Take good care of the poor boy! Sloan speaks the truth (as always) in this edition of WAFFLES!, where we play music both _about_ and _by_ the poor — from the destitute composer Debussy to the mad preaching captured in Front 242’s “Welcome to Paradise,” it’s a whirlwind tour of emptied pockets. The struggles of jazz artists in New York, the Irish diaspora, the little-known fact that musician Scott Walker ate his brother in the womb — it’s all here in this edition of WAFFLES!
Music, music, music:
WAFFLES theme :: Teen Titans
Clair de Lune :: Walter Giesking (Claude Debussy)
Poverty :: John Zorn
Woman of the Ghetto :: Marlena Shaw
No Depression in Heaven :: The Carter Family
Man of Constant Sorrow :: Roscoe Holcomb
Pay Dirt :: k.d. lang
Speech Impediment :: Linda Oh
Strange Fruit :: Billie Holiday
Cause Cheap is How I Feel :: Cowboy Junkies
Doledrum :: The La’s
Paralyzed :: Gang of Four
Broke :: Joel Plaskett
Thousands Are Sailing :: The Pogues
Goodbye Mrs Durkin :: The Irish Rovers
Rich World Poor World :: The Guess Who
My Ship is Coming In :: The Walker Brothers
Apocalypse Pop Song :: Memphis
Take Good Care of the Poor Boy :: Sloan
Poor Boy From Buffalo :: John Southworth
Never Poor :: Jim Guthrie
Failure :: Swans
Welcome to Paradise :: Front 242
Move to Japan :: The Band ::
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