Friday, August 07, 2015

Stuck In Thee Garage #90: August 7, 2015

The power of the written word is immeasurable. The pen is mightier than the sword. Many tried and true statements have been made about writing over the years. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about writing in hour 2. They rocked most steadfastly.

You know what they say about all work and no play...



The Kubrick-approved (not really) playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Titus Andronicus - Lonely Boy/The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Wilco - Random Name Generator/Star Wars
Hard Left - Hand in Hand/We Are Hard Left
Pony Time - Time Tells Me/Rumours 2: The Rumours are True
Small Feet - All and Everyone/From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean
Ava Luna - Chiseled Abs/Takamatsu Station
The 20/20 Project - Got It Made/Tapes and Crates
Lighouts - More Than Ever/More Than Ever
Weed - Stay in the Summer/Running Back
Girls Names - Reticence/Arms Around a Vision
Ghost Pains - Arboretum/Building Mountains
Gardens & Villa - Fixations/Music for Dogs
Kid Wave - Wonderlust/Wonderlust
Wand - Stolen Footsteps/1000 Days
Dope Body - Old Grey/Kunk
Christian Fitness - Praying for a Slow Train/single

Hour 2: Writing
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - We Call Upon the Author/Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Obits - Put It In Writing/7-inch
Heavy Trash - Wet Book/Going Way Out With Heavy Trash (bonus track)
The Kinks - Picture Book/Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Spoon - Written in Reverse/Transference
Genesis - Behind the Lines/Duke
Frightened Rabbit - Bright Pink Bookmark/The Midnight Organ Fight
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Reading in Bed/Knives Don't Have Your Back
Stars - Favourite Book/In Our Bedroom After the War
Minutemen - Martin's Story/Double Nickels on the Dime
X - Adult Books (demo)/Los Angeles
Husker Du - Books About UFOs/New Day Rising
Talking Heads - The Book I Read/Talking Heads '77
Stephen Malkmus - Black Book/Stephen Malkmus
The Posies - Love Letter Boxes/Frosting on the Beater
R.E.M. - E-bow the Letter/New Adventures in Hi-Fi 
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction/Stranger Than Fiction

 


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