Punk + R&B

What do you get when you put together Al Green with The Smiths and X?
Joan Wasser thinks she has the answer. Or rather, she thinks her new solo project,
Joan As Police Woman, IS the answer.
With her debut Real Life Joan enters as a unique voice, in sound and songcraft.
Most recently playing violin in Rufus Wainright's backing section, Joan has also been attached to rock bands Dambuiders and Black Beetle.
Does Punk + R&B = Joan As Police Woman? Take a listen and you decide.

See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me

There are only two movies I stop whatever I am doing or have planned and just watch them if I find them clicking through the cable. Tommy is such a great movie! Highly under rated. I mean everyone talks about the beans and Elton John's boots but the best parts are in the front end of the movie at Uncle Ernie's Holiday Camp! The Camp with A Difference!

And you really can’t beat the simplistic social commentary and the “revolutionary” idea of a Rock Opera!

I think I saw Tommy in the theater like 15 times...I'm serious about that number! I was in the 8th grade when it came out and it's been great to watch Eric Clapton, Roger Daltry, Tina Turner and the fabulous Ann Margaret frozen in time all these years! I was fiddling about on Youtube and found the original trailer. I love the old style, pre "In A World Gone Mad," announcing style. So semi civilized British! And I used to be a big Jersey Shore Pinball player too! I've played that Kicking Bronco machine in the clip.

Oh the other movie I stop my day to watch? Animal House--I was ATO at AU in the 80s.

Marrrrrrvelous Mouse

Hey, did you hear the new Modest Mouse track with Johnny Marr yet? WOW! When Johnny guested on the Talking Head's NAKED ("Nothing But Flowers"), I thought the combination of an eccentric vocalist like David Byrne and Johnny's sharp, world beat, melodic, guitar from another planet was a perfect marriage. Of course, just like his pairing with another wonderfully bizarre voice (Morrissey), his stint as a Talking Head was temporary....But, now, it seems the gig is permanent with Isaac Brock and company. Isaac voice cuts a dynamic, high trebled and original swath through indie rock's path...check out the strings, the rhythm guitar and the multi-layered leads on the new single DASHBOARD- thanks to a big assist from, perhaps, the most underrated guitarist of his generation...Johnny Maar.

The Man Behind The Music

When Preparing for New Music Tuesday this week I realized that I KNEW Grant-Lee Phillips!
OK, not personally, but as a fan of Gilmour Girls and someone who knows ALL the characters and their excentricities. Phillips played the Town Troubadour for 6 seasons on the quirky Dram-edy.
His new album Strangelet is on the way at the End of February, but here is Grant-Lee playing with a Gilmour Girls montage

Company for the Holiday!

As we close out 2006, I got the treat of hosting Will Hoge in the TMD studios.
He is a true gentlemen and even played a brand new track for us! Will said a new album should be out around March.
And here's something I found...
Will and his band covering Derrek and the Domino's 'Bell Bottom Blues.'



Hope you have a fun and safe New Year's Eve. See you in the 2007!

Where's the Candy, Regina?

I had fun sharing the best of Morning Sessions with you today. I'm curious...Regina Spektor talked about the making of her video for "On the Radio", she said it was shot in a chocolate factory assembly line and she even wore a hair net...albeit, briefly. I don't know, call me dense, but I don't see any candy in this video, do you?

Maybe Regina made off with the chocolates and handed them out to the adoreable kids in the video :) I hope you have a spectacular New Year. Peace.

Damien: TMD's CD of the Week

With stunning portraits captured in his songs, it is awesome to be able to dive deeper into the mind of Damien Rice. His new cd '9' is the CD of the Week.
We were first introduced to this album with the song '9 Crimes' that begins with the gentle voice of Lisa Hannigan, Rice's singing partner. Found this cool video for the song. Tell me what you think of it!

The Hardest Working Man in Show Business Moves to That Great Gig in the Sky

Merry Christmas to you and yours from your TMD family. Thanks for listening. Thanks for your support. And especially, thank you for loving the music. So, it is a bittersweet Christmas morning for music lovers everywhere- you may have heard by now that James Brown died.

While, of course, it's a sad benchmark..the Godfather of Soul's music celebrates life, energy and something burning inside us all. He just had IT! James Brown channeled the human condition in his growl, his wail, his grunts, his feet. He lived it all- the spiritual, the carnal, the jubilation...the blues. Here's a great link on the history of a music icon as important and as American as Elvis and Chuck Berry, from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Peace and love from everyone at TMD.

FINAL RESULTS FOR THE COUNTDOWN

Well it has come to an end everybody and here are the top four.

4. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
3. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
2. Gomez - How We Operate
1. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

And here is a complete list of the Countdown

89. Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops

88. Ben Kweller – Ben Kweller

87. The Duhks – Migrations

86. Beth Orton – Comfort of Strangers

85. Calexico – Garden Ruin

84. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time

83. Drive By Truckers – Blessing and a Curse

82. Gov't Mule - High & Mighty

81. Joshua Radin - We Were Here

80. Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing

79. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire!

78. Neil Young - Living With War

77. Shawn Colvin - These Four Walls

76. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

75. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon

74. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

73. Wolfmother - Wolfmother: 

72. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River In Reverse

71. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways

70. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

69. Rhett Miller - The Believer

68. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela

67. Subdudes - Behind the Levee

66. The Who - Endless Wire

65. Will Hoge - Man Who Killed Love

64. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

63. Zero 7 - The Garden

62. Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream

61. Los Lobos - The Town and the City

60. Paul Simon - Surprise

59. Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler

58. Tom Waits - Orphans:Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

57. Carbon Leaf - Love Loss Hope Repeat

56. Indigo Girls - Despite Our Differences

55. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk

54. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

53. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Nothing But The Water

52. Madeleine Peyroux - Half the Perfect World

51. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Colorblind

50. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

49. Alice Smith - For Lovers, Dreamers & Me

48. Donavon Frankenreiter - Move By Yourself

47. JJ Cale/ Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido

46. The Black Keys - Magic Potion

45. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

44. Los Lonely Boys - Sacred

43. Tom Petty - Highway Companion

42. Damien Rice - 9

41. Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way

40. G. Love - Lemonade

39. M. Ward - Post War

38. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos

37. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards

36. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning

35. Guster - Ganging Up On the Sun

34. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years

33. The Bridge - The Bridge

32. The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls In America

31. The Long Winters - Putting the Days To Bed

30. Built To Spill - You In Reverse

29. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

28. Mason Jennings - Boneclouds

27. Thom Yorke - The Eraser

26. Cat Power - The Greatest

25. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics

24. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

23. Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose

22. Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun

21. Eric Lindell - Change in the Weather

20. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat

19. Amos Lee - Supply & Demand

18. John Mayer - Continuum

17. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

15. The Killers - Sam's Town

14. Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence

13. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

12. Beck - The Information

11. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope

10. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

9. Ray LaMontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black

8. Citizen Cope - Every Waking Moment

7. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

6. Gnarles Barkley - St. Elsewhere

5. Keane - Under the Iron Sea

4. Snow Patrol – Eyes Open

3. Bob Dylan – Modern Times

2. Gomez – How We Operate

1. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife

I hope everybody has a happy holiday season and a happy new year. Thanks for listening to 89.7 WTMD

Thursday's Countdown Results

The results of Thursday's portion of the Coundown are as follows.

20. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
19. Amos Lee - Supply & Demand
18. John Mayer - Continuum
17. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
15. The Killers - Sam's Town
14. Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
13. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
12. Beck - The Information
11. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
10. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

I'm also going tto sneak in what has been on the air today so far.

9. Ray LaMontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black
8. Citizen Cope - Every Waking Moment
7. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
6. Gnarles Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Keane - Under the Iron Sea

Check back in today for the entire list for the Top 89 Albums of 2006.

Holiday Weekend!

The weekend before a holiday I am either super busy with everything I HAVEN'T gotten to or trying to figure out what to do with my relatives who are in town.
So I was psyched to find out that this weekend The American Visionary Art Museum is having Sock Monkey Saturday! Could be a chance to have some fun with family/friends being crafty and getting a last minute gift taken care of!

Holiday Lights, Train Gardens and Organic Soul...

Here's the link Megan and I were discussing on WEEKEND ON THE RADIO this morning to all the holiday light displays and train gardens from all over the region...and here's a neat article on the subject.

...and if you REALLY love trains, visit the Norwegian Train Garden at Union Station in DC and catch some real ones too.

And if you're ready to celebrate the first day of Kwanza this coming Tuesday with some live music, check out Sam Sessa's article on Organic Soul Tuesdays at the 14 Karat Cabaret downtown.

AND, if you're heading up I-95, here's a great idea for a little day detour- Longwood Gardens!

Hope you get a chance to get out there and enjoy some fun things to do this holiday weekend. Cheers!

CHECK OUT WHAT I FOUND!!!

I was doing some late night wandering on the internet and I found this video of The Shins new song Phantom Limb. This is one of my favorite songs that we have been playing at the station and I can't wait for the album to come out either. I also got a video of Margot & the Nuclear So & So's playing Skeleton Key live. Enjoy.

-Tyler

The Past Two Days of the Countdown

Hi everybody. Sorry for the wait but here's Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday:
42. Damien Rice - 9
41. Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
40. G. Love - Lemonade
39. M. Ward - Post War
38. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
37. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
36. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
35. Guster - Ganging Up On the Sun
34. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
33. The Bridge - The Bridge
32. The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls In America

Wednesday:
31. The Long Winters - Putting the Days To Bed
30. Built To Spill - You In Reverse
29. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
28. Mason Jennings - Boneclouds
27. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
26. Cat Power - The Greatest
25. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
24. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
23. Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose
22. Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
21. Eric Lindell - Change in the Weather

That's all for now but be sure to tune into 89.7 WTMD on Thursday and Friday for the final 20 albums of the Countdown.

We Bust Christmas Carols...

"Beneath the mistletoe as we drink egg nogg"....hope you had a chance to enjoy my all time favorite Guilty Pleasure holiday tune from Run DMC. If not, here's a little treat for you.



...and if you're looking to ethically purchase gifts for the season, here's some info on 10,000 Villages whose young volunteer Annajane was featured on this morning's GOOD PEOPLE.