Thursday Random Eight (10/16/2008)

The first eight songs of the day after setting the iPod to shuffle play:

Nico - Ari's Song: An ode to her son who, it is interesting to mention, was the only person who didn't say anything bad about her in the documentary Nico Icon despite (allegedly) becoming addicted to drugs under her hand.

Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin: The first track from the Grace album presenting his incredible vocal range and a bit of his Zeppelin influence.

Tom Waits - Clang Boom Steam: Never has a song title been more descriptive of its contents.

Chainsaw Kittens - Lazy Little Dove: Oooh, a repeat from last week. Weird, as of right now, there are over 5,300 songs the ipod could choose from.

Mission of Burma - Forget: A consistently solid song from MoB, if not one of their more well known tracks.

Cut Copy - Into the Groovey: A mix of the Ciccone Youth (say, Kim Gordon) track off Fabriclive.29 which we heard in Sound Garden while in Baltimore last week. The collection of 25 mixes is really fun.

The Only Ones - City of Fun: I've really started enjoying The Only Ones lately; this is certainly one of those bands who has been covered more than I had ever realized over the years.

Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad: A fun, somewhat off-tune track from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, probably the last album from the trio that I really enjoyed.