06/12/13 » Vol. VIII, Iss. 22
This week, U.N.C.L.E. Special Agent 0013, Dead Air Dave, is going to sit in front of his computer and read rather than write.
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I'm going to hand over the reigns to a guest blogger, with whom many of you may be quite familiar, this week. So, without further ado, enjoy the blog stylings of one Josh Venable.
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Are you saying to yourself, "Where did that Josh guy go? The one who was devilishly handsome and liked The Smiths? The one who did that specialty show in Dallas for almost twenty years?"
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Well, you're in luck because I'm here at www.awideopenspace.com. Yes, I spread wit and Indie news like that girl in my high school, Amy Upchurch, spread crabs. Whether I'm interviewing bands (check below for my "5 Random Questions with Ra Ra Riot") or making weekly Spotify mixtapes for you, I'm still fighting the good fight like my friends here at U.N.C.L.E. I pledged in 1994 to bring good music to the masses, and I haven't quit yet. I hope you'll hit "A Wide Open Space" occasionally (fine, thrice daily). You can reach me at joshvenable@gmail.com if you want to advertise on the cheap or feel free to call (most of you reading this have my number anyway).
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INTERVIEW WITH RA RA RIOT/LIVE VIDEO
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As you know, I'm all about the latest Ra Ra Riot CD lately. The new album is out now on Barsuk Records and it's called Beta Love. We talked with Matt from Ra Ra Riot the other day by email and asked him five random questions. Check it.
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What was the first piece of music you bought with your own money?
It's hard to remember for sure, but I think the very first CD I bought (at Words and Music in Fairhaven, MA, used for probably, like, $2.99) was Third Eye Blind's first album, with which I was obsessed for years. So many good songs on that one!
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Who was your first boyfriend/girlfriend and how did it end?
Well, I guess it depends how you'd define "girlfriend," but the first time I called someone that was in middle school, and it ended in the same way most middle school relationships do, which I'm still not clear on—it was mostly groups of friends colluding with one another. I was pretty hands-off with the whole thing. I remember some phone conversations on our old land line and a 'date' at a local Friendly's on a half-day. Fribbles! That's about it!
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What is your favorite song of all time?
An impossible question, but for the sake of the discussion I suppose I'd choose Robert Palmer's "Woke Up Laughing." Specifically, the re-recording that appeared on his Addictions Vol. 1 compilation. I remember it from my childhood, and it's got a bit of everything, all perfectly mixed and balanced, just like life. It just goes right to the heart and then tears right through it. I never, ever get tired of listening to it. It's got some of my favorite lyrics ever: "You go to war, you make love, you sign out in a box."
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When and why did you last cry?
Not counting the other week when I saw the new Star Trek, when something definitely got in my eye, I think it was June 15th, 2011, when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup. I'd been a fan since I was old enough to care, and I'd always dreamed about the day when I'd see the Cup handed over to the Bruins' captain. It was just as awesome as I'd always thought it would be. Sports!
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What is the best concert you've ever been to?
I've been lucky enough to see a lot of amazing shows over the years, but if I had to choose just one, I think it would be The Fall at some community center-type place in Brighton in 2008 or 2009. I actually don't remember the details at all, but we had a day off on tour and our tour manager (who was, luckily, as big a Fall fan as I am) drove us a few hours out of the way so we could make it to the show. I actually got to see them twice that week, but this one show was off the rails. It was just an assault! Imperial Wax Solvent had just come out, which I think is their greatest record from the past 10, or so, years. I was front and center the whole time, just freaking out, standing a few feet away from Mr. Mark E. Smith. I'll never forget it.
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Thanks Josh! I hope that video of Ra Ra Riot ends before this message self-destructs in...three...two...one…!
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How'z about some FREE DOWNLOADS? Head over to the COMMUNIQUE post for this week.
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A couple of shots backstage from the kick-off night of the "Summer Sickness Tour" in Tempe, AZ, make it into the U.N.C.L.E. Photo Album.
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Agent 0013 and Donald Spence of Versus The World at the Marquee Theater
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Not the first time Dead Air Dave has kicked it backstage with Jason and Authority Zero
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TOP10 Specialty Artist/Album Chart:
| STATISTICS | ARTIST | AIRPLAY | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Overview | 06-12-13(TW) | 06-05-13(LW) | 05-22-13(2W) | Total | |||||||||
| 2W | LW | TW | Peak | Weeks | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | ||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 126 | * | PORTUGAL THE MAN | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 507 | 102 | |
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| 15 | 5 | 25 | * | BASTILLE | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 26 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 118 | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | 17 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 459 | 90 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | * | BOSNIAN RAINBOWS | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 13 | 42 | * | THE POLYPHONIC SPREE | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 101 | 40 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 62 | DAFT PUNK | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 215 | 68 | ||
| 137 | * | NINE INCH NAILS | 14 | 14 | 413 | 90 | ||||||||
| 14 | 16 | 4 | 101 | * | SURFER BLOOD | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 538 | 85 | |
| 3 | 6 | 201 | * | VAMPIRE WEEKEND | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1282 | 135 | ||
| 10 | 6 | * | PASTELS | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 21 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 42 | * | POLYPHONIC SPREE | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 197 | 54 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 199 | THE NATIONAL | 12 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 1027 | 123 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 6 | 14 | * | TOM ODELL | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 25 | |
| 15 | 4 | * | FUTURE BIBLE HEROES | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 18 | CRYSTAL FIGHTERS | 11 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 42 | |||
| 16 | 2 | * | TAPIOCA AND THE FLEA | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| 55 | * | SEBADOH | 11 | 2 | 73 | 25 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | D | WALLA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | * | A TOM COLLINS | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 77 | !!! | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 457 | 98 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 6 | * | ROSE WINDOWS | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 8 | 26 | BRONCHO | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 19 | |||||
| 17 | 83 | * | SIGUR ROS | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 379 | 80 | |||||
| 8 | 10 | 62 | * | PRIMAL SCREAM | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 107 | 33 | ||
| 15 | 3 | 50 | DALE EARNHARDT JR JR | 9 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 143 | 46 | |||
| 17 | 37 | * | DIVINE FITS | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 234 | 65 | |||||
| 15 | 13 | 29 | * | BLEACHED | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 119 | 37 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 24 | SAID THE WHALE | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 85 | 38 | |||
| 12 | 13 | 149 | * | PHOENIX | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 739 | 109 | ||
| 17 | 8 | 9 | 29 | ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 19 | ||
| 16 | 44 | * | VERONICA FALLS | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 162 | 42 | |||||
| 7 | 11 | 26 | * | SAVAGES | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 77 | 26 | ||
| 1 | D | ARTHUR BEATRICE | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 17 | 7 | * | PRETTY LIGHTS | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||||
| 9 | 14 | 10 | 23 | * | MS MR | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 94 | 29 | |
| 15 | 15 | 46 | * | VILLAGERS | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 112 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 120 | ROGUE WAVE | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 368 | 84 | |||
| 17 | 40 | * | JOHN VANDERSLICE | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 26 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 56 | TRICKY | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 256 | 78 | |||
| 6 | 6 | J MASCIS AND SHARON VAN ETTEN | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 16 | ||||||
TOP10 Specialty Singles Chart:
| STATISTICS | SONG | ARTIST | AIRPLAY | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Overview | 06-12-13(TW) | 06-05-13(LW) | 05-22-13(2W) | Total | ||||||||||
| 2W | LW | TW | Peak | Weeks | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | Spins | Stations | |||
| 29 | 23 | 1 | 3 | YOU DON'T KNOW ME | POLYPHONIC SPREE | 23 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 58 | ||
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| 19 | 2 | 2 | TORN MAPS | BOSNIAN RAINBOWS | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 20 | |||||
| 29 | 19 | 3 | 11 | POMPEII | BASTILLE | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 1 | D | CAME BACK HAUNTED | NINE INCH NAILS | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2 | * | MELLOTRON | TAPIOCA AND THE FLEA | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | * | ISJAKI | SIGUR RÓS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | |||||
| 26 | 6 | 2 | I SAT BY THE OCEAN | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| 27 | 2 | HOSPITAL | A TOM COLLINS | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | ||||||
| 1 | D | NATURE | WALLA | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| 22 | 21 | 7 | I LOVE YOU | SAID THE WHALE | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 42 | |||
| 27 | 2 | WARTIME LOVERS | ROSE WINDOWS | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| 28 | 29 | 7 | 10 | * | ANOTHER LOVE | TOM ODELL | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 21 | |
| 30 | 2 | * | AROUND THE BLOCK | PRETTY LIGHTS | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| 23 | 2 | CHECK MY HEART | PASTELS | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 15 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 5 | ONE GIRL/ONE BOY | !!! | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 59 | 34 | |||
| 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | YOU AND I | CRYSTAL FIGHTERS | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 116 | 52 | ||
| 1 | D | CARTER | ARTHUR BEATRICE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 19 | 2 | IF YOU DIDN'T SEE ME | DALE EARNHARDT JR JR | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
| 27 | 25 | 7 | IT'S ALRIGHT IT'S OK | PRIMAL SCREAM | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 6 | PRISONERS | J MASCIS AND SHARON VAN ETTEN | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 21 | ||||||
| 21 | 25 | 9 | 5 | UNBELIEVERS | VAMPIRE WEEKEND | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 21 | ||
| 30 | 6 | * | WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN | VERONICA FALLS | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||||
| 24 | 2 | PARENTHESIS | TRICKY | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | * | DEMON DANCE | SURFER BLOOD | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 34 | |||||
| 1 | D | GET ME GOLDEN | TERRAPLANE SUN | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | START A CLEAN SLATE | BETA STATE | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 26 | 2 | WHEN IT BREAKS | TOKYO DENMARK SWEDEN | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| 1 | * | GRAVITY | SURFER BLOOD | 5 | 5 | 120 | 45 | ||||||||
| 30 | 18 | 7 | COLLEGE | ROGUE WAVE | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 1 | * | I GOT YOU | JACK JOHNSON | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | ||||||||
| 30 | 2 | * | KEEP YOUR CHILDREN IN A COMA | FUTURE BIBLE HEROES | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 31 | 21 | 1 | VACATION | SPLASH | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 27 | 13 | LOVE IS BLINDNESS | JACK WHITE | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 19 | ||||||
| 23 | 27 | 17 | HURRICANE | MS MR | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 229 | 72 | |||
| 31 | 27 | 3 | I'M DOWN | THE ALMOST | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 28 | 7 | LET'S BOOT AND RALLY | IGGY POP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 | ||||||
| 28 | 26 | 3 | DEATH RAYS | GIBRALTAR | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 27 | 2 | DREAMING | SMALLPOOLS | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | ||||||
| 24 | 20 | 7 | PURPLE YELLOW RED AND BLUE | PORTUGAL THE MAN | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 67 | 29 | |||
| 1 | D | CHAINED TO LOVE | DIVINE FITS | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 29 | 25 | 9 | MY GOD IS THE SUN | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 32 | |||
