10/9/06

Mmk, recap of the second show. In planning, at first I had a really crap playlist. Like just uninspired and meh. But then I got more into it and ended up making a playlist that I was really happy with. It even was pseudo-themed... a lot of songs featuring piano, even a few purely instrumental songs. I liked it a lot. BUT it didn't happen. We couldn't get my laptop to hook up to the board etc, because I think the wire was crap or something. But in any case, we didn't realize that until right before I was supposed to start the show, sooo the people before me just kept playing the CD that was in [I believe Sigur Ros], while I ran around the record stash desperately trying to find CDs that I had actually heard of before.. not always an easy task! It was sad, because they didn't have a lot of things that I had wanted to play.

Sooo I went on about 25 minutes late, and just winged it. I was able to keep a few of the sets that I had planned out, others I just threw together. I think it ended up turning out alright, but it was very stressful and I didn't say much other than the song titles, because I was trying to keep the CD players straight and pick songs to play and yeah. Twas interesting.. Oh yeah, and I also got my first call-in... it was a guy named Paul, at 3:34 am, and I couldn't tell whether he was like a maintenance worker or just a random person. Either way, he was Italian, he liked what I was playing, and on his 3rd call [haha], he said "I'm a little drunk, but this is good mood music." Whatever that means. :)

So here's the thrown-together setlist!!



Camping Next To Water - Badly Drawn Boy
Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliott Smith
Godless - The Dandy Warhols
The Outdoor Type - The Lemonheads
A Simple Plan - Pedro The Lion

Seventeen Years - Ratatat
Korobeiniki (Theme to Tetris) - Ozma
El Pico - Ratatat
Landing of Yuri Gagarin - Ozma
Crips - Ratatat
The Business of Getting Down - Ozma

Eleanor Put Your Boots On - Franz Ferdinand
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer
Aurora - Foo Fighters
Road Trippin' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Parallel Universe - Red Hot Chili Peppers

If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian
Coast to Coast - Elliott Smith
Indian Summer - Pedro The Lion
Losing Your Mind - The Lemonheads
Only In Dreams - Weezer

10/2/06

So I had my very first [official] show last night/this morning. I think it went pretty well, although there's a chance that I swore at one point after I cut a song off a tiny bit and yeah. Meh, it happens. I guess. And unfortunately the WMBR website was down, so the show wasn't streaming live, so misc non-MIT friends couldn't listen. Meh.

Annnyways, here's the playlist from my first show :D


My Name Is Jonas - Weezer [duh.]
For Us - Pete Yorn
Sundress - Ben Kweller
Transcontinental - Pedro The Lion

Me and Mia - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Gotta Have You - The Weepies
Saturday Morning - Eels

The Love I'm Searching For - The Rentals
Waltz # 2 - Elliott Smith
Flavor - Girls in Hawaii
Modern Chemistry - Motion City Soundtrack
Rough Gem - Islands [playing Middle East this weekend, don't think I can go :/]

Fortress - Pinback [Happy Bday Clara!]
Another Round - Foo Fighters
I Was Never Young - Of Montreal

Straight to Hell - Gisli
Commissioning a Symphony in C - Cake
Frank Sinatra - Cake
Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
Zak and Sara - Ben Folds

Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian [GO METS!]
Steadier Footing - Death Cab For Cutie
Break Me - The Lemonheads
King of Carrot Flowers Part I - Neutral Milk Hotel

Not The One - Gonzalo Silva
Give It Up - The Format
Minor Key Symphony - Cauterize
Red Sky - Thrice [I like JS's version :)]

Tired of Sex - Weezer ["the only song i know with my name in it" - roomie]
Eponine - Weezer
Angels - Elliott Smith
Black Star - Radiohead




so yeah, having a radio show is freakin' gnarly. i love it! ..I was super scared walking back at 4 am, but yeah, not much I can do about that :/ except deal! ..and I was totally victorious in not needing to drink my energy drink. woo! and i also missed a 2 am fire alarm in my dorm, so that rocks! good stuff all around :)