for once I talked too much and was not able to play all of what I'd planned because my friend josh was at the station and ended up as a surprise bonus guest DJ. and he likes talking about music, and so do I, when I have someone to bounce stuff off of...

show archive!

1. better than ezra - extra ordinary
2. gnarls barkley - going on
3. kanye west featuring dwele - flashing lights
4. the faint - glass danse
5. the vines - ride
6. death from above 1979 - blood on our hands
7. the smashing pumpkins - perfect
8. paik - some pleasant day
9. modest mouse - heart cooks brain
10. rogue wave - love's lost guarantee
11. stars - elevator love letter
12. arcade fire - neighborhood #1 (tunnels)
13. super furry animals - (a) touch sensitive
14. dizzy balloon - I'm just me
15. kaiser chiefs - modern way
    

pledge drive!

In trying to make money for WMBR (we're non-profit, community run radio) I offered up some tickets to a mercury rev concert. I'm pretty sure nobody purchased them. I probably should have bought them for myself. Oh well.

Link: BAM!

1. mercury rev - goddess on a hiway
2. the album leaf - vermillion
3. radiohead - pyramind song
4. phish - dirt
5. big d and the kids table - shining on
6. soul coughing - sugar free jazz
7. red hot chili peppers - under the bridge
8. ac newman - the cloud prayer
9. chris walla - our plans, collapsing
10. lcd soundsystem - new york i love you
11. dandy warhols - get off
12. the decemberists - 16 military wives
13. ted leo and the pharmacists - walking to do
14. big d and the kids table - steady riot

I've been playing a lot of big d and the kids table lately because they're such a great local ska group. I also love that when I'm listening to "shining on" i recognize the local landmarks they mention, like blanchards' liquor store.

I also recently saw the decemberists live for the second time, and they are still my favorite live show. colin meloy is just a great performer and has great stories. As an added bonus, he got the crowd chanting "yes we did!" and had a obama cardboard cutout crowd surf during the show. It was great. The opener was also great, and I'll be playing some of their music next show.

election night! OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA

I was sad to be on the air while history was happening. But at least I played some sweet Obama-themed raps? Sigh.

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA

1. revolution x - sunday bloody sunday
2. architecture in helsinki - do the whirlwind
3. pirahnahead - come 2gether
   
4. the hives - tick tick boom
5. APT - obama obama
6. kansas - carry on my wayward son
7. revolution x - power to the people
8. jay-z - lick a shot for obama
9. big d and the kids table - chicago
10. the secret machines - flying (beatles cover)
11. 6th sense - ignite the people (like obama)
12. physics of meaning - the fountain of youth dries up in an election year
13. david bowie - changes
14. REM - end of the world as we know it
15. the who - my generation
    

10.28.08 - extra long, extra strong!

Whoah! bonus 2-hour show. Was covering for the hip hop show before me. Coming up with a 2-hour playlist was a lot harder than I thought it would be. It was a lot harder to get a cohesive show together, but I think I did okay.

Part one: click!
Part two: click!

1. the kinks - lola
2. the strokes - last night
3. spoon - the way we get by
4. the tragically hip - ahead by a century
5. boards of canada - roygbiv
6. zero 7 - in the waiting line
7. the beatles - strawberry fields forever
8. the go! team - bottle rocket
9. cut copy - feel the love
10. clap your hands say yeah - the skin of my yellow country teeth
11. blonde redhead - silently
12. keane - crystal ball
13. bloc party - this modern love
14. the stills - still in love song
15. band of horses - weed party
16. the shins - girl inform me
17. the rolling stones - ruby tuesday
18. belle and sebastian - another sunny day
19. the counting crows - mr jones
20. the polyphonic spee - section 12 (hold me now)
21. the decemberists - the engine driver
22. regina spektor - on the radio
23. ben gibbard - your remind me of home
24. american analog set - weather report
25. yo la tengo - little eyes
26. the microphones - i want the wind to blow
27. elliott smith - between the bars
28. death cab for cutie - coney island
29. jump, little children - vertigo
30. iron and wine - such great heights
    

10.21.08

Going off the beaten track a little with this show, which focuses on more hip-hop, electronica, and indie-tronic or whatever you want to call it. Here's the link!

1. beck - where its at
2. mgmt - kds
3. rjd2 - 1976
4. psapp - hi
5. air - venus
6. metric - hustle rose
7. styrofoam - after sunset
8. the postal service - brand new colony
9. royksopp - eple
10. mia - paper planes
11. freezepop - less talk more rokk
12. soulwax - mashup remix of danger! high voltage by electric six
    
13. girl talk - shut the club down
14. ratatat - remix of alright by memphis bleek
15. deltron 3030 - mastermind

as the night continued the song names got longer. hope you enjoyed this weeks's show!

10.14.08

Link to this week's show archive: clicky!

1. gorillaz - dare
2. tv on the radio - wolf like me
3. mercury rev - goddess on a hiway
4. animal collective - did you see the words
5. the decemberists - valerie plame
6. the decemberists - o new england
7. the appleseed cast - losing touching searching
8. do make say think - in mind
9. aqualung - brighter than sunshine
10. band or horses - ode to LRC
11. the beatles - help!
12. feist - 1 2 3 4
13. mirah - recommendation

exciting news for this week's show is the release of the first singles in a 3-part series by the decemberists, entitled "always the bridesmaid." I also had some decemberists-hating guests on the show.

server down, server down!!!

Oh no! Not only is the Red Line down tonight, but the streaming/archive server is! HURRRR.

Here's tonight's playlist.

1. dntel/postal service - (this is) the dream of evan and chan
2. ted leo and the pharmacists - counting down the hours
3. beulah - score from augusta
4. neutral milk hotel - holland, 1945
5. the new pornographers - loose translation
6. ratatat - shempi
7. the kooks - naive
8. stereophonics - dakota
9. rilo kiley- portions for foxes
10. shiny toy guns - rainy monday
11. ben folds - songs of love
12. the olivia tremor control - NYC 25
13. tarkio - weight of the world
14. the cars - just what I needed
    
15. rilo kiley - my slumbering heart

Interesting notable points: Beulah, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Olivia Tremor Control are all members of the elephant six label, which is home to many other awesome artists, most notably of montreal and the apples in stereo.

Also of note, Tarkio was Colin Meloy's (of the Decemberists) earlier band. I've heard he even had something before that.

Finally, I've gotta do a shout out to Dale for requesting the new Ratatat song. Their latest album is (finally) growing on me. I think it has taken so long due to my emotional attachment to their first self-titled record.


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