On This Day, Henry Hudson began exploring the Hudson River; Elizabeth Barrett eloped with Robert Browning; Switzerland became a federal state; Mahler's 8th Symphony premiered; the Lascaux cave paintings were found; the first integrated circuit was demonstrated; Steve Biko died in police custody; an aeroplane landed on the White House lawn - and Jarvis is recovering from the End of the Road festival. Nick Cave explains how he improvises lyrics; how working with a set of trusted musicians frees him to be creative; and how satisfying it can be to get certain words into songs. Then he discusses his attitude towards God and organised religion. And we hear an excerpt from his 1996 radio essay The Flesh Made Word. Birthdays: Louis MacNeice (Jarvis reads from Autumn Journal), Barry White, Richard Gatling, Maria Muldaur, George Jones (who'd do anything for a drink) and Maurice Chevalier. Valete: Johnny Cash and Anthony Perkins.
Ian McCulloch — September Song
Brakes — All Night Disco Party (Graham Sutton remix)
Trembling Bells — September Is the Month of Death
Smoke Fairies — Summer Fades
20th Century Brass Band — Feeling Free
Barry White — Our Theme Pt 1
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Grinderman — Heathen Child
Grinderman — Palaces of Montezuma
Grinderman — Kitchenette
Johnny Cash — I Walk the Line
Maria Muldaur — Midnight at the Oasis
George Jones — He Stopped Loving Her
Boomer and Travis — Foul Owl
Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold — I Remember It Well
Chrisma — Black Silk Stockings
Bernard Herrmann — Psycho Suite
Grace Slick — Come Again? Toucan
The Birthday Party — Mutiny in Heaven
Phil Selway — By Some Miracle
Edwyn Collins — Losing Sleep
Tex Ritter — Deck of Cards
Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman — Schulwerk (Music for Children)
