Distant Stations 5/22/13

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8:04   Islands - I Feel Evil Creeping In (Arm's Way)
8:11   Junip - Villain (Junip)
8:14   Team Ghost - Dead Film Star (Rituals)
8:19   Small Black - Only A Shadow (Limits of Desire)
8:23   The National - Demons (Trouble Will Find Me)
8:27   Pure X - Thousand Year Old Child (Crawling Up the Stairs)
8:32   David Bowie - We Are the Dead (Diamond Dogs)
8:40   Mark Lanegan - Man in the Long Black Coat (I'm Not There OST)
8:42   The Magnetic Fields - Born on a Train (The Charm of the Highway Strip)
8:46   The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires (All Eternal's Deck)
8:50   Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood)
8:57   Roky Erickson and the Aliens - Night of the Vampire (The Evil Ones [Plus One])
9:02   The Doors - Close to You (Live at Felt Forum '71)
9:07   Birthday Party - Release the Bats (Junkyard)
9:09   Loudon Wainwright III - Vampire Blues (More Love Songs)
9:12   Daniel Johnston - Devil Town (The Late, Great Daniel Johnston)
9:13   Jason Webley - The Graveyard (Counterpoint)
9:16   Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard (Blue Valentine)
9:22   Twilight Singers - My Time (Has Come) (Powder Burns)
9:26   Thee Oh Seehs - Night Crawler (Floating Coffin)
9:30   Deerhunter - Sleepwalking (Monomania)
9:35   Radiohead - We Suck Young Blood (Hail to the Thief)
9:40   Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Dr. Octagon - Buried Alive (Mosquito)
9:45   Gorillaz - Dracula (Gorillaz)
9:49   The Child of Lov - Fly (The Child of Lov)
9:52   Outkast - Dracula's Wedding (The Love Below)
9:55   Aesop Rock ft. John Darnielle - Coffee (None Shall Pass)

The doctor is in.

After an extended absence, positive developments in the Distant Stations world are on the way. Stay tuned.

Distant Stations 3/11/08 Part Deux

Back for another two hours of sonic ecstasy, The Bad Doctor is proudly yet sadly hanging up his lab coat and putting his medicine bag away after this grand finale show. Thanks to everyone who has made this radio program what it is today.

PLAYLIST

1:04 Okkervil River - Another Radio Song, off of Black Sheep Boy Appendix
1:11 M. Ward - Vincent O'Brien, off of The Transfiguration of Vincent
1:13 The Decemberists - The Engine Driver, off of Picaresque
1:17 The Wrens - Hopeless, off of The Meadowlands
1:25 Andrew Bird - Masterfade, off of The Mysterious Production of Eggs
1:30 Grand Archives - Sleepdriving, off of The Grand Archives
1:35 Band of Horses - The Funeral, off of Everything All of the Time
1:43 Extra Glenns - Going to Marrakesh, off of Martial Arts Weekend
1:46 Beulah - Don't Forget to Breathe, off of Yoko
1:50 The National - Green Gloves, off of Boxer
1:55 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World, off of Abattoir Blues
2:02 Elliott Smith - Can't Make a Sound, off of Figure Eight
2:06 British Sea Power - Remember Me, off of The Decline of British Sea Power
2:10 Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, off of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2:15 The Ink Spots - Maybe, off of Rare Air: 1937-1944
2:19 The Walkmen - Another One Goes By, off of A Hundred Miles Off
2:23 Harry Nilsson - Don't Forget Me, off of Pussycats
2:30 Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart, off of The Wind
2:33 Tom Waits - Come On Up to the House, off of Mule Variations
2:41 The Mountain Goats - Old College Try, off of Tallahassee
2:44 Jason Webley - Goodbye Forever Once Again, off of Counterpoint
2:54 Harvey Danger - Radio Silence, off of Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?

Distant Stations 3/11/08

It's the grand finale of Distant Stations, and the Bad Doctor is hanging up his scrubs and his stethoscope. But before I do, I'm going to leave you with one hell of a sendoff, full of the great music you've come to know as being part of Distant Stations. It's a four-hour spectacular, from ten to noon and then one to three. Farewell, Spokane, and remember: caveat auditor.

PLAYLIST

9:58 Long Winters - Prom Night at Hater High, off of When I Pretend to Fall
10:03 Josh Ritter - Snow Is Gone, off of Hello Starling
10:08 Mountain Goats - First Few Desperate Hours, off of Tallahassee
10:11 Hold Steady - First Night, off of Boys and Girls in America
10:17 Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything, off of Apologies to the Queen Mary
10:22 Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II, off of Shut Up I Am Dreaming
10:30 Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves, off of Raised by Wolves EP
10:34 Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan, off of Asleep at Heaven's Gate
10:38 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Me and Mia, off of Shake the Sheets
10:41 Why? - Fatalist Palmistry, off of Alopecia
10:50 Neko Case - Dirty Knife, off of Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
10:53 Karli Fairbanks - I Could Arrange You, off of Bitter Blue
10:56 Cat Power - The Greatest, off of The Greatest
11:05 Mountain Goats - Jaipur, off of The Coroner's Gambit
11:08 Bon Iver - Skinny Love, off of For Emma, Forever Ago
11:11 Wilco - Theologians, off of A Ghost is Born
11:16 Guided by Voices - I Am A Scientist, off of Bee Thousand
11:20 Mark Lanegan Band - Hit the City, off of Bubblegum
11:23 Ryan Adams - Let It Ride, off of Cold Roses
11:26 Kid Dakota - Pilgrim, off of The West Is the Future
11:31 Peter Adams - Cementalisque, off of The Spiral Eyes
11:36 Beirut - Postcards from Italy, off of Gulag Orkestar
11:38 Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes, off of More Adventurous
11:46 Animal Collective - Did You See the Words, off of Feels
11:54 Spoon - Don't Let It Get You Down

Distant Stations 3/4/08

It's the penultimate edition of Distant Stations today. Last week I did my tribute to the United States of America; today we will be covering those other, lesser English-speaking countries, Canada and Great Britain.

God save the queen.

PLAYLIST

HOUR ONE - CANADIAN ART-ROCK

9:58 New Pornographers - Testament to Youth in Verse, off of The Electric Version
10:03 Destroyer - European Oils, off of Destroyer's Rubies
10:08 Frog Eyes - Russian Berries But You're Quiet Now, off of the Folded Palm
10:12 Broken Social Scene - Major Label Debut (Fast), off of EP to Be You and Me
10:16 Stars - Set Yourself on Fire, off of Set Yourself on Fire
10:24 Apostle of Hustle - My Sword Hand's Anger, off of National Anthem of Nowhere
10:27 Jason Collett - We All Lose One Another, off of Idols of Exile
10:31 Feist - I Feel It All, off of The Reminder
10:35 Malajube - Pate Filo, off of Trompe L'Oeil
10:40 Unicorns - Tuff Ghost, off of Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone
10:44 Arcade Fire - No Cars Go, off of Neon Bible
10:52 Besnard Lakes - And You Lied to Me, off of The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

HOUR TWO - BLAZING BRITPOP

10:58 The Mountain Goats - Going to Scotland, off of Nothing for Juice
11:01 British Sea Power - Carrion, off of The Decline of British Sea Power
11:05 Black Box Recorder - Child Psychology, off of England Made Me
11:12 Doves - Black and White Town, off of Some Cities
11:16 The Libertines - The Man Who Would Be King, off of The Libertines
11:19 The Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights, off of The Futureheads
11:21 Art Brut - Good Weekend, off of Bang Bang Rock and Roll
11:26 Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen, off of You Could Have It So Much Better
11:29 Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You, off of Fuzzy Logic
11:33 Athlete - Shake Those Windows, off of Vehicles and Animals
11:40 Klaxons - Golden Skans, off of Myths of the Near Future
11:44 Morrissey - The World is Full of Crashing Bores, off of You Are the Quarry
11:48 Blur - Girls & Boys, off of Parklife
11:53 Pulp - Sunrise, off of We Love Life

Distant Stations 2/26/08

Fresh after a road trip to Seattle to see the Mountain Goats, I thought I'd play up my "religious awe of geography" (to quote the man himself) with a show attempting to incorporate all fifty states into the playlist. There are a few states I'd like to apologize to for omitting, namely: Nevada, Delaware, Vermont (I had to remove your song for time), Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and its western cousin, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois (I used Sufjan on Michigan, sorry!), and Iowa.

PLAYLIST

10:00 John Linnell - Songs of the 50 States, off of State Songs

NON-CONTIGUOUS

10:02 Brian Wilson - In Blue Hawaii, off of Smile
10:04 Johnny Cash and June Carter - When It's Springtime in Alaska, off of Orange Blossom Special

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

10:08 Loretta Lynn and Jack White - Portland, Oregon, off of Van Lear Rose
10:12 M. Ward - Four Hours in Washington, off of Transistor Radio
10:15 Josh Ritter - Idaho, off of The Animal Years
10:19 Rocky Votolato - Montana, off of Suicide Medicine

THE GREAT SOUTHWEST

10:26 Lucero - California, off of Nobody's Darlings
10:29 Pixies - Palace of the Brine, off of Trompe le Monde (Utah)
10:30 Pedro the Lion - Arizona, off of Achilles' Heel
10:33 Old 97's - West Texas Teardrops, off of Too Far to Care

THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND

10:38 The Kinks - Oklahoma, U.S.A., off of Muswell Hillbillies
10:41 Neko Case - Train from Kansas City, off of The Tigers Have Spoken
10:45 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska, off of Nebraska
10:49 Kid Dakota - Ten Thousand Lakes, off of The West Is the Future (Minnesota)
10:57 Cocorosie - Ohio (Damien Jurado cover), off of the Believer Compilation, 2005
11:02 Sufjan Stevens - Say Yes! To M!ch!gan!, off of Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State

GOOD OLD NEW ENGLAND

11:05 Okkervil River - Maine Island Lovers, off of Down the River of Golden Dreams
11:11 Matt Pond PA - New Hampshire, off of Emblems
11:17 Hold Steady - Hostile, Massachusetts, off of Almost Killed Me

THE EASTERN SEABOARD

11:21 Ryan Adams - New York, New York, off of Gold
11:25 Red House Painters - New Jersey, off of Red House Painters II
11:31 Ben Gibbard - Carolina, off of Home Vol. 4

THE DIRTY SOUTH

11:35 The Gossip - Arkansas Heat, off of Arkansas Heat
11:36 The Walkmen - Louisiana, off of A Hundred Miles Off
11:41 Silver Jews - Tennessee, off of Tennessee
11:47 Drive-Bry Truckers - Boys from Alabama, off of The Dirty South
11:51 Superchunk - Florida's On Fire, off of Here's to Shutting Up
11:56 The Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia, off of Zopilote Machine

Distant Stations 2/19/2008

The weather's clearing up, and that means it's time to throw old favorites and new music into a blender and hit puree. Not sure what that has to do with the weather. Maybe I just wanted to do it because I'm arbitrary and random. Who knows?

PLAYLIST

10:00 Elvis Costello - Radio Radio, off of This Year's Model
10:04 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone, off of Hearts of Oak
10:11 National - All the Wine, off of Alligator
10:15 The Wrens - Happy, off of The Meadowlands
10:23 Broken Social Scene - Backyards, off of Beehives
10:28 Beach House - Wedding Bell, off of Devotion
10:33 Peter Adams - Listen Harmony, off of The Spiral Eyes
10:36 Eels - Last Stop, This Town, off of Electro-Shock Blues
10:40 Animal Collective - Grass, off of Feels
10:45 Vampire Weekend - Boston, off of Vampire Weekend
10:48 Menomena - Boyscout'n, off of Friend and Foe
10:54 Flaming Lips - Do You Realize, off of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
11:00 Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around, off of American IV: The Man Comes Around
11:04 Tom Waits - Cold, Cold Ground, off of Franks Wild Years
11:09 Regina Spektor - Apres Moi, off of Begin to Hope
11:13 Okkervil River - So Come Back, I'm Waiting, off of Black Sheep Boy
11:25 The Mountain Goats - Autoclave, off of Heretic Pride
11:29 The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn, off of Heretic Pride
11:34 The Mountain Goats - No Children, off of Tallahassee
11:37 Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains, off of Thing A Week Vol. 2
11:42 Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong, off of Amnesiac
11:46 Clinic - Harmony, off of Walking With Thee
11:53 Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings, off of Shut Up I Am Dreaming

Distant Stations 2/12/08

Well, I don't have anything clever or relevant to say, other than Sunday, February 10th marked the 10th anniversary of the release of one of my favorite albums of all time, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. So we'll definitely be playing a few selections from that.

PLAYLIST

10:00 The Mountain Goats - The Bad Doctor, off of Bitter Melon Farm
10:07 The Mountain Goats - Sax Rohmer #1, off of Heretic Pride
10:10 Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes, off of The Search
10:14 Old 97's - Barrier Reef, off of Too Far to Care
10:20 Ryan Adams - If I Am a Stranger, off of Cold Roses
10:25 Songs: Ohia - John Henry Split My Heart, off of Magnolia Electric Company
10:32 Drive-By Truckers - Self-Destructive Zones, off of Brighter Than Creation's Dark
10:37 Neil Young - Southern Man, off of After the Gold Rush
10:42 Wilco - At Least That's What You Said, off of A Ghost Is Born
10:48 Ambulance, LTD - Heavy Lifting, off of Ambulance, LTD
10:53 British Sea Power - Waving Flags, off of Do You Like Rock Music?
10:58 Radiohead - The Reckoner, off of In Rainbows
11:04 Spoon - The Way We Get By, off of Kill the Moonlight
11:07 Iggy Pop - The Passenger, off of Lust for Life
11:10 The Hold Steady - Party Pit, off of Boys and Girls in America
11:17 The Walkmen - The Rat, off of Bows & Arrows
11:21 Harry Nilsson - Many Rivers to Cross, off of Pussycats
11:27 Andrew Bird - Dark Matter, off of Armchair Apocrypha
11:34 Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy, off of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
11:38 Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost, off of In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
11:44 Rock Plaza Central - My Children, Be Joyful, off of Are We Not Horses?
11:49 Beirut - Nantes, off of The Flying Club Cup
11:53 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (cover of Leonard Cohen), off of Grace