Rhubarb Cake, 5/25/00, 9 AM-noon on WFMU hosted by Douglas redivider background: Christian Fennesz: Il Libro Mio Death of Samantha: Rosenberg Summer a demand for retrospective justice Yoko Ono: Death of Samantha a plea for immediate understanding (her son calls it "Cool Chick Baby") Aaron Mbambo: Selishanile Ilonga The A-Team: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together not the A*Teens but the A-Team, West Coast hip-hop all-nuts Autoclave: I'll Take You Down Helen Love: Girl About Town that rarity, an answer song that totally eclipses the original The Supremes: Nathan Jones post-Diana, mid-blues, top 10 for the very last time Licorice Roots: Yic Yac Blues the thing is they're smoking the licorice roots Optiganally Yours: Rake Sonic Youth: Side 2 Side Algebra Suicide: In Bed With Boys can you tell today was "raid the 'A' bin of singles day"? The Sensational Nightingales: Somewhere To Lay My Head everybody has to lie down with something Phylicia Allen: Josephine Superstar, pt. 1 from her insane Josephine Baker disco-bio-LP, produced by Jacques Morali--one of the very few things I've ever played that got "please make it stop" emails Tackhead: Einstein brittle, brilliant Secret Chiefs 3: Jãbarsã Alice Donut: Demonologist shaky song with a majestic riff Skinned Teen: Karate Hairdresser one of those "imagination way ahead of competence" things A Certain Ratio: Shack Up The Secret Stars: Eyelashes playing their only 2000 show at Ida's record-release party in July Aislers Set: One Half Laughing congrats, Belle & Sebastian, you are now an "influence" Belle & Sebastian: Judy Is A Dick Slap no no no! we do not want to be an "influence"! The Human League: Being Boiled what, like 3 years from this to "Fascination"? Manhattan Bros.: Jikela Emaweni Furious Pig: I Don't Like Your Face "Furious Pig had some ideas, but who listens to them any more?"--ha HA! Love, Execution Style: By The Hummingbird Feeder they of the infamous $5-and-we'll-write-you-a-song offer Elliott Smith: Division Day Michael Mantler: The Insect God Robert Wyatt sings Edward Gorey!--not kidding... Akaten: Scissors a beautiful ruin June Tabor: This Wheel's On Fire a beautiful ruin Amoebic Ensemble: Headless Emcee a beautiful ruin Ex-Girl, a cappella, recorded in session 5/19/00 (Diane Farris, engineer): Jet Mogura Disco 3000 Tofu Song The Dapps: I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Yesterday) white funk band who backed up JB do their own thing Disinformation/Simon Fisher Turner: Parabolas former child star + noise from deep space = glitchy fun Isolée: Rest Disc: untitled what better medium for digital damage than vinyl? reading from J.L. Borges, "The Thousand Nights and a Night" The Ampersands: Annabel Bleach a love song to the Cannanes' first singer Sister Clara Hudmon: Stand By Me The Green Ray: Night Train To... Demarnia Lloyd: Folding what a fine drone-tone she's got The Gossip: Jailbreak the grandchildren of Sleater-Kinney Primal Scream: My Bloody Valentine Arkestra perhaps we could convince Kevin to mix some more things questions? mail me!