Friday Random Ten: Okie Dokie Edition

1. “A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day”—The Pogues, Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash. Cait O’Riordan—Elvis Costello’s ex-wife—on vocals.

2. “St. Louis Blues”—Django Reinhardt, The Best of.

3. “Linctus House”—Robyn Hitchcock, Eye. A linctus is a medicine that is taken by licking. I had no idea such a thing existed until this song inspired me to look it up. I still don’t have any idea what the title means, though.

4. “Tecumpsah Valley”—Nanci Griffith, Other Voices, Other Rooms. With Arlo Guthrie. Songs written by men about pitiable prostitutes can be a little creepy, but Griffith does a nice job with this one.

5. "Okie Dokie Stomp"—Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Real Life. I used to think that saying “okie dokie” was pretty nerdy, but if it’s good enough for Brown, I guess it’s good enough for me.

6. “Honikzaft (Honey Juice)”—The Klezmatics, Rhythm and Jews. Wild Thing is a fan of our town’s klezmer band, mostly because he’s kind of obsessed about tubas.

7. “Where the Hell’s My Money?”—Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, Frenzy. A question I’ve asked myself many times.

8. “I Want You”—The Arrogants, You’ve Always Known When Best To Say Goodbye. I seem to have run out of off-the-cuff comments now.

9. “Planes Crashing”—My Dad is Dead, The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get.

10. “Sheep”—The Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4.