100: The Centennial Episode

Sorry this took so long to get out. I really hope it was worth the wait. I know my toes are tapped out from listening to it already and I hope yours will be shortly. If you've been listening from the beginning or if you just discovered the podcast, thanks for downloading.

Dime No. 100: The Centennial Episode

Josh Fix "Don't Call Me In The Morning"
1990s "You're Supposed To Be My Friend"
The Goldbergs "Better Times"
Ingrid Michaelson "Be OK"
The Smith Bros. "How Wrong You Are"
The Simple Carnival "Really Really Weird"
Jim Boggia "To And Fro"
Pop Garden Radio's January Song Scramble Contest
J.J. Appelton "Today, Today, Today"
Nada Surf "Whose Authority"
The Major Labels "Don't Hear A Single"


Total Time—38:20

Pop Garden Pop Contest - January Song Scramble

Contest: January Song Scramble

As some of you may know, I've been producing an audio quiz segment for Adam Waltemire's Pop Garden Radio since last August. I've been having a lot of fun creating the quizzes for the show and this week I decided it was time for a Song Scramble Contest. I decided to include the contest as a part of the Suitcase Full of Dimes feed to allow the podcast's listeners to enter as well. (Note: If you aren't subscribed, just click the "January Song Scramble" link in the title above to play the audio file, or right click the link and select "Save As..." to download it.)

How this works: The Song Scramble is six songs--four originals and two cover songs. Points are awarded for each original artist, the two covering artists, each song's title, and the theme that ties them all together. If you have everything correct, you'll have a perfect score of fifteen. (Hint: The winning theme has nothing to do with the band's or artist's names.)

When you're ready to submit your answers, compile them into an email addressed to ed@popgardenradio.com with the words "January Scramble" in the subject line.

Grand Prize is (so far):

• The Grey Race "Give It Love" CD
• Chewy Marble "Modulations" CD
• Kelly Jones "SheBANG!" CD

Entries need to be received by midnight on February 1, 2009. In the case of a tie, the earlier entry wins, so get your entries in sooner than later.

UPDATE: The contest was extended to midnight on February 9. If we don't have a winner at that point, Sudden Death Rules* will apply.

* Sudden Death Rules stipulate that the first entry received with any correct answers wins the prize package.

Suitcase 45s - No. 3: Merry Christmas

While working on the hundredth episode of the show, I thought I'd use the under-utilized Suitcase 45s to showcase a couple of my favorite podsafe Christmas songs. Merry Christmas, everyone, and a Happy New Year.

Suitcase 45s No. Three: Merry Christmas

Candy Butchers "Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas"
Geoff Smith "If Christmas Was Make Believe"



Total Time—6:52

99: 'Til The Evening Comes Around

I woke up from my post-Thanksgiving Dinner to put together a new installment of Suitcase Full of Dimes. Now I think I'll have some leftovers and sleep for another two days. Enjoy the show.

PS: Anyone who buys the Eisenhowers album "Film Your Own Atrocities" through the band's website will get a free mini-album called "Peep-Show Etiquette." The special EP features acoustic versions, rare demos and previously-unavailable tracks from the Eisenhowers catalogue.

Dime No. 99: 'Til The Evening Comes Around

The Smith Bros "She's Under My Skin" (from Restless, 2008) Buy the CD @ the artist's website
Arms Up "Anna Please" (single, 2008)
The Eisenhowers "Gathering Dust" (from Film Your Own Atrocities, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Nathan Wheldon and the Two Timers "This Feeling" (from A New Year's Revolution, 2008) Buy the album @ Amazon MP3
Candygram For Mongo "Shannon Told Me" (from Candygram For Mongo, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Greg Pope (Edmund's Crown) "Burden" (from Popmonster, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Brendan Boogie Band "College" (from Disposable Pop EP, 2008)
Lee Coulter "She Fell In Love With The Mirror" (from Listen Hear, 2005) Buy the CD @ Amazon
Honeyhoney "Little Toy Gun" (from First Rodeo, 2008) Buy the album @ Amazon MP3
Deep 6 Holiday "Will You Remind Me?" (from Awake At The Funeral, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—34:47

98: You Can Try But You Can't Stop Me

It's a warm fall day here in northern Virginia. With Halloween past and the biggest election in my lifetime days away, I thought it time to release another episode of the show. Don't forget to tune in to Pop Garden Radio tonight at 10pm Eastern (starting just after the Orlando Magic game) for Adam Waltemire's interviews with Mike Viola, The Smith Bros., and Chewy Marble, and, as usual, my music trivia segment.

Dime No. 98: You Can Try But You Can't Stop Me

Modern Science "Every Little Thing" (from their debut album, due out in 2009)
Cavashawn "Out Of My Mind" (from Cavashawn EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
John Taglieri "Think Of You" (from Wide Awke and Dreaming, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Lucky Day "Why'd You Have To Go?" (from Rise and Fall, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Trophy "How Did You Get This Way?" (from Trophy, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Richard Snow "Silent Girlfriend" (from Tuesday Music, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Ingrid Michaelson "Be OK" (from Be OK, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Melissa Ferrick "Heartbeat" (from Goodbye Youth, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
Patti Rothberg "Wavelength" (from Double Standards, 2008) Buy the mp3 album @ Amazon mp3
Admiral Twin "Be the Show" (from Odds and Ends: Demos and Rareties, 1996-2000, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—34:52