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Grex Music Item 37: Babblefish set lists
Entered by mcnally on Fri Mar 16 07:47:57 UTC 2007:

Beginning about four months ago, every five to six weeks I've been doing a
radio show on KRBD, Ketchikan's local public radio station.  The show, which
my neighbor and some of his friends started, runs for two hours on Thursday
evenings, has a different host every week (there are currently six of us in
the rotation) and is called Babblefish (after the famous fish from Douglas
Adams' "Hitchhiker's" series, although spelled differently..)

The format is fairly eclectic -- pretty much whatever the host is feeling
like, as long as it doesn't run afoul of FCC obscenity regulations or shock
community standards.  And surprisingly, people seem to be listening -- or
at least I get callers telling me they enjoy what I'm playing.

I wish I could provide a podcast of the show to interested listeners, or
point you towards a streaming version that you could tune to when I'm
doing a show, but unfortunately neither of those things is currently
feasible.

The best I can do is post set lists, which I'll do if people seem
interested.  Hopefully in the future I'll be able to make a streaming
version available, even though in many ways the near future looks pretty
grim for non-commercial internet radio.  Until then..

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#1 of 3 by mcnally on Fri Mar 16 08:00:57 2007:

Set list for 15 March 2007:

    (NPR national news..)
    (station idenfication)

    Gene Clark                    -     Full Circle Song
    Little Feat                   -     Fool Yourself
    the Golden Palominos          -     Angels
    Roseanne Cash                 -     September When it Comes
    the English Beat              -     Tears of a Clown
    Luna                          -     Chinatown
    Beth Orton & Terry Callier    -     Lean on Me
    Beth Orton                    -     Stolen Car

    (PSA - Ketchikan Sailing Club needs crew members)
    (PSA - Harbormaster advises boat owners: check your boats)

    Jim Hendrix                  -     Radio One Promo
    the Magnetic Fields          -     Born on a Train
    the Magnetic Fields          -     When the Open Road is Closing In
    Elvis Costello               -     Beyond Belief
    Bob Mould                    -     Sunspots
    Bob Mould                    -     Wishing Well
    the Golden Palominos         -     Dying From the Inside Out

    (end of first hour.  local community announcements.)
    (local and marine weather forecasts.)

    Jesus and Mary Chain         -     Just Like Honey
    Slowdive                     -     Souvlaki Space Station
    Slowdive                     -     Some Velvet Morning
    Ride                         -     Leave Them All Behind
    Jesus and Mary Chain         -     Happy When it Rains
    Garbage                      -     Happy When it Rains

    (SPA - KRBD member-supported radio station promo.)
    (PSA - Support your local library)

    Townes Van Zandt             -     To Live is to Fly
    Townes Van Zandt             -     High, Low, and In-Between
    Danko/Fjeld/Andersen         -     The Last Thing on My Mind
    Laurie Anderson              -     Let X=X / It Tango
    the Hellecasters             -     King Arthur's Dream

#2 of 3 by mcnally on Thu Jun 21 07:39:24 2007:

 I forgot to post the set list from my last Babblefish show
 (which I'll eventually get around to) but I was on the radio
 again tonight.  I covered a neighbor's DJ slot on his show,
 which is called "Collected Leavin's" and is free-form, oriented
 mostly towards rock and alternative.

 This is the set list I played (put together on short notice
 after work, as I didn't know this morning that I'd be broadcasting
 this evening..)

 Tom Petty                      - Saving Grace
 Tom Petty                      - Flirting With Time
 Joe Jackson                    - One More Time
 Apples in Stereo               - 20 Cases Suggestive Of
 Brian Eno                      - Fractal Zoom
 Curve                          - Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
 Man or Astroman?               - Destination Venus
 Husker Du?                     - Makes No Sense at All

                     - station promo -

 Paul Simon                     - Allergies
 Paul Simon                     - How Can You Live in the Northeast?
 Talking Heads                  - Warning Sign
 Mission of Burma               - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
 The The                        - I Saw the Light

            - weather, station id, announcements -

 Gorillaz                       - Feel Good, Inc.
 The Clash                      - Know Your Rights
 The Rolling Stones             - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
 The Beatles                    - Any Time at All
 Ride                           - Vapour Trail
 Golden Palominos               - I'm Not Sorry

             - public service announcement - 
                     - station promo -

 Public Image, Ltd.             - Seattle
 The Pixies                     - Winterlong
 Sugar                          - A Good Idea
 The New Pornographers          - It's Only Divine Right
 Flying Burrito Brothers        - Wheels
 Siouxsie and the Banshees      - Dear Prudence
 Sonic Youth                    - 100%
 Ginger Baker                   - Interlock
 Dick Dale                      - Speardance
 Billy Bragg                    - 7 and 7 Is

#3 of 3 by cyklone on Thu Jun 21 12:24:37 2007:

Nice.

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