Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Spring show

This week's show was a tribute to spring and all it's glory - it's about time it sprung here in New England! Apologies for the background hum, the Live365 webcast is poor. Hopefully the campus webcasting server will be back up next week!

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Playlist:
Baby Ray - Thing Called Springtime (Monkey Puzzle, 1998)
Mission Of Burma - Peking Spring (Peking Spring, 1988 - recorded in 1979)
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - (Excerpts From) The Rite Of Spring (Dawn Of The Cycads, 2008 - originally released in 1984)
The Stems - Rosebud (Buds, 1991)
The Lighthouse Keepers - Springtime (V/A - Inner City Sound, 2005 - originally released in 1983)
Paul Kelly - From Little Things Big Things Grow (live) (Live, May 1992, 1992)
Akron/Family - One Spring Morning (V/A - Rogues Gallery, 2006)
Sandy Denny - Whispering Grass (radio session) (A Boxful Of Treasures, 2004 - originally recorded in 1973)
Cathal Coughlan - And Springtime Followed Summer (The Sky's Awful Blue, 2002)
Nick Cave - Where The Wild Roses Grow (Murder Ballads, 1996)
Dolly Mixture - Grass Is Greener (Everything And More, 2010 - originally released in 1984)
Departure Lounge - Grow Your Own (King Kong Frown single, 2002)
Springloader - One More Thing (V/A - Keepin' Secrets, 2005 - originally recorded in 1994)
Minisnap - March Hare (March Hare EP, 2004)
Clinic - Cutting Grass (Distortions single, 2000)
The Creatures - Hot Springs In The Snow (A Bestiary Of, 1997 - originally released in 1983)
The Convent - Springtime (Outro) (Tales From The Frozen Forest, 1994)
Cud - Alison Springs (When In Rome, Kill Me, 1989)
I Scream Brothers - Tree Growing Wrong (V/A - Your Secret's Safe With Us, 1982)
The Stranglers/JJ Burnel - Waiting For The Trees To Grow (Strangled From Birth And Beyond, 1994)
Robert Wyatt - Grass (V/A - Rip It Up And Start Again, 2006 - originally released in 1981)
Subway Sect - Spring Is Grey (We Oppose All Rock & Roll, 1996 - originally released in 1984)
Go Metric USA - Just Because Your Garden Grows (Three Chords By Two Verses, 1998)
The Cleaners From Venus - Mad March Hare (Golden Cleaners, 1993)
Bill Nelson - Spring (King Of The Cowboys single, 1982)
Versus - Blade Of Grass (The Stars Are Insane, 1994)
The Family Cat - Springing The Atom (Magic Happens, 1994)
The Innocence Mission - Green Grass, Red Tree (Birds Of My Neighborhood, 1999)
Springhouse - Asphalt Angels (Postcards From The Arctic, 1993)
The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Fall Heads Roll, 2005)
R.E.M. - Green Grow The Rushes (Fables Of The Reconstruction, 1985)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Green Show

This weeks show was a green theme in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I could've gone with an all-Irish bands lineup as well but there were so many green related songs that it made for a great playlist. Unfortunately, the stations' webcasting server was off-line again so I present the music sans DJ once more.

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Playlist:
Rex Hobart - It's Not Easy Being Green (V/A - The Bottle Let Me Down, 2002)
Dave Alvin with The Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Green Green Grass Of Home (The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 3, 2003)
Neko Case - Bowling Green (The Virginian, 1997)
Lucinda Williams - Greenville (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, 1998)
The Chills - Green Eyed Owl (live) (Secret Box, 2001 - originally released in 1987)
The Bats - Green (Silverbeet, 1993)
Scorched Earth Policy - Green Cigar (Keep Away From The Wires, 2000 - originally released in 1984)
The Mutton Birds - Green Lantern (Rain, Steam & Speed, 1999)
Bill Pritchard - Bitter Green (Half A Million, 1988)
Alex Chilton - I Will Turn Your Money Green (Black List EP, 1989)
Stan Ridgway - Big Green Tree (Neon Mirage, 2010)
Lloyd Cole - Eat Your Greens (Cleaning Out The Ashtrays, 2009 - originally released in 1993)
Husker Du - Green Eyes (Flip Your Wig, 1985)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen (Evergreen, 1997)
The Jam - Pretty Green (live) (Live Jam, 1993 - recorded in 1981)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Green Fingers (radio session) (At The BBC, 2009 - recorded in 1982)
New Model Army - Green And Grey (Thunder And Consolation, 1989)
Private Dicks - Green Is In The Red (V/A - Avon Calling: The Bristol Compilation, 1979)
Wall Of Voodoo - The Grass Is Greener (Happy Planet, 1987)
Jawbox - Green Glass (For Your Own Special Sweetheart, 1994)
Glide - Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes (Pretty Mouth EP, 1991)
Half String - Evergreen (Tripped Up Breathing EP, 1994)
The Ocean Blue - Sea Of Green (Beneath The Rhythm And Sound, 1992)
Luxury - Green Hearts (V/A - Yellow Pills: Prefill, 2004)
Sumosonic - God's Green Earth (This Is Sumo, 1998)
Throwing Muses - Green (Throwing Muses, 1986)
White Rose Transmission - Glittering Green (Spiders In The Mind Web, 2010)
Van Dyke Parks - Greenland Whale Fisheries (V/A - Rogue's Gallery, 2006)
The Love Hall Tryst - Jack In The Green (Songs Of Misfortune, 2005)
Peter Blegvad - The Green Boy (Downtime, 1988)
XTC - Greenman (Apple Venus Volume 1, 1999)

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

March 8th show

Another theme-less show, the last for a bit as I've got St. Patrick's Day and Spring shows coming up! Brand new track from a reformed Primitives as well as lots of my favorite post-punk gems from over the years.

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Playlist:
The Primitives - Rattle My Cage (Never Kill A Secret EP, 2011)
Madnomad - 35 Summers (Tamper-Evident, 2003)
O Positive - Talk About Love (Only Breathing/Cloud Factory, 1987)
Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A. (Peel session) (Colossal Youth & Collected Works, 2007)
Fuzzbox - Bohemian Rhapsody (Self! EP, 1989)
Nut - Scream (Fantanicity, 1996)
Johnny Dangerously - Junk Culture (You, Me And The Alarm Clock EP, 1989)
Rodney Allen - Thrills On Wheels (The Moped Song) (Happysad, 1987)
10,000 Maniacs - My Mother The War (The Wishing Chair, 1985)
Whysall Lane - Time Machine (Whysall Lane, 2006)
Demarnia Lloyd - Too Long Away (Set Upon A Curve, 2002)
The Gordons - Machine Song (Future Shock EP, 1980)
The Tufnels - Fly Away 1000's (Lurid, 1994)
YFC - Anthem (Ricochet, 2005)
Shane MacGown & Maire Brennan - You're The One (You're The One EP, 1995)
Sinead O'Connor - Troy (The Lion And The Cobra, 1987)
The Railway Children - In The Meantime (radio session) (The Radio One Evening Sessions, 1993)
Roland Orzabal - Ticket To The World (Tomcats Screaming Outside, 2001)
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor (Kill The Poor 7", 1980)
The Fire Engines - Candyskin (Fond, 1992)
World Of Pooh - Mr. Coffee - Nerves (The Land Of Thirst, 1989)
Swimmer - It's A Dirty Job (Petits Pois, 1996)
The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) ((Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise!, 1984)
Jansen Barnieri Karn - The Wilderness (Beginning To Melt, 1994)
Easterhouse - Nineteen Sixty Nine (Contenders, 1986)
The Hang Ups - Caroline (Second Story, 1999)
Life Without Buildings - PS Exclusive (Any Other City, 2000)
Dadamah - High Tension House (This Is Not A Dream, 1995)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March 1st show

I'm back after a week in sunny Arizona! No theme this week, just random bits and bobs from the library and a tribute to the people of Christchurch with some great NZ tunes.

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Playlist:
Radiohead - Separator (The King Of Limbs, 2011)
Dead Skeletons - Dead Mantra (Digital distribution, 2009)
Archie Bronson Outfit - Hoola (Coconut, 2010)
The Orange - What's In A Name (Fruit Salad Lives EP, 1986)
Graeme Jefferies - The Simple Tapestry Of Fate (Messages For The Cakekitchen, 1987)
Shayne Carter & Peter Jeffieres - Randolph's Going Home (Randolph's Going Home 7", 1986)
Playthings - Coloured (Coloured 7", 1981)
Jeremy Taylor - Idiot Heart (Black Balloons, 2005)
Chris Matthews & Robot Monkey Orchestra - And Death Shall Have No Dominion (The Map Of Love, 2008)
Venus Beads - 'A Client' ('A Client' EP, 1994)
Livingstone - So Tough (So Tough EP, 1996)
Lincolnville - You Know What You Are (Black Box, 1998)
Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart (World Class Fad EP, 1993)
John Lever - Loveyourself (Beefpig EP, 1999)
Cellartime - She Came (As It Went Down EP, 2002)
Thestill - Sunshine (Nectar, 2001)
Brilliantine - At Least That's The Way (Vainglory, 1997)
Lost Girls - Hovercrafts (Needle's Eye EP, 1998)
Cassell Webb - Llano (Llano, 1986)
Boom-Boom Mancini - Super Model Human (Mess Up Your Life (A Bit), 1999)
Jane Siberry - Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog (Bound By The Beauty, 1989)
Tim Keegan - Where The Flowers Grow (Foreign Domestic, 2007)
Grant Hart - 2541 (2541 single, 1988)
The Lodge - Smell Of A Friend (Smell Of A Friend, 1988)
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday (Viva Hate, 1988)
Stic Basin - Muarg Muarg (Stic Basin, 2003)
Carl Marsh - Every Bone In My Body (Too Much Fun, 1989)
Anthony Reynolds - I Know You Know (British Ballads, 2007)
John Linnell - South Carolina (State Songs, 1999)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day Show

This week's show was in honor of Valentine's Day. The first half consists of songs about the dark side of love, while the second half is decidedly more upbeat. The station's webcast server was down, which means I couldn't record the stream today. However, I can still provide the music sans my enlightening commentary (!!), early fades and cross-fades. It's just as well as I have a cold and kept clearing my throat during back-announcing!

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Playlist:
Billy Bragg - Valentine's Day Is Over (live) (Accident Waiting To Happen: Red Star Live EP, 1992)
Kelly Hogan - I'll Go To My Grave Loving You (Because It Feel Good, 2001)
Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know (Change Everything, 1992)
Justin Currie - What Is Love For? (What Is Love For, 2007)
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - You Were Lying When You Said You Loved Me (Pigeonhole, 1990)
The 6ths - Falling Out Of Love (With You) (with Dean Wareham) (Wasps' Nest, 1995)
The Magnetic Fields - (Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy (69 Love Songs Vol. 2, 1999)
Viv Albertine - I Don't Believe/In Love (Flesh EP, 2010)
Alternative TV - Love Lies Limp (Love Lies Limp flexi, 1977)
Barbara Manning - Lover's Leap (In New Zealand, 1999)
Be Bop Deluxe - Forbidden Lovers (Modern Music, 1976)
Astrid Williamson - If I Loved You (Boy For You, 1998)
Andy Prieboy - Loving The Highway Man (Upon My Wicked Son, 1990)
Breathing Cage - Unsaved And Loverless (live) (Spilt Milk, 2006)
Pine - Breaking Up (Books And Magazines, 2010)
Stephen - Loved By You (Radar Of Small Dogs, 1993)
Scientists - We Had Love (Tale From The Australian Underground, 2003 - originally released in 1983)
The Manikins - Love At Second Sight (Do The Pop! Redux Part One, 2008 - originally released in 1980)
The Singles - Love Of Loves (Tales From The Australian Underground Vol. 2, 2006 - originally released in 1980)
Lighterthief - Lover (Maximalism EP, 2009)
Black Swan Lane - Love And Light (The Sun And Moon Sessions, 2009)
The Black Watch - How Much About Love (Led Zeppelin Five, 2010)
Lois - Valentine (Butterfly Kiss, 1992)
Old 97's - Valentine (Fight Songs, 1999)
The dB's - Love Is For Lovers (Like This, 1984)
Milky Wimpshake - Lovers Not Fighters (Lovers Not Fighters, 2004)
Think Tree - The Lovers (Eight/Thirteen, 1990)
The Jazz Butcher - Falling In Love (live) (Live At The Crocodile Cafe, 1999)
ABC - The Look Of Love (live 1982) (The Lexicon Of Love deluxe edition, 2004)
Andy Partridge - The Loving (demo) (Fuzzy Warbles 8, 2006)

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Punk & Post-Punk Nuggets II

This week's show highlights the obscure, semi-obscure and only somewhat obscure post-punk tracks from my favorite period of music, 1976-86. Some of this stuff should be familiar to connoisseurs but there's plenty that you'd have to really dig to find. I forgot to mention that much of this comes from various artist compilations, singles compilations or limited CDRs directly from the artist. I found so much stuff that I'll have a follow-up show in a few weeks.

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Playlist:
Dalek I - Trapped (Compass Kum'pas, 1980)
Eater - Thinkin' Of The U.S.A. (Thinkin' Of The U.S.A. 7", 1977)
Scars - Horrorshow (Adult/ery 7", 1979)
Athletico Spizz 80 - Where's Captain Kirk (live) (Urgh! A Music War soundtrack, 1981)
The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb (We Got The Neutron Bomb 7", 1978)
The Dickies - Gigantor (Gigantor 7", 1980)
Naked Raygun - Rat Patrol (Throb Throb, 1984)
The Wipers - Over The Edge (Over The Edge, 1983)
Blam Blam Blam - There Is No Depression In New Zealand (There Is No Depression In New Zealand 7", 1981)
The Doublehappys - Big Fat Elvis (live 1984) (How Much Time Left, Please? EP, 1990)
Children's Hour - Caroline's Dream (Flesh EP, 1983)
Expendables - The Man With No Desire (The Flower 7", 1984)
The Wild Swans - Revolutionary Spirit (Revolutionary Spirit 7", 1982)
Vital Disorders - Tough Times (Prams 7", 1981)
Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast (Getting Nowhere Fast 7", 1980)
Second Layer - Definition Of Honour (World Of Rubber, 1981)
Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People (Collapsing New People 7", 1984)
A.C. Marias - Just Talk (Just Talk 7", 1986)
Art Objects - Hard Objects (Hard Objects 7", 1980)
Red Beat - Red Beat (Machines In Motion EP, 1979)
The Higsons - It Goes Waap!! (BBC session, 1981) (It's A Wonderful Life, 1998)
23 Skidoo - Coup (Coup 12", 1983)
Essential Logic - Music Is A Better Noise (Music Is A Better Noise 7", 1980)
Pylon - Crazy (Crazy 7", 1981)
The Professionals - 1-2-3 (1-2-3 7", 1980)
Time Zone - World Destruction (single edit) (World Destruction 7", 1984)
Barry Andrews - Rossmore Road (NW 1) (Rossmore Road 7", 1980)
Perfect Disaster - Hiding From Frank (Perfect Disaster, 1985)
Pigbros - Hedonist Hat (The Blubberhouse EP, 1985)
Ski Patrol - Agent Orange (Agent Orange 7", 1980)
Dangerous Birds - Alpha Romeo (Alpha Romeo 7", 1982)
Virgin Prunes - Caucasian Walk (...If I Die, I Die, 1982)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Snowpocalpyse!

Another Tuesday, another lost show due to major snowstorms in the Boston area. Bummer! I'll be back next week with my punk & post-punk nuggets follow-up show.