BDC

The Shape of Things to Come

Show schedule

Tuesday 9am–12pm

Join me for The Shape of Things to Come every Thursday from noon to 3 pm!

About BDC

More than 15 years ago I moved to the Chicago area from Dallas, Texas. I've loved it ever since. Exploring, collecting, and making music are my primary interests. You can check out my ever-growing music collection over on Discogs. I also make mostly instrumental music of my own under the name WALMARTIANS, which you can check out on Bandcamp. The show title "The Shape of Things to Come" is from the 1979 song of the same name by The Headboys, a Scottish power pop band, formed in 1977 in Edinburgh. The song was a minor hit, peaking at #45 in the UK and #67 in the US. Cheers!

Recent Playlists

Tue 11/10 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:50 AM	Marquee Moon RIP Richard Lloyd.	Television	Marquee Moon
11:47 AM	Shut Us Down	Camper Van Beethoven	Camper Van Beethoven
11:45 AM	TV As Eyes	Chrome	Half Machine Lip Moves / Alien Soundtracks
11:42 AM	Infra-Red	Placebo	A Place for Us to Dream (Disc 1)
11:39 AM	If I Could Talk I'd Tell You	The Lemonheads	Car Button Cloth
11:37 AM	Love Love Love Request from Casey.	The Mountain Goats	The Sunset Tree
11:32 AM	Permanence LOCAL	Medical Miracle	Permanence
11:29 AM	Cry Cry Cry	Sally Timms	Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments... for Lost Buckaroos
11:26 AM	Best Problem LOCAL	V.V. Lightbody	Period Piece
11:21 AM	Suddenly (feat. Weyes Blood) Request from Mason.	Drugdealer	The End of Comedy
11:18 AM	Tu y Yo	Melenas	Ahora
11:15 AM	Kiss It Goodbye	Imperial Teen	All Over You
11:08 AM	Ode To Street Hassle	Dark Globes	Glass Remade/Remodelled
11:05 AM	Slow Death	Windsor for the Derby	Metropolitan Then Poland
11:00 AM	Turtle Bait	The Jazz Butcher	Cult Of The Basement

Tue 11/10 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Virus Human LOCAL	The Ponys	Laced With Romance
10:55 AM	D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.	Serena Maneesh	S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor
10:52 AM	Powerless	Emma Ruth Rundle	These Killing Times
10:46 AM	One Night with The Valet	Tennis	Pollen
10:43 AM	You Know The Formula Right?	Dabrye	Instrmntl
10:40 AM	Drumming For Pistols LOCAL	Puerto Muerto	Drumming For Pistols
10:37 AM	In Your Orbit LOCAL	Savanna Ruth	The Baseball Diaries
10:32 AM	Good Things LOCAL	Winefred RT	Anything Better To Do
10:30 AM	Coaxed A Storm	Jeanines	How Long Can It Last
10:26 AM	Superblaster	Curve	Cuckoo
10:21 AM	Yea Yeah	Matt & Kim	Matt & Kim
10:18 AM	Interstellar Drift	Trans Am	Thing
10:15 AM	Cut My Bangs	Miesha and the Spanks	Visions
10:07 AM	Keep On Dancin Fourth solo single. Released in 1985.	Richard Lloyd	Keep On Dancin
10:04 AM	Watch Yourself Second solo album. Released in 1985.	Richard Lloyd	Field Of Fire
10:01 AM	Blue and Grey Debut solo single. Released in 1979.	Richard Lloyd	Blue and Grey

Tue 11/10 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:56 AM	As Seen on TV	Civic	Future Forecast
9:54 AM	Somebody Like Me	Ramones	Subterranean Jungle
9:50 AM	Placeholder	Gilla Band	Pugnello
9:47 AM	Look My Way	Blitzen Trapper	PDX Pop Now! 2010
9:44 AM	I Really Like You (Carly Rae Jepsen Cover)	Little Junior	Hi
9:40 AM	Monday	Jawdropped	Secret To Spare
9:37 AM	Idiot In The Sky	DIIV	ZIRP!
9:33 AM	One Razzle, One Dazzle	Eels	Cookie Happened
9:29 AM	Looking at Yr Phone	Patsy's Rats	Typical Girls Volume 5
9:26 AM	Far Away From Love (2026 Remaster)	Sing-Sing	The Joy of Sing-Sing
9:21 AM	No Time LOCAL	DEHD	Flower of Devotion
9:18 AM	Si Sauvage	The Suburbs	Si Sauvage
9:15 AM	Vinegar Swimming Pool	World News	In Purgatory
9:10 AM	Tired Of Waking Up Tired Second single. Released in 1978.	The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired
9:07 AM	Blind Among The Flowers Debut single released in 1979.	The Tourists	Blind Among The Flowers
9:04 AM	Counting The Beat Second single from Phil Judd's post Split Enz band. Released in 1981.	The Swingers	Counting The Beat
9:01 AM	The Shape of Things To Come	The Headboys	The Headboys

Tue 11/03 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:53 AM	This is How it Should Be Done	Alchemical Sisters	Alchemical Sisters
11:49 AM	Full Spectrum Dominance	Dummy	do you love the color of the sky?
11:46 AM	Shut Us Down	Camper Van Beethoven	Camper Van Beethoven
11:44 AM	Feel It, Superior	Retribution Gospel Choir	The Revolution EP
11:42 AM	Christ For President	Billy Bragg & Wilco	Mermaid Avenue
11:38 AM	No Satisfaction	Black Mountain	Black Mountain
11:35 AM	Shannon Said Request from Karen in Phoenix.	The Zeros	Knockin' Me Dead
11:31 AM	Exhuming McCarthy	R.E.M.	Document
11:28 AM	Divide And Conquer	Hüsker Dü	Flip Your Wig
11:25 AM	Serrated	The Empty Pockets	Dear Billionaires
11:18 AM	Straight To Hell	The Clash	Combat Rock
11:13 AM	Settle for Nothing Request from Manny in Lincoln Square.	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against The Machine
11:05 AM	Revolution	Spacemen 3	Playing With Fire

Tue 11/03 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:59 AM	President Chang (Von Daemmerung Remix)	The Jazz Butcher	Dr Cholmondley Repents: A-sides, B-Sides and Seasides
10:54 AM	This Is Why We Fight Request from Anna.	The Decemberists	The King Is Dead
10:51 AM	Lines Her Eyes	Dum Dum Girls	I Will Be
10:49 AM	Blister in the Sun Request from Jone in Indianapolis.	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes
10:45 AM	I Need You (For Someone)	The Jam	This is the Modern World
10:42 AM	Know	Soft Science	Maps
10:38 AM	Land Of The Freak	King Khan & the Shrines	What Is?!
10:34 AM	Freedom Of Choice Request from Cindy in North Center.	Devo	Greatest Hits
10:31 AM	Lifted Truck	Hard Femme	Lo-Fem
10:29 AM	You're Not Serious	Wishy	Nature's Pill
10:25 AM	Power To The People Request form Greg in North Center.	Curtis Mayfield	Sweet Exorcist
10:22 AM	This Ain't No Picnic	Minutemen	Double Nickels On the Dime
10:20 AM	Election-Night Special	Burning Airlines	Identikit
10:18 AM	Between the Wars	Billy Bragg	Back to Basics
10:14 AM	Be with You Tonight	Teenage Fanclub	Do Not Dare To Dream
10:10 AM	Coup D'Etat Previously unreleased track. Included on the 2020 reissue of the AK•79 compilation.	Suburban Reptiles	AK•79
10:09 AM	45 Single B-side of second single.	Suburban Reptiles	Saturday Night Stay At Home
10:06 AM	Saturday Night Stay At Home Second single released in 1978.	Suburban Reptiles	Saturday Night Stay At Home
10:04 AM	Desert Patrol B-side of debut single.	Suburban Reptiles	Megaton

Tue 11/03 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:59 AM	Megaton Debut single released in 1978.	Suburban Reptiles	Megaton
9:54 AM	President Gas	The Psychedelic Furs	Forever Now
9:51 AM	Where Do Ya Draw the Line	Dead Kennedys	Bedtime for Democracy
9:49 AM	Liar	Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
9:45 AM	Election Day (featuring Sidney Gish)	Cheekface	Too Much to Ask
9:41 AM	Demolition	Fontaines D.C.	Dopamine Chamber
9:39 AM	Breathe On It	The Hidden Cameras	The Smell Of Our Own
9:35 AM	Treehunting	Max the Band	Postcards from Cuervo
9:29 AM	Vote For Me	The Specials	Encore
9:27 AM	Vote For Me Dummy	Guided by Voices	Motivational Jumpsuit
9:24 AM	I Saw You	Sen Morimoto	Time Is On Your Side
9:19 AM	Listen, Listen, Listen	Dumb Crush	Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
9:16 AM	Race To Die-Election Day	Life Sentence	Life Sentence (Remastered)
9:14 AM	Burn	Cindy Lawson	¡LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE!
9:07 AM	Elected From their third single. Released in 1989.	The Sun And The Moon	Alive; Not Dead
9:03 AM	Up The Down Escalator Second single. Released in 1983.	The Chameleons	Up The Down Escalator
9:00 AM	The Shape of Things To Come	The Headboys	The Headboys

Tue 10/27 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:52 AM	The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)	Kate Bush	Hounds Of Love
11:50 AM	Night Dreaming	Trans Am	Surrender To the Night
11:47 AM	Shut Us Down	Camper Van Beethoven	Camper Van Beethoven
11:44 AM	Oklahoma U.S.A.	The Kinks	Muswell Hillbillies
11:41 AM	Here Comes The Sun	Nina Simone	Just Like A Woman: Nina Simone Sings Classic Songs Of The '60s
11:38 AM	Above the Clouds LOCAL	Resavoir	Above the Clouds
11:34 AM	Flow	The Barbaras	2006-2008
11:31 AM	Insane (Tambourine Mix)	ESG	Keep On Moving
11:28 AM	The Western	Cor De Lux	Year of the Horse
11:25 AM	Kiss Kiss Kiss	Wishy	Nature's Pill
11:21 AM	It Has To Rhyme	Estrogen Highs	Irrelevant Future
11:19 AM	Of Amber	Jacob Alon	In Limerence
11:16 AM	Put Some Reverb on My Brother	Thee Oh Sees	Drop
11:14 AM	Omen Globe	Dummy	do you love the color of the sky?
11:07 AM	The Murder Weapon Third solo album. Released in 1983.	T-Bone Burnett	Proof Through The Night
11:00 AM	The Human Jungle (12-inch Version)	The Jazz Butcher	Big Questions

Tue 10/27 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:57 AM	Feel Luv LOCAL	Modern Shag	Modern Shag
10:54 AM	Flip Your Face	James Chance & The Contortions	No New York
10:51 AM	Heart Has To Work So Hard	Blondshell	Violins
10:46 AM	Nothing To Hide	Yo La Tengo	Popular Songs
10:44 AM	This Song Won't Sell	BLEU	Sargeant Pepper Grinder
10:41 AM	When You Get to the Bottom LOCAL	Robbie Fulks	Gone Away Backward
10:37 AM	Diagetic LOCAL	Marital Streep	Hunting for a Beautiful Accident
10:33 AM	Espejismos	Karen y los Remedios	Bestiaria
10:30 AM	The Way It Goes	World News	In Purgatory
10:26 AM	Australia	Manic Street Preachers	Everything Must Go
10:21 AM	Meeting Ourselves	The Olivia Tremor Control	The Same Place
10:18 AM	Davey Crockett	Thee Headcoatees	Damaged Goods (1988-2018)
10:16 AM	Plant Magic	Death Valley Girls	Welcome to Earth
10:09 AM	No Substitute Third single. Recorded in 1980, but not released until 2022 in Austria.	The Shivvers	No Substitute
10:06 AM	Please Stand By Second single. Recorded in 1980, but not released until 2022 in Austria.	The Shivvers	Please Stand By
10:03 AM	When I Was Younger B-side of debut single. Released in 1980.	The Shivvers	Teen Line
10:00 AM	Teen Line Debut single released in 1980.	The Shivvers	Teen Line

Tue 10/27 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	No Strangers	Federale	Reverb & Seduction
9:53 AM	We Are All Lost	The Warlocks	The Manic Excessive Sounds Of
9:49 AM	Empires Falling	The Black Angels	Wilderness of Mirrors
9:45 AM	Don't Let Go	The Shadracks	From Human Like Forms
9:42 AM	Stand Up	Force	Habibi Funk 035: Beirut City Pop
9:39 AM	Shake It Off	Hurry	Guided Meditation
9:36 AM	Ramera (featuring Jean Tonique)	girl ultra	RRRomeo
9:32 AM	Good Morning	The Heligoats	Back to the Ache
9:29 AM	Cherry Tulips LOCAL	Headlights	Some Racing, Some Stopping
9:27 AM	For You (I'd Do Anything)	Roky Erickson	All That May Do My Rhyme
9:22 AM	All The Time In The World (featuring Rivers Cuomo, Vegyn & Baby Marlboro)	The Avalanches	No Bad Memories
9:18 AM	Warp Core Dubdown LOCAL	BassKase	Dub Space Nine
9:18 AM	I Know You Are (But What Am I Thinking)	@	Autosmile
9:09 AM	Ah ! Leah ! RIP Donnie Iris. Second single released in 1980. Reached number 29 on the US charts.	Donnie Iris	Ah ! Leah !
9:06 AM	Hedonist	The House of Love	The House of Love
9:03 AM	Fodder From the band's debut single released in 1982.	The March Violets	Religious As Hell
9:00 AM	The Shape of Things To Come	The Headboys	The Headboys

Tue 10/20 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:52 AM	February LOCAL	Sick Gazelle	Veld
11:50 AM	This Will Go On	Guided by Voices	Strut of Kings
11:48 AM	Shut Us Down	Camper Van Beethoven	Camper Van Beethoven
11:44 AM	I Got A Pill	Elephant Stone	ASHA
11:41 AM	Let It Ring Out LOCAL	Vacancy Chain	Count The Stars
11:37 AM	The Prize	Automatic	Is It Now?
11:33 AM	OBSESSION	TOUR TOMB	VEINS
11:29 AM	Concept Of Love	Ibibio Sound Machine	Chopping Mountain
11:26 AM	Weather Me	BODEGA	All Inside Aquarium
11:22 AM	Babydoll	Stef Chura	Dancing Alone on the Concrete
11:19 AM	Garden of Light	The Olivia Tremor Control	The Same Place
11:13 AM	Solitude Request from Mason.	Candlemass	Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
11:08 AM	Low	Mark Lanegan	Field Songs
11:06 AM	Unchained	Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson	VH1 Storytellers
11:03 AM	I Fought The Law	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Delphonic Sounds Today!
11:00 AM	Big Cats	The Jazz Butcher	Rotten Soul

Tue 10/20 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:55 AM	Teenage Wasteland	Wussy	Attica
10:49 AM	Song for Whoever	The Beautiful South	Welcome to the Beautiful South
10:44 AM	Respectable Street	XTC	Black Sea
10:41 AM	Organisms LOCAL	Caw! Caw!	Wait Outside
10:37 AM	Thoughts of You LOCAL	Medical Miracle	Permanence
10:32 AM	Ready or Not	Vacations	Pursuit of Anything
10:29 AM	Dolphin Expressway	Air Miami	Me, Me, Me
10:27 AM	Faulty	Boy Harsher	Get Mean
10:21 AM	Get Away from Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)	Julia Jacklin	The Gem
10:18 AM	Virgin Criminal	The Murlocs	Rapscallion
10:14 AM	The Allfather Awakes Request from Woodfoot in SC.	Amon Amarth	The Allfather Awakens
10:08 AM	A New Shade Of Blue Originally by The Bobby Fuller Four and included on their 1966 album "I Fought The Law."	Nan Vernon	Delphonic Sounds Today!
10:04 AM	Love Hurts Released in 2009.	Nan Vernon	Halloween II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:00 AM	While My Guitar Gently Weeps Third single. Released in 1992.	Nan Vernon	While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Tue 10/20 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:54 AM	Staring Into The Sun	50FOOTWAVE	Black Pearl
9:50 AM	Trapped	Myra Lee	Capture The Flag
9:46 AM	You'll Figure It Out	Jeanines	How Long Can It Last
9:42 AM	Especially Me	Flock of Dimes	Maximum MN
9:39 AM	Walkin' Down the Street LOCAL	The Coctails	The Early Hi-Ball Years
9:36 AM	Post Modern Dance	Blair Gun	Nonstop Bullets
9:32 AM	Basic Witch	Death Valley Girls	Welcome to Earth
9:28 AM	Call Me	Kate Nash	Yesterday Was Forever
9:25 AM	Shift	Wishy	Nature's Pill
9:20 AM	Change	Arcwelder	Xerxes
9:17 AM	Connector LOCAL	Deep Tunnel Project	Deep Tunnel Project
9:14 AM	Another Summer LOCAL	Chip Chop	Last Call for Bad Luck
9:09 AM	1934 From their debut album released in 1985. Reissued in 2026.	The Connells	Darker Days
9:07 AM	The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt Released in 1964.	The Shadows	The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt
9:04 AM	I Go Wild Debut EP released in 1982.	The Three O'Clock	Baroque Hoedown
9:01 AM	The Shape of Things To Come	The Headboys	The Headboys

Tue 10/13 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:51 AM	E'Glynner LOCAL	Spiral Galaxy	Spiral Galaxy II
11:48 AM	Shut Us Down	Camper Van Beethoven	Camper Van Beethoven
11:46 AM	Lip Curlers	Guided by Voices	Mirrored Aztec
11:43 AM	And Then Again	Arcwelder	Pull
11:41 AM	I Used To Dream	Broken Records	Let Me Come Home
11:38 AM	Counting Down The Hours	Ted Leo & the Pharmacists	Shake the Sheets
11:34 AM	Saving Grace	Throwing Muses	House Tornado