There were a couple of music world deaths that occurred just before this program went out—singer Johnny Maestro and photographer Jim Marshall. Maestro originally hit it big with the Crests (16 Candles) in the late '50s, and then it was a decade later that the Brooklyn Bridge had a huge hit with tune that opened this show. As I mentioned during the program, I had a student music teacher in grade school whose claim to fame was that he sang on this song; the Brooklyn Bridge had a lot of vocalists, but I can't recall if he was a full-fledged member of the band or somehow was added in for the recording session. He was student teaching around the time that this song hit it big, so perhaps that was his fallback if the singing career didn't work out. After following with a flurry of songs examining some of the negative sides of romance, we closed with a trio of photography-related tracks from the Cure, Wilco and the Kinks. Jim Marshall's career began in the early '60s, and by the time rock & roll became rock he was one of the preeminent photographers out there. A number of his photos have taken on iconic status as the decades have passed, with one of the most famous showing Jimi Hendrix kneeling by his guitar after setting it on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Marshall was in New York for a gallery show connected to a new book of photos when he passed away in his sleep at age 74.

Among the many bands that Jim Marshall photographed were the Who, so we began again with one more photo-related tune from them before moving on to a new rocker from the upcoming New Pornographers disc. Then we heard one from Visqueen with some crunchy guitar juxtaposed with horns; the combination brought to mind the similarly unusual result that occurred when Talking Heads added horns to one of their tunes from the early days of their career. From there it was on to Inara George and Langhorne Slim reaching the same end from opposite beginnings, which brought on a new one from She & Him that conjured up the Essex and their 1963 hit record. Finally, all the romantic advice ended with the infatuation of Art Brut and Joey Ramone for a couple of very special women (at least to them).

This part of the show was all about the rhythm and the groove, starting with an appropriately titled tune from the Rascals and slowly shifting through Neil Finn and All Smiles to land on a new one with a bit of an electroclash feel from the upcoming Broken Social Scene disc. Next up was one of the first examples of that kind of thing that I ever came across—a 1979 single by Lori and the Chameleons, who only made one more 7-inch before calling it quits. The remainder of the set slowly moved into more of a pop direction (with synths) with tracks from Vampire Weekend, Holly Miranda and Pulp.

Mose Allison has just released his first disc of new material in over a decade; he's 82 now, but still sounds vital and his piano playing is as assured and creative as ever. We began here with a tune he wrote that seems to be suggesting that God could use a vacation now and again from all the goings on here down on Earth. Randy Newman, XTC and John Lennon offered there thoughts on the Almighty, and then we heard National Lampoon's wicked (at the time) parody of Lennon using his own words from various interviews to make up most of the song's lyrics. Dan Bern, Josh Ritter and Bob Dylan then broadened the scope as this program sailed off into the sunset.

Here's the complete playist.

NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE . . . . .Worst That Could Happen . . . . . Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge - The Greatest Hits
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . No Place So Alone . . . . . Falling Down a Mountain
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND . . . . . Femme Fatale . . . . . The Velvet Underground & Nico
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS . . . . . Seduced and Abandoned . . . . . Realism
ROXY MUSIC . . . . . More Than This . . . . . Avalon
THE CURE . . . . . Pictures Of You . . . . . Disintegration
WILCO . . . . . Kamera . . . . . Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
THE KINKS . . . . . Picture Book . . . . . The Village Green Preservation Society

THE WHO . . . . . Pictures Of Lily . . . . . Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS . . . . . Your Hands (Together) . . . . . Together
VISQUEEN . . . . . Hand Me Down . . . . . Message To Garcia
TALKING HEADS . . . . . Love Goes To Building On Fire . . . . . The Best of Talking Heads
INARA GEORGE . . . . . Can’t Say No . . . . . Can't Say No
LANGHORNE SLIM . . . . . Say Yes . . . . . Be Set Free
SHE & HIM . . . . . Don’t Look Back . . . . . Volume Two
THE ESSEX . . . . . Easier Said Than Done . . . . . The Best of the Girl Groups, Vol. 2
ART BRUT . . . . . Emily Kane . . . . . Bang Bang Rock & Roll
JOEY RAMONE . . . . . Maria Bartiromo . . . . . Don't Worry About Me

THE RASCALS . . . . . Groovin’ . . . . . Anthology (1965-1972)
NEIL FINN . . . . . Rest Of The Day Off . . . . . One All
ALL SMILES . . . . . The Ones I Want To Live . . . . . Oh For The Getting and Not Letting Go
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE . . . . . All To All . . . . . Forgiveness Rock Record
LORI AND THE CHAMELEONS . . . . . Touch . . . . . Zoo Label: Uncaged
VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . . Run . . . . . Contra
HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Sweet Dreams . . . . . Magician's Private Library
PULP . . . . . Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down) . . . . . We Love Life

MOSE ALLISON . . . . . Modest Proposal . . . . . Way of the World
RANDY NEWMAN . . . . . God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) . . . . . Sail Away
XTC . . . . . Dear God . . . . . Skylarking
JOHN LENNON . . . . . God . . . . . John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
NATIONAL LAMPOON . . . . . Magical Misery Tour . . . . . Greatest Hits of the National Lampoon
DAN BERN . . . . . Visit In My Dream . . . . . Breathe
JOSH RITTER . . . . . Change Of Time . . . . . So Runs the World Away
BOB DYLAN . . . . . I Shall Be Released . . . . . Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Here's another one from the Rascals

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