Frightened Rabbit- “Head Rolls Off (Live)”
ELO- “Showdown”
The Black Keys- “I’m Not the One”
Foals- “The French Open”
Led Zeppelin- “Out on the Tiles”
Josh Ritter- “Girl in the War (Solo Acoustic)”
Big Star- “Blue Moon”
F#@$ed Up- “Anorak City”
The Jam- “But I’m Different Now”
The Wyrd Sisters (Jarvis Cocker, Phil Selway, Johnny Greenwood)- “This is the Night”
The Beatles- “Sie Liebt Dich”
John Coltrane- “Giant Steps (Take 5, Incomplete)”
LCD Soundsystem- “Time to Get Away”
Liars- “No Barrier Fun”
Harvey Milk- “I Did Not Call Out”
Little Dragon- “Runabout”
The Wyrd Sisters (Jarvis Cocker, Phil Selway, Johnny Greenwood)- “Magic Works”
The Cure- “Cold”
Captain Beefheart- “Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes, I Do”
Yeasayer- “The Children”
Radiohead- “Ripcord (Live)”
New Order- “Elegia”
Morrissey- “Certain People I Know”
Wham!- “A Different Corner”
Iron & Wine- “Naked As We Came (Live)”
LCD Soundsystem- “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”
The Time- “Jungle Love”
Gnarls Barkley- “Crazy”
Foals- “2 Trees”
New Order- “Your Silent Face”
Tyondai Braxton- “Uffe’s Workshop”
Happy Birthday- “I Want to Stay (I Run Away)”
Righteous Brothers- “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”
R.E.M.- “Houston (Live)”
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- “Full Grown”
Foo Fighters- “Everlong (Acoustic Version)”
Tallest Man on Earth- “Pistol Dreams”
The Beatles- “All You Need is Love”
Broken Social Scene- “Sentimental X’s”
The Decemberists- “Sleepless”
Radiohead- “Stop Whispering (US Version)”
The Kinks- “Waterloo Sunset”
Beastie Boys- “59 Chrystie Street”
Pretenders- “Everyday is Like Sunday”
Nas- “The World is Yours”
Prince- “Purple Rain”
Sigur Rós- “Untitled 1 (aka Sigur 1) (aka Vaka)”
Ra Ra Riot- “Suspended in Gaffa”
Converge- “Worms Will Feed / Rats Will Feast”
Leonard Cohen- “Waiting for the Miracle”
LCD Soundsystem- “On Repeat”
The Dismemberment Plan- “Superpowers”
Animals- “She’ll Return It”
Broken Bells- “Citizen”
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists- “Bartolomeo and the Buzzing of Bees”
Ed Harcourt- “Fireflies Take Flight”
Ricky Nelson- “I’m Confessin’”
King Khan & BBQ Show- “I’ll Be Loving You”
The Rapture- “House of Jealous Lovers”
Blur- “Jubilee (Live)”
Bear in Heaven- “Casual Goodbye”
The White Stripes- “300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues (Live)”
Radiohead- “Palo Alto”
Hot Chip- “Transmission”
Gorillaz- “Starshine”
Duran Duran- “Ordinary World”
Paul McCartney- “Pipes of Peace”
Morrissey- “Disappointed”
Skeeter Davis- “The End of the World”
Refused- “Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull”
Pretenders- “2000 Miles”
7 Worlds Collide- “The Cobbler”
Gorillaz- “Monkey Racket”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- “Done All Wrong”
John Coltrane- “Our Delight”
Galaxie 500- “Sorry”
Radiohead- “Idioteque”
Peter Gabriel- “Excuse Me”
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty- “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
Tindersticks- “Piano Music”
My Morning Jacket- “Golden”
Elbow- “The Bones of You”
Mott the Hoople- “Sweet Jane”
Depeche Mode- “Work Hard”
Modest Mouse- “Ocean Breathes Salty”
Nada Surf- “Love Goes On”
Tindersticks- “Another Night In”
The National- “Gospel”
Beanie Sigel- “The Truth”
Sufjan Stevens- “Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)”
Belle & Sebastian- “I’m Waking Up to Us”
RJD2- “2 More Dead”
Duran Duran- “Sound of Thunder”
Depeche Mode- “Two Minute Warning (Live)”
Little Dragon- “Constant Surprises”
The Chemical Brothers- “Saturate”
The Venus in Furs- “Ladytron”
Pixies- “Is She Weird”
Aphex Twin- “Bucephalus Bouncing Ball”
The National- “Slow Show”
Fatboy Slim- “Right Here Right Now”
Wilco- “Radio Cure”
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Tuesday's Playlist (06-01-10)
Modest Mouse- “Black Cadillacs”
Tom Waits- “Singapore”
Flight of the Conchords- “Hurt Feelings”
Foals- “Alabastr”
New Order- “Dream Attack”
U2- “Elvis Presley and America”
Bear in Heaven- “Drug a Wheel”
Elton John- “Your Song”
Baroness- “A Horse Called Golgotha”
Wham!- “Blue (Live)”
Tears for Fears- “Pale Shelter (Extended Version)”
James Murphy- “Dear You”
Iron & Wine- “Waitin’ for a Superman”
Q-Tip- “You”
Harvey Milk- “Roses”
Buffalo Springfield- “Broken Arrow”
David Bowie- “Silly Boy Blue”
Tindersticks- “Sexual Funk”
Arthur Brown- “Fire”
Sigur Rós- “Med Sud I Eryum”
Wilco- “Pieholden Suite”
Nada Surf- “Janine”
Classics IV- “Spooky”
Mew- “Repeaterbeater”
Kermit the Frog- “Rainbow Connection”
Radiohead- “Subterranean Homesick Alien”
Yo La Tengo- “More Stars Than There Are in Heaven”
Elton John- “Sisters of the Cross”
David Bowie- “Jean Genie”
Haircut 100- “Love Plus One”
The Beatles- “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You”
Bon Iver- “Flume”
Jay-Z- “Face Off”
The Trash Can Sinatras- “January’s Little Joke”
Spoon- “Vittorio E”
Grizzly Bear- “Southern Point”
The Lightning Seeds- “Pure”
Sea Wolf- “Orion & Dog”
Band of Horses- “Laredo”
Liz Phair- “Polyester Bride”
Madonna- “Celebration”
The Whigs- “Need You Need You”
Tom Waits- “Since I Fell For You”
Travis- “Indefinitely”
The Jam- “The Bitterest Pill”
Colin Meloy- “We Both Go Down Together (Live)”
Radiohead- “The National Anthem”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- “Going Under”
Radiohead- “Life in a Glass House”
RJD2- “Smoke and Mirrors”
Elton John- “Amoreena”
Ricky Nelson- “I’m Walkin’”
Pete Escovedo & Sheila E.- “The Ballad of the Sun and the Moon”
Liars- “Here Comes All the People”
Madonna- “4 Minutes”
Funkadelic- “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks”
Lilys- “Mistery School Assembly”
The Lonely Island- “Normal Guy”
My Brightest Diamond- “Queen”
Durutti Column- “Mirror B”
Big Star- “For You”
Kanye West- “Gold Digger”
Albert Hammond- “It Never Rains in Southern California”
Gwen Stefani- “Hollaback Girl”
Scissor Sisters- “Do the Strand”
Dum Dum Girls- “Baby Don’t Go”
Morrissey- “I’d Love To”
Doves- “Words”
New Order- “Confusion”
The Magnetic Fields- “Walk a Lonely Road”
The English Beat- “Monkey Murders”
Calexico- “Wave”
Danger Mouse- “Justify My Thug”
The Strokes- “The Modern Age”
The Swell Season- “If You Want Me (Live)”
R.E.M.- “These Days (Live)”
Harlem- “Number One”
Bell Biv Devoe- “Ain’t Nut’in’ Changed!”
The Senate Arcade- “Tourist”
Sebastian Tellier- “Fantino”
Doves- “Catch the Sun”
Neko Case- “I Wish I Was the Moon”
Dusty Springfield- “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Beulah- “Comrade’s Twenty Sixth”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- “Watching the Wildlife”
Health- “Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx B)”
The Decemberists- “The Rake’s Song”
Nine Inch Nails- “Just Like You Imagined”
Björk- “I Go Humble”
Wilco- “Nothing’severgonnastandinmywayagain”
Ra Ra Riot- “Ghost Under Rocks”
INXS- “Do Wot You Do”
Peter Gabriel- “Start”
Bright Eyes- “We Are Nowhere and It’s Now”
The Beatles- “Octopus’s Garden”
The Beatles- “Only a Northern Song”
Can- “Pinch”
Creedence Clearwater Revival- “Down on the Corner”
Jónsi- “Sinking Friendships”
Graham Nash- “You’ll Never Be the Same”
Rufus Wainwright- “Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk”
Stricken City- “Tak O Tak”
Ricky Nelson- “Old Enough to Love”
Nirvana- “Swap Meet”
Paul Weller- “Lullaby für Kinder”
Serge Gainsbourg- “Ah! Melody”
Phoenix- “Lisztomania (A Fight for Love 25 Hours a Day Mix)”
Clem Snide- “I Got High”
Queens of the Stone Age- “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
Big Star- “Stroke It Noel”
Elton John- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Gorillaz- “19-2000”
Les Savy Fav- “Hello Halo, Goodbye Glands”
The National- “All Dolled”
Rufus Wainwright- “This Love Affair”
Blur- “To the End (Live)”
Tindersticks- “The Other Side of the World”
BLK JKS- “Paradise”
Stricken City- “Bardou”
Future of the Left- “Team:seed”
Elton John- “My Father’s Gun”
Passion Pit- “Better Things”
Tom Waits- “Singapore”
Flight of the Conchords- “Hurt Feelings”
Foals- “Alabastr”
New Order- “Dream Attack”
U2- “Elvis Presley and America”
Bear in Heaven- “Drug a Wheel”
Elton John- “Your Song”
Baroness- “A Horse Called Golgotha”
Wham!- “Blue (Live)”
Tears for Fears- “Pale Shelter (Extended Version)”
James Murphy- “Dear You”
Iron & Wine- “Waitin’ for a Superman”
Q-Tip- “You”
Harvey Milk- “Roses”
Buffalo Springfield- “Broken Arrow”
David Bowie- “Silly Boy Blue”
Tindersticks- “Sexual Funk”
Arthur Brown- “Fire”
Sigur Rós- “Med Sud I Eryum”
Wilco- “Pieholden Suite”
Nada Surf- “Janine”
Classics IV- “Spooky”
Mew- “Repeaterbeater”
Kermit the Frog- “Rainbow Connection”
Radiohead- “Subterranean Homesick Alien”
Yo La Tengo- “More Stars Than There Are in Heaven”
Elton John- “Sisters of the Cross”
David Bowie- “Jean Genie”
Haircut 100- “Love Plus One”
The Beatles- “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You”
Bon Iver- “Flume”
Jay-Z- “Face Off”
The Trash Can Sinatras- “January’s Little Joke”
Spoon- “Vittorio E”
Grizzly Bear- “Southern Point”
The Lightning Seeds- “Pure”
Sea Wolf- “Orion & Dog”
Band of Horses- “Laredo”
Liz Phair- “Polyester Bride”
Madonna- “Celebration”
The Whigs- “Need You Need You”
Tom Waits- “Since I Fell For You”
Travis- “Indefinitely”
The Jam- “The Bitterest Pill”
Colin Meloy- “We Both Go Down Together (Live)”
Radiohead- “The National Anthem”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- “Going Under”
Radiohead- “Life in a Glass House”
RJD2- “Smoke and Mirrors”
Elton John- “Amoreena”
Ricky Nelson- “I’m Walkin’”
Pete Escovedo & Sheila E.- “The Ballad of the Sun and the Moon”
Liars- “Here Comes All the People”
Madonna- “4 Minutes”
Funkadelic- “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks”
Lilys- “Mistery School Assembly”
The Lonely Island- “Normal Guy”
My Brightest Diamond- “Queen”
Durutti Column- “Mirror B”
Big Star- “For You”
Kanye West- “Gold Digger”
Albert Hammond- “It Never Rains in Southern California”
Gwen Stefani- “Hollaback Girl”
Scissor Sisters- “Do the Strand”
Dum Dum Girls- “Baby Don’t Go”
Morrissey- “I’d Love To”
Doves- “Words”
New Order- “Confusion”
The Magnetic Fields- “Walk a Lonely Road”
The English Beat- “Monkey Murders”
Calexico- “Wave”
Danger Mouse- “Justify My Thug”
The Strokes- “The Modern Age”
The Swell Season- “If You Want Me (Live)”
R.E.M.- “These Days (Live)”
Harlem- “Number One”
Bell Biv Devoe- “Ain’t Nut’in’ Changed!”
The Senate Arcade- “Tourist”
Sebastian Tellier- “Fantino”
Doves- “Catch the Sun”
Neko Case- “I Wish I Was the Moon”
Dusty Springfield- “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Beulah- “Comrade’s Twenty Sixth”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- “Watching the Wildlife”
Health- “Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx B)”
The Decemberists- “The Rake’s Song”
Nine Inch Nails- “Just Like You Imagined”
Björk- “I Go Humble”
Wilco- “Nothing’severgonnastandinmywayagain”
Ra Ra Riot- “Ghost Under Rocks”
INXS- “Do Wot You Do”
Peter Gabriel- “Start”
Bright Eyes- “We Are Nowhere and It’s Now”
The Beatles- “Octopus’s Garden”
The Beatles- “Only a Northern Song”
Can- “Pinch”
Creedence Clearwater Revival- “Down on the Corner”
Jónsi- “Sinking Friendships”
Graham Nash- “You’ll Never Be the Same”
Rufus Wainwright- “Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk”
Stricken City- “Tak O Tak”
Ricky Nelson- “Old Enough to Love”
Nirvana- “Swap Meet”
Paul Weller- “Lullaby für Kinder”
Serge Gainsbourg- “Ah! Melody”
Phoenix- “Lisztomania (A Fight for Love 25 Hours a Day Mix)”
Clem Snide- “I Got High”
Queens of the Stone Age- “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
Big Star- “Stroke It Noel”
Elton John- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Gorillaz- “19-2000”
Les Savy Fav- “Hello Halo, Goodbye Glands”
The National- “All Dolled”
Rufus Wainwright- “This Love Affair”
Blur- “To the End (Live)”
Tindersticks- “The Other Side of the World”
BLK JKS- “Paradise”
Stricken City- “Bardou”
Future of the Left- “Team:seed”
Elton John- “My Father’s Gun”
Passion Pit- “Better Things”
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday's Playlist
Yes, I had to work on Monday, so I made the most of it with this shuffle, which seemed heavy on the covers of 80's tracks.
Gorillaz- “Lil Dub Chefin”
Atlas Sound- “Criminals”
Tears for Fears- “Broken”
The Psychedelic Furs- “Heaven”
Erasure- “Hallowed Ground (Live)”
Japandroids- “To Hell with Good Intentions”
New Order- “Mesh”
Guided By Voices- “Chasing Heather Crazy”
Spandau Ballet- “Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (12” Version)”
The Rolling Stones- “Sweet Black Angel”
Garbage- “Cherry Lips (Roger Sanchez Remix)”
Frank & Moon Unit Zappa- “Valley Girl”
Richard Hawley- “Some Candy Talking”
Free Energy- “All I Know”
Prince- “Sign O’ the Times”
Dusty Springfield- “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Thru His Eyes”
Talk Talk- “Talk Talk”
CSS- “Let’s Make Love & Listen to Death from Above”
The Dismemberment Plan- “Come Home”
Dusty Springfield- “Mockingbird”
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson- “Search Your Heart”
Bigbang- “One Step at a Time”
Grizzly Bear- “Fine for Now”
Radiohead- “True Love Waits (Live)”
The Dan Band- “ABBA Medley: Mamma Mia / Fernando / Waterloo”
Haysi Fantayzee- “I Lost My Dodi”
Richard Hawley- “Soldier On”
Seefeel- “Acrobat”
New Order- “Doubts Even Here”
The Killers- “Believe Me Natalie”
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis- “The Journey (from ‘The Road’)”
The Cardigans- “Erase & Rewind”
Les Savy Fav- “Reformat (Live)”
Red Sparrowes- “A Mutiny”
ELO- “10538 Overture”
Prince- “When Doves Cry”
Lorraine Ellison- “Stay With Me (Baby)”
X-Clan- “Funkin’ Lesson”
7 Worlds Collide- “Duxton Blues”
Nouvelle Vague- “Ca Plane Pour Moi”
Grant-Lee Phillips- “The Killing Moon”
U2- “Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix)”
Edith Piaf- “La Vie en Rose”
Radiohead- “Killer Cars (Live)”
Led Zeppelin- “Misty Mountain Hop”
Portishead- “Sour Times”
Kings of Convenience- “Power of Not Knowing”
Oingo Boingo- “Sweat”
The Senate Arcade- “Yo Tengo Ambien”
Gorillaz- “Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher)”
The Jam- “It’s Too Bad (Demo)”
‘Til Tuesday- “Sleep”
Dirty Projectors- “Depression”
OK Go- “What To Do”
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova- “The Swell Season”
Otis Redding- “Rock Me Baby”
Supertramp- “Breakfast in America”
Animals- “Pretty Thing”
Garbage- “Only Happy When It Rains”
Tom Waits- “Red Shoes”
Torche- “Triumph of Venus”
Beastie Boys- “Heart Attack Man (Live)”
Richard Hawley- “As the Dawn Breaks”
Prince- “Raspberry Beret (12” Version)”
José González- “Time to Send Someone Away”
D’Angelo- “Send It On”
Tom Waits- “Time”
The Bird & the Bee- “I Hate Camera”
Rival Schools- “Grunge Model”
Kings of Convenience- “Me In You”
Haysi Fantayzee- “Sister Friction”
New Order- “Bizarre Love Triangle”
Jimi Hendrix- “The Wind Cries Mary”
The Stone Roses- “Bye Bye Bad Man”
F#$@ed Up- “Ban Violins”
The Hot Rats- “Pump It Up”
Minor Threat- “12XU”
Wild Beasts- “Empty Nest”
Beulah- “Warmer”
RJD2- “Gypsy Caravan”
The Allman Brothers Band- “One Way Out”
The Killers- “Midnight Show”
Sigur Rós- “Hafsól”
Bill Callahan- “Santa Maria”
Rogue Wave- “Be Kind & Remind”
Old 97’s- “Crash on the Barrelhead”
Seahorses- “Love is the Law”
The Beatles- “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby”
Happy Mondays- “God’s Cop”
Surfer Blood- “Fast Jabroni”
Gonjasufi- “Dust”
Turin Brakes- “Emergency 72”
Paul Weller- “111”
Air- “Night Hunter”
Radiohead- “Lucky”
The Jam- “Sounds from the Street (Demo)”
Imogen Heap- “2 - 1”
Soft Cell- “Youth”
The Morning Benders- “All Day Day Light”
Bibio- “Abrasion”
Jay-Z- “Off That”
Creedence Clearwater Revival- “Poorboy Shuffle”
ELO- “Shine a Little Love”
Zeus- “Heavy On Me”
Led Zeppelin- “Gallows Pole”
X- “Back to the Base”
Nirvana- “Scoff”
Wham!- “If You Were There”
Silversun Pickups- “Lazy Eye”
The Beatles- “Honey Don’t”
Jr. Walker & the All Stars- “Cleo’s Mood”
Surfer Blood- “Neighbor Riffs”
F#$@ed Up- “I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You”
Field Music- “It’s About Time”
Gorillaz- “Lil Dub Chefin”
Atlas Sound- “Criminals”
Tears for Fears- “Broken”
The Psychedelic Furs- “Heaven”
Erasure- “Hallowed Ground (Live)”
Japandroids- “To Hell with Good Intentions”
New Order- “Mesh”
Guided By Voices- “Chasing Heather Crazy”
Spandau Ballet- “Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (12” Version)”
The Rolling Stones- “Sweet Black Angel”
Garbage- “Cherry Lips (Roger Sanchez Remix)”
Frank & Moon Unit Zappa- “Valley Girl”
Richard Hawley- “Some Candy Talking”
Free Energy- “All I Know”
Prince- “Sign O’ the Times”
Dusty Springfield- “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Thru His Eyes”
Talk Talk- “Talk Talk”
CSS- “Let’s Make Love & Listen to Death from Above”
The Dismemberment Plan- “Come Home”
Dusty Springfield- “Mockingbird”
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson- “Search Your Heart”
Bigbang- “One Step at a Time”
Grizzly Bear- “Fine for Now”
Radiohead- “True Love Waits (Live)”
The Dan Band- “ABBA Medley: Mamma Mia / Fernando / Waterloo”
Haysi Fantayzee- “I Lost My Dodi”
Richard Hawley- “Soldier On”
Seefeel- “Acrobat”
New Order- “Doubts Even Here”
The Killers- “Believe Me Natalie”
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis- “The Journey (from ‘The Road’)”
The Cardigans- “Erase & Rewind”
Les Savy Fav- “Reformat (Live)”
Red Sparrowes- “A Mutiny”
ELO- “10538 Overture”
Prince- “When Doves Cry”
Lorraine Ellison- “Stay With Me (Baby)”
X-Clan- “Funkin’ Lesson”
7 Worlds Collide- “Duxton Blues”
Nouvelle Vague- “Ca Plane Pour Moi”
Grant-Lee Phillips- “The Killing Moon”
U2- “Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix)”
Edith Piaf- “La Vie en Rose”
Radiohead- “Killer Cars (Live)”
Led Zeppelin- “Misty Mountain Hop”
Portishead- “Sour Times”
Kings of Convenience- “Power of Not Knowing”
Oingo Boingo- “Sweat”
The Senate Arcade- “Yo Tengo Ambien”
Gorillaz- “Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher)”
The Jam- “It’s Too Bad (Demo)”
‘Til Tuesday- “Sleep”
Dirty Projectors- “Depression”
OK Go- “What To Do”
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova- “The Swell Season”
Otis Redding- “Rock Me Baby”
Supertramp- “Breakfast in America”
Animals- “Pretty Thing”
Garbage- “Only Happy When It Rains”
Tom Waits- “Red Shoes”
Torche- “Triumph of Venus”
Beastie Boys- “Heart Attack Man (Live)”
Richard Hawley- “As the Dawn Breaks”
Prince- “Raspberry Beret (12” Version)”
José González- “Time to Send Someone Away”
D’Angelo- “Send It On”
Tom Waits- “Time”
The Bird & the Bee- “I Hate Camera”
Rival Schools- “Grunge Model”
Kings of Convenience- “Me In You”
Haysi Fantayzee- “Sister Friction”
New Order- “Bizarre Love Triangle”
Jimi Hendrix- “The Wind Cries Mary”
The Stone Roses- “Bye Bye Bad Man”
F#$@ed Up- “Ban Violins”
The Hot Rats- “Pump It Up”
Minor Threat- “12XU”
Wild Beasts- “Empty Nest”
Beulah- “Warmer”
RJD2- “Gypsy Caravan”
The Allman Brothers Band- “One Way Out”
The Killers- “Midnight Show”
Sigur Rós- “Hafsól”
Bill Callahan- “Santa Maria”
Rogue Wave- “Be Kind & Remind”
Old 97’s- “Crash on the Barrelhead”
Seahorses- “Love is the Law”
The Beatles- “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby”
Happy Mondays- “God’s Cop”
Surfer Blood- “Fast Jabroni”
Gonjasufi- “Dust”
Turin Brakes- “Emergency 72”
Paul Weller- “111”
Air- “Night Hunter”
Radiohead- “Lucky”
The Jam- “Sounds from the Street (Demo)”
Imogen Heap- “2 - 1”
Soft Cell- “Youth”
The Morning Benders- “All Day Day Light”
Bibio- “Abrasion”
Jay-Z- “Off That”
Creedence Clearwater Revival- “Poorboy Shuffle”
ELO- “Shine a Little Love”
Zeus- “Heavy On Me”
Led Zeppelin- “Gallows Pole”
X- “Back to the Base”
Nirvana- “Scoff”
Wham!- “If You Were There”
Silversun Pickups- “Lazy Eye”
The Beatles- “Honey Don’t”
Jr. Walker & the All Stars- “Cleo’s Mood”
Surfer Blood- “Neighbor Riffs”
F#$@ed Up- “I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You”
Field Music- “It’s About Time”
Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday's Playlist
The Bird & the Bee- “I’m a Broken Heart”
Massive Attack- “Paradise Circus”
Wham!- “A Ray of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix)”
Coldplay- “Politik (Live)”
Ricky Nelson- “I Can’t Help It”
Squarepusher- “My Sound”
Radiohead- “We Suck Young Blood”
The Clean- “Twist Top”
Calexico- “The Guns of Brixton”
These New Puritans- “C. 16th ±”
Duran Duran- “Is There Something I Should Know (Monster Mix)”
Graham Nash- “Sad Eyes”
Jamiroquai- “If I Like It, I Do It”
Animals- “Cheating”
Zan- “I Ain’t Going Out Like That”
Modest Mouse- “The World at Large”
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- “Contender”
Madonna- “Miles Away”
The Morning Benders- “Pleasure Sighs”
These New Puritans- “Attack Music”
Les Savy Fav- “Rodeo”
Gene- “Speak to Me Someone”
Vitalic- “Polkaniatic”
Jaydiohead- “Dirt Off Your Android”
Oscar the Grouch- “I Hate Christmas”
The Dears- “Warm and Sunny Days”
Led Zeppelin- “Wearing and Tearing”
Madonna- “Justify My Love”
Kiss- “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Richard Hawley- “Don’t You Cry”
Bee Gees- “Marley Purt Drive (Alternate Mix)”
Wham!- “Nothing Looks the Same in the Light (Instrumental Remix)”
The Jam- “The Night”
Young Galaxy- “Firestruck”
Depeche Mode- “Stjarna”
The Jesus Lizard- “Elegy”
Sugababes- “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor”
Tindersticks- “Raindrops”
Q-Tip- “Heels”
Nirvana- “Blew (Live)”
Goldfrapp- “Lovely Head”
Dr. Horrible- “Bad Horse Chorus”
Big Star- “When My Baby’s Beside Me (Live)”
Jesse Harris- “The Secret Sun”
Phoenix- “Long Distance Call”
Aimee Mann- “Nobody Does It Better”
The Beatles- “I Saw Her Standing There”
Broken Bells- “Untitled Bonus Track”
Jens Lekman- “The Opposite of Hallelujah”
Thom Yorke- “Hearing Damage”
Atlas Sound- “Logos”
Styx- “Mr. Roboto”
RJD2- “The Sleepaway”
Foreign Born- “Vacationing People”
Madlib- “Black Renaissance (For Harry Whitaker)”
Jason Boesel- “Hand of God”
Super Furry Animals- “Juxtaposed With U”
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs- “Bell Bottom Blues”
Beastie Boys- “5 Piece Chicken Dinner”
Quasi- “Sea Shanty”
The Decemberists- “The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)”
Lodger- “Always Round Here”
Suzanne Vega w/ Joe Jackson- “Left of Center”
The Jam- “Pity Poor Alfie / Fever”
Tindersticks- “Jism”
Metallica- “Damage, Inc.”
OK Go- “Shooting the Moon”
Flying Lotus- “Arkestry”
Patrick Park- “You’re Enough”
Bright Eyes- “Devil Town”
Ryan Adams- “Wonderwall”
The Dismemberment Plan- “The Face of the Earth”
Local Natives- “Airplanes”
Broken Social Scene- “KC Accidental”
Genesis- “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”
Jay-Z- “Politics as Usual”
Wreckless Eric- “Tonight is My Night”
Wolf Parade- “Shine a Light”
New Order- “Kiss of Death”
Cream- “I Feel Free”
Baroness- “A Horse Called Golgotha”
Melissa Auf der Maur- “The Key”
The Beatles- “I’m a Loser”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- “Cheated Hearts”
Spoon- “Got Nuffin”
Tindersticks- “Marbles”
Chris Cornell- “You Know My Name”
John Coltrane- “What Is There To Say?”
Sunny Day Real Estate- “Pheurton Skeurto”
The Beatles- “Dig a Pony”
Franz Ferdinand- “Do You Want To”
Cat Power & Karen Elson- “I Love You (Me Either) (Je T’aime Moi Non Plus)”
Vampire Weekend- “Mansard Roof”
Dr. Horrible- “Instrumental Credits”
Elton John- “Talking Old Soldiers”
Radiohead- “Go To Sleep”
Massive Attack- “Paradise Circus”
Wham!- “A Ray of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix)”
Coldplay- “Politik (Live)”
Ricky Nelson- “I Can’t Help It”
Squarepusher- “My Sound”
Radiohead- “We Suck Young Blood”
The Clean- “Twist Top”
Calexico- “The Guns of Brixton”
These New Puritans- “C. 16th ±”
Duran Duran- “Is There Something I Should Know (Monster Mix)”
Graham Nash- “Sad Eyes”
Jamiroquai- “If I Like It, I Do It”
Animals- “Cheating”
Zan- “I Ain’t Going Out Like That”
Modest Mouse- “The World at Large”
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- “Contender”
Madonna- “Miles Away”
The Morning Benders- “Pleasure Sighs”
These New Puritans- “Attack Music”
Les Savy Fav- “Rodeo”
Gene- “Speak to Me Someone”
Vitalic- “Polkaniatic”
Jaydiohead- “Dirt Off Your Android”
Oscar the Grouch- “I Hate Christmas”
The Dears- “Warm and Sunny Days”
Led Zeppelin- “Wearing and Tearing”
Madonna- “Justify My Love”
Kiss- “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Richard Hawley- “Don’t You Cry”
Bee Gees- “Marley Purt Drive (Alternate Mix)”
Wham!- “Nothing Looks the Same in the Light (Instrumental Remix)”
The Jam- “The Night”
Young Galaxy- “Firestruck”
Depeche Mode- “Stjarna”
The Jesus Lizard- “Elegy”
Sugababes- “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor”
Tindersticks- “Raindrops”
Q-Tip- “Heels”
Nirvana- “Blew (Live)”
Goldfrapp- “Lovely Head”
Dr. Horrible- “Bad Horse Chorus”
Big Star- “When My Baby’s Beside Me (Live)”
Jesse Harris- “The Secret Sun”
Phoenix- “Long Distance Call”
Aimee Mann- “Nobody Does It Better”
The Beatles- “I Saw Her Standing There”
Broken Bells- “Untitled Bonus Track”
Jens Lekman- “The Opposite of Hallelujah”
Thom Yorke- “Hearing Damage”
Atlas Sound- “Logos”
Styx- “Mr. Roboto”
RJD2- “The Sleepaway”
Foreign Born- “Vacationing People”
Madlib- “Black Renaissance (For Harry Whitaker)”
Jason Boesel- “Hand of God”
Super Furry Animals- “Juxtaposed With U”
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs- “Bell Bottom Blues”
Beastie Boys- “5 Piece Chicken Dinner”
Quasi- “Sea Shanty”
The Decemberists- “The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)”
Lodger- “Always Round Here”
Suzanne Vega w/ Joe Jackson- “Left of Center”
The Jam- “Pity Poor Alfie / Fever”
Tindersticks- “Jism”
Metallica- “Damage, Inc.”
OK Go- “Shooting the Moon”
Flying Lotus- “Arkestry”
Patrick Park- “You’re Enough”
Bright Eyes- “Devil Town”
Ryan Adams- “Wonderwall”
The Dismemberment Plan- “The Face of the Earth”
Local Natives- “Airplanes”
Broken Social Scene- “KC Accidental”
Genesis- “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”
Jay-Z- “Politics as Usual”
Wreckless Eric- “Tonight is My Night”
Wolf Parade- “Shine a Light”
New Order- “Kiss of Death”
Cream- “I Feel Free”
Baroness- “A Horse Called Golgotha”
Melissa Auf der Maur- “The Key”
The Beatles- “I’m a Loser”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- “Cheated Hearts”
Spoon- “Got Nuffin”
Tindersticks- “Marbles”
Chris Cornell- “You Know My Name”
John Coltrane- “What Is There To Say?”
Sunny Day Real Estate- “Pheurton Skeurto”
The Beatles- “Dig a Pony”
Franz Ferdinand- “Do You Want To”
Cat Power & Karen Elson- “I Love You (Me Either) (Je T’aime Moi Non Plus)”
Vampire Weekend- “Mansard Roof”
Dr. Horrible- “Instrumental Credits”
Elton John- “Talking Old Soldiers”
Radiohead- “Go To Sleep”
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Thursday's Playlist
Here's my playlist for Thursday, May 27th, 2010
New Order- “1963”
The Trash Can Sinatras- “Funny”
Public Enemy- “I Can’t Do Nuthin’ For You Man”
David Bowie- “Rubber Band”
They Might Be Giants- “Snowball in Hell”
The Jam- “In the City (Demo)”
David Bowie- “When I’ve Five”
Harvey Milk- “Merlin is Magic”
Melissa Auf der Maur- “Father’s Grave”
New Order- “All the Way”
Joanna Newsom- “You and Me, Bess”
Son Volt- “Sometimes”
Okkervil River- “For Real”
Maxi Priest- “Some Guys Have All the Luck”
F#$@ed Up- “Teenage Problems”
These New Puritans- “Time Xone”
The White Stripes- “Jolene (Live)”
Keane- “Somewhere Only We Know”
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse w Vic Chesnutt- “Grain Augury”
Big Star- “Blue Moon”
Animals- “Maudie”
Missing Persons- “Mental Hopscotch”
Bowerbirds- “Ghost Life”
The Jesus Lizard- “Killer McHann (Live)”
Alicia Keys- “Love is Blind”
Yaz- “Situation”
The Clean- “Franz Kafka at the Zoo”
Big Star- “Femme Fatale”
Four Tet- “Circling”
Tindersticks- “Don’t Look Down (Live)”
Cocorosie- “Smokey Taboo”
Santigold- “Lights Out”
Lo Borges- “Aos Baroes”
Bee Gees- “Still Waters (Run Deep)”
The Magnetic Fields- “Seduced and Abandoned”
U2- “The Three Sunrises”
Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon- “It’s That Wu S@#!”
Marilyn Manson- “Minute of Decay”
Deerhunter- “Nothing Ever Happened”
Garbage- “Only Happy When It Rains”
R.E.M.- “Houston (Live)”
Sunny Day Real Estate- “8”
Chicago- “I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love”
The Beatles- “Wild Honey Pie”
Radiohead- “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
The Flaming Lips- “If”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- “TheWaves”
Arctic Monkeys- “Potion Approaching”
The Pixies- “Here Comes Your Man”
Madonna- “Vogue”
Nouvelle Vague- “Too Drunk to F#$@”
The Avett Brothers- “Dancing Daze”
Tindersticks- “Before You Close Your Eyes”
Cold Case- “Heaven Was Full”
Sufjan Stevens- “To The Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament”
Genesis- “Throwing It All Away”
Espers- “The Road of Golden Dust”
Thomas Dolby- “Hyperactive (Heavy Breather Subversion)”
Radiohead- “Meeting in the Aisle”
Bee Gees- “Suddenly”
Corinne Bailey Rae- “Venus as a Boy”
Laura Veirs- “Spelunking”
Eels- “I Need a Mother”
Keane- “We Might As Well Be Strangers (Lamacq Live)”
Pink Floyd- “What Do You Want From Me”
The Antlers- “Wake”
Osso & Sufjan Stevens- “Year of the Ox”
Radiohead- “Videotape”
Red Hot Chili Peppers- “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
Radiohead- “Lozenge of Love”
Led Zeppelin- “You Shook Me”
The Dan Band- “Free Your Mind / I Am Woman”
Kim Carnes- “Bette Davis Eyes”
Iron & Wine- “Southern Anthem”
Galaxie 500- “Way Up High”
Aaron Neville- “Tell It Like It Is”
The Beatles- “You Like Me Too Much”
The Smashing Pumpkins- “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
The Chameleons- “Perfume Garden (Demo)”
Beastie Boys- “Bodhisattva Vow”
Coldplay- “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (Live)”
High on Fire- “Ghost Neck”
Cold Cave- “Love Comes Close”
The Beatles- “Another Girl”
New Order- “Lonesome Tonight”
Beastie Boys- “Finger Lickin Good”
Iron & Wine- “Hickory”
Bee Gees- “The British Opera”
Fleet Foxes- “Blue Ridge Mountains”
The Beatles- “You Really Got a Hold On Me”
The Jesus & Mary Chain- “On the Wall”
Blur- “End of a Century (Live)”
Roxy Music- “2HB”
ELO- “Hold on Tight”
Marilyn Manson- “Gibberish”
Keane- “This is the Last Time”
Foals- “Spanish Sahara (Sonar)”
The Tallest Man on Earth- “Over the Hills”
Foals- “Tron”
Garbage- “Milk (Massive Attack Remix)”
The Decemberists- “O New England”
New Order- “Dreams Never End”
Bay City Rollers- “Saturday Night”
Neil Finn & Johnny Marr & Lisa Germano- “Turn and Run”
New Order- “1963”
The Trash Can Sinatras- “Funny”
Public Enemy- “I Can’t Do Nuthin’ For You Man”
David Bowie- “Rubber Band”
They Might Be Giants- “Snowball in Hell”
The Jam- “In the City (Demo)”
David Bowie- “When I’ve Five”
Harvey Milk- “Merlin is Magic”
Melissa Auf der Maur- “Father’s Grave”
New Order- “All the Way”
Joanna Newsom- “You and Me, Bess”
Son Volt- “Sometimes”
Okkervil River- “For Real”
Maxi Priest- “Some Guys Have All the Luck”
F#$@ed Up- “Teenage Problems”
These New Puritans- “Time Xone”
The White Stripes- “Jolene (Live)”
Keane- “Somewhere Only We Know”
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse w Vic Chesnutt- “Grain Augury”
Big Star- “Blue Moon”
Animals- “Maudie”
Missing Persons- “Mental Hopscotch”
Bowerbirds- “Ghost Life”
The Jesus Lizard- “Killer McHann (Live)”
Alicia Keys- “Love is Blind”
Yaz- “Situation”
The Clean- “Franz Kafka at the Zoo”
Big Star- “Femme Fatale”
Four Tet- “Circling”
Tindersticks- “Don’t Look Down (Live)”
Cocorosie- “Smokey Taboo”
Santigold- “Lights Out”
Lo Borges- “Aos Baroes”
Bee Gees- “Still Waters (Run Deep)”
The Magnetic Fields- “Seduced and Abandoned”
U2- “The Three Sunrises”
Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon- “It’s That Wu S@#!”
Marilyn Manson- “Minute of Decay”
Deerhunter- “Nothing Ever Happened”
Garbage- “Only Happy When It Rains”
R.E.M.- “Houston (Live)”
Sunny Day Real Estate- “8”
Chicago- “I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love”
The Beatles- “Wild Honey Pie”
Radiohead- “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
The Flaming Lips- “If”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- “TheWaves”
Arctic Monkeys- “Potion Approaching”
The Pixies- “Here Comes Your Man”
Madonna- “Vogue”
Nouvelle Vague- “Too Drunk to F#$@”
The Avett Brothers- “Dancing Daze”
Tindersticks- “Before You Close Your Eyes”
Cold Case- “Heaven Was Full”
Sufjan Stevens- “To The Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament”
Genesis- “Throwing It All Away”
Espers- “The Road of Golden Dust”
Thomas Dolby- “Hyperactive (Heavy Breather Subversion)”
Radiohead- “Meeting in the Aisle”
Bee Gees- “Suddenly”
Corinne Bailey Rae- “Venus as a Boy”
Laura Veirs- “Spelunking”
Eels- “I Need a Mother”
Keane- “We Might As Well Be Strangers (Lamacq Live)”
Pink Floyd- “What Do You Want From Me”
The Antlers- “Wake”
Osso & Sufjan Stevens- “Year of the Ox”
Radiohead- “Videotape”
Red Hot Chili Peppers- “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
Radiohead- “Lozenge of Love”
Led Zeppelin- “You Shook Me”
The Dan Band- “Free Your Mind / I Am Woman”
Kim Carnes- “Bette Davis Eyes”
Iron & Wine- “Southern Anthem”
Galaxie 500- “Way Up High”
Aaron Neville- “Tell It Like It Is”
The Beatles- “You Like Me Too Much”
The Smashing Pumpkins- “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
The Chameleons- “Perfume Garden (Demo)”
Beastie Boys- “Bodhisattva Vow”
Coldplay- “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (Live)”
High on Fire- “Ghost Neck”
Cold Cave- “Love Comes Close”
The Beatles- “Another Girl”
New Order- “Lonesome Tonight”
Beastie Boys- “Finger Lickin Good”
Iron & Wine- “Hickory”
Bee Gees- “The British Opera”
Fleet Foxes- “Blue Ridge Mountains”
The Beatles- “You Really Got a Hold On Me”
The Jesus & Mary Chain- “On the Wall”
Blur- “End of a Century (Live)”
Roxy Music- “2HB”
ELO- “Hold on Tight”
Marilyn Manson- “Gibberish”
Keane- “This is the Last Time”
Foals- “Spanish Sahara (Sonar)”
The Tallest Man on Earth- “Over the Hills”
Foals- “Tron”
Garbage- “Milk (Massive Attack Remix)”
The Decemberists- “O New England”
New Order- “Dreams Never End”
Bay City Rollers- “Saturday Night”
Neil Finn & Johnny Marr & Lisa Germano- “Turn and Run”
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
What I Listened to Today
Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought I'd share what I've been listening to while at work: (This was about half a day)
Jarvis Cocker- "Angela"
Them Crooked Vultures- "Warsaw, or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up"
Broken Social Scene- "All to All"
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse w/ David Lynch- "Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)"
Minor Threat- "No Reason"
The Drones- "Cold and Sober"
Genesis- "The Colony of Slippermen"
Madonna- "Express Yourself"
Nirvana- "Floyd the Barber (Live)"
Genesis- "Abacab"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Gentle Sons"
Karen O and the Kids- "Wideaway"
Graham Nash- "King Midas in Reverse"
The Who- "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Big Pink- "Love in Vain"
Stiff Little Fingers- "Law and Order"
Mastodon- "Ghost of Karelia"
Broken Bells- "Trap Doors"
New Order- "Salvation Theme"
John Coltrane- "Blues to Elvin (Alternate Take)"
Simian Mobile Disco- "Cream Dream"
John Coltrane- "The Night We Called It a Day"
The Chemical Brothers- "Keep my Composture"
Wham!- "Love Machine"
The 88- "Love You Anytime"
Fleet Foxes- "Innocent Son"
John Coltrane- "But Not for Me"
Converge- "Effigy"
Four Tet- "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth"
Hot Hot Heat- "Bandages"
The Kinks- "Little Woman"
Stevie Wonder- "For Once In My Life"
Harvey Milk- "I Did Not Call Out"
Duran Duran- "Planet Earth"
Ringo Starr- "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)"
Nouvelle Vague- "Friday Night, Saturday Morning"
Gorillaz- "All Alone"
Morrissey- "Journalists Who Lie"
Ed Harcourt- "These Crimson Tears"
Efterklang- "Full Moon"
Jay-Z- "All I Need"
Bee Gees- "One"
Efterklang- "Harmonics"
Yo-Yo Ma- "Kreisler / Liebesfreud"
Neil Young- "Helpless (Unplugged)"
Vitalic- "See the Sea (Red)"
Keane- "Somewhere Only We Know (Live)"
Radiohead- "Creep"
Radiohead- "I Can't (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)"
The English Beat- "Save It For Later"
Imogen Heap- "Little Bird"
Wreckless Eric- "Veronica"
Owen Pallett- "Mount Alpentine"
Goldfrapp- "Alive"
Clogs- "We Were Here"
Field Music- "Each Time is a New Time"
Jarvis Cocker- "Angela"
Them Crooked Vultures- "Warsaw, or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up"
Broken Social Scene- "All to All"
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse w/ David Lynch- "Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)"
Minor Threat- "No Reason"
The Drones- "Cold and Sober"
Genesis- "The Colony of Slippermen"
Madonna- "Express Yourself"
Nirvana- "Floyd the Barber (Live)"
Genesis- "Abacab"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Gentle Sons"
Karen O and the Kids- "Wideaway"
Graham Nash- "King Midas in Reverse"
The Who- "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Big Pink- "Love in Vain"
Stiff Little Fingers- "Law and Order"
Mastodon- "Ghost of Karelia"
Broken Bells- "Trap Doors"
New Order- "Salvation Theme"
John Coltrane- "Blues to Elvin (Alternate Take)"
Simian Mobile Disco- "Cream Dream"
John Coltrane- "The Night We Called It a Day"
The Chemical Brothers- "Keep my Composture"
Wham!- "Love Machine"
The 88- "Love You Anytime"
Fleet Foxes- "Innocent Son"
John Coltrane- "But Not for Me"
Converge- "Effigy"
Four Tet- "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth"
Hot Hot Heat- "Bandages"
The Kinks- "Little Woman"
Stevie Wonder- "For Once In My Life"
Harvey Milk- "I Did Not Call Out"
Duran Duran- "Planet Earth"
Ringo Starr- "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)"
Nouvelle Vague- "Friday Night, Saturday Morning"
Gorillaz- "All Alone"
Morrissey- "Journalists Who Lie"
Ed Harcourt- "These Crimson Tears"
Efterklang- "Full Moon"
Jay-Z- "All I Need"
Bee Gees- "One"
Efterklang- "Harmonics"
Yo-Yo Ma- "Kreisler / Liebesfreud"
Neil Young- "Helpless (Unplugged)"
Vitalic- "See the Sea (Red)"
Keane- "Somewhere Only We Know (Live)"
Radiohead- "Creep"
Radiohead- "I Can't (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)"
The English Beat- "Save It For Later"
Imogen Heap- "Little Bird"
Wreckless Eric- "Veronica"
Owen Pallett- "Mount Alpentine"
Goldfrapp- "Alive"
Clogs- "We Were Here"
Field Music- "Each Time is a New Time"
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Those Meddling Kids...
I’ve never been a big believer in the supernatural. Guess what? I’m still not. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t get creeped out from time to time. In fact, I do scare fairly easily. So why, if this is true, do I end up wanting to see things that scare the hell out of me? Ever since I was young, I’ve been drawn to ghost stories, the unexplained and the paranormal, despite a lack of any deep-seated belief. I started reading Stephen King novels when I was nine. Some of my favorite films as a pre-teen were The Exorcist, Psycho, and The Shining. (I want to clarify here, the difference between horror movies and gore films. I don’t usually watch films like Saw or Hostel.) I used to be terrified from listening to people’s personal ghost stories, stuff that they could not explain, stuff that they would swear they witnessed firsthand. There is something that we, as humans, love about the adrenalin rush of being scared.
One of the rites of passage of one’s freshman year of college is the ‘dorm urban legend.’ I don’t want to get too sidetracked here, but I remember vividly the stories of the student who came home to a darkened room, either leaving again or going to sleep, only to wake up to find her roommate mutilated, and the words, “Aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the light?” in blood on the wall. There are many variations, and many other corresponding stories. My freshman year roommate, Rich, told me the story of La Llorona, the folktale of a woman who, in order to win the man she loves, drowns her own children, only to be rejected by the man anyway. She kills herself, and now roams the earth, crying, and looking for the children she murdered. Of course, he told this story during a holiday break when about 95% of the students had vacated the dorms. It made for the long walk down the desolate late night hallways to the bathroom that much more terrifying.
The bottom line is that I find these kinds of stories, though they can cause me some sleepless nights, highly entertaining. Somehow, I had missed the onset of the paranormal reality show boom. Programs from both sides of the Atlantic have been focused on trying to document evidence of the supernatural for the last few years. I’d caught a few bits and pieces of episodes here and there, but I never stayed tuned in for long (One, because I don’t like starting these kinds of shows from the middle. Two, because they would usually air late at night, and that would be a sure recipe for lying in bed wide-eyed for hours). But, now that I have streaming Netflix for the PS3, I decided to give one of these shows a try.
Ghost Adventures, which airs on the Travel Channel, is a program that spun off of a documentary film made in 2004. The film, which I have yet to see in its entirety (I’ve seen clips), had won some awards, gained some notoriety and supposedly captured some fairly compelling footage. It revolves around three men, Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin. Bagans is the ‘leader’ of the crew, driven by his own experience with the paranormal (always alluded to in the show, but never explained in full,…maybe in the documentary?), while Nick, another paranormal investigator, is a kind of sober puppethead yin to Zak’s over-the-top douchebag yang. Aaron is the Shaggy of this particular Scooby gang, an equipment tech who scares fairly easily. You can probably tell by some of my comments above that I’m a little disparaging of the show. Well, yes and no.
Let’s face it, as with everything else on television, this show is mainly for entertainment purposes. To that end, the show succeeds, despite its buffoonery. I find the first half to be the most interesting part of the show. The background information, location history, and stories surrounding the individual investigations are riveting. I suspect the fact that the show airs on the Travel Channel might have something to do with the time spent on the front end. As an example, my favorite episodes have very little to do with the investigation itself. I was fascinated to learn more about Italy’s Poveglia Island, a remote spit of land used to isolate the bodies of plague victims. The resulting ‘investigation’ was a joke, one in which it would not be a far stretch to think there was a great deal of ‘acting’ going on.
On the other side of the cable spectrum is Ghost Hunters on the newly rechristened SyFy. It’s amazing how many differences there are between the two shows despite having the same basic concept. GH is ‘hosted’ by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, two plumbers who started investigating the paranormal in their spare time. Supposedly, they still work in plumbing, though the positions are honorary. (Yeah, like Roto-Rooter would want to dump a couple of guys pulling in nearly three million viewers.) Whereas the Adventures crew do everything with hand-held night vision cameras (which can be spun as either ‘more authentic and raw’ or alternately ‘a gimmick to create atmosphere’), the Hunters double up on the investigators (six as opposed to GA’s three) and have cameramen following each pair. The biggest difference is in reaction and results. To the GA trio, literally EVERYTHING is evidence of the paranormal. Breezes, goosebumps, dust particles, bugs and creaky floorboards are all ‘evidence’ of present spirits. On the other hand, the GHers almost never fully admit to these things being paranormal. In fact, they rarely find much of value in any of their investigations. So, either one group is really bad at this, or one is faking a ton of findings. Both have been accused of faking results. I couldn’t care less.
My point is, the most frightening part of the paranormal is where your imagination can take you, not what someone can ‘prove.’ I’m not here to act as some kind of authority on the paranormal. I’m not, by any means. What I do know, however, is that when these guys present devices as ‘scientific,’ it’s the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard. When it comes to the unknown, or anything that requires a leap of faith, there is no such thing as ‘scientific.’ I mean, please, a visor that attaches to a box that houses a ‘word database’ that spirits find ‘easy’ to manipulate? An electronic ouija board? Really? Why not just throw a bunch of Scrabble tiles into the darkness and see how they end up? A staticky device that spirits can speak through? Seemed more like an out of tune radio that picked up a few stray signals here and there. What makes these situations frightening resides in the mind. Half of the battle toward making someone piss his pants is in the introduction. The location has a lot to do with it. Sanitariums, abandoned hospitals, prisons, missions, plantations and underground passages are all amazingly frightening enough on their own. Throw in the stories and it paints a fairly spine-chilling picture.
Still, you couldn’t get me to be in this places at three in the morning with the lights out. I have a hard enough time viewing them from a distance.
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