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So I was just interviewed by NPR about the Jonas Brothers.

I should be on All Things Considered on Friday afternoon.

Did you get a plug in for the Waits book?

Did you get a plug in for the Waits book?

I tried to slip one in, but we'll see if it survives the editing.

Pitchfork has some great photos of the Waits show last night: [link]

I'm so mad I wasn't able to wrangle tickets for that. My usual source said even if I were actually a VIP she couldn't have gotten them for me. This is the woman who got me the Elvis/Sting VIP passes.

I feel like I would have really appreciated it after Hec's lectures in SF. (Which were pleasant and informative).

(Which were pleasant and informative).

I guess this is a good time to note that I'll be leading a Tom Waits bus tour in Los Angeles over Labor Day Weekend.

I'm putting it together with Kim now.

And it coincides with a threeway book reading by me, Kim and Hayden.

After a brief resurrection of my “summer” playlist for the solstice, here is next month’s playlist. I don’t really need new song ideas, although I’m woefully lacking in green, but if I’ve left off something obvious (given the basic colors I used), let me know.

Color Me Shocked:
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Annie Lennox
“Almost Blue” by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
“Yellow” by On the Rocks (U. Oregon a cappella)
“Blue Caravan” by Vienna Teng
“Red Vines” by Aimee Mann
“Blue Velvet” by Bobby Vinton
“Violets Are Red” by Small Potatoes
“Blue in the Face” by Alkaline Trio
“Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance
“Pretty Pink Ribbon” by Cake
“Sky Blue Sky” by Wilco
“Grey Ghost” by Mike Doughty
“A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation” by Marty Robbins
“Blue Skies” by Eva Cassidy
“Blue Suede Shoes” by Elvis Presley
“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall
“Pink Cadillac” by Bruce Springsteen
“Man in Black” by Johnny Cash
“Pretty in Pink” by The Dresden Dolls
“Orange Crush” by R.E.M.
“White Lines” by Grandmaster Flash
“Black Superman” by Johnny Wakelin
“Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles
“Golden Brown” by The Stranglers
“Little Red Corvette” by Prince and the Revolution
“Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix
“Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones
“White Light/White Heat” by The Velvet Underground
“All on Black” by Alkaline Trio
“Fade to Grey” by Visage
“Blue Orchid” by The White Stripes
“Blue Monday” by New Order
“Wine Red” by The Hush Sound
“Red Dragon Tattoo” by Fountains of Wayne
“Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley
“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison
“Touch of Grey” by Grateful Dead
“Yellow Sun” by The Raconteurs
“Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones
“White Wedding” by Billy Idol
“Blue Blue Ocean” by Echo & the Bunnymen
“White Shirt” by Charlatans UK
“Black Coffee in Bed” by Squeeze
“Red Red Wine” by UB40
“Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
“Orange Blossom Special” by Johnny Cash
“Green Lights” by Bonnie Raitt
“Black Mamba” by The Academy Is…
“Red Rain” by Peter Gabriel
“Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who
“Bein’ Green” by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog
“Purple Rain” by Prince and the Revolution
“Orange Sky” by Alexi Murdoch
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John

megan - I could send you Cory Branan's "Tall Green Grass", if you like. I also have "That Green Gentleman" from Panic At The Disco.