Three Short Words

Songs played for my mom for her birthday at her request in gold.
Songs played for my mom for her birthday not at her request in silver.
New songs in bronze.

My Morning Jacket - Into the Woods
The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for Superman
M. Ward - Hi-Fi
The Frames - Falling Slowly
The Mountain Goats - Broom People
The Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
They Might Be Giants - Older
Clem Snide - Tiny European Cars
Albert Hammond Jr. - Everyone Gets A Star
Arcade Fire - Intervention
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
Schneider TM - Peanut
Architechture in Helsinki - Scissor Paper Rock
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
!!! - All My Heros Are Weirdos

Punk and Indie Gems -- February 28th, 2007

For this week's playlist I tried to sort it so that the order sounds as natural as possible, and also so that the quiet and loud songs were segregated. Other than that there's not much of a theme. More loud songs than quiet ones I guess.

Here it is:
1 -- Sonic Youth - Incinerate -- off of their new album which is amazing
2 -- The Flaming Lips - My Own Planet -- their old stuff back when they were punk-ish
3 -- Q and not U - Everybody Ruins
4 -- Mission of Burma - Fun World
5 -- Ampere - The Jailors Speak of Freedom -- arty screamo from amherst
6 -- Zs - Nobody Wants To Be Had Balk -- avant garde rock from NYC. They played here earlier this semester. This song is on their myspace.
7 -- Trail of Dead -- Another Morning Stoner
8 -- Arcade Fire -- Keep the Car Running -- new song
9 -- French Toast - Back Off Or Els -- related to Fugazi somehow, I forget how. Drummer's brother's band or something
10 -- Modest Mouse - Dirty Fingernails -- the first song I ever heard by them
11 -- Joy Division - Day of the Lords
12 -- Ride - Nowhere -- I grabbed the album after I heard 'Vapour Trail' from a playlist from the Perks of Being a Wallflower
13 -- Liz Isenberg - The Bad Ones -- singer/songwriter from somewhere around Amherst. This song is on her myspace.
14 -- Pavement - Spit On A Stranger
15 -- Radiohead - Palo Alto

Ambient Signal playlist 2/27/07 (Second Chance songs)

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Today's show theme is giving old songs a second chance. It's mostly a collection of songs or bands one hit wonders that I liked a while ago and I'm giving them another try..hopefully you'll like a few

Paper Cranes- Triangle
Metal Hearts- Foothills
Meredith Bragg & The Terminals- Empty Beds
Fembots- Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Doveman- Cities
Faunts- Parler De La Pluie Et Du Beau Temps
The Submarines- Hope
The Coral Sea- Lake and Ocean
Bell Orchestre- Les Lumiere Pt. 2
Clann Zu- Ri Ra
The Cinematic Underground- WOrk (Carparts and Cubicles)
Calla- Initiate
---Start new music---
Arcade Fire- Intervention
Maria Taylor- The Ballad of Sean Foley
Cortney Tidwell- LaLa
Rio En Medio- Tiger's Ear
Let's go sailing- Too many stars
One AM Radio- In the time we've got
Nicky Hind- Slumber
Softlightes- Untitled Duet #3
Minmae- Your band controls the weather
Marnie Stern- Vibrational Match
---end new music----
Montag- Grand Luxe
Ivy- Edge of the Ocean
Vashti Bunyan- Here Before
Luc- Do it Just
Paww- Into the Valley
Never- On a mountain

Jock the Sock 2/27

Jock the Sock
Tuesdays 2-4PM

Lots of awesome new music this week! Highlighted in green!







lcd soundsystem- north american sum
apples in stereo- stream running over
apples in stereo- energy
bloc party- staying fat
bloc party- the prayer
beck- girl
!!!- me and guiliani down by the school yard - new cd was missing, but I found it right after my show ended. GRRR. Next week, I promise!
daft punk- harder, better, faster, stronger
scissor sisters- lights
rhymefest- devil's pie
built to spill- center of the universe
mew- the zookeeper's boy
the comas- moonrainbow
neutral milk hotel- avery island-april 1st
neutral milk hotel- gardenhead-leave me alone
the arcade fire- neighborhood #3 (power out)
the arcade fire- keep the car running
mission to burma- 2wice
the hippos- lost it
of montreal- voltaic crusher/undrum to muted da
the pipettes- pull shapes
let's go sailing- icicles
origami ghosts- using words to describe the ocean
electric six- radio ga ga
the whitest boy alive- golden cage
the pixies- debaser
beulah- gene autry
goldfrapp- boys will be boys
cursive- fairytales tell tales
pheonix- long distance call
blind melon- no rain
beirut- postcards from italy

pinkie swear.

artist - song title
hot chip - just like we breakdown (remix)
daft punk - all around the world
walter meego - romantic (flosstradamus remix)
fatboy slim - slash dot dash
kid beyond - mothership
teddy bears - different sound
cornership - brimful of asha - norman cook remix
shiny toy guns - le disko
junior senior - shake your coconuts
dismemberment plan - you are invited
minus the bear - drilling (p.o.s. redo)
the knife - kino
cloud cult - transitor radio
goldfrapp - ooh la la - radio edit
death cab for cutie - summer skin
interpol - evil
hot chip - over and over remix
portishead - strangers
modest mouse - dashboard
65daysofstatic - welcome to the times
air - universal traveller
deadelus - lights out
talking heads - psycho killer

monsters get slain feb 22 2007

hey! i'm 21!

1. basement- just caught a face
2. need new body- ufo
3. lullatone- bedroom bossa band
4. thom yorke- black swan
5. say hi to your mom- i think i'll be a good ghost
6. the appleseed cast- mountain halo
7. xiu xiu- i love the valley OH
8. best friends forever- i want to plug you in
9. the blow- true affection
10. michael jordan touchdown pass- march of insubordination
11. tender forever- happy birthday
12. this bike is a pipe bomb- johnny
13. defiance ohio- this time, this year
14. herman dune- 1 2 3 apple tree
15. im from barcelona- treehouse
16. captain chaos- hey hey hey
17. paul baribeau- strawberry
19. rymodee- marry me
20. rosa- greg allen

Hot Zig 2.22.06 OLDIES

01. Mountain Goats - See America Right
02. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
03. Swan Lake - The Freedom *NEW
04. The Zombies - Care of Cell 44
05. Beirut - Scenic World *NEW
06. Harry Belafonte - Turn the World Around
07. Bob Parins and True Love Always - Mr.Face *NEW
08. The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower - Her Health Violation
09. Softlightes - A Town Named Blue *NEW
^ Nice follow up to Heart Made of Sound EP released in November
10. Half Handed Cloud - Disaster Will Come Upon You + You Will Not Know How to Conjue It Away
11. Wiretree - Don't Need It *NEW
12. Talking Heads - Pulled Up
13. My Teenage Stride - Actor's Colony *NEW
14. Barr - The Song is the Single *NEW
15. Radiohead - Electioneering

The Blender, Thursday Feb 22 @ 2-4p

Mmmm (almost) nothing but new music this week... well, new to me at least. Apparently I missed some stuff back in January. I recccommmend everything! But special attention goes to The Soul of John Black and David Vandervelde, both which are SO AWESOME :D

Loney, dear - Sinister in a State of Hope
Green Patch - Reverse
Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
The Basement - Just Caught a Face
2:15
The Frames - Falling Slowly
Bob Parins and True Love Always - This Might Be the Coffee Talking
Karrie Hopper - An Unusual Move
Karrie Hopper - The Night Game
Essie Jain - Sailor
The Besnard Lakes - For Agent 13
2:40
Andrew Eckel and Zane Van Dusen - Button
Barr - Half of Two Times Two (Newer Version)
Birds and Batteries - Smoking the Filter
Fennesz - Before I Leave
Minus the Bear - The Fix (Plan B remix)
3:00, "What's Going On Here"
Kiyo - Read Me
3:10
C-Mon & Kypski feat. Sadat X - Where the Wild Things Are
4Hero - Why Don't You Talk
Mother Mother - Angry Sea
Jill Cuniff - Warm Sound
The Soul of John Black - Slipin' and Slidin'
3:30
The Television Personalities - All The Young Children (Rainbows in Tunnels Mix by Lingling)
The Softlightes - The Robots in My Bedroom Were Playing Arena Rock
David Vandervelde - Nothin No
Kristin Hersh - In Shock
3:45
Bikeride - Your Lips and You
The Doom Loop - Prehistoric Visions (of Flying Cars)
Central Services - 4 Letter Word
The Soul of John Black - The Hole
the end

Addicted to Baked Goods 2/21

Back from my hiatus, here is my playlist from today! New music in blue.

song - artist

never ending math equation - modest mouse
when i get to eleven - terrible twos
turn out the light - new amsterdams
state inspector - state radio
learn how to dissapear - casper and the cookies
energy - apples in stereo
life - jeffery lewis
tearing up the oxygen - maritime
parklife - blur
the first big weekend - arab strap
one horse town - the thrills
hands up baby - camera obscura
company calls epilogue (alternate version) - death cab for cutie
i like birds - the eels
black mirror - arcade fire
do you remember - jack johnson
sly - the cat empire
cast off crown - deerhoof
great day - morning star
the nocturnal house - pretty girls make graves
turn smile shift repeat - phantom planet
valentine - get up kids
turn on me - the shins
take a gamble - hot chip
empty shell - cat power
panama hat - mofungo
jackie, dressed in cobras - the new pornographers
heindalsgate like a promethean curse - of montreal
"my sword hand's anger" - apostle of hustle
dance music - the mountain goats
ice of boston - dismemberment plan
what is your secret? - nada surf

-Tracy

RADIO #1 : Red Edition

1. Kode 9 & The Space Ape - Backward (London)
2. Air - Radio #1 (France)
3. skeletons - this is my dream come true (Canada)
4. Crystal Castles - love and caring (Ontario, Canada)
5. Lali Puna - Toca-Discos (Berlin)
6. Yo La Tengo - Saturday (New Jersey)
7. Bibio - Puffer (England)
8. The Dead Science - Girl With the Unseen Hand (Seattle)
9. Populous - Dance-Hall Nostalgia (Italy)
10. The Go Find - Everything is Low (Berlin)
11. Kim Hiorthoy - Forskjellige Gode Ting (Norway)
12. The Microphones - Karl Blau (Washington [the state])
13. Bent - Excercise 3 (England)
14. Cornelius - Drop (Japan)
15. Trigun Soundtrack - Gunpowder Tea (Japan)
16. I Am Robot and Proud - Julie's Equation (Toronto, Canada)
17. Juana Molina - Malherido (Argentina/Paris)
18. The Microphones - I Felt Your Size (Washington)
19. Crystal Castles - alice practice (Canada)
20. Wytebred - The Wyseguy (i'm guessing USA)
21. Yppah - The Subtleties That Count (Austin, Texas)
22. Kode9 and the Space Ape - Addiction (London)
23. Daedelus - Name Game (Los Angeles [lame])
24. Bobby Birdman - And Then It Begins (Los Angeles [wtf])
25. The Emergency - We Got The Horror (Australia)
26. Lali Puna - Left-Handed (Berlin)
27. Kruder & Dorfmeister - High Noon (Austria)
28. Cornelius - Tone Twilight Zone (Japan)
29. Yamo - Time Pie [Minute Pie] (Germany)
30. Mates of State - Ha Ha (America)
31. The Notwist - One With the Freaks (Berlin)

Oh no... Do I belong on the international music blog?!

Punk and Indie Gems - 2/21/07

My playlist this week (no surprises here):

1 -- talking heads - heaven
2 -- nic engel - a single breath held -- nic engel is coming to RPI this friday! see gzbasement.net for details
3 - andrew eckel - judy burhans --
4 - david bowie - aladdin sane
5 - madeline - i do what i'm told
6 - x - los angeles
7 - the wipers - doom town
8 - bomb the music industry! -- king of minneapolis parts i and ii
9 -- the medications - pills
10 -- jawbreaker - see thru skin
11 -- sonic youth - torquoise boy
12 -- dag nasty - circles
13 -- faith no more - last cup of sorrow
14 -- q and not u - soft pyramids

Three Short Words -

new music in red.
awkward cd packaging in pink.

The Starlight Mints - Pages
The Flaming Lips - Brainville
Portastatic - Bright Ideas
The Frames - People Get Ready
Fruit Bats - TV Waves
Beulah - Emma Blowgun's Last Stand
Of Montreal - Hiemdalsgate Like a Prometheus Curse
Minus the Bear - Drilling (P.O.S Redo)
Stars - Death to Death
Apostle of Hustle - "My Sword Hand's Anger"
Get Him Eat Him - Not Not Nervous
Animal Collective - Did You See the Words
Cloud Cult - That Man Jumped Out the Window
Apples In Stereo - 7 Stars

Jock the Sock 2/20

JOCK THE SOCK

Tuesdays 2-4PM

No particular theme today... just good music. And some loyal listeners :)

dandy warhols- all the money or the simple life honey

gogol bordello- oh no

mirah- apples in the trees (You don't have to rave mix) remixed by Pash

Stephen Malkmus- It kills

Neutral milk hotel- two headed boy

of montreal- gronlandic edit

bloc party- hunting for witches

bigwig- still

the flaming lips- the yeah yeah yeah song

the arcade fire- crown of love

the animaniacs- yakko's universe

apples in stereo- same old drag

franz ferdinand- darts of pleasure

arab strap- the first big weekend

andrew eckel- judy burhans

david bowie- sufragette city

green day- redundant

the decembrists- the chimbley sweep

the clash- lost in the supermarket

the white stripes- hotel yorba

bright eyes- hit the switch

the shins- turn on me

the magnetic fields- i thought you were my boyfriend

matt pond pa- close map

the flaming lips- she don't use jelly

mates of state- sound it off

grandaddy- now it's on

casper and the cookies- krotenwanderung

minus the bear- fulfill the dream

the unicorns- i was born (a unicorn)

the mathematicians- input/output

Ambient Signal playlist 2/20/07 (Girls!Girls!Girls!)

WRPI 91.5fm!
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Todays show theme is female singers..just some of my favorite tracks from my favorite gals..enjoy!

Ambulette- If you go away
Forget Cassettes- Ms. Rhythm and Blues
Portishead- Sour Times (live)
Smoosh- Find a way
Stars- Ageless Beauty
The Cardigans- Erase-Rewind
Mirah- La Familia!
Feist- Lonely Lonely( Frisbee'd remix)
Daylights for the birds- Worlds away
Orenda Fink-Leave it all
Emily Haines and the soft skeleton- Doctor Blind
Husky Rescue- Sweet Little Kitten
----Break for new music----
Postmarks- weather the weather
Eleni Mandell- My Twin
Cortney Tidwell- Our time
Apostle of hustle- My sword hand's anger
Winterpills- Lay your heartbeat
Bear Colony- Hymnal (a declaration of loss)
Menomena- The Pelican
Dolorean- You can't win
Aereogramme- Conscious life for coma boy
---------------end new music----------------
Bjork- It's not up to you
Camera Obscura- Let's get out of this country
Denali- Normal days
Azure Ray-4th of July
Liz Isenburg- People who die in the desert
Rachel's - Last things last
Cat Power- Maybe Not

Hot Zig 2.15.07 LONG SHOW

Covering for Monsters Get Slain today, so I do a two hour show. How novel! Let's get it started

01. Toots and the Maytals - Pomp and Pride
02. Beat Happening - Not a Care in the World
03. Les Savy Fav - Reprobate's Resume
04.The Faintest Ideas - Dear Leibniz *NEW
^ Pretty neat, will listen again
05. Stars - On Peak Hill
06. Bear Colony - I'm Not Brave *NEW
07. Ice Cube - Bop Gun
08. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - I'm a Ghost
09. Beirut - Elephant Gun *NEW
^ Reminds me of Magnetic Fields in some ways. Nice.
10. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Murder Bike
11. The Postmarks - Weather the Weather *NEW
^SNOW LOLOL
12. Interpol - Slow Hands
13. Lovers - From a Highway *NEW
14. Bishop Allen - Queen of the Rummage Sale
15. The Magnetic Fields - Queen of the Savages
16. The Melvins - Dr.Geek
17. Japanther - Critical
18. Aqueduct - Living a Lie *NEW
19.Modest Mouse - Wild Packs of Family Dogs
20. Sick Bees - Tool Room
21. Husky Rescue - Rainbow Flows
22. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Would You Still Love Me if I Was In a Knife Fight?
^Very cute. I totally missed this when it came out, maybe because I didn't have a show....
23. The Long Winters - Cinnamon
24. Radioinactive - Personality Theft
25. Talking Heads - I Zimbra
26. Ok Go - No Sign of Life
27. Khonnor - An Ape is Loose
28. Android Lust - Wicked Days
29. The Apples In Stereo - Show the World
30. The Dandy Warhols - I am Over It
31. The Mountain Goats - Cubs in Five
32. Ghost Mice - D&D

Three Short Words - Half Show Edition - 2/14/07

New music in blue.

Mates of State - Middle is Gold
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Believe in the Sun
The Flaming Lips - The Gash
Apples in Stereo - Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2
Apples in Stereo - Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4
Looper - Burning Flies
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Pinback - Penelope
Of Montreal - She's a Rejecter
Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation
Modest Mouse - You're the Good Things

Punk and Indie Gems -- Valentine's Day playlist

This playlist is a tentative list of songs I'm playing later today (1pm). I'm playing a few songs from the new bins also, and I'll probably update this list to include those later.

For valentine's day, I made up a playlist of songs about love (pro or con):
1 -- fugazi - do you like me -- song by fugazi about unrequited love. maybe the only song fugazi ever wrote about love
2 -- ryan michael kiley - hallelujah -- a cover of a song written by leonard cohen and played by a friend of mine at an open mic. i don't know if it's technically about love, but the tone fits the list
3 -- paul baribeau - strawberry -- a plain folk love song referencing strawberries
4 -- pearl jam - elderly woman behind the counter at a small town -- person leaves town, returns many years later
5 -- the evens - if it's water -- "I'm alive your alive we make warmth when we desire. if its water and it's not wet it could be ice so heat it and you can soak me again"
6 -- rem - you're in the air -- about a relationship, not really ideal but they fall in love anyway. at least that's what i got from it
7 -- the pixies - la la love you -- straightforward love song
8 -- nofx - monosyllabic girl -- straightforward love song
9 -- jawbreaker - chemistry -- about wanting someone who's dating someone else
10 -- husker du - i'll never forget you -- a bad breakup
11 -- smiths - i want the one i can't have -- see title
12 -- gang of four - anthrax -- gang of four wrote this as an anti-love song (which is why it's full of feedback). the narration is about groups that write love songs and why.
13 -- morphine - i know you (part 2) -- straightforward love song
14 -- mood of defiance - girl in a painting part 2 -- i don't know if this is actually a love song or not, but i found it in a compilation album called "life is beautiful so why not eat health foods" so it seemed to fit the mood
15 -- replacements - i will dare -- about meeting people

Ambient Signal playlist 2/13/07 (Non 4/4)

WRPI 91.5fm!
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Today's show theme is songs not in 4/4 time. I'd say about 90% of what you hear on regular radio is in 4/4 time and the other 8% or so is in 3/4 and the other 2% is just weirdo time signatures. If you would like to know more about time signatures..visit the wikipedia article . I hope i counted the signatures on these songs correctly..I know some are a little off..and yes a majority are in 3/4

Battles- Tras 2 (5/4)
Forget Cassettes- Quiero Quieres (3/4)
Annuals- Sway (3/4 or maybe 12..i cant tell)
Stars- What the snowman learned from love (3/4)
Amy Millan- Skinny Boy (Mostly in 4/4 then 3/4 for the ending)
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's- A light on the hill (3/4)
Neva Dinova- Spring Cleaning (3/4)
Broken Social Scene- 7/4 (Shoreline) (7/4..surprise surprise)
Sunset Rubdown- Stadiums and Shrines II (3/4)
The Velvet Teen- Spin The Wink (Little Cat Remix) (3/4)
-----New music! (all in 4/4 as far as I could tell..when i paid attention)----
Andrew Eckel- Button
The Frames-People get ready
Menomena- Rotten Hell
Minus the bear- Fulfill the dream
Bear colony- Sharks
Fulton Lights-Thank god for the evening news
Youth group- Forever young
Six parts seven- Everything wrong is right again
----End new music------
The Album Leaf- Belladonna (5/4)
Sigur Ros- Olsen Olsen (3/4)
Hammock- Losing You to you (3/4)
Sufjan Stevens- Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois (65/16..i can't count it but there are several articles from people saying thats what they count)
Doves- Caught by the river (3/4)
The Inner Banks- Acoustic (7/4)

Jock the Sock- Valentine's Day Edition 2/13

Jock the Sock
Tuesdays 2-4PM

Love and laryngitis are the themes of this show. Love in that all songs aired contained the word love, heart, lips, touch, etc. Laryngitis in that I was struggling with it the whole show, but I think it made me sound dead sexy! And I also like saying laryngitis. Try it! You'll like it!




Beulah- Popular Mechanics for Lovers
The Magnetic Fields- I Think I Need a New Heart
Bloc Party- This Modern Love
Camera Obscura- Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
Belle and Sebastian- If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
Death Cab for Cutie- Your Heart is an Empty Room
Cake- Love You Madly
Go! Motion- Kill the Love
Frou Frou- The Dumbing Down of Love
OK Go- C-C-C-Cinammon Lips
The Beatles- All You Need is Love
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- Hearts of Oak
The Futureheads- Hounds of Love
Andrew Eckel- Hands Over Hers
Hot Hot Heat- Touch You Touch You
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.- My Love
The Shins- Kissing the Lipless
Eric Clapton- You Look Wonderful Tonight (request)
Wilco- I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live at the Vic Theatre)
New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
The Get Up Kids- Valentine
The Doors- Love Her Madly
Beck- Think I'm in Love
Elvis Costello- (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding?
Say Anything- Alive With the Glory of Love
Head Automatica- Beating Hearts Baby
Blood Brothers- Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck
Daft Punk- Digital Love
The Mountain Goats- Love Love Love

OMG VALENTINE'S DAY

In honor of Valentine's Day being this Wednesday, I will be playing all music with the words love, heart, valentine, etc. in it. So tune into Jock the Sock TUESDAY 2-4PM and get your Valentine's Day fix. If you can think of any songs you'd like to hear that fit into this theme, totally call/im in with your requests!!