Periodic Table of Fun, Aug 14, 2007 playlist

This week, I pinch hit for DJ's Kid Courageous and Tigerlily on their "Periodic Table of Fun" program, which airs every Tuesday from 9:30 to 12:00 noon Pacific. I had to do it because it has become one of my favorite radio programs on KDVS (or anywhere for that matter). These girls feature 2½ hours per week of outstanding pop music from the twee/indiepop spectrum, from its mid-80s heyday to today, and they also spice the mix with a lot of surprises from the 1960s (they've got an especially sweet tooth for French confections). I recommend listening in to their normal program. I tried to do it justice with these selections...

You can download the program AT THIS LINK HERE w/in 10 weeks.

...or stream the show FROM THIS LINK before August 21, 2007.

THE CLEAN // Tally Ho // Anthology // Flying Nun/Merge 2002/1987
THE WEEKS // On All is All and // Clipping Wood Paste Adhesive // Big Drum 2005
EAT SKULL // Seeing Things // Seeing Things 7" // Meds *new
BLANK DOGS // Outside Alarmer // The Doorbell Fire 7" // Sweet Rot *new
YVES/SON/ACE // People Upstairs // No Taboos CDR // self-released *new
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS // Eating Noddemix // Colossal Youth // Rough Trade 1980
TV PERSONALITIES // Brian's Magic Car // Mummy Your Not Watching Me // Dreamworld 1982
DIGITAL DINOSAURS // The Sideways Man // v/a: Messthetics Greatest Hits // Hyped2Death 2006/1980

AUNTIE PUS // Marmalade Freak // v/a: Messthetics #102 // Hyped2Death 2006/1980
TYVEK // Air Conditioning // Summer Burns 2x7" // What´s Your Rupture? *new
MOUNTAINS AND RAINBOWS // Knock Me Out // Knock Me Out b/w Indian 7" // Cass *new
TRANZISTORS // Yoo Don´t // Yoo Will b/w Yoo Don't 7" // Cass 2007
SPARKS // Who Don´t Like Kids? // Propaganda // Island 1974
GIANT MUMS // Whatever I Do [the Clean] // v/a: Cleaned Out 7"+flexi // Dark Beloved Cloud 1992
EXPLODING BUDGIES // Hank Marvin // The Complete Goblin Mix & the Exploding Budgies // Flying Nun 1991
TITUS ANDRONICUS // Titus Andronicus // s/t 7" // Shake Appeal *new
NAR // Holiday Routine // Holiday Routine 7" // Moo-La-La 1993
GROOVE FARM // Me! Me! Me! // Going Bananas With the Groove Farm // Subway 1987
CLOSE LOBSTERS // Pathetique // Foxheads Stalk This Land // Enigma 1987
BOYS CLUB // Gotta Get It Right // v/a: The World´s Lousy With Ideas 7" // Almost Ready *new
HOME BLITZ // My Town [Slade] // s/t CD // Gulcher *new
DOUBLE HAPPYS // Guilt // How Much Time Left, Please? // Xpressway 1991/1984
SANDRA BELL // Subway Nihilism // Dreams of Falling // Xpressway 1992
BARDO POND // Tommy Gun Angel // Lapsed // Matador 1997
NIGHTBLOOMS // Starcatcher // s/t // Seed 1992
LYNC // b // These Are Not Fall Colors // K Records 1984
LUXURIOUS BAGS // All the Time in the World // Frayed Knots // Twisted Village 1995
CHAPPAQUIDDICK SKYLINE // Leave Me Alone [New Order] // s/t // Sub Pop 2000
COMET GAIN // Stay With Me Til Morning // Casino Classics // X-mas 1995

HENRY'S DRESS // Tree Fort // Bust 'em Green // Slumberland 1996
BIRD NEST ROYS // Love // 1st Album // Flying Nun Europe 1987
THE HUMMINGBIRDS // Alimony // Alimony 12" EP // RooArt 1990
THE FLATMATES // I Could Be in Heaven // IPU 7" // K Records 1986
TALL BIRDS // Action // Action 7" // Shake Appeal *new
THOMAS FUNCTION // The Insignificants // The Insignificants 7" // Tic Tac Totally 2007
NOTHING PEOPLE // I Can't Find My Monkey // Problems 7" // Ss recordS 2006
FRUSTRATIONS // Girl From Space // Glowing Red Pill // X! *forthcoming
TERRIBLE TWOS // An Image Break // Radical Tadpoles 7" // X! *new