2024 Mixtape Is On Now!!!

A Huge Day For Radio!!!!

Listen along at wxci.mixlr.com!!!!

12PM to 1:15PM
66.6 Trent Reznor - Compress / Repress
66. Persher - Portable Aquarium
65. Rich The Kid ft Peso Pluma - Gimme a Second
64. Larry June - Meet Me In Napa
63. Flo Milli ft Lil Yachty - Never Lose Me
62. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby
61. Charli XCX - Talk Talk
60. Troye Sivan - One of Your Girls
59. Sheer Mag - Moonstruck
58. Alien Nosejob - The Executioner
57. Isius - Sertraline
56. Quid Quo - Circlea
55. Schedule 1 - Drifting
54. Anxious - Counting Sheep
53. Quicksand - Supercollider
52. Narrow Head - Love Sick
51. Babe Report - Turtle of Reaper
50. Zero Point Energy - Closer To You
49. Supermilk - Robot Talk
48. Porcelain - Plastic
47. Classic Traffic - Missing Person


1:15 to 2:45PM

2024 Movies Roundtable Discussion
with Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos and Kate Meizner from Jobber!

Worst / Most Disappointing Movies

Kate	Nick	Judd
3. The Idea of You, A Part of You, Anyone but You (tie)	3. Joker 2: Folie à Deux	3. Maestro
2. The Iron Claw	2. Cuckoo	2. The Idea of You
1. Trap	1. Longlegs	1. Little Death

Honorable mentions (negative):
Blink Twice
Twisters
The Crow (2024)
Nightbitch (Nick's actual 4 worst of the year)
Here (Kate's #1 actual worst)

Others mentioned (positive or negative):
Love and Mercy (2018)
Beatles biopics
Mean Girls (2024)
Old (2021)
Terrifier 3
Dream Sequence (2023)

2:45PM to 4:00PM
46. Youbet - Peel
45. Low Healer - Capable
44. Sean Henry - Burn It Out
43. Oso Oso - That's What Time Does
42. Milly - Spilling Ink
41. Bullion ft Carly Rae Jepsen - Rare
40. Sedona - Baby Run
39. Momma - Ohio All The Time
38. Beabadoobee - Beaches
37. Addison Rae - Aquamarine
36. Charli Xcx - Von Dutch
35. Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance
34. Webbed Wing - Tortuga
33. Smelter - In Spades
32. Julie - Very Little Effort
31. Her New Knife - Kittyriff
30. The Cure - A Fragile Thing
29. Nilufer Yanya - Method Actor
28. The Hard Quartet - Hey
27. David Nance - Mock The Hours
26. MJ Lenderman - She's Leaving You
25. Safe Mind - 6 Foot Pole


4:00PM to 6:00PM
Favorite Movies

Kate	Nick	Judd
5. The Substance	5. The Substance	5. The Taste of Things
4. The Taste of Things	4. The First Omen	4. Aggro Drift
3. Challengers	3. Kinds of Kindness	3. Love Lies Bleeding
2. The Zone of Interest	2. Late Night With The Devil	2. Hundreds of Beavers
1. A Real Pain	1. Smile 2	1. Dune: Part Two

Honorable Mensions
The Beast
Problemista
Heretic
Perfect Days

Others Discussed (positive)
Anora (2024)
I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
Queer (2024)
Suspiria (2018)
The Protagonists (1999)
Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Host (2020)
Creep (2014) / Creep 2 (2017)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Prisoners (2013)
Enemy (2014)
Arrival (2016)

6:00PM to 7:45PM
24. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi
23. DaBaby - Phat
22. Internet Girl - Pull Up
21. Chat Pile - Masc
20. The Jesus Lizard - Alexis Feels Sick
19. Disintegration - In Your Diary
18. Snoozer - Love's Permission
17. Milly - Running The Madness
16. Her New Knife - Purepurepure
15. The Cure - All I Ever Am
14. Beak> - Secrets
13. Marcel Wave - Peg
12. The Garden - Filthy Rabbit Hole
11. Joey Valence and Brae - John Cena
10. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
09. Charli XCX - Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde
08. The Jesus Lizard - Hide and Seek
07. Pissed Jeans - Everywhere Is Bad
06. Charli XCX - Apple
05. Magdalena Bay - Image
04. Julie - Clairbourne Practice
03. MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
02. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe
01. The Cure - Alone

2023 Mixtape (Dec 26, Jan 2, Jan 9, Jan 16)

Late Night Noise is effectively dead, but we did return to WXCI for the 2023 Mixtape, broken into a 4 part series for the first and only time. Instead of all in one day, it was broken into two-hour chunks that aired every Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm for 4 weeks during winter session. This somehow did not make it any easier to complete than in previous years. It just felt like the show was being produced for 4 weeks straight, because producing movie and TV podcasts is surprisingly labor intensive. So this will not happen again. But it came out pretty well.

Here's how we broke it down:

- Dec 26: 2023 Movies Roundtable Discussion, Part 1
- Jan 2: Movies Part 2 + 2023 TV Conference, Part 1
- Jan 9: TV Part 2 + Mixtape Countdown #48 to #32
- Jan 16: Mixtape Countdown #31 to #1

And here's what we discussed and played...
(Note: For some reason, I decided to call myself "Pacman Judd" for this run of shows.)


2023 Movies Roundtable Discussion (December 26, 2023 & January 2, 2024)


Here's the biggest reason why this show came together at all. Most of the time slot was spent discussing movies and TV in a podcast type of setting. Just like last year, Nick Reinhart and Jobber Kate
joined the show to talk movies. Nick initially came prepared to discuss some classic film recommendations, which turned into a welcome "side quest" feature by the time we got to our 4th best of the year. (Font colors correspond to individual participants.)

Most Disappointing Movies
My choices were "worst." Nick's were "most disappointing" picks. Kate's choices mixed "worst" with movies that bored her to sleep.

Kate	Nick (not ordered)	Judd
3. Elvis, Red White and Royal Blue (tie)	Dream Scenario (due to trailer spoilers)	3. Renfield
2. Asteroid City	Talk to Me	2. Free LSD
1. Marmaduke	Beau Is Afraid	1. Cocaine Bear

Others Discussed (negative)
Priscilla (2023)
Verotika (2020)
Leave The World Behind (2023)
Foodfight (2012)
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Infinity Pool (2023)

Favorite Movies
Our favorite/best movies discussion proved hugely notable for reaching its distinction as the world's only "2023 Film" wrap-up to not mention Barbie or Oppenheimer. I brought this up as an afterthought in the last 10 minutes, and we threw in an unplanned obligatory discussion.

Kate	Nick (not ordered)	Judd
5. Saltburn		5. The Holdovers, American Fiction (tie)
4. The Holdovers	Passages	4. Beau Is Afraid
3. Bottoms	Evil Dead Rise, Thanksgiving (tie)	3. Eyeballs In The Darkness
2. Killers of the Flower Moon	May December	2. May December
1. The Sweet East	Anatomy of a Fall	1. Bottoms

Obligatory discussion: Barbie / Oppenheimer

Nick's classic film picks 1st viewed in 2023 (not ordered)
The Exorcist III (1990) (in lieu of The Exorcist: Believer)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Sorcerer (1977)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Others Discussed (positive)
Sick of Myself (2022)
The Great Rock N Roll Swindle (1980)
Unedited Footage of a Bear (2014)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Exorcist II: Heretic (1977)
To Live and Die In LA (1985)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1988)


2023 TV Conference (January 2, 2024 & January 9, 2024)


Just like last year, Sadie Dupuis and Jobber Kate joined the show to talk TV series that we liked from 2023, concluding with about 30 minutes of extra bonus discussion about Succession. (Font colors correspond to individual participants.)

Kate	Sadie	Judd
5. Jury Duty	5. The Other Two	5. How To with John Wilson
4. Poker Face	4. I'm A Virgo	4. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
3. The Other Two	3. Beef	3. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2. The Curse	2. The Bear	2. The Curse
1. Succession	1. Barry	1. Succession

Honorable mentions:
Conjuring Kesha
Somebody Somewhere
Kidding
Interview With The Vampire
Angels In America (2003)
Telemarketers
Command Z
Riverdale
Based on a True Story
Nothing, Forever (Never ending generative A.I. Seinfeld show streamed live on Twitch for months at a time)
The Fall Of The House of Usher (least favorite show)


2023 Mixtape Countdown (January 9, 2024 & January 16, 2024)
We somehow squeezed 48 songs into 3 hours. Not bad.

Jan 9:

48. Underworld - And The Colour Red
47. Promiseland - Bad Days
46. Joey Badass - Fallin'
45. Tkay Maidza - Gone to the West
44. Peggy Gou and Lenny Kravitz - I Believe in Love Again
43. The Serfs - Club Deuce
42. The Tubs - Illusion Pt. 2
41. Washer - The Waning Moon

40. Water From Your Eyes - Barley
39. Glitterer - Plastic
38. Pardoner - Cruel Gun
37. Dazy - ESTAO
36. Foo Fighters - Under You
35. Queens of the Stone Age - Negative Space
34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Nadja
33. Horse Jumper of Love - Singing By The Sink
32. Beach Fossils - Don't Fade Away

Jan 16:

31. Taking Meds - Memory Lane
30. The Hives - Bogus Operandi
29. Bar Italia - Changer
28. Glitterer - Plastic
27. Momma - Bang Bang
26. Sedona - Domino
25. Nitefire - Uptight
24. Raue - Karma
23. Bedridden - Logger
22. Dazy - Mental Math
21. Bar Italia - Nurse!

20. Julie - Catalogue
19. Flex TMG - Hits The Right Way
18. 100 Gecs - The Most Wanted Person in the United States
17. Troye Sivan - Got Me Started
16. Peggy Gou - It Goes Like Nanana
15. KayCyy - No Cold
14. Tkay Maidza - WUACV
13. Fu Manchu - Over Blower
12. Danava - Let The Good Times Kill
11. Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete

10. Bar Italia - Yes I Have Eaten So Many Lemons Yes I Am So Bitte
9. Sweeping Promises - Eraser
8. Lil Yachty - Running Out of Time
7. Tyler The Creator ft Vince Staples - Stuntman
6. Narrow Head - Caroline
5. Turnstile - Everything You Know
4. Pardoner - Rosemary's Gone
3. SZA - Kill Bill
2. Yo La Tengo- Sinatra Drive Breakdown
1. Kurt Vile - Another Good Year For the Roses

Thanks for the good times!