The Explanation
(for those who require one)

And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather

Radio Free Gunslinger #40: Outer Layers



Your host for this edition of Radio Free Gunslinger, entitled 'Outer Layers,' is S.J. Perelman

The Content

First Sequence:
The Orchids - Newly Wed
The Solitaires - Zoop
The Rivileers - A Thousand Stars
The Velvets - Tonight (Could Be the Night)
The Four Fellows - Soldier Boy

Second Sequence:
Earl Grant - Swingin' Gently
Jimmy Smith - Come On, Baby
Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Cat Nip
Herbie Hancock - Jane's Theme
The Artwoods - A Taste of Honey

Third Sequence:
Maroon 5 - Don't Look Back in Anger
Tori Amos - (Smells Like) Teen Spirit
Honeywagon - When I Come Around
Stereoboy - Beetlebum
Iron & Wine - Waitin' for a Superman

Fourth Sequence:
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Higher Ground
Macy Gray - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Ali Campbell - Village Ghetto Land
Nicotine - I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder - Bell for Freedom (live)

Summation:
Johnny Adams - Johnny A's Blues (live)
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2 comments:

swac said...

I've got me a 15-hour drive ahead of me on Wednesday, to Cinefest in Syracuse. Good time to catch up on my Gunslinger listening. I started reading S.J. Perelman when I came across a copy of The Road to Miltown at 12 or 13, before I even knew he had anything to do with the Marx Brothers. This is going to be a treat.

March 11, 2013 8:20 AM
Howdy said...

The gunslinger podcast are quietly subversive! Many Thanks!

March 11, 2013 10:06 PM

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