Thursday, March 27, 2008

The playlist for the Thursday March 27, 2008 edition of the Breakfast of Champions on WMBR in Cambridge MA.

(08:00 - i'll be here in the morning)
Slowdive - "Alison"
Mercury Rev - "Downs Are Feminine Balloons"
Disco Inferno - "Footprints In Snow"

(08:15 - welcome to history)
Stratford 4 - "The Story Is Over"
House Of Love - "Shine On"
Hypnolovewheel - "Big Bang Theory"
Gordon Withers - "Consolation Prize" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Jawbox - "Something Must Break"
Jawbox - "Channel 3"
Jawbox - "Cooling Card"

(08:45 - back to where I belong)
Velvet Crush - "Drive Me Down"
The Dentists - "I Had An Excellent Dream"
Bobby Sutliff - "Always Love You"
Papas Fritas - "Another Day"

(09:00 - new music hour commence)
Jasmina Maschina - "Over"
Peter Morén - "My Match"
Pita - "3" (concert report music)

(09:20 - new music hour continue)
Camphor - "The Sweetest Tooth"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Hold On To Yourself"
The Felice Brothers - "Frankie's Gun!"

(09:40 - new music hour constraint)
The Black Hollies - "Hamilton Park Ballerina"
Aloud - "The Last Time"
Lemuria - "Lipstick"
The Okmoniks - "Teenage Timebomb"
Hot Lava - "Resolutions '08"

(09:55 - close the show)
The Starlings - "Silver Thread"

Thanks for looking over the selections, archived content is available on WMBR's website for two weeks from the original airdate.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Last minute switcheroo this week puts me on Breakfast of Champions Monday March 17th 2008 on WMBR 88.1FM Cambridge MA. Which of course means last minute theme time! As evidenced by this playlist ...

(08:00 - Hopefully you're not ill by the end of this set)
The Greenberry Woods - "Trampoline"
Jack Green - "Babe"
Uncle Green - "Leave It Alone"
Greenhorn - "Conversations With Myself"

(08:15 - Last minute actually = last two hours)
Green River - "Ain't Nothin' To Do"
Green Magnet School - "Throb"
Violent Green - "In Helsinki"
Worm Is Green - "Sunday Session 1.0" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week time)
Spoon - "Quincy Punk Episode"
Spoon - "Me And The Bean"
Spoon - "Jonathan Fisk"

(08:45 - final tip o' the cap to team green)
Green On Red - "Gravity Talks"
Green - "I'm Not At Home"
The Green Pajamas - "If I Lived In A Picture"
Essex Green - "Chartiers"

(09:00 - new music now!)
Silje Nes - "Recurring Dream"
Sera Cahoone - "Baker Lake"
Clark - "Mercy Sines" (concert report music)

(09:20 - concert report Mondays sure do feel fine)
The Gutter Twins - "The Body"
Bobby and Blumm - "Like A Frog"
Destroyer - "Introducing Angels"
Tall Firs - "Hairdo"

(09:40 - you got it bangin' sister)
A Faulty Chromosome - "Jackie O"
Dodos - "Fools"
Xiu Xiu - "No Friend Oh!"
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - "Swimming Pools"
Kaki King - "Life Being What It Is"

(09:55 - closing out the show)
The Heavy - "Set Me Free"

Thanks for looking over this post, if you'd like to hear the show mosey on over to WMBR's archive for the most recent two weeks of programming.



Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thursday March 13th, 2008 is a day of (almost) all new tunes here at the Breakfast Of Champions on WMBR 88.1 FM. The playlist is forthcoming!

(08:00 start with something a little heavy)
Pleasureboaters - "Cigarette Song"
Bauhaus - "Mirror Remains"
The Weird Weeds - "Red"
Defiance, Ohio - "The Things We Won't Let Settle But Let Set"

(08:15 and continue with something a little fun)
The Teenagers - "Homecoming"
Crystal Castles - "Magic Spells"
The Foxglove Hunt - "That's Getting Personal"
The Photographic - "Directions" (background music)

(08:30 band of the week time)
Butthole Surfers - "Bar-B-Q Pope"
Butthole Surfers - "21 Going on 22"

(08:45 what else have we here)
The Aluminum Group - "Post It"
Miou Miou - "La Chambre Voisine"
Anna Järvinen - "PS, Tjorn"

(09:00 anticipation for the concert report builds)
The Gutter Twins - "The Body"
Son Lux - "Wither"
The Apples in Stereo - "The Apples In Stereo Theme"
Pellarin - "Vintappergarden" (background music)

(09:20 anticipation for the post-concert report song fades)
Putois - "Something Wrong With Steven"
Plants and Animals - "Good Friend"
Was (Not Was) - "It's A Miracle"

(09:40 anticipation for the end of the show increases)
Astral - "Waterfall"
Working For A Nuclear Free City - "Asleep At The Wheel"
Flying - "Firetruck"

(09:55 sorry for making you wait)
These New Puritans - "Numerology (AKA Numbers)"

An aural version of this show is available at WMBR's archives as long as the current date is within 2 days of the original airdate.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

I'm back on the Breakfast of Champions Thursday on WMBR! Today's playlist is for March 6th, 2008.

(08:00 - a few new songs this morning)
Bell X1 - "Bad Skin Day"
Dodos - "Fools"
Borko - "Summer Logic"
Cepia - "Hoarse" (background music)

(08:15 - band of the week, early)
The Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)"
The Pixies - "Trompe Le Monde"

(08:30 - Debbie stops by to favour us with an hour of airtime)
Treble Charger - "Red"
Destroyer - "The Leopard of Honour"
Ladyhawk - "Fear"
Broken Social Scene - "Love And Mathematics" (background music)

(08:45 - an hour of Canadian bands to be precise)
Les Breastfeeders - "Les Matins de Grands Soirs"
Leather Uppers - "Say It In French"
Mother Mother - "Touch Up"

(09:00 - if you can't tell ... that is)
Wintersleep - "Weighty Ghost"
Caribou - "Melody Day"
The Besnard Lakes - "Devastation"

(09:10 - your Canadian education in one singular blast)
Miracle Fortress - "Hold Your Secrets In Your Heart"
Immaculate Machine - "Dear Confessor"
Tokyo Police Club - "Nature of the Experiment"

(9:20 - closing it up with a final handful - thanks Debbie!)
The Awkward Stage - "Heaven Is For Easy Girls"
Sloan - "Underwhelmed"
The Weakerthans - "Tournament of Hearts"

(9:35 - a few before the concert report)
The December Sound - "Painkiller"
Subtractivelad - "Spoiled Honey"

(9:55 - closing out the show)
Working For A Nuclear Free City - "Nancy Adam Susan"

Thanks for checking out the playlist, if you'd like to listen to the show surf on over to WMBR's archives.