The Greenwich
Village Idiot presents the Heat
Wave Edition (29:32, 20 MB)
Direct download: July_17_2005_Greenwich_Village_Idiot.mp3
(or subscribe
to the podcast feed)
Music includes:
- "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave, Martha Reeves and the
Vandellas - available hundreds of places, but Ultimate
Collection is a nice choice
- "Hot Night," Me'Shell Ndegeocello - from Cookie:
The Anthropological Mixtape
- "Ring of Fire," Johnny Cash - anthologized everywhere; The
Essential Johnny Cash is a nice collection
- "Summer In The City," The Lovin' Spoonful - from, e.g., Summer
In The City
- "Too Darn Hot," by Cole Porter, from the musical "Kiss Me,
Kate" (sung by Ella Fitzgerald on The
Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 1)
- "Up The Ladder To The Roof," The Nylons - from One
Size Fits All
The Joseph Mitchell article excerpt read aloud is printed in
My Ears Are Bent,
a
collection of Mitchell's early newspaper writing. The
definitive collection of Mitchell's writing for The New Yorker is
Up in the Old Hotel.
More information about Joseph Mitchell:
Enough gazpacho to feed your family and most of the neighbors -
ingredients list only; for the instructions, you'll have to listen to
the podcast:
- 6 pounds of dead-ripe Jersey tomatoes
- 3 pounds of cucumbers, peeled
- 3 pounds of young tender onions
- 3-4 large sweet peppers
- Fresh parsley and/or chives
- Fresh garlic
- Juice of four to six large lemons and/or some red wine
vinegar
- Olive oil
- Coarse salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Tomato or V-8 Juice
- Tabasco sauce
