Playlist - 05/31/2007

My highlight today was playing a track from the Jane Fonda Workout Record. I just got it and thought it was hilarious and the first song is the Jackons - Can You Feel It. Great song plus funny over-dub of Jane Fonda, I couldn't resist. I was afraid it might irritate people and I'd get complaints, but I think everyone else thought it was funny too. Just now i was searching the internet for an image of the album cover, and found this picture, which is actually a scrapbook that someone made from the album cover, LOL. Nice. And thanks to nilufar for letting me know about jane fonda's recent award:

"The 60th Cannes film festival, which wrapped up Sunday, awarded a Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement to veteran US actress and activist Jane Fonda over the weekend. The exceptional Golden Palm prize, awarded by festival chief Gilles Jacob, had only been awarded three times before since 1946, to French directors Alain Resnais and Gerard Oury and the French actress Jeanne Moreau."

I decided that after playing the Jacksons, some more 70's R&B would be good.

10:00
jane fonda intro: soul ful two - fi-yi dance (from because you're funky)
the jacksons feat. jane fonda - can you feel it (from jane fonda's workout record)
commodores - lady
diana ross - upside down
o'jays - love train
jackson 5 - the love you save
thievery corporation - outernationalist
nightmares on wax - the sweetest
amon tobin - 4 ton mantis
bid feat. seu jorge - e depois (from putumayo brazilian lounge)
chris mancini and lennart - shot in the dark / peter gunn (from pink panther's penthouse party)
propellerheads - spybreak!
big man and the night people - night creeper (from because you're funky)

11:00
frijid pink - house of the rising sun
the doors - break on through
dj cheb i sabbah - tum bin shyam
james asher - nataraj express
faze action - kariba
amadou & miriam - la paix
dr. didg - bendy
groove armada - chicago
deadbeats - feel good
the pleb - no mercy
the funk brothers - papa was a rolling stone

Playlist - 05/24/2007 - JFK + Nature Sounds

Whoops, I can't believe I forgot for four days to put in my play list. I played some JFK speeches in honor of his birthday coming up this week. I didn't know what year he was born, but Bruno called to tell me JFK was born in 1917, died in 1963 at 46 years old. So he would've been 90 this week.

I also found a nature sounds CD this week, so I had a funny idea (I thought) to mix nature sounds in during the speeches. So it would be like JFK was talking in a forest by a stream, or like you were listening to the speeches in the forest by a stream. I got one email saying it was very annoying, LOL. Sorry.

10:00
up, bustle, & out - coffee at senior roody's
mr. scruff - is he ready... + spandex man
sarah vaughn - whatever lola wants (gotan project remix)
JFK speeches
-- election eve
-- swear in
-- inaugaral address
-- state of the union
-- peace corps
(and more, mixed with these soothing nature sounds)
-- the late autumn
-- the cold winter
-- sun after snow
-- the breath of life
state of bengal - elephant ride
mint royale - from rusholme with love
karsh kale - manifest (yossi fine's excentric remix, from traveler 06)
omar faruk teklibek - karam
outback - aziz aziz

11:00
yo la tengo - blitzkrieg bop
lcd soundsystem - watch the tapes
fantastic plastic machine - l'aventure fantastique
dimitri from paris - sacre francais
ladytron - playgirl
tok tok vs. soffy o - missy queen's gonna die
waldorf - you're my disco
st. etienne - railway jam
groove armada - fogma
lemon jelly - nice weather for ducks
royksopp - so easy
sigur ros - saeglopur, or maybe glosoli?? that's what happens when I don't put these in same day :-(

Playlist - 05/17/2007

The English Beat show was great! It's so fun to go to a concert where you know the band's every single song. That doesn't happen for me too often. And they're all great songs. And Dave Wakeling is very cool, I got to say hi to him after the show, which I also don't normally do. So it was a great time!

Today I played some electronic favorites and half of a EuroHit 40. I would've liked to play this funny fake-German song by the Tygorz that my brother sent me a link to, but it seems not quite FCC acceptable. Although he heard it on the radio which made us wonder why they think they can play it and I think we can't. The definition of obscene material is open to the FCC's interpretation, so I guess its just up to each DJ/station to decide how risky they think certain material is. I really didn't need to play it that bad, so definitely not worth the risk for me.

Oh yes, also check out Moby's Body Rock video!

10:00
air - talisman
moby - body rock
the avalanches - since i left you + like a rolling stone
stranger cole - rough and tough
the specials - ghost town
ananda shankar - streets of calcutta
yothu yindi - gapu (from quango world groove)
enigma - invisible love
dick hyman - topless dancers of corfu
perrey & kingsley - barnyard in orbit
mum - the ghosts you draw on my back

11:00
van halen - you really got me
the kinks - all day and all of the night
the clash - should i stay or should i go
lcd soundsystem - north american scum
eurohit40, part 1, march 2007
romanowski - romjack steady
the chemical brothers - denmark
daft punk - da funk

Playlist - 05/10/2007 - Dave Wakeling

Today was one of my favorite shows I've done, and the "Space Show" was one too, so its been a good few weeks. The highlight today was being able to air an interview with Dave Wakeling, lead singer of one of my favorite all-time bands, The English Beat. I've uploaded it as an MP3, so listen to it here!. Dave was a great guy and I really enjoyed talking to him. I can't wait to see English Beat perform at Harrah's tomorrow!

Then I played several English Beat songs and other ska songs. And....I played the song timber, which is a great song, but an even greater video:

Did I mention I've been spending a lot of time on YouTube lately :-)

Congrats to all the ticket winners! And I had lots of callers today, and a studio visit from Howard. Thanks to everyone! Hope to see you at the show!

10:00
the housemartins - happy hour
the cure - close to me
english beat - save it for later
the specials - rudi, message to you
(dave wakeling interview)
english beat - twist and crawl
groove armada - but i feel good
cornershop - motion the 11
les nubians (feat. talib kwali) - temperature rising
oakenfold - zoo york

11:00
erasure - take a chance on me
duran duran - rio
fishbone - slow bus movin'
english beat - i confess
matt bianco - yeh yeh
coldcut - timber
dj shadow - outsider intro
dj shadow - this time (i'm gonna try it my way)
nikodemus & mariano - (212) intro (from turntables on the hudson vol. 2)
philip aupperle - pamplemousse (from turntables on the hudson vol. 2)
propellerheads - velvet pants
the orb - earth (gaia)

Playlist - 05/03/2007

Big news in the station this week is that we have a new general manager, Richard Pirodsky. He's from New York, and has got lots of radio experience. Since I've been at the station (2+ years), this is our second manager and we've had 3 interim mangers. Hopefully he'll hold the spot for a while.

Today had an 80's theme to it for two reasons.
1) I found vinyl versions this weekend of Herbie Hancock's "Future Shock" with Rockit (check out this article) , and Bob and Doug McKenzie's "Take off".
2) The English Beat is coming to town! I gave away some tickets today and I'll have more next week. I may try to do an interview too, we'll see.

Here's my video of the week!


10:00
the orb - little fluffy clouds (see video)
royksopp - triumphant (i meant to play a different track on the cd, but oh well, this one was good to)
una - blue dress
black rebel motorcycle club - ain't no easy way
white stripes - dead leaves and the dirty ground
bob and doug mckenzie feat. geddy lee - take off
loverboy - working for the weekend
vangelis - albedo 0.39
lotus - blue giant
ledward ka'apana - 12th street rag
the english beat - ackee 123

11:00
pet shop boys - always on my mind
dead or alive - you spin me round
herbie hancock - rockit
mix master mike - suprize packidge
ozomatli - eva
the english beat - rotating heads
briza - the metro
groove armada - little by little
cornershop - the london radar
klaus doldinger - sitar (bonus) beats (from sitar beat!)
theivery corporation feat. gunjan - the supreme illusion
karsh kale - distance (banco de gaia remix)