Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 24 February 2024

Episode 36
“Honest Thieves I Call Family”

There is a standing apology to all the nations and cultures of the world…because I have some kind of neuronal disconnection which gives me difficulty pronouncing things. So if I say something stupidly incorrect (pronunciation-wise), it’s not on purpose.

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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Morricone Youth — “Revenge of the MFP” — Mad Max — (2017, USA) – Bandcamp

Too Many Zooz & Moon Hooch — “Nowhere Else to Go” — Nowhere Else to Go single — (2024, USA) – Bandcamp

This is not the video for that song, but it does please me to a great degree:

Dynamite Brothers — “Neighborhood Pharmacist” — AGAIN — (2009, USA) – Bandcamp

Was (not was) — “Dad I’m In Jail” — What Up, Dog? — (1988, USA) – Amazon

I don’t think I knew this had a music video:

The Soggy Bottom Boys — “In The Jailhouse Now” — O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — (2000, USA) – Amazon

Since as you probably know, I do like the original versions of things:

The Blues Brothers — “Jailhouse Rock” — The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — (1980, USA) – Amazon

This is apparently from New Year’s 1978 and Belushi says they learned it for that audience. It appears at the end of the film from 1980 and that didn’t start filming until of July 1979. So…I just wonder if they had learned it in anticipation of using it in the film.

Thin Lizzy — “Jailbreak” — Jailbreak — (1976, Ireland) – Amazon

Björk with Mark Bell — “Possibly Maybe (lucy mix)” — Possibly Maybe single — (1996, Iceland/UK) – Bandcamp

Buckshot LeFonque — “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” — Buckshot Lefonque — (1994, USA) – Amazon

Leyla McCalla — “Heart of Gold” — Vari-Colored Songs: a Tribute to Langston Hughes — (2014, USA) – Bandcamp

This is the first place I ever saw/heard Leyla McCalla. Fan-tastic.

Nina Simone — “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” — Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood single — (1964, USA) – Amazon

St. Vincent — “Cheerleader (acoustic version)” — Cheerleader single— (2012, USA) – Amazon

Tanya Chua — “????? (heterogeneous homogeneous)” — ??? — (2015, Singapore) – Amazon

Les Anjolok — “Koron K (neijokko)” — Koron K (neijokko) single — (2017, Madagascar) – Amazon

Elisapie — “Uummati Attanarsimat (heart of glass)” — Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass) single — (2023, Canada) – Bandcamp

L.S.D. Orkestras? — “Dönmeyen Sevgili” — Dönmeyen Sevgili single — (1967, Turkey) – Bandcamp

Gert Wilden — “Dirty Boy” — Schoolgirl Report — (1970, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)/Germany) – Amazon

Meatbodies — “Touchless” — Alice — (2017, USA) – Bandcamp

Bana — “Curti Geada” — Teresa — (1980, Cape Verde) – Amazon

The Voodoo Trombone Quartet — “Monster Island” — The Voodoo Trombone Quartet — (2005, UK) – Bandcamp

Drums & Tuba — “The Metrics” — Mostly Ape — (2002, USA) – Amazon

Tamar Aphek — “Show Me Your Pretty Side” — All Bets Are Off — (2021, Israel) – Bandcamp

Melody’s Echo Chamber — “Cross My Heart” — Bon Voyage — (2018, France) – Bandcamp

Cocteau Twins — “For Phoebe Still a Baby” — Blue Bell Knoll — (1988, UK) – Amazon

Claire Nicolson — “You & I” — You & I single — (2010, UK) – Bandcamp

Dead Combo — “Eléctrica Cadente (orchestral version)” — Vol. 1 — (2004, Portugal) – Bandcamp

Ennio Morricone — “Fine del viaggio” — L’automobile Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — (1971, Italy) – Amazon

Tom Lehrer — “I Got it From Agnes” — Songs & More Songs — (1997, USA) – Bandcamp