Sunny Day Radio: June 1, 2009

I'll Believe In Anything(Wolf Parade cover)/ Her Space Holiday

Dear Sons and Daughters/ Wolf Parade/ Apologies to the Queen Mary
Talking Hotel Artbat Blues/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control
Raspberry Baret/ Dump

Help, I'm Alive/ Metric/ Fantasies
Burried in the Nude/ Screaming Females/ Power Move
Psychosomatic/ Magik Markers/ Balf Quarry
Wrong/ Depeche Mode/ Sounds of the Universe

Cemetry Gates/ The Smiths/ The Queen Is Dead
The Wagon/ Dinosaur Jr./ Green Mind
I'm Not You/ Meat Puppets/ Sewn Together

Blame it on the Tetons (Modest Mouse cover)/ Josh Ritter/ Thin Blue Flame
Wild Pack of Family Dogs/ Modest Mouse/ Moon & The Antarctic
I Know What It's Like/ Yonlu/ A Society in Which No Tear is Shed is Inconceivably Mediocre
Somebody I Used to Know/ Elliott Smitt/ Figure 8

Summertime/ Totally Michael/ Totally Michael
Constructive Summer/ The Hold Steady/ Stay Positive
Summer Babe (Winter Version)/ Pavement/ Slanted & Enchanted

Summer Job/ Art Brut/ Art Brut vs. Satan
**Sheena is a Punk Rocker/ The Ramones/ Rocket to Russia
**Breakdown/ The Buzzcocks/ Time's Up
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie/ Black Flag/ Damaged

Made Up Dreams/ Built to Spill/ Perfect From Now On
Tractor Rape Chain/ Guided By Voices/ Bee Thousand
I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both/ Jawbreaker/ Dear You

Blue Ribbon/ The Motorcycle Industry/ Electric Education
Film Noir/ The Gaslight Anthem/ The '59 Sound
Note to Self: Don't Die/ Ryan Adams/ Rock N Roll

Bog/ Be Your Own Pet/ Be Your Own Pet
Something Against You/ Pixies/ Surfer Rosa
When I Was Afraid/ The Thermals/ Now We Can See
In The Garage/ Weezer/ Blue Album

Evil Summer/ Iran/ Dissolver

**requests


Here's the what's happening in and around the WHUS community THIS WEEK (June 1-7).

***The Blues Fest 2009
Join WHUS and Black Eyed Sally's in Bushnell Park for our 10th Year Anniversary Blues Festival with great music, brews and BBQ.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
5 PM-11 PM
Bushnell Park Pavilion
Downtown Hartford, CT

***Split Knuckle Theater Company
The summer theatre residence at UCONN present a new work entitled ENDURANCE, based on the life of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
The first presentation of this original ensemble based work is June 5, 6 at 8:00pm and June 7th at 2:00pm at the Katter Theatre located on UConn's campus.

***Northeastern Connecticut Vegetarian Society Potluck and Vegan cooking class
with Adan Garcia at the Wrench in the Works
Please bring a potluck item to share. No one will be turned away for lack of anything! We are planning on recording this event for CPTV, so if you are camera-shy, please let someone know, and we will change plans accordingly!
For more information visit: www.wrenchintheworks.org/

***Ocean Beach Park
Classic Car Cruise Night
June 8 at 5pm


Here's the what's happening in and around the WHUS community NEXT WEEK (June 8-14).

***Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s Production of Crowns
June 11- 21 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre at the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs.
Crowns tells the incredible story of one young woman's return to the South and her education into the ritualized world of hats as an expression of cultural identity.
Weeknight evening performances start at 7:30 p.m. Weekend evening performances start at 8 p.m. Matinee performances start at 2 p.m.
For a complete list of performance dates and to purchase tickets please call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn. edu

***Windham Young Poets Kick Off Poetry in the Park Summer Series
On Thursday, June 11, 2009, at 6:00 pm,
the Windham High School Young Poets will read from their poetry at the Julia de Burgos Park in Willimantic, CT (at the corner of Jackson Street and Terry Avenue).

***TheaterWorks’ Hartford’s home for hot new plays,
presents the Connecticut premiere of the underground hit comedy "Speech & Debate", by Stephen Karam, a quirky tale of three teenagers who get tangled up in cyberspace, a debate club, and a musical version of “The Crucible.”
Offbeat Comedy Runs June 12th through July 26th.
TheaterWorks at is located 233 Pearl Street Downtown Hartford.
Visit www.theaterworkshartford.org for more information.

***Local Punk Show @ Wallingford American Legion
6pm featuring:
Algernon Cadwallader
Ape Up!
Black Churches
The Book Slave
Dead Uncles
Chalk Talk

***B.O.M.B. (Bring Our Music Back) Festival and Fund Raiser
At Harkness Park in Waterford
June 13th 4pm- 11:30pm
"B.O.M.B - Bring Our Music Back" Festival; Benefit for SoundMusic & Make-a-wish Foundation
A showcase of national acts alongside local high school and undiscovered talent. Performers will include Say Anything and The Cool Kids, and Zach Lockwood and the Roseliners.
For more information visit bombfest.com.

Methanol Cereal & The Big Take Over: Wed/May/27/2009

Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ/ Titus Andronicus/ The Airing of Grievances

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie/ Black Flag/ Damaged

Freak Scene/ Dinosaur Jr

Ohio/Dan Deacon/ Twacky Cats

Hurry Hurry/ Conversion Party/ More No More

Hustlers Are We/ Fatal Film/ Thrill'r

The Sting of the Tempest Asp/ Brava Spectre

Boys in the Attic/ The Mae Shi

Side Projects are Never Successful/ Bomb the Music Industry!/ Goodbye Cool World

Five Corporations/ Fugazi/ End Hits

Savion Glover/ P.O.S./ Never Better

Old School Rules/ Dangerdoom/ The Mouse and the Mask

Home/ Problemaddicts/ The Dark Side of Oz

Lay it Down/ Peter Bjorn & John/ Living Thing

Mass Nerder/ Descendants/ Cool to be You

Range Life/ Pavement/ Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

I am a Scientist/ Guided By Voices/ Bee Thousand

Scared Trickster/ Sonic Youth/ Scared Trickster

Many Ghosts/ Akron/Family/ Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free

California On My Mind/ Wild Light/ Adult Nights

Now We Can See/ The Thermals/ Now We Can See

This Love is Fucking Right!/ Pains of Being Pure at Heart/ The Pains of Being Pure of Heart

Disco/ The Ringers/ 6 Ways to Look Right Without Effort

The Rest of My Life/ Sloan/ A Sides Win

Catholicked/ Dum Dum Girls/ Dum Dum Girls EP

Of Mountains/ Dan Deacon/ Bromst

Seventeen/ Ladytron

12/ Swagger Jackers/ Disko Arcade

D.A.N.C.E./ Justice/ Cross

Glass Dance/ The Faint/ Danse Macabre

Bad Choices/Shout Out Out Out/Reintegration Time

My War/ Black Flag/ My War

David Comes to Life/ Fucked Up/ Hidden World

**Cosmic Serenade/ King Khan & the Shrines/ What is?!

**Doorbell/ White Stripes/ Get Behind Me Satan

Steppin' Stone/ Minor Threat/ Complete Discography

Virgin Sails/My Heart To Joy/ Virgin Sails

Smiling/ Operation Ivy/ Operation Ivy

Die Die My Darling/ The Misfits

Chemical Warfare/ Dead Kennedys/ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

DOA/ Jay Reatard/ Matador Singles '08

L.A.X./ Q and Not U/ Power

Bog/ Be Your Own Pet/ Be Your Own Pet

Winona/ Totally Michael/ Totally Michael

Build Voice/ Dan Deacon/ Bromst

Falls/ !Drama!/ Sorry Safari

**Help I'm Alive/ Metric/ Fantasies

Party Politics/ The Mae Shi/ HLLYL

Bell/ Screaming Females/ Power Move

Jerk/ Magik Markers/ Balf Quarry

Sewn Together/ Meat Puppets/ Sewn Together

Film Noir/ The Gaslight Anthem/ The '59 Sound

I Know What It's Like/ Yonlu/ A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre

Between The Bars/ Elliot Smith/ Either/Or

Styrofoam Boots/ It's All Nice on Ice, Alright/ Modest Mouse/ The Lonesome Crowded West

Cats Is People Too/ Ear Pwr/ Super Animal Brothers III

Hard Luck Bad News/I Was King/I Was King

Stop/ Great Northern/ Remind Me Where The Light Is

Hole To Feed/ Depeche Mode/ Sounds of the Universe

Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise/ Black Moth Super Rainbow/ Eating Us

What You Can't See is Blue Tears/Cryptacize/ Mythomania

It's All Over Now Baby Blue/ Bob Dylan

**request

The Merry Memorial Day Show: Mon/May/25/2009

Happy Memorial Day!
First half folk. Second half punk. Maybe next week folk punk. First time with the new time slot.....that means summer is here! Sunglasses!

Crybaby/ Grand Army Arrows

Nikorette/ Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band/ Outer South
Raise a Rookus/ The Can Kickers/ We're Dying But We Ain't Dead
Frankie's Gun/ The Felice Brothers/ The Felice Brothers

Shuffle Your Feet/ Black Rebel Motorcyle Club/ Howl
John Allyn Smith Sails/ Okkervil River/ The Stage Names
Black Hole/ She & Him/ Volume One

People Got A Lotta Nerve/ Neko Case/ Middle Cyclone
The Slow Descent into Alcoholism/ The New Pornographers/ Mass Romantic
The Strangers/ St. Vincent/ Actor

The Gardener/ The Tallest Man on Earth/ Shallow Grave
Tin Cans/ The Friendly Ghost/ Shot By Wolves
Jollybanker/ Wilco

Mister Jung Stuffed/ Man Man/ Rabbit Habbits
Rope/ The High Strung/ Ode To The Inverse of the Dude
River/Akron/Family/ Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

Easy Answers/ These Are Powers/ All Aboard Future
Paddling Ghost/ Dan Deacon/ Bromst
Pwnd/ The Mae Shi/ HLLLYL

Death Hill (Over and Over)/ Totally Michael/ Totally Michael
Pleased to Meet You/ Japanther/ Dump the Body in Rikki Lake
Banana Splits Theme/ The Dickies
New Shoes/ The Briefs/ Hit After Hit
Antisocial/ The Briefs/ Sex Objects

When We Were Alive/ The Thermals/ Now We Can See
DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshakes/ Art Brut/ Art Brut vs Satan
The Only One/ Manchester Orchestra/ Mean Everything To Nothing
Counting Down the Hours/ Ted Leo & the Pharmastics/ Shake the Sheets

The Good Life/ Weezer/ Pinkerton
Gold Sounds!/ Bomb the Music Industry!
Here/ Pavement/ Slanted & Enchanted

French Navy/ Camera Obscura/ My Maudlin Career



Here's the what's happening in and around the WHUS community THIS WEEK (May 25-31).

***The ANNEX in Willimantic: Weekend of local bands

Friday (May 29) 7pm: BRAVA SPECTRE- New London experimental noise band, TOTAL BOLSHEVIKS- New London experimental ambient band

Saturday (May 30) 8pm: All Ages show featuring: HONEY MOON- New London indie rock band (think the Strokes meets Dinosaur Jr.), PANDA & CHILD- Manchester post punk band, ZOO FRONT, AND NIGHT OF RABBIT.

***UNDERSTANDING THE FORREST AROUND YOU:

Wednesday (May 27) from 6:30pm to 8pm at the Goodwin Forest Education Conservation in Hampton, Ct, the Goodwin Center and the Connecticut DEP will lead a casual walk through several different kinds of forests, explaining how soils, sun and things people do created the forests we see, and how we can learn to predict future changes. For more information visit www.ct.gov/dep

Here's the what's happening in and around the WHUS community NEXT WEEK (June 1-7).

***The Blues Fest 2009

Join WHUS and Black Eyed Sally's in Bushnell Park for our 10th Year Anniversary Blues Festival with great music, brews and BBQ.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
5 PM-11 PM
Bushnell Park Pavilion
Downtown Hartford, CT

***Split Knuckle Theater Company

The summer theatre residence at UCONN present a new work entitled ENDURANCE, based on the life of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The first presentation of this original ensemble based work is June 5, 6 at 8:00pm and June 7^th at 2:00pm at the Katter Theatre located on UConn's campus.

The Last of Night Shows: Mon/May/18/2009

Da ba dee Da baa dee...Thats all from me! Catch me from now on MONDAYS 3-5PM....same day, same show, just different time!

Paddling Ghost/ Dan Deacon/ Bromst

Little Secrets/ Passion Pit/ Manners
How Do I Maintain Pt. II/ Shout Out Out Out Out/ Reintegration Time
Radio Kaliningrad/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control

Fourth of July/ Galaxie 500/ This is Our Music
Wind Phoenix/ Cymbals Eat Guitars/ Why There Are Mountains

Scared Trickster/ Sonic Youth/ Scared Trickster Single
Hey Paul/ Pains of Being Pure of Heart/ Pains of Being Pure of Heart
Catholicked/ Dum Dum Girls /Dum Dum Girls EP

Stereo/ Pavement/Brighten the Corners
Everyone is Guilty/ Akron/Family/ Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
**Crystal Stilts/ Crystal Stilts/Alright of Night

Frank Sinatra/ Conversion Party/ More No More
Mister Jung Stuffed/ Man Man/ Rabbit Habbits
Satin in a Coffin/Modest Mouse/ Good News for People Who Love Bad News

**Say It Ain't So/ Weezer/ Blue Album
Pretty & Bleached/ Ringers/ 6 Ways to Look Right Without Effort
Shampoo/ Elvis Perkins/ In Dearland

All Things Gonna Come Back Around/ Johnny and the Moon/ Johnny and the Moon
Afghanistan Traveller/ Fatal Film/ Please Stop Touching Me
Alligator Assassinator/ Fake Problems/ It's Great To Be Alive
Red Tide/ Neko Case/ Middle Cyclone

**In This Lonely Town/ Jeremy Jay/ Slow Dance
Hold it In/ Jukebox The Ghost/ Let Live and Let Ghosts
The Shrew/ Beirut/ March of the Zapotec

Bag Man/ Conversion Party/ More No More
Ain't No Easy Way/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/ Howl
Old News/ Dr. Dog/ Easy Beat
Home/ Problemaddicts/ The Dark Side of Oz
DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshakes/ Art Brut/ Art Brut vs. Satan

Tear it Up/ Andrew W.K./ The Wolf

** denotes called in request


Here's the what's happening in and around the WHUS community THIS WEEK (May 18-24).

First and foremost... ***THIRD THURSDAY IS THIS THURSDAY (21st) from 6-9PM
*Every third Thursday from May to September 5 blocks of Main Street in Willimantic are closed to showcase vendors, food, music, clowns, and more to support local artists and organizations in Connecticut. It is a grassroots community event, completely organized by volunteers and with no paid staff.
*WHUS will be there with a vendor in front of the bench shop.
*For more information: willimanticstreetfest.com
*Bands and entertainment for THIS third Thursday include:
*Speak Easy- a 4 piece blues, rock, funk, and jazz band.
*The Jan Jungden Trio- American Jazz band
*Cruz Machine Band- Rock, Blues and Dance band

***A POETRY EXPLOSION IS THIS FRIDAY (22nd) from 6-9PM
*Every fourth Friday, The WindhamARTS Annex holds a poetry slam and open mic night.Presented by WindhamARTS Collaborative and The Young Poets.
*866 Main Street in Willimantic
*For more information visit: windhamarts. org

***LOCAL BANDS:***
A Night of Comedy & Music
*Saturday 23rd @ the Bean & Leaf Coffee House in New London from 8-11PM.
*Featuring New London's own: MATT GOUETTE (experimental pop singer songwritter) , JAY SILVA, THE ROCK GROUP "MEN," and THE SWEET N' LOWS
*More information visit: wailingcity.com

Brava Spectre, My Heart to Joy, + more
Friday 22nd @ 8PM, Brava Spectre, a New London experiemental noise band & My Heart to Joy, UCONN's hardcore shoegaze Punk band are playing at the Montesorri School in Norwich.


If you know of any concerts, theatre, events, etc. you would like announced PLEASE CONTACT: cultural_affairs@ whus.org

The Yes-I-Didn't-Really-Have-To-Do-My-Job-At-All Show: Mon/May/11/09

So many requests .... I really love it when people call me up! Sorry I didn't have enough time to grant all the wishes...NEXT WEEK. Thanks for listening!!


Lamb & Lion/ The Mae Shi/ HLLLYH

Bad Choices/ Shout Out Out Out Out/ Reintegration Time

Age of Consent/ New Order/ Power, Corruption & Lies

I'm Waiting For the Man/ The Velvet Underground/ The Velvet Underground & Nico

Mass Romantic/ The New Pornographers/ Mass Romantic

Talking Hotel Arbat Blues/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control

Cream of Gold/ Pavement/ Terror Twilight

Put On Your Goddamned Jetpack/ Fatal Film/ Sisterwife

Convenient Parking/ Modest Mouse/ The Lonesome Crowded West

Johnny and the Devil/ Johnny and the Moon/ Johnny and the Moon

At the Hop/ Devendra Banhart/ Nino Rojo

Guilt: The Song/ Andrew Jackson Jihad/ Only God Can Judge Me EP

Survival/ Ghost Mice/ Andrew Jackson Jihad-Ghost Mice Split

Boys Don't Cry/ The Cure

Nowheres Nigh/ Parts & Labor/ Recievers

**Thy Will Be Done/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control

Actor Out of Work/ St. Vincent/ Actor

Angela/ The Motorcycle Industry / Electric Education

**Bombshell/ Operation Ivy/ Energy

Rabbit Habbits/ Man Man/ Rabbit Habbits

Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts/ The Gaslight Anthem/ Senor & The Queen EP

**Product of My Enviroment/ The Circle Jerks/ Golden Shower of Hits

Start Wearing Purple/ Gogol Bordello/Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike

**Mayor of Simpleton/ XTC/ Oranges and Lemons

**Gotta Pee/ NOFX

**Let's Lynch the Landlord/ Dead Kennedys/ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Congratulations John on Joining Everytime I Die/ Bomb The Music Industry!/ To Leave or Die in Long Island

**Angels Wanna Wear My Red Boots/ Elvis Costello/ My Aim Is True

Many Ghosts/ Akron/Family/ Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

**Sleepyhead/ Passion Pit/ Chunks of Change

**Cool To Be You/ The Descendants/ Cool To Be You

**Salad Days/ Minor Threat/ The Complete Discography

**Kids/ MGMT/ Oracular Spectacular


**Denotes called in request (Okay truth: that last request was actually from my mom, but it was Mother's days on Sunday so it had to be saved special for her!)

The Holy Shnickies It's May Already Show! Mon/May/4/2009

It's finals week so partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard partyhard.

yes.


Party Hard/ Andrew W.K./ I Get Wet

Hey Paul/ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart/ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
On Your Own/ The Apples in Stereo/ Electronic Projects for Musicians
Now We Can See/The Thermals/ Now We Can See

Young Hearts Spark Fire/ Japandroids/Post- Nothing
Thy Will Be Done/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control

Outtasite (Outta Mind)/ Wilco/ Being There
This and That and Those/ Quiet Life/ Whale EP
All Things Gonna Come Back Around/ Johnny and the Moon/ Johnny and the Moon

Paths Will Cross/ Josh Ritter/ Josh Ritter
Outta Mind (Outta Sight)/ Wilco/ Being There

This Heart's On Fire/ Wolf Parade/ Apologies to the Queen Mary
Spit On a Stranger/ Pavement/ Terror Twilight
**Shit Luck/ Modest Mouse/ The Lonesome Crowded West

Big Trouble/ Man Man/ Rabbit Habits
Girls Just Want to Have Fun/ Starfucker/ Jupiter
The Melody/ The Mae Shi

Liar/ The Damned/ Machine Gun Etiquette
Dum-Dum/ The Vaselines/ Dum-Dum
Le Fils Du Jaques Dutronc/ King Khan & the Shrines/ What Is?!

Summer Job/ Art Brut/ Art Brut vs. Satan
The Only One/ Manchester Orchestra/ Mean Everything to Nothing
Magic Word/ Fucked Up/ The Chemistry of the Common Life

Budge/ Dinosaur Jr./ Bug
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want/ The Smiths/ Louder Then Bombs
The Denial Twist/ The White Stripes/ Get Behind Me Satan
**Living On A Thin Line/ The Kinks/ Word of Mouth

Take Me Back/ Tinted Windows/ Tinted Windows
**The World At Large/ Modest Mouse/ Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Gypsy Hand/ Woods/ Songs of Shame
Summer of Hate/ Crocodiles/ Summer of Hate
Floating Against the Current/ !DRAMA!?/ Sorry Safari

**Don't Wake The Scarecrow/ The Felice Brothers/ The Felice Brothers

**Denotes Called in Request

The Swine Flu Swagger Show: April 27, 2009 Monday

I like this weather.


DC Comic and Chocolate Milkshakes/ Art Brut/ Art Brut vs Satan

Pick Up the Phone/ Fatal Film/ Sisterwife
Best Friends Arm/ Pavement/ Wowee Zowee
A Teenager In Love/ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart/ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Fire Eye'd Boy/ Broken Social Scene/ Broken Social Scene
Binary Blues/ Years/ Years
The Pharoahs/ Neko Case/ Middle Cyclone
Sing Me Spanish Techno/ The New Pornographers/ Twin Cinema

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?/ She & Him/ Volume One
Between The Bars/ Elliott Smith/ Either Or
Isolation/ Joy Division/ Closer
Boys Don't Cry/ The Cure/ Boys Don't Cry

Sleep Alone/ Bat For Lashes/ Two Suns
House/ Abe Vigoda/ Reviver
Easy Answers/ These Are Powers/ All Aboard Future

Here Should Be My Home/ No Age/ Nouns
Boys In The Attic/ The Mae Shi
7xx7/ The Mae Shi
The Sting of the Tempest Asp/ Brava Spectre

Get Older/ Dan Deacon/ Bromst
Sleepyhead/ Passion Pit/ Chunks of Change

**Catch My Disease/ Ben Lee/ Awake is the New Sleep
I'm Confused/ Handsome Furs/ Face Control
Suspended in Gaffa/ Ra Ra Riot/ The Rhumb Line
Creeper/ Islands/ Arm's Way

Rabbit, Run/ Conversion Party/ More No More
Ouch Ouch Ouch/ Briefs/ Off the Charts
In Your Grave/ King Khan & The Shrines/ What Is?!
Roll Child/ Coin Under Tongue/ Coin Under Tongue

Holy Smoke/ The Royale Brothers
Down to Rest/ O'Death
**Tip Your Way/ The Felice Brothers/ The Felice Brothers

Bullet With Butterfly Wings/ Smashing Pumpkins/Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness


**= Denotes Called in Request