0:00:01-0:00:45) Magic Bus (Intro) by Kottonmouth Kings off of Rollin’ Stoned
0:00:46-0:03:12) Wheels on the Bus by Leo Moracchioli off of Leo Metal Covers Volume 8
0:03:13-0:06:59) Blood! On My Wheels by Cloroform off of Hey You Lets Kiss
0:07:00-0:08:49 (Rev. Interruption background music 1: Sonata #3 by Scatterbrain off of Here Comes Trouble)
Hey You Lets Kiss is the album that fun and far-out little ditty is from. That was Blood! On My Wheels by Cloroform. Before that, also from the west side – of Norway we had Leo Moracchioli. If you have time to kill I recommend sliding down the ol’ YouTubes and checking him out. The Wheels on His Bus there was from Leo Metal Covers Volume 8. I think he has, like, 28 albums. And we road into this months episode on a Magic Bus from Rollin’ Stoned with the Kottonmouth Kings.
Talk about putting the cart before the horse. I’m Rev, you’re you, and we’re Aurally Fixated together, and Thank you, it just wouldn’t be the same without you. Today is The Twenty-Second day of September. So let’s pick up with a Skittish – Mike Doughty.
0:09:00-0:11:25) Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me The F Train by Mike Doughty off of Skittish
0:11:26-0:15:40) Subway Train by New York Dolls off of New York Dolls
0:15:41-0:19:07) Takin’ The Train: The Blue Line by Daniel Gray Kontar off of Grand Slam! Best Of The National Poetry Slam – Vol. I
0:19:08-0:22:05) Number 9 Train by Tarheel Slim off of The Fire & Fury Story – Disc Two
0:22:06-0:23:59 (Rev. Interruption background music 2: Sunray by MUTEMATH off of Odd Soul)
Have you noticed the theme to today’s show yet? First up in that (engine) block of music was Mr. Mike Doughty with Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me The F Train. I’ve loved that man’s peculiar voice and words since the first song I ever heard off Ruby Vroom. Then we met up with those porto-punk dragsters New York Dolls. From their self-titled debut, they came on a Subway Train. After which we heard; poet, rapper, teacher and mentor Daniel Gray Kontar with a piece is called Takin’ The Train: The Blue Line. (He has a neat TED talk about deconstructing the power dynamics of the school system called From Problems to Problem Solvers.) And finally we were graced with Tarheel Slim lamenting the Number 9 Train.
Today is World Car Free Day. A day to encourage us “car addicted” to seek treatment, or at least try and go one day without. If nothing else you’d probably be a little safer. You know how it is, everybody driving slower than you is clearly an idiot, everyone faster is obviously insane. And some just have their own reasons, know only to themselves – if even that.
0:24:00-0:26:14) Maybellene by Chuck Berry off of The Best Of Chuck Berry 20th Century Masters
0:26:15-0:28:39) Transfusion by Nervous Norvus off of Transfusion – Single
0:28:40-0:30:45) Fast Cars by Buzzcocks off of Another Music In A Different Kitchen
0:30:46-0:33:12) Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler) by The Playmates off of The Greatest Novelty Songs
0:33:13-0:37:55) Misery Machine by Marilyn Manson off of Portrait of an American Family
0:37:56-0:40:15 (Rev. Interruption background music 3: Opening Theme by Camper Van Beethoven off of Key Lime Pie)
We started off that mound of sound with Chuck Berry in hot pursuit of Maybellene. (who I guess isn’t allowed to ride in other people’s cars?) Then that bit of reckless driving lead to a Transfusion from Nervous Norvus. Which crashed into BuzzCocks and their Fast Cars. I got to see them a few months before Pete Shelley died. Good for him for playing right up until the end. We should all be so lucky. Following perhaps too closely behind the BuzzCocks was The Little Nash Rambler by The Playmates. And I’m sure you noticed that fast song made a comically slow cameo in the one that followed, which of course was Misery Machine by Mary Manson.
Driving is a testament to what people can do when they work together. Every day hundreds of million of people all get on the road and agree to stop and go, and stay within the lines like good crayons. And we all feel relatively safe about it, but really those red-lights and painted lines do nothing to keep cars from slamming into us. Its all just agreement. It’s enough to make a person stick to the sidewalks.
0:40:16-0:42:59) Walkin Up The Road by Betty Davis off of Betty Davis
0:43:00-0:46:34) Tell Your Story Walking by Deb Talan off of A Bird Flies Out
0:46:35-0:49:40) Walking Is Still Honest by Against Me! Off of Crime EP
0:49:41-0:51:40) I’m Walking by Fats Domino off of 50s Jukebox Hits
0:51:41-0:55:30) Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) off of The Best of Was Not Was (1980-2010)
0:55:31-0:57:12 (Rev. Interruption background music 4: We Are All Fire (Intro) by cars & trains off of We Are All Fire)
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, we got that set moving with a national treasure – a gift to the world. Ms. Betty Davis. From her self titled record that was Walkin Up The Road. Then, following, leaving The weepies and heading out on her own for a while, was Deb Talan with Tell Your Story Walking from A Bird Flies Out. Then came the less known, slower, folkier version of Against Me!’s Walking Is Still Honest – from their Crime EP. Then we had the man Chubby Checker was… Inspired to take his name from, Fats Domino with the classic I’m Walking. (I think, I can almost still see Gizmo dancing to that song in Gremlins 2) And we just got done listening to Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was)
So, is World Car Free Day really going to help inspire improvements to mass-transit? Encourage people to spend more time in their immediate communities? Go to the corner-market instead of the-box-stores, who knows? But I will say thinking this much about it has certainly made me reconsider my day, and plan things a little different, and I’m defiantly going to spend more time walking – and maybe even Ride My Bicycle.
0:57:13-1:00:09) Want to Ride My Bicycle by Queen off of Jazz
1:00:10-1:01:00) Taxi bit from episode “Elaine’s Strange Triangle”
1:01:01-1:02:45 (Daisy Bell) A Bicycle Built For Two by Nat King Cole off of The Greatest Hits
1:02:46-1:03:59) The Preacher And The Bicycle by Doc Watson off of Doc Watson On Stage
1:04:00-1:06:35) Handlebar Improvisation by Mark Growden off of Saint Judas
1:06:36-1:08:07) Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Bit
1:08:08-1:11:25) Handlebars by Flobots off of Fight With Tools
1:11:26-1:13:04 (Rev. Interruption background music 5: Crow Waltz by The Be Good Tanyas off of Hello Love)
Those where the Flobots here to try and take over the world with their Handlebars. Before that, I couldn’t resist putting in the inciting incident from perhaps the greatest; love story, hero’s journey, road-movie of all time Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. And leading us into that was that mind-blowing musician Mark Growden playing the handlebars of a circa 1980 bicycle. If that’s to hard to image just YouTube it. Immediately preceding that we heard Doc Watson telling us of the parable of The Preacher And The Bicycle. Before that was the velvety voice of Ol’ Nat King Cole singing to (Daisy Bell) about their Bicycle Built For Two. Then there was a little snippet from a 1980 episode of Taxi. And, I’m sure I’m just waisting my breath telling you that we started it all off with Queen.
And now a tune for all my Road Dogs. Those who travel by spanging, hitchin, hoping trains – begging borrowing and sealing transportation from one place to another any way they can get it. From Legends & Landmarks This is the The Ford Theatre Reunion.
1:13:05-1:16:56) Road Dogs by The Ford Theatre Reunion off of Legends & Landmarks
1:16:57-1:19:25 (Rev. Interruption background music 6: New Day by Factor off of Chandelier)
Well, that’s it. I’ve run out of time. So, thanks for stopping by. Until next time or never, whichever comes first.
