This morning, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation held their annual "Winter Bike To Work Day" in honor of the anniversary of the coldest day ever recorded in Chicago; a delightful -27 degrees recorded at O'Hare on Jan. 20th, 1985. So, in honor of that glorious occasion and the hearty souls who braved the elements on two wheels this morning, we present nothing but "Winter" songs this week on the 8-track.
Program 1:
1. The High Dials - "Winter Ghosts"
- from War Of The Wakening Phantoms (website)
2. Math and Physics Club - "Cold As Minnesota"
- from Math and Physics Club (website)
3. Herman Dune - "When The Water Gets Cold And Freezes On The Lake"
- from Giant (website)
4. Nick Cave - "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"
-from No More Shall We Part (website)
(flip)
Program 2:
5. Belle & Sebastian - "Winter Wooskie"
- from Legal Man (website)
6. Piano Magic - "Echoes on Ice"
- from Open Cast Heart EP (website)
7. Ampop - "Weather Report"
- from Made For Market (website)
8. Jens Lekman - "Cold Swedish Winter"
-from When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (website)
The Highdials New Devotion was a classic
Posted by: skytone | 09/02/2007 at 09:50 PM
you know, I looked around Wednesday night through all my Belle and Sebastian for a winter song and I couldn't find one! *hits forehead with hand*
Posted by: Kirstie | 01/19/2007 at 04:39 PM
No, but I contemplated Johnny Winter.
Posted by: Carlo Garcia | 01/19/2007 at 02:54 PM
what, no Edgar Winter?
Posted by: brad | 01/19/2007 at 01:09 PM