Wednesday playlist...

Wednesday proved to be quite a MAD day!

I was working non-stop all day, and I had not even put my playlist together yet, or rather recorded the discs for it. It was so go-go-go all afternoon, that I didn't get on the air until 7 pm (not 6 pm as I had planned).

SO infuriating!
I explain this a bit on the show, which will be posted eventually.

But for now you will have to settle for the playlist, since this was something I promised to post.
... She said, as if anyone was listening to actually hear that promise!

Show #10 Mix Show #4 'ABSTRACT WITH MEMORIES'

Air date 26th of November '08

* = request

LIFTER 'Swing'
BLUR 'Death Of A Party'
FIERY FURNACES 'Waiting'
764-HERO 'Whenever You See Fit (DJj Dynomite Remix)'
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Future Proof'
MANDALAY 'Insensible'
TV ON THE RADIO 'Things You Can Do'
PJ HARVEY 'The Garden'
JAY JAY JOHANSON 'Colder'
MINERVE 'High-Pitched Emotions'
KISSING TIGERS 'So Stay In Love'
COLDER 'To The Music -edit'
FISCHERSPOONER 'Never Win'
LADYTRON 'Evil'
JUNIOR BOYS 'So This Is Goodbye'
JAPAN 'Nightporter'
ROYKSOPP 'Tristesse Globale'
DURUTTI COLUMN 'The Missing Boy'
VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO 'All Tomorrow's Parties'
WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY 'The Same'
BAND OF HORSES 'The Funeral'
WALKMEN 'Another One Goes By'
FIERY FURNACES 'Benton Harbor Blues'
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Long-Haired Child'
TV ON THE RADIO 'Province'
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE 'The Shark's Own Private ****'
AND YOU KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD 'Mistakes And Regrets'
DEFTONES 'Hole In The Earth'
A SHORELINE DREAM 'Love Is A Ghost In America'
DEARS 'The Highest'
MEW 'Snowflake'
CURE '2 Late'

CLEARLAKE 'I'd Like To Hurt You' *

Tune in Wednesday...

Yes. My show didn't happen Tuesday.

But no worries.

Tune into K-dub Wednesday night at 6 pm for an extended edition of 'I Hung Around In Your Soundtrack'!

Who knows, I may actually go until 10, because I have that power!

Don't forget!

This is certain not to happen again any time soon.

The 4ad Edition

Some may think it a great injustice that I chose one of my weekend hour shows to dedicate to Britain-based 4ad records.

They would be somewhat correct on this point, but at least I have recognized that fact. The show could have easily have been far longer. And I also have to admit that I was not as informative as I SHOULD have been as far as the label's history.

The reason being...
It was a very last-minute idea.

I put the whole playlist together in just hours.
It is also very difficult to choose only less than an hour's worth of 4ad alumni.

Who knows, maybe it was somewhat of a stretch, but I figured this, if anything, could serve as a preview to a more extended show.

We shall see...

*note: Obviously, the last song is not a 4ad artist, but I was just happy to have got a request!

**download** THE 4AD EDITION Air date 15th of November '08

* request

Modern English 'Sixteen Days'
Pale Saints 'True Coming Dream'
Lush 'Thoughtforms'
Cocteau Twins 'Cherry-Coloured Funk'
This Mortal Coil 'Dreams Made Flesh'
Dead Can Dance 'I Can See Now'
Red House Painters 'Things Mean A Lot'
Blonde Redhead '23'
Gus Gus 'Is Jesus Your Pal?'
TV On The Radio 'Ambulance'
Pixies 'Gigantic'
Deerhunter 'Little Kids'
Mylo 'Drop The Pressure' *

The Nocturnal Edition

My first time in the K-dub studio at night.
Thus, the 'dark' theme.

It was not all as eerie as it seems.
Just a bit strange.

As always,
Robert Smith understands...

Sunk deep in the night
I sink in the night
Standing alone underneath the sky
I feel the chill of ice
On my face
I watch the hours go by
The hours go by
You sleep
Sleep in a safe bed
Curled and protected
Protected from sight
Under a safe roof
Deep in your house
Unaware of the changes at night
At night
I hear the darkness breathe
I sense the quiet despair
Listen to the silence
At night
Someone has to be there

**download** THE NOCTURNAL EDITION Air date 8th of November '08

Legendary Pink Dots 'Blacklist'
Daniel Ash 'Candy Darling'
Bauhaus 'The Passion Of Lovers'
Sisters Of Mercy 'No Time To Cry'
Death In June 'Nothing Changes'
Damned 'Twisted Nerve'
Tullycraft 'Georgette Plays A Goth'
Siouxsie And The Banshees 'Obsession'
Cure 'At Night'

'4:13 Dream' Listening Party

ALL Cure show!

Finally, after MANY months of waiting, The Cure's 4:13 Dream has arrived!

As usual, I'm never disappointed.

Of course I didn't expect to be, especially after hearing some of the new songs played live at the Sasquatch Festival.

Saturday the 1st of November, the week that '4:13 Dream' was released, I decided a listening party was in order.

So when the opportunity arose to sub for someone at K-dub for an hour, I took it!

My sister and niece joined me this time.

It IS a listening party afterall.

All the things we never know we need...

Looks like we get them in the end.

**download** 4:13 DREAM LISTENING PARTY Air date 1st of November '08

Underneath The Stars

The Only One

Reasons Why

Sirensong

Real Snow White

Hungry Ghost

Switch

The Perfect Boy

This. Here And Now. With You

Sleep When I'm Dead

Scream

Another Weekend Adventure...

Tomorrow at 4 pm on K-dub, I will be subbing yet again.
I have been doing this quite a bit lately.
I guess I just can't get enough of it!
And in a way, I am secretly hoping more of you will have an opportunity to live in LIVE. (I guess it's not so secret anymore)

Since the weekends shows that I have done (after tomorrow I will have done 3 thus far) are only an hour long and a bit off the beaten path, I will try to post them right away.
It should not take too long; an hour show is not as strenuous to record.

This is something I feel I really need to do, since I understand not many are listening to my shows live, even on the weekend! And yes, I know our lives ARE quite busy.

Since those of you are missing out on the immediacy of it all, I hope to rectify this by posting the weekend editions by next week.

If you do happen to listen in live tomorrow at 4 pm (btw - thanks Maija, I know you have been) always expect an educational theme (er... music-wise, I'm not gonna get THAT deep, people).

So amid our trying and hectic schedules...
Don't forget to stop and smell the vinyl.

As always, Stay Tuned! ... it's good for the soul, really!

Another Saturday Later...

Guess what?
I'll be subbing at K-dub again!
Tomorrow evening from 7 to 8 pm.
I've never been in the studio at night so...
there may be a special 'dark' theme.

Tune in!

Tune in Saturday...

Tune in to KWCW this Saturday afternoon 2 to 3 pm for a special edition of 'I Hung Around In Your Soundtrack'.

The Cure '4:13 Dream' Listening Party!

Show # 1 'Left Of The Dial'

K-dub studio (2007).

I have been an avid listener of College radio now since my early teens.
I am a bit older now, well... perhaps a lot older now and I have to say my feelings about college radio have not waned.

College radio is very important!

If it had not been for a particular local college radio station, I am not sure I would listen to as many bands as I do now.

A lot of the music I listen to today, I heard for the first time on KWCW.
Nowadays, kids have the internet to broaden their musical horizons and introduce them to the next most important band in their life.
Back in the 1990's, however, I did not have that luxury.
I, as many of you 25+ ones may concur, had to discover great music the old-fashioned way, turning my radio dial oh so far to the left... until I hit 90.5 FM.

I was a total K-Dub fanatic for a long while, sticking scotch tape on the top of hundreds of old used cassette tapes so as to record until they ran out.
I still have them all somewhere lying around. It's a riot to give them a listen today. A few in particular force me to remember my Gothy/Punk days with some admitted fondness.

Not so long after, my friend Amy suggested we apply for a Summer show at K-Dub.
Finally, I would be the DJ! A dream fulfilled!
'The Easy Cure' lasted around 10 weeks back in the Summer of 1999.

Some years later, well... a lot of years later, I decided it was time to resume my DJ role and 'I Hung Around In Your Soundtrack' was born.

And so... here I pay homage to the great College Radio!

"My mind is filled with radio cures..."

**download** LEFT OF THE DIAL Airdate 16th of September 2008

Innocence Mission 'Once Upon a Summertime'
Cut Copy 'Unforgettable Season'
Church 'A New Season'
Klaxons 'It's Not Over Yet'
Replacements 'Left Of The Dial'
REM 'Radio Free Europe'
Smiths 'Panic'
Elvis Costello 'Radio Sweetheart'
Joe Jackson 'On Your Radio'
Futureheads 'Radio Heart'
Josef K 'Radio Drill Time'
Joy Division 'Transmission'
Buzzcocks 'Harmony In My Head'
Modern Lovers 'Roadrunner'
Velvet Underground 'Rock And Roll'
David Bowie 'D. J.'
Talking Heads 'Radio Head'
Modest Mouse 'Dashboard'
Spoon 'Car Radio'
Clash 'This Is Radio Clash'
M. Ward 'Radio Campaign'
Roxy Music 'Oh Yeah!'
Thomas Dolby 'Airwaves'
OMD 'Radio Waves'
Stereophonics 'I Don't Believe Your Radio'
Teenage Fanclub 'Radio'
Pavement 'My Radio'
Cure 'Down Under'

And Now... My Autumnal Adventures...

I am well into the Fall programming at KWCW and having a blast more than ever! Ideas for new shows haven't failed me yet and the 'mix' shows are not running out any time soon.

Show # 1 is coming VERY soon...

Stay tuned...

BTW- Listening to '4:13 Dream' and enjoying it A LOT!

Waiting for...

... The Cure
4:13 Dream ...

... Tomorrow!!!

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)' *