03.11.08 Oscillate Wildly Playlist

Oscillate Wildly
Playlist: March 11, 2008

Deerhoof - Desaparecere
The Magnetic Fields - Drive On, Driver
The Magnetic Fields - I Wish I Had An Evil Twin
The Gothic Archies - We Are the Gothic Archies
Stephin Merritt - At Madam Plum's
The Future Bible Heroes - Blond Adonis
The 6ths - The Sailor in Love with the Sea
Fujiya & Miyagi - Reeboks in Heaven
Belle & Sebastian - A Space Boy Dream
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries
PWRFL Power - Tomato Song
Mumlers - Shake That Medication
Dodos - Walking
Je Suis France - That Don't Work That Well For Us
Junior Private Detective - Aftermath
Field Music - Sit Tight
Women and Children - Your Honor

On Tuesday I focused the first 20 minutes of my show on Stephin Merritt, most famous for his band The Magnetic Fields (I've already written, like, 8 billion posts about him and this blog is only a week old). I played tracks from his other projects: The 6ths, The Future Bible Heroes, The Gothic Archies, and a track from the album Showtunes which is recorded under his own name.

I gave the listeners plenty of relative, and possibly life-affirming, information like "Merritt plays the Greek bouzouki live," and "Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) plays the accordion on The Gothic Archies album, Tragic Treasury, and on The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs."

I really enjoy doing shows with a theme or on a specific artist. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments.

Lastly, I'd like to share with you the lyrics to PWRFL Power's "Tomato Song." Kazutaka Nomura is a classically trained guitarist, but he writes ridiculous songs. Here is one example.


"Tomato Song"
If I smoke too much pot you'll call me a stoner
If hit too many lines you'll call me a cokehead
If I like you too much you'll call me a mental
I'll throw a tomato at you
I want to throw a tomato at you
Tomato juice all over your face
Juice dripping on the ground
When you are mean to me
I wish it was an apple not a tomato
And then it would hurt you
You would cry cause the apple is harder
But it's okay for now
Cause I like you
Cause I like you
If I smoke too much pot you will call me a stoner
If I hit too many lines you'll call me a cokehead
If I like you too much you'll call me a mental
But it's okay for now
Because I like you