First show success!

Thank you to all of you who listened to the first show of the semester! We started off the show with 6 listeners and went up to 10, with different listeners coming in and out.
In case you missed it, here's a review of the playlist:

•The first song was Hey Beautiful by the band The Solids. If you watch the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (which you should if you don't), you should recognize the song as the show's theme song. Fun fact: The Solids is a band that the producers, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas started in their college years at Wesleyan University.

•Next up we have All By Myself by Mariana's Trench. At the end of last semester, right after my last show one of my roommates and her boyfriend introduced me to this band. We were on our way to Stop N Shop in White Plains and listened to their CD. It was love at first listen and since then I can't stop listening to them.

•As I've stated in the show, I've recently gained a new appreciation and love for Fordham's Public Radio, WFUV and have found many great artists listening to it. Both the third and fourth songs were found from WFUV- Make A Little Noise by Joel Plaskett Emergency and Morning Thought by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

•The fifth song was no other than Let's Go To The Mall by Robin Sparkles, a Canadian teen pop star 90s. She toured malls all around Canada and she is also played by Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother.

•Next up was a throwback 70s with Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun. My friend Adrian who grew up around that time said this really took him back.

•The seventh song is You Were Right by Days Away. To be honest, I forgot where I found this band but I really enjoy them.

•Amber Rubarth with Pilot I found through bandcamp. Always a great place to find music often with free, legal downloads.

•Company of Thieves seems to already be pretty popular but I just fell in love with them a few weeks ago. Tallulah was indeed on repeat when I first listened to it, being the 9th song on the playlist.

•When You're Dancing by Thomas Bryan Eaton is next and a great song if you're into folk music. I found him through another band I love, Basement Band and he may very well be playing at the Purchase Co Op in April. Watch out for that!

•And speaking of Basement Band, the next song was one of theirs called July. I've loved this band since they formed in 2005. The drummer and lead singer were counselors at a camp that I went to which is how I found out about them. When I was 17 I tried to go see them with my friend at a bar. We got in for the first 30 minutes, left to get dinner and were unable to get back in later on because it was actually a 21+ show.

•If you're from Jersey you may have heard of the record label, Tiny Giants. I've found many great bands through them and Those Mockingbirds is another. The 12th song is by them and called Don't Stray.

•Elijah Ocean's A Glass of Water is the next song. He also may be playing at the Co-op in April.

•Episodes by Pela is next. This band broke up several years ago and the song that I really wanted to play called Lost to the Lonesome was nowhere to be found for download. Don't you just hate it when you find out about a band after they've broken up?

•The second to last song is by my all time favorite band, The Rocket Summer. In December I saw him play a very special show in which he played his first two albums, Calendar Days and Hello Good Friend in it's entirety. At the show he sold a special edition vinyl of Calendar Days along with a download to a previously unreleased song called Shoots and Ladders.

•And finally we end the show was an extravagant musical like song sung by Neil Patrick Harris for the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother. Everybody should go and watch the video clip for Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit on Youtube. Now.

TUNE IN NEXT THURSDAY AT 8PM FOR MORE AWESOME TUNES.