Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Left of the Dial is on the air RIGHT NOW! Click on the “how to listen” tab to tune in and send your requests (or, as guest DJ Jenny insists on leaving here, “requestions”)

Here’s what you heard so far (click “refresh” for updates):
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Superchunk – “Hyper Enough” (from Here’s Where the Strings Come In)
X – “4th of July” (from See How We Are)
Camper Van Beethoven – “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (from Telephone Free Landslide Victory)
The Velvet Underground – “I’ll Be Your Mirror” (from The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Matthew Sweet – “I’ve Been Waiting (Live)” (from Goodfriend: Another Take on “Girlfriend”)
Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” (from Singles 45’s and Under)
Sonic Youth – “Teen Age Riot” (from Daydream Nation)
Peter Bjorn & John vs. Bloc Party – “Folk Prayer” (from mashuptown.com)
Petra Hayden – “Don’t Stop Believing” (from Guilt by Association)
The New Pornographers – “Dreams” (from Live)

New Order – “Temptation” (from Substance)
The Jam – “Town Called Malice” (from The Gift)
Talking Heads – “Burning Down the House” (from Stop Making Sense)
The English Beat – “Save It for Later” (from Special Beat Service)
Pavement – “Two States” (from Slanted and Enchanted)
Elliott Smith – “Division Day” (from “Division Day” 7″)
Brian Eno – “St. Elmo’s Fire” (from Another Green World)
The Twilight Singers – “Real Love” (from She Loves You)
Uncle Tupelo – “New Madrid” (from 89-93: An Anthology)
The National – “Fake Empire (Live)” (from Virginia EP)
The Roots – “Complexity (f/ Jill Scott)” (from Phrenology)
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk” (from Vampire Weekend)
The Decemberists – “Valerie Plame” (from Always a Bridesmade: Singles Series)

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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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Today’s show was an instant classic – a special 2 hour edition featuring guest DJ Mike! Mike kept me company, picked a whole bunch of songs, and acted as the rock of sanity around all of my ridiculous bullshit. Mr. Giaquinto will have to come back soon and frequently!

Here’s what you heard:

Sonic Youth (w/ Chuck D) – “Kool Thing” (from Goo)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” (from Strangeways, Here We Come)
Slowdive – “Machine Gun” (from Souvlaki)
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – “Handle With Care (w/ Ben Gibbard, Conor Oberst, and M. Ward” (from Rabbit Fur Coat)
Squeeze – “Another Nail in my Heart” (from Argybargy)
The Specials – “Rudi, A Message to You” (from Singles Collection)
The Pogues – “Dirty Old Town” (from Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash)
Pablo – “Half the Time” (from Half the Time)(website here)
The Hold Steady – “Party Pit” (from Boys and Girls in America)
Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak” (from Jailbreak)
The New Pornographers – “It’s Only Divine Right” (from The Electric Version)
Wilco – “Airline to Heaven (live)” (from Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Superdrag – “Sucked Out” (from Regretfully Yours)
Pulp – “Disco 2000″ (from Different Class)
Arctic Monkeys – “A Certain Romance” (from Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not)
Billy Bragg – “A New England” (from Must I Paint You a Picture?)
Badly Drawn Boy – “Everybody’s Stalking” (from The Hour of Bewilderbeast)
Scissor Sisters – “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing (w/ Elton John)” (from Ta-Dah)
The Dead Boys – “Sonic Reducer” (from Young, Loud, and Snotty)
Dinosaur Jr – “Just Like Heaven” (from Ear Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr)
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer – “Redemption Song” (from Unearthed)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” (from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
Buzzcocks – “What Do I Get?” (from Singles Going Steady)
The Who w/ Eddie Vedder – “I’m One (live)” (from Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” (from The Stone Roses)

See you next week!
[BW]

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