Plan B, 2/28/07

- Shut Me Up -- Mindless Self Indulgence -- You'll Rebel To Anything
- Sly -- The Cat Empire -- Two Shoes
- Waiting For The 7:18 -- Bloc Party -- A Weekend In The City
- Circles -- Bob Mould -- Body of Song
- Pin Your Wings -- Copeland -- In Motion
- American Dream -- Switchfoot -- Oh Gravity
- Skyway -- The Apples In Stereo -- New Magnetic Wonder
- Please Please Please -- The Lashes -- Get It
- Breaking The Broken -- Sparta -- Porcelain
- Taking Back Control -- Sparta -- Threes
- Unsteady -- Classic Case -- Losing At Life
- Adelaide -- Anberlin -- Cities
- Y Control -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Fever To Tell
- Make You Smile -- +44 -- When Your Heart Stops Beating
- Split Needles -- The Shins -- Wincing The Night Away
- This Time -- As Fast As -- Open Letter To The Damned
- Love Is A Fast Song -- Copeland -- In Motion
- They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns -- Bayside -- The Walking Wounded
- Godspeed -- Anberlin -- Cities
- The Press Corpse -- Anti-Flag -- For Blood And Empire
- What Katie Said -- The Matches -- Decomposer
- Into A Nightmare -- Classic Case -- Losing At Life
- The Coldest Heart -- The Classic Crime -- Albatross
- Sunday -- Bloc Party -- A Weekend In The City
- Feet Don't Fail -- Bleu -- Redhead
- Jenny Don't Be Hasty -- Paolo Nutini -- These Streets
- Are You In? -- Incubus -- Morning View
- Dismantle. Repair. -- Anberlin -- Cities
- Frontier Psychiatrist -- The Avalanches -- Frontier Psychiatrist

Sparta giveaway coming eventually, I gotta get back to Josh on that one. Chances are it'll be next week, along with the Switchfoot/Copeland tix.

Plan B, 2/21/07

Big show this week, with our first giveaway! (*sniff* We're growing up so fast...)
Anyway, yes, BREAKING BENJAMIN tickets! The show is now completely SOLD OUT! If you want a chance to go, listen today!

Also, there's a new Facebook group dedicated to the awesomeness that should be but isn't actually my show. Feel free to join up. It's global.


So with the regular business, here's my playlist.

Out of complete and utter laziness To try to mix things up a bit, I'm testing out/debuting a new "then and now" deal with some of the the artists I'm playing.

- Like Eating Glass -- Bloc Party -- Silent Alarm

-**The Prayer -- Bloc Party -- A Weekend in the City

- Polyamorous -- Breaking Benjamin -- Saturate

- No One Really Wins -- Copeland -- In Motion

- The New Pollution -- Beck -- Odelay

- Love Is Real -- Jimmy Chamberlin Complex -- Life Begins Again

- Penguins In The Desert -- Dredg -- Leitmotif

- Bug Eyes -- Dredg -- Catch Without Arms

-**Into A Nightmare -- Classic Case -- Losing At Life

- Belt -- Say Anything -- ...Is A Real Boy

- So Cold -- Breaking Benjamin -- We Are Not Alone

- Politicians -- Switchfoot -- Nothing Is Sound

- Blackest Eyes -- Porcupine Tree -- In Absentia

- Shallow -- Porcupine Tree -- Deadwing

- Vaccination Scar -- The Tragically Hip -- In Between Evolution

- Into Your Hideout -- Pilot Speed -- Into The West

- Common People -- William freaking Shatner! -- Has Been

- My Curse -- Killswitch Engage -- As Daylight Dies

- Denial -- Sevendust -- Home

- Enemy -- Sevendust -- Seasons

-*Red Rain -- Ill Nino -- The Under Cover Sessions

- I Don't Know -- lostprophets -- Start Something

- Crawl -- Sparta -- Threes

- 12=3 -- Ima Robot -- Ima Robot (and/or the Public Access EP)

- Creeps Me Out -- Ima Robot -- Monument To The Masses

- Sunburn -- Muse -- Showbiz

- Break The Same -- Mute Math -- Mute Math

* = kinda new, ** = really freaking new

Requests? WRPIstudio on AIM or 518-276-6248!

Plan B, 2/14/07

Happy Valentine's and/or snow day to everybody out there! Looks like I'm going to be running over today, since everybody saw the snow start to fall and decided not to come in. Slackers. So here's today's playlist:

- Driven To Tears -- The Police
- Comfortable Liar -- Chevelle -- Wonder What's Next
- Fuel -- Lo-Pro -- Lo-Pro
- Wish I May -- Breaking Benjamin -- Saturate
- Out Here All Night -- Damone -- Out Here All Night
- A Modern Way Of Letting Go -- Idlewild -- The Remote Part
- Inertiatic ESP -- The Mars Volta -- Deloused In The Comatorium
- Wasteland -- 10 Years -- The Autumn Effect
- Hole In The Earth -- Deftones -- Saturday Night Wrist
- Rapture -- Hurt -- Vol. 1
- It's Not Over -- Daughtry -- Daughtry
- Paralyzed -- Bob Mould -- Body Of Song
- Lycanthrope -- +44 -- When Your Heart Stops Beating
- Let's Go To Haiti -- The Exit -- The Live Sessions EP
- Chaos -- Mute Math -- Live At The El Rey EP
- Bug Eyes -- Dredg -- Live At The Fillmore
- Spidersong -- Say Anything -- ...Is A Real Boy
- When You Sleep -- Longview -- Mercury
- Bombs Away -- Paris Texas -- Like You Like An Arsonist
- Time To Dance -- Panic! At The Disco -- A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
- Papercut Skins -- The Matches -- Decomposer
- Daylight Robbery -- Imogen Heap -- Speak For Yourself
- Picture -- Mute Math -- Mute Math
- If You Could Only See -- Tonic -- Lemon Parade
- Barely Listening -- Pilot Speed -- Into The West
- A Good Idea At The Time -- OK Go -- Oh No
- Lonely Nation -- Switchfoot -- Nothing Is Sound
- You're All I Have -- Snow Patrol -- Eyes Open
- Skin -- Breaking Benjamin -- Saturate
- My Hero -- Foo Fighters -- Skin And Bones


Radio #1 fill-in:

Garden State soundtrack:
- Don't Panic -- Coldplay
- Caring Is Creepy -- The Shins
- In The Waiting Line -- Zero 7
- New Slang -- The Shins
- I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You -- Colin Hay
- Blue Eyes -- Cary Brothers
- Fair -- Remy Zero
- One Of These Things First -- Nick Drake
- Lebanese Blonde -- Thievery Corporation
- The Only Living Boy In New York -- Simon & Garfunkel
- Such Great Heights -- Iron And Wine
- Let Go -- Frou Frou
- Winding Road -- Bonnie Somerville

Imogen Heap's Speak For Yourself:
- Headlock
- Goodnight and Go
- Have You Got It In You?
- Loose Ends
- Hide and Seek
- Clear The Area
- Daylight Robbery
- The Walk
- Just For Now
- I Am In Love With You
- Closing In
- The Moment I Said It


Mike and Mendez Tribute Show fill-in:

- Beautiful -- Goldfrapp -- Number 1
- Lifting Shadows Off A Dream -- Dream Theater -- Awake

...and Brian took over from here.


Comments can go to peteonwrpi@gmail.com, and if you have any requests call me during the show at 518-276-6248 or just IM wrpistudio.

Plan B, 2/7/07

Guess I was more into the power-ballad kinda thing this week. Dunno. Same system as last week: song -- artist -- album, asterisks are new to the station, and again, please send me some comments at peteonwrpi@gmail.com. I can't build a better show if I don't get any input from, you, the esteemed listener. Anyway, here goes:

- Taking Back Control -- Sparta -- Threes
- Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock -- MC Lars -- The Graduate
- Please, Please, Please -- The Lashes -- Get It
- Get Up -- Bleu -- Redhead
- Chocolate -- Snow Patrol -- Final Straw
-*Dashboard -- Modest Mouse -- CD single
-*Can You Feel It? -- The Apples In Stereo -- New Magnetic Wonder
- Hater -- Everclear -- Welcome To The Drama Club
- Angry Angel -- Imogen Heap -- I Megaphone
- Life Begins Again -- Jimmy Chamberlin Complex -- Life Begins Again
- Darlin' -- The Exit -- Home For An Island
- The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (Chicken Fried Protest Rally mix) -- The Flaming Lips -- With The Flick Of A Switch
- Only For The Night -- RX Bandits -- ...And The Battle Begun
- Who Did You Think I Was -- John Mayer Trio -- Try!
- Shiver -- Coldplay -- Parachutes
- Evil Angel -- Breaking Benjamin -- Phobia
- It Doesn't Seem To Matter -- Army of Anyone -- Army of Anyone
- Chaos -- Mute Math -- Mute Math
- Get Myself Arrested -- Gomez -- Bring It On
- Lightpost -- The Apex Theory -- Lightpost EP
- Come Again -- Thornley -- Come Again
- Judith -- A Perfect Circle -- Mer de Noms
- These Walls -- Dream Theater -- Octavarium
- Blackest Eyes -- Porcupine Tree -- In Absentia
- The New Pollution -- Beck -- Odelay
- Unpopular -- The Churchills -- The Odds of Winning
- I Want To Know Your Plans -- Say Anything -- ...Is A Real Boy
- Les Cousinages -- Genticorum -- Malins Plasirs

Man, somebody needs to bug me to keep on top of this thing. I'm already making the playlist for tomorrow, and I have two weeks' worth of old stuff to clear out. So here's this past week's episode of "Plan B", and since I took so damn long, I lost the one for the week before that. Awesome, huh? Any questions or comments will be gladly accepted at peteonwrpi@gmail.com. Asterisks indicate stuff the new stuff down at the station, and tracks are listen in 'song -- artist -- album' format.


Plan B 1/31/07

1-2-3 -- Earthsuit -- The Rise of Modern Simulation
Uncle Jonny -- The Killers -- Sam's Town
*Dashboard -- Modest Mouse -- CD single
I Will Survive -- Cake -- Fashion Nugget
Beware! Criminal -- Incubus -- A Crow Left of the Murder
Bullet Proof -- Goo Goo Dolls -- Dizzy Up The Girl
The Walk -- Imogen Heap -- Speak For Yourself
12=3 -- Ima Robot -- Ima Robot
Sunburn -- Muse -- Showbiz
Separate -- Sevendust -- Seasons
Hands Open -- Snow Patrol -- Eyes Open
Message In A Bottle -- The Police -- Reggatta De Blanc
King Without a Crown -- Matisyahu -- Youth
Kid A -- Radiohead -- Kid A
Sunday Bloody Sunday -- U2 -- War
Follow -- Breaking Benjamin -- We Are Not Alone
Futile -- Porcupine Tree -- Futile
The Fight -- The Classic Crime -- Albatross
Bleed From Within -- The Music -- Welcome to the North
Cellphone's Dead -- Beck -- The Information
Picture -- Mute Math -- Mute Math
Two Wuv -- Tally Hall -- Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
*Can't Stop -- Ozomatli -- Don't Mess With The Dragon
That's All! -- The Apex Theory -- Topsy-Turvy
Emotional Drought -- Chevelle -- This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Do What You Want -- OK Go -- Oh No

New name, new time!

"Beats Dead Air" is now dead.

"PLAN B" is now on WRPI (91.5 FM/wrpi.org, Troy) Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 4! Don't be scared by the maroon on the program schedule; the color now represents all rock-oriented shows, rather than the metal and "loud rock" it did previously. Same kind of music, more accessible time. Tune in!

Beats Dead Air/"The Real Thing" Fill-In (11PM-12AM) 12/11/06

“The Real Thing” Fill-In (11PM-12AM)

Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet?

Iron Maiden – Paschendale

Metallica – Master of Puppets (live)

Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction

Diecast – Fade Away

The Mars Volta – Viscera Eyes

Deftones – Beware

Dredg – Sang Real

Sevendust – Suffocate

Dream Theater – As I Am

Foo Fighters – Best Of You (live)

Beats Dead Air

Tenacious D – The Metal

Sparta – Taking Back Control

Incubus – A Kiss To Send Us Off

Deftones – Hole In The Earth

Killswitch Engage – My Curse

Lostprophets – Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)

Switchfoot – Lonely Nation

Say Anything – Belt

As Fast As – Florida Sunshine

Marc Broussard – Home

The Killers – Bones

Green Day – Minority

RJD2 – Exotic Talk

The Mars Volta – Eriatarka

Idlewild – A Modern Way of Letting Go

Panic! At The Disco – Time To Dance

Head Automatica – Beating Heart Baby

OK Go – Do What You Want

Everclear – Hater

David Gray – Babylon

Incubus – Dig

Umphrey’s McGee – Nemo

Tool – The Pot

The Music – Freedom Fighters

The Classic Crime – The Coldest Heart

Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

+44 – Lycanthrope

Angels & Airwaves – Do It For Me Now

Dredg – Bug Eyes (live)

John Mayer – Something’s Missing

Beats Dead Air 12/4/06

Porcupine Tree – Blackest Eyes (live)

Dream Theater – Overture 1928

The Apex Theory – Apossibly

Sevendust – Hero

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California

Foo Fighters – Everlong

ZOX – Can’t Look Down

Say Anything – Chia-Like, I Shall Grow

Army Of Anyone – Goodbye

Sparta – Taking Back Control

Jem – 24

Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On

MC Lars – Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock

Cake – Sheep Go To Heaven

No Doubt – Don’t Speak

Rogue Wave – Kicking The Heart Out

Gomez – Get Myself Arrested

Travis – Writing To Reach You

Mute Math – Control

Snow Patrol – Hands Open

OK Go – C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips

Say Anything – Admit It!!!

They Might Be Giants – Experimental Film

moe. – New York City

Thornley – The Going Rate (My Fix)

Lostprophets – I Don’t Know

Flyleaf – I’m So Sick

The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again

Dredg – Sang Real (live)