playlist for Jan. 5

song, artist / CD

Amazing, One EskimO
Free energy (feat. Aishah), Luminaries
Locked out of heaven, Bruno Mars
Doom and gloom, Rolling Stones
Cake walking babies from home, Clarence Williams' Blue 5 - lyrics, etc.
Would that not be nice, Divine Fits
We'll make great pets, Porno for Pyros
Whole foods parking lot, Fog & Smith
Déjame entrar, Carlos Vives
Same love (feat. Mary Lambert), Macklemore / The Heist
There and back again, Toshi Reagon & Bernice Johnson Reagon
It's fun to smoke dust: Queen v. Satan, DJ Lobster Dust
Rainbow warrior love in this club, Usher + Coco Rosie
Hold on (remix), En Vogue
Pushing blocks, Rhombus
Thrift shop, Macklemore
Baila me, Gypsy Kings
They're out there man, UFO Guy remixed
Le Disco, Shiny toy guns
Grow to overthrow, Carus & the True Believers
Henry collapsed, the Dylans
If I was from Paris, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Honky tonk train blues, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Break on through, the Doors
Good health, The Sursiks / Christmas in March

playlist for Dec. 15

song, artist / CD

An artist prayer, Fertile ground / Black is ...
Soul purpose, Nightmares of wax / In a space outta sound
Queen vs. Satan, DJ Lobster Dust
Would that not be nice, Divine Fits / A thing called divine fits
Pushing blocks, Rhombus
Sunshine, Matisyahu
Hietsuki bushi, Omodaka
Music video orchestra, Omodaka
Ding, Seeed
Sunman, Animal Eyes
You're not alone, Olive
Knights of shame, Awolnation / Megalithic symphony
Let me clear my throat, DJ Kool
Telegraph Rd., Dire Straits
Devon, Grimes
Family Felony rmx, Dj Ignite feat. Camo Cowboys
Dog days are over, Florence and the Machine
Moving, Macaco

playlist for Dec. 1

song, artist / CD

Would that not be nice, Divine Fits
Furnace room lullaby, Neko Case
Surrender to love, Sr. Monica Parker / Can't keep a good woman down
Sullen sultry, Ill Esha and Dewey DB / Circadian
Remember this, Flying Pickets
Rain rain, Tara Linda / Torch and Sass
Trickle trickle, Manhattan Transfers
My best friend, Queen
El Microfono, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido / Piñata
Dig Lazarus dig, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
In the year 2525, Zagar and Evans
Mutha'uckas, Flight of the Conchords
Ring my bell, Anita Ward
Give peace a chance, John Lennon
No ordinary love, Deftones
Just got paid today, ZZ Top
Sound of da Police, KRS ONE
Boogie woogie bugle boy, Bette Midler
Love the one you're with, Isley Brothers
Morning has broken, Cat Stevens
The most beautiful girl (in the room), Flight of the Conchords
Modern Love, David Bowie
Pole flip, Nicolas Iris
The song, Nicholas Eyeris

Playlist for Nov. 17

song, artist / CD

West coast Lo-Fi rides again, Bassnectar
Shame, Evelyn Champagne King
Alger Alger, Les Orientales
Dig Lazarus dig, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs
Que bonita es esta vida, Jorge Celedon
I can't go for that, Les Go / Cover the world
I'll take you there, the Staple Singers
Recession stomp, Tara Linda / Torch and sass 
Love bites, Def Leopard
Mah nam mah na, the Muppets
Bird's lament, Moondog
Snake in the grass, Junkyard Empire / Acts of humanity, vol. 1 & 2
Jique, Brazilian Girls / Talk to La Bomb
Mezmin, Animal Eyes
Teqkilla, MIA feat. Nicki Minaj
Gold on the ceiling, the Black Keys
Hey nineteen, Steely Dan 
For youth, Coast Jumper / Grand opening
Business time, Flight of the Conchords
Humboldt time, Spring Canyon Band
Stayin alive, by the Bee Gees
Midnight express, Nuno Bettencourt / Waiting for the punchline
Elephant power, MC Yogi
Under the sensi, Barrington Levi
Strangers on a train, Lovage
Delirious, Prince
Modern prophit, Nicholas Eyeris / Synchroneyes Symbols
Eh Mustafa, Hamsa Lila

Playlist for Nov. 3

This was a very special Fun Drive edition of What It Is, with the entire show given over to a live performance by the band from Portland, Oregon known as Animal Eyes.

Their website is here. While you're at their website, listen to their song Grizzly Bear.

And there's a ton more information about the boys at http://www.reverbnation.com/animaleyesband.

playlist for Oct. 20

song, artist / title

Don't follow the guru, Ganga Giri
Jolene, Dolly Parton
Lasers n Lesbians, Diego's Umbrella
Never never gonna give you up, Lisa Stansfield
Summer rains, Ditty Bops
This must be the place, Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux
Spying glass, Massive attack
Noam Chomsky [on terrorism], Propagandhi
Noam Chomsky, the Horsies / Trouble down south
Grizzly bear, Animal Eyes
I can't get next to you, Al Green
You don't know how it feels, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
What American English sounds like to non-English speakers, Adrian Celentano
Rush hour, George Duke & Billy Cobham at the Montreal Jazz Festival
So. Hum. home, Twango Macallan / Twango Macallan
Push it (DJ Tonka remix), Salt n Pepa
Revolutionary tea party, Lillian Allen
Sing, Ian Taylor / Soundcloud: DreamsEntwined
Recession stomp, Tara Linda / Torch & sass
Spirit in the sky, Norman Greenbaum
(Return I will to old) Brazil, the Real Tueday Weld
Your mother should know, Beatles
Family felony, Camo Cowboys
Modern man, George Carlin

Playlist for Oct. 6

song, artist / CD

Upular, Pogo

Voices of Africa, African tribal orchestra / African street party

Am I sexy, Lords of Acid

Teqkilla, MIA

Chip n Dave lost in the city, Dave Chappelle / Killin’ em softly

Gold on the ceiling, Black Keys

Appelknyckarjazz (Apple stealing jazz), Movits

Summer rains, Ditty Bops / Summer rains

Arati lijo, Joss Jaffe / Dub mantra

After buffalo, Phoenix & after Buffalo

Humboldt wassail, Holly Tannen / Rime of the ancient matriarch

Mack the knife, Bobby Darrin

Miracles, Jefferson Airplane

People say a lot, Carly Simon / This kind of love

Pleasures of the harbor, Phil Ochs

DJ Simon does Alabama

Chip didn’t even know he couldn’t race, Dave Chappelle / Killin’ em softly

Super monkey collider, Onion radio news

Subterranean homesick blues, Bob Dylan

Steady as she goes, Raconteurs

40 day dream, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes

Flower police, Camo Cowboys

I saw this when I was a rookie, Dave Chappelle / Killin’ em softly

Handguns,  Greensky Bluegrass