This week we talk about Season 1, Episode 7 “Kiss and Tell.”

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Gilmore Girls: Complete Soundtrack, including (most of) the songs from this episode:

Songs that are in this podcast (appear or are referenced in Season 1, Episode 7 of Gilmore Girls):

• “Autumn (Concerto No. 3 in F Major)” by Antonio Vivaldi | Purchase music from Antonio Vivaldi
  • Miss Patty supervises a rehearsal of a dance for the Autumn Festival accompanied by this piece.
• “Don’t Look Down” by The Sugarplastic | Purchase music from The Sugarplastic
  • Lane lists The Sugarplastic as a band that Dean likes.
  • This song was recorded a bit after this episode aired for inclusion on the Power Puff Girls soundtrack.
• “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake | Purchase music from Nick Drake
  • Dean picks up the album Pink Moon in Rory’s room as he laments the use of the song on a Volkswagen commercial.
  • Here’s the commercial Dean mentions. This was the first debuted-on-the-internet commercial, released by Volkswagen:
    
• “Through the Eyes of Love (The Theme from Ice Castles)” by Melissa Manchester | Purchase music from Melissa Manchester | Watch Ice Castles
  • Rory is certain that the theme of Ice Castles makes Dean cry.

Today’s Guest: John Esquivel

John is an all-around great human. He’s a record collector, show promoter and punk rock bowler. He’s also a huge fan of Gilmore Girls, who started as #teamdean, but explains why he may have lost interest… fast. He also used to host his own radio show, and makes a few suggestions for this week’s Spinning in Stars Hollow. John is pictured holding his copy of Wilco’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2002, Nonesuch).

Spinning in Stars Hollow

This week, John and I have added 4 songs to the season 1 Spinning In Stars Hollow playlist:

• “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” by Wilco | Purchase music from Wilco
  • “I think Rory would have liked this album… Lane may have even had it hidden away somewhere.” —John
  • Season 1, Episode 4 features a song by Wilco.
• “Kiss & Run” by Johnny Hartman | Buy music from Johnny Hartman
  • “That is exactly what Rory did in the episode…” —John
  • And, let’s not forget:
    

    BABETTE: So, Dean, you like jazz?
    DEAN: Sure, yeah.
    LORELAI: Oh, he sure does. That’s all we ever hear about, right? Jazz, jazz. Jazz, jazz, jazz.

• “Awake” by Letters to Cleo | Buy music from Letters to Cleo
  • For those wondering what other female vocalists may have graced Dean’s CD collection (besides Liz Phair) I present: Letters to Cleo.
• “Coax Me” by Sloan | Buy music from Sloan
  • If Dean liked The Sugarplastic, he was probably really good at bin-diving in used record stores and likely came across Canadian band Sloan.

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The Gilmore Girls Soundtrack theme music was provided by Scott Holmes. A big, big thanks to Scott for sharing his great talent.