It happened: I played MBV on my radio show. I knew it was going to happen eventually! Also, I do not like to say this but, man, was that four fifty one ep awful. Who keeps on adding the eighth-rate blog rock to the station?

huggy bear - her jazz - taking the rough with the smooch

cynthia g mason - the way the morning came - quitters claim - N
freakwater - sick, sick, sick - end time
bang gang - it’s alright - find what you get ep - N
my bloody valentine - cupid come - isn’t anything
galaxie 500 - here she comes now - 12″
the feelies - for awhile - only life
the moderns - goodbye einstein - serve & protect

niobe - surround your hover - white hats - N
ill ease - new york london paris tokyo milan - all systems a go-g
flagyll - twelve toe piece - computer music for the microchip mind
flin flon - upper ferry - boo-boo
the skunks - for your love - s/t
moving targets - only life of fun - fal
the bottom lip - i hate yer history - white dot warlord

dragon city - harmonicah - s/t
and you will know us by the trail of dead - wasted state of mind - so divded - N
bob mould - its too late - black sheets of rain
cocteau twins - high monkey monk - s/t
simon joyner - dreams of saint theresa - lost with the lights on
mr fluoride - dead prairie dogs - cha cha cha with…
lady sovereign - love me or hate me (feat. missy elliott) - public warning

biz markie - tear $#%$ up - hip hop forever vol 3 - N
detholz! - psychotherapy - cast out devils - N
four fifty one - socks & shoes - s/t EP - N
my dad is dead - babys got a problem - let’s skip the details
mofungo - SNCC - messenger dogs of the gods
felt - penelope tree - goldmine trash

aluminum group - rrose selavy’s valise - pedals

Christ, I haven’t written here in ages! There’s lots of things to tell you, but I have no desire to put e-pen to e-paper and do it. I’ll be back in a week or so.

Jon Solomon was nice enough to let me cover his Thanksgiving Eve show. Yes, I did do two radio shows on two separate stations in the span of one day — five bucks says there’s some arcane FCC regulation that forbids it — clearly, I love radio this much. It was a fun show too, especially since people actually call the station and request things (except for the dude who called in and told me to “never play that ‘loss cat’ song again”).

Once again, thanks Jon!

the hold steady - you can make him like you - boys & girls in america - N

portastatic - i wanna know girls - bright ideas
the scientists - when fate deals its mortal blow - weird love
sam cooke & the soul stirrers - forever - specialty profiles - N
jackie mittoo - the sniper - champion in the arena: 1976 -1977
windsor for the derby - the melody of a fallen tree - Marie Antoinette - N

runrunner - mouth of liars - s/t - N
eyeball skeleton - loss cat - loss cat - N
peter jeffries & robert muir - don’t call me, ill call you - swerve ep
cap’n jazz - oh messy life - analphabetapolothology - R
henrys dress - definitely nothing - s/t ep
petra haden & bill frisell - floaty - s/t
king radio - neighbour - calypso carnival

atom & his package - i’m downright amazed at what i can destroy with just a hammer - attention blah blah blah - R
the gazetteers - #1 - landlocked! - N
oxford collapse - return/of burno - remember the night parties - N
bikini kill - tony randall - reject all american
kaito - try me out - band red
barbara manning - b4 we go under - b4 we go under
howe gelb - the farm - sno angel like you

kool blues - im gonna keep on loving you - eccentric soul: the capsoul label
scritti politti - road to no regret - white bread, black beer - N
cause co-motion - which way is up - 7″ - N
railroad jerk - in my face - s/t
pushtwangers - i will make you run - s/t
clement ’sir coxsone’ dodd - in cold blood (version) - studio one dub
tom ze - gloria - Tropicalia 2

tickled pink - reach out (and give me your hand) - texas funk: hard texas funk 1968 - 1975
lali puna - the daily match - i thought i was over that
cul de sac - portland cement factory at monolith, california - mice - N
stewart brodian - going to a party - piano or guitar
crippled pilgrim - people going nowhere - head down hand out
polvo - tragic carpet ride - celebrate the new dark age
love is all - motorboat - busy doing nothing ep - N

the raincoats - no one’s little girl - extended play
french toast - protest sign - ingleside terrace - N
the rapture - pieces of the people we love - pieces of the people we love
gal costa - como medo, como pedro - s/t
neil young - heart of gold - harvest

the hold steady - most people are DJ’s - almost killed me

This is what I killed Plain Parade for, eh? Not too bad.

cardigans - plain parade - other side of the moon

edith frost - walk on the fire - telescopic
chin up chin up - water planes in snow - this harness cant ride anything - N
pas/cal - i wanna take you out in your holiday sweater - super cuts
wreckless eric - whole wide world - stranger than fiction OST - N
magazine - about the weather - magic murder & the weather
the minutemen - king of the hill - project mersh

the zutons - why wont you give me your love? - tired of hanging around - N
the teeth - malnutrition - send my regards to the sunshine
swervedriver - electric 77 - 99th dream
loop - breathe into me - a gilded eternity
arcwelder - never the same - everest
les georges leningrad - ennio morricone - sangue puro - N

bowery electric - freedom fighter - lushlife
various don’t ask - the world is gone - XL - N
wilderness - emergency - vessel states
chavez - repeat the ending - better days will haunt you - N
mission of burma - trem two - vs
pylon - working is no problem for me - gyrate

mazzy star - blue flower - 12″
nick drake - cello song - islands volume 4
patrick wolf - the gypsy king - wind in the wires
benjy ferree - private honeymoon - leaving the nest - N
nick lowe - so it goes - pure pop for the now people
holy hail - dig my grave with the songs ive sung - pointed rifles to the sky
let’s active - every word means no - cypress / afoot

sleater-kinney - ballad of a ladyman - all hands on the bad one
jj fad - supersonic (remix) - 12″

However, I have been so swamped with work and other things to do. So busy that I skipped out on the Daily Show 10th Anniversary Concert last night, despite having a ticket. And despite this lameness, here is what I’ve been up to:

» PLAIN PARADE IS ENDING AND YOU SHOULD ATTEND OUR FINAL SHOWS! If PP is going to go into that good night, “gentle” and “quietly” are two words that won’t be used to describe it. Tritone may not be standing after tonight (Who will be the straw that breaks the camels back? Clockcleaner? Notekillers? KeN?), so you might want to check it out. Dragon City is planning to hold a drawing contest. I’ve booked a band that features former members of Polvo. Look at the options, wait, don’t. I did that for you already and truss, there’s nothing better going on.

» I wrote up Bob Pollard’s leg inury/tour cancellation for PF. Despite the fact that World Cafe Live was barely 1/3 full, and I wasn’t there, I think I’m responsible for it. After a 3-4 year stint of _not_ listening to GBV, I picked up the habit. Luckily for “Uncle Bob” I’ve only been listening to everything pre-1998. Lord knows what would have happened if I listened to _Do the Collapse_. And because of all this, I believe this effectively ends my GBV phase once again.

» Yes, I think I’m in total love with Henri Faberge & the Adorables, and contributed a track review of another song on their fantastic self-titled debut for PaperThinWalls. It’s my first for the site, so be gentle.

I remember being very annoyed during this show. A bunch of CD’s I had pulled wound up being empty, which totally blows. DJ’s: file your effing CD’s. But in retrospect, this setlist looks pretty good!

guided by voices - a salty salute - alien lanes

the thermals - how we know - fuckin’ a
viza noir - missed connection - 7″
loop - this is where you end - fade out
constantines - thank you for sending me an angel - nighttime/anytime ep
casper & the cookies - barking in the garden - the optimists club - N
laura nyro - stoned soul picnic - eli & the 13th confession
kathryn williams - spit on a stranger - relations
american analog set - cool kids keep - know by heart

frida hyvonen - the modern - until death comes - N
john cale - macbeth - paris 1919
allen toussaint - yes we can can - our new orleans - N
the kills - superstition - keep on your mean side
jandek - when the telephone melts - you walk alone
half japanese - silver & katherine - music to strip by
ana da silva - in awe of a painting - the lighthouse

la guns - down in the city - s/t - R
descendents - clean sheets - all
love tractor - i broke my saw - themes from venus
jellyfish - the king is half-undressed - bellybutton
animal collective - there’s an arrow - hollinndagain - N
norfolk and western - the shortest stare - the unsung colony - N
sandi thom - when horsepower meant what it said - smile… it confuses people
the waitresses - bruiseology - bruiseology

nothing painted blue - missed the point - a day in the park
laughing hyenas - crawl - crawl - RIP larissa strickland
scott solter - grimes cutup - …plays patternismovement - N
the binary system - amazons - from the epicenter
gerry mulligan jazz combo - black nightgown - i want to live OST
helium - XXX - pirate prude

guided by voices - the other place - forever since breakfast

Now that my Pitchfork review & photos are up, you can have a look-see at the rest of the images from Friday’s show.

Playing catch-up, as usual:

» Jason DiEmilio, RIP. Back when I was an impressionable college kid, I was fortunate to catch the Azusa Plane at PiLam. I was too young to understand on any intellectual level what they were getting at, but I know that it _felt_ overwhelming and powerful; a decade later, I still remember that performance as if it were yesterday. So sad to see you go. Also to remember: Larissa Strickland and Adrienne Shelly (Ugh, is this really true? If there’s one thing to ruin the goodness of today, its this.)

» I saw two really great programs last week - Ars Nova’s program about the Monk/Coltrane tapes, a “town hall” featuring Pandora.com’s founder. I have lots of things to say about them, very little time to do so right now.

» Welcome, Pitchfork visitors!

I mean really, how was I NOT going to use this phrase for the show’s title or inspire my song selection?

the evens- dinner with the president - get evens

jefferson airplane - we should be together - volunteers
benjy ferree - in the countryside - leaving the nest - N
patrick porter - reality row - die wandaland - N
tom ze - emere - fabrication defect
the wipers - all the same - the circle

iggy pop - im a conservative - soldier
detention - dead rock’n'rollers - 7″
the narrator - now is the time for all good men - s/t
cadallaca - the trouble with public places - out west
chin up chin up - this harness cant ride anything - this harness cant ride anything - N
cibo matto - working for vacation - stereo type a
tom tom club - on the line - close to the bone
salt-n-pepa - push it - hip hop essentials vol 8

the blow - parentheses - paper television - N
yello - bostitch - disco not disco vol 2 - strut
shriekback - clear trails - care
REM - crazy - 12″ - pylon cover!!!!
those bastard souls - telegram - debt & departure
superchunk - scary monsters - 1000 pounds EP

the replacements - anywhere’s better than here - dont tell a soul
method & result - private eyes - songs from the sixth borough
mary lou lord - his indie world - mind the gap
rafter - r is for reach - 10 songs - N
al green - look what you done for me - im still in love with you

LCD Soundsystem - 45:33: Nike + Original Run

Given the past 48 hours, I’m amazed I was able to pull a great set like this. But you know, miracles do happen.

the rapture - the devil - pieces of the people we love - N

bobby conn - maria b - llovessonngs
portastatic - sweetness & light - be still please - N
citizens utilities - king county derelicts - shangri-la projects b-sides - N
the paupers - its your mind - magic people
cuarteto caney - plante na’ma - cuarteto caney 1939-1940

cordalene - the last break up song i write - the star ledger - N
the shins - new slang - oh inverted world
dangerous birds - alpha romeo - 7″
randy ludacer & the green scene - hot water - 7″
slumber party - madeupmind - musik - N
jackie ross - selfish one - chess sisters of soul vol 1

gal costa - como medo, como pedro - s/t
eyeball skeleton - Loss Cat - Loss Cat - N
chris knox - the face of fashion - seizure
constantines - soon enough - tournament of hearts
unrest - god gave rock’n'roll to you III - bavarian mods & other hits 7″
mighty walker brothers - god been good to me - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal - N

dif juz - heset - soundpool
space needle - never lonely alone - Recordings 1994-1997 - N
clockcleaner - by the door - missing dick 7″ - N
erase errata - cruising - nightlife - N
masters of the obvious - germ inside - 7″
the continentals - dont do it baby - best of jay-dee

the rapture - pieces of the people we love - pieces of the people we love - N
neu! - fur immer - neu! 2