My last radio show of the year! Of course I’m going to do a “Best Of” show. Last year I did one as well, but went in order. This year, I just threw my favorites together. I had lots of fun, despite being sick. (I was so sick I hadn’t left bed in 48 hours, save for a trip to the doctor.)

It was also nice to be there at the start of Jon’s 24-Hour Holiday Marathon, though I am bummed I wasn’t able to attempt my live, on-air karaoke version of “Jingle Bell Rock”. There’s always next year, I suppose.

the long blondes - giddy stratospheres - someone to drive you home

delta 5 - journey - singles 1979-1981 - C
eleventh dream day - insincere inspiration - zeroes and ones
cat power - lived in bars - the greatest
espers - widows weed - II
les folkloristas - vals y corridita - mexico 2
Jennifer O’Connor - sister - s/t
technically released a couple years ago, though the song appears on her brand new 2006 album. just couldn’t find the record!
portastatic - sour shores - be still please - N

oneida - the adversary - happy new year
the gossip - standing in the way of control - standing in the way of control
clockcleaner - by the door - 7″ - N
chavez - unreal is here - better days will haunt you - N
cynthia g mason - fits & starts - quitters claim - N
the evens - no money - get evens
matmos - solo buttons for joe meek - the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast

scott solter/patternismovement - in tape grass - …plays patternismovement - N
the rapture - get myself into it - pieces of the people we love - N
them two - am i a good man - eccentric soul: the deep city label - C
sonic youth - jams run free - rather ripped
cause co-motion - falling again - 7″ - N
parts & labor - springtime hibernation - stay afraid

destroyer - painter in your pocket - destroyer’s rubies
nina nastasia - brad haunts a party - on leaving. - N
john cale - andalucia - paris 1919
joanna newsom - cosmia - ys - N

dragon city - track 2 - s/t - N R

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

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

process demystified: making the magic happen.
photo credit: jt

OMG MY RADIO SHOW IS OVER. TEH SAEDNESS! regardless, today was a really fun show. my special guest was jt, who brought it on as a dj & co-host. dude needs his own damn radio show, or, we need to join forces for an amazing 2 hours of amazingness.

anyway, fun fun fun fun show. and if you didnt like it, as i said today, *i dont care*.

oxford collapse - kenny cant afford it - remember the night parties
_frida hyvonen - come another night - until death comes_
helvetia - the clever north wind - the clever north wind - N
flin flon - traflagar - dixie - N
tsunami - loud is as loud does - the heart’s tremelo
neung phak - cheers - famous shovels in twain - N
nomeansno - so low - all roads lead to ausfahrt - N

the thermals - power doesnt run on nothing - the body the blood the machine - N
our favorite band - whats inside of me - 7″
rapider than horsepower - the potential - dont ignore the potential - N
oakley hall - lazy susan - gypsum strings - N
Dudley Perkins - funky dudley - Expressions (2012 a.u.) - N
_lsd march - i have been saving my love for you - empty rubious red_

_times new viking - lion & oil - dig yourself_
eleventh dream day - bite the hand - stalled parade
_grails - stray dog - black tar prophecies_
mirror america - couldnt you wait - an idiot to not appreciate your time: the songs of silkworm - N
the victoria lucas - aint love grand - hit the ground running fast - N
REM - orange crush - green
REM - catapult (live) - 12″

_marble sheep - fla fla heaven - for demolition of a spiritual framework_
_the drones - i dont ever want to change - gala mill_
espers - dead queen - II - N
unrest - june - imperial ffrr
regressive aid - no values - 7″
shooting at unarmed men - never follow me again - yes! tinnitus! - N
tanner - blueprint - 7″

_nikki sudden - the ballad of johnny & marianne - the truth doesnt matter_
feminine complex - time slips by - livin love
celia cruz - mi soncito - celia cruz sings
arthur russell - hiding your present from you - springfield - N
spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - R
love is all - felt tip - nine times that same song - N
lush - outdoor miner - for love ep
_rhys chatham - drastic classism - die donnergotter_

oxford collapse - return of the burno - remember the night parties

such a fun show today! amy is visiting from chicago and wanted to check out the princeton record exchange, so she came to WPRB with me. i have noted her contributions to the show below in italics. amy is special — she’s the first person i’ve seen to nap through a killdozer song.

anyway, *LOTS of callers today*. lots of creepy dude callers, but well, as you know from reading this it’s par for course. on the upside there were a slew of cool callers, like the dude who requested the jimmy castor bunch’s “its just begun,” a song you may recognize as the background music i use whenever i’m on air.

fans of the indie rock genre, be sure to check out *the soft drugs* & *victoria lucas* records. they are totally solid. i am not certain, but the song i played by the victoria lucas might be inspired by the pete seeger tune, “where the old allegheny and the monongahela flow,” which was played on last week’s show coincedentally enough. [editors note: the VL stopped by this here blog and let me know there is no connection. thanks juan!]

closing note: i am genuinely in can’t-live-without-it, head-over-heels love with *jennifer o’connor’s* records. i havent run the numbers all official stylee but im pretty certain she’s the most played artist on my show this summer! that said, if loving her music is wrong, then i don’t wanna be right.

smart went crazy - null set - now we’re even
thatcher on acid - yo yo man - 7″
finn’s motel - of cycles and engines - 4 songs from escape velocity - N
afghan whigs - summer’s kiss - black love
relay - driver - type/void - N
suni paz - casi casi - bandera mia: songs of argentina - N
marvelettes - dont mess with bill - greatest hits

the sea & cake - jacking the ball - s/t
m ward - chinese translation - post war - N R
king kong ding dong - heya - s/t - N R
the red krayola - another song another satan - hazel
neef - wanda - 23 7″
bardo pond - endurance - ticket crystals - N
spinanes - eleganza - arches & aisles
pretenders - stop your sobbing - s/t - R

prince - when u were mine - dirty mind
otis redding - open the door - the dock of the bay
the tiger - money is king - politics, intrigue & violence: calypsos from trinidad
anquette - janet reno - 12″
jennifer o connor - exeter, rhode island - over the mountain, across the valley and back to the stars - N
zumpano - wraparound shades - 7″
the long blondes - autonomy boy - giddy stratospheres 12″ - N

jimmy castor bunch - its just begun - hip hop roots - R
spoon - take the fifth - girls can tell

eric bachmann - carrboro woman - to the races - N
rock * a * teens - could have just died - baby a little rain must fall
the heads - earth / sun - under the stress of a headlong dive - N
human hands - i got mad - s/t

killdozer - slackjaw - burl
the styrenes - green lamp - we care so you dont have to
the soft drugs - defending the paint - in moderation - N
pinback - bbtone - blue screen life
the smiths - how soon is now? - 12″ - R
the thin man - an undertaker muses… - greasy heart - N
sea saw - stereo - magnetophone

rondelles - like a prayer - shined nickels & loose change
okay paddy - gas money - the cactus has a point - N
the victoria lucas - allegheny / monongahela - hit the ground running fast - N
hockey night - grim break - keep guessin
cordalene - this city is a catalyst - the star ledger - N

ever have one of those days where you wish your show was two hours and not three? yeah, thats kind of how i felt. but hey, lets look on the bright side, everyone got to check out that 30+ minute acid mothers temple track.

8/23/06

delta 5 - shadow - singles & sessions 79-81
les folkloristas - flor de metal - mexico-2 - N
mucho macho machito & his afro cuban salseros - un poquito de tu amor - s/t
psapp - tricycle - the only thing i ever wanted - N
lovechild - six of one - witchcraft
lung leg - maid to minx - maid to minx
battleship - you could feel - presents princess - N

thunderbirds are now! - bodies ADJust - justamoustache
pony pants - pony train - til death do us party - N
volcano! - easy does it - s/t
the motells - its happening again - 7″
chitlin fooks - one week later - s/t
ricky skaggs - crying my heart out over you - the essential ricky skaggs
buffy sainte marie - better find out for yourself - illuminations
kinky - monday killer - reina - N

cause co-motion - falling again - 7″ - N
pointed sticks - no use for u - perfect youth
the method actors - big red brain - 7″
main - valency - deliquesence
the thermals - capture with a magnet - s/t
epsilons - gonna give it to me - s/t - N

code of honor - beware the savage jaw - complete studio recordings - N
tom ze - defect 14: xiquexique - fabrication defect
elf power - king of earth - back to the web - N
velocity girl - labrador - simpatico
mighty mighty - throwaway - 7″
geraldine fibbers - birthday boy - 7
suntan - i can only give you everything - send you home
pink mountaintops - how we can get free - axis of evol - N
pete seeger - where the old allegheny and the mononghahela flow - american favorite ballads - N

the dentists - outside your inside - speak no evil 7″
they shoot horses dont they? - seeds - boo hoo hoo boo - N
sonic youth - jams run free - rather ripped - N - R
we quit - bones - zum audio vol 3 - N
unwound - demolished - the future of what
gal costa - pais tropical - s/t
trouble funk - drop the bomb - say what

delta 5 - mind your own business - singles & sessions 79-81

acid mothers temple & the melting paraiso UFO - the tales of the solar sail - dark stars in the dazzling sky - have you seen the other side of the sky? - N

i’m pretty damn pleased with this show!

unfortunately, there was a bit of a wee crisis, or make that a wee-wee crisis. the nearest bathroom, the one which i use during the show, was out of service [something about the hallway flooding]. this meant that there was no available bathroom and wouldnt you know, i had an entire bottle of water pre-show. i know what you’re thinking: too. much. information. hey, don’t you want to know about the behind-the-scenes business of the music industry? now you know: sometimes there’s no place to pee and you have to hold it in.

scrawl - green beer - he’s drunk / plus also too
portastatic - polaroid - i hope your heart is not brittle
pavement - shoot the singer - watery domestic ep
the long blondes - #1 - giddy stratoshperes ep - N
beirut - postcards from italy - Gulag Orkestar - N
howard churchill & the radars - bells should be ringing - the best of mel-ron records

loretta lynn - trouble on the line - van lear rose
gal costa - tuareg - tropicalia - N
bruce springsteen - tenth avenue freeze-out - born to run
the shirts - empty ever after - s/t
cordalene - whats your comfort? - the star ledger - N
the starlite desperation - go kill mice - go kill mice

finns motel - recent linear landscapes - 4 songs from escape velocity - N
bo diddley - you cant judge a book by its cover - his best
strapping fieldhands - slingshot wounds - the third kingdom
pylon - feast on my heart - hits
scratch acid - mary had a little drug problem - beserker
caribou - people eating fruit - start breaking my heart

guided by voices - official ironmen rally song - under the bushes under the stars - R
jennifer o’connor - driving through - the color and the light
kaada - celibate - music for moviebikers - N
senor coconut - behind the mask - yellow fever! - N
john cale - bring it on up - vintage violence
dump - 1999 - that skinny motherfucker with the high voice?

white whale - we’re just temporary ma’am - ww1 - N
the rave-ups - they do talk - class tramp
jolie holland - old fashioned morhpine - escondida
the dead c - max harris - perform vain erudite and stupid - N
nick castro & the young elders - one i love - s/t - N
eyeball skeleton - flat top vampire - #1 - R

b mulvey - trivia - cascades - N
poster children - if you see kay - daisy chain reaction
priestess - i am the right, color me black - hello master - N
the operators - punch you out - the light and the dark
helium - silver strings - no guitars
silver jews - inside the golden days of missing you - the natural bridge
choo choo la rouge - ESP - ill be out all night

scrawl - major/minor - he’s drunk / plus also too

nothing like doing a radio show on the hottest day of the year [so far]:

the evens - on the face of it - s/t

the mice - bye bye kittykat - for almost ever scooter
okay paddy - Your Bar’s On Fire - The Cactus Has A Point - N
eugenius - wow! - flame on
Matthew Friedberger - under the hood at the paradise garage - Winter Women/Holy Ghost - N
explosions in the sky - yasmin the light - those who tell the truth shall die, those who tell the truth shall live forever
junior walker and his all stars - pucker up buttercup - Anthology

robert wyatt - at last i am free - 7″
espers - flaming telepaths - the weed tree
sonic youth - reena - rather ripped - N
saccharine trust - i have… - pagan icons
amps for christ - proof man - every eleven seconds - N
think about life - commander rikers party - s/t - N

ruin - life after life - fiat lux
be your own pet - adventure - s/t - N
The Husbands - tell me your love is only mine - There’s Nothing More I’d Like Than to See You Dead - N
essential logic - quality crayon wax OK - fanfare in the garden
yo la tengo - a house is not a motel - the river of water 7″
bardo pond - Destroying Angel - ticket crystals - N

the caribbean - tarmac squad - plastic explosives
neu! - hero - neu 75
run on - into the attic - on/off
pink mountaintops - cold criminals - axis of evol - N
matmos - on and on - matmos / die mintr batss 7
tomorrow’s friend - banging everything in sight - s/t

lizzy mercier descloux - sun’s jive - 12″
art brut - moving to la - bang bang rock & roll - N
the narrator - we call police - youth city fire
the moaners - heart attack - dark snack
Portastatic - Older Summers - Who Loves the Sun - N
bishop allen - a tiny fold - may ep - N
willie nelson - permanently lonely - crazy: the demo sessions

the national - american mary - s/t
thee more shallows - monkey vs. shark - monkey vs shark - N
michael columbia - out of every - stay hard ep - N
jawbox - motorist - for your own special sweetheart
comet gain - mainlining mystery - beautiful despair ep - N

shuggie otis - freedom flight - inspiration information

nice to be back after a two-week hiatus! fun show. wprb alumnus alex w was in town and happened to cover the show after me! its so nice to see old djs around. also, my mind is still blown that local metal/grind label relapse is putting out brian posehn’s comedy album.

shocking blue - the devil and the angel - inkpot / attilla

the bang bang - doola & dawla - brothers of the head OST
jackie mittoo - the sniper - champion in the arena 1976-77
the toms - (i wanna be a) teen again - yellow pills - C
Apostle of Hustle with The Huskys - 24 Robbers - see you on the moon! - N C
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness - Better Strangers - According to Plan EP - N

phil moore browne - the smallest title (how’s the air?) - baggage smashers - N
mylo - rikki - destroy rock & roll - N
gang gang dance - #3 - god’s money - R
Archie Shepp - syeeda’s song flute - four for trane

george lewis - the kim and i - from the kitchen archives - C
kinski - rhode island freakout - airs above your station
john fahey & cul de sac - the new red pony - the epiphany of glenn jones
the cakekitchen - dogs and cats - world of sand - R
kissyfur - good (x), feels free - frambuesa

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 shoreline - broken social scene - R
Oxford Collapse - Let’s Vanish - Remember The Night Parties
Mission of Burma - birthday - the obliterati - N
slant 6 - what kind of monster are you? - soda pop rip off
heavenly - trophy girlfriend - operation heavenly
saint etienne - milk bottle symphony - tales from the turnpike house - N
gravel - yesterday - international hip swing kids - C

fIREHOSE - choose any memory - ragin’ full on
morricone youth - monster - silenzio violento - N
Jennifer O’Connor - you did - s/t
syrup usa - joie de vol - 7″
the rolling stones - street fighting man - beggars banquet
charalambides - spring - a vintage burden - N

holy modal rounders - pink underwear - bird song live 77
Brian Posehn - puppy time - Live In: Nerd Rage - N
headgirl - emergency - st valentines day massacre 7″
thin yoghurts - girls on the bus - Messthetics Greatest Hits - N C
henrys dress - title forthcoming - s/t ep
bishop allen - a tiny fold - may ep
the go-betweens - a bad debt always follows you - before hollywood
white whale - whats an ocean for? - WW1 - N
flin flon - traflagar - dixie - N

shocking blue - broken heart - inkpot / attilla

decent show that flew by. i mean, really just flew by. it was disturbing. i had extra records. also, lots of annoying callers [fuck you, emerson lake and palmer dude, ditto for the dude who wanted something “funky”], with the except of the acid house kings calling in for record store recommendations. how sweet! i am sorry i did not have their request.

edith frost - cars and parties - wonder wonder

roy wood - wake up / rock down low - boulders
PAS/CAL - oh gosh - a gift from a garden to a flower
fern thomas - didnt it rain - the glory road
King Kong Ding Dong - missing tooth - s/t - N
suntan - Every Night - send you home
desert storm - new triton - hey drag city
sonic youth - the neutral - rather ripped - N

finally punk - peyote - s/t
Puffy AmiYumi - go baby power now - splurge - N
Stereo Total - holiday innn - Juke-Box Alarm - N
thee headcoats - man trap - heavens to murgatriod
eleventh dream day - bite the hand - stalled parade
tranquility bass - megamix - reich remixed
the ah club - in this quiet place - kiss the sky goodbye
l hollis & the mackadoos - bui bui - eccentric soul.. the big mack label

can - father cannot yell - monster movie
blonde redhead - sciuri sciura - s/t
caribou - hendrix with ko - up in flames - R
enon - in this city - high society
cat power - free - you are free
air miami - see through plastic - fuck you tiger EP
pagoda - seven nights - seven nights ep
like a fox - almost there - s/t - N

the feminine complex - time slips by - livin love
dorothy - softness - grlz
pointed sticks - perfect youth - Perfect Youth - N
zumpano - lets fight - goin’ through changes
jose gonzalez - hand on your heart - stay in the shade ep
undisputed truth - big john is my name - nicky siano’s the gallery
four tet - she moves she - rounds

sequence - funk you up - tommy boy presents: hip hop essentials v. 8
breakfast in bed - fortune cookies - australian coffee
the jam - down in the the tube station at midnight - snap!
futureheads - fallout - news and tributes - N
black taj - octastone - s/t