I had the worst time trying to talk on this show. Heather was my special guest! I remember that we talked about the cancellation of Veronica Mars and Knocked Up.

6/12/07

constantines - dirty business - slaying since 1996 - N
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king kong ding dong - heya - s/t
prowler - uh huh yeah - comunizzle
blues control - boiled peanuts - s/t - N
voxtrot - firecracker - s/t - N
tk webb - wet eyed morn - phantom parade
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s.f. seals - still - 7″
wreckless eric - (i’d go the) whole wide world - big smash
jay mitchell & the mitchellites - i am the man for you baby - eccentric soul: grand bahama goombay - N
nelson sargento, jorge zagia & quincas do cavaco - partido alto de padeirinho - this is samba
linus - driven thing - driven thing
part chimp - crash the high octave - cup - N
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meg baird - do what you gotta do - dear companion - N
mary weiss (w/ the reigning sound) - tell me what you want me to do - dangerous game - N
tickled pink - reach out (and give me your hand) - texas funk: hard texas funk 1968-1975
glas menagerie - natasha - crude pa vol 2
sofa - with it - 7″
hot snakes - this mystic decade - audit in progress
marnie stern - every single line means something - in advance of the broken arm - N
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parts & labor - the gold we’re digging - mapmaker - N
kinski - point that thing somewhere else - s/t ep
the vertebrats - left in the dark - revert 7″
youth in asia - invertebrate - crash course in cleveland life
codeine - something new - tom 7″
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hermeto paschoal - jay in the rose garden - the free music of hermeto paschoal

Not much to say about this show, then again I don’t really remember it. Must have been fun, so tune in this week.

Her Jazz 6/5/07 on WPRB 103.3FM

spoon - the underdog - ga ga ga ga ga - N

Awesome Shows You Should Totally Attend This Week (Or so I think)
clockcleaner - early man - frogrammer 7″ - N
the long blondes - lust in the movies - someone to drive you home
bloc party - hunting for witches - a weekend in the city - N
electrelane - between the wolf and the dog - no shouts, no calls - N
guided by voices - game of pricks - human amusements at hourly rates - C
charalambides - can you count the stars? - historic 6th ward

blues control - boiled peanuts - s/t - N
hovercraft - thixtropic - s/t 10″
mountain high - life coach - s/t ep - N
professor murder - champion - …rides the subway - N
seam - rafael - are you driving me crazy?
sam & dave - you dont know like i know - complete stax singles volume 5 - C

eddie ray - wait a minute - eccentric soul: the prix label
special agents of her majestys secret cervix - veil - skitchhead split - C
heavenly - trophy girlfriend - operation heavenly
creeping weeds - i wanted to live (die) - we are part of dream we’re having - N
volt - alles neu - s/t - N
can - father cannot yell - monster movie

the last town chorus - boat - wire waltz - N
the sea and cake - crossing line - everybody - N
kenny smith & the loveliters - go for yourself - cold heat: heavy funk rarities 1968074 volume 1 - C
mavis staples - 99 1/2 - we’ll never turn back - N
lovechild - diane - okay?
the cakekitchen - walking on glass - world of sand
noise addict - phone remedy - def 10″

prurient - outdoorsman/indestructible - pleasure ground - N

As you already know from last week’s show, the first half-hour of HJ features music from upcoming local shows. If you’ve got an event happening, send the info my way. No guarantee I’ll include it, though — I’ve really only got time for 5-6 bands in that first half hour. Actually, any feedback about this segment would be useful for me, since it’s purpose is to be useful. (Does that make sense? Probably not, but I think you know where I’m getting at.)

Anyway, here’s a totes meta song about the radio, courtesy of The Loose Salute, which features members of more-than-likely-defunct Mojave 3:

» The Loose Salute, “Turn the Radio Up” (from Tuned to Love)
You can stream the whole album here.

Her Jazz 05-29-2007

the breeders - saints - last splash
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DMBQ - taste - the essential sounds from the far east
brown recluse sings - western meadowlark - black sunday ep - N
run runner - future favorite walls - s/t
lavender diamond - in heaven there is no heat - calvary of light ep
bert jansch - when the sun comes up - the black swan
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spanky wilson - sunshine of your love - superfunk presents funk soul sisters - C
elk city - cherries in the snow - new believers - N
the triffids - do you want me near you? - in the pines - N
mean spirit’d robots - the distribution of wealth in this country really SUX - i’m freezing 7″
redd kross - lind blair - born innocent
silver daggers - joy - new high & ord - N
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american sneakers - the most popular girl - darts & daggers - N
sound directions - dice game - the funky side of life
whitehouse johnny & the trainstation hoods - i’m from new jersey but i sure as hell aint from the beach - 7″
kilkenny cats - shakin’ in the 60’s - hands down
boots - the change - s/t - N
the karl hendricks rock band - i’m not crying, karl - the world says - N
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homostupids - d*cksting - the intern LP - N
pink reason - motherf**ker - cleaning the mirror - N
michael hurley - got over it - sweetkorn
glenn mercer - morning lights - wheel in motion - N
electrelane - the greater times - no shouts, no calls - N
cause co-motion - which way is up? - 7″

A Question: Why am I so excited to read advertisements and Public Service Announcements? I don’t quite understand why, but I love doing them! Maybe I have a future career in voice-over work? Who knows.

What a fun, fun, fun show. It felt more like an end-of-season playlist, which given that it was the last show of my subbing shift, it sort of was. Helium, Chavez, Unrest: that’s stuff you either bust out at the beginning or end of a season, because you know you can only play ‘em once or twice. That is, if you adhere to the “play everything once only” school of thought. I tend to be somewhere in the middle, mainly because in the end, the archives function like mixtapes for me. The familiar stuff winds up becoming a marker for when a show took place.

My second set planned to feature some new Times New Viking, Ethiopiques and a slew of other stuff, but then some kid called up asking for LCD Soundsystem and there went that plan. I know a lot of DJ’s at the station aren’t keen on requests; personally I’m a “case-by-case basis” gal. I have a long spiel about requests (another time, perhaps), but this time around, I was feeling generous (for reasons unbeknownst to even myself). The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, which explains why our listeners had to sit through the Dee Dee Ramone rap 12″.

sloan - can’t you figure it out - never hear the end of it - N
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defunkt - for the love of money - avoid the funk
leaders - darkheart - dream driving - N
rhys chatham - cadenza - factor x
m ward - to go home - to go home ep - N
unrest - bavarian mods - bavarian mods 7″
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helium - in a little box - why do you think they call it pop? - C
chavez - laugh track - gone glimmering
lcd soundsystem - losing my edge - s/t - R
dee dee king - funky man - 12″
oliver wittchow - kristallo - 8-bit operators - N R
parts & labor - fractured skies - mapmaker
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B52’s - hero worship - nude on the moon - C R
tralala - early tonight - is that the tralala - N
verbena - i say so - 7″
public record - look how dead the reeds get - s/t - N
gal costa - cultura e civilizaçao - s/t
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narthex - noise in my pocket - twin cities - N
the monarchs - satellite - 7″
yung wu - eternal ice - shore leave
julie peel - divine hammer - divine candy 7″ - N
kitty wells - will your lawyer talk to god - the best of
jimmy yancey - eternal blues - the complete works in chronological order 1939-1950: vol 3
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jesu - old year - conqueror - N

Welcome to my 1,000th post on Her Jazz!

A fun show that contains the WPRB debut of the new Low album. That record… wow. It’s powerful stuff, sure to land in my top ten of the year. What’s fascinating about it is Low’s inability to separate church and state in their minds, resulting in a jarring mess that sounds much like Young Marble Giants in its more electronic tracks.

Jon Solomon and I may attempt to recreate the Princeton Record Exchange ad at some point in the future. We’re the voices of the recorded version, so it makes sense now that our shows are next to each other to try it live.

This was a very animal-friendly episode of Her Jazz. Milkbones all around!

lizzy mercier descloux - wawa - new york noise - C
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low - murderer - drums and guns - N
trans am - climbing up the ladder (parts III & IV) - sex change - N
love of diagrams - pace or the patience - ep - N
the windbreakers - you never give up - any monkey with a typewriter
the jazz butcher - looking for lot 49 - fishcotheque
amy annelle - lion’s share - mile - C
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ellen warshaw - sister morphine - wayfaring strangers: ladies from the canyon - C
santiago jimenez - viva seguin - morteno accordion part 2: san antonio in the 1940’s & 1950’s - C
roy milton - porter’s love song (to a chambermaid) - specialty profiles - N
dead meadow - indian bones - s/t - N
close lobsters - sewer pipe dream - foxheads stalk this land
prowler - uh huh yeah - communizzle - N
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fucked up - invisible leader - crusades - N
knoxville girls - i feel good all over - s/t
the aquarium - good people - s/t - N
birdsongs of the mesozoic - somber reptiles - the arf arf contemporary music sampler vol 1 - C
lee ranaldo - drift 4 - melt - C
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red heart the ticker - go-cart thrills - for the wicked
catherine howe - on a misty morning - what a beautiful place - N
sherwoods - (broken hearts are) cheaper by the dozen - philly soul girls - C
times new viking - lovers lane - 7″ - N
trockener kecks - souvenir - dutch rock alive and well 1989 - C
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arcade fire - black mirror - single - N
vir - strika - drone records: a selection.. - N C

Same nonsense, different place.

What a difference a week makes! You’d think that Spring Break would mean a world of free time, but no. I’ve been so lazy/busy that I haven’t been able to share my big news with you: I will be taking over the 5-7PM EST slot at WPRB for the what seems to be the rest of the spring schedule. There was a last minute opening and now I’m back to ruling both the internet and airwaves with my “unique brand” of “witty” on-air “banter” [all code for "listen to me do something stupid every five minutes"]. However, this means the podcast version of this show will be going bye-bye. If I can work out some deal to have them online, they’ll be back.

Anyway. My first show back, like any first show back, was a little rocky. It’s tough to change stations mid-season, especially when one gets acclimated to all the ins-and-outs of a particular station. Like, WPRB can start CD’s directly from its board; WQHS can’t. [This might seem like nothing to a non-DJ, but trust me, having everything at your fingertips is a big help when you're juggling a jillion things at once. Although, I do miss developing superstretch powers to TCB.] WQHS has four CD players, WPRB only three. WPRB has seizure-inducing lights [seriously, one of these days] that blink when someone calls, WQHS has a crazy handset that makes me feel like I’m in trenches of WWI. I get shocked by the equipment every week at WQHS, at WPRB — you get the point.

Highlights: the purr-tinged guitar stylings of Mark Dagley (no really, those were cats!), Spank Wilson’s funked-up version of “Sunshine of Your Love”, Plague Songs, the new Parts & Labor instrumental EP, Herbie’s phone call (bizarrely coinciding with my wearing of a Brown Recluse Sings t-shirt). Kitty Wells and my excited caller. Had to bust out “Christine” from last week again, just ’cause it has been on constant ipod repeat as of late.

the victoria lucas - allegheny / mononghaela - hit the ground running fast

scrawl - major / minor - he’s drunk / plus also too
standing numbers - when i arrive - 7″
richard dyer-bennet - venezuela - 5
brian eno & robert wyatt - flies - plague songs - N C
red max - king of sex - we will bury you: a tribute to killdozer - N C
what made milwaukee famous - judas - trying never to catch up - N
minus the bear - spritz!!! spritz!!! - highly refined pirates - R

lavender diamond - in heaven there is no heat - the calvary of light ep - N
memphis minnie - man, you won’t give me no money - hoodoo lady 1933-1937
dave van ronk - green, green rocky road - …and the tin pan ended and the story ended
von lmo - ultraviotlet light - cosmic interception
moog - black hole sun - the moog cookbook
mark dagley - el gato (w/ frick the cat) - 7″ - N

!!! - myth takes - myth takes - N
spanky wilson - sunshine of your love - funk soul sisters - C
parts & labor - processional - escapers one - N
oswald 5-0 - a love supreme - nothing to prove - N
tomorrow’s friend - always you can - 12″ - N
glass eye - christine - christine ep

david kilgour - too long from me - the far now - N
kitty wells - searching (for someone like you) - the best of kitty wells
giant sand - black venetian blind (book II) - giant sandwich

the evens - get even - get even - N