my perfect playlist - played!

i got a really fun, nice surprise today! the globe played my perfect playlist on the air!

for those who aren't familiar, 94.7 (the globe) has an online feature called "my perfect playlist," where you can make your own playlist and submit it to the studio. every weekday at 3:00 PM, cerphe (the afternoon dj) plays one listener's playlist. you can submit up to ten tracks- they'll play five of them.

now, my playlist has already been played once and i missed the opportunity to hear it due to my trials and tribulations with sprint over the summer. i never thought it would get played again, but i got a second chance to hear it today.

first off, they announce the name of that day's playlist creator periodically during commercial breaks, all day long. my brother heard one of the first announcements at around 8:30 this morning, and called me as i was driving to work. then, a friend at the office emailed me around a11:30 to tell me that she heard the announcement ("you're famous!").

i tuned in online to listen, and, sure enough, when 3:00 rolled around they started it up. cerphe even said that my list was "impressive!" and yes, i am reading way too much into that, but it's just very fun to have your selections played on the radio. halfway through the playlist, cerphe called me on my cell phone to get a sound bite to play on the air- he asked about the guster song i chose and talked to me about their local shows. before the last song came on, he played the sound bite, so i got to be on the radio *with* my songs! so cool!

so, you ask, what was on your perfect playlist? i'm embarrassed to admit that i can't remember all of the songs i submitted. i only know the five that they chose to play:

1) erasure - "a little respect"
2) death cab for cutie - "soul meets body"
3) the cure - "just like heaven"
4) guster - "satellite"
5) new order - "bizarre love triangle"

for me, these songs really work well together (of course, i am a britpop/indie rock freak, so that may just be my opinion), and it really made my afternoon to hear my picks on the radio!