FOLKIN AWESOME! PLAYLIST MAY 30th, 2010

Mostly a folk music show on "Stories" today. Was only gonna do it for an hour but the audience demanded more, and I was happy to comply. Freak folk and psych-folk included.

12:00
Les Enfant Bastard-" Honolulu"
Iron and Wine- "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car"
John Cale- "Paris 1919" (live)
Ballboy- "Olympic Cyclist"
Adam Green- "Breaking Locks"
Paul Simon- "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" (live)
Field Music- "Measure"
Bert Jansch-" Courting Blues"
Final Fantasy- "Red Sun No. 5"
Joanna Newsom- "Easy"
Leonard Cohen- "So Long, Marianne"
Magnetic Fields- "A Lonely Road"
Doves- "Firesuite"
Decemberists- "The Bus Mall"

1:00 PM
Donovan- "Sunshine Superman"
Broadcast- "Minim"
Midlake- "Acts of Man"
Elliot Smith- "Let's Get Lost"
Surfer Blood- "Floating Vibes"
Hidden Cameras- "That's When the Ceremony Starts"
Tallest Man on Earth- "Kids on the Run"
Jens Lekman- "The Wrong Hands"
Nick Drake- "Pink Moon"
Jeremy Jay- "Just Dial My Number"
The Secret History- "Sex with Ghosts"
Judy Henske and Jerry Yester- "Three Ravens"
Jeff Buckley- "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)
Josiah Wolf- "California(Master Cleanse)

2:00 PM
Band of Horses- "Factory"
She and Him- "Lingering Still"
Loudon Wainright iii- "Lullaby"
Badly Drawn Boy- "Pissing in the Wind"
Mercury Rev- "Goddess on a Highway"
Super Furry Animas- "Down a Different River"
Supergrass- "Late in the Day"
Woodpigeon- "Empty-Hall Sing Along"
The Lucksmiths- "There Will Come a Train"
Smog- "Stick in the Mud"
Animal Collective- "Lovin' Outside"
Velvet Underground and Nico- "All Tomorrow's Parties"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"

LOTS OF WIRE! PLAYLIST MAY 22nd!!

Good to see some post-punk love coming through today. One of my favorite shows thus far!

12:00 pm
Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- "Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James and the Shondells cover
Happy Birthday- "Girls FM"
Dum Dum Girls- "Everbody's Out"
The National- "Terrible Love"
Pink Mountaintops- "Axis: Thrones of Love"
Jay Reatard- "See Saw"
The Fall- "Cowboy George"
Cass Elliot- "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Girls- "Laura"
John Spencer Blues Explosion- "Lovin Machine"
How to Destroy Angels- "The Space Between"
Clones of the Queen- "We"
We Have Band- "You Came Out"
Major Lazer- "Pon De Floor"
Lady Sovereign featuring Dizee Rascal- "Random"

1:00 PM
M.I.A.- "Born Free"
Hawnay Troof- "Connection"
Jibber and Twitch- "Earthworm"
Love is All- "Kungen"
Futureheads- "Heartbeat Song"
Monster Music- "Down, Down, Down"
Surfer Blood- "Floating Vibes"
Buzzcocks- "What Do I Get?" (live)
Television- "Venus De Milo"
Gang of Four- "Natural's Not In It"
Wire- "The 15th"
Magazine- "Shot By Both Sides"
Tobacco featuring Beck- "Fresh Hex"
Phantograms- "Mouthful of Diamonds"
Misty's Big Adventure- "Dog Like You"
Harlem- "Friendly Ghost"
Archie Bronson Outfit- "Chunk"

2:00 PM
Broken Social Scene- "World Sick"
Arab Strap- "I Saw You"(live)
Black Tambourine- "Drown"
Wire- "Strange"
Bird and the Bee- "I Can't Go For That" (Hall and Oates cover)
The Secret History- "Our Lady of Stalingrad"
Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Higher than the Stars"
Suede- "New Generation"
Shopping List- "Howdy"
Local Natives- "Airplanes"
Phosphorescent- "Cocaine Lights"
Tallest Man on Earth- "Wild Hunt"
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy- "A Minor Place"
Jens Lekman- "It Was a Strange Time in My Life"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"

MELODIC ROCK! PLAYLIST MAY 16th!!

The summer's here... which means melodic rock feels oh so good...

12:00 HR
Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
Harlem-"Friendly Ghost"
Pavement- Unseen Power of the Picket Fence"
R.E.M.- "So Central Rain"
Tobacco- "Fresh Hex"
Crystal Castles- "Celestica"
Clones of the Queen- "Galaxies"
My Bloody Valentine- "Loomer"
Spiritualized- "Angel Sigh"
Love Is All- "Bigger, Bolder"
Marnie Stern- "Prime"
Dum Dum Girls- "Everybody's Out"
Space- "The Female of the Species"
Bird and the Bee-"I Can't Go For That"
Archie Bronson Outfit-"Chunk"

1:00 HR
Secret History- "Johnny Anorak"
Camera Obscura- "French Navy"
Delgados- "American Trilogy"
Arab Strap- "Last Romance"
Surfer Blood- "Floating Vibes"
Plants and Animals- "Undone Melody"
Besnard Lakes- "Albatross"
Magazine- "The Light Pours Out of Me"
Final Fantasy- "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt"
Pink Mountaintops- "Axis Thrones of Love"
Animal Collective- "Taste"
Phantograms- "Mouthful of Diamonds"

2:00 HR
Fang Island- "Daisy"
Boards of Canada- "Everything You Do is A Balloon"
TV on the Radio- "Dreams"
Busdriver- "Kill Your Employers" (clean)
Hawnay Troof- Front My Hope"
Super Furry Animals- "Ice Hockey Hair"
Duchess and the Duke- "I am Just a Ghost"
Herman Dune-"Try to Think About Me(Don't You Worry A Bit)"
Sunset Rubdown-"Paper Lace"
Strange Boys-"A Walk on the Bleach"
Tallest Man on Earth- "The Wild Hunt"
Suede-"Modern Boys"
Yo La Tengo- "Pablo and Andrea"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! PLAYLIST MAY 9th!!

It was a women's celebration here on Stories! Last two hours were all female singers and songwriters. Hope you enjoyed it, ladeez!!

12:00
Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone- "Happy Mothers Day"
Dum Dum Girls- "Jail La La"
Harlem- "Friendly Ghost"
Brian Eno- "The True Wheel"
Archie Bronson Outfit- "Chunk"
Das Racist- "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"
Bird and the Bee- "I Can't Go For That" (Hall and Oates cover)
Gorillaz- "Superfast Jellyfish"
M.I.A.- "Born Free"
Clones of the Queen- "Forest"
Pipettes- "Pull Shapes"
Goldfrapp- "Rocket"
Besnard Lakes- "Albatross"
Happy Birthday- "Girls Fm"

1:00 HR
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- "Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James and the Shondells cover)
Joanna Newsom- "Easy"
Elk City- "Silver Lawyers"
Love is All- "Bigger Bolder"
Bat 4 Lashes- "Daniel"
Beach House- "Lover of Mine"
Camera Obscura- "French Navy"
You Say Party! We Say Die!- "Heart of Gold"
Rilo Kiley- "Pictures of Success"
Catatonia- "Sweet Catatonia"
Raveonettes- "Bang"
Cat Power- "The Greatest"
Kate Nash- "Kiss That Grrl"
Dirty Projectors- "Stillness is the Move"

2:00 HR
X-Ray Spex- "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!"
The Blow- "Hey Boy"
Deerhoof- "Kidz Are So Small"
Dengue Fever- "Seeing Hands"
Marnie Stern- "Prime"
Brilliant Colors- "Absolutely Anything"
Isobell Campbell- "Monologue for an Old True Love"
Magnetic Fields- "Always Already Gone"
Siouxsie and the Banshees- "Kiss Them For Me"
Lush- "For Love"
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim feat Natalie Merchant- "Order 1081"
Vaselines- "Molly's Lips"
Gossip- "Heavy Cross"
St. Vincent- "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood"
Stereolab- "One Small Step"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"

FLASHBACK SHOW! PLAYLIST MAY 2nd

So...things are always impromptu on "Stories" and that's how I like it. Today ended up being, through requests, etc, more of a show with past than present music. With this in mind, cue the music Frank...

12:00 hr
1. Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
2. Dum Dum Girls-"You Alone"
3. Harlem- "Someday Soon"
4. Yeasayer- "Ambling Alp"
5. Gorillaz- "Superfast Jellyfish"
7. You Say Party! We Say Die!- "Heart of Gold"
8. Foals- "Cassius"
9. Jump-Offs- "In the Clouds"
10. Spoon- "Written in Reverse"
11. Vaselines- "Son of A Gun"
12. Lush- "For Love"
13. Idlewild- "Live in a Hiding Place"
14. Spiritualized- "Sway"
15. Catatonia- "Mulder and Scully"

1:00 HR
16. Final Fantasy- "Flare Gun"
17. Romeo Void- "Never Say Never"
18. Raveonettes- "Bang"
19. Bobby Fuller Four- "Let Her Dance"
20. Girls- "Headache"
21. Surfer Blood- "Floating Vibes"
22. The Wildlife- "The Lemon"
23. Radiohead- "How Can You Be Sure?"
24. Xiu Xiu- "Dear God, I Hate Myself"
25. The Fall- "Cowboy George"
26. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone- "Scattered Pearls"
27. Clones of the Queen- "We"
28. Caribou- "Odessa"
29. Our Secret History- "Our Lady of Stalingrad"
30. Dengue Fever- "Seeing Hands"
2:00 HR
31. GRLFRNDS- "No Hope HS"
32. Archie Bronson Outfit- "Chunk"
33. Can- "I Want More"
34. Smiths- "Cemetary Gates"
35. Nick Cave- "Do You Love Me?"
36. Duran Duran- "Ordinary World"
37. Frog Eyes- "The Sensitive Girls"
38. Deerhoof- "Spirit Ditties of No Tone"
39. Pavement- "Cut Yr Hair"
40. Crystal Castles- "Celestia"
41. Julian Casablancas- "11th Dimension"
42. Suede- "Stay Together"
43. Magnetic Fields- "You Must Be Out of Your Mind"
44. Tallest Man on Earth- "Burden of Torment"
45. PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"