<3 Hearts! <3

Yes, I did a set of songs all about hearts. Yes, there were easily more than two hours worth of songs available. <3 Yes, this is a close up of some guy's face who happened to stand right in front of my cam near the end of the night.

1. Ryan Adams "Two Hearts"
2. Paul Westerberg "Dyslexic Heart"
3. The Whigs "Right Hand On My Heart"
4. Sleater-Kinney "Heart Attack"
5. Idlewild "You Don't Have the Heart"
6. Joy Division "Heart and Soul"
7. The Bird & the Bee "I'm A Broken Heart"
8. Hey Willpower! "Heart It Races"
9. Stevie Nicks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
10. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Heart Problems"
11. Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Possess Your Heart"
12. The Organ "Sinking Hearts"
13. Tegan & Sara "Don't Confess (This Thing That Breaks My Heart)"
14. Wolf Parade "This Heart's On Fire"
15. Siouxsie & The Banshees "The Last Beat of My Heart (live)"
16. The Knife "Heartbeats"
17. Ghostland Observatory "Heavy Heart"
18. Kylie Minogue "2 Hearts"
19. Stacey Q "Two of Hearts"
20. Cut Copy "Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix)"
21. The Avalanches "Two Hearts In 3/4 Time"
22. The Postal Service "Be Still My Heart"
23. Blondie "Heart of Glass"
24. The Strokes "Heart In A Cage"
25. U2 "Two Hearts Beat As One"
26. The Psychedelic Furs "Heartbreak Beat"
27. Jose Gonzalez "Hand on Your Heart"
28. She & Him "Sentimental Heart"

California

California, here I come. Eventually. Until I get California out of my system, here's a list of California tracks from last Sunday at The Winchester.

1. Death Cab for Cutie "Grapevine Fires"
2. Elliott Smith "L.A."
3. R.E.M. "Electrolite"
4. Hole "Malibu"
5. Luna "California (All the Way)"
6. The Autumn Defense "The Sun in California"
7. Beck "Hollywood Freaks"
8. Jonathan RIchman & the Modern Lovers "California Desert Party"
9. The Clientele "From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica"
10. Beulah "Gene Autry"
11. Wang Chung "To Live & Die in L.A."
12. Pavement "Two States"
13. Call and Response "California Floating in Space"
14. Air "Californie"
15. David Bowie "John I'm Only Dancing (live in Santa Monica)"
16. The Teenagers "Sunset Beach"
17. Phantom Planet "California"
18. The Go-Gos "Beatnik Beaches"
19. Rogue Wave "California"
20. Chad & Jeremy "A Summer Song"
21. Hot Chip "The Beach Party"
22. The Mamas & The Papas "California Dreamin'"
23. LL Cool J "Goin' Back to Cali"
24. X "Los Angeles (Dangerhouse Version)"
25. Sleater-Kinney "Hollywood Ending"
26. Wolf Parade "California Dreamer"
27. Ryan Adams "The Drugs Not Working"
28. Old 97s "Just Like California"
29. Liz Phair "Dogs of L.A."
30. Death Cab for Cutie "405"
31. R.E.M. "I Remember California"

Six Degrees of Blur

I filled in for PitPat Wildcat at the Velvet last night and played a little set of Blur and related bands in honor of all those reunion rumors. There was a whole lecture portion that some of the hardcore Blur fans came out for - if you missed it then you'll never know...

1. Blur "She's So High"
2. XTC "Senses Working Overtime"
3. Suede "Trash"
4. Blur "For Tomorrow"
5. The Smiths "Shakespeare's Sister"
6. The Kinks "Set Me Free"
7. Blur "End of a Century"
8. Nirvana "Sliver"
9. Elastica "Connection"
10. Damon Albarn "Closet Romantic"
11. Blur "Parklife (live)"
12. Stephen Duffy "She Loves Me"
13. Marianne Faithful "As Tears Go By"
14. Blur "The Universal"
15. Oasis "She's Electric"
16. Blur "M.O.R. (Alan Moulder Road version)"
17. David Bowie "The Man Who Sold the World"
18. William Orbit "Cavalleria Rusticana"
19. Blur "Tender"
20. The Rentals "Big Daddy C."
21. Blur "Crazy Beat"
22. Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice"
23. The Verve "This Is Music"
24. Graham Coxon "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery"
25. Gorillaz "Dare (DFA remix)"
26. Massive Attack "Special Cases"
27. Gorillaz vs. Spacemonkeyz "Strictly Rubbadub (Slow Country)"
28. Tony Allen/Damon Albarn/Ty "Every Season"
29. The Good, The Bad & the Queen "Nature Springs"

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"

Sad Songs Say EXUP Club

You guys were dolls and came out last Sunday, even though I totally made LF's balls shrivel up and fall off with my song choices.

1. Morrissey "Everyday Is Like Sunday"
2. Cowboy Junkies "Sweet Jane"
3. Trembling Blue Stars "Under Lock and Key"
4. Ned's Atomic Dustbin "Grey Cell Green"
5. Pinback "Non Photo-Blue"
6. The Organ "Memorize the City"
7. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "The Weeping Song"
8. B-Movie "Nowhere Girl"
9. Voxtrot "Sway"
10. Mazzy Star "Fade Into You"
11. Teenage Fanclub "Star Sign"
12. The Velvet Teen "The Prize Fighter"
13. Nightmare of You "I Want to Be Buried in Your Backyard"
14. The Psychedelic Furs "Heartbreak Beat"
15. Catherine Wheel "Black Metallic"
16. New Buffalo "I'm Drunk and You're the Star"
17. U2 "The Unforgettable Fire"
18. Sneaker Pimps "Velvet Divorce"
19. Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up"
20. Ben Lee "Tornados"
21. Brad Mehldau "Someone To Watch Over Me"
22. Kyle Fischer "Just One More Day"
23. Wilco "We're Just Friends"
24. Josh Rouse "Dressed Up Like Nebraska"
25. Crowded House "Not the Girl You Think You Are"
26. Nico "All Tomorrow's Parties"
27. Jump Little Children "Cathedrals"
28. Sia "I Go To Sleep"
29. Elvis Costello "Indoor Fireworks"
30. 10,000 Maniacs "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You"
31. Colin Hay "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You"
32. Matthew Sweet "I Wanted to Tell You"
33. Juliana Hatfield "When You Loved Me"
34. Nick Heyward "Whistle Down the Wind"
35. Elliott Smith "Needle In the Hay"
36. Cat Power "The Moon"
37. Benjamin Gibbard "Carolina"
38. Sundays "Here's Where The Story Ends"
39. Shelby Lynne "Anyone Who Had A Heart"

WTF songs

You guys know this was just an excuse for me to play songs I can never work into my normal sets, right?

1. Carbon Silicon "What the Fuck"
2. The Modern Lovers "Pablo Picasso"
3. Realistic "Post-Corporate Fantasy"
4. X-Ray Spex "Oh Bondange Up Yours!"
5. Fatal Flying Guilloteens "Long Distance Reacharound"
6. Fun Boy Three "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)"
7. John Vanderslice "Bill Gates Must Die"
8. The Awkward Stage "Heaven Is For Easy Girl"
9. Kate Bush "Cloudbusting"
10. Catatonia "Mulder and Scully"
11. They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
12. Creeping Weeds "(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love"
13. XTC "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her"
14. Laid Back "White Horse"
15. Material Issue "Goin' Through Your Purse"
16. Jeffrey Lewis "Banned from the Roxy"
17. The Knife "We Share Our Mother's Health"
18. Air "How Does It Make You Feel (Adrian Sherwood remix)"
19. The Normal "Warm Leatherette"
20. MGMT "Time To Pretend"
21. Alphaville "Big In Japan"
22. Lightspeed Champion "Thriller"
23. Datarock "Computer Camp Love"
24. The Replacements "Waitress In the Sky"
25. My Life Story "If you can't live without me then why aren't you dead yet?"
26. that dog "Gagged and Tied"
27. Les Savy Fav "Patty Lee"
28. X "Sex and Dying In High Society"
29. The (International) Noise Conspiracy "Capitalism Stole My Virginity"
30. Devo "Mongoloid"
31. Adventures of Jet "Lords of Dungeons in the Air"
32. secret surprise track by request
33. The Adverts "Gary Gilmore's Eyes"
34. Depeche Mode "Master and Servant"
35. The Auteurs "Unsolved Child Murder"
36. Pulp "This Is Hardcore"
37. Split Enz "Poor Boy"
38. Belle & Sebastian "Seymour Stein"
39. Los Campesinos! "This Is How You Spell 'Haha ha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics"
40. The Cure "Killing An Arab"
41. Super Furry Animals "Golden Retriever"
42. Old 97s "Barrier Reef"
43. Richard Hell & the Voidoids "Love Comes in Spurts"
44. The Clint Boon Experience "Andy Gill: Astronaut"

Sad Bastard Sunday @ EXUP Club

I had my try out DJ session at club EXUP on Sunday and those poor bastards decided to hire me. So you can see all my sad bastard Sunday sets from 1-4PM SLT. You can't woot about sad bastard music thought so mope.

1. Black Lips "Veni Vidi Vici"
2. Clearlake "I'd Like to Hurt You"
3. A Girl Called Eddy "Tears All Over Town"
4. Malajube "Etienne D'aout"
5. The National "City Middle"
6. R.E.M. "Nightswimming"
7. Taken By Trees "Tell Me"
8. Tobias Froberg "Just behind a brickwall"
9. Turin Brakes "Moonlight Mile"
10. Dot Allison "Did I Imagine You?"
11. Bright Eyes "Easy/Lucky/Free"
12. Hot Chip Made In the Dark"
13. Kristin Hersh "Winter"
14. Peter Bjorn & John "Start to Melt"
15. Rilo Kiley "The Absence of God"
16. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals "This Is It"
17. Soulsavers "Revival"
18. Stars "My Favourite Book"
19. Jaymay "You Are the Only One I Love"
20. Jeff Buckley "Lover, You Should Have Come Over"
21. Gonzalez f/ Feist "Lovertits"
22. Okay "Tragedy"
23. XTC "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her"
24. The Raveonettes "Aly, Walk With Me'
25. Echo & the Bunnymen "The Yo-Yo Man"
26. Emily Haines & the Soft Set "Doctor Blind"
27. Kate Bush "This Woman's Work"
28. Neko Case "Runnin' Out of Fools"
29. Nick Cave & the BAd Seeds "The Weeping Song"
30. Spoon "The Ghost of You Longers"
31. The Verve "The Drugs Don't Work:
32. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan "Ramblin' Man"
33. Flake Music "Structo"
34. Death Cab for Cutie "A Lack of Color"
35. Liam Finn "I'll be lightening"
36. Belle & Sebastian "Is It Wicked Not to Care?"
37. Ron Sexsmith "There's A Rhythm"
38. St. Vincent "Marry Me"
39. The 6ths "Kissing Things"
40. Calexico & Charlotte Gainsbourg "Just Like A Woman"
41. Maps "To the Sky"
42. Noah and the Whale "5 Years Time"
43. She & Him "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

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"

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.

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"

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"