Stupid Hurricane...

Well, the wife, dogs and I are alive and well with my parents in Houston. Who knows if our house, let alone the radio station (in its little tin shack) survived this thing. If I ever hear that damned Scorpions song, I swear...

8/16/05 Playlist

So, yeah, I didn't play any Elvis on his deathaversary. But hey, I didn't play any Babe Ruth either, and it's his deathaversary too.
In other news, make sure ya travel to Ft. Lauderdale, like me and the better half did this weekend, so you can eat at www.maikai.com/ - best restaurant ever!
The music:
Airbreak: K. Shaw/A. Shaw - "Theme From Don"
1. Material - "Reduction"
2. The DeZurik Sisters - "The Arizona Yodeler"
3. The MC5 - "Come Together"
4. Paris Smith - "Pentatonia"
5. Laura Cantrell - "What You Said"
6. Orange Juice - "Moscow"
7. Sammi Smith - "This Room For Rent"
Airbreak: Martin Denny - "Quiet Village"
8. Bubble Puppy - "Hot Smoke and Sassafrass"
9. Sebadoh - "Vampire"
10. Jean Claude Vannier - "L'Enfant La Mouche Et Les Allumettes"
11. EPMD - "Jane"
12. Eddie Gale - "Black Rhythm Happening"
13. Johnny Shines - "Instrumental"
14. Liquid Liquid - "Optimo"
15. Jean Plum - "Look at the Boy"
16. Brian Eno - "How Many Worlds"
Airbreak: Contemporary Jazz Quintet - "Action # II"
17. Roy Harper - "Forbidden Fruit"
18. Theoretical Girls - "You Got Me"
19. Dale Hawkins - "Number Nine Train"
20. M Ward, Conor Oberst, & Jim James - "Girl From the North Country"
21. The Flying Lizards - "Trouble"
22. Carolyn Mark/Corb Lund - "Sweet Thing"
23. The Sonics - "Leave My Kitten Alone"
Airbreak: Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Funky AECO"
24. Julie Driscol - "This Wheels on Fire"
25. Ruins - "Faux Numero"
26. The 101ers - "Motor Boys Motor"
27. Jolie Holland - "Mad Tom of Bedlam"
28. Stanley Cowell - "El Space-O"
29. Barbara & the Boys - "Hooty Sapperticker"
30. The Pilgrim Travelers - "Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb"
31. Girma Beyene - "Who Is That Saying 'It's Me'"
Airbreak: Cluster - "Sowiesoso"

8/09/05

Yeah, yeah, I know, the second half-hour of my show was not very diverse, what with the eight funk songs in a row. So? Ya wanna start something, punk? (Er, don't answer that).

Airbreak: K. Shaw/A. Shaw - "Theme From Don"
1. Darrell Banks - "Just Because Your Love Is Gone"
2. Six Organs of Admittance - "Words for Two"
3. Sid Hemphill Band - "The Death March"
4. The Free Design - "Michelle"
5. The Charlatans - "Codine"
6. Frances-Marie Uitti/Paul Griffiths - "Touching"
7. Frank Black - "Another Velvet Nightmare"
8. Sonic Youth - "The Burning Spear"
9. Baby Washington - "A Handful of Memories"
Airbreak: Tord Gustavson - "Tears Transforming"
10. Ollie Gilbert - "The Diver Boy"
11. Marilyn Barbarin - "Reborn"
12. Little Jimmy Tyson & the Highway Robbers - "Who Will Be the Next Fool"
13. Samuel Belay - "Stop Flirting"
14. Bettye Scott & the Delvettes - "Good Feeling"
15. Little Beaver - "Funkadelic Sound"
16. Tyrone Chestnut with the Funky Moon Band - "The Bump"
17. Vern Blair Debate - "Super Funk"
18. James Knight & the Butlers - "Save Me"
Airbreak: Luigi Archetti & Bo Wiget - "19"
19. Billy Jack Wills - "Kentucky"
20. The Brunettes - "Polyester Meets Acetate"
21. The Skatellites - "Ringo"
22. Tav Falco's Unapproachable Panther Burns - "Train Kept a' Rollin'"
23. Jack Nitzsche/Merry Clayton - "Poor White Hound Dog"
24. Good Kid Robert - "Come on Down to My House"
25. The Astors - "Twilight Zone"
26. Alison Goldfrapp/Will Gregory - "Meeting in the Moors"
27. Bowlegs - "One More Time, Pt. 2"
28. The Incredible String Band - "Nightfall"
Airbreak: Dino Saluzzi/Jon Christensen - "Huellas..."
29. Claudio Villa - "La Strada Del Busso"
30. Tabs - "The Wallop"
31. Syd Selvidge - "By Your Side"
32. Felt - "Trails of Colour Dissolve"
33. Frank Wright - "No End"
34. Lou Reed - "Slip Away"
35. Willie Harries - "Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door"
Finale: Steve Reich - "Music for Eighteen Musicians"

8/02/05 Playlist

Airbreak: K. Shaw/A. Shaw - "Theme From Don"
1. The Cramps - "Goo Goo Muck"
2. Mississippi John Hurt - "Ain't No Tellin'"
3. The Meters - "Funky Miracle"
4. Grandpa Boy - "High Time"
5. Thayelo Kapiye Trio - "Mai Wanga Anadivza"
6. The Decembrists - "As I Rise"
7. DNA - "Blonde Red Head"
8. Serge Gainsbourg - "L'anamour"
9. Crockett Family Mountaineers - "Bile Dem Cabbage Down"
Airbreak: Andrea Parkins - "What Is Your Speech Problem"
10. Public Image - "Memory"
11. The Staple Singers - "Going Away"
12. Eleni Karaindrou - "The Weeping Meadow"
13. Leroy Clofer & Co. - "Mr. Big Man"
14. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - "Rag Misra Shivaranjani"
15. Nick Drake - "Time Has Told Me"
16. Christian Marclay - "Second Coming"
17. Beth Gibbons/Rustin Man - "Sand River"
Airbreak: Elliott Sharp/Carbon - "ISO"
18. Gary Higgins - "Stable the Spuds"
19. Christian Wallumrod - "Two Years From Easter"
20. The Pretenders - "Bad Boys Get Spanked"
21. Alonzo Scales - "She's Gone"
22. Barbara Manning - "Walking Stick"
Airbreak: Graham Collier - "The Barley Mow"
23. Chris Bell - "You and Your Sister"
24. Jesus & Mary Chain - "The Hardest Walk"
25. James Booker - Big Nick"
26. X - "Soul Kitchen"
27. The Herbaliser - "Man Who Knows"
28. Mask Man & the Agents - "One Eye Open"
29. Fushitsusha - "PSF 2, Track 1"
30. Michael Andrews - "Goldfish"
Airbreak: Peter Grummich - "Orange Moon"