Sad Omicron Show/Nate Heiges alone
Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.
- Movement of Circles, Lowered 2013 (?)
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act III: “Thy hand, Belinda...”, Henry Purcell, perfomed by Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 1985
- Lonesome Road, Junior Kimbrough 1997
- It’s a Fine Day, Jane 1983
- Smoke Rings, Les Paul & Mary Ford 1952
- Black Fly, Circuit des Yeux 2017
- The Dolphins, Fred Neil 1966
- Losing My Mind (Follies), written and performed by Stephen Sondheim 1971
- The Bridge, Dolly Parton 1968
- 20’-00’, Karlheinz Stockhausen 1988
- Idea #35, Raymond Scott c. 1961-1971
- Klaus Nomi, The Cold Song (Henry Purcell, John Dryden), 1981
- Konevitsan Kirkonkellot, Karelian Folk Music Ensemble “Toive”
- Now and Then, Roy Lanham and the Whipporwills c. early 50s
- Quiet Dawn, Archie Shepp 1972
- What Do I Do When I’m Alone, Grover 1974
- First Street Blues, 1964 Lee Hazlewood
- Forge Your Own Chains, D. R. Hooker 1972
- A Loser’s Cathedral, David Houston 1967
- Thinking of You, Smoothboi Ezra 2018
- Party Girl, Michelle Gurevich 2007
- You Were Meant for Me, Jewel 1995
- And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going (Dreamgirls), Jennifer Holliday 1981
- Take Yo’ Praise, Camille Yarbrough 1975
- Nothing Works Like Listerine, Raymond Scott & Dorothy Collins c. 1951-1965
Becuase of the Omicron breakout in New York City in late December/early January, it wasn’t safe for me to have my scheduled guest, poet Ginny Wiehardt, in the station. As an alternative I put together a show full of angsty love songs, anxious instrumentals, and a special appearance from Grover of Sesame Street. This show is a rejection of the world's refusal to satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts--and a total blast.