June 8, 2011: Forcast of Racing

Racing's "Flavio" (right in blue shades), races uncomfortably around Monaco.

 It was a dark and stormy night. Tom Waits is called for as well as some Eno and Conifer. These were a salve for the DEEP HURTING that was to follow in this week's program.

Tom Waits

Yes it is Grand Prix racing time in Montreal this weekend, a theme that I approached through the backdoor way of first focusing on songs with "outro's". Did I coin a term? This led us inevitably to "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac (borderline "In-Line Rock"). The Chain is interesting because it demonstrates that a good outro can make for a great "intro".

Speedy Marie, on this album, has a great "outro".

This of course, leads us into racing and auto music. We hear from, literally, the Father of French electro-new-wave-ambient-music, Maurice Jarre with his soundtrack to 1966's Grand Prix movie.

Truly deeply hurty then was the broadcast of the two Smokey and the Bandit songs from two Smokey and the Bandit movies, each featuring the vocals of a different star from the respective films. The shameless excess of these movies and recordings may have been a herald of end times. I like the Jerry Reed, actually.

Smokey [not pictured here and the Bandit (right).

Shortest Robot News eva. Yes, shuffle board playing bots sure to take over world... of shuffle board.

Played List
Artist - Track - Album
 
Brian Eno - Flint March - Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Brian Eno - Horse - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

Tom Waits - Strange Weather - Big Time
Saffron Sect - Phosphorus Flash - [single]
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up - Fever Ray


Conifer - Surface Fire - Crown Fire

Citizen Cope Easy Star All Stars- Karma Police - Radiodread
Speedy Marie- Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain - Rumours


Maurice Jarre - Sarti’s Love Theme (Bossa Nova) - Grand Prix The Motion Picture Soundtrack 
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down and Incidental CB Dialogue - Smokey and the Bandit the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Burt Reynolds - Let's Do Something - Let's Do Something Cheap and Superficial - Smokey and the Bandit 2, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


Angelo Badalamenti - Dub Drive - Lost Highway, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Angelo Badalamenti - Red Bats with Teeth - Lost Highway, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

January 4, 2011: Volumes of Music, Played at Volume

Feeling the need to reset after assaulting listeners with the DEEP HURTING of last week's holiday special, this week featured longer tracks of excellent music.

One of Canada's Quest[s] for Fire

I am going to stop apologizing about the possible inappropriateness of my "Songs for New Moms" selections. While I forgot about Funkadelic's jarring and poetic intro, I maintain that Maggot Brain is soothing.

Robot "News" turned out to be a quite old piece from a satirical news provider. Guess I'm out of the running for a Peabody this year. 

This Week's Playlist

Artist - Track - Album

Quest for Fire - The Greatest Hits By God- Lights from Paradise

Sun Araw - Conga Mind - On Patrol

Oneida - The Human Factor - Rated O

Robot News

Songs for New Moms

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - Maggot Brain

The Soft Machine - Hibou, Anemone and Bear - Volume 2

Wooden Shjips - Dance California (Radio Edit) - Volume 1

Easy Star All Stars - Exit Music (for a Dub) - Radiodread