No One Knows I'm Gone - Alice [289]

Our third week with Ashleyanne sees our hosts expressing some differing opinions on both the Waits and interval tracks. Portrait of bleak mortality or optimistic reach for freedom? Upbeat flirty plan for adventure or bloodless cover? All opinions are valid, except for the ones which are definitely wrong...

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
No One Knows I'm Gone, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Cups, Cold Water, Lulu & The Lampshades (2011)

No One Knows I'm Gone, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

When I'm Gone, single, The Carter Family (1931)

You're Gonna Miss Me, via YouTube (original), Lulu and the Lampshades (2009)

You're Gonna Miss Me (Cups), via YouTube, Anna Burden (2011)

Anna Kendrick 'Cups' Scene (via YouTube), Pitch Perfect, dir. Jason Moore (2012)

I Can Hear You, Factory Showroom, They Might Be Giants (1996)

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Flower's Grave - Alice [288]

There's some examination of the value and impact of this song, as Ashleyanne discusses the prettiness and depth of music with Martin and Sam. We talk about the context of the play, as well as the presence of hope and optimism in music with a fatalistic attitude.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Flower's Grave, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Flowers On My Grave, Aunt Ma Kwacha, Smokey Haangala (1976)

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Everything You Can Think - Alice [287]

Producer and DJ Ashleyanne Krigbaum joins Sam & Martin for the worst lullaby in the world, as Waits aggressively welcomes us into the body of the album. We discuss the sonic tone of this track, the use of sound effects, and the meaning of Dreamlands for Waits, Carroll and others.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Everything You Can Think, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Dreamland, Studio One Women, Della Humphrey (1972/2005)


Everything You Can Think, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

My Dream Island, single, Al Johnson/The El Tempos (1964)

Dreamland, Bunny Wailer sings The Wailers, Bunny Wailer (1980)

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