Paradise

Date

February 9, 2011

Miracler

Tim Carroll

Location

Austin

About TC

You've seen him here before, when he "classed up the group with all your piano and sax and trumpet and stuff" on Bed in March '09, about which another Miracler wrote "I'd be happy to fall asleep to Ella & Louis singing 'Moonlight in Vermont' every night for the rest of my life."

Liner Notes

1. Psychedelic Woman -- I know nothing about Honny [sic] & The Bees except that they came out of Ghana in the 1970s, and that this mysterious song shines brightly in the Most Played category of a 54,951 song collection somewhere in Texas.

2. Instant Hit -- Ari Up, the lead singer of The Slits -- and a psychedelic woman of the highest order -- died last October. She was only 48. Lived in the Caribbean for a spell.

3. Tropical Hot Dog Night -- Don Van Vliet/Captain Beefheart, we miss you too.

4. Fot I Hose -- The Casiokids stayed at my place during SXSW a couple years back. Charming and genuine Norwegians making beautiful music with toy instruments, without a hint of irony. They played four and five gigs a day, riding Capitol Metro busses all around Austin. This song feels like it emerged from a hotter climate than Norway's.http://www.myspace.com/casiokids

5. Eight Miles High -- The first song I ever heard guitar virtuoso Leo Kotke sing. Nuts about Hüsker Dü's amped-up version too. But this High better fits the mix's "back story" which somehow involves a couple flying off to a tropical island in lieu of checking into a rehab clinic.

6. Do You? -- Jolie Holland's use of the baddest of all bad words is utterly heartbreaking.

7. Why Am I So Short? -- Goes with the previous song (if you imagine that vacationing couple in mid-argument), has a pre-paralytic Robert Wyatt cycling through the toms all Keith Moon-ish, and is the source of that weird Jazz break borrowed by Momus for Kahimi Karie's song "Good Morning World."

8. Summer Wine -- Inspired by Kelly's All Frank mixer, I wanted to fly away with The Chairman. Went with his daughter instead. Lee Hazelwood (Another recent R.I.P.er) came along too, thanks to having tons of flight miles.

9. Kaw-Liga -- The Residents covering Hank Williams to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean beat? Works for me! Story Corner: I once attended a small dinner party with The Residents' mystery singer. Before arriving I was asked not to let on that I knew who he was. That was weird, being such a big fan and all.

10. Indian Love Song -- Now this is what Kaw-Liga and his poor ol' wooden head needed to hear. And so, finally, our couple has stopped fighting, the drugs have worn off, and they've settled into their tropical Eden together.

11. An Occasional Man -- Abbey Lincoln, also now resting in peace. Hopefully on an island in the Pacific. Swimming wearing just a great, big, smile.

12. Wichita Lineman -- Off into the golden sunset with this one. As a kid I wasn't the biggest Glen Campbell fan ever, but still thought his Lineman song was hauntingly beautiful. This version is even better. And maybe yet another sort of Sinatra-y/Rat Pack-y pick? The band's original name was Friends of Dean Martin before the cease and desist order got delivered.

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Until next week,

XOK