Exprssway To Yr Skull! 12.23.09

WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY! Next week, my good buddy Rich Ladew of End of Radio fame will be covering the last hour of my show that isn't preempted by women's basketball. I, on the other hand, will be in Houston "Space City" Texas, buying too many records & eating too much food.

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Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label

20:11:31 - His Name is Alive - Bad Luck Girl - Stars on ESP - 4AD  

20:12:28 - The Sea Lions - Good Feelings - Let's Groove 7" - Yay!  

20:12:58 - Retsin - Your Own Bar - Mailorder Freak 7" - Kill Rock Stars  

20:13:25 - Yume Bitsu - Sharp, Twisted - Auspicious Winds - K  

#20:19:29 - Little Girls - Imaginary Friends - Concepts - Paper Bag  

20:20:40 - The Kinks - Victoria - Arthur (Or The Decline & Fall Of The British Empire) - Reprise

20:25:00 - The Kiss Offs - Mock St. Augustine - Goodbye Private Life - Peek-A-Boo  

20:30:56 - The Microphones - I Felt You - Don't Wake Me Up - K  

20:33:00 - Valerie Lagrange - Ce Que Je Suis - V/A - Pop A Paris: Psyche-Rock et Minijupes - Universal  

20:35:04 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - About You - Darklands - Blanco Y Negro  

#20:37:50 - Christmas Island - I Don't Care - Blackout Summer - In The Red  

#20:41:23 - Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - Ca Va Faire Un Hit - V/A - The BYG Deal - Finders Keepers  

20:47:22 - Old Time Relijun - Indestructible Life! - Catharsis In Crisis - K  

20:50:03 - This Heat - Horizontal Hold - s/t - These Records  

*20:56:07 - The Intelligence - The Beetles - V/A - The World's Lousy With Ideas, Vol. 8 - Almost Ready  

#20:59:18 - The King Khan & BBQ Show - I'll Be Loving You - Invisible Girl - In The Red

21:02:47 - The Ex - 3:45 AM - Turn - Touch & Go  

21:13:00 - Kaia - Stories - V/A - Our Band Could be Your Life: A Tribute to D. Boon & The Minutemen - Little Brother  

21:15:13 - Os Mutantes - Ave, Lucifer - Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado - Omplatten  

#21:20:12 - Beach Fossils - Daydream - s/t - Captured Tracks  

*21:20:43 - Tyvek - Building Burning (Re-Ed) - s/t - Siltbreeze  

21:24:40 - Spiritualized - All Of My Thoughts - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Arista  

21:33:00 - The Spinanes - Kid In Candy - Arches & Aisles - Sub Pop  

#21:36:25 - Jacuzzi Boys - Throwing Stones - No Seasons - Florida's Dying  

21:40:10 - The Nerves - Walking Out On Love - One Way Ticket - Alive  

21:42:28 - The Exploding Hearts - Throwaway Style - Guitar Romantic - Dirtnap 

#21:44:55 - The Mantles - Samantha - s/t - Siltbreeze  

21:50:01 - Jessamine - Corrupted Endeavor - Don't Stay Too Long - Kranky  

21:55:25 - Buck - Sure Gonna Miss Him - V/A - Patty Duke Fanzine #2 - Top Quality Rock & Roll

21:59:35 - The Remains - Once Before - s/t - Epic  

22:03:01 - Baby Eagle - Allergic To Love - V/A - Songs For Eric: A Tribute To Eric's Trip - Gooseberry

Tried To Bury You With Guilt (a non-specific mix)

Another mix for a WMUA donor! Out of the twelve mixes that I was commissioned to make, this was the only one with absolutely no specifications, themes, or suggestions. It's basically just like a capsulized version of the radio show - fuzzy crash-pop, swinging French ye-ye, Nuggets box set-worship, shambling Scottish tweegaze & a Devo cover. If they hate it, it's their own fault. Download link below the tracklisting!

Tried To Bury You With Guilt (apologies to Sebadoh, by way of the Breeders)

1. Kinski - Rhode Island Freakout

2. The Breeders - The Freed Pig

3. No Age - Boy Void

4. The Monorchid - Babies

5. The Petticoats - Allergy

6. Meth Teeth - I Was Wrong

7. Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl

8. Wooden Shjips - For So Long

9. Sisters - Highway Scratch

10. Thee Oh Sees - Ruby Go Home

11. Electricity In Our Homes - Motorbike

12. Marine Girls - Honey

13. Ty Segall - Can't Talk

14. Hex Dispensers - Gates of Steel

15. The Crabapples - London Belongs To Me (Part Two)

16. Caroline - Le Jeu Du Telephone

17. The Pastels - Tea-Time Song

18. The Barbaras - Day At The Shrine

19. The Cave Weddings - Bring Your Love

20. The Manhattan Love Suicides - Clusterfuck

21. France Gall - Laisser Tombe Les Filles

22. caUSE co-MOTION! - You Don't Say

23. Tyvek - Building Burning (Re-Ed)

24. Skull Kontrol - Witch Laughter

25. France Has The Bomb - Invisible Angle

26. Brilliant Colors - Takes So Little

27. Male Bonding - Year's Not Long

28. Oneida - I Will Haunt You

29. The Ex - Nem Ugy Van Most

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Expressway To Yr Skull! 12.17.09

Last Thursday night show - starting next week, it's Wednesdays from 8-10pm. People are always asking me "When are you going to start podcasting your radio shows, jerk?!", so I finally caved. 

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Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label

17:48:14 - The Gifted Children - My Favourite Films - V/A - Whaam! Bam! Thank You Dan! - Whaam!
17:51:49 - Elsa Leroy - Quelle Foule, Quelle Foule - V/A - Swinging Mademoiselle, Vol. 1 - Sasha Monett
#17:52:10 - Brilliant Colors - You Say You Want - Introducing - Slumberland
17:53:42 - Doo Rag - Grease & All - Hussy Bowler 7" - Westworld
#17:54:34 - The Mantles - Disappearing Act - s/t - Siltbreeze
17:58:09 - Sightings - Perforated - Through The Panama - Load
18:02:16 - The Monks - Monk Time - Black Monk Time - Infinite Zero Archive
18:04:40 - Galwad Y Mynydd - Can Cadwaladr - s/t - Finders Keepers
#18:08:41 - Christmas Island - Pre-Apocalyptic - Blackout Summer - In The Red
#18:12:07 - Little Girls - Tambourine - Concepts - Paper Bag
18:14:05 - Orange Cake Mix - Early Morning Mystic - V/A - Sweet Sweet Casio - North of January
18:19:38 - Eric's Trip - Sunlight - Love Tara - Sub Pop
#18:25:00 - Graffiti Island - Secret Cave - Headhunters 7" - House Anxiety
18:26:50 - The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - V/A - Grlz - Crippled Dick Hot Wax
18:31:06 - Dance - Do Dada - V/A - New York Noise: Dance Music From The New York Underground - Soul Jazz
#18:35:32 - Jacuzzi Boys - Blow Out Your Lights - No Seasons - Florida's Dying
#18:37:14 - Moon Duo - Killing Time - Killing Time EP - Sacred Bones
*18:42:38 - Mars - Scorn - 78+ - Atavistic
18:44:16 - The Shaggs - Philosophy Of The World - Philosophy Of The World - Red Rooster
18:47:08 - The Exciters - He's Got The Power- V/A - Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another - Rhino
#18:49:00 - Magik Markers - The Diamond Guitar of Tico Feo - split 12" with Sic Alps - Yik Yak
18:59:02 - Vincent Gallo - Me & Her - Recordings Of Music For Film - Warp
19:03:07 - Uncalled 4 - Come On Home - V/A - Girls In The Garage, Vol. 2 - Romulan
19:06:42 - Sonic Youth - Cotton Crown - Sister - DGC
#19:11:34 - Wounded Lion - Friendly? - Friendly? 7" - In The Red
*#19:13:15 - Om - Cremation Ghat II - God Is Good - Drag City
19:22:08 - Arthur Russell - Close My Eyes - Love Is Overtaking Me - Audika
#19:27:04 - The Scrotum Poles - Roadrunner - Auchmithie Forever - Dulc-i-tone
#19:27:25 - Pants Yell! - Frank & Sandy - Received Pronunciation - Slumberland
*19:30:03 - The Modern Lovers - I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms - s/t - Sanctuary
19:31:36 - Heatmiser - Flame! - Cop & Speeder - Frontier
19:33:39 - Patsy Cline - Strange - Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits - RCA
19:35:59 - This Poison! - Poised Over The Pause Button - Magazine: 1986-88 - Egg
#19:44:16 - Jeffrey Novak - Home Sweet Home - Home Sweet Home 7"- Shattered
*19:44:44 - David Vandervelde - Nothing No - The Moonstation House Band - Secretly Canadian
#19:48:28 - Real Estate - Atlantic City - s/t - Woodsist
19:51:00 - Me & Them Guys - I Loved Her So - V/A - Back From The Grave, Vol. 1 - Crypt
#19:52:27 - Bad Sports - On Video - s/t - Douchemaster
#19:54:01 - The Electric Bunnies - Psychic Lemonade - Through The Magical Door - Florida's Dying
19:58:29 - The Pin Group - Ambivalence - V/A - Flying Nun 25th Anniversary Box Set - Flying Nun

Adieu, Thursdays!

Tonight is my last Thursday night radio show for awhile (or perhaps ever, but that remains to be seen). I'll be moving to Wednesday nights from 8 to 10pm EST starting next week (December 23rd), so do what you need to do in order to commit that to memory. The esteemed Studebaker Hawk of Macho City fame is going to be invading my old time slot & just to show that there's no hard feelings between us, check out this photo of us camped out in the WMUA vinyl dungeon while I lovingly cradle a Half Japanese LP. Jad Fair is my co-pilot.

Cullen & Wheeler (A Houston, Texas mix)

I lived in Houston for the first twenty years of my life... Not long before I moved away, someone put out a compilation of Houston bands called I Hate It Here, I Never Want To Leave, which wasn't exactly how I felt about the place (considering that I did leave, willingly), but part of me related to the sentiment. It's hard for me to totally hate on Houston, because the two biggest factors in my musical education growing up were KTRU (the Rice University radio station) & Sound Exchange (it's the best record store in Texas - fuck you, Austin), so there will always be a certain love in my heart for that sprawling, dirty metropolis. Also, if you ever go to Houston, get the vegetarian spring rolls & lemongrass tofu at Mai's Vietnamese restaurant on Milam, then thank me later. Anyway, fellow WMUA DJ & all-around good dude Bryan G requested a mix of Houston bands from me in exchange for his fund drive pledge. Don't mess with Texas, y'all. Download link below the tracklisting!

Cullen & Wheeler

(apologies to The Judy's, The Ka-Nives, Slight Surface Noise, Cedar of Lebanon, The Mike Gunn, Jessica Six, The Jewws, Sugar Shack, Dry Nod, Josefus & like a million other bands I wanted to put on here.)

1. Junior Varsity - Bam B-B-Bam Bam Bam!

2. Charalambides - Dormant Love

3. The Red Krayola - Born In Flames

4. Jana Hunter - Bird

5. Lemon Fog - Summer

6. Sad Like Crazy - Can't Hardly Wait

7. Bill Hicks - Orange Drink

8. Really Red - Nico

9. The Chancellors, Ltd. - You Be The Judge

10. Schrasj - American Standard

11. Carter Brown - Brass Knuckles

12. The Moving Sidewalks - 99th Floor

13. Teenage Kicks - I Heart Lora Logic

14. Lost & Found - When Will You Come Through

15. Indian Jewelry - Lesser Snake

16. The Day After Yesterday - Manerism

17. The Baroque Brothers - So Glad Was I

18. Matty & Mossy - The Angler

19. The Fatal Flying Guilloteens - Firecracker Suite

20. Bill Hicks - Easter

21. Tambersauro - Flashback To A Mere Point In Time

22. The Actioneers - It's You

23. All Transistor - Bright, Quick Moving

24. Linus Pauling Quartet - Alien Abductions

25. Jandek - They Told Me I Was A Fool

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