Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Thanks to everyone who listened and sent me your requests. I’ll update the Left of the Dial Muxtape later this weekend with some songs from today’s show so stay tuned for that!

See you next week!

Here’s what you heard on today’s show:
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Death Cab for Cutie – “I Will Possess Your Heart” (from Narrow Stairs)
The Magnetic Fields – “California Girls” (from Distortion)
Mission of Burma – “Academy Fight Song” (from Signals, Calls, and Marches)
Radiohead – “Nude” (from In Rainbows)
R.E.M. – “1,000,000″ (from Chronic Town EP)
R.E.M. – “Man Sized Wreath” (from Accelerate)
The Black Keys – “Strange Times” (from Attack and Release)
The Jam – “Strange Town” (from Setting Sons)
Talking Heads – “The Great Curve” (from The Name of This Band is Talking Heads)
My Bloody Valentine – “Blown a Wish” (from Loveless)
David Bowie – “Across the Universe” (from Young Americans)

Here’s what you heard the second hour:
The Replacements – “I.O.U.” (from Pleased to Meet Me)
Billy Bragg – “I Keep Faith” (from Mr. Love and Justice)
Rilo Kiley – “With Arms Outstretched” (from The Execution of All Things)
The Watson Twins – “Powderfinger” (from Cinnamon Girl – the Female Tri
Camper Van Beethoven – “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (from Telephone Free Landslide Victory)
Vampire Weekend – “Exit Music (for a Film) (from Stereogum’s OKX: a Tribute to OK Computer)
Vampire Weekend – “Walcott” (from Vampire Weekend)
Los Campesinos! – “…And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison” (from Hold On Now, Youngster)
Nada Surf – “Inside of Love” (from Let Go)
Superchunk – “Art Class” (from Here’s to Shutting Up)
Superdrag – “Sucked Out” (from Regretfully Yours)
The Strokes – “Hard to Explain” (from Is This It)
The Dismemberment Plan – “Following Through” (from Change)
Yo La Tengo – “Sugarcube” (from I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One)

Sugar – “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” (from Copper Blue)
Dinosaur Jr – “Almost Ready” (from Beyond)
Broken Social Scene – “7/4 (Shoreline” (from Broken Social Scene)
Stars – “Elevator Love Letter” (from Heart)
The New Pornographers – “It’s Only Divine Right” (from The Electric Version)
Mission of Burma – “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” (from Signals, Calls, and Marches)
LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends” (from Sound of Silver)

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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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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)

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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

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