I had an operation today, but no you don’t now have to call me Alberta.  It was only a minor operation.  That said, I will never be able to listen to Windstorm by School Of Seven Bells the same way again.  That was the tune in my head when I went into theatre, and I tried oh so very hard to just focus on singing that song over and over in my head, rather than thinking about what the surgeon was doing….“focus on the song, Albert, focus on the song!!!” I told myself.

Remind me to tell you Phil Cope’s joke about the snail in the pub some time.

This is what I played tonight:

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A football-free zone here, and I think this was one of my most enjoyable shows so far in 2010:

Kohib – “Vulkana” (LP – “Make Fire”) (Beatservice)
Pulled Apart By Horses – “Back To The F**k Yeah” (single) (Transgressive)
Zola Jesus – “Night” (single) (Souterrain Transmissions)
Carlou D – “Ila Touba” (LP – “Muzikr” (World Village)
Goodnight Lenin – “Crook In The Creek” (single) (Static Caravan)
Veronica Falls – “Beachy Head” (single) (No Pain In Pop)
Funki Porcini – “This Ain’t The Way To Live” (single and LP – “”on”) (Ninja Tune)
Mountain Man – “How’m I Doin” (LP – “Made the Harbor”) (Bella Union)
Lorn – “Auotmaon” (LP – “Nothing Else”) (Brainfeeder)
Micah P. Hinson – “The Striking Before The Storm” (LP – “Micah P. Hinson and the Pioneer Saboteurs”) (Full Time Hobby)
Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee – “Jam-Eater Blues” (LP – “Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee”) (Fortuna Pop!)
Sleepy Sun – “Chicago” (LP – Various Artists “Be Yourself – A Tribute To Graham Nash’s Songs For Beginners”) (Grass Roots)
School Of Seven Bells – “Windstorm” (single) (Full Time Hobby)
The Mynabirds – “The Numbers Don’t Lie” (single and LP – “What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood”) (Saddle Creek)
PVT  – “Window” (single) (Warp)
Konono No.1 – “Guiyome/Konono Wa Wa Wa” (LP “Assume Crash Position”) (Crammed Discs)

Unintentional as I set out on my hour-long musical sojourn into current new releases, but I ended up playing an atypical number of remixes in tonight’s show…

Local Natives – “World News” (single) (Infectious)
Kaki King – “Falling Day” (single b-side – “Close To You”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Grasscut – “The Door In The Wall (PRDCTV Remix)” (single) (Ninja Tune)
Hannah Peel – “Sugar Hiccup” (EP – “Re-Box”) (Static Caravan)
James Yuill – “On Your Own (Hot City remix)” (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Lady & Bird – “Not Going Anywhere” (LP – “La Ballade of Lady & Bird”) (Delabele Hostile)
Pearly Gate Music – “Bad Nostalgia” (single) (Bella Union)
Extra Life – “Head Shrinker (Tyondai Braxton remix)” (single b-side – “Black Hoodie”) (Loaf)
Gayngs – “Cry” (LP – “Relayted”) (Jagjaguwar)
PVT – “Window” (single) (Warp)
Frightened Rabbit – “Living In Colour (Andreas Lust Mix) (single) (Fat Cat)
Mountain Man – “Babylon” (LP – “Made the Harbor”) (Bella Union)
Eels – “Little Bird” (single and album “End Times”) (E Works)
Hot City – “Another Girl” (single) (Moshi Moshi)