A Tizzy!

Things are in a bit of an upheaval this month (but in a good, cleansing way). So for now, just an update of the last 2 playlists from Beef Jerky Time.

9/12/07 show

• Incredible Hulk theme
  
• Don't Stop Believin': Petra Haden (from comp CD Guilt by Association)
  
• Blood on the Waves: Plane
  
• Heaven: Club 8
  
• Tentang Cita: White Shoes and the Couples Company
  
• Starlett Johansson: The Teenagers
  
• I Love You, You Imbecile: Pelle Carlberg
  
• Drivin' Me Wild: Common f/ Lily Allen
  
• 2080: Yeasayer
  
• Guyamas Sonora: Beirut
  
• 2HB: Venus in Furs (Velvet Goldmine s/t)
  
• Can I Get Get Get: Junior Senior
  
• Crockett's Theme: Manual
  
• Boyz: M.I.A.

9/19/07 show: songs that already take me back to summer 07

• MacGyver theme
  
• Incredibly Drunk on Whisky: Memphis
  
• Jique: Brazilian Girls
  
• Someone Great: LCD Soundsystem
  
• D.A.N.C.E.: Justice
  
• I Wish (Bundle of Contradictions): Forro f/David Byrne
  
• Mexico: The King of France
  
• 1234: Feist
  
• Acceptable in the 80s: Calvin Harris
  
• af607105: Charlotte Gainsbourg
  
• I'm Trying: Milosh
  
• My Punishment for Fighting: The Rosebuds
  
• Lightbulb: Mezzanine Owls

Bach Mnemonics

As I described on my show last week, here's my personal shorthand for remembering which Brandenburg Concerto is which. In case you wanted to know.

#1: Remember as "Number ONE!!! Numero uno! First place!" Bigger sound with more types of instruments (oboe, bassoon, etc.). Noisy and jolly. Makes sense for it to come first.

#2: Two starts with T. Trumpet starts with T. This one is trumpety.

#3: This one is 3 threes. 3 violins, 3 cello, 3 viola. A stringy thing.

#4: Four starts with F. Flute starts with F. (Or it could be a recorder... still flutier than the others.)

#5: There are 5 fingers on each hand. You need all of them to play the crazy harpsichord cadenza that goes on in this one.

#6: Just 6 players--5 strings and a harpsichord. That's the least instrumentation of all. Sparer.

9/5/07 radio show playlist!!

• Maxwell's Silver Hammer: John Bayless in the style of J.S. Bach
  
• Jesu, der du meine Seele/Wir eilen mit wchwachen, doch emsigen Schritten (BWV 78): Bach Ensemble, Joshua Rifkin
  
• Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29: Switched-on Bach, Walter Carlos
  
• Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major, Allegro (BWV 1050): Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman director & harpsichord
  
• Goldberg Variations #1 (BWV988): Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra
  
• Sinfonia for Double Orchestra in D Major, Allegro assai, by Johann Christian Bach, born 9/5/1735: Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orchestra
  
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Leo Kottke
  
• Bourée: Jethro Tull