Episode 23

     For a number of reasons I am not at liberty to discuss, I was annoyed in the extreme throughout this morning’s show. Despite the bizarre circumstances, I still think things turned out well. I spoke with a couple of the show’s regular listeners before I left for the studio and suggested that it was going to be one of the most downtempo, potentially depressing ones ever. I won’t know for sure how the show turned out or whether it drove anyone to despair, though, until I can actually listen to the whole thing and hear from a few folks. Stay tuned.
     There is good news, however. The next episode will mark the one-year anniversary of ECI (actually, it’ll come a day after the anniversary), and, given the show’s proximity to a major greeting-card holiday, I’ve finally decided what to do: the long-rumored love song show. I have yet to decide on the progression or the tunes, but suffice it to say that lyrically the tunes will cover a lot of bases: seeking love, finding love, losing it and perhaps even finding it again. Along the way, there’ll be many expressions of bitterness, elation and everything in between. It’ll definitely be worth hearing....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• Low, “Tonight,” Trust, Kranky
• M. Ward, “Helicopter,” Transfiguration of Vincent, Merge
• The Jam, “The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow),” Snap!, Polydor
• Blur, “The Universal,” The Great Escape, Virgin
• Awry, “Brave Elephant,” Awry, AwrySense
• This Mortal Coil, “FYT/Fond Affections,” It’ll End in Tears, 4AD
• Mojave 3, “After All,” Ask Me Tomorrow, 4AD
• The Incredible Moses Leroy, “The Fourth of July,” Become the Soft.Lightes, iMusic
• David Bowie, “The Bewlay Brothers,” Hunky Dory, Ryko
• Medicine, “Time Baby III,” The Crow—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Atlantic
• The Cure, “If Only Tonight We Could Sleep,” Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Elektra

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Tupelo Chain Sex, “Our Lady of Hollywood,” Spot the Difference, Selma
• The Velvet Underground, “Who Loves the Sun,” Loaded, Warner Bros.
• Erwin Thomas, “Inside a Stormglass (The Sailor’s Song),” Songs from My Apartment, Quartermain
• Bark Psychosis, “Big Shot,” Hex, Caroline
• Chocolate Genius, “Rats Under Waterfalls,” Black Yankee Rock, Commotion
• Galaxie 500, “Tugboat,” Today, Ryko
• Nine Inch Nails, “Something I Can Never Have,” Pretty Hate Machine, TVT
• Lush, “Last Night,” Lovelife, 4AD
• Swans, “Real Love,” Children of God, Young God
• The English Beat, “Drowning,” Wha’ppen, IRS
• Violet Indiana, “Liar,” Roulette, Bella Union
• Murcof, “Retrato,” Remembranza, Leaf

Episode 22

     If you were actually one of this morning’s lucky listeners, you got to hear what a great job Chris, a trainee, did during the first part of the show. Keep checking the WHPK web page for the winter quarter schedule: Chris’s show will be worth hearing.
     My show, on the other hand, is still a work in progress. The mistakes this morning were, of course, mine. Hopefully they weren’t too jarring. I guess your comments in person or on this page will let me know. I did have one major disappointment. There was a song I wanted to play really badly, and not only did the station’s players refuse to recognize the copy I bought 15-odd years ago, but there were also no CD or vinyl copies in the WHPK library. I won’t say what the recording is, but you can find it on the soundtrack of one of my favorite films ... ever. Guesses are welcome as to either what the song is or what the film is.
     Now, however, I simply must get some sleep....

• 12:00–1:00 a.m.:
• The Occasion, “You May Know Me,” Cannery Hours, Say Hey
• Pajo, “Baby, Please Come Home,” Pajo, Drag City
• The Style Council, “The Whole Point II,” Here’s Some That Got Away, Polydor
• A Camp, “Angel of Sadness,” A Camp, Stockholm
• Mobius Band, “Twilight,” The Loving Sounds of Static, Ghostly International
• Mice Parade, “The Boat Room,” Bem-Vinda Vontade, Bubble Core
• Apostle of Hustle, “Sleepwalking Ballad,” Folkloric Feel, Arts and Crafts
• Kate Bush, “Watching You Without Me,” Hounds of Love, EMI
• This Mortal Coil, “Inch-Blue/I Want to Live,” Filigree & Shadow, 4AD
• Sam Prekop, “Dot Eye,” Who’s Your New Professor?,Thrill Jockey
• Split Enz, “Dirty Creature,” Time and Tide, Mushroom
• Broken Social Scene, “Canada vs. America,” E.P. to Be You and Me, Arts and Crafts

• 1:00–2:00 a.m.:
• Outkast, “Prototype,” Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Arista
• Handsome Boy Modeling School, “Metaphysical,” So ... How’s Your Girl, Tommy Boy
• Bright Eyes, “Lover I Don’t Have to Love,” Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, Saddle Creek
• Boards of Canada, “Sunshine Recorder,” Geogaddi, Warp
• Low, “Broadway (So Many People),” The Great Destroyer, Sub Pop
• Massive Attack, “What Your Soul Sings,” 100th Window, Virgin
• Edith Frost, “A Mirage,” It’s a Game, Drag City
• American Music Club, “Only Love Can Set You Free,” Love Songs for Patriots, Merge
• Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd, “Twilight,” Mysterious Skin—Music from the Film, Commotion
• Slowdive, “The Sadman,” Just for a Day, SBK/Creation

• 2:00–3:00 a.m.:
• The Cramps, “New Kind of Kick,” Bad Music for Bad People, IRS
• Brian McBride, “The Guilt of Uncomplicated Thoughts,” When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, Kranky
• Shara Nelson, “Pain Revisited,” What Silence Knows, Chrysalis
• Wire, “Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars),” Document and Eyewitness, Mute
• Nine Horses, “The Banality of Evil,” Snow Borne Sorrow, Samadhi Sound
• Sonic Youth, “Theresa’s Sound World,” Dirty, Geffen
• Prefuse 73, “It’s Crowded,” Surrounded by Silence, Warp
• Apollo 440, “Pain in Any Language,” Electro Glide in Blue, 550 Music/Sony
• The Sundays, “My Finest Hour,” Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Geffen