Jarvis couldn't go abroad because of the ash cloud, so he visited his mum and nicked her records - we get to hear the results. On This Day, Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer and Bill Clinton made an important decision concerning GPS. We hear about the customs of May and the meaning of Mah - the Japanese concept of 'positive emptiness'. Michael Palin drops in, chatting about his childhood in Sheffield and where he liked to cycle. Jarvis asks about the musical bits of his career: writing lyrics for Monty Python, compering a pop showcase and his brief songwriting career. Michael also talks about his travelling and his enthusiasm for Hemingway. Then he reads a Hemingway essay about a seedy Parisian cafe and answers listeners' questions about happiness and stunt chips. Birthdays: Lorenz Hart and Engelbert Humperdinck. Valete: Alan Sillitoe (we hear one of his caustic quotes).
Sigur Rós — Staralfur
Arctic Monkeys — A Certain Romance
Elvis Presley — Blue Moon
Engelbert Humperdinck — Ten Guitars
Sister Rosetta Tharpe — I Do, Don't You?
The Rolling Stones — I Just Want to See His Face
BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Derek Bowskill — May
Wicker Man OST — Maypole
Jah Wobble — Shinto Dub
Monty Python — Brian Song
Barry Booth — Vera Lamonte
Bruce Springsteen — 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
John Cale — Paris 1919
The Undertones — Jimmy Jimmy
Link Wray — God Out West
Suicide — Shadazz
Iggy and The Stooges — Gimme Danger
