July 19, 2010 - Back From Vacation!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these. The show has been on vacation for the last four weeks and it was very nice to be away and not have to think about what I'm going to play every week. But the vacation is over and it's time to get back to business! What did we do this week?


For the most part, it was a true vacation from the show. I didn't think about the show for most of the break and I had very little communication with John. But we did speak a few days before the show and in that conversation I mentioned both Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and Bob Mould. John had never heard of Carter USM before so that meant I HAD to play something from them.


I didn't pick any Bob Mould, but Bob Mould led me to Husker Du. But to be different, I chose to go with a Grant Hart song instead of a Bob Mould song. While I was listening to Husker Du, I thought of Mother May I and chose one of theirs as well.


During out hiatus, Alejandro Escovedo released a new album, Tommy Keene released an anthology and The Baseball Project made their most recent track available. That gave me a good start for what to play this week. I sent John 16 songs and we got to play 10 of them. Here's what we played:


The Baseball Project - Phenom
Lowen & Navarro - Somewhere Far Away
Carter USM - The Only Living Boy In New Cross
Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
Carter USM - Nowhere Fast
Alejandro Escovedo - Anchor
Tommy Keene - Don't Sleep In The Datime
Mother May I - In Between
Idaho - Drop Off
House Of Freaks - Sun Gone Down


Back in April, John and I travelled to Charlotte, NC to interview and record Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel who are one half of The Spongetones and are also the duo Jamie & Steve. It was a great trip and a terrific performance from Jamie and Steve. Next week we will finally be airing that interview. It's one of the best and definitely worth checking out. To complement the interview, I'll be playing some music that has some connection to either Jamie or Steve, plus a couple other things that I just felt like playing. I hope you can tune in to this one.