Month: November 2009

1. Welcome to the Monkey House by The Dandy Warhols from Welcome to the Monkey House [Capitol]
2. We Used to be Friends by The Dandy Warhols from Welcome to the Monkey House [Capitol]
3. Line Up by Elastica from Radio One Sessions [Strange Fruit/BBC]
4. I Am The Fly by Wire from Chairs Missing [Harvest/EMI]
5. Blackbird by Tortoise from A Lazarus Taxon [Thrill Jockey]
6. White Rhino by Trans Am from Liberation [Thrill Jockey]
7. Black Metal Valentine by Califone from Roots & Crowns [Thrill Jockey]
8. I Can Hear The Grass Grow by The Fall from Fall Heads Roll [Narnack]
9. Maples Leaves by Jens Lekman from Oh, You’re So Silent Jens [Secretly Canadian]
10. All My Friends by Franz Ferdinand from All My Friends Single [DFA]
11. The Cold Swedish Winter by Jens Lekman from When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog [Secretly Canadian]
12. Suburban Beverage by Real Estate from Real Estate [Woodsist]
13. My Girls by Animal Collective from Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino]
14. Young Hearts Spark Fire by Japandroids from Post-Nothing [Polyvinyl]
15. Sick Muse by Metric from Fantasies [Last Gang / Arts & Crafts]
16. Love Is A Deserter by The Kills from No Wow [RCA / Rough Trade]
17. Ashes by The Superjesus from Sumo [EastWest / Warner]
18. Molalatladi by BLK JKS from After Robots [Secretly Canadian]
19. Halfway Home by TV On the Radio from Dear Science [Interscope]
20. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz! [Interscope]
21. I See Lights by King Khan & The Shrines from What Is? [Vice]
22. In Your Heart by A Place To Bury Strangers from Exploding Head [Mute]
23. The Diamond Sea (edit) by Sonic Youth from The Diamond Sea [Geffen]
24. Be Good To Them Always by The Books from Lost & Safe [Tomlab]
25. Cornerstone by Arctic Monkeys from Humbug [Domino]
26. Obstacle 1 by Interpol from Turn on the Bright Lights [Matador]

1. Pattern Recognition by Sonic Youth from Sonic Nurse [Geffen]
2. In Your Heart by A Place To Bury Strangers from Exploding Head [Mute]
3. Over & Over by Skywave from Synthstatic [Alison]
4. Manta Ray by Pixies from Complete B-Sides [4AD]
5. Cannonball by The Breeders from Last Splash [4AD]
6. Hang On To Your Ego by Frank Black from Frank Black [4AD]
7. Buena by Morphine from At Your Service [RYKO]
8. Funeral Singers by Califone from All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]
9. Chain Chain by Red Red Meat from Bunny Gets Paid [Sub Pop]
10. The Calculation by Regina Spektor from Far [Sire/WB]
11. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers from I and Love and You [American]
12. Periodically Triple and Double by Yo La Tengo from Popular Songs [Sub Pop]
13. You Are The Light by Jens Lekman from You Are The Light EP [Secretly Canadian] Request
14. Heartbeat Radio by Sondre Lerche from Heartbeat Radio [Rounder]
15. Perfection As A Hipster by God Help The Girl from God Help The Girl [Matador]
16. Call Call by The Faint from Blank Wave Arcade [Saddle Creek]
17. Zero by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz [Geffen]
18. I’m Not Done by Fever Ray from Fever Ray [Mute]

Lloyd Dobler: Hey my brother, can I borrow a copy of your “Hey Soul Classics”?
Jason Dobler:  No, my brother, you have to go buy your own.

I had a lot of fun doing a guest DJ set at WSUM, filling in for DJ Dave’s all-vinyl show. I had Say Anything on the mind, so I made a trip to the record store to make sure I had enough Motown.

1. Kosmos by Thomas Luck from Kosmos: Soundtracks of Eastern Germany’s Adventures in Space [All Score Media]
2. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations from Greatest Hits [Motown]
3. Baby, I Need Your Loving by The Four Tops from Greatest Hits – Motown
4. Brick House by The Commodores from Greatest Hits [Motown]
5. Shining Star by Earth, Wind, and Fire from Best Of Earth Wind and Fire 1 [Columbia]
6. P.Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) by Parliament from Mothership Connection [Casablanca]
7. Let’s Dance by David Bowie from Let’s Dance [EMI]
8. America by Neil Diamond from 12 Greatest Hits, Vol II [Columbia]
9. Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond from Gold [Universal]
10. Soul Man by Sam & Dave from Best of Sam & Dave [Atlantic]
11. You Send Me by Sam Cooke from Best of Sam Cooke [RCA/Victor]
12. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross from Greatest Hits [Motown]
13. All Night Long by Lionel Richie from Can’t Slow Down [RCA]

Notes:

• Kosmos: Soundtracks of Eastern Germany’s Adventures in Space is one of the freakiest records that I own. Music from East Germany Sci-Fi films. It’s great if you can find a copy.
• A friend recently asked which Parliament album was the best one to start with. Apart from a Greatest Hits collections, I’d say Mothership Connection, hands down.
• Holy Crap, Neil Diamond is on Twitter. Who knew?