play list - 07/30/2009

the song of the day today was fuego by bomba estereo. i love it and two people called in asking about it. its new from nacional records. check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td1hajshtGA


also played more of the new madness cd, more pepe deluxe, and a few tracks from the euro hit 40.

Title , Artist , Album , Label
-- we are london , madness , the liberty of norton folgate , yeproc
-- that's close , madness , the liberty of norton folgate , yeproc
-- i confess , english beat , Special Beat Service , Sire
-- rude boys out of jail , The Specials , the singles collection , Chrysalis
-- too much too young , The Specials , the singles collection , Chrysalis
-- One Step Beyond , Madness , Complete Madness , Stiff Records
-- happy hour , the housemartins , London 0 Hull 4 , Go! Discs
-- get up off your knees , the housemartins , London 0 Hull 4 , Go! Discs
-- is it really so strange? , the smiths , Louder Than Bombs , sire
-- Human Behavior , bjork , Debut , Elektra
-- miss it so much , Royksopp , junior , Astralwerks
-- fast & delerious , lindstrom , it's a feedelity affair , feedelity
-- woman in blue , pepe deluxe , super sound , emporer norton
-- the ride , pepe deluxe , super sound , emporer norton
-- light persists , oscar utterstrom quintet , home , right turn
-- lush life (cee-lo green mix) , nat king cole , re: generations , capitol
-- Whatever Lola Wants , Sarah Vaughn , verve remixed 2 , verve
-- fuego , bomba estereo , blow up , nacional
-- mi casita , Nortec Collective , Tijuana Sound Machine , nacional
-- gauchito gil , fauna , zzk sound vol 2 , nacional
-- mamacita , mark medlock , eurohit 40 july 2009 , radio nederlands
-- outta here , esmee denters , eurohit 40 july 2009 , radio nederlands
-- rockets , simple minds , eurohit 40 july 2009 , radio nederlands
-- here without you , andrew spencer vs. lazard , single , capp records
-- tumbala (oreja remix) , novalima , coba coba remixed , cumbancha
-- Mi Primo Juan , chambao , Pokito a Poko , Sony Music Spain

play list - 07/23/2009

got a new cd in the mail this week: pepe deluxe. i've only had time to listen to a couple tracks, but they were both great. so i started off with those, including this song: woman in blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgNSAwRH_XU


also found out that the old ska band madness has a new cd out. haven't been able to listen to all of that one either, but i played a couple tracks from it. so i decided to play some other 80's ska too.

it was the last day here for one of our interns, so he asked if he could play a couple songs on my show and i let him. he picked one that i definitely wouldn't normally play - beautiful by akon - but he also picked one that was quite good - put your hands up for detroit.

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- three times a player , pepe deluxe , super sound , emporer norton
-- woman in blue , pepe deluxe , super sound , emporer norton
-- Destination Overdrive , chromeo , She's in Control , Vice
-- picky , fusion body , strawberry cough , somuchsoul
-- yo voy (faze action remix) , novalima , coba coba remixed , Cumbancha
-- El Microfono (nickodemus remix) , Mexican Institute of Sound , single , nacional
-- beautiful , akon , freedom , universal
-- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit , Fedde Le Grand , single , data
-- electrotumbao , the pinker tones , wild animals , nacional
-- overture , Madness , the liberty of norton folgate , yeproc
-- we are london , Madness , the liberty of norton folgate , yeproc
-- rotating heads , english beat , Special Beat Service , Sire
-- ? (modern industry) , fishbone , fishbone , columbia
-- cardiac arrest , madness , Complete Madness , Stiff Records
-- moon hop , Derick Morgan , fabric live john peel , fabric
-- walking on the moon , lucia pamela , incredibly strange music , research
-- unidentified flying object , Perrey & Kingsley , the out sound from way in! , vanguard
-- Surfing on a rocket , air , talkie walkie , astralwerks
-- nightlife , amon tobin , Permutation , ninja tune
-- y ahora tu , Up, Bustle, & Out , trip hop and jazz , ninja tune
-- ahoy there , mr. scruff , trouser jazz , ninja tune
-- Rewriting the National Anthem , Albert Brooks , comedy minus one , rhino
-- gut feeling , devo , The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , Hollywood Records
-- Making Time , creation , Rushmore Soundtrack , London
-- ping island / lightning strike rescue op , Mark Mothersbaugh , The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , Hollywood Records
-- another excuse , soulwax , dfa remixes vol. 2 , astralwerks

play list - 07/16/2009 - space show

i did my space themed show today. i've done it about once each year, with many of the same songs and many different ones each time. one fun twist today is that i interviewed margie kay with the mutual ufo network (mufon). she is organizing a ufo conference in kansas city this weekend. she talked about the recent increase of sightings in the kansas city area. it was similar to this tv interview she did. (but of course the stupid tv news shows won't cover any story for over two minutes, but we were able to talk for 15 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybu9X528Fyk


another highlight was playing from a 1977 record my brother had called "the story of star wars". it's excerpts of the movie narrated and put onto one hour's worth of vinyl. i played the first 5 minutes or so which covered princess leia giving r2-d2 the plans and then the droids escaping in the escape pod. followed by the imperial march.

the rest:
Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- space music , special music company , sci-fi souns of mystery & mayhem , special music company
-- space journey , coldcut , Let Us Play , Ninja Tune
-- Intergalactic , Beastie Boys , Hello Nasty , Grand Royal
-- doctor? , Orbital , the altogether , ffrr
-- theme from the x-files , collective noyze , (singles) , nmd
-- Robot Rock , daft punk , human after all , Virgin
-- s.e.x.y.ro.b.o.t. , the pinkertones , wild animals , nacional
-- the robots , Senor Coconut , el baile aleman , nacional
-- The Distant Future , Flight of the Conchords , The Distant Future , Sub-Pop
-- robot parade , They Might Be Giants , no! , Rounder
-- part 1 , star wars , the story of star wars , 20th century fox
-- the imperial march , john williams , the star wars trilogy , Varese Sarabande
-- exploration , the karminsky experience inc , theivery corporation - dj kicks , K7
-- space walk , lemon jelly , Lost Horizons , beggars xl
-- higher and higher , The Moody Blues , To Our Children's Children's Children , Threshold
-- destination: moon , They Might Be Giants , John Henry , Elektra
-- Riding on the Rocket , shonen knife , Let's Knife , Virgin
-- Rocket Man , me first and the gimme gimmes , Have a Ball , fat wreck chords
-- rapture , blondie , The Best of Blondie , Chrysallis
-- the creatures , Brian Dewan , Tells the story , bar none
-- galaxy song , Monty Python's Flying Circus , eric idle sings monty python , restless
-- earth (gaia) , the orb , The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld , Big Life Records

play list - 07/09/2009

started off with a new track from air that will be on their upcoming album. then got into some trip-hop from ninja tune, a little bit of latin electronic/remixes, and finished off with some house from dimitri from paris.

also played air's alpha beta gaga, which has a strange western/mexican-themed video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMHX8imk_8

my friend "blind guy" told me that next week kansas city is having a ufo conference, so i decided that next week i'll do a space themed show.

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- do the joy , air , (single) , astralwerks
-- alpha beta gaga , air , talkie walkie , astralwerks
-- focus on sight , thievery corporation , The Mirror Conspiracy , esl
-- air batucada , thievery corporation , The Mirror Conspiracy , esl
-- fever , Stereo MCs , the rebirth of cool , 4th & bway
-- just wanna touch her , dj krush , the rebirth of cool, vol. 2 , 4th & bway
-- riders on the storm , yonderboi , nu jazz cool , ocho
-- blackfoot roll , mr. scruff , keep it unreal , ninja tune
-- fish , mr. scruff , keep it unreal , ninja tune
-- get your snack on , amon tobin , Supermodified , ninja tune
-- tumbala , novalima , coba coba remixed , cumbancha
-- El Microfono (nickodemus remix) , Mexican Institute of Sound , mixto , nacional
-- padre nuestro , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs , mixto , nacional
-- milk crisis , the go! team , (single) , columbia
-- black cat , ladytron , (single) , self-released
-- Ladyflash , the go! team , thunder, lightning, strike , columbia
-- tko , le tigre , this island , universal
-- e-pro , beck , Guero , geffen
-- a boogie monster , shonen knife , heavy songs , Confidential Recordings
-- Destination Overdrive , chromeo , She's in Control , Vice
-- hey , diplo & laidback luke , (single) , dim mak
-- bienvenida , alexkid , dimitri from paris - after the playboy mansion , astralwerks
-- don't leave me this way , Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes , dimitri from paris - after the playboy mansion , astralwerks

play list - 07/02/2009

well i didn't end up playing michael jackson's smooth criminal on my show this week, but i did play a couple songs from off the wall because they were funky! (and i couldn't find my record of bad and my brother's thriller record was in terrible condition). so then i also played some james brown and some kool & the gang. a listener, mike, called in to tell me that there is a great video of michael jackson, james brown, and prince performing spontaneously together. here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/v/1CoxNzOOoQU&hl=en&fs=1&


while talking about michael jackson, i started talking about the moonwalker video game, and then other great band/music related video games, including:
-- journey escape for the atari 2600
-- kiss pinball machine
-- guitar hero

played one song from guitar hero world tour: obstacle 1. other than that, played some latin and some reggae, some fatboy slim and propellerheads.

track , artist , album , label
-- gauchito gil , fauna , zzk sound vol. 2 , nacional
-- la poli , daleduro , zzk sound vol. 2 , nacional
-- Cumbia en Do Menor , ska cubano , Ay Caramba , Cumbancha
-- istanbul (not constantinople) , ska cubano , Ay Caramba , Cumbancha
-- Mi Ultima Voluntad (Tonite) , Sergent Garcia , La Semilla Escondida , Shakti
-- traffic jam , Stephen Marley , Mind Control , Tuff Gong
-- brothers and sisters , butch cassidy sound system , heavyweight rib ticklers , unfold
-- Working Day and Night , michael jackson , off the wall , epic
-- burn this disco out , Michael Jackson , off the wall , epic
-- I'm a Greedy Man , james brown , cd of jb II , polygram
-- hollywood swinging , kool & and the gang , number 1's , island/mercury
-- Soul Sauce (Fila Brazillia Remix) , Cal Tjader , Verve Remixed 2 , Verve
-- world without end , olantuji , drums of passion , columbia
-- jin go lo ba , fatboy slim , palookaville , Astralwerks
-- Rockafeller Skank (remix) , Fatboy Slim , single , Astralwerks
-- Take California , Propellerheads , Decksanddrumsandrockandroll , dreamworks
-- coffins "r" us , starlight mints , change remains , barsuk
-- power bleed , starlight mints , change remains , barsuk
-- Obstacle 1 , interpol , Turn on the bright lights , matador
-- Me & My Man , chromeo , She's in Control , Vice
-- 257.zero , moby , Last Night , Mute
-- the far east coast , exodus quartet , trip hop and jazz, vol. 2 , ninjatune