(Sorry for all the incomplete links. I’m in Europe at the moment, and only can/am willing to do so much on my phone)
0:00:01-0:06:40) Better off Without a Wife by Tom Waits off of Nighthawks At The Diner
0:06:41-0:08:35) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music1: Falcons Landing by The Bombay Royale off of The Island of Dr Electrico)
Welcome all you one-of-a-kind souls. My name is Rev. and I’m Aurally Fixated. And if you’re here with me I can only assume you are too. Music has been a consistent in our lives. It’s been there to lift us up, slow us down, and help us through the hard times. More so than any family, friends, or lovers. A sanctuary in song. And in a way that’s what our episode for today, the 11th of March, relates to.
It’s probably a waste of breath to say that was Tom Waits; from Nighthawks At The Diner. Seeing that today is National Single’s Day, we marched in on Better off Without a Wife. Before you start wishing people “Happy Single’s Day” I’m sorry to tease you, today the holiday is in the United Kingdom, and it won’t make it’s way to the United States until towards the end of September. I’m celebrating today because the UK is where I first heard about it. And what else was I going to do? A show for St. Patrick’s Day? Fuck that and fuck him. But enough beating around the bush, it’s time to get back to the task at hand.
0:08:36-0:12:15) I Touch Myself by Divinyls off of Divinyls
0:12:16-0:14:59)In the Meantime by Betty Davis off of Betty Davis
0:15:00-0:17:25) Me And My Vibrator by Caroline & The Treats off of Dr. Demento Covered In Punk
0:17:26-0:19:23) Cuming InTo My Own by Lunachicks off of Luxury Problem
0:19:24-0:19:29)All Alone By Myself by They Might Be Giants off of Apollo 18
0:19:30-0:19:54) Doin’ Laundry by Nerf Herder off of Short Music For Short People
0:19:55-0:22:24 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 2: Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 75: III. Allegro appassionato by Bohuslav Matousek and Petr Adamec off of The 99 Most Essential Dvorák Masterpieces)
Thank you for joining me on this journey of self-exploration. Speaking of which, we kicked that clamor off with I Touch Myself by the Divinyls. Then Betty Davis. From her self titled record we heard In the Meantime. Then came Caroline & The Treats covering the novelty classic, Me And My Vibrator. Then were the Lunachicks with the (self)love-song Cuming InTo My Own. After which we had 5 seconds of They Might Be Giants which exploded into a lovely little ditty entitled Doin’ Laundry by Nerf Herder. That’s from a compilation called Short Music For Short People. An album with about 100 different bands and songs, with most landing around the half-minute mark. Bands like; Less Than Jake, Bad Religion, Gwar, The Dickies, Descendants, Circle Jerks, Mad Caddies, Screeching Weasel, The Damned, Vandals, Rancid, The Queers, Black Flag, Anti-Flag, SubHumans, Misfits, the Lunachicks, and many more.
0:22:25-0:28:50) Just By Myself by Greg Brown off of The Live One
0:28:51-0:31:40) I Wish You Love by Frank Sinatra off of It Might As Well Be Swing
0:31:41-0:36:15) They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong off of Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
0:36:16-0:37:10) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 3: Breathe In, Breathe Out by Between The Buried And Me off of Alaska)
Now there’s something you don’t hear often enough, healthy break-up songs. Not bitter or spiteful, just ready to move on to the next chapter of life. First we heard Greg Brown. From his beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, poignant album The Live One with, that was Just By Myself. Then we had Sinatra singing I Wish You Love. And we topped it all off with Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong dueting They Can’t Take That Away From Me. Yes, though a split can be scary, but often it’s better than Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again)
0:37:11-0:39:24)Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again) by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings off of Give the People What They Want
0:39:25-0:42:55)Matches to Paper Dolls by Dessa off of A Badly Broken Code
0:42:56-0:47:24)Heartbeat by Childish Gambino off of Camp
0:47:25-0:49:34) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 4: Tap the Kitchen Floor by Trampled by Turtles off of Trouble)
If you’re Single today I hope you find some time to treat yourself right. Meet with friends, or go out and make some new ones. Give yourself a nice gift, or figure out a way to go out into the world and make it a better place. Maybe work on something you wouldn’t have time to if you were in a relationship. But whatever you do, don’t booty-call your ex, it’ll only complicate things – if you couldn’t tell by the frustration in Childish Gambino’s voice. What we just got done listening to was his song Heartbeat. From his Camp. Immediately preceding was Dessa with another one from her perfect record A Badly Broken Code. That was Matches to Paper Dolls. If you haven’t thrown any money at that brilliant independent artist, what are you waiting for? She has 4 solo albums, at least that many with DoomTree, a book, I think a make-up she donated the proceeds to charity, and even a goddamned whisky.
It just seems too long since I reminded you that all these amazing independent artists and labels will absolutely 100% disappear if we don’t pass the collection plate their way. I’ll hop down from my little soapbox-pulpit for just along enough to say, that we started that whole heap of harmonics off with the late and great Ms. Sharon Jones & her The Dap-Kings.
Now for something against the grain some might say. (Not me of course, but some might.) Here are some beautiful harmonies from the perfectly delightful record, The Inessential Uncle Bonsai.
0:49:35-0:53:45) A Lonely Grain of Corn by Uncle Bonsai off of The Inessential Uncle Bonsai
0:53:46-0:54:14)Alone by Marianne Faithfull off of Closed On Account of Rabies
0:54:15-0:57:47)Alone Time by Tigerman WOAH off of Boston Sessions, Vol. 1: Beast
0:57:48-0:57:54)Leave Me Alone by They Might Be Giants off of Apollo 18
0:57:55-1:00:50) I Look Alone by The Buzzcocks off of NME C81
1:00:51-1:03:04 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 5: O Tempo Samba by Grupo Batuque off of Far Out Recordings-Brazilian Music Sampler)
What we just heard was I Look Alone by the one-of-a-kind voice of Pete Shelley singing for The Buzzcocks. But Nevermind them. Before that we had another little snippet of They Might Be Giants. And previous to that was one of my favorite bands Tigerman WOAH with their song Alone Time. Right before that we had Alone written by Edger Allen Poe and recited by Marianne Faithfull. That came from a very cool compilation called Closed on Account of Rabies. It had cover-art by Ralph Stedmand, and a bunch of cool people reading Poe’s; Chris Walken, Iggy Pop, Diamond Galas, Jeff Buckley, Dr. John, Debbie Harry and others. Now we have the title track from the Circle Jerks gift to the world, Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45).
1:03:05-1:08:09) Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) by Circle Jerks off Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)
1:08:10-1:10:45) Lucky In Love by Doug Stanhope off of Die Laughing
1:10:46-1:14:10) Pre-nupt by 8Bit Cynics off of May 2010
1:14:11-1:14:55 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 6: Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King of Swing, To Name A Few by Sufjan Stevens off of Come On Feel The Illinoise!)
We just heard 8Bit Cynics who you can download all his entire catalogue from BandCamp, for free. That was Prenupt. Before that we heard a bit from Mr. Doug Stanhope called Lucky In Love. But now here are Flight Of The Conchords calibrating being just Friends.
1:14:56-1:16:54) Friends by Flight of the Conchords off of I Told You I Was Freaky
1:16:55-1:19:30)Me – Time (With The Pulmonary Palimpsest) by Busdriver off of Jhelli Beam