KUSF 05.15.10 3-8 AM Defeat Sleep DJ Cactus

Cactus presents Defeat Sleep every Saturday morning from 3am-8am. The program began in 2000, and expanded to the current five-hour exoskeleton in 2003. The co-host is the esteemed DJ Schmeejay.

Defeat Sleep focuses on field recordings, experimental electronics, noise, drone, doom, ambient, sound collage, and so on.

Email Cactus at danielhintz64 (at) gmail.com

1. The Necks
2. Acid Eater
3. Child Abuse
4. Miguel Fransconi and Denman Maroney
5. Omar Souleyman
6. Masaoka/Chen/Grusel/Nagai

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KUSF 05.15.10 Midnight-3 AM Time Warp DJ Bodacious Brenda

Go! Bodacious Brenda! Go! – The Slow Poisoners
Bang Data – Bang Data
MKLVFKWR – Public Enemy
What’s The Altitude – Cut Chemist (featuring Hymnal)
La Trampa – Manu Chao & Tonino Carotone
Purple Stain – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cubik (King’s County Dub) – 808 State
The Boxer – The Chemical Brothers
Miles Away / The Truth Is – Depeche Mode
Count To Infinity – Electric Venus
Achilles Last Stand – Led Zepplin
One Day Someday – Femi Kuti
Montenegro – Kultur Shock
People Of The Drifting Houses – Master Musicians of Bukake
Swim – Fishbone
Bop Til You Drop – Rick Springfield
Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine – Frank Zappa
Doulab Zanjaran – Zikrayat
House Carpenter – Faun Fables
Ma Fo Ya – Sierra Leon’es Refugee All Stars
Mojave – Concrete Blonde
Jabarsa – Secret Chiefs 3
Spiderweb – Joan Osborne
Free Me – Otis Redding
I’m Not In Love – Tori Amos
From Hank To Hendrix – Neil Young
Angel Of Mercy – Dire Straits
You Showed Me – The Byrds
Broken Promise Land – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Ooby Dooby – Roy Orbison
Saint Louis Blues – Lena Horne (w/ Dixieland Japp Group of NBC’s Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street)
Shir Nokdim (Shepherd’s Song) – The Dudaim
Last Boat To America – David Gray

Time Warp

An eclectic warp through time, encompassing the best on and off the charts sounds. From the present to the far past and back again. Take the journey with us!

Producer, J.D. Smith
Hosts, JD Smith, Sneeze Limbo, The Owl, Jersey J.D., Bodacious Brenda, Kimbrulee, and Amper Dan.

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KUSF 05.14.10 10-Midnight Friday Night Sessions

The Friday Night Session is hosted by San Francisco music addicts, DJs, writers, and bloggers: Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity Records), Mike Bee (Amoeba) and Tomas Palermo (http://forwardever.blogspot.com.) Since it's official inception in 1996 the show continues to present the most vibrant selection of electronic music on the San Francisco airwaves.

In addition to the full spectrum of electronic and dance music (house, hip hop, down tempo, dubstep, disco, soul ? if we like it we'll play it!) the hosts also draws on the links between now and future directions and more vintage sounds including jazz, rare groove, dub, Afrobeat, and funk.

The show often features exclusive unreleased cuts, DJ mixes, in-studio guests and ticket give-aways to the best local events.

Mweslee - Pacifico (Nod Navigators)
Coco Rosie - RIP Burnface (Subpop)
The Stepkids - Suburban Dream (cdr)
Jamie Lidell - Enoughs Enough (Warp)
Dimlite - Can't Get Use to Those (Stones Throw)
Peregoyo - Caranito (Natural Self Remix) (cdr)
George Lewton - Sorry (cdr)
Grace Jones - Love You To Life (DMZ Mix) (Wall Of Sound)
Lorn - None An Island (Brainfeeder)
Actress - Purple Splazsh (Honest Jons)
Time & Space Machine - Time & Space (Tirk)
Peter Gordon & The Love Of Life Orchestra - Another Heartbreak (DFA)
Bubble Club - Violet Morning Moon (Bubble Club)
Unknown - Get To My Baby (TBD Extension) (Golf Channel)
Escape From New York - Fire In My Heart (Claremont 56)
Hawthorne Headhunters - Unknown (cdr)
Burnt Island Casuals - Scotch Hop (Under The Shade)
Ron Basejam - For The People, By The People (ISM)
Jerome Derradji & Rahaan - The Way It Goes (Stilove4music)
Caribou - Odessa (Junior Boys Remix) (Merge)
E.R.P. - Pretty April (Downlow)
Blaktroniks - Strawberry Cough (Deep Blak)
Jesse Moncrieff - Minds Eye (Throwing Snow Remix)
Javelin - Off My Mind (Luaka Bop)

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KUSF 05.14.10 The Menace's Attic DJ Dennis the Menace

The Menace’s Attic Episode #438 May 14th, 2010 ”Tonight’s Menace’s Attic Is 38 Years Old Since It’s Based On A Playlist From One Of My First Radio Shows Ever On April 29th, 1972!” Edition

OPENING SONG: Raindance – The Guess Who

Set #1 Yes, Back Then I Had A Crush On Cher, Even Though She Might Have Been McEvil!
Mighty Clouds Of Joy – B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
The Way Of Love – Cher (Kapp)
Lucritia McEvil – Blood Sweat & Tears (Columbia)

Set #2 My French Wasn’t Good Enough At The Age Of 15 To Understand These Songs, And Well, It Still Isn’t!
Femme – Dick Rivers (TBD)
Viens Faire Un Tour – Renee Claude (Vogue)
Ooh Child – The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)

Set #3 Back Then I Thought Bread Was The Real Deal, But That Michael Jackson Cover Didn’t Reign Supreme!
Make It With You – Bread (Elektra)
Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson (Motown)
Floy Joy – The Supremes (Motown)

Set #4 Soul & An Album Purchased In A Head Shop!
The Day I Found Myself – Honey Cone (Hot Wax)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get – The Dramatics (Stax)
Love Is Just A Four Letter Word – Joan Baez (Vanguard)

CLOSING SONG: Girl Watcher – The O’Kaysions (ABC)

Giveaways: Noir Film Festival at the Roxie Cinema!