september playlist

the hangovers i have after bottle rocket are the best kind of hangovers. mixed in with the dull throb of red-striped headaches and heavy eyelids is the warmth of smug happiness. september's bottle rocket was flipping awesome from my perspective, and i hope that at least a few others shared my enthusiasm. some thoughts:

1. apologies for not managing to include every request during the night. though i'd say that if you request u2's with or without you at 2:55, claiming that it'll make "everyone go wild, they're dying for it" isn't the most convincing argument...

2. people like depeche mode, the police, weezer, shangri-las and fleetwood mac an awful lot.

3. they also like mclusky, but it makes them aggressive. never thought i'd see a proto-moshpit form on bottle rocket's dancefloor... odd.

4. housemartins have a surprisingly strong fanbase too for that matter...

5. now that the dancefloor's all chequered and cool, it doesn't look so bad at the beginning of the night when it's still sans disco-feet.



here's the playlist:

1. Radio Dept. - Pulling Our Weight
2. Superchunk - Art Class
3. Pocketbooks - Fleeting Moments
4. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI
5. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
6. Yo La Tengo - Mr Tough
7. Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
8. Adam and the Ants - Car Trouble
9. Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment
10. Language Of Flowers - If I Can't Have You
11. Acid House Kings - We're the Acid House Kings
12. Architecture In Helsinki - It's 5!
13. The Jags - Back of My Hand
14. TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
15. Devo - Gut Feeling
16. Pixies - I've Been Tired
17. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Lie Down Here (and Be My Girl)
18. They Might Be Giants - Dr Worm
19. The Go Team - Ladyflash
20. Okkervil River - Pop Lie
21. Belle and Sebastian - Blues are Still Blue
22. Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
23. Blondie - Union City Blue
24. Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
25. The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
26. Triple School - Awesome Ball of Flame
27. Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
28. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
29. Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
30. Pavement - Summer Babe
31. Magnetic Fields - When My Boy Walks Down the Street
32. The Go-Betweens - Right Here
33. The Hidden Cameras - Ban Marriage
34. The Supremes - Hard Day's Night
35. Darlene Love - A Fine Fine Boy
36. Kenickie - Classy
37. Death Cab For Cutie - Sound of Settling
38. Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
39. Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
40. Manfred Mann - Blinded By the Light
41. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
42. David Bowie - Golden Years
43. Prince - I Would Die 4 You
44. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
45. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
46. Pulp - Babies
47. The Smiths - Still Ill
48. Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes
49. The Cribs - Men's Needs
50. The Housemartins - We're Not Deep
51. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
52. The Police - Message in a Bottle
53. ABBA - SOS
54. Depeche Mode - I Just Can't Get Enough
55. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
56. Cliff Richard - High Class Baby
57. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said
58. Rocket From The Crypt - On A Rope
59. Liars - Mr You're On Fire Mr
60. Danananaykroyd - Some Dresses
61. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Doing All the Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud
62. David Bowie - Héros
63. Woodie Guthrie - This Land Is My Land

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