Radio Active 89FM NZ Music Show Playlist: 8 June 2004broadcast: 2100-2300 NZST | TUE 8 June, 2004

Started the night off with a live-to-air from celtic/jazz/gyspy outfit Carousel, which had us in our usual state of minor panic with regards to which buttons and sliders to fiddle with in order to get the feed in from the downstairs studio. We got them on air - we think - at least, no-one phoned in to tell us we'd broadcast 20 minutes of dead air, so all seemed to go off without a hitch, until the end, when the band came to a sudden stop, Ju announced 'Carousel!', and the band cut her off with another minute of whirling strings. I've never really understood the false ending (especially in the live environment, and despite both my bands being guilty of it): the band does their false ending, the audience screams and hollers, and then the band start up again, leaving the crowd feeling a bit sheepish about having been sucked into premature adulation. And if there's anything worse than premature adulation, I'd like to know...

Anyway, kinda set the tone for the night. Every time we do the show, the DJ immediately before has some new configuration of PFLs and Mutes set up that has us scratching our heads as to whether or not it's the sound we hear via our headphones and/or studio monitors which is what people on the outside world are hearing. Or neither. One day we'll figure it out. In the meantime, our apologies for dead air, miscued songs and songs that play over the top of each other.

In competition with Ju's 'Carousel!' for best verbal gaffe of the night was me announcing the Soane song...

"And here's one from Soane: 'All I Need Feat'. Odd name for a song, isn't it?"
"I'll let you in on a secret when the song starts," said Ju.
"Eh? Look at it. F. E. A. T. What are they on about?"
"I think you'll find it's short for 'featuring'" Ju informed me.
Duh.

Anyway, here's the playlist, a short one again, thanks to the live-to-air and an un-chart-ed interview with Warren Maxwell.

* the accelerants - lookin' at you
* paselode - plant a tree
* squirm - the monster under her bed
* the fanatics - model
* bic runga - delight
* soane (feat. boh runga) - all I need
* ghostplane - state hijack
* the shrugs - underwater colour
* cassette - nothing to do
* bressa cretting cake - palm singing
* heavy jones trio - free
* fang - yellow
* the users - lordy lordy
* misfits of science - fools love
* dj logikal - strickly thinking
* the upbeats - view from the inside
* aspen - this is why only teenagers can really love music
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