NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
TOM WAITS . . . . . Live Circus . . . . . Glitter and Doom Live
DAVID BROMBERG . . . . . Sharon . . . . . Demon in Disguise
GROUCHO MARX . . . . . Lydia The Tattooed Lady . . . . . An Evening with Groucho
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE . . . . . Red Dragon Tattoo . . . . . Utopia Parkway
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . Cause It’s Love (Saint Parallelogram) . . . . . Olé! Tarantula
MARTIN NEWELL . . . . . She Rings The Changes . . . . . The Greatest Living Englishman
A.C. NEWMAN . . . . . The Heartbreak Rides . . . . . Get Guilty

FINDLAY BROWN . . . . . Love Will Find You . . . . . Love Will Find You
BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS . . . . . Little Children . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 1
THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . She’s A Fool . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
GRAHAM PARKER . . . . . It’s My Party (But I Won’t Cry) . . . . . Imaginary Television
SHE & HIM . . . . . In The Sun . . . . . Volume Two
THE BEATLES . . . . . You Won’t See Me . . . . . Rubber Soul (Remastered)
THE TELEPATHIC BUTTERFLIES . . . . . Bonhomie . . . . . Songs from a Second Wave
THE WHO . . . . . Substitute . . . . . Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
THE JAM . . . . . So Sad About Us . . . . . All Mod Cons
THE PRETENDERS . . . . . Talk Of The Town . . . . . Pretenders: Live In London

BRASSTRONAUT . . . . . Lo Hi Hopes . . . . . Mt. Chimaera
ARCADE FIRE . . . . . No Cars Go . . . . Neon Bible
TALKING HEADS . . . . . Life During Wartime . . . . . Fear of Music
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . Falling Down A Mountain . . . . . Falling Down a Mountain
THE DOORS . . . . . Strange Days . . . . . Strange Days
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS . . . . . More News From Nowhere . . . . . Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

THE IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION . . . . . Let’s Get Friendly . . . . . We Belong to the Staggering Evening
THE REPLACEMENTS . . . . . I Will Dare . . . . . Let It Be
THE STROKES . . . . . Barely Legal . . . . . Is This It
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Rocks Off . . . . . Exile on Main St.
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Homewrecker! . . . . . Discover a Lovelier You
ROXY MUSIC . . . . . Mother Of Pearl . . . . . Stranded
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Just The Same But Brand New . . . . . Magician's Private Library
HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Every Time I Go To Sleep . . . . . Magician's Private Library

We began this time with a trip to the circus courtesy of Tom Waits, and from there moved on to the carnival, where David Bromberg told us about Sharon, who "danced like her back had no bones." The one and only Groucho Marx followed with a 1972 rendition of a tune that originally appeared in the Marx Brothers film At The Circus. Then we heard Fountains of Wayne willing to get engraved in order to impress a girl, followed by Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 explaining why that's a reasonable idea, Martin Newell offering a confirmation of that and A.C Newman with some cautionary thoughts on what can happen when things go sour.

Much of Findlay Brown's album from a couple months back has an early-to-mid '60s romantic appeal, including the title track, which was followed here by one from those days that was a big hit for Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas. The Cocktail Slippers covering Leslie Gore from back then led to a new tune from Graham Parker with a title seems clearly inspired by another big Gore hit, and that brought on one from Volume Two by She & Him, which picks up right where Volume One left off. After that we heard some remastered Beatles, which transitioned us nicely to the guitar pop with harmonies from the Telepathic Butterflies that often conjures up the early Who as well. The finishing touches were added by the Jam covering another Who tune into the Pretenders sounding real good off of their new live album.

Brasstronaut is a Canadian band from out Vancouver, BC, way; their debut disc has just been released and it's full of tunes that draw inspiration from a variety of music styles. The track that opened this set alternates between a driving rhythm and jazzy interludes featuring a cool trumpet as it tells a tale of paranoia and escape in what seems to be a war-like setting. Then we heard Arcade Fire hoping to leave for a better place, which was followed by Talking Heads in urgent survival mode. We then circled back to an open jazz-like feel, again with trumpet, from Tindersticks, with a track that manages to sound very much like what it's title describes. And then we finished with an old one from the Doors about the odd times of the late '60s that brought us to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with a slightly surreal stream-of-consciousness snapshot taken in the moment, as it were.

The finale began with one from the Ike Reilly Assassination looking to hook up followed by the Replacements trying to convince themselves to go for something more. The Strokes brought it back to the strictly salacious, and then we heard the Rolling Stones so jaded and blown out that the only satisfaction to be found is in dreams. From there it was Jarvis Cocker calling them all out followed by Roxy Music feeling ambivalent about their addiction to pleasure, St. Vincent breaking away from the contraints of her relationship and Holly Miranda wrestling with the demons that haunt her waking and dreaming times.

Here's another one from the Replacements

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