This is the playlist for the Breakfast of Champions on the Thursday July 31, 2008 through the WMBR Cambridge.

(08:00am - all new stuff today as I try to catch up)
Pacific! - "Number One"
Azeda Booth - "Big Fists"
Lullatone - "The Bedtime Beatbox"
Venetian Snares - "Koonut-Kaliffee"

(08:15am - strangely we've been deluged with new stuff in July)
Disco Ensemble - "Worst Night Out"
Clinic - "Nicht"
Apollo Sunshine - "666: The Coming Of The New World Government"
Astrid - "Beware ..." (background music)

(08:30am - break for band of the week)
Throwing Muses - "Walking In The Dark"
Throwing Muses - "Finished"
Throwing Muses - "Flood"

(08:45am - a few more before we go)
Alice Cohen - "Footsteps"
Black Fortress of Opium - "Model Cafe"
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - "Bookworm"

(09:00 am- now the traditional start of the new music thing)
The Gordian Knot - "We Must Be Doing Somethin' Right"
Creeping Weeds - "Waits"
Goldmund - "Finding It There" (concert report music)

(09:20am - now the traditional post-concert report blur)
Brendan Canning - "Churches Under The Stairs"
The Ugly Suit - "Everyone Now Has a Smile"
Marching Band - "Letters"

(09:40am - binging and purging on the new rack)
Small Sur - "The Wind"
Windsor for the Derby - "Hold On"
Ex-Norwegian - "My Name Is Paul"
Northern Portrain - "Waiting for a Chance

(09:55 - referencing others instead of myself)
Correcto - "Joni"

You should know that WMBR has an archive of all the programming from the previous two weeks - free for your listening pleasure!

Swerving towards the center lane on this edition of the muxtape odyssey. My apologies if this seems too Paste-y for y'all but there is a sliver of my musical personality that cleaves towards the river. Let me get it out now and I swear it won't come back again (for at least two months, that is)

Bathroom Black

Beck / Sonantes / Adem / Haley Bonar / The Hold Steady / The Watson Twins / The Baseball Project / Sam Phillips / Aimee Mann / Sunfold / Paul Weller / Melanie Jane

For like the 9th or 10th year in a row we'd like to welcome Christopher and Sarah down to the WMBR studios. Once again they've donated to host the Breakfast of Champions for an hour and inflict some of their favourites on the listening audience!

Today is July 24th, 2008 and this is a playlist.

(08:00 - a few new ones to start the proceedings)
The Occasional Keepers - "Leave the Secret There Forever"
The Radio Department - "The Room, Tarzana"
Carrie - "1981"
The Watson Twins - "How Am I To Be"

(08:15 - band of the week, just a little early)
Cat Power - "Taking People"
Cat Power - "Lived In Bars"
July Skies - "See Britian By Train" (background music)

(08:30 - Christopher kicks off the proceedings)
Colin Meloy - "Summertime"
Yo La Tengo - "The Summer"
The Sundays - "Summertime"
Hunters & Collectors - "Lazy Summer Day"
Belle & Sebastian - "A Summer Wasting"
Luna - "Indian Summer"
Chapterhouse - "Summer's Gone"
Buffalo Tom - "Summer"
Throwing Muses - "Him Dancing"
My Bloody Valentine - "Summer"

(09:00 - and now Sarah gets her 30 minutes of fame)
Pernice Brothers - "Somerville"
Sleepyhead - "The Family Tree"
Belle & Sebastian - "The Boy With The Arab Strap"
Black Mountain - "Stay Free"
The Black Angels - "Manipulation"
Buffalo Tom - "Hawaiian Baby"

(09:30 - back for the concert report)
David Bowie - "Five Years"
Black Kids - "I'm Making Eyes At You"
Carolee - "Rainout"

(09:55 - closing it out)
Darker My Love - "Two Ways Out"

WMBR keeps two weeks of archived audio content on their website.

Even the most casual perusal of my playlists would lead any informed observer to the conclusion that I do not rock. This muxtape is unlikely to dissuade those opinions despite my best efforts. At the very least I hope the pace is elevated enough to inspire an occasional fist-pump on my behalf.

A Miracle That's Over

Brendan Canning / The Futureheads / Appomattox / The Gang / The Night Marchers / Me First and the Gimme Gimmes/ The Weeks / Awesome Color / The Harrisons / Blackstrap / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Conservative Man

The first hour of this playlist contains songs from some of my favorite albums of all time. Originally aired on July 17th, 2008 during the Breakfast of Champions program on WMBR in Cambridge.

(08:00 - the final edition in the best of the 90's series)
Long River Train - "The First"
Ween - "Birthday Boy"
The Reivers - "Keep Me Guessing"
The Ropers - "You Have A Light"

(08:15 - quite a few all-timers here)
Red House Painters - "Medicine Bottle"
American Music Club - "Will You Find Me?"
Marco Benevento - "The Real Morning Party" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Boards of Canada - "Skyliner"
Boards of Canada - "Hey Saturday Sun"

(08:45 - one last 90's album)
My Bloody Valentine - "What You Want"
Keith Canisius - "Watching Old Films With New Eyes"

(09:00 - followed by a shelf full of new stuff)
Ratatat - "Shempi"
Durutti Column - "Messages"
Jasper, TX - "Black Sleep Pt. III" (background music)

(09:20 - or the bits I've culled for airing)
The Avett Brothers - "Murder In The City"
The School - "I Want You Back"
Northern Portrait - "Waiting For A Chance"
Arms - "Tiger Tamer"

(09:40 - people I know, places I go)
Brendan Canning - "Churches Under The Stairs"
Pas/Cal - "Little Red Radio"
Conservative Man - "I, Hikikomori"
The Airborne Toxic Event - "This Is Nowhere"

(09:55 - still working on converting Joanie)
Katy Perry - "Self Inflicted"

Thanks for checking out our little jingle jangle morning, WMBR archives two weeks worth of programming on their website y'know.

Once again providing a little 12 song mix for you through the muxtape site. We've dusted off a handful of recent pop gems for your review, ranging from lo-fi to overproduced and back again. Comment and requests welcome!

Twist The Light

Vancougar / Jeremy Jay / Chocolat / Tilly and the Wall / Mates of State / Head Like A Kite / From Bubblegum To Sky / Love As Laughter / Fleet Foxes / The Awkward Stage / The School / Van Duren

WMBR in Cambridge presents the playlist for the July 10, 2008 edition of the Breakfast of Champions. We are available at your discretion!

(08:00 - thursday morning, plunging into sky blue water)
Jeannette Katt - "Wish You Were Mine"
Eggstone - "Summer And Looking For A Job"
Birdie - "One Two Five"

(08:15 - the songs we always sing, even if you're not listening)
The Black Watch - "One Two Five"
Verbena - "The Song That Ended Your Career"
The Auteurs - "Child Brides"
Pumice - "Sick Bay Duvet" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Swervedriver - "Never Lose That Feeling"
Swervedriver - "Wrong Treats"

(08:45 - so far reaching, so deceiving)
Ween - "Cold Blows The Wind"
American Music Club - "Sick Of Food"
Chris Kowanko - "Modern Daze"

(09:00 - new music for pop people)
Beck - "Chemtrails"
Paul Weller - "Cold Moments"
All India Radio - "The End Or Near" (concert report music)

(09:20 - deliver us from the concert report)
Mirah - "Slighted"
Vancougar - "Lonely Life"
The Jersey Barrier - "It's Been A Day"
Eef Barzelay - "Numerology"

(09:40 - i'm telling you i know these things)
Daedelus - "Fair Weather Friends"
Dark Captain Light Captain - "Robot Command Centre"
Son, Ambulance - "Legend of Lizeth"
Boy Genius - "Failing Gravity"

(09:55 - the sky is falling!)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Mahogany"

Thanks for your attention, this program (in fact, all our programs) are archived for two weeks on WMBR's website!

This week's muxtape mixes mostly maudlin efforts with a few teaspoons of sugar to make the medicine go down. I promise that sweet residue left on your lips is purely organic. It even kicks off with a delectable John Cale cover!

Somewhere There's People Living

Arbouretum / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Son, Ambulance / Robert Pollard / Dr. Dog / The Black Watch / The Explorers Club / Earlimart / Electric President / The Hands of the Wrong People / Vetiver / Nethers