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August 14, 2006: With special guest George Pelecanos

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Roland P. Young	Stillness	Isophonic Boogie Woogie			0:00:00 Pop-up)
Skream	Dub Period	Dubstep Allstars 2xCD		*	0:08:05 Pop-up)
Loefah	Ruffage	Dubstep Allstars Vol. 4		*	0:13:58 Pop-up)
Robin Trower	Shame the Devil	For Earth Below			0:15:45 Pop-up)
Oneida	The Misfit	Happy New Year		*	0:19:47 Pop-up)
Nas	Made Ya Look	God's Son			0:22:23 Pop-up)
Skids	Scared to Dance	Scared to Dance			0:26:02 Pop-up)
Circus Lupus	Pop Man	7"			0:29:13 Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	Two-Bit Manchild	Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings 3xCD			0:37:36 Pop-up)
Trouble Funk	Roll With It	Early Singles			0:40:29 Pop-up)
The Dicks	Off-Duty Sailor	1980-1986			0:47:44 Pop-up)
Titanic	Something on my Mind	DJ Soul Punk Presents Denim, Leather, and Breakbeats	compilation	*	0:50:26 Pop-up)
The Lorries	All the Same	Crawling Mantra EP			0:58:46 Pop-up)
Dream Syndicate	The Days of Wine and Roses	The Days of Wine and Roses			1:01:35 Pop-up)
Author George Pelecanos is interviewed and guest DJs this hour of programming			This lauded DC crime/noir kingpin is the author of titles such as Hard Revolution, Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, King Suckerman, The Big Blowdown, and Soul Circus. He is also a writer for the acclaimed HBO series The Wire. George stops by Mike's show tonight to discuss his life, books, and to spin some tracks that have enjoyed heavy rotation on the promo tour for his latest novel, The Night Gardener. Find out more about George Pelecanos here. See George read from his new novel while backed by Steve Wynn & the Miracle Three here. Thanks to George for coming down to WFMU, and to Marlena Bittner, Steve Wynn, Lou Ziegler, and Evan Davies for their assistance.		1:09:05 Pop-up)
Dinosaur Jr.	Get Me	Where You Been?			1:09:51 Pop-up)
Blue Oyster Cult	Then Came the Last Days of May	Blue Oyster Cult			1:15:29 Pop-up)
George Pelecanos	(Interview segment 1)				1:18:57 Pop-up)
Lalo Schifrin	Changing Gears	"Bullitt" soundtrack			1:29:39 Pop-up)
The Pernice Brothers	Discover a Lovelier You	Discover a Lovelier You			1:32:51 Pop-up)
George Pelecanos	(Interview segment 2)				1:36:39 Pop-up)
William DeVaughn	Be Thankful for What You've Got	Be Thankful for What You've Got			1:47:20 Pop-up)
Curtis Mayfield	Little Child Runnin' Wild	"Superfly"			1:54:24 Pop-up)
George Pelecanos	(Interview segment 3)		This segment includes George's reading from The Night Gardener.		1:59:37 Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Coney Island Baby	Coney Island Baby			2:09:55 Pop-up)
Silver Jews	The Poor, The Fair, and The Good	Tanglewood Numbers			2:16:28 Pop-up)
J Dilla (feat. Common & D'Angelo)	So Far to Go	The Shining		*	2:20:38 Pop-up)
Brother Ah	Nature's Children	Move Ever Onward			2:26:15 Pop-up)
The Clean	Anything Can Happen	Compilation			2:32:19 Pop-up)
fIREHOSE	For the Singer of REM	If'n			2:34:54 Pop-up)
Lion Fever	She Sleeps	Haunted Water		*	2:42:04 Pop-up)
Lightnin' Hopkins	Walkin' the Streets	The Devil is a Busy Man		*	2:46:52 Pop-up)
Psalm One	Let me Hear	The Death of Frequent Flyer		*	2:49:31 Pop-up)
Ashtray Navigations	There is a Ditch and There is a Pit	You Cannot Tell Cigars by the Pictures on the Box	Erroneously announced as "Nautical Almanac". Please pardon the crack smoke.	*	2:51:53 Pop-up)