I’m kinda bummed I didn’t tape this show — I rather liked it. What I didn’t like was the headphones, acting all wonky. I’m one of those people who need to hear themselves in their headphones/monitors _very_ well, otherwise I’m just thrown off.

the feelies - white light/white heat - s/t 12″

john cale - macbeth - paris 1919
oakley hall - mumbles - second guessing
the swims - we need… lava - ride of the bluberry winter - N
gal costa - tuareg - tropicalia - N
a sunny day in glasgow - the best summer ever - the sunniest day ever EP - N
the meat puppets - in a car - 7″

the evens - around the corner - s/t
Samara Lubelski - sister silver - Spectacular of Passages - N
six finger satellite - hans pocketwatch - machine cuisine
jamaican girls - somebody new - 12″
city beat - late at the office - 7″
die kreuzen - rumors - s/t

part chimp - exladyboy - chart pimp
husker du - real world - metal circus
im being good - real hate really is really real - hate sturdy buildings 7″
the neighborhoods - no place like home - 12 classic 45s - N
flin flon - trafalgar - dixie - N
lush - outdoor miner - for love EP
the individuals - cant get started - fields

lilys - scott free - everything wrong is imaginary - N
b mulvey - paper wasps - cascades - N
unicorns - tuff ghost - who will cut our hair when we’re gone? - R
the kiss offs - bottle blonde - bottle blonde 7″
tommy keene - places that are gone - places that are gone EP
animal collective - fickle cycle - grass ep - N - R
The Juan Maclean - less than human - der half-machine 10″

the jesus & mary chain - cut dead - psychocandy
the pacific ocean - story before me - less than the needle, more than the shotgun
cannanes - frightening thing - frightening thing 7″
game theory - because you can - lolita nation
the perfectionists - composition b with blue - beyond neutrality
mise en abysme - the magicians - jesquibel - N
thin yoghurts - girl on the bus - Messthetucs Greatest Hits - N
ween - never squeal - god ween satan: the oneness - R
fred lane & his hittite hot shots - white woman - car radio jerome

canned heat - rollin and tumblin - s/t
danielson - Cast It At the Setting Sail - ships - N
palomar - stay out late - 3.5
the coachmen - girls are short - failure to thrive
tom verlaine - the earth is in the sky - songs and other things - N
idaho - live today again - the lone gunman - N

spoon - the two sides of monsieur valentine - gimme fiction
the slumber party - soldier - psychedelicate
Jennifer O’Connor - sister - s/t

lichens - you are excrement - the psychic nature of being - N

it feels like a decade has passed since i did this show, thanks to flood evacuations and all the other eight billion things that unexpectedly popped up over the last few days. so now i dont recall much of what happened during the show, save for a couple things. for example, my clumsiness with the board. it was like i was djing with boxing gloves on, i kept on pressing the wrong buttons. you’d think after all these years…

anyway, seems like a good set. right?

6/28/06

sleater kinney - leave you behind - all hands on the bad one
sleater kinney - one more hour - dig me out
sleater kinney - lets call it love - the woods
electrelane - birds - the power out
the muffs - big mouth - 7″
billy preston - youre so unique - everybody likes some kind of music

nouvelle vague - making plans for nigel - s/t
pony pants - factory - til death do us party - N
the shivvers - please stand by - lost hits - N
randy ludacer & the green scene - hot water - 7″
be your own pet - fill my pills - s/t - N - R
oneida - steel rod - steel rod ep
gentle giant - just the same - free hand

breeders - do you love me now? - last splash - R
swirlies - upstairs - park the car 7″
adam arcuragi - 1981 - s/t - N
X - i must not think bad thoughts - more fun in the new world
fear - lets have a war - repo man OST
thomas jefferson slave apartments - holy moly - hey you lookin for treble?
treyops treyfid - before color code - 7″
wire - three girl rhumba - pink flag - N

sick bees - saint helens - my pleasure
edith frost - emergency - its a game
giant sand - astonished in memphis - chore of enchantment
howlin wolf - smokestack lightning - pop origin
the sherwoods - (broken hearts are) cheaper by the dozen - philly soul girls - N

unrest - so you wanna be a rock and roll star - 7
eleventh dream day - for a king - eighth
tussle - here it comes - kling klang
eagle and talon - kidnapped in the yukon - s/t - N
nelories - trampolene - banana 7″
pushtwangers - i will make you run - s/t
the operators - the light - the light and the dark - N
olivia tremor control - love athena - singles & beyond
martha & the vandellas - nowhere to run - greatest hits

silver jews - i remember me - bright flight
olla - septic hangfish - 7″
pleasure seekers - what a way to die - what a way to die

magik markers - didion waltz - a pageyric to the things… - N

For the first time ever in my entire experience of radio djing, I ran out of records. By the time 4:00 wheezed around, I was on my last stack. WTF? Seriously. Perhaps if a majority of the 7″s I picked hadn’t skipped on me, I wouldn’t have found myself in said pickle. Nonetheless…

breeders - saints - last splash

MGR - 4 - nova lux - N
vitalic - my friend davio - OK cowboy
delta 5 - delta 5 - singles & sessions
sebadoh - skull - 7″
jenny mae - drapes [megamix] - new world record

the carlsonics - senator - s/t
ted leo and the pharmacists - me and mia - shake the sheets - R
dreams so real - everywhere girl - 7″
Television Personalities - sick again - My Dark Places - N
the boy least likely to - monsters - the best party ever - N
human hands - stix & stones - hereafter

the cakekitchen - walking on glass - world of sand
howe gelb - chore of enchantment - sno angel like you - N
april march & the makers - try to cry - april march sings along with the makers
seaweed - just a smirk - 7″
mylo - guilty of love - Destroy Rock And Roll - N
the haters - glsam - in the shade of fire

royal trux - solid gold tooth - twin infinitives
guvner - almond roca - hard for measy for you
armalite - other entertainers - S/T - N
pj harvey - dress - dress ep
shoplifting - m sally - body stories
the silence kit - my name is another room - in regulated measure - N

barbara manning - i love you 1000 ways - b4 we go under
hisoft - country - amateur ep
magic dirt - touch that space - 7″
coachwhips - prisoner 119 - double death - N
talkdemonic - dusty fluorescent/wooden shelves - beat romantic - N

Rhys Chatham - guitar ring - factor x
Tom Verlaine - orbit - Songs & Other Things - N
clinic - internal wrangler - Internal Wrangler
spoon - lafitte dont fail me now - the agony of lafitte
sons and daughters - johnny cash - love the cup

mekons - hard to be human again - fear and whiskey
destroyer - painter in your pocket - destroyer’s rubies - N
the faint - victim convenience - Blank Wave Arcade - R
eleventh dream day - new rules - zeroes and ones - N
love is all - felt tip - nine times that same song - N
the spells - number one fan - age of backwards

SEC - u.s. steal - 7″
charlambides - black bed blues - a vintage burden - N

actual quote from my father, as told to me by my mother on the ride back to philly after yesterday’s show. i was feeling good about this show and now i have this guilt about having to include more tom jones, englebert humperdinck, niel diamond and a slew of italian male vocalists whose names im completely forgetting. everyone would like to hear this too, right?

yes, a much better show after last week’s disappointment. [no, it sounded fine in retrospect but you know, those feelings linger] an equally funny comment was offered up at the start of the show, when someone called to ask if i was playing joanna newsom, when i was playing the breeders. i know they have distinct voices but man, its pretty hard not to confuse them. JN sounds like lisa simpson, kim deal does not.

i think im going to start something new with requests — each time i go on air, i will pick a new letter of the alphabet and tell people im only taking requests from bands that start with the aforementioned letter. this is motivated by laziness and time constraints — there’s nothing worse than being unable to track down a very simple request [ie, new b&s, which is probably being cataloged; johnny cash, etc]

must explore that red crayola album a bit more. i liked what i heard!

the breeders - off you - title tk

airlines - point that thing somewhere else - cleaned out! 7″
yo - deadbeat sea - charm world
y pants - favorite sweater - New York Noise 2 - N
charles manson - cease to exist - charles manson sings - N
parenthetical girls - here’s to forgetting - (((GRRRLS))) - N
matmos - rose and teeth for ludwig wittgenstein - the rose and teeth in the mouth of a beast - N
tangerine - organic - do you believe in love?

broken social scene - swimmers - BSS/Windsurfing Nation
television - venus - marquee moon
zombi - legacy - surface to air - N
sleater-kinney - big big lights - free to fight! #1
king kong ding dong - missing tooth - s/t - N

incredible string band - a very cellular song - relics of the incredible string band
red house painters - new jersey - s/t - R
the subjects - hounds of war - s/t ep - R
oakley hall - house carpenter - gypsum strings - N

notekillers - airport - Airports/Ants - N
theyr - killer boogie - geyser
palace brothers - dont i look good today - louisville sluggers III
caterpillar - sitars tomorrow - a thousand million micronauts
scritti politti - the sweetest girl - 12″

eric bachmann - every word means no - songs for sixty five roses - N
butterglory - waiting on the guns - crumble
belle and sebastian - legal man - legal man ep - R
portastatic - older summers - who loves the sun o.s.t. - N
method + result - private eyes - song from the sixth borough
joseph ferocious - the living north - cherry spy - N

universal 2 - dancing heart - big apple rappin’ - N
sound directions - theme for ivory black - The Funky Side of Life
love of life orchestra - siberia - new music from antarctica vol 1
quasi - when the going gets dark - when the going gets dark - N
the caribbean - french radio - plastic explosives
flin flon - cardigan - dixie

the red crayola - the parable of arable land - the parable of arable land

weird show yesterday. imagine, if you will, that you are skiing. your slope is nice and smooth, but with a blink of the eye, you’ve found yourself in a sea of moguls. thats kinds of how i felt yesterday. the first set was easy but then i just struggled through the rest of it. usually, i cue up 3 songs in advance; instead i found myself this close to dead air at several instances. maybe it was the weather?

on the plus side, i discovered how to hook my ipod into the board, which means all those crazy bands that are popular for a hot minute [thanks, bloggers] will get an extended 5 minutes of fame.

not to say that the set list was bad — i was really psyched to throw in some chandra [post punk made by a kid in 1980 with mems of scritti politti backing her up?!], samara lubelski, friday night lights OST, etc etc. ill have to listen to my archive of the show — maybe its not as awful as im making it out to be.

June 7, 2006

giant sand - valley of rain - valley of rain

apples in stereo - tidal wave - science faire
moondog - theme and variations - the viking of sixth avenue - N
jefferson airplane - today - surrealistic pillow
picastro - no contest - metal cares - N
xex - cops - group: xex

sonic youth - jams run free - rather ripped
sparks - perfume - hello young lovers - N
iran - pick up/stillborn - s/t
samara lubelski - onion - spectacular of passages - N
madder rose - car song - panic on
explosions in the sky - your hand in mine - friday night lights original motion picture soundtrack

caroline peyton - engram - wayfaring strangers: ladies from the canyon - N
blake babies - cesspool - earwig - R
the marvelettes - youre my remedy - greatest hits
husker du - celebrated summer - new day rising
big boys - heartbeat - the skinny elvis
wilderness - beautiful alarms - vessel states - N
the husbands - dirty mouth - introducing the sound of…
chandra - opposite - transportation ep
here’s 2 other tracks from the record. its absolutely phenomenal. who’s gonna reissue this?

superchunk - driveway to driveway - foolish
hot snakes - this mystic decade - audit in progress
run on - into the attic - on/off
creatures of the golden dawn - i cant find you - allentown auf spring - N
curtis mayfield - move on up - curtis

Ennio Morricone - corsa sui tetti - Crime & Dissonance - N
constantines - dont be denied - constantines / unintended split 12″
guided by voices - if we wait - sunfish holy breakfast - R
blood on the wall - stoner jam - awesomer
the kinks - victoria - arthur or…
bettie serveert - tomboy - tomboy ep

unrest - isabel (12″ version) - imperial ffrr (reissue)
the blow - hey boy - mp3
peter thomas sound orchestra - jumpin’ jack flash - the in kraut
nelly furtado - crazy (live) - mp3
swans - that guy belongs to me - philly soul girls - N
tartuffi - ashes - trouble ep - N

ben lee - pop queen - grandpa would

the mice - not proud of the usa - for almost ever scooter

grand prix’s - you drive me crazy - eccentric soul: the big mack label
betty davis - he was a big freak - they say i’m different
nice and nasty 3 - the ultimate rap - Big Apple Rappin’
christmas - big plans - in excelsior dayglo
kristin hersh - wave of mutilation - high school reunion
The Constantines - lizaveta - tournament of hearts

hefner - pull yourself together - boxing hefner
Like A Fox - A Little - S/T
the little ones - cha cha cha - sing song ep
helium - lucy - 7″
dum dum dum - dum dum dum - Messthetics Greatest Hits

black heart procession - tangled - the spell
Tomorrow’s Friend - banging everything in sight - 7″
kites - something about america - peace trials
suicide - cheree - s/t - R
young marble giants - NITA - colossal youth
witch - soul of fire - s/t
centipede e’est - excuse me medusa the scaler - cheeks of neptune

eleventh dream day - for martha - zeroes & ones
bishop allen - corazon - january ep
juliana hatfield three - feelin’ massachussetts - become what you are
bossanova - calvary - hey, sugar
cause co-motion - baby dont do it - 7″
bobby womack & the valentinos - im gonna forget about you - s/t

neil young - on the weekend - harvest
Ennio Morricone - giorno di notte - Crime & Dissonance
ill ease - malfunction junction - the exorcist
foxymorons - im still in love - hesitation eyes - R
ann byers - dead end - philly soul girls
Elvis Presley - dont be cruel - elvis golden records
the shivvers - teen line - lost hits
the Neighborhoods - No Place Like Home - 12 Classic 45s

king crimson - 21st century schizoid man - in the court of the crimson king
mountain high - co-op shmo-op - 7″
parts & labor - a great divide - stay afraid
descendents - im not a punk - milo goes to college
the db’s - dynamite - stands for decibels - R

flower - beauty pt II - concrete sky

all in all, a pretty decent first show back. had the unfortunate experience of a crappy caller — dude requested the suicide track, then called back every other minute to know when i would play it. needless to say, i stopped answering after a few. what is up with crazy people and me lately?

im sure i’ll get into the swing of things in a week or two, but for now im pretty alright with this. i probably should stay away from playing WSDM [white suburban dude music], namely king crimson/neil young/etc because then i got a slew of calls asking for pink floyd and jimi hendrix.

Beginning 5/31, yours truly will be back on WPRB (103.3 FM) every Wednesday from 2-5 p.m. EST. Good times to be had by all, and with special guests.

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