… prescribing good feelings since 2000
03.31.2011
Popcast #559
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POPCAST #559 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: The tyranny of distance, mimosa headaches and hay fever.


*1. 10:03: Doves  |  2. Ghosts: The Jam  |  3. Compulsion: Joe Crow  |  4. The Only One, Parts 1 & 2: Jack Drag   |    5. My Heart is a Drummer: Allo, Darlin' |  6. Make It Alright: The Legends  |  7. Tiger Phone Card: Dengue Fever  |  8. The Good Times: The Busy Signals  |  9. All Her Favorite Fruit: Camper Van Beethoven  |  10. Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Remix): Stars  |  11. IMpossible: Figurine |  12. Sleeping Pills: Her Space Holiday | First Person: Jenny Owen Youngs

*sound clip from the motion picture The Little Prince (1974)


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03.17.2011
Popcast #558
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POPCAST #558 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Bad news, dry hair and bad news.


1. Yulia: Wolf Parade  |  2. My Rights Versus Yours: The New Pornographers  |  3. Crank Resolutions: Mersault  |  4. All You Ever Wanted: The Black Keys   |    5. Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight: The Go Find  |  6. Rescue Song (RAC Remix): Mr. Little Jeans  |  7. Wasted Daylight: Stars  |  8. Swimming: Breathe Owl Breathe  |  9. Get To Know Me: Reverieme  |  10. VCR: The XX  |  11. Friday's Child: Them  | 12. Brain Damage: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins



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02.24.2011
Popcast #557
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POPCAST #557 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Self-doubt, neuroses and mega-headaches.

NOTE: When I first listened to Popcast #557 I suddenly wanted a tattoo, the bouncy defiance of Yeasayer egging me on. Then I wanted to ride a motorcycle really fast to Pounding: "…seize the time, cuz its now or never baby." Suddenly I got to where I was going and needed to dance-express how I really felt to someone and found Cut Copy to do the trick. Star Guitar got me to my next destination and when it started to rain, Gen Orange provided the perfect soggy soundtrack. I furiously giggled when UB40 came on only to get a nostalgic tug on my heartstrings as I hummed along. Not too long after, A.C Newman brought me to my knees by shooting me straight in the heart with his impassioned rendition of Take On Me. As I lay paralyzed in the sand, the hypnotic sounds of a nearby gypsy camp sailed in and out of my conciousness… Thats kinda how it all went down, when I listened to Popcast #557.

1. Excerpt from The Gypsy Camp by the San Sebastian Strings   |  2. Yeasayer: O.N.E. |  3. British Sea Power: Who's In Control  |  4. Doves: Pounding   |  5. Cut Copy: Need You Now  |  6. Chemical Brothers: Star Guitar  |  7. Lemon Jelly: Spacewalk  |  8. Purity Ring: Ungirthed  |  9. R.E.M.: Ages of You  |  10. Gen Orange: Thunderstorm  |  11. UB40: Kingston Town  | 12. A.C. Newman: Take On Me  | 13. Excerpt from The Gypsy Camp by the San Sebastian Strings



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02.10.2011
Popcast #556
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POPCAST #556 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Oh, all kinds of silly little things; this week it's a pop panacea. 


1. Theme (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind): Jon Brion  |  2. Some Things Come From Nothing: Super Furry Animals  |  3. Fine: James  |  4. Middle Distance Runner: Sea Wolf   |  5. Benton Harbor Blues Again: Fiery Furnaces  |  6. Do What You Will: Papercuts  |  7. Beethoviana (Theme From A Clockwork Orange): Wendy Carlos  |  8. All Come Down: Steve Mason  |  9. They Cannot Let It Expand: Midlake  |  10. Sun: Caribou  |  11. The Unforgettable Fire: U2



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01.28.2011
Popcast #555
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POPCAST #555 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Slate-grey, cold winter days and major resume/portfolio procrastination. Also helps treat frizzy fog-hair.

WARNING: Song #1 contains words unsuitable for most children's ears. But then again, any child listening to my popcasts is probably more sophisticated than most adults and is laughing at my warning which means my street cred among hip kids just totally tanked.

1. Let Them: JJ
2. Roxanne: The Police (DiscoTech remix)
3. Look …No Fingerprints!: Solex
4. Rasputin: Boney M
5. St. Petersburg: Brazilian Girls
6. Hip Teens Don't Wear Blue Jeans: Frank Popp Ensemble
7. James Bonde: Bonde Do Role
8. Kisses: Kisses
9. Christine: OMD
10. Renaissance: Allure
11. My Girls: Animal Collective (Gigamesh 'Proper House' Remix)

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01.11.2011
Popcast #554
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POPCAST #554 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Going to stupid work after a fun weekend, frosted car windows in the early morning and whooping cough.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Consider the fact that you can dance to every one of these songs. Even the slower ones (my swedish assistants have run the proper experiments so I could make such declarations). If you don't dance to at least 3 songs in this popcast (bobbing your head at your desk is fully acceptable), then the prescription simply will not work. Take at your own risk.


1. Boy (demo version): Book of Love
2. Sleepwalking: Cosmetics
3. Acà Entera: Javiera Mena
4. Round The Moon: Summer Camp
5. Laughing: Hooded Fang
6. Bird Bank: The Antlers
7. Martha: Suckers
8. Heart To Tell: The Love Language
9. Kiss Your Lips: Allo, Darlin'
10. Closer: Kordan
11. Memory Pools: Foxes in Fiction
12. Alley Cats: Hot Chip
13. Butterfly: Delicate Steve


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12.09.2010
Popcast #553
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POPCAST #553 TREATS THE FOLLOWING: Computer crashes, traffic jam frustration, shrunken wool sweaters and adult acne.

RECOMMENDED USE: This week's popcast works best under cloudy skies, while wearing a very fuzzy sweater and sunglasses (go total black and white Godard here). Sip that espresso with a heavy heart and a half-smile on your face. Now write some existential poetry and you should be good to go.

1. Bermuda Highway: My Morning Jacket
2. Blues Run The Game: Jackson C. Frank
3. Early Morning Rain: Bob Dylan
4. Untitled: Blonde Redhead
5. Danelectro 3: Yo La Tengo
6. My Only Swerving: El Ten Eleven
7. Inspiration: Dri
8. Yellow Lights: Marissa Nadler
9. Half-Gifts: Cocteau Twins
10. Betrwayx: Park Avenue Music
11. Chelsea Hotel No. 2: Leonard Cohen
12. I Keep It Hid: Ray Charles


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