After a lapse of nearly two years, I’m back on the airwaves, playing music on a show on Washington DC’s premiere pirate station, Radio CPR, 97.5 FM.
I’ve got no show name and worse, have no DJ name so far (Jolly Roger on a pirate station is too corny, even for me). But I made it through a short show for training purposes trying on a number of possible theme songs, tunes about the neighborhood and an attempt to try my hand at playing CDs as well as vinyl.
I have a lot to learn.
My next show is scheduled for June 7 from 5-7 p.m., and it ought to be twice as good. Eventually I’ll figure out a way to present the podcasts for you here, or at least point the way to some site with archival broadcasts.
Until then, I’ll do what I did for my old radio station at Trinity College in Hartford, WRTC: List what I played in the show. It follows on the jump.
- “Yegelle Tezeta,” Mulatu Astatke
- “Heart of Gold,” Charles Bradley
- “You Really Got Me,” Toots and the Maytals
- “Set Me Free,” The Kinks
- “Capitol Radio,” The Clash
- “Mt. Pleasant,” Tuscadero
- “Mt. Pleasant Isn’t,” The Evens
- “Before We Run,” Yo La Tengo
- “Ohm,” Yo La Tengo
- “Cozy,” Tim O’Reagan & Tim Boquist
- “Back to Zero,” Tommy Keene
- “Wigwam” (demo), Bob Dylan
- “Duquesne Whistle,” Bob Dylan
- “Spend My Life with You,” Bo Diddley
- “Drop the Bomb,” Trouble Funk