Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Today was my last show on WQAQ. Many thanks to the QU kids for letting me have a show the past two years and to all of you for listening and requesting. Today’s show was one of the most fun shows I’ve ever done.

The Left of the Dial website will probably take a brief hiatus while I re-think it’s design and purpose. I’m leaning towards a podcast but I’m open to ideas (brian “at” leftofthedialradio” dot” org if you have ideas)

Come back soon for an update on the muxtape, pictures, and other things from today’s show.

Here’s what you’re heard today:
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (from The Last Waltz)
Billy Bragg – “A New England” (from Back to Basics)
The Magnetic Fields – “California Girls” (from Distortion)
Pearl Jam – “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (from Live at the Gorge)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Hearts of Oak” (from Hearts of Oak)
The Strokes – “Someday” (from Is This It?)
Superdrag – “Sucked Out” (from Regretfully Yours)
Jason Anderson – “Watch Your Step” (from The Hopeful and the Unafraid)
Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers” (from In Rainbows)
The Smiths – “The Headmaster Ritual” (from Meat is Murder)

The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” (from Tim)
The Church – “Under the Milky Way” (from the Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the ’80s Underground box)
Rilo Kiley – “With Arms Outstretched” (from The Execution of All Things)
Andrew W.K. – “She Is Beautiful” (from I Get Wet)
Jonathan Rice – “Further North” (from Further North)
Arcade Fire – “[Antichrist Television Blues]” (from Neon Bible)
Superchunk – “Art Class (song for Yayoi Kusama)” (from Here’s to Shutting Up)
She & Him – “Sentimental Heart” (from Volume 1)
Sonic Youth – “Youth Against Fascism” (from Dirty)
Animal Collective – “Fireworks” (from Strawberry Jam)

The Replacements – “Alex Chilton” (from Pleased to Meet Me)
Pavement – “Stereo” (from Brighten the Corners)
Elvis Costello – “Welcome to the Working Week” (from My Aim is True)
Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” (from Stop Making Sense)
Wilco – “Pot Kettle Black” (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
The Miracle of ‘86 – “Dance! Dance, Revolution!” (from Every Famous Last Word)
Cornershop – “Brim Full of Asha” (from When I Was Born for the 7th Time)
Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” (from XO)
Broken Social Scene – “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” (from You Forgot it in People)
Feist – “I Feel It All” (from The Reminder)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Biomusicology” (from Tyranny of Distance)
The Jam – “Going Underground” (from The Best of the Jam)
R.E.M. – “I’m Gonna DJ” (from Accellerate)

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Left of the Dial is on the air RIGHT NOW with special guest Matt!  Click on the “How to Listen” tab to check it out!

Here’s what you’re hearing:
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Broken Social Scene – “Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Mix)” (from You Forgot It in People)
Dinosaur Jr – “Been There All the Time” (from Beyond)
The Verve – “This Time” (from Urban Hymns)
Death Cab for Cutie – “I Will Possess Your Heart” (from Narrow Stairs)
The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” (from The Stone Roses)
My Morning Jacket – “Evil Urges” (from Evil Urges)
The Raconteurs – “Salute Your Solution” (from Consolers of the Lonely)
She & Him – “This is Not a Test” (from Volume 1)
LCD Soundsystem – “Big Ideas” (from 21 OST)
Frank Black – “Hang On to Your Ego” (from Frank Black)

The Replacements – “Unsatisfied” (from Let it Be)
Tokyo Police Club – “Juno” (from Elephant Shell)
Blur – “Song 2″ (from Blur)
Badly Drawn Boy – “All Possibilities” (from Have You Fed the Fish?)
R.E.M. – “Hollow Man” (from Accelerate)
Semisonic – “Singing in My Sleep” (from Feeling Strangely Fine)
Joy Division – “Atmosphere” (from Substance)
Animal Collective – “Peacebone” (from Strawberry Jam)
Radiohead – “Optimistic” (from Kid A)
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk” (from Vampire Weekend)
The Hold Steady – “Multitude of Casualties” (from Live at Lollapalooza 2006)
The Jam – “Ghosts” (from The Gift)

The Replacements – “Alex Chilton” (from Pleased to Meet Me)
The Black Keys – “Strange Times” (from Attack and Release)
B-52s – “Private Idaho” (from Nude on the Moon Boxset)
R.E.M. – “Maps & Legends” (from Fables of the Reconstruction)
Bloc Party – “So Here We Are” (from Silent Alarm)
Ted Leo – “Since U Been Gone / Maps” (live recording)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Parallel or Together?” (from Tyranny of Distance)
Billy Bragg – “I Keep Faith” (from Mr. Love & Justice)
The New Pornographers – “Use It” (from Twin Cinema)
Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (from Neon Bible)
Spoon – “Jonathon Fisk” (from Kill the Moonlight)
My Bloody Valentine – “Soon” (from Loveless)
Eddie Vedder – “Hard Sun” (from Into the Wild OST)

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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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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 can safely say that today’s show was one of my favorite’s in a long, long time – I think that the songs flowed well, I had some good conversations on AIM with listeners, and the transitions were tremendous.

I know I went a bit overboard on the I’m Not There Soundtrack but I’m quite impressed by it. I encourage you to check it out and check out the movie when it comes out and form your own opinion on it.

Here’s what you heard this morning:
U2 – “Bad (Live)” (from Wide Awake in America EP)
Eddie Vedder & the Million Dollar Bashers – “All Along the Watchtower” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
Jose Gonzales – “Down the Line” (from In Our Nature)
Sigur Ros – “Staralfur” (from Hvarf/Heim)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Talking Heads – “What a Day That Was” (from Stop Making Sense)
Sonic Youth – “Incinerate” (from Rather Ripped)
Sufjan Stevens – “Ring Them Bells” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
New Order – “Ceremony” (from Substance (1987))
Joy Division – “Atmosphere” (from Substance)
Radiohead – “Just” (from The Bends)
Yo La Tengo – “Sugarcube” (from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
The Jam – “Ghosts” (from The Gift)
The Hold Steady – “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Basher – “Maggie’s Farm” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)

And here’s a link to some of those Radiohead webcast videos on Youtube (courtesy of Stereogum)

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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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Here’s what you heard on today’s two hour edition of the show:

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – “Another Morning Stoner” (from Source Tags & Codes)
Elvis Costello – “The Beat (Live)” (from Live at the El Mocambo)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Pulp – “Mis-Shapes” (from Different Class)
Band of Horses – “Is There a Ghost?” (from Cease to Begin)
Band of Horses – “The Funeral” (from Everything All the Time)
Radiohead – “Reckoner” (from In Rainbows)
R.E.M. – “Imitation of Life” (from R.E.M. Live)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Walking to Do” (from Shake the Sheets)
Jose Gonzales – “Teardrop” (from In Our Nature)
Massive Attack – “Unfinished Sympathy” (from Blue Lines)
Catherine Wheel – “Black Metallic” (from Ferment)
Primal Scream – “Movin’ on Up” (from Screamadelica)
Camper Van Beethoven – “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (from Telephone Free Landslide Victory)

The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” (from Psychocandy)
Mission of Burma – “Academy Fight Song” (from Signals, Calls, & Marches)
Fugazi – “Give Me the Cure” (from 13 Songs)
Television – “See No Evil” (from Marquee Moon)
Arcade Fire – “[Antichrist Television Blues]” (from Neon Bible)
Wilco – “Impossible Germany” (from Sky Blue Sky)
The Hold Steady – “Stevie Nix” (from Separation Sunday)
Rogue Wave – “Chicago x 12″ (from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate)
Stars – “Set Yourself on Fire” (from Set Yourself on Fire)
Brazillian Girls – “Crosseyed and Painless” (from Brazillian Girls Remix EP)
The New Pornographers – “All the Old Showstoppers” (from Challengers)
Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” (from New Wave)

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Here’s what you heard this morning:

The Weakerthans – “Sun in an Empty Room” (from Reunion Tour)
Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers” (from In Rainbows)
Band of Horses – “No One’s Gonna Love You” (from Cease to Be)
The Wrens – “Hopeless” (from The Meadowlands)
Eisley – “Invasion” (from Combinations)
Morrisey – “Everyday is Like Sunday” (from Suedehead: The Singles)
I’m From Barcelona – “We’re From Barcelona” (from Let Me Introduce My Friends)
Slowdive – “Allison” (from Souvlaki)
Shocking Pinks – “The Narrator” (from Shocking Pinks)
New Order – “Love Vigilantes” (from Low-Life)
The Clash – “Police on my Back” (from Sandanista!)
Talking Heads – “Crosseyed & Painless” (from Stop Making Sense)
Spoon – “The Underdog” (from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)

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Here’s today’s playlist. It had more of an old school Left of the Dial feel today. I’ll add the links I promised later but I wanted to put the song list up.

Black Lips – “I Once Saw a Ghost (Lean)” (from Good Bad Not Evil)
Eisley – “Many Funerals” (from Combinations)
Jonathan Rice – “Further North” (from Further North)
The Pipettes – “Pull Shapes” (from We Are the Pipettes)
Rilo Kiley – “Silver Lining” (from Under the Blacklight)
Bjork – “Earth Intruders” (from Volta)
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – “It Was There That I Saw You” (from Source Tags & Codes)
Shout Out Louds – “Impossible” (from Our Ill Wills)
David Bowie – “Young Americans” (from Young Americans)
The Replacements – “Hold My Life” (from Tim)
Ben Lee – “Thrash Unreal” (from Ben Lee Sings Against Me! – New Wave)
Bright Eyes – “The Calendar Hung Itself” (from Fevers & Mirrors)
Radiohead – “Let Down” (from OK Computer)
Sonic Youth – “Youth Against Fascism” (from Dirty)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” (from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
The Jam – “Precious” (from The Gift)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Parallel or Together?” (from The Tyranny of Distance)
R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” (from Green)
Los Campesinos! – “Don’t Tell Me to Do the Math(s)” (from Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP)
Against Me!- “New Wave” (from New Wave)

And the links I promised:
Ben Lee Sings Against Me’s “New Wave”
Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows

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Well, better late than never I suppose. Here’s what was played last Sunday:

Bjork – “Earth Intruders” (from Volta)
Arctic Monkeys – “Brianstorm” (from Favorite Worst Nightmare)
TV on the Radio – “Wolf Like Me (live)” (from Live at Amoeba Music EP)
Pavement – “Rattled by the Rush” (from Wowee Zowee)
Of Montreal – “Suffer for Fashion” (from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
Radiohead – “Just” (from The Bends)
Fiery Furnaces – “Sing for Me” (from The Fiery Furnaces EP)
The Cure – “Boys Don’t Cry” (from Staring at the Sea: The Singles)
The Hold Steady – “Chips Ahoy! (live)” (live on WXPN)
Camper Van Beethoven – “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (from Telephone Free Landslide Victory)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – “Accidents Will Happen” (from Armed Forces)
XTC – “Generals and Majors” (from Waxworks: Some Singles 1977 – 1982)
Big Star – “Mod Lang” (from #1 Record / Radio City)
Blur – “Charmless Man” (from The Great Escape)

No shows on WQAQ this weekend due to “May Weekend,” so see you on the 6th!

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