Cradle To Grave (Episode Twelve)

After two weeks away, it's good to get back to the bipolar birth/death fun that is Cradle To Grave.  I won't pretend to be modest & say that this was an easy episode - well, the birth parts were slightly more accommodating, as I got to play a Cramps song & an X song, which was awesome - but if you listen to the second half, you'll notice that there's not a hugely famous death on February 20.  So the people being celebrated are less likely than usual to be household names.

& I love that!  Part of my philosophy of radio includes the idea that programmers should be sharing with listeners music they might not have head before.  Personally, it kind of bugs me if I play the same song more than once - & when I say more than once, I mean more than once in the time I've been doing radio.  That's the complete opposite of how radio is thought to work!  But there it is.

The show is now available, although it's not February 20 anymore, at the Self Help Radio website.  When you get there, notice the username & password information - you'll need it to get to the show.  What's in the show is below, but you'll have to listen to see exactly whose birth or death I'm make a big deal about - as with Billy Zoom & Poison Ivy, it's the name of their bands on the playlist, not their names!

Enjoy.

(birthdays)

"Besame Mucho" Oscar Aleman Y Su Orchestra _Cuban Latino Jazz 1930-1949_
"Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" Gorillaz _Gorillaz_
"Funky Butt" Charles Kynard _Killer Jazz Funk From The Mainstream Vault II_
"Ain't Misbehavin'" Leroy Jones _Props For Pops_

"Reach Out For Me" Nancy Wilson _The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection_
"Love's Enough" David Ackles _American Gothic_
"The Circle Game" Buffy Sainte-Marie _Fire & Fleet & Candlelight_
"Hi-De-Ho" Blood, Sweat, & Tears _Blood, Sweat, & Tears 3_
"Anywhere Is Everywhere" Alan Hull _Phantoms_

"Surfer's Playmate" The Fleetwoods _Hey, Beach Girls! Female Surf & Drag 1961-1966_
"Going Down" Stone Roses _The Complete Stone Roses_
"24 Hour Party People" Happy Mondays _Squirrel & G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)_
"Mama Oo Pow Pow" The Cramps _Stay Sick!_
"Blue Spark" X _Under The Big Black Sun_
"Son Of A Gun" Nirvana _Incesticide_

(death anniversaries)

"(Those Ole) Uranium Blues" Loy Clingman With Al Casey & The Arizona Hayriders _Atomic Platters_
"Stranded In The Jungle" The Cadets _Best Of Burlesque_
"Court Of Love" The Unifics _Sittin' In At The Court Of Love_
"Vibration 2.2" The Celebrated Renaissance Band _Vibration 2.2_
"Pumpkin Pie" Joe Thompson _Family Tradition_

"Soliloquy (from Carousel)" John Raitt _American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs, & Stars, Vol. 2_
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot _The Complete Greatest Hits_

"Sunny Days" Lighthouse _Sunny Days_
"I Don't Care (What They Say)" The Melroys _The Melroys_
"Drive All Night" Rachel Bissex _Between The Broken Lines_

"Lebanese Blonde" Thievery Corporation _It Takes A Thief: The Very Best Of Thievery Corporation_