BEST SHOW EVER!!!!

Well, at least that's what I think how this show turned out. Even if it wasn't the best, it's still up there. Check out this week's playlist:

1. Four Tet - She Moves She
2. Aphex Twin - 4
3. Burial - Archangel
4. Neu! - Hero
5. Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 1 (Comet Melody 1)
6. God Is an Astronaut - Suicide By Star
7. Battles - Tonto
8. Maserati - Synchronicity IV
9. Laura - Every Light
10. Mogwai - Glasgow Mega-Snake
11. God Is an Astronaut - Coda
12. Talk Talk - Ascension Day
13. Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
14. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
15. Asobi Seksu - New Years

And here's this week's iMix:

In other big news, it's been officially announced that Cake will be performing at Middlebury's Kenyon Arena on April 19th! Not exactly something I'd play on this show, but I still like the band very much, and it's great to have them here for their first East Coast concert in two years! Find out more here. And if you want to know more about these guys, check out some videos:

"The Distance":



"Never There":



And "I Will Survive":



Well, that's it for this week. Take care, and hear it again next week, same time, same place!

Episode 10 and iMix

Well, it was a great show this afternoon, and it's great to be back! Some minor technical difficulties, too, but nothing that can't be fixed. So, without further ado, here's today's playlist:

1. The Octopus Project feat. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Spiracle
2. Autechre - Gnit
3. Neu! - Negativland
4. Matthew Dear - Deserter
5. Aphex Twin - Tha
6. Boards of Canada - Hi Scores
7. Flying Saucer Attack - Land Beyond the Sun
8. Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day
9. Disco Inferno - Freethought
10. Mogwai - Small Children in the Background
11. Kriedler - La Capital
12. El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving
13. Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
14. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes

What did you think of the songs? Liked some of them? Hated some of them? Leave a comment here, or vote in the poll on the right!

And here' the iMix. You may notice some songs on here that I didn't play; I tend to plan these playlists out beforehand, but I decided to make some last minute adjustments. Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

I'd also like to plug a friend of mine's show. Nick Bujalski is starting a show called "Nihilists With Good Intentions," every Sunday morning from 6-8 AM only on WRMC! Be sure to listen in, even though it's way too early! And Jared Pomerance, who DJ'ed last semester for "Mildly Interesting," is now the new DJ of his own show, "Rooster Rock," which airs Thursday nights/Friday morning from 1:30-3 AM -- check that out as well, please! Anyway, take care, and have a good week, and a great Winter Carnival!

12 hours and counting...

...before the first show of the semester! Are you excited? 'Cuz I am!!

(By the way, how was that lunar eclipse tonight, huh? It definitely was something, that's for sure. Did anyone notice the UFO? ;-) )

Update

Good news: Organized Chaos will be back on the air TOMORROW!! That's right, I'll be back tomorrow on WRMC from 12:30-2 PM. Listen in on 91.1 FM in the Champlain valley, and on WRMC's website everywhere else. I've also created a Facebook group for fans, and to help promote the show. You can check it out here! If you're a fan, be sure to join! That's all for now, and I'd be glad to hear from you tomorrow!

YAY!!! I'M BACK!!!! (And at a new, better time!)

So after weeks of not having a show, I'm glad to say that WRMC has renewed Organized Chaos for the spring semester!! And guess what? The show has been moved to Thursdays, from 12:30 to 2 PM EST. Which means that you can be able to listen in without having to stay up ridiculously late! And I will be awake when I DJ and not jumble my words every other second! Very exciting news, folks.

As for when the show will start up again...this I haven't decided. It will either be this Thursday, 2/21, or next Thursday, 2/28, depending on when I get retrained to be a WRMC DJ. And since this is a new semester, there will be two things I will promise you:

1) Less show cancellations. It's in the early afternoon, when I'm not usually working and am more flexible with my schedule, so no longer will "I have too much work" be an excuse. This will definitely be what it was meant to be: a weekly event where you can hear the best experimental rock has to offer.

2) More posts on this blog. This will include music videos, even for bands I won't play on my show at all, and anything else I find interesting (which is quite a bit!).

So, in short: I'm back! And better than ever! And remember, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or hate mail, here's how you can contact me:

E-mail: jhexter@middlebury.edu
Facebook: Right here!
Phone: When the show's on, feel free to call me in the studio! It's x6323 on campus, and (802) 443-6323 everywhere else.

And lest we forget WRMC's official website, the show's official webpage, and WRMC's blog!!!

So! I'm really excited for this new time, and I hope you are too! Take care, and I look forward to hearing from you on the first show of the semester!

Sorry guys...

...but it looks as if I'll have to forego tonight's show yet again; schoolwork does, after all, come first, and there's no way I can do it in the studio. I really hate having to do this, but nobody listens to the radio at 1:30 in the morning anyway, especially since most people have to wake up early tomorrow morning. I perfectly understand, guys. If and when I get a slightly better time starting in February, perhaps your weekly post-rock fix won't be so, well, not-as-weekly. I should probably stick to this, but this is college, after all. Hopefully I'll post something (anything, really) sometime this week, and there WILL be a show next week at the promised time. Sorry once again, and hope you guys have a good week!

Organized Chaos: So cool, it celebrates New Year's two weeks late.

Happy new year 2008, everyone! Hope the past few weeks without the show have been going well. Though I can only promise you it'll get better now that it's back!

Sorry for the belated post; life sometimes gets in the way of doing what you really want. Anyway, here's this week's playlist:

1. Dirty Three -- Hope
2. My Bloody Valentine -- Don't Ask Why
3. Phaser -- Life and Illusion
4. Fridge -- Semaphore
5. Maserati -- Show Me the Season
6. God Is an Astronaut -- From Dust To the Beyond
7. 65daysofstatic -- Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
8. Laurie Anderson -- O Superman (For Massenet)
9. Autechre -- Rotar
10. Battles -- Atlas
11. LCD Soundsystem -- Someone Great
12. Talk Talk -- New Grass
13. Saxon Shore -- The Revolution Will Be Streaming

And as always, this week's iMix:

CORRECTION: I mentioned that the song "Don't Ask Why" by My Bloody Valentine was from their last EP, Tremolo, from 1991. In fact, it's from their second-to-last EP, 1990's Glider. Here's to getting music facts wrong. :-(

Anyway, the last part of the Dirty Three retrospective is on the YAM/Questionable Content blog; you can check it out here! Take care everyone, and see you next week!

Notice

There will be no show tonight, 1/7. The first show of 2008 will be next Monday morning, 1/14, at the usual time of 1:30 AM.

A Dirty Three retrospective

Since the show won't be back for the next couple of weeks due to winter break (and my leaving campus tomorrow morning!), I thought I'd share something I found with all you listeners to tide you over. On this music blog, they've started a retrospective of the Dirty Three, a post-rock band I've featured numerous times on the show and one of my personal favorites. Only the first part of three is up right now, but I encourage you to check it out every so often for the next part, as well as some excellent (and not-so-excellent) articles currently up. I certainly will, and I'll post the link for the second part when it's up! Anyway, take care, and happy holidays!

EDIT (12/18/2007): The second part is up! Check it out here!

EDIT (1/16/2008): And here's the third and final part! Some great music writing overall.

Today's show

If you listened in, I hope you enjoyed tonight's show. There won't be another one for awhile because of winter break, but I'll be back early January, same time, same place. Anyway, here's the playlist:

1. Fridge -- Swerve and Spin
2. Do Make Say Think -- Fredericia
3. Autechre -- Dael
4. Boards of Canada -- The Devil Is In The Details
5. Slint -- Don, Aman
6. My Bloody Valentine -- Swallow
7. God Is an Astronaut -- Forever Lost
8. Talk Talk -- After the Flood
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor -- Sleep
10. Aphex Twin -- Pulsewidth
11. God Is an Astronaut -- All Is Violent, All Is Bright

And because I forgot to do this last time, here's an iMix of the past two episodes! Yes!!!

A poll should be up later today. And there might be something on Facebook too (anyone who uses it anyway...and who doesn't?)! Stay tuned for that!