Staff Lists - 885 Desert Island Songs 2009 Countdown

Roger LaMay

General Manager
  1. Sam Cooke - "Bring It on Home"
  2. Jimmy Cliff - "Many Rivers to Cross"
  3. Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up in Blue"
  4. Bob Marley - "No Woman No Cry"
  5. Patsy Cline - "Crazy"
  6. Willie Nelson - "Pancho & Lefty"
  7. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
  8. Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower"
  9. Rolling Stones - "Dead Flowers"
  10. Grateful Dead - "Eyes of the World"

Wes Bower

Corporate Business Support Representative
  1. Beatles - "Here, There, and Everywhere"
  2. Bob Dylan - "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall"
  3. Johnny Cash - "I Walk the Line"
  4. Lucinda Williams - "Side of the Road"
  5. Richard and Linda Thompson
    - "Wall of Death"
  6. Steve Forbert - "Hope, Faith, and Love"
  7. John Prine - "Far From Me"
  8. Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
  9. Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
  10. Pearl Jam - "Last Kiss"

Tess-a-phonic-Tess Coffey

Assistant to the GM
  1. Pearl Jam - "Alive" (Ten )
  2. Public Image Ltd. - "Rise"
    (World Shut Your Mouth )
  3. Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" (Sticky Fingers )
  4. Grateful Dead - "China Cat Sunflower (Intro)/I Know You Rider" (Europe '72 )
  5. Simon & Garfunkel -
    "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    (Bridge Over Troubled Water )
  6. Paul Simon - "Senorita with a Necklace of Tears" (You're the One )
  7. Stevie Wonder - "As"
    (Songs in the Key of Life )
  8. The Allman Brothers Band - "Blue Sky"
    (Eat A Peach )
  9. The Beatles - "Good Day Sunshine"
    (Revolver )
  10. Ludwig van Beethoven - "Ode to Joy"
    (Symphony No. 9 in D Minor )

Mike Daly

Director, Corporate Business Support
  1. The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up"
  2. Bob Marley - "Waiting in Vain"
  3. Van Morrison - "Stranded"
  4. Patty Griffin - "Useless Desires"
  5. Guster - "Come Downstairs and Say Hello"
  6. The Doors - "Roadhouse Blues"
  7. J Geils Band - "Whammer Jammer"
  8. Van Morrison - "Philosopher's Stone"
  9. Modern English - "Melt with You"
  10. Eminem - "Lose Yourself"

Andrew Davis

Broadcast Engineer
  1. My Morning Jacket – "Anytime"
  2. Jackie Wilson – "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
  3. The Band – "Up On Cripple Creek"
  4. The Beach Boys – "Caroline No"
  5. Bob Dylan – "The Man In Me"
  6. Derek & The Dominoes – "Layla"
  7. The Isley Brothers – "That Lady (Pt. 1&2)"
  8. Prince – "Let's Go Crazy"
  9. Flaming Lips – "Fight Test"
  10. The Beatles – "I've Got A Feeling"

Brian Divver

Web Content Developer
  1. Slayer - "Angel Of Death"
  2. Pantera – "F*cking Hostile"
  3. The Black Crowes - "Wiser Time"
  4. Black Sabbath - "Megolmania"
  5. Pink Floyd - "Fearless"
  6. The Quintet - "Salt Peanuts"
  7. Frank Zappa - "Village of the Sun"
  8. Frank Zappa - "Peaches En Regalia"
  9. The Beatles - "In My Life"
  10. Rush - "The Necromancer"

Mandy Dollar

Traffic Coordinator /
Corporate Business Support Assistant
  1. The Band - "Ophelia"
  2. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up"
  3. Jon Brion - "Here We Go"
  4. Hall & Oates - "Rich Girl"
  5. Jeff Buckley - "Lover, You Should've
    Come Over"
  6. Aretha Franklin - "Share Your Love With Me"
  7. Dolly Parton - "9 to 5"
  8. Joe Cocker - "The Letter"
  9. Toto - "Africa"
  10. Ghostland Observatory - "Sad Sad City"

Lyn Finnerty

Corporate Business Support Representative
  1. Jeff Buckley - "Lover You Should Have
    Come Over"
  2. David Bowie - "Heroes"
  3. Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
  4. Black Crowes - "She Talks to Angels"
  5. Rod Stewart - "Maggie May"
  6. John Lennon - "Imagine"
  7. Sex Pistols - "God Save the Queen"
  8. Dead Can Dance - "Ariadne"
  9. King Crimson - "Matte Kudesai"
  10. Peter Gabriel - "Blood of Eden"
  11. Bob Marley - "Waiting in Vain"

Cathy Heard

Web Content Developer
  1. Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
  2. David Bowie - "Life on Mars"
  3. Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"
  4. Michael McDonald - "What a Fool Believes"
  5. New Edition - "Candy Girl"
  6. Billy Idol - "Dancing with Myself"
  7. The Runaways - "Cherry Bomb"
  8. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Baby I Got Your Money"
  9. Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
  10. Pretenders - "Mystery Achievement"
  11. Michael Jackson - "Rock with You"
  12. Dio - "Holy Diver"

Sarah James

Member Benefits Coordinator
  1. Bob Marley - "Three Little Birds"
  2. Neko Case - "Middle Cyclone"
  3. Beach Boys - "God Only Knows"
  4. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - "Roadrunner"
  5. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey
    (I Love You)"
  6. Buddy Holly - "Everyday"
  7. Ben Folds - "Luckiest"
  8. Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"
  9. Bonnie Raitt - "Angel from Montgomery"
  10. Ella Fitzgerald - "Summertime"

Janis Martin-Hughes

Corporate Business Support Representative
  1. Clarence Carter – "Slip Away"
  2. Los Lobos – "Saint behind the Glass"
  3. Ibrahim Ferrer – "Dos Gardenias"
  4. The Pretenders - "Night in My Veins"
  5. Rolling Stones – "Wild Horses"
  6. Van Morrison – "Have I Told You Lately"
  7. Raul Malo – "Besame Mucho"
  8. Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues – "Fairytale of New York"
  9. Bob Dylan – "Idiot Wind"
  10. Texas Tornados – "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"

Ellen Oplinger

World Cafe Administrative Coordinator
  1. The Chords - "Sh-Boom"
  2. Joe Cocker - "Bye Bye Blackbird"
  3. Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
  4. White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
  5. Etta James - "At Last"
  6. Fat Joe - "What's Luv"
  7. Randy Newman - "Political Science"
  8. Otis Redding - "Try A Little Tenderness"
  9. Benny Goodman Orchestra -
    "Sing, Sing, Sing"
  10. Santo & Johnny - "Sleepwalk"

Larry Rayborn

Corporate Business Support Representative
  1. The Pogues - "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"
  2. Bob Marley - "three little birds"
  3. The Replacements - "I Will Dare"
  4. Vince Guaraldi - "Christmas Time Is Here"
  5. Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
  6. Fleet Foxes - "Blue Ridge Mountains"
  7. The Tallest Man on Earth -
    "I Won't be Found"
  8. Beethoven - "Für Elise"
  9. Miles Davis - "Blue in Green"
  10. The Wedding Present - "Brassneck"

Lauren Roccia

Line Producer, World Cafe
  1. Elton John - "Your Song"
  2. Jeff Buckley - "Lover, You Should've
    Come Over"
  3. Ours - "Red Colored Stars"
  4. Phantom Planet - "By The Bed"
  5. Silverchair - "Miss You Love"
  6. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - "Skeleton Key"
  7. Matt Nathanson - "Lucky Boy"
  8. The Weakerthans - "Plea From a Cat
    Named Virtue"
  9. Say Anything - "Slowly, Through a Vector"
  10. Laura Marling - "Ghosts"

Paula Rogers

Finance and Development Coordinator
  1. In no particular order...
  2. Van Morrison - "The Mystery"
  3. Van Morrison - "Someone Like You"
  4. Led Zeppelin - "Custard Pie"
  5. Led Zeppeliln - "Ramble On"
  6. Black Sabbath - "The Wizard"
  7. Black Sabbath - "War Pigs"
  8. George Harrison - "Something"
  9. Eric Clapton - "Bell Bottom Blues"
    (live version)
  10. BB King - "There Is Always One More Time"

Ken Sambucci

Financial Analyst
  1. Pearl Jam - "Porch"
  2. Pearl Jam - "Alive"
  3. Weezer - "Island in the Sun"
  4. Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
  5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Can't Stop"
  6. Beastie Boys - "Paul Revere"
  7. The Doors - "Riders on the Storm"
  8. Jimi Hendrix - "Castles Made of Sand"
  9. Pink Floyd - "Welcome to the Machine"
  10. Bruce Springsteen - "10th Avenue
    Freeze Out"

Liz Scott

Member Services
  1. Indigo Girls – "Galileo"
  2. Rolling Stones – "Beast of Burden"
  3. Jane's Addiction – "Jane Says"
  4. Old Crow Medicine Show – "Wagon Wheel"
  5. Phish – "Wading in the Velvet Sea"
  6. Sublime – "Doin' Time"
  7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
    "Even the Losers"
  8. Grateful Dead – "Eyes of the World"
  9. Led Zeppelin – "Communication Breakdown"
  10. Neil Young and Crazy Horse -
    "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"

Paul Severin

XPN Events Producer
  1. Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Acoustic Medley"
  2. Don Caballero - "The Peter Criss Jazz"
  3. Elliott Smith - "Baby Britain"
  4. Jeff Buckley - "What Would You Say?"
  5. Lungfish - "8.14.2116"
  6. The Mars Volta - "Goliath"
  7. Minus The Bear - "Pachuca Sunrise"
  8. Modest Mouse - "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine"
  9. Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"
  10. Rodan - "The Everyday World Of Bodies"
Patti Singer
Corporate Business Support Representative
  1. The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out of
    This Place"
  2. Simon & Garfunkel - "I Am a Rock"
  3. Jefferson Airplane - "Wooden Ships"
  4. Jessie Colin Young - "Sunlight"
  5. Sandy Denny - "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
  6. Mark Knopfler - "Sailing to Philadelphia"
  7. Coldplay - "Parachutes"
  8. Lyle Lovett - "If I Had a Boat"
  9. Stephen Stills - "Helplessly Hoping"
  10. R.E.M. - "Shiny Happy People"

Beth Warshaw-Duncan

Line Producer
  1. Nina Simone – "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
  2. The Ramones – "Do You Want To Dance"
  3. Sleater-Kinney – "Words & Guitar"
  4. The Thermals – "No Culture Icons"
  5. Sly & The Family Stone – "Trip To
    Your Heart"
  6. Sam Cooke – "A Change Is Gonna Come"
  7. Al Green – "I'm Glad You're Mine"
  8. The Aislers Set – "Last Match"
  9. Jacques Dutronc – "Le Responsable"
  10. Tim Hardin – "Reason To Believe"

Erica Zito

Traffic Manager,
Corporate Business Support
  1. Ani Difranco - "Letting the Telephone Ring"
  2. Bjork - "I Miss You"
  3. Damien Rice - "Coconut Skins"
  4. Incubus - "I Miss You"
  5. Eminem - "We As Americans"
  6. Dave Matthews Band - "When the World Ends"
  7. Radiohead - "National Anthem"
  8. Smashing Pumpkins - "Obscured"
  9. Tegan & Sara - "The Con"
  10. TV on the Radio - "Love Dog"

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