Hey again.
 
Here's this weeks playlist.  Fun fun fun.....
 
Music For Listeners 08/25/01
 
 1)Chomsky-"Straight Razor"  From the brand spanking new CD 'Onward Quirky Soldiers'.  
Currently only available in Dallas, Austin, and Memphis, Tennessee apparently.  
Hey I've been to all those places.  As I've said before...I've been waiting two years to hear this album.  Now I have it!!
 2)Valve-"By the Way"  From the Valve E.P.
 3)Orbital-"Tootled (Live)"  Live version found on the MTV Dance website.  
Album version available on the new record 'The Altogether'.
 4)Rocker's Hi-Fi-"Transmission Central"  From the CD 'Overproof'.
 5)Creeper Lagoon-"Chance of a Lifetime"  From the CD 'Give Back the Universe, and I'll Take Yesterday'.
 6)Blur-"Magic America"  From the CD 'Parklife'.
 7)David Bowie-"Fashion"  From the vinyl LP 'ChangesTwoBowie'.
 8)Chomsky-"Gravitate"  From the CD 'Onward Quirky Soldiers'.
 9)Built to Spill-"You Are"  From the CD 'Ancient Melodies of the Future'.
10)The 6ths-"Falling Out of Love (With You)"  From the CD 'Wasp's Nest'.  Featuring Dean Wareham of Luna on vocals.
11)The Sugurcubes-"Delicious Demon"  From the CD 'Life's Too Good'.
12)Ben Folds-"Carrying Cathy"  From the forthcoming CD 'Rockin' the Suburbs'.
13)William Orbit-"Water from a Vine Leaf"  From the CD 'Strange Cargo III'.  Featuring the lovely Beth Orton on vocals.
14)Chomsky-"Light"  From the CD 'Onward Quirky Soldiers'.  Told you that I was looking forward to this CD.  :o)
15)The Beatles-"I'll Follow the Sun"  From the CD 'Beatles for Sale'.
16)Orb-"Bang'er N' Chips"  From the vinyl LP 'Pomme Fritz: The Orb's Little Album'.
17)XTC-"Church of Women (Demo)"  From the CD 'Homegrown: The Apple Venus 2 Demos'.
18)Kirsty Maccoll-"Just Woke Up"  From the CD 'Titanic Days'.
19)Dead Can Dance-"Rakim"  From the CD 'Towards the Within'.  Had a couple of calls last week when I played this band.  
So I thought I would play another fantastic track.  I got a couple more calls on this one too.  
DCD takes influence from Pink Floyd, Hendrix and world music.  Very tribal and very cool.
20)Air (German band on the FAX label)-"Inauguration"  From the CD 'Air III: Secret Heritage'.  
Not the more popular French band of the same name.
21)Eno/Wobble-"Space Diary 1" & "Spinner"  From the CD 'Spinner'.
22)"The 3 A.M. Recording"  Tonight's album was one of the first albums that made me notice the power of sound 
effects in music.  One time when I was quite young, I was listening to tonight's recording, and at one 
point in the fourth song a siren blares through the speakers.  My Grandmother Thomas shouted out..."Oh my God, 
it's that the police?"  No it wasn't Sting and the guys, or the cops.  It was the Electric Light Orchestra.  
They made many great albums, but tonight would have to be the one that I listened to the most.  
I was 4 when this album came out in 1976.  Thanks to my father, I would have to say that I heard this album new.  
As always, it's being played tonight as it has shaped my musical lifetime.  This album in particular not only 
made me notice the use of sound effects, (I have to give Pink Floyd that credit as well.),  
but it also showed me the extreme influences that a rock and roll band can have.  
Everything from orchestral arrangements to The Beatles, to even Opera.  
I didn't know way back when, that Jeff Lynne was a huge Beatles fan.  
Now it's so incredibly obvious.  Since then, he became the newest Beatle when he co-wrote and co-produced 
the two new songs for the Beatles Anthology.  I guess Paul, Ringo, and George were big E.L.O. fans as well.  
From a great import vinyl copy I found 4 years ago for a dollar, here it is in it's entirety....'A New World Record'.  
Produced, arranged, written, and sung by Jeff Lynne.  Performed by Electric Light Orchestra.  
"Now listen here baby, she said to me.  Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three.  
Cos I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready.  Woo hoo hoo I'm ready, I'm going to show you how to sing the blues."
 
Peace and hugs hugs hugs,
Michael