visita

diego (above) and the lovely kim "the murr" murrey will join jesse and me this saturday evening 6pm-8pm CST on "these are the breaks" to show nashville what's up. like most of the past 8 weeks, expect lots of break beats and electronica - but this time 2 additional guests will be in the studio to play their part. it won't be anything like my show, but it should be fun. especially if the murr breaks out some chinese food.

some new portishead to assist in your next jamming out session (because we all have jamming out sessions, right?):

mo' better mixtapes

even though my dj training doesn't end for another 2 weeks, i'm already indulging in playlist fantasies. without a doubt, one of my first shows will be all about trains. i recently discovered oliver east - he did all the artwork on the forthcoming elbow album and has a cult following with his trains are...mint book series. here's some of what he's done:

(featured artwork in the new elbow commercial)

(lyric sheet)

(book cover)

(a page from trains are...mint6)

so oliver east basically throws on a backpack every couple months, follows the train tracks out of town, and draws/writes what he sees along the way. i think train-inspired wanderlust and homesick blues are fantastic themes for a book series and one of my first solo radio shows. i've always had a fascination with trains and have rarely lived my life very far from them or the interruptions they bring.

holy saturday!

tonight i'll take over the soundboard for a full 2-hour set instead of the standard 20-30 minutes. it won't be like future shows (if i GET a future show), but it's been fun piecing together the set nevertheless.

unfortunately, if i do get a show in may the first hour will be rotation and the second hour i'll play what i want to play - until i make it up the ladder to "specialty show" in a couple semesters. also, tonight's show won't have a theme. AND it's somewhat limited since i had to rely heavily on tracks already on my computer thanks to my recent move.

but it's a start.

spoiler warning - here comes the planned set list (subject to change at a moment's notice):

song - artist - album - label

1. Doomsday - Joe Beats and June of 44 - Indie Rock Blues - Arbied
2. Road Movie - Badly Drawn Boy - How Did I Get Here? - Generic Import
3. Kids With Guns - Gorillaz - Demon Days - Virgin
4. Nucular - The George W Bush Singers - Songs In The Key of W - Oglio
5. That's Not Really Funny - Eels - Souljacker - Dreamworks
6. Crosshairs - Dangerdoom - The Mouse & The Mask - Epitaph
7. An Audience With The Pope - Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - Fiction
8. Elephant Gun - Beirut - Beirut - Ba Da Bing
9. Whenever You See Fit - 764-Hero/Modest Mouse - Single Release- Suicide Squeeze
10. Hands Away - Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights - Matador
11. Sing - Blur - Trainspotting Sountrack - Capitol
12. Coffee & TV - Blur - 13 - EMI
13. I - Joe Beats and Andrew Bird - Indie Rock Blues - Arbied
14. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - Arcade Fire - Funeral - Rough Trade
15. Poison - The Prodigy - Live on Radio 1 - N/A
16. Positive Contact - Deltron - Deltron 3030 - 75 Ark
17. Duck Down! - The Roots - The Tipping Point - Geffen
18. Funky Boss - The Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - Capitol
19. Old School Rules - Dangerdoom - The Mouse & The Mask - Epitaph
20. Drop - The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia - Delicious Vinyl
21. Technicolour Lover - New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - MCA
22. China Girl - David Bowie - Let's Dance - EMI
23. Pinball Wizard - The Who - Tommy - MCA
24. I Can Only Give You Everything - Them - Them Again - Decca
25. 52 Girls - The B-52's - The B-52's - Warner
26. You'll Never Be Famous - The Clutters - Town and Country - Chicken Ranch
27. Get Tough! - The Woggles - Get Tough! - Telstar
28. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges - The Stooges - Elektra
29. Reason Is Treason - Kasabian - Kasabian - Arista
30. I'm So Free - Lou Reed - Transformer - RCA