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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Smug Chef Episode

Pretty Big Place — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:12:50 +0000

A new episode of the The Pretty Big Place Video Hour — the monthly TV version of my radio show — is up at FACT-TV. It got stretched to widescreen, as mysteriously happens sometimes. Just adds to the fun. And it seems that you can download it as an MP4 now. Those play on phones, [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 3/14/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:59:50 +0000

Decided not to play any music. None. Just talk. There were some calls, including a delightful exchange with Allie (young daughter of Mark Kenney from Ear Bisque, Fridays 8-10pm), a couple of them with Dickie (The B-Side, Thursdays 7-9pm), plus the broadcast-shy winner of a pair of tickets to her pick of screening during the [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 3/7/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:57:19 +0000

Andrews Sisters – Well All Right Ad Libs – The Boy From New York City De Ndirande Pitch Crooners – Elube Meryn Cadell – Sweater Aceyalone – Lonely Ones ft Bionik Gnarls Barkley – Run Wedding Present – It’s Not Unusual Vaselines – I Hate the ’80s Advantage – Ducktails (Moon) Pierre Dutour et son [...]

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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Drum Major Episode

Pretty Big Place — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:17:52 +0000

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 2/29/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:59:45 +0000

Leap day, the one extra day that comes around every four years. That’s what it took to get back to normal. Except for the snowstorm, which turned our brown winter nicely white. I hope that isn’t becoming a once-every-four-years thing too. The weather kept Julio up in his mountain hideaway, so I did back-to-back shows. [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 2/22/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:21:55 +0000

These guys from the What Doth Life music collective are gonna have a great show, I tell you what. Good music, fun banter. They graduated tonight. But they still need to face the management team gauntlet before they get a showtime though. And after tonight’s Red Button incident with Julio, that might be hard going. [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 2/15/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:30:14 +0000

Trainees tonight! A couple guys from the What Doth Life rock-n-roller co-op collective thing up there Windsor way. www.whatdothlife.com They hung me by my undies on a peg on the wall and hijacked the show. I don’t have a playlist to share. Thanks to Julio for helping me down after they left. Tune in next [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 2/8/2012

Pretty Big Place — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:28:43 +0000

I went into the cassette vault looking for something that I never did find. But I emerged (gasping for breath) with a handful of my favorite demos and DIY releases from some Minnesota and Wisconsin bands from the heyday of the late ’80s and early ’90s. I didn’t have anything to do with making these [...]

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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Drinking Milk Episode

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:44:07 +0000

A new episode of the The Pretty Big Place Video Hour — the monthly TV version of my radio show — is up at FACT-TV. It got stretched to widescreen, as mysteriously happens sometimes. Just adds to the fun. Shonen Knife – Top of the World (live) | Arcwelder – Missing | Battles – Atlas [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 2/1/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:21:48 +0000

Tonight we stole a page from the playbook of the Mixtape Radio show (hosted by Jade Barbee on Tuesdays from 9-11 ET) and played stuff supplied by a couple members of the army of six weird listeners: Rodney and Megan, who both happen to live in Minnesota. Delightfully good! Next week – if there aren’t [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 1/25/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:54:45 +0000

Complementing the army of six weird listeners tonight were a couple unexpected studio drop-ins: Paul Clipper from the We Call It Music blues show (Tuesdays 4-6) and Mark Kenney from the crazed Ear Bisque show (Fridays 8-10). And they overlapped Julio Razquin of Lost Marbles (the show right after mine) with his in-studio guest Clint [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 1/18/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:37:22 +0000

The trivia question answer was Christopher Cross. There was no Eric Burdan & War tonight – never has been. You forgot the color film. I pronounced all the words right. Salami understood all the words. Lois was dancing with the cat. Tom wept. Scoot was in the shadows. Beth still holds the record, probably always [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 1/11/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:49:10 +0000

A delightful show tonight with much music! I was up against the big Cider Awards at the Opera House here in Bellows Falls, but we persevered and had a grand time anyway. Plus, we prevented Megan’s face from falling off. That’s worth something. To Megan at least. Nobody guessed the trivia question. Steeleye Span – [...]

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Pretty Big Place (and Lost Marbles) Playlist for 1/4/2012

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:59:26 +0000

Sometimes you gotta be away from a thing to realize just how much you like it. Great to be back after a couple weeks away! Thanks to Dank Stan for filling in for me, to Julio for facilitating it, and to Dickie for letting us get away with it. I hope everyone had some great [...]

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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Not Sexy Episode

Pretty Big Place — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:45:15 +0000

A new episode of the The Pretty Big Place Video Hour — the monthly TV version of my radio show — is up at FACT-TV. It got stretched to widescreen, as mysteriously happens sometimes. Just adds to the fun. Cocteau Twins – Song to the Siren (live) | The Cult – Rain | Siouxsie & [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 12/7/2011

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:43:18 +0000

Been a social WOOL week for me. Sat in a bit on Ear Bisque last Friday, and hung out during We Call It Music on Tuesday. Good times both. Then today’s show was training-day two for Dank Stan; this guy’s gonna have a swell program. Good taste, comfy on the mic, interesting to listen to, [...]

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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Good Trade Episode

Pretty Big Place — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:23:08 +0000

A new episode of the The Pretty Big Place Video Hour — the monthly TV version of my radio show — is up at FACT-TV. It got stretched to widescreen, as mysteriously happens sometimes. That’s overlookable though. Southern Death Cult – Moya | Tamaryn – Mild Confusion | Otis Redding – Pain in My Heart [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 11/30/2011

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:29:04 +0000

Normal music (mostly) all night! Plus a trainee – Dank Stan (keep an eye on this one) – plus a visit from Ear Bisque host Mark Kenney (Fridays 8-10pm) and The Lovely Jana. Julio was out with a bad cold, so no Lost Marbles; I covered the slot and it was a four-hour marathon of [...]

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Pretty Big Place Playlist for 11/23/2011

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:34:49 +0000

Back on the day before Thanksgiving after a two-week absence… with a bunch of music about being on boats and beaches, about water and vacations, and a godawful lot of chatter. There’s a reason I don’t have a talk show, I think. Gave the robot host the night off after all her hard work the [...]

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Pretty Big Place Video Hour: Total Tool Episode

Pretty Big Place — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:41:43 +0000

A new episode of the The Pretty Big Place Video Hour — the monthly TV version of my radio show — is up at FACT-TV. It got stretched to widescreen, as mysteriously happens sometimes. That’s overlookable though. T. Rex – Telegram Sam | Stick Men – Master Brew, Jampire | John Hiatt – Little Head [...]

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