PLAYLIST 14 - Memory and Desire Stirring

T.S. Eliot wrote that, “April is the cruellest month”. I disagree, August is the cruellest month and the reasons are numerous. The golden promises as it begins, the downward course towards grey deceits as it ends. Those carefree summer days quickly fleeting as longer nights and indistinct clouds dot our periphery. The eighth month enlivens me as much as it discourages me. The songs in this compendium suggest an infinite light to dark cycle. Dig deeply with this one and you will be rewarded. This summation musically reflective of my annual inner seasonal conflict.

This one is in two parts. The perfect primer for the endless summer that waits in the wings as we mire through the wet grey days of March.

Day Side
Memory and Desire Stirring Part I

01. Neko Case - That Teenage Feeling
02. Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
03. Beach Boys - Let’s Go Away for A While (stereo)
04. John Cale - The Endless Plain of Fortune
05. Luna - Bewitched
06. Teenage Fanclub – Jesus Christ
07. Big Star - O Dana
08. The Broken West - Shiftee
09. Spoon – The Ghost of You Lingers
10. Lambchop – The New Cobweb Summer
11. Jim O’Rourke - Insignificance
12. Gastr Del Sol - Quietly Approaching
13. Califone - The Orchids
14. Built to Spill - Kicked it in the Sun
15. Marissa Nadler – Cortez the Killer

Night Side
Memory and Desire Stirring Part II

01. Dennis Brown – Johnny Too Bad
02. The Meters - Chug, Chug, Chug-a-lug (Push n’ Shove)
03. Minutemen - It’s Expected I’m Gone
04. The Stooges - Down On the Street
05. The Dirtbombs - Natural Man
06. Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
07. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
08. Black Mountain - Heart of Snow
09. Evangelicals - The Water is Warm
10. Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy – Calvary Cross
11. (Smog) – Held
12. Joanna Newsom - En Gallop
13. Van Dyke Parks - G-Man Hoover
14. Okkervil River - John Allyn Sails
15. Daniel Johnston - Blue Clouds