Dirrty (3:46) from Back to Basics
44. Miles Davis; John McLaughlin (4:23) from Bitches Brew
45. Nina Simone; Blues for Mama (3:56) from Nina Simone Sings the Blues
46. Esthero; Melancholy Melody (4:36) from Wikked Lil' Grrrls
47. Of Montreal; The Actor's Opprobrium (2:36) from The Sunlandic Twins Bonus EP
48. [Featured Artist:] Foals; Olympic Airways (4:19) from Antidotes
49. [Request by Kayla!] The Dodos; Red and Purple (4:40) from Visiter
50. Beck; Jack-Ass (4:12) from Odelay
51. Midlake; You Never Arrived (1:40) from The Trials of Van Occupanther
52. Pavement; Strings of Nashville (3:51) from Crooked Rain Crooked Rain {Video contains only part of the song}
53. Metric; Soft Rock Star (Jimmy vs. Joe Mix) (4:24) from Grow Up and Blow Away {Video contains the original version of the song, not the remix. Also, some completely unrelated anime!}
54. Final Fantasy; That's When the Audience Died (4:37) from Has a Good Home {Link contains a collaboration with Beirut}
55. John Williams; The Raider's March (2:29) from Raiders of the Lost Ark Soundtrack
56. John Williams; Parade of the Slave Children (4:54) from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Soundtrack
57. The National; Fake Empire (3:27) from Boxer
58. Nick Drake; Man in a Shed (3:55) from Five Leaves Left
59. Fiona Apple; Carrion (5:46) from Tidal
60. [Request by Kayla!] Ryan Adams; Firecracker (3:13) from The Suicide Handbook
61. Neko Case; Look for Me (I'll be Around) (3:21) from Blacklisted
62. Andrew Bird; Imitosis (4:00) from Armchair Apocrypha
63. Basia Bulat; Before I Knew (1:13) from Oh, My Darling
64. Basia Bulat; La-da-da (3:19) from Oh, My Darling
65. Nina Nastasia; Ugly Face (4:10) from The Blackened Air
66. St. Vincent; Apocalypse Song (3:47) from Marry Me
67. Stars; Bitches in Tokyo (2:50) from In Our Bedroom After the War
68. Bob Dylan; One Too Many Mornings (2:40) from The Times they are A-Changin'
69. Marissa Nadler; Yellow Lights (2:59) from The Saga of Mayflower May
70. Au Revoir Simone; The Lucky One (4:31) from The Bird of Music
71. Sufjan Stevens; Romulus (4:42) from Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State
72. Sia; Sunday (4:13) from Colour the Small One
73. Leonard Cohen; Who By Fire (2:36) from New Skin for the Old Ceremony
74. Regina Spektor; Samson (3:11) from Begin to Hope
75. Radiohead; Pyramid Song (4:49) from Amnesiac
76. Iron & Wine; Radio War (1:56) from Our Endless Numbered Days

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