The Great Leap Forward

I just voted.

Democratic, of course. Need some reasons?

Molly Ivins by way of This Modern World.

All Over The Place - HomegrownRadioNJ.com - 3 Nov 2006 (#28)

A typical AOTP show - no jazz this week, I didn't bring any. There's a lot of talking at the start as JoJo Americano makes his AOTP debut.

AOTP - Nov 3 - Part 1

AOTP - Nov 3 - Part 2

Trembling Blue Stars	Abba on the jukebox	Her handwriting	Shinkansen	01:00 AM
Prefab Sprout	Appetite	Two wheels good	Epic	12:52 AM
Electronic	Forbidden city	Raise the pressure	Warner Bros.	12:48 AM
The Beta Band	Assessment	Heroes to zeros	Astralwerks	12:44 AM
Aimee Mann	Wise up	Magnolia soundtrack	Reprise	12:41 AM
Versus	Merry-go-round	Dead leaves	Teenbeat	12:38 AM
Psuedonym	Ice + snow	Pig tail world	Grasshopper	12:35 AM
The Mountain Goats	Woke up new	Get lonely	4AD	12:32 AM
John Stewart	Gold	7"	RSO	12:23 AM
Imogen Heap	Headlock	Speak for yourself	Megaphonic/RCA Victor	12:20 AM
Gang of Four	Call me up	Songs of the free	Infinite Zero	12:16 AM
The Comsat Angels	You move me	7 day weekend	Connoisseur Collection	12:12 AM
Mott The Hoople	All the way from Memphis	Mott	Columbia/Legacy	12:07 AM
Pilot	Magic	7"	EMI	12:05 AM
Van Halen	Ain't talkin' 'bout love	The best of both worlds	Warner Bros.	11:57 PM
The Subways	I want to hear what you have got to say	Young for eternity	Capitol	11:54 PM
Joy Division	Leaders of men	Substance	Qwest	11:51 PM
Colin Newman	Alone	A-Z	Beggars Banquet	11:48 PM
The Stars of Heaven	Widow's walk	Rain on the sea	Rough Trade	11:36 PM
The Cure	A forest (live)	Seventeen seconds	Elektra/Rhino	11:29 PM
The B-52's	Channel Z	Cosmic thing	Warner Bros.	11:24 PM
Tom Petty	The last DJ	The last DJ	Warner Bros.	11:21 PM
The Monkees	Papa Gene's blues	The Monkees	Rhino	11:19 PM
Tranquility	Dear oh dear	7"	Epic	11:16 PM
X	The have nots	Under the big black sun	Elektra/Rhino	11:04 PM
Missing Persons	Mental hopscotch	The best of Missing Persons	Capitol	11:01 PM
The Kane Gang	Gun law	7"	Kitchenware	10:57 PM
Dexy's Midnight Runners	Come on Eileen	Just can't get enough, vol. 8	Rhino	10:53 PM
Wild Cherry	Play that funky music	7"	Epic	10:50 PM
Scud Mountain Boys	Grudge fuck	Massachusetts	Sub Pop	10:43 PM
Scud Mountain Boys	Penthouse in the woods	Massachusetts	Sub Pop	10:39 PM
Belle and Sebastian	The boy with the Arab strap	The boy with the Arab strap	Matador	10:35 PM
Spent	The pilot's lament	A seat beneath the chairs	Merge	10:31 PM
Giant Sand	Angels at night	Swerve	Amazing Black Sand	10:24 PM
Lullaby For The Working Class	Show me how the robots dance	I never even asked for light	Bar None	10:21 PM
Virginia Astley	Morning	From gardens where we feel secure	Rough Trade	10:17 PM
Hugo Largo	Fancy	Drum	Opal/Warner Bros.	10:14 PM

The Wrens get rereleased...finally.

This one will make you crap yourself - Silver and Secaucus are being re-released on November 14! I'm just as surprised as you. Don't know if they're being remastered. No bonus tracks.

Just found an article about this on Pitchfork.

Game Theory - The big shot chronicles - Tracks 13-17.

Here are the bonus tracks for TBSC.

Oh yeah, I never told you the story of how The Loud Family came to stay at my house. Chris and I were living in Iowa City and LF came to play at Gabe's Oasis. I was thrilled since GT/LF is one of my all-time favorites. (I saw GT in the late '80s in Boston.) They played their show and asked if anyone could take them in for the night. So of course I said "yes" - only time I've ever hosted a band. Chris was surprised around 2 a.m. when I brought a whole band home with me ("they followed me home, can I keep them?"). Anyway, I was glad to help the guys out. They autographed my copy of Plants and birds and rocks and things and gave me a "Jimmy still comes around" t-shirt.

I next saw LF in IC three years later, touring with the Sugarplastic. Scott and I had a nice chat. I hadn't purchased Interbabe concern yet. He gave me $15 to go buy it (seriously!). I did, and it remains a favorite to this day. Thanks, Scott!

13. Game Theory - The girl with a guitar

14. Game Theory - Come home with me

15. Game Theory - Seattle

16. Game Theory - Linus and Lucy

17. Game Theory - Faithless

I'm going to a record fair.

One of the great ones - the WFMU record fair. Today is the last day. If you're in the NYC area, make a trip in. "Record fair" - seems so anachronistic, doesn't it?

All Over The Place - HomegrownRadioNJ.com - 27 Oct 2006 (#27).

Finally, the Hallowe'en episode. I managed to stumble across some appropriate choices while trawling through the vinyl. I think it came out pretty well.

AOTP - 27 Oct - Part 1

AOTP - 27 Oct - Part 2

Run-D.M.C.	It's tricky	Raising hell	Profile	12:54 AM
Television	Glory	Adventure	Elektra	12:46 AM
The Mighty Lemon Drops	My biggest thrill (live)	Happy head	Sire	12:44 AM
R.E.M.	Crazy	Dead letter office	I.R.S.	12:41 AM
Scapegoat Wax	Aisle 10 (Hey Allison)	Okeeblow	Grand Royal/Capitol	12:34 AM
Gnarls Barkley	Smiley faces	St. Elsewhere	Downtown/Atlantic	12:31 AM
UB40	So here I am	7"	DEP International	12:27 AM
Gorillaz	Feel good, Inc.	Demon days	Virgin	12:23 AM
Abandoned Pools	Army of me	The reverb EP	Universal	12:19 AM
My Bloody Valentine	Nothing much to lose	Isn't anything	Sire	12:16 AM
Local H	Hands on the Bible	Here comes the zoo	Palm Pictures	12:12 AM
Gary Myrick and the Figures	She talks in stereo	Gary Myrick and the Figures	Epic	12:06 AM
Peter Godwin	Images of heaven	Images of heaven	Oglio	12:01 AM
Cheech & Chong	Sister Mary Elephant	Where there's smoke, there's Cheech & Chong	Rhino/Warner Bros.	11:58 PM
Cheech & Chong	Earache my eye	Where there's smoke, there's Cheech & Chong	Rhino/Warner Bros.	11:54 PM
Oingo Boingo	Piggies	Farewell	A&M	11:46 PM
Landscape	Norman Bates	From the tea rooms of Mars to the hell-holes of Uranus	RCA	11:34 PM
Jim White	Handcuffed to a fence in Missisippi	No such place	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	11:30 PM
Oingo Boingo	Dead man's party	Dead man's party	MCA	11:24 PM
Stan Ridgway	Camouflage	The big heat	I.R.S.	11:17 PM
Tom Lehrer	Poisoning pigeons in the park	The remains of Tom Lehrer (disc 2)	Warner Archives	11:08 PM
Pajama Slave Dancers	Texas chain letter massacre	Blood, sweat & beers	Restless	11:05 PM
Violent Femmes	A story	Freak magnet	Beyond/RCA	11:00 PM
Pajama Slave Dancers	Psycho date	Blood, sweat & beers	Restless	10:59 PM
Tom Lehrer	I hold your hand in mine	The remains of Tom Lehrer (disc 1)	Warner Archives	10:58 PM
Lou Miami	Ghosts	Rituals	Throbbing Lobster	10:53 PM
Violent Femmes	Life is a scream	Why do birds sing?	Slash	10:52 PM
The Squirrel Nut Zippers	Hell	Hot	Mammoth	10:48 PM
Bobby (Boris) Pickett	Monster mash	7"	Parrot	10:45 PM
Beck	Guess I'm doing fine	Sea change	DGC	10:37 PM
The Concretes	Forces	Layyourbattleaxedown	Astralwerks	10:33 PM
Jumprope	Kites are fun	Holiday in Brazil	Mushroom Pillow	10:30 PM
Boz Scaggs	King of El Paso	Dig	Virgin	10:25 PM
Burt Bacharach	Who are these people?	At this time	Columbia	10:17 PM
Marvin Gaye	Inner city blues (makes me wanna holler)	What's going on	Tamla/Motown	10:12 PM
Lucinda Williams	Fruits of my labor	World without tears	Lost Highway	10:08 PM

HGRNJ tonight.

I usually won't do this, but if you're a listener of AOTP on HGRNJ or if you download it regularly, please consider making a donation to HGRNJ.

AOTP tonight at 10 pm EST.

Game Theory - The big shot chronicles - Tracks 10-12.

I'll do just enough to keep you coming back. All 54 of you - thanks!

10. Game Theory - Too closely

11. Game Theory - Never mind

12. Game Theory - Like a girl Jesus