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Sara Henry

Major: Communications (Electronic Media) | Year: 2012 | Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA | Music: Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Swing, Indie, Geek Rock
How did you get involved with WSYC? Bothered people!
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DJ Bio

Hello, darling people folk. My name is Sara Heistand, "Henry" rather, new to this whole college experience and excited to finally be on the air-air as opposed to online broadcasting to a sinister existence. I'm still moving into my radio voice, so excuse the lack of knack here.

My music that makes my show not so much click as tick include (and are by no means limited to) They Might Be Giants, Dawn Landes, Andrew Bird, Firewater, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Hold Steady, DeVotchka, Jason Webley, Flight of the Conchords, Tom Waits, Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Felice Brothers... And so on and so forth. This doubles as a "favorites" list, btw.

But here's the full story.

Namen: Sara "Henry" Heistand! (Visit us at www.saheistand.com!)
Age: Legal!
Musical Instrument: Accordion, naturally!
Musical Obsession: They Might Be Giants, naturally! (If you've associated with TMBG aficionados in the past then you are aware that there is no simple preference in reference to these guys.)
CURRENT OBSESSION: Andrew Bird's new album, Noble Beast.
Favorite Drink: Chai tea and Dr. Pepper and good ol' water.
Favorite Food: Chicken parmesan. I will do everything in my power to attain a piece. As well as cheesecake!
Impressive Musical Experience(s) I Have Had and Needed To Find An Outlet For: Received the strangest looks from John Linnell of TMBG for odd hand movements during "E Eats Everything".
Receiving a shaky-hug (where you shake the other's hand in a half-hug sort of way) from Marty Beller, TMBG's drummer after that same show (it was really the best show).
Receiving the peace sign from Ringo Starr at a show in Easton (I was the only one dancing in the aisles?).
Touched Peter Tork's hand of the Monkees when I was eleven!
Uh, Michael Leviton is my Facebook friend.
And. I interviewed. John Flansburgh. Of They Might Be Giants. I call this instance "self-actualization."
Favorite Song(s): "She's An Angel" - They Might Be Giants, "Tables and Chairs" - Andrew Bird, "Nineteen" - Tegan and Sara
Favorite Book Series: The Dark Tower by one Stephen King. (Alright, and Harry Potter, 'kay?)
Favorite Movie(s): Amelie, Party Monster, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Swing Kids, and Across the Universe.

 

Contact
Email: sh7765@ship.edu
AIM: theonlyhenry
Facebook: Sara Henry

DJ Blog
2/5/09 Sara Henry on the Global Cafe: Thursday 8 - 10 AM
Sara Henry Feb 05, 2009

They Might Be Giants - "Drink!"
Calexico - "Tornado Watch"
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Lively Up Yourself"
Heartless Bastards - "Had to Go"
Guy Davis - "Follow Me Down"
Thelonious Monk - "Raise Four"
Jerry Garcia - "The Deal"
Rusted Root - "Send Me On My Way"
Dawn Landes - "Dig Me a Hole"
The Bad Plus - "Comfortably Numb" (DJ's Note: An experimental jazz cover of a well-known Pink Floyd song.)
Daniel Martin Moore - "That'll Be the Plan"
Radiohead - "Lucky" (DJ's Note: Hey, Adam, hey.)
Laura Veirs - "Saltbreakers"
Big Youth - "Screaming Target"
The Gourds - "All the Way to Jericho"
Iron & Wine - "An Angry Blade"
Jolie Holland - "Mexico City"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Alabama Hi-Test"
Belle & Sebastian - "The Boy With the Arab Strap"
Band of Horses - "Is There a Ghost?"
Andrew Bird - "Anonanimal (Live at Guthrie Theater)" (DJ's Note: New song off his new album, Noble Beast.)
Neko Case - "People Got Alotta Nerve"
Tegan and Sara - "Nineteen (Acoustic)"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss a Beat" (DJ's Note: Really digging these guys. '80s pop-esque along the lines of XTC.)
Son Volt - "Back in This World"
The Lemonheads - "Being Around"
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"


2/2/09 Ben & Henry\'s All-Nighter: Monday 10 PM - 6 AM
Sara Henry Feb 05, 2009

Tilly & the Wall - "Sing Songs Along"
DeVotchKa - "Basso Profundo"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland 1945"
MIA - "XR2"
Tom Waits - "Big in Japan"
The Used - "Smother Me"
Ray LaMontagne - "Henry Nearly Killed Me"
Chubby Checker - "The Twist"
Flight of the Conchords - "Robots"
Devandra Bandheart - "Chinese Children"
Firewater - "Hey Clown"
Spoon - "You Got Your Cherry Bomb"
The Elected - "Greetings in Braille"
Tegan and Sara - "Living Room"
Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof"
Brand New - "Not the Sun"
The Publicists - "Goodbye, Lover" (DJ's Note: Band outta San Diego! CD to be released!)
Cut Copy - "Lights and Music"
Kimya Dawson - "Alphabutt"
The Decemberists - "O Valencia!"
Band of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"
1997-A - "Garden of Evil"
Joe Henry - "Parker's Mood"
Toad the Wet Sprocket - "All I Want"
Janis Joplin - "Summertime"
Flogging Molly - "Salty Dog"
Dandy Warhols - "Scientist"
G. Love - "Booty Call"
Pearl Jam - "Save You"
David Byrne - "Dirty Old Town"
Grateful Dead - "Cumberland Blues"
Elvis Costello - "Pump It Up"
Buddy Holly - "Oh, Boy"
Headlights - "Cherry Tulips"
Radiohead - "No Surprises"
Of Montreal - "Nonpareil of Favor"
Twin Peaks - "Wrapped in Plastic" Clip
Jeff Hanson - "Your Only Son"
The Format - "On the Porch"
Built to Spill - "Distopian Dream Girl"
Bob Dylan - "Lay, Lady, Lay"
She & Him - "Sweet Darlin'"
Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
Rusted Root - "Ecstasy"
M. Ward - "Never Had Nobody Like You" (DJ's Note: The Him of She & Him.)
Health-Disco - "Lost Time (Pictureplane RMX)"
Agents of Good Roots - "Shot Down"
They Might Be Giants - "Purple Toupee"
White Whale - "The Admiral"
Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"
The Low Lows - "Modern Romance"
ABBA - "Fernando"
TV on the Radio - "Halfway Home"
Elvis Presley - "My Baby Left Me"
Spoon - "I Summon You"
My Morning Jacket - "Gideon"
Ray LaMontagne - "You Can Bring Me Flowers"
Andrew Bird - "Tables and Chairs"
The Black Keys - "Just Got to Be"
Calexico - "Letter to Bowie Knife"
Fiona Apple - "Criminal"
Beck - "Little One"
The Band - "The Weight"
Royksopp - "Remind Me" (DJ's Note: Yeah. You've heard this before.)
The Velvet Underground - "I'm Waiting for the Man"
Jollie Holland - "Springtime Can Kill You"
They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Nick Drake - "River Man"
Santana - "Evil Ways"
The Felice Brothers - "Frankie's Gun"
Beth Orton - "She Cries Your Name"
Jason Collett - "Nothing Too Loose"
Bambara - "Clouds Around Your Feet"
DeVotchKa - "Something Stupid"
Little Teeth - "Oh Drag"
VNV Nation - "Farthest Star"
Deerhoof - "The Tears and Music of Love"
Crooked Fingers - "Your Control"
Dawn Landes - "I Don't Need No Man (Traditional)"
Flight of the Conchords - "Business Time"

5 AM MARKER

Gogol Bordello - "Super String Theory"
Son Volt - "Caryatid Easy"
Cydni Lauper - "When You Were Mine"
These United States - "West Won"
The New Pornographers - "Mutiny, I Promise You"
Randy Newman - "Harps & Angels"
Iron & Wine - "The Rooster Moans"
Rilo Kiley - "The Frug" (DJs' Rendition ONE and TWO)
Jeff Hanson - "Nothing Would Matter At All"
The Pogues - "Transmetropolitan"
M. Ward - "Post War"
They Might Be Giants - "Subliminal"
Lucinda Williams - "Concrete and Barbed Wire"
 



Sara Henry on the Global Cafe: Thursday 8 - 10 AM
Sara Henry Jan 29, 2009

They Might Be Giants - "25 O'Clock" (DJ's Note: XTC cover!)
Rodney Crowell - "I've Done Everything I Can"
Iron & Wine - "Bird Stealing Bread"
Morrissey - "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
The Bad Plus - "Lithium" (DJ's Note: "Screwed up jazz" version of, yes, a Nirvana song.)
Mad Caddies - "State of Mind"
The Promise Ring - "Happiness is All the Rage"
The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife 3"
The Publicists - "Corner of Your Heart" (DJ's Note: A gettin'-revved band outta San Diego!)
Of Montreal - "An Eluardian Instance"
Charlie Haden - "You Win Again" (DJ's Note: With Elvis Costello! Listen to Trevor's interview with Haden here.)
Ray LaMontagne - "Three More Days"
Mike the Great - "Imagination Land" (DJ's Note: M'friend and fellow Shipmate, Mike White. You should probably smother him with cuddles.)
Vampire Weekend - "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance"
Japanese Motors - "Regrets a Paradise"
Hank III - "Grand Ole Opry (Isn't So Grand)"
Fela Kuti - "No Agreement"
M. Ward - "Never Had Nobody Like You"
Jason Webley - "Against the Night"
Pearl Jam - "Save You"
The Dears - "Money Babies"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Addicted to Drugs"
Adam Greenfield - "Inside Out" (DJ's Note: One of my best friends, another goodie from SoCal.)
Firewater - "Electric City"
Michael Leviton - "The Beach Gets Cold" (DJ's Note: Watch the music video here.)
John McMahon - "Medicated" (DJ's Note: Another buddy o'mine from Pittsburgh!)


12/1/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Dec 01, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Am I Awake?"
Death Vessel - "Block My Eye"
Brendan Benson - "Cold Hands"
Ani DiFranco - "Landing Gear"
Ray La Montagne - "Henry Nearly Killed Me"
Tom Petty - "Saving Grace"
Amy Ray - "Blame is a Killer"
Tom Waits - "Big in Japan"
Tegan and Sara - "Call It Off" (DJ's Note: Awesome video from dem goils! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp9WY7rBiBQ)
Mercury Rev - "Butterfly Wings"
Lampchop - "Close-Up"
The Black Keys - "Just Got to Be"
Dawn Landes - "Kids in a Play"
My Morning Jacket - "I Will Sing You Songs"
Aqualung - "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
Marc Broussard - "Real Good Thing"
Lucinda Williams - "Little Rock Star"
Bob Dylan - "Born in Time"
Conor Oberst - "Milk Thistle"
DeVotchka - "Somethin' Stupid"
Noah and the Whale - "Give a Little Love"
Ben Folds - "Dr. Yang"
Arsenic and Old Lace - "Where'd You Get That Face?" Clip (DJ's Note: A clip from the 1944 movie starring Cary Grant and Boris Karloff!)
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Caroline"
JJ Grey & Mofro - "Orange Blossoms"
Regina Spektor - "Better" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGBNFEjPl38)
Firewater - "Hey Clown"
Mike Gordon - "Andelman's Yard"
Belle and Sebastian - "Expectations" (DJ's Note: Straight from the Juno Soundtrack!)
Fiona Apple - "Paper Bag" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4Al0l6Cuo)
The Decemberists - "O Valencia!"


11/10/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Nov 10, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "I Should Be Allowed to Think" (DJ's Note: http://tmbw.net/wiki/I_Should_Be_Allowed_To_Think)
Raphael Saadiq - "Big Easy"
Ani DiFranco - "Alla This"
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"
Loudon Wainwright III - "Say That You Love Me"
My Morning Jacket - "It Beats For You"
Ra Ra Riot - "Suspended Gaffa"
The Elected - "Greetings in Braille"
The Decemberists - "Shiny"
Calexico - "Victor Jara's Hands"
Giant Sand - "Out There"
Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
Tegan and Sara - "Back in Your Head" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7nsnnf7cZg)
16 Horsepower - "Sac of Religion"
Noah and the Whale - "5 Years Time"
Mike Gordon - "Another Door"
Aqualung - "When I Finally Get My Own Place"
Death Vessel - "Peninsula"
The Watson Twins - "Bar Woman Blues"
David Byrne - "Rose Tattoo"
Jeff Hanson - "Your Only Son"
Tom Morello - "The Fabled City" (DJ'S Note: New music!)
Fight Club - "Ikea Nesting Instinct" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hKIt1r2FOI)
Lila Downs - "Little Man"
Firewater - "Paradise"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary"
Ben Folds - "Kylie from Connecticut" (DJ's Note: New album!)
Tom Waits - "Alice"
Conor Oberst - "Sausalito"
Marcy Playground - "Comin' Up From Behind" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmrOoCOsQo)
DeVotchka - "I Cried Like a Silly Boy"


11/5/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Nov 05, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "James K. Polk" (DJ's Note: In honor of the election! Obama/Biden '08!)
Death Vessel - "Belt of Foam"
Ra Ra Riot - "Oh La"
BB King - "See That My Grave is Kept Clean"
Brandon Benson - "Cold Hands"
Brian Wilson - "I'm Going Home"
Emmylou Harris - "Sailing Around the Room"
DeVotchka - "Curse Your Little Heart"
Andrew Bird - "Imitosis"
Lucinda Williams - "Honey Bee"
Calexico - "Tornado Watch"
The Black Keys - "I Got Mine"
Tegan and Sara - "Walking with a Ghost" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4THv5SYfBo)
Tom Petty - "Saving Grace"
Sia - "Little Black Sandals"
Conor Oberst - "I Don't Wanna Die in a Hospital"
Ben Folds - "Effington"
Noah and the Whale - "Give a Little Love"
Firewater - "Some Kind of Kindness"
Belle & Sebastian - "We Are the Sleepy Heads"
Bob Dylan - "Dreamin' of You" (DJ's Note: Never before heard! 'Oot!)
Rodney Crowell - "Moving Work of Art"
Twin Peaks - "'Wrapped in Plastic' Clip" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7sybH2xlB0 To see it is to believe it.)
Aqualung - "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
Marc Broussard - "Power's in the People"
Desmond Dekker - "007 (Shanty Town)"
The Iguanas - "El Huracan Y Pin Pon"
Janis Joplin - "Get It While You Can"
Golden Smog - "Lost Love"


10/29/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 29, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Renew My Subscription"
Jonatha Brooke - "Taste of Danger"
Ra Ra Riot - "Ghost Under Rocks"
Loudon Wainwright III - "Say That You Love Me"
Death Vessel - "Block My Eye"
16 Horsepower - "Ditch Digger"
Sonantes - "Minopia"
Nick Drake - "River Man"
Andrew Bird - "Simple X"
Giant Sand - "Out There"
Rodney Crowell - "The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design"
Tom Waits - "Everything You Can Think" (DJ's Note: For Brooding John!)
The Decemberists - "My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist"
Nickel Creek - "When in Rome"
Lila Down - "Ojo De Culebra"
Firewater - "Three Legged Dog"
Ben Folds - "Cologne" (DJ's Note: New album "Way to Normal"!)
Brett Dennen - "San Francisco"
James Jackson Toth - "Doreen"
Janis Joplin - "Cry Baby"
Ray La Montagne - "You Are the Best Thing"
Aqualung - "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9GBMy_CVE0)
The Iguanas - "Okemah"
Marc Broussard - "Keep Coming Back"
DeVotchka - "Head Honcho"
Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
Conor Oberst - "Milk Thistle"
Oppenheimer - "OK, Let's Take This Outside"

See you Monday, cowboy!

10/27/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 28, 2008

AFTER A ONE WEEK'S HIATUS...

They Might Be Giants - "Careful What You Pack"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Humdinger"
Golden Smog - "Lost Love"
Bob Dylan - "Red River Shore" (DJ's Note: A new, unreleased, unheard of before song! I hear accordion! WAAAZZATTT??!)
Calexico - "Victor Jara's Hands"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son" (DJ's Note: Live! Woo! Rock out!)
Amy Ray - "Blame is a Killer"
Belle & Sebastian - "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying"
Regina Spektor - "On the Radio" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAhnJbGy9M)
Ray La Montagne - "Henry Nearly Killed Me" (DJ's Note: [cough cough])
Noah the Whale - "Give a Little Love"
Tom Waits - "Get Behind the Mule"
Dawn Landes - "Twilight"
Fiery Furnaces - "Chris Michaels"
The Iguanas - "If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times" (DJ's Note: The Latin They Might Be Giants!)
Conor Oberst - "Sausalito" (DJ's Note: Playing November 7th at Messiah College in Dillsburg, PA!)
Ben Folds - "Dr. Yang" (DJ's Note: New album!)
Brett Dennen - "Make You Crazy"
The Stills - "Snake Charming the Masses"
Firewater - "Hey Clown"
Blitzen Trapper - "Sleepy Time in the Western World"
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Sound System"
The Monkees - "Words"
Charlie Haden - "You Win Again" (DJ's Note: Featuring Elvis Costello!)
The Duhks - "Mighty Storm"
She & Him - "Sentimental Heart"
Aqualung - "7 Keys"
Bright Eyes - "At the Bottom of Everything"
JJ Grey & Mofro - "Orange Blossoms"


10/15/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 15, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Amy Ray - "Bus Bus"
Sam Phillips - "Signal"
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin' Bones"
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" (DJ's Note: New music!)
16 Horsepower - "Brimstone Rock"
Ry Cooder - "Fernando Sez"
The Flaming Lips - "Haven't Got a Clue"
The Decemberists - "Angel, Won't You Call Me?"
Mercury Rev - "Butterfly Wings"
Rodney Crowell - "Funky the Old Farm Boy"
Ray LaMontange - "Empty"
The Monkees - "Circle Sky"
Grandaddy - "Skateboarding Saved Me Twice"
Firewater - "Three Legged Dog"
Horse Feathers - "Working Poor"
Jolie Holland - "Mexico City"
JJ Gray & Mofro - "Orange Blossoms"
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "Where is the Puzzle?"
Bright Eyes - "At the Bottom of Everything" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qikRcAiCtKM)
Jeff Hanson - "Your Only Son"
Death Vessel - "Block My Eye"
Marcy Playground - "It's Saturday" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7r6_7J5sLo)
Teddy Thompson - "Don't Know Where to Go From Here"
Lambchop - "Of Raymond"
Ben Folds - "Free Coffee"
Tom Waits - "Fist & Bird"
Mike Gordon - "Morphing Again"


10/13/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 13, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "No One Knows My Plan"
Noah and the Whale - "Shape of My Heart"
Pacifika - "Paloma"
Golden Smog - "Radio King"
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "The Future"
Abigail Williams & the Sparrow Quartet - "Captain"
Emmylou Harris - "Take That Ride"
Belle & Sebastian - "If You Are Feeling Sinister"
Andrew Bird - "Fiery Crash"
The Iguanas - "If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times"
The Stills - "Statues of Fire"
Tom Waits - "Hold On"
Dawn Landes - "Twilight"
Drew Emmitt - "River's Risin'"
Ben Folds - "Kylie From Connecticut" (DJ's Note: New music!)
Teddy Thompson - "In My Arms"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Caroline"
Firewater - "Borneo"
Donna the Buffalo - "Temporary Misery"
Janis Joplin - "Summertime (Live in Stockholm '69)" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNEgcqWDG4)
Jackson Browne - "Going Down to Cuba" (DJ's Note: New music!)
Ani DiFranco - "Alla This"
Marcy Playground - "Coming Up From Behind" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmrOoCOsQo)
Randy Newman - "Korean Parents"
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "You Want That Picture"
The Bittersweets - "Bordertown"
Lambchop - "National Talk Like a Pirate Day" (DJ's Note: September 19th!)
The Elected - "Greetings in Braille"
 


10/8/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 08, 2008

Rodney Crowell - "Sex & Gasoline"
James Jackson Toth - "Doreen"
Ani DiFranco - "Landing Gear"
Mike Gordon - "Radio Blip"
Neil Halstead - "Baby I Grew You a Beard"
The Last Shadow Puppets - "I Don't Like You Anymore"
Tom Waits - "Filipino Box Spring Hog"
They Might Be Giants - "Till My Head Falls Off" (DJ's Note: A little later than usual, but there's y'dose!)
Noah and the Whale - "Shape of My Heart"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Alabama Hi-Test"
Nick Drake - "Black Eyed Dog"
Fiona Apple - "Criminal"
Belle & Sebastian - "I'm Waking Up to Us"
Conor Oberst - "Sausalito"
The Bittersweets - "Wreck"
Ra Ra Riot - "Suspended Gaffa"
Firewater - "Hey Clown"
The Watson Twins - "Dig A Little Deeper"
Ben Folds Five - "Smoke"
Golden Smog - "Pecan Pie"
Death Vessel - "Obadiah in Oblivion"
Oppenheimer - "Breakfast in NYC"
Calexico - "Writer's Minor Holiday"
Teddy Thompson - "Turning a Gun on Myself"
Man Man - "Whale Bones"
Dawn Landes - "I Don't Need No Man"
Bob Dylan - "The Levee's Gonna Break"
The Iguanas - "Back in the Limelight" (DJ's Note: The Latin They Might Be Giants!)
 


10/1/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Oct 01, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Apartment Four" (DJ's Note: Off their latest children's album, Here Come the 123s! Good stuff!)
Jeff Hanson - "Night"
The Bittersweets - "Blue"
Mercury Rev - "People Are Unpredictable"
James Jackson Toth - "Do What You Can"
Elliot Smith - "Either/Or"
Drew Emmitt - "Take the Long Way Home"
The Black Keys - "Strange Times"
The Decemberists - "My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist"
The Duhks - "Fast Paced World"
Loudon Wainwright III - "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"
Ben Folds Five - "Stevenson Last Night in Town" (DJ's Note: Suggested listening! Hella fun, guys.)
The Felice Brothers - "Frankie's Gun!" (DJ's Note: Freaking amazing accordion magic!)
Langhorne Slim - "Sometimes"
JJ Grey & Mofro - "Everything Good is Bad"
Paolo Nutini - "New Shoes" (DJ's Note - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbUNF1Q4R8)
Ra Ra Riot - "Oh La"
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "The Future"
The Watson Twins - "Only You" (DJ's Note: For my friend, Sara Salisbury.)
Bright Eyes - "Land Locked Blues"
Noah and the Whale - "Five Years Time"
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Monkey on a Wire"
John Linnell - "West Virginia" (DJ's Note: The solo effort of accordion-rockin' frontman of They Might Be Giants.)
Giant Sand - "Pitch & Sway"
Brian Wilson - "Midnight in Another Way"
Dawn Landes - "Bodyguard"

See you next Wednesday, cowboy!


It's Gigantic!
Sara Henry Sep 30, 2008

     The one thing I promised I'd do if I were to venture into radio was to interview not just anybody, but one (if not both) of the fantastic duo They Might Be Giants. Here I am, two o'clock in the morning, Oats N' Honey granola crumbs down the front of my faux vintage Phantom of the Opera shirt, still in shock four days after the phone conversation I had with Mr. John Flansburgh, Mr. Guitarist of TMBG.



     How did this glorious half-hour come to fruition? Let us give thanks to Mr. Trevor Stottlemyer (who just happens to look like Flansy - whadda whut?). Without Trevor's incredible knack for networking and awesome tenacity, I could only hope that the Johns would come find me. Thank youuu, sir!
     I went to the show in Lancaster at the Chameleon Club later that evening. If I may so gush, the surreality of standing a story above one-of-two musicians I most wanted to interview is crushing. Not the bone-splicing sort, but the gotta-hug-m'self-now one. Dear friendsy Jim and I fought torrential downpours for this concert. We're diehards. This had to be one of the most interesting sets I've seen Them perform, and this had been my fifth time. There were conga lines to be had ("No One Knows My Plan"), creepy Kaoss pad magic, and the famous Stick ("The Stick! The Stick!" shouted the Audience uncontained glee) of early They Might Be Giants lore. They played the staples and they played the obscure. They Might Be Giants are always well-rounded. They even threw in two songs off John Linnell and John F's individual ventures. Honestly, I have never seen Linnell as energetic as when I saw him sing "West Virginia" of his State Songs project; a song for a select amount of states that, actually, have nothing to do about the states. I never listened intently to Flansburgh's Mono Puff side project, but I really thing I should as "Unsupervised" was, in a phrase, flippin' hot.
    Anywho.
    Currently, I am working on editing the interview package, but I assure you that the John Flansburgh interview (in full!) will be aired soonly and you, too, shall reach self-actualization.

          -Henry



9/29/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Sep 29, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Upside Down Frown"
Death Vessel - "Peninsula"
Al Green - "What More Do You Want From Me?"
Horse Feathers - "Heathen's Kiss"
Catie Curtis - "Water and a Stone"
Belle & Sebastian - "Winter Wookie"
Teddy Thompson - "Don't Know Where to Go From Here"
These United States - "Heaven Can Wait"
Ben Folds - "You Don't Know Me" (DJ's Note: With Regina Spektor!)
Calexico - "Two Silver Trees"
Donna the Buffalo - "Temporary Misery"
Tom Waits - "Reeperbahn"
Dawn Landes - "Tired of This Life"
Man Man - "Top Drawer"
The Stills - "Snake Charming the Masses"
Cat Power - "Sea of Love"
Rodney Crowell - "I've Done Everything I Can"
Conor Oberst - "Milk Thistle" (DJ's Note: Lead singer of Bright Eyes. Suggested listening!)
The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Meeting Place"
Interpol - "Pace Is the Trick"
Ani DiFranco - "Way Tight"
Firewater - "Three Legged Dog"
Emmylou Harris - "Broken Man's Lament"
G. Love - "Love"
DeVotchka - "Along the Way"
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Jackson Hole"
Amy Ray - "Blame Is a Killer"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two Headed Boy"
Andrew Bird - "Plasticities"


9/24/08 Wednesday Playlist
Sara Henry Sep 24, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Letterbox" (DJ's Note: I will be interviewing John Flansburgh, to be aired soon! Also, TMBG will be playing in Lancaster this Friday 9/26 at the Chameleon Club!)
Jonatha Brooke - "You Oughta Be Satisfied"
Sam Phillips - "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us"
Mercury Rev - "Dream of a Young Girl As a Flower"
Rusty Truck - "Tangled in a Fence"
Man Man - "Ballad of Butter Beans"
Teddy Thompson - "Can't Sing Straight"
The Elected - "Greetings in Braille"
Andrew Bird - "Heretics"
Calexico - "Victor Jara's Hands"
Ra Ra Riot - "St. Peter's Hands"
M. Ward - "Post War"
Melanie Safka - "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHF-iApfWis)
Hayden - "Worthy of Your Esteem"
Noah and the Whale - "Rocks & Daggers"
The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Meeting Place"
Giant Sand - "Increment of Love"
Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Life in the City"
Marcy Playground - "St. Joe on the School Bus" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5kEmY06Zk)
The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl"
Julie Holland - "Sweet Loving Man"
Blues Traveler - "Free Willis" (DJ's Note: Featuring, actually, Bruce Willis. Huh.)

Tomorrow morning I will be interviewing Mr. John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants! To be aired soonly! Remember to get your tickets and rides soon for their show at the Chameleon Club this Friday!

-Henry


9/22/08 Monday Playlist
Sara Henry Sep 22, 2008

They Might Be Giants - "Am I Awake?" (DJ's Note: Playing in Lancaster at the Chameleon Club 9/26!)
St. Maarten's The Rolling Tones (Calysoul) - "It's a Feeling"
Drew Emmitt - "Gypsy in My Soul" (DJ's Note: Happy NOW, Matthew Bair?)
Ani DiFranco - "Alla This"
Firewater - "Borneo"
Peter Moren - "Social Competence"
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "You Want That Picture"
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
Michael Leviton - "Summer's The Worst" (accordion!) (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPDbc_FsuVI)
Conor Oberst - "Get Well Cards"
Donna the Buffalo - "Locket & Key"
Tom Waits - "Chocolate Jesus"
Jason Webley - "2 AM" (accordion!)
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet - "A Fuller Wine"
Horse Feathers - "Curse in the Weeds"
Ry Cooder - "Filipino Dancehall Girl" (accordion!)
Mike Gordon - "Another Door" (DJ's Note: Shades of TMBG!)
Loudon Wainwright III - "The Drinking Song"
Mates of State - "Get Better"
She & Him - "Sweet Darlin'" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBcBPCkEes)
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin' Bones"
Jeff Hanson - "Careful"
Gogol Bordello - "Not a Crime" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJlGutqFqfg)
Old Crow Medicine Show - "Humdinger"
Brian Wilson - "Oxygen on the Brain"
DeVotchka - "New World" (accordion!)
Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog" (DJ's Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvS902DLEVI)
Jason Collett - "No Redemption Song"

Thank you fo' listenin'! Check me out again Wednesday at the same time! 8 to 10 AM! If you're unable to tune in via Shippensburg transmitters, but you still love me, listen at 88.7 WSYC FM via the LIVE stream on our homepage at WSYC.org!


Six Days
Sara Henry Sep 20, 2008

Six days (9/26/08). Until. I see They Might Be Giants. In Lancaster. At the Chameleon Club. For my fifth time. This will induct me into the hardcore stage of fandom and I simply cannot wait! The excruciating details will be displayed here shortly shortly.

In the meantime, check out of my show (which will always start with one good TMBG song!) on the Global Cafe (www.theglobalcafe.org) Mondays and Wednesdays 8 to 10 AM. :)

-Henry



 

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