Greetings readers.
 
Here is the playlist for last week.  You guys should get tonight's show sooner.  lol.  Listen in tonight if you can.  We are back on the web, with a higher bandwidth.  It should come in with great sound, so check us out.  This was another one of the shows, where after it ended, I felt really happy with the content.
 
Music For Listeners 01/05/02
 
 1)Rocker's Hi-Fi-"Transmission Central"  From the CD 'Overproof'.
 2)Poster Children-"Black Dog"  From the CD 'RTFM'  
 3)The Modern Lovers-"Government Center"  From the CD 'The Modern Lovers'.
 4)The Strokes-"Soma"  From the CD 'Is This It?'
 5)The Strokes-"Last Nite (Live from KCRW)" & "Take It or Leave It (Live from KCRW)"  Two B-sides from the 2nd UK CD single for "Last Nite".
 6)Grandaddy-"A.M. 180"  From the CD 'Under the Western Freeway'.
 7)Spoon-"Everything Hits at Once"  From the CD 'Girls Can Tell'.
 8)Idlewild-"A Film for the Future"  From the CD 'Hope is Important'.
 9)Ben Folds Five-"Last Polka"  From the CD 'Ben Folds Five'.
10)The Beatles-"Tomorrow Never Knows"  From the CD 'Revolver'.
11)Throwing Muses-"Counting Backwards"  From the CD 'The Real Ramona'.
12)Elvis Costello-"I'm Not Angry"  From the CD 'My Aim is True'.
13)April March-"Sugar"  From the CD 'Chrominance Decoder'.
14)The Shins-"New Slang"  From the CD 'Oh, Inverted World'.
15)The Shins-"Sphamgnum Esplanade"  B-side found on the 7" single for "New Slang", and also here for you downloading types.  http://www.artisdead.net/theshins/mp3.html
16)Mercury Rev-"Nite and Fog"  From the CD 'All is Dream'.
17)Radiohead-"Palo Alto"  From the U.S. only mini album 'Airbag/How Am I Driving?'.  It was originally only available for one week in a limited pressing.
18)Chomsky-"Sigmund"  From the CD 'A Few Possible Selections for the Soundtrack of Your Life'.
19)XTC-"No Thugs in Our House"  From the CD 'English Settlement'.
20)Kingmaker-"Really Scrape the Sky"  From the CD 'Eat Yourself Whole'.
21)U2-"Some Days Are Better Than Others"  From the CD 'Zooropa'.
22)The Magnetic Fields-"I Don't Believe In the Sun"  From the 3 CD album '69 Love Songs'.
23)The 6th's-"Kissing Things"  From the CD 'Hyacinths and Thistles'.
24)Pink Floyd-"Cirrus Minor"  From the CD 'More'.
25)Sven Vath-"L'Esperanca"  From the CD 'An Accident in Paradise'.
26)Not Drowning, Waving-"Thomastown"  From the CD 'Claim'.
27)"The 3 A.M. Recording"  Mazzy Star is a Californian band, but their melancholy sound doesn't lend to this area of origin.  With their grinding Hammond organs, haunting lyrics, rhythmic guitars, and slow tempos, they sound more like a Northeastern U.S. band, or maybe even a British group.  If you've never heard of Mazzy Star before, then for one, you have really missed out on one of the best albums from the 90's.  This, in my opinion, is an erotic piece of genius, featuring slow, romantic, and smooth atmospheres to tame the wildest of sprits.  (This is not a depressing album mind you, just a relaxing one.)  With a slightly spiritual undertone, they could be compared to The Cowboy Junkies in places, and to Galaxie 500 in others, but mostly it's Hope Sandoval that sends this music to the stratosphere making it pure Mazzy Star.  Miss Sandoval and her lovely voice send the group over the top to mix perfectly with the mystical music of producer and songwriter David Roback.  (This band needs a live album for the reason that they are just as good live as they are on record.)  All the songs on this sophomore recording are good, and to single a track out would be hard.  "Fade Into You" was the big hit, and most of you out there have heard it someplace I'm sure, but of course there are better songs than the hit single to feast your ears upon.  Take my word on this one, if you have this album tucked away in your record collection, then pull it out and give it another spin.  If you don't have the album, then go out and find it.  It's just as good today as it was when it was released just over 8 years ago.  It's not repressive, depressive, or offensive in any way, but just plain good.....your parents might even like it.  It's also another good recording to slip into while spending a cold night by the fire.  Released in 1993 The band Mazzy Star with the album 'So Tonight I Might See'  
"Come so close that I might see, see the light come down on me
I hold you tight like rain
Sunshine on a rainy day
Sunshine on a rainy day"
 
Peace and hugs,
Michael
 
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