August 6, 1999

We came back from Boston a lot poorer, but rich in memories, thanks to
Wayne for his Pixies suggestion, however they did not have a star in front
of the Tower records in Boston, unlike New Kids on the Block, Aerosmith,
Boston, Rob Zombie, Pat Metheney, and Jonathan Richman.

This week the Ambassador (Peter Brown) is rumoured to be joining Michelle
and I, and as some of the people from the list are on a horseback riding
trip out west I want to do a set of horse (or at least cowboy/western)
music, suggestions?


Fireball XL5 - Aug 6, 1999

 TALK-Theme
Chicklet - Superficial
The Punching Nuns - Teenage Kicks
The Carnations - Let me be your Ferris Bueller
Saddlesores - Skin it off
The Great Balancing Act - San Francisco Roller Disco
 TALK
Lucious Jackson - Sexy Hypnotist
Lucious Jackson - Why do I Lie?
The Flaming Lips - Feeling yourself Disintegrate
The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
Guided by Voices - Thing I will Keep
 TALK (Boston Set)
The Pixies - Debaser
Jonathan Richman - Lonely financial zone
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I suppose
Pat Metheney - Three Flights Up
The Lyres - Help you Ann
 TALK
South Park Residents - Blame Canada
J. Geiles Band - Centerfold
Cornershop - Sleep on the Left Side
Belly - Slow Dog
John Southworth - Stand by your masses
The Music Tapes - Wishing Well at Capers End
 TALK
Moby - Honey
Random - Electric
Starbean - Gary Numan            ** See Note 1
Flin Flon - Yellowknife          ** See Note 1
Lloyd Cole - Si tu dois partir   ** See Note 1
Wilco - Stand in our way         ** See Note 1
 TALK
House of Velvet - Mama Gueia

Note 1:  These are the first CDs I bought on the internet from
www.absound.ca, based in Vancouver, they had a very good selection and up
to date database, have a lot of stuff on sale, shipping was $4.75 for 1 to
10 CDs. Overall I was very satisfied.

July 23, 1999

We started off with Tom Waits because of his upcoming concert in Toronto
after a 12 year absence, which Michelle is particularly excited about
since she has tickets. This led into the 2 Hillside sets (which put our
Canadian content over 50%) which occured last weekend, it was a great
festival with lots of interesting workshops (including one on canoe trip
preparation), good food and bands.

This past weekend Michelle, Derek, Sari, and I went to Boston for the
Civil Holiday long weekend, so I'm going to play a set of music of bands
from the Boston area, if you have any suggestions send them along (no New
Kids on the Block requests please).


Fireball XL5 - Setlist July 23/1999

 TALK-Theme
Tom Waits - Big in Japan
Saddlesores - Pour me Whiskey
Frank Sinatra - Shadows in the Sand
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
Duke Ellington - Heaven
 TALK (Hillside Set)
House of Velvet - Poison Ivy
Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face
The Sidemen - When the Sun Goes Down
By Divine Right - Come for a Ride
Emm Gryner - Summerlong
 TALK (Hillside Set)
Sloan - Take it in
Corduroy Leda - Trigger
Jane Sibery - Temple
Sarah Slean - Angel
Ron Sexsmith - Right About Now
 TALK (Moon Set)
REM - Man on the Moon (suggested by Karen)
Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited
Nanci Griffith - Once in a Very Blue Moon
Magnetic Fields - You me and the Moon
Stompin Tom - The Man-moon Newfie
Waterboys - Whole of the Moon (suggested by Pauline)
 TALK
Chemical Brothers - Out of Control
Harry Adamson/Nick Cave - Sweet Embrace
Flin Flon - Ukrania
 TALK
Jonathan Richman - New England

July 9, 1999

** 1st Aniversary Edition of the Fireball XL5 Setlist - wow I've been
putting together this crappy newsletter for an entire year, note to self:
find something better to do with life **

The "misheard lyric" version of Fireball XL5 went pretty well with lots of
input from you guys, if you want to look up other lyrics check out the
website: www.kissthisguy.com . We also had the "South Park" film
soundtrack (of which only a few songs can be played during the day), and
new albums from The Flaming Lips, Lucious Jackson, and Cibo Matto.

I don't really have a theme for this week's show, but as the Hillside
Festival is coming up on the weekend we will do a spotlight on that.  As
it is the 30th anniversary of the Moon Landing I was going to play a set
of songs about the moon.  If you have any suggestions about moon songs
send them along (but just to me not the whole group).

Fireball XL5 Setlist July 9/1999

 TALK-Theme
Paul MacLeod - Ugly Pride
King Cobb Steelie - One's A Heifer
North of America - Come Back
Wooden Stars - Bayonet Point
National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
 TALK
Stan, Kyle, Cartman - What Would Brian Boitano Do?
Rancid - 1998
Chicklet - Out of Sight
The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for Superman
Guided by Voices - I am a Scientist
 TALK (misheard lyric set I)
Beck - Loser
LaiBach - Across the Universe
Belle & Sebastian - Boy with the Arab Strap
Sloan - Money City Maniacs
 TALK (misheard lyric set II)
Stompin Tom Connors - Song of the Coho
English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels from a Shell
REM - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
 TALK
John Southworth - Cute Girls, Gay Guys
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
Lucious Jackson - Christine
Cibo Matto - Flowers
 TALK
Dimitri From Paris - Toujours L'Amour

Misheard lyric summary:

REM          Sidewinder sleeps tonight
real - Call me when you try to wake her up
misheard - Calling Chuch Yeager (Stephen P)
misheard - Calling Jamaica (Frank)

INXS         Suicide Blonde 
real - suicide blonde
misheard - soup and salad bar (Mary)

Chumbawumba  Tubthumping    
real-I get knocked down
misheard - I got no job  (Pauline)

English      Beat Mirrow in the Batroom
real - Mirror in the Bathroom
misheard - Meet her in the bathroom                     

Beck         I'm a a Loser
real - Soy un Perdidor
misheard - Sores from head to toe (www.kissthisguy.com)
misheard - So your pantyhouse (www.kissthisguy.com)
misheard - Soar over Canada (www.kissthisguy.com)

Beatles      Across the Universe
real - Jai guru deva (sanskrit for "Glory to the spiritual master"
misheard - jackeroodave-la-la (Dave)

Stompin' Tom  Song of the Coho
real - I'm a gay young Coho
misheard - I'm a flaming homo (Dave - well not really misheard, but really
funny, actually a lot of homosexual references in the song if you listen
to the lyrics)

Sloan         Money City Maniacs
real - Covered in Coke Fizz
misheard - Covered in Goat Piss (Sharla)

Squeeze       Pulling Mussels from a Shell
real - Pulling mussels from a shell
misheard - Pulling mussles from Michelle (Michelle)

June 25, 1999

Well the first CD idea worked really well, I got a lot of responses and
was able to find enough of them to fill up a set as well a set of my first
five CDs.  My first one was a blues compilation which I got for around
$15, a cheap CD at the time, then I sent away for 3 Spirit of the West
albums from Stoney Plain records, then I picked up The Proclaimers.

Michelle liked the idea so much she wants to do it again, this time the
theme is misheard lyrics, my example is by REM the song The Sidewinder
sleeps tonight when Stipe sings "Call me when you try to wake her up" I
always thought it was "Calling Jamaica", hey that's what is sounded like
to me OK. There have also been a series of books about this with the
title "Scuse my While I Kiss This Guy" from the Jimi Hendrix song.  Anyway
send in you favourite misheard lyric.

Fireball XL5 Setlist June 25/ 1999

 TALK-Theme
The Donnas - Get Rid of That Girl
The Planet Smashers - All Men Fear Women
Wooden Stars - The Summer I Drank Myself to Death
Mummble Ducks - Rocks & Bottles
Julie Dioron - Stay Now, Then Go
 TALK (Other people's first CDs)
Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart (Singles, 45s and under) Stephen
Robinson
Cottage Industry - Jughead Jones (Superstar) Wayne Jenkinson
Rimsky Korsakov - The Young Prince, The Young Princess (Steven Fassnacht)
REM - The One I Love (Document) Sari Morrison or Derek Weiler
Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (IISFFGWG) Dave Claerhout
or Derek Weiler
Billy Bragg - A New England (request - the guy's first CD as well)
 TALK (My first five CDs)
Aurthur Crudup - That's Allright Now Mama
Spirit of the West - John Goodman (Old Material)
Spirit of the West - Till the Cows Come Home (Tripping up the Stairs)
Spirit of the West - Darkhouse (Labour Day)
The Proclaimers - Then I Met You (Sunshine on Leith)
 TALK
Wonderstuff - Caught in My Shadow (request)
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Mercury Rev - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
Chemical Brothers - Hey Girl, Hey Boy
Jamiroquai - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabe
 TALK
Ron Sexsmith - Right About Now
Don Kerr - The Sniffing Princess
Rheostatics - Record Body Count
Beth Orton - Precious Maybe

Other people's first CDs I couldn't (or wouldn't) play:

Peter Brown - Genesis (Genesis) 
Jayson Innes - Beatles (Revolver)
Mary Ference - Rick Astley or possibly Tears for Fears

Did you own a CD player before you bought your first CD:
No - 5 Yes - 4

June 11, 1999

Just a typical show, a tribute to the recently passed away Mel Torme and a
set coming from the Tragically Hip song Bobcaygeon:  Does anyone know when
if the reference to "The men they couldn't hang" in the Tragically Hip
refer to the late 80s (early 90s and recently reformed) band of the same
name, in the song it talks about them having an "aryan twang", I didn't
find any evidence of this when I researched the Men the Couldn't Hang?

Also, my next show is going to be as close as I am going to be to July 1,
and no I'm not doing an all-Canadian show, but it is the 10th anniversary
of me buying my first CD player (I remember because I was on a work term
in Alberta and back then they allowed stores to open on holidays).  So I'm
going to be playing selections from the first CDs I ever purchased.  This
is where I want your input, just answer the questions:

1) what was the first CD you ever bought?

2) did you own a CD player at the time?

I'll try and have a set of everybody's first CD.


Fireball XL5 Setlist June 11, 1999

Theme
 TALK
Show Business Giants - I've Got a Crush on Wendy Mesley
Jack Tripper - Sounds Familiar
Wooden Stars - Romantic Machinery
Planet Smashers - Super Orgy Porno Party
Rawlins Cross - Peace on the Inside
 TALK
Pale Saints - Time Thief (request)
Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town
Cracker - White Riot
The Muffs - Blow Your Mind
Mr. T. Experience - King Dork
 TALK
Weird Paul - Acting like Mel Torme
Mel Torme - I've Got the World on a String
Harry Connick Jr. - Nowhere with Love
Maynard Ferguson - Chameleon
Kyp Harness - I Believe in You
 TALK
Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
Men They Could Not Hang - Bounty Hunter
The Pogues - Misty Morning Albert Street Bridge
Kristy McColl - He Never Mentioned Love
Elvis Costello - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
 TALK
Interstellar Force - Star Wars Theme
Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl
Cibo Matto - Spoon
Negativeland/Chumbawumba - Smelly Water
Dee - Lite - Groove is in the Heart
PM Dawn - You've Got Me Floatin
Sugar - Helpless
 TALK
Wetspots - Blitzkrieg Polka                  **Note 1

Note 1: This is the song I was mixing up with the Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop,
you see I'm not crazy.

May 21, 1999

I arrived back in Waterloo just in time to do my regular radio show, and
was joined by the Ambassador (Peter Brown) who brought a selection of
songs.  (I labelled only one set as his, but the last half hour was
probably equally selected by the both of us)

As The Phantom Menace had just opened we played a few songs with a Star
Wars related theme, as well as playing some bands which are playing in the
area in the near future.  I also had to play the Dik Van Dykes
"Beachcombers" as the Monday before the show I was visiting my cousin
Linda in Gibson's and we had lunch at Molly's Reach, and while in
Vancouver I was at the CD release party for Boomdaddy.


Fireball XL5 Setlist May 21, 1999

Mumble Ducks - North of the Ridges
Dik Van Dykes - Beachcombers           
Boomdaddy - Hold Your Head High
 TALK-Theme
The Planet Smashers - Too Much Attitude
Skavenjah - Sunny Side of Life
The Flashing Lights - High School
Julie Dioron - Will You Still Love Me in December
Corduroy Leda - 80 Bucks
 TALK (Peter's Set)
Motorhead - Killed by Death                     **Note 1
Pavement - Rattled by the Rush                  **Note 1
Silver Jews - Advice to the Graduate          
Butterglory - The Skills of the Star Pilot      **Note 2
People from Earth - Join the Darkside           **Note 2
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars
 TALK
Fountains of Wayne - Denise
Tom Waits - Eyeball Kid
Mayor McCa - Love song for Queen Victoria       **Note 1
Pavement - No more Kings
Starbean - No earthly means of Transportation
 TALK
Clash - Police on my back (request)
Look Blue, Go Purple - Wild rumour
Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
Ween - Help me scrape the mucus off my brain
 TALK
Guided by Voices- Acorns & Orioles

** Note 1: Performing live in the area in the near future
** Note 2: Phantom Menace connection, Peter said that according to Derek
the song was inspired by an original Star Wars trading card of Han Solo
piloting the Millenium Falcon with the caption "skills of the star pilot",
the people from earth songs has many a sample from the original Trilogy

May 7, 1999

Although it has only been four days since the show it seems a lot longer
as in the meantime I have travelled to Banff for a conference where I am
sending this e-mail.  After Banff I am travelling to Vancouver for a few
days to visit my relatives (Hey Wayne if you get this send me your phone
number so I can give you a call).

Anyway, about the show, Dave Fisher joined Michelle and I in what I called
"Dave's Revenge", as he said that he brought songs which he would like to
hear on CKMS (Dave listens to the station as much as I do) but they either
can't or won't play it.  Every song had an interesting story behind it, I
gave a brief description of one in particular after the setlist.  You can
contact Dave directly if you have anymore questions about his choices.



Fireball XL5 Setlist May 7, 1999

North of America - Bouyonet Point
Corduray Leda - Shut Down
The 6ths - When I'm out of town
 TALK-Theme
Mayor McCa - I'm so poor, buy my CD
Piggy - The person behind the counter
The Saboteurs - Man from E.N.I.G.M.A.
Cecil Seaskull - Bells On
Dan the Radio Man - Spooky Spooky Halloween
 TALK (Dave set 1)
Raymond Scott - The Happy Whistler         **Note 1
The Clears - Frozen Fun
Starbean - Starbeam
The Tornadoes - Telstar
Two Dollar Guitar - Patagonia
Stereolab - Doubt
 TALK (Michelle's set)
Lion Rock - Fire up the Showsaw
Poi Dog Pondering - Berry
Beck - Electric Music & the Summer people
Solex - One Louder
Bettie Seveert - What Friends?
Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You
 TALK (Dave Set 2)
Spastiks - Long Cold Walk
Ajejan dro Escovedo - I was Drunk      (request)
Quonset - Exodus
King Loser - Solid Sky Nine
 TALK
Colour Me Pyscho - My Favourite Nightmare

Note 1:  Raymond Scott was an electronic music pioneer, he experimented
with sound made entirely from synthesizers back in the early 60s.  This
album was supposed to be used to sedate children and put them to sleep, he
made three albums in this vain, this one was designed for children aged
6-12 months.  This particular songs didn't sound that far off of a lot of
today's electronic music.