Jon Langford of The Mekons
I have been meaning to post this fifteen minute clip for a little while (it was broadcast in early summer). This American Life isn’t really our stock and trade, but as this clip has a musical theme I thought it deserves a mention here.
The feature is taken from one of The American Life’s Classified specials, where all of the content from the show is harvested from one day’s classified ads in the local Chicago papers. Here Jon Langford of The Mekons puts together a band of never met before musicians for a rendition of a classic tune.
There are lots of things I really like about this clip: the narrator’s amazing Dawson’s-Creek-meets-Juno delivery, the theremin player that likes to amaze people and then spurn their fawning adoration, but the cherry on top is reserved for the violin player who is in anger management. Have a listen.
