Yup. You read that right.
FU*K Valentines Day! Right where the sun don’t shine.
Angry? Bitter? Spiteful?
Nah!!!!!!
We’re just not buying into the corporate driven cash orgy of spending that tells us all our love isn’t valid unless we SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! on February the 14th of every year.
VALENTINES DAY! Yuck! The biggest crock since…
As always, this one is inclusive and, for EVERYONE (that includes you, you happy loving relationship folks) but today’s episode is especially directed towards…
All who are hurting and alone today. Today’s a tough one. Our darkest, negative voices really do rub our faces in it today, with our isolation and our deeply held ill notions of personal failure. At our worst? Unlovable. Unlikeable. Unable. Unworthy. Don’t get us started…
We love you.
We love you.
We love you.
You ARE loved.
And, in the wise words of Maude herself, uttered through the vessel of Dame Ruth Gordon (we’re paraphrasing here):
“That’s wonderful (Harold!). Now that you know love, go out and love some more! Never let the world deprive you of your right to make an ass of yourself. Otherwise, ya got nothing to talk about in the locker room” – Harold & Maude
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One https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-mono/1296522456?i=1296522894 from Harrry Nilsson’s 3rd album Aerial Ballet. Rumor has it future Beatles’ publicist Derek Taylor heard the album and ordered a box of the LP to be sent to England for members of the Beatles and their friends to hear. Shortly thereafter, when John Lennon was asked who his favorite American band was, he answered: “Harry Nilsson”
Song For The Dumped https://music.apple.com/ca/album/song-for-the-dumped/193602597?i=193602784 by North Carolina based power trio Ben Folds Five featuring composer/lead singer Ben Folds on piano, Robert Sledge on bass and drummer Darren Jessee. Note the absence of a guitarist. From their sophomore album Whatever And Ever Amen, ALSO a classic track in itself, generation defining perhaps.
Fu*k And Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fuck-and-run-2018-remaster/1589236833?i=1589237085 from Chicago raised 25 year old Liz Phair from her debut album Exile In Guyville
Frank & Ava https://music.apple.com/ca/album/frank-ava/716345530?i=716346141 by Grammy Award Winning Best Artist Suzanne Vega from her 7th studio album Beauty & Crime. Her song tells the story of the doomed love affair between buxom Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner and a down on his luck, self described “salon singer from Hoboken, New Jersey” Frank Sinatra, who’s failing health and career very near ended for the thirtysomething Sinatra at the time.
As*hole https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-e/891217467?i=891217478 is a song composed by Beck (I’m A Loser Baby) Hansen for his fourth studio album One Foot In The Grave. Tom Petty covered the song for the film soundtrack to Ed Burns American romantic black comedy “She’s The One”
I’m Loosing You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/im-losing-you-2010-remix/1440987952?i=1440987966 is taken from the Sean Ono Lennon produced 2010 “Stripped Down” version of his father John Lennon’s final album Double Fantasy. This version of the album features only the raw “bed tracks” and vocals recorded for the album with no effects or over dubs.
I Don’t Believe You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-dont-believe-you/7058188?i=7058195 is taken from the Stephin Merritt led Boston based The Magnetic Fields and their 7th studio album “i (every song title on the album begins with the letter “i”
Former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer’s song Coffee Stain https://music.apple.com/ca/album/coffee-stain/1441352309?i=1441352684 from her Platinum selling sophomore solo album You Were Here
Clown And Bard https://music.apple.com/ca/album/clown-and-bard/218120352?i=218120365 by Vancouver based Canadian songerwriter, singer and accordion player extraordinaire Geoff Berner from his debut album We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End. Berner is perhaps best known for his song Light Enough To Travel, which found chart success through a cover version by Vancouverites The Be Good Tanyas
Humminah https://music.apple.com/ca/album/humminah/1617370878?i=1617370879 by noted Canadian composer, singer, banjo player extraordinaire Kim Barlow from her debut album of the same name. Barlow is perhaps the finest Canadian singer songwriter recording artist you’ve never heard of. Be sure to explore her entire discography. And see her in concert every chance you get!
In Spite Of Ourselves https://music.apple.com/ca/album/in-spite-of-ourselves-feat-amy-taylor/1802232827?i=1802233320 American Sebastian Murphy led Sweden based punk group Viagra Boys featuring Melbourne based Amy Taylor of Amyl And The Sniffers from their sophomore album Welfare Jazz. The John Prine composition is taken from Prine’s 13th studio album of the same name, a series of duets with various female folk and alt country artists including Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Connie Smith, Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane and others
Tracks Little Bubble https://music.apple.com/ca/album/little-bubble/1195309484?i=1195309507 and Keep Your Name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/keep-your-name/1195309484?i=1195309497 are by Brooklyn based indie American rock band Dirty Projectors taken from their album of the same name. The album, their 7th, is the first following the relationship breakup of founding members and co-vocalists David Longstreth and Amber Coffman. This band was first recommended to us by nonother than Sir Paul McCartney who included them in a list of new music he was listening to and enjoying
Ask Her For Some Adderall https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ask-her-for-some-adderall-2018-remaster/1441152874?i=1441153014 by Brooklyn, New York based The Hold Steady from their breakthrough fourth studio album Stay Positive
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-all-over-now-baby-blue/1828580897?i=1828581331 the Bob Dylan penned song recorded by Belfast based Northern Ireland rock, rhythm and blues band Them led by 19 year old power vocalist Van Morrison. Taken from their appropriately titled sophomore album Them Again
Somebody That I Used To Know https://music.apple.com/ca/album/somebody-that-i-used-to-know/1474894272?i=1474894566 by The Angel Elliott himself, Los Angeles based, Nebraska born, Texas raised, Academy Award nominated Elliott Smith from his 5th and final completed album Figure 8. Tragically Smith would succumb to two fatal stab wounds to his heart three years later while in the presence of his then girlfriend. Autopsy evidence did not determine whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was deeply immersed in the making of his nearly finished From A Basement On The Hill, posthumously produced and released the year following his death.
It’s A Motherfuc*er https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-a-motherfucker/1660475552?i=1660475562 composed by Mark Oliver Everett, affectionally know by friends as “E” since High School. Releasing music under the band moniker eels, Everett’s third eels album Daisies Of The Galaxy contains the aforementioned final song of today’s podcast.
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