NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE MINUS 5 . . . . . Great News Around You . . . . . Because We Hate You/Let the War Against Music Begin
THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . I’m Waiting For The Day . . . . . Pet Sounds
ZEUS . . . . . Marching Through Your Head . . . . . Say Us
LANGHORNE SLIM . . . . . Say Yes . . . . . Be Set Free
JOSH RITTER . . . . . Right Moves . . . . . The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Absolutely Sweet Marie . . . . . Blonde on Blonde
THE CAESARS . . . . . Boo Boo Goo Goo . . . . . Strawberry Weed
THE KINKS . . . . . Tired Of Waiting For You . . . . . Kinda Kinks
THE PRETENDERS . . . . . Stop Your Sobbing . . . . . Pretenders: Live In London

JASON COLLETT . . . . . Love Is A Dirty Word . . . . . Rat a Tat Tat
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY . . . . . All Around The Houses . . . . . The Transgressors
LEE HAZLEWOOD . . . . . Sacrifice . . . . . Cake or Death
THE TRANSGRESSORS . . . . . The Beginning Of The End . . . . . The Transgressors
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS . . . . . Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl) . . . . . Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
YOKO ONO & JOHN LENNON . . . . . Walking On Thin Ice . . . . . Double Fantasy
GIL SCOTT-HERON . . . . . Your Soul And Mine . . . . . I'm New Here

HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Forest Green Oh Forest Green . . . . . The Magician's Private Library
PULP . . . . . Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species) . . . . . We Love Life
YO LA TENGO . . . . . By Twos . . . . . Popular Songs
CLUSTER & BRIAN ENO . . . . . Old Land . . . . . Old Land
THE MARBLE TEA . . . . . The Center Of The Universe . . . . . A Blizzard / A True Storm
ROKY ERICKSON & OKKERVIL RIVER . . . . . Goodbye Sweet Dreams . . . . . True Love Cast Out All Evil
OASIS . . . . . Falling Down . . . . . Dig Out Your Soul
THE HELIO SEQUENCE . . . . . Tomorrow Never Knows . . . . . Com Plex

THE BEATLES . . . . . Love You To . . . . . Revolver (Remastered)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS . . . . . Cardiff In The Sun . . . . . Dark Days/Light Years
PINK FLOYD . . . . . Interstellar Overdrive . . . . . The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)
CHRIS SPEDDING . . . . . Time Warp . . . . . Guitar Graffiti
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . Adventure Rocketship . . . . . Olé! Tarantula
THE SATURN 5 . . . . . Voyage To The Moon . . . . . That Thing You Do!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
THE B-52’S . . . . . Planet Claire . . . . . The B-52's

This one opened with the MInus 5 incorporating a bit of the Beach Boys sound, and they came to mind when I heard the catchy new track from Zeus's debut album that followed. That flowed nicely into my favorite Langhorne Slim tune from last fall's disc, and the energy of that one worked well with Josh Ritter as well as Bob Dylan from his 1966 masterpiece. The Caesars kept it going with a track that has a particularly appealing title, and then we finished with two early KInks tracks—first from the Muswell Hill lads, and then from the Pretenders with the version from their new live disc of the first single they issued in 1979.

After hearing from Zeus in the first set, this section opened with Jason Collett, who has been working with them in recent years and also has a disc coming soon. His new tune has a twangy appeal that laid the groundwork for the tracks by Holly Golightly, Lee Hazlewood, Tindersticks from their latest, and the Transgressors that followed. The galloping pace of that last one was matched by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and the desperate, slashing guitar on their track conjured up John Lennon's work on Yoko Ono's single, which happened to be the last track on which he ever worked and was recorded on the day he was murdered. Finally, it was GIl Scott-Heron meditating on life and death from his terrific new disc to close it out.

Thoughts of Spring's upcoming arrival led to this set's opener from Holly Miranda's darkly enchanting new disc, and the vegetation focus was extended for one more song with an atmospheric track by Pulp. Yo La Tengo maintained the mood, and then Cluster and Brian Eno provided one with an eternal feel that flowed well into a tune from the new Marble Tea EP. After being battered by life for a long time, Roky Erickson has returned to creative work in recent years and has a new disc with Okkervil River coming next month. The advance track we heard seemed to work well into Oasis, and that segued nicely into the Helio Sequence with one of my favorite Beatles cover versions.

We heard the Fab Four with another Revolver track, which brought on Super Furry Animals to take us on a mesmerizing journey to their home base in Wales. From there Pink Floyd shifted the venue out into the heavens, where Chris Spedding proceeded to mess with the space-time continuum and Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 seemed to be doing the same. Saturn V was the name given the rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts to the moon; it's also the name of a fictitious band from the film That Thing You Do!, which was Tom Hanks' first directorial effort. Their Ventures-like tune brought us to the B-52s, who provided an appropriate place to end our journey.

Here's another one from the B-52s