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November 19, 1997 | Skating on thin ice

Song | Artist | Source (VA = various artists) (*** = recommended)

Main Title | Playtime | Playtime (soundtrack)
(throw the following in the blender:)
piano concerto | some orchestra & soloist | by Mozart
song for soprano & piano | some singer & pianist | by Mozart
Listen Carefully | Poetics | Remixes of Recordings 1977-1983 ***
piano rags | someone or other | by Scott Joplin
Psycho Drama | Poetics | Remixes of Recordings 1977-1983
piano pieces | someone else | Chopin
music for ice skating | someone playing | the organ
children's songs | someone | singing in French
Sad Happy Sad | Poetics | Remixes of Recordings 1977-1983
(now turn the blender off)
Clean-Up Woman | Betty Wright | (VA soul collection)

Take the Local | Lester | Lithuanian Luau ***
The Happy Song | The Box Tops | 7 inch
My Life Is Hell | Karen Mantler | Farewell
Life Is Good | Tomek | Love and Hate
The Science Fiction Film | Woody Allen | Stand Up Comedian
Life Is Good | Los Lobos | Colossal Head
Depressed Feeling | The Grass Roots | 7 inch

Welcome (Back) | Land of the Loops | Various Artists Up in Orbit (VA)
some chanting | some monks | Eternal Chant: 1 (VA)
Erratum Musical | Music by Marcel Duchamp | played by the S.E.M. Ensemble
Chai | Deep Space Network Meets Higher Intelligence Agency | (self-titled)
Corn Grinding Song | Navaho Indians | American Indian Dances
excerpt | Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell | Mu
The ABC's of Love | Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers | Doo-Wop Box 2 (VA)

Rome Was Built For a Day | Ned Sublette/Lawrence Weiner | Monsters from the Deep
Barnyard Disturbance | Edgar Meyer/Bela Fleck/Mike Marshall | Uncommon Ritual
Keep Smilin' | John Kirby | Laughing in Rhythm: Jazz Humor (VA)
The Sick Doll | The Double U | Double U & Glands of External Secretion
Something Crawling Round My Bed | Dave Soldier | The Kropotkins ***
As It Stands | Sublette/Weiner | Monsters from the Deep

Playtime | The Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7 | Give 'em the Boot (VA)
chanting, gong-banging, &c | some more monks | Buddhist Ritual
NY Social Life | Laurie Anderson | Women In Electronic Music 1977 (VA)
Popocatepetl | Jaap Blonk | Flux de bouche
New York Telephone Conversation | Lou Reed | Transformer
If I Were a Bell | Dinah Shore | Guys and Dolls (Reprise production)
Esprit de l'escalier | Fay Lovsky & la bande dessinee | (self-titled)

I'll Never Go Back to Minneapolis | Lester | Lithuanian Luau
Mr. Green Genes | Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention | Uncle Meat
Squalor | Peter & Lou Berryman | No Relation
Sally In the Alley | The Holy Modal Rounders | Alleged In Their Own Lifetime
Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout | Shel Silverstein | (collection)
The Garbage Collector in Beverly Hills | Irving Taylor | The Garbage Collector in Beverly Hills

Ain't Got No/I Got Life | Edmundo Ros & His Orch. | "Hair" Goes Latin
The Most Unwanted Song | Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid | The People's Choice Music
Bye Bye Blues | Esquivel & His Orch. | Sounds Fantastic! (VA)
Walk Little Dolly | Dionne Warwick | 7 inch
Wiggle Wobble | Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers |7 inch

Walking on Thin Ice | Yoko Ono | Walking on Thin Ice (Onobox distillation)
The Other Side | Tiny Tim | God Bless Tiny Tim

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