Looking back, I can’t even begin to understand how I managed to get up and do my radio show, considering how sick I felt. (I felt so ill that I wound up leaving work — which is something I _never_ do.) My body was a mess of mucus and germs, which explains my half of [...]

DJ Mental Feelings from Espers (Drag City) is going to lay down a pre-lunch set of his favorites on tomorrow’s installment of Her Jazz. It’s the last show of the year (and the end of my first semester at WQHS), so I strongly urge you to check it out.
Tune to WQHS at 11AM EST for [...]

OK, this playlist looks alright — so why do I remember this show feeling like a total trainwreck?
martha & the vandellas – never leave your baby’s side – the complete motown singles volume 6 – 1966
demetri martin – some jokes – these are jokes
demetri martin – the remix – these are jokes
rodney dangerfield – rappin [...]

I think I overslept and wound up cabbing to this show, which meant that I brought in a good chunk of my own records to make up for the loss of time. I don’t know why I thought talking over the Bis record would be a cool idea.
the b-52’s – dance this mess around [...]

Covered for someone’s shift this day — sometimes it’s nice to just do nothing but wake up and go DJ. Many skipping records on this particular, which is always a bummer.
new fast automatic daffodils – get better – and here is the young man
joy division – love will tear us apart – 7″
durutti column – [...]

It happened: I played MBV on my radio show. I knew it was going to happen eventually! Also, I do not like to say this but, man, was that four fifty one ep awful. Who keeps on adding the eighth-rate blog rock to the station?
huggy bear – her jazz – taking the rough with the [...]

This is what I killed Plain Parade for, eh? Not too bad.
cardigans – plain parade – other side of the moon
edith frost – walk on the fire – telescopic
chin up chin up – water planes in snow – this harness cant ride anything – N
pas/cal – i wanna take you out in your holiday [...]

I remember being very annoyed during this show. A bunch of CD’s I had pulled wound up being empty, which totally blows. DJ’s: file your effing CD’s. But in retrospect, this setlist looks pretty good!
guided by voices – a salty salute – alien lanes
the thermals – how we know – fuckin’ a
viza noir – missed [...]

I mean really, how was I NOT going to use this phrase for the show’s title or inspire my song selection?
the evens- dinner with the president – get evens
jefferson airplane – we should be together – volunteers
benjy ferree – in the countryside – leaving the nest – N
patrick porter – reality row – die [...]

You know what I hate? Misleading record reviews. For real. The Molitor review said something like “melodic indie rock” and it was _emo_. I feel so cheated! So skip through that song, folks.
Otherwise, the show sounds good — and felt good to DJ. I love my whole mutant disco/new pop bliss out in the [...]