Spilling Rubies

Spilling Rubies

By Tristy Taylor
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Spilling Rubies episodes

  • Episode 67: Best Music of 2018

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 12, 2019.

    In this episode, we take a whirl through some of the best music released in 2018.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Come Home” by Pip Blom

    - “Jeannie Becomes a Mom” by Caroline Rose

    - “Missing U” by Robyn

    - “Broke My Own” by Shannon Shaw

    - “Walking Into the Sun” by La Luz

    -  “Hopefulessness” by Courtney Barnett

    - “Colossus” by IDLES

    - “Walking with a Killer” by The Breeders

    - “The Boy” by Shannon and The Clams

    - “Kid Gloves” by Liza Anne

    - “Reach Hi” by Tirzah

    - “So Slow” by Yuno

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    59 min
  • Episode 66: Goodbye 2018

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for New Year’s Day 2019. In this episode, we say goodbye to some of the amazing geniuses we lost in 2018. 

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Guess Who I Saw Today?” by Nancy Wilson

    - “Homosapian” by Pete Shelley

    - “Ever Fallen in Love” by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan

    - “Today” by Jefferson Airplane

    - “Blue Velvet” by Tony Bennett

    -  “Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly

    - “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” by Roy Clark

    - “No Need to Argue” by The Cranberries

    - “Ain’t Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around” By Aretha Franklin

    - “Rock Steady (Outtake)” by Aretha Franklin

    - “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” by Aretha Franklin

    - “Heron Dance” by Ursula K. Le Guin and Todd Barton

    - “The Look” by Penny Marshall and Michael McKean

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    1 hr
  • Episode 65: Shawna and Svetlana: Part 1

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for September 11, 2018. In this episode, Dr. Shawna, unlicensed sex therapist - and also your friend - takes over Spilling Rubies to talk to her friend Not-Quite-A-Doctor Svetlana. They discuss Ghost Management, Queer Lady Romance, and they both give each other love advice, including how to “be a straight shooter,” and “diversify your intimacy portfolio.” If you want to watch the live video of this episode (without the music), visit https://youtu.be/NgRks460Ouo and to find out more about this and all our episodes visit: https://spillingrubies.com/ and to learn more about donating to KWTF, visit: https://www.kwtf.net/donate/.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    1. - “Wait in the Car” by The Breeders
    2. - “Full Control.” by Snail Mail
    3. - “Freddies & Teddies” by Shannon Shaw
    4. - “End of my Bloodline” by Screaming Females
    5. - “So Slow” by Yuno
    6. -  “Lifted (V2)” by Palmistry
    7. - “Como Me Quieres” by Khruanagbin
    8. - Knock on Wood (Live)r” by Jackie Shane

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    59 min
  • Episode 64: Dead Author Party 2017

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 29, 2018. In this episode, I pay tribute to some of the writers who passed away in 2017.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Dirty Blvd.” by Lou Reed

    - “The Fairest of the Seasons” by Nico

    - “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones

    - “Easy Rider” by Janis Joplin

    - “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf

    - “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson

    - “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Jackie Shane

    -  “Four Women” by Nina Simone

    - “She Works Hard for the Money” by Donna Summer

    - An excerpt from “Paddington Bear” by Stephen Fry

    - “Charlie Brown Theme” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

    Thanks for listening!

    58 min
  • Episode 63: Favorite Live Performances

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 8, 2018. In this episode, I play recordings of some of my favorite live performances.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Cactus” - a live Pixies cover by the Foo Fighters, live in Melbourne, Australia in 1988

    - “Boy” a live performance by Shannon & The Clams in March 2018

    - “Live Banter with Flight of the Conchords” recorded live in 2007

    - “Hey!” by the Pixies, live at the BBC in 1988

    - “Dress” by P J Harvey, recorded live on WHFS radio

    - “Dreams with an intro by Stevie Nicks”

    - “Can’t Let Go” recorded live by Lucinda Williams

    - “Pale Blue Eyes” a live cover for the Velvet Underground’s induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by The Patti Smith Group

    - “King of the Mountain” Act One of Kate Bush’s live tour

    - “The Drugs Don’t Work” a cover of The Verve, performed by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

    - “Buckets of Rain” a live performance by Neko Case on WFMU

    - “We All Fall in Love Sometimes” a live performance by Jeff Buckley

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    59 min
  • Episode 62: The Best Music of 2017

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 6, 2018. In this episode, I play the best music of 2017.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Untitled” by L.A. WITCH

    - “Pbnj” by Sneaks

    - “Back Into Your Head” a cover of the Tegan and Sara song by Cyndi Lauper 

    - “Oh Baby” by LCD Soundsystem

    - “Certain Kinds of Trash” by Chain & The Gang

    - “Creatures in the Sun” by Partner

    - “Man Done Wrong” by Valerie June

    - “Oczy Mlody” by The Flaming Lips

    - “Perfume Days” by Cate Le Bon

    - “Any Other Way (Live)” by Jackie Shane

    - “Her Story” by Shamir

    - “Mystic” by Cindy Wilson

    - “Can I Say Baby” by GIRLI

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    56 min
  • Episode 61: Falling Down

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for October 10, 2017. In this episode, I take you on a dizzying ride into my newly diagnosed vertigo! Wheee!

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “The Sky is Fallin’” by Queens of the Stone Age

    - “Fallin’ Down (Live)” by Men at Work

    - “Autumn’s Child” by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 

    - “Mabon (Acoustic)” by Sowulo

    - “Mountains Falling” by David Lynch & John Neff

    - “I Fall to Pieces” by Wanda Jackson

    - “When You’ve Fallen in Love” by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & His Band

    - “Fall in Love with Me” by Iggy Pop

    - “Fall Down” by Cake Like

    - “No Side to Fall In (Live)” by The Raincoats

    - “Dizzy” by Siouxsie & The Banshees

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    58 min
  • Episode 60: Nostalgic Summer Nights

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for July 24, 2017. In this episode, I celebrate my 45th rotation around the sun by remembering my deep little girl love for radio and my dreams of someday being Dr. Johnny Fever.


    Songs Played in this episode:


    - “Dr. Johnny Fever Takes Control” by Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever 

    - “Where do We Go From Here?” by Charles Bradley [3:11]

    - “You You” by The Natives [2:24]

    - “Taiyou ga Kowai No” by Kaoru Hibiki 

    - “Best of Good Morning Vietnam” by Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer [1:29]

    - “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darin [2:31]

    - “Tears On My Pillow” by Little Anthony & The Imperials [2:21]

    - “One Summer Night” by The Danleers

    - “What’s the Forecast?” by Samuel L. Jackson as Mister Señor Love Daddy [.43]

    - “Bus Passes and Happy Meals” by Lizzo [4:26]

    - “Very Much Money (Ice King Dream)” Open Mike Eagle

    - “Pirate Radio” by Christian Slater as Mark Hunter [1:21]

    - “Sweat Loaf” by Butthole Surfers [6:14]

    - “Neighborhood Threat” by Iggy Pop [3:26]

    - “Monkey Gone to Heaven” by Pixies

    - “You are Here Right Now” by John Corbett as Chris in the Morning [.37]

    - “Sleep Walk” by Santo & Johnny

    - “It’s Broken” by Minnie Driver as Debi Newberry [1:16]

    - “If You Were Here” by Thompson Twins [2:54]

    - “The Walls Came Down” by The Call 


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    59 min
  • Episode 59: Witch to Witch with Danielle Dulsky
    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County radio on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - just in time for the Summer Solstice! Author and fully-outed witch sits down to talk with host Tristy Taylor about ritual, finding our way to the craft, feline familiars and much more! 
    1 hr
  • Episode 58: Flowering

    This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 23, 2017. In this episode, I welcome in the Flowering.

    Songs Played in this episode:

    - “Water Your Garden” by Luscious Jackson

    - “Rose 4 U” by TEEN

    - “Flower” by Deerhoof

    -  “Azt Gondoltam, Esô Esik (I Thought It Was Raining)” by Muzsikás

    - “Ej Mergel? Per Dvarel?” by Ratilio

    - “Édesanyám rózsafája (My Mother's Rosebush)” by Márta Sebestyén & Muzsikás

    - “You Will Always Bring Me Flowers” by Shannon & The Clams

    - “(Nothing But) Flowers” by Talking Heads

    - “Roses & Wine” by TEEN

    - “La Vie en Rose” by Edith Piaf

    - “Another Spring” by Nina Simone

    - “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell

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    1 hr

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“To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes