Crude Brood

I'm pretty excited about the Atlanta Braves acquisition of Mark Texeira from the Texas Rangers, though it's definitely bittersweet they had to part with the fun-named Jarrod "Salty" Saltalamacchia** (pronounced salt-ala-mock-ia). And on top of that they just released Julio Franco, who has a lot of love from the Atlanta Braves fanbase. He was going to be a bench player, but the 48 year old can play ball a lot better than some of those other reserves out there who are half his age. It's a shame they couldn't get another starting pitcher, but to be fair there was really nothing good to trade for this year. I'm seeing a tight race in the NL East this year, especially if the Phillies keep raking.

With that out of the way, here's this weeks playlist which got a great deal of audience participation this week. Four requests, which I believe ties my personal best as well as people calling in with compliments. I think this is definitely a better route than threatening your listeners by playing the same song nonstop. Probably my favorite song I played during the show was Margo Guryan, which reminds me of some of the Isobel Campbell sung Belle and Sebastian tracks. Second favorite was the Shooting at Unarmed Men. Yay malicious McLusky offshoots.

*'s are the requests

Deerhunter - Strange Lights - Cryptograms - Kranky
Finest Dearest - Making a Sound - Off Sides - S/R
Public Image Ltd. - Swan Lake - Second Edition - Warner Bros.
Black Dice - Smiling Off (DFA Remix) - Smiling Off - DFA/Astralwerks
Fog - The Last I Knew of You - Ditherer - Lex
Selmanaires, The - Let's Go There - Here Come the Selmanaires - International Hits
Devo - Mongoloid - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Warner Bros.
Dry Bread - Words to My Song - Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay - Numero Group
Pulp - Babies - His 'n' Hers - Island
Shape of Broad Minds - Let's Go (feat. MF Doom) - Blue Experience EP - Lex
Artanker Convoy - Ejector - Cozy Endings - The Social Registry
*Guided by Voices - Everywhere With Helicopters - Universal Truths and Cycles - Matador
Shellac - Be Prepard - Excellent Italian Greyhound - Touch and Go
Stereo Total - The Monster - Fields and Streams - Kill Rock Stars
Guryan, Margo - Sun - 25 Demos - Oglio
Don Caballero - Room Temperature Lounge - Singles Breaking Up - Touch and Go
Shooting at Unarmed Men - All Hail Sergio - Yes! Tinnitus! - Too Pure
*Saint Etienne - Erica America - Good Humor - Sub Pop
*Rogue Wave - Bird on a Wire - Descended Like Vultures - Sub Pop
*Stereolab - Cosmic Country Noir - Margerine Eclipse - Elektra
Channels 3x4 - Boys - Christian Girls EP - Summer Lovers Unlimited
Justice - New Jack - Cross - Vice/Ed Banger
Royal Fingers - Test Driver - Wild Eleki Deluxe - Del Fi
Young Marble Giants - Posed by Models - Peel Session - Domino
Cinematic Orchestra, The - Familiar Ground - Ma Fleur - Ninja Tune
Rubinoos, The - No More Where She Came From - Paleophonic - Varese Sarabande
1990s - Enjoying Myself - Cookies - Rough Trade
Rondelles, The - T.V. Zombie - Shined Nickels and Loose Change - K
Unrest - Winona Ryder (xx Version) - B.P.M. (1991-1994) - Teenbeat

**Amazingly spelled correctly on first attempt.