By Tom Michael
Former Chicagoan Tom Michael is the general manager of the new public radio station in Marfa, Texas. He submitted this for our inaugural installment of Playlist. Feel free to send yours.
It was nice to have programmed an afternoon and evening of music on the radio via iTunes streaming from my laptop today. Then I realized it was Sunday night and the Academy Awards, so probably no one was listening.
Funniest was the “whooshing” sound people heard on the radio–the sound of me sending e-mail. Whoosh!
My set list follows. It recycled once for eight hours of music.
Cold Blooded Old Times/Smog
Way Out West/Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Blame Me/Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel
I’ll Fly Away/Alilson Krauss & Gillian Welch
Mississippi Mud/Hank Williams III
We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds/George Jones
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key/Billy Bragg & Wilco
Hummingbird/Wilco
Honey Pie/The Beatles
A Summer Song/Chad & Jeremy
Sweet Adeline/Elliot Smith
This Charming Man/The La’s
Cash On The Barrelhead/The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead/Dolly Parton
High On A Mountain Top/Loretta Lynn
Last Month Of The Year/The Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Canoe/Blue Mountain
Evelyn Is Not Real/My Morning Jacket
Quinn the Eskimo/Bob Dylan
Take Me Home/Ramblin Jack Elliot & Johnny Cash
The Mess Inside/The Mountain Goats
Mystery Dance (Alternate)/Elvis Costello
Radio Spot #2/The Beach Boys
In My Room (demo)/The Beach Boys
Radio Spot #3/The Beach Boys
Beach Party Tonight/Yo La Tengo
Juxtapozed With U/Super Furry Animals
Let’s Do It Again/The Staple Singers
A Natural Woman/Aretha Franklin
Hey Ladies/The Beastie Boys
Tell Me Something Good/Rufus
Stoned Out Of My Mind/The Chi-Lites
Little L/Jamiroquai
Corcovado/Astrud Gilberto
Samba de Bencao/Bebel Gilberto
Ponta De Lanca Africano/Jorge Ben
Sweet Soul Revue/Pizzicato Five
WILD GIRLS ON CIRCUIT/Circuit No Mosume/Puffy AmiYumi
Animal Farm/The Kinks
Hound Dog/Elvis Presley
Bear Cat/Rufus Thomas
Mean-Eyed Cat/Johnny Cash
When You Were Mine/Prince
Mr. Mudd And Mr. Gold/Townes Van Zandt
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome/Bob Dylan
Hard Road To Travel/Jimmy Cliff
Marie Provost/Nick Lowe
Someday/The Strokes
The Boys Are Back In Town/Thin Lizzy
Raging Eyes/Nick Lowe
I’ll Take You There/The Staple Singers
Then Came You/The Spinners
Messin’ Around/Jimmy Smith
Let ‘Em Roll/John Patton
Cornbread/Lee Morgan
Watermelon Man/Herbie Hancock
Silver Treads Among My Soul/Horace Silver
Love For Sale/Dexter Gordon
Loie/Ike Quebec
Afro Blue/Cal Tjader
Cumbia En Do Amor/Lito Barrientos
Dues E O Amor/Gal Costa
Jackie/Bossa Nostra with Bruna Lopez
Caramba/Jorge Ben
Ponta de Lanca Africano/Jorge Ben
Toro Mata/Lucila Campos
Yayabo/Orquests Riverside
Fifi, Tete y Popo/Orquesta Reve Changui
Joshua/Dolly Parton
Looking Forward To Seeing You/Golden Smog
Posted on March 13, 2006