Ricocheting between genres as usual; I lobbed The Chameleons UK, Rob Burger, Marnie Stern and Carla Bruni (to name but a few) into the mix this time around. Oh, and St. Patrick's Day was not forgotten! It might not have been the focus of the program, but (as those whose ears were present can attest) I made sure to pay at least a small tribute.

Gavin Bryars, Calexico, PJ Harvey, Peter Blegvad, Cowmuddy, Tortoise, Laura Veirs, Neutral Milk Hotel and so on.

I'm still in the throws of a Matthew Sweet binge and, thusly, found it necessary (once again) to include a few of his numbers in the program. I also felt a calling to play new material from K.D. Lang, Colin Meloy, and J. Tillman. A playlist like this just goes to show; life without music is like taramosalata without cured roe.

Music from Ry Cooder, Mia Doi Todd, Jim Noir, Elbow, East River Pipe, Robert Wyatt and several lovely others.

Because the South By Southwest Festival of 2008 is now less than a month away, I decided to give some airtime to several of the acts that will be appearing there. I'm glad I did too, otherwise I might never have come across the likes of Black Moth Super Rainbow! Also featured herein: Yo La Tengo, Syd Barrett, Peter Wolf and plenty more.

As is usually the case, plenty of odd corridors, jennels, and crevices (of the musical variety) were explored during this airing. Of course, delights from the mainstream were featured as well. Several of the (figurative) appearances made were by the likes of Scott Weiland, The 6ths, Leonard Cohen, Fiona Apple, and The Residents.

The Magnetic Fields (in triplicate), Beth Orton, Devendra Banhart, Slow Dazzle, The Beatles and buckets more.

If you happen to be a fan of Stephen Sondheim, Tim Burton, and/or Johnny Depp you may consider flagellating yourself for not catching this show. I played a few numbers from the new film adaptation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, right in a gory row. In addition to this, some auditory treats from the likes of Cat Power, Destroyer, and T Bone Burnett were featured.

I'm going to boldly step forth and steal the words of Dave Van Ronk (who was, indeed, played herein) in describing this episode: it was a "journeyman's progress report". Regardless as to whether or not it's an accurate summation, it sure has a grand sound to it.