Playlist for August 28, 2006

9:00pm Jesus & Mary Chain - Sugar Ray - Honey's Dead - Def American - 1990 Spain Colored Orange - Let It Go - Hopelessly Incapable Of Standing In The Way EP - Lucid - 2006 - *new* the New Pornographers - Testament to Youth In Verse - Electric version - Matador - 2003 Spoon - Someone Something - Kill The Moonlight - Merge - 2002 Sloan - Who Taught You To Live Like That - Murder Records - 2006 the Cherry Tempo - Maybe Losing Isn't So Bad After All - The Cherry Tempo - June - 2006 - *new* V/A - the Magic Magicians - Cascade Express - Slaying Since 1996 - Suicide Squeeze - 2006 - *new* What Made Milwaukee Famous - Almost Always Never - Trying To Never Catch Up - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* James Kochalka Superstar - Cocaine - Spread Your Evil Wings And Fly - Rykodisc - 2006 - *new* the Proper Nouns - Goose & Gander - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount - 2006 - *new* Radio Birdman - Remorseless - Zeno Beach - Yep Roc - 2006 - *new* XTC - Helicopter - Drums & Wires - Epic/Virgin - 1979 Slender Means - Telepathic Lovesick Heart - Neon & Ruin - Mt. Fuji - 2006 - *new* 14 Iced Bears - Lie To Choose - In The Beginning - Slubmerland - 2001 10:00pm Casper & the Cookies - Sea Fingers - The Optimist's Club - Happy Happy Birthday To Me - 2006 - *new* Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap - The Boy With The Arab Strap - Matatdor - 1998 Jonathan Richman - Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love - Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love - Vapor - 2004 Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 - XO - Dreamworks - 1998 Built To Spill - Velvet Waltz - Perfect From Now On - Up/Warner Bros - 1997 Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - Mania - Sire - 1988 the Evaporators - I Don't Need My Friends To Tell Me Who My Friends Are - Ripple Rock - Nardwaur/Alternative Tentacles - 2004 the Black Keys - Your Touch - Your Touch--The EP - Nonesuch - 2006 - *new* Motorhead - Sucker - Kiss Of Death - Sanctuary - 2006 - *new* Thee Emergency - Holdin' On - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* the Minders - 357 - It's A Bright Guilty World - Future Farmer - 2006 - *new* the Tyde - Aloha Breeze - Three's Co. - Rough Trade - 2006 - *new* the Mountain Goats - Wild Sage - Get Lonely - 4AD - 2006 - *new*

Funk Pop A Roll

I enjoyed tonights show. Lots of new music, and more that I didn't get to. I'm not a big hip-hop fan, but I do like Jurassic 5, and was excited to see the new album. I played the Dave Matthews track primarily because someone else had played it, and hadn't noted any profanity. I also like the Casper & the Cookies. I believe they are playing at the Eagles on September 2nd, but unfortuanately I have a prior engagement. Also, Spain Colored Orange's EP grows on me more each week. It was weird to realize that They Might Be Giants have been around for over 20 years. I discovered them in 1989, soon after Flood was released (I still think that it's their best album). I remember having a conversation with a guy about an XTC album I had purchased. I had called it "old", and he question whether there was such a thing as an old XTC album. It was 1999 and the album in question came out in 1979. Apparently, now I'm old as well. Speaking of old and XTC, I've started another blog called Funk Pop A Roll (natch). It's an album by album inventory of my music library. Basically I write a brief (or not so brief), recap of the album: what I like, where I got it, and why. I'm going through every single piece of recorded music, without skiping anything. I'm starting with my CD's, then the vinyl, then the CDR's and then the cassettes. After that, I may go to the digital files, if I'm not bored/insane/senile by that point.

Playlist for August 22, 2006

9:00pm Casper & The Cookies - Hey Mr. Superstar - The Optimist's Club - Happy Happy Birthday To Me - 2006 - *new* Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue - The Life Pursuit - Matador - 2006 the Minders - Same Time, Same Place - It's A Bright Guilty World - Future Farmer - 2006 - *new* the Proper Nouns - The Settlement Sunk - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount - 2006 - *new* Slender Means - The Clerk - Neon & Ruin - Mt. Fuji - 2006 - *new* Elvis Costello - ...This Town (demo) - Spike - Rhino/Warner Bros. - 1989, 2001 the Mountain Goats - In The Hidden Places - Get Lonely - 4AD - 2006 - *new* the Tyde - Ltd. Appeal - Three's Co. - Rough Trade - 2006 - *new* Jens Lekman - Black Cab - Maple Leaves - Secretly Canadian - 2004 Cursive - Dorothy At Forty - Happy Hollow - Saddle Creek - 2006 - *new* the Cherry Tempo - City Of Squares - The Cherry Tempo - June - 2006 - *new* Snowden - Between The Rent And Me - Anti-Anti - 2006 - *new* 10:00pm They Might Be Giants - She's An Angel - They Might Be Giants - Bar/None - 1986 V/A - Jason Trachtenburg - Hello Radio - Bar/None - 2006 - *new* Spain Colored Orange - I Kid You Not - Hopelessly Incapable of Standing In The Way EP - Lucid - 2006 - *new* Jurassic-5 - Work It Out - Feedback - Interscope - 2006 - *new* V/A - John Atkins - Attitudes Of Collapse - The Six Parts Seven/Lost Notes From Forgotton Songs - Suicide Squeeze - 2003 Lambchop - Paperback Bible - Damaged - Merge - 2006 - *new* V/A - Pit er Pat - Underneath The Arches - Songs Inspired by Underneath The Arches - Thrill Jockey/Stop Smiling - 2006 - *new* Magnetic Bicycle Craft - A Pre-Empted Extinction - Magnetic Bicycle Craft - Montesano - 1998 The Magnetic Fields - Papa Was A Rodeo - 69 Love Songs Vol. 2 - Merge - 1999 Everything Absent or Distorted - The Exit Parade - The Soft Civil War - Needlepoint - 2006 - *new* the Soft Boys - Mr. Kennedy - Nextdoorland - Matador - 2002 Hello Goodbye - Stuck To You - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! - Drive-Thru - 2006 the American Analog Set - Too Tired To Shine II - The Fun Of Watching Fireworks - Emporer Jones/Trance - 1996

Playlist for August 14, 2006

9:00pm Oneida - Up With People - Happy New Year - Jagjaguar - 2006 - *new* Radio Birdman - We've Come So Far (To Be Here Today) - Zeno Beach - Yep Roc - 2006 - *new* Mountain Goats - Woke Up New - Get Lonely - 4AD - 2006 - *new* M. Ward - To Go Home - Post War - Merge - 2006 - *new* the Long Winters - Rich Wife - Putting The Days To Bed - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* Lambchop - I Would Have Waited Here All Day - Damaged - Merge - 2006 - *new* Joseph Arthur - Too Much To Hide - Nuclear Daydream - Lonely Astronaut - 2006 - *new* James Kochalka Superstar - Fascist Bikes - Spread Your Evil Wings And Fly - Rykodisc - 2006 - *new* the Proper Nouns - Balance Of Regret - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount - 2006 - *new* the Minders - Red Admiral's (Gonna Pass Me) - It's A Bright Guilty World - Future Farmer - 2006 - *new* The Cherry Tempo - Treble Is High - The Cherry Tempo - June - 2006 - *new* 10:00pm V/A - Hotel Lights - The End Of The Tour - Hello Radio - Bar/None - 2006 - *new* Supersuckers - Creepy Jackalope Eye (6/6/6 Version) - Paid - Mid-Fi - 2006 - *new* Thee Emergency - Revolution #1 - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* Paper Airplanes - Queen Marie - Boyhood - Mayhaps Recordings - 2006 - *new* Hello Stranger - Learn Again To Feel - Hello Stranger - Aeronaut - 2006 - *new* the Velvet Teen - Bloom - Cum Laude - Slowdance - 2006 - *new* Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Dedicated/Arista - 1997 Casper & The Cookies - Sid from Central Park - The Optimists Club - Happy Happy Birthday To Me - 2006 - *new* Slender Means - Hidden Grove - Neon & Ruin - Mt. Fuji - 2006 - *new* Headlights - Lullabies - Kill Them With Kindness - Polyvinyl - 2006 - *new* Cursive - Big Bang - Happy Hollow - Saddle Creek - 2006 - *new*

Playlist for August 7, 2006

Better late than never! 9:00pm Slender Means - Painless Life - Neon & Ruin - Mt. Fuji - 2006 - *new* Everything Absent Or Distorted (A Love Story) - Buried In Guitar - The Soft Civil War - Needlepoint - 2006 - *new* Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives - EP - Cult Hero - 2006 - *new* Thee Emergency - Revolution #1 - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays - I've Got a Heartbreak - Back To Detroit - Dollar Record - 2006 - *new* Irving - White Hot - I Hope You're Feeling Better Now - eenie meenie - 2003 The Proper Nouns - Secret Shopper - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount - 2006 - *new* the Minders - Don't You Stop - It's A Bright Guilty World - Future Farmer - 2006 - *new* the Monolith - 10 X Infinity - Here Comes The Monolith - Fortune - 2004 the Icicles - Forever & A Day - A Hundred Patterns - Microindie - 2004 V/A - the Long Winters - Pet Name - Hello Radio - Bar/None - 2006 - *new* Spain Colored Orange - Maybe It's True - Hopelessly Incapable of Standing In The Way EP - Lucid - 2006 - *new* 10:00pm Shapes & Sizes - I am Cold - Shape & Sizes - Asthmatic Kitty - 2006 - *new* Jennifer O'Connor - Exeter, Rhode Island - Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars - Matador - 2006 - *new* Sebadoh - Violet Execution - III - Domino - 2006 (Reissue) - *new* V/A - Of Montreal - Voltaic Crusher/Undrum to Muted Da - Slaying Since 1996 - Suicide Squeeze - 2006 - *new* Fastbacks - Rocket Man - Truth, Corrosion and Sour Bisquits - Book - 2004 V/A - Menomena - Shirt - PDX Pop Now! 2006 - PDX Pop Now - 2006 - *new* Oneida - History's Great Navigators - Happy New Year - Jagjaguwar/Brah - 2006 - *new* Supersuckers - Paid - Paid EP - Mid-Fi - 2006 - *new* Radio Birdman - ...If You Say Please - Zeno Beach - Yep Roc - 2006 -*new* New York Dolls - Runnin' Around - One Day It will Please Us To Remember Even This - Roadrunner - 2006 - *new* The Cherry Tempo - Shores of His Plan - The Cherry Tempo - June - 2006 - *new* Red Martian - Emeraldas Desu - Donkey Back Ride - Self - 2006 - *new* Spoon - Towner - Telephono - Merge - 2006 (reissue) - *new* the Vestals - Nobody's Laughing - Songs About Girls... And Other Mysteries - Warming House - 2006 - *new* Arcade Fire - Crown Of Love - Funeral - Merge - 2005

Everything Old is New Again

Lots of good stuff this week. The New York Dolls new album is out. You can definately tell that they're older, but sounds like some good songs on the album. I haven't listened to all of it yet. Also, the new Radio Birdman is great! They are playing September 1st at El Corazon in Seattle. You almost can't tell that there's been a 25 year gap since the last record. Check out their Sub Pop greatest hits compilation for their old stuff. I'm also enjoying the Spain Colored Orange EP. Each track has a different feel. I'm curious to hear a full-length from them. I also really like The Proper Nouns, but I don't know much about them. The biggest excitement of the week was finding another Yo La Tengo song from their forthcoming album, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass. They are also going to play in Seattle at the Showbox in October. I will be at that show. I will have an interview if I can swing it.

Playlist for July 31, 2006

9:00pm New York Dolls - Gimme Luv & Turn On The Light - Some Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This - Roadrunner - 2006 - *new* Puffy Amiyumi - Sunday In The Park - Splurge - Tofu - 2006 - *new* The Long Winters - Honest - Putting The Days To Bed - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show - Twin Cinema - Matador - 2005 Spain Colored Orange - Let It Go - Hopelessly Incapable Of Standing In The Way EP - Lucid - 2006 - *new* Yo La Tengo - Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass - Matador - 2006 V/A - Frank Black - Road Movie To Berlin - Hello Radio - Bar/None - 2006 - *new* Slender Means - I Could Be Cruel - Neon & Ruin - Mt. Fuji - 2006 - *new* The Proper Nouns - My Beautiful Wickedness - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount - 2006 - *new* 10:00pm Okkervil River - For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light) - For Real - Jagjaguwar - 2005 Everything Absent Or Distorted (A Love Story) - Still Life With Machine Gun - the Soft Civil War - Needlepoint - 2006 - *new* Radio Birdman - Connected - Zeno Beach - YepRoc - 2006 - *new* the Murder City Devils - I Want A Lot Now (So Come On) - Empty Bottles & Broken Hearts - Sub Pop - 1998 Thee Emergency - Sweat Sex - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* V/A - 764-Hero - Now You're Swimming - Slaying Since 1996 - Suicide Squeeze - 2006 - *new* the Mountain Goats - This Year - The Sunset Tree - 4AD - 2005 Robyn Hitchcock - Trash - Invisible Hitchcock - Rhino - 1995 Spoon - Mountain To Sound - Soft Effects EP - Merge - 1997 (2006 Reissue) - *new* the Husbands - Just Like That - There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead - Swami Records - 2006 - *new* Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) - The Avalanche - Asthmatic Kitty - 2006 - *new* the Spinto Band - Mountains - Nice and Nicely Done - Bar/None - 2005 Polyethylene - Third Biology - Paper Or Plastic - Optimistic Records - 2005 Oneida - Thank Your Parents - Happy New Year - Jagjaguwar - 2006 - *new*