Bad education

Detail from a magazine advertisement, 1964

1. Boyracer, “Black Fantastic”
2. The Bevis Frond, “Lights Are Changing”
3. Blue Orchids, “Bad Education”
4. The La’s, “There She Goes”
5. The Jazz Butcher, “Girlfriend”
6. The Go-Betweens, “Streets Of Your Town”
7. Felt, “Bitter End”
8. The Cannanes, “1991”
9. The Pooh Sticks, “Sweet Baby James”
10. Close Lobsters, “A Prophecy”
11. The Clean, “The Blue”
12. The Prayers, “Under The Deep Blue”
13. Tall Dwarfs, “Highrise”
14. Kicking Giant, “She’s Real”

Can’t go back

Advertisement for auto parts (detail), 1947

A homesick mix of loosely related tunes for you, gentle reader.

1. Arthur Alexander, “Detroit City”
2. Bobby Bare, “Streets Of Baltimore”
3. Mickey Newbury, “Mobile Blue”
4. Otis Rush, “So Many Roads, So Many Trains”
5. Dead Moon, “Love Comes Once”
6. Ian Matthews, “Reno Nevada”
7. Roky Erickson, “Be And Bring Me Home”
8. The Sir Douglas Quintet, “Leaving Kansas City”
9. Townes Van Zandt, “If I Needed You”
10. The Turtles, “Think I’ll Run Away”
11. Hound Dog Taylor, “Sitting Here Alone”
12. Christine Kittrell, “Sittin’ Here Drinking”
13. The 13th Floor Elevators, “Don’t Fall Down”
14. Rufus Thomas, “The Memphis Train”