this is why i love the internet. this is why i love people who want to share bands with us. this is why i love people who love music. plain parade’s friend, cara, sent us an email about the following band and setting up a show.

we got a link to their website, and this amazing portastatic (!) cover was there:

Snoozer, “San Andreas”

some background info for you.

Susie Ghahremani is a Providence one-woman-band with a penchant for sleeping things off and writing pop songs about them later. On her forthcoming record “Winter Stops All Sound”, she plays the part of many: organist, bassist, guitarist, 8-part vocalist. Live, with some help from Cara Hyde (of V for Vendetta), she will perform the feat of putting an army of Susies back into just one.

its amazing how apropos this song is, while the east coast has battened down its proverbial hatches.

99 “wokenender” 767 (endearing)
archers of loaf “jive kata” 7″
modey lemon “enemy” thunder & lightning (birdman)
sahara hotnights “alright, alright (here’s my fist where’s the fight)” jennie bomb (jetset)
slant 6 “what kind of monster are you?” soda pop ripoff (dischord)
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[talk: my eating habits and how i would eat a dog to save wprb]
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giant sand “astonished” chore of enchantment (thrill jockey)
fruit bats “magic hour” mouthfuls (sub pop)
silkworm “and then…” you are dignified (touch & go)
olivia tremor control “courtyard” dusk at cubist castle (flydaddy)
unrest “god gave rock and roll to you III” bavarian mods 7″ (teen beat)
the bardots “applepain” 12″ (cheree)
broken social scene “stars & sons” you forgot it in people (paper bag)
girls at our best “warm girls” pleasure (vinyl japan)
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[talk: maria vs. winona ryder for conor oberst, and apparently i hate my mother]
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undertones “family entertainment” best off (rykodisc)
karl hendricks trio “i think i forgot something… my pants” jerks win again (merge)
clocks “sleep hurts” 7″ (track star)
mighty ions “pedro morales” v/a: claws! (throbbing lobster)
sleater-kinney “oh!” one beat (krs)
noise addict “i wish i was him” 7″ (fellaheen)
eyeball skeleton “eyeball skeleton” #1
mary timony “tiger in the forest” v/a: JANE magazine sampler
scout niblett “miss in love with her own fate” i am (secretly canadian)
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[talk: about how my mom likes the teeth and why she rules]
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constantines “on to you” shine a light (sub pop)
spoon “someone something” 7″ (merge)
bill fox “over & away she goes” shelter from smoke (cherry pop)
tracy shedd “faint pale smiles” blue (teen beat)
june “genius” i am beautiful (beggars banquet)
REM “dont go back to rockville” reckoning (irs)
raincoats “fairy tale in the supermarket” s/t (dgc)
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[talk: making fun of electroclash and why it scares me, then i proceed to play “electroclash”]
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rapture “echoes” echoes
medium medium “so hungry so angry” the glitterhouse (cherry red)
delta 5 “mind your own buiness” v/a: wanna buy a bridge? (rough trade)
crack: we are rock “hooker leg” silent fantasy (tigerbeat6)
devo “satisfaction (demo)” hardcore devo v.1

programming notes
my good friend lauren came to the studios with me, and interviewed me on air. i mean, after 4 months, dont you want to know more about your DJ? we had some taping issues, but managed to get the first talking segment of the show recorded. the rest? lost to history.

a nice way to close the summer out, i think.

- EYEBALL SKELETON: a 2nd and 3rd grader, with their dad and a drum machine. its amazing. AMAZING. AMAZING!!!!

- these days, i just become more and more fond of REM. i know “rockville” is an obvious hit, but its so much better than a lot of things out there.

- the new rapture: verdicts still out, but the track i played wasnt bad at all. pretty insane. someone told me the rest sounds like kylie minogue, though. hm.

- “hooker leg” has the dumbest lyrics ever, but still really really fun.

hi. merge records is a label i respect so much, if only i could explain that without stuttering like a damned fool. i tried to put this show together by playing their releases in chronological order, which kind of worked. if i had 4 hours, i could have gotten something from all 240 of their releases.

yeah, i spent a good amount of time on the early singles, but i feel it was important to explain how they evolved from a certain type of label to what they are now. and yes, i skipped over a lot of great bands [spent, pipe, ganger, pram, etc], but what could one do with 2 hours?

ill probably encode this to mp3 and post it online, since i taped this one.

mrg001: bricks “winterspring”
mrg004: chunk “what do i” “my noise” “the train from kansas city” 7″
mrg008: wwax “like it or not” 7″
mrg010: breadwinner “kisses men on the mouth of the mountain” 7″
mrg012: finger “everywhere” 7″
mrg021: erectus polvotone “anythings fine” 7″
mrg023: drive like jehu “bullet train to vegas” 7″
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mrg029: butterglory “alexander bands” 7″
mrg031: angels of epistemology “fruit” fruit
mrg036: renderers “million lights” 7″
mrg039: 6ths “heaven in a black leather jacket” 7″
mrg041 honor role “jank” (also mrg026)
mrg043: 3Ds “beautiful things” 7″
mrg051: portastatic “naked pilsners” i hope your heart is not brittle
mrg056: polvo “tragic carpet ride” celebrate the new dark age
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mrg063: odes “meltaway” 7″
mrg068: cornershop “born disco; died heavy metal” 7″
mrg069: superchunk “driveway to driveway” 7″ (also mrg060)
mrg088: verbena “if i say so” 7″
mrg103: neutral milk hotel “song against sex” on avery island
mrg109: guv’ner “shes evil” the hunt
mrg125: beatnik filmstars “now im a millionaire” inhospitable
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mrg140: rock*a*teens “teen muscle teen hustle” baby a little rain must fall
mrg175: lambchop “grumpus” nixon
mrg176: versus “shangri-la” shangri-la
mrg195: spoon “fitted shirt” girls can tell
mrg206: imperial teen “city song” on
mrg227: buzzcocks “jerk” s/t
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mrg231: the rosebuds “id feel better” v/a survive & advance v.3

now visit the merge records website

sonic youth “the diamond sea” washing machine (dgc)
the sonics “witch” “do you love me?” “roll over beethoven” s/t (ettiquette)
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manitoba “every time she turns roudn its her birthday” “hendrix w/ko” up in flames (domino)
db’s “black and white” “dynamite” “shes not worried” stands for decibels (albion)
kinski “rhode island freakout” “schedule for using pillows & beanbags” airs above your station (sub pop)
billy bragg “a new england” peel sessions (strange fruit) - REQ
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the gun club “preaching the blues” “promise me” “she’s like heroin to me” fire of love (ruby)
mudhoney “sweet young thing aint sweet no more” “who you driving now?” march to the fuzz (sub pop)
black eyed snakes “cornbread” “red sheet” “no good daddy” rise up! (chairkickers)
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theoretical girls “theoreticalgirls - live” “computer dating” “contrary motion” 78-81 (acute)
wire, pink flag, side a (harvest)
john vanderslice, life and death of an american fourtracker, tracks 1-4 (barsuk)

programming notes
weird show today. i had to spend a lot of time preparing for my spotlight, since the dj before me wont let me in until 1/2 hour before im supposed to go on the air.