Iris's Playlists: Archive

A day with no music session, the first in a long time.

Dec 5th

After the Rain, Live, Bruce Cockburn Will There Be Any Stars, The Cox Family, Down from the Mountain Veronica, Spike, Elvis Costello Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Splish Splash, Bobby Darin, Bobby Darin Variation from yesterday. “Splish Splash” isn’t making much of a splash, actually, which might be just as well, since I’m already getting tired of...

Nov 24th

After the Rain, Live, Bruce Cockburn Will There Be Any Stars, The Cox Family, Down from the Mountain My Dear Someone, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Down from the Mountain Picture in a Frame, Mule Variations, Tom Waits Come On Up to the House, Mule Variations, Tom Waits Splish Splash, Bobby Darin, Bobby Darin All new songs today, mostly quiet ones. I thought that Iris would like anything...

Nov 23rd

Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Humming Bird, Musings Of A Creek Dipper, Victoria Williams Why Look at the Moon, Swing the Statue, Victoria Williams Clothesline, Swing the Statue, Victoria Williams Wobbling, Swing the Statue, Victoria Williams Poor Boy, Minor Key, Transfiguration of Vincent, M. Ward Your Love Gets Sweeter, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Me And Julio...

Nov 22nd

Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Driving of the Year Nail, 6- and 12- String Guitar, Leo Kottke Put a Lid on It, Hot, The Squirrel Nut Zippers My Doorbell, Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes Where Is My Love, The Greatest, Cat Power Ice Cream, Live, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Carrie Brown, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Grandes...

Nov 21st

Symphony No. 41, New York Philharmonic, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Chick Habit, Paris in April, April March Honey, Play, Moby You Got It, Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison Maverick A Strike, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Wolf Like Me, Return to Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, The Beatles (aka The White Album), The Beatles Wake Me Up When September Ends, American Idiot, Green...

Nov 20th

Jan the Weatherman, Rocket and a Bomb, Mike Knott Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Spike, Elvis Costello Veronica, Spike, Elvis Costello Peggy’s Kitchen Wall, Stealing Fire, Bruce Cockburn Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf), Pump Up The Volume, Pixies Jungle Boogie, Wild and Peaceful, Kool & The Gang Hate to Say I Told...

Nov 19th

The Kid from Red Bank, The Complete Atomic Basie, Count Basie The National Anthem, Kid A, Radiohead One Last “Woo-Hoo!” for the Pullman, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens Sunday Shining, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Slip Slidin’ Away, Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986, Paul Simon Acuff-Rose, Anodyne, Uncle Tupelo “Name me a song that everbody knows / I betcha it...

Nov 18th

Go It Alone, Guero, Beck Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens Telephone Book, 3, Violent Femmes Ain’t No Grave, Under Their Influence, Russ Taff Fast Train, Don’t Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy, Bob Dylan Dixieland, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains...

Nov 17th

Symphony No. 41, New York Philharmonic, Mozart Telephone Line, A New World Record, ELO Feel Good Inc., Demon Days, Gorillaz Hey Julie, Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne The Incredible Shrinking Man, Vox Humana, Daniel Amos Joy, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams Blue, Tomorrow the Green Grass, The Jayhawks Charlie James, The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented...

Nov 16th

Little Plastic Life, Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips You Got It, Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison Ocean of Noise, Neon Bible, The Arcade Fire Puttin’ Out Fires (with Gasoline), Summershine, Vigilantes of Love Call Me, Call Me (EP), Blondie Far, Far Away, Being There, Wilco Even After All, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Mostly new songs today, trying to get out of a rut. Iris liked...

Nov 15th

Ice Cream, Live, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Feeling Blue, Vanguard, Finley Quaye Baby Brother, Icky Thump, The White Stripes This is the Sea, This is the Sea, The Waterboys Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy, Bob Dylan Dixieland, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Maverick A Strike, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye We started...

Nov 14th

Chick Habit, Paris in April, April March All I Gave, Bang!, World Party I Put a Spell On You, Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Honey, Play, Moby Rocky Racoon, The Beatles (aka The White Album), The Beatles Humming Bird, Musings Of A Creek Dipper, Victoria Williams Jungle Boogie, Wild and Peaceful, Kool & The Gang Maverick A Strike, Maverick A Strike,...

Nov 13th

Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Look at Miss Ohio, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Rock This Town, Built for Speed, Stray Cats Iris hasn’t been feeling well lately, and her naps have been short. That means bed time comes earlier, so we didn’t have much time for music today. She helped me unload the dishwasher during the Gillian Welch song. She hands me the...

Nov 13th

Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3. Étude in G Sharp Minor ‘La Campanella’, Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert March Transcriptions, Marc-André Hamelin Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 4. Étude in E Major ‘Arpeggio’, Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert March Transcriptions, Marc-André Hamelin Tango Till They’re Sore, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits Mr....

Nov 11th

Humming Bird, Musings Of A Creek Dipper, Victoria Williams Jungle Boogie, Wild and Peaceful, Kool & the Gang 8 Etudes-Caprices Op. 18: A Minor, Wieniawski: Works for Violin Classical, Itzhak Perlman Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy, Bob Dylan Dixieland, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Lay Me Down, For The Birds, The...

Nov 10th

Chick Habit, Paris in April, April March Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience No One Knows My Name, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Sweet Thing / Blackbird, Fisherman’s Blues, The Waterboys Wolf Like Me, Return to Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio All I Gave, Bang!, World Party I Put a Spell On You, Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Honey, Play, Moby ...

Nov 9th

Chick Habit, Paris in April, April March Monkey, Fuse, Joe Henry Poor Boy, Minor Key, Transfiguration of Vincent, M. Ward Your Love Gets Sweeter, Maverick a Strike, Finley Quaye Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard, Paul Simon, Paul Simon Rainsquall, Bloomed, Richard Buckner Sweet Thing / Blackbird, Fisherman’s Blues, The Waterboys Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)...

Nov 9th

Happy Woman Blues, Happy Woman Blues, Lucinda Williams Duet, The Complete Atomic Basie, Count Basie Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience No One Knows My Name, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf), Pump Up The Volume, Pixies The El, The Instigator, Rhett Miller Wednesday...

Nov 7th

Humming Bird, Musings Of A Creek Dipper, Victoria Williams Jungle Boogie, Wild and Peaceful, Kool & The Gang 8 Etudes-Caprices Op. 18: A Minor, Wieniawski: Works for Violin Classical, Itzhak Perlman Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy, Bob Dylan Dixieland, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Lay Me Down, For the Birds,...

Nov 6th

I Put a Spell On You, Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf), Pump Up The Volume, Pixies Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us, Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips Wonderful World, Otis Blue, Otis Redding Rock This Town, Built for Speed, Stray Cats

Nov 5th

Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience No One Knows My Name, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Mr. Grieves, Doolittle, Pixies Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf), Pump Up The Volume, Pixies The El, The Instigator, Rhett Miller Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, Blues & Roots, Charles Mingus

Nov 4th

Carrie Brown, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Tango Till They’re Sore, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits Mr. Grieves, Doolittle, Pixies La La Love You, Doolittle, Pixies Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us, Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips Wonderful World, Otis Blue, Otis Redding Rock This Town, Built for Speed, Stray Cats Maverick A Strike, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Peggy’s Kitchen...

Nov 3rd

Travellin’ Light, The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar, Peter Case Honey, Play, Moby Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf), Pump Up The Volume, Pixies Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us, Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips Wonderful World, Otis Blue, Otis Redding Rock This Town, Built for Speed, Stray Cats Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience ...

Nov 2nd

Travellin’ Light, The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar, Peter Case Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Spike, Elvis Costello Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy, Bob Dylan Dixieland, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Hat and Feet, Utopia Parkway, Fountains of Wayne Lay Me Down, For the Birds, The Frames Don’t Play That Song (You Lied), Live at...

Nov 1st

Rainsquall, Bloomed, Richard Buckner Timebomb, Too Far to Care, Old 97’s Killing Floor, BBC Sessions, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Monotonous, Miss Kitt, To You, Eartha Kitt Burgundy Street Blues, Live, Preservation Hall Jazz Band No One Knows My Name, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Want Too Much, Fuse, Joe Henry Iris stared at the stereo during the Eartha Kitt song and seemed stunned...

Oct 31st

Carrie Brown, The Mountain, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band Tango Till They’re Sore, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits Hardcore/Ballad, Grand Prix, Teenage Fanclub Rev It Up and Go, Built for Speed, Stray Cats The Way of the Explosive, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Happy, Happy Come Home, Victoria Williams Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard, Paul Simon, Paul Simon Feeling Blue, Vanguard,...

Oct 30th

Monkey, Fuse, Joe Henry Poor Boy, Minor Key, Transfiguration of Vincent, M. Ward Your Love Gets Sweeter, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Maverick A Strike, Maverick A Strike, Finley Quaye Peggy’s Kitchen Wall, Stealing Fire, Bruce Cockburn Lay Me Down, For the Birds, The Frames Look at Miss Ohio, Soul Journey, Gillian Welch Iris seems to like Finley Quaye’s weird voice, so...

Oct 29th

Oct 21st

Introduction

One of the unexpected joys of having a one-year old daughter is the dinner routine. Or, rather, the dinner and music routine. Every day we spend a couple of hours making, eating, and cleaning up dinner, and part of the routine involves listening to music. We’ve done this for months, with only a few exceptions. I make dinner, we all eat together, and while Lorraine is cleaning up, Iris and I...

Oct 2nd