Set List 5/11/11 ***Last show on this time slot***

My last show on this time slot! Here's the link to my new blog. 

Galt MacDermott—Ripped Open By Metal Explosions

Shirley Bassey—Goldfinger

Spaceheater—Ghostplant

El Michels Affair—Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Nomo—New Song

Cal Tjader—Azucar Mama

Andy Harlow—Batumbique

Xavier Cugat—Ritmo Tropical

Willie Colon—Hustler

Ricardo Levmo & Makina Luca—Mambo Yo Yo

Cortijo Y Su Manquina Del Tiempo—Gumbo

Joe Bataan—Latin Soul

Eddie Russ—See the Light

Candido—Succulent

Tito Puente—El Timbal

Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey—Minsatole, Mo Dayihome

Mercury Dance Band—Envy No Good

William Onyeabar—Better Change Your Mind

Fela Kuti—Let’s Start

Mulatu Astatke—Emnete

Deadline—Boat People

Charles Bradley—In You (I Found a Love)

Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators—No One’s Gonna Love You

Adele—Lovesong

Sugarman 3 f/ Naomi Davis—The Promised Land

Breakestra f/ Afrodyte—Come on Over

Oscar Peterson & the Trio Set—Pompton Turnpike

Wes Montgomery—Trust in Me

Erroll Garner—My Heart Stood Still

Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Seranaders—If I Had a Talking Picture of You

Tatum/Blakely/Rich—I’ll Never Be the Same

Gene Krupa with Buddy Steward—Lyonaise Potatoes and Some Pork Chops

Set List 5/4/11

1. David McCallum-- The Edge
2. Stephen Marley-- You're Gonna Leave
3. John Williams-- Cantina Song
4. Benny Goodman-- Sing, Sing, Sing
5. Jack McDuff-- Juju
6. Antonio Carlos Jobim-- Remember
7. Thelonius Monk-- Monk's Dream
8. Fela! The Musical-- Zombie
9. William Onyeabur-- Better Change Your Mind
10. Nicola Conte-- Missione a Bombay
11. Romane-- Gypsy Fire
12. Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grapelli-- Rose Room
13. Cal Tjader-- Descargo Cubana
14. Oscar Peterson-- I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
15. Nina Simone-- Poppies
16. Errol Garner-- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
17. Kenny Burrell-- Love You Madly
18. Louis Prima-- Banana Split for My Baby
19. The Cool Crooners of Bulawayo -- I Van Enkulu
20. Atomic Fireballs-- Man With the Hex
21. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra-- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
22. Keely Smith-- That Old Black Magic
23. Charles Bradley-- In You (I Found a Love)
24. Adele-- Rumour Has It
25. Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears-- Booty City
26. Horace Silver-- Filthy McNasty
27. Fats Waller-- Ain't Misbehavin'
28. The 5 Royals-- Laundromat Blues
29. Your Song is Good-- A Short Vacation
30. Brazzaville-- Xanax and 3 Hours of TV
31. Sergio Mendes-- Oma e a Chao (The Sea is My Soul)
32. Dizzy Gillespie Y Machito-- Exuberante
33. Tito Puente-- Pachanga Flute
34. Sarah Vaughan-- Black Coffee\
35. Tonda Trio-- Time Afta
36. Quantic-- Bomb in a Trumpet Factory
37. Bonobo with Fink-- If You Stayed Over

4/27/11 Set List

1) 1)DJ Drez and Marty Williams—Reason for Funk

2) 2) Kyoto Jazz Massive—Eclipse

3) 3) Bonobo—The Fever

4) 4) Dam Funk—Sunset

5) 5)Billie Holiday Remixed and Reimagined—You’re So Desirable )Sunday People Remix)

6) 6)El Michel’s Affair—C.R.E.A.M.

7) 7)Nouvelle Vague—Dancing with Myself

8) 8)Soul Bossa Trio—A Bit Tricky

9) 9)Mayer Hawthorne—Shiny and New

10) 10) Richie Havens—Sandy

11) 11) Cal Tjader—Vibe Mambo

12) 12) Oscar Peterson—Mas Que Nada

13) 13) Ernest Ranglin—Tico Tico

*Tracks 14- 23 are my ‘what if’ set for the Whata Gwan event at Mercury Bar. Meaning, if I were to DJ for that event, this is what my set list would be like. Haha.

14) 14) John Holt—The Girl From Ipanema

15) 15) Alton Ellis—What Does it Take (To Win Your Love)

16) 16) Jimmy London and the Impact All Stars—Love is a Hurting Thing

17) 17) Derrick Harriot—Go Away Dream

18 18) Ken Boothe—That’s the Way Nature Planned It

19)19) Dave Barker—Prisoner of Love

2020) Delroy Wilson—Good to Me

21) 21) Dave and Ansel Collins—Keep on Trying

22 22) Otis Gayle—I’ll Be Around

2323) Betty Padgett—My Eyes Adore You

****aaaaaaand that’s the end of that****

24)Emory and the Dynamics—Pretty Little School Girl

25) Barbara Lynn—Second Fiddle Girl

26) So Nice (Summer Samba) — Astrud Gilberto

27) Lavay Smith—Busy Woman’s Blues

28) Carolina Chocolate Drops—Why Don’t You Do Right

29) Nina Simone—Love Me or Leave Me

30) Dorothy Ashby—Little Sunflower

31) Freddie Hubbard—Happy Times

32) Phineas Newborn Jr—Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You

33) Little Beaver—Party Down

34) Jimmy McGriff—All About My Girl

35) Kenny Burrell—I Never Knew

36) Modern Jazz Quartet-- The Golden Striker

37) “Brother” Jack McDuff—Butter (For Yo Popcorn)

38) Budos Band—Nobody’s Bullet Proof

39) Lou Donaldson—Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On)

40) Sammy Nestico—Shore Line Drive

41) Charles Bradley w/ Menahan Street Band—The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

Set List 4/20/11

Special thanks to the Professa (former KTUH DJ, Science of Soul) for making a guest appearance!

4/20/11 Set List

1. Freddie Hubbard—Happy Times
2. Dorothy Ashby—Little Sunflower
3. Woody Herman and the Herd—Jazz Hoot
4. Louis Jordan—Trouble Then Satisfaction
5. Ahmad Jamal—“Poinciana” The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings (Epic/Legacy)
6. Souljazz Orchestra—Lotus Flower
7. Serge Gainsbourg—Coco & Co
8. Sammy Netisco—Shore Line Drive
9. Andy Harlow—Batumbique
10. Amadou & Mariam—Ce Ne’st Pas Bon
11. Nation Beat—“A Vida Fava Tao Boa” Legends of the Preacher (Modiba)

12. Affonsinho—Estrelas de Estrelas

13. George Shearing—One Note Samba

14. Mountain Mocha Kilamanjaro—A Woman Changed My Life

15. Chicago Afrobeat Project—Carcass

16. Mulatu Astatke—Sabye

17. Charles Earland—The Mighty Burner

18. Brazilian Girls—Pussy

19. Harlem Underground—Smoking Cheeba Cheeba

20. 10 ft Ganja Plant—Soul Love

21. The Budos Band—Smoke Gets In

22. Nujabes—Feather

23. Q-Tip—Let’s Ride

24. Mos Def—Mathematics

25. Black Star/Mos Def/Talib Kweli—Astronomy- 8th Light

26. Wudos Band—Killa Bees Live

27. Quantic—Sweet Calling f/ Alice Russell

28. Mr. Scruff—Come Alive

29. Bonobo f/ Bajka—Nightlife

30. Sleepwalker—Resurrection (Tokyo Night Mix)

31. Chin Chin—Appetite

32. George Benson—Giblet Gravy

33. The Liberators—Liberation f/ Afro Moses

34. Teshome Moteku—Hasabe

35. Donny Hathaway—Jealous Guy

Oh!!!!! So I have 2 LIVE DJ sets coming up. Forgot to mention one of them on the air, and recently confirmed the other.

1) Sunday, April 24 from 3-5 PM . TRANSFORM : Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition at University of Hawai'i Art Gallery and Commons Gallery

2) Sunday, May 1 from 7-8PM. Fresh Market at Fresh Cafe

Set List from Wednesday 4/13/11

1) black joe lewis and the honeybears--black snake
2) los chicharrons- ma do nar remix
3) nation beat-- i'm so lonesome I could cry
4) carolina chocolate drops- hit em up style
5) aggrolites--country man fiddle
6) rhythm doctors-- jesse's song
7) tokyo ska paradise orchestra-- rainy day (victor rice dub)
8) otis gayle--i'll be around
9) john holt-- I don't want to see you cry
10) mice teeth--brown
11) sugar minot-- exit music (for a film)
12) breakestra featuring afrodyte--come on over
13) the bamboos--funky buttercup
14) willie colón--hustler
15) tito puente and his orchestra-- timbal
16) cal tjader-- vibe mambo
17) phirpo y sus caribes--comencecomos
18) affonsinho-- vagalumes
19) ernest ranglin-- tico tico
20) babatunde olatunji-- akiwowo
21) the liberators-- multicultural
22) chicago afrobeat project-- chupacabra
23) mulatu astake-- emnete
24) amadou and mariam-- djama
25) ramsey lewis-- uptight (everything's all right)
26) kenny burrell--don't cry baby
27) jack mcduff-- blues and tonic
28) jimmy mcgriff-- miss poopie

29) oscar peterson-- night train

30) ernie freeman-- the stripper
31) modern jazz stars-- why not
32) j.j. Johnson-- old devil moon
33) etta james-- nobody loves you like me
34) adele-- lovesong
35) sarah vaughan-- tea for two (chris shaw remix )
36) quantic-- undelivered letters
37) toro y moi-- divina

Set List4/6/11

1. Mayer Hawthorne—Shiny & New
2. Raphael Saadiq w/ Joss Stone—Just One Kiss
3. Galt MacDermot—Ripped Open By Metal Explosions
4. John Klemmer—Free Soul
5. The Atomic Fireballs—Starve a Fever
6. Etta James—Good Rockin’ Daddy
7. Billie Holiday—What a Little Moonlight Can Do
8. The Bamboos—Funky Buttercup
9. The Chicago Afrobeat Project—Superstar # 7
10. Cal Tjader—Vibe Mambo
11. Soul Bossa Trio—A Bit Tricky
12. Nostalgia 77—After Ararat
13. The Liberators featuring Afro Moses—Liberation
14. Poets of Rhythm—Ham Gallery
15. Yusef Lateef—Love Theme From Spartacus
16. Nujabes—The Final View
17. Bonobo—The Fever
18. Medeski, Martin, and Wood—First Time, Long Time
19. George Benson Quartet—The Cooker
20. Jack McDuff—Scuffin
21. Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grapelli—Ultra Fox
22. See Spot—Mercy Mercy Baby
23. After Hours—Because
24. Jackie Edwards—What You Gonna Do
25. Sugar Minot (Easy Star All-Stars) —Exit Music (For a Film)
26. Cedric “Im” Brooks—Ethiopia
27. Mulatu Astake w/ MEnelik Wossenatchen—Firkratchin
28. Eddie Harris—Listen Here
29. Bonobo featuring Fink—If You Stayed Over
30. Anita O’Day—I Fall In Love Too Easily
31. 6iJazz—Hey Ya!
32. Sarah Vaughan—Tea for Two (Chris Shaw remix)
33. J.J. Johnson—Turnpike
34. Little Tempo—Exotic Dub
35. Phirpo y Sus Caribes—Comencecomos
36. Cortijo Su Maquina Del Tiempo—Gumbo
37. Joe Bataan--Fin

Set List 3-30-11

1) Ernest Ranglin--Tico Tico

2) Ego Wrappin-- Samba De Orfeu

3) Adele--He won't Go

4) 45 (aka Swing-O)-- Sole Muzic

5) Mayer Hawthrone-- Maybe So, Maybe No (Instrumental)

6) Aaron Neville--Tell It Like It Is

7) Eartha Kitt--I Want To Be Evil

8) El Michel's Affair-- Musings To Myself

9) The Liberators--Multicultural

10) Jimmy Smith--These Foolish Things

11) Billie Holiday--Gloomy Sunday

12) Kenny Burrell--All of You

13) Your Song is Good--A Short Vacation

14) Duffy--Stay With Me

15) Jimmy London--Love is a Hurting Thing

16) Blue Beat Stompers-- Soul On Fire

17) Ramsey Lewis-- Summer Samba

18) Dee Felice Trio-- Summer in the City

19) Little Beaver--Party Down

20) Breakestra featuring Afrodyte--Come on Over

21) Wes Montgomery--Tear It Down

22) Dinah Washington--TV is the Thing This Year

23) Bulljun--Cold Stone Jazz

24) Morcheeba--Undress Me Now

25) Nujabes--Modal Soul

26) DJ Drez & Marty Williams--I Look Fly

27) Tonda Trio--Time Afta

28) Etta James--Stormy Weather

29) Raphael Saadiq--Keep Marchin' On

30) The Bamboos--Tighten Up

31) Tito Puente--Mambo La Roca

32) Les Baxter-- Time and Pleasure

33) Serge Gainsbourg--Du Jazz Dans La Ravin

34) Los Chicharrons--Ma Do Nar

35) Milt Jackson--Opus de Funk

36) Frank Pleyer Big Band--Sally

37) Stephen Marley--Lonely Avenue

38) Bagdad Cafe The Trenchtown--New Days

39) Brother Jack McDuff--April in Paris

40) Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane--Nutty

41) The Cat Empire--Hello

Subbing Set List 3/26/11

Aloha, all! So I had the opportunity to sub an open time slot, 6-9 am this Saturday. I usually work on Saturdays but had time off from work, so I was able to fill in. It was a lot of fun going on when there were more local listeners. I like getting feedback from the listeners so feel free to let me know what you think. Here's my set list for your enjoyment!

xoxo,

Michelle LaBelle (aka Mish)

1) The Cat Empire--Hello

2)Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby-- Now You Has Jazz

3) Miles Davis--Spanish Key

4) Eddie Palmieri-- Mare Nostrum

5) Horace Silver--Peace

6) The Aggrolites--Dreaming of Erie

7) Alton Ellis--Why Birds Follow Spring

8) Emory and the Dynamics-- Pretty Little Schoolgirl

9) Betty Padgett--My Eyes Adore You

10) Ken Boothe-- Ain't No Love

11) Otis Gayle-- I'll Be Around

12) Bog Andy--Desperate Lover

13) Toots and the Maytals featuring Bonnie Raitt--True Love is Hard To Find

14) Wilson-- Keep On Keeping On

15) The Temptations-- Who You Gonna Run To?

16) Nina Simone-- Love Me or Leave Me

17) Barbara Lynn-- Second Fiddle Girl

18) Astrud Gilberto-- So Nice (Summer Samba)

19) Madeleine Peyroux-- Smile

20) Tsuyoshi Kawakami and His Moodmakers-- Walk On By

21) Art Farmer-- Soul Sides

22) Kenny Burrell--Be Yourself

23) Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane-- Nutty

24) Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens--What is This?

25) El Michel's Affair--Detroit Twice

26) Charles Bradley featuring Menahan Street Band--The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

27) Ramsey Lewis Trio--As Criancinhas

28) Richie Havens--Sandy

29) Kaori Kumi--Kami Ga Yureteiru

30) Osaka Monaurail--Alligator Boogaloo

31) Yesterdays New Quintet--Mestizo Eyes

32) Poets of Rhythm--Fondle Rock

33) Sex Mob--Nobody Does it Better

34) Dick Hyman-- Flute Loop

35) Jack McDuff--Theme from Electric Surfboard

36) J Boogie's Dubtronic Science featuring the Rebirth and Aima the Dreamer-- Leave it All Behind

37) Quantic--Apricot Morning

Set List 3/23/11

The Wu-Tang Clan x The Budos Band

1) Hepcat--Dance Wid' Me

2) Alton Ellis-- Good Night Sweetheart

3) The Aggrolites--Dreamin of Erie from the album Rugged Road (Young Cub)

4)Chris Joss-- Drink Me Hot

5) Illinois Jacquet-- Bottoms Up

6)Nomo--New Song

7) Andy Harlow-- Batumbique

8) Sugarman & Co--Down To It

9)Maceo Parker & Kym Mazelle--Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)

10) Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers--The Busy Woman's Blues

11) Mayer Hawthorne-- Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'

12) Carolina Chocolate Drops-- Why Don't You Do Right

13) A Million Bamboo--Osaka Bound

14) Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro-- A Woman Changed My Life

15) Bonobo--The Fever

16) Nostalgia 77-- You & Me

17) Milt Jackson--Stairway to the Stars

18) The Budos Band--Monkey See, Monkey Do

19) Oscar Peterson--Soulville Samba

20) Ramsey Lewis--Money in the Pocket

21) King Floyd--Groove Me Baby

22) Bull Moose Jackson-- Big Ten Inch

23) The Caroloregians--Pum Pum Hotel

24) Willie Hightower--Somebody Have Mercy

25) Adele--Rolling in the Deep from the album 21 (XL/Columbia Records)

26) Ahmad Jamal-- Bossa Nova Do Marilla

27) Raphael Saadiq f/Joss Stone--Just One Kiss

28) D'Angelo--Feel Like Makin' Love

29) Taggy Matcher--Hypnotize-- f/Notorious B.I.G.

30) Wudos Band--Killa Bees Live

31) Portishead--It Could Be Sweet

32) Astrud Gilberto--Who Needs Forever (Thievery Corporation Remix)

33) Quantic--Meet Me at the Pomegranate Tree

34) Sarah Vaughan-- Tea For Two (Chris Shaw Remix)

35) Chin-Chin--Go There With You (Late Night Sexy Time Remix by Ticklah)

36) Norah Jones--That's What I Said (NYC Remix with Ad Rock & Mike D)

37) Nightmares on Wax --Flip Ya Lid

38) Outkast--Spottieottiedopalicious (Aquemini Instrumental)

39) Joe Bataan--Fin

Set List 3/16/2011

1) JJ Johnson--Too Marvelous for Words

2) Julie London--You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To

3) Dave Brubek Quartet--"Blue Rondo a la Turk" Legacy of a Legend (Legacy Records)

Joe Morello, Dave Brubek's drummer for 12 1/2 years, recently died at the age of 82. He was konwn for his unusual time signatures. Wrote books on drum technique including "Master Studies" and made an instructional video for Hot Licks called "Natural Approach to Technique". Recipient of Hudson Music's first Teacher Integration Program Lifetime Achievement award in June 2010.

4) Los Chicharrons-- "Ma Do Nar" Roots of Life (Tummy Touch Records)

5) Joe Cuba Sextet--Ooh! Aah!

6) Mulatu Astatke--Emnete

7) John Coltrane-- Trane's SLO Blues (aka Slowtrane)

8) The Slackers--Sarah

9) Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People

10) Slim Smith and the Uniques-- My Conversation (B-Side, Conversation Version)

11) Martin Denny--Aloha, I Love You

12) Rocking Time-- Piano Ballad Part 2

13)Soil and "Pimp" Sessions--We Want More!

14) Sir Charles Thompson--Benson Alley

15) Tito Puente and His Orchestra-- Mambo Macoco

16) Louie Vega and the EOL Band--Aphrodite

17) Ruriko Asaoka--Siam-Neko Wo Diate

Bossa-Kayo. Kayo is "Japanese Pop" in retro lingo. Ruriko Asaoka is a Japanese actress that was born in China. One of the first glamourous stars of Japan in the 1960s and 70s.

18) Melody Gardot--Les Etoiles

19)Sahiib Shihab--Not Yet

20) Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears-- "Black Snake" Scandalous (Lost Highway Records)

21) Dorothy Ashby-- "The Moving Finger" The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby

A Rubaiyat is a collection of ruba'i, a form of Persian poetry. Best known example: the rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 2 lines long, rhyme in the middle and the end of the lines. Dorothy Ashby is from Chicago. Her albums are released on Cadet records but are extremely rare.

Here's the set list for now. Come back for the youtube video links!Next week I will be on at 3-6 am on Wednesday. Papa Hirsch will be moving on to Monday at 3-6 am. We're stoked because we have 3 hours each instead of half an hour. It's about that time for us to maximize the time on the airwaves! Thanks for tuning in! :-)

Set list from 3/9/11

Aloha, everyone! I had a great time on the air for an hour and a half. I went on for the second block (4:30 am HST to 6:00 am HST). Papa Hirsch was on the air from 3:00am to 4:30 am. I think we might switch it up next week and I will go on first. I was a little too pumped up afterwards and didn't nap much after the show, then had to work at the salon at 9:00 am. Craziness. hahaha.

Okay, here's my set list (with Youtube links if available):

1) Monty Alexander-- Inner City Blues (also known as Monticello)

2) Eskargot Miles-- Ivory Drop

3) Tsuyoshi Kawakami and His Moodmakers--I Wish You Love

4) Thelonius Monk-- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

5) Nina Simone-- My Baby Just Cares for Me

This video is too cute. It has claymation cats singing, dancing, and playing Nina Simone!

6) Mr. Scruff featuring Alice Russell-- Music Takes Me Up

7) The Bamboos--In the Bamboo Groove

From Melbourne, Australia. Not to be confused with the 1980s band also called the Bamboos from Perth, Australia. Formed in 2000 with New Zealand-born guitarist Lance Ferguson. Played as backing band for Alice Russell, Quantic, and Joe Bataan.

8) Candi Staton-- I'm Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin')

9) Menahan Street Band-- Montego Sunset

Analog recording in a bedroom in Brooklyn, NY. Comprised of members of Antibalas, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, El Michel's affair. Dunham Records (subdivision of Daptone).

10) The Sand Dollars-- Waterloo Sunset

Side project of Dan Ubick (from Breakestra).

11) John Holt-- For the Love of You

Originally by the Isley Brothers

12) The Souljazz Orchestra-- Lotus Flower

From Ottawa, Canada. Current album "Rising Sun" just got a Juno Award Nomination for "Instrumental Album of the Year". The Junos are the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys.

13) Betty Padgett--Rocking Chair

Originally by Gwen McRae. Written by Clarence "Blowfly" Reid, who also wrote for KC and the Sunshine Band. Came up with the "Blowfly" persona to create dirty parodies of songs and original raps themed around sex. Late 1970s and 1980s.

14) Clifford Brown-- Cookin'

Injured in a car accident in an early part of his career. Spent a year recovering in a hospital. Dizzy Gillespie visited him and persuaded him to continue to play the trumpet. He didn't use drugs or alcohol. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash in 1956 on a rainy night.

15) Gene Harris and the Three Sounds--The Book of Slim

16) Amy Winehouse-- Cupid

Originally by Sam Cooke. A cover of a cover: Johnny Nash did a version in 1969. He was the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. He's originally from Texas.

17) Dionne Bromfield-- Tell Him

Only 13 years old when she recorded the album, currently 15 year old. Amy Winehouse's god daughter. I found a YouTube video with Amy singing backup for Dionne on a show called "Strictly Come Dancing". She has a new single out called "Yeah Right" featuring Diggy Simmons, son of Russell Simmons.

18) Mary Lou Williams--My Blue Heaven

Female jazz pianist, wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.

19) Ramsey Lewis Trio--Uptight (Everything's All Right)

20) Megalodon--Swamp Stomp

From the album "Edible". Data Music Studios. Recently released (January 2011)

Thank you so much to those who tuned in. Even got a caller asking for a track title. Yay! I'm very excited; I can't wait to go on again next week. Til next time......

xoxo,

M

Long time no see.....

....wow, it really has been quite a while since I updated. So much has been going on since I last posted here. I'll spare you the details, but for the most part it's been amazing. Work and school has been fun and fulfilling, enjoying time with the loved ones.

I'm finally a DJ trainee at KTUH 90.3 FM Honolulu! Yes! I passed my Policies and Procedures test this morning and begin my probationary period. For those of you who don't know, KTUH is the University of Hawai'i's student-run radio station. It's one of the last few in the United States. 24 hour live DJs playing different genres unlike typical commercial radio. It's like NPR's cooler cousin. Well, except lately NPR has been churning out some atypical NPR stuff like Wu Tang, Raphael Saadiq, K'naan, Jay Z on their Tiny Desk concert series or on All Things Considered. So awesome! Anyway, back to KTUH. I'm planning on playing mostly jazz and jazz-influenced tracks including (but not limited to) jump blues, big band, bop, cool, crooner, lounge, exotica, vintage Jamaican, funk, soul, jazz hip-hop, downtempo. But no smooth jazz. No soprano saxophones, k thanks!

With that being said, I'm going to start posting my playlists from my training sessions (probationary period) to get into the habit. That way when I have my actual time slot and show, I'll have a good idea of what I want to post and how.

Allrighty, here's my playlist! I included links to the Youtube page, except for the last one cos there isn't a video for it.

1) Poinciana-- Ahmad Jamal

2) Good Rocking Daddy-- Etta James
3) I Wanna Ride You--Medeski Martin and Wood
4) Sally--Frank Pleyer Big Band

This track is the opener on Strange Breaks and Mr. Thing Volume II. It's a mix by Mr. Thing formerly from Scratch Perverts, a collective group of turntablists from London. The mix also has Alan Tew Orchestra's version of the Pink Panther Theme as well as "ABC" by Hot Butter and Soul. I don't know much abour Frank Pleyer except he's German. Looked online to see if there's anything else but this track is also on Dusty Groove's Dusty Fingers Volume 12.
5) Will Do-- TV on the Radio (new single for the album "Nine types of
Light" on Interscope records, dropping on April 12)
6) Coco & Co--Serge Gainsburg
7) I'm All Right--Madeleine Peyroux
8) Back on the Track-- Jimmy McGriff
9) Onsen Monogatari--Little Tempo

Ahhhhh, I'm still getting used to the technical stuff but it's a lot of fun being on the air. I will have a longer play list next time. We had our training session so I didn't get to play as much as I would've liked, but there will be more opportunities for that! I'm very excited and happy. If you happen to be an insomniac in Hawai'i or listening elsewhere in the world via online at ktuh.org, I'd love for you to tune in. As of now I will be on the air 3:00am-6:00 am HST on Wednesdays. Papa Hirsch (playing mostly funk and soul) will also be on the air during that time slot. We're going to split it and probably each do hour and a half sets, and I will most likely go first. Either way, you should tune in for the whole thing because we'll offer a fun mix for you folks.

Oh, so my DJ name will be Michelle LaBelle. My full name's Michelle and I'm named after the Beatles song! Years ago I thought of using Mish Money-Penny but it's a bit too cute. I'm a lady now, I'm all growns up. Sort of. Hahaha!

Anyway, going to head out now for some food snobbery. Hope you enjoy the playlist and tune in to the only station that loves you.