Saturday, March 22, 2008

Tonight's show dedicated to the violin, the viola, and the cello.

Thursday's subtle turn of earth
Exposes us to sun
At which we celebrate rebirth
And--please excuse the pun--
Everything now "springs" to life
That's why we call it spring?
So some pair off as man and wife
It's all about the strings.


1. Vanessa Mae - Tocatta and Fugue (remix) (7:46)
2. Vanessa - Mae - I Feel Love (6:57)

I've solved the bitrate issue I was having since the rebuild, but my pre-recorded bumpes did not work. Turns out, my mic is not set up correctly.

3. Utah Saints - Massive (5:44)
4. The Prodigy - Weather Experience (8:04)
5. Xploding Plastix - Joy Comes in the Morning (4:16)
6. The Art Of Noise - Promenade 1 (0:33)
7. Kronos Quartet - Purple Haze (2:52)
8. John Hartford - Indian War Whoop [Instrumental] (1:30)
9. Bond - Hungarian (3:00)
10. Björk - Hyperballad (Telegram version)(4:21)
11. Badmarsh & Shri - The Air I Breathe (Land Of 1000 Strings Mix) (5:25)
12. Rasputina - Doomsday Averted (2:42)
13. Talvin Singh - Traveller (Once Upon A Time In The East Mix) (5:47)
14. Anne Dudley And Jaz Coleman - The Awakening (4:46)
15. Amon Tobin - Sultan Drops (5:12)
16. Mahamoud Tabrizi Zadeh - Prelude In Tchahargah (3:19)

Mr. Zadeh plays the kamantche fiddle.

17. Aphex Twin - girlboy song (4:49)
18. Bowie, Glass, and Eno - Heroes (Aphex Twin Mix)(5:15)
19. Sukia vs DJ Food - Feel'n You & Me (6:20)
20. Amon Tobin - Searchers (5:45)
21. The Dining Rooms - M. Dupont (6:03)
22. The Art Of Noise - Promenade 2 (0:38)
23. Lionrock - A Cellar Full of Noise (4:53)

The Lionrock song actually does have violins. It's the "skree skree skree" from "Psycho", just heavily sampled.

24. Fantastic Plastic Machine - Honolulu, Calcutta (5:34)
25. Oxbow Lakes - Eveningsong String Mix (5:45)
26. Tei Towa - LCM (1:50)
27. Thomas Newman - Loverly Spring (1:50)
28. Golden Arm Trio - The Dark World Where I Dwell (2:15)
29. Moby - Guitar Flute And String (2:09)
30. The Orb - Oxbow Lakes (7:28) Someone wanted to hear the original.
31. 28 Days Soundtrack - Frank's Death-Soldiers (Requim in D Minor) (2:39)
32. Neotropic - In Reverse Order (2:34)
33. Rob Paravonian - Pachelbel Cannon in D (5:11)

I was trying to do a spring-time jazz thing here, but people kept requesting opera.

34. Chico Hamilton Quintet - Katz-up (3:52)
35. Edda Moser - Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (2:57)
36. Billie Holiday - Some Other Spring (3:03)
37. Inva Mulla Tchako; The London Symphony Orchestra - Lucia Di Lammermoor (3:09)
38. Inva Mulla Tchako - The Diva Dance (1:32)
39. The Art Of Noise - Born On A Sunday (4:40)
40. Them Bones - Spring Is Here (4:26)
41. Chico Hamilton Quintet - Classical Katz (3:00)
42. Ella Fitzgerald - I Got The Spring Fever Blues (3:03)
43. Chico Hamilton - Younger Than Springtime (3:31)
44. Django Rhienhardt - Swingtime in Springtime (2:53)
45. The Art Of Noise - Island (5:49)
46. Meat Beat Manifesto - Future Worlds (4:56)
47. Basil Pouledaris - The Kitchen - The Orgy (4:15)
48. Theme - Hunt for Red October - Basil Poledouris - Hymn To Red (5:06)

And I could not a show about the violin without including Ms. Anderson--the woman who taught me how to tell a story.

49. Laurie Anderson - Here With You (2:22)
50. Laurie Anderson - Life On A String (2:57)
51. Michael Riesman - Primacy of Number (6:52)
52. Neotropic - Feelin' Remote (9:32)
53. Blue States - Season Song (4:15)
54. Mado Robin (2:46)

Four hours is enough for me.