Last year, I faied to do something that I had done for the previous 8 years: do a "Love Sucks" Valentine's Day radio show. I contend that the better music is written about breakups (as opposed to music written about healthy, non-fucked-up love), so every year in high school and college, I would play 2-3 hours of fucked-up breakup, stalker, etc. songs on the radio. Mark Shelley used to do a similar thing on Halloween, only with monster songs, and I, personally, found that very enjoyable.

Anyway, I decided this year to make up a playlist as if I was on the radio. Being that I didn't have KCOU's library available, I just did it from the songs I have on my computer (approx. 35G). I tried to make sure not to have more than 3 songs per artist (otherwise, the whole thing would be Songs: Ohia and Smog). According to my iTunes, the playlist is exactly 4 hours long. Being that it's not on the radio, it doesn't really account for FCC rules or KCOU format (hence the Dream song, as well as the Britney song).

Nevertheless, if anyone can figure out the lastfm.com thing, you can check out my profile (profile name: rjg6cb), and presumably listen to any of these songs tommorrow, as I'll have the playlist up.


(As usual, please forgive the typos)
Songs: Ohia- Being In Love
Fleetwood Mac-The Chain
Yo La Tengo- I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
The Shins- Gone for Good
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me a River
Van Halen- You're No Good
Dream- He Loves You Not
Death Cab For Cutie- For What Reason
The Cardigans- Lovefool
The Who- Our Love Was
Black Flag- Jealous Again
Mary Lou Lord- I Don't Wanna Get Over You
Guided by Voices- Game of Pricks
Elliott Smith- Everything Reminds Me Of Her
Pedro the Lion- I Am Always The One Who Calls
Britney Spears- ...Baby, One More Time
Smog- Your Wedding
Isaac Hayes- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Weezer- Say It Ain't So
Cat Power- Satisfaction
Heatmiser- Plainclothes Man
Bright Eyes- A Perfect Sonnet
Wham!- Careless Whisper
Braid- Always Something There to Remind Me
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Richard Buckner- The Worst Way
Beatles- For No One
REM- The One I Love
Cat Power- Red Apples
Blondie- Heart of Glass
Kool Keith- Girl's in Jail
The Beatles- I'll Follow the Sun
The Who- La-La-La Lies
Prince- When Doves Cry
Beck- Lost Cause
Nine In Nails- Closer
Jay-Z and R. Kelly- Break Up
Sinead O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
ELO- Evil Woman
Elliott Smith- A Question Mark
Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way
Macha Loved Bedhead- Believe
Low- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Soul Asylum- Just Plain Evil
Songs: Ohia- Love Leaves its Abusers
The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Everclear- You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
Cat Power- Good Woman
The Byrds- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
Julie Doiron- Sorry Story
Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
Aimee Mann- One
Big Star- Give Me Another Chance
The Exploding Hearts- Rumours in Town
Pedro the Lion- Bad Diary Days
Marilyn Monroe- When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right
Songs: Ohia- The Lioness
The Smoking Popes- Just Broke Up
The Postal Service- Nothing Better
Smog- Your New Friend
Elliott Smith- Say Yes

Last year, I faied to do something that I had done for the previous 8 years: do a "Love Sucks" Valentine's Day radio show. I contend that the better music is written about breakups (as opposed to music written about healthy, non-fucked-up love), so every year in high school and college, I would play 2-3 hours of fucked-up breakup, stalker, etc. songs on the radio. Mark Shelley used to do a similar thing on Halloween, only with monster songs, and I, personally, found that very enjoyable.

Anyway, I decided this year to make up a playlist as if I was on the radio. Being that I didn't have KCOU's library available, I just did it from the songs I have on my computer (approx. 35G). I tried to make sure not to have more than 3 songs per artist (otherwise, the whole thing would be Songshia and Smog). According to my iTunes, the playlist is exactly 4 hours long. Being that it's not on the radio, it doesn't really account for FCC rules or KCOU format (hence the Dream song, as well as the Britney song).

Nevertheless, if anyone can figure out the lastfm.com thing, you can check out my profile (profile name: rjg6cb), and presumably listen to any of these songs tommorrow, as I'll have the playlist up.


(As usual, please forgive the typos)
Songs: Ohia- Being In Love
Fleetwood Mac-The Chain
Yo La Tengo- I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
The Shins- Gone for Good
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me a River
Van Halen- You're No Good
Dream- He Loves You Not
Death Cab For Cutie- For What Reason
The Cardigans- Lovefool
The Who- Our Love Was
Black Flag- Jealous Again
Mary Lou Lord- I Don't Wanna Get Over You
Guided by Voices- Game of Pricks
Elliott Smith- Everything Reminds Me Of Her
Pedro the Lion- I Am Always The One Who Calls
Britney Spears- ...Baby, One More Time
Smog- Your Wedding
Isaac Hayes- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Weezer- Say It Ain't So
Cat Power- Satisfaction
Heatmiser- Plainclothes Man
Bright Eyes- A Perfect Sonnet
Wham!- Careless Whisper
Braid- Always Something There to Remind Me
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Richard Buckner- The Worst Way
Beatles- For No One
REM- The One I Love
Cat Power- Red Apples
Blondie- Heart of Glass
Kool Keith- Girl's in Jail
The Beatles- I'll Follow the Sun
The Who- La-La-La Lies
Prince- When Doves Cry
Beck- Lost Cause
Nine In Nails- Closer
Jay-Z and R. Kelly- Break Up
Sinead O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
ELO- Evil Woman
Elliott Smith- A Question Mark
Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way
Macha Loved Bedhead- Believe
Low- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Soul Asylum- Just Plain Evil
Songs: Ohia- Love Leaves its Abusers
The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Everclear- You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
Cat Power- Good Woman
The Byrds- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
Julie Doiron- Sorry Story
Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
Aimee Mann- One
Big Star- Give Me Another Chance
The Exploding Hearts- Rumours in Town
Pedro the Lion- Bad Diary Days
Marilyn Monroe- When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right
Songs: Ohia- The Lioness
The Smoking Popes- Just Broke Up
The Postal Service- Nothing Better
Smog- Your New Friend
Elliott Smith- Say Yes

Last year, I faied to do something that I had done for the previous 8 years: do a "Love Sucks" Valentine's Day radio show. I contend that the better music is written about breakups (as opposed to music written about healthy, non-fucked-up love), so every year in high school and college, I would play 2-3 hours of fucked-up breakup, stalker, etc. songs on the radio. Mark Shelley used to do a similar thing on Halloween, only with monster songs, and I, personally, found that very enjoyable.

Anyway, I decided this year to make up a playlist as if I was on the radio. Being that I didn't have KCOU's library available, I just did it from the songs I have on my computer (approx. 35G). I tried to make sure not to have more than 3 songs per artist (otherwise, the whole thing would be Songshia and Smog). According to my iTunes, the playlist is exactly 4 hours long. Being that it's not on the radio, it doesn't really account for FCC rules or KCOU format (hence the Dream song, as well as the Britney song).

Nevertheless, if anyone can figure out the lastfm.com thing, you can check out my profile (profile name: rjg6cb), and presumably listen to any of these songs tommorrow, as I'll have the playlist up.


(As usual, please forgive the typos)
Songs: Ohia- Being In Love
Fleetwood Mac-The Chain
Yo La Tengo- I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
The Shins- Gone for Good
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me a River
Van Halen- You're No Good
Dream- He Loves You Not
Death Cab For Cutie- For What Reason
The Cardigans- Lovefool
The Who- Our Love Was
Black Flag- Jealous Again
Mary Lou Lord- I Don't Wanna Get Over You
Guided by Voices- Game of Pricks
Elliott Smith- Everything Reminds Me Of Her
Pedro the Lion- I Am Always The One Who Calls
Britney Spears- ...Baby, One More Time
Smog- Your Wedding
Isaac Hayes- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Weezer- Say It Ain't So
Cat Power- Satisfaction
Heatmiser- Plainclothes Man
Bright Eyes- A Perfect Sonnet
Wham!- Careless Whisper
Braid- Always Something There to Remind Me
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Richard Buckner- The Worst Way
Beatles- For No One
REM- The One I Love
Cat Power- Red Apples
Blondie- Heart of Glass
Kool Keith- Girl's in Jail
The Beatles- I'll Follow the Sun
The Who- La-La-La Lies
Prince- When Doves Cry
Beck- Lost Cause
Nine In Nails- Closer
Jay-Z and R. Kelly- Break Up
Sinead O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
ELO- Evil Woman
Elliott Smith- A Question Mark
Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way
Macha Loved Bedhead- Believe
Low- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Soul Asylum- Just Plain Evil
Songshia- Love Leaves its Abusers
The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Everclear- You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
Cat Power- Good Woman
The Byrds- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
Julie Doiron- Sorry Story
Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
Aimee Mann- One
Big Star- Give Me Another Chance
The Exploding Hearts- Rumours in Town
Pedro the Lion- Bad Diary Days
Marilyn Monroe- When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right
Songshia- The Lioness
The Smoking Popes- Just Broke Up
The Postal Service- Nothing Better
Smog- Your New Friend
Elliott Smith- Say Yes

Shit, February is great. How awesome is Black History Month?

Today, I got a Tiffany's catalog in the mail.

You see, last year, I bought my girlfriend a Tiffany's necklace for Valentine's Day, I think. It might have been for something else. Nevertheless, I had a girlfriend last Valentine's Day. And the one before that. And the one before that. And every one, save one, for the past 7 years.

Not this year. Kind of depressing.

·First off, it's pretty cool that one of my favorite SGs is finally keeping a journal.

·Secondly, riding the Metro last night I realized my discomfort with Washington. Fifty years ago, every city had an industry; people needed jobs to survive. KC had the meatpacking, Batlimore had the harbor, New York had everything, LA had the film industry, Pittsburgh had its steel. Some of those things still exist and are indentified with those towns. Washington, of course, has one business and it's a pretty important one: run the damned country.

The problem with this is the way the government staffs itself. A lot of legislators, lobbying groups and other employers working with the Feds employ a whole fucking lot of people like me: straight out of college, broke and interested in politics (Of course, I'm a journalist, but you get the idea).

Couple that with several colleges (UMd., GW, Georgetown, JMU, UDC, American, CUA, etc.) and there's a healthy youth prescence. There are a lot of people around my age.

Of course, as anyone who lives here knows, no one stays here. Terms in the federal government are, at the longest, six years, and most of the jobs for young people are simply there as first jobs. It's a very transient city. (This is well-documented at, of all things, sporting events. Other than the racist football team, the fans at pro sporting events are always rooting for the other team. No one grows up here, and if they do, they don't identify with the area)

What this makes for, of course, is a fast-paced, cutthroat, vanilla city full of young people. It's a city full of Dave Matthews Band fans, dressing the exact same. I'm no punk rock superstar, but I was MD of my college station and indie rock is important to me. DC has such a crap music scene, the only junk that comes out of here is hardcore and bad hardcore, at that. Half of the shows at Black Cat are shit local bands or political documentaries filmed by anarchists. That's fine, but it's a music club, show me some good fucking bands other than Trouble Hubble and Trans Am (both of whom I like).

Considering the amount of colleges, there should be a good college station here or there. Maryland's is awful and WAMU is an NPR affiliate. That's the essence of DC; the best college station is an NPR affiliate.

I noticed on the train last night. As we went past all the quasi-hipster neighborhoods on the train, the only people getting on and off were frat guys and sorority girls.

I look like that, I know. I always have. I don't take the punk rock risks that I did in high school, but even the high schoolers look like Greek-System rejects. And, for me, it's incredibly comforting to have that culture around. It gives a city life and gives a city promise in its youth.

I know DC is teeming with culture. There are wonderful restaurants of every type and nation. There are art galleries and museums everywhere. But, there are, like, three punk rock clubs, and the biggest one, 9:30, has fucking Macy Gray and Trapt there.

Shit, there isn't even a record label here. Dischord, I guess, still exists, but there's, like two bands on that label.

I miss Chicago. I miss WNUR and Loyola's station and WGCI. , I miss Thrill Jockey, Thick Records, Drag City and T&G/Quarterstick. I miss Schuba's, Abbey Pub and the Fireside Bowl. I miss Tortoise, Trouble Hubble, Wilco and The Braves. Shit, even one of Chicago's commerical stations, WXRT, is better than most college stations.

This is, by far, the longest journal entry I have on this site. Despite being a writer, I don't always have a place for this sort of output (the bitching ones). I'm always fearful that someone that I don't want to see it will. While SG isn't anonymous, most people I know are not on it. I think I'm safe here; strangers may see it, but not people who might actually care about what I'm saying, bringing their own biases.

Well, my birthday sucked.

Huh?

Nino keeps whining.

What s tupid day.