WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic Eclectic Playlist 6/25/14

Another show beneath my belt. This week I got the opportunity to play some stuff from the fabulous Paul Shapera, whose show, The Dolls of New Albion, is going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. (There are a handful days left for the kickstarter.)


Also, Foster the People show is happening at the Bryce Jordan Center on 9/5/14 with tickets on sale 6/27. That was fun to announce!


Ooof. I'm tired. Mostly from getting chased around the studio by Sue Henry. But you know, just another day in radio land.


Thanks to everyone who listened and called in!


XOXO


And now...


The Playlist


Hour the First


Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
The Darcys - Itchy Blood
Eleni Mandell - Put My Baby to Bed
Christina Musumeci - I Bit the Apple
G. Love - Cold Beverages
Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
Foster The People - Coming of Age
Murder By Death - Lost River
Tom Waits - Clap Hands
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
Sean Rowe - Madman
T-Rex - New York City
Paul Shapera - The Gambler/Pokerface Piano Mash-up


Hour the Second


Pogues - Streams of Whiskey
Ramones - Spider Man
Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg - Let's Do It
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions
Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
Portishead - Glory Box
Paul Shapera - The Dolls of New Albion: Act 1: Song 2
Jesca Hoop - Pack Animal
Tuneyards - The Real Thing
Jake Bugg - Slumville Sunrise
Jim Jones Revue - Collision Blues
Chuck Ragan - Something May Catch Fire
Meryn Cadell - The Sweater
PJ Harvey - We Float
Luscious Jackson - So Rock On
Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore
Lo-fidelity All Stars - Battle flag
Beta Band - Dry The Rain
Primus Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic-Eclectic Playlist 6-18-14

Well, hey there everybody! I had a lot of fun this week on the show, though I missed having Christina Musumeci play live... (If you missed it, too, there are videos here and here.) I didn't get to play A Tribe Called Red, but Therese on The Hypnotic Electronic did, and I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about these artists because good stuff. But don't take my word for it... they recently got some positive press over at Rolling Stone.


I started roughly a half hour early this week, which was cool because I never actually get through the whole playlist before its time to go. Old habits. In the beforetimes, air shifts lasted 4 - 6 hours and I have a tendency to over-program.


Without further pre-amble, here is ...


The Playlist


Bonus Half Hour


Illinois - Nosebleed
Geoffrey Lloyd - As Much As We Believe
Pulp - Common People (live)
Darcys - The River
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
The Rentals - Friends of P


Hour the First


Eilen Jewel - Queen of the Minor Key
Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time
Ted McCloskey - The Last of the Pin-up Girls
Devo - Girl U Want
The Eels - Novocaine For the Soul
Tuneyards - Water Fountain
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Jesca Hoop - Born To
Eve's Plumb - Blue
Old 97's - Timebomb
The Hold Steady - The Only Thing
Temples - Shelter Song
The Gaslight Anthem - She Loves You
Jill Sobule - Supermodel
Southern Culture on the Skids - Soul City
Chuck Ragan - Something May Catch Fire
Fiona Apple - Hot Knife


Hour the Second


Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - Jebediah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party
Melanie - What Have They Done To My Song, Ma?
Operation Ivy - One of These Days
Portugal the Man - Atomic Man
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
Cold Specks - The Mark
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitter
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardner
Jean Roman - Pleasure All The Time
The The - Dogs of Lust
Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore
Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses
EMA - Satellites
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Madder Rose - Overflow
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Tear Me Down (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Geoffrey Lloyd - Right Now
Marah - Valley Farm Song

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic-Eclectic Playlist 6/11/14

This week was really a special week as a good friend of mine was able to take a break from a recording session in order to perform for us. I will be posting audio on youtube some time later so you get to hear the brilliance of Christina Musumeci's voice and mad songwriting skillz. There's a bit of an interview, and a lot of goofing around. *Note: We may not be the first to have invented percussion via urine, however we might be the first to discuss this over the airwaves.


Due to the zaniness of today's show (including an appearance by Dr. Ham and his dishwashing monkey) the actual passage of time got away from me. (Surely a sign of an excellent time had by all, I hope.)


Playlist


Part the First


A3 - Woke Up This Morning
Chuck Ragan - Vagabond
Marah - Point Breeze
Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore
Temples - Shelter Song
Lida Husik - Fly Stereophonic
Rasputina - Sweethaven
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Heaven In Stereo
T-Rex - Cadillac
Tuneyards - Water Fountain
Goodness - Electricity, Electricity
Tom Waits - Hold On
EMA - Satellites
Pavement - Spit on a Stranger
Eilen Jewel - Warning Signs
Eleni Mandel - Put My Baby To Bed
Cibo Matto - 10th Floor Ghost Girl
Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself


Part the Second


Folk Implosion - Natural One
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - I'll Love You Til The End of the World
Eleanor Friedberger - She's A Mirror
Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
Chuck E. Weiss - Devil With the Blue Suede Shoes
*LIVE PERFORMANCE*
... Christina Musumeci - Remembrance
Christina Musumeci - I Bit The Apple
The Hold Steady - Almost Everything
Geoffrey Lloyd - Right Now
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
*LIVE PERFORMANCE*
...Christina Musumeci - Mountain Song
INXS - Burn For You
Jesca Hoop - Hospital (Win Your Love)
Christina Musumeci - Head vs. Heart
The Horrible Crows - Teenage Dream

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic-Eclectic Playlist 6/4/14

Well, hello there music lovahs. This week was relatively free of technical issues, for which this old-timey, mostly cd-using dj is grateful. It was full of whispering, though. Some of that whispering was requested.


What is not full of whispers, is this week's rad playlist.


(Did I just say rad? Pretend that didn't happen.)


Ahem.


Well, without further ado...


The Playlist


Hour the First


Whale - Kickin'
Vallejo - Just Another Day
Chuck Ragan - Something May Catch Fire
Murder By Death - Lost River
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Elevator Drops - Sentimental Love
Moxy Fruvous - Splatter Splatter
Bif Naked - Daddy's Gettin' Married
The Darcys - Itchy Blood
Pure - Chocolate Bar
Robyn Hitchcock - The Cheese Alarm
Courtney Barnett - Canned Tomatoes (Whole)
Drive-by Truckers - Made Up English Oceans
Air - Kelly Watch the Stars
EMA - So Blonde
Greg Garing - Walk Away From Me
Guided By Voices - Cool Planet
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Wig In A Box


Hour the Second


Tuneyards - The Real Thing
Teenage Fan Club - What You Do to Me
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - Crazy For You
Sunny Day Real Estate - Pillars
Barry Adamson - What It Means
Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - Jebediah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party
Luscious Jackson - Love Is Here
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
The Charlatans UK - One To Another
Built to Spill - Car

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic-Eclectic Playlist 5/28/14

Well, today's show was a win for old-timey technology! CD's worked, the digital delivery system, alas, had issues. BUT it was fun and thanks to everyone who listened and called in for making it great.


The Playlist


Hour the First


Bjork - Joga
Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Suits Are Picking Up the Bill
Chuck Ragan - For All We Care
Dance Hall Crashers - Beverly Kills
Wayne Hancock - Brand New Cadilla
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Straight Up
The Darcys - Horses Fell
Soul Coughing - Soundtrack to Mary
Scott Bradlee and the Postmodern Jukebox Featuring Puddles Pity Party - Royals
Sneaker Pimps - Post-Modern Sleaze
They Might Be Giants - Alienation's For the Rich
Afghan Whigs- Matamoras
Space - Mister Psycho
Cibo Matto - 10th Floor Ghost Girl
Spoon - Waiting for the Kids to Come Out
Marah - Life Is A Problem
Matt Keating - Killjoy


Hour the Second


Self - What A Fool Believes
EMA - Satellites
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Clinton - People Power In the Disco Hour
The Hold Steady - The Only Thing
Elliot Smith - Son of Sam
Portugal the Man - Atomic Man
Violent Femmes - Look Like That
Imperial Teen - You're One
Tuneyards - Water Fountain
Propellerheads - History Repeating
Jesca Hoop - Pack Animal
Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation
Jean Roman - Pleasure All The Time
Cold Specks - Winter Solstice

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic Playlist 5/21/14

Is it that time already? It goes fast when you're having fun.


It also goes fast when Sue Henry is zapping you with old-timey electric do-hickeys.


Ahem.


Another great, fun week on the air. I managed to get the whole day away from the day job so I started the show early this time. An extra 45 minutes in which to blast music loudly. YES!


Without further ado,


The Playlist


"Hour" the first


Chuck Ragan - Something May Catch Fire
Ani DiFranco - Angry Anymore
Hefner - The Hymn For The Cigarettes
Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
Bob Mould - Shoot Out The Lights
The Horrible Crowes - Teenage Dream
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Jake Bugg - Two Fingers
Darcys - The River
Temples - Shelter Song
Apples In Stereo - Bird That You Can't See
The Heads - Damage I've Done




Hour the Second


Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
Vampire Weekend - Step
Jesca Hoop - Hospital (Win Your Love)
Furslide - Over My Head
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
The The - This Is The Night
Tuneyards - Water Fountain
Elastica - Stutter
Reel Big Fish - She Has A Girlfriend Now
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - On the Radio
Propellerheads - Velvet Pants
EMA - Satellites
Bettie Serveert - Rudder
Drive-by Truckers - Made-up English Oceans


Hour the Third


Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - The Real Thing
B-52's -Wig
Matthew Sweet - Millenium Blues
The Hold Steady - I Gotta Get Drunk
Eilen Jewel - Queen of the Minor Key
Dandy Warhols - Not if You Were the Last Junkie On Earth
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Heaven in Stereo
St. Vincent - Rattlesnake
Poe - Hello
Courtney Barnette - Avant Gardner
Old 97's - Most Messed Up
Marah - Point Breeze
Man Man - Loot My Body
Artificial Joy Club - Sick and Beautiful
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Tuneyards - The Real Thing

WRKC: The Not-So-Hectic Eclectic Playlist 5/14/14

For anyone just stumbling onto this blog, The Not-So-Hectic Eclectic is on WRKC ( wrkc.kings.edu ) Wednesdays from 1p-3p over the summer. It's a mix of 90s and current alternative.


This week's show really felt like summer, even though it is still spring, mostly because of the heat in downtown Wilkes-Barre, but also because for me it was once again a lot of fun. Even though I had to try to soothe the ire of Dr. Ham's dishwashing monkey... (don't ask)


Without further pre-amble


The Playlist


Hour The First


Ruby - Tiny Meat
Chuck E. Weiss - Devil With The Blue Suede Shoes
The Gaslight Anthem - She Loves You
Jonathan Fire-Eater - No Love Like That
The Dismemberment Plan - Waiting
The The - Dogs of Lust
The Love Language - Calm Down
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
Cake - Frank Sinatra
The Darcys - The River
Morphine - Honey White
Dawn Kinnard - Father Couldn't Break It To You
Beta Band - Round the Bend
Rogue Wave - College
Portugal the Man - Atomic Man
Eilen Jewel - Bang Bang Bang
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - The Real Thing
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye


Hour the Second


Jesca Hoop - Born To
Marah - Faraway You
Ted McCloskey - Just Wanna Disappear
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Chuck Reagan - Something May Catch Fire
Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
Peggy Sue - The Shape We Made
Primus - Tommy The Cat
Drive-by Truckers - Made Up English Oceans
David Garza - Discoball World
Tom Waits - Big In Japan
Cold Specks - Winter Solstice
Illinois - Nosebleed
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic