

The New Brutarians, The Prettiest Girls Sing The Saddest Songsġ9. The William Loveday Intention, Girl From '62ġ2. The Checkered Hearts, My Best Friend's Girl ġ0. It lost to Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On. In 1997, Smith's song 'Miss Misery' was featured on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and was nominated for Best Song at the Academy Awards. THE LEN PRICE 3, She Came from Out of the SunĨ. Around this same time, Elliott recorded and released Either / Or, his third solo album and second for Kill Rock Stars after Elliott Smith. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. And you really can't have a summer show without the greatness of 50's visen (and South Dakota raised) Mamie Van Doren! By the way, if you haven't seen the cult classic, Untamed Youth, you should rent it tonight!


This is why there's some great oldies by The Hold Steady, The Scientists, The Muffs, and M.I.A. With richer instrumentation and songs that push past the boundaries of his previous releases, Either/Or presents Smith at his most dichotomous. The vast majority of these songs have been put out in the last six months, although there's always room for some old tracks that have caught my attention. The highly acclaimed Either/Or, the third album from Elliott Smith and his last written and recorded in Portland, OR, broke through to a larger international audience in 1997. It's also almost a complete set of recently released material. So tonight you get nothing but songs about not only the season, but girls, bikes, surfing, and the beach. Rock and roll has always had a fondness for the sun, and everything else that goes with the season. We may be entering the last month of the summer, but it's never too late to put together a show of songs about the hottest months of the year.
