studs terkel

“I don’t have to stay curious,
I am curious, about all of it,
all the time,” he once said.
“ ‘Curiosity never killed this cat’ —
that’s what I’d like as my epitaph.”

Goodnight, Studs Terkel
1912-2008

october 28, 2008

devendra banhart: now that i know
mia doi todd: planting time
nick drake: time has told me
ben sollee: it's not impossible
lykke li: dance, dance, dance
passenger: do what you like
ray lamontagne: you are the best thing
jenny lewis: the next messiah
love is all: a new beginning
sleeping in the aviary: girl in the ground
the statler brothers: you can't have you kate and edith, too
adele: chasing pavements
carl perkins: matchbox
lux perpetua: creature from the deep
13th floor elevators: you're gonna miss me
brett dennen: so far from me
larkin grimm: ride that cyclone
noah and the whale: 2 atoms in a molecule
lenka: the show
we are scientists: after hours
lake: blue ocean blue
the whispertown 2000: 103
bishop allen: middle management
the long winters: fire island, ak
wild beasts: the devil's crayon
p:ano: t hatch says 'round every corner
blitzen trapper: furr
joel plasket emergency: drunk teenagers
the judybats: ugly on the outside
tommy and the whale: bright new smile
the avett brothers: murder in the city
jenee halstead: before i go
danger mouse: change clothes
patsy cline: back in baby's arm

october 14, 2008

devendra banhart: my dearest friend
teitur: the girl i don't know
raphael sadiq and jay-z: oh girl
micah blue smaldone: grim
mariachi vargas de tecalitlan: viva el mariachi
elliott smith: junk bond trader
the rosebuds: nice fox
jose gonzalez: heartbeats
belle and sebastian: the state i am in
of montreal: gallery piece
vivian girls: where do you run to
gregory and the hawk: august moon
the national: ada
rachel yamagata: sidedish friend
pet shop boys: always on my mind
joshua radin: we are okay
daniel martin moore: stray age
afghan whigs: lost in the supermarket
land of talk: the man who breaks things (dark shuffle)
crooked fingers: what never comes
benji hughes: all you've gotta do is fall in love
sleeping in the aviary: write on
the slits: i heard it through the grapevine
juana molina: un dia
jack's mannequin: spinning
feist: somwhere down the road
bonnie "prince" billy: for every field there's a mole
ben sollee: copper and malachite
abigail washburn: sometimes
ron sexsmith: traveling alone
ane brun: the treehouse song
japanese motors: single fins and safety pins
magnet: she's gone
cold war kids: golden gate jumpers
whitley: a shot to the stars

october 7, 2008

gonzales: manifesto
rafael sadiq: love that girl
the breeders: divine hammer
greg laswell: that it moves
matt and kim: daylight
new order: age of consent
the watson twins: how am i to be
daniel martin moore: that'll be the plan
the rosebuds: bow to the middle
dr. dog: the rabbit, the bat, and the reindeer
charlie bowman: weeping willow
great lake swimmers: see you on the moon
samantha crain: traipsing through the aisles
ane brun: my star
the avett brothers: left on laura, left on lisa
david gray: in the morning
tv on the radio: dancing choose
dr. dog: ain't it strange
duffy: delayed devotion
peggy honeywell: red light running
brett dennen: make you crazy
poney express: la fugue
deerhoof: the tears and music of love
antony and the johnsons: shake that devil
department of eagles: no one does it like you
holly golightly and the brokeoffs: gettin' high for jesus
beirut: scenic world
broken social scene: our faces split the coast in half
andrew bird: scythian empires
mt. eerie: domesticated dog
the microphones: i felt your shape
ruby suns: tane mahuta
shugo tokumaru: parachute
cake: ruby, don't take your love to town