Aural Fixation

#1940 Reagan-era Angst: Music from the Films of John Hughes

auralfixation — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:39:33 GMT

01. Private Joy - Cheyne 02. Get to Know Ya - Jesse Johnson 03. Turn It On - Kim Wilde 04. If You Were Here - Thompson Twins 05. Tenderness - General Public 06. When It Started to Begin - Nick Heyward 07. Left of Center - Suzanne Vega 08. Do Wot You Do - INXS 09. Turn to the Sky - The March Violets 10. Eighties - Killing Joke 11. Radio People - Zapp 12. Wouldn't It Be Good - Danny Hutton Hitters 13. Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs 14. Love of the Common People - Paul Young

#1939 Purple Rain - the 25th anniversary of the film

auralfixation — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:51 GMT

01. Let's Go Crazy - Riverboat Gamblers 02. Take Me With U - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 03. The Beautiful Ones - Mariah Carey 04. Computer Blue - Of Montreal 05. Darling Nikki - Foo Fighters 06. When Doves Cry - Bob Belden, Cassandra Wilson & Greg Osby 07. I Would Die 4 U - Mariachi El Bronx 08. Baby I'm a Star - Craig Wedren 09. Purple Rain - Holly Cole

#1938 Michael Jackson

auralfixation — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:14:42 GMT

01. I Wanna Be Where You Are 02. That's What Love is Made Of 03. What Goes Around Comes Around 04. Lonely Teardrops 05. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day 06. Euphoria 07. Who's Looking for a Lover 08. We're Almost There 09. Just A Little Bit Of You 10. Don't Say Goodbye Again 11. You're My Best Friend, My Love 12. Girl You're So Together 13. Blame It On The Boogie 14. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 15. Never Can Say Goodbye

#1937 Day/Time [NightTyme Mix]

auralfixation — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:21:14 GMT

01. Girl - Morris Day 02. Oh, Baby - The Time 03. If the Kid Can't Make You Come - The Time 04. Don't Wait for Me - Morris Day 05. A Man's Pride - Morris Day 06. Love is a Game - Morris Day 07. Donald Trump (Black Version) - The Time 08. Sometimes I Get Lonely - The Time 09. Changes - Morris Day 10. Gigolos Get Lonely Too - The Time

#1936 For Brother Al Robles: "the weather, or the character of the day..."

auralfixation — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:24:12 GMT

01. Almost Like Being in Love - Johnny Hartman 02. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington 03. All the Things You Are - Jaawe Lang 04. How High the Moon - Pat Suzuki 05. Stars Fell on Alabama - Kay Starr 06. Tenderly - James Newton 07. I Remember You - Dinah Washington 08. In Watsonville - Al Robles "Jazz of My Youth" by Al Robles I remember jazz of my youth In the streets of Fillmore Crossing over To cousin Jimbo’s Bop City Where the green between His dark ebony fingers Flapped in the cool Post street wind Take the "A" train & slide all the way down Listening to sounds close to the ground Fillmore street bound Jazz comin’ ’round Conga tight skins crack Snapping All day & all morn’ All night session How high the moon Laying down in the back room Horns blowing to stars fell on alabama As the night fog squeezed in Wailing sounds echoed in the air The streets sparkled like stars All the things you are Jazz of my youth Cruising over to Soulsville Stepping over cords Guitar strings cutting loose on Tenderly Jazz of my youth Jack's on Sutter Jackson’s Nook Step back & be cool Head to the back room Thick smoke curling round A brown pilipino man Nlowin’ it’s almost like falling in love Hunched over a piano A gray sharkskin overcoat Dark shades Brown fingers runnin’ up & down The ivory keys Dark black hair gleams With three flowers Charlie Abing The jazz man from Stockton Blowing sax & piano What a rare mood I’m in It’s almost like falling in love Jazz of my youth Runnin’ the Mo' The cool streets Talkin’ deep & sweet I remember you... You’re the one that Made my dreams Come true

#1935 La Sonora Dinamita [Guest Harvested by Abad Entertainment, LLC]

auralfixation — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:21:34 GMT

01. Come and Get It - Fats Waller and His Rhythm 02. Ay Jose - Graciela 03. Quimbombo - Machito & His Afro Cubans 04. Sould Sauce (Guacha Guaro) - Cal Tjader 05. Cantaloupe Island - Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers 06. A Santa Barbara - Celia Cruz 07. Mambo Suavecito - Tito Puente & His Orchestra 08. Why Wait - Perez Prado Orchestra 09. Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 10. I'm Not Talking - Mose Allison 11. Jockey Full of Bourbon - Tom Waits 12. Va Va Voom - Carl Masters 13. River Nile Version - Pablo & Herman's Allstars 14. Skylarking - Horace Andy 15. No, No, No - Dawn Penn 16. Sugar Moon - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 17. Shout to the Top! - The Style Council

#1934 The Swan

auralfixation — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:15:52 GMT

01. The Lonely Swan - Branford Marsalis 02. The Swan - Jacqueline Du Pre 03. The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 3 - Jean Sibelius 04. Theme From The Swan - Passengers 05. Song of the Black Swan - Pink Martini

#1933 Ma(y)nila

auralfixation — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:54:27 GMT

01. Manila Arrival - Dr. Boogie Nights 02. Manila Teenage Death Squad - Chicosci 03. Manila - Ciclon 04. Manila - Eraserheads 05. Manila - Sandwich 06. Maynila - Introvoys 07. Manila High - Kala 08. Maynila - Sound 09. Manila Polo Club, In Which Iñigo Drinks from the Winner's Cup - Salvatore de Legaspi 10. Manila - Martin Denny 11. Manila - Poncho Sanchez 12. Manila Girl - Put3ska 13. Manila - Seelenluft 14. Manila Sunrise (Markus Schultz Moscow Mix) - Luzon 15. Manila Traffic - Tim Tayag 16. bossaManila - Sound

#1932 Resolutions

auralfixation — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:59:56 GMT

01. I'll Do For You - Father MC 02. I'll Do Anything - Heavy D. 03. Shuffle Boil / You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight - T.J. Kirk 04. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Robert Palmer & UB40 05. I'll Never Give In - Aya 06. I'll Stay - The RH Factor 07. Up And Down, Up And Down (I Will Lead Them Up And Down) - Duke Ellington 08. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To - Joe Bataan & LaSo 09. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello 10. I'll See You In My Dreams - Gaucho 11. I'll Be There When The Time Comes - Wynton Marsalis 12. I'll Be Seeing You - Rahsaan Roland Kirk 13. And We Will Fly - Kurt Elling

#1931 Post Launch Ribaldry: "Omit Noisy Help!"

auralfixation — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:10:38 GMT

01. Di Na Natuto - Sound 02. Oh Yeah - Los Lobos 03. Lady Grinning Soul - David Bowie 04. Sonatine - Ryuichi Sakamoto 05. Third Rock - Pure Essence 06. When You're Walking - Black Sugar 07. This Was Never Meant To Be - Sting 08. Saca La Botella - Luis Santi 09. Inside+Out (Apostle of Hustle UnMix Live at the BBC) - Feist 10. Santissima Bose - Dr. Boogie Nights 11. Nardis - Kronos Quartet 12. Sway - Dean Martin 13. Detour Ahead - Kurt Elling 14. Bird of Beauty - Stevie Wonder 15. Let's Say - Wendy & Lisa 16. Dance of Dream Man - Angelo Badalamenti 17. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

#1930 Regalis Cognatus, pt. 3

auralfixation — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:01:17 GMT

01. Everybody Dance - Ta Mara and the Seen 02. Dear Michaelangelo - Sheila E. 03. G-Spot - Jill Jones 04. Fifteen - Madhouse 05. Some Kind of Lover - Apollonia 6 06. Love is a Game - Morris Day 07. She's Always in My Hair - D'Angelo 08. Do Yourself a Favor - Jesse Johnson 09. The Dance Electric - Andre Cymone 10. Don't Try To Tell Me - Wendy & Lisa 11. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore - Alicia Keys 12. Modernaire - Dez Dickerson 13. High Fashion - The Family

#1929 Remember the Spartans, pt. 3

auralfixation — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:29:15 GMT

01. The Politics of Dancing - The Re-Flex 02. The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-Ha 03. Change - Tears for Fears 04. Last Chance On The Stairway - Duran Duran 05. No More Words - Berlin 06. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order 07. Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds 08. Send Me An Angel - Real Life 09. Something About You - Level 42 10. Like to Get to Know You Well - Howard Jones 11. Who's That Girl - Eurythmics 12. Hey Little Girl - Icehouse 13. Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls 14. Vienna - Ultravox 15. Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry 16. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads

#1928 X<1

auralfixation — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:49:40 GMT

01. Lucky (Rap) - Joni Mitchell 02. Happy Birthday - South Park 03. Barbara Bush 04. NPG Operator - Prince 05. Thanksgiving Pussy - Redd Foxx 06. Piece For Ornette (S.V.) - Keith Jarrett 07. Hello Garci - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 08. Prejudice Superheroes - Dave Chappelle 09. I Want You (Intro Jam) - Marvin Gaye 10. Cricket - Gidon Kremer 11. Wheel - Qpe 12. Nerio Compra Contestadora - Los Amigos Invisibles 13. At-risk Students - George Bush 14. Bell Church 2 (Fountain), Baguio - Dr. Boogie Nights 15. D&K Cadence - The A&T Drumline (The Senate) 16. Roger & Zapp - Chris Rock 17. Phone Call From Rita - Los Lobos 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Delire (instrumental) - Jean-Louis Celeste 20. Steep's Theme - Branford Marsalis 21. Ja Nun Hons Pris - Bryan Ferry 22. Vocal Out-Takes - Brian Eno & David Byrne 23. Untitled - Broken Social Scene 24. Scenes From Childhood, 3. Catch Me - Donald Betts 25. Con Ganas - Johnny Blas 26. Song Cry - Phnom Penh Playaz 27. Toro - Latin Playboys 28. Jackie-Ing - T.J. Kirk 29. Introduction - Charlie Haden Quartet West 30. Bayan Ko - Chocolate Meat 31. Interlude - Ebony Rhythm Band 32. Shopping (Interlude) - Weldon Irvine 33. Anton Webern, Five Pieces, op. 5 – III - Kronos Quartet 34. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96 - DJ Shadow 35. Meet The G That Killed Me - Public Enemy 36. 98 Cadence - USMC Drum & Bugle Corps 37. Elvis' Gift - Paul Mooney 38. Vals De La Despedida - Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada 39. Parrot - Dave Attell 40. Bands Reuniting - Todd Barry 41. Fuck Starbucks! - Bobby Banduria 42. Thirteen Years Theme - Alejandro Escovedo 43. Insensatez - Ryuichi Sakamoto 44. Drum Cadences - Duke Blue Devils 1999 Drumline 45. India - Roxy Music 46. Meditation On Inner Peace - Charles Mingus 47. Gorrion de Hoy (finale) - Silvana DeLuigi 48. I Ku Maumau - Sudden Rush 49. Astronaut Jones - Tracy Morgan 50. If I Were A... I'd - Fishbone 51. Abide With Me - Thelonious Monk 52. Overture (Fascinatin' Rhythm) - Herbie Hancock 53. Duyug Mode on a Toy Piano - Music of the Magindanao 54. Endless Endless - Kraftwerk 55. Within An Hour [...] - Kip Hanrahan 56. Hidden - Rahsaan Roland Kirk 57. J's Break - Bucolic 58. Lesson 2 - Tim Tayag 59. The Look Of Love (Part Two) - ABC 60. Anitos I - Susie Ibarra 61. Amourissima - Feist 62. Interlude - The RH Factor 63. Thief Without Loot - Jason Moran

#1927 Give the Drummer Some: Listening to Tony Thompson (1954-2003)

auralfixation — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:15:36 GMT

01. Shake It - David Bowie 02. He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge 03. Chic Cheer - Chic 04. Upside Down - Diana Ross 05. Burning Up - Madonna 06. I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - Robert Palmer 07. Lonely Tonight - The Power Station 08. Without You - David Bowie 09. We Fight for Love - The Power Station

#1926 St. Pat's Dinner Mix [Courtesy of JB & a Quartet of DJs]

auralfixation — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:34:56 GMT

01. Get Involved - Freddie McGregor 02. Las Guajiras - Mongo Santamaria 03. For the Love of You - John Holt 04. Listen Here - Valorie Keys 05. Mambologica - Maximo Rodriguez Y Sus Estrellas Panameñas 06. Back Home - Gil Scott-Heron 07. These Are Those Soulful Days - Wynton Marsalis 08. Anger - Marvin Gaye 09. West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson & the Street People 10. London Town - Light of the World 11. Mulatu's Hideway - Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet 12. Zero Codazos - Johnny Pacheco 13. You Can't Turn Me Away - Sylvia Striplin 14. Ooh, Baby Baby - Ralfi Pagan

#1925 Regalis Obscura, Pt. 1

auralfixation — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:16:10 GMT

01. Crazy You - Prince 02. Eight - Madhouse 03. Damn U - Prince 04. The Sun, the Moon and Stars - Prince 05. Goodbye - Prince 06. She Loves Me 4 Me - Prince 07. I Love U in Me - Prince 08. I Hate U [alternate] - Prince

#1924 Resolutions

auralfixation — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:25:29 GMT

01. El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) - Joe Cuba 02. I'll Stick Around - Foo Fighters 03. I Will Follow - U2 04. I'll be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan 05. I Think I'll Call It Morning - Gil Scott-Heron 06. I'll be Around - The Spinners 07. I'll be Good to You - The Brothers Johnson 08. I'll Name it Tomorrow - Weldon Irvine 09. I'll be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today) - Joe Bataan 10. I'll Fly Away - Kanye West 11. I'll be Waiting - Santana 12. i'll Tumble 4 Ya - culture club 13. I'll Melt with you - Modern English 14. I'll Fly for you - Spandau Ballet 15. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Bobbie Gentry 16. Soon I'll be Loving You Again - Marvin Gaye 17. One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman 18. I Will Wait for You - Michel Legrand 19. You Run Your Mouth (And I'll Run My Business) - Joe Jackson 20. I'll be Seeing You - Jane Monheit 21. I Will - Beatles 22. I Will - Wendy & Lisa 23. Yes I Will - Michael Franti 24. I Will - Prince

#1923 The Seminarians' Playlist: Grace / Sin / Forgiveness / Redemption

auralfixation — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:06:17 GMT

House Rules: No 'Redemption Song' No 'Amazing Grace' 01. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 02. Roots Natty - Revival 03. Wings of Forgiveness - India Arie 04. Saved - Bob Dylan 05. Jesus Gave Me Water - Sam Cooke 06. I'll Fly Away - Kanye West 07. Waterfalls - TLC 08. Many Men - 50 Cent 09. Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians 10. He - Diana Ross & the Supremes 11. Devil in the Wishing Well - Five for Fighting 12. Untitled - Finch 13. A Boy Brushed Red... Living In Black And White - Underoath 14. Closer - Nine Inch Nails 15. Forgive Them Father - Lauryn Hill 16. Paint it Black - Rolling Stones 17. The Storm is Over Now - Kirk Franklin 18. Hand it Over - Keb' Mo' 19. Soul on Fire - H.I.M. 20. New Deep - John Mayer

#1922 Hotlips: "I wonder how such a degenerated person ever reached a position of authority in the Army Medical Corps." Father Mulcahy: "He was drafted."

auralfixation — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:33:30 GMT

"I don't do eulogies" - Robert Altman (1925-2006) 01. Theme from Bonanza - Ray Evans 02. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Sam Phillips 03. Pretty - The Cranberries 04. I Can Give You the Starlight - Ivor Novello & Patrick Doyle 05. Yo Mama Jokes - Garrison Keillor 06. Secrets to Hide - Ivor Novello & Patrick Doyle 07. 70's Love Groove - Janet Jackson 08. Here Comes the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze 09. Supermodel Sandwich - Terence Trent D'Arby 10. Close to You - Brand New Heavies 11. Suicide is Painless - Johnny Mandel

#1921 "How can there be any comparison of safe or unsafe, if all be left at random?"

auralfixation — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:42:11 GMT

01. Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!! - Trio Mocotó 02. East Coast Angel - Emm Gryner 03. El Merecumbe - Raul Malo 04. Be Near Me - ABC 05. Waiau Slides - Mr. Bollweevil 06. Moments for the KIAMIA - Billy Bang 07. Safe Harbor Hours - Dr. Boogie Nights 08. Cosmic Vortex - Weldon Irvine 09. Piece for Ornette (L.V.) - Keith Jarrett 10. Sobale - Johnny Blas 11. Ti Fi-A (Hey, Little Girl) - Atis Independan 12. A Rapid Series Of Comical Noises! - David Cross 13. Something Worthwhile - Mojofly

#1920 "In the days of old the birds lived at random in a lawless state of anarchy."

auralfixation — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:19:55 GMT

01. Stay Out of My Life - Ralfi Pagan 02. Untitled - Tony Robles 03. Look. The moon...(Diahnne's) - Kip Hanrahan 04. Poor Boy Got to Move - Allen Toussaint 05. Tea for Two - Mambo All Stars 06. Hello Garci - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 07. Turete - Eraserheads 08. Gettin It Together - Tommy Guerrero & Lyrics Born 09. Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) - Sammy Davis, Jr. 10. Mai Nozipo - Kronos Quartet 11. Recado Bossa Nova - Gonzalo Rubalcaba 12. Latin Strut - Joe Bataan 13. We'll Make It Tomorrow - Fred Houn & the Afro-Asian Ensemble 14. Anthem of the U.S.S.R. - Paul Robeson 15. Naitropé Clebtopé - Sam Paglia 16. Weathermen Have Become, For The Most Part, Obsolete! - David Cross 17. What Are You Afraid Of - Regina Belle 18. One True Love - Alejandro Escovedo

#1919 "Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet."

auralfixation — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:44:50 GMT

01. Touba, Daru Salaam - Youssou N'dour 02. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone - David Bowie 03. Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes 04. For the Love of You - Regina Belle 05. Asan Na? - Twisted Halo 06. Cancer - Joe Jackson 07. August Day Song - Bebel Gilberto 08. With U - Mojofly 09. Happy House - Shuggie Otis 10. Rebuilding [Rubber Inc Remix] - Sound 11. N.Y.P.D. - Chris Rock 12. Trees - Rahsaan Roland Kirk 13. Love and Happiness - David Sanborn 14. A Distant Soil - WDOUJI 15. Nalulunod Sa Isang Basong Tubig - Radioactive Sago Project

#1918 "Soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse."

auralfixation — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:39:50 GMT

Special Request Code: 4LG 01. Amazing - Tin Machine 02. You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller 03. 1000 Years - Sting 04. Dance Me to the End of Love - Madeleine Peyroux 05. Who Needs Forever? - Astrud Gilberto 06. Change Partners - Frank Sinatra 07. Do You Remember - Jack Johnson 08. Forever My Friend - Ray LaMontagne 09. Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson 10. Love Song for a Vampire - Annie Lennox 11. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys 12. Chains of Love - Erasure 13. A Dream Goes On Forever - Todd Rundgren 14. As (Always) - George Michael & Mary J. Blige 15. Promise Me You'll Remember - Harry Connick, Jr.

#1917 "My dull braine was wrought with things forgotten."

auralfixation — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:54:42 GMT

01. Field Word - Ryuichi Sakamoto 02. Go To Work - Revolution Compared to What 03. Working Day & Night - Michael Jackson 04. We Work the Black Seam - Sting 05. I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee 06. Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Public Enemy 07. Work - Bob Marley 08. Working Out With Midgets - Tim Tayag 09. Do Your Homework - Pearl Harbour & the Explosions 10. Nice Work if You Can Get It - Jane Monheit 11. Worksong - Charles Mingus 12. Awitsatrabaho - Susie Ibarra 13. This Woman's Work - Maxwell

#1916 Remember the Spartans, pt. 2

auralfixation — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:59:25 GMT

01. Belly of the Whale - Burning Sensations 02. Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys 03. Breakout - Swing Out Sister 04. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club 05. He Was Really Sayin' Something - Bananarama 06. Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello 07. Tears of a Clown - English Beat 08. It Must Be Love - Madness 09. Love Plus One - Haircut 100 10. Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze 11. Uncertain Smile - The The 12. Going Down to Liverpool - Katrina & the Waves 13. Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers 14. Bonin' in the Boneyard - Fishbone