My cable modem crapped out about 40 minutes into tonight’s show (and still hasn’t returned), so unfortunately that means the show is over this week. Â I’ll try to get the abbreviated podcast posted once RCN brings my cable modem back up.
Next Week’s Programme
Next week’s programme has been moved to Tuesday, August 10th at 10pm.
In other news, I added a contact form, which is always available at the very top of this page.
The Theme Song
A listener requested that I post the lyrics to the programme theme song, and I figured I should probably give a little history about it too.
Back in September of 2009, I had purchased the “I am T-Pain” app on my iPhone on a whim, and was messing around with it. Out of the blue it occurred to me to record a theme song for the programme. I didn’t really think much about it, or write any of the lyrics down, it was entirely improv. It was done in one take (although there was a mini-take before where I got two lyrics in and started cracking up).
The backing track is T-Pain’s song “Bartender” and you can also download the programme theme song.
August 2nd, 2010
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Beers, Steers & Queers | Revolting Cocks | Beers Steers & Queers |
| What a Fool Believes | The Doobie Brothers | Minute By Minute |
| The Skills Song | Rocky and Balls | |
| Creep (Hungover at Soundcheck in Berlin) | Amanda Palmer | Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele |
| Where Is My Mind? | Pixies | Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim |
| Dream Warriors | Dokken | Back for the Attack |
| Have A Cigar | Foo Fighters | Greatest Hits (Amazon Exclusive Version) |
| Candy Bars | Grand Buffet | Sparkle Classic |
| C’est comme ca | Jacques Brel | In the 50s: The Birth of Genius |
| No Name No. 5 | Elliott Smith | Either/Or |
| dj ptbnl in studio | dj ptbnl | Radio Programme |
| All the Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | Mott the Hoople: Greatest Hits |
| Book T: Exodus | Secret Chiefs 3 | Book Of Horizons |
| Chain Reaction | Steroid Maximus | Ectopia |
| Mandy | Barry Manilow | Ultimate Manilow |
| Mandy | Ratatat | Lp4 |
| Is He Serious | OxygenStar | How to Meet Local Hot Women |
| What a Wonderful World | Joey Ramone | Don’t Worry About Me |
| Die Hard | Guyz Nite | Guyz Nite Meanz Everything / Bachelor Party Campout |
| Everyone I Have Slept With | Momus | The Little Red Songbook |
| Mexican Radio | Wall Of Voodoo | Call Of The West |
| A Daisy Chain 4 Satan | My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult | Confessions of a Knife |
| Vanity Fair | Mr. Bungle | California |
| Synchronicity 2 | The Police | Synchronicity (Remastered) |
| Life During Wartime | Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense |
| Polkadot Blues | Hudson Mohawke | Polyfolk Dance |
| Metal On Metal | Anvil | Metal On Metal |
| Metal On Metal | Kraftwerk | The Model – Retrospective 1975-1978 |
| Real American | Rick Derringer | WWE Anthology, Vol. 1: The Federation Years |
July 26th, 2010
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Salute Your Shorts Theme | Nickelodeon | TV Themes |
| Superhero | Stephen Lynch | Superhero |
| 54 Cymru Beats | Aphex Twin | drukqs |
| The House Is Rockin’ | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Greatest Hits |
| Black Country Rock | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie) |
| Le Metro de Boston | Eileen Grayam | Prince Records 45, circa 1963 |
| My Shadow | Jay Reatard | Blood Visions |
| Guitar Sound | Ronald Jenkees | Disorganized Fun |
| Invaders Must Die | The Prodigy | Invaders Must Die |
| Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | Travelling Without Moving |
| Carry On Wayward Son | Kansas | Kansas |
| Dracula Cha Cha | The Tango Saloon | Transylvania |
| Last Choice | Love Is All | A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night |
| Irish Drinking Song | Buck-O-Nine | Songs In the Key of Bree |
| Whachadoin? (Feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner) | N.A.S.A. | The Spirit Of Apollo |
| Testure [12″ Version] | Skinny Puppy | Testure 12″ Single |
| While I Walk Away | The Priests | Tall Tales |
| Rushup I Bank 12 | The Tuss | Rushup Edge |
| Living On a Thin Line | The Kinks | Come Dancing With the Kinks – The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 (Remastered) |
| You Can’t Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | Singles Collection – The London Years |
| Strange Powers | The Magnetic Fields | Holiday |
| Regulate | Warren G | Regulate…G Funk Era |
| Everything Is Everything | Phoenix | Alphabetical |
| First of the Gang to Die | Morrissey | You Are the Quarry |
| Fish Paste | Die Antwoord | 5 – EP |
| Spanish Flea (Live on KXLU-LA) | Optiganally Yours | Wacky Optigan Shenanigans |
| My Name Is Mud | Primus | Pork Soda |
| I’m Gonna Dig Up Howlin’ Wolf | Mojo Nixon | Bo-Day-Shus!!! |
| Christianity Is Stupid | Negativland | Escape From Noise |
| I Want Your Christmas (Live at Comedy Death-Ray) | Thomas Lennon | Comedy Death-Ray Xmas 2009 |
July 19th, 2010
| Song | Artist | Album |
| As We Walk to Fenway Park In Boston Town | Jonathan Richman | Fever Pitch (Music from the Motion Picture) |
| Steppin Up | M.I.A. | MAYA |
| Design For Living | Meat Beat Manifesto | Archive Things 1982-1988 |
| Man-Size | PJ Harvey | Rid Of Me |
| West Coast Serenade | Palmdale | Get Wasted – EP |
| Sandpaper Blues | Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros | Rock Art & The X-Ray Style |
| 3 Balloons | Stephen Lynch | 3 Balloons |
| Sigesang | Download | Furnace |
| Little Red Corvette | Prince | 1999 |
| Hotel Yorba | The White Stripes | White Blood Cells |
| Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight | Spinal Tap | This Is Spinal Tap |
| LT 94 | Scorn | Refuse; Start Fires |
| Love Like Ours | Elastica | The Menace |
| Werewolves Of London | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy |
| Warning Sign | Talking Heads | The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |
| Coalinga Love | Faxed Head | Chiropractic |
| Two Silver Trees | Calexico | Live in Nuremberg (Free Download!) |
| Delta-V | Squarepusher | Just A Souvenir |
| Cruel Shoes | Steve Martin | Comedy Is Not Pretty |
| No, You Don’t | Nine Inch Nails | The Fragile |
| Your Revolution | The Qemists | Your Revolution |
| Knock Out Eileen (L L Cool J vs. Dexy’s Midnight Runners) | lobsterdust | djlobsterdust.com |
| Alberto Balsalm (Steel Drum Version) | Conservatory of Music, Univ. of Cincinatti | THE INTERNET |
| Only an Expert | Laurie Anderson | Homeland |
| Wat Kyk Jy? | Die Antwoord | 5 – EP |
| High And Dry | Amanda Palmer | Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele |
| St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion) | John Parr | Hit Singles 1980-1988 |
Tonight’s Tracklist (20100712)
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Knotty Pine | Dirty Projectors + David Byrne | Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) |
| The Crab Song | Faith No More | Live in Milano, Italy (12/17/1992) |
| Rat Is Dead (Rage) | CSS | Donkey |
| Surf Solar | Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport |
| Deceptacon | Le Tigre | Le Tigre |
| Assault On Babylon | Thievery Corporation | Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi |
| Jungle Love | The Time | Ice Cream Castle |
| Hit For Cheese | Add N To (X) | Add Insult To Injury |
| twin peaks | mc chris | april fools 2010 |
| !Get up, punk! 0200 hrs. (Joint Special Operations Task Force) | General Patton & The X-Ecutioners | General Patton & The X-Ecutioners |
| Toasted dub | Jack Dangers | ¡Hello Friends! |
| Daft Punk Is Playing At My House | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem |
| I Drove All Night | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns…And Then Some |
| Tick Tick Boom | The Hives | The Black and White album |
| I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix) | Jackson 5 | Motown Remixed |
| In Liverpool | Suzanne Vega | 99.9 F° |
| All My Heroes Are Weirdos | !!! | Myth Takes |
| Hang On To Yourself | David Bowie | Bowie At The Beeb |
| Don’t Try Suicide | Queen | The Game |
| Acid Tongue | Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue |
| Watching The Wheels | John Lennon | Double Fantasy [Bonus Tracks] |
| Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) | Journey | Journey’s Greatest Hits |
| Sour Cherry | The Kills | Midnight Boom |
| Pennsylvania | Bloodhound Gang | Hefty Fine |
| Jersey Girl | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Live 1975-85 |
| An Open Letter To NYC | Beastie Boys | To The 5 Boroughs |
| Connecticut’s For Fucking | Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse | Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse |
| Dirty Water (Unreleased) | Standells | The Live Ones 6 Tracks |
| Time Bomb | Old 97’s | Hit By a Train – The Best of Old 97’s |
grahams’ completely normal radio programme goes public!
For a bit more than 2 years I’ve been doing a mostly-weekly streaming internet radio show called “grahams’ completely normal radio programme“. Since I kept it private amongst a small group of friends, while you may have heard me mention it on occasion, you most likely haven’t listened to it. Starting this Monday at 10pm EDT, I’m taking the show public (and legit). You can find the details to tune in over at LoudCity.
The format is a commercial-free mish-mash of music I’m into, which crosses quite a few genres. I’m live on mic, and have been known to have guests in-studio or over Skype. I try to briefly review movies I have seen with the film club. I have real equipment. I have run contests. I have world premiered music. I usually manage to keep technical screw-ups to a minimum. I even have a terrible auto-tuned theme song that will get stuck in your head.
As you may be thinking, having all of this going on for an audience of fewer than a dozen people started to seem a little ludicrous. So I decided to figure out a way to conform to the complicated streaming royalty system, and ultimately settled on using the LoudCity platform so I didn’t have to do any hard work. The only catch is that in order to be covered under their royalty agreements, I need to have all of the links to the stream hosted on their domain. Which is why the above link will redirect you from dosburros.com to their site.
Obviously the programme’s web presence is limited right now. I’ve been mulling this decision for a few months but the decision to actually pull the trigger and get it done happened while floating on the Party Barge Regency Edition this weekend. In addition to the (currently) terrible webpage, you can follow the show on Twitter at @radioprogramme.
The people who have been listening for the past few years have told me it’s a good show. I hope you’ll think so too. Tune in one of these upcoming Mondays and let me know what you think. At a minimum you’ll be able to make fun of me for such a colossal waste of time.