Oh my fucking god. While I am quite a bit on the air these days, it’s one thing to do your shifts but a completely different thing to do yours and those of the folks who never showed up to the station. Even in writing that last sentence, I feel a twinge of the insanity from last week.

I know, this is such a first world problem! “Waaah, I got to spend ~20 hours on one of the best independent stations around!” But see, when you are doing show after show after show after show after show, your ability to put together interesting playlists goes right out the window. Then you’re just reduced to playing Bo Diddley surf albums, and that can’t be good for anyone.

Whining aside, all this airtime caused me to strain my vocal cords. Last Friday, as I was wrapping up the Top Ten show, I felt a pulling in my throat. This wasn’t the scratchy pain brought on by colds or allergies, this was something else. It hurt in a bad way. There was only one thing I could do: put on the record that had been barely within my reach all week (Chatham’s Die Donnergotter) and get the heck outta Dodge.

I wound up “convalescing” at Sandy Hook, which is probably the best beach ever, and within minutes of my door. It was ridiculously hot but at Sandy Hook, it was difficult to tell with the perfect sea breeze. Screw “the shore,” all those corny notions of “boardwalks” and whatnot — this place makes you forget you’re in New Jersey. Because no self-respecting staycationer would actually want to be reminded of where they are, nahmean?

05-28-2008 | 1900-0000 | WPRB 103.3 FM
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helen love - summer pop radio - radio hits
east river pipe - make a deal with the city - goodbye california
constantines - new king - kensington heights - N
further - surfing pointers - 7″
big dipper - faither healer - suprecluster - N
L7 - pretend we’re dead - bricks are heavy
mudhoney - chain that door - superfuzz bigmuff - N
as mercenarias - policia - nao wave
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ben lee - pop queen - grandpaw would
long blondes - the couples - couples - N
pullover - tiny tears - a gift from sing-sing
public record - mermaid’s purse - public record
della reese - compared to what - soul gospel
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betty wright - mr lucky - outskirts of deep city - N
jamaica girls - rock the beat - big apple rappin’
pink skull - get inside - zeppelin 3 - N
laddio bollocko - nurser - the life and times of laddio bolocko
black taj - cold comfort - beyonder
shale - arkham - lie
the nymphets - bekki anne - 7″ - N
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yelle - les femmes - pop-up - N
goldfrapp - caravan girl - seventh tree - N
M83 - skin of the night - saturdays=youth - N
sonic youth - schizophrenia - sister - R
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caribbean - bees, their vision and language - populations
sri mersing - pimp rubiah - folk & pop sounds of sumatra vol 1
tullycraft - pop songs your new boyfriend’s too stupid to know about - the long secret
beex - beat beat - teenline #106
judy nylon - jailhouse rock - new york noise vol 3
patternismovement - peach trees - all together - N
magik markers - taste - BOSS - N
marilyn mattson - he means so much to me - girls in the garage vol 8
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circles - get down! - weighs a ton - N
don cherry - elephantasy - live at cafe montmartre 1968 vol 2 - N
rhys chatham - guitar trio - a rhys chatham compendium
notekillers - the zipper - live on WPRB 10/26/04
the wipers - D-7 - is this real?
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the skydrops - green to red - live on WPRB 12/5/06 - R
the music improvisaton company - untitled no 1 - the music improvisaton company
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sonic youth - agnes b musique - SYR 7 - N
sonic youth - slaapkamers met slagroom - SYR 2
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karlheinz stockhausen - kontakte - kontakte
juliana hatfield three - my sister - become what you are
can - yoo doo right - monster movie
no age - things i did when i was dead - nouns - N
neil young - old man - harvest
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motorhead - ace of spades - no remorse
AC/DC - rock’n'roll ain’t noise pollution - back in black
[END OF BROADCAST DAY]

05-29-2008 | 1800-2000 | WPRB 103.3 FM
The keyboard’s “B” button stopped working. I thought about fixing these, but it’s funnier this way.
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lush - nothing natural - lack spring EP
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tut tut - pins on your purse - heart goes nine
tiger trap - don’t ask - sour grass
lois - danger uxb - strumpet
tyvek - give it up - 7″ - N
love tractor - buy me a million dollars - love tractor
samara lubelski - tasting the candy - parallel suns - N
valet - fire - naked acid - N
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a place to _ury strangers - to fix the gash in your head - a place to _ury strangers - N
amon duul II - archangel’s thunder_ird - yeti
loop - pulse - fade out
crush the junta - sunset - the disappeared - N
autoclave - summer - autoclave
the dirt_om_s - i hear the sirens - we have you surrounded - N
witch - eye - paralyzed - N
AC/DC - _ack in _lack - _ack in _lack
the gun clu_ - no_ody’s city - _reaking hands 12″
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pu_lic record - heavy ornament - pu_lic record
wye oak - i don’t feel young - if children - N
heavenly - P.U.N.K. girl - P.U.N.K. girl
rainy day - i’ll keep it with mine - rainy day
kim carnes - when i’m away from you - mistaken identity
gal costa - cultura e civilzacao - gal costa
norman greenbaum - skyline - spirit in the sky
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vivien goldman - launderette - disco not disco vol 3
cut copy - no_ody lost, no_ody found - in ghost colours - N
daft punk - rollin’ and scratchin’ - homework
quango quango - love tempo (remix) - disco not disco vol 3
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miaow - when it all comes down - 12″
tom tom club - genius of love - funky nassau: the compass point story 1980-1986
the untouchable machine shop - machine shop, part 1 - express yourself
neutral mute - doo right - roc-sac
neu - fur immer - 2
new order - blue monday - 12″
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glenn branca - the acension - the acension

06-02-2008 | 1000-1400 | WPRB 103.3 FM
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charlie parker - i’ll remember/52nd street theme - one night in birdland
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peter brotzmann & peeter uuskyla - dead and useless - born broke - N
oliver nelson - stolen moments - the blues and the abstract truth
micro-east collective - out of my face - out of my face
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phill niblock - 5 more string quartets / early winter
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bo diddley - bo diddley - his best
bo diddley - i’m a man - his best
bo diddley - you dont love me - his best
bo diddley - diddley daddy - his best
bo diddley - pretty thing - his best
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bo diddley - bring it to jerome - his best
bo diddley - who do you love? - his best
bo diddley - hey bo diddley - his best
bo diddley - mona (a/k/a i need you baby) - his best
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bo diddley - before you accuse me - his best
bo diddley - say man - his best
bo diddley - dearest darling - his best
bo diddley - crackin’ up - his best
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bo diddley - the story of bo diddley - his best
bo diddley - road runner - his best
bo diddley - pills - his best
bo diddley - i can tell - his best
bo diddley - you can’t judge a book by it’s cover - his best
bo diddley - ooh baby - his best
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bo diddley - what did i say - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - white silver sands - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - surfboard cha cha - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - surf, sink or swim - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - piggy back surfers - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - surfers love call - surfin’ with bo diddley
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bo diddley - twisting waves - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - wishy washy - surfin’ with bo diddley
bo diddley - hucklebuck - surfin’
bo diddley - old man river - surfin’ with bo diddley

06-04-2008 | 1900-2100 | WPRB 103.3 FM
Special guest: Herbie S
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portastatic - baby - del mel de melao
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os brazoes - tao longe de mim - love peace & poetry: brazilian psychedelic music
grace slick & the great society - white rabbit - psychedelic dream
the fans - true - squares blot out the sun
the triffids - mgm - beyond the southern cross
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boris - no ones grieves - smile - N
testors - it’s onyl death - complete recordings 1976-1979
heavenly - lemonhead boy - heavenly vs. satan - R
wilco - sky blue sky - sky blue sky - R
clinic - shopping bag - do it! - N
ill ease - new york london paris tokyo milan - all systems a go-go - N
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polvo - tilebreaker - today’s active lifestyles
redd kross - linda blair - born innocent
built to spill - joyride - the normal years - R
cateano veloso - atrasw do trio eletrico - a arte de caetano veloso
mike rep & the quotas - fade away - stupor hiatus vol 2
macitajs on acid - saikadelik - 7″
earth - hung from the moon - the bee made honey in the lion’s skull - N
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comix - touche pas mon sexe - bippp - N
freddie mas - pillar - 7″ - N
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - telegraph - dazzle ships
for against - friendly fires - shade side sunny side - N
the gizmos - the midwest can be alright - red snerts
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the chills - satin doll - kaleidoscope world
unrest - ufo - 7″
erotic drum band - plug me to death - 12″
john holt - the further you look - trojan’s greatest hits vol 3
the dave pike set - el-die-bie! - dutch rare groove
artanker convoy - charms - live on WPRB 8/30/04
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fontana - you’re obscene - 7″ - N
original sins - higher - self destruct
hearts of animals - underwater staggie - 7″ - R
wire - 12XU - pink flag
au pairs - we’re so cool - playing in a different sex
orange juice - falling and laughing - the heather’s on fire
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ut - tell it - new york noise

06-05-2008 | 1800-2000 | WPRB 103.3 FM
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violent femmes - crazy - 12″ - N
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the long blondes - separated by motorways - someone to drive you home
suagr - gee angel - file under easy listening
black eyes - scrapes and scratches - cough - R
most secret method - inch - split 10″ w/ the dusters
dahlia seed - milk - split 7″ w/ greyhound
effi briest - mirror rim - 45s mix #5 - N
henry’s dress - you killed a boy for me - henry’s dress
marcellus hall - i was sleeping - i like walt 7″
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jeffrey lewis - do they owe us a living - 12 crass songs - N
pepi ginsberg - the contortionist - red - N
21-645 - babble - laughing at the ground 7″
the cannanes - go and tell it to your father - caveat emptor
guided by voices - game of pricks - tigerbomb 7″ - R
the lapse - people wouldn’t shoot up if it didn’t feel good - betrayal
black tambourine - we can’t be friends - one last wish
lilys - ginger - a brief history of amazing letdowns
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his name is alive - *C*A*T*S* - detrola
lo-hi - runaround - say it more
a number of names - sharevari - disco not disco volume 3 - N
unrest - corpse pose - repetition - R
omega circo - gracias por haber venido - 7″
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nirvana - return of the rat - eight songs for greg sage and the wipers
solace - hammerhead - hammerhead 10″ - N
larsen - akin - rever
the kills - last day of magic - midnight boom - N
public record - mermaid’s purse - public record - N
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solace - hammerhead - hammerhead 10″ - N - R

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