today’s guest: jt
background music: sola

stereolab “john cage bubblegum” v/a: why popstars cant dance
awek “is this easy?” s/t
guv’ner “babys way cruel” knight moves
this radiant boy “beware the scabs” shakedown at the russian disco
girls “decoy” s/t - NE
undertones “family entertainment” best of
wedding present “box elder” singles 89-91
vaselines “son of a gun” best of
guided by voices “real” teenage fbi 7″ - REQ
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lizzy mercier descloux “funky stuff” v/a: mutant disco
y pants “off the hook” s/t
theoretical girls “theoretical girls” s/t
avengers “misery (finger on the trigger)” the american in me
liliput “dc-10″ s/t
antietam “attract mode” victory park - NE
seekonk “hate the sun” for barbara lee
sonic youth “pattern recognition” sonic nurse - NE
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8 eyed spy “run through the jungle” s/t
we ragazzi “pretty little grave” wolves with pretty lips - NE
sons & daughters “johnny cash” love the cup
constantines “blind luck” modern sinner nervous man
superchunk “night of the chill blue” v/a: working holiday
north of america “keep it on the download” brothers, sisters
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m83 “run into the flowers” dead cities, red seas & lost ghosts
patrick wolf “#2″ lycanthropy
lali puna “micronomic” faking the books
lorelei “my assassin” v/a: fields & streams
aveo “the idiot on the bike” battery - NE
spoon “revenge!” 30 gallon tank

im not sure what is stranger: the first week back at the station or the station not having any records.

as ive mentioned before, wprb is in the process of moving to a new building on campus. for the last 2 weeks the entire music library – thouands upon thousands of LPs, CDs – has been slowly packed up in boxes. the only thing which remains are rock compilations and new releases. it was suggested that we bring in our own stuff but even my own music collection is currently in storage!

so the playlist is what it is. i offered to sing the requests i was unable to fill on-air and only one person humored me ["here comes your man"].

the station must know we’re leaving because the equipment was acting up. turntable one refused to cue and cd player 2 started unpausing cds on its own.

more notes
id forgotten how summery of a song “is this easy?” just is, for a variety of reasons. some background info on awek: they were from nyc and broke up this past winter. we did a couple shows with them and i fell in love with their music. paul of awek now fronts pablo, which features a member or two of the realistics.

the new sonic youth has the best kim gordon penned track ive heard in a while.

this radiant boy’s cd is forthcoming. this cd has been recorded and re-recorded for a couple years now. even though its an ep’s worth of material, its their sharpest.

the girls - definately NOT the same late 70’s boston punk band [who were awesome]. sounds a lot like the newest buzzcocks stuff [on merge] with some cars-like keyboards thrown in for good measure. how much do you want to bet this band regrets their name choice?

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 3rd, 2004 at 7:00 pm and is filed under wprb 2004.