Radioculars: the blog

Radioculars is a weekly college radio show airing Fridays 9pm - midnight EST on 91.7fm Salem State University radio in Salem, MA and online at WMWMonline.com Host Cosmic Amanda spins music of the indie, bedroom, lo-fi, glo-fi, garage, chillwave, shoegaze, shoewave, chillgaze, disco, and unabashed hipster variety. 24 HOUR REQUEST/SHOUT OUT LINE: 978-410-WMWM NOTE: All music linked here has been posted by various bands, blogs, and labels for promotional purposes only. If you find something that turns your crank, I urge you to buy a cd, download, or maybe even some merch. Better yet, support your favorite artist by going to see them live next time they're in your area.

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Fellow WMWM deejay Scott Gorke made this cute promo for my last Radioculars at WMWM Salem. Not gonna lie, when the Navajo Bixby kicks in, I got a little misty.

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This tumblr thing isn't really working out. (it's not you, it's me)

I've begun experimenting with Pinterest. It's still rough around the edges (for example you can see how I'd like to decorate my new apartment if you want) but I think it's going to be a cool way to not only hear the music, but see the great art that goes along with it.

Anyway, check it:

http://pinterest.com/radioculars/

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Radioculars Top 25 of 2011

Determined in the least scientific manner possible, which includes counting spins, listener requests/feedback, influence on other WM deejays, and pure personal preference, here are my top jams of 2011:

25.  Mount Eerie – Distorted Cymbals 24.  Casey Burge – Three Flavors 23.  The Mantles – Raspberry Thighs 22.  Purity Ring – Ungirthed 21.  Man the Hunter – Less for You 20.  Battles (ft. Matias Aguayo) – Ice Cream 19.  Way Yes – Important 18.  Sean Nicholas Savage – Natural Rhythm 17.  The Twerps – She Didn’t Know 16.  Holy Ghost! – Some Children 15.  The Coasts – Handshakers 14.  New Animal – When They Come 13.  Bleached –Think of You 12.  fthrsn – Nothing’s the Matter 11.  Cowabunga Babez – Taco Pizza (Food) 10.  Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best  9.  Nanosaur – Ctrl-alt-delete  8.  Snowmine – The Hill  7.  Gold Leaves – The Ornament  6.  White Fence – Get That Heart  5.  Friends – Friend Crush  4.  tUnE-yArDs – Bizness  3.  Oregon Bike Trails – A Summer Thing  2.  Yalls – Germs  1.  Man/Miracle – Low Hanging Fruit

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HEY DRUNK DIALERS!

DON'T FORGET: Put 978-410-WMWM (9696) in your phone before you head out for tonight’s festivities and when you're good and ready, call up and tell us what your resolutions are, or just say hello. The best resolutions/drunk dials will be played on the 1/6/12 installment of Radioculars on www.wmwmonline.com Happy 2012 everyone!

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More audio goodness: an old WMWM ID from 1994.

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COSMIC FLASHBACK:

DJ Creme Filling got me a really thoughtful gift this Xmas- a USB cassette deck so I can convert all of my old recordings to mp3.

Fittingly, the first thing I converted was my WMWM audition tape. Here's a little clip.

Pretty proud of my 17 year old self for my audition selections: Sebadoh, Swirlies, Built to Spill, New Bomb Turks...

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CALLING ALL DRUNK DIALERS

It’s that time of year again!

DIAL 978-410-WMWM (9696) during this weekend’s festivities and tell us what your resolutions are, or just get drunk and say hello.

The best resolutions/drunk dials will be played on the 1/6/12 installment of Radioculars on www.wmwmonline.com

DO IT. IT’S FUN.

PS: Allan didn’t live up to this particular 2011 resolution. Bummer.

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#BrandNewMusic #Chillwave #TrillWave Something About Us (Daft Punk Cover) - NanosauR

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Radioculars playlist 12/2/11

Chairlift – Met Before Mount Eerie – Distorted Cymbals Mirror Kisses – We’ll Keep on Living [VHS] Mike Bruno & the Black Magic Family Band – In the Shade Jagwar Ma – Come Save Me White Fence - Sticky Fruitman has Faith Digital Leather – The Fortress Nick Nicely – Hilly Fields 1892 Swiftumz – 4EVA  Still Corners – Into the Trees Mikal Cronin – You Gotta Have Someone 2:54 – Got a Hold  Bleached – Electric Chair Yalls – Vapid Glitch Vow Dreampeter – Mason Jar   Tearjerker – Rare Hunx – Always Forever Stagnant Pools – Real Lies Guards – I See it Coming Shannon and the Clams – Toxic Revenge Jethro Fox – Before Silver Dapple – (Pauses) Fthrsn – Tony Carter Paula – Even If It’s True Mirror Lady – Roman Candles  Young Buffalo – Baby Demons Chains of Love – In Between Raw Geronimo – Chinatown Yoda B and Not B – Sweet Emasculation Personal and the Pizzas – Bored Out of My Brains   Summer Camp – Down Tree Hopping – Cricket Day Song Lil Daggers – Dead Golden Girls Orca Team – You’ve Got Everything Made Bleached – Searching Through the Past New Animal – Still in Mind POW! – Night Train to Fog Town Way Yes – Tia Spectral Park – L’Appel du Vide Ketamines – Line By Line Luke Temple – More Than Muscle Mr. Dream – Knick Knack For All the Girls – Phylicia

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still one of my fav album covers

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dadjams:

When Dad was your age, all you needed to make a music video was a camera and a lightly-rotating fan.

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WEATHER WITH BOWIE

It's always vital to check in with the thin white duke before making any weekend plans...

(here's a previous WEATHER WITH BOWIE)

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This week on Radioculars' SCENE BEAT I talked to singer/songwriter Mark Fain of the band Gun Lake, out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. We talked about feelings, mostly, but also about Robocop, why Gun Lake's bassist is the coolest guy ever, (because he has a really nice girlfriend...) and how I could soon have a side career as an ice cream fortune teller.

Here's a recording of how it all went down, including some alternate cuts of these lovely songs:

&amp;lt;a href="http://gunlake.bandcamp.com/track/backwards" _mce_href="http://gunlake.bandcamp.com/track/backwards"&amp;gt;Backwards by Gun Lake&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;a href="http://gunlake.bandcamp.com/track/time-again" _mce_href="http://gunlake.bandcamp.com/track/time-again"&amp;gt;Time Again by Gun Lake&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

Check it out and enjoy!

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Radioculars playlist 10/7/11

Dream Love – Wrong Distance and Time Field Trips –uUu Total Slacker – Secret VHS Collection Jack-O and the Tennessee Tearjerkers – Sweet Thang Dudes – Why Would I? Man/Miracle – Low Hanging Fruit Chook Race – Vanilla Yogurt Psychic Ills – Mind Daze Roomrunner  - Spinning Yellow Ostrich – Whale Bare Wires – Never Gonna Change Way Yes – Important Chains of Love – You Got It Wet Illustrated – Satellite Kids Great Dads – Sun Ritual Lost Boy? – I Know You’re High The Beach Boys – Vegetables DDIILLIIAANN – Basement Song Brothertiger – Lovers Moss of Aura – Jaminal White Fence – Harness The Oh Sees – Block of Ice New Animal – Frightened The Hot Holy Mess – Focus/Focus Moon Tides – No Time Dark Surfers and the Yawns – Planet Drunk Oregon Bike Trails – Deep Sea Diver Maus Haus – High School Mark Sultan – Song in Grey Cheerleader – New Daze *** SCENE BEAT with Gun Lake *** Waskerly Way – Storm Song The Quick – It Won’t Be Long Sonny and the Sunsets – Teenage Thugs Punks on Mars – Hey Tiffany! Total Babes – Without Your Heart Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Pop Song Sugarglider – Nobody Heaven’s Gate – Weakness Worms

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Radioculars is on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/radioculars

And we're soooo close to 300 likes.

Maybe if we get a few more I'll make someone a very special mix tape...err, cd I guess. I weep for my advanced age.

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Radioculars playlist 9/30/11

Real Estate – Green Aisles Jacuzzi Boys – Automatic Jail Alligator Indian – Honey Eye Bee Leave Ewe Wiseblood – B.I.G. E.G.O. Sore Eros – Stacy TV Girl – Girls Like Me Wax Idols – Gold Sneakers Nurses – Fever Dreams Bridge Underwater – BeLoved Gross Magic – Teen Jamz Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones Monogold – Spirit or Something The Ding-Dongs – C’mon Lil Dolly Great Dads – Ladies Knight PreTeen – The Motorcycle Accident   Ty Segall – Bullet Proof Nothing Colleen Green – Oh Baby Windbreaker – White Girls Dream Love – Be My Man, Woman fthrsn – Hysteria Shimmering Stars – Not Growing Up  Kindness – Cyan The Band in Heaven – Sleazy Dreams Fork – She’s Mine Wild West – We Can Do White Fence – Enthusiasm DannielRadall featuring Steffaloo – To Make You Mine Blondie – Shark in Jets Clothing Bleached Palms – Slums Body Language – Seeds of Sight   *** SCENE BEAT – Way Yes *** Azure Blue – Little Confusions Nomadic Firs – Vines Yussuf Jerusalem – At the End of the World Marshmallow Ghosts – The Hearse Song TEETH – Flowers (Gross Magic remix) Lunch (ft. DOM) – Disappear The Spyrals – Sunflower Microphone White Birds – Hondora The Coasts – Handshakers

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Did you know that Radioculars has a 24-hour request line? We do!

Call 978-410-WMWM (9696) any day, time, or level of inebriation and you may just wind up on the air.