Episode 31

     I am so ready for sleep right now, but I can’t totally commit to it until this post is complete. Another show is in the can, and more than some recent others, I’m looking forward to hearing this one. I’m still toying with transitions and fades between songs, but given the less than ideal monitoring options in the studio (what we hear is not even an approximation of the processed signal going out over the airwaves), much of what I can do is guesswork in the moment, followed by listening to the show later, and trying to correct things on the next show. I hope the time I’ve spent results in a better experience for those of you in the WHPK listening area.
     There’s not much more to be said about this morning’s show. It mildly realizes some of the promises I made in the previous post. You can, over time, expect to hear many more things that might at first seem incongruous. It’s all part of my plan for world domination. You did know about my plan, didn’t you? Oh, no, I’ve said too much....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• The The, “Soul Mining,” Soul Mining, Epic
• Lush, “De-Luxe,” Gala, 4AD
• Sherman Irby, “Big Mama’s Biscuits,” Big Mama’s Biscuits, Blue Note
• Mice Parade, “Steady as She Goes,” Bem-Vinda Vontade, Bubblecore
• The Soft Boys, “Where Are the Prawns?” Underwater Moonlight … and How It Got There, Matador
• Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, “Born Secular,” Rabbit Fur Coat, Team Love
• Billy Bragg, “The Tracks of My Tears,” Talking with the Taxman about Poetry (Expanded Edition), Yep Roc
• Mick Karn, “The Three Fates,” Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters, Virgin
• Blue States, “Your Girl,” Nothing Changes Under the Sun, Eighteenth Street Lounge
• David Bowie, “I Have Not Been to Oxford Town,” Outside, Virgin
• Sia, “Don’t Bring Me Down,” Colour the Small One, Astralwerks
• Apostle of Hustle, “Song for Lorca,” Folkloric Feel, Arts and Crafts

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Konono N°1, “Masikulu,” Congotronics, Crammed
• Marianne Faithfull, “There Is a Ghost,” Before the Poison, Anti
• Johnny Marr & the Healers, “Something to Shout About,” Boomslang, ARTISTdirect
• Gang of Four, “I Will Be a Good Boy,” Songs of the Free, Warner Brothers
• His Name Is Alive, “Send My Face,” Detrola, Silver Mountain
• Liz Phair, “Canary,” Exile in Guyville, Matador
• New Order, “Elegia,” Low-Life, Qwest
• Cat Power, “Where Is My Love?” The Greatest, Matador
• Al Green, “Summertime,” Green Is Blues, Hi
• The Arcade Fire, “In the Backseat,” Funeral, Merge
• Cocteau Twins, “Primitive Heart,” Tishbite (II), Fontana
• Shawn Colvin, “Twilight,” Cover Girl, Columbia