Cartoon Network Uses NBC To RickRoll America For Thanksgiving

A very well set up RickRoll, if you ask me.



Now, if you'd like to get that tune out of your head, how about a few hours of Altrok Radio?

Altrok Radio Music Update #215

Firstly, the important stuff:

Altrok Radio is at http://www.altrokradio.com

Please remember to tune in whenever you can - every hour you listen turns into more visibility for the station; we show up higher in search listings, and such like that. And if you'd like to help us keep the stream running, check out the advertisers if they appeal to you; your interest actually helps fund us.

And in the interest of keeping you interested...we've got songs to let you know about.

This week, our Grinders (the stuff we play heavily) include music from:

- Johnny Foreigner
- Kings Of Leon
- Chairlift
- Vivian Girls
- The Ting Tings
- Friendly Fires

Plus we've got newly-added music:

- The Baseball Project - Past Time
- Bubblegum Lemonade - Penny Fountain
- Crystal Stilts - Prismatic Room
- Digitalism - Taken Away (Streetlab mix remix rmx edit re-edit)
- Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
- Golden Silvers - Magic Touch
- The Killers - Joy Ride
- Los Campesinos! - You'll Need Those Fingers For Crossing
- My Brightest Diamond - Tainted Love
- The Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me
- Pull In Emergency - In Silence
- The Sea And Cake - Car Alarm
- Marnie Stern - Ruler
- The Whispertown 2000 - Done With Love

Our Newly-Added Classics:

- The Bangles - The Real World
- The Beloved - Sweet Harmony
- Lloyd Cole - Down On Mission Street
- The Farm - All Together Now
- Lord John - Things That Have Been
- Payola$ - Eyes Of A Stranger
- R.E.M. - Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)
- The Railway Children - Brighter
- The Seers - Psych Out - Single

And don't forget the R/SYN Underground night, every Saturday at the Corner Tavern in New Brunswick, where Drew and IronMike keep you dancing with the most advanced playlist this side of the Atlantic (and where, occasionally, yours truly might show up and spin a coupla tracks...ya never know.)

This week, they're doing a Thanksgiving Eve Pre-dysfunctional Family Gathering on (naturally) Wednesday night...so there's that, too.

- Sean Carolan
Altrok Radio
On your computer now at http://www.altrokradio.com
On the radio Fridays at 10pm, at 90.5 The Night

A New Playlist For A Cold Sunday. Tune In!

...being announced primarily because we blew the update this morning...it's up now, though, so go for it. Here's who we've got on tap today:

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The Airborne Toxic Event, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys

The B-52's, Bang Bang Eche, Bauhaus, The Bird & The Bee, Bloc Party, Billy Bragg, The Breeders, Bromheads Jacket

CSS, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Charlatans UK, The Chemical Brothers, The Chiara L's, CityLights, Cloud Cult, Cold War Kids, The Contrast, Crash Radio, Crystal Castles, The Cure, Justin Currie, Cut Off Your Hands

Danny & Dusty, Pat DiNizio, Dirty Pretty Things, Duchess Says

Echo & The Bunnymen, Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee, Val Emmich, The English Beat

Fireman, Florence And The Machine, The Flying Lizards, Friendly Fires, Frightened Rabbit, Front 242, The Futureheads

Peter Gammons, The Get Up Kids, Golden Silvers

Albert Hammond Jr., Harrisons, The Hold Steady, Human Sexual Response

The Icicle Works, Islands

The Jam, James, The Javelinas

Kaiser Chiefs, Kenna, The Kills, Kings Of Leon, Kono Michi & The Stone Ghost Collective

Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Little Thief, The Locarnos, The Long Blondes, Lowline

MGMT, Mad Daddys, The Mae-Shi, Magneta Lane, Jesse Malin, Ida Maria, Mew, Ministry, Morrissey, Motel Creeps, My Device, My Morning Jacket

New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Noah And The Whale

Okkervil River, OrtzRoka, Otherside

Parts And Labor, Pendulum, Plastic Bertrand, Prefab Sprout, The Pretenders, Primus, The Prix, The Psychedelic Furs

R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Vein

Simple Minds, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Situationists, Sky Parade, The Smithereens, The Smiths, Sons And Daughters, Stereolab

TV On The Radio, Talking Heads, Tapes 'n Tapes, Tears For Fears, Theoretical Girl, The Ting Tings, Tokyo Police Club

Ultravox

Vampire Weekend, Violent Femmes, Vivian Girls

The Waterboys, We Are Scientists, We Smoke Fags, The Wedding Present, Paul Weller, White Rabbits, Wire, The Wrens

The Young Knives

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Click the big "listen" link on our main page (that'd be http://www.altrokradio.com) and enjoy.

Festive Fifty at Dandelion Radio

For those who'd like to participate in the annual celebration of eclecticism inspired by a tradition started back in the late 70's by BBC Radio 1's John Peel, head on over to our Internet radio brethern at Dandelion Radio to vote in this year's Festive Fifty. They're taking votes up until December 1, so by all means check them out...

Dysfunction, Not Dat Function. (Thanksgiving Eve Party!)

You're back in central Jersey for the holiday. You've either got a house full of people you can only tolerate for a couple of days, max - or you're one of the people being tolerated, and the only place you want to be is anywhere but there. There's no room in the fridge for anything because the big honkin' turkey is taking up all the space.

So you've gotta go out...but where?

Why not the DYSFUNCTIONAL THANKSGIVING EVE NEW WAVE PARTY?

Wednesday Nov 26, 2008, 9:00 PM

The CORNER TAVERN
111-113 SOMERSET ST
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901
View Map

Why fight when you can have fun dancing to 80'S & NEW WAVE MUSIC? It's better than turkey, and way better than tofurkey. (We'll get back to you on the turducken.)

No Cover.

DJ IronMike, DJ Drew (and maybe a guest or two) will be spinning some great classic New Wave music and maybe a sample of things that go along with that.

Hope to see you there!

Altrok Radio Music Update #214

Firstly, the important stuff:

Altrok Radio is at http://www.altrokradio.com

Please remember to tune in whenever you can - every hour you listen turns into more visibility for the station; we show up higher in search listings, and such like that. And if you'd like to help us keep the stream running, check out the advertisers if they appeal to you; your interest actually helps fund us.

And in the interest of keeping you interested...we've got songs to let you know about.

This week, our Grinders (the stuff we play heavily) include music from:

- The Airborne Toxic Event
- MGMT
- The Futureheads
- Kaiser Chiefs
- TV On The Radio
- Morrissey

Plus we've got newly-added music:

- Bang Bang Eche - 4 To The Floor
- Bloc Party - Trojan Horse
- Bromheads Jacket - Speaker Box
- Duchess Says - Black Flag
- Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee - Let Me Take You Out
- Fireman - Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight
- Friendly Fires - Paris
- Kono Michi & The Stone Ghost Collective - War Correspondence
- Jesse Malin - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio
- Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
- Parts And Labor - Nowheres Nigh
- The Situationists - Pixels
- Tokyo Police Club - New New Song
- Vivian Girls - Tell The World
- XX Teens - Darlin'

Our Newly-Added Classics:

- The Church - When You Were Mine
- The Clash - Atom Tan
- The Comsat Angels - Independence Day
- Julian Cope - Reynard the Fox
- The Jam - The Eton Rifles
- Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Pete Shelley - Yesterday's Not Here
- The Smiths - Hand In Glove
- XTC - Respectable Street

And a couple of things to not forget:

- The R/SYN Underground night, every Saturday at the Corner Tavern in New Brunswick, where Drew and IronMike keep you dancing with the most advanced playlist this side of the Atlantic (and where, occasionally, yours truly might show up and spin a coupla tracks...ya never know.)

- The Melody Bar Reunion 2009, coming up on February 21. Mark your calendars.

Stick with us, and we'll stick to you. Or something like that.

- Sean Carolan
Altrok Radio
On your computer now at http://www.altrokradio.com
On the radio Fridays at 10pm, at 90.5 The Night

Flaming Lips: Christmas On Mars

For those looking to have a deliciously weird grace note tucked into their holiday season, The Flaming Lips have finally completed their no-budget movie, "Christmas On Mars" - it's out on DVD today...

...and with this link, you can buy it at Amazon and give Altrok a little kickback...

...and if you'd like to score the time between now and the time you receive your disc with the music from the film, here 'tis, streaming in its entirety:

The Flaming Lips - Christmas On Mars Soundtrack, Lo-Fi Stream

The Flaming Lips - Christmas On Mars Soundtrack, Hi-Fi Stream

(A hat-tip to Ain't It Cool News for the links.)

"Exit 102": Asbury Park 1974 ... On The Big Screen 11/22

Mike Black's an old-line FM106.3-er who's gained a far more visual aspect over the past few years. In addition to becoming one of the photographic chroniclers of Asbury Park, NJ's cultural rise over the past twenty years, he's branched out into the film world with the "Exit 102" project...and now you can catch the fruits of his labors:

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Peter Dobson & Ran Ballard proudly present the special screening presentation of the film "Exit 102"

Event starts Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3:00pm at Ocean Blvd & Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ. The screening starts at 7:30pm at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ.

After party featuring The Matt O'Ree Band and the one & only Status Green at the world famous Wonder Bar, Asbury Park, NJ.

All of the Jersey Shore is invited to this spectacular event........

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As is, I suspect, anyone within easy access of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line...

Quick Turnaround: Kono Michi & The Stone Ghost Collective

You'd think, since I've got blog-type access around so that I can gush about one thing or another that impresses me, that I'd actually do that a little more often. Doesn't happen. Why? Who knows, but in an attempt to break the non-habit, here's something that caught my ear a couple of hours ago.

Kono Michi comes from Brooklyn. The Stone Ghost Collective come from Scotland. Together, they've done some interesting work, and (assuming injuries don't get in the way) I expect to feature their new track, "War Correspondence", on this Friday's FM Showcase.

There's the facts in the matter, now here's a mini-documentary for your edification...

Bits Of Me Keep Passing Out

Slightly unnerving news - last Tuesday, courtesy of an oncoming car, my car got totalled along with some small bits of me. Updates, consequently, have been a bit sporadic - although, somehow, I've been getting the daily playlist updated, and by Friday morning I could stay focused enough to put together the FM Showcase.

That effort continues, but I've got some further healing to do. Friday was a very good day for listenership, though, which helps a bit - if you were part of that, keep it up, and thanks for being there.

VOTE!

Did just that in New Jersey this morning - no wait, easy process, mechanical voting machine...good all around.

Hope you did, too. If you didn't, do it! (Quoting newly-minted citizen Craig Ferguson: "Here's a word, look it up...DUTY.")