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Recently Phillip von Zweck, host of Something Else wrote an open letter to the station's staff mailing list. Here is his question and the many replies he got back.
Dear station folk,
Maybe this is a dumb idea:
You know those pulse magazine "desert island lists" (if you could only listen to ten records for the rest of your life, what would they be?)? Well, sometimes there is a copy of Pulse around the station and I read it and I think, I don't know these people, why should I care what their desert island ten is?
But WLUW folks, I'd be very curious to see what you would put on your lists. I've got ideas for what would be on mine, and I'd be happy to forward should anyone be interested.
I'm not looking for some sort of "best of 2001" or list of "most important" or "most influential" albums, just your downright favorite 10 records. I'm especially interested in what some other specialty shows would include: Hip Hop, Latin, New Orleans, Punk, jazz,etc. as I know that alot of the stuff on my list doesn't fit in with my show.
Thanks for humoring me,
Philip von Zweck
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Assistant music director Chris' desert island top ten:
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
Bad Religion- Suffer
John Coletrane- Love Supreme
The Smiths- the Queen is Dead
Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Mothers of Invention- Weasels Ripped My Flesh
The Jam- In the City
Nirvana- Nevermind
The Wedding Present- Watusi
Chris's show is Friday from 2am to 6am.
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Dustin Drase's quickly put together Top Ten (not necessarily in order):
Gastr del Sol- upgrade and afterlife
Nick Drake- Bryter Lyter
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
John Fahey- (I like them all so much it's hard to pick just one)
Monkees- Headquarters
George Harrison- All things must pass
Neil Young- Harvest
Charles Mingus- Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Harry Nillson- Nillson Shcmillson
Nirvana- Incesticide
Dustin's show is Monday 2am to 6am.
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Monika Ebly
wow, that list was harder than I thought
The Smiths-The Queen is dead
Morrissey- Kill Uncle
Weezer- Pinkerton
Elvis Costello- Blood & Chocolate
The Rentals- Seven More Minutes
Cat Stevens- Tea for the tillerman
Joy Division- Substance
Blur- Modern life is rubbish
De La Soul- 3 feet high and rising
The Cure- Head on the door
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Shawn Campbell, program director
Mmmmm...dessert music.
Oh, sorry, wait, that's not right.
For real:
Beatles: Rubber Soul
Big Star: Third
Replacements: Tim
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea
R.E.M.: Murmur
American Music Club: Everclear
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
The Loud Family: Plants & Birds & Rocks & Things\
Shawn's show is from Thrusdays from 12pm to 2pm
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Justin Government, host of government music
1. social distortion - white light, white heat, white trash
2. nick cave - henry's dream OR greatest hits if it included 'john finn's wife'
3. minor threat - complete disc.
4. tricky - premillenium tension
5. generation x - perfect hits
6. Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
7. refused - the shape of punk to come
8. rolling stones - sticky fingers OR some girls
9. johnny cash - live at folsom and san quentin
10. the jam - compact snap
Catch Government Music Friday from 11:00pm to 2am.
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Phillip von Zweck
The Fall- Hex Induction Hour
Caetano Veloso- s/t (1970)
Steve Roden- Four Possible Landscapes
Fela Kuti- Coffin for Head of State
Gavin Bryars- The Sinking of the Titanic
Cat Power- Moon Prix
The Kinks- Village Green Preservation Society
Rogers and Hammerstein- The Sound of Music (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Willie Nelson- Stardust
Eric B and Rakim- Follow the Leader
Tune in to Something Else Sundays 10pm to 2am.
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Cute Sarah
Questions like this put me in a love/hate relationship with my CD collection, because the CDs I like best may not be striking or important, or in some cases, not even the "best" by the artist in question, but they do mean the most to me and get listened to a lot. Bear that in mind when you see that they're all recent, despite my love of the Beach Boys, Gram Parsons, and Chris Bell and all that...
That, and these change all the time. This list was drastically different when I made it last year. I guess that's a good thing, it means I'm growing. Coz I eats me spinach. ;)
But, disclaimer aside, here are my desert island top 10, in no particular order, for 9:30 PM on Tuesday, September 25, 2001. Ask me again tomorrow.
[ The Pixies ] :: Surfer Rosa
[ Bright Eyes ] :: Fevers & Mirrors
[ Dismemberment Plan ] :: ...Is Terrified
[ Death Cab for Cutie ] :: Something About Airplanes
[ Jawbox ] :: Jawbox
[ The Blacks ] :: Dolly Horrorshow
[ Liz Phair ] :: Exile in Guyville
[ Joan of Arc ] :: How Memory Works
[ Matthew Sweet ] :: Girlfriend
...and since three EPs clock in at a total of 12 tracks, which to me
counts as one full album:
[ Les Savy Fav ] :: EMOR EP +
[ Pavement ] :: Shady Lane EP +
[ Promise Ring ] :: Boys and Girls EP
Heaviest rotation in my personal discman right now:
Ghosts & Vodka / C-Clamp / Dashboard Confessional / Onelinedrawing /
The new Dis. Plan / Bright Eyes Demos / Ryan Adams
xoxo your friendly neighborhood cute MD
Sarah's show is from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesdays.
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Steve Damien
Hey all,
I had to really think about this. Ten records for the rest of my life?
I can only say the records that I can't live without now, and I'll report back 50 years from now and tell you if I was right.
No order:
David Bowie -Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (72) -what a concept
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (70) -such a calming album
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (68) -the best, song after song
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain by Stategy (74) -so innovative
Beatles - White Album (68) -just a fun listen every time
Bob Dylan - Time out of mind (97) -so heartfelt and real
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (74) - amazing arrangements
Nick Drake - Bryter Lyter (70) - such a pure talent
Buddy Guy - I was waliking thought the woods (74) - taught me what blues is
The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground (69) - masterful songwriting
Catch Steve's retrospective show 6pm 10pm.
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Ric, host of Sound of the Fury
Well, I suppose in order to further annoy the people who get the digest form of the e-mail I'll contribute.....but it's going to be hard to limit it to ten.
Metallica--Master of Puppets
Machine Head--Burn My Eyes
Fear Factory--Demanufacture
Megadeth--Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
N.W.A.--Straight Outta Compton (didn't see that one coming, did you?)
The Doors--The Doors
Black Sabbath--Paranoid
Vio-Lence--Oppressing The Masses
Pantera--Cowboys From Hell
Motorhead--No Sleep Til Hammersmith
And then just to cheat I'd bring along a CD-R with a bunch of other bands.
The Sound of the Fury airs Tuesday morning fom 12am to 2am.
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Richard Heath
My list is also not necessarily in order. It also contains no indie selections. Let the eye rolling begin!
Paul & Linda McCartney - "Ram"
The Monkees - "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd."
Heart - "Dreamboat Annie"
The original studio recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Bee Gees - "Main Course"
Klaatu - "Klaatu"
Rick Wakeman - "The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table"
These last 3 are greatest hits anthologies instead of bonafide "albums", but they're fun to listen to, so who cares.
Bread - "The Sound of Bread" (a KTEL collection - how gauche)
The Moody Blues - "This is the Moody Blues"
ABBA - "The Singles"
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Eric Malm
Off of the top of my head:
The Rolling Stones, exile on Main St.
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain
Lifter Puller, Fiestas Fiascos
Funkadelic, Standing on the Verge of Getting it On
Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac
Wilco, Being There
Built to Spill, Perfect From Now On
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Prince, Prince and the New Power Generation
I make no excuses for my choices.
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Tom Jackson
"Somebody Else's Troubles" Saturdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
"New Orleans Music Hour" Saturdays at 1:00 pm
Neville Brothers "Yellow Moon"
The Beatles "Abbey Road"
Chip Taylor "Last Chance"
Gram Parsons "Gp/Grevious Angel"
Jesse Winchester "Jesse Winchester"
Richard & Linda Thompson "Shoot Out The Lights"
The Holy Modal Rounders & Friends "Have Moicy"
The Chess Blues 1947-1967
Crescent City Soul 1947-1974
Arhoolie 25th Anniversary Collection
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Laura C
Blur- Modern Life is Rubbish
Suede- Sci-Fi Lullabies
Placebo- s/t
Descendents-Somery
Ani Difranco- Not a Pretty Girl
Elastica-s/t
Blonde Redhead- Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Bjork- Post
The Bouncing Souls- s/t
Catatonia- Way Beyond Blue
Laura's show is from 2pm to 6pm on Mondays.
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Carrie Weston
I have had to do this list before and it is SO FREAKING HARD! But I suppose if I were truthful and listed the ten albums I listen to ALL the time as opposed to the ten I think I should bring with me to a desert island (you know, rounded out in several genres, influential) then they are (drumroll please):
The Stone Roses * S/T
My Bloody Valentine * Loveless
The Orb * Live 93
Orbital * 2
Beastie Boys * Check Your Head
Unrest * Perfect Teeth
Jesus and Mary Chain * Psychocandy
Echo and The Bunnymen * Ocean Rain
Spiritualized * Lazer Guided Melodies
New Order * Substance (Well, I mean, if you want to be hard ass and say Best
Of records don't count, and why wouldn't they, I would say Power Corruption
and Lies)
All of this is kind of arbitrary. As our darling MD pointed out, this can change on a whim. I mean, only ten albums? Like I can't list Digable Planets * Blowout Comb, Gang Of Four * Entertainment, PJ Harvey * Rid Of Me, Yo La Tengo * Painful, Magnetic Fields * Get Lost, Led Zepplin * Like Their Entire Catalog, Aphex Twin * Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2, Guided By Voices * Bee Thousand, V/A Lonely Is An Eysore, or Fugazi * Everything They Have Ever Done??? That's ridiculous. Drat. I forgot the Smiths. Hatful of Hollow or The Queen Is Dead would do. Argh.
Catch Carrie on the air 2pm to 6pm on Tuesdays.
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kamar khan, host of Destination Unknown
10. depeche mode--->violator
9. new order--->techqnique
8. joy division-->still
7.the cure---> pornography
6. jesus and mary chain--->automatic
5. depeche mode---> music for the masses
4/ new order---> low-life
3. the cure---> kiss me x 3
2. the cure---> wish
1. the cure---> disintegration
Destination Unkown airs Mondays from 10pm to 12am.
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Mary N
I have a 100 records that when i speak of them i say "top 10 desert island -- no doubt about it," however, i am having a hard time thinking of them right now.
so, chipping one off...
1. pj harvey -- rid of me
2. stone roses -- s/t
3. beatles -- rubber soul
4. the kinks are the village green preservation society
5. slint - spiderland
6. smiths -- meat is murder
7. gbv -- bee 1000
8. lilys -- better cant make your life better
9. uncle tupelo -- no depression
10. velvet undetground -- s/t - loaded double cd that doesn't exist but should in the event of being stranded on an island.
10's twin number. unrest -- prefect teeth
9's sister. built to spill -- theres nothing wrong with love
8's other 8. sloan -- twice removed
i suck at this game.
Catch Mary on the air from 6am to 10am on Mondays.
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Raymond Shoemaker
1) Pet Sounds--The Beach Boys, 1966
2) The Velvet Underground and Nico (banana)-- The Velvet Underground, 1966
3) Dummy--Portishead, 1994
4) Loveless--My Bloody Valentine, 1991
5) Synchronicity--The Police, 1983
6) Electr-O-Pura--Yo La Tengo, 1995
7) Physical Graffiti--Led Zeppelin, 1975
8) Mars Audiac Quintet--Stereolab, 1994
9) Aja--Steely Dan, 1977
10) Palomine--Bettie Serveert, 1992
Raymond is on the air from 2am to 6am Wednesday.
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Emily Agustin
(in no particular order, this was hard enough):
pixies - surfer rosa
the triffids - treeless plain
my dad is dead - the taller you are, the shorter you get
the smiths - meat is murder
mudhoney - every good boy deserves fudge
the magnetic fields - holiday (because i would have the song "desert island"
stuck in my head)
smog - julius caesar
cub - betti cola
birthday party - hee haw
yo la tengo - fakebook
man... the top five are easy, and then once you think of the last 5, you want
to add at least 5 more... hell, let's all get stranded on a desert island
together, so we can have a ton of good records (and 3 or 4 copies of surfer
rosa :) ).
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