Working Together - 4/6/07

Okay. I started typing this one in a LONG time ago. I'm gonna try to get my act together and post these more regularly and also, you know, just post more regularly.

After looking down through this show, I'm gonna recommend a few songs/albums/artists you should run out a buy stuff by like today.

Lucinda Williams - because her voice is among the best sounding things ever put to music.
Kings of Leon - because they make country-fied, rock 'n' roll that makes you think about all the things you love about music.
The Dollyrots - because they put the fun back in female-fronted punk.
The Charms - because they could have been just like The Dollyrots but they went in a different direction - think The Dollyrots crossed with Heart (early, good Heart).
Faulter - solid new emo.

Okay. That's that. Enjoy. Here's to more posting!


Dinosaur Jr. - Pick Me Up
Chumbawumba - By & By
Ry Cooder - Footprints In The Snow
Kings of Leon - Because Of The Times
Lucinda Williams - Fancy Funeral

(Beginning of CD)
Sia - Breathe Me
The Dollyrots - Watch Me Go (Kissed Me, Killed Me)
The Charms - LTD
Ben Folds - Bruised
Bright Eyes - Amy In The White Coat
*PSA - Adoption*
The Winks - Hope So
Relient K - Forgiven
Honkytonk Homeslice - Sweet Peach
Warren Haynes with Matt Abst - In My Life
John Popper with Warren Haynes - Alone
*Talk & Promo - Web*
Imperial Crowns - Restless Soul
Katchafire - Hey Girl (A Version)
Faulter - Eyes Like Stars
Dirty Faces - Punkin Pie
Aqualung - Somebody To Love (Queen) (Live)
The Breezeway - TV
Asono - She Loves L.A.
The Emergency - Hey Whoopy Cat
Papercuts - Just Another Thing To Dust
Mor - Save A Prayer (Duran Duran)
Martin Sexton - Marry Me
(End of CD)

The Little Ones - Cha Cha Cha

Working Together - 03/16/07

Okay, so we played a lot of new stuff but we mixed in a bunch of stuff from my CDs as well.

New stuff
The Dollyrots: I totally [heart] this band. They're so much fun.
Son Volt: This was Steph's pick. She digs Son Volt more than I do but she didn't really dig this song too much.
Joe Stickley: I picked this for Steph because she loves Bob Dylan and this was from a compilation of Misourri artists covering Bob Dylan songs. This one wasn't as good as we'd hoped.
Artichoke: I picked this one and I can't remember what it was like. Musta been awesome, no?

Old stuff
Talking Heads: This whole album makes me remember mowing the lawn at the lake. I always used to put this on in my sweet, yellow Sports Walkman.
UB40: My cousin introduced me to this album when I was about 15. For the longest time I didn't even realize all the songs were covers.
Tom Petty & The Heatbreakers: I CANNOT get enough of Tom Petty. It's my American music.
Jaime Walters: EVERYONE who knows me knows of my love for ALL things 9-0.
Joey Ramone: This album was recorded right before he died and, for me, it's all the things that made my favorite Ramones songs my favorites.
Brandy with Monica: Brandy = yummy
David Gray: I saw his tour at The State when it came through and his drummer simply blows me away. I also totally dig the "dreamy atmosphere" of his songs.
R.E.M.: I'm getting more and more into R.E.M. every day.
Journey: Despite the newfound cache of popularity (which surprisingly didn't seem to come exclusively from The O.C.), Journey has always been one of my favorite bands. Personally, I like a little REO a little bit better.
Allman Brothers Band: I visited a girl I knew when she was at Bowdoin (Hi Kristen!) and we went skiing after what was my first real party (and first real hangover). The guy who tagged along was a BIG Allmans fan and after that weekend I was too.
Whitney Houston: Whitney is my all-time guilty pleasure. My love for her knows no bounds.
Christina Aguilera: Little X-Tina could be the next Whitney. If she'd only figure out who she is as a person.
Melanie C.: most people who know me know my love for all things "Spicey."
Bif Naked: Oh, Bif Naked. Where is your sophomore album. P.S. I loved you on "The Chris Isaak Show."
U2: This one is from one of the early albums (I can never keep straight what comes from what) which are, in my opinion, the only good ones. Pre-Joshua Tree for me, please.
Counting Crows: I'm not sure when it happened but I've become a Counting Crows fan.
Neil Young: I watched this Unplugged when it was on and I recorded it on tape in Ben Lefever's room at school. I listened to that tape a LOT before this was actually released.
Lou Rawls with Diane Reeves: This from the soundtrack to "That Old Feeling" (Bette Midler, Dennis Farina). I saw this movie at UMaine and when it was over, I ran down to the record store and bought a copy. It's that good.
Sarah Vaughn: Same as above.
The Spinners with Dionne Warwick: Who doesn't like the Spinners. I was gonna play, like, "Rubberband Man," but Steph likes The Spinners (and knows their music better than I do) so she picked. She picked this and it's a GEM.
Angie Stone: If Angie Stone could stop writing about such stupid topics - in one song she'd rather be pickin' up bottles than not be with her man - I'd like her a whole lot more. But when she's good, she's absolutely amazing.
Michael Jackson: King of Pop. For sure.
Al Green: Can't get enough of Al Green. EVER.

Enjoy.

The DollyRots - Nobody Wants U
Talking Heads - Pull Up the Roots
UB40 - Johnny Too Bad
Tom Petty - Shadow of Doubt
Jamie Walters - Hold
Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes
Joe Stickley - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Bob Dylan)
Artichoke - No Feelings
Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Brandy with Monica - The The Boy is Mine
David Gray - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
R.E.M. - Gardening at Night
Journey - Faithfully
Allman Brothers Band - Sweet Melissa
Whitney Houston - Whatchulookinat
Christina Aguilera - Lovin Me 4 Me
Melanie C. - Gaga
Bif Naked - I Died
U2 - Scarlet
Counting Crows - Long December
Neil Young - Pocahontas
Lou Rawls with Diane Reeves - At Last (That Old Feeling soundtrack)
Sarah Vaughn - Embraceable You (That Old Feeling soundtrack)
The Spinners with Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Angie Stone - No More Rain
Michael Jackson - PYT
Al Green - Hold On

Working Together - 03/02/07

Okay, for this one we played all stuff from the "New Music Racks."

Since I'm doing this a "little" after the fact, I'm just gonna point out what I remember as being good enough to recommend.

Bikeride (fairly emo?), The New Lou Reeds (female-fronted, who knew?), Big D & The Kids Table (sorta ska-ish), Atlantics (very New Wave).

The rest (as far as I remember) were fairly "eh." There were some stinkers though but I can't exactly remember which ones they were (teitur, though, for sure.)

enjoy.

The Safes - Everybody In The World
Lucinda Williams - Mama You Sweet
Beirut - My Family's Role in the World Revolution
Anagram - Right Kind of Love
Besnard Lakes - Ride The Rails
Bikeride - A Dancer's Feet Are Not So Neat
Thunderbirds Are Now! - Sound Issues/Smart Ideas
Ladyfinger (NE) - Too Cool For School
The Kamikaze Hearts - You Can't Just Get Up And Leave
The Naysayer - I'm A Shark
teitur - Dont' Want You To Wake Up
Robert Wagner - Preacher Girl
The Shimmers - Here I Stand
Pere Ubu - Caroleen
Sparklehorse - Shade and Honey
The New Lou Reeds - I Am A Monster
These Arms Are Snakes - Subtle Body
Big D & The Kids Table - She's Lovely
Tokyo Police Club - If It Works
Cul de Sac - The Moon Scolds the Morning Star
Jeffrey & Jack Lewis - New Old Friends
Captain Fatass - Yellow Windows
The Comfies - Close To Me
John Gorka - I'm From New Jersey
Atlantics - I Need A Girl
Malajube - Montreal -40 degrees Celcius
Stars of Track & Field - Arithmatik
Weatherbox - Cowboy Mountain
Tony Furtado - Take Me to the Pilot (Elton John)
Brothers & Sisters - Sunday Living
Owen - Use Your Words
Blood Feathers - Origins

Working Together - 02.15.07

Okay, I had to skip a couple of weeks because of car drama and a work-related trip to Boston for a conference. But upon my return, neither of my cohorts joined me. *sigh*

Anyway, mostly what I know and like with a few new rack songs thrown in (there's a requirement now - four per show which I don't have a problem with per se - I can do it - but one of these days, that's just not gonna fit in).


The ones I like the most:
Lyrical Lies, all Dashboard, all Jimmy Eat World - actually, I liked them all.

Kasey Chambers, The Kooks, The Charms and John Mayer were the new tracks. They were all good. I heard a song by The Kooks on some TV show (probably on the CW) but the one I played was not the one I'd heard. I'm gonna have to try again.


(started at 6:20)

Lyrical Lies - Cute Is What We Aim For
The Best Deceptions - Dashboard Confessional
Kill - Jimmy Eat World
*talk*
Fall Behind Me - The Donnas
Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) - Jay-Z (live from Unplugged)
I Don't Want You - The Ramones
I'm Nuthin' - Ethan Hawke (Reality Bites soundtrack)
Dangerous - Kasey Chambers
The Go-Go's - Fading Fast
Don't Need A Gun (Single Edit) - Billy Idol
*Talk & PSA-College*
Sofa Song - The Kooks
Living On A Thin Line - The Kinks (live from The Road)
Take A Look - Liz Phair
Brilliant Mind - Furniture (Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack)
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer
Me and My Friends - Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Friends - The Charms
A Sort of Homecoming - U2 (live from Wide Awake In America)
*Talk*
For Me This Is Heaven - Jimmy Eat World
If You Don't, Don't - Jimmy Eat World
Got To Give It Up - Aaliyah featuring Slick Rick
Sugar Sugar - Wilson Pickett
Break Myself - Something Corporate
Screaming Infidelities - Dashboard Confessional (live from Unplugged)
Closer - Jimmy Eat World


I apparently forgot to completely clean up after myself (see below):

[Hey dude, this is Marshall (10-midnight). You left this email open, silly person. You're welcome.]

Working Together - 02.02.07

This week it was a more of what we know. I picked most of this stuff (The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Common and Lady Sovereign) were courtesy of Katie.

We had a couple of requests. One guy wanted to hear either some Pink Floyd or some David Bowie. There was an odd assortment of both so we heard some of each and also a Pink Floyd electronica cover that I actually dug. Another guy wanted to hear some Arab Strap (He was also a DJ, I could tell because he described to me where it was in the station. Couldn't he have just waited and played it on his own show? He didn't even care which song because "they're all great.") And our last caller was a guy who was in the mood for some Cranberries.


Bob Marley & The Wailers - Crazy Baldheads
*Talk*
STYX - Renegade
The Donnas - Friends Like Mine
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen) (Pump Up The Volume soundtrack)
The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix) (Pump Up The Volume soundtrack)
*Talk*
Michael Franti & Spearhead - One Step Closer to You
Lady Sovereign - Love Me or Hate Me (Fu*k You!!!!) (clean)
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait (Single)
*PSA - High School Dropout Prevention*
David Bowie - I've Been Waiting For You
David Bowie - She'll Drive the Big Car
Pink Floyd - St. Tropez
Kinetika - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Pink Floyd)
*Talk // Promo - Listen On-Line*
Prince - Alphabet Street
Beastie Boys - Get It Together (Cut off due to language)
Tears for Fears - Mad World
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Kasey Chambers - The Rain
Suzanne Vega - World Before Columbus
*Talk*
Jimmy Eat World - If You Dont, Don't
Something Corporate - Only Ashes
Dashboard Confessional - Best Deceptions (live)
*PSA - Adoption*
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Yaz - Only You
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall
Go-Go's - This Town
Cranberries - Sunday (Edit)
Arab Strap - Turbulence [bis Remix Radio Edit]
Common - Testify

Working Together - 01/19/07

Okay, so, for all of you loyal fans out there (and site tracker tells me there are as many as four of you), you'll be overjoyed to know that I recently got back into the swing at WRBC. While I haven't recorded any of the shows yet this semester, I have still been keeping track of what was played.

This show was pretty much all stuff from the new racks and almost all of it was good. The exceptions were: Gnarls Barkley, Matt Nathanson and Howie Day (Katie Bell selections) & Mark Mallman (one of my favorites) - these were all good but not new. And, Stacey Rock was new but definitely not good. A Hawk and A Hacksaw was very weird and instrumental and I wouldn't necessarily go out and buy it but if that's your thing, you might enjoy that. And I'd also give a thumbs down (sadly) to the Sean Lennon album. The rest of this stuff is pretty energetically approved by me.


Starlight Mints - Eyes of the Night (Van Wilder - Taj Soundtrack)
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead (acoustic)
*Talk - ID*
Lady Sovereign - Fiddle With The Volume
Rock Kills Kid - Turn My Camera On (The OC Mix - Vol. 6)
Robbers On High Street - Married Young
The Jennifers - Fell In A Hole
Hot Chip - Over & Over (cut off)
*Talk*
The Duhks - Three Fishers
Katchafire - Human Bonding
*Talk*
Tenacious D - Dude (I Totally Miss You) (The Pick of Destiny Soundtrack)
Gnarls Barkley - Go Go Gadget Gospel
*PSA - Energy Conservation*
Matt Nathanson - Lucky Boy
Bloc Party - This Modern Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
*Talk - Promo*
The Zutons - Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done)
The Radiators - Ace In the Hole
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Sean Lennon - On Again, Off Again
Ray Lamontagne - Barfly
Mark Mallman - Better People Do It Better
Scream!Hello - White Skies and French Fries
*Talk*
A Hawk and A Hacksaw - The Way the Wind Blows
Ladyfinger (NE) - Too Cool for School
Ben Kweller - I Don't Know Why
Howie Day - Slow Down
Howie Day - Ghost
Stacy Rock - The Lifeline of Jim (cut off)
Maxeen - Stay
*PSA - Global Warming*
Brazilian Girls - Never Met a German
Cezanne - Two Wings To Fly

And Rick Comes In Again - 7/17/05

Aaliyah - Got to Give It Up
The Chantays - Pipeline

CD1
The Sonnetts - Friday Nights
Cass McCombs - Bury Mary
Beatallica - Garage Day's Night
Kevin Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Review - In the Land of Plenty
Harpswell Sound - A Bit Less
Eisley - I Wasn't Prepared
Petra Haden - Sunrise (The Who)
The Pubcrawlers - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
Jim White - Done Got Old
Transcendence - All This Is Beginning to Feel Like an Ending
Nina Simone/The Postal Service - Little Girl Blue (Verve3)
Tori Amos - Ribbons Undone
Tim Miller - Southbound
(this got cut off because I hit the wrong button)
Thunderbirds Are Now! - Enough About Me, Let's Talk About Me
Heavy Trash - Justine Alright
Clem Snide - When We Become
Jessi Alexander - Reason to Run
Bratmobile - I'm In the Band
Aneuretical - Hampers Are Hideouts
Cyanide Valentine - Number Four
The White Stripes - White Moon
Vic Chesnutt - What Do You Mean?
Tom Principato & Danny Gatton - I'm On Fire
Eisley - Lost at Sea (single version)
Emperor X - Sfearion
*something I can't remember and I didn't write down*
Magnolia Electric Co. - The Dark Don't Hide It

A Little Help From A Friend - 7/10/05

CD1
Finley Quaye & William Orbit - Dice (single version)
Dropkick Murphys - The Burden
Goldie Lookin' Chain - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do (clean)
Curtis Mayfield - We People Darker Than Blue (live) (Dead Presidents soundtrack - Vol. 2)
Michelle Lewis - Never Cared for You
Ethan Hawke - I'm Nuthin' (Reality Bites soundtrack)
AC/DC - Ride On
The Frotus Caper - Hello Out There
The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way (Wedding Singer soundtrack)
The Charms - Talk Is Cheap
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky
The Spinners - Rubberband Man
Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy With It

Jessy Kendall - I'm Going to Stay in the My Way
Big Country - In a Big Country

CD2
Grateful Dead - If I Had the World to Give
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
The Giraffes - Man U
Jackson Browne - Rosie
Eric Clapton - Willie & The Hand Jive
The Cure - Hot, Hot, Hot
LL Cool J - I Want You
Salt & Pepa - My Mic Sounds Nice
Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
Mando Diao - Annie's Angle
Mrs. Skanotto - My Girlfriend Doesn't Understand She's Still My Girlfriend
The Turpentine Bros. - Why Can't I Do?
The White Stripes - Forever Is Over for Me

A Little Break - 6/26/05

CD1
John Lennon - It's So Hard (live)
Jason Spooner - People Like You
Pam Grier - Long Time Woman (Jackie Brown soundtrack)
Joan Armatrading - Weakness In Me
Madonna - Material Girl
Natalie Imbruglia - Wishing I Was There
John Mayer - 83
Aerosmith - Cryin'
White Lion - Wait
Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone
Tom Petty - California (She's The One soundtrack)
B-52's - Bushfire
The Brothers Johnson - Get the Funk Out Ma Face
Prince - When Doves Cry

CD2
Jennifer Lopez - Promise Me You'll Try
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
TLC - Lovesick
Ricky Fante - It's Over Now
Frank Sinatra - Young at Heart
Led Zeppelin - What Is and What Should Never Be
X - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
The Charms - Need Your Love
Peter Gabriel - Kiss of Life
The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Janet Jackson - Escapade
Britney Spears - From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
Natalie Merchant - Cowboy Romance
Booker T & The MGs - Hip Hug Her
Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit - Basically Frightened
The White Stripes - White Moon
Berlin - No More Words (live)

Back on the Air - 6/12/05

Okay, I've been very lax about writing this blog (and, frankly, even more lax about writing the other one). Want this to change. But I'm not sure how. I've been less than excited to go to my radio show since the start of the summer schedule and I'm trying to figure out why. My thoughts have led me to realize that I am not particularly "jazzed" about any one kind of music right now. There's no huge New Wave/Punk nostalgia trip getting me all psyched to buy music and to play it. Old school rap is still all good but I'm not as hyped about it as I am sometimes. Lately I've been somewhat into solo singer/songwriter stuff. Everything from Ryan Adams to alt-country (and some might argue actual country - this is a shock to my system) like Kasey Chambers and Jessi Alexander. I'm also a pretty big Something Corporate fan these days. That being said and also being what I'm into right now, it's not enough to get my all excited for radio. And it shouldn't be. So, I'm trying to fix this but it might take some time.

On this list, things that rock and that you should run right to your local, locally-owned record store and buy right now are:

The Charms - This Boston-based band fronted by two females and comprised of two more guys will rock your socks off. Kind of like The Donnas, but with far less polish than even some of their early stuff.
The White Stripes - Their newest album, "Get Behind Me Satan," is not as guitar and rock-heavy as their last couple but the songwriting has gotten as much better as their recent influences are obvious.
Dashboard Confessional - I prefer my emo to be a bit more whiny than screamo and this falls far short of true screamo but sometimes I find it too loud for my taste. But anyone who needs to hear a band they might not have given a fair chance to should pick up at least one album by these guys.
The Violent Femmes - The classic Femmes album has been remastered. With a whole extra disc of demos and out-takes, this high school classic has been given a new, and entirely deserved, life.
Jennyanykind - Not the best band in the world (and I'd be surprised if you could even find too much of their stuff out there) but I had to mention this band because I think this is possibly the best band name I've ever heard.
Kasey Chambers - Yes, I am STILL ranting about this girl. She just blows me away.
Say Hi To Your Mom - These guys played in Austin at SXSW. I didn't see them but they were on my list. Just not at the top.
Patsy Cline - This is what I'm talking about. I've been listening to a lot of Patsy Cline lately. And while that's not bad, it sure isn't going to make anyone particularly excited to do much beyond get really drunk.
Michael Jackson - I'm only gonna say this a few more times, Michael may be a creepy guy but he isn't a total perv either. By being robbed of his childhood in favor of the almighty dollar, Michael missed out on something he can never do over. He is doing whatever is in his power to help make sure other kids get things he never did. And while he probably does a few inappropriate things (like sleep-overs period much less sleep-overs in his room (which, it's probably worth remembering, is MUCH larger than most houses anyone I've ever known has walked through) but I don't really believe he is anything more than the target for opportunistic parents looking to take advantage of a very generous guy.
Prince - Another weirdo but a total musical genius. Everything he's ever done, I like.
Bon Jovi - This band has been experiencing a major renaissance in my computer. Only stuff up to and including Slippery When Wet though.
Common - I put this in because it was the end of my show - which means, if I put in something from the station, I can just take off and let the next guy put it away - and I've heard all kinds of good stuff about this guy. It's all true. This was way better than I expected and was catchy and conscious all at the same time.

It's time for the list. Are you ready? I think maybe. It's down below.


The Charms - Gimme That Shot
The White Stripes - Take, Take, Take
Dashboard Confessional - Bend & Not Break
Jackopierce - Along for the Ride
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
The Dead Milkmen - Swordfish
Jackopierce - Iron John
June - Genius
Macy Gray - Caligula
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Call On Me
The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (The Harder They Come soundtrack)
Jennyanykind - When the Sun Shines Down on the Average People
Puffy Ami Yumi - Love So Pure
Grace Jones - Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music)
Johnny Taylor - We're Getting Careless With Our Love
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Buckwheat Zydeco - You Looking for Me?
Kasey Chambers - Follow You Home
Say Hi To Your Mom - I Think I'll Be A Good Ghost
The Jessica Fletchers - Bloody 70's Love
Daniel Johnston - Foxy Girl
Reggie & The Full Effect - The Trooth
Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Prince - When Doves Cry
Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me
Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
Common - GO!