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

Distant Stations 2/5/07

I'm homesick, folks. It's time for a little Pacific Northwest flavor today on Distant Stations, with all artists coming from the great empire of Cascadia.

PLAYLIST

10:00 Ben Gibbard - You Remind Me of Home, off of Home Vol. Four
10:02 Mirah - Mt. St. Helens, off of Advisory Committee
10:06 Microphones - Anacortes Has A Secret Love, off of Tests
10:09 Matthew Shaw - Descartes, off of Ghosts in the Concrete
10:14 Slender Means - Telepathic Lovesick Heart, off of Neon & Ruin
10:16 The Minus Five - This Rifle Called Goodbye, off of The Minus Five
10:22 Harvey Danger - Ballad of the Tragic Hero (Pity and Fear), off of King James Version
10:28 The Long Winters - Scared Straight, off of When I Pretend to Fall
10:33 Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Couch, off of The Grand Archives
10:39 Mark Lanegan Band - Morning Glory Wine, off of Bubblegum
10:43 Built to Spill - Distopian Dream Girl, off of There's Nothing Wrong With Love
10:47 The Wedding Present - Queen Anne, off of Take Fountain
10:55 Neko Case - South Tacoma Way, off of Furnace Room Lullaby
11:00 The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant, off of Mass Romantic
11:03 M. Ward - To Go Home (ft. Neko Case), off of Post-War
11:07 Destroyer - Foam Hands, off of Trouble in Dreams
11:16 Jason Webley - Music That Puts Everything Together, off of Only Just Beginning
11:18 The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song, off of Picaresque
11:30 Elliott Smith - Coast to Coast, off of From A Basement on the Hill
11:36 Adam Hill - Next Stop, Winona, off of Four Shades of Green
11:40 Josh Ritter - Right Moves, off of The Historial Conquests of Josh Ritter
11:45 Joel Smith - Winter in Winnipeg, a Yuletide 2007 offering
11:50 Karli Fairbanks - Beautiful Scenery, off of Bitter Blue
11:57 Glenn Case - Glutton, a Songfight 2006 entry