I loved making mix tapes in junior high and high school. This was before CD burners and iPods. Back in the day, I’d record what was hip and trendy off the radio, add in selections from my small CD collection and splice it all together on our dusty stereo in the living room. I loved making mix tapes of Broadway musicals, soundtracks and pop tunes for my skating workouts. And later, I made odes to love for my boyfriends. Good times.

This morning: I made my first Muxtape. I mixed in They Might Be Giants, Aubrey and other goodies. Take a listen…or make your own Muxtape.

Wow…it was a 8-10AM shift….it had a news report in the last half hour….it was sweet and sad. I don’t want to leave – but I am…taking off for Kansas this Sunday for my next adventure.

So – here’s my playlist from the show. Lot’s of my new favorite albums were mixed in. I’ll keep podcasting while I’m in Kansas. We’ll see if I can find a college radio station to start up the DJ thing – once I get to the Golden City – Topeka.

Artist – Song – Album

I am the World Trade Center – Teddy Breakfast – 12″

Kid Koala – Fender Bender – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Boom Box 2000 – Orange Jam – Hits ang Giggles

Flux Capcitor – Watching the Sunset for the Last Time on Earth – 7″

Palaxy Tracks – Up My Sleeve – 12 Rooms

Liza Kate – ? – 7″ split w/Rachel Jacobs

Neon Blonde – Wings Made Out of Noise

Dr. No – All By Myself (instrumental) – 12″

Kid 606 – Banana Peel – Resillience

Brother Cleve – School of Robots – Dimension Mix

DMX Krew – Echelon – 12″

Cockroach Huxtable – The Big Tree Close to the Ditch – Mme. Disco Technique

Broken Social Scene – Stomach Song – Feels Good Lost

Snow Machine – Camel Highlights – S/T

Warlocks – Baby Blue – Phoenix EP

Iron and Wine + Calexico – He Lays in the Reins – In the Reins

Violent Fingers – Truest Form – S/T EP

Holland/Skin/Tunnel – Maximum Bo Jungle – 12″

Adult. – Strange Mistakes – Gimme Trouble

AM – Hard Stomper Mix – Mainstay Remix EP

Deerhoof – Twin Killers – The Runners Four

Free Kitten w/DJ Spooky – Never Gonna Sleep – 12″

Oranger – Flying Pretend – New Comes and Goes

Michael Andrews – 5 on a Joyride – Me You And Everyone We Know

The Sharp Ease – Advantage – Going Modern

Point Juncture, WA – Cardboard Rock – PDX Pop Now! 2005

Sleater Kinney – You’re No Rock ‘N’ Roll Fun – 7″

Freezepop – Parlez-vous Freezepop? – Little Darla Has a Treat For You vol. 22

Death Cab For Cutie – Photobooth – Forbidden Love EP

I’m trying to fit in a few fill-in DJ shifts at the station….I don’t have much time before I go….but it’s nice to do something on a semi-regular basis. something like doing DJ shifts.

Damn, I’m going to miss LA and Southern California.

I got props from John from the Jazz show. I showed up five minutes before the beginning of the shift and managed to transition into an Underground show with less than a minute to go on his last track. He was impressed.

I got a bit distracted at Rhino Records. The store is about 5 minutes away from the station and I picked up some musical goodies for my hubby. I wonder if they have something like Rhino Records in Topeka…do they?

Artist – Song – Album

Oh Astro – Everything is Go! – Hello World

Tomas Anderson – Washing Up – 12″

Le Tigre – On Guard (En Garde Remix) – 12″

Chicks on Speed – For All The Boys in the World – The Unreleases

Tracy and the Plastics – Dawn Feather – Split EP w/Gossip

Xiu Xiu – Pox – La Foret

Dub Narcotic Sound System – Wasted Groove Remix – 7″

Populous – Hip Hop Cocotte – Queue for Love

Miss Mary – That’s How I Feel – Hey Blue!

Oranger – Radiowave – New Comes and Goes

Anna Domino – Zanna – Girlz: Women Ahead of their Time

Get-go – Jittery – 7″

Motormark – I’m about to do something – Chrome Tape

Deerhoof – Dog on the Sidewalk – Milk Man

Apples in Stereo – Liza Jane – Dimension Mix

Fantastic Plastic Machine – I’m Bruce – Dimension Mix

Bran Flakes – Electronic Cantana – Bounces!

Takako Minekawa – Fantastic Voyage – Fun9

Russian Futurists – Hurtin 4 Certain – Our Thickness

Death from Above – Romantic Rights – Romantic Rights EP

Magnetic Fields – Jeremy – The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees

Magnetic Fields – 2 Characters in Search of a Country Song – The Charm of the Highway Strip

Iron and Wine + Calexico – He Lays in the Reins – In the Reins

Mates of State – Invitation Inn – 7″

Dear Nora – Oxygen and the Mellow – Mountain Rock

Palaxy Tracks – Camera – Twelve Rooms

California Oranges – Falling Back – Little Darla has a treat for you, vol. 23

Mascara Sue – Hole – 7″

13 + God – Men of Station – Men of Station EP

Emma – Sexton Blake – PDX Pop Now! 2005

DJ Me DJ You – Soul Transportation – Dimension Mix

So, I found out around 11 AM that they needed me to do a fill-in show…since I’m living the life of a “kept woman” – I figured, why not. Besides, my brand spankin’ new marriage license says I’m a DJ by trade…so I better start acting like one

Here’s my play list:

Artist – Song – Album

Joan of Arc – Onomatopoepic Animal Faces – Joan of Arc, Dick Cheny, Mark Twain

Vox Vermillion – Wanter – Standing Still You Move Forward

Cat Power – Paths of Victory (Bob Dylan Cover) – The Covers Record

Iron and Wine + Calexico – 16, Maybe Less – In the Reins

Japancakes – Untitled 2 – Waking Hours

Xiu Xiu – - 7″ split with Devendra Banhart

Bangs – Chocolate Cobwebs – Tiger Beat

Mob Stereo – Chinatown – Too Young to Go Steady

Go Go Go Airheart – Judgement/Pressure – 7″

General Electric – Facing the Void – Cliquety Klick

Daedelus – Move On – Exquisite Corpse

Lyrics Born – Radio – 12″

Malcom Kipe – Austin Jewels – Breakspiriacy Theories

Sleater Kinney – Maraca – 7″

Oranger – Crooked in the weird of the Catacombs – New Comes and Goes

Death from Above – Dead Womb – Heads Up

Oneida – The Beginning is Nigh – The Wedding

Dinosaur Jr. – Let it Ride – You’re Living All Over Me

Tuxedo Killers – Don’t Rape the Okapi – 7″

Tuxedo Killers – Eagle Piss Dreams – 7″

Gossip – Sleepers – Real Damage EP w/ Tracy and the Plastics

Neon Blonde – Dead Mellotron

Volt – Stupor – 12″

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Toby Takes a Bow – Twinkle Echo

Blevin Blectum – The Way the Cookie Crumbles in the Horse’s Mouth – Talon Salome

DMX Krew – The Pleasure Zone – 12″

Knifehandchop – Dancehall Seizure

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Credit – Worn Copy

Geno Delafosse – Gotta Find My Woman – Rough Guide to Zydeco

The Pope – Boots and Pants – Jazzman Cometh

BowWowWow – C-30, C-60, C-90 – Girlz

Oh Astro – Lame Arm Qwert – Hello World

Deerhoof – Byun – Green Cosmos

Michael Andrew – I’m Not Following You – Me, You and Everyone We Know

Well – two live ones and one pre-recorded. I’m getting married in two weeks and three days – it’ll be tough to do a show while I’m on my honeymoon in Mexico.

Lot’s of requests….I had no idea we didn’t have Aphex Twin in our library. Grrr.

Artist – Song – Album

Joan of Arc – Onomatopoepic Animal Faces

Omar Mollo – Nostalgias – Rough Guide to Tango Nuevo

April March and Los Cincos – Baby Blue

Lisa Kate – Anclote – 7″ w/Rachel Jacobs

Ice Demons – Jump Off – 7″ w/ Pit er Pat

Oneida – High Life – The Wedding

10 in the Swear Jar – San Jose Fight Song – Accordion Solo

Brainiac – Go Freaks Go – Internationale

Four Tet – Spirit Fingers – Rounds

Daedelus – Just Briefly – Exquiste Corpse

Ray Garden – The Chicks – 7″ w/Dick Penner

Sanddollars – Sick 2 Think – Why? Ep

Kaspil – Deliverance – Missing Link

Eats Tapes – Cue My Tan or Ban Me – Sticky Buttons

Braid – Please Drive Faster – 7″

Joanna Newsome – Inflammatory Writ – The Milk-eyed Mender

Call Me Lightning – We Be Dragons – The Trouble We’re In

Gogogoairheart – Real Live Kill – 7″

Aquamen – Rice and Beans – Do the Alkeehol

Motormark – God Only Knows – Chrome Tape

Felix da Housecat – She Lives – Kittenz and Glitz

Little Plastic Pilot – A Sam Is Born – s/t

Dino Felipe – uVVu and Climb – I’m You

DMX Krew – Mosignor – 12″

Pretty Girls Make Graves – Speakers Push Air – ArtRockers Sampler

Furtips – Selection Kat

Japancakes – Untitled One – Waking Hours

My Morning Jacket – West-end Girls – Ch 2: Learning: Early Recordings

Apples in Stereo – Ruby

Joanie Mendehall – Give Up

Eats Tapes – Acid, It’s What’s for Dinner – Sticky Buttons

So…it sounded like my show went off the air….for some reason…and then 7 minutes later…it came back again….yeah…i don’t get it. not at all….

Then somebody im’ed my station ID and asked if I was free this weekend….if I wanted to hang out….I told him I was getting married in three weeks. Then he asked if I had a sister over 22. Sheesh. The dude doesn’t even know what I look like. Kinda creepy. But…no…it’s creepy.

Here’s my playlist….

Artist – Song – Album

Fantastic Plastic Machine – Bossa 4 Jackie

Populous – Hip Hop Cocotte – Queue 4 Love

Vox Vermillion – Freeways and Highways – Standing Still You Move Forward

DMX Krew – Echelon – Transactional Interpretation

Erase Errata – Let’s Be Active C/O Club Hot

Volcano, I’m still Excited – In Green – s/t

Apples in Stereo – Look Away

Mice Parade – s/t

Joanna Newsome – Sprout and the Bean – The Milk-eyed Mender

Wilderness – Mirrored Palm – s/t

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Stranded in your Love

Parts and Labor – Take Us Back – 7″

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – How Long Do I have to Wait for you?

Four Tet – My Angel Rocks Back and Forth –

Boy Robot – Super Scorer – Rotten Cocktails

Numbers – We Like Having Things – Art Rocker Sampler

Tipsy – Hard Petting – 12″

Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies – Illinois

Tullycraft – The Lives of Cleopatra – City of Subarus

X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents – Germfree Adolescents

Ron of Japan – – 7″

Deerhoof – Come See the Duck – Green Cosmos

Ellen Allien – Come

Won Tons – Shanghai Saturday – 7″

Mob Stereo – White Dreams – Too Young to Go Steady

Tomorrowland – Spiaea

TGIF – Queenkv’s back on…these Friday shifts are getting to be the norm for me. I should have asked for two shows…then Queenkv would have been called “Super” Queenkv on the schedule. Yeah, something like that.

artist – song – album

Octopus Project – All of the Champs that Ever Lived – One Teh Hundred Thousand Million

Bran Flakes – Good times at GooGoo – Bounces

Ladybug Transistors – Massachusetts – 7″

Polvo – Twenty White Tents – Shapes

Whitman – Mouth Full of Matches – Horse Feathers

Pit Er Pat – Big Pants – 7″ Split w/Icy Demons

Numbers – We Like Having Things – The Art Rocker Sampler

Tussle – Disco D’Oro – Kling Klang

Betu Erku – Sambina – I’m OK You’re OK

Flux Capacitor – Watching The Sunset For the Last Time – 7″

Tiger Saw – R U Courageous – Gimee Danger Gimee Sweetness

Ghosts and Vodka – Stoli on the Rocks – 7″

Jim Yoshii Pile-up – Jay Jay Johnson – S/T EP

Death Cab for Cutie – Title and Registration – Transatlaticism

The Quails – No.1 – We are the Quails

Epoxies – Please Please – S/T

Crack: We Are Rock – Mount Shine – 7″

Cuts – Git Rid of Him

The No No’s – The Damage Done – Tinnitus

Entre Rios – De Tener – Onda

Drop the Lime – Amrcrd Gold – This Means Forever

Astor Piazolla – Tanguedia – Rough Guide to Astor Piazolla

Boom Box 2000 – Metropocalpyse – Hits and Giggles

Peppermints – Bad House – 7″ split w/Firefighters for Christ

Teen Wheat – Marlon Brando – Ola Wheat

Some Girls – A Sick Cult – The DNA Will Have it’s Say

No Neck Blues Band – I Am Victor Hugo – 7″

Why? – Sandollars – Sandollar EP

The Love of Everything – I Love You Guys Slow – Split w/ Mt. Eerie

Carlos Garder – Tortazos

Freezepop – Parlez-vous Freezepop

Unrecognizible Now – 29 + Holding

I need coffee….I only had a a tall mild from Starbucks. I need more. More caffinee.

Now, here’s my playlist for today…

(Artist – Song – Album)

Stereo Total – l’amour ‘a’ 3 – musique automatique

Yasushi Miura – Chinese Masquerade – Circus

Vox Vermillion – Smitten – Standing Still You Move Forward

Belle and Sebastien – Dirty Dream #2 – The Boy with the Arab Strap

Oneida – Best Friends – 7″

Sleater-Kinney – All Hands on the Bad One – All Hands on the Bad One

Mary Timony – I Fire Myself – Mountains

Gogogoairheart – When Introductions Begin – 12″

Mice Parade – The Boat Room – Bem-vinda Vonbade

The Mae Shis – Rasie up the Judges – 10″ – To Hit Armor Class

Seadiver – Apres le de luge, nous – Homemade Hits Vol. 2

Mia Doi Todd – Deep at Sea – Manzanita

Mia Doi Todd – Bound feet and feathered – Zeroone

Dead Kennedys – Back in the USSR – Live at the Deaf Club

Erase Errata – White Hourse – Live at the Eagle Tavern

Neko Case – This Little Light of Mine – Tigers Have Spoken

Ogreish Organism – Hikari Shi – 7″

Schwabingrad – Moderne Welt – s/t

Hive – Nuplanet – 12″

Boy Robot – Super Scorer – Rotten Cocktails

Casino v. Japan – Moonlupe – Whole #’s Play the Basics

Motormark – God Only Knows – Chrome Tape

Volt – I Don’t Feel So Good – 12″

Ruins – - Dagdad – Vrresto

Takako Minekawa – Fantastic Cat – Roomic Cube

Casiotones for the Painfully Alone – Jeanne, if you’re ever in Portland – Twinkle Echo

Entre Rios – Drama – Onda

Stereo Total – Automatic Music

Fantastic Plastic Machine – Lotto

Well….I feel better today – I got my coffee….gave away tickets to a KSPC event – Kid 606 at Koo’s on Saturday, July 16. Should be a rockin’ electronica show….

Here’s my playlist…

Artist – Song – Album

Astor Piazolla – Milonga Del Angel – Rough Guide to Astor Piazolla

Caribou – Lord Leopard – Milk of Human Kindness

Matmos – On and On – 7″ Split w/Die Montir Batss

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Normal Suburban Lifestyle Is a Near Impossibility – Answering Machine Music

Bran Flakes – Bounces – Bounces

Dressy Bessy = Said You Would – 7″

Quetzatl – Nutational Helicity – Tales from the Oxygen Den (comp)

Kleenex Girl Wonder – Leave Me – Pony Oak

Helium – Termite Tree – 7″

Say Hi To Your Mom – Yeah, I’m in Love with an Android – Ferocious Mopes

Iso 168 – Isoloop 117 – 7″

The Russian Futurists – Hurtin ’4′ Certain – Our Thickness

Kid 606 – Dodgy – GQ on the EQ

Kevin Blechdom – Jelly Donuts – 7″

Kid 606 – My Kitten Went to London – GQ on EQ

Electric Birds – Siampic – S/T

Mae Shi – Vampire Zoo – Terror Bird

The Moths – Twighlight’s Land – 7″ Split w/The Faeries

Holly Golightly – Mellow Down Easy – 12″ Up the Empire

Mice Parade – The Days Before Fiction – Bem-Vinda Vontada

Saturday Looks Good to Me – The Girl Distracted – 7″ The Girl Distracted

Vox Vermillion – Controller – Standing Still You Move Forward

Icy Demons – Jump Off – 7″ Split with Pit Er Pat

The Octopus Project – The Adjuster – One Ten Hundred Thousand Million

Timonium – Red Pawn – Until He Finds Us (by request)

Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine – Minimum-Maximum (by request)

Jason Forrest – The Lure of You – Lady Fantasy EP

Motomark – I’m About To Do Something – Chrome Tape

Kings of Convenience – Failure – S/T

Casiontone for the Painfully Alone – Rice Dream

Boy – my contacts were dry and I felt so sleepy! More coffee…I didn’t have any today. eeck!

On to my playlist….and in case you missed my show – i’m filling in a dj shift tomorrow, Friday, from 2-4pm….tune into 88.7 FM – yeah baby!

Artist – Track – Album

Arling and Cameron – Le Flic et la Fille – Music For Imaginary Films

Ladytron – Miss Black – Commodore Rock

Boom Bip – Boom Bip – 7″ Split w/Daedelus

Bitesize – The Bees Knees – Sophmore Slump

Rocket from the Crypt – Who Let the Snakes In? – 12″ S/T

The Ex – The Sky is Blue Again – Disturbing the Domestic Peace

Pope – Jazz – Society of Friends

Erase Errata – Live Track – 7″ Live at the Eagle Tavern

Cinerama – See Thru – Cinerama Holiday

Apples in Stereo – I Can’t Believe – Discovery of the World Inside the Moon

Catch a Wave – New Jersey – S/T

Mahmoud Ahmed – Bemen Sebeb Letlash – Rough Guide to the Music from Ethiopia

I Am The World Trade Center – Teddy Breakfast – 12″ Holland Tunnel

Kid 606 – My Kitten

Populous – Canoe Camoo – Queue for Love

Once Dreamnt – Space Traveler – Drifting

Bad Dudes – Bad Dudes – 7″ Split w/The Pope

!!! – Take Ecstasy with Me – Take Ecstasy with Me

Tomas Anderson – Washing up (Tiga Remix)

Devolver – Arrow

The Faeries – Stardust’s Song – 7″ Split w/Moths

Damien Jurado – Sucker – On my way to Abscence

Gravy Train – Ghost Boobs

Tracy and the Plastics – At the Gold and Diamond Center

Elevator Action – Models Wanted

Arab on Radar – Menstrating Thrills

Manhead feat. Christan Kreuz – Dancer – Birth School Work Death

Mohammed Rafi – Yeh Ladka Hai Allah – Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends

Arling and Cameron – Let’s Get High