The Beat Frequency

The Beat Frequency - May 7, 2010

2010-05-07T16:12:00.000-07:00

Last show! Both sad and happy. We started the show with the playlist from my first ever show at UMD. Songs 1-15 were from my beginning times on WMUC. Fond stuff. "Beat Control" by Tilly and the Wall was the first song I ever played on the radio.

I had also had an outstandingly bad week the week before this show, and to commemorate it with song, the last half of the show was really depressing.

Then we ended it on "Reelin' in the Years," a song I had been trying to get a copy of for ages.

1	Tilly and the Wall	Beat Control
2	Tally Hall	Greener
3	Weezer	Buddy Holly
4	Foo Fighters	Everlong
5	Arcade Fire	Keep The Car Running
6	The Postal Service	Such Great Heights
7	Mates of State	The Re-arranger
8	The Dandy Warhols	Scientist
9	Coldplay	Amsterdam
10	Alphabeat	10,000 Nights
11	Arctic Monkeys	Fluorescent Adolescent
12	Spoon	They Never Got You
13	Bishop Allen	Rain
14	Devo	Whip It
15	Muse	Starlight
16	The Proclaimers	I'm On My Way
17	Noah and the Whale	5 Years Time
18	Rufus Wainwright	Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise)
19	The Magnetic Fields	Epitaph For My Heart
20	Radiohead	Let Down
21	Elliott Smith	Waltz #2 (XO)
22	Bob Dylan	Idiot Wind
23	Donovan	Catch The Wind
24	Cake	Friend is a Four Letter Word
25	Phoenix	If I Ever Feel Better
26	Flight of the Conchords	I'm Not Crying
27	David Bowie	Changes
28	Regina Spektor	On The Radio
29	Steely Dan	Reelin' in the Years

The Beat Frequency - April 30, 2010

2010-04-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

This was the day of the Art Attack concert of Ben Folds and Weezer at the University of Maryland. We sat really far away. Lots of Ben Folds and Weezer on the show today.

This was also the day where Tevis and I sang "Topologize" (math version of "Apologize" by OneRepublic) on the radio. Good day.

"Add It Up" was one of my favorite songs of this time of year. I edited it and played it at the end. We closed with the theme song to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in honor of the "It's Always Sunny" party I was throwing May 1st. Oh college.

1	The Presets	My People
2	Mates of State	Now
3	Lady Sovereign	Pretty Vacant
4	Wye Oak	I Hope You Die
5	You Say Party! We Say Die!	Laura Palmer's Prom
6	The New Pornographers	Crash Years
7	The Like	Waves That Never Break
8	The Replacements	Alex Chilton
9	Social Distortion	I Was Wrong
10	Annuals	Loxtep
11	The Rolling Stones	Ruby Tuesday
12	Dan Deacon	Snookered
13	UMD Math Club	"Topologize"
14	Those Dancing Days	Space Hero Suits
15	The Silent Years	Madame Shocking
16	Class Actress	Adolescent Heart
17	Regina Spektor	No Surprises (Radiohead cover)
18	Little Beirut	Sniper's Lament
19	The Sound of Arrows	M.A.G.I.C.
20	Broken Social Scene	World Sick
21	Ben Folds	Annie Waits
22	Ben Folds Five	Kate
23	Ben Folds	In Between Days (The Cure cover)
24	Weezer	Buddy Holly
25	Weezer	Island In The Sun
26	Weezer	El Scorcho
27	Weezer	(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
28	Violent Femmes	Add It Up
29	Heinz Kiessling	Temptation Sensation

The Beat Frequency - April 23, 2010

2010-04-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

This week: the original of "Laura" (last week had the cover)
"Fascination" by La Roux ("old fascination is feeding my frustration" were sweet lyrics)

Best thing ever "Worst Song Medley" by Garfunkel and Oates, ukulele version of the following put together in the best way possible:
1. "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis
2. "I Don't Want To Wait "by Paula Cole
3. "Too Close" by Next
4. "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer
5. "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd
6. "Barbie Girl" by Aqua
7. "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
8. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson
9. "Cotton Eyed Joe" by Rednex
10. "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul
11. "I'll Be Missing You" by Diddy
12. "Drops of Jupiter" by Train (last line)

Final Fantasy's cover of "Peach, Plum, Pear" by Joanna Newsom, a suggestion from my friend Carrie.

I played a bunch of songs requested from my friend Greg, including the Bob Dylan, Usher, and Prince songs below.

"Warrior" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs may or may not have been requested by my sister, but I will associate that song with her forever.

Playlist:

1	Local Natives	Wild Eyes
2	Ben Folds Five	Battle of Who Could Care Less
3	Girls	Laura
4	La Roux	Fascination
5	Garfunkel and Oates	Worst Song Medley
6	Coldplay	Shiver
7	Spiderbait	Black Betty
8	Final Fantasy	Peach, Plum, Pear
9	Crystal Castles	Baptism
10	Teddybears	Cobrastyle
11	Reverend and the Makers	Heavyweight Champion of the World
12	Architecture in Helsinki	Maybe You Can Owe Me
13	Bob Dylan	I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met)
14	Usher	My Way
15	Prince	Purple Rain
16	Shiloh	Operator (Girl Like Me)
17	Modest Mouse	Lives
18	Nick Drake	At The Chime Of A City Clock
19	Wild Beasts	Hooting and Howling
20	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Warrior
21	Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus
22	Joanna Newsom	On A Good Day
23	White Rabbits	While We Go Dancing

The Beat Frequency - April 16, 2010

2010-04-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

I'm really bad at updating blogs. It's kind of thing of mine to have a blog, write all the posts except the last few and just stop. My new goal is to actually finish this one.

The night before this show I went out to a birthday party for Jenn from Wye Oak at the Golden West Cafe in Baltimore. It was pretty cool. Friend of the band Mickey Free performed along with a few other acts for the birthday girl. The party was pretty fun, there was a giant moose head, beer, a guy with a tattoo of Talking Heads lyrics ("There's a city in my mind" if you were wondering), and decently good times. I played the Mickey Free remix of "That I Do" by Wye Oak in honor of the event.

Darwin Deez's "Radar Detector" was a solid part of my playlist this time of year. It's cute and bouncy.

The Dirty Projectors' "Two Doves" was played with Nico's "These Days" because I had recently found out "Two Doves" contained a few lyrical references to "These Days", a classic Jackson Browne song I've known since I was very little. (He wrote that song when he was in high school. Deep stuff. My mom's a big Jackson Browne fan. We named our dog after him.)

Mates of State's cover of Girls' "Laura" was a really good one during this time of year too. I like the cover way better.

Here's the entirety of the playlist.

1	Boston	More Than A Feeling
2	Toto	Africa
3	The National	Start A War
4	Wye Oak	That I Do (Mickey Free Remix)
5	Local Natives	Sun Hands
6	The Clash	Train In Vain
7	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
8	Devo	Girl U Want
9	Wilco	Muzzle of Bees
10	Weezer	El Scorcho
11	Talking Heads	Road to Nowhere
12	Elliott Smith	Memory Lane
13	Magnetic Fields	I'll Dream Alone
14	Owen Pallett	Lewis Takes Action
15	Barenaked Ladies	I'll Be That Girl
16	Surfer Blood	Swim
17	Tokyo Police Club	Breakneck Speed
18	The Wombats	Here Comes The Anxiety
19	The Magic Number	The Pulse
20	Radiohead	No Surprises
21	The Blow	True Affection
22	Darwin Deez	Radar Detector
23	The National	Afraid of Everyone
24	Jens Lekman	If You Ever Need A Stranger
25	Dirty Projectors	Two Doves
26	Nico	These Days
27	Eric Clapton	Got You On My Mind
28	Prince	I Would Die 4 U
29	Mumford & Sons	Cousins (Vampire Weekend cover)
30	Mates of State	Laura (Girls cover)

The Beat Frequency - April 9, 2010

2010-04-09T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hello hello! Welcome to my musical musings.

The Blow is awesome, and I think I heard this song "Hey Boy" on my friends and radio neighbors' show Victory Sweater a few month back. Good stuff.

I'm From Barcelona's "Treehouse" is adorable. Nada Surf covering "If You Leave" and You Say Party! We Say Die! covering R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming," which is one of my favorite R.E.M. tunes.

"There Goes My Love" was probably an iPod commercial song and "Bye Bye Bye" was on Chuck. I love television and music. Pavement's "Gold Soundz" was for my sister, who loves that song and is always surprised when I like it too.

Oh snap, Janis Joplin. When I was way little (it came out when I was 6), I used to love the Faith Hill version of this song. Now that I'm older and know the Janis Joplin version, I like it a lot. I didn't actually know that Janis Joplin's version was a cover as well. Thanks Wikipedia.

The next three were all requests from my friend Lilly. My favorite of these tracks was Ha Ha Tonka's "Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart" which is fantastic for times when you are down. It has incredible lyrics too. Here are some of my favorites:

Thick skinned, hard headed, better off
you're closing every valve to your bleeding heart
Does it hurt too much?
Are you just fed up?
Or is it something else entirely?

When I ask you why
you reply the death of hope hit you hard too

Only Dostoevsky could kill off a pair like us.

Holy cow. Just listen to the song.

Kate Nash's "Do Wah Doo" uses the word "bitch" in such an adorable way.

Next a mini science themed set of We Are Scientists, Dandy Warhols, and Guided by Voices.

I had the opportunity to attend the Florence + The Machine concert with The Temper Trap the Tuesday before this show. Florence Welch, the lead singer with Florence + The Machine, drunkenly sang the Etta James song "Something's Got A Hold On Me" to her now manager in a bathroom. I love Etta James, so that was a cool piece of trivia. Then we played "I'm Not Calling You A Liar" a song that appears to be about taking someone for who they are without considering their baggage or their past.

1	The Blow	Hey Boy
2	I'm From Barcelona	Treehouse
3	Nada Surf	If You Leave (OMD cover)
4	You Say Party! We Say Die!	Nightswimming (REM cover)
5	The Blue Van	There Goes My Love
6	Plants and Animals	Bye Bye Bye
7	Pavement	Gold Soundz
8	Think About Life	Sweet Sixteen
9	Janis Joplin	Piece of My Heart
10	Ha Ha Tonka	Close Every Valve of Your Bleeding Heart
11	Neko Case	This Tornado Loves You
12	Lhasa	My Name
13	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo
14	We Are Scientists	After Hours
15	The Dandy Warhols	Scientist
16	Guided by Voices	I Am A Scientist
17	Etta James	Something's Got A Hold On Me
18	Florence + The Machine	I'm Not Calling You A Liar
19	Matt Pond PA	Ruins
20	Boston	More Than A Feeling
21	Devo	Fresh
22	Joanna Newsom	Easy
23	The Presidents of the United States of America	Video Killed The Radio Star
24	Phantom Planet	Dropped
25	Weezer	My Name Is Jonas
26	The Beatles	The Fool On The Hill

The Beat Frequency - April 2, 2010

2010-04-02T17:03:00.000-07:00

Greetings! Welcome back to another installment of me rambling on about the music I like.

I found out that Regina Spektor had done a John Lennon cover and I had to hear it. And of course it was amazing.

We played some Tally Hall who I had seen a week before, and then some new Frightened Rabbit "Skip The Youth", which is very good, and has an intriguing intro. I was seeing Florence + The Machine the next Tuesday and played some "Hurricane Drunk," which I didn't like initially but now really enjoy. Daniel Zott's "Living A Lie" was on Chuck in early March.

Right about this time of early April, I was obsessed with Joanna Newsom's "Good Intentions Paving Company." It's an elegantly and intricately constructed song.

"How I said to you, 'honey, just open your heart', when I've got trouble even opening a honey jar"

That's just a half stanza. The whole song is full of excellence. Lyrics here.

Also Joanna Newsom is dating Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live fame. So we played some music by The Lonely Island right afterward.

Fun fact: The song I played by Washington is called "Teenage Fury." For some reason, my computer switched the titles of that song and her song "Halloween."

More awesome Fanfarlo. Cyndi Lauper retro jam. Yello's "Oh Yeah" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, better known as "Day Bow Bow". The video is so trippy.

Then some old favorites with "The Frug" and "Karma Police." :)

1	Regina Spektor	Real Love (John Lennon cover)
2	Tally Hall	Taken For A Ride
3	Frightened Rabbit	Skip The Youth
4	Florence + The Machine	Hurricane Drunk
5	Daniel Zott	Living A Lie
6	Joanna Newsom	Good Intentions Paving Company
7	Lonely Island	On A Boat
8	Angus and Julia Stone	Big Jet Plane
9	Washington	Teenage Fury
10	The Antlers	Kettering
11	Fanfarlo	Drowning Men
12	The Shins	Pressed In A Book
13	Cyndi Lauper	She Bop
14	Yello	Oh Yeah
15	Cloud Cult	Chain Reaction
16	Paramore	The Only Exception
17	Rogue Wave	Permalight
18	Muse	Micro Cuts
19	Rilo Kiley	The Frug
20	Radiohead	Karma Police
21	Black Diamond Boy	Brothers In Exile

The Beat Frequency - March 26, 2010

2010-03-26T16:28:00.000-07:00

Hello again! Here's a recap of the songs of my life for this week.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros' "40 Day Dream" is an incredible song. There's something about "bye bye, to the 'too good to be true' kind of love" being sung so jubilantly that makes my day.

A lot of these songs, well at least a couple, were nods to my road trip to Kenosha, WI with my dad over spring break. The Strokes' "Hard To Explain" and Cold War Kids' "Audience" were two that I had the pleasure of listening to on the radio. "Hard To Explain" was one I heard from http://www.rock889.com/ in Ohio and I wish I could give a shout out to that station in Ohio who played "Audience." I hadn't heard it before and it is a really good tune.

Oh, and my dad loves Bob Dylan. So when I needed to sleep and he needed some tunes, I basically put my Bob Dylan collection on my iPod on shuffle. I had no idea before, but my dad's favorite is "Subterranean Homesick Blues" so that was for him. I love roadtrips.

"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" is a duet by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty, two of my favorite singers of all-time, which I had recently rediscovered. "Baby you could never look me in the eye...."

Fanfarlo is quite good, and "Finish Line" is one of my favorite songs of theirs. I'm just going to link you to their lyrics page. It's that good.

Also, this was the evening where I was still trying to decide whether or not to attend the Jukebox The Ghost/Tally Hall concert at Sonar in Baltimore, after I missed the one the night before in DC. (I ended up going. It was a great decision.) Tally Hall closed the show and made the audience sit on the floor and turn to the back where they performed their encore with the light of living room lamps, closing with a cover of Biz Markie's "Just A Friend." Jukebox The Ghost played before them, and their song "Hold It In" was my favorite. Also, they did a cover of New Order's "Temptation" which was stellar. I love that song.

Also, I played "Soft As Chalk," which is my sister's favorite Joanna Newsom song off of Have One On Me.

Over spring break, SXSW was going on, and those torrents were stellar. Also over spring break, Alex Chilton died, and in his memory we played some Big Star, Box Tops, and "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements.

1	Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	40 Day Dream
2	Stars	Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
3	The Strokes	Hard To Explain
4	Cold War Kids	Audience
5	Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues
6	Dirty Projectors	Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan cover)
7	Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty	Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
8	She & Him	In The Sun
9	Fanfarlo	Finish Line
10	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
11	Neon Trees	Animal
12	Laura Veirs	July Flame
13	Jukebox The Ghost	Hold It In
14	The Magnetic Fields	No One Will Ever Love You
15	Fang Island	Daisy
16	Biz Markie	Just A Friend
17	Joanna Newsom	Soft As Chalk
18	Jonna Lee	My High
19	Antennas Up	Don't Wait Up
20	Timothy Nelson and the Infidels	Speak The Truth In Love
21	The Paint Movement	Faults
22	Big Star	September Gurls
23	Box Tops	The Letter
24	The Replacements	Alex Chilton

The Beat Frequency - March 12, 2010

2010-03-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

Cake's "Love You Madly" is in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, one of the funniest films I've ever seen. I watched it again with my roommate before spring break happened.

Washington's "How To Tame Lions" is easily my favorite new track off of the SXSW torrents. You should listen to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSqgCZWavc. To get this, and a ton more songs from this year's SXSW festival, check out the following site here.

Band of Horses' "I Go To The Barn Because I Like The" gets the award for most incomplete song title and it was also on the season finale of Psych this past week. Broken Bell's "The High Road" is a new one from the collaboration between Danger Mouse and James Mercer from The Shins. We then played "Rules Don't Stop" by We Are Scientists, a new track from them, which is pretty catchy.

We also had a lot of fun with the record player playing "We've Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's for absolutely no other reason than playing with the record player.

PS22 doing "Lisztomania" was the best thing ever. Click here for the video. Be prepared to think it is the most adorable thing ever. I want the director's job. Continuing with our Phoenix theme we played "If I Ever Feel Better" which has some fantastic lyrics in it. Next we had Yael Naim (you might remember her from "New Soul" which was in a lot of Mac commercials) doing a cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic", which I guiltily love (both versions actually).

More music in there followed by the new song from OK Go, which has a sweet, sweet music video with a Rube Goldberg machine that took the team involved 4 months to make. It was worth it. Check out the video here. It's even cool to watch silently.

Also, I'd been on a binge of The Smiths this week, which was most of the reason for playing the She & Him cover of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (featured in (500) Days of Summer) and "How Soon Is Now?" earlier.

1	MGMT	Flash Delirium
2	Cake	Love You Madly
3	Washington	How To Tame Lions
4	Family of the Year	Chugjug
5	Band of Horses	I Go To The Barn Because I Like The
6	Broken Bells	The High Road
7	We Are Scientists	Rules Don't Stop
8	Discovery	Slang Tang
9	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?
10	Will Smith	Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
11	The Go-Go's	We've Got The Beat
12	Prince	Kiss
13	Of Montreal	We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leofling
14	Jarvis Cocker	Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
15	PS22 Chorus	Lisztomania (Phoenix cover)
16	Phoenix	If I Ever Feel Better
17	Yael Naim	Toxic (Britney Spears cover)
18	Fleet Foxes	Mykonos
19	TV on the Radio	DLZ
20	Madcon	Beggin'
21	Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton	Nothing and Nowhere
22	The Magnetic Fields	Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
23	Barenaked Ladies	I'll Be That Girl
24	Radiohead	High and Dry
25	Frou Frou	Psychobabble
26	No Doubt	Sunday Morning
27	OK Go	This Too Shall Pass
28	Bob Dylan	Mr. Tambourine Man
29	The Stone Roses	I Wanna Be Adored
30	She & Him	Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths cover)

The Beat Frequency - March 5, 2010

2010-03-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

Hello readers! Another lovely post from your friend here at The Beat Frequency. Here's our playlist with explanations, if not vague ones, about why I played some of these songs on our radio show here at WMUC.

I was talking with a friend about staying hungry or ambitious, and "Hungry Like The Wolf" popped immediately into my mind. Also, this lovely Old Spice Commercial. No, not this one. (But it's good too.)

Also, another friend of mine requested "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" which is a ridiculous Beatles tune, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever."

We played The Kissaway Trail because they are opening for The Temper Trap and Florence + The Machine at their show that I'm seeing in April. (WHICH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT)

The Tom Waits and Townes Van Zandes tunes were covered by Norah Jones on an album I owned a long time ago. I needed to hear the originals.

Bob Dylan is awesome. Enough said.

Bruce's "Dancing In The Dark" was related to the hungry theme. Lyrical quote: "They say you gotta stay hungry. Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight."

"Debaser" is a great song. Shouting the lyrics makes my day.

The Blow's "Parentheses" goes out to my sister on her 20th birthday, which was later the next week, because she showed it to me and I love it.

Billy Joel's "Vienna" goes out to anyone who has ever been overwhelmed with trying too hard. "Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true." Kills me every time.

"Ambitions" by Donkeyboy was a special request from my good friend who now lives in Norway. It was a good song too.

Spoon's "Is Love Forever?" was part of Transference, the album of theirs that I was reviewing for the station (and finally finished.) The review is here at the WMUC music blog.

"Next Year" by the Foo Fighters was the theme song to the television show Ed (2000-2004), where I first started listening to music as an integral part of television. Unfortunately, due to outrageous royalties, Ed may never come out on DVD, which makes me terribly sad. Bowling alley lawyer? Come on, that's classic television. Also, it had the Mac guy in it, and Michael Ian Black. (If you don't know that I like cheesy television by now, you don't know me very well.)

"Abel" by The National was played for the line "my mind is not right" which I had the pleasure to see screamed by the lead singer back in August at the Virgin Free Fest in Columbia, MD.

Rogue Wave's "Good Morning" now has a special place in my brain after I heard it on the drive back from a roadtrip to Wisconsin at around 3am in North Eastern Ohio (on the radio! I know, I was excited too). The great folks at Ohio's Alternation played it, along with a few more tunes I'll share on the March 26th show. Anyway, I couldn't place the song until I got home, but it felt pretty cool to have played it earlier.

And we closed out with a remix of the remix of the cover of "You Got The Love." Yeah, try to wrap your head around that.

1	Duran Duran	Hungry Like The Wolf
2	Led Zeppelin	Misty Mountain Hop
3	The Beatles	You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
4	The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever
5	The Kissaway Trail	Beat Your Heartbeat
6	Thao Nyguen	Tallymarks
7	Tom Waits	The Long Way Home
8	Townes Van Zandt	Be Here To Love Me
9	Bob Dylan	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
10	Bob Dylan	It Ain't Me
11	Massive Attack	Dissolved Girl
12	Air	Playground Love
13	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing In The Dark
14	David Bowie	Life on Mars?
15	Elliot Smith	Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
16	Pixies	Debaser
17	The Blow	Parentheses
18	Billy Joel	Vienna
19	The Proclaimers	Over and Done With
20	Built To Spill	Distopian Dream Girl
21	CSS	Cannonball (The Breeders cover)
22	Donkeyboy	Ambitions
23	Spoon	Is Love Forever?
24	Foo Fighters	Next Year
25	of Montreal	Cato As A Pun
26	Band of Horses	Our Swords
27	The National	Abel
28	Rogue Wave	Good Morning
29	Portishead	Sour Times
30	Florence + The Machine	You Got The Love (The Very Best Remix)

The Beat Frequency - February 26, 2010

2010-02-27T13:37:00.000-08:00

Hello there!

Welcome back to another edition of The Beat Frequency, College Park's own wild tribute to the phantasmagorical. That word just makes me think of the circus.

Anyway, we started off the show with some new Joanna Newsom from her recently released Have One on Me, along with some new music from She & Him, The Swell Season and Alphabeat. We threw in "Particle Man" for fun.

The Thievery Corporation track was a gorgeous song that has fantastic lyrics. Look it up.

My favorite song of the week was rediscovering "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" from Talking Heads. I forgot how much I love this song.

"The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It's okay. I know nothing's wrong"

I'm actually just going to post lyrics from some of the remaining tracks instead of talking about them:

"I'm a loser and I'm not what I appear to be"
"Arrest this man, he talks in maths"
"For a little while you'll be here, the only good part of me"
"He's not perfect. He's my hero. Smashing the piano"

Ok, but I have to talk about this one. "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele is what we played on the show today, but it's a Bob Dylan cover. When I was younger, I knew the Garth Brooks cover really well and it was one of my favorite songs. It's beautiful. It's the one song that I play on guitar really well. It's also the song I was attempting to play when I broke a guitar string today. And so it goes.

Playlist for February 26, 2010:

1	Joanna Newsom	Good Intentions Paving Company
2	She & Him	Thieves
3	The Swell Season	In These Arms
4	They Might Be Giants	Particle Man
5	Alphabeat	Hole In My Heart
6	Thievery Corporation	The Time We Lost Our Way
7	The Beatles	I'm A Loser
8	Radiohead	Karma Police
9	The Mountain Goats	Autoclave
10	Talking Heads	This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
11	The xx	Islands
12	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
13	The National	Lit Up
14	The Boy Least Likely To	The Boy With Two Hearts
15	Mono	Hello Cleveland
16	Dean Martin	That's Amore
17	Santigold	Creator
18	Adele	Make You Feel My Love	(Bob Dylan cover)
19	Switchfoot	Always
20	Metric	Front Row
21	Electric President	Safe and Sound
22	Bat for Lashes	Travelling Woman
23	Iggy Pop	Search and Destroy
24	Sun Kil Moon	Carry Me Ohio
25	Arctic Monkeys	Brianstorm
26	Sharon Van Etten	Consolation Prize
27	Wye Oak	Warning
28	Wilco	Jesus, Etc.

The Beat Frequency - February 19, 2010

2010-02-20T13:06:00.000-08:00

The Beat Frequency's BIRTHDAY EDITION.

haha, no, but it was my birthday on the 18th and we had a decent amount of celebratory music. Starting with "Birthday" by The Beatles. Of course. Kate Nash's "Skeleton Song" was also played because of the line "now I'm twenty-two." (which strangely, Kate Nash wasn't when I first heard her sing that song.) Another birthday track was "Older" from They Might Be Giants, played a bit later.

A friend posted some lyrics to "Fool in the Rain" on Facebook and I remembered how much I love that song. My dad loves Led Zeppelin, so we used to listen to a lot of them when I was younger. Thanks family for liking good music. :)

Yeasayer's "Sunrise" was used in a rap track by Childish Gambino, also known as Don Glover of 30 Rock writing and Community fame (he plays Troy). He's hysterical. After listening to his rap over the track (which I'm fairly positive can't be played on the radio, pesky FCC) I fell in love with the Yeasayer original.

One of my favorite tracks which I had the chance to share this week was the mashup of The Killers' "Smile Like You Mean It" and La Roux's "Bulletproof" ("Smile Like You're Bullet Proof"). Great songs, great mashup. Fanfarlo's "Harold T. Wilkens or How To Wait For A Very Long Time" is also an incredibly catchy new tune.

We also played "Land Down Under" by Men At Work in remembrance of me being in Australia around this time last year, and also hearing it on the way to Cornerstone on my birthday. Also, "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac made an appearance on my shuffle on my birthday and then made its way onto today's playlist. Enjoy.

Playlist for February 19, 2010

1	The Beatles	Birthday
2	Kings of Leon	Notion
3	Kate Nash	Skeleton Song
4	Billy Joel	Piano Man
5	Led Zeppelin	Fool in the Rain
6	Yeasayer	Sunrise
7	a-ha	Take On Me
8	Cobra Starship	Kiss My Sass
9	Cake	Short Skirt/Long Jacket
10	The Cribs	Men's Needs (CSS Remix)
11	Alphabeat	What Is Happening?
12	The Darkness	I Believe In A Thing Called Love
13	They Might Be Giants	Older
14	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
15	Oasis	The Shock of the Lightning
16	Cage The Elephant	Free Love
17	Devo	Whip It
18	The Killers vs. La Roux	Smile Like You're Bulletproof
19	Jefferson Airplane	Somebody to Love
20	Fleet Foxes	White Winter Hymnal
21	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk
22	Fanfarlo	Harold T. Wilkens or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
23	Morning Benders	Excuses
24	Minus The Bear	The Pig War
25	Paul Simon	You Can Call Me Al
26	Lenka	We Will Not Grow Old
27	Men At Work	Land Down Under
28	Field Music	The Rest Is Noise

The Beat Frequency - February 12, 2010

2010-02-13T12:27:00.000-08:00

Hello, hello! Today was our first show back after the blizzard which canceled February 4th's show. Everyone in College Park was getting some serious cabin fever. We played some Leonard Nimoy (yes, that's Spock) and a few awesome songs my sister told me about (Gold Motel's "Perfect in my Mind" is fantastic.) Frightened Rabbit's "Nothing Like You" was also on the list. You can check out the video here.

Steve Perry's "Strung Out" was featured in a recent Psych episode and Datarock's "Amarillion" was played in Chuck. Why yes, if you've figured nothing out from any of these blog entries, I get a lot of my new music from television shows.

We also had a cabin fever section of the show featuring the Muppets, R.E.M. and Bon Jovi. My own personal snowed-in song was "Aside" by The Weakerthans. The line "and I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play" was stuck in my head all week. TV on the Radio's cover of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Modern Romance" was new to me and I really enjoyed it.

Oh yeah, and it was two days before Anna Howard Shaw Day so we played a few songs for all the lovers out there. Ok, so maybe they were just songs that mentioned love of various varieties. The Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love" off of their 69 Love Songs and Bloc Party's "This Modern Love" are fairly old favorites for me, and added with the newer "Cosmic Love" from Florence + the Machine started off the bit, with the classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division and then the epic "Elephant Love Medley" from Moulin Rouge.

Oh, and then Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" because I was heading out to New Jersey after the show. I should've played "Atlantic City" but I like "Born to Run" better.

Playlist for February 12, 2010:

1	Friday Mile	Lives of Strangers
2	Eisley	Silver Springs
3	Gold Motel	Perfect In My Mind
4	Leonard Nimoy	Highly Illogical
5	Patrick Watson	Overture
6	Frightened Rabbit	Nothing Like You
7	Steve Perry	Strung Out
8	The Weakerthans	Aside
9	Datarock	Amarillion
10	R.E.M.	It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
11	Muppets	Cabin Fever
12	Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer
13	Spoon	Written In Reverse
14	Buddy Holly	Everyday
15	TV On The Radio	Modern Romance (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
16	Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way
17	Phoenix	If I Ever Feel Better
18	Flight of the Conchords	I'm Not Crying
19	John Mayer	Love Song For No One
20	Elliott Smith	Clementine
21	Death Cab for Cutie	I Was A Kaleidoscope
22	The Strokes	What Ever Happened?
23	of Montreal	Gronlandic Edit
24	Architecture in Helsinki	Like It or Not
25	Loney, Dear	I Was Only Going Out
26	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Modern Mystery
27	The Magnetic Fields	The Book of Love
28	Bloc Party	This Modern Love
29	Florence + The Machine	Cosmic Love
30	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
31	Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman	Elephant Love Medley
32	Bruce Springsteen	Born To Run

The Beat Frequency - January 29, 2010

2010-01-29T17:00:00.000-08:00

Why hello there!

First show of the semester was fun. Favorite new song played?: Spoon's "Got Nuffin," one of my favorites off of their new album Transference. It was also showcased on TV's Chuck. Another great song was "Bulletproof" by La Roux, an excellent, danceable tune about not getting screwed over like you have in the past. An anthem for the ages, really. I fell in love with that song over winter break, but didn't get the chance to share it on the air.

Oh yes! And You've Got The Love (The xx remix). Phenomenal song. Talking about giving up, but then getting through it with the power of love. The song is a cover of a cover of a Candi Stanton disco tune. Florence + The Machine did the latest cover, and then The xx gave their own vibe to the song.

I'll add the playlist a bit later. Unfortunately the snowpocalypse has attacked the wmucradio.com server. Catch us this Friday (well maybe, if we're not snowed in) from noon - 2pm on http://wmucradio.com. Stay warm!

1	Arctic Monkeys	Fluorescent Adolescent
2	Spoon	Got Nuffin'	Transference
3	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
4	The Temper Trap	Love Lost
5	Beach House	Norway
6	Barenaked Ladies	Falling For The First Time
7	Kings of Leon	The Bucket
8	The xx	VCR
9	Imogen Heap	Hide and Seek
10	La Roux	Bulletproof
11	Shout Out Out Out Out	Bad Choices
12	Beck	Profanity Prayers
13	Phoenix	Rome
14	The Pains of Being Pure At Heart	Young Adult Friction
15	Matt & Kim	Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare
16	Iron & Wine	Belated Promise Ring
17	Florence + The Machine	You've Got The Love (The xx Remix)
18	Jimmy Eat World	A Praise Chorus
19	Magnetic Field	I Don't Believe In The Sun
20	The Script	Breakeven
21	Owl City	Strawberry Avalanche
22	Grizzly Bear	Ready, Able
23	St. Vincent	Laughing With A Mouthful of Blood
24	The Cave Singers	Leap
25	Field Music	Let's Write A Book
26	Lee Fields & The Expressions	Love Comes and Goes

New Time! Last Semester!

2010-01-29T09:24:00.000-08:00

Hello there! The Beat Frequency will be moving to Fridays from 12 noon - 2 pm!
Our first show is going on as we speak!
Listen in - Same crazy show, all new music, with a few old favorites.

As always, find us at: http://wmucradio.com
To listen live, click on WMUC HQ during the show.
Shows are posted in our show archive for a week here: http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/fri/
Download by right-clicking The_Beat_Frequency_1200_1400.mp3 (that's us)

Top 10 Albums of 2009

2009-12-08T20:48:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our annual "So You Think You Have Decent Taste In Music?" post.

I mean, our annual "Top 10 Albums" of the year post. These are strictly my opinion, and the order is fairly flexible. Feel free to comment on how atrocious this list is, or how I blatantly missed some crucial album that came out this year.

1. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

I first heard of Florence + The Machine back in July of 2008 when I found her "Kiss With A Fist" song on the music blogosphere. In face, I played it on one of my first few radio shows ever. It's different from the rest of the album, but just as good in its own respect. It seems to be about a mutually violent relationship where the couple just enjoys taking punches at each other and being crazy. Kind of reminds me of my parents. Mom sometimes throws hairbrushes; Dad calls it a love tap.

However, her album Lungs wasn't released until just last July. While in Australia, I found "Dog Days Are Over" and made a mental note to buy that album the next time I saw it. Unfortunately, that wasn't until November of this year, when one of Florence + the Machine's songs was pumped over the Best Buy airwaves and my brain remembered what it was meant to do. Essentially ever since, I've been playing Florence on repeat, over and over again.

This is the kind of album where that works. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" is a powerful and moving song about sacrifice, quite literally, and overcoming fear. Give it and essentially ever other song I'm about to mention a listen. I'm going to write a short novel here. "Howl" is another intense, almost primal, song about desire and passion and how that sometimes gets out of control. Check out the lyrics here. "Drumming Song" is another primal song of desire. This is Florence's strong point. Singing without inhibition, all in. It's glorious. "There's a drumming noise inside my head/That starts when you're around/I swear that you could hear it/It makes such an almighty sound." Ok, three more songs and I'll go onto the next one, I promise.

It took me a little bit to warm up to "Cosmic Love" but once I did, I found it to be a magical, mysterious, tribal-like love song. The "you left me in the dark" part gets me every time.

"My Boy Builds Coffins" is one of my sister's favorites off this album. It's a song about a man who builds coffins. And it's beautiful and intense.

Ok, last one: "You've Got The Love." I originally liked The xx's remix version better, but I came back around to this. This song is a cover of house/gospel artist Candi Stanton's similarly named "You Got The Love." It's one of the most inspiration, uplifting songs I know; this is the song you want to hear when you are having a terrible day, when you feel like giving up, when all is falling apart.

Florence Welch is my hero. She's an incredible singer with a powerful voice that pulls feelings out of emotional crevices you didn't know you had. If you can't tell already, it's highly recommended.

2. Matt & Kim - Grand

I first heard Matt & Kim this summer after being shown two of their videos by a coworker. "Yea Yeah" from their older Matt & Kim and then "Daylight" from Grand. Here's "Daylight":

*squee.* smiley drumming and refrigerators.

And in yet another story of television influencing my music tastes, the new television show Community featured their song "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" and "Daylight." Soon after, "Oh hey, I know that song" was exclaimed. And then in an act of rebelling against the typical, the student entertainment group on campus brought Matt & Kim to our student union for a $5 concert. Deal!

Oh yeah, and "Daylight" was in a Bacardi commercial. And the "Lessons Learned" video has Matt & Kim stripping in Times Square.

If you like fun, dancing, drums or smiles, listen to Matt & Kim. "Cutdown", "Daylight", "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare", and "Lessons Learned" are definite favorites. "Cinders" and "Don't Slow Down" are catchy too.

3. Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

This barely makes the 2009 list...it was technically released in September 2008, but I bought it in 2009. So there. It's my list; I do what I want. A lot of the singles were re-released in 2009 though...

Ladyhawke made an album that I enjoy listening to almost all the time. And I got to see her and her band perform that album live at the 9:30 club.

When I was in Australia, which is essentially right next door to Ladyhawke's (singer Pip Brown) native New Zealand, Ladyhawke was a pretty solid fixture in the club scene I frequented. This was awesome. "My Delirium" was everywhere. Everyone knew "Dusk Till Dawn." I felt so cool for having heard Ladyhawke before.

But the music, it's so danceable and catchy. Screaming "bang, bang, bang on the wall" during "Dusk Till Dawn" is super fun. "Love Don't Live Here" got me through some interesting times. "Magic" was one of the first Ladyhawke songs I ever heard, and I still like it. "Paris Is Burning" too.

"Back of the Van" with it's "you set me on, you set me on fire" line intently repeated speaks to me. I know I'm terrible at reviewing music, but you know that feeling you get when you just like something? I feel that feeling with this album.

4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

"It's 20 seconds to the last call, going hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey"

Oh Phoenix, you and your adorable Engrish lyrics that don't really make sense but sound awesome...thank you for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The bright melodies of "1901" and "Listzomania" lit up my year. "1901" is one of those stories where I heard a song consciously, forgot about it, and then heard it again and thought it was the best thing that ever happened and found myself jotting lyrics down to Google when I got home, etc. I'm always curious to know if I would have liked these songs as much the second time if I hadn't heard it the first.

I knew "Listzomania" before this video came out, but I started really, really liking it after watching that. "Rome" is a new favorite. "2000 years remain in a trash can" are just some simple, yet poetic lyrics. Others I love: "Lasso," "Girlfriend."

5. The Temper Trap - Conditions
I'm only on 5? Geez, this list is long.

I first heard of The Temper Trap while watching the movie (500) Days of Summer through their song "Sweet Disposition." Luckily for you, I don't review movies, because my ravings about that movie would be longer than my Florence review.

Regardless, The Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition" starts out with a smooth tenor then transitions to a more percussive transition into the solid chorus. But that lead up of "a moment, a love, a dream aloud, a kiss, a cry, our rights, our wrongs" is just the perfect way to build to that part of the song. I also like the lyrics in the first verse of "oh reckless abandon, like no one's watching you." I really think it's a sweet song and was used really well in (500) Days of Summer.

But wait, there's more! "Science of Fear" stirs the soul. It's almost unsettling. It gives off a mysterious vibe, and a closer look at the lyrics makes the listener think (Like what on earth does "watch the murder of your way of life" mean?). The "ooh ooh ooh"s in "Fader" are just super fun to sing. "Down River" has solid drums and I particularly like the lyrics of its first verse.

Also, I got to see these guys perform at the CMJ Music Marathon this year and it was a great show.

6. Metric - Fantasies

Metric is just a great band. I listened to parts of Fantasies back in April, but just bought the whole album this November. "Sick Muse," "Help, I'm Alive" and "Satellite Mind" were my favorites back in April, and currently I'm hooked on "Gimme Sympathy." Watch this incredible acoustic version:

It's just good stuff. I remember hearing that "Satellite Mind" was written after lead singer Emily Haines went to a funeral. Made me rethink the whole song.

7. The xx - xx

Ok, this came out of nowhere and maybe in a year I'll look back and say "what on earth was this doing on this list" but for now:

The xx is really cool. I know pretty much nothing about them except that they are up and coming and from England and they were really hyped up at the CMJ Music Marathon this year. However, I hadn't really investigated them at the time, so I didn't really see them.

But "Crystalised" is already my top played album on this laptop ("You've applied the pressure/
To have me crystalised") and I can't get enough of it. Something about the bass and how the singers have these hypnotizing voices and it creates this really sensual song about working out relationships, the pace at which things are progressing and expectations.

Their music is minimalistic, but intriguing. "Heart Skipped A Beat" with it's "sometimes I still need you" line is just perfect. Leave it to a bunch of 20 year-olds to write an album of songs I can relate to. When the male and female leads combine forces, especially on "Crystalised," it creates a dynamic that's untouchable. Other strong tracks include "Islands" and "Basic Space."

8. Imogen Heap - Ellipse

I first heard "First Train Home" from Ellipse back in July and really liked it. In September, I got the rest of the album and that brings us to number 8 on our list.

I love Imogen Heap, but unfortunately I have a habit of loving half the tracks on her albums and feeling really apathetic toward the rest. It's about the same this time.

"First Train Home," in typical Imogen fashion, has tinges of electronic music along with bounciness and well-crafted harmonies. "Bad Body Double" is one of my favorites of this album and the recording in the shower is quite cool and resounds with every girl who has looked in the mirror and felt like they didn't know who that person was. "The Fire" is nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. "Aha!" is mystical and sounds like it could easily be in a Halloween movie.

9. Regina Spektor - Far

(Editor's Note: Ok, so looking back over this, Far should be above Ellipse, but I'm too tired to change it now.)

Regina Spektor is one of my favorite musicians and her album Far was really well done.

I wasn't sure about the album when I had only heard "Blue Lips" and "Laughing With." It's not that they're bad songs; it just wasn't what I was looking for.

"The Calculation" is the most adorable love song and it was what I was looking for. It almost feels like it should be in a kids movie. Cutest lyrics award:
So we made our own computer out of macaroni pieces
And it did our thinking while we lived our lives
It counted up our feelings
And divided them up even
And it called that calculation perfect love

Other favorites: "Dance Anthem of the 80's", "Wallet", "Machine", "Eet"

10. Discovery - LP

Ra Ra Riot + Vampire Weekend = Discovery

Take two bands I like, have members of each collaborate for a electro-new wave indie "thing", call it Discovery.

I originally heard songs "Orange Shirt" and "Osaka Loop Line" before the album was officially released and enjoyed them. Lines like "Google yourself when you get home" make me want to debate what music is in our time and in our future. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" features Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors and "Carby" features Ezra Koenig, also from Vampire Weekend and both are quite good. As long as you don't go in expecting a Vampire Weekend or Ra Ra Riot album, Discovery's work is a fun surprise.

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The Beat Frequency: 12/8/09 (Best of the Year Show)

2009-12-08T20:44:00.000-08:00

Hey there readers!

Today's show was our "Best of 2009 (ish) show!"

The first 10 songs were from my not-so-organized list of best albums of the year, which we'll have more on in our next post.

The others were other good songs either released this year or on albums released this year.

1	*	Discovery	Orange Shirt	LP (#10)
2		Regina Spektor	The Calculation	Far (#9)
3		Imogen Heap	Bad Body Double	Ellipse (#8)
4		The xx	Crystalised	xx (#7)
5		Metric	Gimme Sympathy	Fantasies (#6)
6		The Temper Trap	Sweet Disposition	Conditions (#5)
7	*	Phoenix	1901	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (#4)
8		Ladyhawke	My Delirium	Ladyhawke (#3)
9		Matt & Kim	Daylight	Grand (#2)
10		Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	Lungs (#1)
11		Glee Cast	Don't Stop Believin'	Glee: The Music Vol. 1
12		Mumm-ra	She's Got You High	(500) Days of Summer Soundtrack
13		Tiesto	Feel It In My Bones (feat. Tegan & Sara)	Kaleidoscope
14		Flight of the Conchords	Carol Brown	I Told You I Was Freaky
15		Passion Pit	Moth's Wings	Manners
16		Gomez	Airstream Driver	A New Tide
17		Elizabeth & The Catapult	Taller Children	Taller Children
18		Say Hi	The Stars Just Blink For Us	Oohs & Aahs
19		The National	So Far Around The Bend	Dark Was The Night Compilation
20		Franz Ferdinand	No You Girls	Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
21		Doves	Spellbound	Kingdom of Rust
22		A.C. Newman	The Palace at 4 A.M.	Get Guilty
23		Empire of the Sun	Walking On A Dream	Walking On A Dream
24		Animal Collective	My Girls	Merriweather Post Pavilion
25		Noah and the Whale	Blue Skies	The First Days of Spring
26		Florence + The Machine	Howl	Lungs

The Beat Frequency: 12/1/09

2009-12-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

So here's the thing. My sister is awesome. Most of this playlist was all her.

I played a lot of Explosions In The Sky before the show started because it's pretty.

Things my sister introduced me to over break: Joanna Newsom's "Inflammatory Writ," The xx's "Crystalised," Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros's "Home," Garfunkel and Oates' "Worst Song Medley", Fanfarlo's "Ghosts", The Hood Internet, Cat Power's "Dreams" cover.

Let us talk about the excellence of "Worst Song Medley" by Garfunkel and Oates.
Well, first, let's talk about Garfunkel and Oates.
Kate Micucci (Stephanie Gooch, the ukulele player on Scrubs) and Riki Lindhome (the flower girl on Pushing Daisies) have a band called Garfunkel and Oates, which is incredible. Check out their website for more ridiculously funny songs.

Anyway, their Worst Song Medley is hysterical to anyone who lived through the music of the nineties.

These songs, in their glory, are featured in the tune:
1. "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis
2. "I Don't Want To Wait "by Paula Cole
3. "Too Close" by Next
4. "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer
5. "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd
6. "Barbie Girl" by Aqua
7. "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
8. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson
9. "Cotton Eyed Joe" by Rednex
10. "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul
11. "I'll Be Missing You" by Diddy
12. "Drops of Jupiter" by Train (last line)

It's available on their website, and you can download it by clicking this link: http://www.garfunkelandoates.com/mp3/19/. Enjoy.

1	Explosions In The Sky	First Breath After Coma	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
2	Explosions In The Sky	The Only Moment We Were Alone	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
3	Explosions In The Sky	Your Hand In Mine	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
4	The National	Ada	Boxer
5	Joanna Newsom	Inflammatory Writ	The Milk-Eyed Monster
6	The Mamas and The Papas	California Dreamin'	Greatest Hits
7	Zutons	Pressure Point	Who Killed The Zutons
8	The Magnetic Fields	Absolutely Cuckoo	69 Love Songs
9	Pinback	Fortress	Summer in Abaddon
10	The New Pornographers	All For Swinging You Around	Electric Version
11	Muse	Feeling Good	Absolution
12	Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	Stairway to Heaven
13	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Born on the Bayou	Bayou Country
14	Joy Division	Dead Souls	Permanent
15	The xx	Crystalised	xx
16	Florence + The Machine	You Got The Love (The xx remix)
17	Florence + The Machine	My Boy Builds Coffins	Lungs
18	Simon and Garfunkel	59th Street Bridge (Feelin' Groovy)	Greatest Hits
19	Simon and Garfunkel	At The Zoo	Greatest Hits
20	Bruce Springsteen	Secret Garden	Greatest Hits
21	Bruce Springsteen	Born To Run	Greatest Hits
22	Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton	Winning	Knifes Don't Have Your Back
23	The Hood Internet	Good Ol' Fashioned Rump Shaker (Beasties Boys vs. Matt & Kim)	thehoodinternet.com
24	Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	Home	Up From Below
25	Garfunkel and Oates	Worst Song Medley	Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane is Redundant Because She Can Fly
26	Fanfarlo	Ghosts	Reservoir
27	Band of Horses	Detlef Schrempf	Cease To Begin
28	Cat Power	Dreams	Fleetwood Mac cover
29	The Be Good Tanyas	House of the Rising Sun
30	The Blow	Parentheses
31	Vetiver	Been So Long

The Beat Frequency: 11/24/09

2009-11-24T20:13:00.000-08:00

Haha...Spandau Ballet. I know their song "True" essentially from The Wedding Singer. I had no idea that was their actual name until this week's Modern Family aired, with Edward Norton playing their fake bassist. That episode was ridiculous.

We also had back to back doubles of Frightened Rabbit and Metric and another Florence + The Machine song. Yay.

As the show was the one before Thanksgiving, we played "Alice's Restaurant Massacre" by Arlo Guthrie. My dad's favorite.

1	Phil Collins	In The Air Tonight
2	Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes
3	Spandau Ballet	True
4	Vetiver	Everyday
5	The Thermals	Now We Can See
6	Swingfly	Winner
7	A.C. Newman	Drink To Me, Babe, Then
8	Mama Cass	Dream A Little Dream Of Me
9	Phoenix	Love for Granted
10	Billy Joel	Tell Her About It
11	Mads Langer	Fact-Fiction
12	Dave Matthews Band	The Space Between
13	Arcade Fire	Rebellion (Lies)
14	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
15	Frightened Rabbit	The Twist
16	Metric	The Twist
17	Metric	Stadium Love
18	Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over
19	We Are Scientists	Inaction
20	The Longpigs	On and On
21	Carla Bruni	Quelqu'un m'a dit
22	TV on the Radio	Wolf Like Me
23	Phantom Planet	Dropped
24	Led Zeppelin	No Quarter
25	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Massacree (The Massacree Revisited)

The Beat Frequency: 11/17/09

2009-11-17T20:00:00.000-08:00

Today I played a bunch of music including a song off of Florence + The Machine's album Lungs. I adore that whole album. I also played "Gimme Sympathy" which I also became obsessed with after playing on the show.

"Mr. Telephone Man" was played because I broke my phone this past weekend, I think from overuse.

I also played the new Alphabeat song "The Spell." They're still great.

"Jugband Blues" was featured because I found out that a song I have liked for a long time ("The Littlest Birds" by The Be Good Tanyas) featured lyrics from it.

I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if nothin' is mine
I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my lovin' in the winter

I like these. Particularly, "I don't care if I'm nervous with you."

1		Glee Cast	Dancing With Myself
2		Florence + The Machine	Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3		Matt & Kim	Cinders
4		Why?	Gemini (Birthday Song)
5		Red Molly	Wichita
6		Coldplay	X&Y
7		New Edition	Mr. Telephone Man
8		Bloc Party	So Here We Are
9		Alphabeat	The Spell
10		U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11		The Beatles	We Can Work It Out
12		The Grates	Burn Bridges
13		Sheb Wooley	Purple People Eater
14		Foo Fighters	Best of You
15		Pink Floyd	Jugband Blues
16		Tiësto feat. Kele Okereke	It's Not The Things You Say
17		Jason Mraz	A Beautiful Mess
18		Metric	Gimme Sympathy
19		Da Vinci's Notebook	Title of the Song
20		Rock Kills Kid	Are You Nervous?
21		Chairlift	Bruises
22		Thao with The Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster
23		The Ian Carey Project	Get Shaky
24	*	Discovery feat. Ezra Koenig	Carby

The Beat Frequency: 11/10/09

2009-11-10T19:50:00.000-08:00

There were rumors that Aerosmith broke up this week, so I played their song at the beginning.

The Chartjackers song was a request from Rachel. The concept of this song is really cool. Check it out.

The rest of the show was a giant mix, but I thought it was pretty good.

1		Aerosmith	Jaded
2		Chartjackers	I've Got Nothing
3		Death Cab for Cutie	Your New Twin Sized Bed
4		Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire
5		Foo Fighters	Stranger Things Have Happened
6		John Mayer	Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift)
7		John Legend	Cross The Line
8		Beulah	Popular Mechanics for Lovers
9		Say Hi To Your Mom	Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android
10		Sara Bareilles	Love on the Rocks
11		Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
12		Rilo Kiley	Always
13		Three Dog Night	Shambala
14		Imogen Heap	Goodnight and Go
15		The National	Apartment Story
16		Adele	Cold Shoulder
17		The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby
18		Elizabeth & The Catapult	Taller Children
19		The Cave Singers	Summer Light
20	*	The Boy Least Likely To	The Boy With Two Hearts	The Law of the Playground
21	*	Discovery	I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (feat. Angel Deradoorian)	Discovery LP
22		Phoenix	Girlfriend
23		The Wombats	My First Wedding
24		David Bowie	Changes
25		Queen	Another One Bites The Dust
26		Spoon	All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed
27		Owl City	Fireflies

The Beat Frequency: 11/3/09

2009-11-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

This was the week I was obsessed with the song "Alone." Oh Heart, I love singing your ballads in the shower. Thanks Glee for putting that back in my head.

I'm thinking that about 50% of this playlist was about a boy. Oh music, why are you so good?

Oh, and "Tom's Diner" was for Yee-Ann. Apparently Suzanne Vega is the "Mother of the mp3" because this song was used in making the audio compression scheme of the mp3. Learn something new everyday.

Jonathan Coulton's "Mandelbrot Set" was for my friend Rachel's birthday today and for everyone in my computer science class who had to do that bloody Mandelbrot Set-related project. Happy Birthday Rachel!

1	Heart	Alone	Bad Animals
2	Broken Social Scene	7/4 (Shoreline)	Broken Social Scene
3	Flight of the Conchords	Carol Brown	I Told You I Was A Freaky
4	The Boy Least Likely To	Be Gentle With Me	The Best Party Ever
5	Switchfoot	Dare You To Move	The Beautiful Letdown
6	Jonathan Coulton	Mandelbrot Set	(for Rachel's Birthday!)
7	This Is Ivy League	You and Me and the Moon	(Magnetic Fields cover)
8	Moonbabies	I'm Insane But So Are You	Junes and Novas
9	Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream	Walking on a Dream
10	Alphabeat	10,000 Nights	This Is Alphabeat
11	Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	Solitude Standing
12	Matt & Kim	Lessons Learned	Grand
13	Radiohead	15 Step	In Rainbows
14	Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself	Don't Stop
15	Caesars	Jerk It Out	Paper Tigers
16	Weezer	(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To	Raditude
17	The Temper Trap	Down River	Conditions
18	They Might Be Giants	Instanbul (Not Constantinople)	Flood
19	Cobra Starship	Guilty Pleasure	Viva La Cobra!
20	The Knife	Heartbeats	Deep Cuts
21	Muse	Time Is Running Out	Absolution
22	Fantastic Plastic Machine	Days and Days	Too
23	New Order	True Faith	Substance
24	Coldplay	Shiver	Parachutes
25	The Cast of Glee	Alone (feat. Kristin Chenoweth)

The Beat Frequency: Halloween!

2009-10-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

Our Halloween show! One of my favorite musical holidays of the year. (Thanksgiving is sub-par.)

One new song was "Fish Heads" which was disturbing and strange, and awesome.

I think I played Daylight because I was obsessed with it and also had to leave.

1	Wade Denning and Kay Lande	Halloween
2	Bobby "Boris" Picket	Monster Mash
3	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising
4	Electric Light Orchestra	Evil Woman
5	Michael Jackson	Thriller
6	Stevie Wonder	Superstition
7	Sufjan Stevens	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
8	Radiohead	Bodysnatchers
9	Tegan and Sara	Walking With A Ghost
10	Frank Sinatra	Witchcraft
11	Imogen Heap	Spooky	The Zombies cover
12	Ray Parker, Jr.	Ghostbusters
13	Santana	Black Magic Woman	Fleetwood Mac cover
14	Say Hi	Toil and Trouble
15	Barnes & Barnes	Fish Heads	(as played on Dr. Demento)
16	Danny Elfman	This is Halloween
17	Blue Oyster Cult	(Don't Fear) The Reaper
18	Tracy Morgan	Werewolf Bar Mitzvah	(from 30 Rock)
19	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	Dawn of the Dead
20	Warren Zevon	Werewolves of London
21	ALL CAPS	I Love Brains
22	Ra Ra Riot	Ghost Under Rocks
23	Muse	Supermassive Black Hole
24	Rockwell	Somebody's Watching Me
25	Matt & Kim	Daylight

The Beat Frequency: 10/20/09

2009-10-20T19:27:00.000-07:00

So this week I was preparing for my trip to the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. I was taking the Chinatown bus, so I played two songs involving that, along with Manhattan and New York songs in the beginning. After that were mainly songs from artists performing at CMJ. Of the ones I played, I saw Moonbabies, The Temper Trap, and The Spinto Band, which were all incredible.

Oh, and Explosions and the Sky because it's long and pretty and I had to leave early.

1	Death Cab for Cutie	Marching Band of Manhattan
2	Kings of Leon	Manhattan
3	Hot Panda	Chinatown Bus
4	Bishop Allen	The Chinatown Bus
5	Billy Joel	New York State of Mind
6	Simon and Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy in New York
7	Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York
8	Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
9	Moonbabies	Take Me To The Ballroom
10	Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Under The Hedge
11	The Temper Trap	Sweet Disposition
12	Headlights	Get Going
13	Japandroids	Young Hearts Spark Fire
14	The Spinto Band	Pumpkins & Paisley
15	Still Life Still	Pastel
16	Family of the Year	Summer Girl
17	Fanfarlo	Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
18	Lovvers	OCD GO GO GO Girls
19	Darlings/Die Die Die	We're Not Going/Sideways Here We Come	montage, or a technical error
20	Neon Indian	Terminally Chill
21	Miracles of Modern Science	MR2
22	MyNameIsJohnMichael	Character Piece
23	Explosions In The Sky	The Only Moment We Were Alone

The Beat Frequency: 10/13/09

2009-10-13T19:18:00.000-07:00

I liked today's show. I played a set of the albums I'm reviewing this semester: The Grates, Oasis, Flight of the Conchords, and They Might Be Giants. We also had both mash-ups from that week's Glee, and our listeners approved! Thanks folks!

1	Ra Ra Riot	Ghost Under Rocks	Passion Pit Mix
2	Matt & Kim	Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare	Grand
3	The Cribs	Men's Needs	CSS Remix
4	Snow Patrol	Set The Fire To The Third Bar	Eyes Open
5	Jimmy Eat World	The Authority Song	Bleed American
6	Sneaky Sound System	Pictures	(Digital Dog Poolside Dub)
7	Two Hours Traffic	Territory	Territory
8	The Grates	Two Kinds of Right	Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
9	Oasis	The Shock of the Lightning	Dig Out Your Soul
10	Flight of the Conchords	Hurt Feelings	I Told You I Was Freaky
11	They Might Be Giants	Science Is Real	Here Comes Science
12	Tiesto	Knock You Out (feat. Emily Haines)	Kaleidoscope
13	Van She	Strangers	V
14	Animal Collective	My Girls	Merriweather Post Pavilion
15	Los Campesinos!	Miserabilia	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
16	The Temper Trap	Science of Fear	Conditions
17	Keane	Broken Toy	Under The Iron Sea
18	Cast of Glee	It's My Life/Confessions	(Bon Jovi/Usher mash-up)
19	The Cure	Boys Don't Cry	Boys Don't Cry
20	The Vines	He's A Rocker	Melodia
21	The Lampshades	Best That I Can	Are Alright
22	Tal Bachman	She's So High	Tal Bachman
23	Lady GaGa	Poker Face	The Fame
24	Jude Law	Lyrics to Poker Face	(on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
25	Dave Sitek	With A Girl Like You	Dark Was The Night
26	Cast of Glee	Halo/Walkin' On Sunshine
27	The Shins	We Will Become Silhouettes	Postal Service cover
28	The Dandy Warhols	Bohemian Like You
29	Timbaland	Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)

The Beat Frequency: 10/6/09

2009-10-06T19:11:00.000-07:00

Just a solid show today. Good music all around.

1	Sebadoh	Cold As Ice
2	The Ting Tings	Great DJ
3	David Byrne & Dirty Projectors	Knotty Pine
4	Incubus	Anna Molly
5	The Beatles	Getting Better
6	Oasis	Don't Look Back In Anger
7	Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova	Falling Slowly
8	Let's Go Sailing	Sideways
9	Jimmy Eat World	Always Be
10	Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes
11	Cat Power	Sea of Love
12	Matt & Kim	Daylight
13	Ra Ra Riot	Manner To Act (RAC Mix)
14	Will Smith	Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
15	Allie Moss	Corner
16	Phoenix	Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart Remix)
17	Ben E. King	Stand By Me
18	Cheap Trick	Surrender
19	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
20	TV on the Radio	Dancing Choose
21	The Wombats	Let's Dance to Joy Division
22	Spoon	Chicago at Night
23	The Coral	Pass It On
24	Al Green	Let's Stay Together
25	Stereophonics	Dakota
26	Death Cab for Cutie	Expo '86
27	Duran Duran	Hungry Like The Wolf

The Beat Frequency: 9/29/09

2009-09-29T19:09:00.000-07:00

"This Modern Love" is one of my favorite songs. Silent Alarm is one of my favorite albums. I have a feeling I played this after watching it on How I Met Your Mother.

I also played Matt & Kim's 5k, after I ran a 5k the Saturday before.

1	Bloc Party	This Modern Love	Silent Alarm
2	The Black Keys	Girl Is On My Mind
3	Voxtrot	Firecracker	Voxtrot
4	America	Ventura Highway
5	Billy Joel	Allentown
6	Frou Frou	Breathe In (Jason Bentley Remix)	American Teen Soundtrack
7	John Mayer	Love Song For No One
8	Lipps, Inc	Funkytown
9	Meaghan Smith	Here Comes Your Man
10	Photons	This Must Be Love
11	Muse	Knights of Cydonia
12	DJ Tiesto (feat. Tegan and Sara)	Feel It In My Bones
13	Matt & Kim	5k
14	Sara Bareilles	Love On The Rocks
15	Doves	There Goes The Fear
16	Imogen Heap	Bad Body Double	Ellipse
17	Eskimo Joe	Black Fingernails,. Red Wine
18	Keane	Better Than This
19	Queen	Killer Queen
20	Kaiser Chiefs	Ruby
21	Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Even The Losers
22	The Magic Numbers	Mornings Eleven
23	Bishop Allen	Butterfly Nets
24	The Dance Party	Sasha Don't Sleep
25	U2	Walk On

The Beat Frequency: 9/22/09

2009-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:00

Today was a crazy day. To stall for my computer problems, we grabbed some tunes from the new bin at the station. It was a variety, but quite good.

1	*	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Contender
2	*	Snow Patrol	Crack The Shutters
3	*	The Plasticines	Shake (Twist Around The Fire)
4	*	Bloc Party	Flux
5		Death Cab for Cutie	World Shut Your Mouth
6		The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby
7		Warren Zevon	Werewolves of London
8		Lightspeed Champion	Everyone I Know Is Listening to Crunk
9		Radiohead	How To Disappear Completely
10		Doves	Sky Starts Falling
11		We Are Scientists	Impatience (edit)
12		Elliott Smith	New Disaster
13		Interpol	Obstacle 1
14		Dirty Projectors	What I See
15		Harry and the Potters	I am a Wizard
16		Hot Hot Heat	Goodnight Goodnight
17	*	Bishop Allen	The Ancient Commonsense Of Things
18		Hard-Fi	Cash Machine
19		Dan Auerbach	Goin' Home
20		Phoenix	If I Ever Feel Better
21		Stars	Midnight Coward
22		The Magic Numbers	Love Me Like You
23		A.C. Newman	Prophets
24		Sheryl Crow	All I Wanna Do
25		Aerosmith	Sweet Emotion
26		The Band	The Weight
27		Arctic Monkeys	Brianstorm
28		Barenaked Ladies	Be My Yoko Ono
29		The Cars	Let The Good Times Roll
30		Aqueduct	Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights

The Beat Frequency: 9/15/09

2009-09-15T18:28:00.000-07:00

Patrick Swayze passed away the day before the show. RIP P-Swayz.

Also featured in this show was Gold Digger as done by the cast of Glee. I attended the Kings of Leon show at Merriweather Post Pavilion the week before, and the Ladyhawke show at 9:30 club with Ida Maria, Frankmusik, and Semi Precious Weapons.

Ida Maria: Like Janis Joplin, but on more drugs (I know it's hard to imagine)
Frankmusik: pop like it should be
Semi Precious Weapons: Queen meets Lady Gaga.

It was hosted by Perez Hilton, who I stood next to but had no interest in his fame whatsoever.

However, I did enjoy the music, even the stuff played in between the sets, which is where I heard Little Boots for the first time.

1		Patrick Swayze	She's Like The Wind	Dirty Dancing
2		Frankmusik	3 Little Words
3		Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me
4		Beyonce	Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
5		Nada Surf	Inside of Love
6		Sebadoh	Soul and Fire
7	*	Imogen Heap	First Train Home	Ellipse
8		Ladyhawke	Another Runaway
9		Pixies	Where Is My Mind?
10		Little Boots	New In Town
11		The Kinks	You Really Got Me
12		Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Blinded by the Light
13		Band of Horses	No One's Gonna Love You
14		.38 Special	Caught Up In You
15		Queen	Another One Bites The Dust
16		Earth, Wind & Fire	September
17		Muse	Uprising
18		TV on the Radio	DLZ
19		Blondie	Heart of Glass
20		Kings of Convenience	Know How
21		Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman	Elephant Love Medley
22		James Taylor	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
23		Heart	Straight On
24		Kimya Dawson	Caving In
25		Fleet Foxes	Blue Ridge Mountains
26		Supreme Beings of Leisure	Under The Gun
27		Cast of Glee	Gold Digger
28		Gin Blossoms	Until I Fall Away
29		Don McLean	American Pie

Beat Frequency Playlist 9.8.09

2009-09-08T18:22:00.000-07:00

Playlist 9/8/09

1	David Gray	Dead in the Water	A New Day at Midnight
2	Wilco	I Am Trying To Break Your Heart	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3	Kings of Leon	Molly's Chambers	Youth & Young Manhood
4	Arcade Fire	Rebellion (Lies)	Funeral
5	The Shins	Gone For Good	Chutes Too Narrow
6	The Rocket Summer	Show Me Everything You've Got	Hello, Good Friend
7	Snow Patrol	If There's A Rocket, Tie Me To It	A Hundred Million Suns
8	Elton John	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)	Honky Château
9	Pixies	Here Comes Your Man	Doolittle
10	Johnny Cash	Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode Cover)	American IV: The Man Comes Around
11	Billy Idol	White Wedding	The Wedding Singer
12	Cream	Sunshine of Your Love	Cream
13	No Doubt	Don't Speak	Tragic Kingdom
14	The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	Who's Next
15	The Temper Trap	Fader	Conditions
16	Friday Night Fever	She Felt Like Destroying Something Beautiful	TGIF! (EP)
17	Ramones	Judy Is A Punk	Ramones
18	Queens of the Stone Age	No One Knows	Songs for the Deaf
19	Incubus	Wish You Were Here	Morning View
20	Mates of State	Help Help	Re-arrange Us
21	Band of Horses	The General Specific	Cease To Begin
22	Say Hi	Oboes Bleat and Triangles Tink	The Wishes and the Glitch
23	The Cribs	Moving Pictures	Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
24	The Eames Era	Year of the Waitress	Double Dutch
25	The Raconteurs	Steady, As She Goes	Broken Boy Soldiers
26	Talking Heads	And She Was	Little Creatures
27	The Features	Lions	Some Kind Of Salvation
28	The Steve Miller Band	Jungle Love	Book Of Dreams
29	Carole King	Smackwater Jack	Tapestry
30	Tegan and Sara	Fix You Up	So Jealous

We're back!

2009-09-01T16:52:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again. Another semester, full of finals, exams, homework, and all that other stuff. But it's ok, because that also means regular radio shows!

The Beat Frequency is back at a new time: Tuesdays from noon-2pm.

I loved this week's playlist, because I recycled some of my old favorites. The first few song were also a tribute to the Virgin Mobile Free Fest concert I had the privilege of attending this past Sunday. It was pretty phenomenal.

Also, since the last time Jet was at Merriweather Post Pavilion was with Oasis they dedicated "Look What You've Done" to the band since they've now broken up.

So it goes.

The playlist for today's show is below:

Also, until Tuesday of next week you can download the show at:
The_Beat_Frequency_1200_1400.mp3

1	Mates of State	Think Long	Bring It Back
2	The National	Start A War	Boxer
3	Weezer	Buddy Holly	Weezer
4	Franz Ferdinand	This Fire	Franz Ferdinand
5	The Zutons	You Will You Won't	Who Killed...... The Zutons?
6	Tilly and the Wall	Falling Without Knowing	O
7	The Adored	Chemistry	A New Language
8	Duffy	Mercy	Rockferry
9	The Living End	White Noise	White Noise
10	Eels	Fresh Feeling	Souljacker
11	Muse	Feeling Good	Origin of Symmetry
12	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Say Hey	All Rebel Rockers
13	Kings of Leon	Use Somebody	Only By The Night
14	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Americal Girl	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
15	The Postal Service	Such Great Heights	Give Up
16	Foo Fighters	Everlong	The Colour and the Shape
17	Spoon	Don't You Evah	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
18	Phoenix	Rally	It's Never Been Like That
19	Barenaked Ladies	The Old Apartment	Born on a Pirate Ship
20	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin II
21	Jet	Look What You've Done	Get Born
22	Oasis	Wonderwall	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?
23	Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor	Hell No	Dan In Real Life Soundtrack
24	Modest Mouse	Dashboard	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
25	Jack Johnson	No Other Way	In Between Dreams
26	Guster	Satellite	Ganging Up On The Sun

The Beat Frequency's Last Show (for a while) - January 19th

2009-01-19T18:56:00.000-08:00

Hello there. Today was sadly The Beat Frequency's last show (for at least 5 months). As sad as this makes me, I'm leaving WMUC to go to Australia, so it can't all be bad. I'm writing a different blog while I'm over there, and it's so cool, Google's search bots haven't even found it yet. It's here in case you're ever interested in seeing what I'm up to while I'm gone.

Anyway, this show was bittersweet, but a ton of fun to do. My roommate even visited and we had a ton of listeners. (Thanks!)

This show had many little themes, including but not limited to: The Inauguration (tomorrow), Going to Australia, Leaving (in general), Australia based artists, etc.

The first song is from Jaren's (the DJ after me) band, The Lampshades. They're pretty good. The station manager put them on while I was waiting to get started, and it was fun to listen to. The "One Month Off" is for my upcoming birthday in approximately a month, which ought to be fun. "The Chinatown Bus" is in memoriam of the trip my roommate and I were supposed to take this weekend to New York City. Then a batch of presidential (ish) songs and a batch of songs about leaving. Next up was a cover of Phantom Planet's "California" done by Mates of State since I will be taking my first ever trip to California on the way to Australia. Oh, and then I guess you know why I played "Australia" by now.

Also in there were "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke and "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers. Both were performed by different artists at the We Are One: Obama Inaugural Celebration at Lincoln Memorial (which I attended). Both are very excellent songs.

Many of the others were Australian related bands, requests, and just general fun. The show is available for your listening pleasure right here until next Sunday, January 25th: http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/mon/The_Beat_Frequency_1800_2000.mp3

Playlist is below:

1	The Lampshades	My Boyfriend's Band	The Lampshades Are Alright
2	Bloc Party	One Month Off	Intimacy
3	Bishop Allen	The Chinatown Bus	The Broken String
4	Sam & Dave	Hold On, I'm Coming	Hold On, I'm Comin'
5	Jonathan Coulton	The Presidents	Thing a Week Three
6	Why?	These Few Presidents	Alopecia
7	A Change Is Gonna Come	Sam Cooke	Ain't That Good News
8	David Bowie	Changes	Hunky Dory
9	Chantal Kreviasuk	Leaving On A Jet Plane	(John Denver cover)
10	The Weakerthans	Left and Leaving	Left and Leaving
11	The Beatles	She's Leaving Home	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
12	Regina Spektor	Flyin	11:11
13	Mates of State	California	(Phantom Planet cover)
14	The Shins	Australia	Wincing The Night Away
15	Jet	Are You Gonna Be My Girl?	Get Born
16	Cut Copy	Lights and Music	In Ghost Colours
17	The Vines	Get Free	Highly Evolved
18	Colin Hay	Beautiful World	Man @ Work
19	Ben Lee	Catch My Disease	Awake Is The New Sleep
20	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	Back in Black
21	Tilly and the Wall	Falling Without Knowing	o
22	Inara George	Duet	An Invitation
23	Port O'Brien	Close The Lid	All We Could Do Was Sing
24	Santogold	Lights Out	(Bud Light Lime Remix)
25	Eric Clapton	Layla	Chronicles
26	Eddy Grant	Electric Avenue	Killer on the Rampage
27	Kings of Leon	Sex on Fire	Only By The Night
28	Creep	Karen Souza	(Radiohead cover)
29	R.E.M.	It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	Document
30	Ra Ra Riot	Ghost Under Rocks	The Rhumb Line
31	Death Cab for Cutie	Photobooth	Forbidden Love [EP]
32	Sigur Rós	Gobbledigook	Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
33	The Zutons	Pressure Point	Who Killed...... The Zutons?
34	Bill Withers	Lean On Me	Still Bill
35	Youth Group	Skeleton Jar

Thanks for listening and supporting the show. I've had a blast doing it. Hopefully I'll be coming back when I get back to the states in July, but it's hard to say. Thanks WMUC for the great times.

January 17th mini show

2009-01-19T18:53:00.000-08:00

I should start by saying that I did not intend to do a show today. That's why it was five songs and a PSA long. Regardless, they were five pretty great songs.

I came in to help paint the radio station, which was a ton of fun, and I realized there was no music playing before Dominick's show, so I popped in my iPod and played what came out while I was waiting for the rest of the painting crew. It looks awesome and I had a lot of fun doing it too.

1	Eels	Fresh Feeling	Souljacker
2	Foo Fighters	Everlong	The Colour and the Shape
3	Doves	Sky Starts Falling	Some Cities
4	Spoon	Anything You Want	Girls Can Tell
5	Arcade Fire	Rebellion (Lies)	Funeral

January 12th Show

2009-01-19T18:49:00.000-08:00

Greetings!

Here's the playlist from our January 12th show. Good times.

It was pretty much just a "hey, this song is cool. I should play it!" themed show, as many of our shows are. Enjoy.

Note: The song "Haiku" by Tally Hall is awesome because it's verses are all haiku.

1	Goldspot	Float On	(Modest Mouse cover)
2	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire	Storm Front
3	The National	Start a War	Boxer
4	The Thrills	Big Sur	So Much for the City
5	Athlete	God Only Knows	(Beach Boys cover)
6	The Stills	Oh Shoplifter	Without Feathers
7	Jack Johnson	Banana Pancakes	In Between Dreams
8	Tokyo Police Club	Citizens of Tomorrow	A Lesson In Crime
9	Franz Ferdinand	I'm Your Villain	You Could Have It So Much Better
10	Los Campesinos!	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (clean edit)	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
11	Barenaked Ladies	If I Had $1000000	Gordon
12	Elliott Smith	Angeles	Either/Or
13	The Pipettes	Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me	We Are the Pipettes
14	Broken Social Scene	Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl	You Forgot It in People
15	Port O'Brien	Alive for Nothing	All We Could Do Was Sing
16	Say Hi To Your Mom	Let's Talk About Spaceships	Numbers & Mumbles
17	Loney, Dear	I Am John	Loney, Noir
18	The Blues Brothers	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love	The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
19	Spoon	Lines in the Suit	Girls Can Tell
20	Dr. Dog	The Girl	We All Belong
21	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Glue Girls	Pershing
22	David Bowie	Oh! You Pretty Things	Hunky Dory
23	The Cars	Moving in Stereo	The Cars
24	Radiohead	Reckoner	In Rainbows
25	Alphabeat	Go Go	This Is Alphabeat
26	Tally Hall	Haiku	Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
27	The Postal Service	Brand New Colony	Give Up
28	The Killers	On Top	Hot Fuss
29	Rilo Kiley	Science vs. Romance	Take Offs and Landings
30	Of Montreal	Gronlandic Edit	Hissing Fauna

The Beat Frequency January 5th show

2009-01-19T18:29:00.000-08:00

Hey reader(s),

Sorry I haven't been writing this as much as I planned, but here's the playlist from the January 5th show.

This show was our first of the new year and several are "year" and "start" themed. A new Walkmen song, an old Death Cab for Cutie song, and one of my new favorites, "5 Years Time" by Noah and the Whale. (It's not quite a "new" year song, but it's a great song.)

Also, my cousins were listening, which accounts for the My Chemical Romance and Sing It Loud songs. I also really liked the "Hooplas Involving Circus Tricks" song from Say Hi To Your Mom.

"Fiery Crash" was on the list because we had a fire alarm that kept incessantly going off for several hours in my apartment complex, so I left in my car and played the only iPod in it (my sister's mini) and it played in alphabetical order and I really liked it. "Grounds For Divorce" has been playing a lot in a Burn After Reading trailer. My dad actually likes it too.

Anyway, the belated playlist is below. Enjoy.

1	Andrew Bird	Fiery Crash	Armchair Apocrypha
2	Maximo Park	Like I Love You	Justin Timberlake Cover
3	Elbow	Grounds for Divorce	The Seldom Seen Kid
4	The Go! Team	Grip Like A Vice	Proof of Youth
5	Ra Ra Riot	Each Year	The Rhumb Line
6	The Weepies	Not Your Year	Say I Am You
7	Noah and the Whale	5 Years Time	Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
8	The Walkmen	In The New Year	You & Me
9	Death Cab for Cutie	The New Year	Transaltanticism
10	The Eames Era	Year of the Waitress	Double Dutch
11	Sing It Loud	Mpls	Come Around
12	Frank Sinatra	It Was A Very Good Year	The Very Best of Frank Sinatra
13	My Chemical Romance	The Sharpest Lives	The Black Parade
14	Los Campesinos!	My Year In Lists	Hold On Now, Youngster
15	The Postal Service	Sleeping In	Give Up
16	Pixies	Where Is My Mind?	Surfer Rosa
17	The Shins	Gone for Good	Chutes Too Narrow
18	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Dead Right	Pershing
19	Stars	The Night Starts Here	In Our Bedroom After The War
20	Ingrid Michaelson	Starting Now	Girls and Boys
21	Maria Taylor	A Good Start	Lynn Teeter Flower
22	Loney, Dear	The City, The Airport	Sologne
23	Say Hi To Your Mom	Hooplas Involving Circus Tricks	Numbers & Mumbles
24	Gomez	See The World	How We Operate
25	Alphabeat	What is Happening	This is Alphabeat
26	Editors	An End Has A Start	An End Has A Start
27	Cloud Cult	No One Said It Would Be Easy	Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
28	The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up	Tattoo You
29	Sufjan Stevens	Decatur	Illinoise
30	Voxtrot	The Start of Something	Raised by Wolves
31	Shiny Toy Guns	Starts With One	We Are Pilots

Hey kids, Brad Pitt looks ridiculous and likes the Black Keys. [1]

The Beat Frequency: Winter Edition

2008-12-29T17:33:00.000-08:00

Hello readers!

The Beat Frequency is taking over a 6-8pm time slot on WMUC over the University of Maryland's winter break.

Which means my last few shows will be today's show, and then January 5, 12, and 19th. Wow, only three more left. :(

Here's the playlist from today's show. I won't lie to you; I was organizing the CD cabinet for most of the show. I have problems...

1	Spoon	Believing Is Art	Girls Can Tell
2	The Shins	Kissing The Lipless	Chutes Too Narrow
3	House of Pain	Jump Around	Switch On
4	Rilo Kiley	The Frug	The Initial Friend EP
5	She & Him	Sentimental Heart	Volume One
6	The Kooks	Sofa Song	Inside In/Inside Out
7	REO Speedwagon	Take It On The Run	Hi Infidelity
8	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Some Constellation	Pershing
9	Wolf Parade	The Grey Estates	At Mount Zoomer
10	Modest Mouse	The World At Large	Good News for People Who Love Bad News
11	Fleet Foxes	White Winter Hymnal	Fleet Foxes
12	Snow Patrol	Lifeboats	A Hundred Million Suns
13	Elbow	Grounds for Divorce	The Seldom Seen Kid
14	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Crosby, Stills and Nash
15	Hum	Stars	You'd Prefer an Astronaut
16	The Killers	Change Your Mind	Hot Fuss
17	The Strokes	Hard to Explain	Is This It
18	Fleetwood Mac	Think About Me	Tusk
19	Sia	Breathe Me	Colour The Small One
20	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Space Oddity
21	The New Pornographers	The Laws Have Changed	Electric Version
22	The Beatles	A Day In The Life	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23	Rogue Wave	Are You On My Side?	Descended Like Vultures
24	Beulah	A Good Man Is Easy To Kill	The Coast Is Never Clear
25	The White Stripes	We're Going to be Friends	White Blood Cells
26	The Boy Least LIkely To	Hugging My Grudge	The Best Party Ever
27	Vampire Weekend	Exit Music (For A Film)	OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer
28	This Is Ivy League	London Bridges	This Is Ivy League
29	The Rapture	No Sex for Ben	The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV
30	The Beach Boys	Kokomo	The Greatest Hits Volume 1
31	Smashing Pumpkins	That's The Way (My Love Is)	Zeitgeist
32	Muse	Starlight	Black Holes and Revelations
33	Death Cab for Cutie	Cath...	Narrow Stairs
34	Adele	Cold Shoulder	19

Your Holiday Music Bath

2008-12-26T09:41:00.000-08:00

The Holiday Music show was a blast! I had so much fun. 3 hours of holiday music is a lot. Playlist is below. The Beat Frequency should be back on the air starting this Monday, December 28th at 6pm. If you're not in the College Park, MD area, tune in on wmucradio.com (WMUC not WMUC2), otherwise hear us on 88.1 FM.

Note the David Hasselhoff German Silent Night. Classic.

My favorites:
Baby, It's Cold Outside by Zooey Deschanel (of Elf) and Leon Redbone.
All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
All That I Want by The Weepies
Come on! Let's Boogie to the elf dance! by Sufjan Stevens
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland

Oh, and the SNL Christmas song.

1	Aberdeen City	Just Like Christmas
2	Coldplay	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3	Christmas Time is Here	Vince Guaraldi Trio
4	Jason Mraz	Winter Wonderland
5	Rilo Kiley	Xmas Cake
6	The Waitresses	Christmas Wrapping
7	Hanson	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
8	The Wombats	Is This Christmas
9	Eels	Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
10	Barenaked Ladies	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11	Wham!	Last Christmas
12	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Carol of the Bells
13	The Smashing Pumpkins	Christmastime
14	Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone	Baby, It's Cold Outside
15	Scrubs	Twelve Days of Christmas Parody
16	The City of New Orleans	O Holy Night	Studio 60
17	Sufjan Stevens	Come On! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance!
18	Barbra Streisand	Jingle Bells
19	Joni Mitchell	River
20	Joshua Radin	Winter
21	Colin Clary	Meow Meow
22	The Kinks	Father Christmas
23	The Walkmen feat. Nicole Sheahan	Christmas Party
24	Saturday Night Live	Christmas Song (I wish it was Christmas today...)
25	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Wizards in Winter
26	Voices of the Conservative Movement	Hanukkah Hip-Hop
27	Rosie Thomas	Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year?
28	Mariah Carey	All I Want For Christmas Is You
29	Linda Cassady	Is Santa Claus A Hippy?
30	The Ramones	Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
31	Frightened Rabbit	It's Christmas So We'll Stop
32	The Bird and the Bee	Carol of the Bells
33	She Wants Revenge	Hazy Shade of Winter
34	Bruce Springsteen	Santa Claus is Coming to Town
35	The Flaming Lips	Christmas at the Zoo
36	Stephen Colbert and Elvis Costello	There Are Much Worse Things To Believe In
37	Richard Cheese	Jingle Bells
38	The Chipmunks	The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
39	Death Cab for Cutie	I Was A Kaleidoscope
40	Vince Guaraldi Trio	O Tannebaum
41	Ben Folds	Lonely Christmas Eve
42	The Royal Guardsmen	Snoopy's Christmas
43	Damien Rice	Happy Christmas (War is Over)
44	David Hasselhoff	Stille Nacht
45	Elliott Smith	Angel in the Snow
46	Smashing Pumpkins	Once Upon A Time
47	Matt Costa	Cold December
48	1990s	See You At The Lights
49	The Weepies	All That I Want
50	Dan Fogelberg	Same Old Lang Syne
51	The Beach Boys	Little Saint Nick
52	The Ronettes	Sleigh Ride
53	Judy Garland	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Top 10 Albums of 2008

2008-12-13T13:38:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Albums of 2008. Good stuff. The following are my opinion, feel free to try to influence them as you wish.

1. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery

I know the first time I heard of We Are Scientists, it was through The Lonely Island. Yes, those lovely goofballs responsible for great things like "Lazy Sunday," and "Just 2 Guyz." If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it.

I found this video (http://old.thelonelyisland.com/afterhours.html), then immediately downloaded all of the album I could find, and fell in love. Luckily, working at the radio station got me the rest of their 2008 CD and it was phenomenal. Oh, and I saw them in concert. That was a riot. Anyway, here's to Brain Thrust Mastery and general We Are Scientists ridiculousness. http://www.wearescientists.com/

2. Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us

I love my sister. And she loves Mates of State. And so do I.

After playing this album and it's almost title track "The Re-Arranger" a billion times, I am hooked on Mates of State. This album brightens my days. My sister got me into Mates of State (I actually bought her this CD before I had ever listened to it) and I'm very glad she did.

Oh, and quote of the countdown:
"Love loud, don't lose loud."

Also, and just to show how awesome Mates of State are, they went on Yo Gabba Gabba.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQDie3wu3_8&feature=related

3. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

I heard "Ghost Under Rocks" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9SKprgjH5k) a few times and liked it before I was heavily recommended by Jon Hood to give them more of a listen. I was incredibly impressed. My favorite on the album is probably "Can You Tell," which you can check out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBryCQWEdFI

4. Tilly and the Wall - o

What got me into Tilly and the Wall was not a song from the album I'm about to give a number 4 slot to, but instead the wacky "Beat Control" which I found on the lovely internet. (See incredibly wacky video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNycEoGtnQ)

Favorite track: "Pot Kettle Black" which makes my FCC monitored brain freak out, but is fantastic. Also, they put on a hell of a live show. Much dancing and balloons! And if you haven't figured this out after listening to a few of their songs, they have a tap dancer as a primary source of percussion.

Oh, and folks, it's so good you can get into car accidents listening/dancing to it! They should put that on the label.

5. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

I will admit, I have not heard all of this album. But I could not even care.

"The Twist" and "Keep Yourself Warm" are both poignant, real and incredibly skeezy, not to mention two of my new favorite songs. Don't listen to the latter if you have a problem with f words. All the rest of the tracks I've heard are also fantastic.

6. The Coast - Expatriate

My favorite Canadian indie band that no one has heard of comes in at number 6. I found these lovely gentlemen on the internet, reviewed their CD for WMUC, and saw them live at beginning of school with Tokyo Police Club.

Not only are they swell guys, but they make great music too.

Favorite song: Tightrope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNy1A2XGkrY)

7. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

I knew Kings of Leon before this CD, and I had liked "Manhattan" which was the first song off this album that I heard. But thanks to a certain Erika Kallio, I listened to "Use Somebody" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZfJ5ai07U) which quickly became one of my favorite songs of the year. And that song made me go review/steal the CD from WMUC. (I'll give it back, I promise). Oh, and "Sex on Fire" is also amazing.

8. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat

"We are Alphabeat and we play pop music" is the biggest understatement of the year.

My favorite Danish pop band, possibly my favorite pop band, is Alphabeat. I have never seen a group of people make such undeniably catchy pop songs. The first song I heard of theirs was "Fascination" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UxX5STKL4) and then after "10,000 Nights of Thunder" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySHHdO-YTK4) I was sold. I bought this on Amazon I wanted it so bad. Other favorites include "Into the Jungle," "Boyfriend," and "Fantastic 6." This would probably be higher on my list if I didn't consider it such a guilty pleasure.

9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

This barely made it into the 2008 list, since it was released in January of 2008. Remember Vampire Weekend?

I believe "Oxford Comma" was the first song of theirs that I heard, and I also like "A-Punk," "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," "Walcott," and several others. Oh, and I bought this CD too. Yes, I sometimes still buy CDs.

10. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

I can't not put this on here. Yes, I was on the mailing list that got "Violet Hill" for free on their website. Yes, I listened to "Viva la Vida" before I knew it was on iPod commercials. And yes, I bought the CD the day it came out at Borders. So shoot me.

I still think "Strawberry Swing" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMDa0JqW9bc) is my favorite, although I incredibly enjoyed pretty much the entire album.

Here is another less detailed list of very close contenders:
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
Beck - Modern Guilt
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
This is Ivy League - This is Ivy League
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

Our Best of 2008 Radio Show

2008-12-13T13:17:00.000-08:00

The Best of 2008 Show

The Beat Frequency just had our Best of 2008 show last Friday. The playlist is below. The first song wasn't in 2008, but it was requested, and it was on Psych in season 2.

The rest are some of my favorite songs of the year off albums released in 2008.
The show is available here until 12/19/08: http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/fri. Enjoy.

1	Bloc Party	So Here We Are	Silent Alarm
2	The Beat Frequency's	Best of 2008 Show
3	Frightened Rabbit	The Twist	The Midnight Organ Fight
4	Snow Patrol	If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It	A Hundred Million Suns
5	Coldplay	Strawberry Swing	Viva la Vida
6	We Are Scientists	After Hours	Brain Thrust Mastery
7	Tilly & The Wall	Cacophony	o
8	Mates of State	The Re-Arranger	Re-Arrange Us
9	Ra Ra Riot	Can You Tell	The Rhumb Line
10	Vampire Weekend	A-Punk	Vampire Weekend
11	The Coast	Tightrope	Expatriate
12	Friendly Fires	Jump In The Pool	Friendly Fires
13	Kings of Leon	Use Somebody	Only by the Night
14	Phantom Planet	Dropped	Raise the Dead
15	Beck	Youthless	Modern Guilt
16	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	Dawn of the Dead	You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
17	Santogold	L.E.S. Artistes	Santogold
18	Bon Iver	Skinny Love	For Emma, Forever Ago
19	Blitzen Trapper	Furr	Furr
20	Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin	Modern Mystery	Pershing
21	Alphabeat	10,000 Nights of Thunder	This is Alphabeat
22	MGMT	Electric Feel	Oracular Spectacular
23	Tokyo Police Club	Tessellate	Elephant Shell
24	The Submarines	You, Me & The Bourgeoisie	Honeysuckle Weeks
25	TV on the Radio	Golden Age	Dear Science

I've never met anyone quite like you before...

2008-12-07T08:42:00.000-08:00

The Beat Frequency for Dec. 5th

I love my radio show. It was only a week and two days between my last fill-in and my show this week, but it felt like an eternity. Playlist is below.

It has a track from the new Snow Patrol album that I like and a new favorite New Order song "Temptation." Also, "Funkytown" which never gets old. I also finally played "King of the Rodeo" by Kings of Leon which I adore.

1	The Fray	Fall Away	How To Save A Life
2	Snow Patrol	The Golden Floor	A Hundred Million Suns
3	Talking Heads	Burning Down The House	Speaking in Tongues
4	Luce	Good Day	Luce
5	Lipps Inc.	Funkytown	Mouth to Mouth
6	Death Cab for Cutie	Title and Registration	Transatlanticism
7	New Order	Temptation	Temptation 7"
8	John Legend	Green Light feat. Andre 3000	Evolver
9	The Police	Roxanne	Outlandos d'Amour
10	The Romantics	What I Like About You	The Romantics
11	Annuals	Confessor	Such Fun
12	Kings of Leon	King of the Rodeo	Aha Shake Heartbreak
13	Stroke 9	Letters (Acoustic)	Cafe Cuts: A Collection Of Acoustic Favorites
14	Beulah	Silver Lining	The Coast Is Never Clear
15	Steve Reynolds	Mistaken Identity	The Carnival Papers
16	Barenaked Ladies	Second Best (Acoustic)	Everything to Everyone
17	Foreigner	Cold As Ice	Foreigner
18	Dispatch	The General	Bang Bang
19	Etta James	Spoonful feat. Harvey Fuqua	At Last!
20	Calexico	Two Silver Trees	Carried to Dust
21	Jade McNelis	Wins	All the Fables EP
22	Billy Joel	Piano Man	Piano Man
23	Queen	Don't Stop Me Now	Jazz
24	The Go! Team	Huddle Formation	Thunder, Lightning, Strike

The Beat Frequency usurps SGA's timeslot...

2008-11-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-24T18:04:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-24T18:01:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-11-18T20:31:00.000-08:00

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!

2008-11-18T14:25:00.000-08:00

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.