desert island discs

i remember growing up as a kid and listening to the radio with my dad. either in the car or while doing some bricolage, the radio was always on. one of his favorite stations would do this show called “desert island discs”. in that show, they would play an entire CD, worthy of the desert island title.

if you were stranded on a desert island, which discs would you want to have with you?

if you could only choose 5, would you risk bringing a CD where only half the tracks were worthy? which CDs in your collection are truely good from beginning to end?

having posed this question, i cannot help wondering if the digital music revolution hasn’t killed the perfect record concept. buying one song with one click, creating a playlist of “best-ofs”, digesting mp3s faster than releases can be put out. does anybody have the time for a whole record anymore?

anyhow, i always enjoy this question because i could spend hours mulling over my music collection, adding and removing titles with pleasure, searching out the perfect discs for what could be a very lonesome journey into solitude with music as my salvation..

and speaking of being saved, tonight i suddenly had the urge to hear one of my favorite bands, rex. they were a sort of post-rock supergroup formed from the ashes of codeine and red red meat and topped off with lesser known, but equally good, chicago musicians . their 2nd record titled “C” is one of my favorite of all time and would definitely make it to the island.