Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Thanks for listening to today’s show which turned out to be a bonus 2 hour edition.

Here’s what I played up until noon:
Eddie Vedder – “Hard Sun” (from Into the Wild Soundtrack)
Sigur Ros – “Staralfur” (from Agaetis Byrjun)
Karen O & the Million Dollar Bashers – “Highway 61 Revisited” (from I’m Not ThereSoundtrack)
Scott Walker – “30 Century Man” (from Scott 3)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Broken Social Scene – “Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)” (from Broken Social Scene)
Pavement – “Gold Soundz” (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
Sonic Youth – “100%” (from Dirty)
Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life” (from I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – “April Skies” (from Darklands)
Big Star – “Mod Lang” (from #1 Record / Radio City)
Elliott Smith – “Say Yes” (from Either/Or)
Afghan Whigs – “66″ (from 1965)
Talking Heads – “Heaven” (from Fear of Music)
Radiohead – “You” (from Pablo Honey)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Hearts of Oak” (from Hearts of Oak)
The Hold Steady – “Stuck Between Stations” (from Boys and Girls in America)

Here’s what you heard in the bonus hour today:
Against Me! – “New Wave” (from New Wave)
The Jam – “Precious” (from The Gift)
R.E.M. – “Little America” (from Reckoning)
The Who – “So Sad About Us” (from A Quick One)
Feist – “I Feel It All” (from The Reminder)
Art Brut – “Good Weekend” (from Bang Bang Rock and Roll)
The Clash – “Somebody Got Murdered” (from Sandinista!)
The Strokes – “Someday” (from Is This It?)
U2 – “Running to Stand Still” (from The Joshua Tree)
Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (from Neon Bible)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “Two Headed Boy” (from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
X – “See How We Are” (from See How We Are)
LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends” (from Sound of Silver)

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I’m always surprised with how the weather affects our moods. Here’s what you heard on today’s rain-soaked version of the show.

The Replacements – “Within Your Reach” (from Hootenany)
Superchunk – “Rainy Streets” (from Here’s to Shutting Up)
R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” (from Reckoning)
Bright Eyes – “Train Under Water” (from I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning)
Guided By Voices – “Everybody Thinks I’m a Raincloud (When I’m Not Looking)” (from Half Smiles of the Decomposed)
Radiohead – “Sit Down, Stand Up” (from Hail to the Theif)
The Fiery Furnaces – “Sing for Me” (from The Fiery Furnaces EP)
The Hold Steady – “Killer Parties” (from …Almost Killed Me)
Animal Collective – “Grass” (from Feels)
M83 – “Don’t Save Us from the Flames” (from Before the Dawn Heals Us)
Rilo Kiley – “My Slumbering Heart” (from The Execution of All Things)
Big Star – “O My Soul” (from #1 Record / Radio City)
Band of Horses – “Is There a Ghost?” (from Cease to Begin)

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This morning’s show was a bit hectic – sound problems and a slow computer will do that sometimes – but it was certainly enriched by my guest DJ Alyssa and some great songs (of course).

Here’s what you heard:
Feist – “My Moon, My Man” (from My Moon, My Man EP)
Bright Eyes – “Four Winds” (from Four Winds EP)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Colin Meloy – “Everyday is Like Sunday” (from Colin Meloy Sings Morrisey EP)
The Rapture – “Don Gon Do It” (from Pieces of the People We Love)
Neil Young – “Ohio (live)” (from Live at Massey Hall 1971)
Teenage Fanclub – “Neil Jung” (from Thirteen)
Yo La Tengo – “Mr. Tough” (from I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
Ted Leo – “Nothing Much To Say” (from Mo’ Livin’ EP)
TV On The Radio – “Wolf Like Me (live)” (from Live at Amoeba Music)
Blondie – “Dreaming” (from Best of Blondie)
Grandaddy – “Now It’s On” (from Sumday)
Lily Allen – “Smile” (from Alright, Still)
Arcade Fire – “Keep The Car Running” (from Neon Bible)
The Thrills – “One Horse Town” (from So Much for the City)

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Here’s what you heard this morning:

Apostle of Hustle – “National Anthem of Nowhere” (from National Anthem of Nowhere)
Meat Puppets – “Lake of Fire” (from Meat Puppets II)
Miracle of 86 – “Sunday School” (from Every Famous Last Word)
Kaiser Chiefs – “I Predict a Riot” (from Employment)
Wilco – “You Are My Face” (from Sky Blue Sky)
Albert Hammond, Jr. – “Everyone Gets a Star” (from Yours to Keep)
Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (live on Saturday Night Live)
Big Star – “O My Soul” (from Radio City)
Ted Leo + The Pharmacists – “A Bottle of Buckie” (from Living With the Living
Bright Eyes – “Four Winds” (from Four Winds EP)
Elliott Smith – “Angeles” (from Either/Or)
Jesus & Mary Chain – “Far Gone and Out” (from Honey’s Dead)
David Bowie – “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (from Aladdin Sane)
Jill Cunniff – “NYC Boy” (from City Beach)
The La’s – “Timeless Melody” (from The La’s)
Bloc Party – “Hunting for Witches” (from A Weekend in the City)

I’ll (probably) be off the next 2 weeks for QU’s spring break. I’ll let you know once I do.

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