Recent Music Moments: Playlists and Purchases

As I was leaving the office the other day I was perusing the radio and stumbled across this excellent playlist courtesy of Santa Clara University’s KSCU. It was an incredibly spot-on selection given my mood, and really made the afternoon commute enjoyable. Many thanks to the DJ who exerted excellent taste and also played my request. Below is the snippet of the set recreated from memory (DJ, please feel free to correct me).

Elliott Smith: Rose Parade (thankscaptainobvious.net)
Jose Gonzales: Heartbeats
The Mountain Goats: No Children (my request)
Belle & Sebastian: Wrapped Up in Books (vaguespace.net)
Jens Lekman: Your Arms Around Me (bestfootforward.info)

Well, the Jens Lekman song might have actually been different. That was the point at which I got out of range of the station and the fuzziness forced me to switch the dial…

Shortly thereafter I found myself in the Haight-Ashbury area and felt inspired to swing by the Amoeba Music in San Francisco. While there I picked up two new albums. Check out songs from each below:

The Russian Futurists – Paul Simon, from “Our Thickness” (herohill.com)
Saturday Looks Good to Me – The Americans, from “Fill Up the Room”