About 2 months before the holidays came around I got an email from a fellow KJHK alum (who now is the General Manager) asking if I wanted to do one of the freeform shows over the break. I haven't been back to the station for probably 8 years now. I jumped at the chance and I think I was one of the first to respond. I got a slot for 12pm-4pm on Thursday, Dec. 29. I spent hours and hours coming up with my playlist. The plan was to split the 4 hours up into a best-of-2005 set and a local set. I kept the local set kind of open because I invited some friends in to play music (they didn't end up showing).
When I got to the station the Malicious Intent show was on. The DJ smelled kinda gross too. It was good to be back, but I was nervous, especially because I could not figure out how to connect my computer up so I could do the show from there. The DJ was no help. I ended up calling the station manager and of course I didn't have the right cable. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME I NEEDED A SPECIAL CABLE?! I was about to start panicking. There was 2 minutes left on the CD player and I didn't have anything ready. I started playing stuff from the stacks and while each song was playing, I tried to figure out what the hell I was going to do. And then I found the magic cable. I was in business. I settled in to the chair, set everything up and started the show for reals.
Set 1 (2.2 hours)
01 No More Stalins, No More Hitlers (with John Cale) (1989) | William S. Burroughs | Dead City Radio
02 The Comeback | Shout Out Louds | Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
03 My Mathematical Mind | Spoon | Gimme Fiction
04 Kissing Families | Silversun Pickups | Pssst! (Filter Magazine, Summer 2005)
05 Monster Hospital | Metric | Filter Magazine Subway Series Vol. 2
06 Random | Lady Sovereign | Vertically Challenged
07 What's Mine Is Yours | Sleater-Kinney | The Woods
08 High Rise | Ladytron | Witching Hour
09 Chromakey Dreamcoat | Boards Of Canada | The Campfire Headphase
10 A Match Made In Texas | Her Space Holiday | The Past Presents The Future
11 Comment Allons Nous Ce Faire? | Gangpol und Mit | (Internet Demo)
12 Don't Save Us From The Flames | M83 | Before The Dawn Heals Us
13 It Beats For You | My Morning Jacket | Z
14 Concrete Bed | Nada Surf | The Weight is a Gift
15 Another Sunny Day | Belle and Sebastian | The Life Pursuit
16 Rewind | Goldspot | Tally of the Yes Men
17 Home | Engineers | Engineers
18 Jenny Wren | Paul McCartney | Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
19 Forever Lost | The Magic Numbers | The Magic Numbers
20 Red Moon | Turin Brakes | JackInABox
21 Broken Beads | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema
22 Bom Bom Bom | Living Things | Ahead Of The Lions
23 Medicine | Queens Of The Stone Age | Lullabies To Paralyze
24 The Mask (Feat. Ghostface Killah) | Dangerdoom | The Mouse & The Mask
25 Homme | Brazilian Girls | Brazilian Girls
26 Pelican Narrows | Caribou | The Milk of Human Kindness
27 City Lights | Husky Rescue | Country Falls
28 On My Own | Ulrich Schnauss | A Strangely Isolated Place
29 Freakin' Out | Graham Coxon | Happiness In Magazines
30 Oh My God | Kaiser Chiefs | Employment
31 Mexican Standoff | Elbow | Leaders Of The Free World
32 Slow Night, So Long | Kings Of Leon | Aha Shake Heartbreak
33 Weight Of The World | B.R.M.C. | Howl
34 Disposable | Story One | EP
35 Clementine | The Decemberists | To: Elliott, From: Portland
Set 2 (1.3 hours)
36 How I Spent My Summer Vacation | Truck Stop Love | How I Spent My Summer Vacation
37 Wanderlust | Sufferbus | Sufferbus
38 Ernst & Son | Zoom | Zoom
39 Sideways | Shiner | Lula Divinia
40 Extract Centrifugado | Panel Donor | Lobedom & Global
41 Kick Me | The Glitter Kicks | Love Everything
42 Cool 500 | Shallow | 3D Stereo Trouble
43 Demons And Avalanches | Butterglory | Downed - A Singles Collection
44 Summer Too | What Gives! | Up All Night With The What Giv
45 Watcha Trying To Do | Shower Trick | The Mortal Micronotz Tribute
46 Your Gonna Lose | Todd Newman | Temporary Setback
47 Giants Of May | The Pedaljets | The Pedaljets
48 Squares Of Squares | Vitreous Humor | Self Titled E.P
49 Lister | Boys Life | Boys Life
50 Never Said Anything (Demo) | The Belles | Demos
51 Somewhere In Your Town | Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers | Cadillacs, Ponytails And Dirty Dreams ...
52 Supernatural Bologna | Tenderloin | Let It Leak
53 Experimental Trucking | Go Kart | Swank
54 Sleeping Bag | Paw | Dragline
55 Restraining Order | Action Man | Adventures In Boredom
56 Breaking Dummy | Means To An End | Means To An End
57 Wuss Kliph | Kill Creek | Stretch
58 Gutshot And The Jogger | Giants Chair | Red And Clear
59 Mine Eyes | Season To Risk | Season To Risk
