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Ep 153 – epitash
gts153 “epitash” My epitaph: Look over your shoulder, there’s somebody lookin at you 01-01 Brad Marino – Basement Beat 11 – Dream Last Night (2022) 01-02 Mills Brothers – Brunswick 6225 – You Rascal, You (1932) 01-03 Jim Carroll Band – Catholic Boy 105 – People Who Died (1980) 01-04 Nikki Corvette & Hell On…
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Ep 152 – reverish
gts152 “reverish” Where the hell are my pants? 01-01 Rosemary Rice – Bedtime Stories And Songs 101 – Introduction (1967) 01-02 Judy Garland – In the Good Old Summertime OST 302 – Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (1949) 01-03 The Wee Cherubs – Bogaten 02 – Dreaming (1984) 01-04 The Cherubs – Short Of Popular…
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Ep 151 – dormish
gts151 “dormish” Hate to say I told you so. Not really. 01-01 Arthur Godfrey & Mary Martin & Archie Bleyer Orchestra – Columbia 38744 – Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep (1950) — Mary was, of course, the original lead in Peter Pan, and also The Sound Of Music but she declined…
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Ep 150 – shhh
gts150 “shhh” Keep it down up there. 01-01 Ella Mae Morse – Capitol 151 – Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (1944) — she also sang on the very first record Capitol produced. 01-02 The Charms – DeLuxe 6050 – Quiet Please (1954) — in 1954, still Ohio doo-wop with Otis Williams, though the next year…
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Ep 149 – dishfigrd
gts149 “dishfigrd” It ain’t gonna be pretty. 01-01 Gordon Polk & Don Brassfield & His Swing Sextette – Mastertone 75 – Body By Fisher (Face By Frankenstein) (1946) — was unable to gussy this one up with a click’n’snick removal tool, it reported that “no changes can be made”. Hah, some things are too ugly…
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Ep 148 – deutshesonne
gts148 “deutshesonne” Despite the theme here, there’s almost no German spoken. 01-01 The Spacelords – Liquid Sun 101 – Liquid Sun (2016) 01-02 Ardo Dombec – Ardo Dombec 104 – Clean Up Sunday (1971) — like most of these, the lyrics are in English. 02-01 Liquid Visions – The Lost Recordings 05 – Yellow Sunshine…
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Ep 147 – tourisht
gts147 “tourisht” Armchair travel is easier on the knees. 01-01 Shakti – This Moment 02 – Bending The Rules (2023) — grown out of the ashes of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti espouses Hindustani and Carnatic music from India… with an English guitarist. This was their first album since 1977, and it won a Grammy for Best…
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Ep 146 – sheepish
gts146 “sheepish” I’m ok, but shouldn’t wag your tail behind you in front of other people. 01-01 Bing Crosby & Fred Waring Glee Club – Decca 23990 – The Whiffenpoof Song (1947) — better to be a wistful drunk than an angry one! 01-02 Suzee Ikeda – MoWest 5004F – Bah Bah Bah (1971) —…
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Ep 145 “illish”
gts145 “illish” 01-01 Martha Tilton & Ben Pollack And His Orchestra – RCA Soundie (with The Slate Bothers) – A Little Jive Is Good For You (1941) — 78rpm discs were impractical to play in a machine, so before the jukebox was invented, there was the Panoram, a coin-operated video machine. 10 cents for a…
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Ep 144 – pish
gts144 “pish” Eventually, π will reveal all of your account numbers and passwords. 01-01 Bill Murphy & Can You Flow? – Pi (2015) — to the tune of that Eminem songs where “two trailer park girls go ’round the outside”. 01-02 Jonathan Mann – Pi Day Song (2012) — an ode to “the nerdiest of…