NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
ART BRUT . . . . . Twist And Shout . . . . . Art Brut vs. Satan
GENERATION X . . . . . Dancing With Myself . . . . . Perfect Hits 1975-1981
GENTLEMAN REG . . . . . How We Exit . . . . . Jet Black
BRIAN ENO . . . . . King’s Lead Hat . . . . . Before and After Science
THE DIRTY PROJECTORS & DAVID BYRNE . . . . . Knotty Pine . . . . . Dark Was the Night
DEVOTCHKA . . . . . The Clockwise Witness . . . . . A Mad and Faithful Telling
PATRICK WOLF . . . . . The Bachelor . . . . . Bachelor (Battle One)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION . . . . . Matty Groves . . . . . Liege & Lief

NEKO CASE . . . . . This Tornado Loves You . . . . . Middle Cyclone
EELS . . . . . My Timing Is Off . . . . . Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
THE BEATLES . . . . . What You’re Doing . . . . . Beatles for Sale
NEW YORK DOLLS . . . . . Lonely So Long . . . . . 'Cause I Sez So
COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . Heard You Got A Thing For Me . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
THE ZOMBIES . . . . . Time Of The Season . . . . . Odessey and Oracle
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . You’re In My Eyes (Discosong) . . . . . Further Complications
10CC . . . . . I’m Not There . . . . . The Original Soundtrack

GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . Southern Point . . . . . Veckatimest
TIM BUCKLEY . . . . . Happy Time . . . . . Blue Afternoon
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Black Flowers . . . . . I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
THE BOOKS WITH JOSE GONZALEZ . . . . . Cello Song . . . . . Dark Was the Night
THE LEFT BANKE . . . . . Pretty Ballerina . . . . . There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-69
THE SHARP THINGS . . . . . What’s The New Girl Wonder . . . . . A Moveable Feast
SHADES OF BLUE . . . . . Oh How Happy . . . . . Golden Classics

JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . Husbands And Wives . . . . . Country Club
TAMMY WYNETTE . . . . . Apartment #9 . . . . . Anniversary: 20 Years of Hits
JAMES TAYLOR & ALISON KRAUSE . . . . . How’s The World Treating You . . . . . Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers
ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . Down Among The Wines And Spirits . . . . . Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . Careless Love . . . . . My Maudlin Career
ROY ORBISON . . . . . It’s Over . . . . . Black & White Night
JACKSON BROWNE . . . . . Fountain Of Sorrow . . . . . Late for the Sky
SHE & HIM . . . . . This Is Not A Test . . . . . Volume One

This program began with an Art Brut tune about the songs that are constantly rattling around in our brains and, for some of us, occasionally demand to be vocalized, often at rather inappropriate moments. After that we had Generation X responding to the beat in a different way followed by Gentleman Reg with a track that brought to mind an old favorite from Brian Eno. The title of that tune is an anagram for Talking Heads, which is how we moved on to David Byrne along with the Dirty Projectors. From there it was DeVotchKa with one that featured some prominent violin, making for a reasonable segue to Patrick Wolf from his new disc with a tune that features Eliza Carthy, and we followed that British folk signpost to Fairport Convention for a rousing finish.

This section started off with a couple of tunes from Neko Case and Eels about people struggling to be on the same page followed by one from the Beatles that's a bit more plaintive and another by the New York Dolls that's coming from pretty much that same place. Then the mood turned with the Cocktail Slippers looking to confirm the word out on the street; they're doing a Steve Van Zandt song, who produced their album, and it sure sounds like he had the Zombies in mind and the drum sound they achieved on their final big hit. The imagery in that one fed nicely into Jarvis Cocker lost in memory on the dance floor, and then it was the quintessential denial song from 10cc to finish up.

The opening track from the latest Grizzly Bear disc kind of scoops you up in a swirling sound, and the ebb and flow of its rhythms conjured up an old Tim Buckley tune. From there we had Yo La Tengo emphasizing the woodwinds (or some synthesized version of) and feeding into the Books with Jose Gonzalez and their mesmerizing cover of a Nick Drake track. That led to the Left Banke, one of the originators of Baroque & Roll, and then on to the chamber pop of the Sharp Things followed by the lush harmonies of Shades of Blue, one-hit wonders from 1963.

On their new record John Doe & the Sadies cover a number of classic country tunes; we heard them offering an old Roger Miller number, which flowed quite naturally into the first single Tammy Wynette ever released. The heartbreak continued with James Taylor and Alison Krause covering a Louvin Brothers tune, and then it was Elvis Costello wallowing in the sauce. Camera Obscura added some dramatic strings to the mix that provided a nice transition to a favorite Roy Orbison tune; the version heard here was from the show that orignally appeared on cable TV more than two decades ago that featured an all-star cast accompanying Roy on all of his best-loved songs. Among those participating was Jackson Browne, and the ultimately positive tone of the track we heard was echoed in the She & Him tune that closed out this one.

Here's another one from Generation X