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Saturday, November 12, 2016

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12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
le super homard - maple key
the occasional flickers - capitalism begins at home
watoo watoo - l'espace d'un instant [France]
banana collection - last day [Japan]
bubblegum lemonade - tongue tied
heavenly - sacramento
12:20pm
mei ehara - anata [Japan]
rebel kind - kiss you
best friend ~ always is "can you believe it?" [s/r]
lia pamina ~ the boy i used to know "love is enough" [elefant]
the very most - patricia (custom songs and remixes)
teenage fanclub ~ hold on "here" [merge]
12:40pm
kuroma ~ in a california way"the dark horse rides again" [votiv]
holiday - still in love
HINDS - holograma [Spain]
the persian leaps - the concept (teenage fanclub cover)
melicoton - les filles de Périmony [France]
pictured resort - away to paradise [Japan]
the recreations - winter balloon [Japan]
1:00pm
the holiday crowd - anything anything [Canada]
stephen's shore - turn your head [Sweden]
northern portrait - the fallen aristocracy [Denmark]
brideshead - the mermaid [Germany]
pale spectres - d(r)iving [France]
youthcomics - and his car [Japan]
1:20pm Surf Set
the meltones - polynesian adventure
meshugga beach party - s'vivon
surf me up, scotty - downhill madness
the surfites - mercurian surf stomp
stronzo gelantino & the boo-men - do the demare
trabants - mecca
the barbary coasters - please please me
1:40pm
smiths - ask
homecomings - don't worry boys (halfby & last aloha island disco mix)
juvenile juvenile - wish i was skinny (boo radleys cover) [Japan]
the proctors - morning light
pictured resort - promised paradise [Japan]
john girgus and the legendary house cats ~ hello rain "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
2:00pm
kurt baker combo ~ upside down "in orbit" [wicked cool]
scooterbabe ~ sermon "the sorrow you've been toting around" [jigsaw]
the seams ~ adhd "meet the seams" [hand drawn dracula]
letters to cleo ~ can't say "back to nebraska" [s/r]
fake laugh - i made a sound
honeyblood ~ babes never die "babes never die" [fat cat] [Scotland]
2:20pm
motorama ~ deep "dialogues" [talitres] [Russia]
tuns ~ mind over matter "tuns" [royal mountain] [Canada]
tangible excitement ~ puzzle pieces "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
other too pure songs - these are the days i forgot to write down [Japan]
chain wallet ~ abroad "chain wallet" [jansen] [Norway]
kero kero bonito ~ fish bowl "bonito generation" [double denim]
halfnoise ~ in the summer "sudden feeling" [congrats]
2:40pm
STRFKR ~ open your eyes "being no one, going nowhere" [polyvinyl]
got a girl - there's a revolution
nous non plus - stockholm
club '89 - coral [Japan]
gomes the hitman - haru no suketchi [Japan]
linustate - small world [Japan]

Saturday, November 5, 2016

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
he luck door - natsuco [Japan]
beverly - you can't get it right
temples - the guesser
soft science - blue
12:20pm
dolphingull - my secret hills forever [Japan]
le super homard - dry salt in our hair
the high llamas - to the abbey
tripping the light fantastic - heavy heart
making marks - hard to be good
the dentists - space man
the jesus and mary chain - down on me
12:40pm
moscow club - echo beach [Japan]
my favorite - modulate
falso primer ministro - tonto corazón [Spain]
tv girl - on land
youth camp - essence
1:00pm
coffee garden - i can't hide my love [Japan]
linda guilala - accidente [Spain]
cooper - ideal [Spain]
the camerawalls - the sight of love [Philippines]
lia pamina ~ better off without you "love is enough" [elefant]
space daze - you and everyone else
1:20pm Surf Set
the concussions ~ doc rockblock "newaygo sound machine" [double crown]
martin cilia - koko head
los venturas - tales from the deep
the surf mist - booty trap
les agamemnonz - a palavas les flots
the volcanics - the sabotage
the kanaloas - swallow tail
1:40pm
moscow olympics - keeping the avenues open [Philippines]
best friend ~ tesseract "can you believe it?" [s/r]
the very most - flying m
stars in coma - saw the cars burning [Sweden]
teenage fanclub ~ the first sight "here" [merge]
2:00pm
permanent vacation - ends all
the wedding present - two bridges
la casa azul - podria ser peor [Spain]
fragile flowers - uruwashi no orutansu [Japan]
2:20pm
high hazels - hearts are breaking
kuroma ~ a day with no disaster "the dark horse rides again" [votiv]
triptides - couch surfer
ablebody ~ heart keep "adult contemporaries" [lolipop]
public access tv - i don't wanna live in california "never enough" [rallye]
fake laugh - ice
2:40pm
nixon - silent nights
heavenly - me and my madness
holiday - your very last party
the hang ups - top of morning
tuns ~ mixed messages "tuns" [royal mountain]
the suncharms - wash away
your imaginary friends - oh liza


Saturday, October 29, 2016


Happy Halloween, Happyoblivion style!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
big quiet - ghost
future bible heroes - digging my own grave
club 8 - we're all going to die [Sweden]
la casa azul - niño zombi [Spain]
shonen knife - ghost train
12:20pm
the john buzon trio - mr. ghost goes to town
shin rizumu feat. sodapop - mysterious candy [Japan]
gene - haunted by you
the secret history - johnny nightmare
autumn leaves - phantom girl blues
evripidis and his tragedies - ghost town [Greece/Spain]
12:40pm
holiday - candy
summer twins - demons
they go boom!! - candy
supermoon - witching hour
moscow club - ghost dance [Japan]
veronica falls - found love in a graveyard
1:00pm
the depreciation guild - sky ghosts
toxie - haunted
from bubblegum to sky - vampire
crocodiles - electric death song
magic kids - candy
barcelona - haunted by the ghost of patty
1:20pm Surf Set
the kilaueas - black phantom twang
shadowy men on a shadowy planet - zombie compromise
twang - night of the twang creatures
rondo hatton - riding the coffin
man or astro-man? - munster's theme
the aggrolites - grave digger
tokyo ska paradise orchestra - vampire
1:40pm
the bird and the bee - witch
belle & sebastian - sukie in the graveyard
little racer - ghosty
teeny frahoop - eat candy [Japan]
tullycraft - dig up the graves
fairmont - you haunt me
felt - i will die with my head in flames
2:00pm
ferns - death of a lifetime [Malaysia]
lake - skeleton costume
po! - haunt you
jumprope - notes from a chateau ghost
kids on a crime spree - trumpets of death
pale lights - ghosts of youth
num contena - smile when you're dead [Japan]
2:20pm
her space holiday - ghost in the garden
mazes - 'til i'm dead
redd kross - meet frankenstein
are you feverish ian? - ghosts and demons
besties - zombie song
big dipper - meet the witch
the fireworks - bury me
2:40pm
beat happening - black candy
magnetic fields - zombie boy
girls names - bury me
gypsy and the cat - zombie world
jaill - house with haunting
beach house - days of candy

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Random cute photo for your enjoyment as you listen to the Happyoblivion Show!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
tuns ~ throw it all away "tuns" [royal mountain]
the swapsies - a fleeting summer
moscow olympics - still [Philippines]
mountain states - 1984
triptides - wake
12:20pm
grand resort - night is dark
the fin. - circle on the snows [Japan]
the depreciation guild - dream about me
shonen knife - osaka rock city
pizzicato five - mini cooper
puffy amiyumi - tokyo i'm on my way
12:40pm
kero kero bonito - waking up
crying ~ wool in the wash "beyond the fleeting gales" [run for cover]
ablebody ~ powder blue "adult contemporaries" [lolipop!]
makar ~ funeral genius "funeral genius" [s/r]
tacocat - stereogram
bodyheat ~ moon singer "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
1:00pm
Band à Part - La Merienda [Spain]
heavenly - pet monkey
pale sunday - go ahead [Brazil]
juvenile juvenile - planet heaven [Japan]
letting up despite great faults - ride
dream boys - born yesterday
1:20pm Surf Set
aqua velvets - summer at dreampoint
the razorblades - the wake up call
tremelo beer gut - junkie tools
the volcanics ~ vesuvians "stompin' garage" [double crown]
the mobsmen - chunkje
dick dale & the del-tones - king of the surf guitar
1:40pm
juniper moon - enfermedad [Spain]
the hang ups - cornerstore
velocity girl - not at all
lia pamina ~ walking away "love is enough" [elefant]
gabardine ~ it's love "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
rose melberg - look skyward
holiday - she never
2:00pm
boyish - nagakukuettamichi [Japan]
e'spaniel - no common sense
alpaca sports - as long as i have you (when nalda became punk stereo lo-fi remix) [Sweden]
talulah gosh - my boy says
red sleeping beauty - stupid boy [Sweden]
the groovy cellar - ask mr magic [Germany]
2:20pm
orange yellow red - we ran
northern portrait - the young and hopefuls [Denmark]
the hit parade - the queen of mousehole
wild swans - english electric lightning
push kings - number ones
2:40pm
silver screen - really no wonder
tesco chainstore mascara - sun's shinin' for you
the very most - patricia
youth genius - flowers on her skirt [Japan]
kids on a crime spree - trumpets of death
pocketbooks - harbour lights
teenage fanclub - speed of light



Saturday, October 15, 2016

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
featherfin - the only thing i miss [Norway]
swimming tapes - tides
jazz butcher - rain
blueboy - clear skies
mccarthy - governing takes brains
12:20pm
plant cell - marguerite (version 2) [Japan]
tuns ~ back among friends "tuns" [royal mountain]
the hang ups - the entry
arsenic! - conversation is a must
heavenly - trophy girlfriend
12:40pm
the hermit crabs ~ wonderful "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
swan dive - saturday, sunday, monday
gomes the hitman - maybe someday [Japan]
ciao bella - a glorious night at the ywca
the hit parade - you didn't love me then
the pale fountains - you'll start a war
1:00pm
lia pamina ~ sycamore tree "love is enough" [elefant]
postal blue - northern england (wild swans cover) [Brazil]
holiday - sherman
nixon - sommar i bilen [Sweden]
fireflies ~ selfish "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
field mouse ~ the order of things "episodic" [top shelf]
1:20pm Surf Set
the 427's - the spy invasion
crazy aces - stomp it
burt rocket - sea-n-shore
nebulas - bus stop
the concussions ~ flicksville "newaygo sound machine" [double crown]
de surfures - rock'n'roll clef
the surfites - la ronde infernale
tikiyaki orchestra - mysteria
1:40pm
calum bowen - lovely city
youthcomics - L.L.D. [Japan]
juvenile juvenile - i love only when you're cute [Japan]
the holiday crowd - anything anything
best friend - sure
terry malts - seen everything
2:00pm
e'spaniel - just another day
the OXs - still nothing [Japan]
chain wallet ~ shade "chain wallet" [jansen]
winter - dreaming
the radio dept. - we got game
2:20pm
pirouettes - signaux [France]
tape waves - little eyes (yo la tengo cover)
the suncharms - verge of tears
lake ~ tracks and tunnels "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
penelope isles - bad head
2:40pm
ACBs - surface
street chant - pedestrian support league [New Zealand]
i saw you yesterday - lisbon [Japan]
public access tv - in our blood "never enough" [rallye]
jackie zealous - satellite "psychic data" [s/r]
halfnoise ~ in the summer "sudden feeling" [congrats]

Saturday, October 8, 2016


Going heavy on the twee today!  Thanks for tuning in!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
Band á Part - long distance "constant and true: a tribute to rose melberg" [february]
PEP - dreams
spy - heaven
le super homard - dry salt in our hair
spring boutique - so twee [Philippines]
12:20pm
poundsign - piano song
the very most - today it is even better (watoo watoo remix)
postal blue - you should keep it to yourself
cub - everything's geometry
allo darlin' - still young
softies - pedestal
heavenly - over and over
12:40pm
the springfields - sunflower
allen clapp & his friends - something strange happens
blueboy - popkiss
the field mice - between hello and goodbye
tiger trap - supercrush
the minders - comfortably tucked up inside
1:00pm
stereolab - the light that will cease to fail
mary lou lord - western union desperate
apples in stereo - glowworm
the lucksmiths - after the after party
the pastels - i'm alright with you
go sailor - fine day for sailing
1:20pm Surf Set
martin cilia - end of summer
the concussions - trouble gum
rondo hatton - riding the coffin
the kanaloas ~ swallow tail "surf a go go!" [double crown]
death by unga bunga - dollar slice
HJ - loud & fast
the silhouettes - tornado
1:40pm
magnetic fields - the dreaming moon
future bible heroes - but you're so beautiful
jumprope - kites are fun
the field mice - of the perfect kind
even as we speak - swimming song
the chesterfields - love mountain
le mans - la balada de la primavera
2:00pm
brighter - wallflower
wallflower - does love last forever (brighter cover) [Japan]
annemarie - bubblegum i see [Philippines]
the bartlebees - you are still beautiful
the crabs - debutante
talulah gosh - my best friend
2:20pm
primal scream - velocity girl
tullycraft - pop songs your new boyfriend's too stupid to know about
poastal - dizzy
bmx bandits - space girl
close lobsters - in spite of these times
nothing painted blue - sorely tempted
the orchids - apologies
2:40pm
the june brides - a january moon
another sunny day - things will be nice
the wild swans - liquid mercury
would-be-goods - temporary best friend

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Thanks for tuning in!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
youthcomics - teen age about you and me [Japan]
teenage fanclub - thin air
halfnoise ~ in the summer "sudden feeling" [congrats]
moo - freak
chain wallet ~ abroad "chain wallet" [jansen]
12:20pm
boyish - asagao-dori [Japan]
humi dumi - sleep [Indonesia]
Pirouettes ~ l'escalier "Carrément Carrément" [Kidderminster]
death by unga bunga - i wanted everything "fight" [jansen]
the death of pop - what a day
12:40pm
the holiday crowd - anything anything
kero kero bonito - trampoline
real numbers - frank infatuation
gomes the hitman - jozetsu sukkato [Japan]
the fin. - silver from over the river [Japan]
1:00pm
silver screen - really no wonder
la sera - queens
summer fiction - dirty blonde
secret meadow - water in the flowing river [Indonesia]
ice choir - designs in rhythm
motorama - tell me
1:25pm Surf Set
the concussions - storm team dave
los venturas - bubamara
les agamemnonz - a palavas les flots
the kanaloas ~ the bronzee bull "surf a go go!" [double crown]
the starfires - billy's blues
the surfites - comet's tail
the meltones - suicide clutch
1:40pm
shin rizumu - kadai midi ongen [Japan]
the persian leaps - the weather
temples - certainty
the king in mirrors - talk about today
acrylics - one in seven
2:00pm
best friend - time trap (built to spill cover)
arbes - sun on my back
computer magic - gone for the weekend "obscure but visible" [channel 9]
four pens - summer tragedy [Taiwan]
2:20pm
ravages - hier, demain, maintenant [France]
the breakfast club - distance [Indonesia]
shouzou yamada - dobu sarai zinsei [Japan]
the primitives - been hiding (aisler's set cover)
stephen's shore - ocean blue [Sweden]
kids on a crime spree - dead ripe
2:40pm
hariguem zaboy - tender mind [Thailand]
beverly - crooked cop
argo - alternate ending
the very most - good fight fighting (feat. adriano do couto from postal blue)
alpaca sports - my favorite girlfriend
sunny summer day - in summertime (feat. cris miller)
kensei ogata - her twinkle eyes [Japan]

Saturday, September 24, 2016


Back on air today!  Thanks to DJ Ryan Dancemachine for filling in on the Happyoblivion Show the past 2 Saturdays!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
heavenly - P.U.N.K. girl
the golden eaves - no other
homecomings ~ alphabet floating in the bed "sale of broken dreams" [second royal records]
pale spectres - d(r)iving
camera obscura - let's get out of this country
12:20pm
pictured resort - night drive [Japan]
alpaca sports - there's no one like you [Sweden]
brideshead - me and the stars and the sea [Germany]
rose melberg - not just to be loved but to love (jonathan richman cover)
the hi-life companion - you're the greatest
secret meadow - water in the flowing river [Indonesia]
12:40pm
swimming tapes - tides
toshiaki yamada - sumisu [Japan]
e'spaniel - just another day
youthcomics - and his car [Japan]
letting up despite great faults - wrapped
hanadorobow - daydream [Japan]
california snow story - motorway
1:00pm
Pirouettes ~ Carrément Carrément "Carrément Carrément" [Kidderminster] [France]
ice choir - unprepared
Band À Part - Verano Azul, Invierno Nuclear [Spain]
yacht club - cold wind from fools [Japan]
lia pamina - whirlwind [Spain]
teenage fanclub - i'm in love
1:20pm Surf Set
the tomorrowmen - parsec's paradox
burt rocket - boss board
los venturas - makaha surf
the volcanics ~ bullseye "stompin' garage" [double crown]
the meltones - the perfect wave
the surfites - launch pad
the concussions ~ polyester fester "newaygo sound machine" [double crown]
1:40pm
the bilinda butchers - all my friends
the recreations - winter balloon [Japan]
northern portrait - some people [Denmark]
math and physics club - baby i'm yours
the school - til you belong to me
the very most - alien girl
2:00pm
boyish - color film [Japan]
decibels - whole wide world
the dentists - water for a man on fire
sambassadeur - stranded [Sweden]
the suncharms - sparkle
2:20pm
the french pop dream - the world is happening somewhere
juvenile juvenile - planet heaven [Japan]
red sleeping beauty - tell me more [Sweden]
pale sunday - unknown half [Brazil]
the spook school - gone home
allo darlin' - golden age
2:40pm
terry vs. tori - dream wild [Spain]
san francisco - una vaina bajo tu cama [Spain]
cozy catastrophes - summer boy
tesco chainstore mascara - tomorrow
cola jet set - no te enamores de mi [Spain]
summer twins ~ stop & go "limbo" [burger]
dot dash - holly garland "searchlights" [the beautiful music]

Saturday, September 17, 2016

The excellent DJ Ryan Dancemachine subbing in on the Happyoblivion Show again today. I'll be back next Saturday!

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Saturday, September 10, 2016

The superb DJ Ryan Dancemachine will be filling in on the Happyoblivion Show for two Saturdays (9/10 & 9/18). I'll be back on Saturday 9/25!

Saturday, September 3, 2016


Close call from Hurricane Lester! Thanks for hanging with KTUH, Hawaii's only alternative.

Playlist updated as show progresses.
12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
yaoyoros - toke dashita natsu ni
the chills - when the poor can reach the moon
fear of men - island
layne - baby it's alright [Japan]
homecomings ~ perfect sounds forever "sale of broken dreams" [second royal records]
12:20pm
plant cell - fall [Japan]
the primitives - been hiding (aisler's set cover)
evening cinema - everlasting summer [Japan]
and summer club - into the white [Japan]
the swapsies - another game on saturday
12:40pm
the smittens - together forever in love
stephen's shore - ocean blue
frankie rose - know me
winter - wherever you are
heaven for real ~ subliminal "kill your memory" [mint]
trash can sinatras ~ let me in (or let me out) "wild pendulum" [red river]
1:00pm
post modern team - she does something to me [Japan]
holiday - here we are again
pictured resort - away to paradise [Japan]
communions - eternity
hanadorobow - take me out [Japan]
quiz kids - i want you to know
1:25pm Surf Set
skinny jimmy stingray - hurricane surf
the surf mist - swingin' sisters
los venturas - tales from the deep
burt rocket - the wreck
the concussions ~ have mersey "newaygo sound machine" [double crown]
the del-rios - storm warning
man or astro-man? - you can't get good riblets in space
tikiyaki orchestra - lahaina morning rain
1:45pm
boyish ~ dokokaheikitai [Japan]
momoiro clover z - chu tobo! ozashiki ressha [Japan]
tokyo ska paradise orchestra - megamino negai [Japan]
guatafán - pink punk party [Spain]
2:00pm
the gentle isolation - eight 22 [Philippines]
space daze - what did you say
some gorgeous accident - heaven sent [Philippines]
rocketship - my broken heart
2:20pm
in her eye - chelsea girl
lush - lit up
apples in stereo - tin pan alley
parcel post - centimetres
stereolab - need to be
dot dash - something in-between "searchlights" [the beautiful music]
2:40pm
cool ghouls ~ animal races "animal races" [empty cellar]
luby sparks - pop. 1979
public access tv - end of an era
hoops ~ cool 2 "hoops" [fat possum]


helen love - we are all the lo-fi kids
tokyo girls' style - onnaji kimochi (hercelot remix) [Japan]