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I don't know about you, but this week hit home harder here at KUSF than an egg in heat. Take note dear, cuzin' our sisters and brothers having amazing summers. 90.3FM in the city of San Francisco...
week ending July 19

    Top 30
    1. cinematic orchestra, "everyday" (ninja tune)
    2. numbers, "numbers life" (tigerbeat6)
    3. various artists, "ladyfest bay area promo mix cd" (s/r)
    4. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    5. bottles and skulls, "amped the fuck up" (sickroom)
    6. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    7. songs for emma, "red lies + black rhymes" (broken rekids)
    8. pidgeon, "hitchcock (plus insider demo)" (s/r)
    9. all about evil, "s/t" (green eyed monster)
    10. the flaming lips, "yoshimi battles the pink robots" (warner)
    11. v/a, "constant elevation" (astralwerks)
    12. sonic youth , "murray street" (geffen)
    13. various artists, "greasy kid stuff" (confidential recordings)
    14. sharon jones and the dap kings, "dap dippin' with..." (dapton records)
    15. jucifer, "i name you destroyer" (velocette)
    16. asie payton, "just do me right" (fat possum)
    17. v/a, "a tribute to the screamers" (extravertigo/ xeroid)
    18. chris brokaw, "red cities" (atavistic)
    19. guided by voices, "universal truths and cycles" (matador)
    20. enon, "high society" (touch and go)
    21. the breeders, "title tk" (4ad)
    22. v/a, "afro-rock vol. 1" (evolver)
    23. the hellacopters, "high visibility" (gearhead)
    24. crosstops, "truck & disorderly" (s/r)
    25. v/a, "rewind!" (ubiquity)
    26. the jon spencer blues explosion, "plastic fang" (matador)
    27. the melvins, "hostile ambient takeover" (ipecac)
    28. granfaloon bus, "exploded view" (future farmer)
    29. comet gain, "realistes" (kill rock stars)
    30. yo la tengo, "the sounds of the sounds of science" (egon)
    Local
    1. numbers, "numbers life" (tigerbeat6)
    2. various artists, "ladyfest bay area promo mix cd" (s/r)
    3. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    4. bottles and skulls, "amped the fuck up" (sickroom)
    5. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    6. songs for emma, "red lies + black rhymes" (broken rekids)
    7. pidgeon, "hitchcock (plus insider demo)" (s/r)
    8. all about evil, "s/t" (green eyed monster)
    9. crosstops, "truck & disorderly" (s/r)
    10. granfaloon bus, "exploded view" (future farmer)
    Dance/Electronica
    1. cinematic orchestra, "everyday" (ninja tune)
    2. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    3. v/a, "constant elevation" (astralwerks)
    4. v/a, "rewind!" (ubiquity)
    5. mum, "finally we are no one" (fat cat)
    6. johnny frigo, "collected works" (ubiquity)
    7. ursula 1000, "kinda kinky" (eighteenth street lounge music)
    8. lance grabmiller, "anthropology" (underground, inc.)
    9. marumari, "the remixes" (carpark)
    10. le tigre, "remix 12"" (mr. lady)
    Jazz
    1. asie payton, "just do me right" (fat possum)
    2. peter brotzman, "for adolphe sax" (atavistic)
    3. tim berne , "the sevens" (new world )
    4. dirty dozen brass band, "medicated magic" (ropeadope)
    5. matthew shipp, "songs" (splasc)
    6. rovo, "tonic 2001" (tzadik)
    7. chris bowden, "slightly askew" (ninja tune)
    8. little axe, "hard grind" (fat possum)
    9. spaceways, inc., "version soul" (atavistic)
    10. william parker quartet, "raining on the moon" (thirsty ear)
    Hip Hop
    1. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    2. shakeyface, "puddle jumping during a monsoon" (quartermass)
    3. el-p, "fantastic damage" (definitive jux)
    4. blackalicious, "blazing arrow instrumentals" (quannum/ mca)
    5. crack emcee, "rap's creation (planet rock)" (s/r)
    6. the herbaliser, "something wicked this way comes" (ninja tune)
    7. ttc, "ceci n'est pas un disque" (big dada)
    8. live human, "live" (c.o.d.)
    9. v/a, "africa raps" (trikont)
    10. darkleaf, "f... the people" (ubiquity)
    World
    1. v/a, "afro-rock vol. 1" (evolver)
    2. v/a, "booniay!! a compilation of west african funk" (afrodisiac)
    3. dj cheb i sabbah, "krishna lila" (six degrees)
    4. srikanth chary-veena, "tiger + silk" (dhwani)
    5. v/a, " the rough guide to americana" (rough guides)
    6. andre toussaint, "bahamian ballads" (naxos)
    7. opium jukebox, "never mind the bhangra a tribute to the sex pistols" (undrground, inc.)
    8. dave soldier & richard lair, "thai elephant orchestra" (mulatta)
    9. v/a, "ska all mighty" (treasure isle)
    Loud
    1. all about evil, "s/t" (green eyed monster)
    2. jucifer, "i name you destroyer" (velocette)
    3. the melvins, "hostile ambient takeover" (ipecac)
    4. w.a.s.p., "dying for the world" (metal-is/ sanctuary)
    5. high on fire, "surrounded by thieves" (relapse)
    6. the fantomas melvins, "millennium monsterwork" (ipecac)
    7. mastodon, "remission" (relapse)
    8. halford, "crucible" (sanctuary)
    9. speedealer, "second sight" (palm)
    10. the fucking champs, "v" (drag city)
    Experimental
    1. andy moor/ kaffe matthews, "locks" (unsounds)
    2. rhys chatham, "a rhys chatham compendium" (table of the elements)
    3. stephen r. smith, "lineaments" (emperor jones)
    4. fred frith, "accidental" (fred records)
    5. crib , "remnant" (true classical cds)
    6. dirty knobs, "the green attic" (xero)
    7. v/a, "paradoxes of enlightenment" (bananafish 16)
    8. jason robinson, "tandem" (accretions)
    9. rudis/ custodio/ diaz-infante, "crashing the russian renaissance" (pax)
    10. sutekh, "fell" (orthlorng musork)
    Please don't get caught staring into the light.