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I'm going to update my muxtape weekly with new tracks from recent bocthurs shows, it'll provide a little mix of quality songs without me yapping between them. This week's edition is mostly sad/odd-voiced gentlemen.

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The sleep-deprived playlist of May 29, 2008 for WMBR's Breakfast of Champions.

(08:00 - still exploring some favorite releases of the 90's)
Bettie Serveert - "Brain-Tag"
R.E.M. - "Be Mine"
Suzanne Vega - "Bad Wisdom"

(08:15 - ranking-wise we are somewhere in the 60's this week)
The Posies - "When Mute Tongues Can Speak"
Prefab Sprout - "Wild Horses"
Blur - "Tracy Jacks"
Jack Rose - "Knoxville Blues" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week is neat)
Kinski - "Losing Touch With My Mind"
Kinski - "Daydream Intonation"

(08:45 - a few more for the mind)
The Conet Project - "The Swedish Rhapsody"
Space Needle - "Before I Lose My Style"

(09:00 - new music hour)
Joan as Police Woman - "Start Of My Heart"
Feist - "Honey Honey (BBC Session)"
Booka Shade - "Dusty Boots" (concert report music)

(09:20 - believe in the strangest things)
Ladytron - "Tomorrow"
Satellite Lot - "Liberation Front"
Pia Fraus - "Far Fade Whisper"
The The Explorers Club - "Don't Forget The Sun"

(09:40 - love the aliens)
Centro-Matic - "Twenty-Four"
Robert Pollard - "Weatherman and Skin Goddess"
From Bubblegum To Sky - "A Soft Kill"
Julie Ocean - "There's A Place (In The Back Of My Mind)"

(09:55 - i could make you excited)
Walter Meego - "Forever"

This is a typographical representation of a radio program which can be found in aural archived form on WMBR's archive website for two weeks after the original airdate.

This fill-in playlist brought to you courtesy of WMBR in Cambridge. Subject to Change is on the air for May 24, 2008

(14:00 - doing my level best to reproduce the S2C vibe)
Teresa Trull - "Be Careful"
ESG - "The Beat"
Six Finger Satellite - "Love (VIA Machine)"
Land Of The Loops - "Day Late & A Dollar Short"
Shuggie Otis - "Aht Uh Mi Hed"

(14:25 - also trying to space out the breaks more than usual)
Tommy James & the Shondells - "On Behalf Of The Entire Staff and Managements"
Mark Eitzel - "A Loving Tribute To My City"
Spiny Anteaters - "Soundcheck"
Tibi Lubin - "Oh Botticelli"
This Kind Of Punishment - "Reaching An End"

(14:55 - post Somerville Speakout)
Eszter Balint - "Still"
Malvina Reynolds - "The New Restaurant"
Judee Sill - "Crayon Angels"
Audra Kubat - "All Or Nothing"
The Raincoats - "Running Away"

(15:10 - why is it all or nothing at all?)
Hauschka - "Sweet Spring Come"
Willy Williams - "Dub It Over"
The Static - "Don't Let Me Stop You"
Smegma - "Boils & Carbuncles"

(15:30 - ok I did the concert report)
Misty Roses - "Komodo Dragons"
The Paris Sisters - "He Knows I Love Him Too Much"
Jasmina Maschina - "Sit With Me"
El Perro Del Mar - "To Give Love"
Sima - "La Primera Vez"

(15:55 - thanks for giving the opportunity Patrick!)
Long Fin Killie - "Heads Of Dead Surfers"

As always archived content can be found on WMBR's website for two weeks after the original airdate.

More favorites of the 90's during the first hour of this week's Breakfast of Champions on WMBR in Cambridge MA. Airdate of May 22, 2008 for this playlist.

(08:00 - skipping around the 70's to start)
Richard Buckner - "Hand @ The Hem"
Josh Rouse - "Late Night Conversation"
Spent - "Sense Of Decay"

(08:15 - The 70's of the 90's that is)
Kitchens Of Distinction - "Drive That Fast"
Chapterhouse - "Breather"
The Boo Radleys - "Butterfly McQueen"
Schlammpeitziger - "Zugelloser Zeilenzieher" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week time)
Sonic Youth - "In The Kingdom #19"
Sonic Youth - "Wish Fulfillment"
Sonic Youth - "Pattern Recognition"

(08:45 - went a little over on that SY set)
Team Dresch - "Fake Fight"
Baader Meinhof - "Meet Me At The Airport"

(09:00 - new music for now)
The Futureheads - "Still"
Indian Jewelry - "Temporary Famine Ship"
Chromatics - "Running Up That Hill"
Circle X - "Culture Progress"

(09:25 - way late after the concert report)
Liam Finn - "This Place Is Killing Me"
The Bridal Shop - "Spectrum Of Clarity"
Simone White - "Sweetest Love Song"

(09:40 - it's like dominoes I tell ya)
Joan of Arc - "A Tell-Tale Penis"

Still waltzing through my favorites of the 90's here on WMBR's Breakfast of Champions. This playlist is fresh-dated May 15th, 2008.

(08:00 - kinda jumbling the order here but this one's #85)
Holiday - "Who's Gonna Find Out?"
The Hang Ups - "Sweet Tooth"
The Divine Comedy - "The Frog Princess"
The Frogs - "Gwendyln Macrae"

(08:15 - failed major label powerpop of the 90's!)
Brendan Benson - "Emma J"
Sugarplastic - "Little Teeth"
Jellyfish - "I Wanna Stay Home"
Lowfish - "Pristine White" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Redd Kross - "Play My Song"
Redd Kross - "Bubblegum Factory"
Redd Kross - "After School Special"

(08:45 - the odd corners of my musical taste)
Disco Inferno - "Footprints In Snow"
Village of Savoonga - "Notion"

(09:00 - new music hour i swear)
Mates of State - "Help Help"
The Wedding Present - "I Lost The Monkey"
Russian Circles - "Youngblood" (Concert Report Music)

(09:20 - still the new music hour)
Styrofoam - "No Deliveries"
Scarlett Johansson - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
Miss Kittin - "Machine Joy"
Walter Meego - "More Than I Can Say"

(09:40 - more of the new music)
Vicarious Bliss - "Theme From Vicarious Bliss (Justice Remix)"
James Pants - "We're Through"
1865 - "Mom Says"
M83 - "Graveyard Girl"

(09:55 - close out the show)
The Accident That Led Me To The World - "Caves"

The aural version of this playlist is archived (for 2 weeks) on WMBR's website. Thanks!

Continuing the meandering and somewhat sequential tour through my favorite records of the 90's. This playlist originally aired on WMBR's Breakfast of Champions program May 8th, 2007.

(08:00 - officially we'll call this #93)
The Black Watch - "Humming"
Ween - "Awesome Sound"
The Darling Buds - "Isolation"
Katydids - "Always"

(08:15 - try to keep it straight won't you?)
Simon Joyner - "When She Drops Her Veil"
June of 44 - "Sink Is Busted"
Philip Jeck - "Chime Again" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Add N to (X) - "Orgy of Bubastus"
Add N to (X) - "Revenge of the Black Regent"

(08:45 - a handful of longish ones)
Teenage Fanclub - "The Concept"
Low - "Coattails"

(09:00 - on to the new music for an hour)
Mt. Wilson Repeater - "Pencils/Pens"
Mr. Gnome - "Silhouette"
David Karsten Daniels - "Oh, Heaven Isn't Real"
Ecstatic Sunshine - "Herrons" (concert report music)

(09:20 - moving on past the concert report)
Lykke Li - "Little Bit"
Dosh - "Kit And Pearle"
Artifact Shore - "2 in 24"
Depth Affect - "Hero Crisis"

(09:40 - timewasters galore)
Eric Chenaux - "Love Don't Change"
Astrophagus - "Feast Day"
Electric President - "All The Bones"

(09:55 - better get used to it)
Katy Perry - "I Kissed A Girl"

Further exploration of this program and its contents can be achieved by visiting WMBR's archive and listening to the two weeks worth of sonic content.

Breakfast of Champions playlist for Thursday May 1st, 2008. Only on WMBR in Cambridge MA! The first show in my latest navel-gazing first hour theme - favourite albums of the 90's!

(08:00 - starting at 100)
Moose - "First Balloon To Nice"
The Rock*a*Teens - "In The Woods Of Hemlock Park"
Catherine Wheel - "Bill and Ben"

(08:15 - though at the bottom the breaks are less decisive)
Toulouse - "Know Better"
Drop Nineteens - "Kick The Tragedy"
Jet Black Crayon - "Lost In The Fog" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Electrelane - "Blue Straggler"
Electrelane - "At Sea"

<08:45 - back to the past)
Girlfrendo - "First Kiss Feelings vs. Everyday Sensations"
Chapterhouse - "There's Still Life"

(09:00 - moving forward to the new music hr)
The Bedsit Infamy - "Virginia. Lay Your Hands Upon Me"
Violens - "Spectator & Pupil"
The Long Blondes - "The Couples"
The Julie Mittens - "April 3 2007" (concert report music)

(09:20 - getting past the concert report)
Anna Ternheim - "To Be Gone"
Elbow - "Mirrorball"
Portishead - "Magic Doors"
Astrophagus - "Why I Cut Off My Hands"

(09:40 - back to forward)
Sunset - "Man's Heart Complaint"
Dodos - "Fools"
Indian Jewelry - "Pompeii"

(09:55 - the closer)
The Presets - "My People"

I appreciate your attention, devotion and sincerety. If you'd like to visit WMBR's archive it contains two full weeks of streaming programming.