Playlist, 11/05/08

FEATURED ARTIST: Burt Bacharach On Monday 12 May that god of all things lounge Mr Burt Bacharach turns 80. On the show today we crammed in as many versions of Bacharach tunes as we could muster to celebrate the work of this great man. The Music 1. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale (Sounds Like, 1967) 2. Pizzicato Five - A New Song (Playboy & Playgirl, 1998) 3. Woody Herman - I Say A Little Prayer (Light My Fire, 1968) 4. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Look Of Love (Four Sider, 1968) 5. Dick Hyman - Wives and Lovers (Fabulous, 1963) 6. The Four King Cousins - Walk On By (Introducing..., 1969) 7. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Italy 73 (Miles of Styles, 2008) 8. Cal Tjader - You'll Never Get To Heaven (Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach, 1969) 9. George Shearing - Do You Know The Way To San Jose? (The Way We Are, 1974) 10. Alan Moorhouse - Trains and Boats and Planes (Beatles Bach Bacharach Go Bossa, 1971) 11. Christopher Scott - Promises, Promises (More Switched-On Bacharach, 1970) 12. Enoch Light - Bond Street (Spaced Out, 1969) 13. Stereolab - Three Women - Three Women (2008) 14. ZX Spectrum Orchestra - X + X (Basic Programming, 2006) 15. Richard Hayman - The Look of Love (Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine, 1969) 16. Gordon Langford - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (The Amazing Music of the Electronic Arp Synthesizer, 1974) 17. 18th Century Corporation - Message To Michael (Bacharach Baroque, 1969 18. Quincy Jones - What the World Needs Now - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 1969) 19. Robert Goulet - Do You Know The Way To San José? (Easy Listening Bacharach) 20. Marc Ribot - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, 1999) 21. Burt Bacharach - Something Big (Espresso Espresso, 1973) The News

• Tefal Toast 'n' Egg
• Nuclear threat sparked tea worry
• Log in with your Face.
• The glorious Predicta TV set
• World's tallest Lego tower.
• NASA offers $5000 a month for you to lie in bed.
• Lancaster University boffins creat universe in a test tube.
• Scientists develop the artificial mouth
• UPDATE: Spooky sounds of Saturn now in jazz form