10.31.2009

playlist for 10/31/09 - halloween edition!

oooOOoooOO! Halloween show, as promised!

rodrigo y gabriela - diablo rojo - s/t
django reinhardt - appel direct - swing from paris
thanksgiving - the ghost and the eyes - the ghost in the eyes with trees in the ground outside the window
the flamingos - i only have eyes for you - american graffiti vol. 1
grandaddy - e. knievel interlude (the perils of keeping it real) - the sophtware slump

man man - engwish bwudd - six demon bag
the aquabats - attacked by snakes - the fury of the aquabats!
mr. guy - letter from jeepers - pulp surfin'
john zacherley - coolest little monster - spook along with zacherley

sebadoh - violet execution - iii
tegan and sara - walking with the ghost - so jealous
of montreal - chrissie kiss the corpse - satanic panic in the attic
architecture in helsinki - the cemetery - in case we die

animal collective - cobwebs - water curses (ep)
bird names - treeless island peopled by birds - open relationship
the microphones - sleepy hollow - the glow pt. 2
dr. dog - fool's life - easy beat
eels - teenage witch - souljacker

robert johnson - cross road blues - robert johnson anthology
hasil adkins - i had a dream about you - moon over madison
howlin' wolf - i ain't superstitious - the london howlin' wolf sessions

blanche - superstition - if we can't trust the doctors
crystal stilts - graveyard orbit - alight of night
eden ahbez - full moon - eden's island
mt. eerie - between two mysteries - wind's poem

van dyke parks - palm desert - song cycle
brenton wood - the oogum boogum song - brenton wood's best
prince buster - at the dark end of the street - jamaica's prime
the ventures - slaughter on 10th ave - best of the ventures

france gall - laisse tombeur les filles - paris in april
the aquabats! - phantasma del mar - the fury of the aquabats!
the ventures - out of limits - best of the ventures
the cramps - goo goo muck - off the bone

astor piazzolla - concierto para quinteto - tango: zero hour

10.29.2009

Halloween Mixes!

Hey gang!

This Saturday will be a special All Hallow's Morn edition of "Take a Run at the Sun." You won't wanna miss that.

And speaking of Halloween...

I made two Halloween mixes for the new mixtape project, Mixed Tapes for Mixed Tastes!

One of them is in the old surf vein of this show (see fig. 1)
, and the other one is just a grab-bag of stuff.

I'll be playing some of these songs on Saturday...and some other songs too!! OoooOOOoo.

10.24.2009

playlist for 10/24/09

here we goooo

~ fancy fretwork~
astor piazolla - concierto para quinteto - tango: zero hour
rodrigo y gabriela - viking man - s/t
secos e molhados - el rey - 1973-1974
nagisa ni te - me, on the beach - on the beach

~dreamy recent releases~
* bon iver - flume - for emma, forever ago
* grizzly bear - while you wait for the others - veckatimest
* mountain goats - hebrews 11:40 - the life of the world to come
* duchess and the duke - living this life makes it hard - sunset/sunrise

~solid classic~
moody blues - nights in white satin - days of future passed

~ goofy newish indie rock~
magnetic fields - strange powers - i
* yo la tengo - all your secrets - popular songs
why? - gemini (birthday song) - elephant eyelash

~goofy older indie rock~
the only ones - another girl, another planet! - the only ones
dinosaur jr. - i don't think so - ear-bleeding country

~new zealand indie insurgence~
doublehappys - needles and plastic
the verlaines - death and the maiden - juvenilia
th' dudes - bliss
jean paul sartre experience - einstein - love songs

~similar c86 stuff~
the verlaines - joed out - juvenilia
galaxie 500 - plastic bird - on fire
the go-betweens - spring rain - liberty belle & the black diamond express
razorcuts - i'll still be there - r is for razorcuts

~sweet soul time~
eddie spencer - if this is love (i'd rather be lonely) - youtube
don covay - see about me - mercy, mercy!
valentines - breakaway - breakaway (ep)
curtis mayfield - i plan to stay a believer - curtis! live

*fool's gold - nadine - fool's gold
salah ragab & the cairo jazz band - neveen - spirital jazz

10.20.2009

playlist for 10/17/09

My friend Chad was the guest co-host for today! He helped me out with the first half of the show. Thanks, Chad!

~requisite spanish songs~
la plata sextette - bilongo - the retired ritmo latino podcast
hector lavoe - el dia del suerte - de ti depende

~ye-ye! les femmes~
france gall - hippie hippie - the in-kraut
sylvie vartan - irresistiblemen - sylvie vartan 1965-1968
jacqueline taieb - le coeur au bout des doigts - youtube

~indie songs with swagger~
taken by trees - lost and found - open field
holger czukay - photo song - der osten ist rot
atlas sound w/ panda bear - walkabout - logos
sam prekop - c&f - who's your new professor

basketball jamz

~raw jams with an electronic sheen~
animal collective - my girls - merriweather post pavillion
la bionda - wanna be your lover - wanna be your lover!
canned heat - poor moon - best of canned heat
suburban lawns - janitor - suburban lawns
tom tom club - pleasure of love - close to the bone

~ugh! misanthropy!~
at the drive-in - embroglio - acrobatic tenement
the slits - typical girls - cut (also: cool youtube)

~syrupy sweet~
grizzly bear - two weeks - veckatimest
broadcast - tears in the typing pool - tender buttons
taken by trees - the greyest love of all - east of eden
m. ashral feat. nahid akhtar - good news for you - "the sound of wonder! the first wave of plugged-in pop at the pakistani picture house"

~s-s-s-soul~
wax tailor - how i feel - takes of the forgotten memories
shuggie otis - rainy day - inspiration information
garland green - i can't believe you quit me - jealous kinda fella
dori grayson - try love - shreveport southern soul

~upbeat funk~
the skull snaps - it's a new day - skull snaps
ian dury - don't ask me - do it yourself
soft machine - as long as he lies perfectly still - volume two

~requisite 80s indie-pop/post-punk block~
the mekons - where were you - where were you (ep)
the jam - that's entertainment - sound affects
the dBs - neverland - repercussion
verlaines - pyromaniac - juvenilia**

~a clever song; then bollywood~
consolidated - college radio - friendly fascism
kamal ahmed feat. noor jehan - i am very sorry - "the sound of wonder! the first wave of plugged-in pop at the pakistani picture house"
mohammed rafi - jaan pehechaan ho - gunaam


**I'm buying this CD! The Verlaines are so good.

10.10.2009

playlist for 10/10/09

Today started funky and folky, then got real twee. The middle section is the real meat n' potatoes for me: 80s indiepop annihilation.

I started off, as usual, with some nice transition tunes en espaƱol...

algo de roberto pulido...
herb alpert & the tiajuana brass - tiajuana taxi
mexican institute of sound - mirando las muchachas -mejico maxico
chico buarque - chega de saudade - youtube
giula y los tellarini - la ley del retiro - vicky cristina barcelona

nagisa ni te - me, on the beach - on the love beach
orion rigel dommisse - drink yourself (to death) - what i want from you is sweet
broadcast - paper cuts - the noise made by people
saturday looks good to me - last night i fell asleep on your floor - slgtm

spearmint - a week away - a week away
saturday looks good to me - think about tomorrow - slgtm
magnetic fields - strange powers - holiday
the sundays - here's where the story ends
the wake - crush the flowers - sarah records singles

the jam - that's entertainment - sound afffects
the nerves - hangin on the telephone - nerves
the wire - the 15th - wire on the box: 1979
the clean - billy two - anthology

sneaky feelings - husband house - positively george street
galaxie 500 - plastic bird - on fire
the bats - had to be you - daddy's highway
the cat's miaow - third floor fire escape view - a kiss and a cuddle

the go-betweens - two steps, step out - before hollywood
the verlaines - doomsday - juvenilia
the only ones - another girl, another planet - unknown pleasures
the nerves - are you famous? - nerves
undertones - teenage kick - true confessions

church - aquamarine - song face crystal
damien jurado - caskets - caught in trees
thanksgiving - the ghost and the eyes - the ghost and the eyes with trees in the ground outside the window

peter bjorn n john - nothing to worry about - living thing

the drums - let's go surfing - summertime (ep)
gospel claws - roman road - roman road (ep)
the clean - tensile - mister pop

10.03.2009

playlist for 10/3/09

Yes!! I'm back!

~ musica en espanol ~
bobby capo - piel canela - bobby capo con la sonora matancera
julieta venegas - me voy - limon y sal
hello seahorse! - esperando a que llegue - hoy a las ocho

~ soft beep boop sounds ~
amadou & miriam - sabali - welcome to mali
grandaddy - hewlett's daughter - sophtware slump

~ soft jangly guitars ~
the field mice - if you need someone - skywriting + singles
new order - ceremony - ceremony ep
echo and the bunnymen - silver - live performance 1984
magazine - song from under the floorboards - the correct use of soap

~ sweet indie rock ~
shaky hands - let it die - let it die
the lodger - the good old days - life is sweet
maia hirasawa - gothenburg - though, i'm just me

~ party tunes! ~
nouvelle vague - blister in the sun - 3

jonathan richman - parties in the usa - i, jonathan
saturday looks good to me - lift me up - slgtm
jens lekman - a sweet summer's night on hammer hill

~ wistful ladies ~
pomplamoose - single ladies - youtube
pomplamoose - little things - youtube
headless heroes - true love - the silence of love
regina spektor - chelsea hotel - bbc1 sessions
linda perhacs - if you were my man - parallelograms

~ staying strong ~
frida hyvonen - i drive my friend - until death comes
fruit bats - being on our own - the ruminant band
camera obscura - teenager - underachievers please try harder
eels - my timing is off - hombre lobo

~ love and loss ~
magnet & gemma hayes - lay lady lay
monsters of folk - baby boomer - monsters of folk
the dutchess and the duke - mary - she's the dutchess, he's the duke
mt eerie - grave robbers - lost wisdom

~ addictive personalities ~
rodriguez - sugar man - cold fact
peter sarstedt - where do you go to my lovely - top of the pops 1969
the postmarks - run away love - memoirs at the end of the world
magnetic fields - if there's such a thing as love - i