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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April 11, 2007 Playlist

The Vocokesh - Once More Near The Beginning - All This And Hieronymus Bash (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Autumn Shade - Fly Away - Ezra Moon (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Amon Tobin - Horsefish - Foley Room (Ninja Tune)
Glenn Jones - Richard Nixon Orchid - Against Which The Sea Continually Beats (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Giant Sand - Faithful - Glum (Imago)
Amina - Ugla - Seoul EP (The Worker's Institute)
Lavender Diamond - Rise In The Springtime - The Cavalry Of Light (Matador)
Dave Fischoff - In This Air - The Crawl (Secretly Canadian)
The Residents - Secret Seed - The Census Taker Soundtrack (Episone)
Ral Partha Vogelbacher - Aeroflot - Shrill Falcons (Monotreme)
Public Image Ltd. - Graveyard - Second Edition (Warner Brothers)
Indian Jewelry - Lying On The Floor - Invasive Exotics (Monitor)
Indian Jewelry - Lost My Sight - Invasive Exotics (Monitor)
The Stickmen - Personality Pollination - This Is The Master Brew (Phantom Plaything)
No Trend - Teen Love - Skin-shedding "snake people"... (Teenbeat)
Prince Far I And The Arabs - Good Music Brother - Dub To Africa (Hitrun)
Richie Hawtin and Thomas Brinkman - Track 3 - Concept 1 96:VR (Minus)

April 3, 2007 Playlist

God - Real Cool Time - Hard To Beat: Twenty-One Stooges Killers, An Australian Compilation (Augogo)
Asylum - T.V. Eye - Hard To Beat: Twenty-One Stooges Killers, An Australian Compilation (Augogo)
Johnny Kannis - Kill City - Hard To Beat: Twenty-One Stooges Killers, An Australian Compilation (Augogo)
Magnolia Strip - Dirt - Hard To Beat: Twenty-One Stooges Killers, An Australian Compilation (Augogo)
Unknown Instructors - Tar Baby & The Rising Sun - The Master's Voice (Smog Veil)
Minutemen - #1 Hit Song - Double Nickles On The Dime (SST)
Minutemen - Two Beads At The End - Double Nickles On The Dime (SST)
Thee More Shallows - D. Shallow - Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon)
Thee More Shallows - Eagle Rock - Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon)
Thee More Shallows - The Dutch Fist - Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon)
Thee More Shallows - Night At The Knight School - Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon)
Jesu - Weightless & Horizontal - Conqueror (Hydra Head)
Jack Rose - Red Horse - Red Horse, White Mule (Eclipse)
Cassette Concret - She Re-Presents The Sea - A Tape Gone Leaves No Trace (Leisure Class)
Liz Isenberg - I Want To Sleep In My Party Dress - Seeport Seaport Seeport (Leisure Class)
Joshi - Play My Song '87 - Animal Faith (Leisure Class)
Joshi - Animal Faith - Animal Faith (Leisure Class)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lay And Love - The Letting Go (Drag City)
Joni Mitchell - Down To You - Court And Spark (Elektra)

March 27 Playlist

Sir Richard Bishop - Dream Of The Lotus Eaters - Fingering The Devil (Latitude)
Earth - Ouroboros Is Broken - Hibernaculum (Southern Lord)
The Knife - Got 2 Let U (Paul Kallman Remix) -
Eats Tapes - Wolf Blitzer - Dos Mutantes (Tigerbeat6)
Paper Rad - Bounce2 - mp3 (--)
Chromatics - Hands In The Dark (2007 remix) - mp3 (--)
Amiina - Seoul - Seoul (The Workers Institute)
Gojogo - Puppets - All Is Fair (Galaxia)
Dolorean - You Can't Win - You Can't Win (Yep Roc)
PG Six - Untitled Micro Mini - Slightly Sorry (Drag City)
Tomorrow - The Incredible Journey Of Timothy Chase (Decal)
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - a Mundane Phonecall To Jack Parsons - Scribble Mural Comic Journal (Notenuf)
We All Have Hooks For Hands - The Man Trying To Outfox Us All - The Pretender (Afternoon)
Dave Fischoff - In A Lightness Carriage - The Crawl (Secretly Canadian)
Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now - Till The Sun Turns Black (RCA)
Frida Hyvönen - Straight Thin Line - Until Death Comes (Secretly Canadian)
Tinklers - Fun Fun Fun In The Sun Sun Sun - Crash (Shimmy Disc)

March 20, 2007 Playlist

Cakekitchen - You Never Run Out Of Luck - Everything's Going To Work Out Just Fine (Freek)
P.G. Six - Lily Of The West - Slightly Sorry (Drag City)
Explosions In The Sky - It's Natural To Be Afraid - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)
Swans - (untitled, Track 5) - Love Of Life (Young God)
The Dead C - Bury (Refutatio Omnium Haeresium) - Trapdoor Fucking Exit (Siltbreeze)
The Church Universal And Triumphant, Inc. Featuring Elizabeth Clare Prophet - Invocation For The Judgement Against And Destruction Of Rock Music - The Sounds Of American Doomsday Cults Vol. 14 (Faithways)
Indian Jewelry - Lesser Snake - Invasive Exotics (Monitor)
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - A Mundane Phonecall To Jack Parsons- Scribble Mural Comic Journal (Notenuf)
White Magic - Sea Chanty - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (Drag City)
The Pretty Things - The Journey - S.F. Sorrow (Rare Earth/Motown)
The Psychic Paramount - Solo Electric Guitar With Pre-Recorded Drums - Origins And Primitives Vol. 1 +2 (No Quarter)
The Skygreen Leopards - Sally Orchid - Disciples Of California (Jagjiaguwar)
Townes Van Zandt - Second Lover's Song - Our Mother The Mountain (Tomato)
Space Needle - Hyapatia Lee - The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle (Zero Hour)
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - Grassthighs - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - Solar Hill - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
Jill Sokolow - Pictures -Something About Violins (Western Vinyl)
Alastair Galbraith - As In A Blender - Gaudylight E.P. (Xpressway)
Michael Hurley - Uncle Bob's Corner - Watertower (Fundamental)
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith -Great Expectations - Yo Miles! Sky Garden (Cuneiform)

Gladtree Festival 2007

The lovely Gladtree Festival is back. Check out the fun here. Being the family guy I am, I'll be home doing dadda things, but there's no reason you should miss it.

March 13,2007 Playlist

MV & EE With The Bummer Road - East Mountain Joint - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
Bee Gees - Odessa - Odessa (Polydor)
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - The Horn Song - Scribble Mural Comic Journal (Notenuf)
Jasper TX - Braille - I'll Be long Gone Before My Light Reaches You (Lampse)
Birchville Cat Motel - Snake Bark Maple - Siberian Earth Curve (Drunken Fish)
Machinefabriek - Track 8 - Roses (self-released)
Machinefabriek - Track 4 - Roses (self-released)
Ulrich Schnauss - Molfsee - Far Away Trains Passing By (Domino)
John Foxx - Underpass (Single Edit) - Metamatic (Virgin)
Ulrich Schnauss - ...Passing By - Far Away Trains Passing By (Domino)
Eluvium- Ostinato - Copia (Temporary Residence)
The Clean - Getting Older - Oddities (Flying Nun)

March 6, 2007 Playlist

Jerry Garcia - Love Scene (Version 2)- Zabriski Point Soundtrack (Rhino/MGM)
White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (Drag City)
Salem 66 - The Well - Frequency And Urgency (Homestead)
Explosions In The Sky - Catastrophe And The Cure (Four Tet Remix) - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)
Laura Gibson - Hands In Pockets - If You Come To Greet Me (Hush)
John Fahey - Medley: Sandy On Earth/I'll See You In My Dreams (Shanachie)
Women And Children - Oranges - Paralyzed Dance, Tonight (Narnack)
Yoko Ono (with Porcupine Tree) - Death Of Samantha - Yes, I'm A Witch (Astralwerks)
Farewood - Ride The Winning Beast - Figures In Shadows (Arclight)
SunnO))) & Boris - The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) - Altar (Southern Lord)
Amon Düül II - Syntelman's March Of The Roaring Seventies - Dance Of The Lemmings (United Artists)

Programing Note

Next week, Feb 27, I'll be on the air from 11am - 1pm. In case you're keeping score...

American Idol, Feb 21, 2007

Yup, I watch it and love it. So-called music fans who hate it need to lighten up. It's silly. It's a candy bar. It could be much, much better, but it's what I need at times. And isn't it great to see Paula all screwed up on a regular basis?

And...Simon loves to say it, but he knows--it’s so NOT a singing competition. It’s entertainment, and sometimes barely that. But--how is it that these contestants get what may be their only chance to perform in front of a shockingly large audience—and they play it safe? Don’t they know you’re supposed to take risks while you’re young? Most of them are going home early, so why not let it all go and rip into a song you love (assuming they can get permission to perform it), and tear it up! Taylor Hicks connected with folks last year--at least in part because he (usually) seemed passionate about the music, and wasn’t afraid to look like a dork. Ah well…Makes me respect last years first loser, Bobby Bennett, who did “Copacabana” for his grandmother—what the heck, why not? Do something you can feel good about 20 years from now. To use the sports cliché, leave it all on the stage…I expect more of the “play-it-safe” disasters this evening. Thank goodness, I’ve got to work tonight, so I can tape it and fast forward through the Whitney Houston numbers…

That said, here’s my top five from last night:
1. Blake Lewis. Don’t know the song, but he seemed to really connect to it and that came across. My wife thinks he looks like a young Morrissey, so let’s hope they finally get around to doing a New Wave, or 1st Wave night, so he can do a beat-box version of “Meat Is Murder”.
2. Chris Sligh. Yeah, the song was rather lame, but he pulled it off with more energy than any other contestant did. He suggests he has a strategy, and he’s clearly the brightest contestant yet, so he’ll be interesting to watch. He’ll certainly get the Xian rocker votes, which should get him to the top 5. Look for him to shave his head if he gets to the finals, and maybe develop stigmata.
3. Chris Richardson. Big drop off from 1 & 2, but he was decent
4. Phil Stacey. The start was dreadful, but he got it together where most never did.
5. no one. Really, all the rest were tragically flawed, if not dreadfully boring.

First to go: Sanjaya Malakar. His sister “gave” him the song. She must be bitter. Sounded like he’d only heard it yesterday, or the day before. No energy—heck, he’s 17! He should be jumping out of his skin!

Biggest disappointment: Sundance Head. Makes you realize how bad some of the Moody Blues’ songs are—as songs. As recordings, unique to the band, they rock. In the wrong hands—awful. Mr. Head’s lack of savvy will do him in much earlier than necessary. Too bad. He should have done “Treat Her Right”.

February 20, 2007 Playlist

SunnO))) & Boris - Fried Eagle Mind - Altar (Southern Lord)
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - Big Deal - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - Grassthighs - Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)
Val Stöecklein - Say It's Not Over - Grey Life (Dot)
Wolves - The Job Mr Kurtz Done - My Latest Novel (The Workers Institute)
Tim Hecker - 7000 Miles - Radio Amor (Alien8recordings)
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Pinky: A Mystery Cycle - Soundtrack (Dandelion)
Gastr Del Sol - The Wrong Soundings - Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly (Drag City)
The Arms Of Someone New - Untitled - Promise (C'Est La Mort)
Farewood - Play Is Done - Figures In Shadows (Arclight)
Pylon - Crazy - Hits (dB)

February 13,2007 Playlist

Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill- Free Your Mind...And Your Ass WIll Follow (Westbound)
Can -Outside My Door - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon)
Slovenly - Muddy Puddle - Highway To Hanno's (SST)
United States Of America - Osamu - United States Of America (Columbia)
Black Dice - Seabird, Things Will Never Be The Same - Beaches & Canyons (DFA)
Bill Frisell - Live To Tell - Have A Little Faith (Elektra)
Roy Buchanan - Down By The River - Sweet Dreams: The Anthology (Polydor/Chronicles)
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Comin' Down - Me And Bobby McGee (Columbia)
Yo La Tengo - Barnaby, Hardly Working - Fakebook (Bar/None)
Michael Nesmith - Harmony Constant - And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (RCA)
Eleventh Dream Day - Write A Letter Home - Eigth (Thrill Jockey)
Thomas Brinkman - Question About...- Klick Revolutions (Maxernst)
Supreme Dicks - Summertime (Childhood's Impossible Now) - This Is Not A Dick EP (Runt)