A beautiful Saturday morning, the sun is out, the grass is green and lots of new music on the Morning Flipside. Let's get to it......shall we?


Breeders "Flipside"-The standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

Grand Atlantic "Poison the Vine"
Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 "Resolution"
OFF! "Upside Down"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Shredder"
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Stopping By"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Fervor "Let's Get Loaded"
Wye Oak "Hot as Day"
The Smithereens "One Look At You"
Vivian Girls "I Heard You Say"
The Butterflies "Guitarist"
Fergus & Geronimo "Girls With English Accents"
The People's Temple "Sons of Stone"
The Asteroid #4 "The Unknown"
The Paperhead "Let Me Know"
Pink Floyd "See Emily Play"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" Anne with an E"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Good Night"
Sleeping In the Aviary "YMCA (No, Not that One) "
Wye Oak "Two Small Deaths"
Sleeping in the Aviary "The Very Next Day I Died"
Get Help "It's Only in Your Head"
Two Cow Garage "Lucy and the Butcher Knife"
The Smiths "This Charming Man"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Giant Sand "Pathfinder"
Cults "You Know What I Mean"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"

A dedication to Aiden and Bridget sharing their 15th birthday, Happy Birthday Ladies!!!
The National "Conversation 16"-For Aiden because she thinks she's evil
Telekinesis "Coast of Carolina"-For Bridget because this is one of her favorites.

More new music and disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am May 6. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS! I command you!!!!

Tune in to the Morning Flipside on WQFS. New Music from Jason Isbell, The Smithereens, Crystal Stilts, The People's Temple along with a special announcement about the upcoming Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh. We're on 6-8 am on "Your Only Alternative" WQFS!

Yet another rainy, dreery day in the Triad so I offered a little sunshine on the start of a gray day. New music galore and I get to go off on a tangent today. Let's get to it......shall we?

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

The Asteroid #4 "The Unknown"
Deerhunter "Desire Lines"
The Dogs "Dance More"
White Stripes "Fell In Love with a Girl"

Tangent #1 , a Guided by Voices set with GBV covers and other goodness. Rumor has that they will be playing Hopscotch Festival in September
Western Civ " My Valuable Hunting Knife"
Le Sera "Watch Me Jump Start"
Cymbals Eat Guitars "Gleemer"
Guided By Voices "I Am a Tree" -the original of course

TV on the Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness" -in memory of their bassist/keyboardist Gerard Smith
Vivian Girls "I Heard You Say"
Peace "The Dark"
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
OKkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Surf City "Retro"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Stamp"
Fergus and Geronimo "Unlearn"

Tangent #2, the death set with songs about, well, you know, death....
Wye Oak "Two Small Deaths"
Sleeping in the Aviary "The Very Next Day I Died"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's a Bummer"
Grateful Dead "That's It for the Other One"

Kurt Vile "Peeping Tomboy "
The Smithereens "Only A Memory"
Tristen "Heart and Hope to Die"
Talk Talk "Happiness is Easy"
Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi featuring Jack White "Two Against One"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Slobberbone "Billy Prichard"

More new music and knunkleheaded decisions disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 30. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

A rainy, dreery day in the Triad so I offered a little sunshine on the start of a gray day. A Lot of music, some new, some I played on Wednesday while sitting in for J-. Let's get to it......shall we?


April 16, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

A few weeks back, we started the segment "the Morning Jumpstart" where the first set of music was a little more up tempo.

The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Mission of Burma "1,2,3, Party"
White Hills "Upon Arrival"
No morning jitters..A nice way to start the day sans caffeine, Eh?

My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Iron and Wine "Tree by the River"
The Asteroid #4 "Ignition Slated For Eight"
White Mystery "Blood and Venom"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
Bettye LaVette "Love Reign O' Me (the Who cover)"
The Butterflies "Forklift"
Let's Active "Forty Years"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)"
Fresh and Onlys "Tropical Island Suite"
Lower Dens "Deer Knives"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
Kanye West "Skit #1"
Missing Persons "Walking In LA"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
The Dogs "Dance More"
The Dead Milkmen :Commodify You Dissent"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
Five Eight "Ode to Massachusetts"
Honest Engines "French Song"

More new music and disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 23. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

I had a wonderful opportunity to sit in on the mic for J's Indie Rock Mayhem this past Wednesday. With plenty of new music this was an easy show to prepare for. In the mix we have some special releases for Record Store Day which is today! Let us proceed, shall we?

April 13, 2011 6-8PM

Lower Dens "Deer Knives" -7" vinyl especially release for Record Store Day
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)" off the Pump up the Volume soundtrack
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)" another 7" release for Record Store Day
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Grouplove "Colours"
the Builders and the Butchers "Black Elevator"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
The Spinto Band "Mr Blue Sky (ELO cover)"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk about It?"
Beady Eye "Four Letter Word"

Thanks again to J- for letter sit in for the show. Now back to the regularly scheduled program......

I had a wonderful opportunity to sit in on the mic for J's Indie Rock Mayhem this past Wednesday. With plenty of new music this was an easy show to prepare for. In the mix we have some special releases for Record Store Day which is today! Let us proceed, shall we?

April 13, 2011 6-8PM

Lower Dens "Deer Knives" -7" vinyl especially release for Record Store Day
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)" off the Pump up the Volume soundtrack
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Grouplove "Colours"
the Builders and the Butchers "Black Elevator"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
The Spinto Band "Mr Blue Sky (ELO cover)"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk about It?"
Beady Eye "Four Letter Word"Thanks again to J- for letter sit in for the show. Now back to the regularly scheduled program......

Tonight from 6-8pm, in for J's Indie Rock Mayhem on WQFS your only alternative. Click on the listen icon on the right side to hear it live!!!!

Springtime thunderstorms could not stop the Morning Flipside. Musically, another fantastic show with new releases from the Mountain Goats and New Times Viking. We premiered a special segment today called "the Lead Track" in which we took a look at some classic rock lead tracks that kicked off some of rocks best albums ever made. Let us proceed, shall we?


April 9, 2011 6-8am
Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

A few weeks back, we started the segment "the Morning Jumpstart" where the first set of music was a little more up tempo.

Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Apex Manor "Teenage Blood"
The Red Hills "Seal It Up"

A nice way to start the day sans caffeine, Eh?

The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Grand Atlantic "Poison the Vine"
The Butterflies "Serious Fun"
The Asteroid #4 "Ignition Slated For Eight"
Possum Jenkins "Ruined Road"
Pomegrantes "Anywhere You Go"
Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos "New York City Hotel Blues"
The Beastie Boys "Make Some Noise"
Phineas and the Lonely Leaves "Kids We Used to Be"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"

The "Lead Track" set list, immortalized forever.....

The Replacements "Hold My Life" off 1985's TIM
Pavement "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" off 1991's Slanted and Enchanted
The Rolling Stones "Rocks Off" off 1972's Exile on Main Street
Beck "The Golden Age" off 2002's Sea Change
Breeders "New Year" off 1993's Last Splash
David Bowie "Five Years" off 1972's the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
I enjoyed this segment so much I am going to do it again next month. If you have any requests, let me know. On with the count down...

Dirty Gold "California Sunrise"
Wye Oak "Hot as Day"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Grouplove "Colours"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
New Times Viking "Ever Falling in Love
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's A Bummer"

More new music and loose interpretations of the law on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 16. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS! That's an order.

As for the show that starts 8 Hours from now, we'll be bringing more new music from New Times Viking, Okkervil River, the Beastie Boys, and we will be doing another new segment of lead songs from classic albums... All on the Flipside from 6-8am on Your Only Alternative, 90.9FM

Bless you Kurt, RIP

Springing into the month of April on the Morning Flipside. We featured our first "Comeback from the 80's bands not named REM" segment where we featured new music from the Fleshtones, Gang of Four, The Feelies and the surprise of the week, the first new muse from the Dead Milkmen in 16 years. We also featured new music from the Rosebuds, The Mountain Goats and Okkervil River. With eight hours to spare before we hit the airwaves.

April 2, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.
White Mystery "Blood and Venom"
Crocodiles "Billy Speed"
Wavves "Post Acid"
Builders and Butchers "We all know the Way"
Five Eight "Ode to Massachusetts"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Stamp"
The Mountain Goats "Never Quite Free"
The Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk About it?"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
Boats "Forever in Armitron"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Peter Murphy "Final Solution"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Yuck "Doctors in My Bed"
TV on the Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness"
Cults "You know What I Mean"
Sundrelles "Can't Win"
Corin Tucker Band "Doubt"
Sun Volt "Jet Pilot"
REM "Uberlin"
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul"
Gang of Four "Never Pay for the Farm"
The Feelies "Should be Gone"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars"
The Smiths "Big Mouth Strikes Again"
Smith Westerns "Weekend"
The Skygreen Leopards "Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass"

More new music and hi jinks on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 9. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

Oh my god! New music from the Dead Milkmen. First the Gang of Four, then the Feelies, now this? The 80's are still alive!