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Last night I was telling Kim how my clock radio woke me up with "WOAAAHHH, We're halfway there!! Woaah-ohh! Living on a Prayer!!" - which put me in a great mood - and she said the DJs probably do that on purpose. I guess I hadn't thought about that. I know, of course, that there are morning/drivetime shows, but I'm so used to computerized playlists that it didn't occur that they might time it right down to when peoples' alarms go off. Like, let's hit the 8 o'clock people with the b-52's and the 8:30 people with Bon Jovi. I hope it's like that! I never was up early enough to listen to John Richards so I don't know if he does that on KEXP. At any rate, I see the beauty now of being a morning person.

It just seems that I don't get the middle or downtime of these songs- a key part of them is playing when my alarm goes off. This morning it was "It's like Raaaa-eeee-aaain!! on your wedding day"- Ah, Alanis. When she rolled through town with Matchbox 20 this year, Aja succinctly noted, "What year is it, 1994??"

Here's what I've been digging when not being swept along by the CR's 80s and 90s infatuation:

Minilogue- "Hitchhiker's Choice," in a great animated video below. Can't wait to get these Swedes' new album Animals.



Dial Records' Pantha du Prince, whose This Bliss I finally got deep into on my 6-hour bus ride. Plug his name into electronicbeats.fm for a sublime new mix that goes from Autechre to Burial to Gui Boratto to Green Velvet. It's "Advanced music, life and style powered by T-Mobile," but whatever, I'm a T-Mobile customer...haha

Four Tet's slamming and inventive podcast for RA has Villalobos, Hot Chip, Alex Smoke, Benga, Lindstrom, and even MJ Cole's "Sincere"!

My weekly dose of dub, leftfield and experimental comes via BBC DJ and biker chickMary Anne Hobbs. I love this show because 1/3 of the time I can't stand what she's playing, but it's always, always interesting enough that I listen to the whole thing.

Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken remix)

The combined knowledge and hard drives of 28 of Seattle's music-geekiest, The Division List on Last.fm!

My buddies SunTzu Sound's City Soul radio show, "2 hours of soulful music from around the globe" streaming live (Fri 9-11p) or archived at KBCS online, or you can listen on iTunes.

And finally, Riz's Wednesday night Variety mix. Plunder the archive here for his latest show. I miss drinking champagne and knitting with Jessica while listening to the manifestation of this man's impeccable taste. Unfolding over four hours that are always full of beautiful twists and turns...