The Beat Frequency usurps SGA's timeslot...

I needed a radio show this week. So I took one. Luckily, the SGA conveniently didn't have a meeting so I stole their slot on WMUC2. You can download the show here for a week:
http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/wmuc2/wed/ click on SGA_Meeting_1800_2200.mp3
(available until next Wednesday)

This was a show of sad songs, and songs with words I cannot play on FM radio. Silly FCC. The Beat Frequency is usually a rather upbeat, fun time, but sometimes all you want to hear is sad songs. Sad beautiful songs. That was tonight's show.

Pretty much most of my sadness was due to the knowledge the Pushing Daisies is getting cancelled. Tonight's episode was good anyway.

Playlist is here (apologies for the weird numbering):

29	Alison Krauss	Forget About It	Forget About It
30	Frightened Rabbit	Keep Yourself Warm	The Midnight Organ Fight
31	The Eagles	Desperado	Desperado
32	Kate Nash	We Get On	Made of Bricks
33	Norah Jones	Carnival Town	Feels Like Home
34	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Substance
35	The Wreckers	Leave the Pieces	Stand Still, Look Pretty
36	Adele	Cold Shoulder	19
37	Fiona Apple	Sleep To Dream	Tidal
38	Imogen Heap	Hide and Seek	Speak for Yourself
39	Bon Iver	Skinny Love	For Emma, Forever Ago
40	Fleetwood Mac	The Chain	Rumours
41	The Strokes	Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men (feat. Regina Spektor)	Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men
42	Jackson Browne	Fountain of Sorrow	Late for the Sky
43	Bonnie Raitt	I Can't Make You Love Me	Luck of the Draw
44	Taylor Swift	White Horse	(for Emma, Meghan and Allyson)
45	Tegan and Sara	Where Does The Good Go?	So Jealous
46	Rufus Wainwright	Hallelujah	Shrek Soundtrack
47	Interpol	NYC	Turn On The Bright Lights
48	Timberland presents OneRepublic	Apologize	Timberland presents Shock Value
49	Kate Nash	Merry Happy	Made of Bricks
50	Third Eye Blind	Motorcycle Drive By	Third Eye Blind
51	Eve 6	Girlfriend	It's All In Your Head
52	The Postal Service	The District Sleeps Alone Tonight	Give Up
53	Tilly and the Wall	Pot Kettle Black	o
54	Frightened Rabbit	My Backwards Walk	The Midnight Organ Fight
55	Inara George	Fools In Love	Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack
56	The Beatles	Eleanor Rigby	Revolver
57	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Massacre

Oh yeah, and Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. A Thanksgiving Classic.

You know what else is a Thanksgiving classic? Pie.

Person I'd Most Like To Meet

Ok, yet again, I finish watching Chuck longing to meet the person responsible for the music selection.

Can You Tell by Ra Ra Riot is one of my favorite songs and it just ended out this week's episode of Chuck.

It made my day. Just like Skinny Love by Bon Iver did when it was on.

Seriously, if you're out there, I would love to meet you.

Show 11.21.08

This was a show filled with optimism. Blind, beautiful optimism. Stay tuned for next week's show filled with depression and cynicism. Good times!

1	We Are Scientists	Hoppípolla	Chris and Keith's Ultimate Playlist (Sigur Rós cover)
2	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Heers	Pershing
3	Republic Tigers	Buildings and Mountains	Keep Color
4	Kings of Leon	Closer	Only By The Night
5	Friendly Fires	In The Hospital	Friendly Fires
6	Frightened Rabbit	The Twist	The Midnight Organ Fight
7	The Bird and The Bee	Again and Again	The Bird and The Bee
8	Dear and the Headlights	Talk About	Drunk Like Bible Times
9	Jackson Browne	Tender is the Night	Lawyers in Love
10	Counting Crows	Hanginaround	This Desert Life
11	America	A Horse With No Name	America
12	Vampire Weekend	Campus	Vampire Weekend
13	The Killers	Smile Like You Mean It	Hot Fuss
14	Muse	Hysteria	Absolution
15	Tally Hall	Spring and a Storm	Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
16	Jack Johnson	Flake	Brushfire Fairytales
17	Snow Patrol	Open Your Eyes	Eyes Open
18	Corinne Bailey Rae	Like A Star	Corinne Bailey Rae
19	Coldplay	Yellow	Parachutes
20	Field Music	You're So Pretty...	Field Music
21	The Smashing Pumpkins	Zeitgeist	Zeitgeist
22	Paul McCartney	Blackbird	Wings Over America
23	Sugarcult	Do It Alone	Lights Out
24	Fleetwood Mac	Over My Head	Fleetwood Mac
25	The Zombies	Time of the Season	The Greatest Hits
26	The White Stripes	The Denial Twist	Get Behind Me Satan

Dear Television...

Thank you for giving the show Chuck excellent music that I can steal for playlists on the radio. http://www.tunefind.com/show/Chuck

I would like to let you know that I'm upset with you for not posting the SNL parody sketch of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" music video with Justin Timberlake dancing ridiculously.

That is all for now.

Sincerely,

The Beat Frequency

First Post!

Hello there!

I thought it'd be fun to have a little blog about our lovely radio show on WMUC 88.1 FM College Park (http://wmucradio.com).

Here's our playlist from last week:

2	Billy Joel	Only The Good Die Young	The Stranger
3	We Are Scientists	Dinosaurs (Ibiza Mix)	Chris & Keith's Ultimate Playlist EP
4	Better Than Ezra	Desperately Wanting	Friction, Baby
5	Tapes 'n' Tapes	Insistor	The Loon
6	Monty Norman	James Bond Theme	James Bond: Dr. No Theme
7	Jack White & Alicia Keys	Another Way To Die	James Bond: Quantum of Solace Theme
8	Shirley Bassey	Goldfinger	James Bond: Goldfinger Theme
9	Nancy Sinatra	You Only Live Twice	James Bond: You Only Live Twice Theme
10	Paul Oakenfold	James Bond Theme
11	The Cribs	Moving Pictures	Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
12	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	Summer in the City
13	The Stills	Being Here	Oceans Will Rise
14	The Coast	All The Boys	Expatriate
15	Tilly and the Wall	Lost Girls	Bottom of Barrels
16	Moonbabies	War on Sound	Moonbabies at the Ballroom
17	Ben Folds Five	Kate	Whatever and Ever Amen
18	Bishop Allen	Rain	The Broken String
19	Switchfoot	Dare You To Move	The Beautiful Letdown
20	U2	Mysterious Ways	Achtung Baby
21	Kings of Leon	Use Somebody	Only By The Night
22	Matt Costa	Sunshine	Songs We Sing
23	The Temptations	Ain't Too Proud To Beg	Gettin' Ready
24	The Cars	Good Times Roll	The Cars
25	Willoughby	Story	I Know What You're Up To
26	The Who	Squeeze Box	The Who By Numbers
27	Ben Harper	She's Only Happy In The Sun	Fight For Your Mind

It was quite a James Bond day, with lots of excitement for the new Quantum of Solace movie coming out.