The second instalment of Six Degrees of Your Ipod is happening…RIGHT NOW! I know it is mightily exciting. This weekend will be full of philanthropy and Delta Sigma Phi (two great things).
1.) “Homecoming King” by Guster
Guster, the alternative rock band that was formed by three Tufts University students students in 1991, is quite possibly the best thing to ever come out of Tufts University. Okay, I’ll give you Allan Cormack who won the Noble Prize for his work on x-ray computed tomography. Anyway, all kidding aside, Guster is tremendous band who combines wonderful harmony, awesome bongos, and great instrumentals. “Homecoming King” displays all of these wonderful qualities and more and is some of Guster’s best work.
2.) “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins
3.) “Back Home” by Eric Clapton
4.) “Can’t Find My Way Home” by Blind Faith
5.) “Dizzie Miss Lizze” by The Beatles
6.) “Going to Monaco” by The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle is a musical genius and I have not hesitated writing that on this blog numerous times. “Going to Monaco” appears on Bitter Melon Farm which is the second album in a three-part series of compilations of songs. It was released in 1999 and has 27 songs. “Going to Monaco” first appeared on the EP Transmissions to Horace in 1993. The EP has 10 songs (isn’t that more like an album.” The song is a short acoustic ditty with a great lyric.
Connection: In “Homecoming King” Guster makes mention to going back to the year 1994 and in a sense, going home. This is one year after John Darnielle released “Transmissions to Horace” on cassette on the record label Sonic Enemy. Sonic Enemy also released Beck’s first album “Golden Feelings” in 1993 on cassette. On Beck’s album he has a song entitled “Gettin’ Home” about going home. So, Guster to Mountain Goats to Beck.
The Music Court 
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