The Art Factory is closing its doors... for now...

Unfortunately, due to my hectic school schedule, work schedule, senior year-related projects, homework, and other things, I have stopped doing the radio show and I will soon be shutting down this blog along with the MySpace page.

It's been my pleasure to be with you this last year and a half, and hopefully will return some day.

But for now, this has been Aaron Thomas of The Art Factory. Signing off.

If you would like to get ahold of me, you can catch me at my personal e-mail address: amthomas101@gmail.com

Playlist: 08/02/2009

1. U.K. Subs - I Couldn't Be You
2. The Pioneers - Long Shot
3. Jerry Nolan - Take A Chance
4. Tinariwen - Arawan
5. John Cale - Adelaide
6. Neck - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
7. The Possom Trot Orchestra - Going Back To Vicksburg
8. The Vibrators - Automatic Lover
9. Duke Ellington - Pie Eye's Blues
10. Betty Davis - Oooh Yeah
11. Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne
12. The Clash - Complete Control
13. Mumia Abu-Jamal - Michael The Meal
14. Earl Scruggs - Walk On Boy
15. Townes Van Zandt - If I Needed You
16. The Blasters - Keep A Knockin'

Playlist: 07/20/2009

1. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat

2. Patsy Cline - Back In Baby's Arms

3. 101ers - Keys To Your Heart

4. Leadbelly - We Shall Be Free (w/Woody Guthrie)

5. Vladimirs - Alyssa Is A Graverobber

6. Wayne Hancock - Route 23

7. Bootsy Collins - Rubber Duckie

8. The Pogues - Waxie's Dargel

9. Andrew Bird - Measuring Cups

10. The Fall - Breaking The Rules

11. Bobby Montgomery - Down The Line

12. Sonic Youth - Hot Wire My Heart

13. Desmond Dekker - Hey Grandma

14. Penetration - Don't Dictate

15. Doyle Dykes - Avalon

16. Vera Lynn - Who's Sorry Now

17. Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Mud

18. Dead Boys - I Won't Look Back

Playlist: 06/12/2009

1. The Cramps - What's Inside A Girl?

2. George Harrison - Wah-Wah

3. Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop

4. The Avett Brothers - I Killed Sally's Lover

5. The Fall - Jawbone And The Air-Rifle

6. Robert Schumann - Vrhunec

7. The Gun Club - Mother Of Earth

8. Al Green - Take Me To The River

9. Death - You're A Prisoner

10. Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore

11. Magic Michael - Millionaire

12. Magic Michael - My Friend And I

13. The Beach Boys - I Know There's An Answer

Playlist: 05/17/2009

1. Hank Williams III - 7 Months, 39 Days

2. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up

3. Marcy Playground - Mr. Fisher

4. Rudimentary Peni - The Curse

5. Brian Wilson - Goodnight Irene

6. Devo - Red Eye

7. The Knitters - Try Anymore (Why Don't We Even)

8. Glenn Danzig - You & Me (Less Than Zero)

9. The Replacements - Take Me To The Hospital

10. Bob Dylan - If You Ever Go To Houston

11. Violent Femmes - I Hear The Rain

12. The Marvelows - I Do

13. Hasil Adkins - She Said

14. Rancid - Maxwell Murder

15. Warren Zevon - Johnny Strikes Up The Band

Playlist: 05/10/2009 One Year Anniversary

This show marks the one-year anniversary (show #52) for The Art Factory. Something I prided myself on for the show was that I never repeated the same track, every show had a whole new slew of songs. However, I've only got a year left here and there are too many good songs that have been played that deserve to be heard more often than once, so I've decided to abolish the Don't-Play-The-Same-Track-Twice Rule. To start that off, I put together a playlist only of songs that have appeared on the show before.

Thanks for listening!

1. The Smiths - Frankly Mr. Shankly

2. Parliament - Ride On

3. The Rolling Stones - Out Of Time

4. Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype

5. Randy Newman - Political Science

6. Jimmy Work - Tennessee Border

7. Tinariwen - Oulahila Ar Tesninam

8. Cat Stevens - Don't Be Shy

9. Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones

10. The Fall - Totally Wired

11. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues

12. Wire - Brazil

13. Charlie Feathers - One Hand Loose

14. Iron Maiden - Prowler

15. Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata

16. Steve Earle - Hometown Blues

Playlist: 05/03/2009

1. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Walt Whitman's Niece

2. The Clash - I Fought The Law

3. Al Green - One Night Stand

4. The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

5. Ryan Bingham - Sunrise

6. Jello Biafra - Fight Terror--Resist Corporations

7. The B-Sharps - Cheap Suit

8. Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby

9. Muse - New Born

10. Generation X - Shakin' All Over

11. Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

12. Miriam Makeba - West Wind

13. Dead Boys - I Don't Wanna Be No Catholic Boy

14. Charlie Feathers - Why Don't You

We know at least one person was listening tonight!