Clip from Steve Albini and Nirvana’s prank call to Evan Dando, in which Albini asks Dando to hold for Madonna. Dando does, for twenty minutes.

Go here to hear the tale from Albini himself.

Captain Beefheart, “Well”

Radiohead, “Fitter Happier”

Ennio Morricone’s “The Verdict (Dopa La Condanna)”—the accompaniment to Hans Landa’s impending arrival at la maison de Perrier LaPadite.

Sleater-Kinney, “The Fox”

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The Smiths, “Frankly, Mr. Shankly”

“New Pony,” a Dead Weather cover of the Bob Dylan original

“Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio” — the Les Brown version, vocals by Betty Bonney — with an introduction by Bob Dylan

Elliott Smith, “Mr. Good Morning”

The Beatles, “You Never Give Me Your Money”

Ethel Merman’s version of “Rose’s Turn” from Gypsy. So, yeah, I have been re[×37]watching episodes of Arrested Development. What a voice, really.

The Smiths, “Panic”

“Movement of the hands of conductor Riccardo Chailly while conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No 4., first movement.” Carnegie Hall, New York City, 10 February 2000.

By Morgan O’Hara, via Suspension of Disbelief.

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