playlist - mar. 31st, 2012!

natalie's set
birds of tokyo - plans
pendulum - watercolour
graffiti6 - to be alone with you

tiegan's set
sufjan stevens - to be alone with you
the new amsterdams - picture in the paper
we the kings - say you like me
iglu & hartly - in this city

gerardo's set
pink floyd - us and them
queen - save me
julian casablancas - tourist
linkin park - enth e end

nora's set
one direction - what makes you beautiful
cher lloyd - want u back
jordin sparks - battlefield
hootie and the blowfish - only wanna be with you
donna lewis - i love you always forever

request
young the giant - cough syrup

playlist - mar. 24th, 2012!

ryan's set
u2 - sweetest thing
weezer - automatic
the postal service - such great heights
amy winehouse - valerie

nora's set
fleetwood mac - dreams
311 - amber
dia frampton feat. blake shelton - i will
gym class heroes - 7 weeks
something corporate - straw dog
nicki minaj - starships

gerardo's set
the police - roxanne
coldplay - strawberry swing
michael bublé - georgia on my mind
the jimi hendrix experience - the wind cries mary
the strokes - meet me in the bathroom

playlist - mar. 3rd, 2012!

ryan's set
citizen cope - hurricane waters
the killers - jenny was a friend of mine
straylight run - existentialism on prom night
sugarcult - shaking
jack johnson - no other way

gerardo's set
foo fighters - arlandria
thin lizzy - the boys are back in town
oasis - roll with it
fatboy slim - praise you

tiegan's set
tegan and sara - nineteen
relient k - here i go
the mother hips - time we had
preston pugmire - helen

nora's set
journey - faithfully
megan & liz - stereo hearts (as made famous by gym class heroes)
something corporate -space
mozella - more of you

playlist - feb. 25th, 2012!

tiegan's set
dashboard confessional - shirts and gloves
the postal service - nothing better
jeremy silver - awake again
ben folds - learn to live with what you are

gerardo's set
lupe fiasco feat. matt santos - superstar
gorilaz feat. del tha funkee homosapien - rock the house
weezer - my name is jonas
led zeppelin - black dog

nora's set
dj earworm - party on the floor
melissa ethridge - i'm the only one
dolly parton - jolene
carly rae jepsen - call me maybe

ryan's set
nine inch nails - only
citizen cope - bullet & a target
jose gonzalez - heartbeats

playlist - feb. 18th, 2012!

tiegan's set
joshua radin - everything'll be alright
sherwood - gentleman of promise
jesse ruben - advice
rachael yamagata - be be our love
relient k - curl up and die

ryan's set
the juliana theory - into the dark
matchbook romance - you can run, but we'll find you
the white stripes - i'm slowly turning into you
death cab for cutie - title and registration

gerardo's set
guns n' roses - used to love her (live)
ac/dc - there's gonna be some rockin'
van halen - jump
phoenix - lisztomania

nora's set
dia frampton - homeless
ne-yo - never knew i needed
dionne warwick feat. elton john, gladys knight & stevie wonder - that's what friends are for
joe jonas feat. lil wayne - just in love (remix)

playlist - feb. 11th, 2012!

ryan's set
audioslave - like a stone
diffuser - breakaway
taking back sunday - this is all now
30 seconds to mars - closer to the edge

gerardo's set
wolfmother - vagabond
ray charles - over the rainbow
enrique iglesias - dímelo
michael jackson - billie jean

nora's set
amy winehouse - the girl from ipanema
the kooks - young folks
joni mitchell - big yellow taxi
natalie cole - this will be (an everlasting love)

tiegan's set
tegan and sara - wake up exhausted
guster - what you call love
dashboard confessional - the sharp hint of new tears
gaving degraw - not over you
beyonce - love on top

We hope you enjoyed this week's show! Ryan made a disappearing act but he came back with a vengeance! Let's hope something too crazy doesn't happen next time!

playlist - feb. 4th, 2012!

ryan's set
john lennon - mind games
ne-yo - stop this world
coldplay feat. rihanna - princess of china
the raconteurs - these stones will shout

gerardo's set
the doors - peace frog
the kooks - shine on
the beatles - oh! darling
the clash - rudie can't fail
the rolling stones - gimme shelter

nora's set
frank sinatra - the lady is a tramp
feist - mushaboom
maroon 5 feat. christina aguilera - moves like jagger
haddaway - what is love (single mix)

tiegan's set
cults - you know what i mean
mae - mistakes we knew we were making
fun. feat. janelle monáe - we are young

Sorry for the tardy blog kids, we'll make sure to be quicker about it after tomorrow's show. Cheers!

playlist - jan. 28th, 2012!

ryan's set
u2 - with or without you
linkin park - the little things give you away
queens of the stone age - no one knows
the white stripes - little cream soda

tiegan's set
teddy gieger - for you i will
dashboard confessional - hands down
manchester orchestra - i've got friends
eminem - not afraid

nora's set
the police - every little thing she does is magic
cartel - lose it
tal bachman - she's so high
michael jackson - man in the mirror

gerardo's set
the who - magic bus
john mayer -gravity
the jimi hendrix experience - castles made of sand
the strokes - you talk way too much

playlist - jan. 21st, 2012!

Hey everyone! Welcome to a new semester filled with familiar fun and crazy anecdotes. We're excited to be back for another round of The Kids of PS 118 and we hope you stay with us for the rest of the semester. This week we welcomed back Nora, who's come back from her study abroad semester in London, as well as special guests Nicholas and Ellen.

nora's set
adele - set fire to the rain
fun. feat. janelle monáe - we are young
ed sheeran - lego house
lilly allen - the fear
taylor swift feat. the civil wars - safe and sound

gerardo's set
coldplay - charlie brown
queen - now i'm here
pink floyd - have a cigar
the police - walking on the moon

ellen & nicholas' set
don omar feat. lucenzo - danza kuduro
onerepublic - good life

end set
snoop dogg - sensual seduction
k.d. lang - constant craving

Tune in next week when Ryan and Tiegan will be back and The Kids are in full strength!

playlist - dec. 10th, 2011!

Allright ladies and germs, the gig us up for this semester's Kids of PS 118. We enjoyed providing what we hoped were some good laughs and, at the very least, interesting music. We are definitely going to be back semester, and we are coming back in full force (with Nora returning from the Europe). Special mention should be made of our interns Natalie and Sara, who killed it while they were with us in the studio. They'd done it before, but intern take-over week was a success all around. Here's the recap:

sara's set
led zeppelin - ramble on
the rolling stones - street fighting man
david bowie - suffragette city
the beatles - the ballad of john and yoko
aretha franklin - eleanor rigby
the who - baba o' riley

natalie's set
simon and garfunkel - the only living boy in new york
the feeling - sewn
andy grammer - keep your head up
graffiti6 - stare into the sun
bibio - take off your shirt
phantom planet - california
the rakes - terror!
ray orbison - oh, pretty woman

gerardo's set
the beatles - you never give me your money
jarabe de palo - agua
the strokes - someday
oasis - live forever
gorillaz - plastic beach

ryan's set
lloyd - dedication to my ex

So with this we wrap up the Fall 2011 semester. As we said in our sign off, we wish you and yours the very best for the rest of the year. See you in January

playlist - dec. 3rd, 2011!

Hey everybody, we're back from eating copious amounts of turkey or what some people refer to as Thanksgiving. Anywho, here's the recap:

gerardo's set
the rolling stones - angie
queen - doing all right
the who - behind blue eyes
the doors - 20th century
men at work - overkill

tiegan's set
sufjan stevens - holy, holy, holy
relient k - hope for every fallen man (acoustic)
dashboard confessional - the sharp hint of new tears
mason jennings - keepin it real
john legend - everybody knows

ryan & gene's set
drake - take care
bob marley - is this love
diffuser - breakaway
porcelain black feat. lil wayne - this is what rock n roll looks like (jump smokers remix)
morgan page - the longest road (deadmau5 remix)

sara's set
bob dylan - shelter from the storm
tom petty & the hearbreakers - american girl
the beatles - twist and shout

playlist - nov. 19th, 2011!

tiegan's set
joshua radin - only you
counting crows - washington square
donovan - geraldine
drew danburry - residents in orange county
the new amsterdams - picture in the paper
quiet company - fear and fallacy, sitting in a tree

gerardo's set
coldplay - mylo xyloto/hurts like heaven
boston - more than a feeling
red hot chili peppers - scar tissue
julian casablancas - ludlow st.

ryan's set
lady antebellum - i run to you
the police - roxanne
puddle of mudd - blurry
u2 - lady with a spinning head

intern's set
jakob martin - elephants in water
pepper's ghost - friday night in philadelphia
blink 182 - all the small things
the killers - glamorous indie rock and roll
new order - ceremony
arcade fire - haiti

And since we won't be here this next saturday, we want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving, and the very best to you and yours this week.

playlist - nov. 12th, 2011!

interns' set
biz markie - just a friend
pete townshend - let my love open the door
stevie wonder - for once in my life
jackie wilson - (your love keeps lifting me) higher & higher
razrolight - rip it up
voxhaul broadcast - leaving on the 5th
fitz and the tandtrums - moneygrabber
the hush sound - don't wake me up
maroon 5 - no curtain call

ryan's set
frank sinatra - my way
kanye west & jay-z feat. frank ocean - no church in the wild
u2 - city of blinding lights
the rolling stones - sympathy for the devil
stone temple pilots - interstate love song

gerardo's set
michael bublé - all of me
ray charles - mary ann
pink floyd - the happiest days of our lives/another brick in the wall, part 2
the beatles - hey jude (love version)
the killers - human

tiegan's (sister's) set
the grouch & eligh - euphoria
eyedea & abilities - now
larusso - crutch
grits - ooh ah

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playlist - nov. 5th, 2011!

gerardo's set
the jimi hendrix experience - voodoo child (slight return)
guns n' roses - sweet child o' mine
aerosmith - jaded
ac/dc - you shook me all night long

tiegan's set
all time low - remembering sunday
oar - heard the world
dashboard confessional - bend and not break
quiet company - it's better to spend money
mgmt - kids
the shins - phantom limb

natalie's set
frank sinatra - come fly with me
james blunt - stay the night
maroon 5 - stutter
franz ferdinand - michael
maximo park - books from boxes
of montreal - wraith pinned to the mist and other games

end
amos lee - shout out loud

playlist - oct. 29th, 2011!

ryan's set
martin luther mccoy - while my guitar gently weeps
taking back sunday - what's it feel like to be a ghost?
new found glory - sonny
mgmt - electric feel
matchbook romance - what a sight

gerardo's technical difficulty set
paul mccartney - maybe i'm amazed

natalie's rescue set
neon trees - in the next room
bette midler - i put a spell on you
young the giant - your side
ra ra riot - can you tell
jet - look what you've done

gerado's re-try set
oasis - talk tonight
the verve - bittersweet symphony
the clash - lost in the supermarket

tiegan's set
mozella - freezing
guster - bad bad world
sherwood - for the longest time

playlist - oct. 15th, 2011!

sarah's set
the kinks - powerman
the supremes - you can't hurry love
paul simon - kodachrome

tiegan's set
the sins - black wave
the fictionist - pain of desire
matisyahu - jerusalem
the format - i'm ready, i am
lenka - don't let me fall
the ataris - life makes no sense

ryan's set
ne yo - when you're mad
citizen cope - bullet and a target
weezer - this is such a pity
diffuser - she's all mine
foo fighters - arlandia

gerardo's set
queen - spread your wings
led zeppelin - black dog
deep purple - smoke on the water
gorillaz - on melancholy hill

playlist - oct. 8th, 2011!

tiegan's set
a fine frenzy - near to you
jesse ruben - advice
death cab for cute - soul meets body
guster - what you call love
g. love & special sauce - what we need

gerardo's set
don omar feat. luncenzo - danza kuduro
elton john - goodbye yellow brick road
the doors - love street
the kooks - shine on
wolfmother - love train
the strokes - i can't win

intern set
jet - look what you've done
radiohead - creep
the fratellis - chelsea dagger
the four tops - (reach out) i'll be there
the beatles -blackbird
the beatles - here comes the sun
aretha franklin - the weight

ryan's set
the academy is... - black mamba
blink 182 - stay together for the kids
the raconteurs - these stones will shout
taking back sunday - this photograph is proof (i know you know)
john lennon - imagine

playlist - oct. 1st, 2011!

tiegan's set
dashboard confessional - age six racer
the hush sound - that's okay
the mother hips - time we had
one step away- on my mind
brett dennen - blessed
panic! at the disco - when the day met the night

gerardo's set
pink floyd - wish you were here
john mayer - in your atmosphere (live)
the beatles - don't let me down
michael bublé - hollywood

ryan's set
soundgarden - spoonman
red hot chili peppers - under the bridge
the postal service - such great heights
paramore - where the lines overlap

intern's set
noah and the whale - l.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n.
rooney - paralyzed
hot chip - over and over
franz ferdinand - lucid dreams

playlist - sept. 24th, 2011!

ryan's set
miguel - sure thing
bruno mars - talking to the moon
lostprophets - rooftops
the white stripes - little cream soda
jack's mannequin - the mixed tape

gerardo's set
kanye west - dark fantasy
the who - baba o' riley
snoop dogg - sensual seduction
coldplay - paradise

nora's set
nicki minaj - girls fall like dominoes
sara bareilles - king of anything
duffy - mercy
the glee cast- it's not unusual
demi lovato - skyscraper

special guest jean's set
ocd moosh & twist - black forrest gummy worms
frank ocean - american wedding

And We're Back! playlist sept 10th, 2011!

We are excited to be back for the 2011-2012 school year and happy to be back in our 10 AM time slot! Hope you can tune in and have a good time with us all through the semester, and here's the semester's first playlists:

tiegan's set
the postal service - welcome back cooper
dashboard confessional - turpentine chaser
yellowcard - city of devils
mae - brink of disaster
relient k - beaming
guster - architects & engineers
g. love & special sauce - wontcha come home

ryan's set
adele - someone like you
incubus - drive
taking back sunday - call me in the morning
miguel - all i want is you
yellowcard - empty apartment
30 seconds to mars - closer to the edge

gerardo's set
julian casablancas - 11th dimension
buena vista social club feat. coldplay - clocks
the police - every little thing she does is magic
the rolling stones - (i can't get no) satisfaction