The highways and cars were sacrificed for agriculture: 5/11 showThe highways and cars were sacrificed for agriculture: 5/11 show

Starting next week I'll be sharing my show with Seville; we'll alternate every other week. The shift will also be longer — 6 to 9am (actually 6-10; 3 hours of music and 1 hour of Democracy Now). This summer schedule lasts till late August.

My next show is actually June 1st; I'll be off for the next two weeks.

Two songs from todays' show — "Le Cygne" by les Innocents and "Can't Get Enough" by the London Suede — are songs I heard on the radio in Paris in 1999. The album by les Innocents remains one of my favorites. I liked it so much, I bough another album by the band, and it was really not very good. So I satisfy myself with the one masterpiece.

I played something by a local artist, Josephine Foster, who I had not heard before. The song was very interesting and a bit odd. The style is what you might call eccentric folk, and it's reminiscent of Tiny Tim, except that Tiny Tim is rather grating and Foster isn't really. Still, it's probably not for everyone.

Bobby Bare Jr. came to my attention because he did a country-inflected cover of the Smiths' "What Difference Does It Make?" His father is a country star, and his music fuses country and rock elements. It's quite good, and the song I played ("Adorable Beast") is my favorite on the album. (The album title comes from a line of the song: "I look cute at the end of your leash, you adorable beast".)

*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song	album	label
The Talking Heads	Nothing but Flowers	Once in a Lifetime
The London Suede	Can't Get Enough	Headmusic	Columbia
*Opsvik & Jennings	The Last Country Village	Commuter Anthems	Rune Grammofon
*Elliott Smith	All Cleaned Out	New Moon	Kill Rock Stars
Haale	This High	Paratrooper	Darya Records
*Thilges	Izdiucz (radio edit)	La Double Absence	Staubgold
*Charlotte Gainsbourg	Tel que tu es	5:55	Because Music/Vice
Les Innocents	Le cygne	Les Innocents	Virgin France
Keren Ann	La forme et le fond	Nolita	Capitol
Paris Combo	Le roi de la forêt	Live	Ark 21
*Mary Weiss	I Just Missed You	Dangerous Game	Norton Records
The Shangri-La's	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	The Myrmidons of Melodrama	RPM
Josephine Foster	Crackerjack Fool	Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You	Locust
The Fiery Furnaces	My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found	Blueberry Boat	Rough Trade
Belle and Sebastian	Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie	Push Barman to Open Old Wounds	Matador
Zerostars	Dad's Dress	The Good Can't Escape	self-released zerostars.com
*The Race	Ice Station	Ice Station	Flameshovel
*Rufus Wainwright	Do I Disappoint You	Release the Stars	Geffen
Babby Bare Jr.	You Adorable Beast	From the End of Your Leash	Bloodshot
*(r)Feist	1234	The Reminder	Interscope
Love & Rockets	No New Tale to Tell	Earth Sun Moon	Beggars
Ric Cartey	Mellow Down Easy	Get Hot or Go Home: Vintage RCA Rockabilly '56-'59	The Country Music Foundation
*Mavis Staples	Eyes on the Prize	We'll Never Turn Back	Anti-
Cheer Accident	Society at Large	Younger Than You Are Now	Pravda
The Gossip	Standing in the Way of Control	Standing in the Way of Control	Kill Rock Stars
Louise Attaque	Qu'est ce qui nous tente?	Comme on a dit	Trema/Sony
Brisa Roché	Warned	The Chase	Metro Blue
*The Sea and Cake	Exact to Me	Everybody	Thrill Jockey
Aimee Mann	Going through the Motions	The Forgotten Arm	Super Ego

Labels: music, playlists

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