Show # 10 'Cold'

Mix Show # 5


And finally the last show of the Summer.

Which means that Fall shows are soon to follow!

So stay tuned...

**download** COLD Air date 19th of August 2008

Cure 'Burn'
Cocteau Twins 'Need-Fire'
Dead Can Dance 'The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove'
Blur 'Beetlebum (Moby's Mix)'Bauhaus 'She's In Parties'
Orgy 'Fiction (Dreams In Digital)'
Kraftwerk 'The Model'
Pop Will Eat Itself There Is No Love Between Us Anymore'
Lightning Seeds 'You Showed Me'
Placebo 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'
Portishead 'Over'
Joy Division 'Heart And Soul'
Cocteau Twins 'Strange Fruit'
OMD 'Of All The Things We've Made'
Suede 'The Next Life'
Nick Cave 'Sleepy River Piano'
Magnetic Fields 'Meaningless'
The Organ 'Steven Smith'
Bjork '5 Years'
Siouxsie 'Loveless'
Bat For Lashes 'A Forest'
The Sound 'Total Recall'
Innocence Mission 'Lake Shore Drive'
Keane 'Happy Soldier'
Cure 'Without You'
Morrissey 'Disappointed'


Cover art - variations on Paul Klee's Mourning (1934)

Show # 9 'The Vinyl Solution'

All vinyl show!




I love vinyl.
And there's really not much more I can say than that...
well... maybe a little more.

I have spoke briefly of this love affair earlier.
This you will know from my second show post.
There is something very special about records.
You place that intricately grooved slice of vinyl on the turntable... subtle shivers begin instantly!
Heaven knows if this is the millioneth time that needle has hit that first groove.
I believe that is part of the true art of it all.
Oh go on and call it nostalgia if you like, that is quite all right with me.
I have always had a bit of a weakness for nostalgia, anyway.


**download / listen** THE VINYL SOLUTION Air Date 12th of August 2008

* = request

New Order 'Love Vigilantes'
Echo And The Bunnymen 'Clay'
The Damned 'Shadow Of Love'
Depeche Mode 'It's Called A Heart'
Kate Bush 'Running Up That Hill'
Elvis Costello and The Attractions 'Accidents Will Happen'
Buzzcocks 'You Say You Don't Love Me'
Cure 'Jumping Someone Else's Train'
Naked Eyes 'Burning Bridges'
Stranglers 'All Roads Lead To Rome'
OMD 'La Femme Accident'
Kraftwerk 'Pocket Calculator'
Gary Numan 'I Die : You Die'
The Beat 'Mirror In The Bathroom' *
Split Enz 'One Step Ahead'
Tallking Heads 'Warning Sign'
Pretenders 'Stop Your Sobbing'
Peter Murphy 'Indigo Eyes' *

Morrissey 'That's Entertainment' *

Stranglers 'Golden Brown' *

Replacements 'The Ledge'

REM 'So. Central Rain'

Cure 'Just One Kiss'

Comsat Angels 'Waiting For A Miracle'

Smiths 'Hand In Glove'

Jesus And Mary Chain 'Some Candy Talking'

Chameleons 'As High As You Can Go'

Clash 'Rudie Can't Fail'

::Flashback:: Show # 1 REVISITED 'Step Into My Mainstream -Redux'

As I said way back at the beginning...Show # 1 from this past Summer, just might be re-recorded.
And so, amazingly, it has actually happened!

Since I currently have the means, this past afternoon, I decided a redux was finally in order. Especially, since it will not be too long until I am posting my Fall shows.

There's a slight change in the playlist.

A bit of editing and a request from my sister to my beautiful cousin Maija.
This one is for her... Dear M.
**download** STEP INTO MY MAINSTREAM -REDUX

air date 14th of October 2008 * = Request

CURE 'Play With Me'
DEVO 'Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)'
DAMNED 'Smash It Up Pts. 1 & 2'
NEW ORDER 'Haystack'
COCTEAU TWINS 'The Spangle Maker'
CATHERINE WHEEL 'Salt'
RADIOHEAD 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM 'Not Too Late'
KNIFE 'N.Y. Hotel'
PORTISHEAD 'The Rip'
PJ HARVEY 'The Mountain'
BAT FOR LASHES 'What's A Girl To Do'
KATE BUSH 'Hounds Of Love'
RAINCOATS 'No One's Little Girl'PIXIES 'Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons'
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 'Sometimes Always'
MORRISSEY 'Boxers'
GENE 'Haunted By You'
U2 'Trip Through Your Wires'
HOUSE OF FREAKS 'The Hammer Came Down'
DEER TICK 'These Old Shoes'
FELT 'Fortune'
TALKING HEADS 'Heaven'
LOU REED 'Wagon Wheel'
MAGNETIC FIELDS 'When You're Old And Lonely'
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Protection' *

Show # 8 'Moths Around The Flame'

Mix Show # 4



The 'mix' can prove to be somewhat divinatory.

Although, it was made for somebody else, listening to the songs some years later,
you suddenly realize...

I made this for the future me.

Of course, perhaps intuitively, this is what I have been doing all along.

Selfish me!

"And if their wings burn, I know I'm not to blame."

**download / listen** MOTHS AROUND THE FLAME

Air date 5th of August 2008

MARLENE DIETRICH 'Falling In Love Again'
STONE ROSES 'I Wanna Be Adored'
CATHERINE WHEEL 'Black Metallic'
THE VERVE 'Slide Away'
MAZZY STAR 'Fade Into You'
THE WEDDING PRESENT 'Rotterdam'
PSYCHEDELIC FURSs 'Until She Comes'
PLACEBO  'Summer's Gone'
JAMES 'Lullaby'
PETER MURPHY 'A Strange Kind Of Love'
SIOUXSIE & MORRISSEY 'Interlude'
LEGENDARY PINK DOTS 'I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty'
THE SMITHS 'Wonderful Woman'
JEFF BUCKLEY 'So Real'
THE CURE 'Breathe'
COCTEAU TWINS 'Seekers Who Are Lovers'
DEFTONES 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want'
BELLE & SEBASTIAN 'The State I Am In'
MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Game Shows Touch Our Lives'
JOY DIVISION 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
THE PETALS 'Simple Things'
RED HOUSE PAINTERS 'Down Colourful Hill'

Show # 7 'Electronic Renaissance Part 2'

All right. I said that the Electronic Renaissance would prevail. And so it does. And still...
the renaissance does not feel complete... of course, it is not, how could it be?

I did manage to get Kraftwerk and New Order here and I apologize for the travesty of neglecting them on part one.

Delia Derbyshire is quite an important part of the equation, as well. The sound was there in her head (as it was) and she found the best way she could to release it, on to electronic oscillators and magnetic tapes at that (quite the tedious task).

The real revelation here though was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. They seemed to just float right out of my subconscious as the signature electronic band for myself. I really can not explain it. All I can say is, I love everything about what they did, especially back in the day. They were the complete package.

And ever still... there is so much more story to be (and yet to be) told that I can not be absolutely satisfied. But for now, this should suffice.

And I think Vince Noir would approve as well. ;^)

**download** ELECTRONIC RENAISSANCE PT. 2

Air-date 29th of July 2008

Depeche Mode 'Photographic'
Human League 'Circus Of Death'
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire 'Doctor Who Theme'
Pet Shop Boys 'Some Speculation'
Portishead 'Machine Gun'
The Knife 'The Captain'
Hot Chip 'Colours'
Kraftwerk 'Showroom Dummies'
Neu! 'Neuschnee 78'
Can 'Spoon'
Radiohead 'Skttrbrain [Four Tet RMX]'
Delia Derbyshire 'Reel-To-Beatmatching' / 'Blue Veils And Golden Sands'
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 'Introducing Radios' / 'The Messerschmitt Twins' / 'Messages' / 'Silent Running' / 'Agnus Dei' / 'Progress (live)' / 'Once When I Was Six (live)'
Joy Division 'Decades'
Cure 'All Cats Are Grey (live)'
New Order 'Everything's Gone Green'
Gary Numan and The Tubeway Army 'Are Friends Electric?'
Trisomie 21 'The Last Song'

Show # 6 'Invisible Against The Words/Autumn For M...'

*Mix Show # 3*


Cats.
Vintage film.
Unrequited love.
This is what seemed to set the scene for these two particular mixes I combined for the show.

Holly Golightly approved.

**download** 'INVISIBLE AGAINST THE WORDS/AUTUMN FOR M...'

Air date 22nd of July '08

Eveline 'Aphelion'

Innocence Mission 'Happy The End'

Cocteau Twins 'Violaine'

Catherine Wheel 'The Nude'

James 'Everybody Knows'

Echo And The Bunnymen 'What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?'

Black Tape For A Blue Girl 'Hairline Sunlight'

Cure '2 Late'

OMD 'Almost'

Clinic 'For The Wars'

Nate Ashley 'Who Left The Candles On?'

Depeche Mode 'Breathe'

And Also The Trees 'Brother Fear'

Crime And The City Solution 'The Dolphins And The Sharks'

Rothko 'Imprint Of Leaves'

Mira 'Cayman'

Chapterhouse 'April'

Arab Strap 'Haunt Me'

Morrissey 'Moon River'

Moby 'Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)'

Spiritualized 'All Of My Tears'

Eveline 'Agnes Martin'

Show # 5 'Electronic Renaissance part 1'

When you do an all 'electronic music' show, it's amazing how much you've realized you've left out. Hence, Electronic Renaissance part one.

I knew initially this was a given. It's impossible to fit every relevant electronic band in just one show. For example, no Kraftwerk or New Order in this show, two of the most important electronic bands ever.

My cousin Maija and sister Kalurah joined me for this show, which was very nice because the last time this happened was back in 1999, on my friend Amy and I's show on KWCW 'The Easy Cure' (which I plan to blog about at a later date).

The electronic band I apparently hold closest to my heart is revealed later in show # 7 'Electronic Renaissance pt. 2'. Stay tuned...

Note: I apologize for the poor sound quality on this one. All of my shows are recorded from the radio and the reception was not so good on this particular day. Especially on the Pet Shop Boys 'It Must Be Obvious'. For a better quality version click here.


**download** 'Electronic Renaissance pt. 1' Air Date 15th of July '08

V = Vinyl * = Request

OMD 'Julia's Song'
Autumn 'Reach You From Behind My Walls'
Ultravox 'Vienna'
Heaven 17 'Let Me Go'
Human League 'The Sound Of The Crowd'
A Flock Of Seagulls 'Wishing'
Bauhaus 'David Jay/Peter Murphy/Kevin Haskins/Daniel Ash'
Trisomie 21 'See The Devil In Me'
Cabaret Voltaire 'Motion Rotation'
Crystal Castles 'Vanished'
Depeche Mode 'Any Second Now (Voices)'
CSS 'Knife'
Ladytron 'Open Your Heart'
Erasure 'S.O.S.'
Kenickie 'Robot Song'
Legendary Pink Dots 'Film Of The Book'
The Knife 'Heartbeats (live)'
Hot Chip 'One Pure Thought'
Cure 'Back Trax (Megamix)'
Hood 'You Show No Emotion At All'
Death In June 'To Drown A Rose'
Belle And Sebastian 'Electronic Renaissance'
Pet Shop Boys 'It Must Be Obvious' V
Barnes And Barnes 'Fish Heads' *

Show # 4 'Procession...'

*Mix Show # 2*

"Procession moves on... the shouting is over."

**download** PROCESSION... Air date 8th of July 2008

V = Vinyl * = Request

Tortoise 'As You Said'
Portishead 'Only You'
Peter Gabriel 'Games Without Frontiers'
Talking Heads 'Listening Wind'
Trisomie 21 'Some Twenty-One Miles From The Coast'
And Also The Trees 'The Secret Sea'
Kraftwerk 'Radioactivity'
Massive Attack 'Teardrop'
Portishead 'Only You'
Joy Division 'As You Said'
Magnetic Fields 'I Die : You Die'
Trisomie 21 'La Fête Triste'
Robert Smith 'Ariel'
The Durutti Column 'Where I Should Be'
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 'The Beginning Of The End'
Public Image Limited 'Radio Four'
Kate Bush 'Cloudbusting' V
Morrissey 'Tony The Pony' V
Cocteau Twins 'Fotzepolitic'
Big Star 'Femme Fatale' *
Modern Lovers 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste'

Show # 3 'Can You Feel Me Dancing'

*Mix show # 1*


Dance Music.

We all have different ideas about what it is.
And you know what?
They are all correct.

What is 'danceable' (hmm, am I inventing words again?) to me, may leave others with furrowed brows (wha-huh?) and vice versa.

My friend Amy knows all too well about this as well.
The Cure... The Smiths... Depeche Mode... VHS Or Beta...
It is only when we hear music like this that we'll say...
"I am ready for the floor."

Amy made me a couple of mixes back in the Spring of this year.
One in particular was entitled 'Can You Feel Me Dancing?'
The title was taken from movie of the same name.
Amy and I would frequently spot it whilst at the video store and giggle and mock the rather silly-sounding title, never actually renting it.

But it made an interesting and poignant title for a mix -a sampling all of our dance music.

This show is not strictly about dancing though. But I won't go on any further about it, since in the show both Amy and I give plenty of commentary.
So you simply will just have to listen for yourself.

**download** CAN YOU FEEL ME DANCING? airdate 1st of July '08

* = request

Hot Chip 'Ready For The Floor'
Front 242 'Quite Unusual'
Reverand And The Makers 'Heavyweight Champion Of The World'
Clan Of Xymox 'Back Door'
Crystal Castles 'Crimewave'
The Organ 'Brother'
David Bowie 'I've Been Waiting For You'
Depeche Mode 'Dangerous'
Talking Heads 'Wild Wild Life'
OMD 'Enola Gay'
Teddybears 'Punkrocker'
The Cribs 'Men's Needs'
The Cure 'The Walk'
Depeche Mode 'Blue Dress' *
Covenant 'Bullet'
Does It Offend You, Yeah? 'We Are Rock Stars'
Stars 'Take Me To The Riot'
The Builders And The Butchers 'Vampire Lake'
Decemberists 'Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)'
The Shaky Hands 'Sunburn'
The Shins 'Girl Sailor'
Sonic Youth 'Superstar'
Cure 'Sleep When I'm Dead (live in Boston)' *

Tune in tomorrow...

So, the lovely people at KWCW has accepted my plea for a slot in their Fall programming!

I'm really excited because it didn't happen last Fall.

I will just have to keep up the mindset that there's no way I can run out of ideas for shows.

There really is no way actually.

Seriously.

To elaborate, I've even had the idea of doing a show centered around songs where the singer breaks into laughter (and yeah, there are quite a few songs).

As you can imagine, the possibilites are quite limitless.

So, if you have means, please do have a listen.

Elvis will be listening, well not really, but he would if he knew about it.

kwcw.net

Every Tuesday afternoon

1 to 3 pm

Note:

Since I'll be doing new shows, I'm going to post the past Summer shows more rapidly. So stay in touch with the blog, you never know how soon I'll post a 'new' old one.

Show # 2 'The Radio's On Ice'

I tend to gravitate toward ‘older’ music. Well, old by today’s ultra modern standards. Don’t get me wrong. I really do like many bands today, but to be honest, quite a lot of it I’ve simply heard before, if you get my meaning.

Typical scenario: I’ll be listening to something ‘new’ and it’s quite good but then I start thinking “Hmm, that bit there reminds me of Gang of Four.” Sadly, it’s become almost inevitable. Thus, I’m always pulled back to the 70’s and 80’s.

Although nostalgia can be fun, it’s when a new band doesn’t remind me of anything, that I know they are the real deal. Mind you, this is an extremely difficult task without sounding like absolute avant-garde madness. But that’s another show.

‘Old’ music (ugh, I’ve realized how much I loathe that word), is not for everyone though. And some people (a heck of a lot) just don’t seem to appreciate or have the patience for the crackle and pop bliss that is vinyl. I most ardently am quite keen on it, in fact, there’s nothing quite like it.

Every song on this show came from the ‘vinyl era’ something I hadn’t realized at the time. So, my point is only proved further… I’m drawn to this and I suppose that it will always be my ‘familiar’. You’ll see further evidence of this in later shows.

**download** THE RADIO'S ON ICE air date 24th of June 2008

V= vinyl *= request

Death Cult ‘Too Young’

Gang Of Four ‘I Will Be A Good Boy’
Tones On Tail ‘Performance’
B-52’s ‘Give Me Back My Man’Cramps ‘Goo Goo Muck’

Dead Kennedys ‘Holiday In Cambodia’

Cabaret Voltaire ‘Jazz the Glass’
Bauhaus ‘Of Lilies And Remains’
The Glove ‘And All Around Us The Mermaids Sang’
Cocteau Twins ‘Feathers Oar-Blades’
Damned ‘I Just Can’t Be Happy Today’

Buzzcocks ‘Fiction Romance’
Josef K ‘Sorry For Laughing’

Soft Boys ‘I Wanna Destroy You’ V
The Sound ‘Sense Of Purpose’ V
Comsat Angels ‘Eye Of The Lens’

Magazine ‘Song From Under The Floorboards’
Wire ‘Ahead’ V
Siouxsie And The Banshees ‘Overground’ V
Wild Swans ‘The Revolutionary Spirit’

The Teardrop Explodes ‘Reward’

Orange Juice ‘Simply Thrilled Honey’
Neil Young ‘Mr. Soul’ * V

Legendary Pink Dots ‘Cloud Zero’ V
Smiths ‘Shoplifters Of The World Unite’

Siouxsie And The Banshees ‘Dazzle’ V

Icehouse ‘Great Southern Land’ V

Depeche Mode ‘The Sun And The Rainfall’ V

Show # 1 'Step Into My Mainstream'

Typically, it's always difficult to think of a first show.

Until of course, you're socked straight in the face with the idea which is usually so much simpler than you thought... ''the 'playlist' on your myspace page, silly!"

Ah, yes, the 'social music experiment' which many of us audiophiles have discovered. Just another attempt at showcasing your self-proclaimed 'eclectic' musical taste and your mad DJ skills (or is it just in my head?).

'Step Into My Mainstream' was the name of this particular playlist (and yes, I've adopted the belief that 'playlist' is one word, despite spellcheck's nay-saying and I made spellcheck one word as well, take that!). The idea of this playlist is simply an example of what is part of my 'mainstream' or music I listen to everyday regularly.

So, this should be lovely, what a nice idea for a first show. This will give a general spectrum to your listening audience as of what to expect from you... yes, lovely.

Everything then shall fall into place without any effort, except...

Your playlist is about 30 minutes longer than it should be.
Thus... the dreaded word, 'edit'. Ahh! This is very difficult for someone like me.

The Girl Least Likely To...
take some songs off the playlist so as not to have a near 3 hour show! I mean, they're all really good songs and absolutely necessary to the theme 'Step Into My Mainstream', yes, each and every one!

However, in the end, I convinced myself to detach from certain songs and did edit it down to what you see below.

Note: This first show, unfortunately, was not recorded as the others were. Although, a re-recording has come to mind and may actually happen... we shall see. Meanwhile, you can check out the 'original unedited' version (music only) at my myspace page.

!!!Update!!!: Show was re-recorded in October.

STEP INTO MY MAINSTREAM ... Original air date 17th of June 2008

Cure 'Play With Me'

Devo 'Gut Feeling'

Damned 'Smash It Up Pts. 1&2

New Order 'Haystack'

Cocteau Twins 'The Spangle Maker'

Catherine Wheel 'Salt'

Radiohead 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'

National 'Racing Like A Pro'

Lindsey Buckingham 'Not Too Late'

Knife 'N.Y. Hotel'

Portishead 'The Rip'

PJ Harvey 'The Mountain'

Bat For Lashes 'What's A Girl To Do'

Kate Bush 'Hounds Of Love'

Raincoats 'No One's Little Girl'

Pixies 'Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons'

Jesus And Mary Chain 'Sometimes Always'

Morrissey 'Boxers'

Gene 'Haunted By You'

U2 'Trip Through Your Wires'

House Of Freaks 'The Hammer Came Down'

Deer Tick 'These Old Shoes'

Smiths 'Wonderful Woman'

Felt 'Fortune'

Talking Heads 'Heaven'

Lou Reed 'Wagon Wheel'

Magnetic Fields 'When You're Old And Lonely'

Coming Soon...