Rock Garden Tour

The art of gardening, I suppose.

Last night's show was one of the more complex shows we've attempted. I think it made sense, mostly. Then again, it might not have made sense, at all. We talked about the art of gardening, and topiary, and fillabusters, and photography, and Coach told a story about the time Mom dressed up in his clothing and saved a baby calf. You're not going to want to miss the podcast. In the mean time though, last night's Rock Garden Tour on KCFS featured some pretty intense stuff in the free range rock and roll department.

Merle Haggard - Live And Love Always

Steve Martin - Banana Banjo

Owen Pallet - Lewis Takes Action

Peter And The Wolf - The Bonsai

MGMT - Someone's Missing

The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire

Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off The Bridge 

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Home

Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - Window Shopping

The Dirtbombs - Your Love Belongs Under A Rock

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Mighty Sparrow

Wesley Willis - Feel The Power Of Rock And Roll

Merle Haggard - Strange In The City

War On Drugs - Taking The Farm

The Kinks - Lola

The Mountain Goats - Black Molly

The Gourds - Country Love

Tonic - Flowerman

Rock Garden Tour 70: Back To Basics

 

Last night's Rock Garden Tour on SDPB Radio featured less talk and more old sayings about gardening, that and some pretty intense Tom Brokaw impersonations. If you want to hear the whole show visit www.sdpb.org/rockgardentour/  If you want to hear some of the show, listen to the podcast (bottom of the post) and keep it rural.

Playlist from last night's show:

The Clientele – Somebody Changed

The Kinks – Love Me Til The Sun Shines

Josh Rouse – I Will Live On Islands

The Radio Four – How Much I Owe

The Crabs – Anything And Everything

Hank Harris – The Way To Heaven

Kings Go Forth – Get A Feeling

Woods – Rain On

Girls – Lust For Life

Tonic – Flowerman

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High Fashion Gardening And What Not

Friend of the show Scotty Nelson sent us a hot tip via the information county highway. It turns out that Gentleman's Quarterly Magazine recently printed a story about gardening. During last night's Rock Garden Tour on KCFS in Sioux Falls, we measured the story's impact with interviews with fashionable people, witty banter about overalls, and some intense free range rock and roll. That's all I can say about it at this time. Here's the playlist:

Lil Millet & His Creoles - Rich Woman

Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off The Bridge

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Hey Paul

Horse Feathers - Belly Of June

Phoenix - Lisztomania

Woods - Rain

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Between Planets

Mason Jennings - Crown (Special Record Store Day Release)

The Velvet Underground - I'm Sticking With You

The White Stripes - Jolene

Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes

William Elliot Whitmore - Lifetime Underground

Bob Dylan - Talkin' New York

Rev. Billy H Grady - Holy Rock

Be Brave - Strange Boys

Jay Farrrar & Benjamin Gibbard - All In One

Dr. Dog - Mirror, Mirror

The Mountain Goats - Pure Sound

Neutral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers

Tonic - Flowerman

Rock Garden Tour 69: Waxing Welk

They said it couldn't be done, but we managed to produce an entire show about Lawrence Welk even though we're supposed to be talking about gardening. It was wunnerful. Here's the playlist from last night's show on SDPB Radio:

Red Ingle & The Natural Seven - Cigareets And Whusky

Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long

Lula Collins - Help Me

Harlem - Friendly Ghost

Slow Club - Apples And Pairs

Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country

The Original Ben Vaughn Combo - Grasshopper

The Tallest Man On Earth - The Drying Of The Lawns

Enjoy this week's podcast - if you'd like to hear more of this show visit www.sdpb.org/rockgardentour/

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Rock Garden Tour 68: Lost Badgerton, SD

CNN recently reported that Badgerton, SD was 1 of only 2 towns in the nation that scored 100% on the 2000 census. The only issue is that we of the Rock Garden Tour never heard of Badgerton, SD. This week's Rock Garden Tour was sort of about that. Enjoy the podcast and keep it rural. 

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A Wunnerful Night In The Garden

Last night's show shattered the perception that its impossible to talk about Lawrence Welk during a rock and roll garden show. We did talk about Welk. We did. We also talked about the Presidential Wax Museum, and whether or not Micro-Fiche is still a thing. Stay tuned for the podcast.

In other news, I'm heading down to Vermillion tomorrow and represent the Rock Garden Tour during the SDPB Radio pledge drive. Tune in tomorrow afternoon - and pledge SDPB Radio some money. Invest in the Rock Garden Tour!

Here's the playlist from last night's show - it was a good one.

Lula Collins - Help Me

Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long

The Dirtbombs - Your Love Belongs Under A Rock

Steve Martin - Pretty Flowers

The Limes - Diamond Eyes

Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man

Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings

Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - Them Old Days Are Gone

Rev. Billy H Grady - Holy Rock

The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations

Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country

Early Upchurch - I Can Not Bring Them Back

Mayer Hawthorne - One Track Mind

The Golden Bubbles - Plastic Flowers

The Original Ben Vaughn Combo - Grasshopper

The Mountain Goats - Cubs In Five

Coconut Records - The Summer

Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf

Tonic - Flowerman

Rock Garden Tour 67: And That Was The End Of Mr. Bendo

This week's Rock Garden Tour podcast features some witty banter about Canistota, SD, and a heartfelt Mr. Bendo tribute by the Rock Garden Tour Family Band. If you like what you hear, listen to the full hour show at www.sdpb.org/rockgardentour/ Enjoy this week's podcast and keep it rural.

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Badgerton By Guess And By Gall

CNN recently reported that Badgerton, SD was one of only 2 communities in the nation with 100 percent response rate to the 2000 census. An often overlooked town, so overlooked in fact that some South Dakotans speculate that the town doesn't even exist. More on that in a week when I upload the podcast, stay tuned. In the mean time, have a look at last night's playlist and keep it rural.

Jacqueline Taieb - 7 Heures Du Matin

The Extra Glens - Badger Song*

The Dead Milkmen - Badger Song*

Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster

Soulcrate Music - Think About Me

William Elliot Whitmore - Lifetime Underground

Bob Dylan - Song To Woody**

Donovan - Riding In My Car**

Standard Fare - I Know Its Hard

Strange Boys - Be Brave

The Low Anthem - Bless Your Tombstone

Beach Fossils - Desert Sand

Prescott Curlywolf - Gold In The Mud

Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Slow Walk

Those Darlins - Red Light Love

The Mountain Goats - Chinese Rifle Song

Tonic - Flowerman

* Songs about badgers

** Songs inspired by Woody Guthrie