Photos of Jack Oblivian and Jimbo Mathus

Here are some photos of the live in-studio performance from Jimbo Mathus and Jack Oblivian on the Memphis Beat.

Radio Odyssey playlist on 10/11/05

1. Technicolor - Hello How Are You? from A1C EP
2. G.O.L. - Soma Holiday from Waveform One A.D.
3. The Birdwatcher - The Hunt from The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
4. The Higher Intelligence Agency - Spectral from Freefloater
5. Flowchart - Gee Bee from Gee Bee
6. The Silverman - Silvermandala 2 from Silvermandalas
7. Windy & Carl - Balance (Trembling) from Consciousness
8. Harold Budd - Breathless.. I (with Zeitgeist) from She Is A Phantom
9. Fontanelle - Interstices from Style Drift
10. AFRO-mYSTIK - The Odyssey from Departures
11. Scott Tuma - Jim White Drums from Hard Again
12. Tom Recchion - A Complex Shape In The Sky from Chaotica
13. Phillip Glass - Saxophone Concert (Brian Bender Remix) from Glass Cuts
14. Kiln - Mene from Kiln
15. Mount Analog - Lights Up the River from Mount Analog
16. Eluvium - New Animals from the Air from Talk Amongst The Trees
17. Air - Planet Vega from At Home with the Groovebox
18. Antenne - Here To Go (Metamatics Remix) from Here To Go
19. The Album Leaf - Malmo from Seal Beach EP
20. Scsi 9 - Mini from Kompakt Presents Total 6
21. Four Tet - Smile Around the Face from Everything Ecstatic

Thank You Jimbo and Jack!

Olga, Jimbo, and Jack (more pics to follow tomorrow)

Special thanks go out to Jimbo Mathus and Jack Oblivian for stopping by the Memphis Beat today to promote the upcoming Katrina benefit When the Levee Breaks which goes down Friday night at the Hi Tone. Also, a shout out goes out to Olga for keeping all of us fellas straight about the details of the evening. For those who missed today's program, the benefit starts at 7:30pm and tickets are $12 (or $10 with a can of food). Check out the full musical line up here.

And off the subject, I will be subbing for Jim tonight on Radio Odyssey from 10pm - Midnight.

Tomorrow on the Memphis Beat

Check out the Memphis Beat tomorrow for a live performance from Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Knockdown Society) and Jack Yarber (The Oblivians, The Tearjerkers). They will be promoting the Katrina Benefit being held on October 14th at the HiTone. Scheduled to appear with The Knockdown Society and The Tearjerkers are Johnny Vomit and the Dry Heaves, Luther Dickinson, The Bo-Keys, Monsieur Jeffery Evans, Paul Taylor, among many others...

Click here for more information about this upcoming event.

DJ Spooky at the HiTone - Tonight

The Hi Tone continues to bring great shows to Memphis with a scheduled performance tonight from DJ Spooky. Click here for a rather nice bio overview of the artists' life and career (taken from the AllMusic Guide).

The Lovers' Album of the Week

The Rosebuds Birds Make Good Neighbors

The Music Lovers playlist on 10/6/05

1. Juicebox - The Strokes from Juicebox (single)
2. We Tried - The Sun from Blame It On The Youth
3. The Sun Comes Through - Kelly Stolz from The Sun Comes Through
4. Loop Duplicate My Heart - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names from #3
5. This Hearts On Fire - Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary
6. Plants - Despistado from The People Of And Their Verses
7. Do What You Wanna Do -Acid House Kings from Sing Along with Acid House Kings
8. In Your Playground- Orwell from Archipal
9. E.M.P.T.Y. - The Clientele from Strange Geomerty
10. Crosses - Jose Gonzales from Veneer
11. International Dateline - Ladytron from Witching Hour
12. Andvari - Sigur Ros from Takk...
13. Mary - Langhorne Slim from Live at Maxwell's
14. Doris - Dirty Three from Cinder
15. Streets - The Drift from Streets/Nozomi
16. Pilgrimage - Conjure One from Extraordinary Ways
17. The Great Golden Baby - Circa Survive from Juturna
18. Cinderland - Grandaddy from Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
19. Hidden Spaces - The Morning After Girls from Prelude EP 1 & 2
20. The Beatles - Devendra Banhart from Cripple Crow
21. Acoustic Guitar - Jens Kutilek from Meaningless...
22. Windy Road - The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
23. Kindling (Clue To Kalo Remix) - Architecture In Helsinki from Keepsake
24. When Hearts Turn Blue - Calvin Johnson from Before the Dream Faded
25. Testify - Calla from Collisions
26. Jet Blast (Shame) - Shelby from The Luxury of Time
27. Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) - Broken Social Scene from Broken Social Scene
28. Elanor Put Your Boots On -Franz Ferdinand from You Could Have It So Much Better
29. Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket from Z

Vic Chesnutt and Jonathan Richman - Tonight at the HiTone

Vic Chesnutt will be coming back to Memphis Wednesday night at the HiTone. Vic's early records (from Little thru Is the Actor Happy?) have been re-released with lots of bonus tracks. The new one, Ghetto Bells, is just as impressive as his back catalog with contributions from Bill Frisell and Van Dyke Parks.

Along with Vic will be ex-The Modern Lovers frontman Jonathan Richman. Perhaps the two will do a rendition of "Roadrunner" together.

These Arms Are Snakes - Sunday Night

These Arms Are Snakes will be performing Sunday night at the HiTone. For more information about TAAS, check out their band's page on the Jade Tree website. Opening up are Colour Revolt and Esque.

South Main Art Trolley Tour and WEVL

Have you ever wondered what the inside of the WEVL station looks like? Well, wonder no more... you can take a tour of the station tonight form 6-9pm during the South Main Art Trolley Tour. Also, it is a great chance to pick up some nice WEVL merchandise or even become a member!

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Calla Collisions

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/29/05

1. Grounds For Divorce - Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary
2. Home Altars of Mexico - Art Brut from Good Weekend EP
3. Oranges In Winter - B.C. Camplight from Hide, Run Away
4. Wake Up - Arcade Fire from Funeral
5. Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals from Love Kraft
6. We've Been Talked Down - The Joggers from With A Cape And A Cane
7. Love In Fear -The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
8. The Vice and Virtue Ministry - Happy Bullets from The Vice and Virtue Ministry
9. Runing Thoughts - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
10. Starring In The Movies - Annie Hayden from The Enemy Of Love
11. Dubai - Kelpie from Hey Friends, Its...
12. Little Wet Head - Minus Story from No Rest For Ghosts
13. Nothing Scares Us - New Black from Time Attack
14. That's All I Know (Right Now) - Sonic Youth from Goo (Deluxe Edition)
15. Hold Yr Terror Close - The Go! Team from Thunder, Lighting, Strike (Bonus Track Version)
16. Fell Into The Well - Logh from A Sunset Panorama
17. Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie from Plans
18. Rubber Traits - Why from Elephant Eyelash
19. Invisible Cities - The Drift from Noumena
20. I Believe - Conjure One from Extradinary Ways
21. Lonesome Valley - Liz James from Liz Janes & Create!
22. Gong - Sigur Ros from Takk...
23. Heard Somebody Say - Devendra Banhart from Greetings from Michigan
24. Monkey (Stephin Merritt Remix) - Low from Tonight the Monkeys Die EP
25. Look Into the Air - Explosions In The Sky from How Strange, Innocence
26. Blue Bird - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
27. Initiate - Calla from Collisions

Matisyahu w/Mobius Band Tonight!

Matisyahu, the Hasidic Reggae Superstar, performs tonight at the Hi Tone. I wasn't able to get the audio section of his website to work but maybe you'll have better luck. You can also check out the non-profit record label JDub to discover other Jewish artists such as Balkan Beat Box and So Called.

Opening up for Matisyahu is the Mobius Band whose single "The Loving Sounds of Static" was played on the Lovers on 7/28.

Fruit Bats - Photos from the Deli

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make the Walkie Talkie set due to working on a Three 6 Mafia shoot, but the very lovely Apryl got some photos:

The Fruit Bats Tonight!

The Fruit Bats are playing what I believe to be their first show in Memphis at the Deli tonight. These Chicagoans have released two fantastic albums on the Sub Pop label: Mouthfuls (2003) and Spelled In Bones (2005). Click here to listen to some mp3's.

And make sure to get to the show early so you can catch those excellent locals Walkie Talkie perform the opening band duties. Check out their Myspace page to listen to a few songs from their 2004 release, Proud Giraffe Walking Tall.

Sufjan Stevens - Photos from Nashville

The evening started with a two hour line just to get into the club!

Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers opened up their set with "The 50 States" song.

The Illinois State Seal is proudly displayed.

It's cheer time!

The gals of the Illinoisemakers.

Sufjan and guitar.

Goodnight Nashville

Sufjan Stevens Tonight In Nashville!

Sufjan Stevens will be performing at the Mercy Lounge tonight in the Cannery Ballroom. Thank goodness I bought those tickets early seeing as the show is now sold out!

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/22/05

1. I Know There's An Answer - Sonic Youth from Goo (Deluxe Edition)
2. Crooked In the Weird of the Catacombs - Oranger from New Comes and Goes
3. Mr. Insecurity - Agent Sparks from Not So Merry EP
4. Ruins - Kingsbury Manx from The Fast Rise and Fall of the South
5. Zoom! - Super Furry Animals from Love Kraft
6. Guardians of the Second Tower - Saxon Shore from Be A Bright Blue
7. Bodies and Minds -Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
8. Every Day That We Wake Up It's A Beautiful Day - Fruit Bats from Spelled In Bones
9. All of Our Tomorrows - Sam Champion from Slow Rewind
10. I Will Tell - Carter Tanton from Birds and Rain
11. Era Prison - The Joggers from With A Cape And A Cane
12. Looking Back I Should Have Been Home More - Richard Swift from The Novelist
13. Teachers - Soulwax from Night Versions
14. Give Me Every Little Thing - The Juan Maclean from DFA Compliation #2
15. I Need Your Love - The Rapture from Channel 3 - A Compilation of Output Recordings
16. Blacking Out the Friction/Brand New Love - Death Cab For Cutie from The John Byrd EP
17. Cinderland - Grandaddy from Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
18. What I Would Say In Your Funeral - Mugison from Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?
19. Fire Engine On Fire Pt. 1 - Flotation Toy Warning from Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
20. Happy Birthday - Sufjan Stevens from A Sun Came
21. Year of the Tiger - Sufjan Stevens from Enjoy Your Rabbit
22. Holland - Sufjan Stevens from Greetings from Michigan
23. He Woke Me Up Again - Sufjan Stevens from Seven Swans
24. Chicago (To String Remix By Jongalloway - iTunes Exclusive) - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois
25. Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros from Takk...
26. I'm Getting Back Into Getting Into You - Silver Jews from Tanglewiid Numbers

The Walkmen w/Richard Swift - The Evidence

The Walkmen performed a highly energetic show last night at the Hi Tone. Above singer Hamilton Leithauser pleases the crowd with the hit "We've Been Had" from the 2002 album Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone.

The boys ended the show with the cover "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone".

The show started a bit early than I expected but I still got to see the last four songs from Richard Swift's set.

The Walkmen Play the HiTone!

The Walkmen will be making a rare apperance in Memphis on Tuesday night at the Hi Tone. Their 2004 release Bows and Arrows was one of the most critically acclaimed records of that year and the explosive single "The Rat" was number 5 on the Lover's Top 20 singles of 2004 show. I have a friend that would listen to "The Rat" each morning on his way to work just to get ready for the day ahead. He really could have picked any number of songs from The Walkmen to get that same feeling.

Opening for The Walkmen is Richard Swift whose albums The Novelist and Walking Without Effort have both been reissued on Secretly Canadian. I really enjoy Swift's sound and look foward to seeing how it all translates to a live audience.

Hi Fidelity Becomes A Blog

If you are a regular listener of the Lovers than you know there is one show on WEVL that I plug more than any other. And that is the always excellent Hi Fidelity, which comes on every Wednesday night between Midnight - 2AM (and repeated Monday afternoons between 2-4). For the past months, the show has had a home on a Myspace page but host Doug has now moved into the blog world. You can check out the new site here.

WEVL at Cooper-Young Festival

WEVL FM90 will have a booth at this year's Cooper-Young Festival which takes place this Saturday from 9am-7pm (with a rain date of Sunday, Sept. 18th). Come say hello to us and buy some great merchandise, pick up a program guide, or even become a member. For more information about the festival, click here.

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/15/05

1. Concrete Bed - Nada Surf from The Weight Is A Gift
2. Magnolia - Apollo Sunshine from Apollo Sunshine
3. Harness and Wheel - The Kingsbury Manx from The Fast Rise and Fall of the South
4. Leaves to Fall - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
5. Look at Her Face - The Coral Sea from Volcano and Heart
6. Darla Come Down From Jackson - Charlie McAlister from Mississippi Luau
7. I Am the One I Am and He Is the Cartaker of My Heart -Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice from Buck Dharma
8. Armageddon - CocoRoise from Noah's Ark
9. The Fear of Being Found - Pinetop Seven from Rigging the Toplights
10. Glade Park - John Parish from Once Upon A Little Time
11. Dead Man's Will - Iron and Wine w/Calexico from In The Reins
12. Bottom of the Barrel - Arizona Amp and Alternator from Arizona Amp and Alternator
13. Dry Drunk Emperor - TV on the Radio from Dry Drunk Emperor (web single)
14. Central Park - General Elektriks from Cliquety Kliqk
15. Untitled One - Odd Nosdam from Burner
16. This Modern Love (Dave P and Adam Sparkle's Makine Time Remix) - Bloc Party from Silent Alarm Remixed
17. Now That I Know - Devendra Banhart from Cripple Creek
18. I'm Different - Butterfly Boucher from For the Kids Tooo
19. At My Post - Grandaddy from Excerts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
20. A Book And No Disasters - Some By Sea from The Saddest Christmas
21. Runaway - The Spectacular Fantastic from I Love You EP
22. Kyberneticka Babick Part 1 - Stereolab from Kyberneticka Babicka EP
23. Toyko - The Books from The Lemon of Pink
24. Saeglopur - Sigur Ros from Takk...
25. Hatchet - Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop from Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop 7"
26. Grow Sound Tree - 00100 from Gold and Green
27. Salvatore Amato - Bell Orchestre from Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light

Magnolia Electric Co. Play Tonight!

Magnolia Electric Co. (aka Songs:Ohia aka Jason Molina) will be playing tonight at the HiTone. You can listen to a bunch of mp3s on the Secretly Canadian label website.

My Sufjan Stevens Tickets Came In Today!

I'm so excited! I received my tickets today for the Sufjan Stevens show next weekend in Nashville at the Mercy Lounge. If you aren't familiar with Sufjan Stevens (which is a bit hard to imagine really) I strongly recommend you pick up his last three records Greetings from Michigan, Seven Swans, and his latest opus Illinois. Illinois holds the honor of being the only album spotlighted on an entire edition of The Music Lovers. Don't be surprised to find it at the top of the list on many a critic's best album of the year.

The Cloud Room - Tonight!

The New York band The Cloud Room will be making a stop tonight in Memphis as they continue their tour with the Pernice Brothers. To get an idea of The Cloud Room sound take a listen to their wonderful first single "Hey Now Now" in the media section of their website. They'll be playing tonight at the HiTone with a $7 cover.

Shangri-La Record Swap - What I Picked Up

Well, it was a fun time hanging out at the Shangri-La Record Swap/Bake Sale where all proceeds went to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. I was able to make a small donation through multiple food purchases (burgers, cookies, sweet potato pie) and records (Lost Sounds "Black-Wave," Jerry Lee Lewis "Sings the Country Music," "The Golden Cream of the Country", T. Rex "Electric Warrior," "Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense," "Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells," and Procol Harum "Procol Harum"). Due to the heat, I had to miss out on the Mouserocket performance but I am sure those who roughed it out were highly entertained. Nice job Shangri-La, sponsor Goner Records, and everyone else who contributed, Charles from the Buccaneer, Charlie's Meat Market, Square Foods, and everyone who made something for the bake sale!

Pajama Party playlist for 9/10/05

1. The Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time from !969: Velvet Underground Live
2. Ponees - Move It, Groove It from A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis 1960-1975, Vol. 2
3. Monks - Monk Time from Black Monk Time
4. The Make-Up - They Live By Night from Destination:Love - Live! At Cold Rice
5. The Kinks - All Of My Friends Were There from The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
6. Devin Davis - Iron Woman from Lonely People of the World, Unite!
7. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sex on Wheels (by request) from Elektrik Inferno Live
8. Half Japanese - Daytona Beach from Greatest Hits
9. The Beatles - Please Mr. Postman from With The Beatles
10. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul from Flood
11. The Russian Futurists - Paul Simon from Our Thickness
12. Red Pony Clock - Singin' in the Shower from Red Pony Clock
13. Half-Handed Cloud - To Love Like The Father and Son Love Each Other from Learning About Your Scale
14. The Make-Up - Evidence Is Everywhere from Destination:Love - Live! At Cold Rice
15. The Who - I'm the Face from Odds & Sodds
16. The Plastics - Last Train To Clarksville from Forever Plastico
17. Of Montreal - I Was Never Young from The Sunlandic Twins
18. Architecture In Helsinki - It's 5! from In Case We Die
19. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Alcohol from All Your Summer Songs
20. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup from Emperor Tomato Ketchup
21. Deerhoof - Spiral Golden Town from Green Cosmos EP
22. Cyndi Lauper - Goonies `R' Good Enough from The Goonies Soundtrack
23. Annie - Me Plus One from Anniemal
24. The Unicorns - Tuff Luff from Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
25. The Go! Team - We Just Won't Be Defeated from Bottle Rocket EP
26. Luna - Malibu Love Nest from Rendezvous
27. The Bryds - Mr. Spaceman from Fifth Dimension
28. Daniel Johnston - Unpack Your Adjectives from Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
29. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
30. Gabby - Be Careful What You Wish For, ‘Cause It Might Come True from Be Careful What You Wish For
31. The Pets - Lighthearted Lovesong from Love & War
32. Concrete Blonde (by request) - Days and Days from Bloodletting
33. William Shatner - That's Me Trying from Has Been
34. Morrissey - We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful from Your Arsenal
35. The Beach Boys - Hang On To Your Ego (alternate version) from Good Vibrations (box set)
36. Wilco - Summer Teeth from Summer Teeth
37. The Pixies - Build High from Alec Eiffel (single)
38. Lou Reed - Real Good Time Together from Between Thought and Expression (box set)

The Lovers join the Pajama Party!

Another late notice, but the Lovers will be subbing for Rebecca's program, Pajama Party, from 4-6pm today.

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/8/05

1. Do It Again - Nada Surf from The Weight Is A Gift
2. Panda - Dungen from Ta Det Lungt
3. Oh Lately It's So Quiet - Ok Go from Oh No
4. The Soft Rewind - Portastatic from Bright Ideas
5. Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) - Bloc Party from Silent Alarm Remixed
6. Noah's Ark - CocoRosie from Noah's Ark
7. The World Is Full of People - Salim Nourallah from Beautiful Noise
8. Interruptions - Rogue Wave from 10:1 EP
9. As Tommy Fixes Fights - Clue To Kalo from One Way, It's Every Way
10. Needle In The Sway - Holopaw from Quit +/or Fight
11. For the Trees - Matmos from The Civil War
12. Lady Day - Richard Swift from The Novelist
13. Knocking On Your Head - Minus Story from No Rest For Ghosts
14. The Winter Rush - Some By Sea from The Saddest Christmas EP
15. Everything - Summer At Shatter Creek from Redder Records Presents: Metaphysics for Beginners
16. Of A Life - Echo and the Bunnymen from Siberia
17. Start Again (iTunes Bonus Track) - Death Cab For Cutie from Plans
18. Born On The Cusp - American Analog Set from Set Free
19. Does It Matter? - Viva K from Viva K
20. Probability Densities - Arpanet from Quantum Transposition
21. Muesli - Minotaur Shock from Maritime
22. 49 Percent (Ewan Pearsons Glass Half Empty Remix) - Royksopp from 49 Percent Promo CD
23. Michael A Grammar - Broadcast from America's Boy
24. Sick with the Old Fire - The High Dials from Ware of the Wakening Phantoms
25. Long Haired Child - Devendra Banhart from Cripple Crow
26. Sixteen Maybe Less - Iron and Wine w/Calexico from In the Reins EP

Janet's Planet playlist for 9/7/05

1. Bloc Party - So Here We Are (Four Tet Remix) from Silent Alarm Remixed 2. Death Cab For Cutie - Start Again (iTunes Exclusive) from Plans 3. Fruit Bats - Silent Life from Spelled In Bones 4. Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me from Best Party Ever 5. The Cloud Room - Hey Now Now from The Cloud Room 6. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To from Do You Want To (single) 7. Shout Out Louds - The Comeback (Ratatat Remix) from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 8. Royksopp - Follow My Ruin from The Understanding 9. Junior Boys - Birthday from Last Exit 10. Satellite Grooves - Anchor from Redder Records Presents: Metaphysics for Beginners 11. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods from Return the Gift 12. Pavement (by request) - Gold Soundz from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 13. The Decemberists - July July from Castaways and Cutouts 14. Plastic Mastery - The Three Way from Split 7" 15. New Pornographers (by request) - Mass Romantic from Mass Romantic 16. Belle and Sebastian - We Rule the School from Tigermilk 17. Camera Obscura - Teenager from Underachievers Please Try Harder 18. Rogue Wave - 10:1 from 10:1 EP 19. The Tyde - New Confessions from Once 20. Webb Brothers - Summer People from Maroon 21. Ladybug Transistor - Rushes of Pure Spring from Beverley Atonale 22. Echo and the Bunnymen - Stormy Weather from Siberia 23. Psychedelic Furs (by request) - No Easy Street (live) from B-Sides & Lost Grooves 24. Toots and the Maytals (by request) - Pomp and Pride from Best of Tooys and the Maytals 25. The Cure (by request) - The Walk from The Greatest Hits 26. The Free Design - Don't Cry Baby (Koushik Remix) from The Now Sound: Redesigned 27. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 28. Chad Vangaalen - Clinically Dead from Infiniheart 29. Sufjan Stevens - Boderline from The Dress Looks Nice On You 7"

The Lovers Sub For Janet's Planet

Yep, it's true! Bright and early tomorrow morning, I will be subbing for Janet on Janet's Planet from 6 - 8am. Hopefully, I can stay awake during the entire show. Wish me luck!

BTW - Janet is now posting Janet's Planet's playlists on her Myspace page.

Katrina Relief Benefit - Tuesday (9/6)

Below is an email I received from Jonathan Kiersky about an upcoming Katrina Relief Benefit show:

Hello Everyone
To all of you that this is new to, sorry I haven't gotten you in the loop earlier, but I've been going nonstop for 2 straight days. All of the details are set in stone and we're ready to have an unbelievable night on many different levels. I first want to say THANK YOU to Richard Cushing and Freeworld Jay Valentine and all of his crew, Minivan, Organ Thief, Mike Marshall, Todd Paden and Colin Miller and especially Brookhaven Pub for lending us the venue to do this. Here are the particulars:

Tues Sept 6th @ Brookhaven Pub on Brookhaven Circle
Music starts around 7pm. Donations are listed at $5 (for media outlets purposes) but we have $10 listed on some flyers.

The lineup will be:
Organ Thief, Phil Barnes and Friends, Minivan Blues Band and Freeworld.

Donations will be accepted from 6pm-1am. We want water, nonperishable food, clothes (don't take them to DAV or somewhere like that, please) blankets, money, toothbrushes and things of that nature- things you need to live. All residents of the gulf coast will obviously get in free and will be served dinner on the house. Also, Brookhaven has said that they will open the parking lot behind the patio to accomodate more people and we have the sound system to back them up, so this is going to be one of the best concerts to be held in this town in a long time (the bands will be on the patio stage). We are going to concentrate our efforts on taking care of all of the people stranded in Memphis- the money will go to the Red Cross, but the items brought are going to be handed out be myself and a few other great hearted people on Wednesday at the local spots where people are trying to live a life in the back of a car. One more thing- to all of you who are involved- you are truly fantastic people. Each one of you has gone out of your way to say yes before I could even get the words out of my mouth. Thank you for all of your help. Everyone will receive another email (although you can just send this one out if you want) that I'm going to ask everyone to send to their entire address book.

To the press - if you need me, just call. 901.331.1008. I haven't slept much in a few days and I don't plan on it in until Wednesday night, so I'm always available.

One more thing - there is an Adopt a Musician program going on around town. Jim and WEVL if you can get back to me, I'd love to get some pub out about this great program You guys rock and if I don't see you sooner, I'll see you Tuesday!

Jonathan

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Chad VanGaalen Infiniheart

R.L. Burnside 1926-2005

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/1/05

1. Crooked Teeth - Death Cab For Cutie from Plans 2. Pardon My French - Get Him Eat Him from Geography Cones 3. The Game Needed Me - Minus the Bear from Menos El Oso 4. Mushaboom - Feist from Let It Die 5. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four from Return the Gift 6. As I Go - Richard Swift from Walking Without Effort Theme 7. And What Fallout! - The Kingsbury Manx from The Fast Rise and Fall of the South 8. All the Answers - Summer At Shatter Creek from All the Answers 9. Shake `Em On Down - R.L. Burnside (1926-2005) form A Bothered Mind 10. Never Ever - Shout Out Louds from Never Ever (single) 11. Just Let Go (Thin White Duke Mix) - Fischerspooner from Just Let Go (single) 12. The Sporting Life (by request)- The Decemberists from Picaresque 13. King Without A Crown (for Kenya) - Matisyahu from Live at Stubbs 14. Praise - Windsor for the Derby from Giving Up the Ghost 15. How We Conquered the Western World on Horseback - Saxon Shore from The Exquiste Death of Saxon Shore 16. Idiocy - The Double from Loose In the Air 17. I Am A Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day) - Phosphorescent from Aw Come Aw Wry 18. Broken Arrows - Jose Gonzales from Veneer 19. Here It Goes Again - Ok Go from Oh No 20. Bottle Rocket - The Go! Team from Bottle Rocket EP 21. Street Fightin' Man - Lake Trout from Not Them, You 22. After the Afterlife - Chad VanGaalen from Infiniheart 23. Since K Got Over Me - The Clientele from Strange Geometry 24. Predatory King Today (for Janet) - South San Gabriel from The Carlton Chronicles 25. The Body Breaks - Xiu Xiu from Body Breaks b/w Support Our Troops! Oh! (7") 26. Honey - Doveman from The Acrobat 27. Wait For It - Rogue Wave from 10:1 EP 28. Decatur - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 29. Pull the Curtains - Grandaddy from Excerpts from the Diary of Toddzilla

Radio Bonnaroo - Tomorrow On WEVL!

That's right! The radio program inspired by the hippie freak out/indie hipster festival that occurs every year in Manchester, TN will be aired tomorrow morning starting at 8am on WEVL 89.9FM. Each Radio Bonnaroo program showcases artists that you might see at the festival and gives you "rare live performances, commerically unavailable songs, interviews, b-sides and remixes". Below are the artists that will be on the show:

Death Cab For Cutie
The North Mississippi Allstars (w/Lucinda Williams)
New Pornographers
Ben Folds
Calexico w/Sam Beam of Iron and Wine
Ani DiFranco w/Erin McKeown
Susan Tedeschi, Karl Denson w/Col. Bruce Hampton's Codetalkers
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Leo Keottke and Mike Gordon
The Meters

(I atteneded the festival a few years back and got the chance to see Yo La Tengo, Grandaddy, My Morning Jacket, David Byrne, Calexico, Wilco, Patti Smith, etc. Good good times!)

Again, that's Thursday (9/1) 8-9am

Janet's Planet - Janet's Back

Due to Hurricane Katrina, Janet of Janet's Planet had to cut her vacation time in Florida short. So I won't be subbing for her show tomorrow as originally planned. But you do get Janet and she does a far better job than I ever could.

Tune in tomorrow morning from 6-8am for that indie rock!

Some Suggestions For Our New Listeners - Part 2

Here are 5 more shows our new webcasting folks should check out...

6) It's Always Something (Friday Noon-2pm) - This is the show that got me excited about the station nearly 15 years ago. And well, the format hasn't changed at all. Basically a potpourri of musical oddities. Each show still has me scratching my head wondering Where the heck did Brian find that song?

7) Cap'n Pete's Blues Cruise (Friday 9-Midnight) - The best part of this program isn't the music (though it's excellent, of course) but when our host Mr. Dee Henderson comes on the mic and shares with us his own personal stories about the artists. A true legend at work!

8) Psychedelicatessen (Sunday 6-8pm) - Randy (of Randy and the Radiants no less!) takes us back to the 60's each week for some classic rock favorites as well as those left of the dial should've been hits. One listen to Randy's laugh and you'll understand why he's one of the most charismatic folks on WEVL. This show would be the most fun to sub! (hint hint)

9) The Tuesday Morning Show (Tuesday 6-8am) - While I am fond of all the early morning programs, I am hardly up at that hour. However, it seems to work out that if I am moving around before 8am it's usually on a Tuesday. With a variety of hosts (Janet of Janet's Planet Wednesday 6-8am), Darryl of The Modern World Friday 6-8am, and now Melissa) this show serves up a healthy dose of old and new indie rock. But don't be surprised to hear something a bit out of the ordinary thrown into the mix like last week when Melissa followed up The Pixies "Letter to Memphis" with Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life."

10) Singing Down In Dixie (Sunday 6-10am) - There is no better way to start a Sunday morning than with the voice of Charlie May introducing one gospel quartet after another. I'm not sure how long Mr. May has been providing this service, but I do know it will be a dark day when he decides to retire the show. One of my all time favorites!

Well, there you go! I hope our new listeners have gotten a few ideas. And remember, you really can't go wrong with any show on WEVL. Enjoy Radio Diversity!

A Tribute to Memphis Soul - Tonight!

I usually don't promote local shows (that's what the Memphis Beat is for) but this seems like a heck of a good time. Here is the offical word from DJ Buck Wilders:

SATURDAY AUGUST 27TH at the HI-TONE

Shangri-La Records presents...A Tribute To Memphis Soul! I've been thinking about about doing a show like this for quite a while. I feel something like this should go on in Memphis at least once a week if not every night. Our purpose is to expose the amazing soul and funk music that was being played and recorded in Memphis in the 60's and 70's. Everything from top 40 hits(Stax, Hi) to the unsung heroes. There will be some heavyweight underground 45's in the house this evening from the collections of the Hook-Up, DJ Leroy, the Memphix cats Redeye Jedi and Chase One, and myself. If you were to total up the years of Memphis collecting between the 5 of us you would have over 30 years of crate digging. I'm sure most of you are aware of the greatness of this music...if not this will be a true history lesson. Come hear what kind of shows were going on in the city at that time you missed out on. This music is the reason I'm glad to call Memphis my home.

Here's the deal....

Only $3.00 for addmission!

SHOW WILL START AT 10:00 I PROMISE!!! Just get there by then.
At 10:00 we will be showing some amazing footage of the Stax/Volt tour in Europe from 1967! (Approx 45 minutes) At 10:45 the records start revolving. During the spinning we will continue to show footage.(Wattstax,etc.) The DJ line-up will change through out the night. (I'm hoping we can all play at least twice.) Records til' 3:00!!!

This is also a "late" release party for the fabulous "BIG MOE LIVE AT RC's PLACE" CD. An awesome compilation of Memphis soul/funk from this era put out by Memphix on the killer "JONES" label that brought you "Chains and Black Exhaust" a few years back. Pick up a copy if you don't already have one.

THIS JUST IN!!!
Scott Bomar...the band leader of Memphis's own BO-KEYS and composer of the Hustle 'n' Flow score will also be on the bill this evening. His Memphis collection alone will be worth coming to hear. Damn, that's awesome!

Unfortunetly, I will have to work tonight from 9pm - 2am. This job of mine is really cutting into my social life.

Blues on the Bluff - Thank You's

Many thanks go out to all the folks who attended Part 2 of Blues on the Bluff last weekend. And a very special thanks to all the volunteers who made the whole night possible:

Jim Martin, Tiffany Jacobs, Nini Yuan, Jill Checker, Mark Dean, Elmore Holmes, Christine McDonald, Craig Gough, Rebeca-Ann Weinstock, Dick Rachelson, Anne McEntegegart, Katie Carpenter, Laura Wolf, Lucy Liles, John Ross, Todd Daniel, Bill Coker, Susan Maakestad, Tim Gentry, John Barbee, Apryl Cox, Drew Kucsmas, Meg Johnson, Mary Walton, Tommi Jacobs, Sierra Brown, Tracy Carden, Kevin Schwarz, Nick Larchey, Jerry Jennings, John Anderson, Jim Arwood, Melissa Checker, Anthony Biggers, Central BBQ, The Center City Commission, Tom Claypool, Cap'N Pete, Chuck Porter, Randy Alford, Doug Golonka, Tim Ward, Randy Meeks, Robert Thompson, Tom Fox, Elizabeth Beard, Stefan Anthony, and the WEVL staff of Judy Dorsey, Brain Craig, and Kenya Bland-Anthony.

And while I wasn't able to attend the festival, I was part of the Set Up Crew. See below for evidence:

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Flotation Toy Warning Bluffer's Guide To The Flight Deck

- I'm pretty swamped this weekend so I won't probably be able to get around to reviewing this until the start of next week. However, you can visit the band's website for a couple of free mp3's from the new album.

Some Suggestions For Our New Listeners - Part 1

Last week on the Lovers, I acknowledged several WEVL programs that I thought our new webcasting listeners might enjoy checking out. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to mention as many shows as I had hoped before the show ran out of time. So I wrote up a list of 10 programs that I have been listening to lately on WEVL. In no order, here are 5 out of those 10:

1) UK-JA Reggae (Thursday 1-2pm) - I never thought I could get into a reggae show, but Bowman has opened my eyes. Don't expect to hear Bob Marley here, but a healthy dose of ska, dub, and underground reggae. Sometimes he even plays The Clash or Gorillaz. My only complaint is that it's only an hour long.

2) Hi Fidelity (Wednesday Midnight-2am) - Indie pop galore! Doug's show is what I listen to when I prepare for the Lovers. Along with the latest releases, there is a pretty good chance you'll hear some of Doug's favorites including Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Built To Spill, Mathew Sweet, and, of course, Elvis Costello. Also, expect to hear some Memphis locals thrown into the mix. Typically, I relisten when it's repeated on Mondays from 2-4pm.

3) Flow Radio (Monday 6-8pm) - Ok, so I haven't heard of nearly any of the artists that Mary Jane profiles each week. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy her truly eclectic taste. She'll even honor a request for This Mortal Coil.

4) Varied Music (Tuesday 4-6pm) - Judy (Station Manager) and Brian (Program Director) are usually responsible for the music during these hours and the result is equivalent to that of a really great mix tape.

5) Back to the Country (Tuesday 8-11am) - I'll be honest, I don't own a lot of country music. But I do know good country music when I hear it. And Ken plays the heck out of it! For three hours, Ken goes through the various styles of "honky tonk, bluegrass, cowboy, and western swing". Each week also includes an album feature.

Check back tomorrow when the list continues...

Vapour Trails playlist for 8/21/05

(Origins) 1. The Beatles - Day in the Life 2. The Nice - America 3. Pink Floyd - Careful With That Ax Eugene 4. Moody Blues - Stop (70's) 5. Yes - Heart of the Sunrise (live) 6. King Crimson - Moonchild 7. Roxy Music - Ladytron 8. Kraftwerk - Ohm Sweet Ohm 9. Jethro Tull - Cross-eyed Mary 10. Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (Influenced) 11. Sigur Ros - Staralfur 12. M83 - Beauties Can Die 13. Spacemen 3 - Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation 14. Kinksi - Hot Stenographer 15. Coach and Four - Suture Self 16. Moonbabies - Arnold Layne (More 70's) 17. Pink Floyd - One of these Days 18. Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge

The Lovers Go Prog!

I know this is late notice, but I will be subbing for Cassie today from 2-4pm on Vapour Trails - WEVL's only prog/art rock program. Along with the classics, I will be playing some current artists that have been inspired by the genre. Enjoy!

Blues on the Bluff Part 2 - Tonight!

Ah, shucks! I really do hate that I am going to have to miss Blues on the Bluff Part 2 tonight. Especially since Part Uno was so much fun! (Not to mention that it gave me days of blog material) So what's my excuse? I'll be at a dinner party for a friend of mine who is leaving the country for a year. Which I believe is a good enough reason. Still, it's a shame that they fall on the same date. Now of course, if you plan on missing this summer's best party, you best have a really good excuse yourself!

Here's the music lineup:
6:30-7:15pm - Robert "Wolfman" Belfour
7:30-9:10pm - Dwayne Burnside & the Mississippi Mafia
9:25-11:00pm - Kenny Brown Band

For more information about the event click here.

The Music Lovers playlist for 8/18/05

1. The Music Lovers - Destroyer from Your Blues 2. Morning Wonder - The Earlies from These Were The Earlies 3. Truth and Rights - Thievery Corporation from Reboot: Notes for the Next Generation 4. The Comeback (Ratatat Remix) - Shout Out Louds from The Comeback Single 5. 7/4 (Shoreline) - Broken Social Scene from s/t 6. The Quiet Before (Thunderbirds Are Now Remix) - From Monument To Masses from Schools of thought contend. 7. Green Eyes - Discover America from Psychology 8. Kites Are Fun - The Free Design (Mellow) from The Now Sound Redesigned 9. Ghost of Love - Moonbabies from War On Sound Mini Album 10. Level One - Test Shot Starfish from Test Shot Starfish 11. Shorter Shorter - Field Music from Field Music 12. Open Letter To Jenny - Biirdie from Morning Kills The Dark 13. Empathy For People Unknown - Windsor For The Derby from Giving Up The Ghost 14. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 15. Truckstop Cassettes - Portastatic from Bright Ideas 16. Shiny - The Decemberists from 5 Songs EP 17. Depth Perception - Engine Down from To Bury Within The Sound 18. Don't Get Down - Andrew Thompson from Egad! 19. One In A Day - Koushik from Be With 20. Cold Wind - The Arcade Fire from Six Feet Under: Everything Ends 21. Saxaphone Concert (Brian Bender Remix) - Phillip Glass from Glass Cuts 22. Saeglopur - Sigur Ros from Saeglopur Single 23. Holiday - Holopaw from Quit +/or Fight 24. Bog People - Xiu Xiu from La Foret 25. Wishbone - Architecture In Helsinki from In Case We Die

This Week on the Lovers - Webcast #1

So you got the memo that WEVL is now webcasting, right? Well, that means that today marks the first time that The Music Lovers will be available online as well as to a larger audience. Perhaps, the Lovers will even get some listeners out of the station's coverage range. Wouldn't that be exciting!

This week on The Lovers I'll have new releases from:
Sigur Ros, Broken Social Scene, Portastatic, Shout Out Louds (Ratatat Remix!), Windsor For The Derby, Field Music, Phillip Glass, and many more...

Unwed Sailor Comes To Memphis

The primarily instrumental group, Unwed Sailor, will be stopping by the Hi Tone tonight for the first stop on their "fall" tour. If you would like to get a feel for their music, the media section on their site has a fair share of mp3's from the back catalog as well as a few from their last release, The Marionette and the Music Box. There is even a clever section on the site that takes each track from the Marionette and sets it to the paintings of Jamie Hunt, which help illustrate the album's conceptual fantasy storyline. A new album titled The White Ox is expected to be released the beginning of next year. And of course, they are on Myspace. Check that out here.