Ep. 038: Coast Starlight
It’s about the journey, not the destination.
| Performer | Track | Album | Original Release Year | New | Show Notes |
| Eddie Vedder | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Ukelele Songs | 2011 | ||
| Rick June | The Coast Starlight | Journeys of the Heart | 2006 | ||
| Your DJ Speaks | |||||
| Toby Youngman | Leaving Seattle | Wasteland Waltz | 2020 | ||
| Loscil | Dub for Cascadia | Endless Falls | 2010 | Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia (part of "Cascadia") | |
| Neko Case & Her Boyfriends | Thrice All-American | Furnace Room Lullaby | 2000 | Neko was originally from Tacoma, but currently lives in Vermont. "Thrice All-American" comes from a "fake award" that Tacoma won three times. | |
| Mirah | Mt. St Helens | Advisory Committee | 2002 | Although Mirah grew up on the East Coast of the U.S., she went to Evergreen State College in the early 1990s in Olympia, Washington, where she was reasonably close to Mt. St. Helens. Also here is a before and after picture of Mt. St Helens. |
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| Scott Jeffrey Brown (with the Tempests) | Columbia River Gorge | Tavern | 2011 | This song was originally released in 1981 when Scott was performing as part of the group called the Tempests. Although Scott released over 150 songs, he spent most of career as a church music performer. |
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| Your DJ Speaks | |||||
| Sleater-Kinney | Light Rail Coyote | One Beat | 2002 | ||
| Oregon Valley Boys | Marionberry Pie | Hey, Wait! | 2014 | All about marionberries. | |
| Hello Meteor | Cascade Nights | The Department of Marine Sciences | 2022 | ||
| Billy Bragg & Wilco | California Stars | Mermaid Avenue | 1998 | ||
| Middle of the Road | Sacramento (A Wonderful Town) | Acceleration | 1972 | Middle of the Road was a Scottish group. This song was originally released as a single in 1971 and was a huge hit across much of Western Europe. | |
| Your DJ Speaks | |||||
| Chris Isaak | San Francisco Days | San Francisco Days | 1993 | Chris Isaak singing the song in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco: |
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| Radiohead | Palo Alto | No Surprise | 1996 | Radiohead correctly nailed the Silicon Valley mindset 27 years ago... | |
| Laura Marling | Salinas | A Creature I Don't Know | 2011 | ||
| Bigger Story Music | Path to Paso Robles | Wine Country | 2022 | From an album of songs of tunes evoking different wine regions. | |
| Mockingbird | Pacific Sunset | Break of Dawn | 2020 | ||
| Your DJ Speaks | |||||
| Israel Nash | LA Lately | Israel Nash's Silver Season | 2015 | ||
| Your DJ Signs Off | |||||