Artist	Song
Black Sabbath	Spiral Architect
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Bubblehouse
Simon & Garfunkel	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
Modest Mouse	Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Sting	Fortress Around Your Heart
Fugazi	Stacks
Calexico	Stucco
Guru	Respect The Architect
Bruce Cockburn	Fascist Architecture
Talking Heads	Cities
Architecture In Helsinki	City Calm Down
Counting Crows	Perfect Blue Buildings
The Decemberists	Here I Was An Architect
Ton Steine Scherben	Der Turm Stnrzt Ein
Radiohead	Life In A Glass House
John Zorn	Latin Quarter
Leonard Cohen	Tower Of Song
Avail	Pink Houses [John Mellencamp]

Comment:

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," Frank Zappa claimed. This mix hopes to show that both of these activities are perfectly viable, and that when it comes to rocking tunes, any genuine response is a good response.
1. Black Sabbath spin metal riffs into epic sonic skyscrapers in Spiral Architect.
2. Medeski, Martin & Wood make a song go "pop" before our ears in Bubblehouse.
3. Simon & Garfunkel bid a modern master farewell in So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright.
4. Modest Mouse speed through Tiny Cities Made of Ashes in a flaming car made of coolness.
5. Sting builds a Fortress Around Your Heart - and lays mines in his own.
6. Fugazi pile phrase on phrase without once using the word "post-punk" in "Stacks."
7. Calexico splash a dollop of plaster on the soundboard in the minimalist Stucco.
8. Jazzmataz icon Guru asks listeners to Respect the Architect of dope rhymes.
9. Feeling dwarfed by the massive buildings of Mussolini-era Italy, Bruce Cockburn vows to tear down the Fascist Architecture in his own mind.
10. In Cities, Talking Heads contemplate a change of address.
11. Architecture in Helsinki's City Calm Down is perfect for sunny drives uptown with the skyline dancing on your sunglasses.
12. In Perfect Blue Buildings, Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz turns to the creature comforts as his life becomes less and less "perfect."
13. The Decemberists indulge their love for structural detail in the sublime pop of Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect.
14. Ton Steine Scherben hail the crumbling of a corrupt power structure in Der Turm stnrzt ein.
15. Life In A Glass House gets panicky when Radiohead squeal off into ragtime.
16. John Zorn's Latin Quarter vividly depicts life in the jazziest stretch of Naked City.
17. In Tower of Song, Leonard Cohen pays in poetry what lesser mortals pay in cash, cheque or credit. If songs are buildings, he is the architect.
18. Avail tears Mellencamp's Pink Houses to shreds. Be afraid, America - be very afraid.

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