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Episode 086 – Badge

julius — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:35 +0000

:: Cream ::

Some call Cream the British answer to Jimi Hendrix’s voodoo trio, but who am I to take sides? Either way, we all win. Thank you Jack, Ginger and Eric.

In this episode: Asylum Street Spankers, Cream, Daft Punk, Drink Me, Hot Chip, Jascha Ephraim, Kraftwerk, Lemon Jelly, Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab, P.P.Roy, Quintron, These Animal Men, Trio, Vulgar Boatmen

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Song

Artist
Badge

Cream

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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Daft Punk

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In At The Beep End

P.P.Roy
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Ready For The Floor

Hot Chip

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Pocket Calculator

Kraftwerk

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Boom Boom

Trio

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Dedicated to Love

Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab
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The Beach

Quintron

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Monkey Rag

Asylum Street Spankers

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Drive Somewhere

Vulgar Boatmen

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Ambulance

These Animal Men

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T-Rex

Jascha Ephraim

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Elements

Lemon Jelly

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I Got You (I Feel Good)

Drink Me

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Radio Playlist for 7/12/2011

julius — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:00:36 +0000

Tonight’s show is prerecorded.

2 Many DJs, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Folds Five, Ben Kweller, Bob Pollard And Kim Deal, Camper Van Beethoven, Casper Fandango, Cub, Discovery, Eddi Reader, Fastbacks, Flat Duo Jets, Jake Shimabukuro, Kinky, Leonard Nimoy, Mad Tea Party, Madness, Maxence Cyrin, Primus, Sally Timms, The Coctails, The Dandy Warhols, The Puppini Sisters, The Shins, The Soft Boys, The Wedding Present, Thee Shams, Titilia, Titán, Tugboat, White Hassle, William Shatner, Young Fresh Fellows

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Song

Artist
Human Fly

2 Many DJs

Mashing up the Cramps
Shame & Scandal

Madness

A standard from Trinidad
Make Me Smile

The Wedding Present

So very British
All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Dandy Warhols

The Everly Brothers, but even more haunted
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Book Of Love

The Soft Boys

The Monotones never saw it coming
If You Gotta Go

Thee Shams

Hey Bob Dylan!
These Boots Are Made For Walking

Titilia

Hot dang, forget Nancy Sinatra
Tenderness

Casper Fandango

General Public to the white courtesy phone
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In My Life

Jake Shimabukuro

The Beatles on a tiny stringed instrument
Picture Book

Young Fresh Fellows

You knew I had some Kinks on me
Sing Sing Sing

Flat Duo Jets

Gene Krupa’s showcase piece
Brand New Key

Mad Tea Party

Almost as sappy as Melanie’s original
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Corazón

Titán

Over 40 remixes available.
We Will Become Silhouettes

The Shins

The Postal Service is so TwenCen
She Don’t Use Jelly

Ben Folds Five

The Flaming Lips are waiting in the lounge
Common People

William Shatner

Smashed to a Pulp
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Have A Cigar

Primus

Extra snarky for Pink Floyd
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Never Going Back Again

Eddi Reader

How’s that Fleetwood Mac treating you?
I Walk The Line

Leonard Nimoy

Johnny Cash may be spinning at warp speed
El Scorcho

Tugboat

More 8-bit Weezer
The Air That I Breathe

White Hassle

Also worked for Albert Hammond and The Hollies
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D.R.I.N.K.

Asylum Street Spankers

Time to frequent the Jazz Butcher
Tennessee Waltz

Sally Timms

From Pee Wee King and Patsy CLine
Where Is My Mind

Maxence Cyrin

Haunting the Pixies
DEVO Corporate Anthem

The Coctails

We salute you, Devo
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Love Hurts

Bob Pollard And Kim Deal

They should call them “Snazzareth”
Ice Ice Baby

Ben Kweller

Vanilla Ice Ice Baby
I Want You Back (In Discovery)

Discovery

Make it the Jackson 5000
She’s Like A Rainbow

Cub

It also worked for the Rolling Stones
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Rocket Man

Fastbacks

Blasted off for Elton John
Mexican Radio

Kinky

A Mexican take on Wall of Voodoo
Heart of Glass

The Puppini Sisters

Timewarping the Blondie
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Interstellar Overdrive

Camper Van Beethoven

Epic choice of a Pink Floyd song

Radio Playlist for 7/5/2011

julius — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:00:15 +0000

Tonight’s show is pre-recorded.

Aluminum Babe, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Bongwater, Carneyball Johnson, Chris Murray, Dread Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, Guy Forsyth, Heavy Vegetable, Holly Golightly, I Fight Dragons, Los Super Seven, Meat Purveyors, Mike Doughty, Money Mark, Robyn Hitchcock, Seu Jorge And Almaz, Sex Clark Five, Southern Culture On The Skids, Superchunk, The Bobs, The Extra Glenns, The Fall, The Fucking Eagles, The Moog Cookbook, The Scofflaws, Tripping Daisy, Vic Chestnutt, Willie Nillie, Yo La Tengo, a.k.a:RUDIE

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Song

Artist
100,000 Fireflies

Superchunk

Noisy Magnetic Fields
25 Or 6 To 4

The Moog Cookbook

Beeping Chicago
Memories

The Extra Glenns

Warbling Leonard Cohen
Science Fiction Double Feature

Chris Murray

Plaintive Rocky Horror
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Pepe y Irene

Money Mark

Suave Los Lobos
Oliver’s Army

a.k.a:RUDIE

Skankin’ Elvis Costello
Night Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vic Chestnutt

We miss Vic.
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White Room

The Bobs

A cappella Cream
Museum Of Love

Meat Purveyors

Honky Tonk Daniel Johnston
The Model

Seu Jorge And Almaz

Desolate Krafwerk
When I Will Be Loved

The Fucking Eagles

AKA The Effin’ Eagles
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Train to Chicago

Mike Doughty

Live Drink Me
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

The Scofflaws

Raging Danny Elfman
Indian Bingo

Tripping Daisy

Tribute to Brainiac
Ça Plane Pour Moi

Aluminum Babe

Like Plastic Bertrand, but snottier
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Black Dog

Dread Zeppelin

Cuisinart Led Zeppelin
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El Camino

Ben Vaughn

Together with Ween again
My Window Faces the South

Los Super Seven

Let’s hear it for Willy Nelson
Why Bother?

I Fight Dragons

Eight-bit Weezer
Muswell Hillbilly

Southern Culture On The Skids

Hillbillyfyin’ the Kinks
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TV Party

Asylum Street Spankers

Hulu Party for Black Flag
Excesses

Heavy Vegetable

Investigating Klark Kent
More Than This

Robyn Hitchcock

Live Roxy Music
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Here Comes My Baby

Yo La Tengo

Paying tribute to Cat Stevens
Because

Elliott Smith

Vocal avalanche for the Beatles
Delirious

Guy Forsyth

Snarling Prince
Victoria

The Fall

Have more Kinks
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Police On My Back

Willie Nillie

The Clash is always relevant
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

Carneyball Johnson

Updated Perez Prado
Use Me

Holly Golightly

Derangeder than Bill Withers
Career Opportunities

Sex Clark Five

Never enough Clash
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You Don’t Love Me Yet

Bongwater

From Roky Erickson’s dream journal

Radio Playlist for 5/17/2011

julius — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:00:10 +0000

Tonight’s show was a musical repeat of the playlist for 6/2/2009, with all-new live bumbling commentary so you don’t feel cheated. Feel free to refer to that playlist.

Radio Playlist for 4/12/2011

julius — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:00:50 +0000

And The Moneynotes, Asylum Street Spankers, Band of Horses, Brother Ali, Cage the Elephant, Chinese Man, Daft Punk, David Bowie, DeVotchKa, Eugene McGuinness, Fastbacks, Fergus & Geronimo, Frightened Rabbit, Gonzalo Yanez, Graffiti6, Ha Ha Tonka, Holly Golightly, Kathy McCarty, Los Lobos, Metric, Montefiori Cocktail, Nortec Collective, PJ Harvey, Robyn Hitchcock, Stereo Total, Super Furry Animals, The Apples in Stereo, The Bobs, The Coctails, The Go! Team, The Puppini Sisters, XTC, Yo La Tengo

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Song

Artist
Rocket Man

Fastbacks

Off Pravda Records’ Super Mega Fantasticc Something

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Around the World

Daft Punk

Blast off, Yuri!

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Stare Into The Sun

Graffiti6

It’s bright at the top of the Vostok
Another Satellite

XTC

Sparse and shimmering

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Space Oddity

David Bowie

Take your protein pills and puit your helmet on

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Yuri-G

PJ Harvey

Is it really about him?

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Cosmonaute

Stereo Total

In French, natch.

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Satellite

Yo La Tengo

Georgia Hubley’s voice is like butter. I hear.

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New World

DeVotchKa

Don’t melt, dude

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Rocket Ship

Kathy McCarty

Unmistakably Johnston

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Satellite

Robyn Hitchcock

Jerky little cannister of gold

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Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

My favorite Welshmen

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Aba Dabba Do Dance

The Coctails

Were you dancing like a caveman?

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Heart of Glass

The Puppini Sisters

A triple attack of awesome

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King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3

The Apples in Stereo

Originally by Neutral Milk Hotel
Without You Here

Holly Golightly

Greetings to Scott and Dan!

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Mama Loves Nortec

Nortec Collective

Norteño Slice+Dice

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Fonz

Eugene McGuinness

Quite inventive

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The Running Range

The Go! Team

Double dutch chanting and cop jazz

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Hu Ha

Montefiori Cocktail

Uh huh huh huh

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Is There A Ghost

Band of Horses

Majestic

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Particle Man

The Bobs

Why no more TMBG covers?

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SuperChief

Asylum Street Spankers

The howling of the ukulele

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Combat Baby

Metric

Kanadians kicking butt

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Living In Colour

Frightened Rabbit

Galloping out of the gate

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This is Not a Cure for the Common Cold

Ha Ha Tonka

From the Ozarks

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Hornaplenny

And The Moneynotes

Sounding quite Femme-y

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2024

Cage the Elephant

Frantically jabbering

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Do The Murray

Los Lobos

Fire on the strings

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Fresh Air

Brother Ali

Suspicious blanks, yo

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Girls With English Accents

Fergus & Geronimo

From the anomalous Denton TX

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Intro

Chinese Man

CAN YOOO DIG IT?

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Maldigo del Alto Cielo

Gonzalo Yanez

Goddamnitall, in Spanish

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Radio Playlist for 3/29/2011

julius — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:00:21 +0000

Arling + Cameron, Asylum Street Spankers, Baby Gramps, Bim Skala Bim, Bran Flakes, Buscemi, Cage the Elephant, Chinese Man, Cookie, Dan Deacon, Flop, Jesca Hoop, Jesse Rose, Mark Mothersbaugh, Meat Purveyors, Mister Heavenly, Mouse on Mars, Natty Bo, Nevada Bachelors, Noonday Underground, OK Go, Seks Bomba, Source, The Black Keys, The Bobs, The Coctails, The Evolution Control Committee, The Fastbacks, The Mooney Suzuki, The Pilgrims, The Puppini Sisters, The Quiet Ones, Tom Tom Club, Tune-Yards

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Song

Artist
Wuthering Heights

The Puppini Sisters

Kate Bush retro-futurism

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Mister Heavenly

Mister Heavenly

Somewhat TMBG-y

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Black ‘n Blue 4 U

Cookie

Sabrina Rockarena, where are you?

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Touch My Horn

Jesse Rose

Balkan batucada

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Okie Dokie

Dan Deacon

He’s got a rattlesnake gun!

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Hardest Geometry Problem In The World

Mark Mothersbaugh

It’s the opening theme to a daydream

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Big Noise From Winnetka

Asylum Street Spankers

The one and ever-only Spankers

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In The Summer

The Fastbacks

Seattle crunchpop
Jumpin in Havana

Chinese Man

Blabbering is the key

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Sahib Balkan

Buscemi

Goin’ out to John’s neighbors!

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Howlin’ For You

The Black Keys

Sawampalicious

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Bird on a Wire

The Bobs

Leonard Cohen is spinngin. Good.

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Eat

Flop

More Seattle pop!
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Stumble Out of Bed

Bran Flakes

Can you hear the ELO?

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Museum Of Love

Meat Purveyors

From the mind of Daniel Johnston

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Sunlight

Tune-Yards

Angular yet hypnotic

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Sunny Afternoon

Baby Gramps

Reso-kinks
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99%

The Mooney Suzuki

No need for the other 1%

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This Will Be Our Year

OK Go

Dig the key modulation, guys

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Food in the House

The Pilgrims

Eating it every day!
Breakfast

The Evolution Control Committee

Don’t you hate it when your amphetamine omelette is all rubbery?

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Malanga

Natty Bo

Ska cubano!
Go It Alone

Noonday Underground

Sounding more like Portishead than usual

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Penguin / Powerhouse

The Coctails

All hail Raymond Scott!

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Wise Up

Bim Skala Bim

From before ska was cool again

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The Right Track

Seks Bomba

Dirty dirty jazz

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Four Dreams

Jesca Hoop

Babysitting for Tom Waits

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Framed Profile

Source

Not Everything But The Girl, but close

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Right Before My Eyes

Cage the Elephant

Not the same as the other “Right Before My Eyes”

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Genius Of Love

Tom Tom Club

A classic return

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Girls and Uniforms

The Quiet Ones

Mounting frenzy chorus

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New Amazing Buzz

Nevada Bachelors

How can there be only two NB albums?

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Yippie

Mouse on Mars

Spazzy and teutonic

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Gershwin

Arling + Cameron

Only 10 seconds! Gasp!

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Radio Playlist for 3/15/2011

julius — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:00:03 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers, Cage the Elephant, Caravan Palace, DJ Me DJ You, Evolution Control Committee, Four Corners, Gavin Bryars, Gerty, Hilken Mancini And Chris Colbourn, Hillstomp, Jega, Little Red Car Wreck, Lo-Lite, Mister Heavenly, Navet Confit, Nevada Bachelors, New Mjondalen Disco Swingers, Push Kings, S Prcss, Scientific American, Scruffy The Cat, Th’ Faith Healers UK, The Bobs, The Brunettes, The Coctails, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Maxwell Implosion, The Mooney Suzuki, The Octopus Project, The Pogues, The Puppini Sisters, Trabant, Verbena, Violent Femmes

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Song

Artist
White Room

The Bobs

Smooth and Creamy

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Electric Sweat

The Mooney Suzuki

Starting out the eclectic set

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Set Your Clocks

Gerty

Eff you Ben Franklin!

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Pineapple Girl

Mister Heavenly

Now with Unicorn blood

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Wild Boar Problem

Nevada Bachelors

Robb Benson’s silken howl

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Whale In The Sand

The Brunettes

Sloppy twisting, don’t stop

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Long Tall Shorty

Four Corners

She knows what love is all about

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Ça fait rire les oiseaux

Navet Confit

Something’s going on in France
Eurodans

New Mjondalen Disco Swingers

Whistlingk!

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Give The Beaches To The People

S Prcss

It’s mostly bass line

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Road Hog

The Coctails

Leave your car at home!

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Grasshopper

The Maxwell Implosion

Yet another telephone and rubber band sample

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Landlord Blues

Hillstomp

From the Oregon hills

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Wild Cats of Kilkenny

The Pogues

Sounding a bit like Pink Floyd, doncha thing?

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I Held Her In My Arms

Violent Femmes

Violent beasts!

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Tiny Days

Scruffy The Cat

No less fearsome
Japanese Buffalo

Cage the Elephant

Big animals here

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Hot Blood

Verbena

Made mine hot

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Hippy Hole

Th’ Faith Healers UK

Noisy as puck

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Bad, Bad Little Bird

Hilken Mancini And Chris Colbourn

It’s gone gone

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The Minute

Push Kings

Yes, it’s that minute

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Tramp with Orchestra III (no strings)

Gavin Bryars

Minimalist weeping

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Rachel

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Hoooooo!

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Dinner

Evolution Control Committee

It’s making me hungry

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Red Mullet

Jega

Stuttering judders

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Dragons

Caravan Palace

Retrofuturism, again again

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Glassbong

DJ Me DJ You

Sitar wobbles

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Crashing Cars

Little Red Car Wreck

Live in Olympia
Pakalolo Baby

Asylum Street Spankers

From their live album

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Kan-U-Guru

Lo-Lite

Redlining, as always

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Walk Like An Egyptian

The Puppini Sisters

What was that?

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Bahama Banana

Trabant

Icelandically unusual
What They Found

The Octopus Project

The clockwork of your mind, winding down

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The Flower Sermon

Scientific American

Beat happy

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Radio Playlist for 2/22/2011

julius — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:00:50 +0000

And The Moneynotes, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Archers Of Loaf, Arling + Cameron, Asylum Street Spankers, Bob Wiseman, Cage the Elephant, Cigarbox Planetarium, Deadmau5, Evolution Control Committee, Frank Churchill, Garageland, House of Freaks, Islands, Los Straitjackets, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mates Of State, Miss Li, Paleface, Scruffy the Cat, Sir Millard Mulch, Tepado, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Coctails, The Dismemberment Plan, The Four Corners, The Glands, The Hush Sound, The Jazz Butcher, The Mekons, The Real Tuesday Weld, The Shins

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Song

Artist
DEVO Corporate Anthem

The Coctails

From the Chicago Loungesters

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Last Word

Archers Of Loaf

Prickly stuff I tell you

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Medicine Man

The Hush Sound

Thumpety thump

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What the Astronaut Noticed and Then Suggested

Bob Wiseman

Bob’s in an accordion mood

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Anthony Robbins Personal Slave II

Sir Millard Mulch

I bought his set of CDs off my sister’s internet
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I Loved London

The Real Tuesday Weld

Very moody for being real

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Shake It

Arling + Cameron

Skippiness, begone!

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The City

The Dismemberment Plan

Recently reunited for one last tour

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She’s On Drugs

The Jazz Butcher

Sha na na na

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Life Is So Sweet

Garageland

Let’s hear it for New Zealand

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The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

The Four Corners

Too cool for stereo

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Aberdeen

Cage the Elephant

At their pixiest

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Late Night Heartbroken Blues

Miss Li

Oh, Miss li

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The Drums

Islands

Robot unicorns if you know what I mean

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Kissing The Lipless

The Shins

Soaring high and shouting

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Death Cab For Cutie

The Bonzo Dog Band

Is this where the band got their name?

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Bucepahlus Bouncing Ball

Aphex Twin

Clicky twitches

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Rocked by Rape

Evolution Control Committee

Time for us to bug out

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We Used To Wait

Arcade Fire

Who is Arcade Fire?

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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf

Frank Churchill

Have some Disney music. Charley
Sterno

Los Straitjackets

Sounds somewhat familiar…

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Treat You Right Someday

House of Freaks

Contemplative

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Halves And Have-Nots

Mates Of State

Harmonies that make you grit your teeth

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My Kid Smokin’

And The Moneynotes

Playing it loose

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Crouton Man

Tepado

¡Esta tepado!
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She Was Talking to Me (Down on Avenue B)

Paleface

Some of that dirty NYC folk
Two Dollar Wine

The Glands

Outta Athens
Funeral

The Mekons

Outta Leeds

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Trouble Is My Beeswax

Cigarbox Planetarium

Instrumental health

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My Favorite Record

Asylum Street Spankers

So sad they’re calling it quits
Time Never Forgets

Scruffy the Cat

And don’t you forget it
Kite Flying

Mark Mothersbaugh

Rushmore, rushmore

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Smash It Up

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Kindred spirit to the Damned song

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Right This Second

Deadmau5

It’s like Oxygene 2011

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Radio Playlist for 2/15/2011

julius — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:00:20 +0000

Aquabats, Asylum Street Spankers, Belleruche, Broken Bells, Cornershop, Dr. Octagon, Dr. Ring Ding, Drool Brothers, Fela Kuti, He’s a ramblin’ man., Kid Koala, King Missile, Little Dragon, Miss Li, Scruffy the Cat, Shonen Knife, Ska Cubano, Spinal Tap, Supergrass, Tall Dwarfs, The Budos Band, The Capes, The Mountain Goats, The Ophelias, The Pillows, The Slackers, The Unicorns, Titilia, Tom Zé, Vells, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

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Song

Artist
These Boots Are Made For Walking

Titilia

Dig them traps, dig ‘em deep

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Miss Li

Miss Li

Don’t mess with Miss Li

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Ride On Shooting Star

The Pillows

Fooley Cooley!

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Beer

Asylum Street Spankers

Clinkety clink

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Twice

Little Dragon

Check out the video on the Facebook page

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Here Comes My Ship

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

What a hot combo

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Thomas Doubter

Scruffy the Cat

More Charlie Chesterman!
Twist Barbie

Shonen Knife

Cross breeding Hello Kitty and the Ramones

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Minor Swing

Belleruche

Can you tell I’m digging the electroswing?

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Sabina

The Slackers

Call me Slacking

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World War III Is A Giant Ice Cream Cone

King Missile

How can you argue with that premise?
Larger Than Life

Vells

Velvety vells a-velling

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Mexican Broads

The Capes

A nice moogy start

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Hell Hole

Spinal Tap

This ain’t no place to be a man

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I Dig Your Mind

The Ophelias

You dig a restraining order

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Lemon Jelly

He’s a ramblin’ man.

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The Ghost Inside

Broken Bells

DangerMouse + the Shins are your ingredients

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Um ‘Oh’ E Um ‘Ah!’

Tom Zé

Brazilian onomatopeia

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The Shark Fighter!

Aquabats

Ludicrous!

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Ghost Walk

The Budos Band

Some dat afrobeatness

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Kasio Montigo

Drool Brothers

Drooling all over the place

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Drug Life

The Mountain Goats

Sounding like James Kochalka
Skanky Panky

Kid Koala

Herky jerky turntablism

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Turn It Down (Turn Your Lamp Down Low)

Dr. Ring Ding

He doesn’t sound German, does he?
Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Cornershop

Made even more manic by the Fatboy

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Bear Witness

Dr. Octagon

You know where it came from.

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Log

Tall Dwarfs

New Zealand uneezee

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Bad Blood

Supergrass

Gimme the Brit swagger

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Tuff Luff

The Unicorns

I miss the Unicorns

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Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Ska Cubano

It is the hotness.

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No Agreement

Fela Kuti

Easy, big Fela

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Radio Playlist for 2/8/2011

julius — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:00:20 +0000

Afghan Whigs, Asylum Street Spankers, Binder & Krieglstein, Bronco Busters, Cake, Camper Van Beethoven, Chris Murray, David Garza, Destroyer, Jens Lekman, Juana Molina, Los Super Seven, Money Mark, Nine Iron, Noonday Underground, Otaku, Peglegasus, Pixies, Scruffy the Cat, Sir Millard Mulch, Snitches, Stevie Wonder, The Avett Brothers, The Coctails, The Fratellis, The Mekons, The Ophelias, The Sugar Oaks, Ui, Was (Not Was), Young Fresh Fellows, Young Heart Attack

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
TV Party

Asylum Street Spankers

Even more warped than Black Flag’s version

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Any Old Thing

Peglegasus

It’s complicated

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Mouthful Of Love

Young Heart Attack

Call the cardiologist

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When I Drink

The Avett Brothers

Can’t seem to shake the plaintiveness

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Insensible

Juana Molina

Argentinian child star weirdness

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Boisa-bis-o-boisa

Jens Lekman

Rare track from this Swede
Sammy Come a Jail

Chris Murray

Lo-fi ska-jinks

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Hello Angel

Scruffy the Cat

Goodbye, Scruffy
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Impatient

Nine Iron

She’s so impatient with me

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Drive Until He Sleeps

Ui

Road hypnosis

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Palm of your Hand

Cake

Classic Cake melody

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The Curse

The Mekons

Truly cursed

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New Ways Of Living

Destroyer

Shaking itself to pieces

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Running Out Of Class

Bronco Busters

Damn, they rock

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Border Ska

Camper Van Beethoven

Reduce, reuse, recycle

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My Window Faces the South

Los Super Seven

Muchas gracias to Willie Nelson

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La La Love You

Pixies

I’m still mad at the Pixies

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Santa Fe

Binder & Krieglstein

From my current obsession

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Road Hog

The Coctails

Going out to the blue Sentra

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Strange New Glasses

The Ophelias

The girlskin ottoman stays
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The Light Brigade

Noonday Underground

What is this sound?

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Hello Dad, I’m In Jail

Was (Not Was)

Happy birthday!

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Superstition

Stevie Wonder

In the mood for this one

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Vince The Loveable Stoner

The Fratellis

Hey, we all know a Vince

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Tiny Chairs

Sir Millard Mulch

And yet, you can sit on them
Right Before My Eyes

Snitches

Canadian inyourfaceness

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Son of the South

Afghan Whigs

Masters of self-hatred

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She Won’t Budge

Young Fresh Fellows

From the noisy Low Beat Time

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The Perfect Tear

David Garza

A rare demo version

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Dark Dark Leaves

The Sugar Oaks

Whatever happened to?

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Soul Drive Sixth Avenue

Money Mark

Decade old, still fresh

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Other Side Of The Sun

Otaku

Space dub for you

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Radio Playlist for 1/11/2011

julius — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:00:59 +0000

AK Momo, Amy Rigby, Andrews Sisters, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Kweller, Bim Skala Bim, Binder & Krieglstein, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Boom Pam, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Clinton, David Garza, Fort Lauderdale, Get Set Go, Half-Handed Cloud, Holly Golightly, Jenny and Johnny, Keller Williams, Kincaid, Miss Li, Professor Elemental, Scruffy the Cat, Switches, The Consortium Of Genius, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fall, The Goodnight Loving, The Mabuses, The Mekons, The Naked + Famous, The Starlight Mints, The Vulgar Boatmen, VHS Or Beta, Ween, Weezer, Westbound Train

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Ice Ice Baby

Ben Kweller

That Miami guy may have been onto something
BREAK
The Sun

The Naked + Famous

Ominous, relentless
Jump Around

Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Latinesque

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Committed

Jenny and Johnny

Hard candy pop glaze

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Digga Digga Do

Asylum Street Spankers

Cantina musick!

[asa]B000U8PFN4[/asa]
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Hells Angels

Fort Lauderdale

Actually from across the pond
My Baby She’s Allright

Scruffy the Cat

So bright, so brief
Sorry Mama

Westbound Train

Boston rocksteady

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Give Me Back Time

Holly Golightly

Unbalanced women are so hot
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Keep It On The Paper

Keller Williams

Nice moogy solo

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Greasy Spoon

AK Momo

Swedish clockwork siren

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How Now

Get Set Go

The Dutch girls like to play with their tools?

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Testify

Switches

Delicious syrupy wooziness

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Odd Couple

Weezer

Death to false metal!

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Don’t Try To Fool Me

Miss Li

Mmmm, saxy

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Girl O’ Clock

The Dismemberment Plan

The stuttering monster

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Wild and Blue

The Mekons

Beautiful take on the John Anderson waltz

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Good Girls

Amy Rigby

Check her out

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Born In The Ghetto

Binder & Krieglstein

A sound for every nation

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The Eyes Of The Night

The Starlight Mints

There’s cookie monsters in the kitchen

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Steam Powered (feat. Mr Jon Clark)

Professor Elemental

All about steampunk

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Solid, Jackson

Kincaid

Is this Elephant Six? Ya think?

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I Can’t Put My Finger On It

Ween

I don’t know either, guys

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Bangin’

Bim Skala Bim

Back when ska was weird

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You And Your Sister

The Vulgar Boatmen

Gainesville jangle

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New Big Prinz

The Fall

That insolent Mark E. Smith

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Rum & Coca Cola (JoJo Effect Remix)

Andrews Sisters

Damn you, Morey Amsterdam

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a temporary loss of power

The Consortium Of Genius

Mad science interval
Button Down Disco (Fila Brazilla Remix)

Clinton

Eurovision 1979 — you had to be there

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Od Srca (From The Heart)

Boban Markovic Orkestar

Missing vowels

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Boom Pam

Boom Pam

Eponymous Instrumental

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Mad Went The Barber

The Mabuses

Some Penny Lane subliminals
Sunnyside

The Goodnight Loving

Dig their latest album with me

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Serpent Head Crushed

Half-Handed Cloud

Knoxville weirdness

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Discoball World

David Garza

The Four Track Manifesto version

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On & On

VHS Or Beta

Time for retro-disco-retro

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Radio Playlist for 12/14/2010

julius — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:00:29 +0000

Afghan Whigs, Aluminum Babe, Asylum Street Spankers, Cagney & Lacee, Camper Van Beethoven, Daft Punk, Dunkelbunt Feat Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Elf Power, Frank Black, Internal External, Keren Ann, Los Amigos Invisibles, M.I.A., Madness, Pop Will Eat Itself, Professor Elemental, Ramones, Superdrag, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fall, The Format, The Kinks, The Naked + Famous, The Pretenders, Thou, Tipsy, Treat Her Right, VV Brown, Waldeck, Ween, What!

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Wave Of Mutilation

Superdrag

Noisy in a different way

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Sir Rockaby

Frank Black

Lovely organ there
Derezzed

Daft Punk

From the upcoming Tron soundtrack

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By the Way

Cagney & Lacee

So terribly sad
Memories

Waldeck

Get this White Mink compilation for yourself already

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Tattooed Love Boys

The Pretenders

Offbeats shake-a-shake

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L.O.V.E.

VV Brown

What kind of anachronism plugin is she running?

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Hard Petting

Tipsy

Warp lounge

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A Tear for Eddie

Ween

It’s Ween at their most soulful

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Brown Shoe

What!

Big shout out to Mike Owens!
Can U Dig It

Pop Will Eat Itself

Name-checking motherlode!

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You My Flower

Afghan Whigs

As good as chili on spaghetti

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Ça Plane Pour Moi

Aluminum Babe

Hard to mess this one up.
Cab It Up!

The Fall

What’s he going on about?

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La Revedere

Dunkelbunt Feat Amsterdam Klezmer Band

I got the Balkan feber

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Baggy Trousers

Madness

Second video!

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Fighting Trousers

Professor Elemental

I’m watching this one avidly

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Inches And Falling

The Format

Greetings to Michael!

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Picture of the Future

Treat Her Right

Yeah, it’s Sandman

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Fonnovo

Los Amigos Invisibles

Estan fonki

[asa]B000S98WCG[/asa]
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A Wolf In Geek’s Clothing

The Naked + Famous

I love the out of control

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Whatever

Asylum Street Spankers

Go green!

[asa]B000U8MRXK[/asa]
Havana Affair

Ramones

Clears the pipes it does

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BREAK
Bucky Done Gone

M.I.A.

Blasting out of Sri Lanka

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One Too Many Blows To The Head

The Dismemberment Plan

Rumors of a reunion?

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Apeman

The Kinks

I am an apeman.

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Life on Mars?

Keren Ann

Cinematic in scope

[asa]B003XN5IGM[/asa]
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Panic Breaks

Thou

Smooth nervous breakdown

[asa]B000T1FSRU[/asa]
Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home

Elf Power

The Elephant Six!

[asa]B000QZVTDG[/asa]
Hope

Internal External

With Lois Maffeo’s silky voice

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Interstellar Overdrive

Camper Van Beethoven

Pink Floyd wishes they could do this.

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Radio Playlist for 4/20/2010

julius — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:00:28 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers, Beastie Boys, Big Sugar, Camper Van Beethoven, Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics, Erin McKeown, Flat Duo Jets, Home, Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville, Kevin Seconds, Kinky, Klark Kent, Mario Nascimbene, Medicated Apple Pie, NRBQ, Pinback, Ratatat, Rave-Ups, The Cells, The Dickies, The Mommyheads, The Ramones, The Ray Makers, Thou, Violent Femmes

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Banana Splits

The Dickies

From the Kick Ass soundtrack, which also kicks ass

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Sister Twisted

Kinky

By request for Harry

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White Trees

Flat Duo Jets

Spookiness itself

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Gipsy Threat

Ratatat

New album out soon

[asa]B001AKN6Q4[/asa]
Silver Cloud

The Cells

Fuzz pop assault!

[asa]B000QQVJ1W[/asa]
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Hot Asphalt

Mario Nascimbene

Yeah, it’s hot
Song for the Man

Beastie Boys

Unknown but not unheard

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California Sun

The Ramones

I miss Joey Ramone

[asa]B00122J3IA[/asa]
Theme for Kinetic Ritual

Klark Kent

Stewart Copeland, pre-Police

[asa]B002UK5XPA[/asa]
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Cold Stone Wind

Medicated Apple Pie
BREAK
Nightmare of a Woman

Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics

Featuring Billy Zoom on lead guitar

[asa]B001OAU1YA[/asa]
BREAK
New Sound

Medicated Apple Pie
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Gone Daddy Gone

Violent Femmes

Merrily malicious marimba

[asa]B0012EGE1C[/asa]
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The Bus Song (Passing Through)

Medicated Apple Pie
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Stoudamire

Kevin Seconds

Unmistakable, that Kevin

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Waiting For The Man

Medicated Apple Pie
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Cora

The Mommyheads

Soothing and from CT

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Too Far Gone

Medicated Apple Pie
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My Friend Maurice

Home

Enchanting sloppiness from Tampa

[asa]B000008OYX[/asa]
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The E Jam

Medicated Apple Pie
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Tripoli

Pinback

Reminding me of cold Japanese winters

[asa]B001HRXP0C[/asa]
Cool

Thou

Belgian and WTFy
Rave-Up/Shut-Up

Rave-Ups

As seen on Pretty In Pink

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Eye of Fatima (Pt. 1)

Camper Van Beethoven

I regret missing this concert

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You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)

Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville

That’s old school

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Wake And Bake

Asylum Street Spankers

From Spanker Madness, an entire album of this stuff

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Wacky Tobacky

NRBQ

Witness the mighty Q!

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If You A Viper

Erin McKeown

It’s a standard

[asa]B002ORYC1A[/asa]
Let Me Roll It

Big Sugar

Originally by Paul McCartney
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Moonflower

The Ray Makers

Yeah, it’s a trance number

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Episode 047 – Nonsensical

julius — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:00:40 +0000

:: The Drums ::

Like I say, nobody beats the Drums.

In this episode: Asylum Street Spankers, Bettie Serveert, Boom Pam, Dim Dim, Forro In The Dark, Hip Hop Hoodíos, Los Tucanes De Tijuana, Nortec (Bostich+Fussible), Shantel, The Drums, The Kills, Uptown Sinclair, Vic Chestnutt, Weezer, Yael Naïm, Young Fresh Fellows

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Nonsensical

Forro In The Dark

Yeah, I’m with that.

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Let’s Go Surfing

The Drums

Nobody beats the Drums!

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I Call It Art

The Kills

The master of French suffering

[asa]B000G1R3DU[/asa]
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Havana Nagila

Hip Hop Hoodíos

Hoodios to the core

[asa]3898983544[/asa]
Souvlaki #3

Boom Pam

Going out to Nature Girl!

[asa]B000GYHXI2[/asa]
Citizen Of Planet Paprika

Shantel

Frankfort, actually

[asa]B002CXG6BK[/asa]
Paris

Yael Naïm

A chick, her guitar and some lilting Hebrew

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Whip

Dim Dim

Precise and very Dutch

[asa]B001JILWPO[/asa]
Tight Like That

Asylum Street Spankers

Nice Jim Carroll reference

[asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]
Amor Platonico

Los Tucanes De Tijuana

The Librarian highly recommends this film

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Go Blue Angels Go

Young Fresh Fellows

The YFF are the party

[asa]B002BEXGFO[/asa]
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Landslide

Uptown Sinclair

Dave Hill is a very funny man

[asa]B00005UKXQ[/asa]
Arboles De La Barranca

Nortec (Bostich+Fussible)

Insistent, these boys are

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Knock-Down Drag-Out

Weezer

What album is this from?
Wide Eyed Fools

Bettie Serveert

Lushness and clarity

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The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vic Chestnutt

Tragic, very

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Episode 036 – Antifreeze

julius — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:45 +0000

:: Asylum Street Spankers ::

The Spankers always score points for obscure musical references.

In this episode: Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Five-Eight, French Kicks, Gachupín, Igmo, Illinois, Irving, Kraftwerk, Royksopp, Syd Dale, The Determinations, The Plugz, The Starlight Mints, Vells

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Antifreeze

Asylum Street Spankers

Hey, Jesus Lizard reference!

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She’s So Blonde

Illinois

Bluegrass with a bad attitude

[asa]B00265SB6M[/asa]
Young Lawyer

French Kicks

From Brooklyn via Washington DC

[asa]B000053F7Z[/asa]
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Riverside Drive

Gachupín

Featuring Tony Maimone

[asa]B000QBYCJ8[/asa]
Number One Spy

Syd Dale

More suave spyness

[asa]B000EEE3V4[/asa]
Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

The Plugz

Off the fertile Repo Man soundtrack

[asa]B000002PF7[/asa]
Gumpstumper

Ben Vaughn

I need to play some stuff from his Rambler ’65 album

[asa]B0000048E5[/asa]
BREAK
Sir Prize

The Starlight Mints

Let’s have some violins.

[asa]B00004WFJC[/asa]
Chump

Igmo

More violins!
Hey Hey La La

Vells

Psychedelic motown?

[asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]
Eyes Adjust to Light

Irving

Who wouldn’t circle back to see Willie Nelson?

[asa]B00006LPQF[/asa]
BREAK
Weirdo

Five-Eight

Mike Mantione holds no punches

[asa]B000008FMU[/asa]
The Model

Kraftwerk

Soothing German minimalism

[asa]B000002GYI[/asa]
Housewife’s Choice

The Determinations

Revisiting a standard

[asa]B000005HPR[/asa]
DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

Art Brut

Hard to beat the Brut.

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Happy Up Here

Royksopp

Shiny happy music

[asa]B001TIQTJS[/asa]

Radio Playlist for 12/29/2009

julius — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:00:13 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers, Balkan Beat Box, Beatallica, Bettie Serveert, Boom Pam, Dim Dim, Evaporators, Forro In The Dark, Hip Hop Hoodíos, Los Tucanes De Tijuana, Manu Chao, Mike Pinto, Molotov, Money Mark, Nortec (Bostich+Fussible), Nortec Collective, Pacha Massive, Portishead, Romantica, Shantel, Spot 1019, The Aggrolites, The Avett Brothers, The Drums, The Kills, Uptown Sinclair, Vic Chestnutt, Weezer, Yael Naïm, Yellow Second, Young Fresh Fellows, Zuco 103

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vic Chestnutt

Tragic, very

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Nonsensical

Forro In The Dark

Yeah, I’m with that.

[asa]B002MR902I[/asa]
Let’s Go Surfing

The Drums

Nobody beats the Drums!

[asa]B002KTJR1C[/asa]
I Call It Art

The Kills

The master of French suffering

[asa]B000G1R3DU[/asa]
BREAK
Havana Nagila

Hip Hop Hoodíos

Hoodios to the core

[asa]3898983544[/asa]
Souvlaki #3

Boom Pam

Going out to Nature Girl!

[asa]B000GYHXI2[/asa]
Citizen Of Planet Paprika

Shantel

Frankfort, actually

[asa]B002CXG6BK[/asa]
Paris

Yael Naïm

A chick, her guitar and some lilting Hebrew

[asa]B0013LP86Q[/asa]
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Whip

Dim Dim

Precise and very Dutch

[asa]B001JILWPO[/asa]
Tight Like That

Asylum Street Spankers

Nice Jim Carroll reference

[asa]B000MV9OL8[/asa]
Amor Platonico

Los Tucanes De Tijuana

The Librarian highly recommends this film

[asa]B0026LYM7I[/asa]
Go Blue Angels Go

Young Fresh Fellows

The YFF are the party

[asa]B002BEXGFO[/asa]
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Landslide

Uptown Sinclair

Dave Hill is a very funny man

[asa]B00005UKXQ[/asa]
Arboles De La Barranca

Nortec (Bostich+Fussible)

Insistent, these boys are

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Knock-Down Drag-Out

Weezer

What album is this from?
Wide Eyed Fools

Bettie Serveert

Lushness and clarity

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We Came To Score

The Aggrolites

Reggae reborn

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I Want to Choke Your Band

Beatallica

The shortest track, enough to get the point across
Addicted To Cheese

Evaporators

Help me, I’ve got a disease

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“The Revolution Will Not Televised (“”La Revo”")”

Molotov

Angry in any language

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Ringo

Spot 1019

Had a dream about the bacon

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Letter to a Pretty Girl

The Avett Brothers

Plinka plunka banjo

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How To Feel

Romantica

From Minneapolis

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One More Time

Mike Pinto

Soulful Mike

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If You Want it

Pacha Massive

From Colombia + NYC

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Um Côco

Zuco 103

Brazilian Drum + Bass

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Desaparecido

Manu Chao

Live and seething

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The Vegan Menace

Money Mark

They’re all around us

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BBBeat

Balkan Beat Box

There is no stopping them

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Undecided

Yellow Second

Heavy, isn’t it?

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Strangers

Portishead

From their debut

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Tengo La Voz

Nortec Collective

Off the carefully-collected Weeds soundtrack

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Episode 032 – Season’s Freakings

julius — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:00:34 +0000

:: Season's Freakings ::

Hooray for the season, endless fount of thematic weirdness! Enjoy your holidays, and let me know if your relatives were disturbed.

In this episode: A plus D, Asylum Street Spankers, Carolyn Mark, Continentals, Dean Martin, Divide & Kreate, Eels, Emperor Penguin, Enchanters, Esquivel, Flat Duo Jets, George Kuo, George S. Irving, Harry Connick Jr., Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Los Lobos, Los Straitjackets, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Morning Jacket, Ren & Stimpy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Blue Hawaiians, The Bobs, The Evaporators, The Granville Williams Orchestra, The LeeVees, The Loud Family, The Pogues, The Three Weissmen, The Toadies, The Wave Benders, They Might Be Giants, Toenut, Toothpaste 2000

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Asylum Street Spankers

Only Christina and Wammo could do it this way
BREAK
Song For The Girl With Two Of Everything

Carolyn Mark

At one time with Neko Case in The Corn Sisters
Have Yourself A Quiet Little Christmas

The Blue Hawaiians

Les Baxter wishes you some tiki cheer
The Happy Elf

Harry Connick, Jr.

Because I’m a sucker for the New Orleans beat
The Inexcelsis Polka

Continentals

Must have polka!
Who Are You?

The Evaporators

Inexcusably from Canadia
BREAK
We Wish You A Hairy Chestwig

Ren & Stimpy

Merry Yaksmass to all of you.
Heat Miser

George S. Irving

A classic, yes
Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)

Dean Martin

Dan vs. Dean
Carolina Christmas

Squirrel Nut Zippers

It’s what Xmas in Xarolina is like.
BREAK
Jingle Jane

Divide & Kreate

Not the mash-up I would have expected, but good
Sleigh Ride

Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra

Orchestral twang twist
Jingle Bell Rock

Los Straitjackets

Lucha libre on guitar!
It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas

The Loud Family

Slippery and twisting
BREAK
Santacide

The Toadies

Isn’t this menacing?
7-Eleven Christmas

Toothpaste 2000

24-Hour Holiday Cheer
Exotic Xmas (Home For The Holograms)

Emperor Penguin

Weird Jingle!
Xmas Curtain

My Morning Jacket

Howling lonely holidays
BREAK
Schlepp The Halls With Loaves Of Hallah

The Three Weissmen

Strange how klezmer this melody sounds now
Give Da Jew Girl Toys

A plus D

Hey, Trio!
Goyim Friends

The LeeVees

AKA Guster
Fifty Kilowatt Tree

The Bobs

We have quite a few of these around our neighborhood.
BREAK
Lonely Little Elf

Toenut

Like a gift-wrapped broken mirror
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs

Eels

Wouldn’t you enjoy spending the holidays with E?
Sun Valley Ski Run

Esquivel

Going out to Millard, who is not editing video
Fireside Ki Ho’alu

George Kuo

Beaches and firelight
BREAK
Zat You, Santa Claus?

Asylum Street Spankers

Nobody handles the voodoo like they do
Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town

The Granville Williams Orchestra

Pick it up, pick it up!
Mambo Santa Mambo

Enchanters

Afro-cuban!
Rudolph The Manic Reindeer

Los Lobos

Norteña!
BREAK
Fairytale Of New York

The Pogues

Shane’s Dentist!
Deck The Halls

The Wave Benders

Halls decked but fast
Santa’s Beard

They Might Be Giants

Once a year, my friend puts on a red suit
Hot Christmas

Squirrel Nut Zippers

More from the Zippers
Jingle Bells

Flat Duo Jets

Doesn’t get more straightforward than that
BREAK
Happy Woodchopper

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mutato Everyone!

Radio Playlist for 12/22/2009

julius — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:00:53 +0000

A plus D, Asylum Street Spankers, Carolyn Mark, Continentals, Dean Martin, Divide & Kreate, Eels, Emperor Penguin, Enchanters, Esquivel, Flat Duo Jets, George Kuo, George S. Irving, Harry Connick Jr., Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Los Lobos, Los Straitjackets, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Morning Jacket, Ren & Stimpy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Blue Hawaiians, The Bobs, The Evaporators, The Granville Williams Orchestra, The LeeVees, The Loud Family, The Pogues, The Three Weissmen, The Toadies, The Wave Benders, They Might Be Giants, Toenut, Toothpaste 2000

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Asylum Street Spankers

Only Christina and Wammo could do it this way
BREAK
Song For The Girl With Two Of Everything

Carolyn Mark

At one time with Neko Case in The Corn Sisters
Have Yourself A Quiet Little Christmas

The Blue Hawaiians

Les Baxter wishes you some tiki cheer
The Happy Elf

Harry Connick, Jr.

Because I’m a sucker for the New Orleans beat
The Inexcelsis Polka

Continentals

Must have polka!
Who Are You?

The Evaporators

Inexcusably from Canadia
BREAK
We Wish You A Hairy Chestwig

Ren & Stimpy

Merry Yaksmass to all of you.
Heat Miser

George S. Irving

A classic, yes
Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)

Dean Martin

Dan vs. Dean
Carolina Christmas

Squirrel Nut Zippers

It’s what Xmas in Xarolina is like.
BREAK
Jingle Jane

Divide & Kreate

Not the mash-up I would have expected, but good
Sleigh Ride

Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra

Orchestral twang twist
Jingle Bell Rock

Los Straitjackets

Lucha libre on guitar!
It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas

The Loud Family

Slippery and twisting
BREAK
Santacide

The Toadies

Isn’t this menacing?
7-Eleven Christmas

Toothpaste 2000

24-Hour Holiday Cheer
Exotic Xmas (Home For The Holograms)

Emperor Penguin

Weird Jingle!
Xmas Curtain

My Morning Jacket

Howling lonely holidays
BREAK
Schlepp The Halls With Loaves Of Hallah

The Three Weissmen

Strange how klezmer this melody sounds now
Give Da Jew Girl Toys

A plus D

Hey, Trio!
Goyim Friends

The LeeVees

AKA Guster
Fifty Kilowatt Tree

The Bobs

We have quite a few of these around our neighborhood.
BREAK
Lonely Little Elf

Toenut

Like a gift-wrapped broken mirror
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs

Eels

Wouldn’t you enjoy spending the holidays with E?
Sun Valley Ski Run

Esquivel

Going out to Millard, who is not editing video
Fireside Ki Ho’alu

George Kuo

Beaches and firelight
BREAK
Zat You, Santa Claus?

Asylum Street Spankers

Nobody handles the voodoo like they do
Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town

The Granville Williams Orchestra

Pick it up, pick it up!
Mambo Santa Mambo

Enchanters

Afro-cuban!
Rudolph The Manic Reindeer

Los Lobos

Norteña!
BREAK
Fairytale Of New York

The Pogues

Shane’s Dentist!
Deck The Halls

The Wave Benders

Halls decked but fast
Santa’s Beard

They Might Be Giants

Once a year, my friend puts on a red suit
Hot Christmas

Squirrel Nut Zippers

More from the Zippers
Jingle Bells

Flat Duo Jets

Doesn’t get more straightforward than that
BREAK
Happy Woodchopper

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mutato Everyone!

Episode 027 – Ranking Full Stop

julius — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:48 +0000

:: The English Beat ::

Long before Hammertime, there was “Ranking Full Stop.” Still the superior product, in my opinion. And Brak always cracks me up, but your mileage may vary.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Brak, Christian Zimmerman, Combustible Edison, Dan Hicks, English Beat, Los Lobos, Metal Molly, Mexican Institute of Sound, Os Mutantes, Simian Mobile Disco, The Wrens, Vells, Ween

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Ranking Full Stop

English Beat

Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

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Jealous Guy

Art Brut

From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

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Don’t Touch Me

Brak

Um. It’s Brak.

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Diary Of Lost Girl

Christian Zimmerman

Smooth and vaguely Brazilian
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Kiko And The Lavender Moon

Los Lobos

Spooky and catlike

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Napiers

The Wrens

Shards of sonic glass

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The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

Dan Hicks

Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

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2000 E Agarrum

Os Mutantes

A return to form

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Ocean Man

Ween

As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

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Ambulance

Simian Mobile Disco

Fun ride to the hospital

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Crying Lightning

Arctic Monkeys

Quite fun, chaps

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In The Hours Of Flowers

Vells

Vellvety, har

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BREAK
Acoustic PVC

Metal Molly

The acoustic version of this song

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Dance This Mess Around

Asylum Street Spankers

As popularized by the B-52s

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Bienvenidos a mi Disco

Mexican Institute of Sound

From the early years

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Cadillac

Combustible Edison

From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

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Radio Playlist for 9/22/2009

julius — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:00:12 +0000

Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Bishop Allen, Brak, Café Tacuba, Chang Siao Ying, Christian Zimmerman, Combustible Edison, Dan Hicks, English Beat, Fugazi, House of Freaks, Iggy Pop, Julia P. Hersheimer, Koop, Los Lobos, Metal Molly, Mexican Institute of Sound, Nevada Bachelors, Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark, Os Mutantes, Simian Mobile Disco, Sir Richard Bishop, Stereolab, The Kinks, The Negatones, The Presidents of The United States of America, The Red Elvises, The Wrens, Vells, Ween

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Cadillac

Combustible Edison

From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

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BREAK
Ranking Full Stop

English Beat

Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

[asa]B00005NOZD[/asa]
Jealous Guy

Art Brut

From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

[asa]B000PSJCLK[/asa]
Don’t Touch Me

Brak

Um. It’s Brak.

[asa]B00000344C[/asa]
Diary Of Lost Girl

Christian Zimmerman

Smooth and vaguely Brazilian
BREAK
Kiko And The Lavender Moon

Los Lobos

Spooky and catlike

[asa]B000002LRZ[/asa]
Napiers

The Wrens

Shards of sonic glass

[asa]B000005B3S[/asa]
The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

Dan Hicks

Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

[asa]B00004WJ8B[/asa]
2000 E Agarrum

Os Mutantes

A return to form

[asa]B002E0S5X8[/asa]
BREAK
Ocean Man

Ween

As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

[asa]B00015BIXW[/asa]
Ambulance

Simian Mobile Disco

Fun ride to the hospital

[asa]B000UZ4G7S[/asa]
Crying Lightning

Arctic Monkeys

Quite fun, chaps

[asa]B002EWD08Q[/asa]
In The Hours Of Flowers

Vells

Vellvety, har

[asa]B0002QO39Q[/asa]
BREAK
Acoustic PVC

Metal Molly

The acoustic version of this song

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Dance This Mess Around

Asylum Street Spankers

As popularized by the B-52s

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Bienvenidos a mi Disco

Mexican Institute of Sound

From the early years

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BREAK
The Rabbit

Bishop Allen

My current favorite band

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Ingrata

Café Tacuba

Happy fun music… if you don’t speak Spanish

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Fly Away Little Butterfly

The Red Elvises

Six String Samurai — watch and wonder

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Two Beats Off

Fugazi

Hard to get harder than Fugazi

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Zombie Part 2

Nile Rogers And Roy Hargrove And Money Mark

The Fela classic, reheated

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Variation One

Stereolab

Unmistakably boopy

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Sun Gone Down

House of Freaks

A band tragically interrupted

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Shake Yer Mop

Nevada Bachelors

!(bacherlors) && !(from_nevada)

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Victoria

The Kinks

Kinks and queens.

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Edward II

Julia P. Hersheimer

Haunting music from the Low Countries
Come Back To Me

Chang Siao Ying

From the Asian Takeaway compilation

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BREAK
Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

A classic. Indubitably.

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Everything Oscillates

The Negatones

Oopsy!

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Peaches

The Presidents of The United States of America

It’s peaches’ last gasp

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Tonight

Koop

Swinging in 5/4

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BREAK
Sidi Mansour

Sir Richard Bishop

I hear he plays weddings, too.

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Radio Playlist for 7/21/2009

julius — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:00:55 +0000

Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Asylum Street Spankers, Balkan Beat Box, Besh o drom, Brave Combo, DelaDap, Devo, Elastica, Gogol Bordello, Goran Bregovic, Habiluim, Heavy Vegetable, King Kong, Kiril feat MC Wasp & Rucl, LD & The New Criticism, Let 3, MC Honky, Magnifico, Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab, Markovic, Monty Python, Noonday Underground, Nouvelle Vague, O.M.F.O., Pixies, Rube Waddell, Shantel feat. Boban Markovic Orkestar, Tactics, The Flamenco A Go Go, The Fugitive Steeler, To Rococo Rot, We Ragazzi

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Dancing With Myself

Nouvelle Vague

Quite clever

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BREAK
Cool Baby Slut

The Flamenco A Go Go

Nana nana nana nana

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Standing By The Window

Tactics

From the Australian punk underground

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2:1

Elastica

If you’re going to rip someone off, you could do worse than Wire

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Uncontrollable Urge

Devo

Are you feeling it?

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BREAK
Dancing The Manta Ray

Pixies

Rare track from the Monkey Gone To Heaven EP

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Burn 4 U

We Ragazzi

Like acupuncture for your brain

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String

Monty Python

Adrian Wapcaplet!

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Elegy For An Ex-

LD & The New Criticism

Accordions and trains sound well together

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BREAK
The Good Old Summer Time

Noonday Underground

Brief but fitting

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Saturday Night Shuffle

The Fugitive Steeler

Another brief one, to inroduce the Saturday Night double set

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Beer

Asylum Street Spankers

Can you heed this advice?

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Cars

To Rococo Rot

Minimalist and nothing to do with Gary Numan

[asa]B00000J7MN[/asa]
BREAK
All For Me Grog

Rube Waddell

Kings of Hobomusick

[asa]B000HT3BSC[/asa]
Uh-Oh

King Kong

We’ve got a little problem

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Crash

Heavy Vegetable

Sing it next time Windows gives you a BSOD

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What A Bringdown

MC Honky

Silverlake troubadour

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BREAK
The Ballad of a Fair Singer

Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab

Erotic German psychedelic jazz

[asa]B000C4A1CG[/asa]
BALKAN DANCE PARTY!
Hir aj kam, hir aj go

Magnifico

He is Magnifico for a reason

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BREAK
Magic Mamaliga

O.M.F.O.

From the Borat soundtrack

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Sadagora Hot Dub

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Not quite Balkan, but there you go.

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Adir Alam

Balkan Beat Box

It’s right there in the name!

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Shy Kind Of Guy

Gogol Bordello

From the Ukraine

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Ani Meki (I’m Throwing Up)

Habiluim

Israeli manic polka
Jungle Shadow

Kiril feat MC Wasp & Rucl

East meets West!

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BREAK
Disko

Shantel feat. Boban Markovic Orkestar

Balkan ska dub

[asa]B0017IYW0S[/asa]
Tortapapír

Besh o drom

WTF is up with this song?

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People Are Strange

Brave Combo

It’s called a “hora”

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BREAK
Tazi – Tazi

Let 3

Love that crazy snaky synth lead
Goldregen (n.o.h.a. Mix)

DelaDap

Opa!
Optisani

Markovic

Bring on the trumpets

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BREAK
Soske Murseske Manglape Kurva

Goran Bregovic

Heart-wrenching

[asa]B000PIU1JM[/asa]

Radio Playlist for 7/7/2009

julius — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:00:45 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers, Carneyball Johnson, Charlie Hunter Quartet, Cracker, Elvis Costello, Enon, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Ill Ease, Jared Eggers, Jeff Lang, Jim Carroll Band, Joe Jackson, Lisa Germano, Marmoset, Morphine, Rondelles, Sleepercar, The Beastie Boys, The Darkness, The Fiery Furnaces, The Jazz Butcher, The Jessica Fletchers, The Meat Purveyors, The Misfits, The Replacements, The Snitches, The Solace Bros., The White Stripes, Tsar, Willie Wisely

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Willie Vs. The Pimp (Variations On A Theme)

Carneyball Johnson

Who doesn’t like a Frank Zappa cover?

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BREAK
Come Into

Enon

Something about Enon hooks me everyime

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Gratitude

The Beastie Boys

In the mood for some of this.

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I Turned Into A Martian

The Misfits

Reminds me of getting my wisdom teeth out

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Two Fat Feet

The Fiery Furnaces

Uncomfortable yet lovable

[asa]B000XJ5U3A[/asa]
BREAK
London

Jeff Lang

Australian slide virtuoso

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Never Ever

The Solace Bros.

From Tucson, AZ

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Fell In Love With A Girl

The White Stripes

Dig the Lego video…

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Me & My Babysitter

Ill Ease

Did you feel at ill ease?

[asa]B000A1OF0A[/asa]
BREAK
Rock’n'Roll

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Look at this face.

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Disappear

Tsar

Underappreciated pop mastery

[asa]B00004TGWN[/asa]
Sycophant

Lisa Germano

Haunting and vicious

[asa]B000002MQH[/asa]
People Who Died

Jim Carroll Band

A true classic

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BREAK
Breathin’

Asylum Street Spankers

Yeah, just like breathing in and out.

[asa]B000MV9OLI[/asa]
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK!
Welcome to the Working Week

Elvis Costello

A perfect introduction

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BREAK
Early Monday

The Jessica Fletchers

Norwegian jangle pop

[asa]B0000D9PKC[/asa]
Monday Morning

The Meat Purveyors

Appalachian coffee

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Rainy Days And Mondays

Cracker

The AM classic moped down even further

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BREAK
The Tuesday Horn

Marmoset

Reverberatious

[asa]B00005LQPO[/asa]
Tuesday Rock City

Rondelles

From DC via Arizona

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Pineapple Tuesday

The Jazz Butcher

Off the Cult of the Basement album

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BREAK
Wednesdays On My Mind

The Snitches

Canadian power pop

[asa]B000068FPP[/asa]
Wednesday Nights

Sleepercar

Jim Ward, formerly of Sparta and At The Drive In

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Ash Wednesday

Jared Eggers

Now in Silent City
BREAK
Thursday The 12th

Charlie Hunter Quartet

On a seven-string guitar

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Thursday

Morphine

Menacing rumble… excellent story

[asa]B00007FPHP[/asa]
BREAK
Home By Friday

Willie Wisely

Pure pop perfection

[asa]B000QQZP9O[/asa]
Friday

Joe Jackson

Revisiting a classic

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Love You Till Friday

The Replacements

Hey, we’re the Replacements!

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BREAK
Friday Night

The Darkness

It’s the weekend!

[asa]B0000AZKM0[/asa]

Radio Playlist for 6/23/2009

julius — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:21 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers

Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Vaughn, Besh O Drom, Cass McCombs, Five-Eight, Fountains Of Wayne, French Kicks, Gachupín, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Hissanol, Igmo, Illinois, Irving, Jarvis Cocker, Kraftwerk, Micachu & The Shapes, Snuff, Super Furry Animals, Syd Dale, The Cops, The Determinations, The Go, The Low Frequency In Stereo, The Plugz, The Starlight Mints, The Thermals, Vells, We Barbarians, a.k.a:RUDIE, aMiniature

Hover over a track to view notes and links

Song

Artist
Oliver’s Army

a.k.a:RUDIE

It got Elvis Costello banned from Saturday Night Live
BREAK
Hiker Atlas

aMiniature

Jagged

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It’s Epidemic

The Cops

More jaggedness

[asa]B000W7Y2IW[/asa]
That’s That

Cass McCombs

Low and rumbling

[asa]B000VFGQBQ[/asa]
Leave The Biker

Fountains Of Wayne

A classic

[asa]B000002JX0[/asa]
BREAK
Are ‘Friends’ Electric?

Gary Numan/Tubeway Army

Courtesy of RXTL’s Soup Is Good Food

[asa]B000006NTM[/asa]
You Go Bangin On

The Go

Detroit Garage deluxxe

[asa]B000ROAARW[/asa]
Den Den

Snuff

British! Japanese!

[asa]B0007WQBDG[/asa]
Sweet ‘n Sour

Hissanol

Transatlantic postal project with the Netherlands

[asa]B000000FAE[/asa]
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Angela

Jarvis Cocker

Pulp vocalist’s new solo effort

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Texas Fox

The Low Frequency In Stereo

Norwegian champions of relenticity.

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Yesmen and Bumsuckers

We Barbarians

Doomy gloomy irresistible
Román Swing

Besh O Drom

You haven’t heard the theme to Mission Impossible until you’ve heard it with clarinet and cimbalom.
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Vulture

Micachu & The Shapes

So weird and delicious

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Pric

Super Furry Animals

Highly recommended

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Now We Can See

The Thermals

Unmistakable

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Antifreeze

Asylum Street Spankers

Hey, Jesus Lizard reference!

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She’s So Blonde

Illinois

Bluegrass with a bad attitude

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Young Lawyer

French Kicks

From Brooklyn via Washington DC

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Riverside Drive

Gachupín

Featuring Tony Maimone

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Number One Spy

Syd Dale

More suave spyness

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Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

The Plugz

Off the fertile Repo Man soundtrack

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Gumpstumper

Ben Vaughn

I need to play some stuff from his Rambler ’65 album

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Sir Prize

The Starlight Mints

Let’s have some violins.

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Chump

Igmo

More violins!
Hey Hey La La

Vells

Psychedelic motown?

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Eyes Adjust to Light

Irving

Who wouldn’t circle back to see Willie Nelson?

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Weirdo

Five-Eight

Mike Mantione holds no punches

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The Model

Kraftwerk

Soothing German minimalism

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Housewife’s Choice

The Determinations

Revisiting a standard

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DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

Art Brut

Hard to beat the Brut.

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Radio Playlist for 6/2/2009

julius — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:00:26 +0000

1990s, Asylum Street Spankers, Boogie Balagan, Brainiac, Butthole Surfers, Cream, Daft Punk, Drink Me, Elvis Costello, Herb Remington, Hot Chip, Jascha Ephraim, Kraftwerk, Lemon Jelly, Les Hommes, Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab, P.P.Roy, Perez Prado & His Orchestra, Pixies, Quintron, Sourdough Slim, Squarepusher, The Cook Trio, The Cramps, The Gentle People, The Hold Steady, The Starlight Mints, These Animal Men, Trio, Vulgar Boatmen

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Song

Artist
I Got You (I Feel Good)

Drink Me

Because… I feel good.
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Badge

Cream

Writen by George Harrison for his then-pal Eric Clapton
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Daft Punk

Definitive Daft Punkery
In At The Beep End

P.P.Roy

You can’t fake it. You either have it or you don’t
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Ready For The Floor

Hot Chip

Very cool videos
Pocket Calculator

Kraftwerk

Let’s go way back to the start: Germany
Boom Boom

Trio

German, indeed
Dedicated to Love

Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab

More Vampyros Lesbos
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The Beach

Quintron

Booty break!
Monkey Rag

Asylum Street Spankers

I had to play me some A.S.S.
Drive Somewhere

Vulgar Boatmen

From Gainesville!
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Ambulance

These Animal Men

Referenced by Art Brut
T-Rex

Jascha Ephraim

Like Atom and his Package.
Elements

Lemon Jelly

wtf “on hiatus”?
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Radio Apeshot

Brainiac

I still miss Brainiac
Moving To Florida

Butthole Surfers

Dedicated to Officer Miller
Chez Jacquet

The Cook Trio

Also from Florida
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My Mood Swings

Elvis Costello

Very non-EC sounding intro.
New Kind Of Kick

The Cramps

Wildman Lux Interior!
Big Bad Bill

Sourdough Slim

A wildman of a different type
Dalida Blooz

Boogie Balagan

From Palestrisrael, France
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Everybody Please Relax

1990s

Good advice.
Hula Blues

Herb Remington

Some lovely slide guitar.
Knuckles

The Hold Steady

I’ve been trying to get people to call me Sunny D
Posada Do Amor

Les Hommes

Yurtmusik
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Guaglione

Perez Prado & His Orchestra

Were you doing the mambo across the room?
Levitate Me

Pixies

Early early Pixies… fans look for the Minotaur box set
Freeway

Squarepusher

Pushing the bass strings
What’s Inside Of Me?

The Starlight Mints

Going out to Bryan and Ghostbeat
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Underwater

The Gentle People

Swaying and bubbling

Radio Playlist for 2/24/2009

julius — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:00:55 +0000

Asian Dub Foundation, Asylum Street Spankers, Beat Farmers, Chemical Brothers, Cream, Death In Vegas, Dr. Ring Ding, Fun Boy Three, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Junior Brown, Manuel Barrueco, Moondog, Playlists, Quintron, Rice & Freetown, Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant, Stacy Phillips, Sun City Girls, The Cook Trio, The Cure, The Mermen

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Song

Artist
D.R.I.N.K.

Asylum Street Spankers

Jazz Butcher vs. Asylum Street Spankers… the listener wins!
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Sound Unity (Featuring King Django & Rocker T)

Dr. Ring Ding

Strange coincidences abound
Diga Diga Doo

Hot Club Of Cowtown

Hot version of this number
Flambee Montalbanaise

Stacy Phillips

I can’t wrap my head around this slide guitar
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Anniversary Song

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
Chez Jacquet

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
Belle ville

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
Topsy

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
Nuages

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
???

The Cook Trio

Live in the studio
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Odeon

Manuel Barrueco

Tribute to Astor Piazzola
Cotton Pickin’

Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

Steel string rollercoaster
Return of Django

Asian Dub Foundation

Appropriate, non?
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Tales of Brave Ulysses

Cream

Tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
White Trash Raga

The Mermen

Currently working on their first album in 9 years
Peelin’ Taters

Junior Brown

Hawt Diggity!
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Orange Wedge

Chemical Brothers

Big Beat, Orange Beat
Girls

Death In Vegas

Slow crushing from the Lost In Translation soundtrack
The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)

Fun Boy Three

Another Specials spinoff
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Paris

Moondog

Investigate this Moondog… fascinating character
Radar 1941

Sun City Girls

Brilliant insanity for 25 years
9-4-9

Quintron

Like Prince and Korla Pandit’s love child
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Take Five

Rice & Freetown

From the fantastic Ska Island compilation
The Love Cats

The Cure

Inspired by the Cook Trio’s upright
Lakeside Trailer Park

Beat Farmers

Dedicated to Trailer Moon

Radio Playlist for 1/20/2009

julius — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:00:05 +0000

All Night Radio, Asylum Street Spankers, Bastard Fairies, Blur, Brian Eno, Butch Walker & The Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites, Fluid Ounces, Freezepop, Get Set Go, Giant Sand, Golden Shoulders, Heavenly, Heavy Vegetable, Hi-Posi, ICU, Ill Ease, Kassin+2, Lambert Hendricks & Bavan (USA), Les Claypool, Low Frequency In Stereo, Playlists, Six Finger Satellite, Spoozys, The Bar-Kays, The Evaporators, The Housemartins, The Normal, White Rabbits, Wolf Parade, Yaqub Zoroofchi

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Song

Artist
Whatever

Bastard Fairies

Glarchy, but it’s the Spankers
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Yeh-Yeh

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan (USA)

Feel de groove… de Flying Groove
Iowan Gal

Les Claypool

Thank you Coronel Claypool
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Astro Kopp

Low Frequency In Stereo

Hmmm, yes… very Norwegian
Tellin’ Youth The Truth

The Evaporators

Featuring the inimitable Nardwuar the Human Serviette
Happy Hour

The Housemartins

Norman Cook, future Fatboy Slim, on bass
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Winning The War On Drugs

Asylum Street Spankers

That was close, wasn’t it?
Too Famous To Get Fully Dressed

Butch Walker & The Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites

As heard on the Marvelous Three
Crazy Beat

Blur

Where you going with that crazy beat, Blur?
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Soul Finger

The Bar-Kays

Most of the band was killed along with Otis Redding
San Siz

Yaqub Zoroofchi

From Azerbaijan
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

Spoozys

Japanese weirdo dub
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Sad K.

All Night Radio

featuring members of Beachwood Sparks, Lilys
Jesus Christ In Reverse

Get Set Go

Frontman is Mike TV … very Dahly
Lemonhead Boy

Heavenly

Twee incarnate… with the wonderful Amelia Fletcher
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Plastic Stars

Freezepop

Cold and sweet
Lazy Bones

Fluid Ounces

That hot Murfreesboro sound
Dear Krazy

Ill Ease

Elizabeth Sharp and her unique … erm, sound.
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I Will Light You On Fire

Golden Shoulders

As heard on lonelygirl15
Warm Storm

Giant Sand

Arizona sprawl
Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

From his debut solo album
Warm Leatherette

The Normal

First release on Mute Records
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Kid On My Shoulders

White Rabbits

From Columbia, MO via Brooklyn
Samba Machine

Kassin+2

ElectroBrazil
The Computer No. 3

Hi-Posi

Hi speed Japanese!
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Call It a Ritual

Wolf Parade

From Canadia!
Parlour Games

Six Finger Satellite

“The Parlour” is the name of the band’s home studio
Henry Mancini Goes Surfing

Heavy Vegetable

Speed surf sensations
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Yopparai

ICU

Before the lawsuit changed their name to IQU

Playlist for 12/23/2008

julius — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:00:40 +0000

Asylum Street Spankers, Atomic 7, Bright Eyes, Butch Thompson, Collective Soul, Dan The Automator / Dean Martin, Enchanters, Esquivel, Frantic Flintsones, Goldfinger, Harry Connick Jr., Jaymz Bee + the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Los Straitjackets, Low, Melissa Manchester, Miss Frenchie, New Gravity, Playlists, Ringo Starr, Roberto Perera, Spinal Tap, The Blue Hawaiians, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The LeeVees, Vic Chesnutt

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Song

Artist
How Do You Spell Channukkah?

The LeeVees

Yes, good question.
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Señor Santa Es El Monstruo

Atomic 7

Another great song, and song title, by Atomic 7
Christmas in Las Vegas

Los Straitjackets

Viva Los Straitjackets!
Baby It’s Cold Outside

Asylum Street Spankers

The Spanx, merry spanxmas
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Jingle Bells

Dan The Automator / Dean Martin

Combo deluxe
Christmas With The Devil

Spinal Tap

Gotta play this one
Mambo Santa Mambo

Enchanters

Sounds old, doesn’t it?
Parking Lot (reprise)

New Gravity

recorded live at the Sports Page, Satellite Beach, 8/16/2008
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Six O’Clock News

New Gravity

recorded live at the Sports Page, Satellite Beach, 8/16/2008
Malabar

New Gravity

recorded live at the Sports Page, Satellite Beach, 8/16/2008
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Crazy Lady

New Gravity

recorded live at the Sports Page, Satellite Beach, 8/16/2008
Petals On The Rose

New Gravity

recorded live at the Sports Page, Satellite Beach, 8/16/2008
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White Christmas

Esquivel

The Magic Mexican will also give us a Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas

Bright Eyes

Oh so mopey
White Christmas

Ringo Starr

WTF, Ringo? Reggae?
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Blue Christmas

Asylum Street Spankers

Yes, TWICE in a show
White Christmas

Goldfinger

Short, sweet
Blue Christmas

Harry Connick Jr.

So classy
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White Christmas

Butch Thompson

Piano style
Blue Christmas

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Don’t forget, there’s some cool Stray Cats reissues out
White Christmas

Jaymz Bee + the Royal Jelly Orchestra

The big big sound – let’s play some Esquivel next
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Blue Christmas

Esquivel

More zuzu moozic as promised
White Christmas

Melissa Manchester

Hmmm.
Blue Christmas

Collective Soul
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White Christmas

Vic Chesnutt

What’s up with the accent?
Blue Christmas

The Blue Hawaiians

Nice Bali Hai reference, going out to the Librarian
White Christmas

Miss Frenchie

Chop it up!
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Blue Christmas

Frantic Flintsones

Naughty naughty version
White Christmas

Roberto Perera

Tropical and jazzy
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Blue Christmas

Low

Good one to end the night.

Radio Playlist for 12/16/2008

julius — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:00:53 +0000

Adam Elk, Armando Trovalo, Asylum Street Spankers, Bodenstandig 2000, Brian Ritchie, Dandy Warhols, Deathray, Don Drummond, hollAnd, Holly Golightly, Hot Butter, Kim Lenz + her Jaguars, King Kong, Kinks, Lung Leg, Mayor McCa, Peggen, Playlists, Presets, Ray Wonder, Rilo Kiley, Rocket From The Crypt, Skinnys 21, Sloan, Smoking Popes, Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant, Stump, Sugarman 3, Super Chikan, The Grates, The Mondo Crescendo, The Police, Ursula 1000, White Hassle

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Song

Artist
Use Me

Holly Golightly

Unmistakably unstable, Holly!
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Maybe You Faked It

Adam Elk

From the Mommyheads
Ripchord

Rilo Kiley

Hey, don’t forget The Elected
My Lunatic Friends

Deathray

Feat. members of Cake
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Whatever

Asylum Street Spankers

Going out on a limb here…
Previous Condition

Lung Leg

Aow ya.
Mr. Bongo

Ursula 1000

Reminds me, bring some Tipsy in
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Seems So Heavy

Sloan

I want this CD back, Rob Wilson
El Camino

Super Chikan

Thank you, Iceberg Defect
Motherless Children

Brian Ritchie

Of Violent Femmes
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Sorry, no Xmas music this week. Next!
We Used To Be Friends

Dandy Warhols

Talkin’ bout the BJM… check out Dig.
Quit Smoking

Mayor McCa

From the municipality of Donut Rock City
Sandlot Shuffle

White Hassle

Yes! Da Hassle!
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Check It On Out

The Mondo Crescendo

Mislabeled!
Sparks

hollAnd

Trevor Kampfmann, send me records!
Charlton Heston

Stump

Lights, camel, action!
Somebody Lied

Kim Lenz + her Jaguars

Awesome twist ending
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Worms

Presets

Wormy.
Kabelfreaks

Bodenstandig 2000

I was off by one thousand!
Lies Are Much More Fun

The Grates

Not to be confused with the Graves
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Somebody out there understands!
Sugar’s Boogaloo

Sugarman 3
Eastern Standard Time

Don Drummond

Time for a Jamaican standard.
Do Something

Smoking Popes

On the East Timor Benefit compilation, once again available
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Popcorn

Hot Butter

Marc D’s first remembered song, quite special
When I Turn Off The Living Room Lights

Kinks

Ray Davies writes like the wind
Itches

Peggen

From Sweden
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Stratosphere Boogie

Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

Crazy sliding goin’ on
Kinky Peanuts

Armando Trovalo

More moog madness!
Get Down

Rocket From The Crypt

Hello nurse!
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I’ll play One Note Samba / Spanish Flea if requested…
Scooba Dooba Diver

King Kong

You’ll be singing this one all day tomorrow
Homemade Movie Queen

Ray Wonder

More Swedish pop
Bring On The Night

The Police

Haven’t played much Police, hmmm….
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Ditmars

Skinnys 21

Tampa Bay, late ‘90s. I miss this sound

Radio Playlist for 12/9/2008

julius — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:00:29 +0000

1990s, Animal Collective, Asylum Street Spankers, Boogie Balagan, Casper Fandango, David Hillyard + the Rocksteady 7, Die Moulinettes / Stereo Total, Don Tiki, Downtown Harvest, Drink Me, Flat Duo Jets, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Les Hommes, Minisnap, Money Mark, NOMO, Playlists, Quasi, Slowrunner, Soft Boys, T. Rex, Ted Leo, The Clash, The Graves, The Pinker Tones, Thee Oh Sees, Torpedo Boyz, Tullycraft

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Song

Artist
Six Months In A Leaky Boat

Ted Leo

Some Split Enz to start things off…
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Hablas Con Migo Señor?

Torpedo Boyz

Funny stuff… if you know Spanish
Spanish Bombs

The Clash

Spanish Bombs in Costa Rica!
You’re Supposed to be My Friend

1990s

More Glaswegian snottiness
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Strano Mondo di Tanto Nome

Die Moulinettes / Stereo Total

Wonderful remix from Stereo Total
Interlude with Les Hommes

Les Hommes

Very smooth, very nice
Mambo Sun

T. Rex

Mmm, yes. Glitter for you
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Ripple

Grateful Dead

By request!
Lamentation Walloo

Boogie Balagan

The chosen people ROCK
Chocochip

Money Mark

So good, it got played twice
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TV Party

Asylum Street Spankers

Black Flag… from Repo Man strck. Anyone hear about the Repo Man sequel?
The Other SIde Of The Moon

Don Tiki

Surprise ending there…
Dark Hair Is Cool Too

The Graves
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Mosey Home

Casper Fandango

Love the insane wizard organ solo
Wild Wild Lover

Flat Duo Jets

Wild wild trainwreck
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Have A Heart Betty (I’m Not Fireproof)

Soft Boys

I heart the Soft Boys
Break Your Mama’s Back

Slowrunner
Leave It To You

Minisnap

Jangly and cute
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Sugar Lump Lump

Drink Me

Going out to Brandon and the Robotronic Dynamite croo
Three Shades

NOMO

Afrobeat tonight
Our Happiness Is Guaranteed

Quasi

As threatened!
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The Punks Are Writing Love Songs

Tullycraft

There is nobody like Tullycraft
Zorba the Greek

Herb Alpert

You heard right.
Slow Dive

Downtown Harvest
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L’Heros

The Pinker Tones

In French!
Quadrospazzed

Thee Oh Sees

Another one cut short!
Peacebone

Animal Collective

Freaked out as always
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Duppy Conqueror

David Hillyard + the Rocksteady 7

From the Slackers

Radio Playlist for 11/18/2008

julius — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:00:11 +0000

Arling + Cameron, Asylum Street Spankers, Camper Van Beethoven, Canoe, CSS, David Lindley, Devo, Elliott Smith, Eskimo, Franklin Bruno, Gloria Wood, Led Zeppelin, Los Femurs, Mercury Rev, Mike Doughty, Molotov, Mouth Music, Oranger, Pele + Elis Regina, Playlists, Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant, Sugar Oaks, The Anubian Lights, The Countdown Quartet, The Format, The Halftones, The Leaving Trains, They Might Be Giants, Urban Dance Squad, White Hassle, XTC

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Song

Artist
Because

Elliott Smith

By request!
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Lay Down Your Head Child

Oranger

Like heaven-flavored syrup
Swelling Itching Brain

Devo

I have it. Do you?
Pumpkins

Eskimo

On Les Claypool’s Prawn Song label
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She’s An Angel

They Might Be Giants

That slide gives me the shivvies
Dashboard Issues

Franklin Bruno

Oh Franklin, you are damn clever.
How About The Boys?

Arling + Cameron

How about them boys?
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Blue Bonnet Rag

Speedy West + Jimmy Bryant

Classic stratospheric sounds!
Corndogs Are Our Friends

Canoe

LADIES AND GENTELEMENT, I GIVE YOU CANOE!
Minor Waltz

Asylum Street Spankers

That’s a saw you hear
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No Kid

Urban Dance Squad

UDS, or as we’d say today, WTF
2 Fingers Cross’d

White Hassle

This show’s OWH
Good Times Bad Times

Led Zeppelin

Call it instinct, I just had to play it next
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Time Bomb

The Format

Tick tock you’re not a clock you’re a time bomb, baby
All Night

The Countdown Quartet

When they say ALL NIGHT you know they mean it
Vexamao

Pele + Elis Regina

Yes, soccer Pele
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Banana Leaf

Sugar Oaks

More Sugar Oaks, but never enough… dig the dub ending
Blue Monk

The Halftones

Atlanta ska from the mid ‘90s?
Goddess on a Highway

Mercury Rev

Tragically obscure, that Mercury Rev
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Hey! Bellboy!

Gloria Wood

Ding!
Seinn O!

Mouth Music

Wild Gaellic groove — was it me, or was the CD malfing?
Put It Down

Mike Doughty

From Soul Coughing
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September 1st

Los Femurs

Check out the musical reference!
Sad Lover’s Waltz

Camper Van Beethoven

It’s sad, and it’s a waltz
Cerdo

Molotov

Directo desde Mexico! No me llames cerdo!
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Epsilon

The Anubian Lights

Oh my, what a trainwreck!
Alcohol

CSS

Brazilectric
I’d Like That

XTC

Because one three letter band deserves another
She Took Off My Romeos

David Lindley

David, so romantic
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What Was Left Was Red

The Leaving Trains

Leaving James Trainwreck

The Lacking Organization » Asylum Street Spankers

Episode 086 – Badge

Badge

Cream

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Daft Punk

In At The Beep End

P.P.Roy

BREAK

Ready For The Floor

Hot Chip

Pocket Calculator

Kraftwerk

Boom Boom

Trio

Dedicated to Love

Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab

BREAK

The Beach

Quintron

Monkey Rag

Asylum Street Spankers

Drive Somewhere

Vulgar Boatmen

BREAK

Ambulance

These Animal Men

T-Rex

Jascha Ephraim

Elements

Lemon Jelly

BREAK

I Got You (I Feel Good)

Drink Me

Radio Playlist for 7/12/2011

Human Fly

2 Many DJs

Shame & Scandal

Madness

Make Me Smile

The Wedding Present

All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Dandy Warhols

BREAK

Book Of Love

The Soft Boys

If You Gotta Go

Thee Shams

These Boots Are Made For Walking

Titilia

Tenderness

Casper Fandango

BREAK

In My Life

Jake Shimabukuro

Picture Book

Young Fresh Fellows

Sing Sing Sing

Flat Duo Jets

Brand New Key

Mad Tea Party

BREAK

Corazón

Titán

We Will Become Silhouettes

The Shins

She Don’t Use Jelly

Ben Folds Five

Common People

William Shatner

BREAK

Have A Cigar

Primus

BREAK

Never Going Back Again

Eddi Reader

I Walk The Line

Leonard Nimoy

El Scorcho

Tugboat