Playlist 08/08/31

Rob is doing a really emotional show dedicated to one of Victoria's big ska scene founders, Matt Bishop. Matt was a lifeguard at the camp I attended and later volunteered at. As I recall, he died in a tragic rock climbing accident. He lost his life saving friends of his.

It seems like everyone is in a sad mood today. I played a lot of sad songs too, only mine were more mopey than sad. And being mopey (in terms of music) is fairly indulgent for me.

Jeremy Jay/ A Place Where We Could Go/ Heavenly Creatures
Jeremy Jay/ Airwalker/ We Stay Here (In Our Secret World)
The Welfare State/ My Little Underground
The Jesus and Mary Chain/ My Little Underground
Helen Love/ Bubblegum Killers/ (The Continuing Adventures of) The Girl About Town
Primal Scream/ Beautiful Future/ The Glory of Love
Scarboro Aquarium Club/ Black Swan Days/ Black Swan Days
Butcher Boy/ Poetry/ Fun
Tindersticks/ The Hungry Saw/ The Flicker of a Little Girl
Magnetic Fields/ Distortion/ Too Drunk to Dream
My Teenage Stride/ A Sad Cloud/ Blackbeard's Ghost
My Teenage Stride/ Ears Like Golden Bats/ Terror Bends
Summer 5000/ s/t/ Bye Bye Bye
She Keeps Bees/ Nests/ Wear Red
Belleisle/ Longstanding/ Flowers and Coffee
Alena Manera/ s/t/ Let Her Go

I'm going to say my show ended there because neither Wildbirds and Peacedrums nor Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden are really Gumdrops and Lollipops content. The former is pagan; the latter rather medieval.