Thursday Night Mixtape with Tyler
Make the most of your old mixtapes by sharing it with Tyler and WTMD listeners.
Remember the fun of sharing a mixtape with your friends? Building the list with care, transferring it to a cassette tape and then playing it for everyone on a road trip was the joy of many a music lover.
Mixologist Tyler Laporte gives you a chance to share your mixtape with WTMD listeners.
Tyler selects a new list each week, interviews its creator and serves up a new show at 8 p.m. Thursday.
December 18, 2008
Sandy Bernstein presents . . . The Festival of Lights (or Hanukkah Songs Not Performed by Adam Sandler)
1. The LeeVees, "How Do You Spell Chunnukkahh?"
2. Erran Baron Cohen, "My Hanukkah (Keep the Fire Alive)"
3. Barenaked Ladies, "Hanukkah Blessings"
4. Another Man Down, "The Dreydl Song"
5. Therapy Sisters, "Abraham's Lament"
6. They Might Be Giants, "Feast of Lights"
7. Save Ferris, "Christmas Wrapping"
8. Ben Kweller, "Rock of Ages"
9. Jon Caspi, "Eight Days"
10. Brave Combo, "Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah"
December 11, 2008
Good Old War Takes Over the Mixtape
1. Robert Plant and Allison Krauss — "Killing the Blues"
2. Blind Faith — "Had to Cry Today"
3. Black Crowes — "Jealous Again"
4. John Lennon — "How?"
5. Free - "Mr. Big"
6. Mott the Hoople - "Whizz Kid"
7. Steve Winwood - "Back in the High Life Again"
8. Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
9. Zap Mama - "Gati"
10. The Zombies — "The Care of Cell 44"
Keith Goodwin
Vocals, Guitars and Keys
1. Soul Coughing - "Janine"
2. Harry Nilsson - "Dawn by the Sea"
3. Anthony Green - "Dear Child"
4. Johnny Nash - "Hold Me TIght"
Tim Arnold
Drums, Keys and Vocals
1. Emmylou Harris - "Luxury Liner"
2. Tommy Edwards - "It's All in the Game"
3. Graham Nash - "Sleep Song"
4. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - "Johnny Appleseed"
Dan Schwartz
Guitars and Vocals
1. Paul Simon - "Graceland"
2. Fleet Foxes - "Your Protector"
3. James Hunter - "People Gonna Talk"
4. Bob Marley - "War"
Tyler with Good Old War
Good Old War, the acoustic trio from Philadelphia, stops by WTMD and commandeers the mixtape for a full night of music.
The band starts the hour with ten songs that they love to listen to before branching off and revealing four personal favorites apiece.
December 4, 2008
Jerry Jansohn presents . . . Songs for the Lovesick or Heartbroken
1. Will Hoge — "Love from a Scar"
2. Little Feat — "Perfect Imperfection"
3. The Police — "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
4. Morphine — "Thursday"
5. XTC — "Mayor of Simpleton"
6. Cowboy Junkies — "Misguided Angel"
7. Stevie Ray Vaughn — "Dirty Pool"
8. Tori Amos — "Precious Things"
9. Tracy Chapman — "For My Lover"
10. Eric Lindell — "It's My Pleasure"
Jerry Jahnson, a long-time member of WTMD, has created a "Mostly Questionable Relationships" mix based on the fact there are so many songs available that cover the good, bad and ugly of being involved with someone.
Jerry said he picked this theme because, "I have always been curious as to what a writer must go through in order to illustrate, through words and music, the picture of sometimes happy and sometimes sad relationships."
November 13, 2008
Kevin Majoros presents . . . Air Guitar Memories
1. Colin Hay "Overkill"
2. Patty Griffin "Heavenly Day"
3. Shawn Mullins "Beautiful Wreck"
4. The Finn Brothers "Won't Give In"
5. Brandi Carlile "Have You Ever"
6. David Gray "The One I Love"
7. Cake "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"
8. X "4th of July"
9. The Cure "Friday I'm In Love"
10. Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire"
Kevin Majoros, a long time listener and member to WTMD, is an example of someone who decided to learn the guitar at a later age.
Inspired by the songs he heard coming from his radio day to day, Kevin decided to start taking lessons and has since learned to play these tunes.
November 6, 2008
Matt Fraser presents . . . A Music Lover Mix
1. Jeff Buckley "Grace"
2. The Band "The Weight"
3. Radiohead "Idioteque"
4. Elliott Smith "Sweet Adeline"
5. The Pixies "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
6. Ray LaMontagne "Trouble"
7. Bob Marley "Natural Mystic"
8. Neil Young "Old Man"
9. Elbow "Grounds for Divorce"
Matt Fraser is a musician in the local band the Van Guard Project, an alternative instrumental group who take to the road often to tour. While traveling the guys like to hear the tunes of the bands and performers they look up to and feel inspired by.
October 30, 2008
Johnny Lyons presents . . . Haunted Harmonies
1. Cult of Luna "Crossing Over"
2. Portishead "Over"
3. Slowdive "Souvlaki Space Station"
4. Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile"
5. Interpol "Untitled"
6. Brand New "Welcome To Bangkok"
7. The Cure "Fascination Street"
8. Muse "Hoodoo"
9. Sigur Ros "Untitled 5"
Much like Christmas has taken over December and a good portion of November, with only scraps of the month left over for the turkey and the gigantic inflatable Snoopy's of the world, Halloween has commandeered October. Johnny Lyons puts together a mixtape that's sure to make chills raise the hair on the back of your neck.
October 23, 2008
Drew Fontaine presents . . . About Last Night
1. Tom Waits "I'll Be Gone"
2. Ryan Adams "La Cienega Just Smiled"
3. Straylight Run "Existentialism On Prom Night"
4. Stars "Reunion"
5. The Postal Service "Be Still My Heart"
6. Bright Eyes "Lua"
7. Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra "In the Dark," featuring Norah Jones
8. Elliott Smith "Say Yes"
9. Squeeze "Goodbye Girl"
10. The Strokes "Last Nite"
What did you do last night? That question is generally asked if you roll into your house with yesterday's clothes on, wake up at three in the afternoon missing a good portion of your hair, or are found under a pile of junk food wrappers with a cigarette butt hanging from the corner of your mouth.
Drew Fontaine explores last night with his mixtape.
October 16, 2008
Rick Samuel presents . . . Salute to the Stars
1. Jimmy Cliff, "Wonderful World, Beautiful People"
2. Jerry Garcia Band, "Cats Under the Stars"
3. Wings, "Venus & Mars"
4. Julian Cope, "World Shut Your Mouth"
5. Police, "Walking On the Moon"
6. Ella Fitzgerald, "How High the Moon"
7. The Stranglers, "Always the Sun"
8. Grateful Dead, "Mountains of the Moon"
9. Devo, "It's A Beautiful World"
10. Shocking Blue "Venus"
Our curiosities will never go away. No matter how much we learn about the skies, we will always look up in awe.
Some people have put that wonderment into song, and Rick Samuel has picked out his favorite celestially themed tunes.
October 9, 2008
Laura Abel and Neil present . . . Songs They Can Always Enjoy Together
1. The Black Keys, "Your Touch"
2. Mason Jennings, "Fighter Girl"
3. DeVotchka, "Till The End of Time"
4. The Strokes, "Hard To Explain"
5. Kings of Leon, "Milk"
6. Radiohead, "The Bends"
7. Tom Tom Club, "Genius of Love"
8. Pixies, "La La Love You"
9. 311, "My Stoney Baby"
10. The Doors, "Love Her Madly"
Hopefully you and your significant other can get through that first disagreement and find something that you can share together.
In Laura Abel's case, she and her boyfriend, Neal, seem to disagree mostly on their taste in music. He's a Dead Head, she's a Radiohead. But one thing the two can agree on is their favorite radio station and the tunes they hear on it.
