Playlist 5/20/09

Theme: Greetings, Earthling

Sleeper Hold - No Age
Cannon - The White Stripes
Reading of Donald Barthelme's "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby"
Hang On Siobhan - The Walkmen
That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma
On the Eskimo Kiss
Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old
On the Fist Bump
Wonder Twins skit
Vats of Urine
Rock Star
Leonard Nimoy on the Vulcan Greeting
On Hat Tipping
Feel Like Making Love - Bad Company
Hello - Lionel Richie

2/11/09

Theme: "Songs with the world 'tang' in the title (or lyrics, if I get desperate). Let's start with 'Mustang Sally,' then go to 'Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.'" —Josh Hudelson

Kamphopo - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit
Windmill - Wu Tang Clan
Tangle - Four Tet
Untangle - Four Tet
Reading of "Other Uses of Tang" from Wikipedia's entry on Tang (drink)
Argentinian Tango - Soundtrack of Un Chien Andalou
Why Pootie Why Pootie Tang - Karl Clanton
Clip from Pootie Tang
Home Again - Beach House
Breathe . Something / Stellar Star - Flying Lotus
A Night in the Nursery - Jonathan Fire*Eater
Nefertiti - Miles Davis
Reading of "Pissing in the Ozarks"
Fall - Miles Davis
Reading of "Don't Call it Fucking"
Jesus/Pop - Set Fire to Flames

1/28/09

Theme: Free Association

Reading of John Updike's "Beer Can"
"Beercan" - Beck
A Condensed History of the Beer Can
Bud Light Presents "Real Men of Genius" Radio Spots
"Aluminum" - The White Stripes
Reading of Maeve Brennan's "Painful Choice"
Meditations on Carl's Jr./Hardee's Commercial, "Without Us, Some Guys Would Starve"
"Beef" - Mos Def
Wendy's "Where's the Beef" TV Commercial from 1984
Thoughts on the 1984 Presidential Debate and Walter Mondale's Comment: "Where's the Beef?"
Macintosh's 1984 Superbowl Ad
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor (Like a Robot from 1984)" - Arctic Monkeys
The Etymology of the Word "Arctic" and How it Relates to Ursa Minor, or Great Bear
"Take Pills" - Panda Bear
Joke: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Thoughts on the 2003 Bestseller, "Eats, Shoots, & Leaves"
Panda Beer, a beer and wine store in Beverly Hills, CA
Homer Simpson's Beer Song