Playlist for July 24, 2006

We'll try this live tonight! 9:00pm V/A - the Wrens - They'll Need A Crane - Hello Radio: The Songs Of They Might Be Giants - Bar/None - 2006 - *new* the Black Heart Procession - Tangled - The Spell - Touch & Go - 2006 - *new* Neutral Milk Hotel - Where You'll Find Me Now - On Avery Island - Merge - 1996 the Mountain Goats - Going To Georgia - Zopilote Machine - 3 Beads Of Sweat - 1994 - 2005 Reissue) Bright Eyes - Out On The Weekend - There Is No Beginning To The Story EP - Saddle Creek - 2002 Camera Obscura - Razzle Dazzle Rose - Let's Get Out Of This Country - Merge - 2006 - *new* Conner - Independent Woman - Hello Graphic Missle - Sonic Boom - 2006 - *new* Cansei De Ser Sexy - Alcohol - CSS - Sub Pop - 2006 - *new* Smoosh - Gold - Free To Stay - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* Envelopes - Sister In Love - Envelopes - Brille - 2006 - *new* Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Can Megan - How I Long To Hear The Summer In My Heart - Mantra - 2001 Orange Juice - Satellite City - The Glasgow School - Domino - 2005 10:00pm Death Cab For Cutie - President Of What? - You Can Play These Songs With Chords - Elsinor/Barsuk - 1997 (2002 Reissue) Speaker Speaker - I Was Wrong - Again & Again & Again - Self - 2005 The Long Winters - Hindsight - Putting The Days To Bed - Barusk - 2006 - *new* Puffy Amiyumi - Go Baby Power Now - Splurge - Tofu - 2006 - *new* Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays - Back To Detroit - Back To Detroit - Dollar Record - 2006 - *new* New York Dolls - Personality Crisis - New York Dolls - Mercury - 1973 V/A - Black Mountain - Voices - Slaying Since 1996 - Suicide Squeeze - 2006 - *new* Spoon - Don't Buy The Realistic - Telephono - Merge - 1996 (2006 Reissue) - *new* Thee Emergency - Cream - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* C-Average - Strider '88 - Second Reckoning - Kill Rock Stars - 2000 Built To Spill - Goin' Against Your Mind - You In Reverse - Warner Bros. - 2006

The Lil Hospital - I 'm a little hospital

Ok, another video. I've been playing these guys recently too. I apologize for going youtube crazy.

The Smittens - My Favorite Dream

The Smittens - My Favorite Dream A great video by one of my recent favorite bands, the Smittens.

Playlist for June 17, 2006

9:00pm New York Dolls - Jet Boy - New York Dolls - Mercury - 1973 C-Average - the Witch - Second Rekoning - Kill Rock Stars - 2000 Speaker Speaker - Statues/Shadows - Again & Again & Again - Self - 2005 Thee Emergency - Girl You Should've Known - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 - *new* the Pointed Sticks - Out Of Luck - Part Of The Noise - Zulu - 1979 the Long Winters - Fire Island, AK - Putting The Days To Bed - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* XTC - Great Fire - Mummer - Virgin - 1983 Camper Van Beethoven - That Gum You Like Is Back In Style - New Roman Times - Pitch-A-Tent - 2004 Smoosh - Clap On - Free To Stay - Barsuk - 2006 - *new* Elephone - Let Go Of My Arm - The Camera Behind The Camera Behind The Camera - Three Ring - 2006 - *new* V/A - Elliot Smith - Division Day - Slaying Since 1996 - Suicide Squeeze - 2006 - *new* the Boy Least Likely Too - Be Gentle With Me - The Best College Radio Party Ever - Too Young To Die - 2006 - *new* the Polar Bodies - Anything - Test Pattern - Subtle Reference - 2005 10:00pm the Brian Jonestown Massacre - I've Been Waiting (alternate version) - Strung Out In Heaven - TVT - 1998 Oneida - Up With People - Happy New Year - Jagjaguwar/Brah - 2006 - *new* The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars - Elektra - 1978 Spoon - All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed - Telephono - Merge - 1996 & 2006 - *new* Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays - Please Don't Stay Away - Back To Detroit - Dollar Record Records - 2006 - *new* the Pixies - I Bleed - Doolittle - 4AD - 1989 Envelopes - My Fren - Demon - Brille Records - 2006 - *new* Spain Colored Orange - Persistant Intermission - Hopelessly Incapable of Standing in the Way EP - Lucid - 2006 - *new* Conner - Overflow - Hello Graphic Missle - Sonic Boom - 2006 - *new* Cassavettes - Everything Has An E - Funny Story - Headphone Treats - 2006 *new* Castanets - A Song Is Not The Song Of The World - First Light's Freeze - Asthmatic Kitty - 2005 - *new* Dead Low Tide - Navy Buttons - Dead Low Tide - Tiger Style - 2003 Constantines - Shine A Light - Shine A Light - Sub Pop - 2003 - *new* The Black Heart Procession - To Bring You Back - The Spell - 2006 - *new*

The Neats

I found this album by accident. I just watched "New York Doll" the night before, and wanted to play something on the show. No luck, but the album cover jumped out at me, and I saw that it was on the Ace Of Hearts label, which early Mission of Burma was released on as well. Here's what their AMG entry says:

Formed in 1979, the Neats were one of the great enigmas in Boston's fertile 1980s club scene. During these years, one did not have to look far for a bill that might include any combination of the roots-rocking Del Fuegos, the Nuggets garage rock-worshipping Lyres, and the drunken hardcore punk slamming of Gang Green. The Neats were yet another item altogether; a decidedly collegiate group of clean-cut, straight-faced brooding guys who played evocative and melancholy music that encompassed the pre-psychedelic1960s-era folk-rock of the Seekers, Baroque pop of the Left Banke and the Zombies, and the bluesy moods of the early Rolling Stones and Them. Their closest contemporary American cousins were bands like the Feelies, Dream Syndicate, and the band they often shared a national bill with, early R.E.M. They also had a kinship with New Zealand pop outfits like the Clean and even British groups like Echo and the Bunnymen -- though without the high level of romantic drama of the latter; the drama of the Neats was manifested in a more introspective and subdued manner. Like those bands, on their first EP, The Monkey's Head in the Corner of the Room (1982), and debut LP, Neats (1983), the Neats favored clean guitar swaths, ebbing and flowing washes of strummed rhythms, and single-note melody lines over traditional improvised soloing. Always there was a melancholy sort of punk rock edge shadowing the music, a feel and sound that somehow links to a Boston tradition that can be traced through such bands as Mission of Burma to Galaxy 500 and beyond. -Bill Janovitz - All Music Guide

Anyhow, I'm going to try to track down some New York Dolls for next week. They have a new album coming out on July 25th.

Playlist for July 10, 2006

9:00pm Beat Happening - Down At The Sea - Beat Happening - K - 1983 Tullycraft - Sent To The Moon - Fun Beat Surf - Magic Marker - 2002 Envelopes - Glue - Demon - Brille - 2006 - *new* Spoon - Loss Leader - Soft Effects EP - Merge - 1996 - *new* the Black Keys - No Fun - The Moan - Alive - 2004 Richard Hell - Chinese Rock - Spurts: The Richard Hell Story - Rhino - 2005 Supersuckers - Teenage Shutdown - Devil's Food - Mid-Fi - 2006 - *new* Mondo Topless - Can't Dig It - Take It Slow - Get Hip - 2006 - *new* the Husbands - Get Even - There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead - SWA - 2006 - *new* Sleater-Kinney - Leave You Behind - All Hands On The Bad One - Kill Rock Stars - 2000 Pinback - x i y - Blue Screen Life - Ace Fu - 2001 John Vanderslice - Time Travel Is Lonely - Time Travel Is Lonely - Barsuk - 2001 Neats - Sometimes - The Neats - Ace Of Hearts - 1983 Apples In Stereo - Alright/Not Quite - The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone - Spin Art - 2000 Dept. Of Energy - Summer - EP - Roam - 2006 10:00pm Built To Spill - Joyride - The Normal Years - K Caribou - Bees - The Milk Of Human Kindness - Domino - 2005 Numbers - Hot Fire - In My Mind All The Time - Tigerbeat - 2004 Puffy Amiyumi - Sunday In The Park - Splurge - Tofu - 2006 - *new* NRBQ & Captain Lou Albano - Captain Lou - Lou And The Q - Rounder - 1986 the Lil' Hospital - Fast Learners - Heavy Metal - Total Gaylord - 2006 - *new* Smoosh - She's Right - Free To Stay - Barsuk - 2006 *new* Conner - Cold Feelings - Hello Graphic Missle - Sonic Boom - 2006 - *new* the Clean - Point That Thing - Anthology - Merge - 2003 the Minders - Tearaway - The Future Is Always Perfect - Future Farmer - 2003 C-Average - Dark Harbour/Green Mountain Airways/Illgagaard Forever - C-Average - Kill Rock Stars - 1998 Sailboats Are White - Throwing The Fight - Turbo! - Let's Just Have Some Fun - 2005 - *new* Mission Of Burma - Man In Decline - The Obliterati - Matador - 2006 - *new* Chevreuil - Concorde - Capoeira - Sickroom - 2006 - *new*

Playlist for July 3, 2006

9:00pm Spiritualized - Come Together - The Abbey Road EP - Arista/Dedicated - 1998 Chevreuil - BreakDance - Capoeira - Sickroom - 2006 - *new* Oneida - Each One Teach One - Each One Teach One - Jagjaguwar - 2002 the White Stripes - Offend In Every Way - White Blood Cells - Sympathy For the Record Industry - 2001 Mojave 3 - Ghost Ship Waiting - Puzzles Like You - 4AD - 2006 - *new* the Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You - 1976-1981 - Rykodisc - 1980 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone - Greatest Hits - Columbia - 1973 the Wrens - This Boy Is Exhausted - The Meadowlands - Absolutely Kosher - 2003 V/A - the Fastbacks - Waterloo Sunset - Give The People What They Want - Sub Pop - 2001 Young Fresh Fellows - Unimaginable Zero Summer - The Men Who Loved Music -PopLlama - 1987 Sleater-Kinney - Not What You Want - Dig Me Out - Kill Rock Stars - 1997 Thee Emergency - Can You Dig It? - Can You Dig It? - Blue Disguise - 2006 *new* 10:00pm Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming - Painful - Matador - 1993 Canada - Record Function - This Cursed House - Quite Scientific - 2006 - *new* The Lil' Hospital - Henry Linquist - Heavy Metal - Total Gaylord - 2006 - *new* the New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers - Electric Version - Matador - 2003 Talking Heads - Found A Job - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads - Rhino/Sire/Warner Bros. - 1982 the Halo Benders - Do That Thing - The Rebels Not In - K - 1998 the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner - Modern Lovers - Beserkley - 1976 Iggy Pop - Turn Blue - Lust For Life - Virgin - 1977 the Black Heart Procession - GPS - The Spell - Touch and Go - 2006 - *new* Supergrass - Richard III - Supergrass Is 10 - Capitol - 2004 Super Furry Animals - Sidewalk Serfer Girl - Rings Around The World - XL - 2002 the Proper Nouns - Giving Out Our Coordinates - Birds & Butterflies - Columbus Discount Records - 2006 - *new* XTC - All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late) - English Settlement - Virgin - 1982 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding - Armed Forces - 1978 Mission Of Burma - Period - The Obliterati - Matador - 2006 - *new*

Happy Anniversary (To Me)

Tonight is my official 5th anniversary show! As it happens, it's even on the same day. I started in 2001 at the 1-3am time slot Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings. I was there for about 2 years, when I changed shifts to the Monday morning Breakfast special. I liked being on earlier, with more listeners, but I didn't particularly like getting up at 4:30am. I returned to the nights about 9 months later when the 11 to 1am Monday slot opened up, then recently moved up to 9pm. I don't have much of a plan for tonight, but I thought I'd share my playlist from my first show: One Chord To Another Playlist for July 3, 2001

• Spiritualized - Come Together - Abbey Road E.P. - Dedicated
• Juno - The French Letter - A Future Lived In Past Tense - DeSoto
• Enemymine - Nightmare Air - The Ice In Me - Up
• Catherine Wheel - Crank - Chrome - Fontana
• Death Cab For Cutie - President Of What? - Something About Airplanes - Barsuk/Elisnor
• Grandaddy - AM 180 - Under The Western Freeway - Will
• Magic Magicians - 123 to 9 to 5 - Girls - Suicide Squeeze
• Revolutionary Hydra - Multitrack Recording - Swiss Admiral E.P. - Burnout
• Snow Patrol - When It's All Over We Still Have To Clean Up
• - When It's All Over We Still Have To Clean Up - Jeepster
• Burning Airlines - A Song With No Word - Identikit - DeSoto
• Yo La Tengo - Last Days Of Disco - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Matador
• Fastbacks - In The Winter - ...And His Orchestra - PopLlama
• Rancid - Olympia, WA - ...And Out Come The Wolves - Epitaph
• Sloan - G Turns To D - One Chord To Another - Murder
• Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You - Underwater Moonlight - Matador
• Some Velvet Sidewalk - Split The Scene - The Lowdown - K
• Guided By Voices - Twilight Campfighter - Isolation Drills - TVT
• Elvis Costello - Little Palaces - King Of America - Rykodisc
• the Posies - Grant Hart - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In - Casa
• Five Gears In Reverse - Olivia - You're Not Asking The Right Questions - Montesano
• Sleater-Kinney - The Drama You've Been Selling - Dig Me Out - Kill Rock Stars
• XTC - Science Friction - Waxworks: Some Singles - Geffen
• Talking Heads - Found A Job - More Songs About Buildings And Food - Sire
• the Modern Lovers - I'm Straight - Modern Lovers - Rhino/Beserkley
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 15 Feet Of Pure White Snow - No More Shall We Part - Reprise
• Spoon - Agony Of Laffitte - The Agony of Laffitte - Saddle Creek
• Big Star - September Gurls - Radio City - Stax
• Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' - Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)