104: A silent monster for hours on end.

Sorry for the long gap between episodes. Various reasons including equipment problems, but I have a little more time for putting some shows together for the short term and plan on taking advantage of that time. Enjoy the show and stay subscribed.

Dime No. 104: A silent monster for hours on end.

Dropkick "Too Much To Say"
Ryan Schmidt "Under Attack"
Get Back Loretta "Pretty Song"
Jessica Paige "Never Land"
Melissa Li and the Barely Theirs "Better Than Here"
The Minor Leagues "Ghost Maps"
Neo Geo "Can't Catch Me"
Will Crum "School Is For Donkeys"
Volary "Undone"
The Simple Carnival "Smitten"


Total Time—34:38

103: Make The Wrong Things Right

Wow! Another new podcast! If I keep this up, everyone will think that I've lost my day job! This one features some great music from DC area musicians Danni Rosner, Andy Zipf, and Janine Wilson, as well as two tracks from Mark Bacino's excellent "Queen's English," an album that I can't recommend enough.

Dime No. 103: Make The Wrong Things Right

Mark Bacino "Queen's English"
The Bolts "Chase The Stars"
Andy Zipf "Reach Is Wide"
Supraluxe "Data Control"
Janine Wilson "The Grass Is Always Greener"
Shayfer James "Tombstone Road"
Danni Rosner "Wind Up Toy"
Paper or Plastic "Break Your Bond"
Ivana Turano "Happy Ending"
Mark Bacino "Happy"


Total Time—33:18

102: I've Got An Army of My Own

After the day I've had, putting out the first new episode of Suitcase Full of Dimes in over a year was therapeutic to say the least. I'll be preparing some new installments of the show in coming weeks.

Artists featured in this episode include: John Brodeur, Sara Haze, and Kelly Harper.

This show is dedicated to my nephew.

101: Anything Can Happen

It's been so long since I recorded an actual podcast, so I just had to get one one out. Click on the artist's links below for more information on the bands played. Now, because the sun is shining and the air is dryer, I'm going to play outside for the rest of the weekend. Enjoy!

Dime No. 101: Anything Can Happen

Hari and Aino "Maple"
Transit "Maybe It's Fine"
The Mike Michalak Band "The Wave"
Lion O'Brien "If You Say You Love Me"
The Red Book Comics "Do You See"
The Arts and Sciences "Boom Echo"
Scott Krokoff "Friend In Need"
Eye Alaska "Walk Like A Gentleman"
The Alan Craig Project "The Party"
The Studio Band Headliner "The Wall"


Total Time—38:39

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

97: Like An Old Balloon

This coming Monday the 13th will mark the two-year anniversary of the podcast. And it has come a long way since those early, non-podsafe days. It would have been cool if the hundredth show coincided with the anniversary, but it just wasn't meant to be. This installment of the podcast is especially entertaining and reminds me, in some ways, of that first podcast. Several of the artists and bands here have become favorites of mine in the course of 97 episodes. I hope some of them will become your favorites as well.

Dime No. 97: Like An Old Balloon

The Jellybricks "Goodnight To Everyone" (from Goodnight To Everyone, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Smith Bros. "How Wrong You Are" (from Restless, 2008) Buy the CD the band's website
The Telepathic Butterflies "Telescope" (from Breakfast In Suburbia, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Inara George with Van Dyke Parks "Accidental" (from An Invitation, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Strive "Smallest Things" (from Fire, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Jim Boggia "To And Fro" (from Misadventures In Stereo, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Colin MacIntyre "Famous For Being Famous" (from The Water, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Monkeeman "I Know A Girl" (from Life In The Backseat, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
The Simple Carnival "You Jump First" (from Girls Aliens Food, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Jakob Martin "Fiction Friction" (from Masking The Mirror, 2008) Buy the CD @ New Nation Media


Total Time—35:23

96: Maybe The Best Thing I've Ever Heard

This should gone out over the weekend and I apologize for the tardiness, but to make up for it, I made a couple last minute lineup changes by adding The Major Labels and, after a ten year absence, a brand new track from The Mommyheads. Enjoy!

Dime No. 96: Maybe The Best Thing I've Ever Heard

Chewy Marble "Cross-Hatched World" (from Modulations, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Beggars Lake "Hold On" (from Mud, Blood and Mercy, Out on September 26, 2008)
The Mommyheads "Help Me" (from You're Not A Dream, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
The Major Labels "Don't Hear A Single" (from Aquavia, 2008) Buy the CD @ the artist's MySpace page
Powerlight "Everyday We Are Made New"
The Fire Apes "Let Me Know" (from Central Park Carousel, 2005) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Mardeen "Kids" (from Read Less Minds, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Turnpage "Point of Infinity" (from Riverbed Cinematic EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Freedom
Ryan Winford "Light at the End of the Hall" (from What Time Will Change EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Get Back Loretta "Girlface" (from Over The Wall, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—38:06

The Drop.Io

I do plan to get a new show out over the holiday weekend, but I wanted to quickly pop in and let everyone know that Show Number 100 is on the horizon. I started the podcast in Fall of 2006 with the intention of getting some much needed notice for indie artists that you just don't hear on the radio. In the past two years, I've shared my discoveries with you and you've shared many of yours with me.

I've set up a drop.io account at http://drop.io/suitcasefullofdimes to encourage more sharing through the next two years and beyond. The drop.io includes a voicemail line (646-495-9203, extension 67927) if you want to call and leave a message for the podcast.

For more information on what you can do with drop.io, click here.

Note: The required password will be mentioned on the show starting with Show 96.

95: Someone Unique To Complete Me

Remember me? I used to do this podcast called Suitcase Full of Dimes a long time ago. Yeah, I know, but I've been busy. If you like to listen to my other project, tune into the WMEL-AM webstream at 10pm EDT on Saturday nights for Pop Garden Radio. Adam plays some really great tunes and could use an extra listener or three. (So email your friends!)

Dime No. 95: Someone Unique To Complete Me

The Mooney Suzuki "Just Like Jesse James" (from Guilt By Association, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Elisa Peimer "Don't Come Around" (from Pull of the Moon, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Brew "Looking Down" (from Back to the Woods, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Steve Caraway "Gone, Gone, Gone" (from Hurricane Season, 2008) Buy the CD @ Indien Ink
Skipping Girl Vinegar "One Chance" (single, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
Little Plastic Stars "Waiting"
Justina "Formula" (from Last One Standing, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Wendy Wall "The Long Goodbye" (from Two Birds, 2001) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Maine "Everything I Ask For" (from Can't Stop, Won't Stop, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
Sugar Fix "Skymall"


Total Time—35:07

94: Hope To Spare

Just a quick reminder that the debut of the Pop Garden Pop Quiz is tonight on Adam Waltemire's Pop Garden Radio. If you're not in the Cocoa Beach, FL, area, you can tune into the show live on the web at www.popgardenradio.com at 10pm EDT. I'll also be on The Time Machine tonight, which you can hear on Maui's Mana'o Radio starting at 2pm HST/8pm EDT. The Time Machine streams at www.manaoradio.com.

Dime No. 94: Hope To Spare

The Goldbergs "Better Times" (from Under The Radar, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Chewy Marble "Don't Look At The Sun" (from Modulations, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Fire Apes "I Want You Back" (from A Perfect Day For Bananafish, 2005) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Kati Mac "Only Love" (from Poseidon's Son, 2004) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Jeff Caylor "Almost Flew" (from Okay, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Simple Carnival "Really Really Weird" (from Me and My Arrow EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Herron Brothers "Safe From The Sun" (from A Lovely Spread, 2008)
Small World "One In A Million"
Get Back Loretta "The Future Of The Moon" (from Over The Wall, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Apologies" (from This Is Somewhere, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes


Total Time—35:36

Lifehacker Interview with Coverville's Brian Ibbott

Head's up! Lifehacker has an excellent interview with one of my favorite music podcasters, Brian Ibbott of Coverville.

93: I Could Give You Twenty Reasons

Be sure to listen to Pop Garden Radio next Saturday night at 10PM EDT for the Pop Garden Pop Quiz. Also be sure to check out the Cafepress shop.

Dime No. 93: I Could Give You Twenty Reasons

Echo Screen "Everything After Bradford" (from Euphoria, 2006)
The Dandy Warhols "Mission Control" (from ...Earth To The Dandy Warhols..., 2008)
Blake Morgan "Why Don't You See? (featuring Lenny Kravitz)" (from Anger's Candy, 1997)
Citizens of Contrary Knowledge "Lonely Hearts Society" (from You're What You Wish You Are, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Receiving End Of Sirens "Stay Small" (from The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi, 2008)
Neil Fox "A Zero With A Gun" (from Now It's Personal, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Joe Pop "Everybody Makes Her Cry" (from They Call Me Pop, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Disciples of Spess "Genial Woman, 47, Seeks Ten-Pin Bowling Enthusiast"
J.J. Appelton "Today, Today, Today" (from Black and White Matinee, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Andy Stone "In The Coffee Shop, When" (from Under The Radar, 2008)


Total Time—34:52

92: Once Upon A Starry Night

As usual, I apologize for the extended hiatus. Hopefully, I can get back into a groove in July. Great lineup this episode: new Geoff Smith, an excellent track from The Simple Carnival, and the newly discovered (at least to me!) Katie Herzig!

Dime No. 92: Once Upon A Starry Night

The Simple Carnival "Caitlin's On The Beach" (from Me And My Arrow EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ the artist's website
Geoff Smith "Ones and 0s" (from Ones and 0s, 2008)
The Goldbergs "Better Times" (from Under The Radar, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Cool King Chris "Who Do You Hoo Doo?" (from Charlotte Popfest Compilation, 2008) Buy the CD @ charlottepopfest.com
The Alrights "City Underground" (from High School, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Weatherbox "Trippin' the Life Fantastic" (from American Art, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Get Back Loretta "Over The Wall" (from Over The Wall, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Wiser Time "Hammer Down" (from All For One, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
David Usher "So Far Down" (from Strange Birds, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
Katie Herzig "Sweeter Than This" (from Weightless, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—38:20

91: Tomorrow Is A Winding Road

I'm at the beach this weekend, but I put together a quick episode to tide everyone over until next week. Special thanks to Side B Music for making the Chewy Marble CD, and especially the song "She Roxx," podsafe.

Dime No. 91: Tomorrow Is A Winding Road

Candygram For Mongo "Fairfax Avenue" (from Candygram For Mongo, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Chewy Marble "She Roxx" (from Modulations, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Darius Lux "Hey You" (from Indie Revolution Rock Compilation, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Dropkick "Dot The i" (from Dot The i, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
JJ Appelton "Black and White Matinee" (from Black and White Matinee, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Humane Society
Maria Daines "Moose The Wolfdog" Download the song @ the artist's website
Mink Jaguar "Love To Love You" (from ...Again, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Olio "Bad Apple" (from Living The Dream, to be released in 2008)
Paul Collins Beat "More Than Yesterday" (from Flying High, 2007) Buy this CD (and their new one, Ribbon of Gold) @ the artist's website
The Goldbergs "Water Blue" (from Under The Radar, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—31:30

90: You Better Look Around

Ever have one of those days where you go to record all the talkie bits of your music podcast and discover too late that the recording levels were far lower than they needed to be? Maybe it's just me. Fortunately for you, the listener, I re-recorded the bits and put everything back together so I don't sound like I'm whispering between songs. I recorded the talkie bits using my new Shure 55SH Series II mic onto a Marantz PMD620 Recorder, which just means that you're hearing me in stereo now. You may not have even realized you were hearing me in mono before.

Also, upon reflection, I'm not 100% certain it was Pop Garden Radio where I heard The Orchid Highway. It might have been The Time Machine. Either way, they're both excellent shows worth your listening time.

Dime No. 90: You Better Look Around

Get Back Loretta "Mr. Brown" (from Over The Wall, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Fabulous Hats "Your Bliss" (from Fabulous Hats, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
You, Me & Iowa "Tommy Hall" (from The Adventures of You, Me and Iowa, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Jerry Chapman "Learn to Fly" (from Charlotte Pop Fest, 2008) Pre-order the CD @ charlottepopfest.com
Admiral Twin "No. 1 Fan" (from Mock Heroic, 2000) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Everyday Atlas "Be A Reason" (from Your Move, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
AM with Julianna Raye "I'll Be Your Mirror" (from Side By Side–Duets EP Vol. 1, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Mary Dream "Beautiful World" (from Beautiful World, 2005) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
FakeSensations "George's Book" (from Isaac and the Secret Chord, 2007) Buy the CD @ iTunes
The Orchid Highway "Next World" (from The Orchid Highway, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes


Total Time—34:16

89: In The Blink of a Flash of Blinding Light

Here's a bonus episode to make up for no show last week. Just the music, no talkie bits.

A big thank you to Adam Waltemire of Pop Garden Radio for three years of great music. The anniversary show was top notch and in case anyone missed it last night, it'll be going up on his site as a podcast some time this weekend. You owe it to yourselves to subscribe and check it out.

Dime No. 89: In The Blink of a Flash of Blinding Light

B-Sea Surfers "On Freeway" (from Latvian Surf Bay, 2006) Buy the CD @ DWM Music
Orange Snow "Paper Plane" (from World of Makebelieve, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Dirty Angels "Heart & Soul" (from Flash A Go-Go, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Wintersleep "Astronaut" (from Welcome To The Night Sky, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Sick Of Sarah "Paint Like That" (from Bittersweet EP, 2007) Buy the song @ iTunes
Journey South "What I Love About Home"
The Goldbergs "Ain't Gonna Stop" (from Under The Radar, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Darcy Fray "The Lucky Ones"
Kerry Politzer "Love Is In The Atmosphere" (from You Took Me In, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Modest Midget "Troubles In Heaven" (from Partial Exposure EP, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes


Total Time—32:36