With a short prep week (due to my Thursday show), I decided to emplore an idea that had been developing for some time: two hours of songs from Wes Anderson films. Besides loving his films in their own rights, each film is blessed with an exceptional soundtrack and wonderful original compositions. The wealth of choices made it easy to have a a good and fun show. (You may notice a lack of songs from both Bottle Rocket and The Darjeeling Limited. Neither KBUT nor I have the soundtrack to these films, so I only had 3 songs from each film to work with). It ended up being probably my longest playlist due to the shortness of the songs and the wealth of instrumental tracks which I used as background music during my promos and other talking bits.
I tried to record this show, but unfortunately the CD burner malfunctioned and all was lost. It was a really fun and put-together show, so I'm rather bummed about that.
Artist / Song / Film
Mark Mothersbaugh / Scrapping & Yelling / Royal Tenenbaums
Creation / Making Time / Rushmore
Iggy and the Stooges / Search & Destroy / Life Aquatic
Ramones / Judy is a Punk / Royal Tenenbaums
the Velvet Underground / Stephanie Says / Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Mothersbaugh / The Lad with the Silver Button / Rushmore
Kinks / Nothing in the World... / Rushmore
Seu Jorge / Life on Mars? / Life Aquatic
Mark Mothersbaugh / No Lifeguard on Duty / Bottle Rocket
Unit 4 + 2 / Concrete to Clay / Rushmore
Kinks / This Time Tomorrow / Darjeeling Limited
Scott Walker / 30 Century Man / Life Aquatic
Bob Dylan / Wigwam / Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Mothersbaugh / Let Me Tell You About my Boat / Life Aquatic
Faces / Oh La La / Rushmore
Clash / Police and Thieves / Royal Tenenbaums
Proclaimers / Over and Done With / Bottle Rocket
Cat Stevens / Here Comes My Baby / Rushmore
David Bowie / Queen Bitch / Life Aquatic
Mark Mothersbaugh / Lindbergh Palace Hotel Suite / Royal Tenenbaums
Rolling Stones / Play with Fire / Darjeeling Limited
Nico / These Days / Royal Tenenbaums
Devo / Gut Feeling / Life Aquatic
Mark Mothersbaugh / Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op / Life Aquatic
Nick Drake / Fly / Royal Tenenbaums
Seu Jorge / Rebel Rebel / Life Aquatic
Mark Mothersbaugh / 111 Archer Avenue / Royal Tenenbaums
The Who / A Quick One While He's Away / Rushmore
Mark Mothersbaugh / Look at That Old Grizzly Bear / Royal Tenenbaums
Elliott Smith / Needle in the Hay / Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Mothersbaugh / Dignan's Dance / Bottle Rocket
Paco De Lucia / La Vina de Puerta Oscura / Life Aquatic
Rolling Stones / She Smiles Sweetly / Royal Tenenbaums
Cat Stevens / Here Comes My Baby / Rushmore
Van Morrison / Everyone / Royal Tenenbaums
Chad and Jeremy / A Summer Song / Rushmore
Kinks / Strangers / Darjeeling Limited
Emitt Rhodes / Lullabye / Royal Tenenbaums
Seu Jorge / Starman / Life Aquatic
Zoot Sims / Blinuet / Rushmore
Paul Simon / Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard / Royal Tenenbaums
Seu Jorge / Changes / Life Aquatic
Mark Mothersbaugh / Sparkplug Minuet / Royal Tenenbaums
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
The Dog Ate It
Due to my sickness earlier in the week, I had to negotiate a radio show switch with my buddy Josh this week. Thus, my show fell on a Thursday this week. Having almost recovered from my coughing and mucus-filling ailment, I was excited to get back on the airwaves with a truckload of new music to share. It was a nice night with several calls from friends and random listeners to keep me motivated.
Despite to smoothness of the show, my night at KBUT had a rather bizarre beginning. The host of the show prior to mine had his rambuctious dog in the studio with him. As I took of my gloves, the pup promptly snatched one out of my hands and ran off. I gave mild chase, trying to have fun with the dog, but had no luck retrieving it. Just then the dog decided to swallow my glove. Not sure why. He did drink a good deal of water afterwards to wash it down. The owner said he would buy me a new pair, but I was more worried about him cleaning up dog puke at 3am that night.
Below is an mp3 link of this week's show. It runs from just before my show starts until the middle of Phosphorescent's "Worried Blues"{.
Music is My Girlfriend - 1/24/08
Artist / Song
Matt and Kim / Its A Fact (Printed Stained)
Grampall Jookabox / Take Me From Diamond Head
The Blakes / Don't Bother Me
the 757s / 1981
Say Hi / Northwestern Girls
State Bird / I Saw the Light
Menomena / Muscle N Flo
Moldy Peaches / Anyone Else But You
John Maus / Do Your Best
Tegan and Sara / Back in your Head (RAC remix)
Battle Royale / Confessions pt 2
Ghosthustler / Only Me to Trust
Oh No! Oh My! / Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman
Fiery Furnaces / Duplexes of the Dead
Sonic Youth / Teenage Riot
Times New Viking / Teenage Lust!
MGMT / Time to Pretend
Murder Mystery / Love Astronaut
Hot Chip / Made in the Dark
Mason Proper / Safe for the Time Being
Phosphorescent / Worried Blues
Lightspeed Champion / Galaxy of the Lost
Murder Mystery / Honey Come Home
Hot Chip / One Pure Thought
Cameron McGill / Not on My Side
Cameron McGill / Sold the Rest
Say Hi / Back Before We Were Brittle
MGMT / Weekend Wars
Anarctica Takes It! / Circuits
Afternoon Naps / Clean Bill of Health
You Say Party! We Say Die! / Monster (RAC remix)
A-ko / Soul '69 (pt II)
Despite to smoothness of the show, my night at KBUT had a rather bizarre beginning. The host of the show prior to mine had his rambuctious dog in the studio with him. As I took of my gloves, the pup promptly snatched one out of my hands and ran off. I gave mild chase, trying to have fun with the dog, but had no luck retrieving it. Just then the dog decided to swallow my glove. Not sure why. He did drink a good deal of water afterwards to wash it down. The owner said he would buy me a new pair, but I was more worried about him cleaning up dog puke at 3am that night.
Below is an mp3 link of this week's show. It runs from just before my show starts until the middle of Phosphorescent's "Worried Blues"{.
Music is My Girlfriend - 1/24/08
Artist / Song
Matt and Kim / Its A Fact (Printed Stained)
Grampall Jookabox / Take Me From Diamond Head
The Blakes / Don't Bother Me
the 757s / 1981
Say Hi / Northwestern Girls
State Bird / I Saw the Light
Menomena / Muscle N Flo
Moldy Peaches / Anyone Else But You
John Maus / Do Your Best
Tegan and Sara / Back in your Head (RAC remix)
Battle Royale / Confessions pt 2
Ghosthustler / Only Me to Trust
Oh No! Oh My! / Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman
Fiery Furnaces / Duplexes of the Dead
Sonic Youth / Teenage Riot
Times New Viking / Teenage Lust!
MGMT / Time to Pretend
Murder Mystery / Love Astronaut
Hot Chip / Made in the Dark
Mason Proper / Safe for the Time Being
Phosphorescent / Worried Blues
Lightspeed Champion / Galaxy of the Lost
Murder Mystery / Honey Come Home
Hot Chip / One Pure Thought
Cameron McGill / Not on My Side
Cameron McGill / Sold the Rest
Say Hi / Back Before We Were Brittle
MGMT / Weekend Wars
Anarctica Takes It! / Circuits
Afternoon Naps / Clean Bill of Health
You Say Party! We Say Die! / Monster (RAC remix)
A-ko / Soul '69 (pt II)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sickbird
I am quite sick, and have been since Sunday. I'm gradually getting better, but if you noticed I wasn't on air Monday night, that is why. Check me out on Thursday night at the usual time (10:30pm MT). Thanks to Josh for switching with me.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Welcome, 2008 (belated)
Twas nice to be back in the studio last night after a longer than usual break from my Music is My Girlfriend duties. I had plenty of time to prepare and had a number of new songs to play as well as some favorite older tracks. No calls and no drop-ins equalled a quiet and peaceful radio show.
The Edgar Winter Group was the first selection of 2008 into the Bad Albums Covers collection. Their cover for 1972's "They Only Come Out At Night" is somewhat similar in repulsiveness to Herbie Mann's "Push Push," but Edgar decided to add a strange vampiric theme to the mix. His muttonchops are not to be missed either.
Artist / Song
Matt & Kim / Its a Fact (Printed Stained)
Black Lips / Bad Kids
Architecture in Helsinki / Like it Or Not (live)
The Blakes / Don't Bother Me
Bat for Lashes / Prescilla
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos / I am a Lightning Rod
Grizzly Bear / Alligator (choir version)
Beirut / In the Mausoleum
Elliott Smith / Waterloo Sunset (live)
Zookeeper / Born with Things to Do
Antarctica Takes It! / Circuits
Afternoon Naps / Clean Bill of Health
-> a snippet of Edgar Winter Group / Rock N Roll Boogie Woogie Blues
Goblin / Tenebre
Justice / Phantom Pt 1
Atlas Sound / River Card
Apples in Stereo / Energy
Shaky Hands / Show Me Your Life (live)
Wilco / Kamera
Dios Malos / Let Me Roll It (live)
King of Prussia / Spain in the Summertime
White Denim / Paint Silver Gold
Yeasayer / 2080 (Brenmar remix)
Cut Copy / Lights and Music
Hercules and Love Affair / Blind
Rapture / Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
DJ Shadow / Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain
DJ Shadow / What Does Your Soul Look Like (part 3)?
The Edgar Winter Group was the first selection of 2008 into the Bad Albums Covers collection. Their cover for 1972's "They Only Come Out At Night" is somewhat similar in repulsiveness to Herbie Mann's "Push Push," but Edgar decided to add a strange vampiric theme to the mix. His muttonchops are not to be missed either.Artist / Song
Matt & Kim / Its a Fact (Printed Stained)
Black Lips / Bad Kids
Architecture in Helsinki / Like it Or Not (live)
The Blakes / Don't Bother Me
Bat for Lashes / Prescilla
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos / I am a Lightning Rod
Grizzly Bear / Alligator (choir version)
Beirut / In the Mausoleum
Elliott Smith / Waterloo Sunset (live)
Zookeeper / Born with Things to Do
Antarctica Takes It! / Circuits
Afternoon Naps / Clean Bill of Health
-> a snippet of Edgar Winter Group / Rock N Roll Boogie Woogie Blues
Goblin / Tenebre
Justice / Phantom Pt 1
Atlas Sound / River Card
Apples in Stereo / Energy
Shaky Hands / Show Me Your Life (live)
Wilco / Kamera
Dios Malos / Let Me Roll It (live)
King of Prussia / Spain in the Summertime
White Denim / Paint Silver Gold
Yeasayer / 2080 (Brenmar remix)
Cut Copy / Lights and Music
Hercules and Love Affair / Blind
Rapture / Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
DJ Shadow / Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain
DJ Shadow / What Does Your Soul Look Like (part 3)?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Maybe Next Week
A best friend in town, a winter storm, and a dinner party. These things are not conducive to having a radio show. Because of all 3, there was no Music is My Girlfriend last night. Thanks to Arvin for extending his show on my behalf. Tune in next week!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Albums of the Year
After many hours of listening, scribbling notes on pieces of junk mail, re-listening, and scribbling more notes, my top 20 albums of the year list came to fruition. I am rather happy with how it turned out, and it translated to a nice year-end radio show. It was fun being on at 10 am on New Year's Eve, knowing I had many more listeners than I normally would expect. Many thanks to everyone who listened and supported me throughout the year.
My list is posted below as part of the show's playlist. Comparing the year-end list with my half-year list, a couple things pop out. Most notably, the fall of Feist's "The Reminder" from #4 to #16 at year's end. While it contains many great tracks, the slow and wandering second half of the album eventually lead to its downfall. It was perhaps the most front-loaded album of the year. Also of note, both Justice and Simian Mobile Disco failed to land in my Top 20 at the end of the year. They are both enjoyable and innovative albums, but electronic dance albums often don't come together for me (i.e. the single tracks are outstanding, but the album doesn't feel cohesive and they don't yield repeated listens).
An mp3 of the first 80 minutes of the show has been uploaded! Click below. I was hoping to have two mp3s covering the entire show for everyone, but the second CD-R I had decided not to cooperate. Sorry.
Music is My Girlfriend - 12/31/07
* Recording begins with the last minute of "Auld Lang Syne" (the New Year's Song) and ends along with Jens Lekman's "Your Arms Around Me" (which was played AFTER Patrick Wolf's "Bluebells" due to CD skipping problems. Just listen, you'll see).
Playlist
Rank. Artist - Album
20. The Shaky Hands - The Shaky Hands
"Why and How Come"
19. !!! - Myth Takes
"Heart of Hearts"
18. Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
"Nothing is True"
17. King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
"No Regrets"
16. Feist - The Reminder
"I Feel it All"
15. Datarock - Datarock
"I Used to Dance with my Daddy"
14. Radiohead - In Rainbows
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi"
13. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
"The Underdog"
12. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
"To the East"
11. Menomena - Friend and Foe
"Wet and Rusting"
- Excellent EP Interlude - Ra Ra Riot - self-titled EP - "Each Year"
10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
"Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe"
9. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
"Nantes"
8. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
"Your Arms Around Me"
7. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
"Bluebells"
6. National - The Boxer
"Fake Empire"
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
"Keep the Car Running"
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
"Gronlandic Edit"
3. M.I.A. - Kala
"Paper Planes"
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
"Skinny Love"
- Excellent EP Interlude - Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP - "You! Me! Dancing!"
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
"All My Friends"
"Us v Them"
Thanks for listening. See you next year!
My list is posted below as part of the show's playlist. Comparing the year-end list with my half-year list, a couple things pop out. Most notably, the fall of Feist's "The Reminder" from #4 to #16 at year's end. While it contains many great tracks, the slow and wandering second half of the album eventually lead to its downfall. It was perhaps the most front-loaded album of the year. Also of note, both Justice and Simian Mobile Disco failed to land in my Top 20 at the end of the year. They are both enjoyable and innovative albums, but electronic dance albums often don't come together for me (i.e. the single tracks are outstanding, but the album doesn't feel cohesive and they don't yield repeated listens).
An mp3 of the first 80 minutes of the show has been uploaded! Click below. I was hoping to have two mp3s covering the entire show for everyone, but the second CD-R I had decided not to cooperate. Sorry.
Music is My Girlfriend - 12/31/07
* Recording begins with the last minute of "Auld Lang Syne" (the New Year's Song) and ends along with Jens Lekman's "Your Arms Around Me" (which was played AFTER Patrick Wolf's "Bluebells" due to CD skipping problems. Just listen, you'll see).
Playlist
Rank. Artist - Album
20. The Shaky Hands - The Shaky Hands
"Why and How Come"
19. !!! - Myth Takes
"Heart of Hearts"
18. Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
"Nothing is True"
17. King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
"No Regrets"
16. Feist - The Reminder
"I Feel it All"
15. Datarock - Datarock
"I Used to Dance with my Daddy"
14. Radiohead - In Rainbows
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi"
13. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
"The Underdog"
12. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
"To the East"
11. Menomena - Friend and Foe
"Wet and Rusting"
- Excellent EP Interlude - Ra Ra Riot - self-titled EP - "Each Year"
10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
"Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe"
9. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
"Nantes"
8. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
"Your Arms Around Me"
7. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
"Bluebells"
6. National - The Boxer
"Fake Empire"
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
"Keep the Car Running"
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
"Gronlandic Edit"
3. M.I.A. - Kala
"Paper Planes"
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
"Skinny Love"
- Excellent EP Interlude - Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP - "You! Me! Dancing!"
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
"All My Friends"
"Us v Them"
Thanks for listening. See you next year!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Some Songs I Like
Filled in for the "Hands-On Experience" show tonight from 8:30 till 10:30pm. I tried to play a bunch of my favorite songs from the past year, but when I put a playlist together I had at least 3 hours of music lined up without much digging. In a way I ended up succeeding, but if I were you I wouldn't read this as any sort of "best songs of the year" list.
In other news, I think I am done reading the KBUT studio phone number on the air. It always leads to really bad requests that don't fit my show. at all. See this week's examples below...
No mp3 this week, but there WILL be one for Monday's best albums show. Once again, that show is at 10am Mountain Time.
Artist / Song
Zookeeper / Ballad of My Friends
Shaky Hands / Why and How Come
Spoon / the Underdog
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Bottle of Buckie
Arcade Fire / Keep the Car Running
Patrick Wolf / Overture
Bon Iver / Skinny Love
Dire Straits / Money for Nothing *call-in request
the Hives / Won't Be Long
Black Lips / Cold Hands
Art Brut / Post Soothing Out
Ra Ra Riot / Each Year
Jose Gonzalez / Down the Line
Feist / I Feel it All
Earlimart / Nothing is True
The National / Fake Empire
Dinosaur Jr. / We're Not Alone
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Snow (Hey Oh) *call-in request
Vietnam / Priest Poet & Pig
Devendra Banhart / Seahorse
Kentucky Nightmare / Caroline and I
Menomena / Wet and Rusting
Jens Lekman / Opposite of Hallelujah
Of Montreal / Suffer for Fashion
Of Montreal / Sink the Seine
Cut Copy / So Haunted
M.I.A. / Paper Planes
LCD Soundsystem / All My Friends
In other news, I think I am done reading the KBUT studio phone number on the air. It always leads to really bad requests that don't fit my show. at all. See this week's examples below...
No mp3 this week, but there WILL be one for Monday's best albums show. Once again, that show is at 10am Mountain Time.
Artist / Song
Zookeeper / Ballad of My Friends
Shaky Hands / Why and How Come
Spoon / the Underdog
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Bottle of Buckie
Arcade Fire / Keep the Car Running
Patrick Wolf / Overture
Bon Iver / Skinny Love
Dire Straits / Money for Nothing *call-in request
the Hives / Won't Be Long
Black Lips / Cold Hands
Art Brut / Post Soothing Out
Ra Ra Riot / Each Year
Jose Gonzalez / Down the Line
Feist / I Feel it All
Earlimart / Nothing is True
The National / Fake Empire
Dinosaur Jr. / We're Not Alone
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Snow (Hey Oh) *call-in request
Vietnam / Priest Poet & Pig
Devendra Banhart / Seahorse
Kentucky Nightmare / Caroline and I
Menomena / Wet and Rusting
Jens Lekman / Opposite of Hallelujah
Of Montreal / Suffer for Fashion
Of Montreal / Sink the Seine
Cut Copy / So Haunted
M.I.A. / Paper Planes
LCD Soundsystem / All My Friends
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