» Laszlo. Antonioni. Bergman. What a heartbreaking week for the world of cinema. In a strange twist of events, the film history course I’m a TA for was studying the Seventh Seal.

» Equally sad as the loss of these great filmmakers is the untimely passing of Trevor Butler, bassist for local band Bottom of the Hudson. Find out how you can help his family cover funeral costs, as well as provide financial assistance with drummer Greg Lytle’s medical bills, click here.

» I was up rather late the other night and noticed that some of the battle scenes in 300 look like they’re plucked out of Alexander Nevsky.

I squeezed so many songs into each set. Crazy!

7/31/07

bottom of the hudson - rusty zippers - fantastic hawk - N
coyote - sugar - 12″
RIP Trevor Butler
foundry field recordings - caribou - fallout stations - N
cause co-motion - which way is up? - 7″
the nobility - hallelujah chorus - the nobility are moving up to the mezzanine
negativland - it ain’t legit - fair use
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new guys on the block - the groove - 45
les cooper & his soul rockers - wahoo - because youre funky - C
patrizia & jimmy - trust your child pt. 1 - how good is good vol 2 - C
gokh-bi system - xaesal - africa raps - C
lepe ula ula - sol hoopii - hawaiian steel guitar 1920’s -1930’s - C
thurston moore - ono soul - psychic hearts
nightblooms - he’s alright - 7″
glenn mercer - morning lights - wheels in motion - N
chris knox - citric acid - croaker
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patton oswalt - america has spoken - werwolves & lollipops - N
clorox girls - do you know that - j’aime les filles - N
lunachicks - spoilt - jerk of all trades
the 1985 - killing spree - 7″
penis brigade - penis youth - party animal - C
mod fun - i am with you - now… and again - N
the crawdaddys - there she goes again - 1980 bomp! sampler - C
men & volts - hurry home - tramps in bloom
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yellow sunshine - yellow sunshine - the sound of philadelphia - C
lung leg - maid to minx - maid to minx
st vincent - paris is burning - marry me - N - R
lover! - tonight! she’s dead - lover! - N
black time - downtown - 7″ - N
victims - television addict - where birdmen flew: legends of marsupial punk - C

» Spent my birthday at McCarren Park watching the Oxford Collapse, who kindly gave me a birthday shout-out from the stage. Thank you guys! Also, big thanks are in order for Toby, who made sure my drunker-than-drunk ass got back home to NJ safe and sound by taking the subway back to Penn Station and seeing to it that I got on the train. Ladies, line up for this guy — he’s a keeper. More thanks to: Heather, Maura, Sara, Megan, Douglas, Dominic, Julia, Mike G, Danager, Alexis, Ned and all the fine folks who posted a birthday wish on my social networking accounts.

» I have a new post up on Mobile Beat. I don’t know how I made it through the show, especially after the very long day of post-birthday sobering up. Blitzen Trapper = way better than I expected.

7/24/07

uncut - copilot - those who were hung hang here
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the capitol years - mirage people - dance away the terrot
jay reatard - i know a place - 7″ - N
pelican - far from fields - city of echoes - N
brown recluse sings - western meadowlark - black sunday
jennifer o’connor - exeter, rhose island - over the mountain, across the valley and back to the stars
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love of diagrams - trouble - mosaic - N
treiops treyfid - what can i do but continue - feelings of unreality
the long blondes - separated by motorways - someone to drive you home - N
the presets - are you the one? (van she tech nyc rush remix) - 12″ - N
afghan whigs - gentlemen - gentlemen
blktop project - miles & miles - blktop project - N
black moth super rainbow - when the sun grows on your tongue - dandelion gum - N
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mike wexler - cipher - sunwheel - N
neil young - tonight’s the night - tonight’s the night
glenn jones - linden avenue stomp - this is the wind that blows it out - N
dog faced hermans - peace warriors - 7″ - C
high rise - monster a go go - high rise II
the for carnation - salo - promised works - N
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john vanderslice - time to go - emerald city - N
hefner - good fruit - we love the city
susanna & the magical orchestra - its a long way to the top - melody mountain - N
sf seals - back again - inside dave’s garage vol 7″ - C
the reds - try it on you - stronger silence
cococoma - take my time - 7″ - N - R
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jay reatard - don’t let him come back - 7″ - N R

I covered tonight’s Harry & the Potters show for Billboard. Read and comment, please! Otherwise, I will be one less step away from hanging out with celebrities on the red carpet. Think of it as your birthday gift to me — commenting/helping me win this thing, that is.

Not too exciting of a show, but yesterday I was busier in the studio than usual, thanks to BMI logging (this is how stations report what they play and help artists earn $$$). This means I have two playlists to simultaneously update, along with all the other things I’m required to do while being on-air. And then there’s the usual barrage of ticket giveaways, phone calls, etc. Also, I was feeling physically awful, so the sooner I could get off the air and back home, the better. In the process, I left my sweatshirt at the station.

But there’s a couple of nice places in this playlist, for example, the Nutley Brass into Sufjan’s “Chicago” — who knew they worked together so well? And I mixed 16 Bitch Pile-Up into Psychatrone & Cotton, since the first track was just too long. The Oxford Collapse/Big Dipper selection was coincidental, since they happened to wind up in the stack together, but once they were together there was no other option. (A not very good explanation of how I prepare for shows can be found here.)

Her Jazz on WPRB | 07/17/2007

giant sand - thin line man - giant sandwich
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apples in stereo - tidal wave - science faire
cornershop - born disco died heavy metal - 7″
the teeth - a fight in the dark - you’re my lover now - N
shapes & sizes - piggy - split lips, winning hips, a shiner - N
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autoclave - i’ll take you down - autoclave
scrawl - absolute torture - smallmouth
standing nudes - interstate five - ghost story - N
the thermals - a pillar of salt (demo) - pillar of salt 7″ - N
melody dog - futuristic lover - 7″
JFA - i want - mad garden
get him eat him - cbt - arms down - N
pell mell - flood - flow
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pavement - unfair - crooked rain crooked rain
thrushes - halloween - sun come undone - N
16 bitch pile-up - the earth was loose - bury me deep - N
psychatrone + cotton - sweet lilac angel - …and the crystal sun - N
the nutley brass - chinese rock - 7″
sufjan stevens - chicago - illinois - R
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oxford collapse - for the khakis and the sweatshirts - remember the night parties
big dipper - hey! mr lincoln - craps
american music club - what godzilla said to god when his name wasnt found in the book of life - mercury
number one cup - the money song - 7″
professor murder - free stress test - …rides the subway
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justice - stress - + - N

Quick catch up:

» I guest-blogged for Idolator a couple weeks ago, and also, snapped a couple shots for them over the weekend.

» I went to Pitchfork’s festival on a VIP pass and complained about the burrito line. On the plus side, I got to eat salt pork, shop for shoes and share a train ride with Thurston Moore.

» I’m 75% certain that my landlord died while I was out in Chicago.

I’ll be posting updates from Pitchfork and other assorted travels here.

I don’t like to talk about work on this blog (you know, the fear of getting dooced), but I wanted to pass along this message from my co-worker Elizabeth, who is participating in the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. If you can donate to the cause, please do!

In October, my mom and I will be participating in a very special event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day. We’ll walk 60 miles over the course of three days — 20 miles a day — in memory of my mom’s sister who died 2 years ago after a 10 year battle with cancer. Thousands of men and women participate, we sleep in tents, and for the first time in my life I will wear a lot of pink. :]

My mom and I have agreed to jointly raise $4,400 in donations and we have already raised nearly $1,500! We still have a long way to go, however, and we’re running out of time (they don’t let you walk if you don’t raise enough funds… seems unfair, perhaps, but I suppose they really need to make sure that enough money gets where it’s needed).

The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.

I’m trying to do my part against breast cancer this year, and I hope my efforts are not only a true testament to how much I love my family, but also to the countless women in all of our lives who are battling cancer or who have already lost that fight.

Please help me honor all of their lives by offering your support — you can donate online by visiting my webpage:

http://www.the3day.org/philadelphia07/mcs

I really wish I had taped this show — so much fun to put together! Totally banished my needed-more-coffee-and-wished-I-hadn’t-burnt-the-popcorn blues.

Her Jazz on WPRB 103.3 FM - 7/10/07

native tongue - blame it on gravity - yowl
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deerhunter - lake somerset - cryptograms
spoon - you got yr cherry bomb - ga ga ga ga - N
home blitz - apocalyptic grades a.d. - 7″
les savy fav - crawling can be beautiful - go forth
st vincent - the apocalypse song - marry me - N
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other bright colors - circle square - 7″
mark ronson - stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before - version - N
eddie ray - wait a minute - eccentric soul: the prix label - N - C
ricardo e esquisito - muhler coca cola - rio baile funk: favela booty beats - C
fursaxa - alone in the dark wood - alone in the dark wood - N
fireball - archangels thunderbird - blessed be
the usaisamonster - voices to be heard - sunset at the end of the industrial age
lida husik - diamond bay - bozo
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marble sheep - mana - message from oarfish - N
fitz of depression - connect the dots - swing
radio alarm clocks - you bust out - wake me when its over
the august sons - you taste so good to me - 7″
benoit pioulard - triggering back - precis
young-holt unlimited - hey pancho - express yourself: charly’s funk grooves v.1 - C
professor murder - the mountain - …rides the subway - N
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karl hendricks rock band - the bleedin’ obvious - the world says - N
bill hicks - keith - satirist, social critic, standup comedian
air conditioning - concussions concussions - dead rails - N
jay reatard - hammer i miss you - 7″ - N
want not - so excited - 7″
gal costa - cultura e civilizacao - gal costa
carnival season - please dont send me to heaven - 12″
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tristeza - rms 2000 - spine & sensory