silly hats only

2008-11-18T21:48:00.000-08:00

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!

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

pledge drive!

2008-11-16T17:52:00.000-08:00

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!

mercury rev - goddess on a hiway
the album leaf - vermillion
radiohead - pyramind song
phish - dirt
big d and the kids table - shining on
soul coughing - sugar free jazz
red hot chili peppers - under the bridge
ac newman - the cloud prayer
chris walla - our plans, collapsing
lcd soundsystem - new york i love you
dandy warhols - get off
the decemberists - 16 military wives
ted leo and the pharmacists - walking to do
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

2008-11-05T23:35:00.000-08:00

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

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

10.28.08 - extra long, extra strong!

2008-10-29T17:36:00.000-07:00

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!

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

10.21.08

2008-10-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

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!

beck - where its at
mgmt - kds
rjd2 - 1976
psapp - hi
air - venus
metric - hustle rose
styrofoam - after sunset
the postal service - brand new colony
royksopp - eple
mia - paper planes
freezepop - less talk more rokk
soulwax - mashup remix of danger! high voltage by electric six
girl talk - shut the club down
ratatat - remix of alright by memphis bleek
deltron 3030 - mastermind

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

10.14.08

2008-10-15T17:21:00.000-07:00

Link to this week's show archive: clicky!

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

2008-10-07T20:17:00.000-07:00

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

Here's tonight's playlist.

dntel/postal service - (this is) the dream of evan and chan
ted leo and the pharmacists - counting down the hours
beulah - score from augusta
neutral milk hotel - holland, 1945
the new pornographers - loose translation
ratatat - shempi
the kooks - naive
stereophonics - dakota
rilo kiley- portions for foxes
shiny toy guns - rainy monday
ben folds - songs of love
the olivia tremor control - NYC 25
tarkio - weight of the world
the cars - just what I needed
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.

Thanks for tuning in! Or at least trying to....

silly hats are back!

2008-10-01T07:18:00.000-07:00

I started off another WMBR season last night, now with a new early time slot: 11pm on Tuesday nights.

If you missed the show due to early bedtime or general slackery, you can listen here, and open the file in your favorite media player (Windows Media Player, amarok, itunes, etc):
Clicky!

Last night's lineup:

the shins - they'll soon discover
mates of state - along for the ride
metro station - now that we're done
the bravery - time won't let me go (the moon)
the album leaf - drawing mountains
the flaming lips - buggin'
belle and sebastian - get me away from here I'm dying
modest mouse - one chance
interpol - pace is the trick
broken social scene - KC accidental
wolf parade - this heart's on fire
secret machines - sad and lonely
beck - e-pro
weezer - my name is jonas
operation ivy - sound system

A little rougher around the edges compared to previous shows... I might be having a bit of an annoying week (or two). Who knows what will happen for next week.

Will try to get around to getting some backdated entries up over here. Stay tuned.