Filled in for Matt again, Thursday morning with the Indie Rock Alarm Clock. Thanks for all the calls, everyone!
Talking Heads: What a Day That Was Streets: Let's Push Things Forward Apollo Up!*: Even If You Don't Die Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint*: Tears, Tears, and More Tears The Super Furry Animals: Ysbeidiau Heulog Troubled Hubble: Nancy Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom*: Relevee (Carl Craig mix) Nomo*: Fourth Ward Gal Costa: Mamãe, Coragem Lisa Germano*: In the Land of Fairies Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire: 11:11 The Moodswings: Rainsong
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Counting Down the Hours Joe Clay: You Look Good to Me Sonic Youth*: Rats Rainer Maria: Long Knives Michael Columbia*: Dog Dog Camel Tom Tom Club: Wordy Rappinghood Le Tigre: Tell You Now Psalm One*: Rest In Peace Mojave 3*: Ghost Ship Waiting Rocky Erickson: I Have Always Been Here Before Kimya Dawson*: Caving In Baby Teeth: Diaghalev Was Right Har Mar Superstar: DUI Luxury: Countdown The Wolfgang Press: Louis XIV
Stereolab: French Disco Les Négresses Vertes: Leila Deee-Lite: E.S.P. Mr. Lif*: Murz Iz My Manager Matthew Dear**: Tide Kid 606*: TYTR Frank Black*: I'm Not Dead, I'm in Pittsburgh Tom Waits: I'm You Late Night Evening Prostitute The 1900's: Whole of the Law The Office*: The Big Bang Jump! Bob Mould: Art Crisis Think of One*: Flor d'Água Ojos de Brujo: Sultana de Merkaíllo
This comic was originally intended to go before this one, but I forgot to draw it. Anyway, I think we can all agree that in real life this kind of tactic never works. But here's hoping that "Can we skip to the part of the conversation where I get my way" becomes a catch phrase around the house.
Saturday's show: I attempted to play something off my iPod (which is possible here) and discovered that my connecting cable (my own) was, shall we say, tetchy and basically no-good. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this till I started playing the song and there was no right channel... trying to fix it, the sound went out almost completely... HELL! So I faded out and gave up. Oh well. Not a bad show in spite of it all.
The Pixies: Gigantic Calexico: Alone Again Or Office*: If You Don't Know by Now Tom Zé*: Vibração da Carne Camper Van Beethoven: Take the Skinheads Bowling Forty Piece Choir: Incredible Man and So-So Girl Velvet Underground & Nico: I'll Be Your Mirror The Aluminum Group: Impress Me Final Fantasy*: Song Song Song Alexi Murdoch*: All My Days Michelle Shocked: Anchorage Frank Black*: Elijah Stereolab: The Sound of Carpet Blur: Gene by Gene The Jam: A Town Called Malice (I meant to play Beat Surrender, but started the wrong track. Dammit. A Town Called Malice is a bit overplayed. Oh well... next week...) The Wolfgang Press: Momma Told Me Not To Come The Futureheads*: Back to the Sea Peeping Tom featuring Bebel Gilberto*: Caipirinha Bobby Conn: White Bread Grandaddy*: Connecty Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep Mountain High Throwing Muses: Not Too Soon
This morning I subbed for Matt and the Indie Rock Alarm Clock. (Matt's show has, in my opinion, the best name of all the named shows on the station.)
The B-52's: Cake Laurie Anderson: Sharkey's Day Royce*: Ginelle Gnarls Barkley: Go Go Gadget Gospel Pansy Division: The Summer You Let Your Hair Grow Long Future Bible Heroes: Losing Your Affection Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint*: International Echo Rufus Wainwright featuring Antony: Old Whore's Diet Pat Downey & the Vistas: Real Live Lover The Boy Least Likely To*: My Tiger My Heart Edith Frost: It's a Game Hedwig & the Angry Inch: Wicked Little Town Mae Young*: The Man Puts Sugar in My Soul Puffy Ami Yumi: Boogie Woogie No 5
Yo La Tengo: From a Motel 6 The Flaming Lips: Knives Out The Office*: Busy with Other Things Peeping Tom featuring Rahzel & Dan the Automator*: Mojo Kronos Quartet/remix by Plankton Man: El Sinaloense (dance mix) Cesaria Evora/remix by Kerri Chandler: Nho Antone Escaderode Apollo Up!*: Situation: Hot! The Gossip: Standing in the Way of Control The Cheebacabra*: The Secret Agenda Mr. Lif*: Washitup! Jurassic 5: Freedom Dismemberment Plan**: What Do You Want Me to Say? Luxury: Green Hearts
The Clash: This is Radio Clash Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Interesting Results Kimya Dawson*: 12/26 Final Fantasy*: I'm Afraid of Japan Nico: Frozen Warnings The Soft Boys**: Underwater Moonlight Tom Zé*: Estúpido Rapaz Trash Can Sinatras: Only Tongue Will Tell Troubled Hubble: Migraine Alexi Murdoch*: Breathe Neko Case: Train from Kansas City The La's: I.O.U. Mission of Burma*: Man in Decline Scissor Sisters: Filthy/Gorgeous Fazzini: 03
* songs from our new release list **requests
Thanks to everyone who listened!
I got my first chance to give away tickets today. I said I'd take the second caller. The first caller said, "am I the second caller?" and I said "no, but if you call back quick you might be." So she said thanks, hung up, called back, and won the tickets. So yay for Shira!
They Might Be Giants: Ana Ng Epoxies: Molded Plastic Tom Zé*: Canção de Nora (Casa de Bonecas) The Boy Least Likely To*: Monsters The Futureheads*: Face The Dandy Warhols: Scientist Ladytron: Paco! Wesley Willis: I'm Sorry That I Got Fat Eurythmics: I've Got an Angel Jeff Buckley: Grace Tim Buckley: Song to the Siren Final Fantasy*: Song Song Song Kimya Dawson*: My Rollercoaster Neko Case: Soulful Shade of Blue Tom Waits: Pasties and a G-String Kristin Hirsch: Vanishing Twin The Beautiful South: Song for Whoever Frank Zappa: Camarillo Brillo Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint*: Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further Apollo Up*: Cut Up The Cheebacabra*: The Annunciation
On tonight's show, I played a lot of covers, in honor of a woman named Liza whose blog I love:
The Specials - Maggie's Farm Johnette Napolitano - Dancing Barefoot Kimya Dawson* - I Like Giants Tom Zé* - Mulher Navio Negreiro David Byrne & Marisa Monte - Waters of March (Aguas de Março) Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - Tears Tears and More Tears Frank Black - If You Poison Gets You Holly Cole - Tango Till They're Sore Jim O'Rourke - Something Big Juana Molina* - Micael Alexi Murdoch* - Song for You Aluminum Group - L'Amour Looks Something Like You Ben Folds - Golden Slumbers The Read Letter feat. Nate Van Allen - Can the Circle Be Unbroken Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head Ella Fitzgerald - Savoy Truffle The Cells - They Don't Know Final Fantasy* - Many Lives -> 49MP Asobi Seksu* - Strings Eva Destruction & Her Big Band - Ball & Chain Goober & The Peas - MacArthur Park Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
I never blogged about Monday night's show. It was OK. I forgot to save the playlist, and didn't record the show, so I can't really report anything about it. The station has had some computer problems, and the network connection was down from every computer — so I couldn't put the playlist in my blog or email it to myself as I usually do, and I didn't think to write it out longhand. So anyway, nothing to report. Hi.
Sufjan Stevens: Jacksonville Beth Orton: Countenance Board of Canada*: Skyliner Kronos Quartet: Mina on the Terrace (from Philip Glass' Dracula) Michael Nyman: Prospero's Curse (from Prospero's Books) Dead Can Dance: Frontier Final Fantasy*: He Poos Clouds The Shifties*: Girl Car Jamie Lidell*: Multiply (In a Minor Key) Bettye LaVette: Sleep to Dream Rufus Wainwright: Rebel Prince Steve and Liam of Frishie: Pick a Flower Peeping Tom featuring Massive Attack*: Kill the DJ The Smiths: Panic PJ Pooterhoots: Can't Go for That Dudley Perkins*: Testin' Me Controller Controller*: City of Daggers Chin Up Chin Up: Collide the Tide Fountains of Wayne: Hat and Feet John Vanderslice: Letter to the East Coast Elliot Smith: Sweet Adeline
*from our new music playlist
Tomorrow night I'm subbing for another DJ, and will be on 8-10pm.
I am officially no longer a DJ at WLUW. Long story.
However, the Chicago Independent Radio Project will have a webcast soon, and I'll be a part of that. And we can still talk about music... leave me a comment if there's something on your mind.
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