“Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?” - Nigel

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When I first arrived in Missoula, I discovered KBGA, a hit-or-miss college station here in town. hit-or-miss because it’s a student run station that has a high turnover rate of DJs because they are all volunteer, and, well, that’s just the nature of the beast isn’t it.

I called the station one day, wanting to know how I could become a DJ. I jumped through all of the hoops, until I became Marcus Maximus, the 2AM to 6AM guy on Tuesday nights/ Wednesday mornings.

I left town for a while, was on the road for my job, and upon my return, I claimed an open slot on the radio and began playing only free, legally downloaded music. The paperwork for that was a huge PITA, and I soon burnt out on it. There was a short stint with Original Gimp doing a punk show called Girls on Skateboards before I finally gave up my permanent slot.

Now, when the mood strikes, I swing by the station to see if there are any open shifts. There were plenty this holiday break, and I landed one on New Years Day.

Here, submitted for your approval, is a recording of that show. Well, part of it, anyway. Download it, listen to it, listen some more, and let me know what you think in the comments.

Apologies in advance for: forgetting how to work the phones, the PSAs and local advertising.

Thanks, and happy listening.

—————-SETLIST and MP3 below———————————

MARCUS MAXIMUS ON KBGA MISOSULA - GRAB THE MP3 HERE. [link]

Opens with DAFT PUNK

1. Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
2. Radiohead Mashup
3. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - Black Flag
4. Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen
5. Selections from Pornosonic: Unheard Music from 1970s Porn  (With excerpts from Sun Ra’s Discipline, Noam Chomsky and Paris Hilton/Bansky “That’s Hot” mashup)
6. Providence/Tazer Floyd mashup - Godspeed! You Black Emperor
7. Life Worth Living - Uncle Tupelo
8. Screw Top Wine - John Dendy, Live at Liquid Planet, Missoula, MT
9. Buildin’ Somethin’ Up - John Dendy, Live at Liquid Planet, Missoula, MT
10. Don’t Make Me a Target - Spoon
11. Singin’ the Blues - Tricky
12. Mirror in the Bathroom - The Beat
13. We Will Not Be Lovers - The Waterboys
14. Waiting Around to Die - Be Good Tanyas
15.  4 A.M. - Richard Buckner (cut off)