Desert Island Discs – Spring 2003

Peter Montgomery:

 

Desert Island Discs  — version 1 [also see my version 2 at bottom of page] - Peter M.

(I thought about this for the past few days.  Here is a stab a my favs.)

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1.  The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

2.  David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

3.  The Clash – London Calling

4.  Blondie – Parallel Lines

5.  The Beatles – Revolver

6.  David Bowie – Low and/or Heroes

7.  Carter USM – 101 Damnations

8.  Sex Pistols -  Never mind the Bollocks, here’s the Sex Pistols

9.  Code of Honor – Beware the Savage Jaw

10.  The Wedding Present – Bizarro

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Jennifer Fleming:

 

1. Radiohead – OK Computer

2. Sonic Youth – Day Dream Nation

3. The Verve – Northern Soul

4. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication

5. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

6. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa

7. Beck – Midnite Vultures  (I know…I’m a freak)

8. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground & Nico

9. The Birthday Party – Mutiny/Bad Seed

10. Prince – Purple Rain

 

Sarah Beach:

 

1. The Clash – London Calling

2. Bjork – the one with Bachelorette on it (Homogenic?)

3. Elvis Costello – Armed Forces

4. Camper Van Beethoven – Key Lime Pie

5. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

6. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs

7. Joni Mitchell – Blue

8. Staple Singers – Gospel Greats

9. Annette Hanshaw – Girl Next Door

10. Dukes of Stratosphear – Psonic Psunspot

 

Evan Krasts:

 

1. Radiohead – Kid A

2. The Beatles – White Album

3. John Coltrane – Blue Train

4. Pavement – Terror Twilight

5. Metallica – Master of Puppets

(for Day #223 when I get pissed and start pelting things with coconuts)

6. Manu Chao – Clandestino

(to enjoy in the sun as I go slowly INSANE!)

7. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

(for life affirming power)

8. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?

(3rd Stone from the sun is still the coolest thing ever)

9.  Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights

10.  Simon & Garfunkel – Greatest Hits

 

Dave Graham:

1.       Pink Floyd – Animals

2.       Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

3.       The Doors – Strange Days

4.       Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick

5.       King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King

6.       Royal Crown Revue – Mugsy’s Move

7.       Nirvana – Incesticide

8.       Frank Zappa – Apostraphe/Overnite Sensation

9.       Primus - Suck on This

10.   Neurosis – The Word as Law

Tough choices.  It was harder than I thought it’d be….

 

-Dave

 

Will Wright:

 

Oh ok, here’s mine in no particular order

 

0. no Beatles (I’m with Penn and Teller on this, the Beatles have had enough play to last two civilizations)

1. Aphex Twin: …I Care Because You Do

2. Depeche Mode: Violator

3. Queen: Flash Gordon

4. Art of noise: Who’s afraid of the art of noise

5. David Bowie: Changesbowie

6. Red Elvises: Grooving to the Moscow beat

7. Brigit Brat (Gods Girlfriend): Whore Damage

8. 386DX: CD-2

9. Holst: The Planets

10. See Colin Slash: Quart Of Meat

 

(the last one I’m biased towards not only because it great, but mainly because I named the title track for them)

 

Will Wright

 

Brian Murphy:

 

Without spending hours, and noting that a list of songs would be more useful than a list of albums (come on guys, the album is dead!)

 

1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

2. The Smiths – The Queen is Dead

3. Pearl Jam – Ten

4. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II

5. Sarah McClaughlin – Surfacing

6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

7. U2 – Boy

8. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged

9. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (self titled)

10. Van Halen – Van Halen (self titled)

 

Chris Iverson:

 

This was hard. keep in mind i picked “best of” albums only to consolidate albums of fav. artists. i mean, we’re only allowed to bring 10. i did the best i could.

 

1. suede – coming up

2. mamma cass elliott – dream a little dream

3. beethoven – favourite piano sonata’s

4. joy division – substance 1977- 1980

5. the smiths – ‘the very best of the smiths’ cause it’s all on one

6. morrissey – ‘the best of’ ’cause it’s all on one (except moon river, which i love)

7. black eyed peas – behind the front

8. the pretenders – the singles

9. new order – substance – the singles

10. led zeppelin – early days, the best of volume 1.

 

Kathleen Waters:

 

in no particular order

 

1.  Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

2.  The Who – Who’s Next

3.  Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted or Crooked Rain — I can’t decide!

4.  Radiohead – Kid A

5.  The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

6.  Son Volt – Trace

7.  The Clash – London Calling

8.  Kruder & Dorfmeister – K&D Sessions

9.  Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters

10.  Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

 

Suzanne Onodera:

 

I have to just stop right now and send this because I could go on and on. Didn’t manage to squeeze Motorhead in there but what the hey…

 

Suzanne’s list version 1. Not in order because I’m lame.

 

1. rovo- imago

2.wire – pink flag

3.buzzcocks - singles going steady

4.mission of burma – vs ( still incredible after all of these years)

5.joy division – substance ( compilation)

6.the clash – give ‘em enough rope

7.ramones ” rocket to russia” ( I cut teeth on this album)

8.pell mell- interstate

9.django reinhardt -  quintet of the hot club of france

10.the damned ” best of”

 

Regrets: david bowie “ziggy stardust”, lounge lizards ” queen of all ears” , lee morgan ”sidewinder ” , wedding present “bizzaro” (yes peter this is a great album),  x-ray specs- germ free adolescents

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Mike Tatum:

 

This always kills me….

 

1. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

2. Whiskeytown- Stranger’s Almanac

3. Neil Young- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere

4. English Beat- Special Beat Service

5. The Who- Quadrophenia

6. The Replacements- Let it Be (Unsatisfied would have a whole new gastronomical angle, wouldn’t it?)

7. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street

8. Billy Joe Shaver- Restless Wind

9. Big Star- #1Record/Radio City (they are pressed on the same CD!)

10. Pixies- Doolittle

 

Some albums I would sincerely miss:

 

Alejandro Escovedo- Bourbonitus Blues

Son Volt- Trace

Wilco- Yankee Foxtrot Hotel

Smiths- Louder than Bombs

Cannonball Adderly- Somethin’ Else

Willie Nelson- Shotgun Willie

Everything but the Girl- Walking Wounded

Husker Du- Candy Apple Grey

Pavement- Slanted & Enchanted

Hank Williams Jr.- Greatest Hits

Velvet Underground- Loaded

Uncle Tupelo- Anodyne

Elvis Costello- Get Happy (I really should bring this one!)

Richard Buckner- Since

The Stooges- Fun House

 

I’ve got to stop. Not to create a work stoppage across the state of California, but here’s some recent albums I can’t stop listening to:

 

Bobby Bare Jr. – Young Criminals Starvation League (This is what a Smiths country dirge album would sound like)

Kathleen Edwards- Failer (If you haven’t guessed, I like the Alt. Country and this is right in my wheelhouse.)

Crooked Fingers- Red Devil Dawn (Lead singer from Archer of Loafs)

Zwan- Mary Star of the Sea (I guess I still like the Smashing Pumpkins)

 

Have a great day.

 

Kerwin So:

 

a few years ago, my list might have looked something like this (in no order whatsoever):

1.       replacements – tim

2.       yo la tengo – painful

3.       nirvana – in utero

4.       guided by voices – bee thousand

5.       jawbreaker – 24 hour revenge therapy

6.       goo goo dolls – superstar car wash

7.       seam – are you driving me crazy?

8.       built to spill – perfect from now on

9.       nick drake – pink moon

10.   dj shadow – endtroducing…

honorable mentions:

joy division – substance

papa m – live from a shark cage (now that D. Pajo is in zwan i hope his record sales increase)

dianogah – battle champions

mogwai – young team or ten rapid

husker du – new day rising

sugar – copper blue

red house painters – something really depressing

john coltrane – a love supreme

pixies – doolittle

buzzcocks – operators manual

pavement – slanted & enchanted

stone roses – s/t “the lemon album”

smiths – louder than bombs

REM – automatic for the people

buffalo tom – let me come over

grant lee buffalo – mighty joe moon

 

the rest of the story is just way too long to tell…. thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

Jonah Liebert:

 

Very painful.  Probably better that I can’t/don’t sit at home and look through my CD’s.

 

 

1.)  Pink Floyd – Meddle
2.)  Budgie – Squawk
3.)  Thin Lizzy – Vagabonds of the Western World
4.)  Billie Holiday – The Silver Years (Verve)
5.)  Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold as Love
6.)  Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
7.)  AC/DC – High Voltage (US version)
8.)  Big Star – Sister Lovers/Third
9.)  Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (correct speed reissue)
10.) Led Zeppelin – I

 

Yes, I wanted The Replacements “Let it Be” on my list too, but I just could not fit it.  And some Motorhead and Nirvana “Bleach” and some Black Sabbath and Van Halen’s first and maybe KISS’s first and lots of other albums.

 

…The album will never die.

 

Peter DiMaria:

 

1,000 – sure, 100 – maybe, but 10? Imagine my relief to see others, including the widely respected Mr. Tatum, give in and bend the rules before I had to embarrass myself with my own excess items…

 

Peter

 

SOUTH SHORE

1. Sparks – Kimono My House

2. Black Flag – Damaged

3. Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen

4. Beatles – White Album

5. Zombies – Singles A’s & B’s

6. Spirit – Time Circle

7. Dbs – Stands for Decibels / Repercussion

8. Eno – Another Green World

9. Kraftwerk – Autobahn

10. Wire – Pink Flag

 

NORTH SHORE

1. Poulenc – Mass in G Major, Motets for Christmas & Lent, Four Short Prayers of St. Francis

2. Talvin Singh – O.K.

3. Durutti Column – The Guitar and Other Machines

4. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Penguin Cafe Orchestra

5. Fripp & Eno – Evening Star

6. Stephen Scott – Minerva’s Web/Tears of Niobe

7. Peter Michael Hamel – Nada

8. Dead Can Dance – Into the Labyrinth

9. Arvo Part – Tabla Rasa

10. Philip Glass – Einstein on the Beach

 

*BONUS SECRET TREASURE CHEST STASH* (hidden under palm tree)

1. Black Sabbath – We Sold Our Soul for Rock n’ Roll

2. Johnathan Richman – Back in Your Life

3. April March – Chrominance Decoder

4. Sagittarius – Present Tense

5. Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed

6. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs

7. Sweet – Best of Sweet

8. Vince Guaraldi – Charlie Brown Christmas

9. Fred Waring & The Pennsylanians – The Sounds of Christmas

10. Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours

11. Urge Overkill – Saturation

12. Glenn Miller – The Essential  of Glenn Miller

13. Emerson Lake & Palmer – Tarkus

14. Altern 8 – Full On Mask Hysteria

15. X – Los Angeles

16. Talking Heads – Talking Heads 77

17. Screamers – Demos 1977-78

18. High Llamas – Hawaii

19. Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe

20. Eno/Bowie – Low

 

John Slater:

 

Damn, this was tough. I’ve had a top 5 list in my head for awhile, but expanding it to 10 opened up way too many possibilities. At one point I had a list of about 25 essential albums before I went through the painful process of elimination.

 

Anyway, here are the ones that made the cut (ask me next week and it could be totally different):

 

1. The Beatles – Revolver

2. REM – Automatic for the People

3. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

4. Radiohead – OK Computer

5. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

6. The Clash – London Calling

7. The Smiths – The Queen is Dead

8. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister

9. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (3rd album)

10. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa

 

Albums by the Rolling Stones, Fugazi, the Stone Roses, Beck, Stevie Wonder, the Beach Boys, the Violent Femmes, Nirvana, the Beastie Boys, Big Star, the Flaming Lips, Wilco and many others are floating sadly just offshore.

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Liz Scanlon:

 

This was tough.  I find myself drawn back to the classics that never get old.  In fact, I wish I could listed to them all right now. These are in no particular order.

 

Beastie Boys–Licensed to Ill

Stevie Wonder–Songs in the Key of Life

The Rolling Stones–Sticky Fingers

The Band–The Last Waltz

Bob Marley–Kaya

Pearl Jam–Ten

Dr. Dre–2001

REM–Fables of the Reconstruction

Soul Hits of the 70′s–Volume 9

The Specials-Specials

 

Cristian Mueller:

 

This changes almost every day for me, but here is today’s list (not necessarily in order):

 

1. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

2. Jeff Buckley – Grace

3. Kruder & Dorfmeister – K&D Sessions

4. Boards of Canada – Glee

5. Fleetwood Mac – Rumors

6. Miguel Migs – For Your Mind

7. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde

8. Miss Kitten & the Hacker – First Album

9. Nick Drake – Way to Blue

10. Radiohead – The Bends

 

Rhonda Spencer:

 

OUCH!!!

 

This was really tough….

 

Van Halen–Van Halen

Joe Henry-Fuse

Jellyfish-Spilt Milk

Crowded House-Woodface

Cracker-Cracker

Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon

Aimee Mann–Bachelor no. 2

Led Zeppelin-Physical Graphitti

Smashing Pumpkins-Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Elliott Smith-Figure 8

 

Peter Montgomery #2:

 

Fellow music lovers:

After seven years on the island, a Portuguese merchant marine vessel picked me up.

On our way from the Pacific to their Cacao factory near the Horn of Africa, a huge storm in the Indian Ocean hit us.

All the crew and the ship were lost.  Lucky I was able to piece together my favorite CDs from the ship’s vast library, jam them with a stack of peanut butter sandwiches, into a waterproof blue flight case, and float to a nearby atoll.  Other than my longing for the spicy Madeira-style shrimp cakes fried up by my pals from Lisbon, I was happy to have found dry land — and to have great tunes with me.

 

Though my previous list are truly my favs. — after having listened to Bowie and the Beatles for seven years, I am thrilled

that the below albums are seriously amazing stuff.

These are sounds that changed the world and ring in my soul.

 

 

1) Tuxedomoon – Desire

2) Madonna – Ray of Light

3) Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity

4) Devo  -  Duty Now for the Future

5) New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies

6) Lene Lovich – Stateless

7) Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age of Wireless

8) Human League – Dare

9) Moby – Everything Is Wrong

10) Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat