Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Thanks for listening to today’s “reunion” show. I don’t think I realized how much I missed it until I started rambling between songs again!

I won’t be on the air the following two weekends, but tune in on October 18 for an all new edition of Left of the Dial!

Here’s what you heard this morning:
Wilco – “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” (from A Ghost is Born)
The Cure – “Freakshow” (from 4:13 Dream)
Husker Du – “Flip Your Wig” (from Flip Your Wig)
Death Cab for Cutie – “Cath…” (from Narrow Stairs)

The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
The Hold Steady – “Sequestered in Memphis” (from Stay Positive)
Jenny Lewis – “See Fernando” (from Acid Tongue)
Teenage Fanclub – “Radio” (from Thirteen)
Okkervil River – “Singer Songwriter” (from The Stand-Ins)
The Gutter Twins – “Down the Line” (from Adorata EP)
The National – “Fake Empire (Live)” (from The Virginia EP)
The Black Kids – “Hurricane Jane” (from Partie Traumatic)
Los Campesinos! – “My Year In Lists” (from Hold on Now, Youngster…)
My Bloody Valentine – “When You Sleep” (from Loveless)
Talking Heads – “Thank You for Sending Me an Angel” (from Stop Making Sense)
Dinosaur Jr – “Almost Ready” (from Beyond)
Pavement – “Father to a Sister of Thought” (from Wowee Zowee)
TV on the Radio – “Crying” (from Dear Science)

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Earlier this week I stumbled upon Muxtape, a new site that lets users upload 12 MP3s to create their own streamable mix that you can listen to right from your internet browser.  Once I saw the potential in making a Muxtape, I decided to start one for Left of the Dial.

So I’m pleased to announce the first edition of the Left of the Dial Muxtape!  I picked out twelve tracks from yesterday’s show to share with all of you, so even if you missed the show you can still hear some of the songs I played.

If you start your own Muxtape, let me know about it.  Until then, I’m going to keep thinking of ways I can use this for my own purpose.

See you next Saturday!

Left of the Dial Muxtape – Edited 03/29/08 (All songs played on 03/29/08 edition of Left of the Dial)

1. “I’ll Bring the Sun” – Jason Collett
2. “I Keep Faith (Live on Conan O’Brien)” – Billy Bragg (courtesy of Bradley’s Almanac)
3. “See These Bones” – Nada Surf
4. “Just Stay” – Kevin Devine
5. “Death to Los Campesinos!” – Los Campesinos!
6. “Precious” – The Jam
7. “This Is Not a Test” – She & Him
8. “Small Stakes” – Spoon
9. “Achin’ to Be” – The Replacements
10. “Union City Blue” – Blondie
11. “Vapour Trail” – Ride
12. “Terms of Psychic Warfare” – Husker Du

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Today’s edition of Left of the Dial, the first after a long hiatus, was appropriately an extra long show! Thanks to everyone who called/IMed in their requests!

Here’s what you heard today:

First Hour:
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
R.E.M. – “Living Well is the Best Revenge” (from Accelerate)
Jason Collett – “I’ll Bring the Sun” (from Idols of Exile)
Billy Bragg – “I Keep Faith” (from Mr. Love and Justice)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – “No Action” (from This Year’s Model)
Kevin Devine – “Just Stay” (from Put Your Ghost to Rest)
Nada Surf – “See These Bones” (from Lucky)
R.E.M. – “Accelerate” (from Accelerate)
R.E.M. – “Half a World Away” (from Out of Time)
Los Campesinos! – “Death to Los Campesinos!” (from Hold On Now, Youngster)
The National – “Apartment Story” (from Boxer)
Pearl Jam – “Come Back” (from Pearl Jam)
R.E.M. – “I’m Gonna DJ” (from R.E.M. Live)

Second Hour:
The Replacements – “I Will Dare” (from Let it Be)
Vampire Weekend – “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance” (from Vampire Weekend)
The Hold Steady – “How a Resurrection Really Feels” (from Separation Sunday)
Jeff Tweedy – “Theologians” (from Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest DVD)
The Jam – “Precious” (from The Gift)
The Decemberists – “The Engine Driver” (from Picaresque)
U2 – “Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” (from Achtung Baby)
She and Him – “This is Not a Test” (from She and Him: Volume 1)
Pavement – “Stereo” (from Brighten the Corners)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Biomusicology” (from The Tyranny of Distance)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – “‘Just Like Honey” (from Psychocandy)
Spoon – “Small Stakes” (from Kill the Moonlight)
The Gutter Twins – “The Stations” (from Saturnalia)

Final Half Hour:
The Replacements – “Aching to Be” (from Don’t Tell a Soul)
Sonic Youth – “Teenage Riot” (from Daydream Nation)
Blondie – “Union City Blue” (from Eat to the Beat)
Ride – “Vapour Trail” (from Nowhere)
Sufjan Stevens – “The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts” (from Come On Feel the Illinoise!)
Husker Du – “Terms of Psychic Warfare” (from New Day Rising)
LCD Soundsystem – “Big Ideas” (from 21 OST)

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Here’s what you heard on today’s show:

Animal Collective – “Peacebone” (from Strawberry Jam)
Eisley – “Many Funerals” (from Combinations)
Arcade Fire – “Wake Up” (from Funeral)
The Jam – “Strange Town” (from Setting Sons)
Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” (from Singles 45’s and Under)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” (from Sharkbite Sessions EP)
Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” (from New Wave)
The Rolling Stones – “Play With Fire: (from Hot Rocks: 1964 – 1971 and The Darjeeling Limited OST)
Nirvana – “All Apologies” (from MTV Unplugged)
Elliott Smith – “Angeles” (from Either/Or)
The Shins – “Phantom Limb” (from Wincing the Night Away)
The Miracle of ‘86 – “Dance! Dance, Revolution” (from Every Famous Last Word)
Husker Du – “New Day Rising” (from New Day Rising)
Pavement – “Silence Kit” (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
R.E.M. – “The One I Love” (from R.E.M. Live)

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Well the first show came and went QUICKLY! I was a bit rusty having not been on the air in a while but I enjoyed it and played some good tunes!

Here’s what you heard (or what you missed!)

The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
TV on the Radio – “Wolf Like Me” (from Return to Cookie Mountain)
Bloc Party – “Always New Depths” (from Silent Alarm Remixed)
The Jesus & Mary Chain – “Head On” (from 21 Singles)
Husker Du – “Love is All Around” (from Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense at All EP)
Pearl Jam – “Interstellar Overdrive -> Corduroy” (from Santa Barbara 2006 Bootleg)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Dial Up” (from The Tyranny of Distance)
Portastatic – “Bobby Jean” (from Autumn Got Dark EP)
Sonic Youth – “Incinerate” (from Rather Ripped)
The Jam – “Town Called Malice” (from The Gift)
Teenage Fanclub – “Radio” (from Thirteen)
Guided By Voices – “Game of Pricks” (from Human Amusements at Hourly Rates: The Best of Guided By Voices)
The Rapture – “Pieces of the People We Love” (from Pieces of the People We Love)

See you next week!
[BW]

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