This week's muxtape was intended to be instrumental but ... well ... a few tracks with sorta vocals kinda snuck in there. But it's like 82%+ pure! That's at least worth a B. From the electronic to the organic plus a few without a discernable plot, hope you enjoy!

An Old Key On A Rusty Chain

Tape / Dosh / Schlammpeitziger / Matmos / Flying Lotus / Depth Affect / Lowfish / Lusine / Artifact Shore / Jet Black Crayon / My Education / Sun City Girls

The Breakfast of Champions on WMBR Cambridge MA presents the playlist for June 26, 2008.

(08:00 - still wandering through the detritus of the 90's)
Joel RL Phelps - "At El Paso"
Idaho - "Save"
Red House Painters - "Shadows"

(08:15 - in the rankings I think these are 30's, some 20's maybe?)
The Bats - "Jetsam"
Yo La Tengo - "Deeper Into Movies"
Chow Chow Music - "No New Ground Broken" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week time is nigh)
The Fugs - "Crystal Liaison"
The Fugs - "Fingers Of The Sun"
The Fugs - "Group Grope"

(08:45 - we have many options, how many of them are good?)
Belle and Sebastian - "Judy and the Dream of Horses"
Luna - "This Time Around"
The Innocence Mission - "Everything's Different Now"

(09:00 - new music begins at nine)
Dr. Dog - "The Rabbit, The Bat, and the Reindeer"
Son, Ambulance - "Juliet's Son"
Noa Babayof - "A Song For Me"
Olafur Arnalds - "Haust" (concert report music)

(09:20 - new music continues 20 minutes later)
Boyinstatic - "Where It Ends"
The Frequency - "Talk To Me"
Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind"

(09:40 - and again and again and again and again)
Monocle - "AirPhase"
John Terrill - "I'll Follow In Time"
Chocolat - "T'aurais Voulu"
Cineplexx - "Espiral"

(09:55 - last chance for love)
Katy Perry - "Hot n Cold"

Thanks for looking around, if you'd like to visit the aural version of this blog jet on over the WMBR's Archives and pick and Breakfast of Champions Thursday show!

The muxtape pose for this week strikes out seeking pure pop pleasures for now people. Some of them are smooth, s'more are savagely catchy, and at least one is overtly commercial. Hopefully a few will envelope you in a trance.

Jewels On A Chain

Arms / Violens / Dirty On Purpose / Liam Finn / Alejandro Escovedo / Eef Barzelay/ The Parson Red Heads / The Bridal Shop / The Submarines / Cineplexx / Little Beirut / Katy Perry

More of the same on the June 19th 2008 edition of WMBR's Breakfast of Champions program as evidenced by this playlist.

(08:00 - the best of the 90's as selected by me)
Slowdive - "Brighter"
Björk - "Hyperballad"
Wheat - "Body Talk (Part 1)"

(08:15 - we're somewhere in the late 30's now)
Basement Jaxx - "Yo Yo"
Eon - "Final Warning (Raucous Dub Mix)"
Saint Etienne - "Calico"
Peter Walker - "Cueva De Pepe" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week options abound)
Sufjan Stevens - "Sister"
Sufjan Stevens - "Pittsfield"

(08:45 - maybe can fit two more in here?)
American Analog Set - "Gone To Earth"
Liz Phair - "Stratford-on-Guy"

(09:00 - new music NOW)
Earlimart - "Teeth"
Old 97's - "The Fool"
Flying Lotus - "Golden Diva" (concert report music)

(09:20 - played it THEN)
Shearwater - "Leviathan, Bound"
Sunfold - "Sara The American Winter"
Arms - "Tiger Tamer"
Van Duren - "New Year's Eve"

(09:40 - heard it LATER)
I Heart Hiroshima - "Lungs"
Ribbons - "About Them"
Artifact Shore - "Stupid Coma"
Odd Nosdam - "Ligaya (Alias & Tarsier Remix)"

(09:55 - we need a closer)
The Baseball Project - "Harvey Haddix"

This program is available in streaming audio form on WMBR's archives for two weeks after its original airing.

For this week's muxtape the bocthurs crew will do our best to bring you lazy introverts out onto the dancefloor. Mind you we didn't say we'd be joining everyone out there. No, we prefer to watch. Hopefully this gooey set of confectious songs puts some tempo in your tambourine.

Make Your Puppet Speak And Move

Scarlett Johansson / James Pants / Walter Meego / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Vicarious Bliss / Miss Kittin / The Presets / Ladytron / The Ting Tings / Styrofoam / Saly Shapiro / Booka Shade

Welcome to the slightly challenging but hopefully edifying playlist for June 12, 2008. The radio program is Breakfast of Champions, the venue is WMBR in Cambridge MA, the frequency is 88.1FM

(08:00 - we'll do a few 90's sets, a few new music sets)
Rocketship - "I Love You Like The Way That I Used To Do"
East River Pipe - "My Life Is Wrong"
Guided By Voices - "Tractor Rape Chain"
Modest Mouse - "Polar Opposites"

(08:15 - and make some time for Cryptacize to stop by at 09:30)
Mountain Goats - "Orange Ball of Love"
Son Volt - "Tear Stained Eye"
Cardinal - "Silver Machines"
Tape - "Reperto" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Saturnine - "Nothing's Matching"
Saturnine - "Palomar"
Saturnine - "Ivan Boesky"

(08:45 - switching to the new stuff early)
Tilly and The Wall - "Dust Me Off"
Cineplexx - "A Mi Lado"
Sonantes - "Defenestrando"

(09:00 - a few more before the cr)
Adem - "Invisible Man"
Eef Barzelay - "Numerology"

(09:20 - a few more after the cr)
Head Like A Kite - "Daydream Vacation"
Bellafea - "Arctic"
Hearts By Darts - "Yardcats"
The Black Watch - "Oh Death Death Death"

(09:40 - no luck with Cryptacize unfortunately)
My Milky Way Arms - "Magneto (Aahhh!!!)"
Depth Affect - "Junior International"
Styrofoam - "No Happy Endings"
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Conquest"

(09:55 - but they left us a lovely Steely Dan cover to close with)
Cryptacize - "Peg"

Thanks for looking around, remember that WMBR's archives contains 2 weeks of streaming audio for your review!

It's still the Breakfast of Champions, but this time a fill-in Monday on June 9th, 2008. It's still on WMBR, though the playlist will focus more on catching up with the new rack than any theme. Which I guess is a theme. Oh nevermind.

(08:00 - I said new music and I meant it!)
Notwist - "On Planet Off"
Foals - "Cassius"
Windsor for the Derby - "Maladies"
J. Ralph Phillips - "90 Days"

(08:15 - I don't wanna stay up tonight)
The Gang - "Sea So."
Frustration - "Waiting For The Bad Things"
Futureheads - "Radio Heart"
Duchess Says - "Melon"

(08:30 - band of the week, who's to blame?)
Saturnine - "Had Enough"
Saturnine - "The Raven"
Saturnine - "Old Flowers"
James Blackshaw - "Infinite Circle" (background music)

(08:45 - this one's for the girl with the radio heart)
The Black Watch - "Peppermint"
The Parson Red Heads - "Out to Sea"
Sloan - "Witch's Wand"

(09:00 - continuing the new music traditions)
South San Gabriel - "Kept On The Sly"
Arbourteum - "Buffalo Ballet"
Fire Room - "Slag" (concert report music)

(09:20 - a good day for sleeping in the midday sun)
Health - "Crimewave (Crystal Castles Vs. Health)"
Ladytron - "Tomorrow"
James Pants - "Finger On The Knife"

(09:40 - a slight foray into rock)
The Night Marchers - "Whose Lady R U?"
The Weeks - "Altar Girl"
Awesome Color - "Evil Rose"
Indian Jewelry - "Temporary Famine Ship"

(09:55 - an exciting last song)
Katy Perry - "If You Can Afford Me"

Thanks for looking and listening, all of WMBR's programming is archived as streaming audio for two weeks for your listening pleasure.

First off, a few program notes. Unless someone comes to my last-minute aid I'll be doing a fill-in on Monday's Breakfast of Champions show. Sure to be extra-sleepy after Sunday night's late Celtics game.

On Thursday the Asthmatic Kitty band Cryptacize will stop by the studio to chat and play a few live songs, prolly around 9:30am EST. Worth it for Nedelle Torrisi's super-smooth voice!

The week's edition of my weekly muxtape gives equal time to the distaff side after last week's male-dominated effort. As Willie said in Bad Santa, "They can't all be winners" but you'll have to listen yourself to make that an informed statement.

The Bartender Is Looking You Right In The Eye

Anna Ternheim / Bess Rogers / Maybe It's Reno / Aloud / Wye Oak / Hanne Hukkelberg / El Perro Del Mar / Simone White / Joan As Police Woman / Thalia Zedek / New Bloods / Leerone

You're perusing the playlist of the June 5, 2008 edition of the Breakfast of Champions on WMBR Cambridge.

(08:00 - continuing my journey through some favorites of the 1990's)
Spinanes - "Oceanwide"
Versus - "Jealous"
P J Harvey - "Sheela-Na-Gig"

(08:15 - climbing into the mid-50's as far as rankings go)
Tindersticks - "My Sister"
Mark Eitzel - "Always Turn Away"
Shot X Shot - "Autobonsai" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Pedro The Lion - "Of Up And Coming Monarchs"
Pedro The Lion - "Rapture"
Pedro The Lion - "Discretion"

(08:45 - getting this ship in shape)
Don Lennon - "Double Dong"
Ween - "Springtheme"
The Lucksmiths - "Untidy Towns"
Luna - "Rhythm King"

(09:00 - new music hour)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "Where Is The Puzzle?"
Shearwater - "Leviathan, Bound"
Eef Barzelay - "The Girls Don't Care"
My Education - "Sluts and Maniacs" (background music)

(09:20 - pure post-concert report bliss)
Windsor for the Derby - "Hold On"
Douglas Armour - "Prince of Wands"
Little Beirut - "Acid Wash Soul"
Alejandro Escovedo - "Golden Bear"

(09:40 - new music never sounds so simple)
Haley Bonar - "Something Great"
The Hands Of The Wrong People - "Sweet Storms"
Fleet Foxes - "Quiet Houses"
Nethers - "When The Eye Comes Down"

(09:55 - conclusions calamity)
The Ting Tings - "Be The One"

The aural accompaniment to this playlist can be found in WMBR's archives - but hurry! They only last two weeks!