December 28, 2007

Make Out Music (12/15/07)

Another long delayed post, my 12/15/07 set from The Velvet of make-out tunes.

1. Mates of State "Like U Crazy"
2. R.E.M. "Crush with Eyeliner"
3. Al Green "Let's Stay Together"
4. Irving "I Want to Love You in My Room"
5. New Order "Thieves Like Us"
6. Stephen Duffy "Kiss Me"
7. Postal Service "Brand New Colony"
8. The Cure "The Love Cats"
9. Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
10. Suede "Animal Nitrate"
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Down Boy"
12. Roxy Music "Love is the Drug"
13. Muse "Starlight"
14. Ash "A Life Less Ordinary"
15. The Raconteurs "Hands"
16. The Beatles "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
17. PJ Harvey "This Is Love"
18. Franz Ferdinand "Darts of Pleasure"
19. The Organ "Love, Love, Love"
20. The Smiths "Ask"
21. Spoon "Paper Tiger"
22. T. Rex "Jeepester"
23. The Replacements "Kiss Me On the Bus"
24. Tripping Daisy "Sonic Bloom"
25. The 6th "You You You You You"
26. Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham "Night Nurse"
27. The Thompson Twins "If You Were Here"

This Shit Is Bananas (from 12/14/07)

This is a long delayed post due to all my holiday goings on, but here's my Winchester set from 12/14.

1. Black Kids "Hit the Heartbreaks"
2. Softlighties "Last Christmas on Earth"
3. M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
4. Justice "DVNO"
5. Spoon "I Turn My Camera On"
6. Sleater-Kinney "All Hands on the Bad One"
7. The Gossip "Standing in the Way of Control"
8. Rivers Cuomo "Blastoff"
9. Of Montreal "Gronlandic Edit"
10. Georgie James "Cake Parade"
11. Morrissey "Glamorous Glue"
12. The Raveonettes "Dead Sound"
13. The Mars Volta "Wax Simulacra"
14. Carbon Silicon "What the Fuck"
15. The Johns "I Want It Bad"
16. The Weirdos "We Got the Neutron Bomb"
17. Joy Division "Shadowplay"
18. The Whitsundays "Sorry James"
19. The Cure "Just Like Heaven"
20. Vandelles "Swell to Heaven"
21. Blur "For Tomorrow"
22. Liars "Houseclouds"
23. Teenage Fanclub "Star Sign"
24. The Fashion "Solo Impala"
25. MGMT "Electric Feet"
26. Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
27. The Cardigans "My Favorite Game"
28. Irving "She's Not Shy"
29. Datarock "Computer Camp Love"
30. Devo "Mongoloid"
31. The Whigs "Like A Vibration"
32. Robbers on High Street "Season's Greetings"

December 14, 2007

Walk Hard. Hard.

Last Monday I jumped on at The Winchester to do songs from "Walk Hard" plus artist who cameoed in the movie or inspired parts of the movie. We learned that the "Walk Hard" soundtrack is just wrong. Hilariously, awesomely wrong.

1. Dewey Cox "(Have You Heard the News) Dewey Cox Died"
2. Dewey Cox "Beautiful Ride"
3.
Dewey Cox "Starman"
4.
Dewey Cox "Black Sheep"
5.
Dewey Cox "Royal Jelly"
6.
Dewey Cox "Let Me Hold You (Little Man)"
7.
Dewey Cox "Dear Mr. President"
8.
Dewey Cox "Guilty As Charged"
9.
Dewey Cox "(I Hate You) Big Daddy"
10.
Dewey Cox "Darling"
11.
Dewey Cox "Let's Duet"
12. Dewey Cox "A Life Without You (Is No Life At All)"
13.
Dewey Cox "(Mama) You Gots To Love Your Negro Man"
14.
Dewey Cox "Take My Hand"
15.
Dewey Cox "Walk Hard"



16. Big Joe Turner "Shake Rattle and Roll"
17. Buddy Holly "Oh Boy!"
18. Elvis Presley "That's All Right"
19. Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue"
20. Buddy Holly "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
21. Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel"
22. Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"
23. Elvis Presley "Good Luck Charm"
24. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash "Jackson"
25. Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant"
26. Bob Dylan "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
27. Donovan "Season of the Witch"
28. The Byrds "Jesus is Just Alright"
29. Bob Dylan "It Ain't Me Babe"
30. The Beatles "I'm Looking Through You"
31. The Beach Boys "Hang On To Your Ego"
32. The Beatles "When I'm Sixty-Four"
33. The Beach Boys "Here Today"
34. The Beatles "Oh! Darling"
35. The Doors "People Are Strange"
36. Jimi Hendrix "Fire"
37. The Doors "The Crystal Ship"
38. Neil Young "Heart of Gold"
39. Grateful Dead "Box of Rain"
40. The Rolling Stones "She's So Cold"

After this I put my iPod on party shuffle and you really just had to be there.

November 28, 2007

The Stylings of Wes Anderson

Last night at the Velvet I DJed my juggled up set of Wes Anderson music. Thanks again to the Velvet for letting me jump on over there! Since my darling Orson kept quoting lines from Rushmore...



1. The Clash "Rock the Casbah"
2. David Bowie "Rebel, Rebel"
3. Devo "Gut Feeling"
4. The Ramones "Judy Is A Punk"
5. Iggy & the Stooges "Search & Destroy"
6. The Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday"
7. Nico "These Days"
8. Chad & Jeremy "A Summer Song (re-recorded version)"
9. Paul Simon "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard"
10. The Tributes "Where Do You Go to My Lovely (in the style of Peter Sarsted)"
11. Seu Jorge "Rock 'N Roll Suicide"
12. David Bowie "Changes"
13. Scott Walker "30 Century Man"
14. The Velvet Underground "Stephanie Says"
15. Cat Stevens "Here Comes My Baby"
16. Vince Guaraldi "Christmas Time Is Here"
17. Faces "Ooh La La"
18. Love "Alone Again Or"
19. The Clash "Police & Thieves"
20. Seu Jorge "Starman"
21. David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust"
22. The Kinks "Nothing in This World"
23. Elliott Smith "Needle in the Hay"
24. Sven Libaek "Destination Omega 3"
25. Donovan "Jersey Thursday"
26. The Rolling Stones "Play With Fire"
27. Nico "Fairest of the Seasons"
28. Emitt Rhodes "Lullabye"
29. Nick Drake "Fly"
30. Bob Dylan "Wigwam"
31. Joan Baez "Here's To You"
32. The Zombies "The Way I Feel Inside"
33. Sigur Ros "Staralfur"
34. The Rolling Stones "I Am Waiting"

November 25, 2007

New Vs. Old

Tonight I did a little new & old(er) that should get some more shine at the Winchester. If you're into it, something new launched this week called RCRD LBL - they're giving away free downloads, including the Justice remix I played.

1. Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks On Me (from Yo! MTV Raps)"
2. The Raveonettes "Aly, Walk With Me"
3. Animal Collective "Peacebone"
4. The Godfathers "Birth, School, Work, Death"
5. Bloc Party "Where Is Home? (Burial remix)"
6. The Feelies "Crazy Rhythms"
7. The Light Footwork "Rebellion Times"
8. Ra Ra Riot "Each Year (Daytrotter session)"
9. Baby Dayliner "The Way You Look Tonight"
10. Oh No! Oh My! "Oh Be One"
11. Deathray Davies "Elephants"
12. Imperial Teen "Shim Sham"
13. Kings of Convenience "Little Kids (Ladytron remix)"
14. Justice f/ Mos Def & Spank Rock "D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco mix)"
15. Wu-Tang Clan "Mystery of Chessboxin' (from Yo! MTV Raps)"
16. Klaxons "Magick (live from Studio B)"
17. Blaqstarr f/ Rye Rye "Shake It to the Ground"
18. Ed Lover & Dr. Dre "Down With MTV"
19. Ambulance Ltd. "Primitive"
20. The Killers "Tranquilize"
21. guruhard "pueriilne"
22. The Anniversary "Crooked Crown"
23. Junip "Chickens"
24. The Bluetones "Bluetonic"
25. Megan Palmer "Deadman"
26. Centro-matic "On the Sagtikos"
27. Bodies of Water "I Guess We'll Forget the Sound, I Guess, I Guess"
28. Josh Rouse "Under Cold Blue Stars"

November 22, 2007

Much Delayed - About A Son/Nirvana Playlist

Please excuse the lateness of this playlist - those darn holidays have kept me busy! This past Tuesday I did a set at the Winchester of songs from the soundtrack to "Kurt Cobain About A Son" plus some Nirvana tracks and additional songs from bands Kurt loved.



1. Half Japanese "Put Some Sugar on It"
2. Nirvana "Been A Son"
3. Nirvana "Something In the Way
(from MTV Unplugged)"
4. Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant"
5. Kurt Cobain "Hardcore Was (interview excerpt)"
6. Scratch Acid "Owner's Lament"
7. Eugenius "I'm In the Sun"
8. Mudhoney "Touch Me I'm Sick"
9. Nirvana "Rape Me"
10. Iggy Pop "The Passenger"
11. Nirvana "Heart-Shaped Box"
12. Hole "Asking For It"
13. Mark Lanegan "Museum"
14. Nirvana "Pennyroyal Tea"
15. Kurt Cobain "Never Intended
(interview excerpt)"
16. Leadbelly "The Bourgeois Blue"
17. Nirvana "Sliver"
19. David Bowie "The Man Who Sold the World"
20. Kurt Cobain "Punk Rock
(interview excerpt)"
21. Nirvana "Come As You Are"
22. The Weirdos "We Got the Neutron Bomb"
23. The Germs "Lexicon Devil"
24. The Raincoats "No One's Little Girl"
25. Nirvana "All Apologies"
26. Melvins "Eye Flys"
27. Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
28. Kurt Cobain "The Limelight
(interview excerpt)"
29. Nirvana "Lithium"
30. Bad Brains "Banned In D.C."
31. Nirvana "In Bloom"
32. Son of Gun "The Vaselines"
33. Nirvana "About A Girl (from MTV Unplugged)"
34. Butthole Surfers "Graveyeard"
35. Nirvana "You Know You're Right"
36. The Beatles "Nowhere Man"
37. Benjamin Gibbard "Indian Summer"
38. Arlo Guthrie "The Motorcycle Song"
39. Kurt Cobain "Car Radio
(interview excerpt)"
40. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

November 17, 2007

New Things to Know

Ok, so I'm really glad you dudes liked my set of new stuff at the Velvet tonight so I spent all week debating about it and finding stuff. Thank you all for coming out!




1. Math and Physics Club "Nothing Really Happened"
2. Rock & Roll "Made It to New York"
3. New Young Pony Club "Get Lucky"
4. Amy Winehouse "Fuck Me Pumps"
5. Project Jenny, Project Jan "320"
6. Fatal Flying Guilloteens "Long Distance Reacharound"
7. Babyshambles "French Dog Blues"
8. Radiohead "Ceremony"
9. Lightspeed Champion "Everyone I Know Is Listening to Crunk"
10. Red Pony Clock "There's Nothing Wrong With Getting High"
11. Santogold "You'll Find a Way (Switch & Sinden remix)"
12. Half Cousin "The Absentee (Fujiya & Miyagi remix)"
13. Band of Horses "No One's Gonna Love You"
14. British Sea Power "No Lucifer"
15. Sea Wolf "Winter Windows"
16. We Are Wolves "Fight & Kiss"
17. Chris Walla "Sing Again"
18. John Vanderslice "White Dove"
19. Vampire Weekend "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
20. Architecture in Helsinki "Heart It Races (Yacht's I Should Coco mix)"
21. Animal Collective "Peacebone"
22. St. Vincent "Jesus Saves, I Spend"
23. Le Loup "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!"
24. Shapes and Sizes "Alone/Alive"
25. Ferraby Lionheart "Vermont Avenue"
26. Yeasayer "Red Cave"
27. Spektrum "Cedar (Yamwho? remix)"
28. CSS "Knife"
29. Holy Ghost! "Hold On"
30. Radiohead "The Headmaster Ritual"
31. Love Like Fire "Unlighted Shadow"
32. White Shoes & The Couples Company "Temtang Cita"
33. Georgie James "Need Your Needs"
34. The Lemonheads "Into Your Arms"
35. The Knife "We Share Our Mother's Health"
36. The Libertines "Up the Bracket"
37. Minus the Bear "The Game Needed Me"
38. Okkervil River "No Key, No Pain"
39. The New Pornographers "Use It"
40. Mates of State "Hoarding It for Home"
41. Pavement "Range Life"
42. The National "Karen"
43. The Thermals "I Might Need for You to Kill"
44. Sleater-Kinney "All Hands on the Bad One"
45. Matt and Kim "Ready? Ok."
46. Yo La Tengo "Tom Courtenay"
47. Tokyo Police Club "Nature of the Experiment"
48. Tapes 'N Tapes "Insistor"
49. Cat Power "Free"
50. Wolf Parade "Modern World"

November 14, 2007

The Clash Front Back & Center

I'm not sure I ever realized how many hits The Clash actually had. Even the normal non-hits are hits. Have you ever tried to pick a favorite Clash song? It's impossible! Thanks to everyone at the Winchester for coming down and Clashing it up.

I did a Clash-a-thon in honor of the U.S. release of Julien Temple's docu-flick "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten" - check out the trailer.



1. "I Fought The Law (live)"
2. "Clash City Rockers"
3. "Tommy Gun"
4. "Groovy Times"
5. "Clampdown"
6. "Somebody Got Murdered"
7. "Janie Jones (demo)"
8. "Police & Thieves"
9. "White Riot"
10. "London Calling"
11. "English Civil War (live)"
12. "Career Opportunities (demo)"
13. "Rudie Can't Fail"
14. "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A."
15. "Safe European Home"
16. "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)"
17. "Ghetto Defendant (edited version)"
18. "Straight to Hell (unedited version)"
19. "Bankrobber"
20. "The Magnificent Seven"
21. "Cool Confusion"
22. "Rock the Casbah"
23. "What's My Name"
24. "Every Little Bit Hurts (rarity)"
25. "Spanish Bombs"
26. "Lightening Strikes (Not Once But Twice) (live)"
27. "This Is Radio Clash"
28. "Know Your Rights"
29. "The Guns of Brixton"
30. "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
31. "Complete Control"

November 12, 2007

Girl Groups Gone Wild

Another lazy Sunday at the Silo. This week I brought you some 60s girl groups tracks. We started out man bashing but then my iTunes burped and I was just glad to be there. Below is my playlist in alphabetical order (possibly minus a few).

1. The Ad Libs "The Boy from New York City"
2. The Blossoms "Good, Good Lovin'"
3. Butterflys "Good Night Baby"
4. Cake "Baby That's Me"
5. The Chiffons "Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (In My Mind But Me)"
6. Cinderella "Baby, Baby (I Still Love You)"
7. The Cookies "I Never Dreamed"
8. The Crystals "Da Do Ron Ron (re-recorded)"
9. Dee Dee Warwick "You're No Good"
10. Donna Lynn "I'd Much Rather Be with the Girls"
11. Earl-Jean "I'm Into Something Good"
12. The Exciters "He's Got the Power"
13. The Fabulettes "Try the Worrin' Way"
14. Goldie and the Gingerbreads "Walking In Different Circles"
15. Hollywood Jills "He Makes Me So Mad"
16. Honey & the Bees "She Don't Deserve You"
17. The Ikettes "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)"
18. Irma Thomas "Break-A-Way"
19. Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye "It Takes Two"
20. Lesley Gore "What Am I Gonna Do With You?"
21. Little Eva "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"
22. The Lovelites "How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad"
23. Martha Reeves & the Vandellas "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave"
24. The Marvelettes "I'll Keep Holding On"
25. Patty and the Emblems "Mixed Up, Shook Up, Girl (live)"
26. The Pinups "Lookin' For Boys"
27. Reparata & the Delrons "Saturday Night Didn't Happen"
28. The Rev-Lons "After Last Night"
29. Ribbons "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya"
30. The Ronettes "He Did It"
31. The Ronettes "Be My Baby (live)"
32. The Shangri-Las "The Train from Kansas City"
33. The Shirelles "Mama Said"
34. The Starlets "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman"
35. The Supremes "Baby Love"
36. The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love"
37. The Tammys "Egyptian Shuma"
38. Twinkle "Terry"
39. The Velvettes "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"
40. The What Four "I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy"
41. The Whyte Boots "Nightmare"
42. The Young Generation "The Hideaway"

November 10, 2007

Staring at the Stars at the Velvet

Tonight at the Velvet all you lovely people came out and I played an assortment of songs about outer space and aliens and stars and planets and Milky Ways and stuff. Jasper put on a space suit and Remi dropped it like it was hot. Orson danced with another girl in front of me to rub it in my face that I can't have him. Some girls were there too.

1. Ash "Jack Names the Planets"
2. The Church "Under the Milky Way"
3. Broken Social Scene "Stars and Sons"
4. Guided by Voices "Jane of the Waking Universe"
5. Au Revoir Simone "Stars"
6. Luscious Jackson "Alien Lover"
7. Sparks "A Fun Bunch of Guys from Outer Space"
8. Janelle Monae "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!"
9. New Pornographers "Star Bodies"
10. Pixies "Planet of Sound (live)"
11. Tahiti 80 "A Love From Outer Space"
12. Saint Etienne "Stars Above Us"
13. The Waterboys "The Whole of the Moon"
14. Luna "Astronaut"
15. Feist "My Moon My Man"
16. Hum "Stars"
17. You Say Party! We Say Die! "Moon"
18. Supergrass "Jesus Came From Outer Space"
19. Captain Audio "Star"
20. Muse "Supermassive Black Hole"
21. Pavement "The Killing Moon"
22. The B-52's "53 Miles West of Venus"
23. Radiohead "Black Star"
24. The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize??"
25. Blur "Star Shaped"
26. The Muffs "Outer Space"
27. matt pond PA "Brooklyn Stars"
28. Kate Bush "The Big Sky"
29. Viva Voce "When Planets Collide"
30. Josh Rouse "Under Cold Blue Stars"
31. The National "Looking for Astronauts"
32. Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space"

November 6, 2007

"I'm Not There"

Today for my set at The Wincheter I chose to play selected tracks from the double disc soundtrack for "I'm Not There". It's chock full of good covers. That picture is of Pingu in his new look. He later molested my R2D2 tip jar.

1. Los Lobos "Billy"
2. Sonic Youth "I'm Not There"
3. Jim James & Calexico "Goin' To Acapulco"
4. Richie Havens "Tombstone Blues"
5. Iron & Wine with Calexico "Dark Eyes"
6. Cat Power "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues"
7. Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers "Highway 61 Revisited"
8. Roger McGuinn & Calexico "One More Cup of Coffee"
9. Jeff Tweedy "Simple Twist of Fate"
10. Mark Lanegan "The Man in the Long Black Coat"
11. Willie Nelson & Calexico "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)"
12. Mira Billotte "As I Went Out One Morning"
13. Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo "Can't Leave Her Behind"
14. Sufjan Stevens "Ring Them Bells"
15. Calexico & Charlotte Gainsbourg "Just Like A Woman"
16. Yo La Tengo "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
17. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
18. The Hold Steady "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window"
19. Ramblin' Jack Elliott "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
20. The Black Keys "Wicked Messenger"
21. Tom Verlaine & the Million Dollar Bashers "Cold Irons Bound"
22. Mason Jennings "The Times The Are A-Changin'"
23. Marcus Carl Franklin "When The Ship Comes In"
24. Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers "Maggie's Farm"
25. John Doe "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"
26. Antony & the Johnsons "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
27. Bob Dylan & the Band "I'm Not There"

November 4, 2007

Kissing Off at the Velvet


In honor of my first night DJing at the Velvet I played a couple of hours of kiss off songs. Who doesn't like a good fuck you, eh? Thanks to all you Velveteens for the great requests and come see me do it again, minus the off and maybe just with kissing, next Saturday night from 8-10SLT.

1. Kings of Convenience "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From"
2. Neko Case "Runnin' Out of Fools"
3. Headphones "I Never Wanted You"
4. Joe Jackson "It's Different for Girls"
5. Elvis Costello "I Hope You're Happy"
6. Liz Phair "Strange Loop?"
7. Irving "Jen Nothing Matters to Me"
8. The Pipettes "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me"
9. Ryan Adams "Burning Photographs"
10. Pinback "Fortress"
11. Bat for Lashes "What's A Girl to Do?"
12. Stars "My Favourite Book" *
13. Lush "Ladykillers"
14. Jamie Lidell "A Little Bit More"
15. Hot Hot Heat "Bandages"
16. Ben Folds Five "Song for the Dumped" *
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Y Control"
18. Nightmare of You "Dear Scene, I Wish I Were Deaf"
19. The 13th Floor Elevators "You're Gonna Miss Me" *
20. Peter Bjorn & John "Let's Call It Off (single mix)"
21. Juliana Hatfield "The Easy Way Out"
22. Death From Above 1979 "Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT edition)" *
23. Fear "I Don't Care About You" *
24. Hole "Violet"
25. Radiohead "Just"
26. Trembling Blue Stars "Under Lock and Key"
27. White Town "Your Woman" *
28. Lily Allen "Shame for You"
29. En Vogue "My Lovin (You're Never Gonna Get It)" *
30. The Cardigans "Been It"
31. Santogold "LES Artistes"
32. that dog "Ms. Wrong"
33. Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

* by request

November 2, 2007

There Are A Few of My Favorite Things


You know what's fun? Playing all the songs you like best in a DJ set. What you missed at The Winchester in Astrud's set this week:

1. Arctic Monkeys "Dancing Shoes"
2. David Bowie "Suffragette City"
3. Editors "Bullets"
4. Glass Candy "Digital Versicolor"
5. The Killers "Shadowplay"
6. New Order "The Perfect Kiss"
7. Silversun Pickups "Little Lovers"
8. The Cars "Shake It Up"
9. Stranglers "All Roads Lead to Rome"
10. The Libertines "Horrorshow"
11. Mission of Burma "Dirt"
12. French Kicks "One More Time"
13. Elastica "Stutter"
14. Flesh for Lulu "I Go Crazy"
15. Black Kids "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"
16. The Dandy Warhols "Bohemian Like You"
17. The Jesus & Mary Chain "I Hate Rock 'N Roll"
18. TV on the Radio "Wolf Like Me"
19. Pulp "Razzmatazz"
20. Ol' Dirty Bastard "Got Your Money"
21. Cyndi Lauper "She Bop"
22. The Flirts "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"
23. The Cure "Let's Go To Bed"
24. The Killers "Somebody Told Me"
25. Hot Chip "Over and Over"
26. Superchunk "Slack Motherfucker"
27. The Go! Team "Doing It Right"
28. Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To"
30. Madness "One Step Beyond"
31. The Charlatans "The Only One I Know"
32. Menswe@r "Daydreamer"
33. Blur "Charmless Man"
34. Idlewild "No Emotion"
35. Interpol "No I In Threesome"
36. Siouxsie & the Banshees "Peek-A-Boo"

October 31, 2007

Let's Dance to Joy Division

The highlight of last night's Joy Division-a-thon at the Winchester? Kas the paralized Pararooper.

5-6SLT: Joy Division
1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart (8/2/80 University of London Union)"
2. "Heart and Soul"
3. "Shadowplay (The Factory, Manchester 1979)"
4. "Means to an End"
5. "Isolation (soundcheck - 1980 High Wycombe Town Hall)"
6. "New Dawn Fades"
7. "Twenty Four Hours"
8. "Glass (
8/2/80 University of London Union)"
9. "Interzone"
10. "The Only Mistake"
11. "Wilderness
(The Factory, Manchester 1979)"
12. "Passover"
13. "Transmission
(The Factory, Manchester 1979)"
14. "The Kill"
15. "Sound of Music
(soundcheck - 1980 High Wycombe Town Hall)"
16. "Candidate"
17. "She's Lost Control"

6-7SLT: Selections from the Control Soundtrack
1. The Velvet Underground "What Goes On"
2. The Killers "Shadowplay"
3. The Buzzcocks "Boredome (live at the Roxy)"
4. Joy Division "Dead Souls"
5. Supersisters "She Was Naked"
6. Iggy Pop "Sister Midnight"
7. David Bowie "Drive In Saturday"
8. Roxy Music "2HB"
9. Control Cast "Transmission"
10. Kraftwerk "Autobahn" - faded due to being over 11 mins long
11. David Bowie "Warszawa" - faded due to being kind of dull
12. Joy Division "Disorder"
13. Joy Division "Ice Age"

9-10SLT: More Joy Division
1. "These Days
(8/2/80 University of London Union)"
2. "Atrocity Exhibition"
3. "Ceremony"
4. "Exercise One"
5. "Eternal"
6. "She's Lost Control
(The Factory, Manchester 1979)"
7. "Digital
(8/2/80 University of London Union)"
8. "I Remember Nothing"
9. "Insight
(The Factory, Manchester 1979)"
10. "Walked In Line"
11. "Something Must Break"
12. "Love Will Tear Us Apart (
1980 High Wycombe Town Hall)"

October 29, 2007

Joy Division

Pitchfork gave the Rhino Records Joy Division re-issues a 10.0, 10.0 and 8.4 today (for Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Still respectively).

Want to hear with all the fuss is about?

I'll be playing tracks from these albums as well as their companion live discs at The Winchester on Tuesday night.

5-6SLT - Joy Division

6-7SLT - Cuts from the Control soundtrack.

9-10SLT - Joy Division, entirely different songs from the 5-6 set

Seriously, I put the songs in my iTunes and I've got 5 hours of Joy Division from those three CDs alone. It's worth your ears.

October 28, 2007

My First Sunday at the Silo

We worked it like magic last Sunday and this Sunday was my first in my new timeslot at the Silo. It was one of those gray, cold, rainy Sundays so I tossed on a turtleneck and played some lazy Sunday songs - one part apathy, one part depression, mix in some keyboards and stir well. Come see me next Sunday from 4-6 - I'm trying to pull together a girl groups playlist that will blow your doors off. Yes, girl groups. As in the 60s.


1. Ryan Adams "Wonderwall"
2. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins "Melt Your Heart"
3. Cat Power "I Don't Blame You"
4. Elvis Costello & the Attractions "New Amsterdam"
5. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan "Ballad of the Broken Seas"
6. Beck "Nobody's Fault But My Own"
7. The New Pornographers "Challengers"
8. Blur "The Universal"
9. Autumn Defense "The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way)"
10. The Perishers "Trouble Sleeping"
11. Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham "Night Nurse"
12. Kings of Convenience "The Weight of My Words (Four Tet remix)"
13. Menomena "Muscle 'n Flo"
14. Spoon "I Summon You"
15. Zero 7 "Futures"
16. Lush "500 (Shake Baby Shake)"
17. The Shins "A Comet Appears"
18. A Girl Called Eddy "Tears All Over Town"
19. Belle & Sebastian "The Boy With the Arab Strap"
20. Jamie Lidell "Game For Fools"
21. Josh Rouse "A Woman Lost In Serious Problems"
22. St. Vincent "These Days"
23. Peter Bjorn & John "Amsterdam"
24. Benjamin Gibbard "You Remind Me of Home"
25. Crowded House "Fall At Your Feet"
26. Edith Frost "Cars and Parties"
27. Jens Lekman "I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration"
28. Mazzy Star "Fade Into You"
29. Grizzly Bear "Central and Remote"
30. The Jesus & Mary Chain "Just Like Honey"
31. The 6ths "Give Me Back My Dreams"
32. Ride "Vapour Trail"
33. Morrissey "Everyday Is Like Sunday"

October 27, 2007

Halloween Pre-Party at Indie Apparel

That little charmer Nica Oh asked me to come DJ a party on Saturday afternoon at her awesome Indie Apparel store in the True Mall. You have go to go check it out! Nica's got a ton of adorable clothes and a landing mat that poops bats when you TP in.

Nica's demand for SUPERCHUNK! prompted me to make this a full on indie-riffic set with lots of 90s, 00s and a few right now indie-tastic songs.

1. Captain Audio "Star"
2. Imperial Teen "Shim Sham"
3. The Lemonheads "Into Your Arms"
4. The Long Winters "Blue Diamonds"
5. Malajube "Montreal -40C"
6. The La's "There She Goes"
7. Modest Mouse "Dashboard"
8. Band of Horses "Ode to LRC"
9. Superchunk "Slack Motherfucker"
10. Liz Phair "Never Said"
11. Galaxie 500 "Strange"
12. Jamie T "If You Got The Money"
13. Flake Music "The Shins"
14. Cat Power "He War"
15. Pinback "Good To Sea"
16. Sugarcubes "Motor Crash"
17. Pavement "Gold Soundz"
18. Tapes 'N Tapes "Cowbell"
19. Pretty Girls Make Graves "This Is Our Emergency"
20. The White Stripes "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)"
21. PJ Harvey "C'mon Billy"
22. The National "Mistaken for Strangers"
23. The Replacements "Bastards of the Young
24. The Dismemberment Plan "It's So You"
25. Justice "D.A.N.C.E."
26. Violent Femmes "Blister In the Sun"
27. Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
28. Rainer Maria "Thought I Was"
29. Of Montreal "Requiem For O.M.M.2"
30. Sissy Wish "Beauties Never Die"
31. Material Issue "Goin' Through Your Purse"
32. Gonzalez f/ Feist "Lovertits"
33. Mark Ronson "LSF"
34. Cold War Kids "Hospital Beds"
35. Spoon "Me And the Bean"
36. R.E.M. "Pretty Persuasion"
37. Death Cab for Cutie "Title and Registration"
38. I'm From Barcelona "We're From Barcelona"
39. The Wonder Stuff "Golden Green"
40. Mates of State "Hoarding It for Home"
41. Liam Finn "this place is killing me"
42. R.E.M. "Sweetness Follows"
43. The Flaming Lips "Fight Test"
44. Kirsty MacColl "A New England"
45. The Hidden Cameras "Ban Marriage"
46. Echobelly "Great Things"
47. Bloc Party "The Prayer"
48. Walkmen "We've Been Had"
49. Tegan & Sara "Back In Your Head"
50. Superchunk "For Tension"
51. Juliana Hatfield "Everybody Loves Me But You"
52. Guided By Voices "Motor Away"

Ghey Dance Nite @ the Win

Things went totally awry at the Winchester last night. I threw a ghey for dance party and somehow the guys all ended up dancing around with their tops off. Eventually there were manties. People danced, I realized not having Goldfrapp on hand was a huge mistake.

1. Junior Senior "Can I Get Get Get"
2. Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive (Teddybears remix)"
3. M.I.A. "Pull Up the People"
4. The Faint "Call Call"
5. Frost "Trainstop"
6. David Bowie "Let's Dance"

7. Handsome Furs "Dead + Rural"
8. Plastic Bertrand "Ca Plane Pour Moi"
9. The Go! Team "Titanic Vandalism"
10. LCD Soundsystem "Time To Get Away"
11. Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait"
12. Tears for Fears "Mad World"
13. Justice "DVNO"
14. Simian Mobile Disco "Hustler"
15. New Order "World"

16. Cansei De Ser Sexy "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"
17. Chromeo "Tenderoni"
18. Jamiroquai "Canned Heat"
19. Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love"
20. New Young Pony Club "Ice Cream (DJ Medhi remix)"
21. Franz Ferdinand "The Dark of the Matinee"
22. Junior Boys "In the Morning"
23. Erasure "Victim of Love"
24. The Rapture "Pieces of the People We Love"
25. Talk Talk "It's My Life"
26. Hot Hot Heat "Naked In the City Again"
27. Richard Hell & the Voidoids "Love Comes In Spurts"

28. Animotion "Obsession"
29. Soft Cell "Tainted Love"
30. Annie "Helpless Fool for Love"
31. The Cure "Six Different Ways"
32. Calvin Harris "Merry Making At My Place"
33. Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough"


And then when OMGWTFBBQ was done someone broke out a mud wrestling pit and I DJed another set! You hardcore kids stayed around for the fun.

1. The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
2. Adam Ant "Desperate But Not Serious"
3. The Undertones "Teenage Kicks"
4. Gang of Four "Natural's Not In It"
5. The English Beat "Mirror In the Bathroom"
6. Human League "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
7. Luscious Jackson "Under Your Skin"
8. Devo "Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth"
9. Bow Wow Wow "Aphrodisiac"
10. Sparks "Angst In My Pants"
11. Romeo Void "Never Say Never"
12. New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle"
13. Madness "One Step Beyond"
14. Berlin "No More Words"
15. Wang Chung "To Live & Die In L.A."
16. The Cure "In Between Days"
17. Interpol "Obstacle 2"
18. Chameleons "Don't Fall"
19. Gnarls Barkley "Who Cares?"
20. Split Enz "I Got You"
21. Suede "Animal Nitrate"
22. The Cars "Dangerous Type"
23. Jesus & Mary Chain "Far Gone and Out"
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Date With the Night"
25. Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
26. The Rolling Stones "She's So Cold"
27. The Replacements "Kiss Me On the Bus"
28. X "Los Angeles"
29. Girl Talk "Too Deep"
30. The Police "Can't Stand Losing You"
31. The Bolshoi "Away"
32. Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away"
33. The Church "Reptile"
34. Editors "All Sparks"
25. Bauhaus "She's In Parties"
26. Santogold "Creator"
27. The Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
28. The Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like"
29. Pulp "Razzmatazz"
30. Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark "So In Love"
31. ABC "Poison Arrow"
32. Gene Loves Jezebel "Heartache"
33. Echo & the Bunnymen "Puppet"
34. Nouvelle Vague "Too Drunk to Fuck"

Phew.

October 23, 2007

Visit the French Alps, Red Square and Wired Magazine

There's so much crap you didn't know existed in Second Life that it's almost frightening. Today I bring you a win, a wamp wamp and a why bother?

I like to do things when I go out to do things. It's why I like the Weather Channel's weather island. Along those lines is Winter Sports at the Alps in SL. You can get a free snowboard and boots and race down a hill. It's hardcore though, the race actually disqualified me for cheating at least once. It has a great ski lift teleport so you can race again and again.

The snowman is my new friend.


I also like finding real places in SL for a quick visit. SL's Moscow - Red Square is fun for the photo opp but there's not much to do once you're there. Just like the real Moscow?



Finally, Wired magazine are living large in Second Life. I didn't know working there was all champagne parties and sushi.




October 21, 2007

The Silo Opens, Cosmonauts Rejoice

Big news in SL - on Sunday night Viviabian opened their new club The Silo! Naturally it's in a sim called Bro City and the theme is Russian space expoloration. Seriously, there's a bomb shelter complete with spam. You must go visit.

The place was packed and they were nice enough to ask me to be the first DJ. So, in honor of their new club I played all new stuff from new artists...mostly. I will be their regular Sunday afternoon DJ doing Astral Projection with Astrud (4-6 SLT) so make sure and get your ass there. My beloved OMGWTFBBQ will attempt to follow me. Sucka.

1. Janelle Monae "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!"
2. The Moog "I Like You"
3. Okkervil River "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or..."
4. Chromeo "Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)"
5. Tegan & Sara "The Con"
6. Band of Horses "Is There A Ghost"
7. Elk City "Cherries In The Snow"
8. 1990s "You're Supposed to Be My Friend"
9. Black Kids "I've Underestimated My Charm (Again)"
10. You Say Party! We Say Die! "Monster"
11. Black Moth Super Rainbow "Sun Lips"
12. The Flaming Lips "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
13. Soft "Gone Faded"
14. Santogold "LES Artistes"
15. Black Mountain "Evil Ways"
16. Voxtrot "Stephen"
17. Dappled Cities "Fire Fire Fire"
18. Sissy Wish "Beauties Never Die"
19. Sunset Rubdown "Up on your Leopard, Upon the End of your Feral Days"
20. Shout Out Louds "Impossible"
21. The Cops "Light It Off"
22. Iron & Wine "Innocent Bones"
23. Glass Candy "Life After Sundown"
24. Bloc Party "Hunting for Witches"
25. White Williams "Headlines"
26. M.I.A. "Bird Flu"
27. Handsome Furs "Cannot Get, Started"
28. The Go! Team "Grip Like A Vice"
29. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists "Colleen"
30. Stars "Take Me to the Riot"
31. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals "Follow the Lights"
32. Sea Wolf "Winter Windows"

Also? Kasabian made me an Astrudnaut tag. Rules.

October 20, 2007

DJ obsessions at The Winchester


If you didn't get the memo, I'm the new Friday night DJ at The Winchester. Normally I'll be on from 6-8SLT, but last night I was on from 7-11. Ha! It was really just supposed to be 7-9 but I was having so much fun that I couldn't stop.

Last night's theme was obsessions - I played a ton of songs I am or have been obsessed with at some point in life and I took lots of requests of songs the crowd The Win are obsessed with - and made them share their story. I learned that Nica Oh went to a Pixies show in a U-Mass sweatshirt just for them; that playing both the Damned AND the Jayhawks won't make Lanark go to sleep even if he's bitching about how he needs to go to sleep; that Cate is now hooked on the Velvet Teen cos Jasper plays them so much; that Kasabian wants me to play something I hate every time I don't have one of his requests; Sjo is semi-emo but does not *like* Iron Maiden; and I already knew but heard again how much PitPat is obsessed with Control, the Joy Division movie.

I also learned that my mic wasn't working with Nicecast yet. Oopsie.

1. Baby Dayliner "Silent Places"
2. Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space"
3. The Cars "Since You're Gone"
4. Jamie Lidell "What's the Use"
5. Kate Nash "Dickhead"
6. Mates of State "La'hov"
7. Duran Duran "Save A Prayer" *
8. Klaxons "Gravity's Rainbow" *
9. Echo & the Bunnymen "Seven Seas"
10. Modest Mouse "We've Got Everything"
11. Soft Cell "Sex Dwarf" *
12. Silversun Pickups "Little Lovers"
13. Jose Gonzalez "Teardrop"
14. Cansei De Ser Sexy "Off the Hook"
15. The Velvet Teen "Counting Backwards"
16. The Damned "Neat Neat Neat"
17. Joy Division "Transmission" *
18. Liz Phair "Freak of Nature"
19. The Jayhawks "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
20. Spoon "Don't You Evah"
21. Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma"
22. The English Beat "Best Friend"
23. X "Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not"
24. French Kicks "Close to Modern" *
25. Pixies "Here Comes Your Man"
26. John Vanderslice "Me and My 424"
27. Stranglers "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"
28. Broken Social Scene "Stars and Sons"
29. The Anniversary "Crooked Crown"
30. The Clash "The Guns of Brixton"
31. The Dandy Warhols "The Last High"
32. Bjork "Army of Me" *
33. Radiohead "My Iron Lung"
34. The Strokes "Trying Your Luck"
35. Ryan Adams "Everybody Knows"
36. Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind"
37. Blur "Charmless Man"
38. Editors "An End Has A Start"
39. Talking Heads "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
40. Wolf Parade "I'll Believe In Anything"
41. Death Cab for Cutie "The New Year" *
42. Pixies "U-Mass (live)" *
43. Hot Chip "The Warning"
44. The Replacements "Little Mascara"
45. The Rapture "Whoo! Alright-Yeah...Uh Huh"
46. The Stone Roses "I Wanna Be Adored"
47. My Life Story "If you can't live without me then why aren't you dead yet"
48. We Are Wolves "Fight & Kiss"
49. The Strokes "Last Night" *
50. Interpol "No I in Threesome"
51. Chameleons "Don't Fall"
52. Muse "Supermassive Black Hole"
53. Minus the Bear "The Game Needed Me" *
54. Belle & Sebastian "Is It Wicked Not to Care"
55. Madness "It Must Be Love"
56. The New Pornographers "Challengers"
57. The Waterboys "The Whole of the Moon"
58. The Psychedelic Furs "Heaven"
59. The Cardigans "My Favourite Game"
60. The Cure "Love Song" *
61. Hurricane #1 "Step Into My World"
62. The Buzzcocks "What Do I Get?"
63. Justice "D.A.N.C.E."

* request

And also? What I wore to DJ is so my new fave SL outfit. I'm in love with my furry boots.

October 18, 2007

What Are You Doing for Halloween?

The other day in SL I went searching for Halloween stuff. I stumbled on a haunted cave.


And then the rope bridge fell out from under me and dropped me in...a hell dimension?


After that things got really spooky.

After I saw the ghost I got scared and ran off to this miner's cave that I thought was an escape route.


And if you want to know what happened in there you're going to have to ride the ride yourself.

Creepy!

October 16, 2007

Girls Girls Girls

I was going to blog about the hell dimension I visited in SL today but a few minutes past the last minute the fine (desperate) people at The Winchester asked me to come DJ as a fill-in. Soooooo....

Girls, girls, girls night (or bitches night if your name is Make Raymaker)!

Here's what you missed (or are currently reliving by reading my blog):

1. El Perro Del Mar "Here Comes That Feeling"
2. Psapp "Hi"
3. Luscious Jackson "Daughters of the Kaos"
4. Josie Cotton "Johnny, Are You Queer?"
5. The Knife "We Share Our Mother's Health"
6. Lily Allen "Naive (BBC Live Lounge)"
7. Coralie Clement "Avec Ou Sans Moi"
8. Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka"
9. The Go-Go's "How Much More"
10. that dog "Ms. Wrong"
11. The Gossip "Standing In the Way of Control (Le Tigre remix)"
12. Elastica "Stutter"
13. Magik Markers "Taste"
14. Sleater-Kinney "You're No Rock 'n Roll Fun"
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Bang"

16. Blondie "Rip Her to Shreds"
17. Cat Power "He War"
18. Amy Winehouse "Tears Dry On Their Own"
19. The Cardigans "Been It"
20. Suzanne Vega f/ Joe Jackson "Left of Center"
21. PJ Harvey "This Is Love" *tragically cut short by my ineptitude
22. Stars "Toxic Holiday"
23. Liz Phair "Tell Me You Like Me (demo)"
24. Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"

October 15, 2007

The Land That Art Forgot

I've been working on it forever, but have been constantly delayed. However, this weekend, I finally completed my photography gallery!

It's called The Land That Art Forgot and it's currently featuring (mostly) photos I took of indie bands like Sonic Youth, the White Stripes, Bjork, Klaxons, Ted Leo, Jamie T, Bloc Party, Air and more!

There are also some interesting (I think anyway) shots of the Empire State Building via Little Itlay (so like the trashy view) and a few random snaps.

Everything there is available for you to look at (if you're a looky-loo) and also to buy. If you're looking for that perfect poster for your house in Second Life, I just may have it! Come now while everything's cheap.




October 14, 2007

OMG they hate me!

You know how it goes when you mean to sign on for a minute to do just one little thing and then someone IMs you to say there's a rogue noob doing weird stuff that you should really come see and then you TP only to find someone you haven't talked with in ages is there and the music is really good and then you get another IM and end up going somewhere else and the next thing you know it's late o'clock and you haven't shaved your legs yet?

That was tonight in SL. OMGWTF Barbecue threatened to unBFF me for leaving just when she signed on. Oopsie.


Here's a shot of the crowd at the Rails Club.

Told you I was going to blog it!

How to DJ in Second Life Using Nicecast

Nicecast is really the only software out there if you want to be a Second Life DJ on a Mac. In my searches on the Internets I didn't see any step-by-step guides for how to actually do it though! Hence, I'm publishing one that I hope you'll find helpful.

DOWNLOADING AND USING NICECAST


Head to the Nicecast site and you can get a free trial of the software. The good thing about Nicecast is the provide built in streaming servers that you can practice on so if you decide DJing isn't for you then not only have you got free software but you didn't have to buy a stream to play on!


First of all you're going to need a program that plays music (like iTunes). Once you have that and Nicecast, you'll want to use their manual to set everything up. Like almost all Mac applications, Nicecast has a very easy interface and is quite simple to set up. If you have problems, they have a customer support team who are happy to answer any questions you email in within 24 hours. They have helped me with multiple weird and random questions I've sent in! It's a real all-in-one application - you can stream music with effects that will allow you to do voice overs from your microphone, do professional quality tone tinkering and even put a karaoke effect on songs.

BROADCASTING TO THE INTERNET


This is the tricky part that I got hung up on. The most important thing to accomplishing actual broadcasting is calling your ISP and asking for control of your router, if you have one. You will have to turn off router (and computer) firewalls and allow port connections. That sounds complicated but it really isn't - most ISPs have a web browser interface that they will give you access to in order to do these very things. And what ports are and why you need the will become apparent as you play with and set up Nicecast.


Once you've done this you should have no problem reaching a Nicecast server and broadcasting out to the world. However, Nicecast only supplies you a beginner stream that will accommodate 8 listeners at a time. Each avatar listening to you in Second Life will count as one listener in the stream so using the Nicecast servers is excellent for practice while you're first starting, but eventually you'll want your own stream or you'll DJ in a club who have an external stream they prefer you to use.


The Nicecast manual also covers streaming on external servers but I found that my computer got hung up when I was adding new external servers and adjusting my router information. Strangely enough a simple restart fixed the problem.


MOVING INTO SECOND LIFE

So when you begin to DJ it is generally best to create a playlist in iTunes (or whatever music program you're using) in advance so you don't get any nasty music surprises if you get distracted by the chat or a program error.


If you are playing somewhere with it's own stream then you'll just need to put the server information they give you into Nicecast and go.



If you are using your own stream you'll need to adjust the media stream for the land - the land owner may want to do it themselves or they may want you to do it. If it's left to you, just click on a patch of grass or water on the land they own and pull up the about land tab. They will have had to add you to a group so you can access the media stream info on the land and insert your streaming URL. This is available in your Nicecast app under the "share" button.


You're all ready to broadcast at this point! If you want to talk between songs then go to your "effects" button and for one of the inserts select "4FX Effect" and then "VoiceOver". A little menu will come up that allows you to select your microphone, buffer, etc. Get everything how you like it, close the little menu window and then in the "effect" window make sure you push down the BYPASS button on the VoiceOver effect until you're actually ready to talk - this is basically a mute button. If you need to adjust any settings on it again you can select EDITOR.

Finally, you want to go to the "quality" tab and set your bitrate and sample rate. Bitrate doesn't need to be more than 96Kbps. You can go higher with a higher speed Internet connection, but the quality at 96Kbps is perfectly fine for audio broadcasting. Sample rate is fine at anywhere from 24.00 Khz and up. If you find your stream constantly skipping or buffering then you may need to readjust the bitrate and sample rate you're broadcasting at.

After doing all of that you should be ready to go - all you have to do is make sure your music library is big enough!




Astrud's First Night - thanks to The Winchester!


After months of backseat DJing (so much backseating that PitPat Wildcat made me an official "Backseat DJ" tag), I finally bothered applying some elbow grease to getting Nicecast to work and made my DJ debut.

The nice folks at The Winchester (and Sjofin Oh in particular) were kind enough to break my cherry and several of you came by for my Indie Power Pop night. Thanks for that! By the request of a few, I'm biting Jasper's style and making a set list blog.

This isn't including the pre-set warm-up songs because I've totally forgotten which ones they were. Oopsie.

1. Blondie "Dreaming"
2. Minus the Bear "Throwin' Shapes"
3. True Love Always "The Losing Part"
4. Happy Bullets "If You Were Mine"
5. Voxtrot "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives"
6. Wilco "Nothing'severgonnastandinmywayagain"
7. Rilo Kiley "Breakin' Up"
8. XTC "Earn Enough for Us"
9. David Bowie "Modern Love"
10. The New Pornographers "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism"
11. The National "Apartment Story"
12. Stars "My Favourite Book"
13. Elvis Costello "Living In Paradise"
14. Call and Response "Lightbulb"
15. Of Montreal "Suffer For Fashion"
16. Joe Jackson "Is She Really Going Out With Him"
17. Feist "I Feel It All"
18. The Lemonheads "Mrs. Robinson"
19. Bjork "It's Oh So Quiet"
20. Ben Kweller "Commerce, TX"
21. Todd Rundgren "I Saw The Light"
22. Lily Allen "Not Big"
23. Franz Ferdinand "Walk Away"
24. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists "Colleen"
25. The Sundays "Here's Where The Story Ends"
26. Spoon "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"
27. Prince "Kiss"
28. Islands "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"
29. Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart"
30. Tegan & Sara "Walking With a Ghost"
31. The Hoodoo Gurus "I Want You Back"
32. Ryan Adams "New York, New York"
33. Irving "I want to love you in my room"
34. Nouvelle Vague "(This Is Not A) Love Song"
35. Death Cab for Cutie "Crooked Teeth"
36. Phoenix "Too Young"
37. Ash "A Life Less Ordinary"
38. Badly Drawn Boy "Once Around the Block"
39. R.E.M. "Can't Get There From Here"
40. Luna "Lovedust"
41. Modest Mouse "Float On"
42. Pinback "From Nothing to Nowhere"
43. The Pretenders "Message of Love"