Perils of Caffeine in the Evening

A little bit late, as usual, but I’ve prepared a Valentine’s Day podcast that thankfully does not involve me playing or singing. Presuming that you’re still in love after last weekend..:

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Start off with a sugar hit: Stardust played by Artie Shaw’s band, terrific trumpet work by Paul Butterfield.

Then we get into some seasonality:

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
September - Kami Lyle, a Nashville musician who we saw at the Pier in Seattle fronting for Ani DiFranco. If a woman’s playing a trumpet, I’m all ears.
Autumn In New York - Billie Holiday.  I’ve never been to NYC, but this song always beckons me. I’ll go soon.
Sometimes In Winter - Blood, Sweat & Tears, sung by Steve Katz
Where Were You When I Needed You Last Winter - Stevie Wonder

Then a few songs evincing obsession:
Big Lie, Small World - a Sting song produced nicely by Denise Donatelli
Car On A Hill - Joni Mitchell, from the Help Me album, and always one of my favorites. “We seem so righteous at the start, when there’s so much laughter, when there’s so much spark, when there’s so much sweetness in the dark”
Constrant Craving - K.D. Lang.  ‘Nuff said

A little bit sexy: Just Can’t Make It - Maktub, a Seattle band featuring Reggie Watts that we stalked through the late 90s/early aughts

Smokin’: Love Like A River Does - Melody Gardot

And if you need more, here is some passionate stuff from prior years:

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featuring:

• Amadio Mio - Pink Martini
• Advice For The Young At Heart - Tears for Fears (”Love is a promise, love is a souvenir”)
• Small Wonders - Dog’s Eye View
• Lovesong - The Cure (”However far I stray, whatever words I say”)
• Great Expectations - Elbow (”Know I’ll Always wait…”)
• Crush - Garbage (from the Baz Luhrman “Romeo and Juliet”) (”I’d do time for you”)
• Blue - Joni (”Songs are like tattoos, you know, I’ve been to sea before”)
• Corcovado - Everything But the Girl

And the 2008 podast:

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featuring:

• Help Me - Joni
• Destiny - Zero 7
• Sagaba - Blue Scholars
• I Can’t Get Started - Bunny Berrigan (”I’ve got a house, a showplace…still I can’t get noplace with you”)
• Someone To Watch Over Me - Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Eddy Orchestra
• Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch