The Thing Of The Day Podcast (The Thing Radio Enhanced)

The Thing Radio 7 -- Enhanced

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:07:00 GMT

This week's show is all new music except for Old 97's. That's All.

Get the CD Jewel Inset HERE.

The Songs

1. Bruce Springsteen -- Radio Nowhere from Magic . Pre-release. Direct Download.

2. Harlem Shakes -- Sickos from Burning Birthdays EP. Direct Download.

3. They Might Be Giants -- Take Out The Trash from The Else. Direct Download.

4. They Might Be Giants -- Careful What You Pack from The Else. Direct Download.

5. Brazilian Girls -- Crosseyed and Painless from Brazilian Girls Remix EP. Talking Heads cover. Direct Download.

6. Supermayer -- The Art of Letting Go from Save The World. Direct Download.

7. New Young Pony Club -- The Bomb from Fantastic Playroom. Direct Download.

8. Michelle Shocked -- The Quality of Mercy from ToHeavenURide. Direct Download.

9. Over The Rhine -- Entertaining Thoughts from The Trumpet Child. Direct Download.

10. Deer Tick -- Art Isn't Real (City of Sin) from War Elephant. Direct Download.

11. Old 97's -- Victoria from Wreck Your Life. Direct Download.

12. Just Jack -- Starz in Their Eyes from Overtones. Direct Download.

13. Marla Hansen -- A Friend Indeed from Wedding Day. Direct Download.

14. John Ralston -- Ghetto Tested from Sorry Vampire. Direct Download.

15. Charlie B. Barkin' -- Car Stereo (Wars) from The Bandit. Cheap Girl Talk knockoff. Direct Download.

Long Week. Have a good weekend.

The Thing Radio 6

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:47:00 GMT

This week's podcast was once again hastily assembled, but the mix is okey-dokey by me. There's a variety of songs. Guess I should narrow my tastes more so those subscribing (all 3 of ya--ya b*stards!!) would know what they're getting. Well, no. Discover different stuff, ragamuffins. Here's an idea how the flow goes--power pop, pavement guy, funny, electro-funny, pop, country pop, R & B, blues, yo la sounding, weird country, fuzzy freakout, hip hop weird, soft weird.

Works for me.

Don't forget to visit the TTOTD page or subscribe in itunes.

Get the CD Jewel Case PDF HERE.

The Songs, Fool!

1. Imperial Teen -- Shim Sham from The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band. New preview track. Direct Download.

2. What Made Milwaukee Famous -- Sweet Lady from Trying To Never Catch Up. Sounds like Marah to me. Direct Download.

3. Steven Malkmus -- The Hook from Steven Malkmus. A slightly older Double Shot from the Pavement guy. Geez, my annoying AOR FM radio guy roots are showing. Direct Download.

4. Steven Malkmus -- Baby C'Mon from Face The Truth. Direct Download.

5. Flight of the Concords -- Business Time from The Distant Future. Hey, New Zealandee, don't be sad, Ashes to Ashes David Bowie says it'll be okay. Direct Download.

6. Project Jenny, Project Jan -- 320 from Xoxoxoxoxo. More new stuff. Direct Download.

7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin -- Oregon Girl from Broom. The first song that falters or neato pop/alt/country? Direct Download.

8. Pernice Brothers -- Somerville from Live A Little. I've got all their albums. If Tom Petty ever goes alt.country, he should call these guys. Direct Download.

9. Oakley Hall -- No Dreams from I'll Follow You. Don't know nuthin' about them except this is new. Direct Download.

10. Bettye LaVette -- You Don't Know Me At All from The Scene Of The Crime. New music from this blues legend with Drive By Truckers backing her up. Direct Download.

11. Nick Drake -- Black Mountain Blues from Family Tree. Doesn't sound like Nick, sounds like blues. Direct Download.

12. Arthur & Yu -- There are Too Many Birds from In Camera. Hey, it's not Yo La Tengo, it's their second appearance on the podcast. Direct Download.

13. Sparklehorse -- Shade and Honey from Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain. I have most of their CD's, don't listen to them, though. Don't know why. Direct Download.

14. Shearwater -- White Waves from Palo Santo. Does the podcast falter here? Direct Download.

15. New Baby Elephant -- How Does the Brain Wave? from Turn My Teeth Up!. New music featuring help from David Byrne and Bernie Worrell. Direct Download.

16. Akron/Family -- Phenomena from Love is Simple. Doo Doo Do Dooo Do. Phenomena. New. Direct Download.

Until next time...

The Thing Radio 5

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:45:00 GMT

Today's Thing Radio was put together rather quickly, so I'm not a hundred percent how it all will turn out on reflection. But what I lack in quality, I make up for in quantity. All the music is relatively new music---the oldest track being from February of this year. There's even a few preview tracks in there. Visit the website links and check out the bands while you listen. I'm in a bit of a hurry today, so no comments on the tracks, but all the regular bells and whistles are there. Don't forget to visit the TTOTD page or subscribe in itunes.

Get the enhanced AAC podcast HERE.

Get the CD Jewel Case PDF HERE.

The Songs

1. Super Furry Animals --- Run-Away from Hey Venus! Direct Download.

2. An Angle --- Clean And Gold from The Truth Is That You Are Alive. Direct Download.

3. The Boy in the Bubble --- Take Me Home from Songs from the City On The Sun. Direct Download.

4. The Boy in the Bubble --- The Real World Don't Matter from Songs from the City On The Sun. Direct Download.

5. Conquistador --- Fruit Loopy from Royal Fifth. Direct Download.

6. Taken By Trees --- Lost and Found from Open field. Direct Download.

7. The Caribbean --- Bees, Their Vision and Language from Populations. Direct Download.

8. The Long Blondes --- Once and Never Again from Someone to Drive You Home. Direct Download.

9. Blue Cartoon --- She's a God from September Songs. Direct Download.

10. Virginia Sisters ---Beautiful One from Last Pathetic Fool. Direct Download.

11. Speck Mountain --- Stockholm from Summer Above. Direct Download.

12. The Weakerthans --- Night Windows from Reunion Tour. Direct Download.

13. The National --- Fake Empire from Boxer. Direct Download.

14. Emily Haines --- The Lottery from Knives Don't Have Your Back. Direct Download.

15. Mirah & Spectratone International --- Community from Share This Place_Stories and Observations. Direct Download.

Back with another show next week.

TTOTD The Thing 4

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:18:00 GMT

Some TV-related songs in today's The Thing Radio plus a hidden comedy routine from a cartoon rat and another bonus hidden track. The podcast is now in AAC--the preferred format because you get chapters, song titles and artwork--and in crappy MP3 so you can listen in the players here on the page. Visit the podcast page or subscribe in itunes.

Grab the AAC Version HERE.

Grab the MP3 Version HERE.

Grab the CD Jewel Insert HERE.

The Songs

1. Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros -- Johnny Appleseed from Global a Go-Go. We've just jumped into the new HBO show John from Cincinnati. This old Joe Strummer song is the theme song. It's great when I know a song in a show. It's better when I actually own the song. And it's even better when the song is free on the internet. If you're out to get my honey, then you don't go killin' all the bees? Direct Download.

2. Mekons -- Last Night on Earth from Journey from the End of the Night. Mekons popped into my mind as a great band to follow Strummer. They have so many sounds but are still a bit underrated. Mekons have a new album due out next month, but this ain't from it. No free preview tracks yet. If I were a Mekon.... Direct Download.

3. Magic Bullets -- Heatstroke from a Child but in life yet a DOCTOR in love. New music, emphasis on The Strokes. Direct Download.

4. Portastatic -- I Wanna Know Girls from Bright Ideas. Mellow side project from Superchunk lead. Doesn't sound like SC to me. Direct Download.

5. Graham Parker -- Stick to the Plan from Don't Tell Columbus. There's a bit of an underrated vibe to today's show. Graham's put out a few great CD's the last few years slagging off his mantle of angry young rocker. This is from a few months ago, sounds like the new Dylan. Direct Download.

6. Buffalo Tom -- Three Easy Pieces from Three Easy Pieces. First album in eight years taking a nice side trip to 1994 circa 2007. Direct Download.

7. The Silos -- Behind Me Now from Come On Like The Fast Lane. New Music. Yea, I like Alt Country. Bite me. Direct Download.

8. Iron & Wine -- Boy With A Coin from Boy With A Coin. Title preview track from next month's new CD. Direct Download.

9. CAKE -- Never Gonna Give You Up from CAKE Rarities. Cake covers Barry White. Direct Download.

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Art Star from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover CAKE and random death metal. Direct Download.

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Off to find more free, legal internet music...

The Thing Radio 3

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:31:00 GMT

The Thing Radio returns, the show is bookended by two classic songs with some new stuff inside.

Download the podcast HERE or click on the podcast graphic. Also, HERE'S the PDF case with all the song titles including the hidden one.

The Songs

1. Laurie Anderson -- Let X = X from Big Science. If you ever own one Laurie Anderson CD, this is the one and this MP3 comes from the newly rereleased and remastered CD. Direct Download.

2. Gabby Glaser -- Fruit is Sweet from Gimme Splash. Former Luscious Jackson member grabbed a few ex-bandmates for this new solo CD. Direct Download.

3. Misha -- Summersend from Teardrop Sweetheart. New. Direct Download.

4. The New Pornographers -- Myriad Harbor from Challengers. Another preview track from this August release. Direct Download.

5. Taxi Taxi -- Family Doctor from Maps & Legends. Brooklyn band's new release. Direct Download.

6. The Makes Nice -- Anna Karina from Candy Wrapper and Twelve Other Songs. Direct Download.

7. Jonathan Richman -- Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love from Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love. From 2004. Direct Download.

8. John Vanderslice -- Karma Police from OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer. The first of two songs from this Radiohead tribute album. Here's the whole album for free! Direct Download.

9. Marissa Nadler -- No Surprises from OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer. Direct Download.

10. David Bowie -- Space Oddity from Space Oddity. Classic Bowie and absolutely free. Direct Download.

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The Thing Radio 2

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:41:00 GMT

It's Thursday, so it's the Thing Radio. Number 2. Click on the podcast icon to listen in your browser. You can get the RSS Feed Here. You can download the PDF here. I added direct download links for each individual songs, plus some of the song track look weird, it's part of the bargain with IODA Promonet which gives me free music. Lots of links to explore. To the songs:

The Songs

1. Pavement--Spit on a Stranger from Twilight Terror. One of my favorite old Pavement songs. Direct download.

2. Simple Kid--Lil' King Kong from 2. New music from English dude that has some Beck qualities. The whole EP can be gotten on the Direct Download.

3. Mike Doughty--Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well from Haughty Melodic. An album from last year, but I like the song. Direct Download.

4. Los Campesinos!--Please Don't Tell Me To Do The Math from We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives. The first, new EP from this Welsh band. It just became available on emusic. Ho-ray. Direct Download.

5. Shout Out Louds--Tonight I Have to Leave It from Tonight I Have to Leave It. Swedish band. Direct Download.

6.

Download "Robert Onion" (mp3)
from "93-03"
by Frank Black
Cooking Vinyl

More On This Album

I have most of the songs on this new Frank Black retrospective.

7.

Download "Elizabeth Sways" (mp3)
from "Flowering Spade"
by Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes

More On This Album

8. Rickie Lee Jones--Elvis Cadillac from The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard. Her newest, vaguely religious album and her best in years, striking toward Lucinda Williams territory. Direct Download.

9. Bright Eyes--Four Winds from Four Winds EP. Their first EP from Cassedega. Real country. Direct Download.

10. Cornelius--Gum from Sensuous. I like their previous albums; this one is from late last year. Direct Download.

The Thing Radio- Summermix 1

thing@thethingoftheday.com — Sun, 1 Jul 2007 19:38:00 GMT

There's a whole hour-plus mixtape radio show today. It's mostly new music for the summer. The 90 meg zipped M4a file can easily be burned off to a CD for driving around. Also, if you listen on your ipod, the show has different album art for each of the 18 songs. I whipped up some pretty simple stingers and bumps for in between the songs as well. If I make more shows, I'll do some more mixing and make some more complex sound interludes.

You can grab the CD Jewel Case HERE. The PDF file has artwork and track listings. Print it out.

Don't worry about the show pirating music, each of the songs in the show were a free download on the internet from Salon and Discollective. If you like the songs, go out and support the artists. There's a ton of free music out there!

The Songs

1. Spoon - The Underdog. New music from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
2. 1990's - You're Supposed to be my Friend.
3. The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running.
4. The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours. This is an advance track from their new album due out in August.
5. Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day. From their last CD.
6. Betty Davis - Anti Love Song. Miles Davis' wife brings the funk.
7. Architecture In Helsinki - Heart it Races.
8. The Loose Salute - deathclub. From Tuned To Love.
9. Forro In The Dark - I Wish (Bundle Of Contradictions) Featuring David Byrne. Fun song, didn't have this David Byrne song.
10. Wilco - What Light. Are you telling me you don't own Sky Blue Sky yet?
11. Silver Jews - room games and diamond rain. Older Silver Jews from Bright Flight, but I just discovered them yesterday and love it.
12. Nick Lowe - Hope For Us All. From At My Age -- brand new Nick Lowe, just bought this album too; good country sound.
13. The Avett Brothers - Die Die Die. New from Introducing Emotinalism.
14. Louis - My Own Good. From Freak Show Revenge.
15. Andrew Bird - Heretics. Newish from Armchair Apocrypha.
16. Arthur & Yu - Come to View (Song For Neil Young).
17. Elliott Smith - High Times. He's been dead for a few years, but they've found new stuff to release on the double disc New Moon. Sounds like Elliot.
18. Cat Power - The Greatest. This CD was just recently voted The Greatest by songwriters. Tis true.

You can download the file HERE or click on the picture.