12.26.05: a boxing day revue

Lovely listeners, how I missed thee! Without headphones or much energy at so early an hour, I rambled through the show, but loved it nonetheless. Those checking the playlist will note that the middle hour was consumed by a countdown of the best albums of the year, two tracks from each (more or less). Thanks for stopping by!

interpol - fog v. mould for the length of love
ladytron - blue jeanss
phantom planet - big brat

tapes 'n tapes - insistor
okkervil river - no key, no plan
spoon - jonathon fisk

belle orchestre - the upwards march
volcano, i'm still excited!! - in green
arcade fire - no cars go

kisswhistle - verhannukah
sons and daughters - taste the last girl
grandaddy - at my post
john vanderslice - dear sarah shu
luna - astronaut
orange peels - i don't wanna shine

the decemberists - we both go down together
the decemberists - the engine driver

deerhoof - twin killers
deerhoof - spirit ditties of no tone

okkervil river - black
okkervil river - a king and a queen

m.i.a. - galang
m.i.a. - pull up the people

sufjan stevens - come on! feel the illinoise!
animal collective - the purple bottle

spoon - i turn my camera on
spoon - i summon you

clap your hands say yeah! - let the cool goddess rust away
clap your hands say yeah! - is this love?

lcd soundsystem - daft punk is playing at my house
lcd soundsystem - movement

antony and the johnsons - for today i am a boy
antony and the johnsons - fistful of love

architecture in helsinki - neverevermind
electric light orchestra - mr. blue sky
death cab for cutie - different names for the same thing
talking heads - this must be the place (naive melody)

david bowie and bing crosby - peace on earth/little drummer boy

rev your engines!

I'll be subbing for Modern Mark (who was subbing for someone else) Monday morning, 7-10 AM. So don't you all forget to wake up and turn the dials to 103.3 FM or just listen online, if you're not lucky enough to be spending the holidays in the sunny Bay.

On that note, Happy Holidays to all. Fuck you, Bill O'Reilly.

8.26.5: adieu, and adieu

the decemberists - the tain (parts I, II, III, IV)
tilly and the wall - fell down the stairs
orange peels - circling the sun

brian wilson - heroes and villains
fountains of wayne - the girl i can't forget
soundtrack of our lives - the royal explosion (part 2)
teenage fan club - slow fade

duplex - elephants and camels
the spinto band - brown boxes
the get up kids - mass pike
eels - hey man

wolf parade - disco sheets
the faint - syntax lies
the stills - still in love song
shinobu - shoot the sky down
spoon - i summon you
starlight mints - black cat
brendan benson - spit it out
the oranges band - white ride

super furry animals - northern lites
gravy train!!!! - johnny makeup
ten in the swear jar - i love the valley
deerhoof - green cosmos
the unicorns - i was born (a unicorn)

the fiery furnaces - we got back the plague
half-handed cloud - ezekiel bread
denison witmer - ringing of the bell
the brunettes - holding hands, feeding ducks

thee more shallows - ave grave
sufjan stevens - john wayne gacy, jr.
feist - mushaboom
grandaddy - now it's on
from bubblegum to sky - hello hello hi
the new pornographers - the bleeding heart show

metric - dead disco
united states of electronica - emerald city
the notwist - one with the freaks

belle and sebastian - lazy line painter jane
polyphonic spree - hold me now
the folksmen - loco men
tv on the radio - the wrong way

rilo kiley - science vs. romance

8.19.05: penultimate

devo - secret agent man
new pornographers - sing me spanish techno
fountains of wayne - ...baby one more time
the go! team - huddle formation
the soundtrack of our lives - bigtime

spinto band - crack the whip
french kicks - when you heard you
ambulance ltd. - heavy lifting

the impossible shapes - putrefaction
neko case - favorite
dear nora - here we come around
devendra banhart - we all know

hot hot heat - oh goddamnit
dinosaur jr. - little fury things
secret machines - the road leads where it leads
tomihira - all to be undone
the heavenly states - pretty life
oslo - my soul
three more shallows - 2am
unrest - suki

belle & sebastian - the state that i am in
camera obscura - number one son
all girl summer fun band - video game heart
they might be giants - they'll need a crane
the orange peels - i don't wanna shine
broken social scene - kc accidental

10 in the swear jar - san jose fight song
say hi to your mom - laundry
stars - elevator love letter
apples in stero - please
magnetic fields - crazy for you
architecture in helsinki - it'5
color bars - all your kitchen ghosts
atom and his package - i am downright amazed...
the weakerthans - aside

death cab for cutie - title and registration
flaming lips - mr. ambulance driver
erlend oye - sheltered life
metric - on a slow night

jack's mannequin - miss delaney
the decemberists - sunshine
the gay - opulent canine
b.c. camplight - couldn't tell you
rilo kiley - pictures of success (live on kicu, 2001)
new pornographers - twin cinema

8.5.05: footloose and fancy-free

the decemberists - engine drive
broken social scene - anthems for a seventeen year old girl
sufjan stevens - decateur...
tomihara - all to be undone

tilly and the wall - a perfect fit
moyer - i feel bad
sherwood - we do this ourselves
tegan and sara - walking with a ghost
metric - dead disco
new pornographers - mass romantic
the spinto band - late

joanna newsom - peach, plum, pear
les savy fav - hold onto your genre
the like young - you're no cheat
the warm gunns - a call to arms
dinosaur jr. - repulsion
weezer - tired of sex

neutral milk hotel - holland, 1945
wolf parade - shine a light
kind of like spitting - scene

lali puna - faking the books
lovers - your handwriting
quasi - a fable with no moral

the delgados - i fought the angels
the arcade fire - crown of love
fiery furnaces - here comes the summer

rilo kiley - science vs. romance
cerulean - flames and semaphores
benzos - you're forever and hourglass

jack's mannequin - miss delaney
sahara hotnights - who do you dance for?
ted leo and the pharmacists - me and mia

mates of state - ha ha
le tigre - deceptakon
i am the world trade center - call me
xiu xiu - bog people
moyer - falling in love

belle and sebastian - this is just a modern rock song

7.29.05: alive and alive

no wait wait - al score
the hold steady - your little hoodrat friend
wolf parade - lousy pictures
pernice brothers - there goes the sun
low - california

petra haden - heinz baked beans
dismemberment plan - the ice of boston
kinski - hot stenographer
mercury rev - across yer ocean

they might be giants - she's actual size (new live version)
the unicorns - emasculate the masculine
deerhoof - come see the duck
the arcade fire - this must be the place (2004.11.12 cambridge, ma)
volcano, i'm still excited!! - fisticuffs

dinosaur jr. - budge
chinese stars - sick machine
benzos - all the king's men
xiu xiu - bog people
grey delisle - god's got it
reeks and the wrecks - blue ballroom

sufjan stevens - the black hawk war
sufjan stevens - come on! feel the illinoise!

aqueduct - hardcore days and softcore nights
blonde redhead - luv machine
beck - hell yes

weezer - jamie (live)
rocky votolato - every red cent
the julius airwave - mediocrity's saint
the color bars - all your kitchen ghosts
the concretes - teen love
the secret machines - sad and lonely
pavement - fame throwa' (live)
neutral milk hotel - song against sex

jack's mannequin - miss delaney
atomic mint - thread
get up kids - campfire kansas

rilo kiley - patiently
dandy warhols - we used to be friends
junior senior - move your feet (live)
stereo total - je suis un poupee

the go! team - get it together
the flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots
colin meloy - southern girls (2005.1.16 san francisco, ca)

sorry, friends.

i was out of town, precommitted, and otherwise flaking these last weeks. weeks add up to months, and we haven't quite gotten there yet, but i've done a disservice to you, my loyal listeners.

whatever of you may remain.

anyway, as ally mcbeal's richard used to say, "bygones," right? i'm back on the air today, so let's just enjoy ourselves and forget about the ugly mess these last few weeks have been. i love you, you know that?

7.1.05: with a special guest

the decemberists - the tain (parts i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi)
dressy bessy - who'd stop the rain
california oranges - falling back
all girl summer fun band - underground
vox vermillion - underground

the rapture - out of the races and onto the tracks
supersystem - miracle
sonic youth - candle

dudley corporation - pointing futures red
pizzicato 5 - concerto
puffy amiyumi - sayonara
pop star kids - come out & play!

headphones - pink and brown
yo la tengo - the summer
wilco - kamera
the books - none but shining hours
yo la tengo - sugarcube
broken social scene - capture the flag + kc accidental
lowcloudcover - menace
sleater-kinney - modern girl

the beatles - birthday
the gay - opulent canine
sloan - the good in everyone
julius airwave - soda
low - california
maximo park - the coast is always changing
statistics - reminisce

bright eyes - black comedy
victory at sea - all night superstar
arcade fire - neighborhood #1 (tunnels)
penitentiary bound - bishop allen
tilly and the wall - fell down the stairs
the cardigans - your new cuckoo