Radio Fragments

It's been a weird cold spring here in the Seattle area...but today breaks that trend, and about time. For the first time in 273 (!) days, the temperature broke 75F. After a while you start pulling for the cool air. "Come on! You can do 300 days! Go Arctic air!" Or maybe that's me. But now that it's passed, I'm glad for the warmth. I drove in to the show tonight with the sunroof open!

The show is available from the streaming archive, or you can download the podcast/mp3 version by hour (below).

Hour 1 – 1-2 am (Download - 57 Mb)

The White Stripes, "Little Cream Soda" (2007, US)
James Cotton Band, "Superharp" (1984, US)
Negativland, "Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song" (1987, US)
Tones on Tail, "Ok This is the Pops" (1984, UK)
Field Recording, "Old Alabama" (US)
David Bowie, "Alabama Song" (1980, UK)
R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders, "Alabama Jubilee" (1993, US)
A3, "Woke Up This Morning" (2003, UK)
Fela Kuti, "Zombie" (1977, Nigeria)
Alien Sex Fiend, "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" (1990, UK)
The Sisters of Mercy, "Ribbons" (1990, UK)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Garmarna, "Gamen (The Vulture)" (1999, Sweden)
Monks, "Monk Time (1966, US/Germany)
The Zutons, "Pressure Point" (2004, UK)
Fujiya & Miyagi, "In One Ear & Out The Other" (2006, UK)
Senor Coconut, "Trans Europe Express" (2000, Germany/Chile)
Kraftwerk, "The Voice of Energy" (1975, Germany)
Jean Michel Jarre, "Revolution, Revolutions" (1988, France)
Talking Heads, "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (1980, US)
Sleigh Bells, "Infinity Guitars" (2010, US)
Sadistic Mika Band, "Dance Is Over" (1973, Japan)
The Five Blobs, "The Blob" (1958, US)
S.P.O.C.K., "Dr. McCoy" (1998, Sweden)
Abraham Inc., "Tweet Tweet" (2010, US)
Banco de Gaia, "Obsidian" (2000, UK)

What? Huh? Just another show!?

Well, yeah, kinda. I just finished the run of shows 24, 25 & 26 which were all kind of numerical milestones. Now here we are at #27 and all I can say is 'well, it's 3³'. Cool, but not exactly apropos of anything.

But that doesn't mean it's not a great show. Go ahead, press play and find out...you know you wanna.

There are no MP3s this week, but the show is available from the streaming archive.

Hour 1 – 1-2 am

Doye O’Dell, “Diesel Smoke (Dangerous Curves)” (1952)
Dave Dudley, “I Got Lost” (1965)
Tom Waits, “Phantom 309” (1975)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “From Her to Eternity” (UK, 1984)
Angelo Badalamenti, “The Pink Room” (1992)
Bauhaus, “2. Peter Murphy” (UK, 1981)
Bruce McCulloch, “Eraserhead” (Canada, 1995)
Kid Koala, “Drunk Trumpet” (2000)
Lovage, “Herbs, Good Hygene, and Socks” (2001)
The Slew, “100%” (2009)
Bob Log III, “Log Bomb” (2003)
Johann Johannsson, “Theme” (Iceland, 2009)
David Hykes, “Two Poles, Ascent” (1982)
Oleg Kuular, “Tuvan Industrial” (Tuva, 1996)
Severed Heads, “Dead Eyes Opened” (Australia, 1983)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am

Gong, “Pot Head Pixies” (UK, 1973)
Pink Floyd, “Bike” (UK, 1967)
Hardal, “Bir Yagmur Masali” (Turkey, 1978)
Grapes of Wrath, “All The Things I Wasn’t” (Canada, 1989)
The Black Keys, “Tighten Up” (2010)
Cake, “The Distance” (1996)
Band of Bees, “Chicken Payback” (UK, 2004)
The Long Blondes, “You Could Have Both” (UK, 2006)
Buddy Greco, “Around The World” (1960)
Astronaut Wife, “Cape Canaveral” (2000)
The Bran Flakes, “The Music From Another Planet” (2001)
Spiritualized, “Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Original Elvis Mix)” (UK, 1997)
M.I.A., “Born Free” (UK, 2010)
Hal feat. Jillian Anderson, “Extremis (Qattara Remix)” (UK, 1997)

26 weeks. One half a year. It honestly doesn't seem that long. I love coming in late, the studio is quiet and dark, and I get to play my favorite music for my favorite people -- anonymous radio listeners and internet denizens.

To celebrate this milestone, I am revisiting some of my favorite tunes from the first 5 months or so. You might call it a cop-out -- in which case you've got a real attitude problem, Mister. I've done 25 shows without repeats, that's 50 hours of music. Give me a break. Sheesh, you anonymous types are rough!

And of course, this is a pledge week at KBCS. So, if you listen to this show on the internet, please take a moment and think about the value you get out of this show and consider a small donation to the people who make it possible. Go to kbcs.fm and click the 'donate now' link. Any and all donations are valued. May I suggest $50? That's less than a dollar per show, less than 50 cents per hour. What, is my time not worth 50 measly cents an hour? Wow, you guys really are tough.

Next week, more great new tunes, and 100% less begging for money.

The show is available from the streaming archive, or you can download the podcast/mp3 version by hour (below).

Hour 1 – 1-2 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Eric Clapton, “The Sky Is Crying” (UK, 1988)
Isley Brothers, “Fight The Power” (1975)
Barenaked Ladies, “Fight The Power” (Canada, 1993)
Bibi Tanga & Le Professeur Inlassable, “It’s The Earth That Moves” (France, 2009)
Lali Puna, “Our Inventions” (Germany, 2010)
Marnie Stern, “The Devil Is In The Details” (2008)
The Slew, “Robbing Banks (Doin’ Time)” (2009)
The Fall, “Totally Wired” (UK, 1980)
Scout Niblett, “The Calcination of Scout Niblett” (2010)
Brian Eno, “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” (UK, 1974)
These New Puritans, “Navigate, Navigate” (UK, 2008)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Beefy, “1-800-NERDCORE” (2006)
MC 900 Ft. Jesus, “If I Only Had a Brain” (1994)
Devo, “R U Experienced” (1984)
Soft Cell, “Memorabilia” (UK, 1981)
Grateful Dead, “Viola Lee Blues” (1967)
Clutch, “50,000 Unstoppable Watts” (2009)
The Noisettes, “Don’t Give Up” (UK, 2007)
Cracker Cats, “Middle of Nowhere” (Canada, 2008)
Roy Brown, “Butcher Pete” (1950)
Frankie Brunson, “Ward 13” (1957)
Abraham, Inc. “Moskowitz Remix” (2010)
Kelly (Liam Kyle Sullivan), “My Romantic Pattern” (2006)
Trans-X, “Living On Video (L.O.V. 2005 Version)” (Canada, 2005)

I'm midway through a triptich of landmark shows. Last week was 24 (meaning 48 hours of music), this week it's 25 (just a nice roundish number that feels comforting to us base-10 entities), and next week it'll be 26 (meaning 26 weeks, or 1/2 year on the air).

Ok, so they're all relatively arbitrary milestones, but I feel like i'm really hitting my stride with the weekly schedule...well, except for the late nights sometime. This week I needed to be in the office at 8:30 the next day, so I'm a little bleary, so I'll leave it at that and let the music speak for itself.

The show is available from the streaming archive, or you can download the podcast/mp3 version by hour (below).

Hour 1 – 1-2 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Johnny Cash, “One Piece at a Time” (1976)
Cowboy Junkies, “State Trooper” (Canada, 1986)
Patti Smith, “Hey Joe” (1974)
T.Rex, “Buick Mackane” (UK, 1972)
Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker, “Messin’ With the Hook” (1970)
R.L. Burnside, “Go To Jail” (2004)
Red Elvises, “Here I am in Hollywood” (1997)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Spies In the Wires” (UK, 1984)
Gary Numan, “I Dream of Wires” (UK, 1980)
Vladimir Ussachevsky, “Wireless Fantasy” (1960)
Waldeck, “Get Up…Carmen” (Austria, 2007)
Ghostland Observatory, “Midnight Voyage” (2006)
Bill Laswell vs. Bob Marley, “So Much Trouble In the World” (1997)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Hawkwind, “You Shouldn’t Do That” (UK, 1971)
Bob Dylan, “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” (1965)
Lyrics Born (feat. Lateef the Truthspeaker), “The Last Trumpet” (2003)
The Cars, “I’m In Touch With Your World” (1978)
Save Ferris, “Come On Eileen” (1997)
U2, “Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car” (Ireland, 1993)
David Bowie, “Looking for Satellites” (UK, 1997)
Men Without Hats, “On Tuesday” (Canada, 1987)
Jam & Spoon, “Casteneda Future Illuminations” (Germany, 1993)
The KLF, “3 A.M. Eternal” (UK, 1991)

I've been looking forward to this show for a long while now. Show #24. That means 48 hours of red hot radiophonic entertainment. It's been my goal to do my first 48 hours without repeated songs, 2 days of music without repeats. Seemed like a worthy goal.

So here we are. That's not to say that next week will be nothing but repeats -- though I am considering a 'favorites so far' show -- but having hit my first goal, I guess I'll just have to come up with something new. Oh, and thanks to the people who made requests this week, it's always great to have someone else's ideas to work from.

The show is available from the streaming archive, or you can download the podcast/mp3 version by hour (below).

Hour 1 – 1-2 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, “One O’Clock Jump” (1957)
Cornershop, “Who Fingered Rock’n’roll?” (UK, 2009)
Band of Bees, “The Russian” (2004)
Colin Hay, “Beautiful World” (Australia, 2002)
David Byrne, “Don’t Fence Me In” (1990)
Iva Bittova, “Driv Nez (Before)” (Czech Republic, 1998)
Bill Mumy, “So I Sit By the Sea” (1997)
Django Reinhardt, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (1937)
The Mystic Moods Orchestra, “Cosmic Sea” (France, 1973)
Robert Plant, “Down to the Sea” (UK, 2002)
Calamine, “Sealab 2021 Theme” (2000)
Shonen Knife, “Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner’s Theme (Sea Turtle)” (Japan, 1992)
Pete Krebs, “Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster” (1997)
William Shatner, “How Insensitive” (1968)
Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins, “There’ll Be Some Changes Made” (1990)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Don Ho, “Hawai’I Five-O” (1978)
Southern Culture on the Skids, “Make Mayan a Hawaiian” (1995)
Payola$, “Eyes of a Stranger” (Canada, 1982)
Save Ferris, “Come on Eileen” (1997)
Sigue Sigue Spitnik, “Love Missle F1-11” (UK, 1986)
English Beat, “March of the Swivelheads” (UK, 2009)
Plastic Bertrand, “Ca Plane Pour Moi” (Belgium, 1978)
Telex, “Ca Plane Pour Moi” (Belgium, 1979)
Images In Vogue, “Call It Love” (Canada, 1985)
Pet Shop Boys, “Left To My Own Devices” (UK, 1988)
The Heavy, “How You Like Me Now?” (UK, 2009)
CSS, “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” (Brazil, 2006)
Leftfield, “Afro-Left” (UK, 1995)