fuck indie

Yeah, I'm back at the Winchester doing a Tuesday 6-8SLT DJ gig. Come check it out if you feel like it. For my first Tuesday back I played a fuck indie set...well, you can see below.

1. Supertramp "The Logical Song"
2. Tood Rundgren "I Saw The Light"
3. Donovan "Season of the Witch"
4. Nina Simone "I Put A Spell On You"
5. Jimi Hendrix "Fire"
6. Nazareth "Hair of the Dog"
7. Led Zeppelin "Ramble On"
8. Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way"
9. John Cougar Mellencamp "Pink Houses" *
10. Michael McDonald "What A Fool Believes"
11. Simon & Garfunkel "Cecilia"
12. Otis Redding "Tramp"
13. The Crystals "Da Do Ron Ron"
14. Hall & Oates "You Make My Dream"
15. Tommy James & The Shondells"
16. Foghat "I Just Want To Make Love To You"
17. The Doors "Twentieth Century Fox"
18. Heart "Straight On"
19. Van Halen "Jamie's Crying"
20. Blue Oyster Cult "Burning' For You"
21. The Byrds "Jesus Is Just Alright"
22. Love "Alone Again Or"
23. The Beatles "You Never Give Me Your Money"
24. Linda Ronstadt "You're No Good"
25. Rod Stewart "Maggie May"
26. Carpenters "Superstar" *
27. Carly Simon "You're So Vain" *
28. Al Green "Can't Get Next To You"
29. Stevie Wonder "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
30. Pete Townshend "Let My Love Open the Door"
31. Genesis "Throwing It All Away"
32. Steely Dan "Dirty Work"
33. Eagles "Hotel California" *
34. Curtis Mayfield "(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go" *

* requests

Six Degrees of R.E.M.

It's been awhile since I blogged and I've lost a lot of the playlists I didn't post yet - oopsie! So we'll just pick up now as if my set at the Velvet last night was my first in forevers.

I put together a six degrees of R.E.M. set - they're one of my favorite bands and with the release of Accelerate, I thought perhaps this would be a good time to examine their influence on music in their 25+ year history, as well as the music that influenced them.

1. R.E.M. "It's the End of the World As We Know It" Document 1987
2. R.E.M. "Accelerate" Accelerate 2008
3. The National "Lit Up" - touring with R.E.M. on Accelerate
4. Modest Mouse "Dashboard" - touring with R.E.M. on Accelerate
5. R.E.M. "Driver 8" Fables of the Reconstruction 1985
6. U2 "The Unforgettable Fire" - longtime R.E.M. friends, recommended they work with Jackknife Lee on Accelerate
7. R.E.M. "Can't Get There From Here" Fables of the Reconstruction 1985
8. The B-52's "52 Miles West of Venus" - fellow Athens band, toured with R.E.M., Kate Pierson has appeared on their records
9. The Replacements "Within Your Reach" - toured with R.E.M.
10. R.E.M. "Drive" Automatic for the People 1992
11. Led Zeppelin "Rock and Roll" - John Paul Jones scored the strings for several songs on Automatic
12. R.E.M. "Band and Blame" Monster 1994
13. Radiohead "Black Star" - toured with R.E.M. on Monster
14. 10,000 Maniacs - Natalie Merchant is a long time friend, recorded a song with Michael Stipe, and the bands toured together
15. R.E.M. "Wolves, Lower" Dead Letter Office - however this is the band's first single from 1981
16. The dB's "Amplifier" - fellow jangle pop band
17. David Bowie "Suffragette City" - Bowie is an influence on the band and Stipe produced "Velvet Goldmine" which was based on a fictional take on his life during glam.
18. R.E.M. "E-Bow the Letter" New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1996
19. Patti Smith "Because the Night" - Patti is a longtime hero to Stipe and sings on "E-Bow the Letter"
20. R.E.M. "Exhuming McCarthy" Document 1987
21. Hoodoo Gurus "I Want You Back" - Australian college rock band, often grouped with R.E.M. in the early years
22. Camper Van Beethoven "Pictures of Matchstick Men" - toured with R.E.M. and were on the I.R.S. label together
23. Let's Active "Every Word Means No" - North Carolina jangle pop band, member Mitch Easter produced several early R.E.M. albums.
24. R.E.M. "Turn You Inside-Out" Green 1988
25. Throwing Muses "Counting Backwards" - toured with R.E.M.
26. R.E.M. "Country Feedback" Out of Time 1991
27. Nirvana "Come as You Are" - Stipe and Cobain were close friends and Stipe planned a band for the two of them to get Cobain out of an unhealthy environment in Seattle that never came to fruition
28. Hole "Asking for It" - Stipe and Love are still close friends.
29. R.E.M. "Laughing" Murmur 1983
30. The Feelies "Fa Ci-La" - R.E.M. have sited Crazy Rhythms as a major influence on them
31. R.E.M. "Fretless" Losing My Religion single b-side/"Until The End of the World" soundtrack 1991
32. Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You" - toured with R.E.M.
33. R.E.M. "Lotus" Up 1998
34. Wilco "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)" - toured with R.E.M. on Up
35. R.E.M. "Pretty Persuasion" Reckoning 1984
36. Sonic Youth "100%" - toured together
37. Idlewild "These Wooden Ideas" - toured together, R.E.M. are a huge influence on Idlewild
38. Beck "Think I'm In Love" - Beck's longtime drummer Joey Waronker began touring with R.E.M. when Bill Berry left the group
39. Joseph Arthur "Honey and the Moon" - Stipe is a big fan, has toured with R.E.M.
40. R.E.M. "Nightswimming" Automatic For The People 1992

Playlist for Listen @ Art Center

Wow, am I so glad that the Art Center folks asked me out to DJ their event. We had a great crowd of amazing avatars - a Linden even showed up! It was so great that we're going to try doing it again soon so watch this space.

1. Brendan Benson "Tiny Spark"
2. Thao & the Get Down, Stay Down "Big Kid Table"
3. Jonathan Richman "Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love"
4. Art of Noise "Moments In Love"
5. Laura Cantrell "Love Vigilantes"
6. The Antlers "The Universe Is Going to Catch You"
7. Spain "She Haunts My Dreams"
8. Duffy "Ready For the Floor"
9. Lou Reed "Perfect Day"
10. Holy Fuck "Lovely Allen"
11. The Most Serene Republic "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
12. Bishop Allen "Like Castanets"
13. Pernice Brothers "Blinded By the Stars"
14. The Dodos "Fools"
15. Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange remix)"
16. Chromatics "Running Up That Hill"
17. Letting Up Despite Great Faults "So Fast"
18. Math and Physics Club "Baby I'm Yours"
19. The Boy Least Likely To "A Balloon String"
20. Band of Horses "Ode to LRC:
21. Headlights "Cherry Tulips"
22. Georgie James "Need Your Needs"
23. Spoon "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"
24. Beck "Think I'm In Love"
25. Pixies "Here Comes Your Man"
26. The Cribs "I'm A Realist (Postal Service Remix)"
27. Junior Boys "In the Morning"
28. Walter Meego "More Than I Can Say"
29. Cansei De Ser Sexy "Knife"
30. David Bowie "Life on Mars"
31. M.I.A. "Paper Planes (DFA remix)"
32. Colin Munroe "I Want Those Flashing Lights"
33. New Order "The Perfect Kiss"
34. Los Campesinos! "This Is How You Spell 'Haha ha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics"
35. Tapes 'N Tapes "Hang Them All"
36. Viva Voce "From the Devil Himself"
37. Radiohead "Bodysnatchers"
38. Kills "U.R.A. Fever"
39. PJ Harvey "Down By the Water"
40. Siouxsie & the Banshees "Cities In Dust"
41. The Bolshoi "Away"
42. The Raveonettes "Aly, Walk With Me"
43. Bat For Lashes "Prescilla"
44. Black Kids "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"

Listen @ Art Center

My friends at Art Center in SL have invited me to collaborate with them on an event called listen this Saturday 3/29 from 3-6PM SLT.

You are invited to come, check out the exhibits at Art Center and have a combination aural/visual experience.

Popscene Debut

The Brits at Popscene invited me over to take a turn on their DJ decks. I think mostly I scared them. I put together a list of my favorite British artists and impress them. Jury's still out. ;)

1. PJ Harvey "Good Fortune"
2. The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
3. Adele "Last Night"
4. Oasis "Live Forever"
5. The Primitives "Crash"
6. The Lightening Seeds "Pure"
7. The Cure "Six Different Ways"
8. The Cribs "I'm A Realist (Postal Service remix)"
9. New Order "Let's Go (Nothing for Me)"
10. Lush "Ladykillers"
11. Klaxons "Atlantis (Crystal Castles mix)"
12. Suede "The Drowners"
13. New Young Pony Club "Get Lucky"
14. Pulp "Razzmatazz"
15. Los Campesinos! "My Year In Lists"
16. Saint Etienne "You're In A Bad Way"
17. Blur "Parklife (live)"
18. Noah and the Whale "5 Years Time"
19. The La's "There She Goes"
20. Elastica "Car Song"
21. Hurricane #1 "Step Into My World"
22. The Auteurs "Unsolved Child Murder"
23. Joy Division "She's Lost Control"
24. Charlatans "The Only One I Know"
25. Shed Seven "Bully Boy"
26. Echo & the Bunnymen "The Puppet"
27. The Police "So Lonely"
28. Hot Chip "One Pure Thought (Streetlab mix)"
29. Jesus & Mary Chain "Sidewalking"
30. Cajun Dance Party "The Next Untouchable"
31. Gay Dad "Oh Jim"
32. Happy Monday "Kinky Afro"
33. The Jam "Beat Surrender"

Satellites of Love

For this Sunday set at EXUP I tossed in some love songs. You know, for the lover in you or whatever.

1. Lou Reed "Satellite of Love"
2. The Boy Least Likely To "Be Gentle With Me"
3. bird & the bee "Tonight You Belong to Me"
4. Luna "Lovedust"
5. Feist "Leisure Suit"
6. Dyland Mondegreen "Girl In Grass"
7. New Buffalo "Cheer Me Up Thank You"
8. The Shins "Girl Inform Me"
9. The 6ths "You You You You You"
10. Blur "To the End"
11. St. Vincent "Marry Me"
12. Rogue Wave "Publish My Love"
13. Blind Melon "Three Is a Magic Number"
14. Death Cab for Cutie "Marching Bands of Manhattan"
15. Talking Heads "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town"
16. She & Him "Sweet Darlin'"
17. The Hidden Cameras "The Man That I Am With My Man"
18. John Vanderslice "Trance Manual"
19. Saint Etienne "You're In A Bad Way"
20. The Jayhawks "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
21. Beirut "Elephant Gun"
22. Hot Chip "We're Looking For A Lot of Love"
23. The Cardigans "You're The Storm"
24. Minus the Bear "Pachuca Sunrise"
25. Belle & Sebastian "Chickfactor"
26. Shout Out Louds "Impossible"
27. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins "You Are What You Love"
28. Band of Horses "No One's Gonna Love You"
29. Beth Orton "Sweetest Decline"
30. Noah and the Whale "5 Years Time"
31. Vampire Weekend "M79"
32. The Lemonheads "Into Your Arms"
33. New Pornographers "Sing Me Spanish Techno"
34. Franz Ferdinand "All My Friends"
35. Jesus & Mary Chain "Far Gone and Out"
36. The National "Apartment Story"
37. Georgie James "Comfortable Headphones"
38. James "Say Something"
39. Mates of State "Beautiful Disaster"
40. Pinback "Good to Sea"
41. R.E.M. "Near Wild Heaven"
42. Dappled Cities "Fire Fire Fire"
43. Autumn Defense "The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way)"
44. The Pyschedelic Furs "Love My Way"

All About the Cure

Yes I played a night of all Cure songs, Cure covers and the Cure doing covers of other bands. Yes it was the greatest thing ever. Yes this is what I imagine Robert Smith was doing while I played my set, but with his computer out.

1. The Cure "A Night Like This"
2. Ivy "Let's Go to Bed"
3. The Cure "Plastic Passion"
4. The Cure "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
5. Luke Doucet "The Lovecats"
6. The Cure "The 13th"
7. The Cure "Meat Hook"
8. The Cure "World In My Eyes (Depeche Mode cover)"
9. The Cure "10:15 Saturday Night"
10. Razorlight "Boys Don't Cry"
11. The Cure "Charlotte Sometimes"
12. The Cure "Fascination Street"
13. The Cure "Primary"
14. Seafood "Lovesong"
15. The Cure "Disintegration"
16. The Cure "The Caterpillar"
17. The Cure "Friday I'm In Love"
18. The Cure "Catch"
19. The Cure "Young Americans (David Bowie cover)"
20. Dinosaur Jr. "Just Like Heaven"
21. The Cure "Mint Car"
22. Chisel "Six Different Ways"
23. The Cure "Seventeen Seconds"
24. The Cure "Killing An Arab"
25. Josh Rouse "A Forest"
26. The Cure "Just One Kiss"
27. Ben Folds "In Between Days"
28. The Cure "The Upstairs Room"
29. The Cure "Foxy Lady"
30. The Cure "The Hanging Garden"
31. Editors "Lullaby"
32. The Cure "A Letter to Elise"
33. The Cure "Gone!"
34. The Cure "Pictures of You"

Last Minute Velvet Set

Jasper asked me to fill in at the Velvet this Wednesday night and I was so glad I did. I had this playlist I'd been fooling around with that was inspired by the blog Disco Workout - I'd downloaded several great tracks from there and dropped in a few other things I thought fit the sound.

Tons of people came out - lots of new faces! It was a really great night.

1. The Mae Shi "HLLLYH"
2. Does It Offend You, Yeah? "With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)"
3. Crystal Castles "Alice Practice"
4. Sparks "All You Ever Think About Is Sex"
5. Kylie Minogue "Wow (MSTRKRFT remix)"
6. Walter Meego "Wanna Be A Star"
7. Cut Copy "Lights & Music"
8. Yelle "Je Veux Te Voir (Club-Club version)"
9. Blancmange "Living on the Ceiling"
10. Ting Tings "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
11. The Homosexuals "Let's Celebrate"
12. The Black Ghosts "Anyway You Choose to Give It"
13. Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive (Teddybears remix)"
14. Hot Chip "Sensual Seduction"
15. M83 "Kim & Jessie"
16. Jamie Lidell "What's the Use (Mocky remix)"
17. Xiu Xiu "Under Pressure"
18. Annie "Girlfriend"
19. The Long Blondes "Here Comes the Serious Bit"
20. Justice "DVNO"
21. Ghosthustler "Someone Else's Ride"
22. Monomen "Drum of Glass"
23. Mercy Arms "Kept Low (Cut Copy remix)"
24. Goblin "Tenebre"
25. Robyn "Cobrastyle"
26. Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Love Missle F1-11"
27. Space "Running in the City"
28. The System "You Are In My System"
29. Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
30. The Battle Royale "Oh Martha"
31. New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle (extended dance mix)"

EXUP Slowdown Sunday

I have to admit I'm really growing to like lazy Sunday afternoons here playing slow songs.

1. Tindersticks "Running Wild"
2. Bedouin Soundclash "When the Night Feels My Song"
3. These United States "The Business"
4. Duffy "Ready for the Floor"
5. Okkervil River "Mellow My Mind"
6. Damien Rice "When Doves Cry"
7. Adele "Tired"
8. Chromatics "Running Up that Hill"
9. M. Ward "Let's Dance"
10. Grizzly Bear "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
11. Holy Fuck "Lovely Allen"
12. Cloud Cult "When Water Comes to Life"
13. Letting Up Despite Great Faults "So Fast"
14. The Antlers "When You Sleep"
15. Jim Noir "Don't You Worry (I'll Be Fine)"
16. Thao & the Get Down, Stay Down "Big Kid Table"
17. Fleet Foxes "Drops In the River"
18. The War On Drugs "Pushing Corn"
19. Math & Physics Club "Baby I'm Yours"
20. Joseph Arthur "Ranges of Babylon"
21. Portishead "Nylon Smile"
22. R.E.M. "Supernatural Superserious"
23. Xiu Xiu "Under Pressure"
24. She & Him "I Should Have Known Better"
25. White Hinterland "Dreaming of Plum Trees"
26. Devastations "Sex & Mayhem"
27. Vandelles "Swell to Heaven"
28. Donovan "Season of the Witch"
30. Francois Hardy "Comment Te Dire Adieu?"
31. Yo La Tengo "Don't Have To Be So Sad"
32. Doves "Caught By the River"
33. Feist "Mushaboom (Postal Service remix)"
34. Menomena "Wet and Rusting"
35. The Softies "I Love You More"
36. PJ Harvey "We Float"
37. The Flaming Lips "Fight Test"
38. Astrud Gilberto "Here's That Rainy Day"
39. The Stone Roses "I Wanna Be Adored"

The Search for a Ferris Wheel

This week I took a pause from my totally aimless wondering around indie clubs in SL and went in search of the best ferris wheel. I only found around a dozen and most of them totally blew. The one at SL's Coney Island was no exception (the majority have a poseball positioning problem that keeps your ass from actually being in the seat that I find extremely annoying) but there were so many other fun things to do and grab that I ended up staying for ages.

I would have never imagined riding a damn merry-go-round in SL would be so soothing.

I sometimes get really excited about cotton candy?

And yet I'm indifferent to those spinning rides that fling you about.

Oh and if there's a random giraff running around I will ALWAYS ride it.