Art Decade

"can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself" Rick Nelson: Garden Party For the curious, story behind the song here .

Joni Mitchell: Twisted With Cheech and Chong. Yes, Cheech and Chong. Flip city.

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: Forest Fire it's just a simple metaphor...

Al Hirt: Music to Watch Girls By Recorded on December 12, 1966, New York City. Yes, that's Jumbo, Sugar Lips, call him what you will .

Archie Shepp: In a Sentimental Mood Shepp's take on Ellington. Recorded August 12, 1965. "In this performance he reveals another di...

Angelo Badalamenti: The Nightingale Music from Twin Peaks . Vocals by Julee Cruise, lyrics by David Lynch.

FROM THE ARCHIVES The Mike Curb Congregation - Sweet Gingerbread Man Original air date 12/2/07. Reposted by request from I Spy. Taken from t...

Morton Feldman, excerpt from Rothko Chapel "The example of the painters was crucial. Feldman’s scores were close in spirit to Rauschen...

The Carpenters: I Kept on Loving You A sunny Sunday morning...take it Richard!

Charles Mingus: Remember Rockefeller at Attica From Changes One . The song was not originally written with this title. Mingus changed it, ...

Charlie Smalls: Never Felt Like This Before More Faces related music. I need to thank Festus von Gunsmoke for this rip of the Faces sound...

Oscar Brown, Jr: Brother Where Are You? Recorded live at The Cellar Door, Washington DC, late 1964. Pop quiz: Which writer said that 'ce...

How's everybody doing tonight? The latest musical odyssey I've crafted for Viva Radio, entitled Trustafarian Vibration, departs the ...

Tom Waits: Jersey Girl Down the shore everything's alright, you and your baby on a Saturday night.

John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him That 1:19 moment has just been getting me recently.

Marvin Gaye: Is That Enough? So I've been getting into Here, My Dear , Marvin Gaye's album that documents the unraveling of his marr...

FROM THE ARCHIVES John Cazale as Sal by Greg Condon Elton John: Amoreena Original air date 1/23/07 . Prompted by a recent screening of Dog ...

Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina A paean to the human spirit. Big thanks to The Bin for the rip. also available on compact disc

Ithaca - "Times" (Seven Seasons-The Path-Given Time) Delving into the mushrumps archives for this one. This is a tight jam. Words...

Cargoe - I Love You Anyway

Dave Brubeck: In Your Own Sweet Way The line up: Dave Brubeck, piano Anthony Braxton, alto saxophone Jack Six, bass Roy Haynes, drums From A...

The Mighty Clouds Of Joy - Mighty Cloud Of Joy A prequel, if you like, to this one. Written and produced by Dave Crawford. Featuring Ronnie...

Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa: Insensatez Antonion Carlos Jobim contributes not only the composition but the beautifully phrased piano. Album art...

Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack The line up: Jimmy Smith, organ Kenny Burrell, guitar Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone Donald Bail...

April 12, 2004 Queen Mary Union, Glasglow Franz Ferdinand - Jaqueline Tell Her Tonight Cheating On You Auf Achse Take Me Out Love & Dest...

fall in, fall out, fall down, get ready Fela Kuti : Zombie

Dolly Parton: Just Because I'm a Woman

Bob Weir: Bombs Away When I was young and in the early stages of the rituals that accompany fandom of the Grateful Dead - filling blank tdk...

Carla Thomas: A Love of My Own I look at the moonlight, I feel the soft breeze, then I wanna know, why...

Brian Eno: Weightless Silver Morning "Like everybody else, I sat and watched the first moon landing and the films from the subsequent m...

Public Enemy: Bring the Noise From It Takes a Nation... with a nod to the 20th anniversary of Do the Right Thing . Possibly containing the...

Loudon Wainwright III: Lullaby Shut up and shut your eyes No more histrionics no more college tries Stop pushing stop shoving stop straining...

Albert King - I Get Evil The first time I heard Albert King I was in a car driving down i95 with Sheridan, Rich , and Preston - on our way t...

The Rods: Do Anything You Wanna Do "I'm sure I must be someone, now I'm gonna find out who..." Maybe it's my hearing g...

Dave Dudley: Six Days on the Road Jimmy Colvard on lead guitar. Late night driving music.

Roberta Flack: Do What You Gotta Do Yes, this is the stuff.

Steve Winwood: While You See a Chance The line up: Steve Winwood: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Synth...

The Wailers: Let Him Go Lead vocals by Bunny Livingston. I always want to add 'Seagull' to Bunny Livingston's name. Now that...

October 17, 1973 Forest National, Brussels Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar Happy Gimme Shelter Tumbling Dice Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)...

You didn't hear? It's all going down tonight at Club Le Baron, 6 Avenue Marceau, Paris. DJ Emmett (me) will be there playing records...

Dusty Springfield: Goodbye Elton John: Goodbye Goodbye bye bye bye, was all he said to me. I'm sorry I took your time. Which song entitl...

Jóhann Jóhannsson - City Building

Cat Stevens: Trouble Bob Dylan: Trouble Trouble move away, I have seen your face and it's too much for me today. Trouble, trouble, troub...

The Beach Boys: Friends Whodini: Friends Ooooooh, oooh oh oh ohhhhhhh ooooooh ooooo-hhhh-hhhh. And then there are some we wish we never knew...

The Talking Heads: Heaven The Rolling Stones: Heaven Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. Nothing will stand in your way. Which son...

Rolling Stones - The Worst I was traveling through HK in 1994; had been traveling for a month or two without music. Raided a CD store - 25 ...

Neil Young - Throw Your Hatred Down This played randomly as I was running the other day. With Pearl Jam serving as Neil's backing band,...

The Division Bell (Trance Remix) In my opinion the most underrated of the Pink Floyd remixed series.

Bruce Springsteen: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

A little piano piece to reach across the miles... Jon Brion - Row