November 24, 2006

Theme: Knock, Knock, Ginger Interview On Air: Frank and Knock, Knock, Ginger

This was a very special show as I was joined by most of the members of local band Knock, Knock, Ginger to preview their upcoming EP release show at the Starlight on Thursday, December 7th. The topics of conversation included: the origins of the band, their experiences traveling to and performing at this year's Halifax Pop Festival, the songwriting process, and of course their new EP. One cool thing we also got to do was to play a few songs that came from a contest the band held in conjunction with the Starlight. As part of the contest people could suggest up to 3 songs that the band should cover during their show at the Starlight, the band got an anonymous list of the songs and the person who suggested the song they pick will get a prize pack. So for the show we played some of the suggested songs (which may or may not have been the songs that I suggested), I have marked the songs appropriately below. Once more I would like to thank Milosz, Matt, Lisa, and Owen for coming out to the show and doing such a great job. See more info about the band here: http://www.myspace.com/knockknockginger TALK - Theme Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You The Diskettes - Art (C) The Pipettes - It Hurts To See You Dance So Well Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone **See Note 1 TALK (mostly a Milosz set) Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone ** Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet Henry Faberge and the Adorables - Out Of Your League (C) **See Note 2 The Bicycles - Australia (C) Catatonia - Dead From The Waist Down (C) TALK (Matt's set) Ratatat - Wildcat **See Note 3 The Sourkeys - Gossip (C) Two Hours Traffic - Stuck For The Summer (C) Hot Chip - The Warning TALK Knock, Knock, Ginger - Virginia Black (C) ** New Order - Fine Time ** Diana Ross and the Supremes - Love Child ** The Lemonheads - If I Could Talk I'd Tell You TALK Knock, Knock, Ginger - Love Renee (C) TALK Knock, Knock, Ginger - Tragic Love Affair Of Kasey and Jaime (C) **Song that was suggested as part of the contest Note 1: Even after almost 30 years this song really holds up well Note 2: Both of these bands played a show with Knock, Knock, Ginger at the Grad House a few months ago, unforunately they didn't have as good a time as when the other bands played Vancouver: http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2006/11/Take-Your-Shirt-Off Note 3: Matt likes this song so much he has it has the ringtone on his phone, which we proved on the air. (C) Denotes Canadian Content