December 4 playlist on raven radio:
mr gnome - rise and shine
habibi - sweetest talk
half japanese - overjoyed and thankful
aj davila & terror amor - todo lo que quiero
deerhoof - big house waltz
fet.nat - destrier destroyer
last ex - hotel blues
avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche - super pastiche fantastique / new sun I and II
goat - hide from the sun
dope body - nu sensation
slim twig - shroud by the sheetful
marianne faithfull - sparrows will sing
angel olsen - stars
damien jurado - metallic cloud
rose windows - there is a light
***with jimmy riordan, picking songs in response to passages from his book:
"That is how the night passed, in eating and in love."
lee dorsey - night people
"The sky was like a harp..."
sister rosetta tharpe - up above my head i hear music in the air
peter broderick - piano & rain
"They saw their lives reflected in the lids of their closed eyes"
velvet underground - i'll be your mirror
dinah washington - i'll close my eyes
"There is Divinity even in goodbyes."
m ward - one more goodbye
leonard cohen - hey, that's no way to say goodbye
staple singers - going away
"Give back to me my weakness."
chad vangaalen - frozen paradise
robert wyatt - free will and testament
sean nicholas savage - paradise o paradise
***
tiny lewis - i get weak