Ballrooms of Mars - Episode XIV [ 日本との連帯！]

BoM is well-versed in tragedy. We've read Shakespeare. We read the news. We have day jobs.

We publish this podcast for crying out loud.

But very little can prepare even the most overworked/underpaid, world-weary BoMrade for the insane amount of adversity facing Japan for the last couple of weeks and for years to come.

As you're enjoying episode XIV, we encourage you to donate to the Red Cross or Give2Asia or your preferred charity to help Japan rebuild.

Then climb into your BoM-shelter, and do your best to protect yourself from the onslaught.


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Setlist

Intro:
"Yagibushi" (Traditional)

Jud:
Sympathy Nervous - "Polyester 35 Micron"
Sympathy Nervous - "Quick Starttype"
Sympathy Nervous - "Oh! My Apple Head"

Peter:
J Dilla - "Won't Do"
Frank-n-Dank - "Okay"
Slum Village - "Faster"

Michael:
R. Kelly - "Love Letter Prelude"
R. Kelly - "Love Letter"
R. Kelly - "Number One Hit"

Jud:
The Naughtiest Girl Was A Monitor - "Sensation/No Sensation"
Robert Marlowe - "Claudette"
Seona Dancing - "Bitter Heart"

Peter:
Ryan Adams - "Love Is Hell"
The Jayhawks - "I'd Run Away"
Blitzen Trapper - "Country Caravan"

Michael:
The Style Council - "Headstart For Happiness"
The Style Council - "Long Hot Summer"
The Style Council - "Shout To The Top"

Jud:
Rail - "Hello"
Queensrÿche - "Queen of the Reich"
TKO - "Give into the Night"

Peter:
Edwin Starr - "Easin' In"
Clarence Reid - "It Was Good Enough For Daddy"
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - "The Way They Do My Life"

Michael:
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - "I'm Ready For Love"
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - "I Promise To Wait My Love"
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - "Tear It On Down"

Outro:
Group From Miyagi Prefecture - "Saitara Zinku/Toshima Zinku"

Ballrooms of Mars - Episode XIII: Un Pueblo Unido

Ballrooms of Mars expresses its solidarity with the public workers' unions of Wisconsin that have been shamefully stripped of their bargaining rights. This episode is dedicated to those working to restore these rights.

If you have the means, please donate what you can to help recall the Republican state senators in Wisconsin who cynically exploited parliamentary procedure to attack American public workers.

My stand with Wisconsin public workers = $

Now put away your wallet and bust out your dancing shoes, because this episode is a barn-burner...


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Setlist

Intro:
The Almanac Singers - "Roll The Union On"

Michael:
Calvin Harris - "Limits"
Calvin Harris - "Ready For The Weekend"
Destroyer - "Blue Eyes"

Jud:
The Naughtiest Girl Was A Monitor - "Is All I Need?"
Greg Vandike - "All Of The Girls"
The Messengers - "I Turn In (To You)"

Peter:
Eddie Murphy - "Party All The Time"
The System - "Don't Disturb This Groove"
Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"

Michael:
Toro y Moi - "Low Shoulders"
Memory Tapes - "Graphics"
Washed Out - "Belong"

Jud:
39 Clocks - "Shake the Hippie"
39 Clocks - "Aspettando Godot"
39 Clocks - "What Never Happened"

Peter:
Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)"
Aloe Blacc - "If I"

Michael:
Dinosaur Jr. - "In A Jar"
My Bloody Valentine - "Lips Like Sugar"
Cocteau Twins - "Cicely"

Jud:
The Monks - "We Do Wie Du"
39 Clocks - "78 Solider Dead"

Peter:
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 - "Promise Of A Fisherman"
José Roberto - "Crioula Multicolorida"
Jorge Ben - "Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)"

Outro:
Billy Bragg - "There Is Power In A Union"