glenn branca, the ascension (99)
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breeders “divine hammer” last splash (4AD)
edith frost “cars and parties” wonder wonder (drag city)
the buddyrevelles “ill take you in my car” american matador (motorcoat)
the lucksmiths “take this lying down”naturaliste (drive-in)
dB’s “blackand white” stands for decibels (albion)
the eaves “bird lawyer” s/t (ace fu)
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the constantines “on to you” shine a light (sub pop)
superchunk “basement life” cup of sand (merge)
chavez “the guard attacks” ride the fader (matador)
panthers “its not the heat its the humility” let’s get serious (dim mak)
the starvations “red wine” get well soon (gsl)
x “i must not think bad thoughts” more fun in the new world (elektra)
broken social scene “stars & sons” you forgot it in people (paper bag)
fridge “drums, horns, sonics & edit” happiness (temporary residence ltd)
tussle “eye contact” 12″ (tmu)
tuxedomoon “no tears” s/t (jem)
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sleater-kinney “dance song ‘97″ dig me out (krs)
spoon “take the fifth” girls can tell (merge)
pixies “winterlong” dig for fire EP (4AD)
doug gillard “malamute jute” malamute jute EP (cushion)
john cale “andalucia” paris 1919 (reprise)
andrew bird “action / adventure” weather systems (righteous babe)
vincent gallo “brown 69″ recordings for music and film
raincoats “red shoes” odyshape (rought trade)

programming notes
goodbye to jamie, the plain parade intern, whom we never made work very hard. now he will study crazy people [such as myself], to find out what posesses them to book rock clubs. and… if it wasnt for him, i would not be so horribly hungover today.

when at a party, i really must remind myself to not sit next to the beer for the evening.

the aforementioned boozing and train delays are what caused me to arrive at the station 15 minutes prior to my show; i had no other decision than to play the ascension in its entirety. i cant get enough of it, those guitars are heavenly. why hasn’t this whole williamsburg/brooklyn/whatevah/no wave/new wave renaissance spurned any imitators of this particular sound?

kim deal: the alpha and the omega of my set? you decide! first the breeders and then a pixies tune. i know.

as of now i have imposed a “no more broken social scene” rule for future shows. the only song i want to play off their record is “stars and sons”. in my defense, isnt that song so freaking good?! its got handclaps! handclaps, people!

superchunk sound better than ever. i am so glad that i dont need to buy the singles comp, since i own all the stuff, but the reissue gives me more reason [and no excuse] than ever to give them another listen. i thought i had “fader rules” cued up, which would have titularly made sense next to chavez’s “the guard attacks” [off of ride the fader… get it?]. alas, i cannot count, i cannot read.

a rare mood for todays show, but a good one. perhaps the drinking did help after all!

the constantines record, shine a light — not as good as the first one, but better than the single anticipates. buy!

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2003 at 5:23 pm and is filed under wprb 2003.