this was the WMBR program guide blurb for the inaugural season of darkdark*radio, which aired tuesday nights 0200-0400h for 14 shows in the summer of 2003:
<< oh, how dark the darkness of the night is... are you tainted and tarnished? go wash your hands and then tune in for some unshiny music. >>
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darkdark radio, set 1.14, 9.24.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 four tet -- hands
2 mum -- green grass of tunnel
3 styrofoam -- the long wait
4 slowdive -- when the sun hits
5 manual -- astoria
6 styrofoam -- if i believed you / back into focus
7 elliott smith -- a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free
8 the smashing pumpkins -- set the ray to jerry
9 elliott smith -- somebody that i used to know
10 blonde redhead -- loved despite of great faults
11 icebreaker -- melody for NATO
12 juno reactor -- jardin de cecile
13 orbital -- desert storm
14 orbital -- doctor?
15 ulrich schnauss -- blumenwiese neben autobahn
16 styrofoam -- blow it away from your eyes
17 four tet -- and they all look broken-hearted
18 slowdive -- machine gun
19 four tet -- slow jam
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darkdark*radio, set 1.13, 9.17.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 hilmar orn hilmarsson -- approach/dream
2 mogwai -- take me somewhere nice
3 explosions in the sky -- greet death
4 delerium -- twilight
5 juno reactor -- god is god
6 delerium -- fallen
7 delerium -- innocente
8 delerium -- anthem
9 faith & disease -- she's got a halo
10 audra -- in all our androgyny
11 slowdive -- dagger
12 sigur ros -- njosnavelin
13 amber asylum -- riviera
14 mogwai -- killing all the flies
15 low -- in the drugs
16 codeine -- new year's
17 the tea party -- angels
18 elliott smith -- junk bond trader
19 slowdive -- souvlaki space station
20 dream into dust -- internal return
21 faith & disease -- jardeau blue
22 sigur ros -- bium bium bambalo
23 sigur ros -- death announcements and funerals
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darkdark*radio, set 1.12, 9.10.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 mira -- space
2 audra -- venus
3 slowdive -- machine gun
4 american analogue set -- the postman
5 ms john soda -- solid ground
6 styrofoam -- a heart without a mind
7 the notwist -- consequence
8 mogwai -- take me somewhere nice
9 sigur ros -- fluguferlsarinn
10 american analogue set -- choia vandals
11 mum -- i cant feel my hand anymore, its alright, sleep still
12 the smashing pumpkins -- french movie theme
13 godspeed you black emperor -- rockets fall on rocket falls
14 the smashing pumpkins -- dancing in the moonlight
15 slowdive -- waves
16 ulrich schnauss -- blumenthal
17 mira -- cayman
18 audra -- spiked with black and rum
19 mira -- hollow
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darkdark*radio, set 1.11, 8.20.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 the smashing pumpkins -- soothe
2 faith & disease -- she's got a halo
3 morphine -- hanging on a curtain
4 the smashing pumpkins -- jennifer ever
5 joy division -- love will tear us apart
6 android lust -- stained (video edit)
7 nine inch nails -- down in it
8 switchblade symphony -- dollhouse
9 ray corvair trio -- punta
10 mira -- green
11 arcana -- innocent child
12 sigur ros -- ny batteri [vinyl]
13 mogwai -- ratts of the capital
14 kabalevsky violin concerto opus 48, feat. David Oistrakh [vinyl]
15 elliott smith -- happiness [vinyl]
16 elliott smith -- alameda [vinyl]
17 elliott smith -- pretty (ugly before) [vinyl]
18 tom lehrer -- i hold your hand in mine [vinyl]
19 tom lehrer -- the wiener-schnitzel waltz [vinyl]
20 underworld -- juanita / kiteless / to dream of love [vinyl]
21 the smashing pumpkins -- some (live '94 off 'earphoria')
22 mira -- in theory
23 blonde redhead -- for the damaged
24 the smashing pumpkins -- spaced
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darkdark*radio, set 1.10, 8.13.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 the smashing pumpkins -- thirtythree
2 sponge -- i am anastasia
3 audra -- what your eyes had seen
4 black tape for a blue girl -- all my lovers
5 sponge -- the drag queens of memphis
6 blonde redhead -- odiata per le sue virtu
7 elliott smith -- a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free [vinyl]
8 puccini's "la boheme" -- 'che gelida manina' + 'si, mi chiamano mimi' [vinyl]
9 sigur ros -- untitled #9 (smaskifa) [vinyl]
10 a3 -- woke up this morning
11 orbital -- satan (live nyc)
12 underworld -- dirty epic
13 apocalyptica -- the unforgiven
14 mira -- cayman
15 elliott smith -- pretty (ugly before) [vinyl]
16 the smashing pumpkins -- a night like this
17 donnie darko soundtrack -- mad world (alternate)
18 manual -- blue skied an' clear
19 the smashing pumpkins -- my blue heaven
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darkdark*radio, set 1.9, 7.30.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 blade runner soundtrack (vangelis) -- main titles
2 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
3 ulrich schnauss -- blumenthal
4 explosions in the sky -- greet death
5 mira -- in theory
6 mira -- something ventured
7 styrofoam -- snow crush killing song
8 elliott smith -- son of sam [vinyl]
9 david bowie & billy corgan -- all the young dudes [vinyl]
10 audra -- venus
11 mira -- real
12 juno reactor -- jardin de cecile
13 nine inch nails -- sin
14 orbital -- doctor?
15 cocteau twins -- love's easy tears [vinyl]
16 explosions in the sky -- a poor man's memory
17 david oistrakh playing T.A.Vitali's Chacona in G Minor
18 mira -- cayman
19 audra -- what your eyes had seen
20 mira -- green
21 blade runner soundtrack (vangelis) -- tears in rain
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darkdark*radio, set 1.8, 7.23.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 icebreaker -- melody for NATO
2 limp -- souvlaki space station
3 slowdive -- waves
4 joy division -- love will tear us apart
5 the smashing pumpkins -- jennifer ever
6 the cure -- a night like this
7 donnie darko soundtrack -- liquid spear waltz
8 the notwist -- consequence
9 icebreaker -- co-prosperity sphere
10 orbital -- midnight
11 icebreaker/manual -- into forever
12 american analogue set -- the postman (Styrofoam's remix)
13 mogwai -- take me somewhere nice
14 mira -- cayman
15 sigur ros -- bium bium bambalo
16 joy division -- transmission
17 a silver mt. zion -- sit in the middle of three galloping dogs
18 type o negative -- ...a dish best served coldly
19 the smashing pumpkins -- speed kills
20 the smashing pumpkins -- pennies
21 donnie darko soundtrack -- mad world (alternate)
22 icebreaker -- listening station
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darkdark*radio, set 1.7, 7.16.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 sigur ros -- vaka (live 9.21.01)
2 mogwai -- killing all the flies
3 elliott smith -- oh well, ok
4 low -- little argument with myself
5 mogwai -- i know you are but what am i?
6 blonde redhead -- hated because of great qualities
7 morphine -- hanging on a curtain
8 switchblade symphony -- dollhouse
9 type o negative -- set me on fire
10 elliott smith -- alameda [vinyl]
11 elliott smith -- ballad of big nothing [vinyl]
12 elliott smith -- between the bars [vinyl]
13 low -- point of disgust
14 four tet -- slow jam
15 compay segundo -- chan chan
16 cocteau twins -- throughout the dark months of april and may
17 morphine -- empty box
18 blonde redhead -- loved despite of great faults
19 type o negative -- i can't lose you
20 switchblade symphony -- clown
21 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
22 low --in the drugs
23 blonde redhead -- for the damaged
24 mogwai -- ratts of the capital
25 sigur ros -- popplagid (live 9.21.01)
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darkdark*radio, set 1.6, 7.9.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 mum -- sleep/swim
2 four tet -- and they all look broken-hearted
3 mum -- green grass of tunnel
4 the smashing pumpkins -- drown
5 cocteau twins -- pandora [vinyl]
6 the smashing pumpkins -- east
7 the orb -- little fluffy clouds
8 underworld -- cups
9 orbital -- halcyon (live)
10 the cure -- boys dont cry
11 sisters of mercy -- this corrosion
12 sverrir gudjonsson -- iceland
13 delerium -- innocente
14 yo-yo ma -- appalachia waltz (by mark o'conner)
15 ballingomingo -- heat
16 the smashing pumpkins -- to sheila
17 the smashing pumpkins -- soma (live '94)
18 the smashing pumpkins -- set the ray to jerry
19 orbital -- satan (live nyc)
20 styrofoam -- fade out your eyes
21 delerium -- a poem for byzantium
22 mum -- the land between solar systems
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darkdark*radio, set 1.5, 7.1.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 esthero -- breath from another
2 blonde redhead -- loved despite of great faults
3 styrofoam -- the long wait
4 manual -- blue skied an' clear
5 sigur ros -- njosnavelin
6 styrofoam -- hard to find
7 the notwist -- solitaire
8 belle & sebastian -- seeing other people
9 radiohead -- true love waits
10 elliott smith -- waltz #1 (demo)
11 maus -- how far is too far?
12 cocteau twins -- wolf in the breast
13 blonde redhead -- hated because of great qualities
14 godspeed you black emperor -- rockets fall on rocket falls
15 the notwist -- consequence
16 styrofoam -- if i believed you / back into focus
17 blonde redhead -- for the damaged
18 jethro tull -- locomotive breath
19 icebreaker/manual -- into forever
20 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
21 massive attack -- teardrop
22 esthero -- swallow me
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darkdark*radio, set 1.4, 6.23.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 the smashing pumpkins -- hope
2 styrofoam -- fade out your eyes
3 four tet -- as serious as your life [request]
4 the smashing pumpkins -- obscured
5 the notwist -- scoop
6 underworld -- river of bass
7 four tet -- and they all look broken-hearted [request]
8 styrofoam -- snow crush killing song
9 the smashing pumpkins -- ugly
10 manual -- blue skied an' clear
11 elliott smith -- son of sam
12 heatmiser -- the fix is in [vinyl]
13 the tea party -- angels
14 david oistrakh playing beethoven's romance in f opus 50
15 the notwist --another planet
16 styrofoam -- a heart without a mind
17 sigur ros + steindor andersen -- kem eg enn af koldum heidum
18 herrmann & kleine -- hello, this one is for you
19 the smashing pumpkins -- eye
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darkdark*radio, set 1.3, 6.18.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 orbital -- time becomes
2 icebreaker/manual -- into forever
3 the cure -- pictures of you
4 slowdive -- souvlaki space station
5 nine inch nails -- la mer
6 limp -- silent running
7 the smashing pumpkins -- saturnine
8 type o negative -- christian woman
9 the smashing pumpkins -- where boys fear to tread
10 tom lehrer -- the irish ballad
11 radiohead -- climbing up the walls
12 aberdeen city -- final bout
13 closer to mario (super mario brothers remix of nine inch nails 'closer')
14 elliott smith -- pictures of me [vinyl]
15 belle & sebastian -- the model
16 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
17 sibelius -- finlandia
18 sigur ros -- syndir guds
19 maus -- kemur og fer
20 the smashing pumpkins -- pennies
21 esthero -- indigo boy
22 orbital -- halcyon + on + on
23 orbital -- input out
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darkdark*radio, set 1.2, 6.11.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 sigur ros -- vaka
2 cocteau twins -- cherry-coloured funk
3 manual -- summer haze
4 elliott smith -- alameda [vinyl]
5 red house painters -- medicine bottle
6 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
7 belle & sebastian -- the boy with the arab strap
8 arab strap -- who named the days?
9 nine inch nails -- eraser (polite)
10 lycia -- excade decade decada
11 this mortal coil -- song to the siren
12 the smashing pumpkins -- pennies
13 mazzy star -- fade into you
14 david oistrakh playing t.a.vitali's ciacona in g minor
15 zwan -- mary star of the sea
16 herrmann & kleine -- sitting next to you (closer)
17 underworld -- sola sistim
18 ms. john soda -- solid ground
19 styrofoam -- fade out your eyes
20 the smashing pumpkins & marilyn manson -- eye
21 type o negative -- everyone i love is dead
22 sigur ros -- popplagid
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darkdark*radio, set 1.1, 6.04.03, wmbr 88.1 cambridge
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1 cocteau twins -- lazy calm [vinyl]
2 the smashing pumpkins -- jennifer ever
3 lali puna -- 40 days
4 orbital -- times fly (fast)
5 type o negative -- cinnamon girl
6 the tea party -- cathartik
7 the smashing pumpkins -- tonight, reprise
8 sigur ros -- bium bium bambalo
9 the smashing pumpkins -- hope
10 herrmann & kleine -- dagger
11 mum -- green grass of tunnel
12 esthero -- superheroes
13 elliott smith -- waltz #2 (xo) [vinyl]
14 remy zero -- gramarye
15 bush -- alien
16 type o negative -- summer breeze
17 isan -- waves
18 the smashing pumpkins -- a night like this
19 boards of canada -- a beautiful place out in the country [vinyl]
20 mum -- i cant feel my hand anymore. it's alright, sleep still
21 underworld -- dirty epic
22 cocteau twins -- the thinner the air [vinyl]
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