August 29, 2008

Theme: My Sentimental Heart On Air: Frank

I have to thank Mary for my best song of the week, she asked me if I had heard "Sentimental Heart" by She & him, at the time I had not heard of the song but really enjoyed it when I heard it. So much so that I picked up the CD entitled "Volume One" when I saw it in a record store the past weekend. The band consists of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel but you can listen to the show to find out more about She & him. When playing the "Let's Ride Mega Mix" by Gonzales I started thinking about what is this year's song of the summer. Although I didn't particularly listen to the song this summer it has the elements of a good summer song with the funky beats and summer vibe. The last set ended with the band the Stolen Minks (friends of the show) who came on my show last year. This year they are doing a mega 10 week tour across Canada and the US and if you are reading this anywhere in North America the chances are they are going to be playing in your town. Check out their tour schedule here http://www.myspace.com/stolenminks and read their tour blog here: http://thestolenminks.exclaim.ca/ And I ended with a request that I finally played for Paul that he made way back before my last show on CKMS, sorry about being so late. TALK-Theme She & Him - Sentimental Heart Therea Andersson - Birds Fly Away Firefox AK with Tiger Lou - Winter Rose Yo La Tengo - Our Little Corner Of The World Hello Saferide - San Francisco **For Karen TALK Marching Band - Makeup Artist Peace In Our Time - Desperate for something to say The Second Band - No Song Speedmarket Avenue - I Can Tell By Here Eyes The Gresham Flyers - Shiftwork TALK salut!machaut - Train Song Billie the Vision and The Dancers - Lily From The Middleway Street I'm From Barcelona - Music Killed Me The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away TALK Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Love Will Pop Levi - Never Never Love Sad Day For Puppets - Hush Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating TALK Natalia Clavier - Dormida Air France - No Excuses The Virgins - Rich Girls Monte Marde - Highschool Drama Gonzales - Let's Ride Mega Mix (C) TALK New Radiant Storm Kings - Undignified Born Ruffians - Hummingbird (C) Okkervill River - Lost Coastlines Hawaii Mud Bombers - Chewy - Lovie The Stolen Minks - Peppy Twist (C) TALK Holiday Flyer - I'm Here, You're Gone (C) Denotes Canadian Content

August 15, 2008

Theme: Baseball and blip.fm On Air: Frank

I was happy with my first non-CKMS podcast, however I am still working out some of the bugs in my system. Thus I apologize for any uneven levels, blowing into the microphone, and songs playing on while I was talking. As for the show, Derek sent me a song by The baseball project, an album of songs about baseball put together by Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey. The song I played, "The Yankee Flipper", chronicles the time that Jack McDowell gave the finger to the New York fans and the events that lead up to that moment. Read more about the baseball project here http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=12539 . I also did a set of songs that I found out about through the website blip.fm , where people recommend songs (or "'blip" them) along with short comments on the songs. I played a few songs from two of my favourite DJs on blip, Seeshell and VanillaJ, unfortunately you have to sign up as a DJ in order to see their picks, but it is free and quick. One of reasons that I have to go on with the show is my reaction when I heard about the passing of Isaac Hayes, the first thing I thought was "I should play an Isaac Hayes song on my next show". TALK-Theme The Baskervilles - A Little More Time Sunny Summer Day - Something In Your Eyes The Pipettes - I Like A Boy In Uniform (School Uniform) Montt Mardie - Set Sail Tomorrow TALK (Baseball Set) The Baseball Project - The Yankee Flipper Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher Courtney Love - Baseball Bat The Bookmen - Huggin' At My Pillow (C) TALK (blip.fm set) Noah And The Whale - 2 Atoms In A Molecule Preston School Of Industry - Caught In The Rain The Dodos - Walking Land Of Talk - All My Friends TALK (laid back set) Rilo Kiley - Science Vs. Romance Neal Halstead - Queen Bee Miracle Fortress - Have You See In Your Dreams Hello Saferide - Anna TALK (bit more of a rock set) The Ackermans - Song In Your Street The Blows - Two Minutes Telekinesis! - All Of A Sudden Good Shoes - Small Town Girl TALK (back to pop) The Gresham Flyers - Foolscap The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No The Greencoats - Honey The Shermans - Falling Out Of Love TALK (funky set) Juvelen - Don't Mess Michael Franti and Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You) PPP (Platinum Pied Pipers) - On A Cloud The Greyboy Allstars - Still Waiting TALK Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye (C) Denotes Canadian Content

August 1, 2008

Theme: Last Show On CKMS On Air: Frank, Derek, Sari, Dave, Jen, Tony, Milosz, Karen, Eric, Wayne, and Graham.

Well my final show went down exactly as I had hoped; lots of people at the station, lots of people playing songs, lots of people sharing stories about CKMS. Thanks to everybody who came the studio that night and everybody who was listening from near and far. There were sets of music from Dave, Jen, Peter, Sari, Wayne, Karen, Eric, and Derek. I also managed to sneak in a few sets including ones about the Hillside Festival, musicians who had appeared on my show, a set for Charlene, and songs dedicated to friends of the show who were far away. It was also great to have local artists from Knock, Knock, Ginger and Bocce who talked about their upcoming albums and the great race to see which one will be released first. And although we bid a fitting farewell to CKMS that night do remember that Fireball XL5 will continue in podcast form for as long as I am able. I picked up some new equipment last week and I think I am ready to go to start recording at home. TALK-Theme Gonzales - Working Together (C) Capetown - Let It Go Black Kids - Hurricane Jane The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer TALK (Dave's Set) Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over The Sea Diodes - Tired Of Waking Up Tired (C) LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends Royksopp - Remind Me Dandy Warhols - Talk Radio TALK (long distance dedications) Spirit Of The West - Political (C) **For John and Rob Lloyd Cole - No Blue Sky **For Stephen P Jolly Llamas - 51st State (C) **For Steven F Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely **For Steven F TALK (Peter's Set) Boston Spaceship - Go For The Exit Eric Bachman - Carrborro Woman The Wedding Present - I Lost The Monkey TALK (Jen's Set) Rafter - ZZZperchant Fuckbuttons - Bright Tomorrow Dodos - Walking TALK (Hillside Set) Hawksley Workman - Tarantulove (C) Black Cabbage - Cdn (C) The Burning Hell - Municipal Monarchs (C) The Magic - No Sound (C) Michael Jackson - Gotta Be Starting Something TALK (People who have been on Fireball XL5) The Stolen Minks - Rip It Up (C) Jerry Jerry And The Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra - Upstairs Thinking (C) The Diskettes - Jump Up (C) Knock Knock Ginger - Love Renee (C) TALK (Sari's set) Barry Adamson - Swinging Detective Giant Sand - Is That All There Is The Headcoats - Reindeers Are Wild TALK Jens Lekman - I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You Betrand Burgalat and Robert Wyatt - This Summer Night Hercules And Love Affair - Blind The Social Services - The Final Countdown TALK (Wayne's Set) King Khan And The Shrines - Took My Lady Out To Dinner Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful Black Mountain - Stormy High TALK (Set for Charlene) Firefly - Made Me Glad (C) Bob Wiseman - Separated (C) Weird Paul - I Got Drunk At Chuck E Cheese War Wagon - Dead Soldier (C) TALK (Eric and Karen's Set) Goldmund - Du Und Ich Klee - Zwei Herzen Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van Van She - Kelly Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings TALK (Derek's Set) Yo La Tengo - Little Honda Patti Smith - Kimberly World Party - Way Down Now Erika Bhadu - The Healer Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling TALK BB King - I'm Moving On (C) Denotes Canadian Content