I Started a Joke
KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am
Mimi Parker / Low
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Started a Joke | Low | Farewell, Mimi Parker | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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? | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 31 | Orange | Metal Molly | Fuzzed bass FTW | |
| 32 | Here Comes Your Man | Heather Nova | Originally from Pixies | |
| 33 | Cool | Thou | Waiting for that breakdown | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 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 | |
| BREAK | ||||
| 53 | Left Hand Free (Johnson Somerset Remix) | Alt-J | Extending the digits | |
