It's not your fault, it's not your fault

11/29 show
*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song/album	label	link
Sufjan Stevens	Wolverine / Michigan (Outtakes)	Asthmatic Kitty
Nina Simone	I Like the Sunrise / My Baby Just Cares for Me	Duchesse
Clinic*(r)	Harvest (within you) / Harvest EP	Domino
Dave Fischoff*	Ghost of an Afternoon / The Crawl	Secretly Canadian
The Polyphonic Spree	It's the Sun / The Beginning Stages of...	Good Records
Talking Heads	Puzzlin' Evidence / Once in a Lifetime (Box Set)
Antimc*	Single Life / It's Free but Not Cheap	Mush
Kronos Quartet featuring Asha Bhosle	Ekta Deshlai Kathi Jwalao (Light a Match) / You've Stolen My Heart - Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood	Nonesuch
Selda*	Yaylalar / Selda	B-Music/Finders Keepers
The Aluminum Group	I Blow You Kisses / Happyness	Wishing Tree
Peter Bjorn and John*	Young Folks / Writer's Block	Wichita
Ben Folds	In Between Days / Supersunnyspeedgraphic: the LP
Zerostars	Fearless / The Good Can't Escape	self-released	www.zerostars.com
Luxury	Green Hearts / Yellow Pills: Prefill	Numero
They Might Be Giants	Ana Ng / Lincoln	Restless
The Art of Noise	James Bond Theme / Below the Waste	Polygram
Regina Spektor (r)	Fidelity / Begin to Hope	Sire
Scott Walker*	Darkness / Plague Songs	4AD
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (r)	In Like the Rose / Take Them On On Your Own	Virgin
Swan Lake*	All Fires / Beast Moans	Jagjaguwar
Bracken*	Heathens (Redone by Alias and Why?) / Heathens EP	Anticon
Canasta	Slow Down Chicago / Find the Time	Broken Middle C
Josef K*	Fun n' Frenzy / Entomology	Domino
The Cells	Watchout! / Self-Released EP	self-released	www.myspace.com/ thecells
The Slits	Typical Girls / Cut	Island
Martha + the Muffins	Obedience / Danseparc	Oneway/BMG
Rufus Wainwright	Poses / Poses	Dreamworks
Peter and the Wolf*	Dear Old Robyn / Lightness	The Worker's Institute

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posted by Tony at 11:21 PM | 0 comments

Turkey turkey turkey

Today is Finn and Charlie day. Today's strip comes not out of some kind of reality, but entirely out of my fertile brain. As these characters coalesce in my brain they become less and less like me and Eric, which is a good thing. They get a real life of their own.

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posted by Tony at 11:49 PM | 1 comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

My driveway was finished the Friday after Thanksgiving, and now I'm parking in STYLE. Oooh, it's fabulous. My mother came to town and we had a nice low-key weekend after Thursday's food-fest.

I'll post driveway pics soon...

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posted by Tony at 11:47 AM | 0 comments

Another day goes by, all I do is cry.

Happy Thanksgiving!

*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song/album	label	link
New Order	Shellshock / 20 Years	Reprise
Ladytron (r)	Another Breakfast with You / 604	emperorNorton
The Scissor Girls	s. Your Lousy Scats / To: The Imaginary Layers on Skeletons
Hot Chip*	Colours (Fred Falke Remix) / Remixes and Rarities	DFA/Astralwerks
Mirah*	Sweepstakes Prize / Joyride: Remixes	K Records
Each Other	Mostly Artificial Light / Each Other	Girds Go South
The Shangri-Las	Give Him a Great Big Kiss / The Myrmidons of Melodrama	RPM
King Creosote*	Relate the Tale (The Plague of Frogs) / Plague Songs	4AD
Andrew Bird*	Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left / Fingerlings 3	self-released	www.andrewbird.net
Fear of Pop	I Paid My Money / Fear of Pop Vol I	550 Music
Mustafa Özkent ve Orketsrasi*	Karadir / Gençlik İle Elele	B-Music/Finders Keepers
OK Go	Ant Music / Self-released	self-titled 3-song EP
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Exquisite Corpse / Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Anti-
The Smiths (r)	Hand in Glove / Louder than Bombs	Sire
Le Tigre	After Dark / The Island	Le Tigre/Universal
Blake Miller*	Like Birds Pouring Out of My Side / Together the Cats	Exit Stencil
Joanna Newsome*	Monkey and Bear / Ys	Drag City
Antony and the Johnsons	Hope There's Someone / I Am a Bird Now	Secretly Canadian
Tom Waits*	Never Let Go / Orphans: Bawlers	Anti-
Beth Orton	Tangent / Trailer Park	Dedicated/Heavenly
Fiona Apple	Across the Universe / Pleasantville Soundtrack
Gilberto Gil	Volk Volkswagen Blue / 1969	Mercury/Polygram
Peter and the Wolf*	The Ivy / Lightness	The Workers' Institute
Swan Lake*	The Freedom / Beast Moans	Jagjaguwar
Canasta	Sympathetic Vibrations / We Were Set Up	Broken Middle C
Justin Roberts (r)	Yellow Bus / Yellow Bus	Hear Diagonally

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posted by Tony at 11:04 PM | 0 comments

Oh my darling clementine

More Hitched. Remember: this is fiction. Today's story has not happened to me and Eric. Seriously. Unlike the chicken carcasses.

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posted by Tony at 11:58 PM | 0 comments

One more revolution, one more turn of the wheel

This morning I am covering for another DJ, Daniel. Yes, I agreed to get up at 5am on a Saturday, because I am like that.

The first hour of this show was all long-format material.

Patti Smith: Gung Ho / Gung Ho
Joanna Newsome*: Only Skin / Ys
Jane Siberry: Oh My My / Maria
The Aluminum Group: Rrose Sélavy's Valise / Pedals

Blondie: 11:59 / Parallel Lines
Michelle Shocked: Street Corner Ambassador / Mercury Poise: 1988-1995
Adventure Time*: 1st in Space (Big Bang Birthed by Daedelus and Frosty) / Assemblage Sessions Vol. 2
Cody Chesnutt*: Boils / Plague Songs
The Plunging Necklines: Kashka from Baghdad/Babooshka / I Wanna Be Kate: The Songs of Kate Bush
The Kamikaze Hearts*: No One Called You A Failure / Oneida Road
Zerostars: Like Lovers Do / The Good Can't Escape
Nina Simone: Ne Me Quitte Pas / The Best of Nina Simone
Willie Nelson*: Back to Earth / Songbird
Mariza: O Silêncio da Guitarra / World 2003
Mr. Dibbs: Redout Brick Hemmorage 3.5/Mental Herpes / The 30th Song
k-the-i???*: Memories of You, continue in Duration
Clinic*: Lee Shan / Harvest EP
Lene Lovich: New Toy / Can't Get Enough of Those New Wave Hitf of the 80's Vol. 3

XTC(r): 1,000 Umbrellas
Jim O'Rourke: Fuzzy Sun / Halfway to a Threeway
Charter Oak*: Your Life That Won't End / Your Life That Won't End
Milo Binder: Dancing Queen / 20 More Explosive Rockin' Smash Hit Explosions
DoF*: Splintered Wormwood / Sun Strength and Shield
Annuals*: Bleary-Eyed / Be He Me
Frank Zappa: St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast / Apostrophe
Material Issue: Diane / International Pop Overthrow
The Blow*: Fists Up / Paper Television
Sarah Vaughan: Moon River / Trav'lin' Light: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
Eels(r): Saturday Morning / Shootenanny!
Peter and the Wolf*: The Bonsai Tree / Lightness
Magnetic Fields: The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side / 69 Love Songs Vol. 1
Billy Bragg: Another Kind of Judy / England, Half English
Las Malas Amistades: Hay Zombies en la Playa / Jardín Interior

Live from the Heartland had to run short, so I got an extra half hour of music in at the end.

Van Morrison: The Way Young Lovers Do / Astral Weeks
Joni Mitchell: Coyote / Hejira
The Decemberists: Sons & Daughters / The Crane Wife
Dead Can Dance: Song of the Disposessed / Spiritchaser
Ojos de Brujo: Naita / World 2003
Erlend Øye: Drop (Kings of Convenience Mix) / DJ Kicks
The Beautiful South: Don't Fear the Reaper / Golddiggas, Headnodders, and Pholk Songs

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posted by Tony at 9:00 AM | 0 comments

Either here or hell will do

My show for 11/15/2006
*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song/album	label
Rufus Wainwright	An Old Whore's Diet / Want Two	Geffen
Bob Mould	Fort Knox/King Solomon / Bob Mould	Rykodisc
Tom Waits*	Book of Moses / Orphans: Bastards	Anti-
The Folk Implosion	Mechanical Man / One Part Lullaby	Interscope
Moody*	Use Me / The Gentle Rain	Sunbeam
Klaus Nomi	Simple Man / Simple Man	RCA
Miho Hatori*	Barracuda / Ecdysis	Rykodisc
Assassins	Unworthy of Your Love / Assassins soundtrack	RCA Victor
X-Ray Spex	Oh Bondage Up Yours! / Germ-Free	Caroline
Hot Chip*	Sexual Healing / Remixes & Rarities	DFA/Astralwerks
Willie Nelson*	We Don't Run / Songbird	Lost Highway
OK Go	Crash the Party / Oh No	Capitol
Royce featuring Robust	Girls on Bikes / Tuff Love	Galapagos4
Sonic Youth	Kool Thing / Goo	DGC
My Awesome Compilation (r)	There is a Light that Never Goes Out / How Soon Is Now?	Sore Point
The Evolution Control Commitee	I Want a Cookie / Plagiarythm Nation	Seeland
Susan Christie	Echo in Your Mind / Paint a Lady	B-Music
Joanna Newsome	Monkey & Bear / Ys	Drag City
Laurie Anderson	The Fifth Plague (The Death of Livestock) / Plague Songs	4AD
Smoke City	O Caro Lindo (Mr. Gorgeous) / Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon	Bar None
Troubled Hubble	Want to Say / Slow Plant Entrance	Magic Spot
The Housemartins	The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death / The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death	Elektra
The Blow	Eat Your Heart Up / Paper Television	K Records
The Streets	Turn the Page / Original Pirate Material	Vice
Langhome Slim	Honey Pie / Engine EP	V2
Pajo	Baby Please Come Home / Pajo	Drag City

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posted by Tony at 6:24 PM | 0 comments

Hot Hot Hot

More Finn and Charlie.

Truth be told, I'm not happy with that second panel. Since Charlie's word bubble is above his head, I've decided his face should reflect the end of the quote, and not the beginning. Even though it's all in one frame, there's a kind of temporal flow across it, top left to bottom right. You'll see what I mean.

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posted by Tony at 11:17 PM | 2 comments

Driveway

So this morning I was on my way into work when the driveway contractor called to say that they had the work permit and were on their way in right then.

So I went into work work and retrieved my computer and came home to work here and answer questions. This meant I was working while they jackhammered away outside.

But anyway, the upshot is this: the work has begun! The old cement has been broken up, and is partly hauled off. The new curb was cut. The old fences have been hauled off. Work proceeds apace!

How exciting is that?

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posted by Tony at 10:06 PM | 0 comments

Adventures in the blogosphere

Just discovered this blog posting

Notice the name of the post... "Hey little bird, fly away home" — the name of my own post from this Monday. Now scroll down to the bottom of the page (ignoring everything else):

Holly Cole: Ev'rything I've Got / Don't Smoke in Bed The Gothic Archies*: The World is a ... Quasar Wut Wut: Enola Gay / Taro Sound Thunderbirds Are Now!: Panthers in Crime / Make ... XTC: Generals & Majors / Waxworks: Singles 1977-1982 ...

This is an excerpt from my Monday playlist, with the words "Holly", "Gay", and "Singles" made bold. (OK, "Gay" and "Singles" I kind of get, give the name of the plagiarizing blog, but "Holly"?)

I find this odd, and a little disturbing. More disturbing that my strange comment post I mentioned before.

And while on the subject of that, I just was looking at my post about the "completely out-there" comment (that is, the post linked just now), and I saw that one of my Google ads was "Get Ann Coulter's column free". I perused the text to see what could possibly be matching Ann Coulter. I think it must have been the sentence "COMPLETELY out-there woo-hoo insane."

posted by Tony at 8:17 PM | 0 comments

The World Moves on a Woman's Hips

Today's show at its regular time.

We are having antenna problems and are reaching maybe 10% of the normal audience. It's a little discouraging to feel like no one's listening, though I'm sure people were.

*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song/album	label	link
The Talking Heads	The Great Curve / Remain in Light	Sire
Office	Wound Up / Q&A	self-released	www.reachoffice.net
Thunderbirds Are Now!*	We Win (Ha Ha) / Make history	French Kiss
A Hawk and a Hacksaw*	Fernando's Giampari / The Way the Wind Blows	Leaf
Calexico	Alone Again Or / Convict Pool	Quarterstick
Tom Waits*	Fish in the Jailhouse / Orphans: Brawlers	Anti-
The Husbands	Sha La La Daniel / There's Nothing I'd Like More Than to See You Dead	Swami
The Aluminum Group	L'Amour Looks Something Like You / I Wanna Be Kate: Songs of Kate Bush
Miho Hatori*	Amazona / Ecdysis	Rykodisc
Bebel Gilberto	Close Your Eyes / Tanto Tempo	Ziriguiboom/6 Degrees
Nina Simone	Ain't Got No - I Got Life / Anthology	BMG
Geoff Farina	Molasses to Rum / Already Told You	Southern
Eurythmics	For the Love of Big Brother / 1984	RCA
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra*	I'm Thankful (pt 1) / I'm Thankful	Tru Thoughts
The Beach Boys	Sloop John B / Pet Sounds	Capitol
Alice Smith	Love Endeavor / For Lovers, Dreamers, and Me	BBE
The Blow*	Eat Your Heart Up / Paper Television	K Records
Decibully	Rid of Me at Last / Sing Out America	Polyvinyl
The Lemonheads*	Let's Just Laugh / The Lemonheads	Vagrant
The Sugarcubes	F***ing in Rhythm & Sorrow / Life's Too Good	Elektra
k-the-i??? *	Go-Go Girls / Broken Lover Letter	Mush
Psalm One featuring Thaione Davis and DJDQ of Glue	The Death of Frequent Flyer / The Death of Frequent Flyer	Rhymesayers
Grandmaster Flash	White Lines / The Message	Sakkaris
The Hold Steady*	Chips Ahoy! / Boys & Girls in America	Vagrant
Tuesday	It's a Bright Light / Early Summer	Asian Man
Charter Oak*	Waterfall / Your Life That Won't End	self-released	www.myspace.com/ charteroak
The Decemberists	The Crane Wife 3 / The Crane Wife	Capitol

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posted by Tony at 5:17 PM | 1 comments

Chicken carcasses and lowered expectations

You know you do it too... why are we surprised when our loved ones fulfill their promises? (This week's Hitched)

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posted by Tony at 10:30 PM | 0 comments

My life

At the moment my life seems to be Radio, Driveway, Comic, Repeat. Throw in Opera and Elections for good measure.

Also I baked an apple, which is downstairs waiting for me. I hope it's good!

There is driveway progress, which I will speak of soon when I am less fearful of jinxing it.

Oh, and I think I haven't shared this yet: I build a website for my friend Nancy's shop, Bagel Art, in Evanston. The bagels are delicious, too; absolutely loaded with seeds. Yum!

Labels: personal, playlists

posted by Tony at 10:27 PM | 0 comments

Hey little bird, fly away home

Subbed for Mary this morning:
* new stuff
(r) requests

Tom Waits: Jockey Full of Bourbon / Rain Dogs
Sinéad O'Connor: I Want You (Hands On Me) / The Lion and the Cobra
Chin Up Chin Up*: Landlocked Lifeguard / The Harness Can't Ride Anything
N.E.R.D / DFA*: She Wants to Move / The DFA Remix Chapter 2
Aluminum Group: I Blow You Kisses / Happyness
The Nazz: Open My Eyes / Open My Eyes: the Nazz Anthology
Holly Cole: Ev'rything I've Got / Don't Smoke in Bed
The Gothic Archies*: The World is a Very Scary Place / The Tragic Treasury: Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events
Rolf Wilhelm*: Do It Yourself / The In-Kraut Vol. 2
Meryn Cadell: Window of Opportunity / Bombazine
The Black Keys*: Strange Desire / Magic Potion
The Handsome Family: Faraway Eyes / Smothered & Covered
Kate Bush: The Fog / The Sensual World

The Flaming Lips: One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 / Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Les Innocents: Le Cygne / Les Innocents
Roger O'Donnell*: Treasure / The Truth in Me
Spanky Wilson and the Quantic Soul Orchestra*: That's How It Was / I'm Thankful
Midlake(r): No One Knew Where We Were / Bamnan & Silvercork
Quasar Wut Wut: Enola Gay / Taro Sound
Thunderbirds Are Now!: Panthers in Crime / Make History
Troubled Hubble: Migraine / Penturbia
The Hold Steady*: Hot Soft Light / Boys & Girls in America
Annuals*: Dry Clothes / Be He Me
Ella Fitzgerald: Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar / Get Happy
Violent Femmes: Gone Daddy Gone / Add It Up (1981-1993)
Zerostars: Fearless / The Good Can't Escape
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Rocky Raccoon / Watch What Happens!

XTC: Generals & Majors / Waxworks: Singles 1977-1982
Gang of Four: I Love a Man in a Uniform / Return the Gift
Pere Ubu*: Texas Overture / Why I Hate Women
French Toast*: Secrets / Ingleside Terrace
Andrew Bird: Fake Palindromes / The Mysterious Production of Eggs
The Judybats: Scarlett / Pain Makes You Beautiful
Oxford Collapse*: He'll Paint While We Play / Remember the Night Parties
B-52's: 52 Girls / Nude of the Moon: the B-52's Anthology
Hank Williams: Move It On Over / 40 Greatest Hits
Jeffrey & Jack Lewis*: Old New Friends / City & Eastern Songs
Pit er Pat*: Seasick (Hang Ten) / Pyramids
The Sea & Cake: Tea & Cake (Stereolab mix) / Glass
Polyphonic Spree: Hanging Around the Day (parts 1 & 2) / The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree
Morrisey: November Spawned a Monster / Bona Drag

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posted by Tony at 9:22 AM | 1 comments

When Exactly Do You Mean?

Today's show:
*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song/album	label
The Saints	(I'm) Stranded / (I'm) Stranded
The Smiths	How Soon is Now / Hatful of Hollow	Sire
The Aluminum Group	A Boy in Love / Plano	Minty Fresh
Mouse on Mars*	Chattnok / Varcharz	Ipecac
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra*	Don't Joke with a Hungry Man (pt 1) / I'm Thankful	Tru Thoughts
Meryn Cadell	Slippery / 6 Blocks	Handsome Boy
Pit er Pat*	Solstice / Pyramids	Thrill Jockey
The La's	Feelin' / The La's	Go!
Ella Fitzgerald	Sunny / Things Ain't What They Used to Be...	Reprise
Canasta	The Model / Find the Time	Broken Middle C
So Percussion*	Work Slow Life / Amid the Noise	Cantaloupe
The Gothic Archies*	This Abyss / The Tragic Treasury (Songs from an Unfortunate Series of Events)	Nonesuch
Blondie	Dreaming / Eat to the Beat	Chrysalis
Shirley Bassey	Big Spender / Goldsinger: the Best of Shirley Bassey	EMI
Scritti Politti	E Eleventh Nuts / White Bread Black Beer	Nonesuch/Rough Trade
Usuaia Rocks	Pink Moon / Un Fro Infierno
Ted Led & the Pharmacists	The Ballad of the Sin Eater / Hearts of Oak	Lookout!
Grace Jones	Use Me / Private Life: the Compass Point Sessions
The Hidden Cameras*	Lollipop / Awoo	Arts & Crafts
Portastatic*	Sour Shores / Be Still Please	Merge
Kate Bush	Coffee Homeground / Lionheart	EMI-Manhattan
Office	If You Don't Know by Now / Q&A	Self-released
The Breeders (r)	Happiness is a Warm Gun / Pod	4AD
Frank Zappa	St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast / Zappa Picks: Larry LaLonde of Primus	Ryko
Adventure Time*	1st in Space (Big Bang Birthed by Daedelus and Frosty) / Assemblage Sessions Vol 2	Abandon Building
Thunderbirds are Now!*	PPL R ANMLS / Make History	French Kiss
The Red Krayola	Born in Flames / Singles (1968 - 2002)	Drag City
Silkworm	Don't Look Back / It'll Be Cool	Touch and Go
A Hawk and a Hacksaw*	Fernando's Giampari / The Way the Wind Blows	Leaf
Joe Clay	Doggone It / Get Hot or Go Home: Vintage Rockabilly RCA '56-'59	Country Music Foundation

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posted by Tony at 10:09 AM | 0 comments