On a warm April Sunday, Jarvis imagines us sitting in our gardens, listening to the radio in plastic lawn chairs. He talks about the Wilhelm Scream, a 1951 stock sound effect whose use because an in-joke in the film industry - Sheb Wooley, born this day, was that screamer. And he once encountered a Flying Purple People-Eater... Also this day, The Great Gatsby was first published, the first law of copyright was made and the Titanic set out on its maiden voyage. We hear an abridged version of Majesty, an intense story by Miranda July featuring Prince William and some buttocks. The show closes with a stroll around Grantchester Meadows... Birthdays: Eddie Hazel, Jim Bowie, Joseph Pulitzer, Omar Sharif (who discusses his atheism), Paul Theroux (talking about travel writing), Martin Denny, Aidan Moffat, Gloria Hunniford (who discusses her faith), Brian Setzer and William Booth.
David Bowie — A New Career in a New Town
Toots and The Maytals — 54 46
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins — Running on Fumes
Ólöf Arnalds — Crazy Car
James Blake — The Wilhelm Scream
Sheb Wooley — Purple People Eater
Eddie Hazel — California Dreaming
Matching Mole — O Caroline
Martin Denny — The Enchanted Sea
Nelson Riddle and Bill Atherton — What'll I Do
Jonny Greenwood — Mou Sukoshi Jibun No Koto, Kichinto Shitaino
CAN — Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone
Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat — The Copper Top
Bloodless Pharaohs — Nowhere Fast
The Monkees — DW Washburn
Mike and The Mechanics — All I Need Is a Miracle
Psychedelic Horse Manure — French Countryside
Steel Pulse — Handsworth Revolution
François de Roubaix — Dernier Domicile Donnu
McGough and McGear — Basement Flat
Judy Henske — Road to Nowhere
Gavin Bryars — Titanic Hymn (Autumn)
Pink Floyd — Grantchester Meadows
