While I’m sad that I’m off the air (for now), I like these shows primarily because they take on the form of a personal favorites mixtape. They’re the songs I hold out on playing during the rest of the year because, well, WPRB’s library is gigantic and I prefer to dig through every nook and cranny — even six years in I feel like there’s still so much to explore.

What I’ll remember about Summer 2007: The Summer of Very Few Listener Requests. Really. It was kind of ridiculous, and I can’t imagine my show is that much of a crowd-pleaser.

Her Jazz 08-21-2007

camera obscura - if looks could kill - if looks could kill
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stereo total - mehr licht - paris-berlin - N
swervedriver - these times - 99th dream
tiny vipers - aron - hands across the void - N
jennifer gentle - i do dream you - valende
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spoon - you got yr cherry bomb - ga ga ga ga ga - N
the breeders - divine hammer - last splash
the strand - one more ring - seconds waiting
the wild stares - never seen before - 7″
the mo-dettes - white mice - the last stiff compilation… until the next one - C
these are powers - funeral xylophone - 7″ - N
prinzhorn dance school - you are the worker - prinzhorn dance school - N
superchunk - my noise - 7″
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the constantines - love in fear - tournament of hearts
oxford collapse - loser city - remember the night party
oakley hall - no dreams - i’ll follow you - N
cause co-motion - this time next year - 7″
versus - yeah you - secret swingers
the victoria lucas - finley street hooker song - hit the ground running fast
standing nudes - interstate five - ghost story - N
new pornographers - failsafe - challengers - N
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autoclave - dr. seuss - autoclave
delta 5 - mind your own business - singles & sessions 1979-81
tegan & sara - back in your head - the con - N
airlines - point that thing somewhere else - cleaned out!: a tribute to the clean - C
the unintended - the way i feel - split 12″ w/ the constantines
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uzeda - this heat - stella

Her Jazz 08-14-2007

the yah mos def - stockton / malone on the microphone - live on WPRB 04-25-05
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daughters - cheers pricks - hell songs
mika miko - take it serious - C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.
lifetime - theme song for a new brunswick basement show - jersey’s best dancers
photon band - broken melody - our own esp driven scene
love as laughter - my case - sea to shining sea
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spoon - idiot driver - telephono
L7 - shove - smell the magic
the inevitable backlash - he never left - sex for safety ep - N
charlotte pressler - true confessions - 12″
the death set - once you know you know - rad warehouses, bad neighborhoods - N
brother jt - throwaway - purgatory, sweet purgatory - N
michio kurihara - wind waltzes - sunset notes - N
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tegan & sara - back in your head - the con - N
the pretenders - stop your sobbing - the pretenders
ra ra riot - a manner to act - 7″ - N
lush - baby talk - scar
lovechild - the rose is a thorn - witchcraft
silmaril - vespers - the voyage of icarus - N
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the sympathizers - canale claro (dq’s dubstep decision) - extended play for nothing - N
low - always fade - drums & guns
a sunny day in glasgow - laughter (victims) - tout new age - N
little claw - ice age - split 7″ w/ michael yonkers - N - R
yatsura - kewpies like watermelon - we are yatsura
comet gain - bored roar - city fallen leaves
immaculate machine - dear confessor - fables - N
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rainy day - rainy day, dream away - rainy day

So I wound up doing two shows this Tuesday! Dan Buskirk needed a sub very last-minute and I happened to be there. I had a lot of fun with this set, but then a caller assholed it up by telling me WPRB’s music selection “sucks”. Of course, I think the elderly caller was expecting a classical show when they tuned in, but really — was I that bad? Doubtful. I particularly liked not digging through the rock stacks. Maybe I’ll do it again soon.

And so my second, actual show had this weird, angry bent to it. Nothing worse than being in a bad mood and on the air, you know?

8/7/07 - Show I

william parker & hamid drake - chaung tzu’s dream - piercing the veil - N
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selda - yaylalar - selda
creations unlimited - chyrstal illusion - because you’re funky: rare funk 45s - C
spanky wilson - sunshine of your love - funksoulsisters - C
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rasha - azara alhai - rough guide to african blues - N C
gal costa - cultura e civilizacao - gal costa
gregory isaacs - cool down the pace - night nurse
joe king - you’re my everything - eccentric soul: the prix label - N C
sharon jones & the dap-kings - my man is a mean man - naturally
betty davis - don’t call her no tramp - they say i’m different
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vandermark 5 - morricone - a discontinous line - N
M.I.A. - boyz - boyz 12″ - N
positive black soul - boul ma mine - africa raps - C
fela kuti - wadele wa robin - koola lobitos
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lata mangeshkar - aayega aanewala - the rough guide to bollywood legends

8/7/07 - Show II

yeah yeah yeahs - rockers to swallow - is is - N
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blonde redhead - in particular - melody of certain damaged lemons
calla - trinidad - calla
the rapture - pieces of the people we love - pieces of the people we love
the thermals - forward - freakin’ A
public record - fake rain - public record
the budos band - ride or die - II - N
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the velvet underground - caroline - squeeze
the pastels - different drum - 7″
vini reilly - contra-indications - 12″
blood on the wall - mary susan - awesomer
harlan t bobo - sick of it - i’m your man - N
f’ed up - triumph of life - 7″ - N
one last wish - break to broken - 1986
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tiny vipers - on this side - hands across the void - N
further - surfing pointers - 7″
guv’ner - almond roca - hard for measy for you
love of diagrams - all the time - mosaic - N
glass candy & the shattered theater - nite nurses - love love love - R
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eltro - motorboat - past & present futurists
colleen - this place in time - les ondes silencieuses - N
archie bronson outfit - dart for my sweetheart - 7″
michael yonkers - i think - split 7″ w/ little claw - N
guided by voices - if we wait - sunfish holy breakfast ep
hole - dicknail - 7″
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REM - orange crush - green

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

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

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

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

I discovered the comedy LP section, so I went with a “patriotic”-themed set. I’ll have to try harder next fourth of July, I think.

sonic youth - teenage riot - daydream nation
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a sunny day in glasgow - a mundane phone call to jack parsons - the sunniest day ever ep
notekillers - airports - airports
simian - never be alone - we are your friends.
morrissey - dial-a-cliche - viva hate
benjy ferree - dogkillers - leaving the nest
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motorhead - iron fist - no remorse
unrest - god gave rock and roll to you - bavarian mods & other hits 7″
jay reatard - don’t let him come back - 7″ - N
happy flowers - my mother is a fish - they cleaned my cut out with a wire brush 7″
pissed jeans - a bad wind - hope for men - N
the hospitals - airplanes there - ive visited the island of jocks & jazz
partyline - casual encounters - zombie terrorist - N
the classic brown - modulation - down with fun - N
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albert brooks - rewriting the national anthem - comedy minus one
the mice - not proud of the usa - for almost ever scooter
earle doud - comparisons - the honest to god! we really mean it! the very last nixon album
the smothers brothers - american history II (johnny appleseed) - tour de farce of american history and other unrelated subjects
morricone youth - silenzio violento - silenzio violento
battles - bad trails - mirrored - N
the low numbers - shok treetments - 7″
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susan christie - no one can hear you cry - paint a lady - N
budos band - chicago falcon - II - N
george glikerdas - #2 - s/t - N
us maple - stuck - 7″
magnapop - come on inside - fire all your guns at once 7″
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simply saucer - illegal bodies - cyborgs revisited

spoon - finer feelings - ga ga ga ga ga - N
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gang gang dance - track #2 - god’s money
fiery furnaces - single again - ep
rocky votolato - streetlights - makers
casiotone for the painfully alone - blue corolla - twinkle echo
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chip willis & double exposure - i’m gonna gitcha - eccenstric soul: the prix label - N - C
falfurrias - vuelo - bicycle rodeo - C
mountain high - co-op smoo-op - 7″
pelican - dead between the walls - city of echoes - N
ciccone youth - burnin’ up - 7″
betty davis - don’t call her no tramp - they say i’m different
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mike wexler - cipher - sun wheel - N
archie bronson outfit - dart for my sweetheart - 7″
famous explorers - boy detectives - messthetics #103 - N - C
the vss - indian-sick - 21:51
part chimp - seedsy - cup - N
moving targets - away from me - …away from me 7″
the saints - lost and found - eternally yours
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jennifer gentle - electric princess - the midnight room - N
samara lubelski - goodbye sweetness - magic eye singles gold 7″ - C
noise addict - i wish i was him - 7″
zumpano - let’s fight - goin’ through changes
the kinks - tired of wating - kinda kinks
autoclave - summer - lever 7″ - C
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seefeel - climactic phase no. 3 - quique - N

spoon - dont you evah - ga ga ga ga ga
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team dresch - she’s amazing - personal best
minutemen - jesus & tequila - double nickels on the dime
glenn mercer - here and gone - wheels in motion - N
ex models - pink noise - zoo psychology
parts & labor - unexplosions - mapmaker - N
superchunk - misfits & mistakes - 7″ - N
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woofing cookies - plain truth - horse gum tortilla shoes
trumans water - sad sailor story - our scars like badges 7″
marvin gaye - dont mess with mister “t” - trouble man sndtrk
mikami kan - the scarlet rug - international sad hits volume 1 - N - C
the long blondes - weekend without makeup - someone to drive you home - N
jonathan richman - the world is showing its hand - not so much to be loved as to love
a band of bees - love in the harbour - octopus - N
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the most secret method - inch - most secret method / dusters split 10″
the mice - bye bye kittykat - for almost ever scooter - R
big dipper - making plans for bison - every band has a shonen knife who loves them - C
yoko ono - walking on thin ice (w/ jason pierce of spiritualized) - yes i’m a witch - N - C
love child - i love you - love child plays moondog 7″
lubos fiser - the letter - valerie and her week of wonders - N
william bell - it’s happening all over - the soul of a bell
martha & the vandellas - jimmy mack - hitsville usa volume 3 - C
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jennifer gentle - take my hand - the midnight room
the zincs - finished in this business - black pompadour - N
the thrushes - heartbeats - sun come undone - N
artanker convoy - the happy minotaur - cozy endings - N
pissed officers - hints from heloise - save the ants 10″
the red krayola - micro-chips & fish - singles: 1968-2002
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artanker convoy - open up - cozy endings - N