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.

Playlist: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Squirrel Nut Zippers / Hell
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Trouble In Your Mind
Flying Lotus feat. Thom Yorke / And The World Laughs With You
Besnard Lakes / Land Of Living Skies, Pts. 1 & 2
Beach House / Real Love
Art Museums / We Can't Handle It
Fol Chen / The Holograms
Fierce Creatures / Harpooning
Joy Division / Transmission
Band Of Horses / For Annabelle
Deer Tick / Choir Of Angels
Admiral Radley / Red Curbs
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse feat. Jason Lytle / Jaykub
Local Natives / Airplanes
Love Language / This Blood Is Our Own
Ana Tijoux / 1977
Maren Parusel / Days In Universe
Avi Buffalo / What's In It For?
Baths / Hall
Maps & Atlases / Artichokes
Sleepy Sun / Wild Machines
Strange Vine / Close Your Eyes
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / The Hook
New Pornographers / A Bite Out Of My Bed
Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Henry Rollins / Brain Damage
Sleigh Bells / Tell 'Em
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Money
KaitO / Try Me Out
Scout Niblett / Cherry Cheek Bomb
Black Keys / I'm Not The One
Ozomatli / Gay Vatos In Love
Tricky feat. Martina Topley-Bird / Black Steel [Public Enemy cover]
Yo La Tengo / Here To Fall [De La Soul remix]
Gorillaz / Broken
Talking Heads / Don't Worry About The Government
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Beverly Kills
Archie Bronson Outfit / Shark's Tooth
Crystal Castles / Doe Deer
The Fall / Funnel Of Love [Wanda Jackson cover]
Unnatural Helpers / Sunshine/Pretty Girls
Strange Boys / Be Brave
Let's Wrestle / In Dreams
Ra Ra Riot / Suspended In Gaffa [Kate Bush cover]
Eels / Unhinged

Playlist: Tuesday, July 7, 2010 (set two)

Public Enemy / Louder Than A Bomb
Flying Lotus / Clock Catcher
Foals / This Orient
Beach House / 10 Mile Stereo
Efterklang / Scandinavian Love
The National / Sorrow
Kate Bush / Love And Anger
Goldfrapp / I Wanna Life
Art Museums / Oh Modern Girls
Jamie Lidell / Multiply
Delta Spirit / Bushwick Blues
The Heligoats / Heat Vents
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse feat. Black Francis / Angel's Harp
MGMT / Brian Eno
Fierce Creatures / The Brute And The Beast
Avi Buffalo / Where's Your Dirty Mind
Yeasayer / O.N.E.
New Pornographers / Silver Jenny Dollar
A Place To Bury Strangers / It Is Nothing
Mr. Oizo / Gay Dentists
Band Of Horses / Infinite Arms
Love Language / Brittany's Back
Glitch Mob / Bad Wings
Dan Sartain / Praying For A Miracle
Casiokids / Gront Lys I Alle Ledd
Perfume Genius / Mr. Peterson
Baths / Heart
Admiral Radley / The Thread
Pavement / Debris Slide
Dr. Dog / Mirror Mirror
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends / Set Out Running
Cat Power / Naked If I Want To [Moby Grape cover]
Loretta Lynn / She's Got You [Patsy Cline cover]
Creedence Clearwater Revival / Down On The Corner
Neverever / Underwater Ballet
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart / Say No To Love
The Like / Wishing He Was Dead
Golden Triangle / Death To Fame
Black Keys / Never Gonna Give You Up
Punch Brothers / Next To The Trash
Dead Weather / I Can't Hear You
Blitzen Trapper feat. Alela Diane / The Tree
Besnard Lakes / Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent (Pts. 1 & 2)

Playlist: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (set one)

Fierce Creatures / Phantom Athletes
Velvet Underground / What Goes On
Chemical Brothers / Swoon
Prodigy / Voodoo People [Chemical Brothers remix]
Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs feat. Henry Rollins & Peaches / The Great Gig in the Sky
Lou Reed / Walk On The Wild Side
Laura Marling / Darkness Descends
Wolf Parade / Cloud Shadow on the Mountain
Gorillaz / Superfast Jellyfish
Love Language / Heart To Tell
Adam Green / Stadium Soul
Vampire Weekend / Cousins
Fierce Creatures / The Great White
Admiral Radley / Sunburn Kids
Earlimart / Susan's Husband's Gun Shop
Admiral Radley / I Heart California
Grandaddy / Broken Household Appliance National Forest
El Olio Wolof / Earth Worms Still Can't Dig This
Rademacher / On Yr Marks
Primus / Mr. Krinkle
Grandaddy / Here (Live) [Pavement cover]
Grandaddy / The Warming Sun
Admiral Radley / Ghosts Of Syllables
Black Keys / Tighten Up
Conway Twitty / It's Only Make Believe
Crystal Castles / Celestica
The Futureheads / The Chaos
Sleigh Bells / Straight A's
The Rapture / Sister Savior
Delorean / Real Love
CocoRosie / Hopscotch
She & Him / In The Sun
Broken Social Scene / World Sick
Janelle Monae feat. Of Montreal / Make The Bus
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Give It Back
Grizzly Bear / Two Weeks