The Great Leap Forward

AOTP:HGRNJ 49 - 18 May 2007

Here's an episode of All Over The Place from two weeks ago.

AOTP:HGRNJ 49 - 18 May 2007 - Part 1 [80 min - start to Prefab Sprout]

There's a gap here - forgot to set up the next disc!

AOTP:HGRNJ 49 - 18 May 2007 - Part 2 [80 min - Trampoline to The Fall]

AOTP:HGRNJ 49 - 18 May 2007 - Part 3 [80 min - The Stranglers to end]

Here's the playlist in reverse order:

Bjork	Earth intruders	Volta	Elektra	10:29 PM
The Psychedelic Furs	I don't want to be your shadow	Forever now	Columbia/Legacy	10:21 PM
John Foxx	Endlessly	The golden section	Virgin	10:18 PM
The Cardigans	Rise & shine	Life	Minty Fresh	10:14 PM
Depeche Mode	Walking in my shoes	Songs of faith and devotion	Reprise/Sire/Rhino	10:08 PM
The Beloved	Hello	Happiness	Atlantic	10:04 PM
KTP	Certain things are likely	Certain things are likely	Mercury	10:00 PM
The Fiery Furnaces	Here comes the summer	EP	Rough Trade	09:57 PM
Pixies	Isla de encanta (live)	Death to The Pixies	4AD/Elektra	09:51 PM
Pixies	Tame	Death to The Pixies	4AD/Elektra	09:49 PM
Big Black	Kerosene	The rich man's eight track tape	Homestead	09:43 PM
Siouxsie and the Banshees	Overground	The scream (deluxe edition)	Polydor	09:40 PM
Siouxsie and the Banshees	Hong Kong garden	The scream (deluxe edition)	Polydor	09:37 PM
Green Magnet School	Barmecide room	Blood music	Genius/Sub Pop	09:31 PM
The Dambuilders	Pop song = food	7"	Puppethead	09:27 PM
Five Eight	God damn it Paul	I learned shut up	Sky	09:23 PM
The Stranglers	No mercy	Live in London	Rialto	09:16 PM
The Fall	No bulbs	The wonderful and frightening world of The Fall	Beggars Banquet	09:08 PM
Arctic Monkeys	Teddy picker	Favourite worst nightmare	Domino	09:05 PM
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians	Sleeping with your devil mask	Globe of frogs	A&M	09:02 PM
The Primitives	Crash	Lovely	RCA	09:00 PM
Game Theory	You drive	2 steps from the Middle Ages	Enigma	08:49 PM
Kaiser Chiefs	Ruby	Yours truly, angry mob	Universal/Motown	08:46 PM
Tommy Keene	They're in their own world	Places that are gone	Geffen	08:41 PM
Ben Folds Five	Philosophy	Ben Folds Five	Caroline	08:37 PM
Fountains Of Wayne	Traffic and weather	Traffic and weather	Atlantic	08:33 PM
The Neighborhoods	Pure and easy	The Neighborhoods	Atlantic	08:30 PM
The Zulus	Kings in the Queen City	The Zulus	Greenworld	08:27 PM
The Replacements	Shiftless when idle	Sorry Ma, forgot to take out the trash	TwinTone/Restless	08:22 PM
The Ike Reilly Assassination	It's hard to make love to an American	We belong to the staggering evening	Rock Ridge	08:17 PM
Ray LaMontagne	Three more days	Til the sun turns black	RCA	08:14 PM
Wilco	Either way	Sky blue sky	Nonesuch	08:11 PM
Wilco	Theologians (live)	Sky blue sky  (bonus disc)	Nonesuch	08:07 PM
Wilco	Walken	Sky blue sky	Nonesuch	08:03 PM
Wilco	One true vine	Sky blue sky  (bonus disc)	Nonesuch	07:57 PM
Echo and the Bunnymen	Thorn of crowns	Ocean rain	Sire/Rhino	07:52 PM
Trampoline	Hit the glass ceiling	Dormer	spinART	07:50 PM
The Connells	I suppose	Boylan Heights	TVT	07:45 PM
Moped	Turkey	It won't sound any better tomorrow	Summershine	07:42 PM
Big Star	In the street	#1 record	Stax/Ardent	07:39 PM
Maximo Park	Girls who play guitars	Our earthly pleasures	Warp	07:33 PM
Rick Springfield	Jessie's girl (demo version)	Working class dog	RCA	07:30 PM
Let's Active	Room with a view	Afoot	I.R.S.	07:26 PM
The Bible	November brides	Eureka	Chrysalis	07:22 PM
Prefab Sprout	Lions in my own garden	38 carat collection	Sony	07:19 PM
Rufus Wainwright	Going to a town	Release the stars	Geffen	07:15 PM
Pale Saints	Throwing back the apple	In ribbons	4AD	07:07 PM
50FootWave	Clara Bow	50FootWave	Throwing Music	07:04 PM
Low	Violent past	Drums and guns	Sub Pop	07:01 PM
Willy Mason	All you can do	Where the humans eat	Astralwerks	06:58 PM
Grant-Lee Phillips	Fountain of youth	Strangelet	Zoe/Rounder	06:49 PM
Bruce McCulloch	He said, she said	Shame-based man	Atlantic	06:47 PM
Stuart Davis	Only changing drugs	Self untitled	Panacea	06:44 PM
Bennet	Wanker	Super natural	Roadrunner	06:41 PM
Aqualung	Something to believe in	Memory man	Columbia	06:38 PM
The New Pornographers	The body says no	Mass romantic	Mint	06:34 PM
Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Big time	Broken arrow	Reprise	06:22 PM
Juliana Hatfield	I see you	Hey babe	Mammoth	06:19 PM
Juliana Hatfield	Universal heartbeat	Gold stars 1992-2002	Zoe/Rounder	06:16 PM
The Breeders	Cannonball	Last splash	4AD/Elektra	06:13 PM
Aztec Camera	The crying scene	Stray	Sire/Reprise	06:09 PM
American Music Club	Johnny Mathis' feet	Slim's, San Francisco, 15 Jun 1993	Reprise	06:05 PM

All I care about is AOTP.

That's not true, but I don't have much time to think or post these days. The new job is tough because I deal with kids who really aren't all that good at paying attention or doing their work.

If I'd had these kids since the beginning of the year, it might have been a different story. Even so, the school I work in now is a far cry from NYC. Administration is supportive and I have been able to reach a couple of parents (no language barrier!). The teaching part isn't bad at all.

AOTP will air starting around 6 pm EDT tomorrow night (Friday, May 25) on HomeGrownRadioNJ.com. It will run for about four hours.

I'll try to post this show and the previous show this weekend.

The latest AOTP update.

Just found out that Johnny C. has to leave early, so I'm gunning for a 6 p.m. start, traffic on I-80 west willing.

HomeGrownRadioNJ.com

Good news for a friend.

The charges were dropped against my friend Rob, the other math teacher. Score one for the good guys.  Back story here.

A hell of a week for employment.

It's official - I must have set some kind of record by receiving three different job offers this week. Funny thing is, I'm going to take the one which is least certain. On Monday, I will be taking over three 8th-grade math classes in a public school district in the area for the remainder of the year. This will be considered as an audition for an opening this fall.

I also received offers from two private Catholic schools. In a way, they would be safer choices, but I'm just not that into religion and I feel I could have more of an impact at this particular school. The math chair is terrific and I'm sure I'll enjoy working with her. She thinks I have lots of potential. It's nice to be appreciated for my talents once again. I never once received an encouraging word from the administration at my previous school.

Reminder: AOTP time shift tonight.

All Over The Place moves up to 7 pm on Friday nights for the next three weeks. Even better - AOTP may be making a permanent move to that time slot in the future. The reason is actually a sad one - Jojo may be leaving the area in order to pursue graduate studies at some point. The move may not happen for a while, but I have been offered the slot if/when Jojo eventually vacates it. He's a great guy - check out his (rarely-updated) blog, The Brown Samana and listen for the BS show when it returns in mid-June.

The Heyman show.

It was a great show by Richard and his band (wife Nancy on bass and Kurt from The Grip Weeds on drums)  on Saturday night at the HGRNJ studio. Even better was the between-set interview that ended up getting commandeered by me. Turns out I knew the most about Richard's career. I got some nice compliments from Sher about the interview and I think the band appreciated meeting someone who actually knew a lot about the music. (It never hurts to read an artist's website before going to the interview.) I finally got to hear some of my Heyman favorites from way back performed live. They even played "Bad business in town" by request!

The Richard X. Heyman website

I'm hoping to get some photos from one of the other DJs (Sher) and if I'm really lucky, a copy of the show.

All Over The Place - HomegrownRadioNJ.com - 4 May 2007 (#48).

Here's the latest AOTP - I couldn't do a show on May 11 because I went to the Richard X. Heyman show at the HGRNJ studios on May 12. Kim gave me a choice and I chose Richard.

AOTP returns on Friday, May 18. For the next three weeks, AOTP will start at 7 p.m. EST because Jojo will be out for a while. Look for Jumpin' JB to follow me at 10 pm on May 25 and June 1.

AOTP:HGRNJ - 4 May 2007 - Part 1 [80 min - start to Elvis Costello]

AOTP:HGRNJ - 4 May 2007 - Part 2 [80 min - Legal Reins to Patti Smith]

Muse	Muscle museum	Showbiz	Maverick	12:55 AM
Patti Smith	Because the night	Easter	Arista	12:52 AM
Genesis	Carpet crawlers	The lamb lies down on Broadway	Atlantic	12:47 AM
Dwight Yoakam	Ring of fire	Guitars, Cadillacs, etc, etc.	Reprise	12:41 AM
Dwight Yoakam	Train in vain	Under the covers	Reprise	12:37 AM
Old 97's	Murder (or a heart attack)	Fight songs	Elektra	12:34 AM
Billy Bragg & Wilco	All you fascists	Mermaid Avenue vol. II	Elektra	12:31 AM
Billy Bragg & Wilco	California stars	Mermaid Avenue	Elektra	12:26 AM
Ryan Adams	The bar is a beautiful place	Gold (bonus disc)	Lost Highway	12:20 AM
Ryan Adams	New York, New York	Gold	Lost Highway	12:17 AM
Papas Fritas	Lame to be	7"	Minty Fresh	12:13 AM
They Might Be Giants	Doctor Worm	Severe tire damage	Restless	12:08 AM
Devo	Stuck in a loop	Smooth noodle maps	Enigma	12:04 AM
Dubstar	Take it	Make it better	EMI	12:01 AM
Shelleyan Orphan	Burst	Humroot	Columbia	11:57 PM
Material Issue	Valerie loves me	International pop overthrow	Mercury	11:54 PM
Eleventh Dream Day	Bomb the Mars Hotel	Beet	Atlantic	11:50 PM
Eleventh Dream Day	Bagdad's last ride	Beet	Atlantic	11:42 PM
The Horse Flies	Life is a rubber rope	Gravity dance	MCA	11:37 PM
Legal Reins	Jealous rage	Please, the pleasure	Arista	11:33 PM
The Mighty Lemon Drops	At midnight	Laughter	Sire	11:29 PM
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	The only flame in town (live)	Goodbye cruel world	Rykodisc	11:25 PM
Echo and the Bunnymen	Simple stuff	7"	Korova	11:23 PM
Joe Jackson	Got the time	Look sharp!	A&M	11:20 PM
Richard X. Heyman	Let it go	Basic glee	Turn-Up	11:14 PM
Richard X. Heyman	Clear to me now	Cornerstone	Turn-Up	11:11 PM
Richard X. Heyman	Where are you now	Rightovers	Turn-Up	11:08 PM
The Fond Farewells	Jennifer cares	Don't get up	self-released	11:01 PM
Mission Of Burma	Peking spring	Mission Of Burma	Taang!	10:47 PM
Buzzcocks	Fiction romance	Operators manual	I.R.S.	10:42 PM
Billy Squier	In the dark	16 strokes	Capitol	10:38 PM
Billy Joel	Sometimes a fantasy	Glass houses	Columbia	10:35 PM
Yachts	Yachting type	Yachts	Radar	10:33 PM
Pernice Brothers	The weakest shade of blue	Yours, mine & ours	Ashmont	10:24 PM
Grandaddy	Stray dog and the chocolate shake	Sumday	V2	10:21 PM
R.E.M.	Sitting still	Murmur	I.R.S.	10:17 PM
Possum Dixon	In buildings	Possum Dixon	Interscope	10:15 PM
Possum Dixon	Nerves	Possum Dixon	Interscope	10:13 PM
XTC	King for a day	Oranges & lemons	Geffen	10:10 PM

All the Stephen Colbert you'll ever need.

Colbert On Demand shows highlights from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, which is nice, since you can't find 'em on YouTube anymore.

Miracle Legion - Out to play EP

Haven't done one of these in a while. Here's the promo EP for Miracle Legion's Drenched album. Tracks 1 and 5 are from the LP. Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 6 aren't found anywhere else.

01. Miracle Legion - Out to play

02. Miracle Legion - Over to hell

03. Miracle Legion - Ziggy Stardust

04. Miracle Legion - Hey Mr. Spaceman

05. Miracle Legion - So good

06. Miracle Legion - Down, down, down: So good gone bad