FYI, WMBR has been beta-testing a new playlisting program called Track Blaster, so those of you looking to follow along in real time can utilize that site to get your up-to-the-minute updates. Otherwise, this page will provide Breakfast of Champions updates every 15-20 minutes or so for October 30, 2008.

(08:00 - never know your names)
Love Is All - "Give It Back"
Grampall Jookabox - "The Girl Ain't Preggers"
Friendly Fires - "Lovesick"
Yelle - "Ce Jeu (St. Andrews Remix)"

(08:15 - hold the world in your head)
Mascott - "Nite Owl"
The Sea and Cake - "Window Sills"
Fight Bite - "Widow's Peak"

(08:30 - band of the week)
Bedhead - "Bedside Table"
Bedhead - "Lepidoptera"
Jonas Reinhardt - "How to Adjust People" (background music)

(08:45 - flying towards the unlit light)
The Dears - "Demons"
The Knew - "Coldblack"
The Decemberists - "Valerie Plume"

(09:00 - 2nd straight week with suspension of old music priviledges)
Copeland - "Not Allowed"
The Cure - "Siren Song"
Benoit Pioulard - "Ahn"
A Slow Rip - "Devil In The Well" (concert report music)

(09:20 - quite swell actually)
Final Fantasy - "The Butcher"
Lukestar - "The Shade You Hide"
Army Navy - "Saints"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Everything With You"

(09:40 - i'm in your standard time)
+/- - "Xs On Your Eyes"
Panda Riot - "Like Flowers At Night"
Desolation Wilderness - "And All The Boys Looked"
Chop Chop - "C Train David"

Remember, the archive is always available on WMBR's website!

The leadoff track of this latest mix elicited the loudest groan of the year from Joanie, a sure sign that repeat listens are needed to fully appreciate its charms. Its jovial tone influences the rest of the selections, which range from inconsequential pop to delicate dance confections.

The Capitalist Chair

Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse / Larytta / Yelle / XX Teens / The Rosebuds / Army Navy / Tobias Froberg / Cory Branan

Heading down to the WFMU record fair tomorrow evening, though truthfully my shopping list is not very long. Perhaps it's more the tradition of attending that compels me to make the trek, or maybe just an excuse for a short road trip. For sure I need to chip away at my stack of accumulated vacation days, a consideration in the decision. Plus I can bring back some real bagels and make a side trip to one of NYC's many fine cultural establishments. In any case here are a few fine selections worthy of adorning any excursion you may be planning.

Miracle in the Pills

El Guincho / MoHa! / Kill Surf City / Of Montreal / Sofia Talvik / Martin Rev / The Week That Was / Tobacco

Back from the southern hemisphere and ready to provide a playlist for WMBR's Breakfast of Champions show dated October 23, 2008.

(08:00 - a real sense of purpose, really)
Of Montreal - "St. Exquisite's Confessions"
Eleanoora Rosenholm - "Bolly palkkionmetsästäjä"
El Guincho - "Cuando Maravilla Fui"
Gang Gang Dance - "First Communion"

(08:15 - now is better than later)
B. Fleischmann - "24.12."
Guitar - "Free"
Ben Reynolds - "Unmighty Plumes of to Moon Shit" (background music)

(08:30 - make way for band of the week)
The Dambuilders - "Pop Song = Food"
The Dambuilders - "Drive By Kiss"

(08:45 - could you turn the bass up a bit louder)
Crooked Fingers - "Cannibals"
Surf City - "Records Of A Flagpole Skater"
Parts and Labor - "Nowheres Nigh"

(09:00 - bisecting the new music instead of starting it)
Brighton MA - "Your Sweet Time"
The Little Ones - "Morning Tide"
Pnuma Trio - "More Samples" (concert report music)

(09:20 - getting past the responsibilities)
Autodrone - "Through the Backwoods"
Crystal Stilts - "Prismatic Room"
Tearwave - "Reflection"
The Postmarks - "OX4"

(09:40 - finest quality goods fresh for you)
School of Seven Bells - "Iamundernodisguise"
Dokkemand featuring Alison Shaw - "Undulat"
Roommate - "Tea Leaves"
Larytta - "Love Love Odyssey"

(09:55 - conclusion and summary statement)
The Dirty Truckers - "*amStereo"

Thanks for visiting the playlist/blog, if you'd like to actually listen to the program visit WMBR's archives for two weeks of content awaiting your perusal.

Back from the other hemisphere and ready to return to the regular 5-day habit here's an offering with a strong foundation in cacophony adorned with some finely crafted detail work.

Admit To All These Words

Campaign for Real-Time / Marnie Stern / Pretty & Nice / Brighton MA / Deerhunter / Crystal Antlers / Ten Kens / Land of Talk

I'll be skipping a mix in our 5-6 day routine as business is curbing my music previewing habit for a short period of time. No reason to fear though, hopefully this mostly male-vocalist dominated effort will slake your hunger for new tunes during that brief respite.

Asphalt and White Lines

Lambchop / Scott Walker / Palms / Ed Laurie / Blitzen Trapper / Vic Chesnutt / Daniel Martin Moore / Boduf Songs

A majority of the WMBR Breakfast of Champions crew is now keeping the playlist live on track-blaster as well, you can go there to see the play-by-play for October 9, 2008 as well.

(08:00 - isn't it grande? isn't it?)
The Evolution Control Committee - "Isn't It Grand To Be A Christian"
David Karsten Daniels - "Oh, Heaven Isn't Real"
Northern Picture Library - "Isn't It Time You Faced The Truth?"
The Field Mice - "Anyone Else Isn't You"
Galaxie 500 - "Isn't It A Pity"

(08:15 - whatever this is, it isn't it)
Giant Drag - "This Isn't It"
Ultra Vivid Scene - "This Isn't Real"
East River Pipe - "The Club Isn't Open"
The Clientele - "Isn't Life Strange?"
Martin Rev - "Narcisse" (background music)

(08:30 - this is band of the week)
Bjork - "5 Years"
Bjork - "Unison"

(08:45 - i'm positive this isn't true)
The Chameleons - "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days"
The Radio Department - "Where Damage Isn't Already Done"
Headlights - "It Isn't Easy To Live That Well"

(09:00 - new music begins here)
Sofia Talvik - "Burning Fields"
Marianne Dissard - "Sans-Façon"
Lowfish - "DFD" (concert report music)

(09:20 - new music continues here)
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - "German Motor Car"
Palms - "End Of Term"
Marnie Stern - "The Package Is Wrapped"
Ghost of the Russian Empire - "The Winter Soldier"

(09:40 - new music winds up here)
The Rosebuds - "Bow To The Middle"
Army Navy - "My Thin Sides"
Her Space Holiday - "Just Another Day"
Pretty & Nice - "Wandering Eye"
The Manhattan Love Suicides - "Burning Wire"

(09:55 - i am pleased to be able to end the programme)
Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse - "Julie on the Fung Wah Bus"

Of course the WMBR archive has this show and every show over the past 2 weeks, don't be silly.

Once again with the 8 song sampler exposing y'all to some of the new music down at the station.

Viewing Red Sox playoff games means exposure to a gaggle of erectile-dysfunction commercials. The better half and I both noticed that all the middle-aged rutters explicitly and frequently flash their wedding bling just so it's perfectly clear nothing immoral is occuring during these 30 second slices of fecund flirtation. So now we are currently assessing the content to unearth which one is most likely documenting an extra-marital affair. This is quite a bit more difficult than you'd expect as the situations are written with porn-like precision. The settings utilized potently ensure that they would only be frequented by participants with lifelong entanglements. Worry not, we are up to the challenge and considering the fine Sox play we'll have plenty of opportunity to explore this topic further.

The Pull Of This Season's Weather

Max Richter / The John Baker Tapes / Michna / Baja / Dungen / High Places / B. Fleischmann / Talkdemonic

Didn't get to update the Breakfast of Champions October 2, 2008 playlist live since our internet was down at WMBR, so post-production here it is

(08:00 - can you feel it?)
Basement Jaxx - "U Can't Stop Me
Sugar - "If I Can't Change Your Mind"
The Sidewinders - "If I Can't Have You"
Butterglory - "She Can't Hide From Radios"

(08:15 - I guess you can't)
The Autocollants - "We Can't Have It All"
The Montgolfier Brothers - "Even If My Mind Can't Tell You"
Birdie - "I Can't Let Go"
Ryoji Ikeda - "Test Pattern #1001" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
The Frames - "What Happens When The Heart Just Stops (live)"
The Frames - "The Side You Never Get To See"

(08:45 - we'll have to let it go)
The Smiths - "I Want The One I Can't Have"
Gene - "Still Can't Find The Phone"
Marshall Crenshaw - "She Can't Dance"
The V.I.P.'s - "Just Can't Let You Go"

(09:00 - new music starts now)
TV on the Radio - "Stork & Owl"
Lambchop - "Slipped, Dissolved and Loosed"
Baja - "Go Wolpertinger! Go!" (concert report music)

(09:20 - new music continues now)
Deerhunter - "Never Stops"
The Week That Was - "The Airport Line"
Tobias Froberg - "Blissful"
Boston Spaceships - "You Satisfy Me"

(09:40 - new music never ends)
Ane Brun - "My Star"
Boduf Songs - "Things Not To Be Done On The Sabbath"
Jolie Holland - "Mexico City"
Sonya Kitchell - "Running"

(09:55 - oops guess I was wrong)
Anthems MA - "Adore"

Normally you'd find this show amongst all the others at WMBR's archive, but since the web was down it's probably not there.