This Week's Musical Gravy Train

I Remember Every Single Day of My Life

Mark Rushton’s Curator Mindset is a place where I talk in 2026 about my ongoing work as a recording artist and visual artist, tech things, and provide music recommendations. This is being released on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

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This week’s topics:

• This Week’s Musical Gravy Train

• Molly Nilsson - “Excalibur”

• Stereolab - “John Cage Bubblegum” (Disco Grande Session, 1995, Radio 3, Spain)

• Prince - “Let’s Go” (Live 2009)

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This Week’s Musical Gravy Train

Seen at the office. There is always hope for the future.

Within a day of starting to craft this collection, some of the recent “live” videos I wanted to feature got removed, so I chose other things I heard this week. Welcome to the machine…

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Molly Nilsson - “Excalibur”

She’s great and has been around a long time. Her entire catalog, which is generally “very melodic, low-fi, indie synth pop” is outstanding and distinct. Early songs, from the 00s, are extremely stripped down, but her aesthetic was there then. I selected the start time after the 30 second “quiet ambiance” intro.

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Stereolab - “John Cage Bubblegum” (Disco Grande Session, 1995, Radio 3, Spain)

Peak Stereolab. So much energy. And the late Mary Hansen’s always-sweet backing vocals.

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Prince - “Let’s Go”

“If Prince covered your song that meant he respected you…” said the comment.

Recorded on February 23, 2009, this really swings. It sounds like a Prince original.

I’m very familiar with the original by The Cars, but it always seemed a bit stiff to me. This cover showed up in my YT feed out of nowhere this past week.

And the recording, while imperfect and overmodulated, makes it sound you’re in a small club in the days before Purple Rain.

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