| February 16th, 2009 |
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| Rodeo Drive |
My special guest, Rodeo Drive, and I tossed around some ideas on how we could theme up our show; but neither
one of us had an American Flag denim shirt…so we opted for great records, and songs dedicated to our founding
fathers.
Aaron Calvin is one of a number of young singer/songwriters around Des Moines. I’ve had on multiple bands from
High Schools all around Central Iowa and they all seem to know or work with each other in one way or another.
Rodeo Drive is simply what Aaron calls himself while playing solo, but he’s looking to expand into a full band before
recording an album later this year. We talk all about that, and what it’s like being a young musician in Des Moines
during the interview…
I’m always having people come up during the show who seem so surprised that we have vinyl, and that musicians
still put out records. Then they seem even more surprised to find out that most of the records we have are new,
beautiful pieces of art. This week we really proved it by playing all music put out post 2000. Aaron (Rodeo Drive) had
some wonderful albums, which helped set a nice mood in the café…some of them I was really jealous of!
Here is what we played…
The National – Boxer
The Envy Corps – Dwell
Kaiser Cartel – March Forth
Of Montreal – Satanic Panic in the Attic
The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site
Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes 12”
Belle and Sebastian – BBC Sessions
Dirty Three – Cider
Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
White Stripes – White Blood Cells
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois!
one of us had an American Flag denim shirt…so we opted for great records, and songs dedicated to our founding
fathers.
Aaron Calvin is one of a number of young singer/songwriters around Des Moines. I’ve had on multiple bands from
High Schools all around Central Iowa and they all seem to know or work with each other in one way or another.
Rodeo Drive is simply what Aaron calls himself while playing solo, but he’s looking to expand into a full band before
recording an album later this year. We talk all about that, and what it’s like being a young musician in Des Moines
during the interview…
I’m always having people come up during the show who seem so surprised that we have vinyl, and that musicians
still put out records. Then they seem even more surprised to find out that most of the records we have are new,
beautiful pieces of art. This week we really proved it by playing all music put out post 2000. Aaron (Rodeo Drive) had
some wonderful albums, which helped set a nice mood in the café…some of them I was really jealous of!
Here is what we played…
The National – Boxer
The Envy Corps – Dwell
Kaiser Cartel – March Forth
Of Montreal – Satanic Panic in the Attic
The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site
Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes 12”
Belle and Sebastian – BBC Sessions
Dirty Three – Cider
Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
White Stripes – White Blood Cells
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois!
