The last Pop Tarts!

I'm afraid that, given the overwhelming amount of Actual Work on my roster this semester, I have had to put The Pop Tart on indefinite hiatus and I won't be returning to KXUA. In parting, I offer you the last two shows I recorded. They are riddled with various technical glitches, because my mind was in a hundred other places at the end of last semester, but the music is still pretty awesome.

The Pop Tart 12/1/08



This week, Fabienne DelSol's got Chills and Fever, Pas/Cal Wanna Take You Out in Your Holiday Sweater, Electrocute wanna be your Saturn Rings, and The Decemberists are simply Sticking With You. Like Jolie Holland says: Enjoy Yourself!

Listen to The Pop Tart 12/1/08


The Pop Tart 12/8/08



The first 60 seconds or so are haunted by the auditory ghosts of Lady Z's own technological ineptitude, but this week's Pop Tart is still a treat: a collection of love songs compiled by one Blind Derek Jenkins for our Fayetteville wedding party! Fans of Mystery Train won't want to miss this, Lady Z's last broadcast on the KXUA airwaves.

Listen to The Pop Tart 12/8/08

Best of KXUA all this week and next!

Kind of late to post this I guess, but this week, next week (and last week) we will have (and have had) mostly the best of KXUA playing in lieu of random automationness. By that I mean old recordings of great KXUA shows. (So that's why the Drive in Speakerbox was playing at 8:00AM this morning!) So the good part is that we don't have to listen to randomness for days and days, we get hand picked music from KXUAs most dedicated DJs. The bad news is that we get a lot of confusing out dated PSAs, concert calendars, and references to what time it is that are totally off. THIS CAN BE WEIRD! But, the keen listener should be able to pick up on the fact that it's a recording. KXUA will continue to play best of shows until DJs start coming back possibly sometime next week. DJs that are still in town are still doing there shows at their regular times.

ALSO, we now have an answering machine in the studio on the request line. So, if no one is in the studio give it a call and leave us a message. Good messages will be used on the air!

The Pop Tart 11/24/08.

In this week's popcast, Lady Z cuts off the Breeders (damn!), but manages to capture Skeeter Davis, Beulah, King Floyd, Robyn, They Might Be Giants, Bishop Allen, Mamie Galore, The Stylettes, Frances, Headlights ... just click and listen, already.

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The Pop Tart 11/10/08

This week, Belle & Sebastian make an intriguing proposition, Matthew Sweet only needs somebody to love, Of Montreal go both ways, Magnetic Fields don't really love you anymore, heaven knows The Smiths are miserable now, The Cute Lepers are terminally bored, Doris Day just does what comes nat'rully, and Brian Eno and David Byrne are still free!

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The Pop Tart 11/3/08

Lady Z returns from her wild wedding weekend in New York to bring you a selection of auditory sweets from Pizzicato Five to Gary "US" Bonds, and has so much fun she forgets to announce the last two tracks (they are Dusty Springfield, "In the Middle of Nowhere" and Jenny Lewis with Elvis Costello, "Carpetbaggers").

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The Pop Tart 9/29/08 and 10/6/08.

Catch up on The Pop Tart—last two podcasts now available!



It's The Pop Tart's Rosh Hashanah special! Lady Z sees in the New Year with plenty of auditory apples, honey, and repentance. Also, Santogold gets the Diplo treatment, Amadou and Miriam get the Damon Albarn treatment, and we bid a fond farewell to Junior Senior!

Download THE POP TART 9/29/08




On the last installment of The Pop Tart before Lady Z heads to NYC to get married, DJ Eli remixes M.I.A., The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side, Les Primitifs Du Futur Cherche[nt] Apres Titine, and Lady Z indulges in a few love songs in between.

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The Pop Tart 9/29/08

It's The Pop Tart's Rosh Hashanah special! Lady Z sees in the New Year with plenty of auditory apples, honey, and repentance. Also, Santogold gets the Diplo treatment, Amadou and Miriam get the Damon Albarn treatment, and we bid a fond farewell to Junior Senior!

SORRY—I LINKED TO THE WRONG FILE. THE RIGHT ONE WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. I PROMISE.

The Pop Tart 9/22/08

This week on The Pop Tart: You ain't No Big Thing to Holly Golightly; Brigitte Bardot gets ready for Bikes, Blues, and BBQ; Lady Z professes her love for Jenny Lewis; Bob Wilson and his Varsity Rhythm Boys confirm that Yes, We Have No Bananas!—and, as always, much, much more.

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The Pop Tart 9/8/08

This week, Big Star on those gurls of September; the Boswell Sisters on their baby; The Plastiscines pop in, pop out; Lady Z dedicates Stereolab to her dog; Candypants wants a pony; The Dollyrots are awesome—and much, much more.

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THE POP TART returns!

On this PopCast: Lady Z manages to cut off the beginning of the first show of the 2008-09 season, but after that, Josie Cotton goes back to school, The Wombats dance to Joy Division, the racist (?) roots of Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop begin to show, and Skeeter Davis sings in the end of the world!

Download THE POP TART 9/1/08

And visit the new & improved POP TART WEBSITE!

The Pop Tart 4/30/08.

On the last PopCast before Lady Z's summer hiatus: Chicks on Speed don't play guitars, Camera Obscura are ready to be heartbroken, and Patti Page wonders about that doggie in the window. Then Lady Z makes like The Breeders and gets Fortunately Gone until the fall semester.

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The Pop Tart 4/16/08

Linda Scott tells every little star, Daniel Rossen covers Jo Jo, and Jens Lekman sings a farewell song to Rocky Dennis. Tous les garcons et les filles agree: listen to this week's show!

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The Pop Tart 4/9/08.

This week on THE POP TART: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs get the Diplo treatment, Sergio Mendes meets some Black Eyed Peas, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans revive a (racist?) Disney classic, and Usher sings in the rain!



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The Pop Tart 4/2/08.

This week: learn the Peanut Duck and the Popeye Waddle! From Darlene Love to Debbie Harry, it's Monkey Time, as usual.

Also, I Love Egg.

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The Pop Tart 3/26/08

On last week's installment of THE POP TART, The Velvelettes pave the way for Bananarama, Julie Brown has more fun, Peggy Lee might be racist, and Annie answers the perennial question, "Chocolate or chewing gum?"

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The Pop Tart 3/12/08

Tonight's installment of The Pop Tart will be available when I return from a conference on Monday ... but the installment from two weeks ago is available now!



This week on The Pop Tart: Doris Day, Killer Pussy, and why Lady Z needs a new laptop! Fun for the whole family!

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The Pop Tart 3/5/08

This week, THE POP TART ranged from ParanMaum (above) to Brigitte Bardot, Mika to Clint Eastwood, covering a number of things between and beyond along the way. Download the podcast below.

The Pop Tart 3/5/08

The Pop Tart goes PopCast.

Last week's Pop Tart ran the gamut from Yelle to Skeeter Davis. And now you can listen to the first ever PopCast anytime you need some sugar...

Listen to THE POP TART 2/27/08

Where's the Pop Tart?

Sorry, folks—two weeks ago, The Pop Tart was displaced by a Ladybacks game, then I took a week off to eat turkey in New York, and tonight there's another Ladybacks game. I'll be back next week to play this kick-ass playlist that's burning a hole through my hard drive. Till then, you'll just have to play this awesome video by la belle Yelle over and over and over.