I've been compiling the tracks for the end of year favourites mix and a few wordless pleasures always find their way into the sequence, so this seems like an appropriate time to dedicate another edition to instrumentals.

Another Bright Nothing

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid / Alps / Helios / Mogwai / Jonas Reinhardt / The Present / Pierre Vervloesem / Pnuma Trio

Playlist for post-fundraising hangover edition of WMBR's Breakfast of Champions show, November 13th, 2008.

(08:00 - vaguely noodles)
Frida Hyvönen - "Birds"
Juliette Commagere - "Overcome"
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - "Sally, Don't You Cry"

(08:15 - fawning sunset honors)
Mogwai - "The Sun Smells Too Loud"
That Ghost - "Top Shelf"
Longwave - "No Direction"
The Present - "Symbols On High" (background music)

(08:30 - band of the week)
Unrest - "When It All Comes Down"
Unrest - "Bavarian Mods"
Unrest - "Make Out Club"

(08:45 - release the hounds)
Three Second Kiss - "This Building Is Loud"
The Wolverton Brothers - "Dead Horse"
The Lines - "Have A Heart"

(09:00 - more new music if you needed it)
Cobra Verde - "Wildweed"
The Kickbacks - "Going Out To Get Home"
Grampall Jookabox - "The One Thing"
Johann Johannsson - "The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!)"

(09:20 - a few to tie us up)
Love Is All - "Give It All"
The Rosebuds - "Bow To The Middle"
Friendly Fires - "Jump In The Pool"

(09:30 - Joe Carducci interview)
The Dogs - "Younger Point Of View"

After a vigorous day of yardwork quite frankly all I'm looking forward to is a short nap. This particular mix tries to bridge the gap between manic and smooth quite gracefully, with an equal number of successes and failures. Of course the final judge of their relative merits is you!

Is The Night Too Long

The Dears * Love Is All * The Little Ones * +/- * The Sea and Cake * Margot and the Nuclear So & So's * Mascott * Copeland

This fundraising week I'll keep the on-line playlist on the track-blaster website since it's a wee bit easier than doing two of these things as once. For those who would like to donate between the hours of 8AM and 10AM just call 617-253-8810. Or feel free to use the web pledge and select Breakfast of Champions Thursday as your favorite show. Either way I'll make sure to get you the 2008 edition of the Favorites compilation. A sure hit with small dogs and indigenous fauna, tested on prisoners so you know it's safe for children.

A wee bit late, but here's the playlist. Note that on fundraising week I break between each song so not much witty to add here.

Broken Social Scene - "Stars And Sons"
Girl Talk - "Like This"
The Shangri-Las - "Heaven Only Knows"
Killdozer - "Knuckles The Dog (Who Helps People)"
Hell On Wheels - "Heard You On The Radio"
Thin Lizzy - "She Knows"
Say Hi To Your Mom - "Sad, But Endearingly So"
The Cavedogs - "La La La"
Prefab Sprout - "Appetite"
Smog - "A Hit"
Tweeds - "I Need That Record"
Chromatics - "Running Up That Hill"
Andre Previn - "Executive Party Dance"
The Dismemberment Plan - "The Face of the Earth"
Peter Laughner - "Sylvia Plath"
Laura Veirs - "Drink Deep"
The Nerves - "Hanging on the Telephone"
Vitalic - "My Friend Dario"
Menomena - "The Pelican"
Strawberry Switchblade - "Since Yesterday"

As you may have heard us mention over the past few weeks WMBR's fundraising season is coming up, with Thursday the 6th playing leadoff for the BoC crew. As always anyone who donates during the two hour span of the program will receive a personal thank you from myself, namely the traditional 2CD best of. Fret not if you don't listen live, just donate through WMBR's website within the next two weeks and select Breakfast of Champions Thursday as your favorite show - the CD set will appear with any premiums you select. Thanks as always for listening and supporting the station. Oh and before I forget ... here's a mix!

Free And Forgetful

Pivot / Manhattan Love Suicides / The Knew / Crystal Stilts / Parts & Labor / Eleanoora Rosenholm / Fight Bite / Juliana Hatfield

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