WMBR fundraising continues ….

Posted: November 5, 2007 by Chris in Playlists

WMBR’s annual fundraising drive continues until Wednesday, November 7.

If you have already made a pledge, we thank you. If you are still waiting, please help support a 30-year tradition of quality, noncommercial radio by making a pledge to support WMBR.

You may make a secure pledge online here.

If you call in to (617)-253-8810, during the Late Risers Club show, we are offering an additional fundraising premium. For a pledge of at least $60, we’ll send you the LRC T-shirt and a special CD with highlights from the 30th anniversary shows, with all your old favorite LRC DJ’s. This offer is ONLY available by phone during the regular LRC hours.

LRC T-shirt design
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11/1 first day of fundraising (thanks!)

Posted: November 2, 2007 by Joanie in Playlists

Best fundraising I’ve had in years, thanks to everyone who phoned in.
Keep the calls coming this week for our awesome t-shirt and/or anniv.
CD compilation.

Sons of Hercules | Gimme Some | For the Masses | Unclean | CD ’96
Backyard Babies | Bombed Outta my Mind | Total 13 | Scooch Pooch | CD ’99, req
Zero Boys | Vicious Circle | Vicious Circle | Nimrod | LP ’82
Busy Signals | Matter of Time | s/t | Dirtnap | CD 07
XTC | Radios in Motion | White Music | Virgin | LP ’78
The Deaf | You Know | This Bunny Bites | Learning Curve | CD 07
Girlschool | Take it All Away | Hit and Run | Stiff | LP ’82
The Cynics | Coming Round my Way | Here We Are | Get Hip | CD 07
Something Wild | Trippin Out | Pebbles 7 comp | BFD | LP ’79
Fatal Flying Guillotines | Hellow Boss | Quantum Fucking | French Kiss | CD 07
The Saints | No Time | I’m Stranded | Sire | LP ’77
Armitage Shanks | Me & Yer Granny on Bongoes | Smash the Cistern EP | Cock Energy | 7″ 07
Bullet La Volta | Over the Shoulder | EP | Taang | 12″ ’86
Joy Division | Interzone | Unknown Pleasures | Factory | LP ’79, req
Cococoma | Never be True | split s/ the Hipshakes | Tic Tac Totally | 7″ 07
Whore Moans | X Ray Eyes | Watch Out for This Thing | Wizard House | CD 06
Gray Matter | Retrospect | Food for Thought | R & B | LP ’85
Ignite | Past Our Means | Past Our Means EP | Revelation | CD ’96
Turbo Negro | We’re Gonna Drop the Bomb | Retox | Cooking Vinyl | CD 07
Def Leppard* | Rock Rock [Til You Drop] | Pyromania | Mercury | LP ’83
Inhalants | Alright Hit It | s/t | Estrus | CD ’96
The Dwarves | Another Classic | Must Die | Sympathy | CD 04
Sham 69 | Family Life | Tell Us the Truth | Sire | LP ’78
Mink Jaguar | What’s Your Brand | Again | Stop | CD 07
The Dictators | Faster and Louder | Bloodbrothers | Asylum | LP “78
The Chelsea Smiles | Nothing Wrong | Greetings from Los Angeles comp | Acetate | CD 07
The Misfits | Who Killed Marilyn | Legacy of Brutality | Plan 9 | LP ’85
Blut und Eisen | Darf Ich es Wagen dass zu Sagen | U Boats Attack America comp |
Flipside | LP ’86
Wire | On Returning | 154 | Warner Brothers | LP ’79

Fundraising 2007, day 1

Posted: November 1, 2007 by Chris in News

WMBR’s annual fundraising drive starts today, November 1, and continues until Wednesday, November 7.

You may make a secure pledge online here.

If you call in to (617)-253-8810, during the Late Risers Club show, we are offering an additional fundraising premium. For a pledge of at least $60, we’ll send you the LRC T-shirt and a special CD with highlights from the 30th anniversary shows, with all your old favorite LRC DJ’s. This offer is ONLY available by phone during the regular LRC hours.

LRC T-shirt design
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Chris – playlist 10/31/07 (Halloween)

Posted: October 31, 2007 by Chris in Playlists

Happy Halloween!

Halloween related goodies galore!

SOTD: Fatal Flying Guilloteens | Hello, Boss!!! | Quantum Fucking | Frenchkiss | CD ’07

Fundraising starts tomorrow!!!

Cloak/Dagger | Red Hair | We Are | Jade Tree | CD ’07
The Mummies | One by One | Death by Unga Bunga | Estrus | CD ’03
The Hex Dispensers | H.D. Local 23 | s/t | Alien Snatch! | CD ’07
Moros Eros | On my Side | Jealous Me Was Killed by Curiosity | Victory | CD ’07

Pylon | Feast on My Heart | Gyrate Plus | DFA | CD ’07 (reissue)
Joy Division | Dead Souls | Substance | Substance | LP ’88
45 Grave | Evil | Sleep in Safety | Enigma | LP ’83 (request)
Rocket From the Crypt | I Drink Blood | Halloween Hootenanny | Geffen | CD ’98

The Press | Krab Teeth | Milk and the Times that Never Were | s/r | CD ’07 (Ben SOTD)
Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi is Dead | Press the Eject and Give me the Tape (London ’82) | Beggars Banquet/Atlantic | CD ’88 (request)
Ouija Radio | The Devil and the Witch | Oh No … Yes! | Crustacean | CD ’06
The Damned | Nasty | Sessions of the Damned (Peel ’84) | Dutch East India | CD ’94 (request)

Bad Brains | Fearless Vampire Killers | s/t | Roir | CD ’07 (’82)
J Church | Vampire Girl Prefers me Alive | The Horror of Life | No Idea | CD ’07
The Dismemberment Plan | That’s When the Party Started | Is Terrified | Desoto | CD ’97
Statehood | End the Moderation | Lies and Rhetoric | s/r | CD ’07 (ex D-Plan and Vehicle Birth!)

Enon | Mr. Ratatatatat | Grass Geysers … Carbon Clouds | Touch & Go | CD ’07
Magik Markers | Body Rot | Boss | Ecstatic Peace | CD ’07

AJ Schnack Interview – Director of “Kurt Cobain – About a Son”

Nirvana | Return of the Rat | Eight Songs For Greg Sage and the Wipers | Tim/Kerr | 7″ ’92
Mannequin Men | We Are Invisible | Fresh Rot | Flameshovel | CD ’07

Weakerthans | Civil Twilight | Renunion Tour | Anti | CD ’07
Superdrag | Do the Vampire | Head Trip in Every Key | Elektra | CD ’98
Tokyo Police Club | Cut Cut Paste | Smith EP | Paper Bag | CD ’07
Fatal Flying Guilloteens | Hello, Boss!!! | Quantum Fucking | Frenchkiss | CD ’07

Finn Riggins | Flying | A Soldier, a Saint, an Ocean Explorer | Tender Loving Empire | CD ’07

Ben 10/30/07

Posted: October 30, 2007 by ben in Playlists

song of the day: The Press | Krab Teeth | Milk and the Times that Never Were | x | CD 07

artist | song | release | label | year

Prints | Too Much Water | s/t | Temporary Residence | CD 07
British Sea Power | Down on the Ground | Krankenhaus | World’s Fair | CD 07
Mailbu | Yesteryear | Robo-Sapiens | Expansion Team | CD 07
New Young Pony Club | Get Lucky | Fantastic Playroom | Modular | CD 07

His Mischief | Do You Know Your Neighbors | Summer’s Eve | Modern Radio | CD 07
The Vandelles | Swell to Heaven | s/t ep | Sufranin Sound | CD 07
HAM1 | Clown-Shoed Feet | The Captain’s Tavern | Orange Twin | CD 07
The Press | Krab Teeth | Milk and the Times that Never Were | x | CD 07

S.S.S.P. | Perfume and Cigarettes | For Life | Koi | CD 07
Misfits | Halloween | Legacy of Brutality | Plan 9 | LP 86
Screeching Weasel | Zombie | Boogadaboogadaboogadada | Lookout | CD 88
Showcase Showdown | Gates McFadden | Twenty One 7″ | Tario | 7″ 93
The Thermals | A Passing Feeling | More Parts Per Million | Sub Pop | CD 03
The Thermals | The Body, The Blood, The Machine | A Pillar of Salt | Sub Pop | CD 06

Mannequin Men | Dead Kids | Fresh Rot | Flameshovel | CD 07
The Pine Hill Taints | Walkin Talkin Dead Man | Ghost Dance | K | CD 07
Black Lips | Bad Kids | Good Bad Not Evil | Vice | CD 07

My Own Worst Enemy | Turn it On | Total Action | Pristine Indigo | CD 07
Electro Group | Bikini States | Good Technology | Claire | CD 07
A.K.A.C.O.D. | Sun Burns Out | Happiness | Sonophone | CD 08
Fatal Flying Guilloteens | Tiger vs. Gator | Quantum Fucking | Frenchkiss | CD 07
We Are Wolves | Walk Away, Walk | Total Magique | Dare to Care | CD 07

Bush Tetras | Point that Gun | Very Very Happy | Roir | CD 07
The Flatliners | Eulogy | The Great Awake | Fat Wreck Chords | CD 07
The Saints | This Perfect Day | Tales From the Australian Underground | Festival Mushroom | CD 03
American Steel | To the Sea | Destroy the Future | Fat Wreck Chords | CD 07
Anti-Flag | Corporate Rock Still Sucks | A Benefit for the Victims of Violent Crime | A-F | CD 07

Mink Jaguar | Love to Love You | …Again | Stop | CD 07
Mission of Burma | Youth of America | Snapshot EP | iTunes | CD 04

Isis | Wills Dissolve | Panopticon | Ipecac | CD 04
Descolada | Lucker | s/t | Agura Sound | CD 07
Ministry | End of Days (Pt. 2) | The Last Sucker | Megaforce | CD 07