Stream of 11-24-09

The stream of Tuesday’s show is up here.

Turns out it was a good thing I recorded it manually at the station as my setup at home didn’t work. Sigh. Back to the drawing board.

Anyway, hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

Thankful Radio

I’m grateful that I get to come home today and listen through some songs that I’d like to play for the night. For you the listening audience. Together, at some point, we will listen. It makes me full this music. Hopefully you enjoy some of it too. Real time happens tonight at 10pm to midnight streaming here at KZYX&Z.

xoxoxoxoxo

Tulsa – Shaker – I Was Submerged

fIREHOSE – Locked-In – Ragin’ Full-On
The Breeders – Doe – Pod
Abel Mouton – NEwhere – Singled Out
Fleshtones – Let’s Go! – Laboratory of Sound

The Jayhawks – Clouds – Hollywood Town Hall
Pavement – Best Friend’s Arm – Wowee Zowee
Daniele Brusaschetto – I Love You All – Bluviola
The Moldy Peaches – Greyhound Bus – S/T

Lou Barlow – Too Much Freedom – Goodnight Unknown
Neil Young – Walk On – On The Beach
Yo La Tengo – When It’s Dark – Popular Songs
The Flamin’ Groovies – Yesterday’s Numbers – Teenage Head
The Byrds – One Hundred Years From Now – Sweetheart of the Rodeo

The Maldives – Goodbye – Listen to the Thunder
The Avett Brothers – Denouncing November Blue – Four Thieves Gone
Old 97’s – Lonely Holiday – Fight Songs
Fleetwood Mac – Blue Letter – S/T
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses – Tell My Mother I Miss Her So – Roadhouse Sun

TV Torso – Welcome to Daytrotter & Days of Being Wild – Daytrotter Session 11/06/2009
Lucero – That Much Further West – Daytrotter Session 11/12/2009
Fastball – Always and Never – Daytrotter Session 11/14/2009
Magnolia Electric Co. – Arrow In The Gale/Josephine – Daytrotter Session 10/26/2009

*Under the Covers*
The Swell Season – Buzzin’ Fly (Live on KEXP)
Tim Buckley -Buzzin’ Fly/Dream letter version
John And Spencer Booze Explosion – Jesus – S/T
The Velvet Underground – Jesus – 7″ from Singles 1966-69 box

x’s for i’s – Leviathans and Behemoths (partial) – EP

Brrr, getting cold out now. Fog is increasingly coming out and about, making the deer more like horned ninjas in the night. Got a couple of nice calls tonight. Folks liked The Swell Season. Folks listening online too, thanks

Have to stay late after the show to make sure I get the manual recording of the show in case my stream recording shuts down like last time. Hope I fixed the stream thing though cuz staying later with work in the morn is just not going to work. It takes almost a 1/2 hour just to export the recording and then I have to burn it. Oh well, keep tweaking the process. I’ll probably have the stream up tomorrow afternoon all going well, and I will post a link here.

Fjording Streams

I’m super excited to bring you the very first after-the-fact stream of an Amplified Mixtape show! Got some answers on somehow having the show available after the fact for folks that might miss it for the many reasons that there are to miss something in this world of worlds.

So how this will work is that I’ll post the stream of the most recent show up until the next show. It will then be taken down and replaced by the next show. And so on.

This show is a couple of shows old because like all new things there were some bugs and I only got 20 minutes of the last show. And even this stream cuts off the last three songs of the set. But it’s a start! And I’m excited as it’s something I’ve want to do for a long time, wooo progress!

Here’s the link, hope you like it

Kickstand Radio

So tonight! Something much more exciting… RADIO! That’ll be 10PM to midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST yo). It’ll be streaming here on the web and on the dial @ 88.1/90.7/91.5 FM. Come listen, a little something for everyone in the mix.

xoxoxox

Mirah with the Black Cat Orchestra – Hard Times – To All We Stretch the Open Arm

John Cale – Please – Vintage Violence
Emmylou Harris – Luxury Liner – Luxury Liner
Wilco – Casino Queen – A.M.
Drag the River – Dirty Lips – It’s Crazy

Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies – Do You Remember?
Gram Parsons – Still Feeling Blue – GP
Edith Frost – Wonder Wonder – Wonder Wonder

Pete Seeger – Little Boxes – Greatest Hits
Descendents – Suburban Home – Somery
Elvis Costello – Welcome To The Working Week – My Aim Is True
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers- Government Center – 23 Great Recordings By…
The Replacements – Bastards of Young – Tim
The Ramones – Teenage Lobotomy – Rocket To Russia
The Pretenders – Watching the Clothes – Learning to Crawl
R.E.M. – Little America – Reckoning
Pavement – Cut Your Hair – Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Thao With The Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster – Know Better Learn Faster
His Name Is Alive – Mama Don’t You Think I Know – Detrola
Iggy and The Stooges – Gimme Danger – Raw Power
PJ Harvey – No Child Of Mine – Uh Huh Her

Galaxy 500 – Blue Thunder – On Fire
Kurt Vile – Hunchback – Childish Prodigy
Neil Young – Don’t Cry No Tears – Zuma
Bon Iver – The Wolves – For Emma, Forever Ago

*Under the Covers*
Joshua James – Losing My Religion – Daytrotter Session 10/17/09
R.E.M – Losing My Religion
Blue Ribbon Glee Club – Waiting Room
Fugazi – Waiting Room

Soft Location – Diamonds and Gems – Diamonds and Gems
Guided By Voices – The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory – Bee Thousand
Dr. Dog – Army of Ancients – Park the Van Fall Sampler

Ahh, what a lovely night. It’s finally getting cold round these parts. But it’s still warm-ish during the day. Thus, fog. To make the deer more cloak and dagger. I spotted five cuz they were right up on the roadway; one was big buck laying down/sleeping by the road and another a doe jogging on the shoulder. There was some fluffy unknown thing too.

Thanks Jeff and Clay for listening online (and anyone else!), got another nice phone call, and then just exactly what I like to do: listen to music.

Mwahaha, It’s Showtime!

I love the fall. And I love an excuse every once in awhile to put together a more themed mix of music. Halloween is my favorite one. There’s outright connections with vampires, ghost, and the devil, and then there’s the ambiance, a more spooky feeling with the moon, the wind, falling trees, oops, I mean leaves Hee hee, so yeah!

Amplified Mixtape Radio tonight 10PM to midnight PST, streaming on the nebulous internet here, and the airwaves at 88.1/90.7/91.5 FM round these here parts. See ya then!

xoxoxoxoxox

Devotchka – Death by Blond – Una Volta

Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead – 1979-1983
Ramones – Chainsaw – S/T
R.E.M. – Wolves, Lower – Dead Letter Office

Nico – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Chelsea Girl
Agent Ribbons – Obituary – On Time Travel and Romance
The Beatles – I’m So Tired – White Album
The Mountain Goats – The House That Dripped Blood – Tallahassee

Belle and Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister – If You’re Feeling Sinister
Times New Viking – No Time, No Hope – Born Again Revisited
Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party – Dead Man’s Party

Throwing Muses – Fear – S/T
Yo La Tengo – The Way Some People Die – Ride the Tiger
Beck – Cold Brains – Mutations

Neko Case – Things That Scare Me – Blacklisted
The Ponys – Turn the Lights Out – Turn The Lights Out
Cat Power – We All Die – Myra Lee
Dead Man’s Bones – My Body’s A Zombie For You

Elvis Perkins – Doomsday – In Dearland
Haley Bonar – Devilish Man – Lure The Fox EP
The Val Papadins – One Blue Moon and A Grave – No One Wants to Move the Piano

*Under the Covers*
John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel – Fragments of a Rainy Season
Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel- Elvis’ Golden Hits
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell on You – Voodoo Jive
Nina Simone – I Put A Spell on You – I Put A Spell on You

Radiohead – No Surprises – OK Computer
Low – Blue-Eyed Devil – A Lifetime of Temporary Relief

Totally awesome night! I had purchased my own stereo cord so I knew it was there, and I think it improved the sound of the tracks I played from ye ol’ laptop. Niiiice. Figured out one of the buttons wasn’t engaged to play a YouTube video for a song; love when I can figure something out

Got a couple of nice calls, one from Laytonville and one from the coast outside of Fort Bragg. Awwww, compliments on the show, especially the Under the Covers section, right on! Some great discussion on the changing lineup at the station as well.

The deer were spooked, taking every pain to jump in front of my truck that they could get. Ooo ooo!! And there was an owl on the road too! Alive and swooped away. So neat in the bright moonlight!

Radio Visual

Drumroll please ———the photos from Amplified Mixtape a month ago!! I’ve been slow on getting them up, lo siento, but definitely not because they’re not awesome. THEY’RE SO AWESOME! Jaya is such a rock star for making me look like such a rock star. Especially with all my moving; I can’t help it I like to do some dancing Without further ado:

Reflection

Thinking Face

Record Face

I like this one a bunch. Smiley Face.

Through the Looking Glass

And this profile shot is radness! My favorite of the set <3

Yay scrunchy nose laugh!

CD Time

Swish Earring

Jose Sings

Reading

Moving

Emergency Alert System

Smoking Popes

Profile

Smiley Phone

Rad Ladies

Jaya’s Got My Back

Headphones

Working the Board

Record Looksee

Headphones and Mic

Cueing

Moving Like I Do

Over the Shoulder Smile

Playlist

Feet, Yip, Jump!

This was super fun! Thanks for checking them out

Support This Radio

There’s something I find so lovely about putting together some tunes for radio in the fall. I’m a sucker for that gorgeous golden afternoon light spilling through my window that makes everything look like a dream. So much awesome new music coming out lately, I had to lay down the law on myself. But not to worry, I think we’ll be just fine in the music department

A huge part of what keeps us fine overall at the radio station is community support. Support from you. We need you to become a member of KZYX today! If you enjoy listening to Amplified Mixtape and appreciate all of the other unique programming you find on KZYX, I urge you to make a gift to the station.

We’re very lucky to have a community non-commercial radio station here in Mendocino County. One that gives a young programmer like myself the chance to play the eclectic mix of music you hear here every other Tuesday night. Me, a real live person and music-lover like yourself that loves how music brings people together and creates its own community regardless of where you are. And I’m available to you through the existence of KZYX.

Please give what you can to be a first-time supporter of show! You’ll listen differently as a supporter of the show. Power Amplified Mixtape and make it your radio too!

I urge you to make a gift to the station early, and thank you for your continued support! I’m going to miss my regular Tuesday show in a couple weeks during pledge drive as I’ll be out of town. But I will be at the station later that week on Friday evening, October 23rd, after 6pm to help power this crucial pledge drive. Give a call then, I’d love to hear what KZYX and Amplified Mixtape means to you!

It took me a long time to realize how important it is to support the services that I love and that make an impact on my day. This is one of them.

That said, tonight is Amplified Mixtape from 10pm to midnight PST. Streaming on the web here, or on your dial at 88.1/90.7/91.5 FM.

xoxoxoxo

The High Strung – Real Stone – Ode To The Inverse of the Dude

Lou Reed – Charley’s Girl – Coney Island Baby
Guided By Voices – The Hard Way – Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
Elvis Costello – Miracle Man – My Aim Is True
Pretenders – Talk of the Town – Extended Play

Wire – Start to Move – Pink Flag
Thao and the Get Down Stay Dow – When We Swam – Know Better Learn Faster
Big Star – O, Dana – Third/Sister Lovers
Ryan Bingham – Dylan’s Hard Rain – Roadhouse Sun

Paul Westerberg – D.G.T. – D.G.T.
Charlie Rich – Midnight Blues – Entertainer of the Year
Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No – A Strange Arrangement
Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song – Spirit In the Dark

Big Brother & The Holding Company – Turtle Blues – Cheap Thrills
The Make-Up – I Want Some – I Want Some
Kurt Vile – Slow Talkers – Constant Hitmaker
Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart – The River

Husker Du – Flip Your Wig – Flip Your Wig
Brian Eno – Needle In The Camel’s Eye – Here Come The Warm Jets
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘77 – Pais Tropical – Pais Tropical
Justin Potts – Lady Cape Skates – Space Age Specs

The Shaky Hands – Love Curse – Let It Die
Pavement – Rattled By the Rush – Wowee Zowee
Waylon Jennings – Waymore’s Blues – Dreaming My Dreams
Bobbie Gentry – Mississippi Delta – Nashville City Limits

*Under the Covers*
David Bowie – Modern Love – Let’s Dance
Cursive – Modern Love – Daytrotter Session 09/22/09
Elliott Smith – Thirteen
Big Star – Thirteen – #1 Record

Alela Diane – To Be Still – To Be Still
The Smiths – Cemetery Gates – The Queen Is Dead
Ryland Bouchard – Lover – 7″

Alan, one of the programmers before mine, Ensemble, totally saved the day when a cord I needed to hook up my laptop was missing – thank you! So some initial chaos, but then it all settled in and was glorious. Really enjoyed listening to music tonight, and things seemed to fit well. Least to me. And to one other person, thanks for the phone call!! Woo!!

Otherwise, me and some dancing. Lovely. The deer have started coming back out again. Big ol’ rack dude was hanging out in the middle of the road and was not moving for anyone. Add a couple more to the siting. And a fluffity bunny.

Fooling Radio

I was looking through some photos and found these from almost two years ago to the day that were taken during an Amplified Mixtape show. The lighting makes me all yellow so I kinda feel like I’m in The Simpsons, but kinda fun

Almost two years to today.

Ramones at the top of the stack.

So glad they’ve taken the germ holder off the mike, ugh. Do ya like my taped paper scraps to block out the crazy millisecond counter on the CD decks? I thought you did I’m a technology whiz.

Stack o’ goodies on the table there, that Low 7″ again, and a Scene Creamers 7″.

The Shins near my head.

Some Electrelane and a Low 7″ in the near background.

So some visual for the audio that’ll be happening tonight. Yes tonight is some radio! 10PM to midnight PST streaming here, or 88.1/90.7/91.5 FM on the dial.

xoxoxoxox

Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un Con – Comic Strip

WOODS – To Clean – Songs of Shame
Big Star – Feel – #1 Record
Yo La Tengo – Periodically Double or Triple – Popular Songs
Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero – My Aim Is True

Giant Sand – Warm Storm – Ramp
The Velvet Underground – I’m Set Free – S/T
Electrelane – Enter Laughing – The Power Out

The Flying Burrito Bothers – Christine’s Tune – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Kurt Vile – Freeway – Constant Hitmaker
Drag the River – Portland
Uncle Tupleo – Give Back the Key To My Heart – Anodyne
Son Volt – Looking At the World Through A Windshield – A Retrospective: 1995-2000

X’s for I’s – Answers Right Now – EP
Sonic Youth – Hey Joni – Daydream Nation
Sharpening Markers – Smashing

Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down – Welcome & Beat – Daytrotter 01/05/09 Set
Manishevitz – Beretta – Daytrotter 02/28/07 Set
Ryland Bouchard – Lover – Daytrotter 04/26/09 Set
Floating Action – Sunlight – Daytrotter 07/24/09 Set
Dinosaur Jr. – Severed Lips – Daytrotter 06/09/09

Agent Ribbons – Birds & Bees – On Time Travel and Romance

*Under the Covers*
Gianmarco Cilli – Bastards of Young – Garageband Demos
The Replacements – Bastards of Young – Tim
Bob Dylan – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Live 1975 The Rolling Thunder Revue
13th Floor Elevators – Baby Blue – Easter Everywhere

Karl Blau – Make Love That Lasts – Nature’s Got Away
Iron and Wine – Naked As We Came – Out Endless Numbered Days
The Arch Mystics – Time Can’t Come Between Us – Epigone of the Mystical Elite

Tonight I decided to experiment with talking more about the bands and music I play. It went okay. I did actually talk more, but need to work on my ummmmmmmmm-ing and what not. But I think I have a good method worked out so it’ll just take some practice like anything.

Got a nice call from a guy in Ukiah who liked Electrelane. And another call that the Internet stream was down, so sorry Clay!!! Thanks so much for listen to what you did I knew something was up cuz the Internet in the studio went down about ten minutes earlier and I had to do a scramble to find another couple songs for Under the Covers as originally I was going to play a song from ye ol’ YouTube. You can listen to/watch it now if you like, it is the awesome. It all worked out though in the end. Frustrating though.

Oh, and I did a lil’ set of Daytrotter materials, as you can probably tell, to try and spread the word about this amazing resource. I enjoyed doing that.

LOTS of deer making stupid choices out there. I stopped counting after twelve because I had to concentrate more on the dodging. There was also a strange fuzzy animal, small and rather like a bear I though, but I don’t think it could have been a bear. I wonder what it was…

Radio! Esta Noche!

Anticipation! Can you feel it?

Stars align and photographer extraordinaire Jaya Lee will be coming out to the studio tonight to do some rock star shots of radio in action. And shhhh! if we ask her real nice maybe we can get her to play some dang music too

So tune in here tonight from 10 pm to midnight PST for something a bit different, a least for me in the studio *grin*

xoxoxo

R.E.M. – Gardening at Night – Dead Letter Office

Nouvelle Vague – Just Can’t Get Enough – S/T
Yo La Tengo – The River of Water – The Prisoners of Love
The Capitol Years – Revolutions – Dance Away the Terror
Neil Diamond – Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon – Shilo

X – In This House That I Call Home – Wild Gift
Pistolera – No Te Olvidare – Siempre Hay Salida
Mirah – This Dance – You Think It’s Like This But Reall It’s Like This
Who Made Who – Space For Rent – S/T

Talking Heads – Warning Signs – More Songs About Buildings and Food
Tulsa – Shaker – I Was Submerged
Jose Feliciano – Theme from Sand Pebbles – Sings
Love and Rockets – Sweet F.A. – Sweet F.A.

His Name Is Alive – Nice Day – Nice Day
His Name Is Alive – Baby You Feel Me Up – Nice Day
All Girl Summer Fun Band – Booklyn Phone Call – S/T
Smoking Popes – Let’s Hear It For Love – Get Fired
Ramones – California Sun/I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You – 7″

Guided By Voices – Girls of Wild Strawberries – Half Smiles of the Decomposed
Big Star – In the Street – #1 Record
The Breeders – Bang On – Mountain Battles
The Breeders – Night of Joy – Mountain Battles
Soft Location – Your Game Is So Rough – Diamonds and Gems
Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden – Some Girls

*Under the Covers*
Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Luna – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Banjo Barons – I Can See Clearly Now – Dueling Banjos
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now – I Can See Clearly Now

Floating Action – Don’t Stop (Loving Me Now) – S/T
Paul Westerberg – The Only Lie Worth Telling – Stero
The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize? – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Pixies – Manta Ray – Complete ‘B’ Sides
Pillows – Lemme Count the Ways – Two Step

SO MUCH FUN! It was serious fun to have Jaya there. I move too much for pictures, gotta get my groove on and rock out, oh and put music on, so we’ll see how the actual pictures came out But there’s sure to be some of interest, and it was super fun to catch up and chat music and play around and do something different. So ya! rad!

Otherwise, quiet out there tonight. No calls, no animals. All quiet on the western front (I couldn’t resist).

*Update* Pictures can be found here.

Scavengers Radio

Soooo much radio happening tonight. Well, my regular slot, but filled with so much Jerry’s Records and Scavengers goodness that I picked up in Pittsburgh. How great is an antique store called Scavengers. Let me tell you: awesome. Especially awesome is having a friend with you that gets the records price to drop to $1 for sweet records. Sometimes putting together a show is like a scavenger hunt but you’re not sure what you want until you need it. I love that. The above is Jerry’s – best place on Earth for cheap good vinyl.

Tonight is radio, 10pm to midnight PST on KZYX&Z. Streaming here.

xoxoxoxoxo

Feist – My Moon My Man – The Reminder

PJ Harvey & John Parish – Leaving California – A Woman A Man Walked By
The Shins – Red Rabbits – Wincing the Night Away
Darlene Love – Strange Love – Phil Spector: Back to Mono
Saturday Looks Good To Me – The Girl’s Distracted – Every Night

The Glands – You Are the Mountain – S/T
Big Star – Don’t Lie to Me – #1 Record
The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait – Pleased to Meet Me
The Rascals – I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – Time Peace: Greatest Hits
The Monks – I Hate You – Monk Time

Kurt Vile – The Hunchback – The Hunchback EP
Pixies – Is She Weird – At The BBC
Beat Happening – Indian Summer – Jamboree
His Name Is Alive – Can’t Always Be Loved – Ft. Lake
His Name Is Alive – Wishing Ring – Ft. Lake

Nashville Session Players – Where Were You?

The Supremes – I Want To Hold Your Hand – A Bit of Liverpool
Sleater-Kinney – Get Up – 7″
Galaxy 500 – Leave the Planet – On Fire
Elvis Perkins – Doomsday – In Dearland
John Cale – Guts – Fragments Of A Rainy Season

*Under the Covers*
Yo La Tengo – Andalucia – Fakebook
John Cale – Andalucia – Seducing Down the Door
John Cale – Waiting For The Man – Seducing Down the Door
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man – Best Of

Abel Mouton – The Medicine to Cure the World – Singled Out
Low – Hatchet (Optimimi Version) – 7″
Generationals – Nobody Could Change Your Mind – Conlaw
Flaming Lips – What Is the Light? – The Soft Bulletin

Quite a lively night! “Where were you when Ted Kennedy died?” “Not born yet?” I answered, and then was pointed out my tired brain mistake Got a call from Mendocino coast that Sen. Ted Kennedy had passed away and he gave a lead on a great song to play. I YouTubed it and played it from the computer – first time ever – and it went totally smoothly! Found and read the first couple of paragraphs from this article. It was a really cool example of what makes this community radio.

Then got a call from someone who enjoyed the Galaxy 500, something she used to listen to when she was 15, and the trippy aspect of it playing while she’s skinning a hog (or did she say pig?). So cool to hear when and what resonates with people, love it!

And guess what, another call! Lake Mendocino in the house enjoying I’m Waiting For My Man, and wanting to hear it in Russian or German. No idea on that front, but I’m sure it’s probably out there. Rock.

And holy smokes, another call! This time on the Low song – what?! Someone else in the world loves Low enough to get that random 7″ and play it over and over because it is soooo soooo good. So awesome. Gave me a lead on a kickass looking festival too, though sadly I will be outta town (though I won’t be sad to be gone to see my best gal on her b-day in Seattle, woo!!). Someday, I’ll see The Flaming Lips gawddammit!! I will touch Wayne through his giant hamster ball!! And Yo La Tengo. And Thao. *sigh*

Such a fun show, thanks to everyone for making it happen!