From the album Chain Gang of Love
Raveonettes: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: I'm loving Mad Men right now, and this song sounds like something from that era. — cwc
NO video for "Dirty Eyes"; here's a Letterman performance from the same album.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The R's: "Rag and Bone," White Stripes
The R's: The Raincoats, "Lola"
The R's: "Raincoat," The Blacks
The R's: "Relax," The Glove
The R's: "Rio," Duran Duran
The R's: "Remedy," Black Crowes
From the album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Black Crowes: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: A great concert moment...me and three buds ordered tickets to see the Crowes a week before their show in Des Moines back in 1995. We got seats in like the very back of the Civic Center, but since the show was fast approaching, we were doing the will call thing with the tickets. We show up, and I give them my name. "Uh, no tickets for Chris Clair." I ordered the tix with a friend's card, so I gave them her name. "Oh yes, here you go. Row A, right up front, how nice!" We grabbed them without another word and spent the entire show getting blasted by Marc Ford's guitar monitor, but it was so worth it. Wonder how the people in our seats liked the show... — cwc
Black Crowes: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: A great concert moment...me and three buds ordered tickets to see the Crowes a week before their show in Des Moines back in 1995. We got seats in like the very back of the Civic Center, but since the show was fast approaching, we were doing the will call thing with the tickets. We show up, and I give them my name. "Uh, no tickets for Chris Clair." I ordered the tix with a friend's card, so I gave them her name. "Oh yes, here you go. Row A, right up front, how nice!" We grabbed them without another word and spent the entire show getting blasted by Marc Ford's guitar monitor, but it was so worth it. Wonder how the people in our seats liked the show... — cwc
The R's: Ramones, "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
From the album Rocket to Russia
Ramones: Web site
DJ comments: I didn't go to the Lollapalooza show in Des Moines in 1996, but some friends of mine did. The Ramones played in the stifling afternoon heat and never once shed the leather jackets. Studs! — cwc
Ramones: Web site
DJ comments: I didn't go to the Lollapalooza show in Des Moines in 1996, but some friends of mine did. The Ramones played in the stifling afternoon heat and never once shed the leather jackets. Studs! — cwc
The R's: R.E.M., "Pop Song 89"
The R's: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Around the World"
From the album Californication
RHCP: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: I used to love these guys. Then Frusciante left the band. I bought the Dave Navarro-RHCP album the day it came out. Liked it. For a few days. Frusciante came back. I like them again, but not nearly as much. But this album is great.
And to the guy who called in to complain about this song: Your mom told me to tell you to study harder. — cwc
RHCP: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: I used to love these guys. Then Frusciante left the band. I bought the Dave Navarro-RHCP album the day it came out. Liked it. For a few days. Frusciante came back. I like them again, but not nearly as much. But this album is great.
And to the guy who called in to complain about this song: Your mom told me to tell you to study harder. — cwc
The R's: "Razorblade," The Strokes
The R's: Ride, "Seagull"
The R's: "Road," Nick Drake
The R Episode: "Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second," Starfucker
From the album S********r
Starfucker: Urban Dictionary:Starfucker Band's MySpace
DJ comments: The first thing you see when you visit Starfucker's Myspace page is "No we will not change our name." Reading it for the first time, I knew I'd met my soul mate in band form.
These guys just signed to their record label (badman recording co. out of Portland); this is their debut album. This means there is yet another Portland band that rocks my socks off. I suppose this just solidifies my need to move to the Oregon city. — BJ
No videos. Sorry.
Starfucker: Urban Dictionary:Starfucker Band's MySpace
DJ comments: The first thing you see when you visit Starfucker's Myspace page is "No we will not change our name." Reading it for the first time, I knew I'd met my soul mate in band form.
These guys just signed to their record label (badman recording co. out of Portland); this is their debut album. This means there is yet another Portland band that rocks my socks off. I suppose this just solidifies my need to move to the Oregon city. — BJ
No videos. Sorry.
The R Episode: Random Spirit Lover, Sunset Rubdown
Song: "The Mending of the Gown"
Sunset Rubdown: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: Saw these guys last Wednesday when they played at the Picador (thanks to Mission Creek). The show was awesome -- around 100 people there, which is perfect for the venue.
If the voice sounds familiar, go back to your old Wolf Parade albums and see if you notice a difference. — BJ
Sunset Rubdown: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: Saw these guys last Wednesday when they played at the Picador (thanks to Mission Creek). The show was awesome -- around 100 people there, which is perfect for the venue.
If the voice sounds familiar, go back to your old Wolf Parade albums and see if you notice a difference. — BJ
The R Episode: "Roll On Babe," Vetiver
The R Episode: "Ring of Gold," Pieta Brown
The R Episode: "Rave On," Buddy Holly
The R Episode: "Re: Stacks," Bon Iver
The R Episode: Return to Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio
Song: "Wolf Like Me"
TV On The Radio: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: I was shocked when I saw that we'd never played TV On The Radio since starting up Alphabet Soup. Chris seemed to not care so much. Regardless, this is a great album from TV On The Radio. If you haven't heard their newest release, I've been told it's rather incredible. — BJ
I believe the first track from this album was the first song you and I played on KRUI, pre-Soup days. It was one of the first two or three songs in our KRUI history, anyway. They rule. — cwc
TV On The Radio: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: I was shocked when I saw that we'd never played TV On The Radio since starting up Alphabet Soup. Chris seemed to not care so much. Regardless, this is a great album from TV On The Radio. If you haven't heard their newest release, I've been told it's rather incredible. — BJ
I believe the first track from this album was the first song you and I played on KRUI, pre-Soup days. It was one of the first two or three songs in our KRUI history, anyway. They rule. — cwc
The R Episode: "Ringing In My Ear," Adem
From the album Homesongs
Adem: Adem on NPR MySpace
DJ comments: Added this guy at the end after seeing his name and performance in this week's Vetiver video from the 0 Degrees of Separation Tour. I just love those random finds. — BJ
Adem: Adem on NPR MySpace
DJ comments: Added this guy at the end after seeing his name and performance in this week's Vetiver video from the 0 Degrees of Separation Tour. I just love those random finds. — BJ
The R Episode: Radiohead, "Optimistic"
From the album Kid A
Radiohead: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: Gotta have Radiohead in an R show.
Kid A is probably one of my all-time favorite underrated albums. A lot of people call on OK Computer or their earlier albums (Radiohead scored a top-selling single with "Creep" from their first album Pablo Honey), but this was obviously when Thom Yorke really grasped his current, signature sound. I guess some people don't like that because he "strayed from what Radiohead was really about."
Whatever. — BJ
Radiohead: Web site MySpace
DJ comments: Gotta have Radiohead in an R show.
Kid A is probably one of my all-time favorite underrated albums. A lot of people call on OK Computer or their earlier albums (Radiohead scored a top-selling single with "Creep" from their first album Pablo Honey), but this was obviously when Thom Yorke really grasped his current, signature sound. I guess some people don't like that because he "strayed from what Radiohead was really about."
Whatever. — BJ
The R Episode: "Rejoicing In Hands," Devendra Banhart
The R Episode: "Re-Entry Means Less," Umbrella Sequence
The R Episode: "Reprise," Grizzly Bear
The R Episode: "Rawhide," The Blues Brothers
From the album The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
DJ comments: I saw this and knew immediately that it was meant to be played on this show. Please, dear God, watch the video. — BJ
DJ comments: I saw this and knew immediately that it was meant to be played on this show. Please, dear God, watch the video. — BJ
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