A freshly Poligripped Jarvis delivers one last dead Christmas tree update and asks Are They Any Good of Ryan Adams. We hear a story with a musical backing, The Gift by The Velvet Underground, and how Benjamin Franklin invented the glass armonica - an instrument that sounded so beautiful that it was feared it drove people mad. In a restful interlude, Uri Geller encourages you to bend a spoon with your mind. Tom Waits shares some wisdom about conception. Baxter Dury tells Jarvis about the new biopic of his father, Ian. He considers how it feels to have a rock star parent mythologised and explains that a biopic needn't be factually accurate to tell a truthful story. He also talks about CCTV and the London marathon. Birthdays: Eartha Kitt, Chris Montez, Françoise Hardy, Keith Chegwin, Michelle Obama, Muhammad Ali (discussing trash talk), Benjamin Franklin, Richard Hawley and Al Capone.
The Doors - Awake
Antony and the Johnsons - Crazy in Love
Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire
The Hours - Ali in the Jungle
Wooden Shjips - We Ask You to Ride
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Josephine Foster - Trust in the Unexpected
The Velvet Underground - The Gift
Richard Hawley - As the Dawn Breaks
Uri Geller - Mood
Cornershop - Cornershop
John Cooper Clarke - The Ghost of Al Capone
Eartha Kitt - The Blues
Baxter Dury - Floor Show
Baxter Dury - Don't Waste Your Life, Claire
Bob Dylan - Romance in Durango
Debbie Harry - Lucky Jim
Ryan Adams - My Winding Wheel
Jon Brion - Little Person
