The Weekly Mix, Vol. 718 - Sounds of Quarantine
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week’s episode of The Weekly Mix, hosted by John Richards, features a number of songs written in response to the COVID-19 virus, shining a light on artists helping others. This includes new tracks from Ben Gibbard, Shane Tutmarc, Shinyribs and Empty Country.
1. Benjamin Gibbard - Life in Quarantine
2. Ellis - March 13
3. Damien Jurado - Alice Hyatt
4. Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney - You’ll Get Eaten, Too
5. James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye
6. Empty Country - Marian
7. The Lounge Society - Generation Game
8. Iceage - Lockdown Blues
9. Shane Tutmarc - A Brave New World
10. Tomo Nakayama - There Goes the Neighborhood
11. Art d’Ecco - I’ll Never Give You Up
12. Shinyribs - Stay Home
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekly mix podcast hosted this week by me, John Richards, host of the morning show. |
| 0:06.6 | Great to be with you on this podcast. |
| 0:08.5 | We switched for music that matters. |
| 0:09.7 | You may know that by now, but in case you don't, the weekly mix is exactly that. |
| 0:14.4 | A mix we bring to you each and every week. |
| 0:16.6 | As we do on the airwaves, you can always check us out at 90.3 in Seattle, kexp.org, |
| 0:21.2 | and always check out the Kexb mobile apps. |
| 0:23.8 | Go back, use the archive. |
| 0:25.3 | If you like what you hear here, you'll probably hear it on my morning show with John Richards. |
| 0:31.0 | Now, a song we played early and often comes from our friend Ben Gibbard. |
| 0:35.8 | He is like everybody else right now, stuck in quarantine, stuck at home, and he's making the best of it. |
| 0:41.6 | He put this song together to donate to Seattle Area Relief Organization Aurora Commons. |
| 0:47.1 | He's been doing a bunch of these sessions and songs to benefit different nonprofits. |
| 0:51.5 | And this one is one of the best songs I've heard so far during our time in the pandemic. |
| 0:56.3 | This is life in quarantine here on the weekly mix. |
| 1:00.1 | Sidewalks are empty. |
| 1:03.8 | The bars and cafes too. |
| 1:09.4 | The street lights only changing |
| 1:12.6 | Because they ain't got nothing better to do |
| 1:17.6 | You say it's like Christmas |
| 1:21.6 | When nobody's around |
| 1:26.6 | When our city was still a secret |
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