The longest bout of jet lag ever with more than a week of disrupted zzzz's at best, insomnia at worst. I left something over Asia and the Pacific which hasn't materialized on the ground yet. The Heath Ledger story weirdly coincided with this sleeplessness. Hence The Smiths. Have been trying to listen to ambient electronica to induce sleep.
THE SMITHS
Asleep
STARS OF THE LID
Ballad of Distances, Part 1
In a jetlag haze last Friday evening I played a thoroughly enjoyable DJ set with the nom de decks of Deliberate Speed for Beatrix's new Facebooked night at the Silo Theatre Bar: Time After Time. One hour per decade. I was up first, early at 7 pm, with the 1950s. A chance to dust off the old R&B and rockabilly in particular. But here's the list of tunes I played. Can't remember the exact order though. Thanks to the friends who came by.
Chet Baker - Time After Time
Milt Jackson - What's New
Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves
The Everly Brothers - Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
Martin Denny - Quiet Village
Lata Mangeshkar - Chand Phir Nikla
The Cardinals - Shouldn't I Know
Babs Gonzales - Ornithology
Young Tiger - Calypso Be
Little Willie John - Fever
Mac Rebennack - Mercy
Ronnie Dawson - Action Packed
Hank Williams - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
Link Wray - Rumble
Howlin' Wolf - Decoration Day
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Farther Up The Road
Wynonie Harris - Good Morning Judge
Little Esther Phillips - Mainliner
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
Faron Young - I Can't Dance
Asha Bhosle - Ina Mina Dika
Carole King - Queen Of The Beach
Manhattan Research Inc. - Lightworks
Elmer Bernstein - Frankie Machine
Lata Mangeshkar & Manna Dey - 1956, 1957, 1958
Henry Mancini Orchestra - A Touch Of Evil (Main Title Theme)
Joao Gilberto - O Felicidade
