Left of the Dial 8/14/2009

1-Portishead-Humming (portishead)
2-Radiohead- 2+2=5 (hail to the thief)
3-Sneaker Pimps-6 Underground (becoming x)
4-M83-We Own the Sky (saturdays=youth)
5-Arcade Fire-My Body is a Cage (neon bible)

6-Bloc Party-Shes Hearing Voices (silent alarm)
7-Ash-Goldfinger (goldfinger ep)
8-The Rapture-Out of the Races and Onto the Track (out of the races ep)
9-Gossip-4 Letter Word (music for men)
10- The Faint-Agenda Suicide (danse macabre)

11-Spinnerette-Ghetto Love (ghetto love ep)
12-Santogold-Im A Lady {benny blank remix}
13-Ladytron-Playgirl (commodore rock)
14-Metric-Sick Muse (fantasies)
15-Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Y Control (fever to tell)

16-Stevie B-Spring Love (greatest hits)
17-The Cover Girls-Show Me (greatest hits)
18-Arrested Development-Everyday People (greatest hits)
19-LL Cool J-Around the Way Girl (def jams greatest hits)
20-Heavy D and the Boyz-You Cant See What I Can See (heavy hitz)

21-Brian Jonestown Massacre-Satellite (give it back)
22-Grizzley Bear-Fine for Now (veckatimest)
23-The Stone Roses-I Wanna Be Adored
24-Deerhunter-Agoraphobia (microcastle)
25-Olivia Tremor Control- California Demise 3 (black foliage)

26-Of Montreal -Its Easy to Sleep When Your Dead (the bedside drama of a petite tragedy)
27-Black Moth Super Rainbow-Forever Heavy (dandelion gum)

Left of the Dial 7/24/09

mixed up

1-Barbara Lewis-Hello Stranger (hello stranger)
2-Billy Paul-Me and Mrs. Jones (360 degrees of Billy Paul)
3-Bob Dylan-I Want You (blonde on blonde)
4-Johnny Cash-Im On Fire (badlands tribute to bruce springsteen)
5-Beck-Guess Im Doing Fine (sea change)

6-Slowdive-Machine Gun (souvlaki)
7-Blonde Redhead-Melody (misery is a butterfly)
8-John Lennon-Mind Games (mind games)
9-Jackson 5-Never Can Say Goodbye (greatest hits)
10-Amy Winehouse-You Know Im No Good (back to black)

11-SWV-Weak in the Knees
12-Mary J Blidge w/ Lil Kim-I Can Love You Better Than She Can
13-Dawn Penn-No No No You Don’t Love Me
14-Erykah Badu-Love of My Life
15-Common-Be (be)

16-Young Chris-Kill Me (mixtape)
17-Beatnuts feat.Big Pun-Off the Books
18-De La Soul-Magic Number
19-2Pac-How Do Ya Want It
20-The Roots-Hip Hop (you the love of my life) *things fall apart

21-Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Y Control (fever to tell)
22-White Rabbits-Percussion Jam (its frightening)
23-Passion Pit-The Reeling (manners)
24-Deerhunter-Operation (weird era continued)
25-Animal Collective-In the Flowers (merriweather post)

26-Grizzly Bear-Two Weeks (veckatimest)
27-The Cure-Inbetween Days (staring at the sea)
28-My Bloody Valentine-You Made Me Realize

Left of the Dial 7/3/09

Left of the Dial Ms. Connection 7/3/09

Fun with mixes

*denotes request



1-Will Smith-Summertime

2-Notorious BIG-Big Poppa

3-Ice Cube-It Was A Good Day

4-Modest Mouse-Ocean Breathes Softly

5-The Shins-So Says I



6-The Strokes-Soma

7-Wilco-Wilco (the song)

8-Sonic Youth-Cotton Crown *

9-The Rolling Stones-Bitch

10-Radiohead-Bangers and Mash



11-Peter Bjorn and John-Nothing To Worry About

12-Lykke Li-Complaint Department

13-Beck-EPro

14-The Blakes-Pistol Grip

15-Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy



16-Broken Social Scene-Fire Eyed Boy

17-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-In This Home On Ice

18-Weezer-Only in Dreams



19-New Edition-Candy Girl

20-Mos Def-Auditorium

21-Phoenix-Lasso

22-Passion Pit-The Reeling

23- Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll



24-Oasis-Hello

25-Violent Femmes-Gone Daddy Gone

26-John Lennon-Oh Yoko

28-Air-Playground Love

Left of the Dial 6/26/09

Left of the Dial Ms. Connection with special guests, Mr. Pep, Suggs, Young B

Travel Songs

1-Joni Mitchell- California

2-Johnny Cash- Jackson

3-Dr. Dog- Alaska

4-Graham Nash- Chicago

5-Jakk Frost-Philly Love

Tribute to MJ

6-Michael Jackson -Smooth Criminal

7-Michael Jackson-The Girl is Mine

8-Jackson 5-Rockin Robin

9-Michael Jackson -PYT

10-Michael Jackson- Ill Be There


Love Songs
11-Stevie Wonder-My Cherie Amore

12-Otis Redding -That’s How Strong My Love Is

13-Zombies-Cant Nobody Love You

14-Etta James-At Last

15-Butterfly Joe-Sweet N Low

Soundtracks

16-Antsy Pants-Vampire

17-Spinal Tap-Stonehenge….then added Radiohead-Talk Show Host

18-The Creation-Making Time

19-Bob Dylan-The Man In Me

20-M.I.A.-Paper Planes

Dance Party

21-The Meters-Handclapping Song

22-The Clash-London Calling

23-Shaggy-It Wasn’t Me

24-Snoop Dogg-Drop It Like Its Hot

25-Debbie Deb-When I Hear Music

26-Beyonce-Crazy In Love

27-Timbaland-The Way I Are

Friends Bands

28-Big Boss-Ghetto

29-Maple Rabbit-Untitled

30-Missing Palmer West-God Knows Im No St Paul

31-mewithoutYou-Allah, Allah, Allah

Ms. Connection 6/5/09

1-The Horrors-Sea Within A Sea (sea within a sea)
2-Liechtenstein-Roses in the Park (survival strategies in a modern world)
3-Black Lips-Drugs (200 million thousand)
4-The Pains of Being Pure at Heart-Young Adult Friction (s/t)
5-The Soft Pack-Bright Side (the muslims)

6-Phoenix-Liztomania (wolfgang Amadeus)
7-Gizzly Bear-Two Weeks (veckatimest)
8-Animal Collective-In the Flowers (merriweather post pavilion)
9-Crystal Antlers-Andrew (tentacles)
10-Mt. Saint Helens Vietnam Band-Who’s Asking (s/t)

11-White Lies-Death (crystal castles remix) Death ep
12-Black Moth Super Rainbow-Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise (eating us)
13-Spinnerette-Ghetto Love (ghetto love ep)

14-The Decembrists-The Queens Rebuke/The Crossing (the hazards of love)
15-Land of Talk-Give Me Back My Heart Attack (some are lakes)
16-Eagle and Talon-Hot Caught (thracian)
17-Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll (its blitz)
18-1990s-I Don’t Even Know What That Is (kicks)

19-Bishop Allen-The Lion and the Teacup (grrrr)
20-Dirty Projectors-Stillness is the Move (stillness is the move ep)
21-King Khan & The Shrines-Welfare Bread (what is?!)
22-Kasabian-Fire (fire)
23-Handsome Furs-Evangeline (face control)

24-mewithoutYou-Every Thought A Thought of You (its all crazy, its all false, it’s a dream, its alright)
25-St. Vincent-Actor out of Work (actor)
26-The Soundtrack of Our Lives-Thrill Me (communion)
27-Passion Pit-Ive Got Your Number (chunk of change)

Ms. Connection Subbing doing New Wave Night!

The Buck Calhoun Show Subbed by Ms. Connection
New Wave Night 6/3/09 10pm-12am

1-The Buggles-Video Killed the Radio Star
2-Kajagoogoo-Too Shy
3-Squeeze-Take Me Im Yours
4-Dale Bozzio-Destination Unknown
5-Berlin-Metro

6-Madness-Our House
7-Talking Heads-This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
8-Flying Lizards-Money (That’s What I Want)
9-Psychadelic Furs-Love My Way
10-A Flock of Seagulls-Space Age Love Song

11-Wall of Voodoo-Mexican Radio
12-Bow Wow Wow-I Want Candy
13-The Waitresses-I Know What Boys Like
14-Blondie-Atomic
15-The B52s-Private Idaho

16-Missing Persons-Walking In LA
17- The Go Go’s-Vacation
18-Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax
19-Public Image LTD-This is Not A Love Song
20-Depeche Mode-Strangelove

21-The Cure-Why Cant I Be You
22-The Smiths-This Charming Man
23-Morrissey-Lucky Lisp
24-The Pretenders-Talk of the Town
25-When In Rome -The Promise

26-Elvis Costello-Watching the Detectives
27-The Clash-Spanish Bombs
28-Gang of Four-Damaged Goods
29-The Human League-(Keep Feeling) Fascination
30-Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

31-Billy Idol-White Wedding

TV Review: Mental on Fox

The new show Mental on Fox Tuesday nights just aired its second episode. I was intrigued by the premise of this show, most likely because of my affection towards a very similar show House, which is also on Fox. The two shows parallel each other with an array of plot lines. Both shows have male leads who are "different" types of doctors, wiz doctors in a way. They both have wacky off the wall ideas that in the end prove to be right. The two shows also have a woman running the whole hospital who has some sort of relationship with said wiz doctor, which allows her to let him do anything he wants. The two argue, but ultimately she trusts him for some reason and allows his wild ideas. Then there is the worker bees who sit around and argue with the wiz doc and try to prove him wrong, and show how the basic taught way is the right way. This is the point in which i am interested. I like that these shows try to make people think outside the box, and not just always do the ways everyone else has done them before. I dont like how Mental is the psychiatric version of House. House was an original new idea type of show that actually made it big, and now here is a lame follower trying to get success of House's coat tails. I think its lame.

Dont get me wrong, there are some differences in the two shows, but not enough to keep me interested. Mental has a cheating doctor, who is all tough on the outside, but really a softy on the inside. It also has a typical lesbian relationship, in which the other male character is trying to "cure" her from. He claims that once they spend the night together she will no longer be a lesbian. I find that so disrespectful to the gay community and i honestly dont know how it made it to television...oh wait yes i do its on Fox! Oh and the one and only thing that is going to keep me watching next week is the fact that the lead role, (in which i dont even remember his name!!) keeps getting these mysterious calls from a "Rebecca" where she only breathes and he continually tries to get her to come meet him. At first i thought it was his sister, then his daughter, and now im believing it was his wife. Tonight she left him a note at the front desk, we are getting closer to an answer. If i was this shows producer, I would make sure that we didnt find out the story on Rebecca until the end of the season, otherwise they will have no viewers. We all miss House, but not enough to deal with this cheap replacement.