Setlist from last night (11/12 April)

Plenty of birthday tributes (especially after midnight), a remembrance of the 55th anniversary of the first manned space flight, and a two-block commemoration to the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the Apple 1 computer.

"Hot Night Crash" - Sahara Hotnights
"Road Rage" - Catatonia (for Cerys Matthews' birthday)
"Always Crashing in the Same Car" - David Bowie
"Trainwreck 1979" - Death from Above 1970 (for drummer Sebastien Grainger's birthday)

"The Chemicals Between Us" - Bush (for guitarist Nigel Pulsford's birthday)
"Radiation Vibe" - Fountains of Wayne
"Toxic" - Hard-Fi
"Sick City Sometimes" - Buzzcocks

"Monkey Man" - The Specials (for Neville Staple's birthday)
"Monkey Man" - Rocktrain Slaves
"Monkey Man" - The Rolling Stones
"Monkey Man" - Glenn Hughes

"New Bird" - Nada Surf
"Wind in Our Sail" - Weezer
"Blazing Apostles" [live] - Be Bop Deluxe

"Computer Games" - Mi-Sex
"I Love My Computer" - Bad Religion
"Computer Blue" - Prince
"A Better Computer" - The Actual Facts

"Computer Age" - Neil Young
"Computer Dating" - Theoretical Girls
"COmputer Love" - Kraftwerk

"Talk" - Coldplay (for bassist Guy Berryman's birthday)
"Heartspark Dollarsign" - Everclear (for Art Alexakis' birthday)
"Sookie, Sookie" - Steppenwolf (for singer John Kay's birthday)
"Gagarin" - Public Service Broadcasting

"Going Up" - Echo & the Bunnymen (for Will Sergeant's birthday)
"Snortin' Whiskey" - Pat Travers Band (for Pat's birthday)
"Homebrew" - 311 (for singer Nick Hexum's birthday)
"Heart Failed in the Back of a Taxi" - Saint Etienne (for singer Sarah Cracknell's birthday)

""Wind in Our Sail" - Weezer

Good call Delvin, I'm quite liking this album (the first half especially).

Yeah, I like the "white album" better than its predecessor. Considering that Ric Ocasek was back on the boards for that one, this surprises me.

Lon Palmer was on his way home from a concert Monday night while I was on the air. He told me the next day that the driver had kept shifting up & down the dial, trying to find something worth hearing among the usual Clear Channel suspects. Naturally, Lon showed him where to find KSER. They tuned in just in time for my computer tribute, which the driver enjoyed quite a lot. The guy was especially floored to hear the Kraftwerk/Coldplay segue. ("Oh wow, this synth band is covering Coldplay! That's kinda cool ..." "Ahhh, no, it's the other way around, actually.")

I think I'd swerve off the road if I turned on my car radio and heard Be-Bop Deluxe.

> I think I'd swerve off the road if I turned on my car radio and heard Be-Bop Deluxe.

Then it's probably a good thing you don't live here in the 425, Zoo! 'Cause that band is a regular go-to in my show. (And the traffic here is challenging enough as it is.)