March 4, 2007
Coverville 300: With special guests Tina and Tristan
Tonight, I'm joined by Tina and Tristan for some music, trivia, and some Q & A. Here's what's on the show tonight:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available) | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
| Dolphins | The The | 45 Rpm: The Singles [Limited Edition Bonus Disc] | Fred Neil |
| I Believe | Petra Haden & Bill Frisell | Petra Haden & Bill Frisell | Stevie Wonder |
| The Other End (Of The Telescope) | Elvis Costello | All This Useless Beauty (With Bonus Disc) | Til Tuesday |
| No More Lonely Nights | The Merrymakers | Listen to What the Man Said: Popular Artists Tribute to Paul McCartney | Paul McCartney |
There's a “Music I-Quiz” Musically Challenged in this show! Make sure to check out Anna's podcast, Music I-Quiz! And thanks to Toyotaboy for sending the other one in!
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Grats on reaching 300, I've been listening since way way back in 2004 and I'm sure I'll be listening for a long time to come :)
Posted by: Andrew Herron at March 5, 2007 6:13 AMIt was Jimmy Somerville Brian, and the band was the Communards. Jimmy was formerly in a band called Bronski Beat. Anna didn't mention this, but that Thelma Houston version of "Don't leave me this way" was actually a cover itself - the original was Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Would be a nice originalville moment.
Thanks for playing my audio (nearly crashed the car this morning) and questions. Really interesting show all around and some great songs. Here's to another 300!
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at March 5, 2007 6:31 AMYeah, the names "Jimmy Somerville" and "Bronski Beat" came to me as soon as I clicked off the recording last night. Bronski Beat was what I was trying so desperatley to remember.
That and Telma Hopkins (as I mentioned, from Bosom Buddies). She was a member of Dawn, as in Tony Orlando and..., and she also sang the backup on Isaac Hayes' "Shaft" ("Shut Your Mouth").
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at March 5, 2007 6:44 AMCongrats on getting to 300. I'm only 283 behind you!
Other End Of The Telescope was on 'Til Tuesday's third album, Everything's Different Now. Their second album was Welcome Home.
Posted by: Dave Lifton at March 5, 2007 9:33 AMHi Brian, congratulations on getting to 300!
Posted by: Björn at March 5, 2007 12:12 PMCongratulations on 300 Brian. I love that Tristan tells his friends at school that HE has a show called Coverville with his Dad.
Posted by: Cris at March 5, 2007 1:10 PMMy girl had never seen "The Blues Brothers" before either! Appalling. We rented it last weekend so she could see it. Great film... the most awesome music ever in a movie, and the most car chases you could ever hope for.
Posted by: Drew at March 5, 2007 2:56 PMI have to say, Brian... I think its more tragic that you've not seen Rocky, than Tina missing Blues Brothers. I hope that's on your Netflix list as well.
Posted by: Cris at March 6, 2007 2:30 PMHeck with Netflix - for Rocky, I bought the DVD!
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at March 6, 2007 2:41 PMThe Rocky boxset is good times - use the 5th film as a coaster though!
I must be really red blooded - the Rambo boxset sits next to the Rocky one!
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at March 6, 2007 4:50 PMI haven't seen Rocky or Rambo ! Is that cos I'm a girl? And Brian- I thought you were a metro.-explain 'Fight Club' to me.
Posted by: Rose Matthews at March 7, 2007 1:19 PMHa! Fight Club is as much about fighting as Deer Hunter is about hunting. It's a brilliant look into the psyche of a character who shapes his own society. I won't say it's not violent, but the violence is such a back-burner plot to the rest of the movie.
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at March 7, 2007 1:29 PMCongrats on reaching 300 episodes! Your show has gotten me through many a boring workday. My 10-year-old twin daughters LOVE Tristan, so I'll have to save this episode for them :-).
Posted by: Dani at March 10, 2007 3:27 PMBrian, congratulations on hitting 300 episodes. Has any other podcaster even come close to this accomplishment?
Great song selections here, as always. The Fred Neil and Stevie Wonder covers are among the two strongest songs I've ever heard on this show, and there have been a LOT of songs by this point.
Keep up the great work!
Posted by: Jason Tippitt at March 10, 2007 6:41 PMDefinitely not the first podcaster to crest 300 - Adam Curry is in the 500s of Daily Source Code, and Dawn and Drew are in their 500s as well.
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at March 11, 2007 12:02 PM