Artist	Song
john davis and bessie jones	beulah land
sonic youth	(i've got a) catholic block
sleater-kinney	god is a number
radiohead	permanent daylight
fred mcdowell	wished i was in heaven sitting down
rainer maria	ceremony
patti smith	spell
i.d. beck	testimony
bob dylan	with god on our side
pj harvey	highway '61 revisited
almeda riddle	poor wayfaring stranger
modest mouse	styrofoam boots - it's all nice on ice, alright
sacred harp singers	last words of copernicus
angels of light	praise your name
rev. crenshaw and congregation	wonder will we meet again
tom waits	dirt in the ground
mirah	apples in the trees
belle and sebastian	if you're feeling sinister
ike caudill, leader of the thornton old regular baptist church congregation	guide me o thou great jehovah

Comment:

a mix made a couple of weeks ago for mr. rob conroy, prompted by a comment he made last summer about "catholic block." i originally intended this to be a critical look at organized religion in general, but as there aren't a lot of well-crafted songs challenging hinduism, it ended up focusing on christianity. to my blame or credit (it doesn't matter which), i'm too much of a cultural relativist to pick on one tradition without giving it a chance to speak out in its own defense. tracks 1, 5, 8, 11, 13, and 19 are from volume one of the alan lomax collection, included somewhat for that effect. this plays like a dialogue, or maybe a debate, but it's not at all clear who, if anyone, wins.

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