pop depression #40
date: November 12th, 2001.
anniversary special – 150 minutes of eclectic tunes
features: Ventolin, Cotton Mather, Sparklehorse, Low, Mogwai…
Teddy Pendergrass “Love TKO” (Very Best of Teddy Pendergrass_Golden)
Joe Henry “Stop” (Scar_Mammoth)
Shelby Lynne “I Can’t Wait” (Love, Shelby_Island)
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci “How I Long” (How I Long To Feel The Summer In My Heart_Mantra)
Ventolin “Gloria” (Inhaler_DIY)
Calexico w/Neko Case “Ballad Of Cable Hogue” (Live at ULU_Bootleg)
Ventolin “Major Event” (Inhaler_DIY)
Snow Patrol “One Night Is Not Enough” (When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up_Jeepster)
The Dears “End of A Hollywood Bedtime Story” (End of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine Records)
Cracker “Merry Christmass Emily” (Forever_Virgin)
Sparklehorse “The Ghost In The Sky” (It’s A Wonderful Life_Jap IMP)
Cotton Mather “Monterey Honey” (The Big Picture_Rainbow Quartz)
Beth Orton “Where Do You Go” (Superpinkymandy_EMI Japan)
Belle And Sebastian “Marx And Engels” (I’m Waking Up To Us CDEP_Jeepster)
Lambchop “Nine” (Tools In The Dryer_Merge)
PJ Harvey “Good Fortune” (Reading 2001_bootleg)
Detroit Cobras “I’ll Keep Holding On” (Mink Rat Or Riot_SFTRI)
White Stripes “Apple Blossom” (De Stijl_SFTRI)
Dream Syndicate “Thar’s What You Always Say” (The Days Of Wine And Roses_Rhino)
The Two Minute Miracles “Songs For The Weekend Girls” (Volume 2_Teenage USA Rec.)
Neil Young “Cortez The Killer” (Zuma_Reprise)
Low “Because You Stood Still” (Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me_Chairkickers Music)
Mogwai “My Father My King” (My Father My King Ep_Rock Action Rec.)
Wilco “Ashes Of American Flags” (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_bootleg)
Dump “Pop Life” (That Skinny Motherfucker With High Voice_Shrimper)
Stereo Total “Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’En Vais” (Stereo Total_Bobsled)
Francoiz Breut “Si Tu Disais” (Vingt a Trente Mille Jours_Bella Union)
Ash “Candy (french version)” (Candy EP)
Camera Obscura “Eighteis Fan” (Eighties Fan EP_Andmoresound)
Paul McCartney “Freedom” (Freedom SP)
The Strokes “When it Started” (Is This It?_RCA)
New Pornographers “Letter From the Occupant” (Mass Romantic_Mint rec)
R.E.M. “Yellow River” (All The Way To Reno EP_WB)
pop depression #41
date: November 19th, 2001.
features: Ikara Colt, the Von Bondies, Ventolin, The Dears…
Mercury Rev “Funny Bird” (Le Divan du Monde 08112001_bootleg)
Ikara Colt “At The Lodge” (Sink Venice EP_Fantastic Plastic)
Astrid “Modes Of Transport” (Play Dead_Fantastic Plastic)
Sparklehorse “Piano Fire (remix)” (Piano Fire EP_Capitol)
The Dears “This Is Broadcast” (End of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine Records)
Tindersticks “Rented Rooms (swing version)” (Rented Rooms EP_This Way Up)
Ventolin “Broken Bones” (Inhaler_DIY)
Green On Red “Hair Of The Dog” (Gas, Food, Lodging_Mau Mau Records)
Detroit Cobras “Won’t You Dance With Me” (Love, Life & Leaving_SFTRI)
The Von Bondies “In The Act” (Lack Of Communication_SFTRI)
Walkabouts “Got No Chains” (Sub Pop 200_Sub Pop)
The Seedling “Add It Up” (Live – Birmingham Custard Factory 01112001_bootleg)
Bearsuit “Hei Jaska, Hei Jokunen” (Peel Sessions_bootleg)
Pavement “The Killing Moon” (Major Leagues EP_Matador)
Ballboy “I’ve Got Pictures Of You In Your Underwear” (Girls Are Better Than Boys_sl Records)
John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (Greatest Hits_RCA)
Cotton Mather “Heaven Helping” (40 Watt Solution EP_Rainbow Quartz)
Hefner “Painting And Kissing” (Live – Birmingham Custard Factory 01112001_bootleg)
Wilco “War On War” (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_Bootleg)
Posies “King Midas In Reverse” (VA – Sings Hollies In Reverse)
Lambchop “Up With People (Zero 7 reprise mix)” (Tools In The Dryer_Merge)
Twilight Singers “The Twilight Kid” (Twilight, As Played By The Twilight Singers_Columbia)
Essiar “Romance” (Summer In Minsk_Radio Khartoum)
Bob Dylan “Sweetheart Like You” (Infidels_Columbia)
pop depression #42
date: November 26th, 2001.
features: Camera Obscura, the Von Bondies, KaitO, Ventolin, Ikara Colt…
J Mascis & The Fog “Everything Flows Medley” (John Peel Sessions 100101_bootleg)
KaitO “Succosanko” (You’ve Seen Us… You Must Have Seen Us…_Fierce Panda)
Flaming Lips “Riding To Work In Year 2025 (You’re Invisible Now)” (Zaireeka_WB)
Ikara Colt “Sink Venice” (Sink Venice EP_Fantastic Plastic)
Bearsuit “Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck” (Peel Sessions_bootleg)
The Strokes “Trying Your Luck” (Live At KCRW_bootleg)
The Dears “Heartless Romantic” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine Records)
Sparklehorse “Shade & Honey” (Piano Fire EP_Capitol)
Camera Obscura “Anti-Western” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Neko Case “Dreaming Man” (Canadian Amp_Bloodshot)
Wilco “Jesus, Etc” (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_bootleg)
Camera Obscura “Eighties Fan” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Jim O’Rourke “Get A Room” (Insignificance_Domino)
The Crystals “He Hit Me, And It Felt Like A Kiss” (Back to Mono)
Ventolin “Gloria” (Inhaler_DIY)
Steve Wynn “There Will Come A Day” (Here Come A Miracles_Blue Rose)
Cotton Mather “Story Of Anna” (The Big Picture_Rainbow Quartz)
White Stripes “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” (Steve Lamacq Sessions_bootleg)
The Von Bondies “Cryin'” (Lack Of Communication_SFTRI)
pop depression #43
date: December 3rd, 2001.
features: Ventolin, Chris Lee, Papa M, Christina Rosenvinge, Camera Obscura…
George Harrison “Horse To The Water” (Small World Big Band: Jools Holland & His R’n’B Orchestra)
Ventolin “Gloria” (Inhaler_DIY)
Giant Sand “Music Arcade” (Volume 2: The Rock Opera Years_Official Bootleg Series)
Neil Young “Powderfinger” (Rust Never Sleeps_Reprise)
Ventolin “Major Event” live in session
Chris Lee “On The Beach” (Plays & Sings Torch’d Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches_Smells like Records)
Ventolin “Broken Bones” live in session
Gun Club “Mother OF Earth” (Miami_IRS)
Ventolin “Untitled” live in session
Jack, Meg & Holly “It’s True That We Love One Another” (demo)
Papa M “Beloved Woman” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Ventolin “Mellow My Mind” live in session
Melys “Chinese Whispers” (Chinese Whispers SP_Sylem Records)
Camera Obscura “Happy New Year” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Ventolin “Melasa” (Inhaler_DIY)
Christina Rosenvinge “Hunters Lullabye” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy “I See A Darkness” (Live in Munich 08042001_Bootleg)
pop depression #44
date: December 10rd, 2001.
features: the Dirtbombs, Chris Lee, Papa M, John Wolfington, Camera Obscura…
Andre Williams “Jail Bait” (Bacon Fat_Fortune)
the Dirtbombs “If You Can Want” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Detroit Cobras “Shout Bama Lama” (Love, Life & Leaving_SFTRI)
the Dirtbombs “Livin’ For The City” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
White Stripes “Stop Breakin’ Down” (Lamacq Session, 19-221101_bootleg)
Papa M “Roses In The Snow” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy “A Dream Of The Sea” (More Revery_Domino)
Chris Lee “Lonesome Eyes” (Plays & Sings Torch’d Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches_Smells like Records)
Silver Jews “Tennessee” (Bright Flight_Domino)
Tim Buckley “Martha” (Sefronia_Manifesto)
Bill Janovitz “Like Shadows” (Up Here_spinART)
Camera Obscura “The Sun Oh His Back” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Belle And Sebastian “I’m Waking Up To Us” (I’m Waking Up To Us CDEP_Jeepster)
Zwan “Don’t Let Me Down” (Glass House Show 161101_bootleg)
Silver Jews “I Remember Me” (Bright Flight_Domino)
John Wolfington “Ageless Sky” (s/t_Smells like Records)
Lali Puna “Scary World Theory” (Scary World Theory_Morr music)
Dump “Erotic City” (That Skinny Motherfucker With The High Voice?_Shrimper)
Spiritualized “Broken Heart” (Abbey Road EP_Spaceman)
Afghan Whigs “John The Baptist” (1965_Sony)
pop depression #45
date: December 17th, 2001.
features: Cornelius, Neil Young, Evan Dando, I Am Sam OST, the Von Bondies…
Flaming Lips “It Was Very Good Year” (Chairman Of The Board_LSR/Grass Records/Dutch East India Trading)
The Dears “Jazz Waltz No. 3 In B Flat” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
John Wolfington “Coney Island” (s/t_Smells like Records)
Cornelius “Drop” (Point_Matador)
Cornelius “Star Fruits Surf Rider” (Fantasma_Matador)
Cornelius “Brazil” (Point_Matador)
Clare “One Night 2001” (One Night 2001_Chocolate Art Returns)
Grandaddy “Revolution” (I Am Sam OST_Bmg/V2)
Magnetic Fields “Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits” (69 Love Songs_Merge)
Neil Young “Let’s Roll” (white label)
Evan Dando “Sam Stone” (Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffith Sunset EP_Modular/EMI)
John Prine “Sam Stone” (Great Days: John Prine Anthology_Rhino)
Evan Dando “Ba De Ba” (Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffith Sunset EP_Modular/EMI)
Papa M “Glad You’re Here With Me” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Bonnie Prince Billy “Same Love That Makes Me Laugh” (More Revery_Domino)
Eric’s Trip “My Bed Is Red” (Eric’s Trip Show_Teenage USA Records)
Silver Jews “Horseleg Swastikas” (Bright Flight_Domino)
Rufus Wainwright “Across The Universe” (I Am Sam OST_Bmg/V2)
Wilco “War On War” (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_bootleg)
Christina Rosenvinge “Taking Off” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Chris Mills “Waitin’ For Superman” (Chris Mills web site exclusive)
the Dirtbombs “If You Can Want” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Detroit Cobras “Stupidity” (Love, Life & Leaving_SFTRI)
the Von Bondies w/Jack White “No Sugar Mama” (John Peel Sessions 221101_bootleg)
the Von Bondies “Sound Of Terror” (Lack Of Communication_SFTRI)
The Zoobombs “Don’t Diddley” (BOMB YOU LIVE_Teenage USA Records)
Preston School Of Industry “Falling Away” (All This Sounds Gas_Matador)
J Mascis & The Fog “Waistin'” (John Peel Sessions 100101_bootleg)
pop depression #46
date: December 24th, 2001.
features: Bertrand Burgalat, Cornelius, Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks, Evan Dando, I Am Sam OST…
Belle & Sebastian “The State I Am In” (Tigermilk_Jeepster)
the Dirtbombs “I’m Qualified To Satisfy You” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Detroit Cobras “Midnight Blues” (Mink Rat Or Riot_SFTRI)
Low “Just Like Christmas” (Christmas_Kranky)
The Dears “Le Pauvre Chanteur (From The South Shore)” (Syrup & Gasoline Vol. 2_Grenadine)
Bertrand Burgalat “Ma Rencontre” (The SSSound Of MMMusic_Eperor Norton)
Cornelius “Drop” (Point_Matador)
Nikol Kollars “I Go to Sleep” (Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks_Sub Pop)
Lambchop “Love TKO” (Tools In The Dryer_Merge)
Spiritualized “I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You” (Let It Come Down_Spaceman)
The Minus 5 “Wicked Annabella” (Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks_Sub Pop)
Mark Eitzel “Seeing Eyedog” (New Sounds Of The Old West Vol. 3_Loose)
Christina Rosenvinge “Expensive Shoes” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Silver Jews “Long Long Gone” (Tennessee EP_Domino)
Neil Young “Let’s Roll” (white label)
Gram Parsons “A Song For You” (GP_Reprise)
Ryan Adams “From You To Me” (New York, New York EP_Lost Highway)
Evan Dando “The Outdoor Type” (Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffith Sunset EP_Modular/EMI)
Paul Westerberg “Nowhere Man” (I Am Sam OST_Bmg/V2)
Wilco “Ashes Of American Flags” (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
pop depression #47
date: January 7th, 2002
features: Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks, Mercury Rev, the Screws/the Dirtbombs…
Big Star “Jesus Christ” (Sister Lovers/Third_Rykodisc)
Melys “Chinese Whispers” (Chinese Whispers SP_Sylem Records)
Gorky Zygotic Mynci “Honeymoon With You” (How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart_Mantra)
Mull Historical Society “This Is Not Who We Were” (Loss_Blanco Y Negro)
Matthew Sweet “I Should Have Never Let You Know” (In Revers_BMG)
Half Man Half Biscuit “Bob Willson: Anchor Man” (Editor’s Recommendation_Probe Plus)
Richard Hawley “Something Is…!” (Late Night Final_Bar/None)
Tom T. Hall “Mr. Bojangles” (Nashville Storyteller_Camden)
Laura Cantrell “Two Seconds” (John Peel Session 010201_bootleg)
Christina Rosenvinge “Expensive Shoes” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Mercury Rev “Planet Caravan” (The Dark Is Rising CDEP_V2)
Teddy Pendergrass “Love TKO” (The Best Of The Teddy Pendergrass_The Right)
Nick Lowe “Lately I Let Things Slide” (The Convincer_Yep Roc)
Neil Young “I Believe In You” (After The Goldrush_Reprise)
Baby Gramps “Sunny Afternoon” (Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks_Sub Pop)
White Stripes “Jolene” (John Peel Sessions 250701_bootleg)
the Dirtbombs “I’ll Wait” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
the Von Bondies “Nite Train (Lack Of Communication_SFTRI)
Detroit Cobras “Boss Lady” (Love, Life & Leaving_SFTRI)
the Screws “The Storm” (Shake Your Monkey_In The Red)
Fugazi “Argument” (Argument_Dischord)
Tompauline “My Life At The Movies” (My Life At The Movies 7” SP_Ugly Man)
Camera Obscura “Swimming Pool” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Belle & Sebastian “The Magic Of A Kind Word (For Papa John)” (John Peel Sessions_bootleg)
Zwan “Don’t Let Me Down”
Husker Du “Diane” (Metal Circus_SST)
Wipers “Nothing Left To Lose” (Best of Wipers and Greg Sage_Restless)
Sadies “Mother Of Earth” (Tremendous Efforts_Bloodshot)
Treat Her Right “Factory Girl” (What’s Good For You_Rounder)
Clem Snide “Let’s Explode (Master Cylinder Remix)” (mp3.com)
David McComb “I Want To Conquer You” (Love Of Will_Mushroom)
Lambchop “Up With People” (VA – OH, MERGE_Merge)
Curtis Mayfield “Give Me Your Love (Love Song)” (Superfly_Curtom)
Super Furry Animals “Northern Lites” (Guerilla_Flydaddy)
Ladytron “The Way That I Found You” (604_Invicta Hi-Fi)
Bertrand Burgalat “Ma Rencontre” (The SSSound Of MMMusic_Eperor Norton)
Stereolab “Captain Easychord” (Sound-Dust_Elektra)
Arab Strap “Last Orders” (The Red Thread_Chemikal Underground)
John Wolfington “12 mph” (John Wolfington_Smells Like Records)
Papa M “Tamu” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Bonnie Prince Billy “Same Love That Makes Me Lough” (More Revery_Domino)
the Posies “With Those Eyes” (Nice Cheeckbones and A Ph.d_Houston Party)
Spirit “Nature’s Way” (Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_Epic/Legacy)
Mark Lanegan “One Way Street” (Field Songs_Beggars Banquet)
Silver Jews “I’m Gonna Love the Hell Out of You” (Tennessee EP_Domino)
Bill Janovitz “Half A Heart” (Up Here_spinART)
Chris Von Sneidern “Dream Away” (Big White Lies_Heyday)
Cinerama “Lollobrigida” (Disco Volante_Scopitone)
Cosmic Rough Riders “Brand New Car” (Deliverance_Raft)
Daryll-Ann “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”
Calexico “Ballad Of Cable Hogue (french version)” (www.casadecalexico.com)
Ryan Adams “Firecracker” (Gold_Lost Highway)
the Dears “End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine Records)
pop depression #48
date: January 14th, 2002
Love Songs Special
features: Spearmint, Mercury Rev, the Dirtbombs, Camera Obscura, Tompaulin…
Belle & Sebastian “Dirty Dream Number 2” (The Boy With The Arab Strap_Jeepster)
Frank Blake “Don’t Let Love Pass You By” (VA Shoeshine chartbusters_Shoeshine)
Spearmint “Distant Star” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Sunshine Club “Happy Song” (Home_Glitterhouse)
The Go-Betweens “Love Is A Sign” (16 Lovers Lane_Rough Trade)
Magnetic Fields “The One You Really Love” (69 Love Songs_Merge)
Spearmint “Julie Christie!” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Big Star “When My Baby’s Beside Me” (No. 1 Record_Ardent)
American Music Club “Wish The World Away” (San Francisco_Reprise)
Tompaulin “My Life At The Movies” (My Life At The Movies 7”_Ugly Man)
Spearmint “Scottish Pop” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
the Triffids “Bury Me Deep In Love” (Australian Melodrama_Mushroom)
the Dears “Heartless Romantic” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine Records)
Gene Clark “Silver Raven” (Full Circle_Raven)
Beth Orton “I Love How You Love Me” (Stolen Car EP_Heavenly)
Spearmint “The Moment In My Mind” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Camera Obscura “Houseboat” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Nova Mob “Please Don’t Ask” (s/t_Restless)
Spearmint “Go” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Wilco “How To Fight Loneliness” (Sumer Teeth_Reprise)
Afghan Whigs “My Curse” (Gentleman_Reprise)
Christina Rosenvinge “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like records)
Papa M “Beloved Woman” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Mercury Rev “Planet Caravan” (The Dark Is Rising CDEP_V2)
Spearmint “Flaming Lips” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
the Dirtbombs “Your Love Belongs Under The Rock” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Detroit Cobras “Putty (In YourHands)” (Mink Rat or Riot_SFTRI)
Spearmint “Single Again” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Curtis Mayfield “This Year” (A Man Like Curtis)
pop depression #49
date: January 21th, 2002
Laidback Special
features: Lambchop, Daryll-Ann, Spearmint, Chris Lee, Christina Rosenvinge, Tompaulin…
Jerry Butler “You Don’t Know What You Got Until You Lose It (Iceman: The Mercury Years_Mercury)
Belle & Sebastian “Belle & Sebastian” (Dog On Wheels_Jeepster)
Swans “Love Will Tear Us Apart [Red Version, M.G. Vocal]” (Love Will Tear Us Apart EP_Caroline)
Spearmint “A Different Lifetime” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Lambchop “The Daily Growl” (Is A Woman_Merge)
Shelby Lynne “Black Light Blue” (I AM Shelby Lynne_Island)
Christina Rosenvinge “Hunters Lullabye” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like records)
Lambchop “I Can Hardly Spell My Name” (Is A Woman_Merge)
Twilight Singers “Twilight Kid” (Twilight…_Columbia)
Birdie “Lift Up The Sun” (Sidewalk CDS_It)
Matthew Sweet w/Indigo Girls “Cortez The Killer” (Goodfriend_bootleg)
Neil Young “Tell My Why” (After The Goldrush_Reprise)
Chris Lee “On The Beach” (Plays & Sings Torch’d Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches_Smells like Records)
Nick Drake “Northern Sky” (Bryter Lyter_Island)
Tindersticks “One Way Street” (Can We Start Again CDEP_Rough Trade)
Rufus Wainwright “Grey Gardens” (Poses_Dreamworks)
Lambchop “Is A Woman” (Is A Woman_Merge)
Papa M “Over Jordan” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Daryll-Ann “Swords & Words” (Trailer Tails_Excelsior)
The Dears “C’estait Pour La Passion” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
Beth Orton “Don’t Wanna Know About Evil” (Superpinkymandy_EMI Japan)
Tompaulin “My Life At The Movies” (My Life At The Movies 7”_Ugly Man)
pop depression #50
date: January 28th, 2002
Big STAR Tribute Show
features: the Posies, Wilco, Daryll-Ann, Matthew Sweet, Damon & Naomi, This Mortal Coil …
Big Star “September Gurls” (Radio City_Ardent/Stax)
the Posies “Feel” (Feel/I Am The Cosmos_SP PopLlama 7″)
Big Star “Don’t Lie To me” (No.1 Records_Ardent/Stax)
Cheap Trick “That 70’s Song (In The Street) “Authorized Greatest Hits 2000_Epic/Legacy)
Matthew Sweet w/Mike Mills & Jody Stephens “The Ballad of El Goodo” (Ignition cass sampler)
Big Star “The India Song” (No.1 Records_Ardent/Stax)
Kelly Willis “When My Baby’s Beside Me” (Take Me Down CDEP_Rykodisc)
Big Star “Give me Another Chance” (No.1 Records_Ardent/Stax)
Wilco “Thirteen” (Outtasite (Outta Mind) French EP_Reprise)
Big Star “O My Soul” (Radio City_Ardent/Stax)
the Posies “What’s Going Ahn” (At Least, At Last box set_Not Lame)
Big Star “Daizy Glaze” (Radio City_Ardent/Stax)
Loud Family “Back of a Car” (Slouching Towards Liverpool_Alias)
Big Star “I’m In Love With The Girl” (Radio City_Ardent/Stax)
Chris Bell “I Am The Cosmos” (I Am The Cosmos_Rykodisc)
This Mortal Coil “You and Your Sister” (Blood_4AD)
Big Star “Thank You, Friends” (Third/Sister Lovers_Rykodisc)
Teenage Fanclub “Jesus Christ” (Ain’t That Enough EP_Sony)
Big Star “Nighttime” (Third/Sister Lovers_Rykodisc)
Son Volt “Holocaust” (Straightface EP_WB)
Damon & Naomi with Ghost “Blue Moon” (Damon & Naomi with Ghost_Sub Pop)
Big Star “Take Care” (Third/Sister Lovers_Rykodisc)
the Posies “I Am The Cosmos” (The Best of the Posies – Dream All Day_Geffen)
the Replacements “Alex Chilton” (Pleased To Meet Me_Sire)
Teenage Fanclub with Big Star “Mine Exclusively” (NME giveaway 7”)
Big Star “Till The End Of The Day” (Third/Sister Lovers_Rykodisc)
The Bangles “September Gurls” (Different Light_Columbia)
Big Star “For You” (Third/Sister Lovers_Rykodisc)
This Mortal Coil “Holocaust” (It’ll End In Tears_4AD)
Daryll-Ann “Thirteen” (Stay CDEP_Virgin/Hut)
Commercial Appeal of Memphis on Sunday /clipping/
Big Star planning to write new song for tribute album, by Jody Callahan (reprinted without permission)
For the first time in two decades, there will be new music from Big Star. The legendary Memphis band, which has reunited for several concerts in the past few years, will write and record a new song for this fall’s tribute record.
I had a strong desire to do a new Big Star song,” said drummer Jody Stephens, who joins original band member Alex Chilton in the reunited group. To make up for the absence of original members Chris Bell and Andy Hummel, Stephens and Chilton are joined by Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of the Posies. It’s interesting when you go to write a song like that. Alex has a solo career now, and that’s defined by a particular style of music that differs from what Big Star was doing. It could be that Alex was waiting for the right moment to write this song, Stephens added.
Also, Stephens said the roster for the tribute album is nearly complete. According to Stephens, the unnamed record will have at least 11 songs, including the new Big Star song (Hot Thing).
The Beginning … 1996…
Confirmed acts and songs are:
Gin Blossoms Back of a Car
Matthew Sweet with Jody Stephens on drums & R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills The Ballad of El Goodo
The Posies What’s Going Ahn
Juliana Hatfield Don’t Lie To Me
Teenage Fanclub Jesus Christ
The Idle Wilds You Get What You Deserve
Sister Hazel September Gurls
Kelly Willis When My Baby’s Beside Me
Whiskeytown Give Me Another Chance
Wilco Thirteen
Son Volt Holocaust
Afghan Whigs Nighttime
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| #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. Radio City Ardent/Stax, 1974. 3rd/Sister Lovers PVC/Rykodisc 1978/1992. |
| The End ? … 2002. … |
| It’s almost certain that we’ll never see Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album. Almost 6 years after the first press info about this project, nobody can tell anything specific about some future release date or final tracklisting. Over the years, many of the planned songs resurfaced on singles, compilations or various Internet sources (napster/audiogalaxy…). This is my small contribution to one of the biggest groups ever. I couldn’t do this without a few Big Star Internet resources, which you can find listed below. Please, visit them – you’ll find something helpful there, I’m sure. Belgrade, January 2002. |
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Big Star by Others – The Cover Songs of Legendary Memphis Band
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the Posies Feel |
| Feel/I Am The Cosmos SP, 1992. PopLlama 7″ Big Star tribute single – the sleeve is a mock up of the first Big Star album. Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Garbage Thirteen |
| Push It CDEP, 1998. Mushroom Records Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Kelly Willis When My Baby’s Beside Me |
| Take Me Down CDEP, 1999. Rykodisc Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition). Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Posies I Am The Cosmos |
| The Best of the Posies – Dream All Day, 2000. Geffen Wonderful version of I Am The Cosmos finally released on CD. Originally from I Am the Cosmos Rykodisc, 1977/1992 song by Chris Bell |
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The Loud Family Back of a Car |
| Slouching Towards Liverpool, 1993. Alias Scott Miller’s odds-and-ends EP with a live cover of Big Star’s Back of a Car. Originally from Radio City Ardent/Stax, 1974. song by Alex Chilton/Andy Hummel |
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Matthew Sweet w/Mike Mills & Jody Stephens The Ballad of El Goodo |
| bootleg, promo Ignition cass sampler, 1996. Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition). Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Son Volt Holocaust |
| Straightface EP, 1998. 4 song promo EP, WB Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition). Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
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This Mortal Coil Kangaroo |
| It’ll End in Tears, 1984. 4ADSimon Raymonde’s distinctive bass line leads Cindytalk singer Gordon Sharp through Kangaroo, a song of fragmented instrumentation and broken dreams, like love viewed through the cracks in a windshield.
Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
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This Mortal Coil You and Your Sister |
| Blood, 1991. 4AD Standout performance of Chris Bell’s epic, by the Breeders’ Kim Deal and Belly’s Tanya Donelly. Originally from I Am the Cosmos Rykodisc 1977/1992 song by Chris Bell |
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Damon & Naomi with Ghost Blue Moon |
| Damon & Naomi with Ghost 2000. Sub Pop This cover is from magnificent Damon & Naomi album (on this occasion for the first time without Kramer), made with Japanese folk band Ghost. Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
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the Posies What’s Going Ahn |
| At Least At Last box set, 2000. Not Lame Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition). Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Teenage Fanclub Jesus Christ |
| Ain’t That Enough EP, 1997. Sony Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition), resurfaced on one of the Songs From The Northern Britain era singles. Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
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The Bangles September Gurls |
| Different Light, 1985. Columbia From the second album of Paisley Underground heroins. Originally from Radio City Ardent/Stax, 1974. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Evan Dando The Ballad of El Goodo |
| OST Empire Records, 1995. A&M Evan Dando on one of his best Alex Chilton impersonations. Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Superdrag September Gurls |
| Sucked Out German CDS, 1996. Elektra Live version of this classic power-pop gem. Originally from Radio City Ardent/Stax, 1974. song by Bell/Chilton |
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Daryll-Ann Thirteen |
| Stay CDEP, 1995. Virgin/Hut Magnificient Dutch power-pop combo. Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Bell/Chilton |
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Wilco Thirteen |
| Outtasite (Outta Mind) French Import Promo EP, 1997. Reprise Intended to be on Big Star, Small World – A Tribute To Big Star album (Ignition) Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Bell/Chilton |
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the Walkabouts Big Black Car |
| DEATH VALLEY DAYS: Lost Songs and Rarities 1985-1995, 1996. Glitterhouse An Alex Chilton song that he recorded in 1974. for Big Star’s Sister Lovers album. To some it may seem like images of bleak isolation, but to me it’s always sounded like a Sunday afternoon song, more a product of being at a loose end than being in despair. Paul Ricketts Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
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Elliot Smith Thirteen |
| Demo Unreleased Elliott Smith’s song live. Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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Cheap Trick That 70’s Song (In The Street) |
| Authorized Greatest Hits 2000. Epic/Legacy This rendition of That 70’s Song (In the Street) is famed for its use as a television theme. Originally from #1 Record Ardent/Stax, 1972. song by Chris Bell/Alex Chilton |
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This Mortal Coil I am the Cosmos |
| Blood, 1991. 4AD Voices by Dominic Appleton Breathless & Deirdre Rutkowski Cocteau Twins. Originally from I Am the Cosmos Rykodisc, 1977/1992 song by Chris Bell |
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This Mortal Coil Holocaust |
| It’ll End In Tears, 1984. 4AD Howard Devoto (of Magazin and Buzzcocks fame) sings the disturbing Alex Chilton’s lament. Originally from Third/Sister Lovers Rykodisc 1978/1992 song by Alex Chilton |
| Big Star Resources |
| Alex Chilton/Big Star Central |
| Unofficial Big Star Homepage from Chris Bray |
| Japanese Big Star Tribute Page |
| This Mortal Coil |
pop depression #51
date: February 4th, 2002
features: Lambchop, Stephin Merritt, Daryll-Ann, Walkabouts, Mercury Rev …
Zwan “Don’t Let Me Down” (bootleg)
J Mascis “Leaving On The Jet Plane” (Sub Pop 7”)
Centro-Matic “Most Everyone Will Find” (Munich Records)
Cinerama “Your Charms” (John Peel Sessions 090102_bootleg)
Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (The Best Of Kinks)
Jon Auer “Fancy” (Give The People What We Want_Sub Pop)
Velvet Crush “Circling The Sun” (A Single Oddessey_Action Music)
Tompaulin “My Life At The Movies” (The Town & The City_Ugly Man Records)
Spearmint “Julie Christie” (A Different Lifetime_HitBack/Apricot Records)
Stephin Merritt “Poppyland” (Eban & Charley_Merge)
Walkabouts “Radiant” (Ended Up With Stranger_Glitterhouse)
Lambchop “This Corrosion” (Is A Woman Bonus CD_City Slang)
Daryll-Ann “Equally Sympathy” (Trailer Tailes_Excelsior)
Clinic “Harmony” (Walking With Thee_Domino)
Stephin Merritt “Some Summer Day” (Eban & Charley_Merge)
Papa M “Roses In The Snow” (Whatever, Mortal_Domino)
Christina Rosenvinge “Hunters Lullabye” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Mercury Rev “Blue Skies” (The Dark Is Rising CDEP_V2)
Howlin’ Maggie “Easy To Be Stupid” (Beautiful Girls OST_Sony)
Matthew Sweet “Winona” (Goodfriend bootleg)
The Dears “This Is A Broadcast” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
Silver Jews “Horseleg Swastikas” (Bright Flight_Domino)
Ken Stringfellow “The Lover’s Hymn” (Touched_Poptones)
pop depression #52
date: February 11th, 2002
features: Spearmint, Mercury Rev, Howie Gelb, John Wesley Harding …
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Postcard from Frankfurt, Germany. A few concerts, a lot of gossip, personal stories, new loves, John Wesley Harding “story”, Spearmintimpressions, Howe Gelb – “genius at work”?Aleksandra Niksic, pop depression special corespodent from Germany. A week and a half of living in a fast lane…
Quick rewind: concerts from 1999, 2000 and 2001 – Beck/Beth Orton in Paris, Elliott Smith in Paris, Oasis in Paris, Mercury Rev in Paris… |
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Afghan Whigs “Retarded” (Up In It_Sub Pop)
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Spearmint “Flaming Lips” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
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John Wesley Harding “The Devil In Me” (Here Comes The Groom_Sire)
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 Playlist, 30th January 2002, Sinkkasten, FrankfurtIt Stays People Love To Watch You Die Sleeper, Awake Ordinary Weekend I’m Wrong About Everything Little Musgrave Still Photo Our Lady Of The Highways Same Piece Of Air When You Smile Save A Little Room For Me Window Seat Scared Of Guns – Pull Spaced Cowgirl |
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Giant Sand “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (Off. Bootleg Series v. 3 – Unsung Glum)
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Howe Gelb, 31.01.2002. Frankfurt, Koz
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Beck “MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack” (Loser CDEP, DGC)
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 29.03.00 PARIS, FRANCE – LE ZENITH, support from Beth Orton SETLIST: Beercan Novacaine New Pollution Milk & Honey Beautiful Way Loser Mixed Bizness Minus Where It’s At Nicotine and Gravy Pay No Mind (acoustic) Nobody’s Fault But My Own (acoustic) Dead Melodies (acoustic) One Foot In The Grave (acoustic) Jack-Ass Debra — DJ Swamp Sexx Laws Devil’s Haircut |
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Oasis “Helter Skelter” (Who Feels Love? CDEP_Sony)
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 photo by Kevin McCarthy21st March 2000, Paris, France, Bataclan support from Cotton MatherGo let it out Who feels love? Supersonic Shakermaker Acquiesce Sunday morning call I can see a liar Gas panic Roll with it Stand by me Wonderwall Cigarettes and alcohol Don’t look back in anger Live forever Helter skelter Rock ‘n’ roll star |
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Mercury Rev “Spiders & Flies” live (The Dark Is Rising CDEP_V2) |
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 Jonathan DonahueELYSEE MONTMARTE, PARIS, FRANCE 24/02/99 Goddes On A Hiway Tonite It Shows Car Wash Hair Syringe Mouth The Funny Bird Endlessly Holes Frittering Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp I Only Have Eyes For You Peaceful Night Opus 40 |
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Elliott Smith “Baby Britain” (Baby Britain CDEP_Dreamworks)
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 03.04.2000., la boule noire, paris franceson of sam southern belle happiness easy way out la rose parade pretty mary k needle in the hay color bars wouldn’t mama be proud? between the bars last call somebody i used to know the white lady loves you more say yes angeles ballad of a big nothing independence day pitseleh (aborted) division day nightime (alex chilton) |
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Mark Lanegan “Stay” (Stay CDEP_Sub Pop)
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Elvis Presley “Amazing Grace” (Take My Hand: Gospel Favourites_BMG)
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pop depression #53
date: February 18th, 2002
features: Lemonheads, Jeff Buckley, Mudhoney …
Lambchop “Give Me Your Love (live)” (The Queens Royal Trimma CDEP_City Slang)*
Primal Scream “(I’m Gonna) Cry Myself Blind” (bootleg)
Cotton Mather “She’s Only Cool” (Kontiki_Rainbow Quartz)
Gomez “Shot Shot” (In Our Gun_Hut)*
Jeff Buckley “Je N’en Comais Pas La Fin/Hymne, A L’Amour” (Live At Bataclan_Sony)
Van Morrison “The Way Young Lovers Do” (bootleg)
Billy Bragg “Levi’s Tubbs Tears (bootleg)
Tindersticks w/Paula Frazer “Buried Bones” (Live At Botanique vol. I_official bootleg)*
Notwist “Pilot” (Neon Golden_City Slang)*
Clinic “Walking With Thee” (Walking With Thee_Domino)*
Lemonheads “Cortez The Killer” (bootleg)
Ikara Colt “Bishop’s Son” (Chat & Business_Fantastic Plastic)*
LARD “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” (The Last Temptation of Reid_Alternative Tentacles)
Mudhoney “Touch Me, I’m Sick” (March to Fuzz_Sub Pop)
Sonic Youth “Superstar” (If I Were a Carpenter_A&M)
pop depression #54
date: February 25th, 2002
features: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ikara Colt, Giant Sand, Josh Rouse, Paul Westerberg … Flaming Lips “The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest” (Okkie Noodling OST_white label)
Richard Hawley “Something Is…!” (Late Night Final_Setanta)
Todd Rundgren “I Saw The Light” (Something/Anything?_Rhino)
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The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (by Ashton/R. Butler/T. Butler/Ely) |
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At once a celebration of an era, a sound and a band, Love My Way is one of the slyest and best singles from the early eighties, a deserved cult hit in the States well-remembered in modern-rock circles to the present. While the Psychedelic Furs’ usual sound was rough postpunk sonics and dreaminess, a spiked brew not too far off from where Echo and the Bunnymen were living, when Todd Rundgren worked with the band on its Forever Now album things shifted just enough to let this great number emerge. Featuring one of the last performances from original drummer Vince Ely before his departure, it’s great for the beat alone, big and crisp without losing the groove, right down to some smart, quick fills here and there and a further punch as the song concludes. Tim Butler’s bass takes more prominence over John Ashton’s stripped-down semi-surf guitar line, while the various keyboard lines take the melody and lead it throughout, a synth-rocker well worthy of the name. Richard Butler’s amused melancholy suits the smooth feeling – call it the spirit of Roxy Music on Love is the Drug updated a few years. Flo and Eddie’s backing harmonies add the right high-pitched soothe on the choruses and especially in a brilliant performance at the end. |
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The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (Forever Now_Columbia) Jon Auer “Love My Way” (6 1/2_Pattern 25) the Pernice Brothers “Love My Way” (Clear Spot EP) |
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “She Said” (Plastic Fang_Matador)
the Dirtbombs “I’ll Wait” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Lo-Fidelity All Stars w/ Greg Dulli “Somebody Needs You” (Don’t Be Afraid Of Love_Sony)
Giant Sand “The Beat Goes On!” (Covers Magazine_Thrill Jockey)
Belle & Sebastian “Electronic Renaissance” (Tigermilk_Jeepster)
The Dears “Heartless Romantic” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
Ikara Colt “Rudd” (Chat & Bussines_Fantastic Plastic)
the Von Bondies “No Sugar Mama” (Lack Of Communication_SFTRI)
Paul Westerberg “Between Love & Like” (Mono_Vagrant Records)
Jonathan Richman “Her Mystery Not Of High Heels & Eye Shadow” (Her Mystery…_Vapor)
Josh Rouse “Feeling No Pain” (Under Cold Blue Stars_Rykodisc)
Spiritualized “Going Down Slow” (Out of Sight CDEP_Spaceman)
Azure Ray “November ” (November EP_Saddle Creek)pop depression #55
date: March 4th, 2002
features: …Trail Of Dead, Josh Rouse, Brother JT3, Azure Ray, Melys, Departure Lounge…
PJ Harvey “66 Promises” (BBC Evening Session_bootleg)
Azure Ray “For The Sake Of The Song” (November EP_Saddle Creek)
Richard Hawley “The Nights Are Cold” (Late Night Final_Setanta)
Josh Rouse “Ears To The Ground” (Under Cold Blue Stars_Rykodisc)
Melys “Watercolour” (Chinese Whispers EP_Sylem Records/Transformed Dreams)
Camera Obscura “Swimming Pool” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound Rec.)
The Januaries “Paranoid” (Chocolate & Strawberries EP_Foodchain)
Chris Lee “In Yellow Moonlight” (Plays & Sings Torch’d Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches_Smells Like Records)
Brother JT3 “Be With Us” (Spirituals_Drag City)
Josh Rouse “Feeling No Pain” (Under Cold Blue Stars_Rykodisc)
Departure Lounge “What You Have Is Good” (Too Late To Die Young_Bella Union)
Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair “Near To You” (Words Of Wisdom & Hope_Alternative Tentacles)
… Trail Of Dead “Relative Ways” (Source Tags and Codes_Interscope)
New Pornographers “Letter From An Occupant” (Mass Romantic_Mint Records)
… Trail Of Dead “Heart In The Hand Of The Matter” (Source Tags and Codes_Interscope)
J Mascis & The Fog “Waistin'” (John Peel Session_bootleg)
Belle & Sebastian “The Boys Are Back In Town” (Queen’s UNI, Belfast, 211201_bootleg)
Ikara Colt “Sink Venice” (Chat & Bussines_Fantastic Plastic)
… Trail Of Dead “How Near How Far” (Source Tags and Codes_Interscope)
Brother JT3 “Mellow” (Spirituals_Drag City)
Meanwhile Back In Comunist Russia “Blind Spot/Invisible Band” (Indian Ink_Jitter)
pop depression #56
date: March 11th, 2002
features: special guest AD Kostic, Chris Lee, John Martyn, Lambchop …
An Evening with Aleksandar D. Kostic notable film critic and dramaturgist author (with Mr. Bilbija) of popular Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle radio quiz show (now defunct) on B92
| An Evening with Aleksandar D. Kostic notable film critic and dramaturgist author (with Mr. Bilbija) of popular Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle radio quiz show (now defunct) on B92 |
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Belle & Sebastian “Dirty Dream Number 2” (Queen’s UNI, Belfast, 211201_bootleg)
Elvis Costello “15 Petals” (When I Was Cruel_Island)
Tindersticks “Tiny Tears” (Live At The Botanique 9th-12th may 2001. Vol. 1_official bootleg)
Brother JT3 “Mellow” (Spirituals_Drag City)
Neil Young “Vampire Blues” (On The Beach_Reprise)
Chris Lee “On The Beach” (Plays & Sings Torch’d Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches_Smells Like Records)
Richard Hawley “Can You Hear The rain, Love?” (Late Night Final_Setanta Rec.)
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John Martyn “I Don’t Wanna Know” (Martyn) |
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Don’t Wanna Know was originally recorded for 1973. album Solid Air. Much denser than before, Solid Airwas to reveal a new twist in Martyn’s musical style. Slurring his words even more, songs like the title cut fairly ooze from the shadows, and the jazzy inclinations keep the listener spellbound. A cover of Skip James’ I’d Rather Be the Devil found Martyn using an Echoplex delay effect, which gave his guitar work an otherworldly feel. May You Never is a great folk tale familiar to those who own Eric Clapton’s Slowhand – herein lies the original from the writer himself. Excellent!Dr. John’s version – produced by John Leckie and featuring Paul Weller on guitar and backup vocals. This John Martyn tune benefits greatly from the Dr. John’s gruff voice, which effectively undercuts the song’s blissful chorus…
Beth Orthon’s first musical project – a one off single, a cover version of John Martyn’s I Don’t Wanna Know About Evil recorded with William Orbit under the name of Spill. |
John Martyn “Don’t Wanna Know” (Solid Air_Island) Beth Orthon “I Don’t Wanna Know About Evil” (Superpinkymandy_EMI Japan) Dr. John “I Don’t Wanna Know” (Anutha Zone_Virgin) |
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Camera Obscura “The Sun On His Back” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound Rec.)
Tompaulin “Partisan” (The Town &The City_Ugly Man)
Departure Lounge “Straight Line To The Kerb” (Too Late To Die Young_Bella Union)
Lambchop “Love TKO” (The Queens Royal Trimma CDEP_City Slang)
| Personal favourites from 2001. by Aleksandar D. Kostic |
| MUSIC |
| Best 10 (with two understandable double places)01. Chip Taylor : BLACK AND BLUE AMERICA 02. Pernice Brothers : THE WORLD WON’T END 03. Ryan Adams / Whiskeytown : GOLD / PNEUMONIA 04. Lucinda Williams : ESSENCE 05. Bob Dylan : LOVE AND THEFT 06. Jim White : NO SUCH PLACE 07. Bonnie Prince Billy : EASE DOWN THE ROAD / MORE REVERY 08. Tindersticks : CAN OUR LOVE… 09. Leonard Cohen : TEN NEW SONGS 10. Starsailor : LOVE IS HERE The Other 10 01. Mercury Rev : ALL IS DREAM 20 albums which could change everything if I only manage to listen them… (alphabetically listed) Ben & Jason : TEN SONGS ABOUT YOU |
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| BEST 1001. WONDER BOYS – Curtis Hanson 02. THE PLEDGE – Sean Penn 03. THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE – Joel Coen 04. ALMOST FAMOUS – Cameron Crowe 05. TIME AND TIDE – Tsui Hark 06. LORD OF THE RINGS : THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING – Peter Jackson 07. GHOST WORLD – Terry Zwigoff 08. THE GIFT – Sam Raimi 09. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES – Billy Bob Thornton 10. KISS OF THE DRAGON – Chris Nahon 10 Movies I missed in cinemas, but somehow I felt that they could be here… 01. BROTHER – Takeshi Kitano |
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| BEST 1001. LONG-LEGGED FLY – James Sallis 02. SWEET FOREVER – George P. Pelecanos 03. CONVERSATIONS WITH WILDER – Cameron Crowe 04. BORDERSNAKES – James Crumley 05. EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS – Peter Biskind 06. INVISIBLE REPUBLIC – Greil Marcus 07. THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY – Charles Willeford 08. THE GIRL’S GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING – Mellisa Bank 09. HOW TO BE GOOD – Nick Hornby 10. COUNTRY (THE TWISTED ROOTS OF ROCK’N’ROLL) – Nick Tosches 5 MORE 01. DOGHOUSE ROSES – Steve Earle |
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paperback, 200 pages, serbian language Publisher: Stubovi kulture Beograd, 1997.Polje snova (eng. Field Of Dreams) by Aleksandar D. Kostic |
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pop depression #57
date: March 18th, 2002
features: Departure Lounge, …Trail Of Dead, Derrero, Anywhen, Josh Rouse, Brother JT3, Azure Ray, Melys …
The Posies “O-o-h Child”
Ballboy “All The Records On The Radio Are Shite” (John Peel Session 270202_bootleg)
Tompaulin “Partisan” (The Town & The City_Ugly Man)
Departure Lounge “I Love You” (Too Late To Die Young_Bella Union)
Anywhen “The Siren Songs” (The Opiates_Clearspot)
derrero “Horizon” (Comb The Breaks_Sylem)
Spearmint “Go!” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
The Januaries “Paranoid” (Chocolate & Strawberries EP_Foodchain)
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The Vince Guaraldi Trio “Christmas Time Is Here” |
| One of the most interesting songs in both the movie and soundtrack (The Royal Tennenbaums) is Christmas Time is Here, by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, and of the Peanuts Christmas special fame. The song is so iconic of the Peanuts Christmas that you would think it wouldn’t work in the film, but it does, as well as fitting in beautifully on the soundtrack. | |
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Every year around Christmastime, a local bar/dive called Springwater hosts a holiday celebration featuring a full slate of performers who appear there regularly during the year. The place is strewn with tinsel, someone usually sneaks in a bottle of whiskey, and it all feels nice and cozy in a way that it never does any other time of year. We used to play every year, and one of the last times we did it, we worked up this song, from the Peanuts Christmas specialWe recorded a version a couple years ago at The Castle recording studio, a cheesy replica of – you guessed it – a castle.
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| The lovely Vince Guaraldi perennial from A Charlie Brown Christmas gets an especially wistful makeover. Colvin’s delicate vocal makes the song seem more like a longing for Christmas past than a celebration of Christmas present, which makes the song even more evocative than it already was. Quite beautiful. | |
The Vince Guaraldi Trio “Christmas Time Is Here” (The Royal Tennenbaums OST) Lambchop “Christmas Time Is Here” (radio edit) (Christmas SP) Shawn Colvin “Christmas Time Is Here” (Holiday Songs And Lullabies_Columbia/Sony) |
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Golden Smog “Backstreet Girl” (On Golden Smog_Rykodisc)
Johnny Cash “No Expectations” (The Essential Johnny Cash)
Belle & Sebastian “Wondering Alone” (Queen’s UNI, Belfast, 211201_bootleg)
Television Personalities “Part Time Punks” (The Very Best OF… – Part Time Punks_Cherry Red Records)
Trail OF Dead “Homage” (Source Tags and Codes_Interscope)
Ikara Colt “Escalate” (Chat & Bussiness_Fantastic Plastic)
Paul Westerberg/Grandpaboy “Knock It Right Out” (Mono_Vagrant Records)
Low “Dinosaur Act” (Live at Ancienne Belgique 271101_bootleg)
J Mascis “Too Hard” (Sub Pop 7” Single)
Giant Sand “Iron Man” (Cover Magazine_Thrill Jockey)
Brother JT3 “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” (Spirituals_Drag City)
Loudon Wainwright III “Cardbord Boxes” (John Peel Session 270901_bootleg)
Laura Cantrell “2 Seconds” (John Peel Session 270901_bootleg)
T-Bone Burnett “Annabelle Lee” (s/t_MCA)
Dillard & Clark “Polly” (Through The Morning, Through The Night_Demon/Edsel)
Richard Hawley “Coming Home” (s/t_Setanta)
Mercury Rev “Blue Skies” (The Dark Is Rising CDEP_V2)
Daryll-Ann “Swords & Words” (Trailer Tales_Excelsior)
Melys “Watercolour” (Chinese Whispers EP_Sylem Records/Transformed Dreams)
The Dears “Where the World Begins & Ends” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
Lo-Fidelity All Stars w/ Greg Dulli “Somebody Needs You” (Don’t Be Afraid Of Love_Sony)
Bis “Love Will Tears Us Apart” (Return To Central_spinART)
Ladytron “The Way That I Found You” (Steve Lamacq Session 121101_bootleg)
pop depression #58
date: March 25th, 2002
features: Monica Queen, Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Departure Lounge, The Free French, Derrero, Brother JT3 …
Ventolin “Gloria” (Inhaler_Breathe)
Trail Of Dead “How Near How Far” (Source Tags & Codes_Interscope)
Lucinda Williams “Can’t Let Go” (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road_Mercury)
the Dirtbombs “I’m Qualified To Satisfy You” (Ultraglide In Black_In The Red)
Paul Westerberg/Grandpaboy “Let’s Not Belong” (Mono_Vagrant Records)
Treat Her Right “Factory Girl” (What’s Good For You_Rounder)
Brother JT3 “Mellow” (Spirituals_Drag City)
John Prine “Speed Of The Sound Of The Loneliness” live (Great Days_Rhino)
Billy Bragg & The Blokes “St. Monday” (England, Half English_Cooking Vinyl)
Tompaulin “The Boy Hairdresser” (The Town & The City_Ugly Man)
Beth Orthon & Terry Calier “Dolphins” (Best Bit EP_Havenly)
Elvis Costello “Spooky Girl” (When I Was Cruel_Island)
Monica Queen “260” (Ten Sorrowful Mysteries_Creeping Bent)
Christina Rosenvinge “Expensive Shoes” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
Billy Bragg & The Blokes “Jane Allen” (England, Half English_Cooking Vinyl)
Craig Armstrong & Evan Dando “Wake Up In New York”
Monica Queen “Promise For Thomas” (Ten Sorrowful Mysteries_Creeping Bent)
Royal City “Bad Luck” (
Hefner “To Hide A Little Tought” (Boxing Hefner_Too Pure)
derrero “Old Grey Skies” (Comb The Breaks_Sylem)
Free French “Running On Batteries” (Running On Batteries_hitBACK)
Spearmint “The Flaming Lips” (A Different Lifetime_hitBACK)
Magnetic Fields “Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits” (69 Love Songs_Merge)
Departure Lounge “What You Have Is Good” (Too Late To Die Young_Bella Union)
The Dears “Heartless Romantic” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
Cinerama “Diamonds Are Forever” (Health & Efficency EP_Scopitone)
Richard Hawley “Baby, You’re My Light” (Late Night Final_Setanta)
Giant Sand “The Beat Goes On!” (Covers Magazine_Thrill Jockey)
Joe Henry “Stop” (Scar_Mamooth)
Melys “Gwerthawr” (Chinese Whispers EP_Sylem Records/Transformed Dreams)
Bill Janovitz “Goodnight, Wherever You Are” (Up Here_spinART)
pop depression #59
date: April 1st, 2002
features: Monica Queen, Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Departure Lounge, The Free French, Derrero, Brother JT3 …
Wedding Present “Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Theme Fom Cheers)”
Frank Blake “Don’t Let Love Pass You By” (Shoeshine Chartbusters_Shoeshine)
Camera Obscura “Swimming Pool” (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi_Andmoresound)
Richard Hawley “Something Is…!” (Late Night Final_Setanta)
Incredible Moses Leroy “1983” (Electric Pocket Radio_Ultimatum Music)
Melys “I Don’t Believe In You” (split 7” with Seedling_sylem)
Notwist “Pick Up The Phone” (Neon Golden_City Slang)
The Januaries “Paranoid” (Chocolate & Strawberries EP_Foodchain)
Nikol Kollars “I Go To Sleep” (Give The People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks_Sub Pop)
Death Cab From Cutie “A Movie Script Ending” (promo_Fierce Panda)
Ken Stringfellow “The Lover’s Hymn” (Touched_Poptones)
David McComb “I Want To Conquer You” (Love Of Will_Mushroom)
Billy Bragg & The Blokes “Another Kind Of Judy” (England, Half English_Cooking Vinyl)
Hefner “New Fench Tits” (John Peel Sessions_bootleg)
Lapsus Lingaue “Olestra” (promo_Livid Meerkat Records)
Paul Westerberg “Only Lie Worth Telling” (Stereo_Vagrant Records)
Calexico “Chanel No. 5” (Come On Beautiful_Glitterhouse)
Giant Sand “Red Right Hand” (Cover Magazine_Thrill Jockey)
The Dears “C’etait Pour La Passion” (End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story_Grenadine)
The Free French “From The Seashores” (Running On Batteries_hitBACK)
Elvis Costello “Tart” (When I Was Cruel_Island)
Matthew Sweet “Untitled” (In Reverse_Zoo/BMG)
Departure Lounge “What You Have Is Good” (Too Late To Die Young_Bella Union)
Lambchop “Nine” (Tools In The Dryer_Merge)
John Barry “Theme From The Persuaders” (Another Late Night – Fila Brazillia)
Jon Auer “Beautiful Stranger” (6 1/2_Pattern 25)
Brother JT3 “Summer” (Spirituals_Drag City)
Monica Queen “State Of Grace” (Ten Sorrowful Mysteries_Creeping Bent)
Christina Rosenvinge “Taking Off” (Frozen Pool_Smells Like Records)
derrero “Comb The Brakes” (Comb The Breaks_Sylem)
Cinerama “Swim” (Health & Efficency EP_Scopitone)
