May 28th marked the 50th anniversary of the first successful return of live animals from space. The event combines so many of CSTM's favorite topics: monkeys, space, the cold war, media hoohah, heroism, men with crewcuts. How could you ask for anything more? But, do ask, dear listener. In this week's edition of CSTM, we not only commemorate this historic moment but we keep poking at the banking mess, reach into the bottomless Grab Bag, and, of course, begin with a mess o' covers.
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STARTING WITH COVERS John Doe & The Saides - Husbands & Wives - The Country Club The Gun Club - John Hardy - Miami Me First and the Gimme Gimme - Love Their Country Elvis Costello - Why Don't You Love Me (like you used to do) - Almost Blue Jack Mudurian - Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Downloading the Repertoire - Some Sunday Morning - Ragtime Cowboy Joe - California, Here I Come - Pep Talk Pistol Packin' Mama - Chattanooga Choo Cho - Smoke That Cigarette - For Me & My Gal Cracker - Truckload of Art - Countrysides
Cassandra Wilson - Last Train to Clarksville - New Moon Daughter Bill Frisell/Robin Holcomb - One of These Days - Nashville
ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER? Merle Haggard - Are the Good Times Really Over Gumbo - Overdrawn at the Bank Mary Poppins - Banking Chris Kenner - They Took My Money
Hilton Sutton - I Will Destroy Them Economically - The USA in Prophecy ?? - Bank Aid Gershon Kingsley - Nowhere Man ?? - Zombie Bank Corey Ireland - Mommy Won't Get You
OUT OF THIS WORLD & BACK AGAIN Universal News - Space Monkeys newsreel Gil Scott Heron - Space Shuttle John Prine - Space Monkey
Kathy McCarty - Like a Monkey in a Zoo Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Helpful Monkey Wallpapers Entire Home Hank Penny - You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey
Lucia Pamela - Walking on the Moon - Incredibly Strange Music Neil Armstrong - One Small Step Louis Prima - Beep Beep Bea Arthur - The Man in the Moon is a Lady Donna Sterns & The Big Bangers - Up Up Up in the Sky
Ken Nordine - Planet Hank Breuer - March of the Martian Neil Armstrong - Eagle Has Landed
JUST THE FACTS American Storyteller - Facts John Hodgman - Fast Facts About Philadelphia