Who? What? Where? - 1/24/05

The title of today's show could also describe most of my weekend. Thanks to the never-ending cold (it's here, it's gone, it's here, it's gone - ENOUGH ALREADY), I have been self-medicating the over-the-counter way: with NyQuil and i missed my show on Saturday. This is a half truth, natch, and I'd tell the real story but it's too sordid for blogging. Suffice it to say, sometime on Sunday, I bolted upright and thought to myself, "self, you had a radio show you missed yesterday. yikes!" (I speak to myself in all lower-case letters). Anyway, upon this realization, I quickly logged into my soon-to-be-defunct exploremaine.com e-mail account and found a message from the newly appointed GM telling me my new show was today (yipee!) and nothing announcing my brief lapse of all brain activity (yipee! yipee!).

To make that completely clear - the new time for my show - formally known as Working Together - is from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Mondays.

So, I was nearly completely unprepared for today's show since NyQuil sleep seems to only keep me in SleepyTown (thanks for that one Mathy) for the documented 6 hour dosing and my early awakening was quickly followed by a little nappy-poo. So, arising abruptly to a Rush rock-block on VH1 Hits at about 1:20, I crawled out of bed, threw a handful of records, a couple of handfuls of CDs and a pile of blank discs into my backpack and raced across town to the radio station. I played about 70 percent of the CDs I brought and none of the records. I also had no phone calls today, from people who are incredibly hammered at noon or otherwise (right Ebony?).

Anyway, I think it was good and my one confirmed listener (Melinda) agreed.

CD1
Ms. Dynamite - Put Him Out
Floetry - Getting Late (live)
Lenny Kravitz - Sister
Luscious Jackson - Water Your Garden
Journey - Wheel in the Sky
The Cars - Drive
The Robert Cray Band featuring The Memphis Horns - Move A Mountain
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - It All Comes Down
David Bowie - Pallas Athena
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
Nick Drake - Which Will

*PSA - Global AIDS Awareness (Michael Douglas) & Talk*

John Mayer - Back To You
Suzanne Vega - Stockings

CD2
Bone Thugs -N- Harmony - Days of Our Lives
(there were a couple of swears in this but I won't tell anyone if you don't)
Marvin Gaye - I'll Be Doggone (live)
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. - We Open In Venice (live)
Elton John - Dark Diamond
Ray Davies - See My Friends (live - acoustic)
Counting Crows - A Long December
The Knack - My Sharona (Reality Bites soundtrack)
Smash Mouth - Padrino
Widespread Panic - Tall Boy
The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
LL Cool J - Goin' Back to Cali
Bob Marley - Who The Cap Fit
Kings Of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
(fades out into the all-Spanish, all-the-time show after mine)