Hi 1190 Friends. I miss you. Like really miss you. It’s your friend DJ Alisha. I haven’t been on the airwaves since May. I’m taking some time off to be grown up and my work hours aren’t conducive to me being on the air right now. They’re not really conducive to me being too social at all, but I’ll be back in 2011. I PROMISE. Okay, I’ll get all Brokeback on you and say “I CAN’T QUIT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

So what have you been up to? Any cool concerts? I wish I was at The National concert that’s going on right this very moment. But… I will be at the Sleigh Bells/Pictureplane show this Saturday, FIND ME! What about movies? Anything I should put in my Netflix queue? What are you listening to? Where are you hanging out? Did you buy some watts?

I feel a little out of the loop because I’ve been a workhorse and homebody for a few months. But if you do want to find out what I’m up to/talking about, follow me on twitter. And while you’re there, follow radio1190 too. I tweet under the name dj_alisha. Creative, I know!

Did you know it was my birthday last Friday? My mom bought me baking sheets, perhaps she’s hinting that I make her some cookies this holiday season! I wanted a bike for my birthday…. CLICK ON THIS BIKE, ITS AWESOME & I WANT IT!!!>> …but my parents opted for a more modest present.

Oh, speaking of holidays what are you doing for New Year’s Eve? I’ll be at the Warlock Pinchers show!

And speaking about bikes, I love this bike song. If you click on “this” you can hear the song and see the super-cute video with cute boys and girls in it.

Gosh can you see we haven’t talked in ages. So much to catch up on and share, wish I could blog at you forever. <3

Well hey, hope you are good.

Thinking of you,
djAlisha

PS: How’s the new Belle and Sebastian record? My friend told me that her work plays KBCO and that she heard a song from the new record on their station! She said she died a little on the inside. Secretly I did too!

Yes, we’ve seen the anti-gravity Mythbusters episode where one of the scientists is wearing one of our “The Ultimate Mix Tape” t-shirts. You don’t need to send us any more e-mails. Thank you.

Also, who’s excited for the Grinderman 2 album to come out this fall? Did you see the trailer?

Hey Friends,

I have dearly missed you on the radio, but just because I’m taking the summer off from live radio doesn’t mean I’m not around… SO won’t you join me tomorrow night at hi-dive while I guest dj for Denver’s NO BULLS**T Dance Party DANCEOTRON?!

I’ve been pulling some of my favorite songs of summer from this year and years past for your dancing pleasure. JOIN US!

Here’s the deets:
DANCEOTRON
w/ DJS SARA T. + TONYO + ALISHA
SATURDAY JUNE 12th
@ HI DIVE
7 S. BROADWAY || DENVER, CO
Starts at 930. 21+

XOXO,
djAlisha.

Tune in, live San Francisco band live in our studio blasting away. Enjoy!

Hello! Here’s the results from your awesome votes, thanks for participating and listening and being you and well rocking out with me. XO, djAlisha.

12)Dum Dum Girls I Will Be (Sub Pop)
11)Caribou — Swim (Merge)
10)Future Islands — In Evening Air (Thrill Jockey)
9)Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang — The Wonder Show of the World (Drag City)
8)UNKLE — Where Did the Night Fall (Surrender All)
7)Goldfrapp — Head First (Mute)
6)The Apples in Stereo — Travelers in Space and Time (Simian)
5)Slim Cessna’s Auto Club — Buried Behind the Barn (Alternative Tentacles)
4)Sharon Jones &The Dap Kings — I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
3)The New Pornographers – Together (Matador)
2)Patrick Lee — The Last Thing (Twelve Tusk Records)
1)The Mynabirds — What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (Saddle Creek)

Hey Friends,

This is the last week of the Top 12 Countdown (hopefully another DJ will step in and host it), but I’m taking the summer off to focus on my “grown up” job.

SO, LET’S MAKE THIS A GREAT WEEK WITH YOUR VOTES, cuz I’ll sure miss you!

Click here to VOTE!

The countdown will happen at 5pm!

UMMM and how about this awesomeness?! If you know me, have read my bio blurb on the site, etc. you know that my most desired musical reunion is Warlock Pinchers (okay, and ABBA), and they’re getting back together for a show this summer!

Here’s where things get even more awesome- Sometime between 4-6pm, I will have the FIRST AVAILABLE pair of tickets to give away to the Warlock Pinchers REUNION concert so tune in for your chance to win. Band member K.C. K-Sum will join me for an interview too! And don’t forget to brush up on your Pinchers trivia, there will be a question from Mr. K-Sum himself!

LYLAS,
djAlisha.

Here’s your chosen Top 12 for the week of April 26, 2010!

12)Patrick Lee — The Last Thing (Twelve Tusk Records)

11)Dum Dum Girls — I WIll Be (Sub Pop)

10)splinters — Kick (Double Negative)

9)Nice Nice — Extra Wow (Warp)

8)radar brothers — The Illustrated Garden (Merge)

7)The Billy Nayer Show – Stingray Sam

6)Balkan Beat Box — Blue Eyed Black Boy (Nat Geo)

5)Jonsi — Go (XL)

4)Drink Up Buttercup — Born and Thrown on A Hook (YepRoc)

3)Sharon Jones &The Dap Kings — I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)

2)Slim Cessna’s Auto Club — Buried Behind the Barn (Alternative Tentacles)

1)The Apples in Stereo — Travelers in Space and Time (Simian)