turn up the radio, i need the music, gimme some more

• lou barlow - round and round (ratt cover)
• ida - laurel blues
• old 97s - won't be down
• spoon - metal detektor (live)
• and you will know us by the trail of dead - summer of '91
• matt pond pa - in the aeroplane over the sea (neutral milk hotel cover)
• juana molina - salvese quien queda
• asobi seksu - walk on the moon
• sugar - hoover dam
• earl greyhound - teenage kidnap
• stars - what i'm trying to say
• bloc party - tulips
• mission of burma - the setup
• wrens - i've made enough friends
• low - everybody's song
• autistic daughters - rainy day in june
• of montreal - disconnect the dots
• mates of state - goods (all in your head)
• her space holiday - the doctor and the dj
• antony + the johnsons - for today i am a boy
• man man - white rice, brown heart
• iron and wine - jezebel
• ac newman - drink to me, babe, then
• american analog set - aaron and maria (her space holiday remix)
• the last conservative - on to the next one
• anders parker - something new
• portastatic - noisy night
• autumn defense - written in the snow
• the shins - gone for gone (alt version)

i decided to end the night with some of the sweetest tunes i've ever heard. i am the queen of the village green. and gone for good accurately describes my life seven years ago. would be scary if it wasn't so damn catchy.

i'll try to find you, left of the dial

my second show of the semester. the rock was interrupted by a trip to las vegas. i played the killers tonight in honor of the much needed vacation.

• low - when i go deaf
• ivy - thinking about you
• the wrens - this boy is exhausted
• the minus five - the town that lost its groove supply (seattle version)
• clem snide - weird
• matt pond pa - i want to see the bright lights tonight
• the killers - jenny was a friend of mine
• wolf eyes - stabbed in the face
• dimmu borgir - lepers among us
• emok - trust
• shadows fall - stillness
• franz ferdinand - this fire
• kamikabe - track 5
• sonic youth -dude ranch nurse
• wilco - handshake drugs
• the go find - modern times
• lcd soundsystem - beat connection
• kings of convenience - homesick *
• duran duran - (reach up for the) sunrise
• ed harcourt - kids (rise from the ashes)
• l'altra - sleepless night
• eisley - telescope eyes
• elliott smith - don't go down
• destroyer and frog eyes - new ways of living
• and you will know us by the trail of dead - will you smile again? +
• chris stamey experience - compared to what?
  

* believe the hype....first time i've heard this band but they get much love in various zines and websites. very impressive. very catchy. simiarly, i'm trying hard to like lcd soundsystem but it's a little harder. i read a few interviews with james murphy of dfa/lcd (no not the testament/death guitarist unfortunately) and he seems like a swell fellow but his tunes haven't grabbed me. although about the last half of "beat connection" when the vocals kicked in was pretty sweet.

+ wow. it took a little while for the last trail of dead to grow on me. this tune is just plain awesome. and not in the 80's surfer dude type of awesome. it's so beautiful and epic it fills me with awe. there's about 4 different movementsin this one song and each little change gets better. at some points minimalist in a white stripes way and other times majestic like pet sounds/smile era beach boys. simply fantastic. could be another of the best of 2005.

my mind is filled with radio cures

tonight is/was my first radio show of the semester. every wednesday 6-8pm on warc 90.3. see the link the right for the station's web page. but our web broadcasting isn't working right now. hopefully that will be fixed soon.

i've always wanted a place for my playlists from shows. this is as good a place as any. beats the random sheets i have laying around. here's what i played on the first installment of "this boy is exhausted." yeah, couldn't think of another name. and i'm a little pissed that i couldn't find the wrens cd to play the namesake tune. damn borrowers. or theives.

• mates of state - drop and anchor
• the frames - fake
• superchunk - freaks in charge
• bloc party - tulips
• luna - broken chair
• skating club - san francisco
• elliott smith - a fond farewell
• brian wilson - heroes and villians
• destroyer & frog eyes - an actor's revenge
• q & not u - wonderful people
• matt sweeney & bonnie "prince" billy aka superwolf - my home is the sea
• leonard cohen - because of
• the arcade fire - neighborhood #1 tunnels
• low - broadway (so many people)
• the hidden cameras - that's when the ceremony starts
• the go find - summer guest *
• rogue wave - seasick on land
• lcd soundsystem - yeah (pretentious mix)
• lemon jelly - '93 aka don't stop now
• h.i.m. - wicked game (by request)
• local h - p.j. soles
• mastadon - megalodon
• magnolia electric company - don't this look like the dark
• the mendoza line - before i hit the wall

* this was my favorite new discovery tonight. just played it based on the review. wow. good stuff. mellow and synthy. hopefully this guy will make some postal service type cash. i'll have to buy it soon.

uniform printout reads end of line

i was quoted in a usatoday article about ipods. see link below. i'm an old school naysayer. the "cooing saleman" part is a little weird though.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-01-31-ipod_x.htm

i swear i'm gonna bite you hard and taste your tinny blood

so there's not much to do when you stuck in a hotel in your hometown aside from watch tv and take pictures of your cat.

 

 

francis in the motel 6