This week we are playing new music from High On Stress, Me & Mountains, Chuck Cleaver, The Nautical Theme, The Corner Laughers and much more! Also music from Red Kross, Brat Curse, Snacking, Tiger Jaws, Shrug, No One Sphere, Rocketship, Varsity, Wells & Watson and much more! So, give this playlist a listen today!
Our pals in No One Sphere – Friends Will Call You Out – Part of our Spotify Playlist for today! #YTAA
Melenas are a garage-pop quartet hailing from Pamplona in the North East of Spain since 2016. They are making some of the most compelling indie we have heard in quite some time! 
Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative has a YouTube Channel where you can watch past shows, interviews and live performances on #YTAA! Dr. J also adds videos about doing YTAA, his record collection and music! If there is something you wish to see, let us know!
Hello Everyone!
As you may know the University of Dayton, which holds the licenses for WUDR, is having a challenging time with finances due to the Coronavirus crisis that we are all experiencing.
Due to cost cutting measures, the university is temporarily going silent with WUDR beginning tomorrow, April 30. This means that until the station restarts broadcasting there will be no Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative on WUDR. It is the university’s hope that broadcasting can resume in the fall and that this interim period will be short-lived.
During this time, Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative will continue as a blog, social media effort, Spotify playlist and other initiatives. While so many others are dealing with life and death consequences, it seems petty to mourn the temporary halt to this program on WUDR. This show is a privilege and honor to create each week for listeners.
Moreover, the opportunity to share local and independent music remains our passion. We will find creative ways to share content while in this interim period. Stay safe and be well.
Best to everyone, – Art Jipson (Dr. J)
Kid 2000 is one of the tracks on the The New Old Fashioned’s third album, Smalltown, Midwest, USA from Magnaphone Records. The video was directed and filmed by Jake Wisecup. You can find The New Old-Fashioned on Facebook, their website, and Twitter.
One More Left is the second single from the album Lows+Highs, the second full length album from The Nautical Theme.
Story behind the song: Thinking about how One More Left came together for Lows and Highs as this delicate, sweet, and simple arrangement, prominently featuring Tesia playing the mountain dulcimer, it’s funny to remember that the song once had a completely different life as a failed synth-laden indie-pop song. But, this helps to reinforce some of the message and imagery of the song. Despite dark clouds overhead, we can find the strength to try again, at least one more time. Somewhere between the destruction of the six-piece indie band Tesia and Matt fronted and the formation of The Nautical Theme, the duo, along with long-time friend and musical collaborator, Justin Smith, dabbled in synth driven pop. Eventually, that project led Tesia and Matt back to the acoustic, harmony driven music The Nautical Theme has established as their own. The theme of the song is one of picking yourself back up again, finding that you have “one more left”. Matt proposed that, based on the strength of the melodies, the song could be reworked for Lows and Highs. As the album took shape, it became one of the duo’s favorites.
The Coronavirus/COVID-19 situation is adding a lot of stress and anxiety to our lives. If you or someone close to you are experiencing anxiety or mental health challenges and are feeling overwhelmed, please consider letting the people close to you know. Where appropriate, please seek support and information from professional physical, mental and emotional health professionals.
You can also seek resources on stress reduction that can help. If you need someone to talk to right away, text NAMI to 741741 to reach the National Alliance on Mental Illness text hotline. Or you can visit the NAMI website at nami.org for more information.
As our radio show promotes local music and local music venues, please consider reaching out to all of the venues you visit and see if it is possible to buy an eGift card or Voucher or Advanced Ticket or whatever they might offer by way of merchandise so that we can continue to show our support for those who support and bring great music and culture to our communities! Also consider buying albums and merchandise from the local musicians and bands who may be unable to play music during this time. Some may even offer online concerts where you can enjoy live performance. Please consider seeking out those online music experiences when you can do so.
It is important and appropriate to take care of yourself and others that you care about during this challenge. Be well everyone.
From Shamus Dark: When talking about songs from the Great American Songbook, I’d say that Angel Eyes is right up there with the best and one of my fave songs of all time. It was written in 1946, with music by the great Matt Dennis, lyrics by Earl Brent and was featured in the 1953 Hollywood movie ‘Jennifer’, starring Ida Lupino and Howard Duff. The song has become a jazz standard over the years with many interpretations by famous artists; K D Lang, Chet Baker, Sting, Pat Metheny, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Neil Sedaka, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck,Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington to name just a few. Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded “Angel Eyes” at least four times, named it her favorite song. This video is a re-upload, now featuring a new music introduction by Pete Millward, who is also Producer. Guitar is by Eugene Pao.
Break My Fall is the first single from the sophomore full-length album from The Nautical Theme, Lows+Highs.
Learn more about The Nautical Theme at https://thenauticaltheme.com
Lyrics:
Well you came in like a child
Without the burdens of the world upon your mind
So I stayed for a while
To try and learn the stories held within your eyes
But I never understood enough
Even though they said so much
Phrases I just could not recognize
In a language that I’m sure so sweet
But strangely quite foreign to me
I never had a chance to ask you why
You said goodbye
Now I sit in this pile of the worries and the cares built over time
And I think back to your arrival with all the tethers of the world passing you by
But I never understood enough
Even though you said so much
Phrases I just could not recognize
In a language that I’m sure so sweet
But strangely quite foreign to me
I never had a chance to ask you why
You said goodbye
Wide, you break my fall with your arms open wide
Story Behind the Song:
Break My Fall was one of the first songs written for Lows and Highs. When we were thinking about how to present the song on the album we wanted it to fall into the “highs” side of the “Lows and Highs”, which meant filling out the arrangement. Fortunately our friend and great supporter of the band, Justin Crim was willing to work with us on providing the drums for the track.
The meaning behind the lyrics took a turn for me while we were still working to finalize the song. Originally, the idea behind the first line “well, you came in like a child without the burdens of the world upon your mind” was quite literal, thinking of my children and their innocence of perspective on the world around them. It was about me trying to learn how to see the circumstances of my life with a fresh perspective – to be more like them. Unfortunately, around the time we were writing this song, my grandmother passed away. My memories tend to be very visual in nature. One of the first times I sang those lyrics after she passed, I saw clearly in my mind’s eye one of her visits to a childhood home of mine when I was still very young. She was playing with me just as if she was a child of my own age – so fun, playful, and carefree. So, during the crescendo of the song, when we’re singing “wide, you break my fall with your arms open wide”, I’m thinking about the supportive and loving nature of my grandmother and in general the self-sacrifice of those that come before us who gladly catch us when we stumble and hold us up through our journeys.
By G.C. Stein
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