Distant Stations 2/26/08

Fresh after a road trip to Seattle to see the Mountain Goats, I thought I'd play up my "religious awe of geography" (to quote the man himself) with a show attempting to incorporate all fifty states into the playlist. There are a few states I'd like to apologize to for omitting, namely: Nevada, Delaware, Vermont (I had to remove your song for time), Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and its western cousin, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois (I used Sufjan on Michigan, sorry!), and Iowa.

PLAYLIST

10:00 John Linnell - Songs of the 50 States, off of State Songs

NON-CONTIGUOUS

10:02 Brian Wilson - In Blue Hawaii, off of Smile
10:04 Johnny Cash and June Carter - When It's Springtime in Alaska, off of Orange Blossom Special

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

10:08 Loretta Lynn and Jack White - Portland, Oregon, off of Van Lear Rose
10:12 M. Ward - Four Hours in Washington, off of Transistor Radio
10:15 Josh Ritter - Idaho, off of The Animal Years
10:19 Rocky Votolato - Montana, off of Suicide Medicine

THE GREAT SOUTHWEST

10:26 Lucero - California, off of Nobody's Darlings
10:29 Pixies - Palace of the Brine, off of Trompe le Monde (Utah)
10:30 Pedro the Lion - Arizona, off of Achilles' Heel
10:33 Old 97's - West Texas Teardrops, off of Too Far to Care

THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND

10:38 The Kinks - Oklahoma, U.S.A., off of Muswell Hillbillies
10:41 Neko Case - Train from Kansas City, off of The Tigers Have Spoken
10:45 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska, off of Nebraska
10:49 Kid Dakota - Ten Thousand Lakes, off of The West Is the Future (Minnesota)
10:57 Cocorosie - Ohio (Damien Jurado cover), off of the Believer Compilation, 2005
11:02 Sufjan Stevens - Say Yes! To M!ch!gan!, off of Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State

GOOD OLD NEW ENGLAND

11:05 Okkervil River - Maine Island Lovers, off of Down the River of Golden Dreams
11:11 Matt Pond PA - New Hampshire, off of Emblems
11:17 Hold Steady - Hostile, Massachusetts, off of Almost Killed Me

THE EASTERN SEABOARD

11:21 Ryan Adams - New York, New York, off of Gold
11:25 Red House Painters - New Jersey, off of Red House Painters II
11:31 Ben Gibbard - Carolina, off of Home Vol. 4

THE DIRTY SOUTH

11:35 The Gossip - Arkansas Heat, off of Arkansas Heat
11:36 The Walkmen - Louisiana, off of A Hundred Miles Off
11:41 Silver Jews - Tennessee, off of Tennessee
11:47 Drive-Bry Truckers - Boys from Alabama, off of The Dirty South
11:51 Superchunk - Florida's On Fire, off of Here's to Shutting Up
11:56 The Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia, off of Zopilote Machine