Episode 32: Pupils Dilate for Class

Some of us are either disgruntled (or nerdily jazzed) by heading back to school. To get into the swing of hittin’ books, this week’s episode has a medley of fresh and classic tunes.  Including AJ The One, Bombino, Justus Proffit and Jay Som, Dent May, M.I.A., Soko, ELO, The Who, and  a couple songs to celebrate the memory of the Queen, Aretha Franklin.

Also... It’s Summer Pledge Week!  Here’s the deal, if you pledge to help a sister out (and this marvelous indepdendent, commercial-free nonprofit radio station) I will pledge to include you on my show. How so?  If you pledge....

  • $5 — 1 song of your choosing gets air time
  • $10 — 2 songs
  • $20 — 30 minutes of a genre/decade (and I mean any genre) of your choosing for which I’ll carve out a mix
  • $50 — 1 full hour (that’s half the show!) of your chosen genre/decade, you select 2 artists that I’ll include in the mix, AND I’ll read the entire lyrics to Tom Waits’ “The Piano Has Been Drinking” (or something to that equivalent)
  • $100 — 2 full hours (that’s the entire show!) of your chosen genre/decade, you select 5 artists that I’ll include in the mix, AND I’ll read the entire lyrics to Tom Waits’ “The Piano Has Been Drinking” (or something to that equivalent)

This station is not FCC regulated- so songs including a sailor’s vocab or crude subject matter is alright. However, my only condition is that music does not use or suggest degrading or violent language, especially toward marginalized groups of folks.  Since you’re my friends, I’m assuming you’re not assholes, but figured I’d go ahead and make that crystal clear ;D

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Playlist

  1. Body Mine by AJ, the One on Womxn (BLK MGK Ent)
  2. Sweet Talkin' Woman by Electric Light Orchestra on Out of the Blue (Epic/Legacy)
  3. Nothing's Changed by Justus Proffit, Jay Som on Nothing's Changed (Polyvinyl)
  4. I wouldn't mind by Vanarin on Overnight (Woodworm)
  5. These 3 Things by Ought on Room Inside the World (Merge Records)
  6. Aman by Bombino on Nomad (Nonesuch)
  7. Barbara by Vulfpeck on Vollmilch (S/R)
  8. It Takes A Muscle by M.I.A. on MAYA (XL Interscope)
  9. I Come In Peace by Soko on My Dreams Dictate My Reality (Babycat Records)
  10. Winding Tree by Nick Castro & The Young Elders on Come Into Our House (Strange Attractors Audio House)
  11. Strictly Rule by Vetiver on Tight Knit (Sub Pop Records)
  12. Green Rain by Mvzonik (Razor Crew Records)
  13. Hello Cruel World by Dent May on Across The Multiverse (Carpark Records)
  14. Save Me by Aretha Franklin on I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Rhino Atlantic)
  15. Trouble In Mind by Aretha Franklin on Yeah!!! (Columbia/Legacy)
  16. My Friend by Ty Segall, White Fence on Joy (Drag City)
  17. On My Way Home by Angelo De Augustine on Swim Inside the Moon (Asthmatic Kitty)
  18. We Only Have Tomorrow - Demo Version by The Flaming Lips on We Only Have Tomorrow (Warner Bros.)
  19. Sunrise by The Who on The Who Sell Out (Geffen)
  20. Better by Faded Paper Figures on The Matter (Shorthand Records)
  21. Zodiac Girls by Black Moth Super Rainbow (Suicide Squeeze Records)
  22. Break
  23. Blue Cigar by Midnight Sister on Saturn Over Sunset (Jagjaguwar)
  24. Break
  25. Can't Give It Up by Ekkah on Ekkah x Real Love (RCA Records Label)