Newsworthy Ghost Island


Show 10 by David
April 28, 2007, 2:54 pm
Filed under: Playlists

1. The New Pornographers – Jackie, Dressed in Cobras

2. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Line

3. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Cowboy Book Club

4. Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasthi- Chaiyya Chaiyya

5. Myra Casales – Is it love?

6. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Cowboy Cryptozoologists

7. Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts – Chicago

8. Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer



Episode Ten: by David
April 28, 2007, 2:53 pm
Filed under: Episodes

In this episode:

* Several discussions of the Storm Trooper corps in the Star Wars Galactic Empire’s Imperial Navy (like, seriously, it is the only thing we talk about.)

* The Ghost of Cowboys Past comes by and tells us two stories:

– The Cowboy Book Club! – Salty, trailworn cowpokes discuss great works of English literature.

– Cowboy Cryptozoologists – The return of Curtis, Leroy, and Moira! Recall, they are the libertarian ranchers to whom weird things happen.

* more discussion of stormtroopers

* pretty cool music.

Episode The Tenth!



Show 9 by David
April 21, 2007, 2:19 pm
Filed under: Playlists

1. The Cat Empire – Hello Hello

2. Jethro Tull – Fat Man*

3. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Merlock Bones in The Curious Adventure of the Talcum Spot

4. Cab Calloway – Are You Hep To The Jive

5. Cibo Matto – Spoon

6. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Artemis St. Claire in The Andean Wombat

7. Casper and the Cookies – Hey, Mr. Superstar

8. Kings of Leon – Charmer **

9. Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts – Rush

* From Stand Up because it is the better version.

** terrible song. we played, like, 45 seconds of it.



Episode Nine: “He had a sort of dulled intensity, like a spoon made of butter.” by David
April 21, 2007, 2:18 pm
Filed under: Episodes

In this episode:

* we get mail from a fake African banker, a mysterious technological supergenius, and Don Imus!

* Artemis St. Claire, the hottest ghost detective ever, comes in, (bothers Alex) and tells us stories!

* Merlock Bones in The Curious Adventure Of The Talcum Spot

* Artemis St. Claire in The Andean Wombat

* Meanwhile, we play music and get more confused than a poodle dipped in pudding.

The episode!

Enjoy!

-David



Show 8 by David
April 15, 2007, 4:36 pm
Filed under: Playlists

1. Mark Soskin – Piano Bar 1 *

2. Spoon – My Mathematical Mind

3. Cyrus Chestnut – Brother Hawky Hawk*

4. The Decemberists – July, July!

5. Cyrus Chestnut – Brother With The Mint Green Vine*

6. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Mr. Jeffries’ Locality

7. Cyrus Chestnut – Welllll!*

8. Cheeseburger – Money For The Heart

9. Maceo Parker – Elephant’s Foot

10. Electroluvs – Spooky

11. Gorillaz – Dirty Harry

* denotes ‘played under pledge drive segment’



Episode Eight: The Pledge Drive! by David
April 15, 2007, 3:43 pm
Filed under: Episodes

This week, we had a pledge drive! You can still pledge your support to the Newsworthy Ghost Island Team by sending us an e-mail: Newsworthyghost@gmail.com

In this episode:

* The Pledge Drive! We talk at length about supporting the show (and rescuing us)

* A visit from the Ghost Of Public Television Past gives us Mr. Jeffries’ Locality, a charming bit of children’s programming

* some nifty tunes

Episode The Eighth



Episode Seven: Yarr. by David
April 8, 2007, 5:57 pm
Filed under: Episodes

Episode The Seventh
In this episode:

* an argument about Pokémon

* The station tries to eat us

* Alex’s Dino-mentary!

* PIRATES  (and BEN FRANKLIN)!

A jolly good time, I’d say.

– David Rheinstrom



Show 7 by David
April 8, 2007, 3:54 pm
Filed under: Episodes

1. The Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes

2. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Alex and The Dinosaurs

3. Humble Pie – 79th and Sunset

4. The Arctic Monkeys – Brainstorm

5. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Ship Of Science

6. The Coach And Four – Hello, Destroyer

7. Pompeii – Ten Hundred Lights

8. Pocahontas Soundtrack – Mine, Mine, Mine



Show 6 by David
April 2, 2007, 3:54 pm
Filed under: Playlists

1. Cake – Love You Madly

2. Steve Goodman -Turnpike Tom

3. Newsworthy Ghost Island – Montana Morris

4. Andrew Bird – Cock o’ the Walk

5. Hep Cat – Nigel

6. Moxy Früvous – King Of Spain

7. Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Telephone
8. White Stripes – Little Ghost

9. Sufjan Stevens – The Mistress Witch from McClure

10. Newsworthy Ghost Island – The Island Madness Blues

11. J.E. Borgen – Midnight Sun



Episode Six: I don’t want your Nazi hoagies, you fascist scum! by David
April 2, 2007, 12:29 pm
Filed under: Episodes

This week, our show got eaten by the Weather Gods, or some such.

So after our initial broadcast we went back and re-recorded everything, with different microphones (you’ll notice it sounds different).

Episode The Sixth

Alex is still working on her dino-mentary from last week, so expect that soon.

In this episode:

Lots of excellent music!

An awesome sketch from the Ghost Of Pulp Heroes Past

The Return of Gnorman The Gnome!

-David R