The Sounds in My Head

SPECIAL "CLASSIC EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE!

1. Vertigogo (Opening Theme) - Combustible Edison
2. Misirlou - Martin Denny
3. Coronation - Martin Denny
4. La Pampa Y La Puna - Martin Denny
5. Poinciana - Arthur Lyman
6. Anna - Arthur Lyman
7. Quiet Village - Les Baxter
8. Jungalero - Les Baxter
9. Disappeared (2021 Mix) - Haruomi Hosono and Miharu Koshi
10. Miniskirt - Combustible Edison feat. Juan García Esquivel
11. 20th Century - Combustible Edison
12. Carnival of Souls - Combustible Edison

This episode features a clip of Coleman Hughes from his podcast Conversations with Coleman where in his discussion with Jonathan Haidt he discusses the pros and cons of the social fragmentation allowed by the internet. Seems like most people I know focus only on the benefits or the downsides, but to me it seems worth observing both.

SPECIAL "NEW FRONTIERS IN EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE!

1. The Key Club, 1976 - Kolumbo
2. Manna - Ìxtahuele feat. Kadhja Bonet and Orange Crate Art
3. Exotique Mecanique - L'exotighost
4. Mai Tai Break - L'exotighost
5. Quiet Village - The Manakooras
6. Maple Leaf - The Hilo Hi-Flyers
7. Mountain King - The Hilo Hi-Flyers
8. Bora! - Mocky
9. In Cucina - Vanishing Twin
10. Dusty - Monster Rally
11. La Carrera Gourmet - Louie Zong
12. El Bosque - Louie Zong
13. Mysterious Planet - The Natural Yogurt Band

This episode features a clip from The Local's Sweden In Focus podcast where they interviewed Carlos Velasco from Honduras about what led him to a life in Sweden. The thing I've been most surprised by living in Sweden is how few of my fellow ex-pats came here not for work or love, but for the same kinds of reasons I did: that by the numbers it's among the best places in the world you can live. Carlos knows what's up!

SPECIAL "LET'S HEAR FROM THE LADIES" EPISODE!

1. Out of My Way (I'm Not Getting on the Night Bus) - Breakup Haircut
2. Creator - Ora the Molecule
3. Die to Be a Butterfly - Ora the Molecule
4. Who Put You Up To This? - Sunflower Bean
5. Baby Don't Cry - Sunflower Bean
6. Obvious to You - Le Pain
7. Is That How You Want Me to Feel? - Le Pain
8. Indigo Highway - Dana Gavanski
9. Letting Go - Dana Gavanski
10. Burning Castle - Renata Zeiguer
11. Alone With Someone Else - Renata Zeiguer
12. Eraser - Sea Lemon

This episode features a clip from The Ezra Klein Show where Ezra is setting up the context for his interview with legal expert Dahlia Lithwick about just how extremist and anti-democratic the SCOTUS is at the moment. As well as a clip from NYT's The Daily where Sabrina Tavernise interviews abortion-rights lawyer Nancy Stearns about whether or not her stronger, pre-Roe legal case could have changed the course of history for women's rights.

1. Hang on Sloopy - Golden
2. Dayaway - Dayaway
3. Cool Water - Dayaway
4. Cant Celebrate - Yot Club
5. U Dont Kno Me - Yot Club
6. Strange - Yot Club
7. Partner Look - Partner Look
8. Endless Plains - Partner Look
9. Bombay - Sleep Good
10. New World - Sleep Good
11. Detox - Bored at My Grandmas House

This episode features a montage of clips assembled to sound like one thought by Ezra Klein from a recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show where he talks about “The End of ‘The Everything Bubble’” with Financial Times journalist Rana Foroohar. She was fine, but I thought the questions Ezra asked throughout the course of the interview told the story better than she did.

SPECIAL “MOSTLY OLDER STUFF RECENTLY” EPISODE!

1. L'appuntamento - Ornella Vanoni
2. Un Bel Posto (I Know a Place) - Gigliola Cinquetti
3. Vuoi - Gigliola Cinquetti
4. Eureka - Jens Lekman
5. Black Cab - Jens Lekman
6. A Postcard to Nina - Jens Lekman
7. The Linden Trees are Still in Blossom - Jens Lekman
8. Jiggle Jiggle - Louis Theroux + Duke & Jones
9. Confetti - The Lemonheads
10. Hannah & Gabi - The Lemonheads
11. A Chicken with its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields
12. 100,000 Fireflies - The Magnetic Fields
13. Andrew in Drag - The Magnetic Fields
14. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Jerry Lee Lewis

This episode features a clip of Todd Barry talking about a visit to Sweden and apartment hunting in NYC. The clip is old, but I saw him perform here recently and as one of very few Americans in the room, I think I was probably the only one to thoroughly understand the nuances of every joke.

1. Shoes - Layzi
2. That's Okay - Jeanines
3. Any Day Now - Jeanines
4. Told My Baby - Holiday Ghosts
5. Glue - Holiday Ghosts
6. Surfer's Slide - The Surfrajettes
7. Heart of Glass - The Surfrajettes
8. Morning Song - The Babe Rainbow
9. Zeitgeist - The Babe Rainbow
10. There's Nothing That I Can Do for You - Pete Dello and Friends
11. Do I Still Figure In Your Life - Pete Dello and Friends
12. Solid Gold - Red Sleeping Beauty feat. Amelia Fletcher
13. Hold Me / Know Me - Holy Now

This episode features a clip from The Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, in anticipation of the new TKITH series on Amazon Prime! Also a funny sketch from The Harris Alterman about the debut of a truly free speech social media platform.

Special "all covers" episode!

1. Crimson and Clover - A. G. Cook
2. This Must Be the Place - Dad Sports
3. Different Drum - Le Pain
4. Nightswimming - Piney Gir
5. Near Wild Heaven - Quivers
6. Welcome to the Jungle - The Skullitones
7. Oops!... I Did it Again - Rubblebucket
8. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Øzwald
9. If You Leave - Angel Olsen
10. Bitter Sweet Symphony - Deco
11. New Slang - Porridge Radio
12. Perfect Day - Karen O & Danger Mouse
13. Like a Rolling Stone - Phosphorescent

This episode features a clip from The David Pakman Show where he talks about the moral panics around book censorship on the right. Wait, are they for or against book bans? It can be hard to keep track.

1. Aujourd'hui, demain - Requin Chagrin
2. Şinanay - Kit Sebastian
3. French Disko - Kit Sebastian
4. Ta Fardah - PAINT
5. Land Man (Album Version) - PAINT
6. Mounadji "76" - Guts / Mackjoss
7. Bicycles - Pale Spectres
8. D(r)iving - Pale Spectres
9. Lucy - The Hannah Barberas
10. Harper Valley PTA - The Hannah Barberas
11. Fruit Flies Like a Banana - Tampopo
12. Ketchup - Tampopo
13. Spark Again - Louïse Papier

This episode features a clip from The Ezra Klein Show where Ezra talks to the Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko about how the west views Ukraine, how Ukraine views the west, and how Russia views them both. It was a great hour-long conversation. My two-minute clip is heavily edited, so go listen to the whole thing! 

1. Party - Sipper
2. Freedom - Jenny Hval
3. Classic Objects - Jenny Hval
4. Sunday - Sea Lemon
5. Fortune Teller - Sea Lemon
6. House Show - VHS Sports
7. Flowers - VHS Sports
8. Everything Is Simple - Widowspeak
9. Salt - Widowspeak
10. Lights Out - Traffik Island
11. Babylon Blues - Traffik Island
12. Gothenburg English - Alyssa Gengos
13. O Kanan Dume - Alyssa Gengos
14. Aline - Jarvis Cocker

This episode features a clip from Dan Olson's epic 2+ hour rant/takedown of the grifts known as crypto and NFTs and all their associated cruft, Line Goes Up. I have friends who've earned literally hundreds of thousands of dollars leveraging the NFT shell game to great effect. But they did so with no delusions of grandeur, just wanting to take part in the early stages of an obvious MLM scheme. So I guess good on them for getting in early and milking the cash cow. But I still find the whole thing distasteful. Ha.

1. Yamar - Dry Bread

2. Forget Me Not - Say She She

3. Deja Vu - Pearl Charles

4. The Dance - Air Waves

5. Kind of a Nice Time - Vansire

6. Over the Sink (Single Edit) - Films on Song

7. Floating Blue - Petite League

8. Eternal Shame - Chemtrails

9. Dominoes - Shoulder Season

10. Champagne Beach - Sugarloaf Beach

11. Everything is Going to Be Alright - Princess Chelsea

12. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

This episode features a clip from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher where he laments the American trend of things entirely changing but keeping their old name, regardless of how little it still applies.