Airing 30 - "Sun?"

The last New Contemplative Jive Hours of the year 2008 CE. A mild wintery theme flurries throughout. There wont be any more posts for over a month, and the show may be moving to a new time slot next year. Be sure to check back in late January for updates as to the future temporal location. '08 was great, but '09 will be extra fine!

Another note: some older archived airings may be disappearing from the internet soon - so if you want to cherish them forever, be sure to download them in the next week or two (just click the title of each post to get to the download page for the respective archive, or see the big list on the righthand side o' the blog).

Title	Artist	Album
Orion Town 2	Frontier Ruckus	The Orion Songbook
New England Skies	The Dead Trees	King Of Rosa
Robot Ponies	Laura Barrett	Nothing On But Your Radio
December	Frida Hyvonen	Silence Is Wild
Winter Coat	Dark Dark Dark	The Snow Magic
I'll Fly Away	Castanets	City Of Refuge
And The Snow's Too Deep	A Block Of Yellow	Do I Do
Five Years	The Postmarks	By The Numbers
Cold Hands	France Has The Bomb	Stuck On AM 6: Live From Radio K
Kindergarten	Merch	Crash Boom Bash
Black Kat	Sea Sick	Sea Sick
I Have Seen The Season Change	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month
The Heavens Are Parting And The Spirit Descends	Jozef Van Wissem	A Priori
There's A War (Holiday Edition)	The So So Glos	Tourism Terrorism
(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique	Belle & Sebastian	The BBC Sessions
Grey Weather	Gregory + The Hawk	Moenie And Kitchi
Song For The Winter Sun	The Loom	At Last Light
Northern Lights	Anathallo	Canopy Glow
Zombies Eating My Brains (For Christmas)	Daddy Bone	Zombies Eating My Brains (For Christmas)
Verdant Gaze	Crystal Stilts	Alight of Night
Bethlehem	Frontier Ruckus	The Orion Songbook
Be My Host	Larkin Grimm	Parplar
Prince Of Peace	School of Seven Bells	Alpinisms
We Know We Might Be Fucked	Grandpall Jookabox	Ropechain
Lines Low To Frozen Ground	Hood	Hallam Foe
Auntie's Lock/ Infinitum	Flying Lotus	Los Angeles
The Blizzard's Never Seen The Desert Sand	The Tallest Man On Earth	Shallow Grave
Modele D'eclat	Benoit Pioulard	Temper
We Are The Lights	Moon & Moon	VII Acts of An Iron King
Theme From All My Friends	All My Friends	Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
Snow Covers Everything	Windy & Carl	Songs For The Broken Hearted
Play The Part	Little Joy	Little Joy
O My Heart	Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred squire	Lost Wisdom
One For My Soul (Good Night)	Her Space Holiday	XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival
Far Trail And The Old Porch	That Ghost	Young Fridays

Airing 29 - "Flashes, Mashes"

Ever wanted to see a "best of the semester" album list curated by yours truly and accompanied by some inexpert photoshopping? Of course you have: 'A Very VKR Thanksgiving Feast'

Title	Artist	Album
Lucian Lift	Jonas Reinhardt	Jonas Reinhardt
Crop Circle Jerk '94	Megapuss	Surfing
Love Or Empire	The So So Glos	Tourism/Terrorism
Everyone's Dead	The Homophones	Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
Blond And Golden Johns	Larkin Grimm	Parplar
Cascade Kisses	Francois Virot	Yes Or No
Idyll	Benoit Pioulard	Temper
Sleep The Clock Around	Belle & Sebastian	The BBC Sessions
My Voice Is A Splinter	Between The Pine	Friends, Foes, Kith And Kin
Rue Hollow	Hush Arbors	Hush Arbors
My Friend, Joan, She Never Asks	The Dead Trees	King Of Rosa
Two Can Play	Eulogies	Tempted To Do Nothing EP
The Fairly Light	Arizona	Glowing Bird
West Coast	Anni Rossi	Afton
Evaporar	Little Joy	Little Joy
Lost Wisdom	Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire	Lost Wisdom
White Elephant Coat	School Of Seven Bells	Alpinisms
Datcha (Unterseeboot Demo	Warum Joe	IVG Vol. 1: Futur Anterieur, France 75/85
4 Cheveux Dans Le Vent	Bainc Didonc	Wizzz! Vol. 2 Psychorama Francais 1966-70
Everything That Happens	Brian Eno & David Byrne	Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
If There's No Light In This World	Pretend You're Happy	Pretend You're Happy
Homeless Mind	Dancer Vs. Politician	A City Half-Lost
Dark Autumn Hour	Frontier Ruckus	The Orion Songbook
Working Girl	Heidi Marie Kjersem	A Killer For That Ache
The Capture Of The Horse	James Yorkston	When The Haar Rolls In
The Day In Review	Her Space Holiday	XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revolution
Fish & Chips	A Block Of Yellow	Do I Do
The Accident	Fight Bite	Emerald Eyes
I Will Save Young Michael	Grampall Jookabox	Ropechain
Pony	Frida Hyvonen	Silence Is Wild
Robot Ponies	Laura Barrett	Nothing On But Your Radio

Airing 28 - "Late Great (Ate)"

[boring post intro telling you that this is one of the "mixtape" varieties of archived airings because the recording equipment was down]
it's late 'cause o' thanksgivin', 'k?

Title	Artist	Album
Song For The Winter Sun	The Loom	At Last Light
John and Anne	Lights On	Waiting For The Heart To Beat
An Ill Jest	Ty Segall	Ty Segall
All The Pretty Girls Go To The City	Spoon [by request]	Kill The Moonlight
Off Off	Taigaa!	Off
They Were Wrong	Larkin Grimm	Parplar
Save Up	Heidi Marie Kjersem	A Killer For That Ache
For Kalaja Mari	School Of Seven Bells	Alpinisms
Going Out When It's Warm Outside	That Ghost	That Ghost
400 Miles	Honeybear	Nothing On But Your Radio
Leaving Song	Desolation Wilderness	White Light Strobing
Young Sand	Francois Virot	Yes Or No
Sayulita	Megapuss	Surfing
Horror & Fear	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month
I Can't Forget	Spirit Family Reunion	Spirit Family Reunion
The Blood	Frontier Ruckus	The Orion Songbook
The Simplest Way	Reefer	Reefer
Peekaboo	Pretty & Nice	Get Young
The Space Between I	The Layaways	The Space Between
Tower Of Babel	Anathallo	Canopy Glow
My Crooked Crown	Her Space Holiday	XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival
Unattainable	Little Joy	Little Joy
Queen Of Spain	James Yorkston	When The Haar Rolls In
Imi The King	Steve Gunn	Sundowner
Age Of Faith	Fight Bite	Emerald Eyes
Storm Sequence	David Grubbs	An Optimist Notes The Dusk
Under The Soda Sky	Viking Moses	The Parts That Showed
Lake Slow	Guitar	Honeysky
Alma	Hauschka	Ferndorf
Downstairs	Religious Knives	The Door

Airing 27 - "Horse, Power"

Some deliciously woodsy, folky elements in this airing. From the backwoods stylings of Larkin Grimm, to the foot-stompin Spirit Family Reunion, to the freak folk of Megapuss; it's like a hayride through a decrepit urban landscape (plus the peppy opening and ambient interludes that have begun to characterize this ever-evolving radio programme). Hang on.
As always, check out the pix in italix.

Title	Artist	Album
Fast Blot Declining	Jonas Reinhardt	Jonas Reinhardt
Are You Sure?	A Block Of Yellow	Do I Do
Sweep Generator	Benoit Pioulard	Temper
To The Love Within	Megapuss	Surfing
Benefit Of The Doubt	Dark Dark Dark	The Snow Magic
Blue Moon	Reefer	Reefer
Candy Says	Lou Reed	Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse
Don't Watch Me Dancing	Little Joy	Little Joy
Dead Beat	Lake	Oh, The Places We'll Go
The Truth Hurts So This Should Be Painless	Her Space Holiday	XOXO Panda And The New Kid Revival
Not The One	Francois Virot	Yes Or No
Quarantine	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month
Paris To New York	Desolation Wilderness	White Light Strobing
Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes?	James Yorkston	When The Haar Rolls In
Animals Need Animals	Frontier Ruckus	The Orion Songbook
Ahn	Benoit Pioulard	Temper
You Were Sleeping	Jay Reatard	Matador Singles '08
My Cousin	Frida Hyvonen	Silence Is Wild
The Hum	Castanets	City Of Refuge
Leg 1	The Tough Alliance	Escape Your Ambtions
Jones Boys	Viking Moses	The Parts That Showed
I'll Find A Way	Spirit Family Reunion	Spirit Family Reunion
Love Song	Mariee Sioux	Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure
All The Pleasures	Larkin Grimm	Parplar
In Prisoned Body	Christina Carter	Original Darkness
My Love	WIndy & Carl	Songs For The Broken Hearted
A Song About A Bird I Know	That Ghost	Young Fridays
Thermos In The Studio	Pumice	Quo
Smile!	Guitar	Honeysky
Souvenir De Chine	Larytta	Difficult Fun
Last Glimmer On A Hill At Dark	Boduf Songs	How Shadows Chase The Balance
Ratcliffe Highway	Dancer Vs. Politician	A City Half-Lost
Maiden Voyage	Herbie Hancock	Maiden Voyage

Airing 26 - "Rays, Haze"

After last week's slight binge on upbeat beatz, i had to bring things back to earth. It's actually pretty similar to a "morning after": starts off a little upbeat, but then solidifies into a sustained "zone" (luckily for you, in music this is called "chillness", whereas in biology it's called "damnstilldrunkness"). If i use any more quotation marks in this post, I will officially be "a prick."
But anyways, a new dj was a-trainin' during this airing, which accounts for the extreme lack of song a-nnouncin' for the first while. He even took the reigns and made it rain with some jazz classics near the end of the show. His picks, as well as our stellar closing remarks, were sadly lost to the perils of digital media, and thus do not appear in the archived airing.
But be sure to tune in to Sebastian's jazz show on Tuesdays from 7-8am; it promises to be rad in ways heretofore only dreamt of.

Title	Artist	Album
Yes Sun	Francois Virot	Yes Or No
And I've Seen A Bloody Shadow	Of Montreal	Skeletal Lamping
Balmy Night	Department of Eagles	In Ear Park
Heaven	Lake	Oh, The Places We'll Go
Another World	Antony & The Johnsons	Another World
The Glowing Bird	Arizona	Glowing Bird
A Woolgathering Exodus	Benoit Pioulard	Temper
Refuge 2	Castanets	City of Refuge
Rewind	All Girl Summer Fun Band	Looking Into It
Champion	Windy & Carl	Songs For The Broken Hearted
When Giants Fall	Love Is All	A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
The Children At Table 34	The Rollo Treadway	The Rollo Treadway
Dig A Grave	Dark Dark Dark	The Snow Magic
Rock Minuet	Lou Reed	Berlin Live At St. Ann's Warehouse
When The Haar Rolls In	James Yorkston	When The Haar Rolls In
Come Over In Your Silver Car	Desolation Wilderness	White Light Strobing
Love Is Slow	Guitar	Honeysky
I Sleep	Cheval Sombre	Esopus 9: Dreams
Money Train Blues	Steve Gunn	Sundowner
"Moose Indian"	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month
Salvese Quien Pueda	Juana Molina	Hallum Foe Original Soundtrack
Fire In Cairo	Gangi	Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to the Cure
Minor Swing	Django Reinhardt	--not specified--
Hog Callin' Blues	Charles Mingus	Oh Yeah!
Crumbs From The Table	The Young Disciples Co.	Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples

Airing 25- "Grooved"

the archive has no talking for the first hour or so, because i totally forgot to press record... no wait umm... i meant to say.. because of "technical problems"... yea, mmhmm.
But be sure to stay with it 'til min 54, when i put the jive back in The New Contemplative Jive Hours. allllllriggght.
And in case you haven't noticed, check out dj paul's "special pix in italix" (which you can clix! ... but only for one week...x)

Title	Artist	Album
Sick Bay Duvet	Pumice	Quo
Ma Moses	Viking Moses!	The Parts That Showed
Floating On The Leghigh	Department of Eagles	In Ear Park
Singer Songwriter	Okkervil River	The Stand Ins
Small Wonder	Fight Bite	Emerald Eyes
After The Fall	Castanets	City Of Refuge
Trapped Here	Jay Reatard	Matador Single '08
I Believe In Nothing	Vivian Girls	Vivian Girls
At Last!	The Do	A Mouthful
Ave-Maria	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso
Sister Alchemy	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month	Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month
Slow Footsteps Kept Me Whole	Milton Cross	Light In The West
Old Parked Car	Brighton MA	Amateur Lovers
On The Swing	Lake	Oh, The Places We'll Go
Prismatic Room	Crystal Stilts	Alight Of Night
Falling Again	caUSE co-MOTION!	It's Time!
St. Exquisite's Confessions	Of Montreal	Skeletal Lamping
The Basta	Rainbow Arabia	The Basta
So Stylistic (Turntablerocker Remix)	Fannypack	Ghetto Bootleg
Miami	The Tough Alliance	A New Chance
Filthy Jim	Larytta	Difficult Fun
Weathering	Alias	Resurgam
Song For A Dog	Guitar	Honeysky
Creature Fear	Bon Iver	For Emma, Forever Ago
Tortoise Regrets Hare	James Yorkston	When The Haar Rolls In
What's Happening	Escape Mechanism	Emphasis Added
Smuvirsi	Paavoharju	Dreams
The Someone Else	King Creosote	Hallum Foe
Just Another Day	Her Space Holiday	Sleepy Tigers EP

Airing 24 - "Bimodal"

Another 2 hours of brand-new tunes, statistically tested for enjoyment, a-comin' your way.
My favourite tracks of the show are italicized.

Title	Artist	Album
Morning Comes	Koushik	Out My Window
Sole Command of The Day	Viking Moses	The Parts That Showed
Sleepy Tigers	Her Space Holiday	Sleepy Tigers EP
Glory B	Castanets	City Of Refuge
Someone Knows Better Than Me	Herman Dune	Next Year In Zion
Fata Morgana	El Guincho	Alegranza
People Turn Around	Delta Spirit	Ode To Sunshine
The Treehouse Song	Ane Brun	Changing of the Seasons
Lost Coastlines	Okkervil River	The Stand Ins
Little Island	Lesser Gonzalez Alverez	Why Is Bear Billowing?
Angeles	Elliot Smith	Either/Or
Surf Song	James Yorkston And The Athletes	Hallum Foe
Mountaineerd	Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson	Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Catch As Catch Can	Wayside Dream	Wait Til The Ice Melts
Spanish Bee	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Thank God For Mental Illness
Vacuum	Gang Gang Dance	Saint Dymphna
Against Privacy	Cold War Kids	Loyalty to Loyalty
Touched Something's Hollow	Of Montreal	Skeletal Lamping
Hope Mountain	Antony And The Johnsons	Another World
No Time	Jay Retard	Matador Single 08
Where Do You Run To	Vivian Girls	Vivian Girls
Ruler	Marnie Stern	This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That
Phantom Other	Department Of Eagles	In Ear Park
In The Backyard	The Rosebuds	Life Like
Rooftree	Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story	Inlandish
Agoraphobia	Deerhunter	Microcastle
All Mine	Portugal, the Man	Censored Colors
A Children's Crusade On Acid	Margot and The Nuclear So and So's	Animal