Played every record that I own today

Eels - Only Thing I Care About

• Portastatic - Tremelo Chase
• Morrissey - On the Streets I Ran
• Frank Black- I'm Not Dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
• Essex Green - Sin City
  

A trilogy of songs mentioning my beloved birthplace of Pittsburgh. Sadly none of them are too flattering. "Streets" proves my friend Matt's theory that Moz really hates the Burgh. Maybe someone threw an Iron City at him when The Smiths played the defunct Fulton Theater in 1986 instead of giving him gladiolas?

• The Wrens - They'll Need a Crane
• The Replacements - Message to the Boys
• Rhett Miller - Question
• Portastatic - I'm In Love (With Arthur Dove)

For the second year in a row Portastatic put out my favorite album of the year. Be Still Please is a fantastic blend of last year's rocking Bright Ideas and Mac's soundtrack work. Portastatic at the Warhol was the concert of the year for me too. Granted I didn't see many shows but even if I had it would be hard to top that one.

• Eels - Only Thing I Care About
• Muhammad Ali - Theme from "Ali and His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay"
• Merit - Nixon
• Robert Pollard - Supernatural Car Lover
• Mark Kozelek - Glenn Tipton
• Camera Obscura - Tears for Affairs
• Eef Barzeley - I Wasn't Really Drunk
• Band of Horses - The Funeral
• Johnny Cash - A Boy Names Sue (by request)
• The Elected - The Bank & Trust

If forced to pick a single favorite song of 2006 I think it would have to be "The Bank & Trust." I still remember hearing it for the first time on WARC when driving on the bridge back home from a trip to Giant Eagle. If I can pinpoint the first time I heard something it's usually a sign that it's pretty special.

• Tilly & The Wall - Bad Education
• The Killers - A Great Big Sleigh
• The Long Winters - Pushover
• Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
• Dean & Britta - Words You Used to Say
• Great Lake Swimmers - See You On the Moon
• Islands - Rough Gem
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

Can't say I've been impressed with the YYYs up to this point. I heard this almost a year ago and didn't know who it was and found it infectious. Maybe I was just biased due to all the hype about the band? It hasn't made me check out anything else for them but this is a killer single.

• Destroyer - Your Blood
• Her Space Holiday - Missed Medicine
• Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - The Charging Sky
• ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Eight Days of Hell

Burn down the disco, hang the blessed dj

The Smiths - Panic

Wednesday night will mark my return to the airwaves after a long layoff. I'll be spinning records and pre-recorded music in other formats on WARC from 8 to 10 p.m. If you have requests you can IM during the show at warc903. I'm thinking tomorrow night I'll be playing some favorites from 2006. I'll try to have different themes each week. Any suggestions?