Aural Improbabilities

Jun 06 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Tonight I mixed it up a bit and streamed music straight off of Youtube! If you want to watch the videos along with hearing the music, I've put all the links below:

1. Garfunkel and Oates - Worst Song Medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegC5vS4DuA

2. Legionnaire's Lament - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQQG9kwGaMw

3. The New Pornographers - Your Daddy Don't Know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MfESZHY9Z4

4. Scott Bradlee - Ragtime 80's hits - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz-Oj2QgzYw

5. Martin Spitznagel & Bryan Wright - Star Wars Cantina Ragtime piano duet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNi2oxH37vo

6. Saw Loser - You're Beautiful - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v4aolGmWS0 (not actually a video)

7. Richard Cheese - SpongeBob "Jazz" Pants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt96BLR0z88&b (also not a video)

8. Richard Cheese - Theme from "Friends" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8grvqx0gcc (not a real video either!)

9. Jen Woodhouse - I Will Follow You into the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5sj6ZYeIs

10. Vyvienne Long - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYCuBYB94FU (totally dark concert video. Probably recorded with someone's phone.)

11. Marie Digby - Umbrella - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589Mvlz6LWE

12. ortoPilot - Message in a Bottle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Z8cmuMus4

13. Seether - Careless Whisper - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwO5oyNDTJw (once again, not a video)

I'm actually surprised at how many of these aren't actual videos, but just a picture with music playing in the background. Worked just fine for me, though, since my listeners aren't "viewers". Heh.

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May 30 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

May 30, 2009

Show playlist:
1. Shonen Knife – Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (B.J. Thomas)
2. The Recliners – Only Happy When it Rains (Garbage)
3. Sebadoh – Cold As Ice (Foreigner)
4. Makrosoft – I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
5. Rosetta Stone – Synchronicity II (The Police)
6. Foo Fighters – Born on the Bayou (CCR)
7. Mr. & Mrs. Smooth – Love Foolosophy (Jamiroquai)
8. Karen Abrahams with the Austin Lounge Lizards – White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
9. Lydia Lunch – Heartattack and Vine (Tom Waits)
10. Tom Waits – Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra)
11. derpferdheissthorst – Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) - to download this song and to find out more about Cover Me Commissions, go to http://covermesongs.blogspot.com/
12. Alanis Morissette – King of Pain (The Police)
13. Sufjan Stevens – Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell)
14. Lucinda Williams – It’s a Long Way to the Top (AC/DC)

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May 09 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. Sarah Jarosz – Shankill Butchers (The Decemberists)
2. The Vandals – Summer Lovin’ (Grease)
3. The Morning Benders – He’s a Rebel (The Crystals)
4. The Puppini Sisters – I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
5. Patti Smith – Here I Dreamt I was an Architect (The Decemberists)
6. Dread Zeppelin – Viva Las Vegas (Elvis)
7. Ben Lee – Friday on my Mind (The Easybeats)
8. Sia – I Go To Sleep (The Kinks)
9. Liz Phair – Turning Japanese (The Vapors)
10. Kevin Davis – Grace Cathedral Hill (The Decemberists)
11. Scala & Kolacny Brothers – I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
12. Kathryn Williams – Candy Says (Velvet Underground)
13. Ben Gibbard – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
14. Xiu Xiu – Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie)
15. Shawn Mullins – Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (Wham)

Apr 18 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. Stars – This Charming Man (The Smiths)
2. MXPX – Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
3. Anekka – Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)
4. The Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry (Prince)
5. Paddy Milner – Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes)
6. Angie Hart – Pictures of You (The Cure)
7. Atomic Kitten – Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
8. Eden Automatic – She Bop (Cyndi Lauper)
9. Cat Power – Sea of Love (Del Shannon)
10. Badly Drawn Boy – Come on Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
11. Beck – Leopard-skin pillbox hat (Bob Dylan)
12. Damhnait Doyle – Everlong (Foo Fighters)
13. David Bowie – Pictures of Lily (The Who)
14. Cassandra Wilson – Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees)
15. Cake – Mahna Mahna (I have no idea who originally played this. Sesame Street? )

Apr 11 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. The Lost Fingers – Pump up the Jam (Technotronic)
2. Ben Gibbard – They Don’t Know (Tracy Ullman)
3. Bowling for Soup – The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
4. Peaches – Search and Destroy (Iggy Pop)
5. The Bloodhound Gang – Kids in America (Kim Wilde)
6. Franz Ferdinand – Call Me (Blondie)
7. A.C. Newman – Take on Me (A-Ha)
8. The Coors – Everybody Hurts (R.E.M.)
9. The Sunday Drivers – Dancing Queen (ABBA)
10. Marc Almond – Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones)
11. Missy Higgins – More Than This (Roxy Music)
12. Electric President – Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
13. The Lost Fingers – Straight Up (Paula Abdul)
14. The Busters – We Are the Champions (Queen)

Apr 04 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga (Queen)
2. John Anealio – Mr. Roboto (Styx) (From Cover Me Commissions - http://covermesongs.blogspot.com/)
3. Dewey Cox – Starman (Bowie) (John C. Reilly from the movie)
4. Jackson Browne, Jewel, Lyle Lovett & Ghostface Killah – Walk Hard (from the Dewey Cox Story)
5. Paul Anka – Jump (Van Halen)
6. The Bens (Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Ben Lee) – I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
7. Mobius Band – You Don’t Know How It Feels (Tom Petty)
8. The Killers – Four Winds (Bright Eyes)
9. The Gourds – Gin and Juice (Snoop Doggy Dogg)
10. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Killer Queen
11. Knitters – Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)
12. Barenaked Ladies – Careless Whisper
13. Dar Williams – Wilder than Her (Fred Eaglesmith)

Mar 28 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. Kevin Armstrong - Largo al Factotum (Barber of Seville)
2. Jesse Malin - Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed)
3. Javier Alvarez – These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
4. Ghoti Hook – Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
5. Sheliyah – Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
6. Cat Power – C’Mon in my Kitchen (Robert Johnson)
7. The Lost Fingers – You Shook Me All Night Long (Kiss)
8. Kevin Armstrong – Toreador Song (Carmen)
9. Charlie Ash – I Wanna Sex You Up (Colour Me Badd)
10. Laura Tsaggaris – Oops! I Did it Again (Britney Spears)
11. Sarah McLachlin – Dear God (XTC)
12. The Juggernauts – Wipe Out (The Surfaris)
13. Jon Regen – Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
14. Kevin Armstrong - Vest: La Giubba (I Pagliacci)

Mar 21 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Special Two Hour Show!

Playlist for first hour:

1. Paul Anka – Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
2. Paul Westerberg – Nowhere Man (Beatles)
3. Jenny Owen Youngs – Hit Me Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
4. Dj QuiKe – Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)
5. Tony Head & Amber Benson – We Can Work it Out (Beatles)
6. The Loose Acoustic Trio – Pinball Wizard (The Who)
7. Nightwaves – In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
8. The Corrs – Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
9. Eve’s Plum – Save a Prayer (Duran Duran)
10. Lori McKenna – In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
11. Dar Williams & Ani Difranco – Comfortably Numb (The Who)
12. David Bazan – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Second hour:

1. James Eric – Beautiful World (Devo)
2. Johnny Cash – One (U2)
3. The Boxmasters – The Kids are Alright (The Who)
4. Danny Barnes - Loser (Beck)
5. Avril Lavigne – Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Eric Clapton?)
6. Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright – Careless Whisper (Wham)
7. The Model – Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
8. Smash Mouth – I Wanna Be Like You (from the Jungle Book)
9. Francis and the Lights – Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Kanye West)
10. Damien Rice – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2)
11. The Snow – I’m on Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
12. James Eric – Left and Leaving (The Weakerthans)
13. Miss Tammy Faye Starlite and the Angels of Mercy – Surrender (not sure who did the original version)
14. The Forms - We Didn’t Start the Fire (Billy Joel)

Mar 07 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. The Wrong Trousers – Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
2. Me First – Laverne & Shirley Theme
3. Lady & Bird – Suicide is Painless (Theme from MASH)
4. Jose Gonzalez – Teardrop (Massive Attack – theme from House)
5. Me First – Dukes of Hazzard Theme
6. Me First – Cheers Theme
7. Silje Nergaard & Joerun Boegeberg – Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
8. The Greencards – Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac)
9. Feist – Nothin’ in the World Can Stop Me Worrin’ Bout That Girl (The Kinks)
10. Johnette Napolitano – The Scientist (Coldplay)
11. Telling on Trixie – Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle)
12. Painting Tasters – Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
13. Denison Witmer – Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)
14. Vonda Shepard – Hooked on a Feeling (B.J. Thomas)
15. Hussalonia – Don’t Ask Me Why (Billy Joel)
16. The Dan Band – Flashdance/Fame

Feb 21 2009 - Aural Improbabilities

Show Playlist:

1. James Eric – Dreaming (Blondie)
2. Me First – 867-5309 (Tommy Tutone)
3. Hayseed Dixie – My Best Friend’s Girl (The Cars)
4. Slaid Cleaves – White Rose (Fred Eaglesmith)
5. Conan O’Brien – Blue Moon of Kentucky
6. Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – Danny’s Song (Kenny Loggins)
7. Andrew Bird & Nora O’Conner – Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan)
8. Asher – My Name is Jonas (Weezer)
9. Kah – Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
10. Fiona Apple – Across the Universe (The Beatles)
11. The Whip – White Wedding (Billy Idol)
12. Parker Lewis – I Wouldn’t Have Missed it for the World (Ronnie Milsap)
13. Patricia O’Callaghan – Better Man (Pearl Jam)
14. Petty Booka – Downtown (Petula Clark)
15. Neil Finn – Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye)