July 10th Playlist

What you're looking at below is my very failed attempt at trying to get a ton of requests (and therefore, listener satisfaction) by having them call in and request or else the same Flaming Lips cover of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" play on loop. In the studio I don't have to hear what's going out over the air, I can just play whatever I want to hear without the audience hearing it. They however are stuck with it. Unless they're smart enough to realize they can change the dial- which is exactly what I'm guessing they did. The Flaming Lips song was actually played a lot more often, I lost count towards the end of the first hour. It did give me a chance to read the new issue of Fader and listen to Can's Delay 1968 EP and Dinosaur Jr.'s Bug, the latter of which for some inexplicable reason I had never heard.

On a positive note, when I come into the studio, usually a half hour before my show starts, it's been running on automation, generally consisting of prerecorded sets done by station members. Most of the time it's playing jazz, world music, or interviews on social issues. Now I just flip that off and put a full record on. Last week it was disc 3 of the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs and this week was Jay Reatard's Blood Visions. See I don't totally hate the listeners.

The *'s denote the requests and the first and last tracks were my picks.

Ponys, The - Sad Eyes - Laced With Romance - In the Red
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
*Gang of Four - Natural's Not in It - Entertainment! - Rhino
*Pop, Iggy - Lust for Life - Lust for Life - Virgin
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
*Jefferson, Blind Lemon - Peach Orchard Mama - Blind William Jefferson - Mildstone
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Flaming Lips, The - Can't Get You Out of My Head - Fight Test EP - Warner Bros.
Measles Mumps Rubella - Lighter's Out - Zusammen Mit Motown/Lighter's Out 7" - M'alady's