NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
AIR . . . . . Night Hunter . . . . . Love 2
TALKING HEADS . . . . . Take Me To The River . . . . . More Songs About Buildings and Food
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Save Me From What I Want . . . . . Actor
THE XX . . . . . Infinity . . . . . Xx
CHRIS ISAAK . . . . . Wicked Game . . . . . Heart Shaped World
HEADLESS HEROES . . . . . Just Like Honey . . . . . The Silence of Love
THE BYRDS . . . . . Lady Friend . . . . . The Byrds
THE SOFT BOYS . . . . . The Queen Of Eyes . . . . . Underwater Moonlight . . . And How It Got There
THE BEATLES . . . . . And Your Bird Can Sing . . . . . Anthology 2

THE FACES . . . . . Stay With Me . . . . . A Nod is As Good As a Wink to a Blind Horse
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . I Never Said I Was Deep . . . . . Further Complications
RANDY NEWMAN . . . . . Shame . . . . . Bad Love
ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . Sulphur To Sugarcane . . . . .
JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . Detroit City . . . . . Country Club
TAMMY WYNETTE . . . . . I Don’t Wanna Play House . . . . . Anniversary: 20 Years of Hits
NICK LOWE . . . . . Bygones (Won’t Go) . . . . . The Convincer

ASH . . . . . No Place To Hide . . . . . Free All Angels
GIRLS . . . . . Morning Light . . . . . Album
FOUR VOLTS . . . . . Hat Trick . . . . . Triple Your Work Force
RICHARD HELL . . . . . Love Comes In Spurts . . . . . Time
DEVO . . . . . Uncontrollable Urge . . . . . Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
PINE*AM . . . . . Do I Know You . . . . . Pull the Rabbit Ears
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Nothing To Hide . . . . . Popular Songs
MARIANNE PILLSBURY . . . . . The Wrong Marianne . . . . . The Wrong Marianne
THEM . . . . . Gloria . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 5
EELS . . . . . Prizefigher . . . . . Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Tunnel Of Love . . . . . Tunnel of Love
JOE HENRY . . . . . Channel . . . . . Blood from Stars
NEKO CASE . . . . . Middle Cyclone . . . . . Middle Cyclone
JOSH ROUSE . . . . . Saturday . . . . . Nashville
THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . God Only Knows . . . . . Pet Sounds
RICHARD HAWLEY . . . . . For Your Love Give Some Time . . . . . Truelove's Gutter
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands . . . . . Blonde on Blonde

We began this time with a new one from Air that brought to mind Talking Heads covering Al Green, which in turn seemed to both musically and lyrically flow nicely into St. Vincent. The connections were maintained with a track from the xx's new disc that conjured up Chris Isaak's big record, which is where the mood turned somewhat sour. Headless Heroes covering the Jesus and Mary Chain kept us in that place, as did a track from David Crosby's final session with the Byrds. Then the Soft Boys kept the jangling guitars even as the lyrics added a bit of the surreal, and the Beatles finished up with a studio take notable for John Lennon's laughing fits throughout.

This section offered a trio of tunes to start that could be seen as following one guy as he progresses through his relationship to women, from the insouciance of the Faces to the self-serving admissions of Jarvis Cocker to the conniving self-pity of Randy Newman. Then we heard from Elvis Costello, with his tale of a fellow who hasn't become bogged down in any of that as he's sampled the female fare throughout much of the U.S. John Doe and the Sadies swung the thread 180 degrees in the opposite direction with their cover of a Porter Wagoner tune about a guy who just wants to go home, which led to one of Tammy Wynette's early domestic heartache hits followed by Nick Lowe unable to shake bad memories.

Lost of high-energy guitars from Ash got this section off to a rocking start, and from there a new one from Girls kept it going into Four Volts followed by Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Devo gave us one that added some keyboards to the mix, as did Pine*Am, and then Yo La Tengo kept the pedal to the metal as we entered the set's stretch run. Marianne Pillsbury contributed a track that seems to have a bit of Them's mid-'60s hit in it's DNA, and then we finished strong with one from Eels recent disc.

The finale began with Bruce Springsteen attempting to unravel the mysteries of his relationship, followed by Joe Henry trying to do the same and Neko Case struggling to admit that she needs love. From there Josh Rouse brought us to more of a positive place, and the Beach Boys left no doubt about it. Richard Hawley's new disc is full of the kind of heartfelt and emotionally honest tunes that he has specialized in since the beginning of this decade; the one we heard here seemed to flow quite well into Bob Dylan's epic ode to his first wife that brought the final curtain down on this program.

Here's another one from Randy Newman