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"480 Minutes" - more cats per million

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:40:17 -0800

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated. BAGeL Radio is still on the air and streaming, now via a different service. Apologies to those of you who had the BAGeL Radio stream bookmarked in your player and/or browser windows. The stream URL has changed. For now please use:

http://www.live365.com/stations/leibowt?play

At some point soon we hope to have a better solution. In the meantime, please do the one-time free sign-up with Live365, it's quick and easy.

By the way, next week (Wednesday 3/4) is The Rumble. I'll be DJing with favorite partner-in-crime Aaron Axelsen of Live105, plus there will be intimate live mini-sets by Lilofee and Hot Challenge. RSVP here (http://sonicliving.com/theowlmag/therumble) for free admission, and forward that RSVP info to your friends so that they can get on the list, too.

Today's show will feature new music from Worker Bee (San Francisco, CA), We Know Mason (Barry, Wales, England), Tune-Yards (Vermont), Sin Fang Bous (Reykjavik, Iceland), Railcars (San Francisco, CA), Handsome Furs (Montreal, Canada), I Was A King (Egersund, Norway), Pilot Cloud (Philadelphia, PA), Superdrag (Nashville, TN), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Brooklyn, NY), Kinetic Stereokids (Flint, MI), The Whip (Manchester, England), Sunset (Austin, TX), Mynx (Los Angeles, CA), Say Hi (Seattle, WA), Real Estate (Ridgewood, New Jersey), Lady Sovereign (London, England), and The Black Lips (Atlanta, GA).

Please tune in this and every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. You can reach me with requests, comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Today's show will also include the return of the BAGeL Radio studio cam, complete with accompanying chat room: http://tinyurl/bagelcam

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos (updated!)

Worker Bee/Shiloe @ Thee Parkside 2/21/09

Worker Bee

Shiloe

Deerhunter @ The Rickshaw Stop 2/25/09

Deerhunter

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest): http://bagelradio.com/shows

2/27 Port O'Brien/ Odawas (Noise Pop) @ Cafe du Nord
2/27 St Vincent/ Cryptacize (Noise Pop) @ Great American Music Hall
2/27 The Morning Benders/ The Submarines/ Mumlers/ Rademacher (Noise Pop) @ Slim’s
2/27 Ra Ra Riot/ Cut Off Your Hands (Noise Pop) @ The Independent
2/28 Bob Mould/ Mark Eitzel (Noise Pop) @ Swedish American Hall
2/28 Portugal, The Man/ Japanese Motors (Noise Pop) @ Cafe du Nord
2/28 A.C. Newman (Noise Pop) @ The Independent
2/28 Sholi/ The Dead Trees (Noise Pop) @ Bottom of the Hill
2/28 Country Joe McDonald (tribute to Woodie Guthrie) @ Freight & Salvage
2/28 & 3/1 Lou Donaldson @ Yoshi’s Oakland 3/1 No Age/ White Circle Crime Club/ Infinite Body/ Veil Veil Vanish (Noise Pop) @ Bottom of the Hill
3/1 Les Savy Fav (Noise Pop/ closing party) @ Mezzanine
3/2 Howe/ Squire/ White (Yes) @ The Fillmore
3/3 & 3/4 Mumiy Troll (Russia) @ The Independent

3/4 BAGeL Radio Presents...The Rumble featuring Lilofee, Hot Challenge, and guest DJ Aaron Axelsen of Popscene @ Harlot RSVP for free admission (tinyurl.com/rumblersvp)

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

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"480 Minutes" - Pets Are A Socialist Luxury

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:26:44 -0800

Did you see what the California legislative Republicans almost did? They almost brought the 8th largest economy in the world to it's knees. They almost caused great harm to the many already suffering Californians. The Governator tried to add a 9% tax to veterinary services. Sorry, Fido, no shots for you this year...we can't afford to take you to the vet!

Anyway, today's show will feature new music from Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Brooklyn, NY), U2 (Dublin, Ireland), Mirah (Portland, OR), These Are Powers (Chicago, IL), The Soundtrack of Our Lives (Göteborg, Sweden), Mumiy Troll (Vladivostok, Russia), Telepathe (Brooklyn, NY), Everything Absent Or Distorted (Denver, CO), The Takeover UK (Pittsburgh, PA), The Laureates (Chicago, IL), Marissa Nadler (Boston, MA), Youth Group (Sydney, Australia), and Lucky Jesus (San Francisco, CA).

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Today's show will also include the return of the BAGeL Radio studio cam, complete with accompanying chat room: http://tinyurl/bagelcam

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest): http://bagelradio.com/shows

*2/20 Andrew Bird/ Loney, Dear @ The Fillmore
          2/20 Andre Williams @ Slim’s
          2/21 Cake/ The Lovemakers @ Fox Theater (Oakland)
          2/21 Annuals @ Slim’s
          2/21 Dunkan Sheik @ Palace of Fine Arts
          2/24 Antony & The Johnsons @ Masonic
          2/24 James Blackshaw/ Colossal Yes/ Matt Baldwin (electric) @ stork club
          2/25 Blondie @ The Fillmore
          2/25 Stephen Malkmus (solo) (Noise Pop) @ Great American Music Hall
          2/25 The Mountain Goats (solo)/ Papercuts (Noise Pop) @ Swedish American Hall
          2/25 Matt Costa (Noise Pop) @ Slim’s
          2/25 French Kicks/ The Broken West (Noise Pop) @ The Independent
          2/26 From Monument To Masses/ Crime In Choir/ Built For The Sea (Noise Pop) @ Bottom of the Hill
          2/26 Josh Ritter (Noise Pop) @ Great American Music Hall
          2/26 Martha Wainwright/ AA Bondy (Noise Pop) @ Slim’s
          2/26 The OhSees/ Tyvek (Noise Pop) @ Cafe du Nord
          2/27 Port O'Brien/ Odawas (Noise Pop) @ Cafe du Nord
          2/27 St Vincent/ Cryptacize (Noise Pop) @ Great American Music Hall
          2/27 The Morning Benders/ The Submarines/ Mumlers/ Rademacher (Noise Pop) @ Slim’s
          2/27 Ra Ra Riot/ Cut Off Your Hands (Noise Pop) @ The Independent
          2/28 Bob Mould/ Mark Eitzel (Noise Pop) @ Swedish American Hall
          2/28 Portugal, The Man/ Japanese Motors (Noise Pop) @ Cafe du Nord
          2/28 A.C. Newman (Noise Pop) @ The Independent
          2/28 Sholi/ The Dead Trees (Noise Pop) @ Bottom of the Hill
          2/28 Country Joe McDonald (tribute to Woodie Guthrie) @ Freight & Salvage
          2/28 & 3/1 Lou Donaldson @ Yoshi’s Oakland             3/1 No Age/ White Circle Crime Club/ Infinite Body/ Veil Veil Vanish (Noise Pop) @ Bottom of the Hill
3/1 Les Savy Fav (Noise Pop/ closing party) @ Mezzanine
3/2 Howe/ Squire/ White (Yes) @ The Fillmore
3/3 & 3/4 Mumiy Troll (Russia) @ The Independent

3/4 BAGeL Radio Presents...The Rumble featuring Lilofee and guest DJ Aaron Axelsen of Popscene @ Harlot RSVP for free admission (tinyurl.com/rumblersvp)

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

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"480 Minutes" - Friday The 13th

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:39:04 -0800

Thanks to everyone who came to the BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party at Bottom of the Hill, and thanks to the bands (Birdmonster, Railcard, Ricky Lee Robinson) for making it the best one yet. In case anyone couldn't tell...I was thrilled.

Today's show will feature new music from Lily Allen (London, England), The Knux (Los Angeles, CA), The Old Ceremony (Chapel Hill, NC), The Kinetiks (Dublin, Ireland), Handsome Furs (Montreal, Canada), Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY), M.Ward (Portland, OR), Abe Vigoda (Los Angeles, CA), Clem Snide (Nashville, TN), Hidden People (Brooklyn, NY), The Appleseed Cast (Lawrence, KS), Sam Roberts (Montreal, Canada), The Von Bondies (Detroit, MI), Western Civ (Chapel Hill, NC), and selections from the Dark Was The Night compilation benefitting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising AIDs awareness.

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Today's show will also include the BAGeL Radio studio cam, complete with accompanying chat room:

BAGeL Radio Studiocam via Ustream.tv

Chat room via Ustream.tv

Give it a try, you might like it.

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

The BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party
@ Bottom of the Hill 2/7/09

Birdmonster

Railcars

Ricky Lee Robinson

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest, updated): http://bagelradio.com/shows

2/13 The Airborne Toxic Event @ Bottom of the Hill
2/13 Juana Molina @ Great American
2/13 Lesley Gore @ Yoshi’s SF
2/14 The Appleseed Cast/ The Union Trade/ Audio Out Send @ Bottom of the Hill
2/14 Reverend Horton Heat @ The Fillmore
2/14 Merl Saunders 75th birthday bash @ Great American
2/14 Blowoff with DJs Bob Mould & Rich Morel @ Slim’s
2/14 & 2/15 Irma Thomas @ Yoshi’s SF
2/15 Lykki Li @ The Fillmore
2/15 Murder City Devils @ Great American
2/15 Don Caballero @ The Independent
2/15 NOFX 25th anniversary/ Youth Brigade @ Slim’s
2/17 Lisa Hannigan (ex Damien Rice)/ Gavin Glass @ The Independent
2/18 Blue Rodeo/ Tim Easton @ The Independent
2/18 & 2/19 Jackie Greene (an evening with) @ Great American
2/19 The Grails/ James Blackshaw @ Cafe du Nord
2/19 & 2/20 Andrew Bird @ The Fillmore
2/20 Andre Williams @ Slim’s
2/21 Cake/ The Lovemakers @ Fox Theater
2/21 Annuals @ Slim’s
2/21 Dunkan Sheik @ Palace of Fine Arts
2/24 Antony & The Johnsons @ Masonic
2/24 James Blackshaw/ Colossal Yes/ Matt Baldwin (electric) @ Stork Club (Oakland)
2/25 Blondie @ The Fillmore

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists at http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

480 Minutes podcasts: 1/30 & 1/23 & 2/7

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"480 Minutes" - The No More Torture Edition

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:30:16 -0800

If you are looking for a cool class to take this semester, check out, "Blogs, Podcasts, and Internet Radio," the class I teach starts up again on 2/7 at San Francisco State University. Sign up now!

And now, a quick 1-question poll:

Click Here for Poll

Today's show will feature new music from Simon Says No (Oslo, Norway), Spiral Beach (Toronto, Canada), Blue Horns (Portland, OR), Golden Bear (Austin, TX), Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys (Akron, OH), The Prodigy (Braintree, England), The Matinees (San Francisco, CA), The Priddle Concern (Ontario, Canada), The Tallest Man On Earth (Dalarna, Sweden), Titus Andronicus (Glen Rock, NJ), The Boxer Rebellion (London, England), Golden Boots (Tucson, AZ), and Cut Off Your Hands (Auckland, New Zealand).

Please tune in this and every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. You can reach me with requests, comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

Meat Puppets/ Trainwreck Riders/ Shaky Hands
@ Bottom of the Hill 11/16/09

Meat Puppets

Trainwreck Riders

Shaky Hands

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest, just updated!): http://bagelradio.com/shows

1/23 The Raveonettes/ The Soft Pack @ Bimbo's
*1/23 The Knitters/ Dead Rock West @ Slim’s
1/23 Tapes 'n Tapes/ Wild Light/ Wavves @ Great American
1/25 Department Of Eagles/ Cave Singers @ Cafe du Nord (2 shows)
*1/25 Jay Reatard/ Nobunny @ The Independent
*1/25 Peachcake/ Th' Moonlight Sexy/ Get Back Loretta @ Bottom of the Hill
1/28 The Album Leaf/ Black Mamba @ Bottom of the Hill
1/29 Missing Persons @ Red Devil Lounge
1/30 John Vanderslice/ Magik*Magik Orchestra/ DJ Aesop Rock (Tiny Telephone 10th Anniversary) @ Great American
1/30 Fruit Bats/ Sera Cahoone @ Bottom of the Hill
1/30 The Music Lovers/ Harbours @ The Hemlock Tavern
1/30 & 1/31 DeVotchKa @ The Fillmore
1/30 -2/1 Bobby Hutcherson @ Yoshi’s Oakland
1/31 West Indian Girl/ Loquat @ Bottom of the Hill
1/31 Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) @ Slim’s
2/2 Matt & Kim/ Hawnay Troof @ Cafe du Nord
2/2 Nickel Eye (Nikolai of the Strokes)/ Low Vs Diamond @ The Independent
2/3 Dean & Britta (Luna) "13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" 13 silent film tests (including Nico, Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and Edie Sedgwick) with live performance from Dean & Britta presented by SF Film Society @ Palace of Fine Arts

2/4 BAGeL Radio Presents...The Rumble @ Harlot (RSVP here for free admission or $5 at the door) featuring The Ringers/ Music For Animals/ DJ Omar (Popscene)/ DJ Ted (BAGeL Radio)

2/4 Nightmares On Wax @ The Independent
2/5 Eagles Of Death Metal @ The Fillmore

2/5 The Bay Bridged Third Birthday featuring
The Heavenly States/ Birds & Batteries/ Geographer @ The Rickshaw Stop
2/6 Social Distortion/ The Devil Makes Three @ Fox Theater
2/6 Scott Amendola's 40th with Charlie Hunter, Ben Goldberg & others @ Cafe du Nord
2/6 & 2/7 Dirty Dozen Brass Band/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ The Independent
2/7 Richie Havens/ Harry Manx @ Great American
2/7 Michael Franti & Spearhead/ ALO @ Fox Theater

2/7 BAGeL Radio Presents...

The BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party @ Bottom of the Hill featuring:
Birdmonster/ Railcars/ Ricky Lee Robinson buy tickets (no fee!)

--------------------------------

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists at http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

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"480 Minutes" - The Suddenly Unemployed Edition

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:48:14 -0800

For you Bay Area listeners there are a couple of good shows this weekend: tonight at the Hotel Utah it's Raised By Robots and Supervinos VTO (tickets here), then tomorrow night at Bottom of the Hill it's The Meat Puppets, Trainwreck Riders, and The Shaky Hands (a troika of BAGeL Radio bands!), and I'll be there DJing, so buy your tickets now (no fee!) while they are still available.

As alluded to in the title of this post, your humble narrator is looking for work. Fast. If you have any leads on SF Bay Area job openings that you think I would rock, please do let me know. Internet radio, music librarian, event coordinator, software quality assurance, helping to ease willing septuagenarians into the computer age...you name it, I'll consider it. Thanks.

Also, if you know anyone who would benefit from learning how to start a blog, podcast, and internet radio station, and learn how to maximize the synergies between them, please let them know that my class, "Blogs, Podcasts, and Internet Radio" starts up again on 2/7 at San Francisco State University. Sign up!

As for today's show, I must admit I am very psyched about several of the things we will be debuting. "480 Minutes" will feature new music today from Morrissey (Los Angeles, CA), Animal Collective (Baltimore, MD), Lily Allen (London, England), The Wrens (Secaucus, New Jersey), Now Now Every Children (Minneapolis, MN), A.C. Newman (Vancouver, Canada), Andrew Bird (Chicago, IL), Gemma Hayes (Dublin, Ireland), Vulture Whale (Birmingham, AL), Kyle Andrews (Nashville, TN), Freshkills (New York, NY), Sparks (Los Angeles, CA), and several cover versions of pop hits by cool bands including My Brightest Diamond, Robbers On High Street, and Frightened Rabbit.

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest, just updated!): http://bagelradio.com/shows

1/16 French Disco @ The Hemlock Tavern
**1/17 Meat Puppets @ Bottom of the Hill
1/18 & 1/19 Fountains Of Wayne (acoustic) @ Cafe du Nord
1/20 Wovenhand/ Silver Summit @ Bottom of the Hill
1/21 The Walkmen/ Beachouse @ The Fillmore
1/21 Blue Giant (members of Viva Voce) @ Cafe du Nord
1/22 The Ettes/ The May Fire/ Leopold And His Fiction @ The Rickshaw Stop
1/22 Curumin with guests Tommy Guerrero, Blackalicious, Lateef & Money Mark @ Slim’s
1/22 Metronomy/ the Mae Shi @ Popscene
1/23 The Raveonettes/ The Soft Pack @ Bimbo's
*1/23 The Knitters/ Dead Rock West @ Slim’s
1/23 Tapes 'n Tapes/ Wild Light/ Wavves @ Great American
1/25 Department Of Eagles/ Cave Singers @ Cafe du Nord (2 shows)
*1/25 Jay Reatard/ Nobunny @ The Independent
*1/25 Peachcake/ Th' Moonlight Sexy/ Get Back Loretta @ Bottom of the Hill
1/28 The Album Leaf/ Black Mamba @ Bottom of the Hill
1/29 Missing Persons @ Red Devil Lounge
1/30 John Vanderslice/ Magik*Magik Orchestra/ DJ Aesop Rock (Tiny Telephone 10th Anniversary) @ Great American
1/30 Fruit Bats/ Sera Cahoone @ Bottom of the Hill
1/30 The Music Lovers/ Harbours @ The Hemlock Tavern
1/30 & 1/31 DeVotchKa @ The Fillmore
1/30 -2/1 Bobby Hutcherson @ Yoshi’s Oakland
1/31 West Indian Girl/ Loquat @ Bottom of the Hill
1/31 Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) @ Slim’s
2/2 Matt & Kim/ Hawnay Troof @ Cafe du Nord
2/2 Nickel Eye (Nikolai of the Strokes)/ Low Vs Diamond @ The Independent
2/3 Dean & Britta (Luna) "13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" 13 silent film tests (including Nico, Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and Edie Sedgwick) with live performance from Dean & Britta presented by SF Film Society @ Palace of Fine Arts

2/4 BAGeL Radio Presents...The Rumble @ Harlot (RSVP here for free admission or $5 at the door) featuring The Ringers/ Music For Animals/ DJ Omar (Popscene)/ DJ Ted (BAGeL Radio)

2/4 Nightmares On Wax @ The Independent
2/5 Eagles Of Death Metal @ The Fillmore

2/7 BAGeL Radio Presents...

The BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party @ Bottom of the Hill featuring:
Birdmonster/ Railcars/ Ricky Lee Robinson buy tickets (no fee!)

--------------------------------

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists at http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

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"480 Minutes" - Happy 2009!

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:25:55 -0800

Good morning and welcome to the 2009 inaugural edition of "480 Minutes." 2009 has been anything but boring in these first couple of weeks, and I'm excited to get back on the air to play you new stuff and perhaps chat a bit about why Sanjay "Dr. No" Gupta should not be our next Surgeon General.

While I still have your attention, it is my pleasure to announce the BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party. Yes, it's true, the "Little Station That Could" turns 6 years old on 2/1, and to celebrate we're having a party our favorite venue, The Bottom of the Hill, on Saturday 2/7 featuring:

Birdmonster
Railcars
Ricky Lee Robinson

As for today's show, it will feature new music today from Chris T-T (Brighton/London, England), Lonely, Dear (Jönköping, Sweden), Foreign Orange (Portland, OR), Golden Error (Brooklyn, NY), Willoughby (Los Angeles, CA), DJ Signify (Brooklyn, NY), Fires Of Rome (Brooklyn, NY), Padre Pio (Brooklyn, NY), Black Peter Group (New York), and Common (Chicago, IL).

Please tune in every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time. You can reach me with requests, but comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

X @ Slim's 12/26/08

Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X

French Miami @ Bottom of the Hill 12/20/08

Roland of French Miami

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Benefit
@ El Rio 12/15/08

Foxtail Somersault

We Are Invisible

Oona Garthwaite

megamoog

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest): http://bagelradio.com/shows

*Magic Bullets (EP release show) @ Bottom of the Hill 1/9
Black Mercies/ Goodbye Nautalis/ Control-R @ The Stork Club (Oak) 1/14
French Disco @ The Hemlock Tavern 1/16
Fountains of Wayne @ Cafe du Nord 1/18 & 19
The Walkmen/ Beach House @ The Fillmore 1/20
*Ettes/ The May Fire/ Nobunny @ The Rickshaw Stop 1/22
Tapes 'n Tapes @ Great American Music Hall 1/23
The Raveonettes/ The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims) @ Bimbo's 1/23
*Peachcake/ Th' Moonlight Sexy/ Get Back Loretta @ Bottom of the Hill 1/25
DeVotchKa @ The Fillmore 1/30 & 31
Matt & Kim/ Hawnay Troof @ Cafe du Nord 2/2

** The Rumble @ Harlot 2/4/09 RSVP here for free admission

Rademacher/ Aimless Never Miss/ Bad Hand @ The Hemlock Tavern 2/6

**sf_indie Social feat Society Of Rockets/ Mount Vicious/ Control-R @ The Elbo Room 2/11

** BAGeL Radio Presents...

The BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party
at Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th St, San Francisco CA) map
Saturday February 7th, 2009
doors: 8:30 show: 9:30

featuring:
Birdmonster
Railcars (last US show before European tour; for fans of Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade)
Ricky Lee Robinson (extraordinary garage-rocking one-man band)

$10
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* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists: http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

Next Tuesday (1/13/09) Absolutely Kosher Cory returns to his regular timeslot, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern.

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BAGeL Radio's Top Music of 2008

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:59:58 -0800

BAGeL Radio Top 25 Albums of 2008

1. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
2. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
3. The Kills - Midnight Boom
4. The Heavenly States - Delayer
5. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster

6. Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams
7. They Heavy - Great Vengeance And Furious Fire
8. Darker My Love - 2
9. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
10. WHY? - Alopecia

11. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
12. The Gang - Zero Hits
13. Starfucker - Starfucker
14. Love Is Chemicals - Song Of The Summer Youth Brigade
15. Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty

16. Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks
17. Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
18. The Notwist - The Devil, You & Me
19. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
20. Sybris - Into The Trees

21. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
22. Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song
23. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
24. Magnetic Fields - Distortion
25. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins

BAGeL Radio Top Bay Area Albums of 2008

1. The Heavenly States - Delayer
2. Love Is Chemicals - Song Of The Summer Youth Brigade
3. WHY? - Alopecia
4. French Miami - French Miami
5. Maus Haus - Lark Marvels

6. Jeff Wagner's Tunnel Of Love - An Eternity Of Blood
7. Subtle - Exiting Arm
8. Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
9. Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All
10. Ricky Lee Robinson - Secret Love Tricks

11. Birdmonster - From The Mountain To The Sea
12. Elephone - Canister
13. Harbours - No Souvenirs
14. Low Red Land - Dog's Hymns
15. Control-R - RAW

BAGeL Radio's Top Cover Versions of 2008

1. Don't Stop Believin' - Marnie Stern - Don't Stop Believin' single
2. Hospital Beds - Florence And The Machine - Single
3. Peaches - Dub Pistols - Speakers and Tweeters
4. Mr. Postman - Calibrated Crematorium - Enter The Crematorium
5. Down the Line - The Gutter Twins - Adorata

6. Dammit Janet - Control-R - RAW
7. Oh! You Pretty Things - Au Revoir Simone - Life Beyond Mars Bowie Covered
8. Unfamiliar - Dulcesky - Unfamiliar E.P.
9. Ballad of a Teenage Queen - The Dresden Dolls - All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash
10. Save A Prayer (Rough, Old Lead Vocal) - The Grey Race - Save A Prayer (single)

BAGeL Radio Top 50 Songs of 2008

Position - Artist - Song - Album
1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
3. Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms - Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
4. Cheap And Cheerful - The Kills - Midnight Boom
5. Broken Heartbeats Sounds Like Breakbeats - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster

6. Always Wanting More - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
7. Cape Canaveral - Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
8. San Bernardino - The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
9. The Bones Of You - Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
10. Geraldine - Glasvegas - Glasvegas

11. Lost In The Light - The Heavenly States - Delayer
12. Ways To Make It Through The Wall - Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
13. The Turning - Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
14. Lolita - Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams
15. The Ballad Of Me And My Friends - Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song

16. American Gangster Time - Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku
17. Sleepyhead - Passion Pit - Chunk Of Change
18. Two Ways Out - Darker My Love - 2
19. Today's Lesson - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

20. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster
21. Welcome To The Party To Save The World! - Peachcake - What Year Will You Have The World?
22. Multi Caliber Rifles - French Miami - French Miami
23. The Hollows - WHY? - Alopecia
24. American Names - Sebastien Grainger - Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
25. Blue Dragon - Hot Lava - Lavalogy
26. New Broom - Minisnap - Bounce Around
27. Back of the Yards - Oxford Collapse - Bits
28. Cath... - Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
29. Get Better - Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us
30. Oh Man - Sybris - Into The Trees

31. Great DJ - The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
32. Warship - Manuok - No End To Limitations
33. Red Dress - TV On The Radio - Dear Science
34. The Seus - Black Francis - Svn Fngrs
35. I Quit Smoking - Freshkills - Freshkills

36. Tora, Tora, Tora - Pretty & Nice - Get Young
37. Too Clever By Half - The Long Blondes - "Couples"
38. Something Is Not Right With Me - Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
39. Cannibals - Crooked Fingers - Forfeit / Fortune
40. One Up The Sun - The Gang - Zero Hits

41. Roses - The Heavenly States - Delayer
42. If There Was A Time #1 - Joan Of Arc - Boo Human
43. Dance Thunder - Joshua Lanes - The Dance Thunder EP
44. All Yall - Gringo Star - All Yall
45. Shadows Are Bent - Gospel Gossip - Sing Into My Mouth

46. Air Better Come - The Shaky Hands - Lunglight
47. Diamond Hoo Ha Man - Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
48. You're The Light - The Shaky Hands - Lunglight
49. Vancouver - The Hush Now - The Hush Now
50. Albert Goes West - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

(with honorable mention to three songs from Starfucker's self-titled debut record, all three of which should have been in the above list: "Ladeeda," "Florida," and "German Love")

BAGeL Radio Top SF Bay Area Songs of 2008

1. Never Be Alright - The Heavenly States - Delayer
2. The Hollows - WHY? - Alopecia
3. Rigid Breakfast - Maus Haus - Lark Marvels
4. Multi Caliber Rifles - French Miami - French Miami
5. Lost In The Light - The Heavenly States - Delayer
6. We Used Technology (But Techology Let Us Down) - Maus Haus - Lark Marvels
7. Our Darkest Days And Nights - Love Is Chemicals - Song Of The Summer Youth Brigade
8. Shiny Claws - Jeff Wagner's Tunnel Of Love - An Eternity Of Blood
9. God Damn Best - French Miami - French Miami
10. Nothing In The Eyes Of Love - Ricky Lee Robinson - Secret Love Tricks
11. The No - Subtle - Exiting Arm
12. The Only One - Birdmonster - From The Mountain To The Sea
13. Roses - The Heavenly States - Delayer
14. Shaky Like The Flu - Loquat - Secrets Of The Sea
15. Happy - Control-R - RAW
16. Pushing and Shoving - Man/Miracle - Pushing and Shoving
17. El Jefe - Elephone - Canister
18. Fatalist Palmistry - WHY? - Alopecia
19. I Woke Up Today - Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
20. Ads For Feelings - Michael Zapruder - Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope
21. Old Formula - The Harbours - No Souvenirs
22. Unlikely Rock Shock - Subtle - Exiting Arm
23. Fresh Born - Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
24. Dog's Hymn - Low Red Land - Dog's Hymns
25. Loose Change - The Morning Benders - Talking Through Tin Cans
26. There Is Ice; It Is Blue - Railcars - Railcars
27. Over And Over - The Pleasure Kills - Smash Up The Radio (single)
28. Need A Job - 60 Watt Kid - 60 Watt Kid
29. In Vino Veritas - Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
30. The Bone Is The Orbital Planet Of The Nerve - 20 Minute Loop - Famous People Marry Famous People

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"480 Minutes" featuring new Bjork, Sprengjuhollin, Starfucker

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:01:07 -0700

Bay Area friends, please listen up -- we have 2-day tickets to give away for the Treasure Island Music Festival happening in the middle of the San Francisco Bay a couple of weeks from now, Saturday 9/20 and Sunday 9/21. A 2-day pair is a $230 value, so tune in and listen closely during today's show for your chance to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets.

The lineup includes BAGeL Radio faves Okkervil River, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, The Kills, Foals, CSS, John Vanderslice, Loquat, The Morning Benders, Port O'Brien, and The Raconteurs.

New music today will include songs by Blackblack (Los Angeles, CA), Captain of Industry (Dayton, OH), Passion Pit (Cambridge, MA), Björk (Deep Space), The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra (Los Angeles, CA), Musee Mecanique (Portland, OR), Three Fantastic (Houston, TX), Universe Narrows (Concord, MA), Low Red Land (San Francisco, CA), Mugison (Iceland), Mason Proper (Alpena, Michigan), The Low Lows (Austin, TX), of Montreal (Athens, GA), Starfucker (Portland, OR), Pontiak (Blue Ridge, VA), The Ugly Suit (Oklahoma City, OK), and , ( Reykjavík, Iceland).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Reach out and e-touch us during the show via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
MSN Msgr: bagelradio@hotmail.com
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

or send an instant message directly through the BAGeL Radio site on the bottom right of the window where is says "click here to chat," or, give the StudioCam chatroom at http://live.yahoo.com/bagelradio a try:

Recent Gig Photos (click photos to view more from that set)

Outside Lands Music Festival
Golden Gate Park, SF, CA 8/22 & 8/23

Silk E and Boots Riley of The Coup

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Vin Rouge/ The New Up/ Excuses For Skipping @ Bottom of the Hill 8/29
Dead Ringers/ American Professionals/ Reaction/ Master Volume @ Stork Club (Oak) 8/29
Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5
Michael Hurley/ Tara Jane O'Neil @ Bottom of the Hill 9/5
Death Vessel/ Micah Blue Smaldone/ Dame Satan @ Bottom of the Hill 9/6
Bodies Of Water/ Throw Me The Statue/ Pale Hoarse @ Bottom of the Hill 9/7
Plastic Fantastic Lover/ Jugtown Pirates/ Ralph Dungeon Family Orchestra & Jazzman James/ Honeybody Moonbee @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8
Love Is Chemicals/ The Gold Medalists/ Sweetie 9/9
The Lower Class Revolt presents...
All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10
Boxcar Saints/ Odessa Chen/ The Revealers @ Bottom of the Hill 9/10
The Cute Lepers/ Druglords Of The Avenues/ Avenue Rose @ Bottom of the Hill 9/11
Desa/ Judgement Day/ 187 Calm @ Bottom of the Hill 9/12
Squeeze @ The Regency Grand 9/12
*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13
Xui Xiu/ Evangelista/ Prurient/ Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone @ Bottom of the Hill 9/13
The Flatliners/ Broadway Calls/ Nothington @ Bottom of the Hill 9/14
KAV/ The Otherside/ Gliss @ Bottom of the Hill 9/16
*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16
These Arms Are Snakes/ sBach/ The Catholic Comb @ Bottom of the Hill 9/17
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20
*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21
*Liam Finn/ The Veils/ Dominant Legs @ Bottom of the Hill 9/23
Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24
Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15
Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

News: Sarah Palin, John McCain's choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, has international relations experience because (get this) she's from Alaska, which is the closest state to Russia. This according to FOX News. If her expertise on Russia is so great, why didn't she warn us about the recent invasion of Georgia? I wonder if one of Palin's aids presented her with a "Putin Determined To Strike Georgia" memo and she decided it was not as worthy of her attention as trying to get books banned. I mean, I know that whole Russia thing is The Secretary of State's job and supposed area of expertise, but Condoleeza Rice houses her shoe collection all the way over there in D.C., right? How could she have known?

During their RNC speeches Mike Huckabee and John McCain talked about change so much you'd think it had been other party in the White House destroying the country these last eight long years. Pious Mike finished up by relating the story of a high school teacher explaining to her class that their classroom desks were paid for by the sacrifices of war veterans. Gee, Mike, I hate to nitpick, but I'm pretty sure that those desks and books and school buildings and teacher salaries and roads and bridges are all paid for by those things that you demonize: taxes. The AP also did some fact-checking of the claims made in some RNC speeches and found that they "stretched the truth" and Minister Huckabee actually let loose with a "whopper" (which Merriam Webster defines as "an extravagant or monstrous lie"). I know, shocking, Right?

"480 Minutes" - new Verve, TV On The Radio, Birdmonster In-Studio

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:18:48 -0700

I am looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow (8/30) at the BAGeL Radio rockshowdancepartyhybrid event featuring Scissors For Lefty, Head Like A Kite, and DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio DJing at The Rickshaw Stop. Tune into "480 Minutes" today from 9a.m to 5p.m. Pacific Time to win tickets, or buy them from the Rickshaw website.

And if that's not enough dancing for you, next Wednesday (9/2) is The Rumble, and this one will feature an intimate mini-set by one of BAGeL Radio's favorite local bands, Magic Bullets, and a guest DJ set by the awesome Omar of Popscene.

Today's show will feature an afternoon visit from Birdmonster who may or may not play an in-studio acoustic mini-set, that has (still!) yet to be confirmed, but they are always fun to have on the show to chat with and help pick songs. I expect they will be on the air beginning around 12:30 pm Pacific Time.

New music today will include songs by The Verve (Manchester, England), TV On The Radio (New York, NY), Bound Stems (Chicago, IL), The Pack A.D. (British Columbia, Canada), The Rumble Strips (London, England), Javelins (Detroit, MI), The Upsidedown (Portland, OR), Tricky (Bristol, England), Bears (Cleveland, OH), Chad VanGaalen (Calgary, Canada), The Broken West (Lost Angeles, CA), and The Mommyheads (New York, NY).

Reach out and e-touch us during the show via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
MSN Msgr: bagelradio@hotmail.com
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Gig Photos (click photos to view more from that set)

BAGeL Radio Presents...
Darker My Love/ The Lumerians @ The Independent 8/5/08

Darker My Love

Rob Barbato of Darker My Love

The Lumerians

My Outside Lands photos, including Beck, The Coup, Radiohead, Liars, and Lupe Fiasco will be online next week. I hope.

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Vin Rouge/ The New Up/ Excuses For Skipping @ Bottom of the Hill 8/29

Dead Ringers/ American Professionals/ Reaction/ Master Volume @ Stork Club (Oak) 8/29

BAGeL Radio Presents...

Scissors For Lefty/ Head Like A Kite/ DJ BAGeL Ted @ The Rickshaw Stop 8/30 - this one's 2 parts rock show 1 part dance party and it's all ages -- buy tickets now!

*Oxford Collapse/ Love As Laughter/ Willow Willow @ The Rickshaw Stop 9/2

Matt And Kim @ Bottom of the Hill 9/2

**The (September) Rumble @ Harlot 9/3

Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5

Walter Meego/ School of Seven Bells/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8

The Lower Class Revolt presents...

All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10

*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13

*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20

*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21

Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15

Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

News: Former President Bill Clinton nailed it in his Democratic Convention speech: in 1992 the Republicans branded brash Bill too young and inexperienced for the job, and what followed his election were 8 years of peace and prosperity. Now the Republicans are saying that Barack Obama is too young and inexperienced for the job. I hope they are as accurate this time as they were 16 years ago. Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden's speech was pretty good, too, as were those of Al Gore and even John Kerry. The line of the week, however, went to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer who quipped, "We simply can't drill our way to energy independence. If you drilled everywhere, if you drilled in all of John McCain's backyards, even the ones he doesn't know he has."

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"480 Minutes" - new Oasis, Okkervil River, Ezra Furman

nobody@vox.com(Ted) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:07:23 -0700

Next Saturday (8/30) is The BAGeL Radio rockshowdancepartyhybrid featuring Scissors For Lefty, Head Like A Kite, and DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio DJing. Are you ready? I'm not. I've got The Outside Lands Festival this weekend, then I can start to prepare for the booty shaking madness happening Saturday August 30th at The Rickshaw Stop. Tune into "480 Minutes" on Fridays from 9a.m to 5p.m. Pacific Time to win tickets, or buy them from the venue website.

New music today will include songs by Okkervil River (Austin, TX), Woven (Los Angeles, CA), Ezra Furman & The Harpoons (Chicago, IL), Beck (Los Angeles, CA), The Born Again Floozies (Indiannapolis, IN), Lykke Li (Stockholm, Sweden), ModoFa c (Glencoe, IL), Pop Levi (Los Angeles, CA), The Stills (Montreal, Canada), Plushgun (Brooklyn, NY), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), and Amanda Palmer (Boston, MA). Oh, yeah, and a new Oasis (Manchester, England) song, too.

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 7 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Reach out and e-touch us during the show via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
MSN Msgr: bagelradio@hotmail.com
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Gig Photos

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park 8/22, 23, 24

The Union Trade/ Elephone/ One Becomes One Hundred @ Bottom of the Hill 8/27

Vin Rouge/ The New Up/ Excuses For Skipping @ Bottom of the Hill 8/29

Dead Ringers/ American Professionals/ Reaction/ Master Volume @ Stork Club (Oak) 8/29

BAGeL Radio Presents...

Scissors For Lefty/ Head Like A Kite/ DJ BAGeL Ted @ The Rickshaw Stop 8/30 - this one's 2 parts rock show 1 part dance party and it's all ages -- buy tickets now!

*Oxford Collapse/ Love As Laughter/ Willow Willow @ The Rickshaw Stop 9/2

Matt And Kim @ Bottom of the Hill 9/2

**The (September) Rumble @ Harlot 9/3

Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5

Walter Meego/ School of Seven Bells/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8

The Lower Class Revolt presents...

All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10

*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13

*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20

*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21

Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15

Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

News:

hat tip to The Punk Guy

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