Episode 031 · · 42 tracks
ROY G. BIV
Coloring outside the lines: 42 tracks in every shade of the spectrum. Reds, golds, pinks, blues, purples, and blacks -- from Purple Rain to Paint It Black to Tangled Up in Blue, ending somewhere over the rainbow with Judy Garland.
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Playlist
- They Might Be Giants Roy G. Biv
- Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater
- Kermit the Frog Rainbow Connection
- Molly Tuttle She's a Rainbow
- Chicago Colour My World
- Black Pumas Colors
- David Bowie Golden Years
- The Dandy Warhols Sister Golden Hair
- Nick Drake Pink Moon
- Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac
- John Mellencamp Pink Houses
- The Psychedelic Furs Pretty in Pink
- Minor Threat Seeing Red
- Lucinda Williams Big Red Sun Blues
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Red Right Hand
- Dead & Co. Scarlet Begonias (Boulder, 2023)
- Prince Purple Rain
- Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
- The Pogues A Pair of Brown Eyes
- The Velvet Underground Pale Blue Eyes
- The Who Behind Blue Eyes
- Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
- Wilco Red-Eyed and Blue
- The Beautiful South Old Red Eyes Is Back
- The Rolling Stones Paint It Black
- Amy Winehouse Back to Black
- Beck Black Tambourine
- Johnny Cash Man in Black
- Neil Young My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
- The Clash White Riot
- Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale
- Paul Kelly & the Messengers Everything's Turning to White
- Billy Idol White Wedding
- Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue
- Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes
- Mekons Wild & Blue
- E.L.O. Mr. Blue Sky
- Counting Crows Perfect Blue Buildings
- R.E.M. Orange Crush
- Hindu Love Gods Raspberry Beret
- Hole Violet
- Judy Garland Over the Rainbow
Appendix
Movies and TV Shows
- Short Cuts
- Lucky
- Peaky Blinders
Books
- Raymond Carver
🍺 Imbibements
- Braincake DIPA – Parish (LA)
- 4X DH Envie IPA – Parish (LA)
- Every Fragment Still Knows the Shape of the Whole DIPA – Parish/Burial (LA/NC)
- Black Gold bba Imp. Stout – Drowned Lands (NY)