Chris K's Colorado Playlist

Flashbulb Fires “Revenge Song” from Glory (2009)
Sour Boy Bitter Girl “Desert Wolves” from Songs About the Landscape or Songs About the Wolf Army (2009)
Born in The Flood “There and Missing” from If this Thing Should Spill (2007)
The Knew “By Yourself” from Boom Bust (2008)
Houses “Be The Woman” from Spring (2009)
Hello Kavita “Burn” from And Then We Turned Sideways (2008)
NEW – Fierce Bad Rabbit “Chasing After Things” from Spools of Thread (2010)
The Jimi Austin “Don’t Panic” from Draw Your Lines (2007)
Wire Faces “Portable Castles” from Wire Faces (2010)
The Epilogues “Hurting You” from The Beautiful The Terrifying (2008)
Dressy Bessy “Call It Even” from Electrified (2005)
The Archive “The Duke” from Horror Vacua (2007)
The Photo Atlas “Jealous Teeth” from To Silently Provoke the Ghost (2009)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Silve and Gold” from Two Bedroom Apartment (2010)
Candy Claws “Catamaran” from In the Dream of the Sea Life (2009)
The Lumineers “Scotland” from The Lumineers (2009)
Chronophonic “Breakfast for Dinner” from Footwork (2004)
Adam Bodine Trio “Blue Mud” from Blue Mud (2010)
Bop Skizzum “Insomnia” from Propeller (2005)
Motorhome “Heroes Come and Go” from Almost Vegas (2009)
The Patti Fiasco “Bottle of Wine” from No Bridges (2010)
NEW Fierce Bad Rabbit “Gone Dear” from Spools of Thread (2010)
NEW Paean “Most Comfortable of Graves” from Songs for us to Sing (2010)
NEW Stella Luce “Out of Me” from EP (2010)
Natural Selection “15 Up to Colfax” from Lasers in The Jungle (2008)

Houses “Be The Woman” from Spring (2009)
Hello Kavita “Burn” from And Then We Turned Sideways (2008)
Gregory Alan Isakov “That Moon Song” from This Empty Northern Hemisphere (2009)
Sour Boy Bitter Girl “Desert Wolves” from Songs About the Landscape or Songs About the Wolf Army (2009)
The Knew “By Yourself” from Boom Bust (2008)
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake “Hastily” from Snake Rattle Rattle Snake (2010)
Natural Selection “15 Up To Colfax” from Lasers in The Jungle (2008)
Wire Faces “Portable Castles” from Wire Faces (2010)
The Epilogues “Hurting You” from The Beautiful The Terrifying (2008)
The Archive “The Duke” from Horror Vacua (2007)
The Photo Atlas “It’s Always About the Money” from To Silently Provoke the Ghost (2009)
Tt Lester “We Can’t Move On” from The Growing Thin e.p.
Motorhome “Heroes Come and Go” from Almost Vegas (2009)
Hickman Dalton Gang “Old Border Town” from The Hickman Dalton Gang Vol I (2007)
Johnny Hickman “Mr. Wrong” from Live @ Lunch Vol. 1 Locals Only (2008)
The Railbenders “Sweet Caroline” from Segundo (2003)
Chronophonic “Breakfast For Dinner” from Footwork (2004)
Bop Skizzum “Insomnia” from Propeller (2005)
Pretty Lights “Let Em Know It’s Time To Go” from Passing By Behind Your Eyes (2009)
Bela Karoli “Prelude 2” from Furnished Rooms (2008)
Born in The Flood “There and Missing” from If this Thing Should Spill (2007)
Dressy Bessy “Second Place” from Electrified (2005)
Hot IQs “Elephant in White” from Dangling Modifier (2007)
Pep*Squad “Battle of the Rabbits” from If This Was a Test, You’d Fail (2009)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown “Dust of Our Lives” from Put On Your Dancing Glove (2003)
Saving Verona “I’m Sorry, You Were Wrong” from Saving Verona (2005)
The Varmints “Red Rum” from Love Pony (2005)
Away from Nothing “Otherside” from Photograph (2007)
The Lost Decade “4th Dimension” from Western Anxiety (2008)

Yeppers baby … got rolled in … gonna be a few more days though until I’m back at “work” (still have to deal with moving trucks, storage units, etc).  In the meantime, thanks to Greta Cornett for hosting The Colorado Sound at KRFC in my absence.  Her playlists are great as usual.  I’ll post them in the appropriate place here in a bit.

So, what did I learn?  Well, to start with, if you’ve never really traveled by car across this country then you don’t know how blessed we are here in Colorado to have such great radio —- truly, radio across the country SUCKS!

Over 90% of the “public radio” section of the dial belongs to religious broadcasters – and depending on what part of what state you’re in it can be very dark subject matter (at least it was to my ears).   What parts of the dial that are not religious are strictly NPR – a travesty really, as live and local seems as foreign a concept to public stations across the country as live and local commercial radio.  Obviously, there are exceptions but they were truly so few that I didn’t even bother to take note – other than the most killer Americana country station I’ve heard – WDVX in TN.  And how that station exists in such a blatantly conservative state is beyond me.

Musically, both Nashville and Memphis delivered what they promised…. lots of country and lots of blues.  Interestingly, I didn’t really come across all that much glam-pop-country while in Nashville.  Half the places were traditional, the other half modern country-rock ala Garth Brooks meets Lynyrd Skynyrd.  There were a few Kenny Chesney meets Jimmy Buffet types as well.  Overall though, I saw and heard more trad stuff – ala Willie, Waylon and Johnny.  Best place for the “punk” crowd?  Layla’s Bluegrass Inn on Broadway… think Bender’s meets Larimer Lounge for the tourist set.  OH, and bands play from 10AM on … all day … in three and four hour shifts with no breaks!  Sound systems were bleh!  Only met one sound guy in one room (hey Logan!).

Only spent enough time on Beale St in Memphis for some q and to hear bands from the street … great music … but otherwise  eh … did do Sun Studio … had the most spiritual experience while there – brought me to tears twice.  The spirits of Elvis, Johnny, Carl, Jerry Lee et.al. were deeply present in the place.

Gotta throw some props out to the Dixie Cafe crew in Oklahoma – Pam and her staff were great!  Very hospitable… incredibly friendly…. and truly excellent cobbler.

K… time for some food and relaxation …