Too Short? Or Too Long?

I was late, it was the holiday weekend. Whaddayawant? I was stuck in the car for about 40 minutes, listening to this "Sound of Young America" interview with Nellie McKay. It's not especially revealing, but it does include an interesting solo version of "Mother of Pearl". {Dance Break!}



The Sound of Young America: Nellie McKay

Playlist from Friday's show (The Velvet) --

2. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (5:21)
3. Patti Smith - Rock 'N' Roll Nigger (3:23)
4. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Flutter And Wow (4:23)
5. R.E.M. - #9 Dream (4:38)
6. Bruce Cockburn - Peggy's Kitchen Wall (3:33)
7. Annie Lennox - Through The Glass Darkly (3:29)
8. Johnny Cash Feat. Joe Strummer - Redemption Song (3:27)
9. Camera Obscura - Lunar Sea (4:58)
10. Kimya Dawson - Viva La Persistence (Album Version) (3:47)
11. Bizarre - Gospel Weed Song (3:37)
12. Tiny Tim with Brave Combo - Hey Jude (3:46)
13. Dar Williams - Highway Patrolman (6:12)
14. Elvis Costello - Alison (3:25)
15. Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (3:55)
16. Annie Lennox - Ghosts In My Machine (3:30)
17. Xiu Xiu - F.T.W. (2:56)
18. Brave Combo - Rondo a la Turca (1:52)
19. Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (2:52)
20. Céu - Bobagem (2:17)

A shortish set I know. But then the reason was stated already. {Dance Break!}

Impromptu, Traditional and Not Trad

Playlist from an impromptu set at the Velvet, Wednesday, 5 March

1. Clannad - Banba Oir (3:26)
2. Peter Gabriel - Before Night Falls (2:19)
3. Aimee Mann - Wise Up (3:31)
4. Christine Lavin - Somebody's Baby (3:51)
5. Roxy Music - Could it Happen to Me? (3:36)
6. Roxy Music - Nightingale (4:11)
7. Clannad - I Will Find You - Afterlife Mix (3:40)
8. Brave Combo - Who Stole The Kishka (1:57)
9. Christine Lavin - Downtown (3:38)
10. Brave Combo - Happy Wanderer (2:32)
11. John Fahey - Fight On Christians, Fight On (2:03)
12. Patty Griffin - You Never Get What You Want (3:42)
13. Le Tigre - Eau D'Bedroom Dancing (2:55)
14. Clannad - Caide Sin Do'n Te Sin (4:22)
15. Suzanne Vega - Machine Ballerina (2:57)
16. David Bromberg - I Want To Go Home (3:06)
17. Moby - Natural Blues (4:13)
18. Brave Combo - Jesusita En Chihuahua (1:43)
19. Moby - Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum) (4:22)
20. Tom Waits - I Wish I Was In New Orleans (4:53)
21. Arlo Guthrie - City Of New Orleans (5:24)
22. Roy Zimmerman - When the Saints Go Marching In to New Orleans (3:53)
23. Various Artists - Procession To Orleans (1:32)
24. Utah Philips & Ani DiFranco - Half A Ghost Town (4:22)
25. David Bromberg - Mrs. Delion's Lament (4:25)
26. Roxy Music - She Sells (3:39)
27. Christine Lavin - Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind (3:05)
28. Talking Heads - Stay Hungry (5:37)
29. Ben Folds Five - Satan Is My Master (1:33)
30. Harry Waller - Cockroaches On Parade (2:28)
31. Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk (4:44)
32. Dar Williams - February (3:54)
33. Talking Heads - Love Is All Around (3:42)
34. Randy Newman - Bless The Children Of The World (Remastered LP Version) (3:50)
35. Dar Williams - Highway Patrolman (6:12)
36. Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters (4:34)
37. Cry Cry Cry - The Ballad of Mary Magdalen (5:22)
38. Dar Williams - I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono (3:39)
39. Liz Phair - Fuck And Run (3:07)
40. Stereo Action Unlimited - Hi-Fi Trumpet (Boys From Brazil Mix) (4:17)
41. Brave Combo - Crazy Serbian Butcher's Dance (1:50)
42. David Bromberg - Sheebeg And Sheemore (2:26)
43. Ani DiFranco - Two Little Girls (4:57)
44. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You (2:37)
45. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Live) (3:14)
46. The Fort Knox Five - The Brazilian Hipster (3:47)
47. Fred Holstein - The Thanksgiving Song (2:52)
48. Harald Paulsen - Kanonensong (2:08)
49. Sophie B. Hawkins - Live And Let Love (4:13)
50. Frank Zappa - Help, I'm a Rock (4:43)
51. Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (4:39)
52. Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (2:15)
53. Madrugada - The Kids Are On High Street (4:57)
54. The Chieftains & Sinéad O'Connor - The Foggy Dew (5:20)
55. Madrugada - Ramona (3:55)
56. Brave Combo - I Could Have Danced All Night (4:18)
57. Joan Osborne - Dracula Moon (6:18)
58. Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus (4:15)
59. 及川リン - She Said from "Kamikaze Girls" (2:43)
60. John Gallagher Jr. & Boys - The Bitch of Living from "Spring Awakening" (2:53)
61. Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (2:51)
62. Aimee Mann - You're With Stupid Now (3:29)