I Started a Joke
KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

Mimi Parker, vocalist and drummer and half of the Minnesota band Low, passed away a couple of weeks ago while I was traveling. It’s a shocking loss and an abrupt end to a musical career that was still unfolding; the band’s last two albums, coming at the tail end of a discography that spans decades, showed a blossoming new direction for an act that was famed for their quiet and glacial approach. We open the show with Low’s rendition of a Bee Gees classic in tribute.
In this episode: 1920's Wurlitzer Carousel Organ, Adrian Belew, Alt-J, Apollo Sunshine, Bad Breeding, Bodega, Bomba Estereo, Bonaparte, Broken Bells, Cass McCombs, Delicate Steve, Eszter Balint, The Greyboy All Stars, Heather Nova, The Jesus Lizard, Joe Jackson, Juana Molina, Kim & Buran, Kramer, Low, The Make-Up, MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, The Mattoid, Mento Buru, Metal Molly, No Age, Panda Riot, The Pastels, Perez Prado & His Orchestra, Seth Avett, Shen, Shibboleth, The Specials, Suzi Quatro, Switches, Tayfun Karatekin, Thou, Viagra Boys, Waldeck, Young Fresh Fellows, The Zulus
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | I Started a Joke | Low | Farewell, Mimi Parker | |
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3 | I Want Some | The Make-Up | Ooo. Aaa. | |
4 | Turnip's Big Move | The Greyboy All Stars | A slinky move, no doubt | |
5 | Move It Girl | Mento Buru | Throwback rocksteady | |
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7 | Good Morning Coffee | Seth Avett | If you can navigate through the chi | |
8 | Low Beat | Young Fresh Fellows | Getting way way down | |
9 | Look Sharp | Joe Jackson | It’s a survival skill | |
10 | Karaoke | Cass McCombs | Singing along like you mean it | |
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12 | Never Again | The Zulus | All about your old tricks | |
13 | The Wild One | Suzi Quatro | The original | |
14 | I Was On The Moon | Apollo Sunshine | A giant leap | |
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16 | Saturdays | Broken Bells | It’s Manchester all over again | |
17 | Night Owl | Delicate Steve | Up all night | |
18 | Do Not Forsake Me Billy Bremner | Shibboleth | Hard to forget such a sound | |
19 | a13 | Adrian Belew | Rolling at a breakneck pace | |
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21 | No Blade Of Grass | Bodega | Gritty city committee | |
22 | Drama Queen | Switches | Very dramatic | |
23 | Joyride | Bad Breeding | Implacable | |
24 | ADD | Viagra Boys | Sorry, wasn’t listening | |
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26 | 1000% | Panda Riot | Sweet fuxx | |
27 | Blank Expression | The Specials | Looking quite confused | |
28 | Monkey Trick | The Jesus Lizard | Heavy and live | |
29 | MELT | MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS | Does it doom? | |
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31 | Orange | Metal Molly | Fuzzed bass FTW | |
32 | Here Comes Your Man | Heather Nova | Originally from Pixies | |
33 | Cool | Thou | Waiting for that breakdown | |
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35 | Compact Flashes | No Age | Bring the drone | |
36 | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado & His Orchestra | Such a lewd trumpet | |
37 | Memories | Waldeck | For a rainy midnight | |
38 | As'i Es la Vida | Tayfun Karatekin | Exotic yet familiar | |
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40 | Joysfully | The Mattoid | It’s the way to live | |
41 | Tiger Rag | 1920's Wurlitzer Carousel Organ | Hold that tiger! | |
42 | My Horse Likes You | Bonaparte | And I like you too | |
43 | Fuego | Bomba Estereo | Flames about this high | |
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45 | Second Avenue | Eszter Balint | Fractured memories | |
46 | Un Día | Juana Molina | You can’t ignore the siren call | |
47 | One Wild Moment (Stereolab Remix) | The Pastels | Bubbles and slides | |
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49 | Walk In The Stratosphere | Kim & Buran | Keeping it analog | |
50 | Or Perhaps You Imagined It All | Kramer | But it was actually real | |
51 | The North Star | Shen | Dark undercurrents | |
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53 | Left Hand Free (Johnson Somerset Remix) | Alt-J | Extending the digits |