My last Colin’s Collection post was written about a year ago, around the time I picked up Spoon’s Transference. Over the past 12 months I’ve added quite a bit of music to the ol’ collection, though not as much as plenty of other people. I’ve seen posts by random people who don’t work for music magazines or professional music blogs who have more albums in their “favorites of the year” lists than I bought all year, period. Also, I’m one of those weirdos who still likes to have a physical copy of an album and doesn’t download much music at all.
Spoon's liner notes: Proof that I'm not the only weirdo.
So aside from the aforementioned Transference, what other music did I pick up in 2010? Don’t touch that dial — or mouse… or whatever… because the list is coming up after the jump.
So, since it’s been another lengthy hiatus from the ol’ blogosphere for yours truly, I figured I’d ease myself back into the fold with another Colin’s Collection post. Besides, there’s a big snowstorm coating my neighborhood with icy white powder and blocking off the doors with little walls of ice. And since shoveling efforts will prove to be quite futile until the storm stops, I’ve got nothing to do at the moment.
The view from my window as I write this. Where's Mr. Plow when you need him?
(Ah, the joys of shoveling snow. Remember when you were a kid and the snow used to be a lot of fun because you’d get the day off from school and you could go sledding with your friends? Yeah, when you grow up and you have to start shoveling it and driving in it, the snow gets a lot less fun. Growing up sucks, kids.)
But anyway, rather than making this all about the big snowstorm that’s been pounding the Northeast US all day, let’s get back to the point of this post: recent additions to my music collection! You can find them after the jump.
All right! The new semester is well underway, and I’ve got another playlist to post here for you all. Twenty-four shows, man. And I somehow still haven’t completely run out of ideas for Top 5 lists! Which reminds me… it’s been a really long time since the last time I posted a Top 5 writeup. Maybe I’ll get around to doing it this weekend. It would make more sense for me to post the next one some time in December, seeing as how it was a Christmas special, but I’d rather just post them in the order they were aired. Makes it easier for me to keep track of which ones I’ve done and which ones I haven’t done. I might get around to finally posting it here soon… but until then, sit tight.
Also, before I begin, I would like to dedicate this playlist to the one and only Jack Bauer, what with this being the 24th show and all.
Jack Bauer is the only man to have ever survived a roundhouse kick to the face from Chuck Norris. True story.
And now, on with the playlist!
1. Foo Fighters, “In Your Honor” (In Your Honor)
2. Radiohead, “Just” (The Bends)
3. The Fall Of Troy, “Oh! The Casino!” (Manipulator)
4. We Are Scientists, “Lousy Reputation” (With Love And Squalor)
5. Pavement, “Passat Dream” (Brighten The Corners)
6. Interpol, “Rest My Chemistry” (Our Love To Admire)
7. Modest Mouse, “Florida” (We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank)
10. High On Fire, “Cometh Down Hessian” (Blessed Black Wings)
11. Metallica, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” (Ride The Lightning)
12. Mastodon, “Naked Burn” (Leviathan)
13. Slayer, “Reborn” (Reign In Blood)
14. Gojira, “Backbone” (From Mars To Sirius)
15. The Sword, “Under The Boughs” (Gods Of The Earth)
16. Minus The Bear, “Women We Haven’t Met Yet” (Highly Refined Pirates)
17. The Whigs, “I Got Ideas” (Mission Control)
18. Kings Of Leon, “Pistol Of Fire” (Aha Shake Heartbreak)
19. Cave In, “Anchor” (Antenna)
20. Deerhunter, “Focus Group” (Weird Era Continued)
21. The Decemberists, “Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)” (The Crane Wife)
22. U2, “Staring At The Sun” (Pop)
23. Muse, “Supermassive Black Hole” (Black Holes & Revelations)
24. The National, “Slow Show” (Boxer)
25. Bloc Party, “Pioneers” (Silent Alarm)
26. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Go With The Flow” (Songs For The Deaf)
27. My Morning Jacket, “One Big Holiday” (It Still Moves)
28. Radiohead, “There There (The Boney King Of Nowhere)” (Hail To The Thief)
One last thing: I’d like to thank my parents for sending me a copy of the new RX Bandits album Mandala for my birthday. I’d been looking all over for that album, having just gotten into the band over the summer, and couldn’t find it. Oh, and thanks to everyone who listened to the show tonight as well. Keep tuning in every Friday from 4-6 p.m. on WMUC2, and keep watching this space.
Here it is, folks… the last of my playlists from the 2008-09 school year. An emotional moment, I know. But I plan to be back for the Fall ’09 semester, having submitted my returning DJ application today. So far I’m thinking my biggest issue will be thinking up ideas for new Top 5 lists. If you’ve got any ideas for lists, I’m all ears. Check the Top 5 page on this site so you’ll know which lists I’ve already done — I’d rather not repeat myself, after all.
3. Slayer, “Dissident Aggressor” (South Of Heaven)
4. Metallica, “Escape” (Ride The Lightning)
5. Baroness, “O’Appalachia” (Red Album)
6. Between The Buried And Me, “Prequel To The Sequel” (Colors)
7. High On Fire, “Fury Whip” (Death Is This Communion)
8. The Sword, “March Of The Lor” (Age Of Winters)
9. At The Drive-In, “Mannequin Republic” (Relationship Of Command)
10. Green Day, “Peacemaker” (21st Century Breakdown)
11. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Auto Pilot” (Rated R)
12. Radiohead, “Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)” (Hail To The Thief)
13. My Morning Jacket, “Two Halves” (Evil Urges)
14. Minus The Bear, “Fulfill The Dream” (Menos El Oso)
15. Interpol, “Next Exit” (Antics)
16. Pavement, “Starlings Of The Slipstream” (Brighten The Corners)
17. Foo Fighters, “Miracle” (In Your Honor)
18. Kings Of Leon, “Revelry” (Only By The Night)
19. Blur, “No Distance Left To Run” (13)
20. The National, “Racing Like A Pro” (Boxer)
21. Weezer, “The Good Life” (Pinkerton)
22. Bloc Party, “Rhododendrons” (“Hunting For Witches” single)
23. Nirvana, “You Know You’re Right” (Nirvana)
24. The Beatles, “Eleanor Rigby” (Revolver)
25. Radiohead, “No Surprises” (OK Computer)
Well, that covers it for all the playlist posts. Be sure to watch this space for updates about next semester’s show times, and also for all the Internet-only content.
Hey everyone! I’ve finally returned to the blogosphere. My exams have all been taken, my papers have all been written, and an entire apartment’s worth of my stuff has been crammed into an SUV and driven back to Pennsylvania. I’m still not entirely sure how we pulled that last part off. Apparently the Ford Freestyle has more cargo room than I’ve ever given it credit for. Either that, or my mom’s a packing genius. I think I’ll go with a little of column A and a little of column B.
So on to the next playlist post! And hoo boy, do I remember this show well. This aired during a time when my computer had been all screwed up and I was relying mainly on YouTube (with some help from Myspace and Last.fm and the like) to do my shows. On April 24, 2009, I realized why relying on YouTube can result in total disaster. Stuff was taking too long to load and then there would be additional sound effects in the videos that I didn’t want being played. But as much as I’d like to give this show the Wayside School treatment — there is no 19th story in Wayside School and no 19th Listen Up! show — I can’t pretend it didn’t happen. Here’s the playlist from that show, and thankfully things went much more smoothly with subsequent shows.
1. Green Day, “Know Your Enemy” (21st Century Breakdown)
2. Blur, “Parklife” (Parklife)
3. Weezer, “Possibilities” (Maladroit)
4. Jupiter One, “Countdown” (Jupiter One)
5. Queens Of The Stone Age, “3′s & 7′s” (Era Vulgaris)
6. The Sword, “Iron Swan” (Age Of Winters)
7. High On Fire, “Waste Of Tiamat” (Death Is This Communion)
8. Between The Buried And Me, “Viridian” (Colors)
9. Metallica, “Whiplash” (live in Athens, Greece — originally on Kill ‘Em All)
10. Fierce Allegiance, “No Way Out” (The Meaning Of Sacrifice)
11. Mastodon, “Aqua Dementia” (Leviathan)
12. Radiohead, “Knives Out” (Amnesiac) — dammit, I forgot to play my cell phone ringtone on the air that day. With the help of Audacity, I made the first 20 seconds of “Knives Out” my custom ringtone. My text message alert, in case you’re curious, is the end of the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” with Ringo Starr yelling, “I’VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!”
13. Rancid, “Time Bomb” (…And Out Come The Wolves)
14. Deerhunter, “Agoraphobia” (Microcastle)
15. Thrice, “Image Of The Invisible” (Vheissu)
16. Solar Powered Sun Destroyer, “Some Assembly Required” (live on WMUC Third Rail Radio 4/19/09, originally on Intromission EP)
17. Interpol, “The Heinrich Maneuver” (Our Love To Admire)
18. Bloc Party, “Mercury” (Intimacy)
19. The National, “Brainy” (Boxer)
20. My Morning Jacket, “Evil Urges” (Evil Urges)
21. Kings Of Leon, “Taper Jean Girl” (Aha Shake Heartbreak)
22. The Hold Steady, “Stuck Between Stations” (Boys And Girls In America)
23. Muse, “Starlight” (Black Holes & Revelations)
24. Foo Fighters, “All My Life” (One By One)
25. Radiohead, “2+2 = 5 (The Lukewarm)” (Hail To The Thief)
26. Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nevermind)
So what was the real lesson? If you rely on your computer to do your radio shows, God help you if it gets a virus and stops working. Also, don’t leave things in the fridge. And as always, join my Facebook group if you’ve got an account and keep watching this space.
Anyway, this top 5 is a list of the songs that basically secured my status as a fan of these bands. In other words, if I had ever been on the fence about these bands, these are the songs that got me off that fence. For some, I had already liked a few songs but hadn’t felt the urge to add some albums to my collection until I heard a song on this list. With others, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the band at all and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. And in a rare case or two, I found my previous opinion of the band being completely shattered. These were the songs that sealed the deal, the songs that made me want to check out some albums by the artists on this list. And in each case, I’m so very glad I did.
Hey everyone. I haven’t updated much lately. Unfortunately, I’ve had some problems with my computer lately. Not quite Blue Screen of Death problems, but more like Blue Screen of Comatose. I only get a black screen now. I’ve had this problem before and the computer was eventually fixed, so hopefully I’ll be able to get that taken care of soon. And it actually went black minutes before I was about to do the very show I’m writing about now, so this playlist was pretty much all from memory. Here we go.
4. Muse, “City Of Delusion” (Black Holes & Revelations)
5. The Sword, “Winter’s Wolves” (Age Of Winters)
6. Between The Buried And Me, “Informal Gluttony” (Colors)
7. High On Fire, “Turk” (Death Is This Communion)
8. Mastodon, “Divinations” (Crack The Skye)
9. Metallica, “Fight Fire With Fire” (Ride The Lightning)
10. Iron Maiden, “The Trooper” (Piece Of Mind)
11. The Dillinger Escape Plan, “Horse Hunter” (Ire Works)
12. Slayer, “Altar Of Sacrifice” (Reign In Blood)
13. Danzig, “Mother” (Danzig)
14. Nine Inch Nails, “1,000,000″ (The Slip)
15. TV On The Radio, “DLZ” (Dear Science)
16. At The Drive-In, “Invalid Litter Dept.” (Relationship Of Command)
17. The Whigs, “1000 Wives” (Mission Control)
18. The National, “So Far Around The Bend” (Dark Was The Night compilation)
19. Bloc Party, “Banquet” (Silent Alarm)
20. Snow Patrol, “Warmer Climate” (Eyes Open bonus track)
21. Minus The Bear, “Patiently Waiting” (Planet Of Ice bonus disc)
22. Thrice, “Digital Sea” (The Alchemy Index — Vol. 2: Water)
23. Radiohead, “Kid A” (Kid A)
24. The Walkmen, “Blizzard Of ’96″ (Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone)
And just because I’ve had computer problems lately doesn’t mean I can’t do my show anymore, so keep tuning in every Friday from 6-8 p.m. on WMUC2, join my Facebook group, and of course keep watching this space.
Hey everybody. Sorry I haven’t updated much this week. I’ve had approximately 10,642 papers to write. Ah, the joys of becoming an English major this late in your college career…
Anyway, here’s my playlist from last week’s show. I’m going to try to post some new download files too, but I haven’t been able to get the two-hour shows up yet. And don’t forget to listen to my show on Friday at 6 p.m. — shameless plug, I know, but then again that’s kind of the purpose of this blog, isn’t it?
1. Nirvana, “Scentless Apprentice” (In Utero)
2. Kings Of Leon, “Be Somebody” (Only By The Night)
3. At The Drive-In, “Chanbara” (In/Casino/Out)
4. Dead Confederate, “Start Me Laughing” (Wrecking Ball)
5. The Whigs, “Technology” (Give ‘Em All A Big Fat Lip)
6. Blur, “Death Of A Party” (Blur)
7. R.E.M., “Exhuming McCarthy” (Document)
8. Interpol, “Roland” (Turn On The Bright Lights)
9. Queens Of The Stone Age, “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret” (Rated R)
10. The Sword, “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter” (Gods Of The Earth)
11. The Dillinger Escape Plan, “Panasonic Youth” (Miss Machine)
12. Mastodon, “Workhorse” (Remission)
13. Slayer, “Criminally Insane” (Reign In Blood)
14. Between The Buried And Me, “Foam Born: (B) The Decade Of Statues” (Colors)
15. High On Fire, “Hung, Drawn And Quartered” (Surrounded By Thieves)
16. The Fall Of Troy, “Chapter IV: Enter The Black Demon” (Phantom On The Horizon)
17. Rancid, “Fall Back Down” (Indestructible)
18. Green Day, “Whatsername” (American Idiot)
19. Alkaline Trio, “Time To Waste” (Crimson)
20. Radiohead, “15 Step” (In Rainbows)
21. Bloc Party, “This Modern Love” (Silent Alarm)
22. Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Substance)
23. Matthew Sweet, “Thought I Knew You” (Girlfriend)
24. Garbage, “Special” (Version 2.0)
25. Muse, “Falling Away With You” (Absolution)
26. Ben Folds Five, “Song For The Dumped” (Forever And Ever Amen)
27. Coldplay, “The Scientist” (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
I know I said I was done with the “old playlist” posts. That still applies — this playlist is from last week. Lawyer logic for the win… or something like that. Here’s the playlist.
1. Radiohead, “Electioneering” (OK Computer)
2. At The Drive-In, “Extracurricular” (Relationship Of Command)
3. Kings Of Leon, “Molly’s Chambers” (Youth And Young Manhood)
4. Modest Mouse, “Ocean Breathes Salty” (Good News For People Who Love Bad News)
5. The Walkmen, “That’s The Punch Line” (Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone)
6. Dead Confederate, “Heavy Petting” (Wrecking Ball)
7. Rise Against, “Black Masks And Gasoline” (Revolutions Per Minute)
8. The Smashing Pumpkins, “Jellybelly” (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness)
9. The Sword, “To Take The Black” (Gods Of The Earth)
10. Motorhead, “Ace Of Spades” (Ace Of Spades)
11. Metallica, “Motorbreath” (Kill ‘Em All)
12. Mastodon, “Island” (Leviathan)
13. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Medication” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
14. High On Fire, “Silver Black” (Blessed Black Wings)
Here’s the playlist for my Nov. 7, 2008 show on WMUC2. Originally this playlist was supposed to air on Halloween, but then the Phillies had to go and win the World Series and have the parade on Halloween. And I wasn’t missing that for the world — it was the first time I’d ever seen any of my teams win anything. So rather than scrap the “Halloween special” idea, I decided to just do it a week late. Hey, if The Simpsons can get away with a late Halloween special every year, then so can I!
1. High On Fire, “Devilution” (Blessed Black Wings)
2. Early Man, “Death Is The Answer” (Closing In)
3. Rancid, “Ghost Band” (Indestructible)
4. Vampire Weekend, “A-Punk” (Vampire Weekend)
5. Bloc Party, “Hunting For Witches” (A Weekend In The City)
6. The Beatles, “Helter Skelter” (The White Album)
7. The Clash, “Four Horsemen” (London Calling)
8. TV On The Radio, “Wolf Like Me” (Return To Cookie Mountain)
9. Baroness, “The Birthing” (Red Album)
10. Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” (Paranoid)
11. Warren Zevon, “Warewolves Of London” (Excitable Boy)
It’s funny how sometimes the planets align in just the right position for something apparently important to happen. When I first aired this list back in October, I was hours away from a trip to Penn State to watch the Nittany Lions take on Michigan, Maryland was finally coming home to Byrd Stadium for a matchup against Wake Forest, and my Phillies were about to begin the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers. Penn State beat the crap out of Michigan (the Wolverines really sucked this year, though), Maryland shut out Wake Forest, and as for the Fightin’ Phils… well, I’ll let Chase Utley handle this one for me.
Yeah, I’m still kind of on a high from the World Series. Hey, you would be too if you’d never ever seen one of your teams win anything ever… and then they won something.
Anyway, as I post this we are less than one week away from America’s favorite unofficial holiday — Super Bowl Sunday. If you’ve come here looking for insightful analysis on who I think will win the big one… well, you’ve come to the wrong place. Plus, I’m still a little bummed that the Eagles blew it in the NFC Championship Game again. But at least I’ve still got the Phillies.
In the spirit of the unofficial holiday season, I present to you my Top 5 Songs That Get Me Excited For The Big Game. Gentlemen, start your headbanging…
Here’s the playlist for my third show, which aired on WMUC2 on Oct. 17, 2008.
1. Kings Of Leon, “My Party” (Because Of The Times)
2. U2, “Numb” (Zooropa)
3. Weezer, “Tired Of Sex” (Pinkerton)
4. Minus The Bear, “Double Vision Quest” (Planet Of Ice)
5. The National, “Mistaken For Strangers” (Boxer)
6. Radiohead, “I Might Be Wrong” (Amnesiac)
7. Queens Of The Stone Age, “First It Giveth” (Songs For The Deaf)
8. Muse, “Assassin” (Black Holes & Revelations)
9. Rise Against, “State Of The Union” (Siren Song Of The Counter Culture)
10. High On Fire, “Rumors Of War” (Death Is This Communion)
11. Mastodon, “Blood & Thunder” (Leviathan)
12. Rage Against The Machine, “Know Your Enemy” (Rage Against The Machine)
13. The Sword, “Freya” (Age Of Winters)
Don’t forget to tune in to WMUC2 every Friday from 6-8 p.m. starting on January 30 for my show! And watch this space, because I’ll get around to that upgrade soon.
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