Archive for January, 2006

013006: tiptop of countdown mountain, the. ze big 1!1!1! of 05 part 5.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

originally aired 2-4am January 31, 2006 on CFMU
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One last kick at the can…
19: Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (We Are Nowhere And It’s Now)
I was originally wary of Bright Eyes. I didn’t give Conor Oberst a chance because he was lumped in with emo and that whole scene (along with […]

012306: 111!!! it just keeps going.. (Part 4)

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

originally aired 2-4am January 24, 2006 on CFMU
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And yet more. Verily.
39: Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites (The Zookeeper’s Boy)
An all-out progrockathon with guitars spidering in and out and elevated vocal melodies soaring above with rambunctious joy. All the tracks flow into one another and despite a few overwrought moments it’s all fun […]

011606: the top eleventy one of two thousand and five (Part 3)

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

originally aired 2-4am January 17, 2006 on CFMU
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Still? Yes goddamnit. This guy is nuts. Part 3 of the 111 album countdown.. and we all know the significance of 111 divided by 3! (not particularly anything, but absence is as important as presence). and Heeeeere we go!
62: Deerhoof - The Runners Four […]

spaghetti filled stockings

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Here we have a little hiheyhello to tell any who would worry that there is more to me than a radio playlist every Tuesday morning with two weeks off across the winter solstice. I realize that it’s been many moons since there was a regular howyadoing posted in these parts, and that’s a bit […]

010906: 111 2005 Albums that are better than Coldplay’s (Part 2)

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

originally aired 2-4am January 10, 2006 on CFMU
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The second part of our tiny little downcounting of musical albumens.
87: Menomena - Under an Hour (Flour)
A set of three extended tracks created for a dance performance. Repeating arrangements weave in and out, build, denoue, and make for great listening
86: Kate Bush - Aerial (Somewhere in Between)
Kate’s […]

010206: The Top 111 Albums of 2005 (Part 1)

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

not originally aired on CFMU, thanks to last-minute crappy-ass computer crashes.

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The first part of a rather ambitious and perhaps deranged countdown.