Radio Free GAK Episode March 12, 2012

XHM #106 - "Be the luckiest guy on the Lower East Side" (2012 March 12)

7:34am - 9:06am

With The Magnetic Fields in town this Sunday, this episode is all Stephin Merritt, including The Zinnias, Future Bible Heroes, the 6ths and his work for various films and audiobooks. One drag on how Merritt's music is often recorded is that it can be quite fuzzy when compressed, so some of these songs may sound tinny. The Magnetic Fields play the Vogue Theatre on Sunday March 10.

Thirty-six love songs for you--

1. The Magnetic Fields: Andrew in Drag (Love at the Bottom of the Sea, 2012) Merge
2. Chris Joss: Ford Mustard Cutter (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
3. The Zinnias: Midnight Slows (Compost, 1986) self-released
4. The Magnetic Fields: 100 000 Fireflies (100 000 Fireflies 7", 1993) Harriett
5. The Magnetic Fields: I Wish I Had an Evil Twin (I, 2004) Nonesuch
6. The Conet Project: Magnetic Fields (Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial
7. The Magnetic Fields: In My Car (Holiday, 1994) Feel Good All Over
8. The Magnetic Fields: Beach-a-Boop-Boop (Long Vermont Roads 7", 1993) Harriett
9. The Magnetic Fields: California Girls (Distortion, 2008) Nonesuch
10. The Conet Project: Magnetic Fields (Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial
11. The Magnetic Fields: Reno Dakota (CBC Radio Live, 2005?) CBC
12. Stephin Merritt: The Sun and the Sea and the Sky (Obscurities, 2011) Merge
13. Chris Joss: Re-Volt (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
14. Future Bible Heroes: Good Thing I Don't Have Any Feelings (I'm Lonely and I Love It EP, 2000) Merge
15. The Magnetic Fields: God Wants Us to Wait (Love at the Bottom of the Sea, 2012) Merge
16. Chris Joss: Optical (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
17. The Arcade Fire: Born on a Train (Live on KCRW, 2005) KCRW
18. Stephin Merritt: The Song from Venus (Obscurities, 2011) Merge
19. Chris Joss: Shafro (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
20. The Magnetic Fields: Stray with Me (Pieces of April OST, 2003) Nonesuch
21. The 6ths: You You You You You [w.Katharine Whalen] (Hyacinths and Thistles, 2000) Merge
22. Stephin Merritt: Cricket Problem (Eban & Charley OST, 2002) Merge
23. Stephin Merritt: Some Summer Day (Eban & Charley OST, 2002) Merge
24. Stephin Merritt: Maria Maria Maria (Eban & Charley OST, 2002) Merge
25. Stephin Merritt: Tiny Flying Player Pianos (Eban & Charley OST, 2002) Merge
26. Stephin Merritt: Victorian Robotics (Eban & Charley OST, 2002) Merge
27. Chris Joss: Backbeating (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
28. The Gothic Archies: You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home (Obscurities, 2011) Merge
29. The Gothic Archies: The Dead Only Quickly (Looming in the Gloom EP, 1996) Hello CD of the Month Club
30. Chris Joss: Within (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
31. The Gothic Archies: Scream and Run Away (The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2006) Nonesuch
32. The Gothic Archies: Smile! No One Cares How You Feel (The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2006) Nonesuch
33. The Gothic Archies: Shipwrecked (The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2006) Nonesuch
34. The Gothic Archies: We are the Gothic Archies (The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2006) Nonesuch
35. Chris Joss: Mo Lovin (Monomaniacs: Volume 1, 2010) Eighteenth Street Lounge
36. !!! Take Ecstasy with Me (Take Ecstasy with Me/Get Up EP, 2005) Touch & Go

Remember to tip your waiter and tell him to leave things off shuffle.

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