I Just Can’t Get My Fill Of Music
Not that this means I can’t be satisfied with the music I have, of course.
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.
POTW #5: Wolfgang Amadeus Frattura
Yeah, that’s right. This is now a classical music blog! And we’re going to start this new era of blogging by celebrating the life, music, and all-around awesomeness of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the greatest child prodigies ever known to man. The guy had such a good ear for music that by the time he was, like, five years old he could listen to someone play a piece on the harpsichord and then sit down and play it himself note for note. That’s pretty remarkable talent, man.
Plus, you know a classical composer is awesome when he’s got movies, ’80s one-hit wonders, and Simpsons parodies of said ’80s one-hit wonders inspired by his greatness.
I LOVE YOU, DOCTOR ZAIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, so I’m not actually going to start writing about classical music on this blog. It’s still the same rock/indie/metal/etc. blog as always. I’m just in a goofy mood at the moment. Not that you’d know this from looking at me, because I am sitting alone in my apartment on a Saturday night typing all this while the rest of the world is having fun without me. I’m 23 years old and I’ve already apparently forgotten what it’s like to be young… or maybe I just don’t feel like cramming into bars that are already so stuffed with people that I can’t get from point A to point B without taking a detour through points C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, not necessarily in that order and also allowing for possible repeats.
And yes, I only named all the letters between C and Z for additional effect. Just be glad I didn’t start getting into the Greek alphabet, or all those letters Dr. Seuss made up in On Beyond Zebra.
Not pictured: Spazz, Floob, Zatz, Jogg, Flunn, Itch, Yekk, Vroo, Hi!, and that one that combines all 26 "normal" letters.
Anyway, now that I’ve gotten my little mini-rant about the College Park bar scene off my chest, it’s time for my not-so-weekly Picks Of The Week! You can find them all after the jump.
Keep Your Baseball Cards — I’m Collecting Music
Look everyone! I’m still alive, and I haven’t completely forgotten about this blog!
Sorry I’ve gone an eternity or two (closer to two at this point) without updating anything. I’ve kind of been busy — papers to write, midterms to prepare for… you know, college stuff. As a result, I haven’t really been in the mood to write much lately. College would be so much better without all that crap, wouldn’t you agree? (And yes, I know that would completely defeat the purpose of college. This does not change the fact that midterms and essays suck ass.)
Anyway, my birthday was a few weeks ago and I turned — gulp — 23. (My youth is all but officially over and I don’t even feel like it’s started yet. Can I get a do-over on this whole “life” thing? No? Well, that sucks.) I got some presents — as of September 27, 2009, I officially became multi-instrumental when I got a bass guitar — and some money to spend. Which means it’s time for another Colin’s Collection post! Yay!
I don't know how to use Photoshop, so just pretend this is my face and "COLIN FRATTURA" replaces "JIM CARREY" and the tag line reads "HOLY CRAP, THAT'S OLD."
All the albums I’ve recently added to my collection can be found after the jump. Check it out! THAT’S AN ORDER, DAMMIT!
Sept. 18, 2009: Show #24
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)
8. Arctic Monkeys, “Brianstorm” (Favourite Worst Nightmare)
9. Early Man, “Four Walls” (Closing In)
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.
Sept. 11, 2009: Show #23
I know what you’re thinking. “Hey, what the hell is this? Two 9/11 posts in a row? Wasn’t this blog supposed to be about music or something?” Well, don’t you worry your pretty little heads. This is a totally different kind of post relating to 9/11. I did my first show of the fall semester yesterday, and here’s the playlist…
1. Bloc Party, “The Marshals Are Dead” (Silent Alarm B-sides)
2. Cave In, “Come Into Your Own” (Tides Of Tomorrow EP)
3. Spoon, “The Way We Get By” (Kill The Moonlight)
4. Band Of Horses, “Weed Party” (Everything All The Time)
5. Pavement, “You Are A Light” (Terror Twilight)
6. Radiohead, “These Are My Twisted Words” (Wall Of Ice EP — just kidding, it’s a single)
7. Blur, “M.O.R.” (Blur)
8. Arctic Monkeys, “When The Sun Goes Down” (Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not)
9. The Fall Of Troy, “I Just Got This Symphony Goin’” (Doppelganger)
10. Titus Andronicus, “My Time Outside The Womb” (The Airing Of Grievances)
11. Green Day, “Murder City” (21st Century Breakdown)
12. Minus The Bear, “Memphis & 53rd” (Menos El Oso)
13. My Morning Jacket, “What A Wonderful Man” (Z)
14. The National, “Available” (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
15. RX Bandits, “One Million Miles An Hour, Fast Asleep” (…And The Battle Begun)
16. Dead Confederate, “Shadow The Walls” (Dead Confederate EP)
17. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Tangled Up In Plaid” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
18. Kings Of Leon, “Soft” (Aha Shake Heartbreak)
19. Radiohead, “Subterranean Homesick Alien” (OK Computer)
20. Nirvana, “Stay Away” (Nevermind)
21. British Sea Power, “Trip Out” (Do You Like Rock Music?)
22. White Rabbits, “Percussion Gun” (It’s Frightening)
23. Green Day, “21 Guns” (21st Century Breakdown)
24. Muse, “Uprising” (The Resistance)
25. Silversun Pickups, “Panic Switch” (Swoon)
26. Thom Yorke, “The Present Tense” (live @ Latitude Festival)
27. Grizzly Bear, “Two Weeks” (Veckatimest)
28. The Beatles, “Taxman” (Revolver) — played to fill dead air
Well, that covers it for my first show of my last semester here at the University of Maryland. As always, keep tuning in every Friday from 4-6 p.m. on WMUC2 and keep watching this space for more updates and fun stuff.
I’ve Run Out Of Economy Jokes
…But I still have money with which I add music to my ever-expanding collection!
Yesterday I read an Associated Press article that said the economic recession may finally be over. I would have linked to it here and made a joke about how I’ve saved the economy by buying music, allowing me to bask in a wonderful I-told-you-so moment, but now I can’t find the article anywhere. Figures.
As always, here’s a list of music I’ve recently acquired. And some other stuff I look forward to acquiring as well. The list, along with additional commentary and whatnot, after the jump.
May 8, 2009: Show #21
Hey everyone! I’m finally back after yet another lengthy hiatus from the blogosphere. I just got back home last night from a nine-day vacation with my family in Ocean City, MD (we have a house down there). The weather was consistently pleasant, despite the meteorologists’ insistence to the contrary for a few days; the pool was always a bit chilly at first but would soon become comfortable; there was a nice breeze at the beach; the new Harry Potter movie was pretty solid; my dad celebrated his birthday; the Phillies have been kicking ass for the last few weeks (including tonight’s 10-1 demolition of the Cubs) and are the favorites to trade for kickass pitcher Roy Halladay; Married With Children reruns were on a lot in the morning and are still hilarious; I finally got to read Thank You For Smoking; and all in all it was a pretty good week.
So now that I’m back in the Keystone State, I bring you the playlist for my penultimate show of the 2008-09 school year on May 8, 2009. The playlist and more after the jump!
May 1, 2009: Show #20
Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I last updated this blog, so here I am. It’s kind of sad that I have to start every other post with pretty much that exact sentence, especially considering how much free time I have. But whatever. Here we are, and to atone somewhat for my recent absence I give you Bret Michaels getting clotheslined by a Tony Awards set piece.
Oh, I kid you, Mr. Michaels. I know you’ve contributed a lot to American pop culture. Without Poison, nobody would know what “Unskinny Bop” means. And without Rock of Love Bus, we wouldn’t have been subjected to the first televised twat shot that wasn’t on HBO or late-night Cinemax or some random subscription-only porn channel. Truth be told, I’m not sure what to make of this dude. Sometimes he actually does seem like a nice guy, but then sometimes on his show he’ll make the girls do or wear something really sleazy, and one of them will be like, “I don’t feel comfortable doing this” and he’ll just say, “Oh, come on, you need to learn how to party.”
But enough about Bret Michaels. I’m not even sure why I’m writing so much about him since I’m not a Poison fan and I didn’t play any of his music on my show. And speaking of which, here’s the playlist from May 1, 2009.
1. The Clash, “Clampdown” (London Calling)
2. The Strokes, “Reptilia” (Room On Fire)
3. Foxboro Hot Tubs, “Highway 1″ (Stop Drop And Roll!!!)
4. The Beatles, “I’m Only Sleeping” (Revolver)
5. The Decemberists, “The Crane Wife 3″ (The Crane Wife)
6. Radiohead, “The Trickster” (My Iron Lung EP)
7. Interpol, “Mammoth” (Our Love To Admire)
8. Pavement, “Embassy Row” (Brighten The Corners)
9. Spoon, “Don’t Make Me A Target” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
10. The National, “Trophy Wife” (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
11. The Smashing Pumpkins, “Here Is No Why” (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness)
12. Squeeze, “Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)” (Singles — 45′s And Under)
13. R.E.M., “Strange” (Document)
14. Wintersleep, “Jaws Of Life” (Untitled)
15. Weezer, “Slave” (Maladroit)
16. The Fall Of Troy, “The Dark Trail” (Manipulator)
17. Bloc Party, “Like Eating Glass” (Silent Alarm)
18. Alkaline Trio, “Mercy Me” (Crimson)
19. Muse, “Stockholm Syndrome” (Absolution)
20. Nine Black Alps, “Get Your Guns” (Everything Is)
21. Radiohead, “Bodysnatchers” (In Rainbows)
22. Nirvana, “Endless Nameless” (Nevermind bonus track)
23. Kings Of Leon, “Talihina Sky” (Youth And Young Manhood bonus track)
24. Minus The Bear, “Electric Rainbow” (Planet Of Ice bonus disc)
25. Blur, “Me, White Noise” (Think Tank hidden track)
26. Queens Of The Stone Age, “The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died” (Era Vulgaris bonus track, certain editions only)
So since I’m starting to run low on playlist posts, what to do aside from ENJOY THE GENIUS and Top 5 posts? Don’t you worry your pretty little heads, all five of you readers who come here searching for something other than pictures of tits. I’ve got ideas, so stay tuned. And I’ll try to update more regularly, but I won’t guarantee anything. In the immortal words of Eric Cartman, “What-eva! What-eva! I’ll do what I want!”
April 17, 2009: Show #18
That’s right, it’s double-post day here at the ol’ Listen Up! blog. I’m in a very bloggy mood today, which I hope passes soon because if I don’t stop adding posts tonight I’ll be out of things to post during the summer. (Not really sure where that huge rant about the Jonas Brothers came from, but hey… if it makes someone laugh, it’s all worthwhile.)
Anyway, here’s the playlist from my April 17, 2009 show on WMUC2.
1. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Monsters In The Parasol” (Rated R)
2. Blur, “Bugman” (13)
3. The Fall Of Troy, “Cut Down All The Trees And Name The Streets After Them” (Manipulator)
4. Kings Of Leon, “Slow Night, So Long” (Aha Shake Heartbreak)
5. Titus Andronicus, “Arms Against Atrophy” (The Airing Of Grievances)*
6. Radiohead, “Blow Out” (Pablo Honey)
7. The Whigs, “I Never Want To Go Home” (Mission Control)
8. Muse, “Bliss” (Origin Of Symmetry)
9. Cymbals Eat Guitars, “Wind Phoenix” (Why There Are Mountains)*
10. Interpol, “Leif Erikson” (Turn On The Bright Lights)
11. Have A Nice Life, “Bloodhail” (Deathconsciousness)
12. The Drones, “The Minotaur” (Havilah)
13. Pavement, “Stereo” (Brighten The Corners)
14. The Sword, “Maiden, Mother, & Crone” (Gods Of The Earth)
15. Others May Fall, “Napoleon”
16. Mastodon, “Oblivion” (Crack The Skye)
17. Deerhunter, “Never Stops” (Microcastle)
18. The National, “Green Gloves” (Boxer)
19. My Morning Jacket, “El Caporal” (Dark Was The Night compilation)
20. Radiohead, “Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)” (Hail To The Thief)
21. Minus The Bear, “Guns And Ammo” (Acoustics EP)
22. Mountain, “Mississippi Queen” (Climbing)
23. Guns N’ Roses, “Nightrain” (Appetite For Destruction)
24. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Little Sister” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
25. The Rolling Stones, “Honky Tonk Women” (Forty Licks)
26. Blue Oyster Cult, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (Agents Of Fortune)
27. Vampire Weekend, “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (Vampire Weekend) — you won’t hear this in the show MP3 because I had to go long to fill dead air
Kind of strange how I seem to have made Vampire Weekend my go-to band for filling dead air.
And as always, join my Facebook group if you have a Facebook account and keep watching this space. Now that the semester’s over, I won’t be doing any more shows until the fall. I’ll be sure to update you all on any changes to my schedule. Since I don’t have any classes scheduled for Fridays next semester, it may not even have to change at all. I can’t say I’d mind having an FM gig, though…
*denotes albums I’ve been looking for but haven’t found anywhere
Top 5 Songs That Officially Made Me A Fan Of The Bands That Wrote Them
(originally aired on Dec. 5, 2008 show)
I have a real knack for coming up with really really long titles for these lists, don’t I? And there are more long list titles where that came from, trust me.
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.
April 3, 2009: Show #17
Hey everyone! I’ve got good news and bad news for you all.
Bad news first: As it turns out, the motherboard in my computer got all fucked up by a virus or something, so I had to get a new one. To everyone who has ever created a computer virus in your life, FUCK YOU. I HOPE SOMEONE FINDS A WAY TO PUT A COMPUTER VIRUS IN YOUR BRAIN SO YOUR DEATH SHALL BE ONE OF GREAT POETIC JUSTICE. Of course, then somebody will find a way to build on this idea and make these computer viruses contagious from person to person. Who says technological advances are always good things?
While I’m on the subject of evil technology, I wonder how many people thought the wheel was a bad idea. There’s your food for thought for today.
Also, more bad news: This show is by far the shortest playlist in the history of Listen Up! And that includes the hour-long “audition shows” I did in the fall 2008 semester. It got cut off by Maryland baseball before the one-hour mark, also making this the first edition of Listen Up! that didn’t end with a weekly Top 5 list. But isn’t that how it always goes? The jocks beating up the band geeks or something like that? First they took your lunch money, then they took your girlfriends, now they’re taking your airtime on the radio.
BUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!
Bowling For Soup was fuckin’ right, man — high school never ends.
Now for the good news. I’ve got a new computer now, which means things should be proceeding normally again — no more relying on YouTube and Last.fm for my playlists! Plus, I’ll also be able to update this blog on a more regular basis. Unfortunately, I don’t have my shows saved on this computer, so I won’t be able to upload any new download files for a while.
Anyway, on to the playlist!
1. Thrice, “Firebreather” (The Alchemy Index — Vol. 1: Fire)
2. Kings Of Leon, “Fans” (Because Of The Times)
3. Nine Black Alps, “Shot Down” (Everything Is)
4. We Are Scientists, “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” (With Love And Squalor)
5. Bloc Party, “So Here We Are” (Silent Alarm)
6. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Someone’s In The Wolf” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
7. The Fall Of Troy, “Semi-Fiction” (Manipulator)
8. Radiohead, “Palo Alto” (Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP)
Told you that was a short playlist. And as always, join my Facebook group, keep tuning in every Friday from 6-8 p.m. on WMUC2, and keep watching this space.
Feb. 27, 2009: Show #14
Here’s the playlist for my Feb. 27, 2009 show on WMUC2. No lengthy introductions this time, but as always, join my Facebook group if you have an account there (and haven’t already joined), keep listening every Friday from 6-8 p.m. on WMUC2, and keep watching this space.
1. John Mayer Trio, “Who Did You Think I Was” (Try! John Mayer Trio Live)
2. We Are Scientists, “Altered Beast” (Brain Thrust Mastery)
3. Snow Patrol, “Whatever’s Left” (Final Straw)
4. Nine Black Alps, “Unsatisfied” (Everything Is)
5. Muse, “The Small Print” (Absolution)
6. TV On The Radio, “Crying” (Dear Science)
7. Spoon, “I Turn My Camera On” (Gimme Fiction)
8. Kings Of Leon, “The Bucket” (Aha Shake Heartbreak)
9. At The Drive-In, “Napoleon Solo” (In/Casino/Out)
10. Burning Brides, “Arctic Snow” (Fall Of The Plastic Empire)
11. Alkaline Trio, “Private Eye” (From Here To Infirmary)
12. Dead Confederate, “Goner” (Wrecking Ball)
13. The Sword, “How Heavy This Axe” (Gods Of The Earth)
14. Mastodon, “Hunters Of The Sky” (Blood Mountain)
15. Opeth, “Coil” (Watershed)
16. Minus The Bear, “Dr. L’Ling” (Planet Of Ice)
17. My Morning Jacket, “I’m Amazed” (Evil Urges)
18. Nirvana, “Breed” (Nevermind)
19. The Whigs, “Production City” (Mission Control)
20. Bloc Party, “One Month Off” (Intimacy)
21. The Fall Of Troy, “Act One, Scene One” (Doppelganger)
22. Foo Fighters, “But, Honestly” (Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace)
23. Blur, “The Universal” (The Great Escape)
24. The Beatles, “Let It Be” (Let It Be)
25. Sigur Ros, “Starálfur” (Ágætis Byrjun)
26. Radiohead, “How To Disappear Completely” (Kid A)
Top 5 Favorite Song Titles (For Now)
(originally featured on the Nov. 21, 2008 show)
There are plenty of ways to make a song memorable for your listeners. You could write really intelligent, thoughtful, or clever lyrics that people can relate to or think about long after the song’s over. You could be a master of melodies, crafting instantly recognizable hooks that never ever ever get unstuck from the listener’s head once they get stuck in it. If you’re particularly awesome at your instrument of choice, you could play a really cool solo that fits right into your song like a hand inside a glove.
Or you could always give your song a really hilarious title. And no matter what you think of the bands on this list, you have to admit that they do have a knack for amusing song titles.
That said, if you don’t like “emo-punk…” ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE. Because there are going to be two such songs on this list. And since this is strictly about the song titles, I figure I don’t have to do too much of a write-up beyond listing other amusing song titles by the bands on this list.
Feb. 20, 2009: Show #13
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)
Feb. 13, 2009: Show #12 – Valentine’s Day Special
Hey everyone. In an attempt to lighten the mood of this blog somewhat after the last post’s journey into the realm of scary music (not to mention the darker reaches of my imagination), here’s the playlist from my Valentine’s Day special on Feb. 13, 2009.
1. Jimi Hendrix, “Foxey Lady” (Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix)
2. Blur, “Coffee & TV” (13)
3. The Smashing Pumpkins, “Cupid De Locke” (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness)
4. Spoon, “Finer Feelings” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
5. Daft Punk, “Something About Us” (Discovery)
6. The Fall Of Troy, “Quarter Past” (Manipulator)
7. The Darkness, “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” (Permission To Land)
8. We Are Scientists, “Lethal Enforcer” (Brain Thrust Mastery)
9. Coldplay, “Yellow” (Parachutes)
10. The Police, “Next To You” (Outlandos d’Amour)
11. Green Day, “Extraordinary Girl” (American Idiot)
12. Queens Of The Stone Age, “In My Head” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
13. Foo Fighters, “Big Me” (Foo Fighters)
14. The Strokes, “12:51″ (Room On Fire)
15. Cake, “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” (Comfort Eagle)
16. Bloc Party, “Sunday” (A Weekend In The City)
17. Minus The Bear, “Pachuca Sunrise” (Menos El Oso)
18. Muse, “Unintended” (Showbiz)
19. Radiohead, “All I Need” (In Rainbows)
20. My Morning Jacket, “Knot Comes Loose” (Z)
21. Garbage, “Milk” (Garbage)
22. The Beatles, “Something” (Abbey Road)
23. Snow Patrol, “Grazed Knees” (Final Straw)
24. Weezer, “Across The Sea” (Pinkerton)
25. The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows” (Pet Sounds)
26. U2, “All I Want Is You” (Rattle & Hum)
27. Peter Gabriel, “In Your Eyes” (So)
Dec. 12, 2008: Show #9, #9, #9, #9…
#9, #9, #9, #9, #9, #9, #9, #9, #9…
So here it is! The last of the “old show” playlists! The last show of the Fall 2008 semester! And the last one before Christmas. We’re pretty much all caught up now.
1. The Whigs, “Like A Vibration” (Mission Control)
2. Coheed & Cambria, “A Favor House Atlantic” (In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3)
3. Foxboro Hot Tubs, “Mother Mary” (Stop Drop And Roll!!!)
4. Muse, “Exo-Politics” (Black Holes & Revelations)
5. Razorlight, “In The Morning” (Razorlight)
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Hard To Concentrate” (Stadium Arcadium)
7. Snow Patrol, “Last Ever Lone Gunman” (When It’s All Over We Still Have To Clear Up)
8. Queens Of The Stone Age, “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer” (Rated R)
9. Jimi Hendrix, “Freedom” (Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix)
10. Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody” (Only By The Night)
11. Interpol, “Obstacle 1″ (Turn On The Bright Lights)
12. Alkaline Trio, “Mr. Chainsaw” (From Here To Infirmary)
13. Double Dagger, “Camera Chimera” (Ragged Rubble)
14. Bloc Party, “Talons” (Intimacy)
15. Rancid, “Ruby Soho” (…And Out Come The Wolves)
16. Minus The Bear, “Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse” (Highly Refined Pirates)
17. The Fall Of Troy, “Chapter II: A Strange Conversation” (Phantom On The Horizon)
18. At The Drive-In, “Pickpocket” (In/Casino/Out)
19. Incubus, “I Miss You” (Make Yourself)
20. R.E.M., “Nightswimming” (Automatic For The People)
21. The National, “Fake Empire” (Boxer)
22. My Morning Jacket, “Wordless Chorus” (Z)
23. Radiohead, “Scatterbrain (As Dead As Leaves)” (Hail To The Thief)
24. Everclear, “Hating You For Christmas” (So Much For The Afterglow bonus track)
25. Thurl Ravenscroft, “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
26. The Beach Boys, “Little Saint Nick”
27. The Pretenders, “2000 Miles”
28. Chuck Berry, “Run Rudolph Run”
29. The Kinks, “Father Christmas”
30. The Lonely Island, “Dick In A Box (feat. Justin Timberlake)” (from Saturday Night Live)
Nov. 21, 2008: Show #7
Here’s the playlist for my Nov. 21, 2008 show on WMUC2. As I said before, I’m just trying to get all the “old playlist” posts done and over with.
1. Bloc Party, “Helicopter” (Silent Alarm)
2. White Rabbits, “Kid On My Shoulders” (Fort Nightly)
3. The Hives, “Here We Go Again” (Barely Legal)
4. Mute Math, “Typical” (Mute Math)
5. Pearl Jam, “Do The Evolution” (Yield)
6. Mastodon, “Sleeping Giant” (Blood Mountain)
7. The Sword, “Barael’s Blade” (Age Of Winters)
8. Jimi Hendrix, “Manic Depression” (Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix)
9. At The Drive-In, “Alpha Centauri” (In/Casino/Out)
10. The Clash, “Death Or Glory” (London Calling)
11. Green Day, “St. Jimmy” (American Idiot)
12. Interpol, “Length Of Love” (Antics)
13. Nine Black Alps, “Just Friends” (Everything Is)
14. Nirvana, “On A Plain” (Nevermind)
15. The Police, “Truth Hits Everybody” (Outlandos d’Amour)
16. Nine Inch Nails, “We’re In This Together” (The Fragile)
17. Queens Of The Stone Age, “I Never Came” (Lullabies To Paralyze)
18. R.E.M., “Pop Song 89″ (Green)
19. My Morning Jacket, “Aluminum Park” (Evil Urges)
20. Kings Of Leon, “True Love Way” (Because Of The Times)
21. Foo Fighters, “Good Grief” (Foo Fighters)
22. The National, “Guest Room” (Boxer)
23. The Beatles, “Glass Onion” (The White Album)
24. Radiohead, “Life In A Glasshouse” (Amnesiac)
25. My Chemical Romance, “You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison” (Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge)
26. Fall Out Boy, “I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me” (From Under The Cork Tree)
27. The Fall Of Troy, “We Better Learn To Hotwire A Uterus” (Doppelganger)
28. Double Dagger, “I Was So Bored I Wanted To Hang Myself On The Dancefloor” (Double Dagger)
29. Minus The Bear, “Thanks For The Killer Game Of Crisco Twister” (Highly Refined Pirates)
ENJOY THE GENIUS 4: World’s Greatest Guitar Heroes
…and ENJOY THE GENIUS.
I’m on a bit of a ’90s nostalgia kick lately, aren’t I? Anyway, for this edition of ENJOY THE GENIUS I felt like paying homage to some of the finest musicians to ever pick up a guitar. And no, I’m not talking about the Hendrixes and Claptons of the world. Those guys get plenty of love from just about everyone, and deservedly so. No, today I feel like paying tribute to some of the less heralded masters of the craft.
Oct. 3, 2008: My first show
Hey everyone. It’s been a while since I last updated this. Here’s the playlist from my first-ever show on WMUC2.
There won’t be a downloadable file with this entry because the WMUC2 stream ripper wasn’t up at the time. The other shows should be okay, though.
So… on with the playlist, then.
1. At The Drive-In, “Arcarsenal” (Relationship Of Command)
2. Spoon, “My Mathematical Mind” (Gimme Fiction)
3. Incubus, “Light Grenades” (Light Grenades)
4. Kings Of Leon, “Crawl” (Only By The Night)
5. The Fall Of Troy, “Seattlantis” (Manipulator)
6. Dead Confederate, “The Rat” (Dead Confederate EP)
7. Mastodon, “Seabeast” (Leviathan)
8. Bloc Party, “Flux” (Flux EP/A Weekend In The City iTunes re-release/Intimacy bonus track)
9. Electric Six, “Danger! High Voltage” (Fire)
10. Radiohead, “Idioteque” (Kid A)
11. Justice, “D.A.N.C.E.” (†)
12. Daft Punk, “Harder Better Faster Stronger” (Discovery)
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