The Gum Tree

Big Hug From The Gum Tree

2010-03-23T22:24:00.000-07:00

Tonight was the last edition of The Gum Tree. It's been great, but I think it's time to clear the way for some others to have a chance at embarrassing themselves in front of an audience. Thanks for listening!

all Mirah tunes...
Light The Match
Don't Die In Me
The Garden
The Forest
Jerusalem
Gone Are The Days
The World Is Falling
Birthday Present
Community
Special Death
The Knife Thrower
Country Of The Future
Monument

Here's where you'll find some more info about her, if you're interested:
http://www.last.fm/music/Mirah

Show Playlist - March 16th

2010-03-17T00:26:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's On Fire! - Nicole Atkins
Their Cell - Girl In A Coma
Science vs. Romance - Rilo Kiley
Long Island - That Dog
Silver Screen Demos - Jesca Hoop
Gone Sugaring - Mirah
Flakes - Florence and The Machine
In California - Neko Case
Cherry Hill - The Creepshow
Blood & Honey - Kelli Rudick
Love Is All We Have - Jesca Hoop
Greater Heights - Jessica Lea Mayfield
Shameless Eyes - Feist (with Gonzales)
Girl Anachronism - The Dresden Dolls
Chick Habit - April March

Some music, mostly baseball

2010-03-09T23:24:00.000-08:00

The show was cut short by baseball this week. I don't understand innings.

Following the Sun - Mirah and Spectratone International - Share This Place - Stories and Observations
Paradise City - Scubba - Bossa n Roses
First Of The Gang To Die - Zee Avi - Zee Avi
Come On Petunia - The Blow - Poor Aim: Love Songs
A Good Day (Morning Song) - Priscilla Ahn - A Good Day
Sweepstakes Prize - Mirah - You Think It's Like This But It's Really Like This
Floor - Micachu - Jewellery

Fat free half and half is made of milk and corn syrup. Thanks for poisoning me, Land O'Lakes.

2010-03-02T23:01:00.000-08:00

Sub playlist for Rachael Ray's Cooking Accident:
When Water Comes To Life - Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
Black & Blue - Miike Snow - Miike Snow
Community - Mirah & The Spectratone International - Share This Place: Stories & Observations
In The Dolphin Tank - Port Blue - The Albatross EP
Homesick - Radical Face - Ghosts
Buildings and Mountains - The Republic Tigers - Keep Color
Your Lips and You - Bikeride - The Kiss
Bangor Mash - The Devil Makes Three - Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt
Kiss With A Fist - Florence and The Machine
I See Red - Uh Huh Her - I See Red
Mattresses Underwater - Colour Revolt - Colour Revolt EP
Host Of A Ghost - Porter - Atemahawke
After The Storm - Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Symbols and Maps - Circulatory System - Circulatory System
You For Me - Terra Naomi - Go Quietly

Playlist for The Gum Tree:
I Knew - Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
Beat (Health, Life, and Fired) - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All
Connjur - School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
My Fair Lady - The Bird and The Bee - The Bird and The Bee
True Affection - The Blow - Paper Television
Doctor Blind - Emily Haines - Knives Don't Have Your Back
Vive Solo - Juana Molina - Un Dia
Won't She Be Surprised - The Bicycles - Oh No It's Love
The Knife Thrower - Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Our Friends - Songs From The Black Mountain Music Project
Doing The Wrong Thing - Kaki King - Legs To Make Us Longer
Location Temporary - Mirah - The Old Days Feeling
I'm Not Lonely Anymore - Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
Velvet Pony - Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
Oh Superman - Laurie Anderson - Big Science

Show Playlist - February 23rd

2010-02-23T22:44:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the call, Perry. You're a peach :)

Engine Heart - Mirah - You Think It's Like This But It's Really Like This
The Calculation - Regina Spektor - Far
Kiss With A Fist - Florence and The Machine - Kiss With A Fist
Big Jumps - Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
Turtle Island - Beach House - Devotion
Life Being What It Is - Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
Sunday - Sia - Colour The Small One
I Hate Camera - The Bird And The Bee - The Bird And The Bee
Away From Here - Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
Marrow - St. Vincent - Actor
Prince Of Peace - School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Look Out Young Son - Grand Ole Party - Humanimals
I.N.S.A.N.E. - Grand Ole Party - Humanimals

Show Playlist - February 16th

2010-02-17T22:43:00.001-08:00

Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell - Neopolitan Dreams
Little Black Sandals - Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
You've Got The Love (The XX Remix) - Florence and The Machine
Spirited - Laura Gibson - Beasts Of Seasons
Hi - Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
Under The Sheets - Ellie Goulding - Ellie Goulding
My Secret Friend (ft. Imogen Heap) - IAMX - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction
Hot Gossip (IAMX Sexual Helium Mix) - Robots In Disguise - Get Rid!
Smelling Cigarettes - The Fiery Furnaces - EP
My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls - Yes Virginia
Walk Like A Zombie - Horrorpops - Brint It On!
Girls - Marina and The Diamonds - Obsessions

Sub & Show Playlist - February 2nd

2010-02-02T22:49:00.001-08:00

Playlist from Rachael Ray's Cooking Accident:
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Golden Sand - The Republic Tigers - Keep Color
Dance With Me - Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
Black Panther - Mason Jennings - Birds Flying Away
Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone
Silvia - Miike Snow - Miike Snow
Shampoo - Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Nature Song - Maria Taylor - 11:11
Girl - Porter - Donde Los Ponys Pastan
Oh No - Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Wrapped In Piano Strings - Radical Face - Ghost
My Little Corner Of The World - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Elephant Bones - The Handsome Devil - That Handsome Devil

Playlist from The Gum Tree:
Hermit The Frog - Marina & The Diamonds
Say Aha - Santogold - Santogold
On This Side - Tiny Vipers - Hands Across The Void
Jungle Drum - Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
Disco Biscuit Love - The Jezabels - The Man Is Dead
Trouble Was For - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
The Party - St. Vincent - Actor
Birds Fly Away - Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird, Go!
Rear Moth - Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
Kantoi - Zee Avi - Zee Avi
Norway - Beach House - Teen Dream
French Navy - Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
New In Town (drop the lime remix) - Little Boots

Show Playlist - January 26th

2010-01-26T23:58:00.000-08:00

I've gotten tired of posting album names. So I won't.

Musicbox - Regina Spektor
The Dog Song - Nellie McKay
Black Rainbow - St. Vincent
Tiger, My Friend - Psapp
Rabbit Heart (dubstep remix) - Florence and The Machine
Under The Blacklight - Rilo Kiley
Cycle Song - Robots In Disguise
Funny Little Frog - God Help The Girl
Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down - Isobel Campbell
Unmarked Helicopters - The Jezabels
There's A Willow - Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Monte - Zee Avi
Feel It In My Bones - DJ Tiesto ft. Tegan and Sara

Show Playlist - January 19th

2010-01-19T23:27:00.001-08:00

Gettin' High For Jesus - Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs - Dirt Don't Hurt
The Cactus That Found The Beat - Missy Higgins - Scar EP
She's A Colour Scientist - Robots In Disguise - Get Rid
Forever - The Red Channels - Ghetto Cooking
Half Asleep - School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Perfectly Perfect - Elizabeth & The Catapult - Taller Children
Bone Chaos In The Castle - Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
The Beacon - A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage
Dogs of B.A. (remix) - Mirah - Joyride: Remixes
Future Pills - Michele Rene
I.N.S.A.N.E. - Grand Ole Party - Humanimals
Alphabet Pony - The Kills - Midnight Boom
Paradise Circus - Massive Attack ft. Hope Sandoval - Heligoland
Dance With Me - Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
Carnavalito Boliviano - Yma Sumac - Shou Condor

Listen

2010-01-18T02:50:00.001-08:00

Show Playlist - January 12th, 2010

2010-01-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

Darling - Kelli Rudick
Body - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Men Soundtrack
Honey Bee - Zee Avi - Zee Avi
Cabaret Of The Seven Devils - The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
You'll Disappear - The Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Gone Are The Days - Mirah - (A)Spera
Havok In Heaven - Jesca Hoop - Kismet
New Pony - The Dead Weather - Horehound
Treasure Hunt - Howling Bells - Radio Wars
The Horse - Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse
Led To The Sea - Jenny Owen Youngs
Symphony 10: Could This Really Be The End? - Emily Wells - The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties

ORLY Bendavid and The Mona Dahls

2010-01-05T23:53:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Orly and Daniella for dropping in today!!

For more info on Orly Bendavid and The Mona Dahls, go here:
http://www.myspace.com/everygoodboy

Show Playlist - December 29th

2009-12-29T23:05:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack-o'-tunes last week. Hope you enjoyed the sub. I had to go home to eat my weight in cookies and be cheated out of a scrabble-win by my grandma. She has a list of about five hundred two letter words that she claims are usable. I also found out that she knows what a gat is... very gangster, Gram. I can only hope to be half as crafty when I'm ninety. And the image above could not have been more fitting for my situation. I just couldn't bring myself to use the anatomical word that I had spelled out on my letter-holder. Would've gotten me fifty points for using all my letters. It was quite the dilemma but I just didn't feel like causing a scene.

Got A Thing On My Mind - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin'
Honey Bee - Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
Look For Me (I'll Be Around) - Neko Case - Blacklisted
Poppy - Zee Avi - Zee Avi
Hot Boyz (with Casiotone For The Painfully Alone) - Dear Nora - Three States: Rarities 1997-2007
Ok - Holly Conlan - Bird
Dear Someone - Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Blood & Honey - Kelli Rudick
Musicians, Please Take Heed - God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
I'm Not Lonely Anymore - Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
Swan Song - A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage
Here Comes The Summer - The Fiery Furnaces - EP
Starstruck - Santogold - Santogold
Velvet Pony - Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
I Like That - Richard Vission (ft. Luciana)

Listen for Orly Bendavid and The Mona Dahls in-studio next week!

Show Playlist - December 15th

2009-12-17T00:43:00.000-08:00

This week's edition of The Gum Tree was cut a little short by the basketball game broadcast, but heeeeeere's the list:

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - The Chipettes - The Squeakquel
Walk Or Ride - The Ditty Bops - The Ditty Bops
Hard To Say - Jaymay - Autumn Fallin'
Fixed It! - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Willow - Leslie Hall - Door Man's Daughter
Tongue - The Red Channels - Ghetto Cooking
Clean Getaway - Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower
No Letting Go - Taken By Trees - Lost & Found
Look Out Young Son - Grand Ole Party - Humanimals

because I can never get enough of Leslie Hall

Show Playlist - December 8th

2009-12-08T22:26:00.000-08:00

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker - Sandi Thom - Smile... It Confuses People
Spinnin' - Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
Mindwarp - Bachelorette - My Electric Family
Too Tough To Die - Martina Topley-Bird - Quixotic
Police Sweater Blood Vow - The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Common Reaction - Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
Forever - Catherine Feeny - Catherine Feeny
Living In Danger - Anni Rossi - Rockwell
Amari Szi, Amari (Amon Remix) - Luminescent Orchestrii - Gypsy Groove
1816, The Year Without A Summer - Rasputina - Oh Perilous World
Happy - Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Anna - Taken By Trees - East Of Eden
Cold Cold Water - Mirah - Advisory Committee

Buy real estate in an imaginary place

2009-12-08T03:07:00.001-08:00

favorite part is at 1:28

Also! Just finished the book "Shutter Island"... gooooooooooooooood

Couple more for shkicksh and wiggles

2009-12-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Check 'em out if you have the time:

What's The Altitude - Cut Chemist
A Chance Encounter - Mason Proper
Vasalisa carries a flaming skull through the forest - A Hawk And A Hacksaw
Song About A Sea - Sweet Trip
Uptown Girl - K-Os
After The Storm - Mumford & Sons
Cocaine Lights - Phosphorescent
*Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

*This one is a must if you're into epic 10-minute guitar solos

Show Playlist - December 1st

2009-12-03T18:55:00.000-08:00

Frances & Her Friends - Frances Faye - Caught In The Act
When We Swam - Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather - Horehound
Ghetto Love - Spinnerette - Ghetto Love
The Apocalypse Song - St. Vincent - Marry Me
Esta Noche - Federico Aubele - Gran Hotel Buenos Aires
Sycamore Down - Jaymay - Autumn Fallin'
Watch The Waves - Taken By Trees - East of Eden
Chick Habit - April March - Paris In April
Beast - Nico Vega - Nico Vega
I'll Ask Him - Girl In A Coma - Both Before I'm Gone
Waltz - The Red Channels - Ghetto Cooking
Hook And Sling Meets The Funky Superfly - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Mahalia's Show Playlist - November 24th

2009-11-26T20:38:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much to Mahalia, who dropped in to sub The Gum Tree! Here are her tunes from all 'round the world:

Ulali - Unity Compilation 2008 (Native America)
Aster Aweke - Yedi Gosh (MY Guy) - Kabu 1991 (Ethiopia)
Sambaguru - Tribo Gandhista - Tribo 2009

Tanya Tagaq & Tagaq - Oesophage Innu - Live Performance (Nannuvut)
Ceu - Malemolencia - Ceu 2007 (Brazil)
Susana Baca - Los Lagartos - Sies Polemas 2009 (Peru)
Chiwoniso - Listen to the Breeze - Rebel Woman 2008 (Zimbambwe)

Clazziquai - Wizard of Oz - Mucho Punk 2009 (Korea)
Julieta Venegas - Limon y Sal - S/T (Mexico)
Hedningarna - Metsan Tytto Forest Maiden - Karelia Visa 1999 (Sweden)
Ros Seresothea - Somianh Chit (My Darlin) - Cambodian Rocks (Khmer)

Taru - Daydream - Taru 2009 (Korea)
Marta Topferova - Grano de Arena - Putumayo(Czech Republic)
Woman of Mambazo - Vimba - Putumayo (South Africa)
In Lak Ech - Unity Compilation 2008 (Native America)

And you can catch her show, Musique Sans Frontieres, on wednesday mornings at 6!!

Show Playlist - November 17th

2009-11-18T00:05:00.000-08:00

Thanks to intern Alicia (aka DJ Scrub-a-dub-dub) for being on the show!

Take It With You - The Ettes - Do You Want Power
Ship Inside A Bottle - Kylie Auldist - Made Of Stone
15 to 20 - The Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Add mar Uram az esot! - Kati Kovacs - Well Hung
La Vie En Rose - Emilie Simon - Emilie Simon
Know Better Learn Faster - Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Kiss Me Again - Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartful
The Key - Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
The Heat - Anjulie - Anjulie
100 Days - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
For Kalaja Mari - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Juicy - Emily Wells
The Word - Girl Band - What Is Happening...

Show Playlist - November 10th

2009-11-11T23:02:00.000-08:00

Nobody's Baby - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well and the Requiem Mix - Emily Wells - The Symphonies: Dreams, Memories, & Parties
Your Voice - Santigold
Twinkle - Honey Is Cool - Crazy Love
Searching - Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
Light The Match - Mirah - Advisory Committee
I Am Not A Robot (Starsmith 24 Carat Remix) - Marina & The Diamonds - The Crown Jewels
Story - Great Northern - Remind Me Where The Light Is
Dj's Got A Gun - Robots In Disguise - DJ's Got A Gun
Hey Mami - Fannypack - So Stylistic
Face To Face On High Places - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

Show Playlist - November 3rd

2009-11-04T00:30:00.001-08:00

Taki Rari - Yma Sumac - Ultra Lounge Vol. 2 Mambo Fever
Pricked In The Heart - The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
To The Dancers In The Rain - Emilie Simon - Emilie Simon
Out The Back Door - Jesca Hoop - Kismet
Nighttime - Petracovich - Blue Cotton Skin
Country Of The Future - Mirah - (A)Spera
Prince Of Peace - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
We Have A Map Of The Piano - Mum - Finally We Are No One
Concrete Walls - Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Ghosts (Live Session Version) - Florence and The Machine
Blue Jeans - Ladytron - Light and Magic
Trash The Rental (Crystal Castles Remix) - Sohodolls

Some Songs I'll Never Play On My Show

2009-10-29T01:09:00.000-07:00

Since my show is all about female artists, these guys probably won't get airtime. But I love these tunes/bands so much I wanted to share them. So here's a male-friendly playlist, for once...

Let The River In - Radical Face
Northern Lights - Bowerbirds
Shampoo - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - Fleet Foxes
Earthly Bodies - J. Tillman
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
Cuervos - Porter
A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left - Andrew Bird
Old No. 7 - The Devil Makes Three
Royksopp Forever - Royksopp

These have been stuck in my head recently, and I'm hoping this will force them out. They're great. Seriously. Go listen to them. And if nothing else, listen to the first one. I think it's my favorite intro of all time.

Show Playlist - October 27th

2009-10-28T00:16:00.000-07:00

Lollipop (Squeak E. Clean & Desert Eagles Remix) - The Chordettes - Whip It Soundtrack
Little Brass Bear - Rachel Goodrich - Tinker Toys
Eden - Emily Haines - Cut In Half And Double
My Egyptian Grammar - The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
Retany - Tarika - Women of Africa
Snakes and Ladders - Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling
Love Is All We Have - Jesca Hoop - Kismet
The Garden - Mirah - Advisory Committee
Magic Weather - Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse
Dreamer - Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
West Side - CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve
Sister Kate - The Ditty Bops - The Ditty Bops
Howl - Florence and The Machine - Lungs
Greater Heights - Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

Show Playlist - October 20th

2009-10-21T20:37:00.000-07:00

Some of my recent favorite "would-you rathers"...

...receive a call from the president or Satan?
...soil yourself every time you laugh, or get the big O every time you cry?
...hit every red light for the rest of your life, or always be wrong?
...have needles for leg hair, or have flares shoot out of your nose every time you say the word "the"?

And the strangest two...
...be born with a refrigerator on your back, or have an elephant as a close, personal friend?
...meet The Beatles, or eat beetle meat?

aaaaanyways, here's what I played:

Rainbows In The Dark - Tilly and The Wall - Bottoms of Barrels
Make Me Smile - Pearl and The Puppets
Polite Dance Song - The Bird and The Bee - Please Clap Your Hands
Dreams In The Hollow - Jesca Hoop - Kismet
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
You For Me - Terra Naomi - Go Quietly
The Fleeting Skies - Samara Lubelski - The Fleeting Skies
Many Moons - Janelle Monae - Metropolis-Suite I: The Chase
Hermit The Frog - Marina and The Diamonds
Cosmic Love - Florence and The Machine - Lungs
Remedy - Little Boots - Hands

*My answers:
Satan (I'd ask him if he likes purple)
Big O (it would be awkward because of the tears, but more fun than poop)
Red lights, ahoy (I can't be wrong. EVER)
Flares (as long as I can choose the color)
The elephant (was that even a question?? I'd pay money for the elephant)
Beatles (I'm curious to meet someone who would choose the insect option)