December 15 show - We'll Meet Again

As the final production of "The G-Man Presents..." of the year, I chose to end it with some oldies. For a start:

-Noel Coward "World Weary"
-Perry Como "Papa Loves Mambo"
-Johnnie Ray "Just Walking in the Rain"
-Bobby Darin "Beyond the Sea"
-Patti Page "How Much is That Doggie in the Window"
-Bing Crosby "Brother Can You Spare a Dime"

As another look at oldies, the "PRESS START" segment today was a round of "The Immortal," where you play a very-bearded fellow who's anything but. The game's extremely difficult, and that was quite obvious as we played through, not even making our way through level one.
Bah, enough of that. Time for more Oldies, this time one band in particular: The Ink Spots. This old 30s-40s band had quite a few nice hits in its time, and today we listened to many of them. Among the songs:

-Maybe
-If I Didn't Care
-Java Jive
-It's Only a Shanty in an Old Shanty Town
-I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

At this point, the show had come to its end; time for the final song. One that'll tell you that it's over for now, but I'll be back! And I MEAN I'll be back! Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again."

So, goodbye for now, but just wait until next year...oh yes, just you wait. >:3

December 8 show - Holiday Spirit

Today's show was much more laid back than others, I'm afraid to say. Because of some excessive end-of-semester work, I wasn't especially prepared as I usually am.
For the opening set today, I chose "fan remixes." Video and computer games have very devoted fans, and I used the opening set to showcase some things these fans have produced. Among the played games:

• "Wasteland Dancin'," a Fallout 3 remix by "Airshom".
• "Starcraft Virus," a Starcraft remix by a currently-unknown fan.
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Dustbowl," a Team Fortress 2 remix by The Dead Workers Party.
• "Twelve Days of Starcraft," a Starcraft remix by Blizzard, apparently produced as a joke by the company; nice when a company can laugh at its own product.
• "Spy Sappin' My Sandwich," another Team Fortress 2 remix, also by The Dead Workers Party. A parody of a Christmas carol.

After tiring of remixes, I decided to move on to our "PRESS START!" where this week we went back to basics, playing an NES game. This one was going to be a bit longer than usual, being the game "Legend of Zelda." Didn't intend for it to go on as long as it did, but oh well.
No suitable song could be found for reflection purposes, so I moved on to our closing set, Paul McCartney. Songs played were:

• "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five"
• "Live and Let Die"
• "Band on the Run"

About then, we were out of time on the show, and it was time for the next DJ. So, until next week...such was the end of The G-Man Presents. See you next week!

December 1 show - Under Cover and Surfing

GENTLEMEN.

For the show this week, I was inspired by the "Remix" theme I had going for last week's opening set. Indeed, I decided we should listen to a single artist's cover songs - the covers of Annie Lennox. Listed below are the songs I played, along with the original artists:

-No More 'I Love You's - The Lover Speaks (1986)
-A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum (1967)
-Don't Let it Bring you Down - Neil Young (1970)
-Something so Right - Paul Simon (1973)

After this set of covers, it was time to "PRESS START!" And press start we did, heading down to the Bahamas to chill with "Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude," a platform starring a faceless surf bum who's come into ownership of a cursed Aztec pendant. To remove the pendant, we must gather the six pieces of the Ancient Aztec Treasure. After all, we have a Killer Frisbee, a Pedal-Copter, and a trunks-load of motivation!
Alas, it wasn't meant to be; while attempting to attack enemy crabs and hit their weak points for massive damage, we dropped our frisbee, and Greendog dissolved into nothingness. Sad.
As a shout-out to the late Greendog, I played some music I think fit the mood of the game - where we were getting around the Bahamas - and played the Beach Boys' "I Get Around."
To close the song, I put up some modern rock songs, which included:

-"Propane Nightmares" by Pendulum
-"Race for the Prize" by The Flaming Lips
-"Ankle Injuries" by Fujiya & Miyagi

Once more, those who read, comments, suggestions, etc. are never out of the question. PLEASE!

Okey-dokey, see you next week!

-G-Man

November 24 - Remix'd

Today's opening set consisted of remixes. Only two in particular, but even so:

• Radiohead "Nude." Remix by James Houston via old computer parts.
• Styx "Mr. Roboto." Remix by POLYSICS, lyrics changed.

Around 3:30, it became time for "PRESS START!" This time, I decided we should go back to basics and play the original Sonic the Hedgehog; man, that guy was blazing quick for that time, wasn't he? Big change from the games of today.
After unsuccessfully navigating a maze of hot lava plumes and stupid robot caterpillars, I found myself without anymore lives, and so I decided we should reflect on our failure to overcome the hot elements with an appropriate song, Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire."
To close the show today, I put on two requests, likely from some younger listeners. Specifically:

• Boys Like Girls "Thunder"
• Dragonforce "Fury of the Storm"

Hope those of you that read this posting enjoyed this week's show. And if you don't read this posting, then I silently mock you for not keeping up on the latest G-man-related events!
Out 'till next week, see ya!

November 17th - Welcome back!

Having missed last week due to Memorial Day, the G-Man had a bit of catching up with tunes to do. Fortunately, this was not a difficult task. We started off with a simple set of the New, Improved Aquabats. Specifically, a block of songs from their most recent album, "CHARGE!!" This block included:

• Fashion Zombies!
• Stuck in a Movie!
• Plastic Lips!
• Hot Summer Nights (Won't Last Forever!)
• Awesome Forces!
• Mechanical Ape!
  

Between Stuck in a Movie! and Plastic Lips!, though, we ran into a snag: our CD player err'd. Having no way to access or play our CD, we resorted to playing through conventional means - via YouTube videos! Damn it all!
After getting over that matter, we moved on to a belated round of "PRESS START!" Under upgrades, we played a Sega Genesis game this show, instead of just a dinky Nintendo game. Our game this week was "Toejam and Earl," a tale of two hip, funky alien bro's who've crash-landed on planet earth in their totally rad spaceship; now they've gotta put their ship back together! Earl was flying solo in this expedition, so we led him around through four levels (And the secret Level zero) before realizing the time and putting his adventuring on hold.
We helped end the show this week with songs by "Lemon Demon," the internet celebrity responsible for such songs as "Dance Like an Idiot," "Lawnmower," and "Word Disassociation."
The show was concluded with an edited version of "The Song of the Count," edited with strategic bleeps to sound dirtier than it really is.
Again, questions, comments, suggestions all appreciated. See you next week!

November 3 Show - Take it Slow

Well, here we are with another show. Halloween's come and gone, Election day is literally the next day, and it's finally started to look like Autumn around here.

After a brief rant about how modern politics has become a boorish mud-slinging fest, I sent you, the listeners, to the other side of the Pacific with the Japanese band POLYSICS, playing songs from their album "Now is the Time!":

• "I My Me Mine"
• "Ah-Yeah!!"
• "Walky Talky"
• "Toisu!"
• "Oh! Monaliza"
• "Jhout"
• "Mr. Psycho Psycho"

After such time, I felt we had strayed too far from our times, and decided we should move on to our signature segment, "PRESS START!" Given the drab, harsh outside weather, I suggested we play a drab, harsh game. And so "Nightshade" it was! After narrowly escaping a bomb blast, we beat up some posh-looking guy, broke a chandelier, and escaped to the outside world! Where we ultimately succumbed to a ninja lady. A harrowing escape was attempted after being tied to a conveyor belt and sent to die in a printing press, but our escape only sped up our death, as it seems we flipped the wrong switch. Oh well, guess we're all over the front page now.
It meant we had yet another loss for us, the people who controlled Nightshade's fate. Rather than be depressed over it, I insisted we not dwell on our mistakes and instead focus on the now-in-season weather, by visualizing us all comfortable, and giving us music to do the same for us. Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" and Dave Grusin's "Mountain Dance" saw to that.
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and thus so did our hour of comfort; I took us to Japan one last time to experience POLYSICS' song "Bye-Bye-Bye!" An appropriate song for the conclusion of a show.

That was our show for the week, so until next time...questions, comments, suggestions, ALWAYS appreciated. Really!

October 27th Show

Well, hope you listeners had some fun listening today. (Obviously you did, or else why would you listen? Surely not because you were held at gunpoint.) We opened the show today with a CD of masked superheroes, the great Aquabats! More specifically, their songs:

• Super Rad!
• Red Sweater!
• Magic Chicken!
• Cat with 2 Heads!
• The Story of Nothing!
• Attacked by Snakes!

Once that got us all in a nice mood, we moved on to our "PRESS START!" segment, with today's game being a harrowing trip into Castlevania, whuppin' ghosts and kitties and fishmen and other stuff. Rather ghastly, let me tell you. That Dracula keeps some strange company.
Having perished in the upper levels, I called for a lightening of the mood by playing some Santana, specifically, "Into the Night." Following that, I felt the need to play some 80s music, so away I went with another block of songs:

• Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
• After the fire "Der Kommissar"
• Flock of Seagulls "I Ran"
• Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round"
  

After this block, my time was almost up, but I suddenly realized - though I had played a game with Halloween-y vibes, I had not played any music that was even remotely Halloween-y. So, before the end of the

October 20 show

Sorry for missing last week's blog posting, but I was having a bit too much fun on-air.

Anyway, this week, I decided to open things up with a Ramones set, which meant:

• Blitzkrieg Bop
• Judy is a Punk
• Pinhead
• Commando
• Teenage Lobotomy
• I Wanna Be Sedated
• I Just to Have Something to Do (snuck in at the end)

Anyway, the listeners' rolls sufficiently rocked, it was time to move on to the show's signature moment, "PRESS START!" This week, to help raise the IQ of my listeners, I set up a show of "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" And boy, was that exciting, tracking down a dastardly criminal, stealing a cardinal's robes! Sadly, our escapades did not last, for just when we thought we had our man...our fabricated evidence betrayed us, and it turned out we tracked the wrong person! Bah, we failed. Our next endeavor was to retrieve some old Indian art, but we were cut short, and were forced to Abort!
We were awful detectives, and Joe Nichols' "The Impossible" was played to help us reflect on our failures. One box of tissues later, I decided it was time to perk up the mood, and began playing some oldies, including:

• The Kinks - Come Dancing
• Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
• The Doors - Riders on the Storm

At this point, the show was just about over. I closed the show with a rendition of the Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah." Such was the end of the show.

Oh well...any suggestions, requests, etc. are always appreciated. After all, nothing pleases me, the DJ, more than you doing the work for me!

See you next week.

10-6:

So, what's in Our show today, you ask? An excellent question, given that We sometimes have trouble keeping track of these things Ourselves.

We opened with a block of The White Stripes, specifically:

• Death Letter
• The Hardest Button to Button
• Fell in Love With a Girl
• Icky Thump

Those songs complete, We moved right into our "PRESS START!" segment with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (The game's punctuation, not Ours), detailing boxer Little Mac's escapades through the Minor and Major circuits of the W.V.B.A. The fights were long and hard, but in the end, Mac triumphed over all obstacles and hardships, like some real-life Rocky Balboa! Such are the tales of triumph. Oh, it brings a tear to Our eye...

Moving on, We launched into a set of Instrumental, non-lyrical songs. These included:

• "YYZ" by Rush
• "Radiator" by Paul Gilbert
• "Green Hornet" by Al Hirt

By then, it was unfortunately the end of Our show. Things were a bit messy today, since We were operating this show almost entirely through an independent computer, not the standard CD player. Oh well...can't win them all. Pity. T'was still a great show, though. And one of the better rounds of "PRESS START" we've had in the program. Very nice.

How it works

You may be wondering, "Golly gosh gee by jingo, G-Man, how's this newfangled Internet radio doohickey work?" Well, to be honest, since we're running through iTunes, I don't know either.
I do know how the original thing works, though. Simply log on to http://www.radiolaspositas.com, then click on the huge logo, and the show shall begin!

I have been scheduled to a 3-4 PM Monday slot. Disappointing, given I was pushing for 1-4 PM Wednesday. But I suppose that's just the way the wall crumbles. Sorry, Boss; guess my show won't have as epic a return as I planned. Oh well; room for negotiations.

Of course, now that I have a proper show, I'll have to explain the format to people. It's pretty simple:

Top of the hour: Block of songs.
Quarter past: "Press Start!" A 15-minute or more segment where I begin playing a video game on air, explaining and riffing on it as necessary. Followed by a block of songs until a quarter past.
Quarter till: "News Update!" I stop the songs and recite a pice of interesting news.
Top of the hour: SHOW OVAH!

That about covers it. Toodles till next time.

The G-Man Returns

Good day, visitors.

I've been gone for a few months, but I'm back. Be fearful, folks: The G-Man has returned! I've been pent up in my own zone of sound for too long, and it's time to bust out and share it with the world once again.

Be ready! The show will be back and new! With:

• More music!
• More games!
• More fun!

Behold, ladies and gentlemen: The G-Man returns! Coming soon!