Episode 11

     I finally had a totally relaxed, glitch-free show. I featured some of the artists from the two festivals that bracketed this morning’s show: last weekend’s Intonation Festival and this coming weekend’s Lollapalooza. Intonation was fun, though more for the shifting groups of friends with whom I braved the excessive heat, humidity, dust and hipsters. I got to hear some bands whose music I’ll have to listen to more closely (e.g., Andrew Bird, Four Tet, A.C. Newman) and many others who I may never voluntarily listen to again (e.g., Les Savy Fav, Deerhoof and Magnolia Electric Company). I still haven’t become an uncritical supporter of “indie rock,” but I never dislike or put down groups simply because they might be classified that way. That was not necessarily the case in a review written by one of my least favorite critics. For the next few days, you can check out what he had to say about the event free registration required. (The only place we agree is in our assessments of The Go! Team – with apologies to Nate for the Neneh Cherry comparisons.) Given the forecast for the coming days (increasing heat, no rain) and how exhausted I was at the end Sunday night, I think I’m going to have to sit Lollapalooza out.
     Oh yeah. The show contained a few songs that were either suggested or inspired by some special people. They know who they are (and what the songs were) ....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Broken Social Scene, “Shampoo Suicide,” You Forgot It in People, Arts and Crafts
• Decemberists, “Leslie Anne Levine,” Castaways and Cutouts, Kill Rock Stars
• Four Tet, “Spirit Fingers,” Rounds, Domino
• Interpol, “The New,” Turn on the Bright Lights, Matador
• Blonde Redhead, “Melody,” Misery Is a Butterfly, 4AD
• Arcade Fire, “Headlights Look Like Diamonds,” Arcade Fire EP, Merge
• New Order, “The Perfect Kiss,” Low-Life, Qwest
• Bobby Womack, “Woman’s Gotta Have It,” Understanding, EMI
• Gram Parsons, “Love Hurts,” Grievous Angel, Reprise
• XTC, “Harvest Festival,” Apple Venus, TVT
• Susana Baca, “Maria Lando,” The Soul of Black Peru, Luaka Bop
• Cocteau Twins, “Road, River, and Rail,” Heaven or Las Vegas, 4AD

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Foxey Lady,” Are You Experienced?, MCA
• Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Satisfy My Soul,” Kaya, Island
• Hooverphonic, “This Strange Effect,” Blue Wonder Power Milk, Epic
• The Sundays, “When I’m Thinking About You,” Static and Silence, Geffen
• Cody ChesnuTT, “The Most Beautiful Shame,” The Headphone Masterpiece, Ready Set Go
• Nick Drake, “Saturday Sun,” Five Leaves Left, Hannibal
• Apartments, “She Sings to Forget You,” A Life Full of Farewells, Hot
• Sufjan Stevens, “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.,” Illinois, Asthmatic Kitty
• Esthero, “Bad Boy Clyde,” Wikked Lil Grrrls, Reprise
• Finley Quaye, “Even After All,” Maverick A Strike, Epic
• Stars, “The Big Fight,” Set Yourself on Fire, Arts and Crafts
• M. Ward, “Four Hours in Washington,” Transistor Radio, Merge
• Henry Threadgill Sextett, “The Devil Is on the Loose and Dancing with a Monkey,” Rag, Bush and All, Novus

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• Mogwai, “Waltz for Aidan,” Come on Die Young,
• Spain, “Untitled #1,” The Blue Moods of Spain, Restless
• David Bowie, “Stay,” Station to Station, Virgin
• Durutti Column, “Never Known,” LC, Factory
• Prince and the Revolution, “Condition of the Heart,” Around the World in a Day, Paisley Park
• Kendra Smith, “Space Unadorned,” Five Ways of Disappearing, 4AD
• Suzanne Vega, “Marlene on the Wall,” Suzanne Vega, A&M
• The Blow Monkeys, “Wildflower,” Forbidden Fruit EP, RCA
• Do Make Say Think, “Goodbye Enemy Airship,” Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead, Constellation