earbender featured Playlist #6: WORT, Madison

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WORT, Madison WI has long been one of the best run and most peculiar community radio stations.  As the playlist and logo at right attest, the station has a long history of being eclectic.  Being based in one of America’s quintessential “college towns” (Rodney Dangerfield went to UW in “Back to School”) hasn’t hurt either and the station recently won “favorite local radio station” readers poll in Isthmus, the alternative weekly in Madison.  Please visit their site which includes a ton of great info, pictures and even historic artifacts like the VW below.

Here is music director Sybil Augustine’s latest missive:

Hello peeps!
OK, guess I could have saved that one for Easter, heheh. Anyway….we’re getting down with the new music, and also artists that are coming to town.
That’s why Vic and Elf Power dominate, as they play here this coming Friday. Dr. John is here in a couple of weeks too.
Also big on my agenda this week: wrapping up stuff for our Pledge Drive, which begins Sunday Feb 8 and is schedule to run through Feb 21,
however, we are already planning for the likelihood that we’ll have to extend it a few days to make our goal…

So, anything you have in terms of CDs, swag, signed items, etc. that we could use as pledge premiums would be most welcome. Even if it’s only 1 extra
copy it helps, and older CDs are useful too. If you’ve seen an album you’re working with consistently on our charts within the last 6 months, would you please consider asking for a few extra copies to help us out? We would be most grateful….we’ve done pretty well in the past, but are currently in a budget crunch
and this fundraiser is crucial. Of course, for those of you also in a crunch it’s certainly understood if you can’t help us out. Just keep on looking over that
rainbow….we don’t have much of anywhere to go but upwards, from here!

Thanks so much.
In community,
Sybil

WORT, Madison Charts
for the week beginning January 26, 2009

top 30
1 VIC CHESNUTT, ELF POWER AND THE AMORPHOUS STRUMS Dark Developments Orange Twin
2 LADYHAWKE Ladyhawke Modular
3 DAVID BYRNE AND BRIAN ENO Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Todomundo-Todo Mundo
4 JAY REATARD Matador Singles ’08 Matador
5 BLOC PARTY Intimacy Atlantic
6 MAUS HAUS Lark Marvels Pretty Blue Presents
7 SAFFIRE: THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN Havin’ The Last Word Alligator
8 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS Magnificent Bastards
9 TERRY LYNN Kingstonlogic 2.0 Last Gang
10 DR. JOHN AND THE LOWER 911 City That Care Forgot 429
11 HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS Dirt Don’t Hurt Damaged Goods-Transdreamer
12 REEFER Reefer Alphapup
13 SKELETONWITCH Beyond The Permafrost Prosthetic
14 SUPERSUCKERS Get It Together Mid-Fi
15 WIRE Object 47 Pink Flag
16 CRIBSHITTER Cry A Little Rainbow Medicated G
17 MADLIB Beat Konducta, Vol. 5-6: A Tribute To… Stones Throw
18 HANK WILLIAMS III Damn Right Rebel Proud Sidewalk-Warner Bros.
19 CROOKED FINGERS Forfeit/Fortune Red Pig
20 MURS Murs For President Warner Bros.
21 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion Domino
22 LUCINDA WILLIAMS Little Honey Lost Highway
23 QUINTRON Too Thirsty 4 Love Goner
24 ISOBEL CAMPBELL AND MARK LANEGAN Sunday At Devil Dirt Fontanta
25 NEW STANDARDS Rock And Roll Princess
26 THE CURE 4:13 Dream Suretone-Interscope
27 MOGWAI The Hawk Is Howling Matador
28 NOODLE MUFFIN Long Live The Spin FYOOG STATE
29 CRYSTAL STILTS Alight Of Night Slumberland
30 99ERS Stand Up And Surf

adds
1 FRANZ FERDINAND Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Domino
2 WILLIE NELSON AND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Willie And The Wheel Bismeaux
3 VOLCANO SUNS The Bright Orange Years Merge
4 BLACK JOE LEWIS AND THE HONEY BEARS Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is Lost Highway
5 BIRD AND THE BEE Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future Blue Note

jazz
1 BENNY GOLSON New Time New Tet Concord
2 ROGER KELLAWAY Live! At The Jazz Standard IPO
3 SHEILA JORDAN Winter Sunshine: Live At Upstairs Justin Time
4 JOSHUA REDMAN Compass Nonesuch
5 MARTIAL SOLAL NY-1 – Live At the Village Vanguard Blue Note
6 CHRISTIAN SCOTT Live At Newport Concord Jazz
7 LAIKA FATIEN Misery: A Tribute To Billie Holiday Blujazz
8 JANE MONHEIT The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me Concord
9 CLAUDIO RODITI Impressions Sunnyside
10 FLORIN NICULESCU Plays Stephane Grappelli Plus Loin-Blujazz

world/international
1 NOVALIMA Coba Coba Cumbancha
2 ABLAYE CISSOKO AND VOLKER GOETZE Sira ObliqSound
3 ROKIA TRAORE Tchamantche Nonesuch
4 YID VICIOUS DOLLARS TO DONINAS Giant Clam
5 THIEVERY CORPORATION Radio Retaliation ESL
6 FANTAN MOJAH Stronger
7 RAJERY, BALLAKE SISSOKO, DRISS EL MALOUMI 3MA Contre Jour
8 CURUMIN Japan Pop Show Quannum
9 EMELINE MICHEL Reine De Coeur Self-Released
10 RICHARD BONA Bona Makes You Sweat Decca Label Group

rpm/electronic/dance
1 DEADMAU5 Faxing Berlin/Jaded Self-Released
2 TERRY LYNN Kingstonlogic 2.0 Last Gang
3 LADYHAWKE Ladyhawke Modular
4 CAUSTIC This Is Jizzcore Art Of Fact
5 FORT KNOX FIVE Radio Free D.C. Fort Knox
6 DIGITALISM Hands On Idealism Remix Album
7 COMBICHRIST Today We Are All Demons Metropolis
8 OHGR Devils In My Details Musebox
9 SQUAREPUSHER Just A Souvenir Warp
10 SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND Brightwhitelight Waveform

loud rock/metal/hardcore
1 FACELESS Planetary Duality Sumerian
2 KREATOR Hordes Of Chaos SPV
3 BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE Dichotomy Solid State
4 WOE OF TYRANTS Kingdom Of Might Metal Blade
5 BLOODBATH The Fathomless Mastery Peaceville
6 MISERATION Your Demons,Their Angels Lifeforce
7 SIX FEET UNDER Death Rituals Metal Blade
8 BEHEMOTH Ezkaton [EP] Metal Blade
9 SATYRICON The Age Of Nero Koch
10 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perpetual Flame Rising Force

loud rock adds
1 CANNIBAL CORPSE Evisceration Plague Metal Blade
2 SYLOSYS Conclusion Of An Age Nuclear Blast
3 ZONARIA Infamy And The Breed Pivotal Rockordings
4 THIRTY ROUND CLIP On Target Off The Line
5 GRIMMSTINE Grimmstine Immy