It was fun!

WQHS 4/25/07

dntel - to a fault - dumb luck – N
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mc chris - i want candy - aqua teen hunger force colon movie film for theaters colon the soundtrack - N
yoko ono - walking on thin ice (felix d a housecat remix) - open your box - N
swirlies - didn’t understand - 7″
a northern chorus - no stations - the million too many - N
david vandervelde - wisdom from a tree - the moonstation house band
flin flon - st patricks - boo boo
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creeping weeds - time-lapse - we are all part of a dream you’re having
the teeth - malnutrition - send my regards to the sunshine
illinois - what can i do for you? - what the hell do i know? - N
nine inch nails - the beginning of the end - year zero - N
part chimp - 30,000000000000 people - cup – N
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feist - i feel it all - the reminder - N
the icicles - gedge’s song - arrivals & departures - N
witchy * poo - groaning machine - 7″
5ive style - mythical numbers - miniature portraits
pere ubu - street waves - one drives while the other man screams
the casual dots - flowers - s/t
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apostle of hustle - national anthem of nowhere - national anthem of nowhere - N
shakespear’s sister - dirty mind - 12″
mavis staples - 99 and 1/2 - we’ll never turn back - N
tindersticks - camions - nenette et boni OST
neil young - heart of gold - harvest - R
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tullycraft - stowaway - disenchanted hearts unite

Last week was hell, running from my desk job to a Popped! show and back home to finish up writing every night. It was like SXSW without the good weather, good vibes, BBQ or hot tubs. There was a lot of personal stuff going on as well, so I was running ragged by Wednesday. I planned on going in, putting on some long records and napping. Then I got there and started digging. through the stacks.

I went about my usual method for putting together a show, then took it all and scrambled it back up. I general idea was to reach for broad genre, which I think worked out fine. I’m warming up to the LCD Soundsytem record — it is as good as everyone claims — but maaaaan, that Taana Gardner track. It’s brilliance grows with each listen. So glad I pulled this out of the ol’ record collection not too long ago. I really like this show!

» I won’t be on this week — sorting out some grad-school stuff. I got into another program. Decisions, decisions, decisions!

WQHS 4/11/07

basement jaxx - everyman everywoman (classic II mix) - open your box - N
taana gardner - heartbeat (club mix) - 12″
lcd soundsystem - north american scum - sound of silver - N
bootsy’s rubber band - body slam! - 12″
cristina - drive my car - doll in the box
bill withers - who is he (and what is he to you?) - still bill
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broken social scene - stars and sons - you forgot it in people
dif juz - diselt - soundpool
loop - this is where you end - fade out
the red krayola - micro-chips and fish - singles 1968-2002
the black-eyed snakes - hillside stomp - rise up!
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mavis staples - 99 and 1/2 - we’ll never turn back - N
mary timony - i fire myself - mountains
kincaid - super hawaii - plays super hawaii
tommy keene - take me back - isolation party
the eames era - fake do-gooders - heroes + sheroes - N
the rosebuds - i better run - night of the furies - N
book of love - die matrosen - book of love
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shiner - he/she - making love ep - N
killdozer - hamburger martyr - burl
ad astra per aspera - scatter baby spiders - catapult calypso
tricky woo - fly the orient - sometimes i cry
john frusciante - second walk - shadows collide with people

» Thanks to Marc for sending this my way. Just what is an “indie rock love song”? Is it the music you play when your girlfriend drinks all the soy milk in the fridge, and instead of getting all Ike Turner on her, you forget to buy her a ticket to the upcoming-but-totally-way-sold-out-in-advance Sufjan Stevens concert? I think the world would be a better place if guys ditched the spineless coathangers with bad dyejobs, like Miss Arts’N'Crafts here, and started hooking up with sassy, black women. Lord knows a SBW wouldn’t put up with his passive-aggressive, mixtape-making, Whole Foods-shopping nonsense! But I digress.

» I’ve said it a jillion times before: I LOVE doing my radio show. I will travel ridiculous distances to play records over radio waves and/or the information superhighway. Strangely enough, I did not want to be there. Even when I was at the station I was dreading it, but you know what? I had a blast. Now I’m just pissed with the streaming server, which must have crapped out. Happened last week too, and I’m stuck with half a broadcast. Do you people want me to podcast these?

BTW, listeners are nice, so if you can tune in to the actual broadcast (4-6PM EST, WQHS.org), that would rule.

WQHS 4/4/07

ted leo & the pharmacists - the unwanted things - living with the living - N
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gang green - skate to hell - 12″
the mice - not proud of the usa - for almost ever scooter
peel - moxy blues - peel - N
miracle legion - closer to the wall (w/ pere ubu) - glad
tarnation - halfway to madness - gentle creatures
cynthia g mason - quit while you’re misled - quitter’s claim
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the nein - sweet vague - luxury - N
briar - just another day in the life of a fool - crown of thorns
lucky dragons - dissolve yourself - widows - N
bert jansch - when the sun comes up (w/ beth orton) - the black swan
the dirty dozen brass band - gemini rising - voodoo
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lcd soundsystem - time to get away - sounds of silver - N
alisha - all night passion - 12″
the space negroes - slip inside this house - the space negroes do generic ethnic muzak versions of all your favorite underground punk/psychedelic songs from the sixties
[13th floor elevators cover]
the b-52’s - mesopotamia (1990 remix) - nude on the moon
sons of bitches - bliss - 7″
love as laughter - #1 USA - #1 USA
walker kong - the leisure class - transparent life
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audubon park - empty choir at the camp meeting - teenage horses - N
the smiths - ask - 12″
butterglory - you’ll never be (as good as that) - are you building a temple in heaven?
material issue - valerie loves me - 12″
panda bear - comfy in nautica - person pitch - N
medieval - life after death - medieval kills!
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marnie stern - every single line means something - in advance of the broken arm - N

It’s nice to have fun shows. Not that trainwrecky ones aren’t good — they’re valuable learning tools, but sometimes you need a good show to make the time pass. I spotted the JFA album in the stacks the week before and had been itching to play it since then. Yes, I veered into some math rocky territory, but what do you expect? I grew up listening to WPRB, for crying out loud. Angry math rock’s in my blood, man. I guess thats why I dig the new Marnie Stern.

2/21/2007

marnie stern - vibrational match - in advance of the broken arm - N
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guns n’roses - better - chinese democracy
green river - take a dive - rehab doll
actionslacks - self conscious spiel - one word
home blitz - stupid street - live outside 7″ - N
autoclave - its not real live - autoclave
mekons - only darkness has the power - mekons rock’n'roll
woolly leaves - people and the planets - quiet waters
lavender diamond - in heaven there is no heat - the calvary of light - N
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the ponys - burn in hell - sunday nights: the songs of junior kimbrough
yoko ono - walking on thin ice (w/ jason pierce) - yes im a witch - N
JFA - pink slip - nowhere blossoms - placebo
gun club - for the love of ivy - fire of love
saccharine trust - sunk - surviving you always
june of 44 - the dexterity of luck - four great points
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aqueduct - living a lie - or give me death - N
trans am - the campaign - the surveillance
let’s active - in between - afoot ep
the broken west - brass ring - i cant go on ill go on - N
guv’ner - almond roca - hard for measy for you
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dinosaur jr - yeah we know - bug
dead meadow - dragonfly - s/t - N
runrunner - the rest of us - s/t
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arto lindsay - whirlwind - noon chill
big sir - blutrausch - und die schiebe andert sich immer - N

I think if I had one more hour, I would have been able to get around to everything I wanted to play. Regardless, what a fun show! This was much closer to how I used to do radio shows — pick out a bunch of records and then decide on the fly what to play. Not that what I do now isn’t spontaneous, its just a different way of playing the game. ANYWAY… good times. A nice split between listener-submitted stuff [i realized i forgot a couple of requests, and i will make good on that next week] and records I picked out. Sam, who does the show afterwards, played the Neutral Milk Hotel version of “I Love How You Love Me” to kick off his set. What a nice boy.

Note to self: Time to clearly mark what song is what and on what side it is on that Zombies tribute 7″. This is ridiculous — every time I play this record, I screw up and play the wrong track.

the feelies - original love - 7″
miranda july - let’s make a vow - me you and everyone we know
jonathan richman - the origin of love - wig in a box

buck - the suicide pact - 7″ - R
tsunami - valentine - deep end
connie haines - what’s easy for two is hard for one - the complete motown singles
peter bjorn & john - young folks - writers block

matthew sweet - i’ve been waiting - girlfriend
sam cooke - cupid - the man & his music
buried beds - camellia - portolo
malcolm mclaren - love will… - mp3 - R
orange juice - lovesick- the glasgow school
the mccoys - fever - 45 - R

ida - what holds the world together - come on beautiful: songs of the american music club - R
the darkness - i believe in a thing called love - mp3 - R
green pajamas - a rose for emily - wake up your windows lets do the zombies 7″
cass elliott - it’s getting better - dream a little dream
silkworm - couldn’t you wait - marco collins sessions ep
prince - i would die 4 u - purple rain
magnetic fields - i don’t want to get over you - 69 love songs - R

the breeders - do you love me now? - last splash
superchunk - brand new love - the freed seed 7″
gun’s ‘n’ roses - sweet child o’ mine - greatest hits
comsat angels - will you stay tonight - 12″
the spinanes - hawaiian baby - the imp years

small factory - if you hurt me - working holiday - R
gloria jones - tainted love - 45″
bobby vinton - i love how you love me - 16 most requested songs

public image ltd - this is not a love song - 12″

How To Lose 5 Listeners With One Song: play the Happy Flowers. S’true, folks. But as I said during the show, it separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls.

Also of note is some new background music, Gila’s “Kollektivitat”, in addition to Solex’s chopped and screwed version of Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger”.

Had fun doing this show and I think I finally figured out what ails the turntables… just in time for next week’s program.

the buddyrevelles - moods - don’t quit
the broken west - so it goes - i cant go on ill go on - N
looker - born too late 1978 - born too late - N
erectus monotone - soul taker - glider 7″
shocking blue - out of sight out of mind - inkpot/attila
louie louie & the lost hombres - soul finger! - s/t
happy flowers - simon - lasterday i was been bad

magic dirt - dirty jeans - 1999 demos
spoon - let the distance keep us together - the devils dishes
spiral jetty - suburban optimism - art’s sand bar
mal - who is like unto god? - preacher from the black lagoon
unrest - hey london - b.p.m. (1991-1994)
pants yell! - kids are the same - compound 440R: local collections 2006
slade - let’s call it quits - nobody’s fools
the woggles - it’s not about what i want (its about what you got) - rock and roll backlash - N

sloan - listen to the radio - never hear the end of it - N
fiery furnaces - quay cur - blueberry boat
dj reset - frontin on debra (feat. beck, jay-z & pharrell) - 12″
pell mell - cinecitta - no age

okay paddy - gas money - the cactus has a point
superchunk - i guess i remembered it wrong - on the mouth
the evens - cache is empty - get evens
yoko ono - revelations (with cat power) - yes im a witch - N
blood on the wall - right to light tonight - awesomer
the breeders - when i was a painter - pod
nothing painted blue - a shaky start - future of communications

oxford collapse - kenny cant afford it - remember the night parties - N

Next week’s radio show falls on Valentine’s and guess what — I am attempting to do a “love”-themed show. Don’t roll your eyes at me; pop probably wouldn’t exist without it, rock rebels against it (or tends to embrace its Patty Duke-like identical cousin, sex). The idea of love — and falling out of it, not having it, settling for something other than it and so on — weaves its way throughout musical history.

I am seeking submissions! Think of it as a “Reader Produced” episode of Her Jazz. I want your favorite love songs!

Send me MP3’s! I’ll take your submission by no later than Saturday 2/10. Feel free to include a little info about why you like it, if you want.

(While it is the opposite of love, I will not accept songs about hate. When I do the Ides of March-themed HJ, then you can send ‘em my way.)

Technical Details: MP3’s less than 160 kbps in terms of sound quality will not be accepted. (They sound horrible on air.) Sending them to me via Yousendit/Sendspace is ideal, links to URL’s are just as good. Failing that, you can directly email me attachments.

If you have any questions, drop me a line in the comments section.

WHAT: Her Jazz presents “Lovers Rock”
WHEN: Wednesday 2/14/07, 4-6PM EST
WHERE: WQHS.org
WHO: Me You and Everyone We Know

Grad school application are DONE, man. What frustrating show yesterday. Turntable 1 is all sorts of messed up, leaving me stuck on-air without anything to play. Ah, the thrill of live radio.

arab strap - [afternoon] soaps - ten years of tears - N
peter bjorn and john - young folks - writers block

AC/DC - big balls - dirty deeds done dirt cheap
the gossip - standing in the way of control - 12″
the long blondes - separated by motorways - appropriation ep - N
martha & the vandellas - im ready for love - 45
american sneakers - the most popular girl in the city - darts & daggers - N

vitalic - poney part 1 - OK cowboy
runrunner - bad timing - s/t
the joggers - zigurrat traffic - with a cape and a cane
sonic youth - blink - the destroyed room - N
true if destroyed - why dont you get it - s/t
duck hunt - holiday vacation - 7″
ESG - moody - a south bronx story

matthew sweet - morning song - kimi ga suki
the sights - before i break - s/t
black future - eu sou o rio - nao wave
love of diagrams - no way out - ep - N
the warmers - thin air - 7″ [TT1, I hate you -m.]
alan licht - tone poem for nikki sixx million - calvin johnson has ruined rock for an entire generation

eleventh dream - day - stalled parade
18th dye - glass house failure - tribute to a bus
chandra - opposite - transportation ep
public image limited - this is not a love song - 12″
heaven 17 - we dont need this fascist groove thing - s/t

full force - love is for suckers [like me and you] - guess who’s coming to dinner

Woman versus technology — the eternal struggle. This time around it was a one-two punch of turntable goofs; both the weighting and skating on TT1 were all sorts of screwy, which resulted in the Love Is All and McCoys tracks sounding totally bad. Not exactly my best foot forward after a week off. I wound up having to retool my sets but overall, I think it worked out quite fine. I’m just happy to have spent some time at somewhere else other thank my bed, work or the library. Lots of love, lots of angst in this week’s episode, which is well, how I’m kind of feeling these days. The new Explosions In The Sky album gives me serious mental feelings.

Listen, Learn, Love.

explosions in the sky - the birth and death of the sky - all of a sudden i miss everyone
yoko ono (w/ jason pierce of spiritualized) - walking on thin ice - yes, im a witch

love is all - kiss kiss kiss - make out. fall out. make up. 7″
cause co-motion - which way is up? - 7″ - N
the mccoys - fever - 45
seam - little chang, big city - the place is glacial
unwound - eternalux - a day in the park

love of diagrams - pace or patience - ep - N
railroad jerk - what did you expect? - one track mind
the oh johnny! girls - killing spree - demo - N
gloria jones - tainted love - 45″
billy paul - me & mrs jones - 360 degrees of billy paul
amy winehouse - me & mr jones - back to black

brown recluse sings - western meadowlark - black sunday ep
tyvek - mary ellen claims - 7″
juliana hatfield - universal heartbeat - only everything
eugene mirman - revolve (the complete new testament in the form of a teen magazine) - en garde society!
candy & the kisses - the 81 - cameo parkway 1959-1967
curtis mayfield - move on up - curtis

narthex - noise in my pocket - twin cities
home blitz - stupid street - live outside 7″
dead meadow - sleepy silver door - s/t - N
guided by voices - hot freaks - bee thousand
little girls - how to pick up girls - thank heaven

the long blondes - appropriation (by any other name) - appropriation (by any other name) ep - N

the studio. obvs.

First show back after winter break, three weeks into the bronchitis party train — it could have been a lot worse.

jimmy castor bunch- it’s just begun

fischerspooner - never again - 12″
glass candy - hurt - love love love
transvision vamp - tell that girl to shut up - 12″
abecedarians - where whitie [sic] ain’t allowed - resin
bastro - filthy five filthy ten- bastro diablo guapo
those bastard souls - has anybody seen her - debt & departure
haley bonar - hawaii - lure the fox - N

the lovin’ spoonful - did you ever have to make up your mind
- the best of
the black watch - where there were orange trees - tatterdemalion - N
nikki sudden & david kusworth - big store - the ragged school
ian dury - im partial to your abracadabra - new boots & panties
silkworm - treat the new guy right - lifestyle
black taj - back to the bridges- s/t

the dirty faces- like a thief- get right with god - N
live skull - haircut for pigs- cloud one
mojave 3 - breaking the ice - puzzles like you
echo & the bunnymen - the game - s/t
au pairs - don’t lie back - sense & sensuality
sarah vaughan - april in paris - s/t

plastic little - brooklyn / foil - thug paradise
matmos- steam & sequins for larry levan - the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast
torch song - can’t find my way home - exhibit a
giant sand - astonished (in memphis) - chore of enchantment

el perro del mar - here comes that feeling - s/t - N