(SPECIAL EXTRA-LONG GUEST-HOSTED EPISODE WITH LANE!) First up the Moscow-born, NYC-residing
Regina Spektor did "Fidelity" from her recent album
Begin To Hope (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next Brazil's essential
Os Mutantes with "A Minha Menina" ("My Girl") which can be found on their
The Best of Os Mutantes (
iTunes,
Amazon). Then South Africa's fantastic
Miriam Makeba did "The Click Song" from her album
Africa (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next the classic bluesman
Leadbelly did "Goodnight Irene" from
The Best of Leadbelly (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic). Then Austin's
Daniel Johnston did "True Love Will Find You In the End" from his album
1990 (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next the impressively fecund
Screaming Jay Hawkins did "Whistling Past the Graveyard" from
Somethin' Funny Goin On (
iTunes,
Amazon). Then Nashville's
Lambchop did "Is a Woman" from their 2002 album by the same name (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic). Next we heard from San Francisco's
Joanna Newsom. First a short clip of "Emily" from her new album
Ys (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic), then the entirety of "Sadie" from older album
The Milk-Eyed Mender (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic). Then
Harry Nilsson did "The Clearing In the Woods (Narration)" from
The Point (
iTunes,
Amazon). Then
TSiMH favorite who is also a Lane favorite,
Of Montreal did "Scenes From My Funeral" from
Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles & Songles Album (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic). Then we heard two short tracks from
Half-Handed Cloud. First "Can't Even Breathe On My Own Two Feet" from their album
Learning About Your Scale (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic), then "I Got a Letter" from their
What's the Remedy? EP (
iTunes,
eMusic). And finally
Cat Power did a cover of
The Honeydrippers' "Sea of Love" from her album
The Covers Record (
iTunes,
Amazon,
eMusic).
This episode features a clip from the audio book of Ulysses (iTunes, Audible, Amazon) by James Joyce.