Best in Black at Pin Ups, 12/30

My last set of 2008....

The House Is Rockin' 2:24 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Rock This Town 3:26 Stray Cats Rock This Town: Best Of The Stray Cats
I Come from the Water 2:47 The Toadies Rubberneck
Star 69 3:09 R.E.M. Monster
Supermassive Black Hole 3:29 Muse Black Holes And Revelations
Control 4:36 Mute Math Mute Math
Funky Céilí (Bridie's Song) 4:01 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
I'm Shipping Up to Boston 2:34 Dropkick Murphys The Departed (Music from the Motion Picture)
Wind It Up 4:27 Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Are Me
ride the lightning 6:37 metallica ride the lightning
Paint It Black 3:25 The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Girl Inside My Head 3:39 Blues Traveler Bridge
Back In Black 4:16 AC/DC Back In Black
Back to Black 4:00 Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Black Dog 4:55 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Disc 2]
Big Time 4:25 Peter Gabriel Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
Raspberry Beret 3:33 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Always Something There to Remind Me 3:43 Naked Eyes The Best of Naked Eyes
rock n roll all night long 2:57 KISS
World Wide Suicide 3:29 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam
Blackberry 3:27 The Black Crowes Three Snakes And One Charm
Stupid Girls 3:17 Pink I'm Not Dead
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You 3:32 Black Kids Wizard of Ahhhs
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines 3:24 Panic! At the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Traffic And Weather 3:37 Fountains Of Wayne Traffic And Weather
When You Were Young 3:40 The Killers Sam's Town
Squalor Victoria 2:59 The National Boxer
Four Kicks 2:10 Kings Of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak
Melatonin 4:05 Silversun Pickups Carnavas
Stuck Between Stations 4:12 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Banquet 3:19 Bloc Party Bloc party
Back to Me 3:31 Kathleen Edwards Back to Me
Home 5:05 Marc Broussard Carencro
Have A Little Faith In Me 3:51 John Hiatt The Best Of John Hiatt

Gig Alert

Filling in for DJ Azu tonight at Pin Ups, starting at 7 p.m. SLT. Best in Black, and there's at least $500L available to the best dressed, guy, girl, and staffer. Come on down and bring some requests with you.

Nightcap @ Killing Moon Records, 12/27

Fake Empire 3:25 The National Boxer
Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane 3:21 The Avett Brothers Mignonette
Soul Singer In A Session Band 4:14 Bright Eyes Cassadaga
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa 3:37 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Zak And Sara 3:11 Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs
I Saw A Bird Fly Away 2:51 Dar Williams The Beauty Of The Rain
Wednesday 4:05 Drive-By Truckers A Blessing And A Curse
The Long Cut 3:20 Uncle Tupelo Anodyne
Designs On You 3:49 Old 97's Satellite Rides (Disc 1)
Commerce, TX 3:52 Ben Kweller Sha Sha
Some Rowdy Women 3:12 Shooter Jennings Electric Rodeo
I Liked You Better When You Hated Yourself 2:46 The Badlees River Songs
A Long December 4:58 Counting Crows Recovering The Satellites
Volcano 4:38 Damien Rice O
Spare Parts 3:44 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love
Always the Last to Know (Single Mix) 4:17 Del Amitri 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Del Amitri
Wondering 3:56 Widespread Panic Everyday
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:43 Queen Greatest Hits [Hollywood]
Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts 3:28 The Gaslight Anthem Señor And The Queen [Ep]

Your Musical Thought of the Day, 12/22

I rode the jet stream, I hit the top
I'm eating steak and lobster tails
The sauna's drafty - oooh, the pool's too hot
The kitchen stinks of boiling snails

-- Spinal Tap, "Hell Hole"

Best in Orange @ Pin Ups 12/18

Yeah, the dates are out of order, so sue me. I've had a long couple weeks. ;-)

Slither 4:08 Velvet Revolver Contraband
Mr. Brownstone 3:49 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
You Shook Me All Night Long 3:30 AC/DC Back In Black
Orange Crush 3:52 REM
Buddy Holly 2:39 Weezer Weezer
Get Off This 4:26 Cracker Kerosene Hat
Learn To Fly 3:57 Foo Fighters There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Holiday 3:53 Green Day American Idiot
Killamangiro 3:13 Babyshambles Down in Albion
Melatonin 4:05 Silversun Pickups Carnavas
Deck the Halls 2:52 Twisted Sister A Twisted Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High 4:22 The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks: The Best-Of Collection
Jingle Bells 3:21 Lisa Loeb Redeye 2008 Holiday Sampler
Pool Hoppin' 3:17 The Swingin' Neckbreakers Kick Your Ass
Rock This Town 3:26 Stray Cats Rock This Town: Best Of The Stray Cats
Bad Reputation 2:26 The Reverend Horton Heat Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Casanova, Baby! 2:58 The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound
Sequestered In Memphis 3:35 The Hold Steady Sequestered In Memphis - Single
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Play That Funky Music (White Boy) 4:58 Wild Cherry Undercover Brother
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 5:47 Parliament The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk
Funky Céilí (Bridie's Song) 4:01 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
Amber-Supa Dups Remix (With 311 Only) 3:37 311 From Chaos
The Middle 2:46 Jimmy Eat World Bleed American
All I Want Is You 6:30 U2 Rattle And Hum
Academia 3:16 Sia Some People Have Real Problems
1234 3:04 Feist The Reminder
Smile 3:16 Lily Allen Alright Still
Back Door Santa 3:49 B.B. King & John Popper A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 5
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch 3:11 Asylum Street Spankers Christmas Spanking
Mr. Heatmiser 4:22 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Everything You Want for Christmas
Merry Christmas Baby 4:55 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band A Very Special Christmas

Inaugural Ball for Magellan Kinvara Sims, 12/19

A definite change of pace: A Christmas ball in a version of the Crystal Palace to honor the opening of two new sims. We played a mix of holiday classics and newer stuff. The people watching was half the fun. Thanks to Mako Magellan and Elspeth Wooley for the invitation!

White Christmas 2:57 Bing Crosby Christmas #1's
O Tannenbaum 5:08 Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) 3:12 Nat King Cole The Christmas Song
Sleigh Ride 2:58 Ella Fitzgerald Santa's Greatest Hits
Blue Christmas 2:09 Elvis Presley Elvis' Christmas Album
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 2:04 Brenda Lee Christmas #1's
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring 3:09 Angele Dubeau & La Pieta Christmas Card
O Holy Night 4:47 Josh Groban Josh Groban in Concert
Adeste Fideles 2:35 Frank Sinatra & Orchestra And Chorus Of Gordon Jenkins A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
Frosty the Snowman 2:58 Jimmy Durante 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Season's Greetings (Box Set)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3:07 Gene Autry Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings 3:26 Barenaked Ladies Feat. Sarah McLachlan Barenaked For The Holidays
Carol of the Bells 3:53 Mannheim Steamroller A Fresh Aire Christmas
The Nutcracker, Op.71: No. 2 March 2:14 Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Christmas Time All Over The World 2:32 Sammy Davis Jr. Christmas With The Rat Pack
Silver Bells 3:05 Bing Crosby & Carole Richards 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Bing Crosby
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 4:29 The Pretenders A Very Special Christmas
Here We Come A-Caroling / O Christmas Tree / I Saw Three Ships 5:08 Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra A Christmas Festival
Let Us the Infant Greet 3:47 Loreena McKennitt To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah 3:59 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Silent Night
Do You Hear What I Hear 3:33 Whitney Houston A Very Special Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas 4:24 John Denver & The Muppets A Christmas Together
Fairytale of New York 4:35 The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl The Best of the Pogues
Be Thou My Vision 3:26 Randy Rothwell Whole Hearted Hymns
Little Drummer Boy 2:49 The Kings' Singers Rejoice and Be Merry!
The Holly and the Ivy 3:16 Anonymous 4 Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Songs & Carols
Gabriel's Message 2:14 Sting A Very Special Christmas
Merry Christmas Baby 4:55 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band A Very Special Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High 4:22 The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks: The Best-Of Collection
I'll Be Home for Christmas 3:05 Diana Krall & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Christmas Songs (iTunes Version)
I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day 2:13 Burl Ives Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Canon in D Major 3:46 London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Plays Great Classics
Silent Night 4:37 Stevie Nicks A Very Special Christmas
'Zat You, Santa Claus? 2:47 Louis Armstrong & The Commanders Yule Be Miserable
Christmas, Christmas 3:11 Mojo Nixon Christmas, Christmas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 1:49 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas 2:36 Perry Como Perry Como: Greatest Christmas Songs
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 2:21 U2 A Very Special Christmas
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 2:39 John Mellencamp A Very Special Christmas
Do They Know It's Christmas 3:47 Band Aid Christmas Hits

A message to the radio industry

We are not fooled. Your silly "fickle" or "Jack" or "Drive" formats that allegedly play "everything" still suck. Mixing in an occasional deep cut off a Dave Matthews album and an acoustic version of "Closing Time" does not count as variety. If you're going to claim to play "everything," try harder.

By the way, if you're going to call a song acoustic for your precious "Acoustic Tuesdays," you should probably understand that it shouldn't have electric guitars and synthesizers in it.

Rant over.