Summer Reading

Because you care so much...

Sound (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) by Caleb Kelly

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe

Chris Knox Tribute Album

It's out in NZ and will be released in the States in Feb. 2010 by Merge. Check it out on the new Chris Knox website. You can also upload your own version of a CK song to the site for the world to enjoy.

Chris Knox

Just found out that Chris Knox suffered a stroke back in June and is still recovering. Updates here: http://chrisknox.blogtown.co.nz/ Can't begin to express how important his work has been to me over the years, especially the Tall Dwarfs records and his solo stuff. I was lucky to meet him when he played at Trinity back in the early 90's (in the Cave (!) with Barbara Manning and Yo La Tengo--yes, there were real shows at Trinity!!). There's a benefit album coming together to help with his recovery, tons of amazing bands covering his songs.

Mentaltown

The crew from my hometown represents...
http://mentaltown.blogspot.com/

Colin McEnroe removed from WTIC, 1080 am

I think this is a bigger issue than just having Colin on the air. Heck, if Mr. McEnroe wants to be on the air next week, I can likely get him a slot on WRTC (89.3, the Trinity College station). (Of course, we can't pay him, but...) WTIC used to be a true giant among broadcasters on the east coast--and not just because of its 50,000 watts and Red Sox baseball. I grew up listening to Bob Steel and his contemporaries—classy, smart, witty folks who cared about what radio could and should be. They were local folks, and their only agenda was to be the best broadcasters they could be, and provide necessary information and entertainment for their audience. I don’t have to tell anyone that this era has now, completely and totally, vanished from the airwaves at 1080 am.

So, sure, let’s get Colin a show somewhere. Many folks (including the man himself) have suggested WNPR, Connecticut public radio. Frankly, they are their own little evil empire--they'd love to swallow up WRTC and make it some sort of snobbish jazz-only station for the cultural elite. Hey, Colin will find a home, somewhere.

But let’s also let the powers that be at WTIC (CBS Radio in Hartford [sic]!) know how truly slimy they are. Hit them in the pocket book—let their sponsors know you will not support a business that supports WTIC! If money is all that matters, let’s speak the language they understand. Some of my earliest memories are of waking up to WTIC. This is personal. The last decent talent on the station has been removed. I don’t even agree with Colin on all matters, but I despise the decision to remove his show from the air. He speaks the truth as he understands it (whether I agree or not). To my mind, that’s the duty of anyone who turns on a microphone (or spins a record, disc, or plays a file) and broadcasts their ideas across the public airwaves-- Colin was the last of his kind on Hartford radio. (I’ll spare you a rant on Vicevich, Davis, and even Dunaway…)

I’ve contacted WTIC directly for a sponsor list—it may be FCC regulation that they supply it. I’m also compiling a list via air check. Too bad a once worthy organization is now driven by only greed and hate.

Hello again...

Through an unlikely series of events, I find myself affiliated with WRTC Radio once again. Due to my presence on the Trinity College campus in my full time role as Learning Space Manager, I have been asked to share broadcast engineering duties starting this fall.

In case you're keeping score, the personal chaos alluded to in my last post has not gone away--in fact it has escalated. Regardless, I will attempt to keep WRTC on the air and operating smoothly, whether I'm in front of, under, or inside the board.

More later...

done...

I've resigned as a regular on the airwaves at WRTC Radio. Too many other commitments, and too much personal turmoil to put something decent together each week.

Not sure if I'll use this site in the future for some other music-related activity. I'm currently selling off my record collection (many thousands of titles) to Mystery Train in Amherst, MA. They are nice folks, so if you'd like to pick up a few jems...

Thanks for stopping by this site, and thanks for listening.

Later Days,
John

July 31, 2007 Playlist

Paul Duncan - Red Eagle - Above The Trees (Hometapes)
Wooden Wand - We Must Also Love The Theives - James & The Quiet (Ecstatic Peace!)
Marissa Nadler - Annabelle Lee - Ballads Of Living And Dying (Eclipse)
Mira - Cayman - Mira (Projekt)
Medicine - One More - Shot Forth Self Living (Def American)
Amon Tobin - Horsefish - Foley Room (Ninjatune)
Secret Mommy - I Can't Get Down - Plays (Ache)
Goon Moon - Apple Pie _ Licker's Last Leg (Ipecac)
The Fucking Champs - Fozzy Goes To Africa - IV (Drag City)
O' Death - Adelita - Head Home (Ernest Jenning)
Tarentel - Get Away From Me You Clouds Of Doom - We Moe Throught The Weather (Temporary Residence)
Fridge - Insects - The Sun (Temporary Residnece)
Caribou - Melody Day (Four Tet Remix) - Melody Day EP (Merge)
Tiny Vipers - Swastica - Hands Across The Void (Sub Pop)
Alan Sparhawk - Jesu (Second Attempt) - Solo Guitar (Silber Media)

July 24, 2007 Playlist

Stooges - Fun House - Fun House (Elektra)
Parts & Labor - Ghosts Will Burn - mapmaker (Jagjaguwar)
Winning - This Is An Ad For Cigarettes - This Is An Ad For Cigarettes (Ache)
Jesu - Weightless and Horizontal - Conqueror (Hydra Head)
M. Ward - Duet For Guitars #2 - Duet For Guitars #2 (Merge re-issue)
Maserati - Synchronicity IV - Inventions For The New Season (Temporary Residence)
Japan - Sons Of Pioneers - Tin Drum (Virgin)
Gary Numan - Dance - Slow Car To China (Beggars Banquet)
Cerberus Shoal - Apatrides - Charming The Koblestone (North East Indie)
Cerberus Shoal - Mrs. Shakespear Torso - Charming The Koblestone (North East Indie)
Cerberus Shoal - Sole Of Foot Of Man - Charming The Koblestone (North East Indie)
Peter Walker - White Wind - Rainy Day Raga (Vanguard)
Ralph Stanley - Twelve Gates To The City - Ralph Stanley (Columbia)
Arthur Russell - You Can Make Me Feel Bad - World Of Echo (Upside)
Six Organs Of Admittance - Tukulti Will Burn - Dust And Chimes (Holy Mountain)
Eyvind Kang - Rabianara - Athlantis (Ipecac)
Eyvind Kang - I Am The Dead - Athlantis (Ipecac)
Mum - Scratched Bicycle/Swell Memory - Peel Session (BBC)
Mum - Another On A Train - Peel Session (BBC)
Christmas Decorations - Opto-isolator - Model 91 (Kranky)
Walter Kong - Change Your Mind - Deliver Us From People (Magic Marker)
The Ladybug Transistor - This Old Chase - Can't Wait Another Day (Merge)
Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town - Release The Stars (Geffen)
Sybarite - Sun With Teeth - Sybarite (Temporary Residence)
Sybarite - Sanctuary - Sybarite (Temporary Residence)
Woods - Hunover - At Rear House (Shrimper)
Prophet Omega - Perfect Day - The Natural World (Astralwerks)
Stevie Wonder - Love Having You Around - Music Of My Mind (Tamala)

July 17, 2007 Playlist

Can - Little Star Of Bethlehem - >>Delay<< 1968 (Spoon)
Kevin Coyne - Eastbourne Ladies - Marjory Razor Blade (Virgin)
Kendra Smith - Bold Maurader - Five Ways Of Dissappearing (4AD)
Low In The Sky - The Pursuit Of The Great Squid - We Are All Counting On You, William (Abandon Building)
James Blackshaw - Running To The Ghost - The Cloud Of Unknowing (Tompkins Square)
Alan Sparhawk - Sagrado Corazon de Jesu (Second Attempt) - Solo Guitar (Silber)
Eyvind Kang - Rabianara - Athlantis (Ipecac)
Eyvind Kang - Inquisitio - Athlantis (Ipecac)
Roy Lisker - Megatherium - Language Compositions * Sound Poetry 1981-87 (Ferment Press)
The Dead C - Repent IV - Repent (Siltbreeze)
The World Court - Maps - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
The Hand That Bleeds - Shattered Love Trance - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
The Ocean Floor - A Simple Adventure - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Laura Gibson - Come By Storm - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Mirah And Spectratone International - Community - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Evolutionary Jass Band - Pyllis' Fridge - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Old Time Relijun - The Tightest Cage - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Black Elk - Toss You To The Wolves - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Ethan Rose - Ceiling Song (Excerpt) - PDX Pop Now! 2007 (PDX Pop Now)
Arms And Sleepers - Beneath Bricks And Books - Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive (Fake Chapter)
Arms And Sleepers - A Mission To Prague - Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive (Fake Chapter)
Bonobo - Between The Lines (Instrumental) - Days To Come (Ninja Tune)
Darkel - Be My Friend - Darkel (Astralwerks)
The Young Gods - The Color Code - The Young Gods (Ipecac)
The Icarus Line - Sick Bitch - Black Lines At The Golden Coast (Dim Mak)
!!! - - (Warp)
Julius Airwave - Finale! - The City The Forest (Sickroom)
Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now - Till THe Sun TUrns Black (RCA)
The Clientele - These Days Nothing But Sunshine - God Save The Clientele (Merge)
Tiny Vipers - On This Side - Hands Across The Void (Sub Pop)
Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band - Colleen - EP (Drag City)

July 3, 2007 Playlist

Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness - Datapanik In The Year Zero (Radar)
Tom Verlain - Miss Emily - Cover (Virgin)
The Sea And The Cake - Left On - Everybody (Thrill Jockey)
David Thomas Broughton - Circle Is Never Complete - It's In There Somewhere (Birdwr)
Wishbone Ash - Phoenix - Wishbone Ash (Decca)
Chicago Afrobeat Project - Tibet On It - Chicago Afrobeat Project (CABP)
Battles - Race: In - Mirrored (Warp)
Bonde Do Role - Divine Gosa - With Lazers (Domino)
Bjork - Declare Independence - Volta (Elektra)
Bjork - My Juvenile - Volta (Elektra)
The Young Gods - Stay With Us - Super Ready / Fragmente (Ipecac)
Burning Star Core - When THe Tripods Came - Operator Dead...Post Abandoned (No Quarter)
The Great Society - Free Advice
Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, Rick Grech,'Reebot' Dwaku Baah, Jim Gordon - Welcome To The Cantreen (United Artists)
National Health - Borogoves - National Health (Affinity)
Husker Du - Chartered Trip - Zen Arcade (SST)

June 25, 2007 Playlist

Shellac Of North America - The End Of Radio - Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch And Go)
These Are Powers - Crows Of Troy - 7'EP (Elsie And Jack)
Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice - Dead End Day With Ceaser - Gypsy Freedom (
Shannon Wright - Defy This Love - Let In The Light (Quarterstick)
Sir Richard Bishop - Beans And Slop - Vault - Vol. 1 (
Secret Chiefs 3 - Good Vibrations - Path OF Most REsistance (Web Of Mimicry)
George Hakkila - Hot Salad Bar Chicky - unreleased
Dredd Foole And The Din -
Robert Dick - Pali Gap - Third Stone From The Sun (New World)
Plants - Roots - Photosynthesis (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Plants - Birdflowers - Photosynthesis (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Thomas Brinkmann - Logic Decline - Klick Revolution (
Kemialliset Ysatavat - Valojuopot - Untitled (Fonal)
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless - Sufficiently Breathless (Capricorn)
Howard Hello - Lazy - Howard Hello/Greeness Split (Sick Room)
The Sea And Cake - Coconut - Everybody (Thrill Jockey)
Great Lakes Myth Society - Eastern Birds - Compas Rose Bouquet (Quack)
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery - John Prine (Atlantic)
Tuatara - Trouble Rides In - East Of The Sun (Fast Horse)
John Fahey And His Orchestra - Deep River - Of Rivers And Religion (Reprise)

June 19, 2007 Playlist

Boredoms - Hours Of Sun - Seadrum/House Of Drum (Warner Music Japan)
Roy Lisker - River Chant - Language Compositions Sound Poetry 1981-87 (Ferment Press)
Dub Trio - Angle Of Acceptance - Cool Out And Coexist (ROIR)
Bad Brains - Big Take Over - Bad Brains (ROIR)
Tim Hecker - Whitecaps Of White Noise II - Harmony In Ultraviolet (Kranky)
Fripp & Eno - Wind On Water - Evening Star (EG)
Jesu - Conqueror - Conqueror (Hydra Head)
The Fucking Champs - That Crystal Behind You? (Are You Channeling) - IV (Drag City)
Elephants Memory - Old Man Willow - Elephants Memory (Buddah)
Kemialliset Ystavat - Valojuopot - Untitled (Fonal)
Kemialliset Ystavat - Himmelimenetelma - Untitled (Fonal)
Gary Higgins - I Pick Notes From The Sky - Red Hash (Drag City)
Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice - Didn't It Rain - Gipsy Freedom (
Steve Reich - Clapping Music - Works (Nonesuch)
Bookmobile + Zapan - BooBoo - Boopanschwing (Woodson Lateral)
Bookmobile + Zapan - Junglebooks - Boopanschwing (Woodson Lateral)
James Blackshaw - The Cloud Of Unknowing - The Cloud Of Unknowing (Tompkins Square)

June 12, 2007 Playlist

Joanna Newsome - Cosmia - Ys (Drag City)
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - East Mountain Joint - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
The Band - Whispering Pines - The Band (Capitol)
James Blackshaw - Stained Glass Windows - The Cloud Of Unknowing (Tompkins Square)
Estrela - Safe In Orbit - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Asami Yamazaki - Please Have A Seat - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Asami Yamazaki - Raw-Boot? - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Colby Drasher - See You At Midnight - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Most Colorful Wind - Snugtaz Revolutions - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Most Colorful Wind - Plooty 16 - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
Ophibra - Potato Harvest Parade Breakfast - Thank You For Coming: A Noise Potluck, Brighton, MA May 25, 2007 (CD-R)
The Dead C. - Helen Said This - Vain, Erudite And Stupid: Selected Works: 1987-2005 (Badabing)
Kendra Smith - Bohemian Zebulon - Five Ways Of Disappearing (4AD)
Glenn Jones - Freedon Raga - Against Which The Sea Continually Beats (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Carolyn Hester - I'll Fly Away (alternate) - Carolyn Hester (Columbia)
Great Lakes Myth Society - Summer Bonfire - Compas Rose Bouquet (Quack)

June 5, 2007 Playlist

Tim Hecker - Rainbow Blood - Harmony In Ultraviolet (
Amber Asylum - Stillpoint (Pt. 1) - Garden of Love (Paradigms)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Book T: Exodus - Path Of Most Resistance (Web Of Mimicry)
Secret Chiefs 3 - The 4 (Great Ishraqui Song) - Path Of Most Resistance (Web Of Mimicry)
Kemiallset Ystavat - Superhimmeli - Untitled (Fonal)
Roswell Rudd With Sonic Youth - Dry Bones -

to be continued...

May 29, 2007 Playlist

coming soon...

May 15, 2007 Playlist

Tommy James And The Shondells - Cellophane Symphony - Cellophane Symphony (Roulette)
Gary Higgins - Thicker Than A Smokey - Red Hash (Drag City)
Nadia - Mutagen - Touched (Alien 8)
Hella - 2012 And Countless - There's No 666 In Outer Space (Ipecac)
Pterodactyl - Three Succeed - Pterodactyl (Brah)
Marnie Stern - This American Life - In Advance Of The Broken Arm (Kill Rock Stars)
Bjork - Earth Intruders - Volta (Elektra)
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Flash Gordon's Ape - Lick My Decals Off (Bizarre)
!!! - Sweet Life - Myth Takes (Warp)
Thes One - F&F Daily C - Lifestyle Marketing (Tres)
K - Got A Feelin'- New Problems (Tiger Style)
Celestial - Lake Como - Dream On (Skipping Stones)
Niki Sudden - See(ing) Double - Cowboy Curtis Thirtyfive Summers (Secretly Canadian)
Songs: Ohia - The Last Bandit - Cowboy Curtis Thirtyfive Summers (Secretly Canadian)
Mess Up The Mess - Crystal Pools - You Remind Me Of Summer Vacation (Paroxysm)
Jesse "Ed" Davis - Ululu - Ululu (Atco)

May 8, 2007 Playlist

Robert W. Schachner (producer) - Radio (excerpt) - The Wonders Of Electronics, Volume 1 (Gateway)
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Electricity - Safe As Milk (Buddha)
Unknown Instructors - End Of The World - The Master's Voice (Smog Veil)
The Vocokesh - Eddie Makes The Scene - ...All This And Hieronymus Bosh (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets - A Saucerful Of Secrets (Capitol)
The Drift - Secret Waters - Thankful Compilation TRR 100 (Temporary Residence)
Party Boys - Chicken On Fire - Truckers Strike (Iridescence)
Thee More Shallows - The White Mask - Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon)
Slaraffenland - Polaroids - Private Cinema (Hometapes)
Liz Isenberg - Oh You - Seeport (Leisure Class)
Lavender Diamond - In Heaven There Is No Heat - The Cavalry Of Light (Matador)
Glenn Jones - David And The Phoenix - Against Which The Sea Continually Beats: Solos For 6 & 12 String Guitar (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Thes One - Gate CIty Saving - Lifestyle Marketing (Tres)
Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band - Colleen - Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band E.P. (Drag City)

May 1, 2007 Playlist

High Llamas - The Old Spring Town - Can Cladders (Drag City)
Unknown Instructors - At The Center - The Master's Voice (Smog Veil)
Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life - Watching The Dark (Hannibal)
Hella - World Series - There's No 666 In Outer Space (Ipecac)
The Electric Prunes - Bangles - The Electric Prunes (Reprise)
Big Star - Kanga Roo - Sister Lovers (Visa)
Ral Partha Vogelbacher - Aeroflot - Shrill Falcons (Monotreme)
Greylyng - Tape Loop And The Girl - Oiwa (Dove & Figure)
Tracy Thorn - Easy - Out Of The Woods (Astralwerks)
!!! - A New Name - Must Be The Moon (Warp)
Flipper - Love Canal - Sex Bomb Baby (Subterranean)
The Monkees - Porpoise Song - Head Soundtrack (Colgems)

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