My very last radio show playlist ever...

The Walkmen - The Rat
Cat Power - He War
Beulah - Silver Lining
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
The Postal Service - Nothing Better
Bloc Party - Banquet
Sleater-Kinney - You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Chemical, Chemical
Ted Leo/Pharmacists - The High Party
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Elliott Smith - The Enemy is You
Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice on You
Stars - Calendar Girl
Mates of State - Nature and the Wreck
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Mountain Goats - Dilaudid
Weezer - Only in Dreams

Julia Stiles is starring in and producing an adaptation of The Bell Jar. I came upon this news this morning at Pajiba.com, and I also saw it on Gawker.com. When I read it on Pajiba, I was hopeful - I like Stiles, mostly because I still enjoy Ten Things I Hate About You, and I'm a fan of Sylvia Plath's work. The Gawker post made me a bit worried, but it's really the item in Variety that made me lose hope: "Book has many dark overtones, but Rattray said the project will emphasize some of the more uplifting elements. "Esther Greenwood has a strong outlook on life, and we're really looking to bring out the humor in the character," she said. "We don't want to do a depressing descent into the world of suicide."

It's THE BELL JAR, people! There's more than one suicide attempt, electro-shock therapy, and a very bloody deflowering. It's been a while since I've read it, but according to Wikipedia, the end is very open-ended. I imagine that will change - they're probably going to tack on a happy ending where she returns to society all better. Yes, there is some humor, and Esther is strong in some ways, but it's hard to say someone "has a strong outlook on life" when they worry about their future, see no desirable options available to them, and try to kill themselves.

Anyway, this is just another instance of my inability to escape Sylvia Plath. I'm working on my senior English essay (topic: biography in the interpretation of poetry, focusing on Plath as an example), and I was sketching out my plan for my final book arts project today (a flexagon book featuring Plath's 'Lady Lazarus').

Tonight was my best of the semester show; next week should be my last show and will be the best of all 4 years.

The playlist:

The Hold Steady - Hot Soft Light
Tralala - Yellow Taxi
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Feist - When I Was a Young Girl
Cat Power - Living Proof
M. Ward - Right in the Head
Sufjan Stevens - Bushwick Junkie
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
John Vanderslice - Exodus Damage
Neko Case - Look for Me (I’ll Be Around)
Eels - Not Ready Yet
Beulah - Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand
Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough
Cold War Kids - We Used to Vacation
TV on the Radio - Hours

The playlist for this week's show:

The Arcade Fire - Windowsill
Cat Power - Love and Communication
Neko Case - Pretty Girls
The Mountain Goats - Dance Music
Pedro the Lion - Big Trucks
Sufjan Stevens - The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
Wilco - Pot Kettle Black
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Built to Spill - Goin’ Against Your Mind
* Tralala - We’re Coming Out
Beulah - Cruel Minor Change
* Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
* Feist - Mushaboom
* Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Tori Amos - Talula (The Tornado Mix)

The webcast was down (probably due to the lovely weather and subsequent power outage), so we were only broadcasting locally. Which means I probably had a grand total of maybe one listener. Maybe. Ah well.

In other news, I applied to three more jobs this weekend, bringing the grand total up to eight. Whee.

And now I'm off to bed, but first: Happy birthday, Mom!

The playlist for my special “The Future is Scary, Eep!” show:

Eels - Not Ready Yet
John Vanderslice - Ambition
# Skating Club - Panic and Doubt
Blur - The Debt Collector
The Cure - Subway Song
The Gothic Archies - The World is a Very Scary Place
Desaparecidos - Survival of the Fittest/It’s a Jungle Out There
Operation Ivy - Big City
Le Tigre - My My Metrocard
Enon - Normal is Happening
The Fitness - Day Job
# New Order - Working Overtime
Sleater-Kinney - By the Time You’re 25
Regina Spektor - The Ghost of Corporate Future
# Trembling Blue Stars - Hurry Home Through the Crowds
Harvey Danger - Pike St./Park Slope
The Walkmen - 138th Street
The Mountain Goats - This Year

When you start mapping out apartment locations (thank heavens for Goggle Map, btw), interesting things happen. For instance, I just had a group of 5 promising apartments turn into a set of 2 apartments - because 4 of the listings were for the exact same place, by the same realty company. Different brokers, though, so different text/descriptions - and, oddly enough, different prices. $1800, $1875, $2000, $2000.

Usually this sort of overlap is frustrating, but there has been one exception - 2 listings for the same Kensington apartment, both by the owner, both that sounded like really promising apartments. The descriptions actually emphasized different things, though - so when you put the 2 together, the place sounds even better. And it's affordable. I'm sure something is wrong with it, but I don't know what yet.

Playlist for the week:

Rouge Wave - Are You on My Side
* Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Television Blues)
Sufjan Stevens - Bushwick Junkie
Fiona Apple - Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)
Steven Burns - Mighty Little Man
Visine - PJ Olsson
* Amy Winehouse - You Know I’m No Good
TV on the Radio - The Wrong Way
Driver of the Year - Volume Switch
Spoon - The Way We Get By
* The Hold Steady - Massive Nights
Friends Like These - Karen
Sleater-Kinney - Step Aside
* Tralala - One Hard Turn Deserves Another
* Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Yankee Go Home