We had to say goodbye to our dog this week. So, this week's show is about dogs, mortality, adventures, attempts at humor, gallows humor, attempts at humor that fail, and the healing power of music. If it sounds dark, weird, and kind of interesting, that's because it probably is.
Playlist
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Fido Your Leash is Too Long by Magnetic Fields on 69 Love Songs (Merge) -
My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found by The Fiery Furnaces on Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade) -
Youth Culture Killed My Dog (live) by They Might Be Giants on They Might Be Giants (Idlewild) -
Stray Dog (feat. Iggy Pop) by New Order on Music Complete (Mute) -
Eat, Sleep by Prinzhorn Dance School on Prinzhorn Dance School (DFA) -
Grounds For Divorce by Wolf Parade on Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop) -
Lick The Witch by Tobacco on Maniac Meat (Anticon) -
Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) by HEALTH on DISCO2 (Lovepump United) -
Fade Away Slow by Tamaryn on Cranekiss (Mexican Summer) -
Carrion Flowers by Chelsea Wolfe on Abyss (Sargent House) -
Carrion by Deerhunter on Fading Frontier (4AD) -
Needle In The Hay by Juliana Hatfield on Say Yes! A Tribute To Elliot Smith (American Laundromat) -
Zero by Moon Duo on Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones) -
Outside by Parquet Courts on Human Performance (Mom and Pop) -
Everything That Happens by Brian Eno & David Byrne on Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Todomundo) -
Ciao! by Lush on Lovelife (4AD) -
Like A Friend by Pulp on This Is Hardcore (Island) -
Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile on B'lieve i'm going down... (Matador Records) -
Felt This Way by Helen on The Original Faces (Kranky) -
I Forgive You by Protomartyr on The Agent Intellect (Hardly Art) -
A Quick One While He's Away by Saint Motel on I Saved Latin! A Tribute To Wes Anderson (American Laundromat) -
Zodiac by Preoccupations on Preoccupations (Secretly Canadian) -
Sad Case by El Vy on Return to the Moon (4AD) -
Jesus Alone by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd) -
AFK by Pinback on Summer In Abaddon (Touch & Go) -
Ablaze by School of Seven Bells on SVIIB (Vagrant) -
My Girls by Animal Collective on Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino) -
My Friend Simjen by Doldrums on The Air Conditiones Nightmare (Sup Pop) -
Ben's My Friend by Sun Kil Moon on Benji (Caldo Verde)