NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
ART BRUT . . . . . Am I Normal? . . . . . Art Brut vs. Satan
JONA LEWIE . . . . . You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties . . . . . The Stiff Records Box Set
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE . . . . . Red Dragon Tattoo . . . . . Utopia Parkway
BOAT . . . . . We Want It, We Want It . . . . . Setting the Paces
SPOON . . . . . Finer Feelings . . . . . Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
YO LA TENGO . . . . . It It’s True . . . . . Popular Songs
JENS LEKMAN . . . . . Sipping On The Sweet Nectar . . . . . Night Falls Over Kortedala
THE SPINNERS . . . . . Could It Be I’m Falling In Love . . . . . The Very Best of the Spinners

PAUL WESTERBERG . . . . . Dangerous Boys . . . . . PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys (Amazon.com Exclusive)
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Save Me From What I Want . . . . . Actor
JOE HENRY . . . . . Tiny Voices . . . . . Tiny Voices
TAKEN BY TREES . . . . . Anna . . . . . East of Eden
DEATH IN VEGAS . . . . . Killing Smile . . . . . Scorpio Rising
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Moonlight Mile . . . . . Sticky Fingers
JULIAN PLENTI . . . . . Skyscraper . . . . . Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper

HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS . . . . . Trouble . . . . . Through the Devil Softly
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND . . . . . Femme Fatale . . . . . The Velvet Underground & Nico
GIRLS . . . . . Hellhole Ratrace . . . . . Album
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD . . . . . All Cried Out . . . . . The Very Best of Dusty Springfield
GLASVEGAS . . . . . It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry . . . . . Glasvegas
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS . . . . . Stranger In The House . . . . . This Year's Model (With Bonus Disc)
NICOLE ATKINS . . . . . Together We’re Both Alone . . . . . Neptune City

KRAFTWERK . . . . . Autobahn . . . . . Autobahn
JOHN CALE . . . . . Reading My Mind . . . . . Hobo Sapiens
PAUL MCCARTNEY . . . . . The Back Seat Of My Car . . . . . Ram
THE SHARP THINGS . . . . . Driving In Manhattan In My Car . . . . . A Moveable Feast
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . New York City Serenade . . . . . The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

The proceedings began this time with Eddie Argos of Art Brut bemoaning his inability to feel comfortable enough to ask out certain members of the opposite sex, and from there we heard first Jona Lewie and then Fountains of Wayne detailing the means by which they cope with girl problems. One from the new Boat disc contains a similar sensibility, and that brought us to Spoon introducing a different rhythmic appeal as they're searching for that special love connection. Yo La Tengo followed with a slice of strings-laced soul that reaffirms the need to focus on the important things, and then we heard a head-over-heels Jens Lekman setting the strings into something approaching disco territory before some classic Philly Soul from the Spinners finished it off.

This section began with a new one from Paul Westerberg followed by St. Vincent from her last disc; both seemed to be singing about how difficult the irresistable ones can be. The claustrophobic feel of the St. Vincent track segued nicely into Joe Henry's rhythmic collage, with its declaration of love being echoed in the Taken By Trees track that followed. Then we heard Death in Vegas with a dreamy tune featuring Hope Sandoval on lead vocals; that one always conjures up the Rolling Stones from their more adventurous days, and they brought us to Julian Plenti at the end.

The aforementioned Hope Sandoval has a new disc, and we heard one from that to open this set that segued nicely into an old one from the Velvet Underground. Maintaining the mood but ignoring the warning was Girls with the centerpiece track from their debut, followed by Dusty Springfield finally accepting the sad truth. Glasvegas owning up to their responsibility for the mess they're in led to Elvis Costello & the Attractions facing the handwriting on the wall and then Nicole Atkins getting to the crux of the whole matter.

The finale was built primarily around a driving theme, from Kraftwerk cruising down a German superhighway to John Cale behind the wheel somewhere in Rome to Paul McCartney letting someone else man the cockpit while he enjoys the view from the back to the Sharp Things finding some solace by merging with the rest of New York City traffic. That brought us to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and a tune with an opening scene set in the back seat of a Cadillac. With their tour winding down and two stops in Madison Square Garden coming up, I wondered whether this song would make the setlist, and lamented the fact that it was the one track I regretted never seeing the Boss perform live. But as it turns out, that was not to last. . . .

Here's another one from John Cale