Hello, partygoers!
Our apologies for a late show this week – a packed weekend and an under-the-weather daughter pushed our recording day forward and cut back on our editing time and the result…was lateness.
But we return with another mixtape – this one made for listener Trevor Lynn. So let’s vie for the overstuffed armchair, but take second best with the wicker rocking chair, and listen to a song from the desert, 80’s alt-rock, San Fran psych-pop, some smarty-pants rock, take a trip to Toytown, visit Ireland, and set the controls for the heart of the BONKERS!
Join us in the rumpus room to hear:
- Calexico – “Not Even Stevie Nicks…” – Feast of Wire, 2003 – 25:07
- The Replacements – “Favorite Thing” – Let It Be, 1984 – 47:08
- Deer Tick – “Twenty Miles” – The Black Dirt Sessions, 2010 – 1:18:43
- Stained Glass – “My Buddy Sin” – RCA Records single b/w “Vanity Fair”, 1966 – 1:25:30
- The Cortinas – “Phoebe’s Flower Shoppe” – Polydor Records single b/w “Too Much in Love”, 1968 – 1:40:17
- Sufjan Stevens – “Justice Delivers Its Death” – Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas Vols. 6-10, 2012 – 1:56:33
- Loudest Whisper – “Silent O Moyle” – The Children of Lir, 1974 – 2:08:07
- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – “Is This My Happy Home?” – Where’s the Money, 1971 – 2:28:46
- The Go-Betweens – “Draining the Pool for You” – Spring Hill Fair, 1984 – 2:37:35
- Cate Le Bon – “What’s Not Mine” – Crab Day, 2016 – 2:52:41
Also spinning on the old Victrola:
- Calexico – “Black Heart” – Feast of Wire, 2003 – 40:51
- The Replacements – “Johnny’s Gonna Die” – Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, 1981 – 58:06
- The Replacements – “Mr. Whirly” – Hootenanny, 1983 – 1:04:59
- The Trolls – “Walkin’ Shoes” – Peatlore records b/w “How Do You Expect Me to Trust You?”, 1966 – 1:36:11
- Octopus – “Rainchild” – Octopus, 1971 – 1:52:04
- Mary O’Hara – “Silent O Moyle” – Songs of Ireland, 1958 – 2:23:26
- DRINKS – “Laying Down Rock” – Hermits on Holiday, 2015 – 3:02:28
That horrendous Octopus cover:
Here is Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks on the Flip Wilson Show in 1972.
And we haven’t done enough to promote our friend Ed Draganski’s fabulous designs for Listening Party mascot Peanut Duck so go here and buy a T-shirt!
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I have listened to the start of this one twice now but have been very pressed for time of late, so haven’t managed to listen to the end. However, I enjoyed the tale of Mary’s new tattoo and Dave’s so-to-come financial insecurity as a result of it. As far as the mix, from what I have managed to hear, loved Calexico and The Replacements, but could have done without Cortinas and Octopus. Enjoyed the story of going to see Train at The Gorge at George (Washington). Am looking forward to hearing Cate Le Bon.