Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

Top 45 Songs of 2010
45. Rafter / A Frame
44. Perfume Genius / Mr. Peterson
43. Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Take Cover
42. Golden Triangle / Neon Noose
41. Camu Tao / Bird Flu
40. Shapes and Sizes / Too Late for Dancing
39. Male Bonding / Years Not Long
38. Gorillaz feat. Lou Reed / Some Kind of Nature
37. Weekend / Age Class
36. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / The Game Gets Old
35. Eels / Unhinged
34. Spoon / Got Nuffin'
33. Yeasayer / Ambling Alp
32. Neverever / Teardrop Tattoo
31. Massive Attack feat. Tunde Adebimpe / Pray for Rain
30. Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
29. Arcade Fire / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
28. Baths / Heart
27. Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck / Heaven Can Wait
26. Clinic / Bubblegum
25. The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
24. Johnny Cash / Ain’t No Grave
23. Jaill / Summer Mess
22. The Whiskey and the Devil Chaplain / I'll Give it More
21. Love Language / Heart to Tell
20. Dr. Dog / Where'd All the Time Go?
19. The Walkmen / Angela Surf City
18. Strange Boys / Be Brave
17. Local Natives / Warning Sign [Talking Heads cover]
16. Best Coast / Summer Mood
15. Art Museums / We Can't Handle It
14. Blake Jones and the Trike Shop / Forestiere Gardens
13. Flaming Lips, Stardeath & White Dwarfs feat. Peaches and Henry Rollins / The Great Gig in the Sky [Pink Floyd cover]
12. Besnard Lakes / Albatross
11. Deerhunter / Basement Scene
10. Fol Chen / In Ruins
9. Carolina Chocolate Drops / Hit 'Em Up Style [Blu Cantrell cover]
8. Fierce Creatures / Satan is a Vampire
7. Beach House / Used to Be
6. Gil Scott-Heron / New York is Killing Me
5. Morning Benders / Excuses
4. Scout Niblett / Duke of Anxiety
3. Black Keys / Next Girl
2. Robyn / Dancing on My Own
1. Admiral Radley / I Heart California

Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010

Low / Just Like Christmas
Rademacher / Huron Christmas
Clinic / Milk & Honey
Hellogoodbye / Finding Something to Do
The Walkmen / All My Great Designs
Royksopp / The Drug
Gold Panda / Vanilla Minus
Cloud Nothings / Hey Cool Kid
Bad Books / You Wouldn't Have to Ask
The Intelligence / Estate Sales
Beach House / Used To Be
Dum Dum Girls / Baby Don't Go
Joanna Newsom / Good Intentions Paving Co.
Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck / Heaven Can Wait
Strange Boys / Be Brave
Kat Jones / I'll Be Home for Christmas [Live in KFSR studio]
Grandaddy / Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland
The Kinks / Father Christmas
Kat Jones / The Great Scottish Hurricane [Live in KFSR studio]
Rademacher / Winter
Uni & Her Ukelele feat. Dr. Trucker / Xmas on Tattooine (A Very Merry Star Wars Xmas)
Kat Jones / Dear Apocalypse [Live in KFSR studio]
Deerhoof / Little Drummer Boy
Eels / Christmas is Going to the Dogs
Pinkeye / Mil Mascaras
Fay Wrays / Weatherman
It'll Grow Back / Jaded Hipster Rise
Kat Jones / Without a Sound
Warpaint / Undertow
Matt & Kim / AM/FM Sound
Mavis Staples / Last Train
Flying Lotus feat. Thundercat / Mmm Hmm
Polyphonic Spree / Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Kat Jones / He's the One I Need the Most
Deerhunter / Basement Scene
Women / Locust Valley
Orange Juice / Blue Boy
Wavves / Super Soaker
Cee-Lo Green / It's OK
The Knife / Christmas Reindeer

Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 (set two)

The Rapture / House of Jealous Lovers
Foals / Black Gold
Warpaint / Composure
Avey Tare / Heather in the Hospital
Elliott Smith / Last Call
Bad Books / You Wouldn't Have to Ask
Honeycut / Tough Kid
Deerhunter / Revival Sailing
Flying Lotus feat. Laura Darlington / Table Tennis
Built to Spill / Strange
Antony and the Johnsons / Christina's Farm
Broken Social Scene / Hotel
Efterklang / The Soft Beating
Women / Bells
Black Keys / Set You Free
The Intelligence / Bong Life
Busdriver / Casting Agents and Cowgirls
Jaill / Everyone's Hip
Best Coast / Summer Mood
Shapes and Sizes / Too Late for Dancing
Sleigh Bells / Rill Rill
No Age / Depletion
Arcade Fire / City with No Children
Islands / Pieces of You
Neutral Milk Hotel / A Baby for Pree
Of Montreal / Coquet Coquette
Scout Niblett / Duke of Anxiety
Neato Fleets / And In Time
DM Stith / Be My Baby [The Ronettes cover]
Golden Ghost / If You are In Love Then Why are You Asleep?
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos in Love
Beth Orton / Best Bit
Baths / Heart
Gil Scott-Heron / Running
The Walkmen / Juveniles
Jenny and Johnny / My Pet Snakes
Archie Bronson Outfit / Shark's Tooth
Blonde Redhead / Here Sometimes
Let's Wrestle / My Schedule
The Fall / Funnel of Love [Wanda Jackson cover]
Kelley Stoltz / I Don’t Get That
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Clinic / Bubblegum
Weekend / Coma Summer
Gregory Pepper and His Problems / If You Try
Superchunk / Rosemarie

Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 (set one)

The Knife / Like a Pen
The Kinks / A Well Respected Man
Cee-Lo Green / Forget You
The Walkmen / Angela Surf City
Matt and Kim / AM/FM Sound
Hellogoodbye / When We First Met
Orange Juice / Rip It Up
Motel Drive / Tell Me Why
No Age / Katerpillar
Tim Kasher / Bad, Bad Dreams
Sufjan Stevens / Get Real Get Right
Admiral Radley / Chingas in the West
Panty Lions / Herndon & 99
Earlimart / We're So Happy (We Left the Piano in the Truck)
Grandaddy / Wives of Farmers
Beirut / A Sunday Smile
Best Coast / The End
New Pornographers / Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
Beach House / 10 Mile Stereo
Dave Clark Five / Glad All Over
She & Him / Thieves
The National / Bloodbuzz Ohio
Clinic / Lion Tamer
Black Keys / Unknown Brother
The Books / I Didn't Know That
Love Language / Brittany's Back
Delta Spirit / Vivian
Kat Jones / Blood Under the Redwoods: A Ballad
It'll Grow Back / Jaded Hipster Rise
Fay Wrays / Weatherman
Pinkeye / Mil Mascaras
Section Quartet / Paranoid Android [Radiohead cover]
Dum Dum Girls / Baby Don't Go
Neverever / Blue Genes
Interpol / Memory Serves
Dawes / When My Time Comes
Wavves / King of the Beach
Les Savy Fav / Let's Get Out of Here
El Guincho / FM Tan Sexy
Belle and Sebastian / Write About Love
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Window Shopping
Grinderman / When My Baby Comes

Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010

Why? / A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under
Moby / That's When I Reach for My Revolver
Roots Manuva / Kick Up Ya Foot
The Decemberists / Down By the Water
Clinic / Bubblegum
The Walkmen / Angela Surf City
Shapes and Sizes / You Don't Have to Drink from Here
Kat Jones / Without a Sound
No Age / Life Prowler
The Drums / Me and the Moon
Antony and the Johnsons / Thank You for Your Love
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / The Game Gets Old
The Whiskey and the Devil Chaplain / Bruised Heart
Motel Drive / Baby I'm Through with You
Strange Vine / Lonesome Trouble
John Lennon & Yoko Ono / (Just Like) Starting Over
Arcade Fire / The Suburbs
Arcade Fire / Ready to Start
Black Keys / Tighten Up
Robyn / Dancing on My Own
Goldfrapp / Rocket
Mavis Staples / In Christ There is No East or West
Janelle Monae feat. Saul Williams / Dance or Die
Arcade Fire / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Band of Horses / Factory
Black Keys / Next Girl
Broken Bells / The High Road
Vampire Weekend / Cousins
Deerhunter / He Would Have Laughed
Belle and Sebastian / Write About Love
Kelley Stoltz / Baby I Got News for You
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Cee-Lo Green / It's OK
Orange Juice / Blue Boy
Nico Vega / So So Fresh
Royksopp / The Drug
Bedhead / Disorder [Joy Division cover]
Earlimart / Unintentional Tape Manipulations
Ros Sereysothea / Tngai Neas Kyom Yam Sra "Today I Drink Wine"
Chuck Berry / Reelin' & Rockin'
Weekend / Veil
Blonde Redhead / Not Getting There
Best Coast / Bratty B

Playlist: Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010

Joy Division / Warsaw
The Fall / O.F.Y.C. Showcase
Harlem / Friendly Ghost
Male Bonding / All Things This Way
The Decemberists / Down by the Water
DVAS / Society
Zach Hill / Memo to the Man
Warpaint / Undertow
Blonde Redhead / Will There Be Stars
Interpol / Safe Without
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang / Troublesome Houses
Sleepy Sun / Sandstorm Woman
The Streets / Can't Con an Honest John
Sigur Ros / Hljomalind
Lackthereof / Choir Practice
The Faint / I Disappear
Bad Books / Please Move
Gold Panda / Vanilla Minus
Cloud Nothings / Old Street
Laura Marling / Blues Run the Game
Arcade Fire / Ready to Start
Autolux / Supertoys
Sufjan Stevens / I Walked
Jenny and Johnny / Scissor Runner
No Age / Depletion
Antony and the Johnsons / The Spirit was Gone
Les Savy Fav / Lips N' Stuff
Deerhunter / Revival Sailing
Achievement House / Summer Spirit
Motel Drive / Trailer Park Queen
The Whiskey and the Devil Chaplain / I'll Give It More
High Winds / Summer Air
Thom Yorke / All for the Best
Best Coast / Boyfriend
Morning Benders / Excuses
Elliott Smith / Angeles
Love Language / This Room
Belle and Sebastian / Come On Sister
Women / Narrow with the Hall
The Intelligence / Estate Sales
Black Tambourine / Throw Aggi off the Bridge [demo]
Crystal Stilts / The SinKing
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Say No to Love
Weekend / End Times

Playlist: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010

Rademacher / What Yr Used To Back At Home
Flaming Lips / Waitin' For A Superman
Beirut / A Sunday Smile
Sonic Youth / Sacred Trickster
Besnard Lakes / Albatross
Avey Tare / Oliver Twist
Weekend / Age Class
Marvin Gaye / How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Sean Lennon / Mystery Juice
Cloud Nothings / I Can't Stay Awake
Wavves / Post Acid
Achievement House / Stateside
Grinderman / Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man
Antony and the Johnsons / Swanlights
Jaill / How's The Grave
40 Watt Hype / Tu Bien Sabes
Clinic / The Equalizer
Greenladies / What You Been Up To
Crystal Stilts / Prismatic Room
Blonde Redhead / Will There Be Stars
Joy Division / Autosuggestion
Deerhunter / He Would Have Laughed
Belle And Sebastian / The Ghost Of Rockschool
Art Museums / We Can't Handle It
Section Quartet / Such Great Heights [Postal Service cover]
Sleepy Sun / Open Eyes
No Age / Katerpillar
Dawes / When My Time Comes
College Kids / The Big Fresno Fair
High Winds / Summer Air
Brother Luke & The Comrades / Christian Girls
Rademacher / Rocket Ship
Talking Heads / Happy Day
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos In Love
The Thermals / Your Love Is So Strong
Y La Bamba / Crocodile Eyes
Elliott Smith / Speed Trials
Arcade Fire / Empty Room
El Guincho / Soca Del Eclipse
Best Coast / Summer Mood
Gil Scott-Heron / I'm New Here [Bill Callahan cover]
King Khan & BBQ Show / I'll Be Loving You
Admiral Radley / Red Curbs

Playlist: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010

Hornet Leg / Disco Junkie
Scout Niblett / Cherry Cheek Bomb
Black Tambourine / By Tomorrow
Camera Obscura / Careless Love
Passion Pit / Let Your Love Grow Tall
Black Keys / Everlasting Light
Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down / Swimming Pools
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / Katie
Xiu Xiu / Hyunhye's Theme
Elliott Smith / Pretty (Ugly Before)
Himalaya / Don't Stop (Labor Day)
Aceyalone feat. Bionik / The Lonely Ones
Delta 5 / Train Song
Jaill / Thank Us Later
Perfume Genius / Lookout, Lookout
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli / History
James Brown / It's A Man's Man's World
Sleepy Sun / Marina
Earlimart / Before It Gets Better
Pavement / Gold Soundz
Joy Division / Chance (Atmosphere)
Magnetic Fields / I Think I Need A New Heart
Beach House / Home Again
Local Natives / Wide Eyes
Adem / Starla [Smashing Pumpkins cover]
Admiral Radley / Sunburn Kids
Comet Gain / Love Without Lies
Ira / Co Pilot
Pan Ron / Rom Jongvak "Dance Twist"
Neverever / Blue Genes
Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco / Bridges
Racelegs / Fine Pines
The Dutchess and The Duke / Never Had a Chance
Grandaddy / Pre-Merced
Fight Bite / Emerald Eyes
Panty Lions / Tell Yer Lover I Said Hi
Morning Benders / Excuses
Kris Kristofferson / Billy Dee
King Khan & The Shrines / Torture
No Age / Glitter
Deerhunter / Desire Lines
Sparklehorse / It's Not So Hard
Odawas / Harmless Lover's Discourse
Rademacher / On Yr Marks

Playlist: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010

Cat Power / Metal Heart
Shapes And Sizes / Too Late For Dancing
David Dondero / The Prince William Sound
Strange Boys / Be Brave
Superchunk / Slow Drip
El Guincho / Soca del Eclipse
Kelley Stoltz / Baby I Got News For You
Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna / Daytona 500
Elliott Smith / Waltz #2 (XO)
Warpaint / Set Your Arms Down
Avey Tare / Oliver Twist
Screamin' Jay Hawkins / I Put A Spell On You
Shelby Lynne / Your Lies
KaitO / Catnap
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / The Game Gets Old
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / I'll Give It More
40 Watt Hype feat. Tim Z. Hernandez / The 99
Motel Drive / Baby I'm Through With You
College Kids on the Dope Slope / The Big Fresno Fair
Jaill / The Stroller
She & Him / Theives
Wavves / King Of The Beach
Jenny And Johnny / Scissor Runner
Deerhunter / Earthquake
Public Enemy / Brothers Gonna Work It Out
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
No Age / Fever Dreaming
Weekend / Age Class
Crocodiles / Stoned To Death
Zach Hill / Memo To The Man
Brian Eno feat. Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams / Complex Heaven
Daniel Johnston / Walking The Cow
Mountain Goats / The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton
Best Coast / I Want To
Women / Narrow With The Hall
New Order / Angel Dust
Tricky feat. Martina Topley-Bird / Makes Me Wanna Die
Underworld / Push Upstairs
Admiral Radley / GNDN
Belle And Sebastian / Calculating Bimbo

Playlist: Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010

Beck / Cold Brains
Patsy Cline / She's Got You
Jaill / Summer Mess
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Grinderman / When My Baby Comes
Ferraby Lionheart / Sweet Tanzini
Dungen / Min Enda Van
Y La Bamba / Soy Capitan
Black Keys / She Said, She Said [The Beatles cover]
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / Liar
Run-D.M.C. / Radio Station
DJ Muggs & Planet Asia / Pain Language
Grandaddy / Protected From The Rain
Panty Lions / Baby Yeah
Wheels Of Fortune / Puppy Calendar
Rademacher / They Are Always Into That
Deerhunter / Basement Scene
Best Coast / Honey
Jenny And Johnny / Big Wave
The Thermals / Power Lies
Sparklejet / Clever Personality
40 Watt Hype / Tu Bien Sabes
Style Like Revelators / Me And My Suitcase Blues
Blake Jones / Music To Change Clothes By
Beach House / Used To Be
Neverever / Teardrop Tattoo
Mr. Oizo / Gay Dentists
Belle And Sebastian / The Ghost Of Rockschool
Women / Heat Distraction
Ra Ra Riot / Foolish
The Fall / Mexico Wax Solvent
Besnard Lakes / Chicago Train
Antony and the Johnsons / Ghost
El Guincho / Novias
Sufjan Stevens / Futile Devices
Arcade Fire / Empty Room
The Dodos / Longform
Cold War Kids / Something Is Not Right With Me
Tim Kasher / Cold Love
No Age / Glitter
Achievement House / Summer Spirit
Fierce Creatures / The Great White
Blonde Redhead / Will There Be Stars

Playlist: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010

Cornershop / Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [The Beatles cover]
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / I'll Give It More
Arcade Fire / We Used To Wait
Black Keys / Ten Cent Pistol
Gorillaz / Rhinestone Eyes
The Thermals / You Changed My Life
Antony & The Johnsons / The Great White Ocean
Kelley Stoltz / Rock & Roll With Me
Gold Panda / You
Women / Can't You See
Besnard Lakes / Like the Ocean, Like The Innocent (Pt. 1)
Besnard Lakes / Like the Ocean, Like The Innocent (Pt. 2)
Spiritualized / Run
Fay Wrays / Transubstantiate The Sound
The Dodos / The Strums
Cold War Kids / Hang Me Up To Dry
Tim Kasher / A Grown Man
No Age / Life Prowler
Deerhunter / Revival Sailing
Achievement House / Summer Spirit
Velvet Underground & Nico / Venus In Furs
Best Coast / Each And Everyday
Morrissey / November Spawned A Monster
El Guincho / Bombay
Radiohead / Lurgee
Dylan Tidyman-Jones / Usulut
Hot Chip / I Feel Better
Shapes And Sizes / Tell Your Mum
Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna / Daytona 500
40 Watt Hype feat. Tim Z. Hernandez / The 99
Avey Tare / 3 Umbrellas
Sufjan Stevens / Futile Devices
Blonde Redhead / Spain
Sarah Dougher / Bella Abzug
Superchunk / Rosemarie
Strange Vine / Lonesome Trouble
Sparklejet / The Comeback
Love Language / This Room
M-R Shajarian / Tasnif Del e Majnoon ("Insane Heart")
Peanut Butter Wolf / Umbrellas
Joanna Newsom / Good Intentions Paving Co.
Admiral Radley / I Left U Cuz I Luft U

Playlist: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Best Coast / The End
The Raveonettes / Aly, Walk With Me
Black Tambourine / For Ex-Lovers Only
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart / Say No To Love
The Fresh & Onlys / Waterfall
Yann Tiersen / Amy
Azure Ray / In The Fog
Sufjan Stevens / Futile Devices
Superchunk / My Gap Feels Weird
Y La Bamba / Fasting In San Francisco
Ozomatli / 45
Ra Ra Riot / Foolish
Belle & Sebastian / I Want The World To Stop
Deerhunter / Helicopter
No Age / Valley Hump Crash
Women / China Steps
It'll Grow Back / Jaded Hipster Rise
Trumpet Solo / Gift
Achievement House / Summer Spirit
Fierce Creatures / Harpooning
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / Katie
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Take Cover
Sparklejet / Message To My Ear
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop / Forestiere Gardens
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Achievement House / Stateside
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / Dolly Girl
Sparklejet / Gotta Fill The Void
Sleigh Bells / Rill Rill
Gorillaz feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack / Stylo
The Thermals / Never Listen To Me
Arcade Fire / Month Of May
Liars / Scarecrows On A Killer Slant
Baths / Maximalist

Playlist: Friday, Oct. 15, 2010

Note: This set was a special Friday night DJ battle royale between me and Sir Phillip, a fellow Evening Eclectic host. Leave your thoughts in the comments as to whose playlist was the best!


JEFFERSON
Moby / Flower
Chemical Brothers feat. Beth Orton / Where Do I Begin
Beastie Boys / Gratitude
Camu Tao / King Of Hearts

SIR PHILLIP
Charlie Musselwhite / No More Lonely Nights
Brian Setzer / Jump Jive an’ Wail
Junior Walker & The All Stars / Shotgun
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings / How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?

JEFFERSON
Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Peaches & Henry Rollins / The Great Gig in the Sky
Karl Blau / Crucial Contact
Spiritualized / Soul On Fire
Shapes And Sizes / Too Late For Dancing

SIR PHILLIP
The Raconteurs / You Don’t Understand Me
Bruce Springsteen / Secret Garden
Cat Power / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Rolling Stones cover]
Broken Bells / October

JEFFERSON
Nitzer Ebb / Lightning Man
Passion Pit / Cuddle Fuddle
Roots Manuva / Kick Up Ya Foot
Madlib / Where Do I Go

SIR PHILLIP
Frank Sinatra / That’s Life
Elvis Presley / A Big Hunk O’ Love
Dean Martin / You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You
Roy Orbison / Dream Baby

JEFFERSON
Ozomatli / Como Ves
Nat King Cole feat. Nas / The Game Of Love
Let’s Wrestle / In Dreams
Best Coast / Honey

SIR PHILLIP
The Hives / Tick Tick Boom
Muse / Hysteria
Queens Of The Stone Age / Everybody Knows That You Are Insane
Them Crooked Vultures / Scumbag Blues

JEFFERSON
Fiver / Mini-Bunny
Admiral Radley / The Thread
Geraldine Fibbers / California Tuffy
The Walkmen / Revenge Wears No Wristwatch

SIR PHILLIP
Wolfmother / Pyramid
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / You Drive Me Wild
Rilo Kiley / The Moneymaker
Blitzen Trapper / Below The Hurricane

JEFFERSON
Liev Tuk / Rom Sue Sue "Dance Soul Soul"
College Kids On The Dope Slope / The Big Fresno Fair

SIR PHILLIP
Spoon / Black Like Me
Weezer / O Girlfriend

Playlist: Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

David Byrne / Loco De Amor
Novalima / Machete
Dengue Fever / Tiger Phone Card
Blonde Redhead / Will There Be Stars
Owen Pallett / Don't Stop
Interpol / Summer Well
Ra Ra Riot / Boy
Nat Shilkret and his Victor Orchestra / Lucky Lindy
Johnny Horton / The Battle Of New Orleans
Gil Scott-Heron / New York Is Killing Me
Mavis Staples / Last Train
College Kids on the Dope Slope / The Big Fresno Fair
Y La Bamba / Juniper
Joy Division / Atmosphere
The Weepies / Be My Thrill
The Weepies / They're In Love, Where Am I?
The Weepies / I Was Made For Sunny Days
Shapes And Sizes / Too Late For Dancing
Sea Wolf / O Maria!
We Barbarians / War Clouds
Strange Vine / Justin's Song
The Fresh & Onlys / Waterfall
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
The Whiskey & The Devil Chaplain / I Am A Liar
Ozomatli / O Le Le
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos In Love
The Impalers / Mission Strut
fun. / Walking The Dog
The Dodos / Longform
Cold War Kids / Something Is Not Right With Me
Tim Kasher / Bad, Bad Dreams
No Age / Teen Creeps
Fierce Creatures / The Great White
Trumpet Solo / Hard Working Economy
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Take Cover
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop / Forestiere Gardens
Robyn / Fembot
Head Like A Kite / Director's Cut

Playlist: Friday, Oct. 8, 2010

Hot Lava / JPG In The Sun
Art Museums / Rough Frame
Interpol / Memory Serves
Owen Pallett / Honour The Dead, Or Else
Doveman / Footloose [Kenny Loggins cover]
Liev Tuk / Rom Sue Sue "Dance Soul Soul"
Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & Capadonna / Daytona 500
Dwight Yoakam / My Heart Skips A Beat [Buck Owens cover]
Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Peaches & Henry Rollins / The Great Gig In The Sky
Tim Kasher / I'm Afraid I'm Gonna Die Here
Black Keys / Next Girl
College Kids on the Dope Slope / The Big Fresno Fair
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos In Love
Strange Boys / Friday In Paris
Blakroc feat. Nicole Wray / Why Can't I Forget Him
Thom Yorke / All For The Best
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Corin Tucker Band / Doubt
Marnie Stern / For Ash
Stereo Total / Baby Ouh!
Sea Wolf / Wicked Blood
Electric Wire Hustle / Chaser
We Barbarians / War Clouds
The Fresh & Onlys / Waterfall
The Ramones / Teenage Lobotomy
Male Bonding / Year's Not Long
Harlem / Spray Paint
Rafter / A Frame
Hot Chip / I Feel Better
MGMT / Brian Eno
OK Go / White Knuckles
Cold Cave / The Trees Grew Emotions And Died
Discovery / Osaka Loop Line
Wild Beasts / We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues
Fol Chen / In Ruins
The xx / VCR
Royksopp feat. Robyn / The Girl And The Robot
Kleerup feat. Robyn / With Every Heartbeat
Delorean / Stay Close
jj / Let Go
Health / We Are Water

Playlist: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010

Arcade Fire / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Discovery / Swing Tree
Massive Attack feat. Tunde Adebimpe / Pray For Rain
Moby / Wait For Me
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Inspiration Information
Interpol / Memory Serves
Elliott Smith / Ballad Of Big Nothing
Cassettes Won't Listen / Let's Go To Bed [The Cure cover]
Joy Division / She's Lost Control [Peel Session version]
Hot Chip / Transmission [Joy Division cover]
Blonde Redhead / My Plants Are Dead
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Mr. You're On Fire Mr. [Liars cover]
Vetiver / On The Other Side
Moon Duo / Stumbling 22nd St.
Strange Boys / Da Da
Jaill / Everyone's Hip
Greenladies / Mil Anos
Baths / Lovely Bloodflow
Gorillaz / Pirate Jet
Wu-Tang Clan / Protect Ya Neck [radio version]
Pavement / Spit On A Stranger
Wheels Of Fortune / SF Wind
Rademacher / Winter
Sleepover Disaster / On A Sunday
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop / Send The Band To Liverpool
Camu Tao / King Of Hearts
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli / History
BlakRoc feat. Mos Def / On The Vista
Cool Kids / Black Mags
Beck / Ghettochip Malfunction [Hell Yes remix by 8-Bit]
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Hornet Leg / Ribbon Of Fear
She & Him / If You Can't Sleep
The Smiths / Shakespeare's Sister
Radiohead / House Of Cards
Love Language / This Blood Is Our Own
Dirty Projectors / Remade Horizon
Sleater-Kinney / Lions And Tigers
Times New Viking / Martin Luther King Day
Crystal Stilts / Crystal Stilts
Morning Benders / Stitches
Black Lips / Trapped In A Basement
Talking Heads / I Get Wild (Wild Gravity)
Comet Gain / Love Without Lies
Owen Pallett / Scandal At The Parkade
The Fall / Funnel Of Love [Wanda Jackson cover]

Playlist: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010

Flaming Lips / See The Leaves
Money Mark / Spiders
Lackthereof / Fake Empire [The National cover]
The Knife / Like A Pen
Blonde Redhead / Spain
Interpol / Always Malaise (The Man I Am)
The Vaselines / Sex With An X
Owen Pallett / Don't Stop
Mountain Goats / Noche del Guajolote
Ferraby Lionheart / Pocketknife
Deer Tick / Choir Of Angels
Strange Vine / Lonesome Trouble
Sleigh Bells / Riot Rhythm
The Clipse feat. Pharrell Williams / Mr. Me Too
Mavis Staples / In Christ There Is No East Or West
Besnard Lakes / And This Is What We Call Progress
Fol Chen / They Came To Me
Cibo Matto / Sugar Water
Neverever / Young Runaways
ceo / No Mercy
Wavves / Post Acid
Presidents of the United States of America / Dune Buggy
Jenny and Johnny / My Pet Snakes
MGMT / I Found A Whistle
Black Keys / Heavy Soul
Hank Williams / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Best Coast / Our Deal
The Drums / It Will All End In Tears
Y La Bamba / Isla de Hierva Buena
Scout Niblett / Bargin
Kate Bush / Army Dreamers
Crystal Castles / Doe Deer
Arcade Fire / We Used To Wait
The Books / I Didn't Know That
Marty Robbins / A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
Band Of Horses / Dilly
Admiral Radley / Sunburn Kids
Eels / What's A Fella Gotta Do
Ra Ra Riot / Foolish
White Stripes / Screwdriver
White Stripes / St. James Infirmary Blues
Born Ruffians / Retard Canard
Clinic / Tomorrow
Joy Division / Glass
Baths / Aminals

Playlist: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010

Earlimart / Unintentional Tape Manipulations
Admiral Radley / Chingas In The West
The Vaselines / Ruined
Y La Bamba / Crocodile Eyes
Grinderman / When My Baby Comes
Owen Pallett / A Man With No Ankles
Joy Division / No Love Lost [Arrow Studios version, rec. May 1978]
New Order / I.C.B. [Peel Session version, rec. 26 Jan. 1981]
Camu Tao / Bird Flu
Sharon Jones / Dancing Together
Jenny And Johnny / Scissor Runner
El Guincho / Bombay
Tim Kasher / A Grown Man
Abe Vigoda / Sequins
Blonde Redhead / Penny Sparkle
Blonde Redhead / In Particular
Baths / Hall
ceo / Come With Me
Black Keys / The Breaks
Ryan G. Tallman / Bola
Mountain Goats / Going To Georgia
Wheels Of Fortune / Trampling The Fields Of The Lord
Arcade Fire / Deep Blue
Jaill / Everyone's Hip
Best Coast / Crazy For You
The Thermals / Power Lies
Strange Boys / Be Brave
Roy Orbison / California Blue
Fol Chen / C/U
OK Go / White Knuckles
The Intelligence / The Universe
Interpol / Success
Mavis Staples / Don't Knock
Dirty Projectors / Stillness Is The Move [Lucky Dragons remix]
Ra Ra Riot / Boy
Pissed Jeans / False Jesii Part 2
Love Language / This Room
Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle / Typewriter Tip, Tip, Tip [from Bombay Talkie]
Cat Power / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Rolling Stones cover]
Azure Ray / Don't Leave My Mind
Dungen / Skit I Allt
Male Bonding / Pumpkin
Neverever / Teardrop Tattoo
White Stripes / Jumble, Jumble
Art Museums / Oh Modern Girls

Playlist: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010

White Stripes / Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Black Keys / Everlasting Light
Love Language / Pedals
Baths / Apologetic Shoulder Blades
Flying Lotus feat. Laura Darlington / Table Tennis
Ozomatli / Are You Ready?
Strange Boys / Be Brave
Tracey Thorn / Oh, The Divorces!
Quasi / Rockabilly Party
Rafter / Beauty, Beauty
Best Coast / When The Sun Don't Shine
Shapes & Sizes / Too Late For Dancing
Camu Tao / Fonny Valentine
The Intelligence / Sailor Itch
High Winds / Summer Air
The Greenladies / Clover Honey
Style Like Revelators / Daggers
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Take Cover
Let's Wrestle / In Dreams
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Red Right Hand
Johnny Cash / Ain't No Grave
DJ Shadow / Organ Donor
King Khan & The Shrines / Took My Lady To Dinner
Velvet Underground / I'm Waiting For The Man
Gil Scott-Heron / New York Is Killing Me
Rivers Cuomo / Don't Worry Baby [Beach Boys cover]
Wild Beasts / We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart / Say No To Love
M.I.A. feat. Jay-Z / XXXO
Of Montreal / Coquet Coquette
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Money
She & Him / Ridin' In My Car
Arcade Fire / Ready To Start
Perfume Genius / Mr. Peterson
Gorillaz feat. Mark E. Smith / Glitter Freeze
Autolux / Supertoys
Admiral Radley / The Thread
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Black Lips / Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today
Morning Benders / Stitches
Scout Niblett / Duke Of Anxiety
Grandaddy / Go Progress Chrome
Jaill / Thank Us Later
Fol Chen / The Holograms

Playlist: Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010

Nirvana / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
New Order / Regret
Perfume Genius / Lookout, Lookout
Wolf Parade / Ghost Pressure
The Drums / Let's Go Surfing
Best Coast / Bratty B
Mazzy Star / Ride It On
Aphex Twin / Girl/Boy Song
Radiohead / Palo Alto
Underworld / Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
Fierce Creatures / Phantom Athletes
Racelegs / Mansions
The Mallard / Cutesy
Dylan Tidyman-Jones / Antelope
Pavement / Gold Soundz
Sinead O'Connor / I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Elliott Smith / Last Call
Smashing Pumpkins / 1979
She & Him / In The Sun
Tera Melos / In Citrus Heights
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Banned (By The Man)
Wavves / Linus Spacehead
John Spencer Blues Explosion / Bellbottoms
The Pixies / La La Love You
Tricky / Black Steel [Public Enemy cover]
Weezer / Jamie
New Pornographers / Crash Years
Besnard Lakes / Albatross
The Intelligence / Estate Sales
Kid Mud / Federated
Portishead / All Mine [rec. live 24 July 1997]
Liz Phair / Mesmerizing
Sebadoh / Mind Reader
Beth Orton / I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Jaill / Everyone's Hip
Les Savy Fav / Lips N' Stuff
Tokyo Police Club / Favourite Colour
Deer Tick / I Will Not Be Myself
Sleater-Kinney / Words And Guitar
The Sundays / Cry
Neutral Milk Hotel / Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone

Playlist: Monday, Sept. 6, 2010

Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn / Protection
Jesus & Mary Chain / Save Me
The Thermals / I Don't Believe You
Gorillaz feat. Mark E. Smith / Glitter Freeze
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / I Learned The Hard Way
The Books / IDKT
Bjork / Hyperballad [Brodsky Quartet version]
Neko Case / Magpie To The Morning
Arcade Fire / Empty Room
Band Of Horses / Infinite Arms
Admiral Radley / Chingas In The West
Strange Vine / Close Your Eyes
Camu Tao / King Of Hearts
The Amps / Tipp City
Fol Chen / They Came To Me
Of Montreal / Coquet Coquette
Wild Beasts / We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues
Moby / Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
Beastie Boys / And Me
Luscious Jackson / Mood Swing
Elliott Smith / No Name No.3
Beck / Satan Gave Me A Taco
Helium / Leon's Space Song
Trumpet Solo / Hard Working Economy
Handsome Furs / Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
Neverever / Teardrop Tattoo
Style Like Revelators / Devil's Road Blues
Broken Social Scene / Forced To Love
Sleigh Bells / Riot Rhythm
Crystal Castles / Doe Deer
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Rademacher / Rocket Ship
Fay Wrays / Broken Wings
PJ Harvey / Oh My Lover
Ani DiFranco / Joyful Girl
Janelle Monae feat. Saul Williams / Dance Or Die
Beach House / Norway
Love Language / This Room
ceo / No Mercy
Autolux / Transit Transit
Black Keys / Howlin' For You
Johnny Cash / Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Strange Boys / Dare I Say
Cake / Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Cat Power / Colors And The Kids
Blur / She's So High
Grandaddy / Wretched Songs

Saturday morning in Fresno

My wife Tracy discovered a strange and scary scene in front of our house this morning, while getting back from walking the dog. On our front porch -- in addition to the morning newspaper -- was a discarded pair of jean shorts with a belt, bloodstained work boots and socks, a large puddle of coagulated blood, and a half-dozen quarter-sized spots of blood -- all about a foot from our front door.


We're not crime scene investigators, of course, but it appeared that the person staggered up to our front porch, sat on the ledge of the flowerbed, and bled onto the concrete for a while. The person smashed one of Tracy's plants and knocked over several others, took off his boots, socks, and shorts, sat and bled for a bit, figuring out what to do, and then left.


We canceled our breakfast plans and called Fresno PD. They dispatched Officer Maynez, who slipped on his rubber gloves and poked around at the items. "So, these aren't yours?" he asked. He found a single folded dollar in the pants pocket and noted what he called a significant amount of blood on the porch and on the boots. He speculated that maybe someone ran from a DUI, but he said that those kinds of incidents usually involve the person discarding their shirt in order to avoid description. After taking some notes, he then asked us for a paper bag so he could pick up the items, recommended we clean things up with a generous dose of bleach, and then at my request gave us a couple pairs of rubber gloves to protect ourselves.


Officer Maynez said he would make a report on the call, in case "there was a homicide or a shooting or something" nearby. I asked him if he would need any photos or samples of the blood. He said, "No, there's plenty of blood on the shoes if we need DNA." I went to Walgreens and bought a cheap jug of bleach and a scrubber. I slipped on the gloves that Officer Maynez gave us, doused all the bloody spots with bleach, and scrubbed the porch clean. Tracy then hosed everything off and we righted her overturned plants.


The whole sequence reminded me of an incident in 2004, when my brother from another mother, Eric Parker, first moved in. It was Eric's first night in the house and he walked out to his car the next morning to bring in some of his things. He noticed that my garage had been tagged with graffiti. We discovered later that day that our neighbor's front door and car had also been tagged, as well as the baseball backstops in the park across the street. It was a rude welcome to the neighborhood for Eric, and it was the kind of unsettling incident that happens in the dead of night that we often do not see until morning.

Playlist: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010

Adem / Invisible Man [The Breeders cover]
Young Galaxy / Destroyer
Love Language / Wilmont
The Thermals / I'm Gonna Change Your Life
Les Savy Fav / Sleepless In Silver Lake
The Intelligence / The Universe
Strange Boys / Night Might
Sleater-Kinney / Modern Girl
Le Loup / Saddle Mountain
ceo / Love And Do What You Will
A Place To Bury Strangers / To Fix The Gash In Your Head
Johnny Cash / Time Of The Preacher [Willie Nelson cover]
The Lower 48 / Mama's Eye
Flying Lotus feat. Thundercat / Mmm Hmm
Radiohead / Just
White Stripes / Jimmy The Exploder
Moldy Peaches / Anyone Else But You
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang / The Sounds Are Always Begging
Spoon / The Mystery Zone
Brother Luke & The Comrades / Save Your Self
Dizzee Rascal / Sirens
Baths / Heart
Arcade Fire / Half Light I
Arcade Fire / Half Light II (No Celebration)
Camu Tao / Bird Flu
Ferraby Lionheart / Harry And Bess
Tera Melos / Frozen Zoo
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Stuart Gets Lost Dans Le Metro
Clinic / Distortions
Harlem / Spray Paint
Gift Of Gab feat. Vursatyl / The Writz
Fol Chen / The Holograms
Joy Division / She's Lost Control [Peel Session version, Feb. 1979]
Best Coast / Summer Mood
The Books / Thirty Incoming/A Wonderful Phrase By Gandhi
Autolux / Census
Sleigh Bells / Rill Rill
Neutral Milk Hotel / You've Passed
Joy Division / Interzone [Arrow Studios version, May 1978]
Heatmiser / The Fix Is In
Black Keys / Everywhere I Go [Junior Kimbrough cover]
Admiral Radley / Red Curbs
Morning Benders / Excuses

Eating out: Robertito's Taco Shop (Fresno, CA)

I am definitely not the most high-profile taco connoisseur in these parts, but I do like to frequent a few good taco joints around Fresno. One of my favorites is Robertito's Taco Shop at Blackstone and Gettysburg. It's open 24 hours and it has become the perfect late-night stop for my wife Tracy and me when we're coming home late from a show downtown or in the Tower. My stand-by order is two chicken tacos a la carte, although there are plenty of other guilty pleasures on the menu.


I recently ate lunch at Robertito's with my dear friend Teresa Flores, a local mixed-media artist and filmmaker. Teresa is a Fresno native and, like me, has a longtime love affair with Robertito's. We met there for a going-away lunch on the eve of Teresa leaving for Santa Monica and the prestigious Otis College of Art and Design, where she will pursue an MFA in public art. Teresa ordered the California burrito with carne asada, which is a favorite order of another artist friend of ours because it's a burrito that includes -- wait for it -- french fries!


While there, Teresa told me about a short film she once shot in the Robertito's women's bathroom. She said that it used to be covered floor to ceiling with graffiti, a scene that someone like Teresa, who loves graffiti art, absolutely loves. The day we met for lunch was the first time she'd eaten there in a while, and she reported that the current bathroom was much different now. Teresa wrote on her blog about the cult status of the Robertito's bathroom and her disappointment at its cleanup and makeover.


Even though the place has a long history of being sketchy, we agreed that both the food and the company was good. (The bathrooms are also pretty clean now, as you can see.) Graffiti art in the bathrooms or not, eating at Robertito's feels a little like sitting inside a time capsule -- the ripped vinyl seating, the faded menu board, the greasy order window, the rickety wooden trash box, and so on. The cache always feels special.

Bathroom photos courtesy Teresa Flores, who is camera shy.

Robertito's Taco Shop
4509 N. Blackstone Ave., Fresno, CA 93704

Playlist: Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

Love Language / Blue Angel
Arcade Fire / Sprawl I (Flatland)
Arcade Fire / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Scout Niblett / Cherry Cheek Bomb
Autolux / Audience No. 2
Land Of Talk / Hamburg, Noon
Best Coast / Boyfriend
Flaming Lips / The Spiderbite Song
Johnny Cash / For The Good Times [Kris Kristofferson cover]
Public Enemy / Bring The Noise
New Order / Lonesome Tonight
Bjork / Declare Independence
Yo La Tengo / Here To Fall [De La Soul remix]
Toro Y Moi / Low Shoulder
Of Montreal / Coquet Coquette
Style Like Revelators / Devil's Road Blues
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Strange Vine / Justin's Song
Trumpet Solo / Gift
Dr. Dog / Where'd All The Time Go?
Dr. Dog / The Ark
Bright Eyes / First Day Of My Life
Moby / James Bond Theme [Moby's re-version]
Strange Boys / Da Da
Ernest Tubb / Walking The Floor Over You
Black Keys / Howlin' For You
Adam Green / Stadium Soul
Joy Division / Transmission [Arrow Studios version, May 1978]
Male Bonding / Weird Feelings
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos In Love
Fol Chen / They Came To Me
Jaill / Summer Mess
Janelle Monae feat. Saul Williams / Dance Or Die
The Drums / Let's Go Surfing
Band Of Horses / Compliments
Admiral Radley / Ghosts Of Syllables
Portishead / Western Eyes
John Heart Jackie / Hook In My Arm
Neverever / Blue Genes
Baths / Plea
Adem / To Cure A Weakling Child + Girl/Boy Song [Aphex Twin cover]
Komeda / Rocket Plane (Music On The Moon)
Regina / Sain levyt joita et halua kuunnella
Wavves / Mickey Mouse

Playlist: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010

Tori Amos / Raspberry Swirl
The Books / Thirty Incoming
Sleigh Bells / Rill Rill
Jaill / Snake Shakes
Arcade Fire / Ready To Start
Best Coast / Crazy For You
Autolux / Supertoys
Ceo / Illuminata
40 Watt Hype / Mas Y Mas
Mayer Hawthorne / Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'
Love Language / Summer Dust
Gil Scott-Heron / I'll Take Care Of You
Quiet Americans / Kill Summer
Dylan Tidyman-Jones / Usulut
Marty Robbins / Maybellene
Black Keys / Never Gonna Give You Up
Foo Fighters / Big Me
Crystal Castles / Doe Deer
Scout Niblett / Lucy Lucifer
Of Montreal / Coquet Coqeutte
Land Of Talk / Cloak And Cipher
Social Studies / We Choose Our Own Adventures
Lake Heartbeat / Mystery
Reporter / Click Shaw
Perfume Genius / Lookout, Lookout
The Sugarcubes / Eat The Menu
Efterklang / Harmonics
Admiral Radley / Sunburn Kids
The Greenladies / Clover Honey
Strange Vine / Close Your Eyes
DJ Muggs & Planet Asia / Pain Language
Wheels Of Fortune / Fresno Is A Good Little Town
Style Like Revelators / Doctor
The Suppressors / Kids
Trumpet Solo / Gift
Fierce Creatures / The Great White
Pavement / Heaven Is A Truck
Deer Tick / I Will Not Be Myself
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Banned (By The Man)
Foals / After Glow
Wavves / Covertible Balloon
Le Tigre / Fake French
Tammy Wynette / I Don't Wanna Play House
Sloan / Stove
Four Tet / Angel Echoes

Eating out: Loving Hut (Fresno, CA)

Tracy and I had a lovely visit from my cousin Marisa a few weeks back. She was up from Simi Valley visiting family in Fresno and Dinuba, just weeks before leaving to Albuquerque, N.M., to begin her Ph.D. program in communication and media studies at the University of New Mexico. Marisa and I, through the wonders of Facebook, have kept in better touch these last few years, and she and Tracy have a lot in common, being fellow speech and communication scholars.


Marisa and her family eat mostly vegetarian and vegan food, so we delighted in taking her to one of our favorite Fresno vegan restaurants, Loving Hut, near Fresno City College in the Tower District. Loving Hut is a small national chain of vegan restaurants whose motto is: "Be veg. Go green. Save the planet." Of course, I love saving the planet and being green as much as the next guy. But I also happen to love the vegan Vietnamese food at Loving Hut.


I ordered the No.6, a dish called Blissful State. It consisted of lemongrass vegan soy protein, steamed rice, and veggies. This is my favorite dish from Loving Hut, and has stayed mostly the same since the restaurant was formerly called Au Lac, before the national affiliation sometime in the last year. The pepper flakes make the lemongrass vegan soy protein so hot, and it's one of my favorite fake meat dishes in town.


Tracy ordered the No.11, a dish called Meditative Chow Mein. It had delicate yellow noodles, tofu, vegan soy protein, onions, and veggies. Later, in her experiments with her Take-out Menu Cookbook, Tracy has tried to re-create this dish at home, to excellent effect. So excellent, in fact, that I'm actually eating bok choy willingly these days. (I'm a picky veggie eater and always have been, but this dish has changed my mind about bok choy.)


Marisa ordered the No.18, a dish called Divine Pho. It consisted of rice noodles, veggie broth, oyster mushrooms, tofu, and vegan protein. Marisa said she often likes to order pho at pan-Asian restaurants. It made me feel a bit guilty, as a longtime Fresnan, that I didn't take her to one of the many hole-in-the-wall numbered pho joints near our house. But there's always a good bowl of pho to be had next time when my dear cousin comes through town.

Loving Hut
1495 North Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93728

Playlist: Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010

Roy Orbison / Candy Man
Black Keys / Do the Rump [Junior Kimbrough cover]
John Heart Jackie / Gold Mounds
Vieux Farka Toure / Chérie Lé
Wavves / King of the Beach
The Pixies / Debaser
Patrick Contreras Band / 1st and Belmont
Pavement / In the Mouth a Desert
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Window Shopping
Crystal Castles / Fainting Spells
Band Of Horses / Factory
Love Language / Brittany's Back
Arcade Fire / The Suburbs
Shapes & Sizes / Too Late for Dancing
Joanna Newsom / Soft as Chalk
Hot Chip / I Feel Better
Wheels Of Fortune / Give It All Back
Luke Top / Lord, Save Me from This Valley
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Southern Gentleman [Live in KFSR studio]
Kate Bush / Hounds of Love
Pinkeye / Friends
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Cold Sister [Live in KFSR studio]
Eggstone / Desdemona
Rademacher / They are Always Into That
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / New Directions [Live in KFSR studio]
No Cello / My Piano
Van Dyke Parks / Riverboat
Milk for the Morning Cake / Dead Summer
The Smiths / Ask
Hoppi Potti / Graduation
Mike and the Green Lady / Where to Buy Harps
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Take Cover
Fierce Creatures / Harpooning
Perfume Genius / You Won't Be Here
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse feat. Jason Lytle / Jaykub
CocoRosie / Hopscotch
Grandaddy / Revolution [The Beatles cover]
Scout Niblett / Cherry Cheek Bomb
The Books / All You Need Is A Wall
Mayer Hawthorne / Green Eyed Love

Back to school means new portfolios

I love back to school time, when all the deals on school supplies come pouring out at retailers, office stores, and drugstores. After eating breadsticks and pizza for lunch with my parents at Corsaro's Pizza on Draper Street in downtown Kingsburg, Tracy found these amazing portfolios while puttering through the Walgreens in Kb. While it is true that I love my Pee Chee portfolios from back in the day, these folders at Walgreens were supercute.


Tracy's favorite, with li'l crabs.


Some folders were quite a bit nuttier than others.


I've always suspected popsicles and peace were connected.


Pirate themes are always a big hit with the kids.


Now here's a portfolio that the farm bureau and the C+C Music Factory could equally love.

I love new portfolios. The end.

Playlist: Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010

Fol Chen / This is Where the Road Belongs
New Order / The Him
Interpol / Obstacle 2
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop / Send the Band to Liverpool
Wavves / Post Acid
Regina / Saanko jaada yoksi?
Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Say No To Love
Fay Wrays / Transubstantiate the Sound
Joanna Newsom / Cosmia
A Place to Bury Strangers / Keep Slipping Away
Jonsi / Animal Arithmetic
Fierce Creatures / Phantom Athletes
Arcade Fire / The Suburbs
Patsy Cline / Walkin' After Midnight
Blitzen Trapper / Laughing Lover
40 Watt Hype / Only the Strong Survive
Run-D.M.C. / Beats to the Rhyme
Crystal Castles / Pap Smear
Baths / Indoorsy
Strange Vine / Old Friend
Perfume Genius / Mr. Peterson
Japandroids / Wet Hair
Jaill / She's My Baby
Bad Andy & The Sunburns / Breathe Deep
William Fitzsimmons / If You Would Come Back Home
Cat Power / No Sense
Black Keys / Everlasting Light
Ratatat / We Can't Be Stopped
Trumpet Solo / Gift
Animal Collective / Water Curses
The Strokes / Is This It
Love Language / Summer Dust
The Whiskey and the Devil Chaplain / I Am a Liar
Wolf Parade / Two Men in New Tuxedos
She & Him / Gonna Get Along Without You Now
Beach House / Norway
The Suppressors / Marcus Wesson
The Books / I Didn't Know That
Grandaddy / Sikh in a Baja VW Bug
John Heart Jackie / Hook in My Arm
Joy Division / No Love Lost
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse feat. Iggy Pop / Pain
Admiral Radley / The Thread

Playlist: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Peaches & Henry Rollins / The Great Gig in the Sky
Heart Of Gold / Miss May
Fierce Creatures / Phantom Athletes
The Books / Beautiful People
The Drums / Me and the Moon
The National / Sorrow
The Like / I Can See It In Your Eyes
Arrington de Dionyso / Kedalaman Air
Crystal Castles / Vietnam
Perfume Genius / You Won't Be Here
Wavves / Super Soaker
The Fall / Funnel of Love [Wanda Jackson cover]
Giant Haystacks / The Process
Unnatural Helpers / Head Collector
Male Bonding / Pumpkin
Harlem / Faces
Regina / Totuus minusta
M.I.A. feat. Jay-Z / XXXO
Shelby Lynne / Your Lies
Admiral Radley / Chingas in the West
William Fitzsimmons / I Don't Feel It Anymore (Song of the Sparrow)
Baths / You're My Excuse to Travel
John Heart Jackie / Deep as Whales
Vieux Farka Toure / Fafa
Black Keys / Sinister Kid
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / The Game Gets Old
Johnny Cash / For the Good Times [Kris Kristofferson cover]
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Why Don't You Do Right? [Peggy Lee cover]
Sleigh Bells / Rill Rill
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Cherry Bomb
Deer Tick / Piece By Piece and Frame By Frame
Pavement / Here
James Brittain-Gore / Rustle in the Leaves
Hank Williams / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
The Breeders / Fortunately Gone
Heart Of Gold / Treason
The Books / I Didn't Know That
Of Montreal / For Our Elegant Caste
Mr. Scruff feat. Alice Russell / Music Takes Me Up
Fol Chen / C/U
Jaill / Summer Mess
Scout Niblett / Duke of Anxiety
Love Language / Pedals
Mehreideran / Petit Chien
The Pixies / Crackity Jones
Strange Vine / Old Friend

Playlist: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Sugarfoot
Black Keys / Howlin' For You
The Smiths / Panic
Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Peaches & Henry Rollins / The Great Gig in the Sky
CocoRosie / Hopscotch
Sleigh Bells / Riot Rhythm
Morcheeba / Even Though
Regina / Tapaa minut aamulla
Young Galaxy / Oh Sister
Heart Of Gold / Blue Rose
Beck / Que Onda Guero
Buck Owens / My Heart Skips A Beat
Yo La Tengo / Here To Fall [Pete Rock remix]
Talking Heads / Blind
Avi Buffalo / One Last
Fierce Creatures / The Brute And The Beast
Sleepy Sun / Open Eyes
Baths / Maximalist
Admiral Radley / I Heart California
Band Of Horses / Dilly
Deer Tick / Twenty Miles
Pavement / Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)
Jaill / Everyone's Hip
Wavves / When Will You Come
The Books / IDKT
The Drums / Let's Go Surfing
Strange Vine / Close Your Eyes
40 Watt Hype / Mas Y Mas
Rademacher / Herndon & 99 [Panty Lions cover]
Fay Wrays / This Song's About Brotherly Love
Akron/Family / The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen
The Walkmen / Wake Up
Love Language / Heart To Tell
The National / Anyone's Ghost
Cat Power / American Flag
Le Loup / Forgive Me
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse feat. James Mercer / Insane Lullaby
Perfume Genius / Lookout, Lookout
These United States / The Great Rivers
Born Ruffians / Oh Man
Fol Chen / In Ruins
Aimee Mann / You Could Make A Killing
Moon Duo / Escape

Divas love Home Depot

I took my good friend Reaz to Home Depot this morning so he could get a spare apartment key cut. When we got there, I noticed that the key center had a whole wall of sports team keys. Keys of all shapes, sizes and team affiliations were available. I snapped this photo of the NFL keys available for the Raiders and 49ers. Reaz, who previously lived in Texas, looked for a Cowboys key but we couldn't find one. He picked up his regular spare key, with cutting, for less than two bucks. These sports team keys started at more than three bones just for the blanks, cutting not included.


I asked the Home Depot lady if they sold a lot of the sports keys. She said not really, but that they do sell a lot of the Diva keys to women. What are those, you ask? Well, on the side of the key center was a whole collection of Diva keyblanks for sale, starting at $4.48 just for the blanks. Some later Googling revealed that Diva keyblanks were available in dozens of designs, colors and bedazzled options, often for cheaper than Home Depot charged. I think my blogger/artist friends Aurora and Jenn would particularly appreciate Diva keys.


The keys got me to thinking about how everyone seems to be talking about divas these days. I told Reaz my theory about how I feel like I have to "look the part" when shopping at Home Depot. Since I bought my house in 2002, I've made many, many trips to the home improvement giant at all hours of the day for all sorts of tools and gadgets I've never even heard of, let alone thought to buy. I've often joked that I feel as if I need to clip a tape measure onto my belt or wear dirty work boots to be taken seriously by many of the Home Depot customer service folks. On this day, Reaz and I entered the store in our tennis gear on our way to the courts at Kastner Intermediate. I had on my little white footie socks and my Fresno State tee and he had on his headband. We did not exactly look like Home Depot types. But if a diva could do it, I guess we could, too.