"It's Enough to Make You Go Crazy!"

Over the past year and a half, I've had so much fun playing music on CHIRP Radio. One of my favorite parts about DJ-ing is creating playlists based on themes and playing requests. Here's my Madness show, broadcast on 6-23-11. 

Brain Coral. ( EL Wire and Fabric, 2008).

11:57AM [REQUEST] Syd Barrett Dark Globe from The Madcap Laughs (Capitol)

11:53AM Ryley Walker The Dome of Many-Colored Glass from The Evidence of Things Unseen (Plustapes)

11:49AM Dan Mei & Marc Johnce My Life On The Crazy Train Sucks (So What?) (Kelly Clarkson vs. Ozzy Osbourne vs. Pink vs. Daft Punk) from Best of Bootie 2009 (Unknown)

11:44AM [REQUEST] The Flaming Lips Brain Damage from The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side Of The Moon (Warner Bros.)

11:40AM Helado Negro Globitos from Canta Lechuza (Asthmatic Kitty)

11:35AM [REQUEST] Blondie The Tide is High from Autoamerican (Chrysalis)

11:33AM [REQUEST] Kid Cudi Trapped in My Mind from Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (Dream On/GOOD Music/Universal Motown)

11:27AM Guster Center Of Attention from Lost & Gone Forever (Reprise/Wea)

11:24AM Cults You Know What I Mean from Cults (Columbia)

11:19AM Handsome Boy Modeling School The World's Gone Mad (feat Del The Funky Homosapien, Barrington Levy and Alex Kapranos) from White People (Elektra)

11:14AM [REQUEST] Bruce Lash Psycho Killer from Prozak for Lovers II (Bruce Lash)

11:12AM Devo Mind Games from Something For Everybody (Warner Bros.)

11:07AM F***ed Up Turn the Season from David Comes to Life (Matador)

11:05AM [REQUEST] The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated from Road to Ruin (Sire)

10:59AM Death Cab for Cutie You are a Tourist from Codes and Keys (Atlantic)

10:56AM Rick Rizzo and Tara Key Insanity Stomp from Double Star (Thrill Jockey)

10:52AM Bon Iver Calgary from Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

10:46AM Battles Ice Cream (featuring Matias Aguayo) from Gloss Drop (Warp)

10:43AM Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Insane Lullaby from Dark Night Of The Soul (EMI)

10:41AM The Beach Boys I Just Wasn't Made For These Times from Pet Sounds (Capitol)

10:36AM Brett Dennen Feat. Femi Kuti Make You Crazy from Hope For The Hopeless (Dualtone)

10:31AM [REQUEST] Against Me! How Low? from Searching for a Former Clarity (Fat Wreck Chords)

10:27AM Canasta Slow Down Chicago from We Were Set Up (Broken Middle C)

10:22AM Mates Of State Like U Crazy from Bring It Back (Barsuk)

10:18AM Givers Ceiling of Plankton from In Light (Glassnote)

10:16AM [REQUEST] Ryan Adams Nervous Breakdown from Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three(Sanctuary)

10:14AM Seapony Always from Go With Me (Hardly Art)

10:11AM Man Man I'd Rather Go Blind from I'd Rather Go Blind (Single) (Unknown)

10:07AM [REQUEST] Lindsey Buckingham Go Insane from Go Insane (Reprise/Warner)

10:02AM The Rolling Stones 19th Nervous Breakdown from 19th Nervous Breakdown (Single) (Decca)

10:00AM Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Touch the Sky from Bulletproof Brass (ChoiceCuts)

9:57AM Booker T. Jones Crazy from The Road from Memphis (ANTI-)

9:53AM Smoking Popes Freakin Out from This is Only a Test (Asian Man)

9:48AM [REQUEST] The Avett Brothers Paranoia in B-flat Major from Emotionalism (Ramseur)

9:44AM [REQUEST] Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized from Suicidal Tendencies (Frontier)

9:40AM Janelle Monae Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) from The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy)

9:36AM [REQUEST] The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind from Realism (Nonesuch)

9:32AM Sondre Lerche Living Dangerously from Sondre Lerche (Mona)

9:27AM Weezer Undone - The Sweater Song from Weezer (Blue Album) (Geffen)

9:22AM Sukhwinder Singh, Nisha, Vishal-Shekhar, Caralisa & Marianne Dard-e-disco from Om Shanti Om (T-Series)

9:18AM Wanda Jackson Nervous Breakdown from The Party Ain't Over (Nonesuch)

9:16AM [REQUEST] Madness Madness (Is All In The Mind) from The Rise and Fall (Stiff)

9:11AM Vetiver Can't You Tell from The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)

9:06AM [REQUEST] Bright Eyes At The Bottom Of Everything from I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (Saddle Creek)

9:03AM [REQUEST] The Missing Links You're Driving Me Insane from Driving You Insane (Half A Cow Aus/Zoom)

8:59AM Pixies Where Is My Mind from Surfer Rosa (4AD)

8:54AM The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist from Since I Left You (Modular)

Lions, Tigers, & Bears, Oh My!

Over the past year and a half, I've had so much fun playing music on CHIRP Radio. One of my favorite parts about DJ-ing is creating playlists based on themes and playing requests. Here's my Lions, Tigers, & Bears, Oh My! show, broadcast on 4-11-11. 

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Lion & The Ponte Vecchio. (Ink, 2008.)

 
Songs (All Links to YouTube):

11:57AM Rick Rizzo and Tara Key Interruptive Organ from Double Star (Thrill Jockey)

11:54AM Django Reinhardt Tiger Rag from The Classic Early Recordings (JSP)

11:49AM Al Petteway & Amy White In Like A Lion from Gratitude - Groovemasters Vol. 3 (Solid Air)

11:45AM The Mountain Goats Age of Kings from All Eternals Deck (Merge)

11:42AM The Monkees Oh My My from Music Box (Rhino)

11:36AM Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears She's So Scandalous from Scandalous (Lost Highway)

11:31AM Beck Paper Tiger from Sea Change (Geffen)

11:29AM Wire Ex Lion Tamer from Pink Flag (Harvest/EMI/Restless)

11:25AM Obits You Gotta Lose from Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop)

11:22AM Bear In Heaven Wholehearted Mess from Wholehearted Mess (Hometapes)

11:19AM Delphine Desyeux Je Suis la Tigresse [I'm a Tiger] from Swinging Mademoiselles: Groovy French Sounds from the 60s (Silva America)

11:16AM Pet Lions Roman History from Soft Right EP (self-released)

11:14AM [Request] Tiger Trap Supercrush from Supercrush EP (K)

11:04AM [Request] Van Morrison Listen to the Lion from Saint Dominic's Preview (Warner)

Tiger, (Paint, 2007.)

11:00AM Peter Bjorn & John Tomorrow Has To Wait from Gimme Some (StarTime)

10:57AM Califone Lion & Bee from Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey)

10:51AM Jill Barber Oh My My from Chances (Outside)

10:47AM Ponytail Honey Touches from Do Whatever You Want All The Time (We Are Free)

10:43AM [Request] Minus The Bear My Time from Omni (Dangerbird)

10:39AM The Sandwitches In the Garden from Mrs. Jones' Cookies (Empty Cellar)

10:36AM [Request] The Killers Neon Tiger from Day & Age (Island/Vertigo)

10:32AM Animal Collective Lion in a Coma from Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

10:28AM The Loneliest Monk Bears from The Loneliest Monk (Kilo)

10:22AM [Request] Panda Riot Motown Glass from Far And Near EP (self-released)

10:19AM Alexander Let's Win from Alexander (Community)

10:16AM [Request] Fleet Foxes Tiger Mountain Peasant Song from Fleet Foxes (Bella Union/Sub Pop)

10:12AM [Request] Lauryn Hill The Conquering Lion from MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (Columbia)

10:10AM Crystal Stilts Through the Floor from In Love With Oblivian (Slumberland)

10:07AM Mellowdrone Oh My from Box (Red Int/Red Ink)

10:03AM The Antlers Bear from Hospice (Frenchkiss)

Koala Bear, (Linocut, 2011.)

9:58AM Tiger Bones Transmission (Nilsson edit) from Go Over Here (Dedd Foxx)

9:53AM [Request] Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man from Sigh No More (Island/Glassnote)

9:50AM Del the Funky Homosapien Break The Bank from Golden Era (The Council)

9:46AM Her Space Holiday Sleepy Tigers from Xoxo, Panda And The New Kid Revival (Mush)

9:44AM [Request] Neko Case Lion's Jaws from Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (ANTI-)

9:40AM [Request] Sufjan Stevens The Friendly Beasts from Songs For Christmas (Asthmatic Kitty)

9:35AM The Dodos Hunting Season from No Color (Frenchkiss)

9:31AM Page France Mr. Violin And Dancing Bear from ...and the Family Telephone (Suicide Squeeze)

9:28AM Bishop Allen Tiger, Tiger from Grrr... (Dead Oceans)

9:24AM The Tallest Man On Earth A Lion's Heart from The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)

9:20AM TV On the Radio Second Song from Nine Types of Light (Interscope)

9:16AM Cults Oh My God from Adult Swim Singles Project (Unknown)

9:11AM Wax Fang Bi-Polar Bear from Black & Endless Night (Don't Panic!)

9:07AM [Request] La Roux Tigerlily from La Roux (Polydor)

9:05AM [Request] Yeah Yeah Yeahs Gold Lion from Show Your Bones (Interscope)

A Few of My Favorite Things...

I wrote a collection of my favorite songs from this year over on CHIRP Radio's Blog. You can listen to the station here. And hopefully soon on the airwaves, thanks to the Local Community Radio Act. CHIRP has been a big part of my Chicago experience so far, with DJing, concerts, and in-depth music discussions. Thanks to them for introducing me to many awesome songs and artists, and having a stellar radio broadcast!

I am listening to LCD Soundsystem in this photo.

The CHIRP Record Fair, 2009. Photo by Sarah Gonzalez.

Song:

We Used to Wait - The Arcade Fire (at thewildernessdowntown)

Investigating Film Noir with CHIRP Radio & Mark Khaisman

I love making playlists and curating soundtracks to themes. I'm also intrigued by the mystery & suspense of film noir. I created a film noir list for my radio show on CHIRP Radio (the Chicago Independent Radio Project). It includes everything from danger, secrets, lies, femme fatales, spies, and evening rendezvous. Dramatic stuff, eh?!

I'm inspired by the tape art of Mark Khaisman. Mr. Khaisman uses packing tape & light boxes to create warm, sepia-toned portraits & dramatic scenes, giving a new light (ha) to classic pulp art. I like the process he uses, simply adding more and more tape to create his shadows and lines. His "Tape Noir" series resonates strongly with everything I enjoy, in both mediums & thrilling stories.

Seen on the Streets of Chicago

Songs (All Links to YouTube):
11:56AM Black Bear Combo - Watchyerstep from Game Of Death (Self-Released)
11:50AM Tunng - Don't Look Down Or Back from ...And Then We Saw Land (Thrill Jockey)
11:46AM Hunting Club - Sweet Soprano from Hunting Club (Self-Released)
11:41AM [Request] Jack White and Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die from Quantum of Solace (J)
11:37AM Orgone - Lookout from Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
11:33AM Girls In Trouble - Secrets/You're Always Watching from JDub Presents: Wild Peace (JDUB)
11:29AM The Infesticons - Give 'Em Anthem from Bedford Park (Big Dada)
11:26AM The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running from Neon Bible (Merge)
11:24AM oRSo - Mavis from Long Time By (Perishable)
11:20AM The Raveonettes - Bang! from In and Out of Control (Fierce Panda/Vice)
11:17AM Spoon - Trouble Comes Running from Transference (Merge)
11:13AM Zs - Masonry from New Slaves (Social Registry)
11:07AM Coldplay - Spies from Parachutes (Capitol/Parlophone)
11:04AM Andrew Bird - Action/Adventure from Weather Systems (Grimsey)
11:00AM Beck - Nausea from The Information (Interscope)
10:56AM The Futureheads - Sun Goes Down from The Chaos (Dovecote)
10:52AM Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail from What the Toll Tells (Saddle Creek)
10:47AM Suckers - You Can Keep Me Runnin' Around from Wild Smile (Frenchkiss)
10:43AM Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart from Narrow Stairs (Atlantic/Barsuk)
10:36AM Gayngs - No Sweat from Relayted (Jagjaguwar)
10:29AM [Request] The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit from Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
10:25AM Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Just War from Dark Night of the Soul (EMI)
10:21AM Roy G and the Biv - Somebody's Watching Me from ROY G and the BIV (Self-Released)
10:17AM Aqueduct - Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights from Pistols At Dawn (Sub Pop)
10:15AM The Apples In Stereo - She's Telling Lies (Bryce's Mix) from Velocity of Sound (SpinART/Elephant 6)
10:12AM [Request] Sleigh Bells - Run the Heart from Treats (Mom+Pop)
10:08AM of Montreal - Disguises from The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit's Flower (Kindercore)
10:04AM All City Affairs - Flashback to When We Both Were Young from Identity Theft (Lujo)
10:01AM The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale from The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
9:59AM Zapruder Point - Bad Man from Soda & Sympathy (Self-Released)
9:54AM World/Inferno Friendship Society - Peter Lorre's Overture from Addicted to Bad Ideas (Chunksaah)
9:50AM Club 8 - Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still from The People's Record (Labrador)
9:46AM Quincy Jones - Blues In The Night from Ocean's Eleven Soundtrack (Warner Bros/Wea)
9:41AM The Black Keys - Ten Cent Pistol from Brothers (Nonesuch)
9:35AM Neko Case - Prison Girls from Middle Cyclone (ANTI-)
9:31AM Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? from Innerspeaker (Modular)
9:28AM Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices from Silent Alarm (Wichita)
9:24AM [Request] The Budos Band - Up From The South from Daptone Gold (Daptone)
9:20AM Rilo Kiley - Smoke Detector from Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
9:18AM [Request] Crystal Castles - Fainting Spells from Crystal Castles II (Fiction)
9:14AM My Brightest Diamond - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey from Mojo Presents The White Album Recovered Vol. 2 (Unknown)
9:09AM Deer Tick - Goodbye, Dear Friend from The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan)
9:06AM Francis and the Lights - Night Watchman from A Modern Promise (Normative)
9:03AM Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) from Kill Bill Vol. 1 (A Band)