pinkie swear. = emelie

Hot chip - just like we breakdown
2 bit pie - here i come
uffie - pop the glock
the prodigy - smack my bitch up
daft punk - robot rock
cornershop - brimful of asha (norman cook remix) greatist hits:fatboy slim
plus device - body heat
daedulus - sundown
the blow - true affection
portishead (by request) - only you
gaiser - offprint 1.2 - m_nus Marco Corola - Fabric 31
royksopp (by request) - only this moment - radio mix
mates of state (playing FRIDAY at valentines! valentinesalbany.com - haha
blotnik brothers - in technology we trust
tahito 80 - changes
css - patins
emile simon - dame de lotus
bloc party - banquet
apple jackzzzzz - stay up
softlighted - girlkillsbear
brazilian girls - lazy lover
compilation - 8-bit operators - pocket calculator
hot chip - colors
fennesz - before I leave
xela - a floating procession
mates of state - everyone needs an editor

OMG VALENTINES! MATES OF STATE! Don't miss it! valentinesalbany.com
AND RUSTED ROOT MONDAY AT NORTHERN LIGHTS!!! OMG OMG OMG!

monsters get slain february 8, 2006

here's another beautiful set of songs for all the good people in the world and even the bad people too because they're really not that bad.
(my comments in parentheses)

the rosebuds- makeout song
blanketarms- i love your guts
jeffrey lewis- life (i know i played this last week but i love this song sooooo much i just want to share it all the time)
the weakerthans- my favorite chords
defiance ohio, petty problems
i'm from barcelona- treehouse
cloud cult- happy hippo
the blow- pardon me
tender forever- the magic of crashing stars
mates of state- ride again (playing in albany at valentines next friday!)
say hi to your mom- recurring motifs in historical flirtings
adam green- i wanna die (i don't really want to die!)
elekibass- almanack
ryan jenkins- folk song (from a live set: www.rpi.edu/~mcdonk/gz)
rosa- bike rides and high fives
paul baribeau- dead flowers and dirt
nice and friendly- how to make cake (this song makes me so happy)
xiu xiu- hello from eau claire (beautiful song from their new cd, the air force)
casiotone for the painfully alone- tonight was a disaster (tonight was a success, actually!)

Hot Zig 2.8.06 MISH MASH

I feel like I'm all over the board with tonight's playlist. Let's see how it goes.

01. Toots and the Maytals - Pomp and Pride
02. Beat Happening - Not a Care in the World
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Objects of my Affection *NEW
04. Q and Not U - Wet Work
05. Eddie the Rat - Dim *NEW
06. Kelpie - Ah Don-Task
07. Ill Ease - New York No Wave *NEW
08. The Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower - Circuit
09. The Cat Empire - The Chariot *NEW
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - The Fool
11. The Vinyl Skyway - Bye Bye Badman *NEW
12. Harry Belafonte - Angelina
13. The Splendors - City of the Rats *NEW
14. of Montreal - Pancakes for One
15. Sleeping in the Aviary - Lanugo *NEW
16. The Apples in Stereo - Sunndal Song *NEW
17. Ghost Mice - D&D *LIVE
18. Les Savy Fav - Reprobate's Resume

The Blender, Thursday Feb 8 @ 2-4p

I discovered Blair's favorite band before he even realizes it: The Frames!! But Fulton Lights is what really caught my ears. Either way, this program is brought to you by the letter F.

2:00 (Movie Givaway)
Extra Produktionen - Voliere
The Frames - People Get Ready
Genre Peak - Point of No Return
Fujiya & Miyagi - Conductor 71
2:20
Farmacia - Aldo Bonzi
Fennesz - Caecilia
2:30
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)
Adam Balbo - Samba Blues
Fulton Lights - Thank God For the Evening News
Apples in Stereo - Same Old Drag
2:49
Ono with Jason Pierce - Walking On Thin Ice
Sophe Lux - God Doesn't Take American Express
3:00, "What's Going On Here"
Walter Carlos - March from A Clockwork Orange
3:05
Lucinda Williams - Are You Alright?
The Basement - Close the Door
Mr. Blotto - Evangeline
3:20
Ghost Mice - Bloomington, IN
L'Hiver - Les Vrais Guerilleros
3:30
Ghost Mice - Germany
Shirley Bassey - Till Love Touches Your Life
David Bromberg - Try Me One More Time
3:44
Vangelis - Blush Response
Alexander Robotnick - Problemes d'Amour
Princess - Dusty
4:00 aint my show anymore!!!

Addicted to Baked Goods 2/7

Hey, this is a little late. I had a special show featuring some garage rock from the 60's. I wont be on next week (2/14). New stuff in Red.

song - artist

cinderland - grandaddy
get me to the world on time - the electric prunes
soulful shade of blue - neko case
+81 - deerhoof
dirty water - the standells
cats as a jour - of montreal
autralia - shins
talk talk - the music machine
wasted and ready - ben kweller
it's cold outside - choir
when it began - the replacements
alaska - camera obscura
it's you - the specials
papa was a rodeo - the magnetic fields
i still remember - bloc party
mr. pharmacist - the other half
80 windows - nada surf
glowworm - apples in stereo
green machine - apples in stereo
mama - steven malkamus
laugh laughn- the beau brummels
in the aeroplane over the sea - neutral milk hotel
the car song - the cat empire
better than most - a.c. newman
skeleton key - margot and the nuclear so and sos
speak for me - cat power
i need you - the rationals
the vanashing spies - frank black
the night descending - iron and wine
the first big weekend - arab strap
are you gonna be there (at the love in) - the chocolate watchband
piazza the new york catcher - belle and sebastian
dilaudid - the mountain goats
factory direct - ben gibbard
sit down, i think i love you - mojo men
star - cracker
make me a mix tape - the promise ring

-Tracy

pinkie swear fill in

artist - song title
emile simon - flowers
postscripts - evolution maybe
riamiwo - slowgrounded
xela - a floating procession
bracken - safe safe safe
berg sans nipple - non ante-trots
halo fauna - tk 1 (name unknown to me)
youth group - sorry
sophe lux - marie antoinette robot 2073
deerhoof - +81
rusted root - send me on my way playing at northern lights february 12th
hot chip - (just like we) breakdown
silicon scally - thrusters
disasterpiece - neutral town occupation
V/A: 8-bit Operators - pocket calculators
V/A: ED RECS VOL 1 - pop the glock
big sir - blutracrush
cut chemist - whats the altitude
audio bulleys - ego war
the knife - heartbeats
brazilian girls - heartbeats

RADIO #!1 : slightly tardy edition

Today's show was pretty interesting... someplace between waaay distorted blast beats and forgotten 1920s jazz.

1. Shugo Takumaru - Paparazzi
2. Yppah - Longtime
3. Lullatone - Bedroom Bossa Band
4. girlsareshort - earlynorthamerican
5. Roy Johnson - Happy Pal Stomp
6. Skalpel - 1958
7. The Matinee Orchestra - I'll Never be Afraid Again
8. Brazilian Girls - Me Gustas Cuando Callas
9. Esquivel - Yeyo
10. Ben Tobler - Hot and Heavy
11. Space Ghost (coast 2 coast) - Something That Rhymes With Bones
12. Venetian Snares - Bashing His Head
13. Stunt Rock - eff this noise
14. Limp - Silent Running
15. Anja Garbarek - Big Mouth
16. The Cars are the Stars - Hotel Roma
17. Skalpel - Structure
18. Dimlite - Back to the Universe Part 1
19. The Microphones - Monsters
20. Fowler's Favoorites - Percolatin' Blues
21. Dan Deacon - Ohio (www.dandeacon.com)
22. Black Moth Super Rainbow - 1 2 3 of me
23. The Matinee Orchestra - Run For Cover (It's Going to Rain)
24. Mates 0f State - The Experiment
25. The Faint - Violent
26. The Sultans - Shut Up and Sit Down
27. The Cars are the Stars - Silent

I really thought this show kicked ass. Sucks for you if you missed it, jerk.

Punk and Indie Gems - 2/7/7

not much to comment about specific songs, but here's the playlist

1 -- ghost mice - boy meets girl -- recording from show at rpi
2 -- wire - stampede -- wire in its later, 80s synth stage
3 -- beirut - carousels -- from the new bins
4 -- wipers - what is
5 -- morphine - radar
6 -- pavement - stop breathin
7 -- rem - daysleeper
8 -- shudder to think - goat
9 -- discharge - the more i see
10 -- shins - austrailia -- off their new album
11 -- kicked in the head - breakdown
12 -- the four eyes -- debate team
13 -- rites of spring - end on end
14 -- bomb the music industry - anywhere i lay my head (tom waits cover) -- see this link to download the entire album
15 -- sufjan stevens - that was the worst christmas ever!

Three Short Words - OMG Colors - 2/07/07

New music in brown.

Mates of State - Middle is Gold
Sloan - Who Taught You To Live Like That?
The Shins - Split Needles
Apples in Stereo - Radiation
Enon - Sold!
Of Montreal - A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
Architechture in Helsinki - Vanishing
The Blow - True Affection
Bloc Party - The Prayer
Q And Not U - Snow Patterns
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Under the Hedge
Ween - I Can't Put My Finger On It
The Flaming Lips - Be My Head
The Wrens - This Boy Is Exhausted
Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
Les Savy Fav - Who Rocks the Party

Blender Fillin: Wednesday Feb 07, 2007, 8a-9a

WHAT WHY AM I UP THIS EARLY.

A few things I learned: Burdett is busiest at 8 in the morning, and they will not stop for pedestrians; there are AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS adjacent to school at 8 in the morning (this is how you know you're up too early); it's BITTER COLD!!! How can you guys stand it, my nose nearly fell off my face!

Hope you enjoyed my first and perhaps only morning fillin. I sure did :D

8
Kid Koala - Music For Morning People
L'Hiver - Le Petit Pois
Japanther - On The Radio
8:10
Halo Fauna - The Coyote and the Fawn
Ghost Mice - Boy Meets Girl
Capillary Action - Architecture Would Fail
8:26, L'Ensemble giveaway
Xela - Savage Ritual
Xela - A floating Procession
8:35
Defiance, Ohio - To Lanterns, Denver, and One Last Lament
L'Hiver - L'Hiver Pt. Deux
8:45
Yume Bitsu - The Wedding Procession
end at 9, enjoy your Democracy Now!

Jock the Sock 2/6

JOCK THE SOCK
Tuesdays
2-4PM
WRPI Troy 91.5 FM

Amazing show, once again! Thanks for all the requests :)

the futureheads- le garage

the appleseed cast- fight song

of montreal- cato as a joun

the flaming lips- turn it on

the comas- tonight on the wb

stephen malkmus- mama

they might be giants- dr. worm

say hi to your mom-let's talk about spaceships

electric light orchestra- telephone line

electric six- dance epidemic

shout out out out out- dude you feel electrical

Wesley willis- oprah winfrey

death cab for cutie- i will follow you into the dark

wilco- i'm always in love

deerhoof- the galaxist

head automatica- beating hearts baby

the shins- phantom limb

the doors- touch me

menomena- air aid

grandaddy- at my post

david bowie- starman

the mathematicians- whats the difference

cursive- driftwood: a fairy tale

ok go- oh lately it's so quiet

the decembrists- 16 military wives

bloc party- the prayer

beck- new pollution

sufjan stevens- chicago (acoustic version)

irving- white hot

the magnetic fields- i think i need a new heart

Ambient Signal Playlist 2/6/07 Postrock!

WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

Today's show theme is the genre of post-rock..I May not be playing what you necessarily think is post-rock, but I think that's its such a wide reaching genre that pretty much anyone could be right in their description..

Mogwai- Hunted By A Freak
The Mercury Program- The Secret to Quiet
Faunts- Instantly Loved
Godspeed you! Black Emperor- Storm (part 1..i think)
The Album Leaf- Story Board
Hammock- Overcast/Sorrow
Sigur Ros- Svefn g-englar
God is an Astronaut- All is violent, all is bright
Mono- Yearning
Explosions in the Sky- The Birth and Death of the Day
Appleseed Cast- On Reflection
Six parts seven- Confusing Possibilities
*Postrock break*
Menomena- Air Raid
Fulton Lights- 1000 Little Eyes
*End Postrock Break*
A Northern Chorus- Subjects & Matter
Amiina- Hemipode
Rachel's- Water from the Same Source
Efterklang- Bright

Next week's theme should be something like angsty female singers, european bands, or songs not in 4/4..make suggestions for themes! neala@rpi.edu

monsters get slain Feb 1st 2007!!

here are lots of songs i've listened to millions of times over, even if it wasn't yesterday. i like this list because it's very relaxed and unconfrontational. or is it nonconfrontational? either way, you can relate to this music (i know you can)

1. aloha- boys in the bathtub
2. the blow- true affection
3. the appleseed cast- innocent vigilant ordinary
4. capn jazz- planet shhh
5. tim kinsellas- the sinularity song
6. arab strap- the shy retirer
7. michael jordan touchdown pass- ill planned and ill feeling
8. captain chaos- crooked rascal
9. best friends forever- i want to plug you in
10. the blow- hey boy
11. paul baribeau- strawberry
12. craig salt peters- good morning glory
13. jeffrey lewis- life
14. herman dune- 1 2 3 apple tree
15. pretty hot- brotherly blows to the back of the head
16. the go find- everything is low
17. black moth super rainbow- boatfriend
18. math the band- larry is just super
19. islands- if

ps- check out ghost mice with l'hiver, ryan jenkins, kitty little and hello fauna at GroundZero on RPI campus at Nugent hall this MONDAY!!! zomgz im so excited for this show.
http://www.gzbasement.net/events.php

ROCK!
-allisahn

Hot Zig 2.1.06

HEY! I fucked this one up and got started 15 minutes late. Public apologies to "Approximately 4th Street" who was on before me. I lose.

Anyway, got started with the following and also ended with the following because I'm not stoppin' the rock (list):
01. Islands - Jogging Gorgeous Summer
02. The Mathematicians - 4 Eyes
03. Neutral Milk Hotel - Naomi
04. Page France - Elephant
05. The Shins - Red Rabbits *NEW
^ Maybe I just need to get used to it, but not as good as their old stuff? (Such a common theme)
06. Emilie Simon - Le Vieil Amant *NEW
^ a francais [sic]
07. Moresight - Don't Call the Doctor
^ I forgot that I liked these guys. Maybe a little "rocky" but whatever
08. The Monolith - The Sounding *NEWISH
^ Still like it from random radio listenings. Probably played this one before.
09. Pixies - Velouria
10. Go! Motion - Different in Time *NEWISH
11. Sufjan - CHICAGO

Okay bye!

The Blender, Thursday Feb 1 @ 2-4p

Yoko Ono has a new album and I like it. Deal with it bizichez. I'm also a huge fan of Lucina Williams, damn awesome country/folk that doesn't really sound all that much like country/folk... and it has a wicked bite. Other nice albums out this week by Fujiya & Miyagi, Apples in Stereo, and Sophe Lux.

2:00
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
Ono with DJ Spooky - Rising
Big Sir - The Freeways of My Mind
2:17
Skinny Puppy - ugLi
2 Bit Pie - After Hours
Juno Reactor - Conga Fury
2:40
Fennesz - Got To Move On
Farmacia - Que Se Le Va a Hacer
Zs - I Can't Concentrate
3:01, "What's Going On Here"
Six Parts Seven - Confusing Possibilities
3:09
The New Mastersounds - Carrot Juice
Menomena - West
Hotel Alexis - The Silent One
3:23
Gipsy Kings - La Vida de Gipsy
Lucinda Williams - Wrap My Head Around That
3:38
Psychic Ills - 4AM
Sophe Lux - Marie Antoinette Robot 2073 (A Rock Opera)
The Apples In Stereo - Beautiful Machine Parts 1-4
3:58
Receptors - Trans-Europe Express (Kraftwerk cover)
4:00, end of show

Radio Theater Super Incredibly Fantastic Edition!

Radio #1 : January 31, 2007

1. The Blow - True Affection
2. OCTET - 4/4 Waltz
3. The Murphy Group - The Naked and the Bed
4. (i totally forget) - Moonbeams
5. The Murphy Group - The Month of the Living Dead
6. The Murphy Group - The Monkey's Tale
7. Air - Clouds Up
8. The Murphy Group - Foreshadowings and a Funeral
9. Prefuse 73 - Rain Edit Interlude
10. The Murphy Group - Jail, Bail and Happy Trails
11. Y.A.C.H.T. - All It Is All Over Like The Birds (Version)
12. The Murphy Group - Games of Chance
13. The Go Find - Everything is Low
14. The Blow - The Long List of Girls
15. Khoiba - Terribly
16. F.S. Blumm - Langen
17. Cinematic Orchestra - Flite
18. The Blow - Pardon Me
19. Air - Bathroom Girls
20. The Go Find - Dictionary
21. Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake
22. Static - Shift, Smash, Surge, Swell
23. F.S. Blumm - Wass
24. Drums & Tuba - Does it Suck to be You?
25. Stunt Rock - We'll See What's So Fucking Funny When I'm Fucking Dead
26. The Blow - Pile of Gold
27. Peter B. - Moon Camera

Red portions were taken from the Tex Murphy Radio Theater. This is a really cool comedic film noire private investigator story based on a video game series I was addicted to in Middle/High School. Check out their games sometime: Under a Killing Moon, Pandora Directive, Overseer

Punk and Indie Gems -- January 31st playlist

1 -- fugazi - arpeggiator -- instrumental by one of my favorite bands
2 -- jawbox - cruel swing -- jawbox is grunge/punk. modern rock, except good
3 -- arcade fire - neighborhood 2 (laika)
4 -- be your own pet - bicycle bicycle, you are my bicycle -- a really young atlanta-based band does punk. lyrics aren't a strong point but it's a lot of fun to listen to
5 -- Moe. -- blue jeans pizza
6 -- the door-keys - dull day
7 -- dinosaur jr - the lung
8 -- modest mouse - grey ice water -- i could have played their new song but i didn't. nothing against their new song, i just like this better.
9 -- antarcticans - a.d. slaveship cross -- post-rock from the new bins. it sounds good but it's not something i would probably listen to recreationally
10 -- one reason - the song we sing -- screamo-sounding punk band sings about the music industry. the whole album is amazing
11 -- radiohead - polyethylene -- radiohead released a 7 song set on their ep airbag, with this song on it. i swear i've heard this song played on a church organ before but i'm not sure.
12 -- flipper - the way of the world -- old no-wave band from california
13 -- rem - lotus
14 -- blitzkrieg - blitzkrieg -- one of the songs metallica covered on garage inc.
15 -- william shatner (feat joe jackson) - common people -- request

Addicted to Baked Goods 1/31

My show is Wednesdays from 10am-12pm. Lots of new good stuff that has come out recently. New stuff in redish.

song title - artist

title track - death cab for cutie
haiti - the arcade fire
fauxhemians - sonic youth
make war - bright eyes
energy - apples in stereo
kindling - architecture in helsinki
dance - go! motion
sing me spanish techno - the new pornographers
i'm looking through you - the beatles
hands up baby - camera obscura
charlemagne in sweatpants - the hold steady
think i'm in love - beck
not great men - gang of four
nothing at all - the shins
suffragette city - david bowie
james - maritime
dashboard - modest mouse
yellow sarong - the scene is now
all mine - portishead
campfire kansas - get up kids
ghost by your side - lovedrug
last days of disco - yo la tengo
yeah yeah yeah song - the flaming lips
let's get known - the unicorns
middle is gold - mates of state
you are a runner and i am my father's son - wolf parade
choco fight - deerhoof
nightswimming - rem
you're so damn hot - ok go
emma, get me a lemon - the walkmen
i still remember - bloc party
spike the senses - of montreal
cut your hair - pavement

-Tracy

Three Short Words - Impossible Early Edition 1/31/07

The playlist is posted and the show isn't even over yet! I deserve some sort of medal.

Wolf Parade - You Are A Runner and I Am My Father's Son
Why? - Rubber Traits
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
The Mathematicians - LCD
Ozra - In Search of 1988
The Shins - Australia
Matt Pond PA - Summer is Coming
Superchunk - Growing Things
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar
Her Space Holiday - The Past Presents the Future
Apples in Stereo - Same Old Drag
Mirah - Sweepstake Prize
Yo La Tengo - Season of the Shark
Arcade Fire - Black Fire

Jock the Sock 1/30

Good show today... lots of requests. Keep it up guys! And be sure to tune in again next week, same time, same station. ;)

pedro the lion- foregone conclusions

deerhoof- matchbook seeks maniac

V/A 8-bit operators- covox- computer love

death cab for cutie- marching bands of manhattan

frou frou- let go

flaming lips- the w.a.n.d. supernaturalistic (goldfrapp remix)

the hippos- far behind

catch 22- on & on & on

tv on the radio- wolf like me

gnarls barkeley- just a thought

mustard plug- you want it, we got it (request)

bright eyes- i believe in symmetry

of montreal- a sentence of sorts in kongsvinger

the strokes- hard to explain (request)

yo la tengo- upside-down

beck- strange apparition

justin timberlake- my love

clipse-trill

the shins- turn on me

belle and sebastian- sleep the clock around

junior boys- in the morning

elvis costello- pump it up

the hold steady- chips ahoy!

grandaddy-now it's on

the apples in stereo- can you feel it?

elf power- come lie down with me (and sing my song)

ugly cassanova- things i don't remember

dean and britta- singer sing

sublime- freeway time in la county jail (request)

2 bit pie- here i come