Good morning readers...
 
The show was so-so, as I was quite stressed out with a new job and all, but it was still a nice listen.....especially the 3 A.M. Recording.  Thanks to all that called in and listened.  
 
Music For Listeners  02/09/02
 
 1)The Beloved-"The Sun Rising (Deeply Satisfying Mix)"  From the CD compilation 'Logic Trance'.
 2)The Groove Corporation-"Roots Controller"  From the CD compilation 'Ambient Dub Volume 3: Aqua'.
 3)Grandaddy-"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot"  From the CD 'The Sophtware Slump'.
 4)...and You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead-"It was There That I Saw You"  From the forthcoming CD 'Source Tags and Codes'.
 5)Spoon-"Anything You Want"  From the CD 'Girls Can Tell'.
 6)Idlewild-"Actually It's Darkness"  From the CD '100 Broken Windows'.
 7)Chomsky-"Straight Razor"  From the CD 'Onward Quirky Solders'.
 8)The Shins-"One by One All Day" & "Your Algebra" & "Pressed In A Book"  From the CD 'Oh, Inverted World'.
 9)The Charlatans-"Is It In You?"  From the CD 'Wonderland'.
10)Rocker's Hi-Fi-"Hard Times"  From the CD 'Overproof'.
11)Young American Primitive-"Intro" & "Trance Formation"  From the way deleted CD 'Young American Primitive'.
12)Luna-"Slide"  From the CD 'Lunapark'.
13)Pixies-"Bone Machine"  From the CD 'Surfer Rosa'.
14)The Strokes-"Take It or Leave It"  From the CD 'Is This It?'.
15)Catherine Wheel-"Half Life"  From the CD 'Chrome'.
16)Richard Ashcroft-"Money to Burn"  From the CD 'Alone with Everybody'.
17)Verve-"Already There"  From the CD 'A Storm in Heaven'.
18)The Verve-"I See the Door"  From the UK CD single for 'On Your Own'.
19)Ben Folds-"Fred Jones Pt 1"  From the CD 'Rockin' The Suburbs'.
20)R.E.M.-"Camera"  From the CD 'Reckoning'.
21)System 7-"Mysterious Traveler"  From the CD 'Fire + Water'.  Very out of print.
22)The Irresistible Force-"Symphony in E"  From the CD 'Flying High'.
23)"The 3 A.M. Recording"  "Linger on..."  Before the New York Dolls, before the Modern Lovers, before Iggy and Stooges, there was The Velvet Underground.  So much of the music that I play on this show can be traced back to the melancholy music of Lou Reed and the New York city band he fronted.  No doubt they influenced most of the rock music that followed them.  U2, R.E.M., Spiritualized, Swervedriver, Pixies, The Strokes...they all cite The V.U. as one of their primary influences, and as one of the driving forces in American rock and roll.  Listening to The Velvet Underground's 3rd album earlier at work, I was reminded how good this band really was.  I hadn't heard this particular recording in about 10 years, but I knew right away that I had to play it on this part of the show.  The song writing is seamless and incredible, and as a whole, the band didn't write a bad song.  However, personally, I would go with their third album as their musical peak.  Punk music before the term even existed.  A little country twang mixed with some noise and psychedelic atmospheres. Warhol would be proud.  Here is The Velvet Underground's self titled album 'The Velvet Underground'.  "If you close the door, the night could last forever.  Keep the sunshine out and say hello to never.  All the people are dancing and they're havin such fun.  I wish it could happen to me.  But if you close the door, I'd never have to see the day again"
 
Peace and hugs,
Michael
 
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