Jarvis talks about the concept behind Aidan J Moffat's Ten Short Songs for Modern Lovers. Honouring the first publication of The Times newspaper, Jarvis plays a musical representation of the steam press. David Cunningham of The Flying Lizards comes in to talk about the band's album re-issues, his project in which all the pianos in a piano shop played together, and working with Michael Nyman. Then they have a jamma session, with DC on the thumb piano and JC reading from The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell. From SweetThunder.org, a recording of a decaying fairground organ. Lastly, Jarvis asks of Bright Eyes, Are They Any Good? and reads an excerpt about them from Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom. Birthdays: John Bunyan, Nancy Mitford, Berry Gordy Jr, Friedrich Engels, William Blake (prompting a reading of Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract).
Primal Scream - Shine Like Stars (live from Olympia 26/11/10)
Nico - Frozen Warnings
The Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)
The Phoenix Foundation - Pot
Aidan John Moffat - Mizzle
Belle and Sebastian - Marx and Engels
David Axelrod - The Human Abstract
The Jam - News of the World
musical representation of the steam press
The Flying Lizards - The Window
David Cunningham - A Lot of Pianos
The Flying Lizards feat. Michael Nyman - Hands 2 Take
Jarvis and David Cunningham - Interrogative Mood Jamma
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Op 73) II. Adagio
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Mickey's Monkey
The Walker Brothers - I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore
Carnivores - Dressed for the Rain
Julia Stone - This Love
Gonzales - Never Stop (Erol Alkan's Piano-Pella)
Ned Hurley - The Sound of Music (Dying Carousel)
Bounty Killa / Pinchers - Dem A Ray Ray, Lunatic Version (Stone Love)
The Velvet Underground - I'm Set Free (Closet Mix)
Tim Buckley - Strange Street Affair Under Blue
Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
Randy Newman - Sail Away
