In My Head - 01/08/05

So, today I was joined in the studio for the last hour of my show by the one and only Ebony. Which was fun. Her picks = Simon & Garfunkel, Can, The Beatles, Built to Spill, Pavement and Reel Big Fish (this pick was inspired by her picking up my cell phone which I have named Unity (for the time being) instead of just putting in the super-lame "Jason's phone" or something equally as wack).

Most of her selections came from a mix CD she had made which led me to the realization that mix tapes or CDs or what have you are often designed along an age thing. For those of you who make (or made) these things, you'll realize that certain songs are like coming-of-age rights of passage. Like Simon & Garfunkel (especially Cecilia, Me & Julio and I Am A Rock) was for Ebony's mix CD, James Taylor, The Violent Femmes (which I've gravitated back to by now) and a certain amount of 60's and 70's classic and prog-rock (Alan Parson's Project, ELO, etc.). And it became apparent today that these inclinations are based on age and personal discovery more than anything else. You just find these bands at a certain age, I guess. Not that there's anything wrong with that. In fact, it's kind of a refreshing revelation.

But to move on, today's show went pretty well. It was rudely interupted several times by a very drunk caller (and yes, my show is from noon until two in the afternoon) making several requests. I played what I could find and flat out refused to play a couple (Robert Plant, for instance, I was just not in the mood to look for). And then, near the end, another guy called and wanted the Granddaddy song (which made Ebony very happy although I'd never heard of them) and he said he loved my show (which made me very happy).

The CD burner worked like a charm.

CD1
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Jesse Johnson - Get To Know Ya (Pretty In Pink soundtrack)
The White Stripes - Offend In Every Way (live)
Roxy Music - Would You Believe?
Paul McCartney - We Can Work It Out (live - Unplugged)
Widespread Panic - Hope in a Hopeless World
(mistakenly played about 30 seconds of the next song - Happy - too)
*Talk*
Rod Stewart - Street Fighting Man
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (request)
X-Ray Actress - In Your Light
*PSA - Blood Donation*
Changing Faces - Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
(played the opening of the album (rain sound) by mistake)
Christina Aguilera - Loving Me For Me
Kelly Price - You Should Have Told Me

CD2
Michael Jackson - Why You Wanna Trip On Me
Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
Kid 'N' Play - Gittin' Funky
Slick Rick - Children's Story
(this skipped)
Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You?) (Jackie Brown soundtrack)
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason (request)
Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
Can - Turtles Have Short Legs
The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You
Built to Spill - Big Dipper
Pavement - Shady Lane
Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard
(this had swears so I had to shut it off)
The Ramones - Needles & Pins
Reel Big Fish - Unity
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (request)
Grandaddy - Taster (request)
Foo Fighters w/ Chick Corea - Times Like These (live - Grammys with intro by Snoop)