February 29th 2008
Tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM Left of the Dial will air my interview with photographer Autumn de Wilde, author of the book Elliott Smith. We discuss Elliott’s legacy, photography, movies, music, and plenty of other topics.
Interspersed during the hour will be some of Elliott’s songs as well as others related to our conversation. I hope that you find it fascinating, compelling listening!
February 22nd 2008
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: Left of the Dial will not be on the air tomorrow morning.
However, next week’s show (Saturday, March 1) will feature my interview with photographer Autumn de Wilde. We discussed Elliott Smith, the subject of her new book, as well as the link between music and photography among many other topics.
In honor of the interview, this show will be centered around Elliott Smith and some of my favorite songs of his. Be sure to tune in!
February 16th 2008
The first show of the semester has come and gone and I’m quite pleased with how it went. Be sure to tune in again next week for more of the same!
Here’s what you heard today:
Left of the Dial Pre-Show:
Liam Finn – “Second Chance” (from I’ll Be Lightning)
MGMT – “Weekend Wars” (from Oraculat Spectacular)
Band of Horses – “No One’s Gonna Love You” (from Cease to Begin)
Amy Winehouse – “Rehab” (from Back to Black)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “100 Days, 100 Nights” (from 100 Days, 100 Nights)
John Cale – “All My Friends” (from LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends EP)
Panda Bear – “Comfy in Nautica” (from Person Pitch)
R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious” (from Accelerate)
“Official Show”
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Los Campesinos! – “…And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison” (from Hold on Now, Youngster)
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk” (from Vampire Weekend)
Low – “When I Go Deaf” (from The Great Destroyer)
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – “Cold Son” (from Real Emotional Trash)
The Specials – “Pressure Drop” (from Today’s Specials)
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes” (from Kala)
Nada Surf – “Whose Authority” (from Lucky)
The Lemonheads – “No Backbone” (from The Lemonheads)
Cat Power – “Sea of Love” (from The Covers Record)
Spoon – “Don’t You Evah” (from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
Wilco – “Sky Blue Sky” (from Sky Blue Sky)
The Magnetic Fields – “California Girls” (from Distortion)
February 14th 2008
I’m excited to say that Left of the Dial will be back on the air with my first show of the semester this Saturday at 11:00 AM on WQAQ. Be sure to tune in because I have tons of new music to play (Los Campesinos!, Vampire Weekend, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Nada Surf, and The Magnetic Fields just to name a few) as well as old favorites.
Also, there’s the chance of a Left of the Dial pre-show at 10:30, so tune in for that as well.
To listen to the stream, click on the How to Listen tab at the top of the page or travel over to WQAQ.com for streaming instructions.
Direct your comments and feedback to the station’s AIM screenname: WQAQDJ.
See you then!
BW
February 2nd 2008
Hi everyone.
Quinnipiac started the spring semester and the good folks at WQAQ are working hard to get the station up and running! Left of the Dial should be back on the air fairly soon.
There’s a lot of exciting things I have planned for this semester – tons of new music and some special surprises I’m working on as well.
Two quick technical things to leave you with. I’ve moved Left of the Dial to this address and it’s let me do some different things with the wordpress system. For instance, you can “subscribe” to the Left of the Dial blog to get e-mailed when I post something new.
Also, I have a request. If you have a wordpress theme that you think would work well for this blog, let me know. I’m open to a lot of different designs as long as the theme is simple (2 – 3 columns so that it’s easy to read) and “widget aware.” If you know of any good themes (or a place to find some) I’d appreciate it.
See you soon
BW
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