NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
TOM WAITS . . . . . Nirvana . . . . . Orphans [Fold-out Digipak with 24-page booklet]
ELVIS PERKINS . . . . . Give My Fond Regards To Lonelyville . . . . . Elvis Perkins in Dearland
NEKO CASE . . . . . Magpie In The Morning . . . . . Middle Cyclone
TIM HARDIN . . . . . Don’t Make Promises . . . . . Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings
JOSEPH ARTHUR . . . . . Lovely Cost . . . . . Foreign Girls
JONI MITCHELL . . . . . A Case Of You . . . . . Blue
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Save Me From What I Want . . . . . Actor
JOE HENRY . . . . . Tiny Voices . . . . . Tiny Voices

JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Slush . . . . . Further Complications
THE CLIENTELE . . . . . Somebody Changed . . . . . God Save the Clientele
PETER & GORDON . . . . . I Go To Pieces . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 3
MOJAVE 3 . . . . . Puzzles Like You . . . . . Puzzles Like You
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . The Sweetest Thing . . . . . My Maudlin Career
THE RONETTES . . . . . (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up . . . . . The Best of the Ronettes
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . So Young And In Love . . . . . Tracks (4CD)
GARY U.S. BONDS . . . . . This Little Girl . . . . . Dedication/On the Line

ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT . . . . . Taller Children . . . . . Taller Children
SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL ’66 . . . . . Chove Chuva . . . . . Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi
STEREOLAB . . . . . Neon Beanbag . . . . . Chemical Chords
THE HIGH LLAMAS . . . . . Green Coaster . . . . . Snowbug
CANDY BARS . . . . . Landscapes . . . . . On Cutting Ti-Gers in Half and Understanding Narravation
GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . Dory . . . . . Veckatimest
HEADLESS HEROES . . . . . To You . . . . . The Silence of Love
TRAFFIC . . . . . Dear Mr. Fantasy . . . . . Mr. Fantasy

ELVIS PRESLEY . . . . . Mystery Train . . . . . Complete Sun Sessions
RICHARD HAWLEY . . . . . Serious . . . . . Lady's Bridge
THE BEATLES . . . . . Honey Don’t . . . . . Beatles For Sale (Remastered)
SPOON . . . . . Well-Alright . . . . . Dark Was the Night
THE BREEDERS . . . . . It’s The Love . . . . . Mountain Battles
THE OLD 97’S . . . . . Early Morning . . . . . Blame It On Gravity
JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . It Just Dawned On Me . . . . . Country Club
ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . My All Time Doll . . . . . Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
M. WARD . . . . . Magic Trick . . . . . Post-War
SIMON & GARFUNKEL . . . . . Bye Bye Love . . . . . Bridge Over Troubled Water

The opener here was a Tom Waits reading of a Charles Bukowski poem that manages to feel both lonely and hopeful, and it was followed by an Elvis Perkins tune that shares similar qualities. From there we had Neko Case attempting to rally out of a sad situation and Tim Hardin aware of his relationship's doomed future. That led to Joseph Arthur struggling to make a connection, and then Joni Mitchell aware of the flaws but still deeply in love was followed by St. Vincent more uneasy about her current circumstances and Joe Henry experiencing some intense feelings.

This section began with a new Jarvis Cocker tune that has an amusing title describing how his cold heart felt after meeting the right girl; from there, however, things went south for the Clientele, and Peter & Gordon are still feeling the aftershocks. Their British Invasion pop was echoed in the Mojave 3 tune that's also dealing with a breakup, and then we had Camera Obscura trying very hard to let go followed by the Cocktail Slippers covering an old Lesley Gore tune from their recent Steve Van Zandt-produced disc. The Ronettes looking at the bright side led to a couple of Bruce Springsteen tracks featuring a bit of that '6os sound, one from the mid='70s sessions that eventually produced Born To Run and the other featuring Gary U.S. Bonds on vocals from another Miami Steve-produced record that included the Boss and the E Street Band.

Elizabeth & the Catapult are a band that's new to me; their second release has just come out and it contains a mixture of sounds that combine aspects of pop, folk and lounge. It's primarily on the lighter side and the title track began and ended in a place that conjured up an old mid-'60s tune from Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66. From there it was Stereolab with one from last year's disc that has a '60s feel and is full of forward momentum, which led to something similar, although a bit more bouncy, from the High Llamas. A more densely layered tune from Candy Bars led to one from Grizzly Bear's splendid new disc that features some of their distinctive harmonies. Finally, it was Headless Heroes covering an old I Am Kloot tune into an old favorite from Traffic to finish up.

I caught some of a recent Paul Simon interview on a television show, and one question he was asked had to do with the first record he ever bought. The answer was something I didn't recognize (and don't remember), and I don't think the audience did either, because he quickly went on to say that his second purchase was Elvis's "Mystery Train." He then picked up an acoustic guitar and played some of it, very off-the-cuff and sounding real good. So that's where this final section's opener came from, and then we heard Richard Hawley with some 21st-century rockabilly, followed by the Beatles with Ringo on lead vocal covering Carl Perkins. From there it was the latest track from Spoon, a rockin' little number that carried some good energy into a favorite from last year's Breeders disc. The Old 97's returned a bit of country to the sound, followed by John Doe & the Sadies from their new disc with a track he wrote with his old partner Exene Cervenka. Also exploring the country side of things these days is Elvis Costello, which led to a short little crowd pleaser (even if the applause on the track is fake) from M. Ward and then on to Simon & Garfunkel covering the Everly Brothers in front of a real crowd back in the '60s—thus taking us back to the beginning of this set even as it brought on the end of this program.

Here's another one from Grizzly Bear