Never Pawn Your Astrolabe

The songs in this cast are all titled or about locations, with a song or two of introduction to travel. Astrolabes, Porbas, Labia, Libraries, Occult and Madness all feature prominently in this one with bits taken from Captain Jack Sparrow for inspiration.

Track listing:

"1","Madness and Brilliance","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"2","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe Intro","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"3","Gasoline Horseys","Sparklehorse","Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot"
"4","Tortuga by Me Onesies, Savvy","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"5","Handsome Furs Hate This City","Handsome Furs","Plague Park"
"6","Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ","Titus Andronicus","The Airing of Grievances"
"7","14th St. Break","Beastie Boys","The Mix-Up"
"8","Across 110th Street","Bobby Womack","Jackie Brown"
"9","Labia","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"10","Moonlight","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"11","I'm Waiting for the Man","The Velvet Underground","The Velvet Underground & Nico"
"12","Honor Among Thieves","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"13","Against the Peruvian Monster","Man Man","The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face"
"14","Keeping the Occult in the Library","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"15","Santiago","Tunng","And Then We Saw Land"
"16","Postcards From Italy","Beirut","Gulag Orkestar"
"17","Holland, 1945","Neutral Milk Hotel","In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
"18","Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings","Sunset Rubdown","Shut Up I Am Dreaming"
"19","Different Systems & the Porba (kīla)","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"20","All the Umbrellas in London","The Magnetic Fields","Get Lost"
"21","The Truth","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"22","The Guns of Brixton","The Clash","London Calling"
"23","The kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla; Tibetan: ཕུར་བ; Wylie: phur ba, pronunciation between pur-ba and pur-pu, alt. transliterations: phurpa, phurbu or phurpu)","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"24","My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille","Realpeople","March of the Zapotec / Holland (disc 2: Holland)"
"25","Israeli Caves","Maps & Atlases","Perch Patchwork"
"26","Singapore","Tom Waits","Rain Dogs"
"27","Mancy","Giosue Etranger","Never Pawn Your Astrolabe"
"28","The Last of the Famous International Playboys","Morrissey","Bona Drag"
"29","Mario Pazzaglini","Genesis P. Orridge","Infinity Factory"
"30","Spiritually Ecumenically Grammatically","Giosue Etranger","The Curse of The Black Pearl"
"31","Bimini Bay","Tennis","Cape Dory"

Lyrics, as usual, are in the m4a ID3 tag for lyrics.

08/05/02

Where is my astrolabe? Who waits for a ship to come in? Lonesome girls, often conspiring with the ocean to assuage their guilt. Longshoremen, figuring they have time to sober up. Those who report to some one or other.  They ask the same question every day with their perpetually concerned expression, which is answered day to day with an empty harbor.

One day their ships will come in. In the meantime, I am looking for one going out. One day a grey-beard loon I be.




Danse Macabre?