Originally aired 04.12.10

Setlist:

S. Carey – In the Dirt
The National – Daughters Of The Soho Riots
Nils Frahm – Ambre
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Love Comes To Me
Silver Screen – Won’t You Ever Know
Midlake – Core of Nature
Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek – Planes
Grand Archives – Sleep Driving
Marissa Nadler – Thinking of You
Acid House Kings – Do What You Wanna Do
The Sun Blindness – Flash in the Cosmic Pan
Brother Ali – The Travelers
Benoit Pioulard – Idyll
Big Boi – Shine Blockas
Tycho – Coastal Brake
Fresh and Onlys – Waterfall
Your Funeral – I Wanna Be You
The Safes – Sight of All Light
Polysics – Black Out Fall Out
Bikini Kill – Rah! Rah! Replica
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Frenzy
Heavenly – C is the Heavenly Option
Jon Mueller – Remembered
Portraits Of Past – Through To An End
The Flys – Love and a Molotov Cocktail
My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
Lustmord/Melvins – Pink Bat
White Denim – Some Wild Going Outward
Sunn o))) – It Took The Night To Believe

Originally aired 20.11.10

Setlist:

Parts & Labor – Fractured Skies
Cours Lapin – Cache Cache
Detektivbyrån – Om du Möter Varg
Logh – An Alliance Of Worlds
Nosaj Thing – Aquarium
The Bats – Made Up in Blue
Last Poets – White Man’s Got a God Complex
X.Men – J’attaque Du Mike
Television Personalities – A Picture Of Dorian Gray
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
The Slits – Heard It Through The Grapevine
Prefuse 73 – The Color of Tempo
The Lapse – Hide Your Daughters
Human Television – In Front Of The House
Apparat – Useless Information
Guerre Froide – Demain Berlin
Fabienne Delsol – I’m Gonna Haunt You
Lil B the Based God – Smokin Young Blunts Remix
The Radio Dept. – I Wanted You to Feel the Same
General Electrics – Frost on Your Sunglasses
Roy Orbison – Shahdaroba
Woven Hand – Blue Pail Fever
The Wipers – Up Front
Jeffrey Lewis – The East River
Grande – We Did It All
Electric Wizard – Funeralopolis
The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me
Government Issue – Rock And Roll Bullshit
Circle Takes The Square – Patchwork Neurology
Angel’in Heavy Syrup – Space Conquest
Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles
Chihei Hatakeyama – Bonfire On The Field

Originally aired 13.11.10

Setlist:

Solar Bears – Kill On
Flying Lotus – Clay
The Constantines – Insectivora
Roky Erickson – Ain’t Blues Too Sad
Seapony – Dreaming
Gold Panda – Quitters Raga
Xela – Afraid of Monsters
Drive Like Jehu – Bullet Train To Vegas
The Morning Benders – Wet Cement
Grails – The Natural Man
Iron & Wine – Naked As We Came
Labradford – S
Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
J Dilla – Won’t Do
Rowland S. Howard – (I Know) a Girl Called Johnny
Akron/Family – Don t Be Afraid, You’re Already Dead
Twin Shadow – I Cant Wait
Supersilent – 6.5
Roky Erickson – Devotional Number One
Coil – Fire Of The Mind
Early Songs – Turn and Face Me
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
The Angels Of Light – We Are Him
The Walker Brothers – The Electrician
Armand Schaubroeck Steals – Ratfucker
The Locust – Turning Your Merchandise Into A Ripped Wall Of Mini-Abs
Tiger Trap – Supreme nothing
Neon Canyon – Six Kingdoms
Tom Waits – Take it with me
Stars of the Lid – Even If You’re Never Awake (Deuxième)

Originally aired 6.11.10

Setlist:

I Am Spoonbender – Reality Dealer
Blueline Medic – Cathedral
Blouse – Into Black
Club 8 – Football Kids
Curren$y – Still That
Holy Other – YR Love
The Nation Blue – Damnation
? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
Beans – No Thrills
Ulrich Schnauss – Molfsee
Enablers – Sudden Inspection
Black To Comm – Trauma GmbH
The Weakerthans – Left And Leaving
The Wedding Present – Interstate 5
The Primitives – Crash
Rocketship – Hey Hey Girl
Beat Happening – Indian Summer
Helios – Bless This Morning Year
Firekites – Last Ships
Hot Snakes – Suicide Invoice
Talib Kweli – Geurilla Monsoon Rap
Auto!Automatic!! – A!A!! @ A/A, Eh?
TV Girl – If You Want It
Royal Headache – Splash
The Clean  – Tally Ho
Malajube – Étienne d’août
Johann Johannsson  – Theme
Phosphorescent – Cocaine Lights
The Northern Key – Proof
Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi

Originally aired 24.10.10

Setlist:
Fu Manchu – Hell On Wheels

Cults – Oh My God

Ghosts & Vodka – Hot Dot Above, Tan Man Below
MF Doom – Doomsday
Ryan Teague – Coins & Crosses
Hard Mix – Memories
The Owls – Drop Me A Line
Dalek – Bricks Crumble
Seven Saturdays – Au Revoir
The Winter Sounds – Trophy Wife
Evidence – I Still Love You
Brian Eno – Horse
One Last Wish – Break to Broken
Geto Boys – Mind Playin Tricks On Me
Red Fire Red – Pug Funk
Rameses III – Across The Lake Is Where My Heart Shines
Eyedea and Abilities – Smile
Goldmund – Subtle The Sum
Leonard Cohen – Avalanche
The Gordons – Coalminers Song
Keep Shelly in Athens – Rainy Night
The New Motherfuckers – Hotlanta!
Rainer Maria – Breakfast of Champions
Six Finger Satellite – Parlour Games
Frantix – My Dad’s a Fucking Alcoholic
Gorgoroth – Exit, Through Carved Stones
Heavy Vegetable – Excesses
Sam Cooke – A Change is Gonna Come

The Radiant Now originally aired 16.10.10

Setlist:

Crocodiles – Mirrors
Man or Astro-man? – Joker’s Wild
Dr. Dre – Lil’ Ghetto Boy
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
The Dead Sea – The Devil Bends
Sons Of Otis – Relapse
Sun Kil Moon – Australian Winter
Lord Huron – Mighty
Dymaxion – I-Man Transport
Dr. Octagon – Blue Flowers
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her – Fuck It Up and Get Hurt
The Free Design – Bubbles
Das Racist – hahahaha jk?
Fu Manchu – Evil Eye
Dj Shadow – Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
The Depreciation Guild – Dream About Me
Orange Goblin – Scorpionica
Manual – Summer Haze
RJD2 – Ghostwriter
Holy Fuck – Safari (live from the Verge- XM radio)
The Enablers – Output Negative Space
Aphex Twin – At The Heart Of It All
The Bristols – The Way I Feel About You
Arab Strap – There Is No Ending
Orange Goblin – The Big Black

One of the goals that I set myself upon initiating the exercise regime that I’m currently partaking in was to lower my heart rate, which was sitting at around 70bpm, until it sat somewhere in the 40s. I reached that goal today, my heart rate was measured at 49 bpm. Now I want it at 44. My blood pressure is a little high, probably a result of the amount of alcohol that I intake… at least hopefully, then I know I have a lifestyle choice I can amend in order to address it.

I’ve been reading about Roy Keane, the despotic Irish midfielder who captained Man U during the late 90s/ early 00s. Though his career is littered with controversies, one particular episode of his story really, really made me laugh.

During a game against Leeds in 97 an attacking pass was made to him in front of the opposition goal, which was promptly cut off by the Leeds defender Alf-Inge Håland.  Realising this, Keane attempted to trip Håland… in the process of failing the trip attempt, Keane tore his cruciate ligament, resulting in his omission from the game for the next year in recovery. To add insult to injury, while Keane was lying on the ground writhing in pain Håland absued him suggesting he was faking the injury in order to avoid a penalty. Ha!

Three years later, when the two met again in opposing teams Keane almost completely destroyed Håland’s knee in one of the most hilariously blatant acts of retribution/fouls in the history of soccer.

The whole episode can be seen below. It really is funny.

Afterwards, in his biography Keane described it all as follows, “I’d waited long enough. I fucking hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you cunt. And don’t ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries”.

Gotta love it. More of Keane’s hilarity can be found here.

Oh and did I ever tell you how much I’m loving this band? Yeah… they’re great.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Tenure Itch

Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse killed himself over the weekend.

It is really, really sad & horrible when people leave this world… I know. I’ve come to believe though that given the fact that we are brought into the world beyond our control it should be the most basic human right that we are able to leave it under our own control. I think I’m indifferent to the idea of it being a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ thing, it’s just a choice. It is kinda self indulgent though, when you think about the effect that your decision is taking upon all the people that love you… and that for me really is reason enough to eschew it – besides, I’m enjoying my life right now.

I got into the Sparklehorse album Good Morning Spider a few years back. At the time I read about how depressed Mark Linkous was, about how he had attempted suicide before. The below track is about as poignant manifestation of that mindset as they come, I’m sure we can all associate with it on some level.

Your music Mark is very special.

Sparklehorse – Painbirds

Squalid ‘Zef-Rap’ straight out of Cape Town. Check it.