This will be short. Hopefully many of you caught last week's show. If not, you've undoubtedly heard the news about Jay Reatard's death. I had an hour long tribute to Jay, playing songs from Matador Singles '08, Blood Visions, and a side project of his The Final Solutions - Disco Eraser. Special thanks to my friends at Misprint Records for loaning me the CD on supershort notice. I would have liked to have played songs from more records, but I was lucky enough to be able to find the material I did in the two hours prior to the show. Click here for the playlist. I saw some of Jay's show at Pitchfork Music Festival '08 in Chicago. I was way more excited to see him at The End in Nashville just a few months ago. That was such a bad ass show. It made me excited about live music. There was just a lot of energy that had been lacking from shows I'd seen recently. Jay Reatard, you are missed.
Of much less importance, The Backchannel Broadcast will not be on the air today. I am fighting round 2 of a battle with strep throat. This time, I shall prevail!
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