Monday, November 30, 2009

December 1st- A Winter Adventure!

The forecast is telling us that winter has decided to arrive this week (at least through temperature). On Tuesday night from 6-8 pm central on The Lab, get ready to celebrate the snowiest snow and the coldest of temperatures. We've been experiencing winter in The Lab since the heater broke a few weeks ago, but now you can finally join our experience aurally.

1. Ray Charles & Nina Simone- Baby, It's Cold Outside
2. The Mamas and the Papas- California Dreamin'
3. Beck- Cold Brains
4. The White Stripes- In the Cold, Cold Night
5. Sibylle Baier- Softly
6. Belle and Sebastian- Winter Wooksie
7. Au Revior Simone- Falling Snow
8. Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal
9. The Microphones- Ice
10. The Radio Dept.-Sleeping In
11. Nick Drake- Northern Sky
12. Simon & Garfunkel- I Am A Rock
13. Mew- Snowflake
14. Bjork- Aurora
15. Asobi Seksu- Glacially
16. Pixies- Winterlong
17. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Blizzard's Never Seen the Desert Sand
18. Bon Iver- Blood Bank
19. Animal Collective- Winters Love
20. El Perro del Mar- Sad
21. Amiina- Hilli
22. Joni Mitchell- River
23. The Lonelyhearts- Next Year is Shaping Up to Be Awesome
24. The Dodos- Winter
25. Of Montreal- A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
26. Azure Ray- Sleep
27. Stars- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
28. Sufjan Stevens- Sister Winter

Monday, November 23, 2009

November 27th- A Family Adventure

Let's get right to the awesome point: Instead of having our show on Tuesday evening in The Lab this week, we'll be having our weekly show on FRIDAY from 6-8 pm central IN THE MAIN STUDIO. Awesome! You can still go here to listen, but will have to click on the main studio link. If you are a local listener, you can also listen on your radio, 89.7 FM. Hurray for temporary holiday scheduling!

This week we're celebrating family as the holiday season is upon us. So let's eat too much food, dodge awkward questions about why we're not married yet, and dance (like no one is watching) like we'll never have to go back to work/school.

1.Basia Bulat- I Was a Daughter
2. The Botticellis- Stay With My Brother
3. Camera Obscura- A Sisters Social Agony
4. The Decemberists- Sons & Daughters
5. Vetiver- Oh Papa
6. Sufjan Stevens- Decatur, Or, Rough of Applause For Your Stepmother
7. Simon & Garfunkel- Homeward Bound (Live)
8. Sly & the Family Stone- Family Affair
9. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros- Home
10. Komeda- Brother
11. Kings of Leon ft. Lykke Li- Knocked Up
12. Animal Collective- My Girls
13. The Mountain Goats- This Year
14. Cat Stevens- Father and Son
15. Johnny Cash- My Grandfather's Clock
16. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young- Our House
17. The Bowerbirds- Hooves
18. Neutral Milk Hotel- Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two
19. Great Lake Swimmers- I Am Part of a Large Family
20. Nico- Little Sister
21. Wye Oak- If Children Were Wishes
22. The Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
23. Three Dog Night- Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
24. Harry Chapin- Cat's In the Cradle
25. Feist- Mushaboom
26. Elton John- My Father's Gun

Aww it's our family:

Sunday, November 15, 2009

November 17th- A Southern Adventure!

This week we travel to the south, eat some fried goodness, and listen to some jams. Really we have only had the best times on our travels to the south and we mean to celebrate the memory of these trips pretty hard. You can tune in on Tuesday night, 6-8 pm central time, on THE LAB.

To be honest, I'm still reeling from the embarrassment of posting those pictures last week. (Yeah I get it, I was a nerd when I 14. I swear I figured it out within the year!) Here's one of us in Georgia to bump those a little lower.

1. Scott Joplin- Maple Leaf Rag
2. Blitzen Trapper- Country Caravan
3. The Black Keys- Grown So Ugly
4. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs- Bottom Below
5. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros- Home
6. Cat Power- Maybe Not
7. Bob Dylan- Song to Woody
8. Audra Mae- The River
9. She & Him- I Should Have Known Better
10. Neil Young- Don't Let It Bring You Down
11. My Morning Jacket- Where to Begin
12. Amy Millan- He Brings Out the Whiskey in Me
13. Janis Joplin- Me and Bobby McGee
14. Mountain Goats- Going to Georgia
15. Robert Johnson- Me and The Devil Blues
16. Nick Drake- Black Mountain Blues
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Born on the Bayou
18. Johnny Cash ft. June Carter Cash- Jackson
19. Patsy Cline- Walkin' After Midnight
20. Mississippi John Hurt- Candy Man
21. The Band- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
22. Stevie Wonder- I Was Made to Love Her
23. Cat Stevens- Where Do the Children Play
24. Pieta Brown- Lovin' You Still
25. Neutral Milk Hotel- Naomi
26. Tom Petty- Square One
27. Elliott Smith- Southern Belle
28. Tammy Wynette- Stand By Your Man
29. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins- The Big Guns
30. R.E.M.- Losing My Religion
31. Otis Redding- I've Been Loving You Too Long



Sunday, November 8, 2009

November 10th-A Sad High School Adventure!

Remember all those sad songs you listened to in high school while your heart got stomped on for the first time? We do! Klang and I will each contribute an hours worth of sad high school embarassment and wax nostalgic about those great times. Listen to the LAB on Tuesday, 6-8 pm central.

Also, for your viewing pleasure, take a look at the two of us being really awkward high schoolers:
(Clearly klang had figured out boys and i hadn't yet.)



1. The Beatles- Dear Prudence
2. The Anniversary- The Siren Sings
3/4. Fiona Apples- Paper Bag; Shadowboxer
5. Ben Folds- Emaline
6. Smashing Pumpkins- Landslide
7. The Postal Service- Recycled Air
8. The Dandy Warhols- Sleep
9. Coldplay- Warning Sign
10. Red House Painters- Michigan
11. Air- Playground Love
12. The Smiths- There is a Light That Never Goes Out
13. Led Zeppelin- Tangerine
14. Kristin Hersh- Your Ghost
15. R.E.M.- Night Swimming
16. Ani DiFranco-You Had Time
16. Counting Crows- Colorblind
17. The Cure- Love Song
18. Elliott Smith- Can't Make a Sound
19. Travis- Waiting To Reach You
20. Beck- Golden Age
21. Radiohead- Karma Police
22. Wilco- Red-Eyed and Blue
23. Liz Phair- Divorce Song
24. Aimee Mann- Wise Up

Monday, November 2, 2009

November 3rd- Ladies Night!

NEW HOLIDAY=NEW LAYOUT! YEAH.

This week we are having a ladies adventure, though all gentlemen are encouraged to enjoy. Thank you to those turkeys who already made requests! Listen to The Lab here on Tuesday night from 6-8 pm.

Hey Divas!
1. Lisa Loeb- Stay
2. Heart- Magic Man
3. Barbara Morgenstern- The Operator
4. Santigold- Lights Out
5. Lykke Li- Breaking it Up
6. Basia Bulat- I was a Daughter
7. Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous
8. Azure Ray- Sleep
9. Gladys Knight & the Pips- If I Were Your Woman
10. Camera Obscura- If Looks Could Kill
11. The Breeders- Do You Love Me Now
12. Regina Spektor- That Time
13. Metric- Collect Call
14. Kelis- Bossy
15. Thao Nguyen- Bag of Hammers
16. Madeline Peyroux- Between the Bars
17. Two Tears- France
18. Nina Simone- Just Like a Woman
19. Kristin Hersh- Hips and Makers
20. Joni Mitchell- All I Want
21. Denali- You File
22. Karen Dalton- Blues on My Ceiling
23. Françoise Hardy- Ce Petit Cœur
24. Sleater Kinney- Little Babies
25. Charlotte Gainsbourg- The Operation
26. Stars- Calendar Girl
27. Mirah- (Exactly Where We're From)
28. Carole King- It's Too Late (Remember when this was a scramble? Cool.)
29. Ladyhawke-Dusk Till Dawn
30. Smoosh- Find a Way
31. Thelma Houston- Don't Leave Me This Way