Listen on KTUH 90.1FM Honolulu, 91.1FM North Shore, digital cable 866 or online at ktuh.org
Follow me on Facebook and/or Soundcloud!
Playlists with album links on Spinitron.
Listen to previous shows! Mixcloud Audio archives

Saturday, January 31, 2015



This show is dedicated to my friend Art Tani, who passed away recently of cancer but lived a long, fulfilling life.  His memorial service is next Saturday. Thank you, Art, for all the wonderful memories!

Note: DJ Ryan will be hosting the Happyoblivion Show on February 7 and 14 (Valentine's Day!).  I'll be back February 21. 

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
the lodger - the good old days
belle & sebastian ~ the party line "girls in peacetime want to dance" [matador]
unlikely friends - soft reputation
doggy - dame estrellas o limones (France)
the arctic flow - every star is ours
12:20pm
monogold ~ holograms "this bloom" [s/r]
amason ~ Älgen "sky city" [fairfax]
tape waves - hanging on
the silent love - my sunny day (Indonesia)
belle ghoul - around for the weekend
theatre royal - french riviera 1988
12:40pm
René - Confesiones Tirado En La Pista De Baile (Fear Of Tigers Remix)
would-be-goods - temporary best friend
the electric pop group - postcard
tahiti 80 - seven seas
the dodos ~ bubble "individ" [polyvinyl]
neshband - bulan [Indonesia]
1:00pm
the gentle isolation - faraway [Philippines]
letting up despite great faults - teenage tide
san francisco - tuno, tuno, tuno (Spain)
ski lodge - trust (TENNIS remix)
skittle alley - boy meets girl
ACBs - feel winter
1:20pm Surf Set 
tikiyaki orchestra - lotus operandi
y niwl - dauddegpump
sea lions - hevenu shalom alechem
big surf - ace 10
the kilaueas - malaguena
the surfites - waggin' your tail (the royal vikings)
the surfaders - dragstrip murder mystery
1:40pm
panda bear ~ butcher baker candlestick maker "panda bear meats the grim reaper" [domino]
Superété - Martina Feliz (Spain)
bodyheat - silhouettes (Scotland)
the silent love - why don't you love me (Indonesia)
the jangleberries - only a tuesday (Australia)
high hazels - banging on my door (UK)
2:00pm--Bands from Japan 2-3pm
shin rizumu - if you hear a bell
teen runnings - stars
for tracy hyde - shady lane sherbet
lamp japan - tears to spread
2:20pm
juvenile juvenile ~ i love only when you're cute "our great escape" [flake]
boyish ~ madogiwa no shojo "sketch for 8000 days moratorium" [dead funny]
curumi chronicle - seventeen
fandaze - big socks
post modern team - listen in the time
kensei ogata - her twinkle eyes
2:40pm
tsuchiyamakoto - if i fell
the fin. ~ silver from over the river "days with uncertainty" [s/r]
youth genius - flowers on her skirt
moscow club - radio vietnam
mayu kitaki - latata
tokyo ska paradise orchestra - high numbers

Saturday, January 24, 2015


I would venture to say that indie popsters--like you wonderful listeners--are the kindest, most accepting, and thoughtful people in the world.  Always your own person--so definitely not a cog in the wheel, perhaps a little sad on the inside from time to time as a reflection of your sensitivity and compassion, but striving to be positive and making your part of the world a better place. 

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
bodyheat - silhouettes (Scotland)
talking bush - tell me (Russia)
for tracy hyde - first regrets (Japan)
ablebody - after hours
oscar - daffodil days
12:20pm
teen runnings - sightseeing (Japan)
sleepy seeds - herman
the very most - you're in love with the sun
the orchids - she's just a girl (Scotland)
12:40pm
slow decades - the chaos
arsenic! - broken all your toys
tsuchiyamakoto - on the way home (Japan)
juvenile juvenile - memories [flake] "our great escape" (Japan)
unlikely friends - satellite station
the jangleberries - boyhood heroes (Australia)
high hazels - hearts are breaking (UK)
1:00pm
boyish ~ heartwarm guitar "sketch for 8000 days moratorium" [dead funny records]
the decibels - radio
native america ~ all about you "grown up wrong" [inflated records]
attic lights - hit and miss
literature - jimmy
humsikk - morning TV (Indonesia)
belle & sebastian - blues are still blue
1:20pm Surf Set
aqua velvets - holly tiki
dick dale & the del-tones - surf beat
the kilaueas - black phantom twang
man or astro-man? - taco wagon
the meltones - the perfect wave
nebulas - uhura
the surfites - marching robots
1:40pm
the camerawalls - a gentle persuasion (Philippines)
dragonfly collector - dragonfly collector (Philippines)
the orielles - space doubt (UK)
PEP - all the love i got (Marvelettes cover)
the yearning - how will i know? "Dreamboats & Lemonade" [elefant]
the school - and suddenly
heavenly - our love is heavenly
2:00pm
tahiti 80 - seven seas (France)
violens - doomed
summer fiction - lauren lorraine
dream carousel - these little things (Philippines)
the primitives - spin-o-rama
lia pamina - cómo es (Spain)
2:20pm
die sterne - widerschein (Germany)
pushy parents - secret secret
acid house kings - what you wanna do
the sullivans - optimism
cooper ~ hipsters "UHF" [elefant]
tesco chainstore mascara - writer's block
2:40pm
little secrets - all i need (UK)
marine life - for the camera shy
the apples in stereo - no vacation
wild balbina - looking through you
Band À Part - sputnik, mi amor (Spain)
beulah - gene autry
slow beach - lover, lover

Saturday, January 17, 2015

January 17, 2015


Thanks for tuning in to the Happyoblivion Show!  Playlist updated continuously throughout the show (Saturday 12-3pm Hawaii Standard Time)

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
the pearlfishers - everyday i read your stars
dominant legs - already know that it's nice
chirping - ambitions (Sweden)
little secrets - all i neeed (UK)
tuff love - poncho (Scotland)
12:20pm
anthony mawer - sunshine drive
jens lekman - postcard #3
the arctic flow - every star is ours
baker island - you are a cathedral (UK)
close lobsters - in spite of these times
the jangleberries - crackers & cheese (Australia)
12:40pm
high hazels - hearts are breaking (UK)
cat's eyes - the duke of burgundy
the silent love - my sunny day (Indonesia)
les bicyclettes de belsize - francois the postman
nic hessler - hearts, repeating
the clientele - we could walk together
1:00pm
robert church and the holy community - awakening (Sweden)
post modern team - listen in the time (Japan)
juvenile juvenile - forget me soon (Japan)
homecomings ~ dancing in the moonlight "Somehow, somewhere" [second royal]
boyish ~ himitsu no misaki yo eien ni "Sketch for 800 Days of Moratorium" [dead funny]
shin rizumu feat. sodapop - mysterious candy (Japan)
1:25pm Surf Set
tikiyaki orchestra - mana pacifica
bitch boys - the final ride
the surfites - the picador (the excelsiors)
los venturas - beach bunny
the mysteriums - kon-tiki
the kilaueas - triumphator electric
1:40pm
belle ghoul - winter's gone
tape waves - hanging on
ACBs - ocean
letting up despite great faults - wrapped
tesco chainstore mascara - just the weight you are
René - Confesiones Tirado En La Pista De Baile (Fear Of Tigers Remix)
2:00pm
eggstone - thema version 2 (Sweden)
spazzkid - daytime disco feat. neon bunny (kero kero bonito remix)
youth genius - explains (Japan)
consilience - walking through a dead night (Canada)
song of love - tea or me (Thailand)
lia pamina - whirlwind (Spain)
2:20pm
alpaca sports - i was running (tiny fireflies remix) (Sweden)
marine life - the boy from b-612
sambassadeur - days (Sweden)
it's a synth - almost (Denmark)
cooper ~ bengalas "UHF" [elefant] (Spain)
not made in china - cancel the mortgage (UK)
2:40pm
april fool's day - walt D (Spain)
neleonard - capital (Spain)
northern portrait - happy nice day (Denmark)
richard hawley - tonight the streets are ours
pure bathing culture - only lonely lovers
stereolab - baby lulu

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Mahalo for tuning in to the Happyoblivion Show!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
camera obscura - happy new year
little secrets - all i need
teen runnings - stars (Japan)
the silent love - memar (Indonesia)
hibou - when the season ends
12:20pm
lucky tapes - peace and magic (Japan)
kemedja poetih - resah menderu (Indonesia)
doggy - dame estrellas o limones (France)
northern portrait - sporting a scar (Denmark)
tigercats - junior champion
12:40pm
linda guilala - Éxodo (Spain)
paradise - endless wave
falso primer ministro - Tonto corazón (Argentina)
watoo watoo - bass drum (France)
literature - new jacket
p.o.p. - non passer by (Thailand)
1:00pm
moscow club - carven (Japan)
jens lekman - postcard #2
rose melberg - i've just seen a face (Beatles cover)
native america ~ dance with me "grown up wrong" [inflated records]
ACBs - attic fan
René - Confesiones Tirado En La Pista De Baile (Fear Of Tigers Remix)
1:20pm Surf Set
sleazy surfers - movin'
the stingrays - panic beach
kilaueas - giant
the surfites - barrel run
incredible sucking spongies - sputniks thema
nebulas - chummy jigger
1:35pm
the electric pop group - postcard
fabric 70 - release (Japan)
movienite - lame duck (Sweden)
coach bombay - cool thing
mad clown & yozoh - chocolate cherry night
the pirouettes - dernier metro (island kizhi remix)
pale lights - twisting the knife
cooper ~ nosotros "UHF" [elefant]
2:00pm
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Kelly "Days of Abandon" [Yebo]
tahiti 80 ~ coldest summer "ballroom" [human sounds]
belle ghoul - timepieces
the orchids - hey sometimes (Scotland)
cheerleader - on your side
2:20pm
korallreven - try anything once "Second Comin'" [Cascine] (Sweden)
theater royal - here it comes
the hit parade - you didn't love me then
temples ~ the guesser "sun structures" [heavenly]
2:40pm
Juvenile juvenile – forget me soon (Japan)
palmy - crush (feat. Erlend Øye) (Thailand)
les bicyclettes de belsize - the drunken postman
marine life - big sur
the lodger - the good old days
the wild swans - melting blue delicious 

Saturday, January 3, 2015

The Best of 2014 - LPs



Time for the best LPs of 2014!  Top 20 countdown towards the latter part of the show.  Enjoy!

listings are as follows: band name - song name "album name" 
s/t stands for "self-titled"

12:00pm
kishi bashi - the ballad of mr. steak "lighght"
habibi - i got the moves "s/t"
carsick cars - everybody comes to the city now, everybody wants to be free but don't know how "3"

temples - shelter song "sun structures"
the new pornographers - brill bruisers "brill bruisers"
the proper ornaments - gone "wooden head"
12:20pm
korallreven - death is not for us "Second Comin'"
eternal summers - gouge "the drop beneath"
the new mendicants - cruel annette "into the lime"
papercuts - life among the savages "life among the savages"
the raveonettes - sisters "Pe'ahi"
flowers - hide and seek "Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do"
12:40pm
tennis - timothy "Ritual In Repeat"
dum dum girls - too good to be true "Too True"
blondfire - where the kids are "young heart"
wild balbina - stay alive "Sisters Before Misters "
blackbird blackbird - love unlimited "tangerine sky"
avi buffalo - so what "at best cuckold"
1:00pm
allo darlin' - bright eyes "We Come From the Same Place"
hearsays - when i'm wrong "in our time"
real estate - talking backwards "atlas"
secret colours - quite like you "positive distractions"
army navy - the mistakes "the wilderness inside"
generationals - black lemon "alix"
1:20pm
zebras - try "siesta"
silva - maré "ocean view"
the hobbes fanclub – stay gold "up at lagrange"
sunny intervals - counting the days back to you "step into spring"
The Luxembourg Signal – distant drive "s/t"
1:40pm
The Smittens – Love Record Breaker "Love Record Breaker"
Literature – the English soft hearts "Chorus"
Simian Ghost – cut-off point "the Veil"
Top 20 LPs of 2014:
20. Yelle - florence en italie "Complètement fou"
19. Pale Lights – boy of your dreams "Before There Were Pictures"
18. Tacocat - stereogram "NVM"
2:00pm
17. Tape Waves - I can tell "Let You Go"
16. The Hi-Life Companion - meet me at the pier "our years in the wilderness"
15. Space Daze - line up on the solstice "Follow My Light Back Home"
14. Homecomings – i want you back "somehow, somewhere"
13. Watoo Watoo - le soir "Une Si Longue Attente"
12. Alvvays - next of kin "S/T"
2:20pm
11. The Pirouettes - oublie moi "L'Importance Des Autres"
10. Soft Science – blue "Detour"
9. King of Prussia - actuary "Zonian Girls… And the Echoes That Surround Us All"
8. Bilinda butchers - heaven holds a place "Heaven"
7. The Primitives – dandelion seed "Spin-O-Rama"
6. Juvenile juvenile – just like you do "our great escape"
2:40pm
5. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – masokissed "Days of Abandon"
4. The fin. – the end of the island "days with uncertainty"
3. The Yearning - dreamboat "Dreamboats & Lemonade"
2. Tv girl – birds don't sing "French Exit"
1. Alpaca Sports – just like Johnny Marr "Sealed With A Kiss"
Alpaca Sports – she'll come back for Indian summer (Band À Part remix) "Bellas Mixtape"
3:00pm bonus tracks
ryoko moriyama - ame agari no samba "Nippon girls: japanese pop, beat & bossa nova"
bmx bandits - my girl midge
the school - when i fall in love
the rentals - 1000 seasons