Theme: Carl!! and Wesley Willis |
| My top song this week was most definitely the oldest top song I have ever had, the reason I heard it was that I watching a documentary on the rise of British music in the 60s and they discussed the Yardbirds who originally featured Eric Clampton on guitar. But this particular song "For Your Love" is the song that drove him out of the band as he considered himself a serious musician and didn't want to do the kind of light fare that the band was doing. Of course the song fits pretty well into the type of pop that I play on my show. Before this show I went to see a couple of music related documentaries at the HotDocs festival in Toronto, you can hear my reviews on the podcast. There was also a set of music about the CARL! festival that went on the weekend after the show at the fantastic Trepid House, a private house in Waterloo that puts on a lot of great shows. And on a sad note, I ended the show with the Frank Sinatra song "I'll be seeing you" as a tribute to Mr. Jeffery Millar who unfortunately passed away a few weeks before the show. Jeffery was a friend from Waterloo back in my IMPRINT days, he was a fantastic person who will be missed. TALK-Theme The Yardbirds - For Your Love Under the Pines - My Architechs Data Rock - I Will Always Remember You Doug Hoyer - Emma (C) Must Be Tuesday - My Boyfriend's Girlfriend (Isn't Me) (C) TALK Bellevue - I've Been Meaning To Get Thearapy (C) The Wet Secrets - Get Your Own Apartment (C) Minus The Bear - Throwin' Shapes The Sound Of Arrows - Danger! TALK Wesley Willis - Jello Biafra Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas The Johnnys - I'm Hot (I Get What I Want) (C) Cassius - Rock Number One TALK (Carl!! Festival Set) The Liptonians - Charlie's Back (C) Mixylodian - Free For All (C) Sunparlor Players - If The Creeks (C) Horses - 14 Years (C) Lake Of Stew - Water Bill (C) TALK Katie Stelmanis - Join Us (C) Rick White - Birds And Bees (C) Los Campesinos - Knee Deep At ATP The Heavy - Coleen Lyrics Born - Like It, I Love It Little Dragon - No Love TALK Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Seeing You (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
April 25, 2008
April 11, 2008
Theme: RIP NQRS |
| For this show I spent the first set lamenting the loss of a great podcast that after about a year of putting out great indie-twee called it quits. The podcast was called Not Quite Rocket Science and each show had a theme like boy/girl vocals, cover songs, and one titled "Pa pa pa pa ra pa pa pa pas!". And if you remember back a few months, most of the my last Christmas was stolen from them. It looks like the main website is no longer working, but you can get see some of the shows here: http://www.last.fm/user/miss_ladybug/journal/ There was also a set based on a link that Derek sent to me (http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/2008_04_07.php) that mentioned David Barclay who was a member of show favourite The Diskettes, along with many other musical projects. As well as music that David actually made, I also got a few ideas for the set from the mp3 blog that he contributes to : http://www.popsheep.com/ I also went through a lot of my backlog of leftover songs but I was glad to get suggestions from Michelle, Milosz, and Stephen P.
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March 28, 2008
Theme: The best thing about New York City is you and me |
| This show seemed like it was over before it started, it just went by in flash. Unfortunately for the people who were actually listening (or about to listen on the podcast) I did a lot of talking, mostly about my trip to New York City the weekend before the show. I won't go into the stories here, but if you do check out the podcast you can hear about why we went, the flights from hell, and a first hand account of NYC's Bowery Ballroom. The top song this week was from a very unknown artist from Winnipeg whom I saw on Muchmusic's The Wedge (yes it is still on Wayne), the song just grabbed me with its funky feel and cool vocals. TALK-Theme Voldis - Flashlight (C) The Lions - Jungle Struttin The Heavy - That Kind of Man Little Dragon - Forever Daddy Long Legs - Drives the Girls Crazy (C) TALK Los Campensinos - Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats Woodhands - I Wasn't Made For Fighting (C) Bocce - Disco Juan (C) Hilotrons - Lights Off (C) The Magic - Door To Door (C) TALK (New York City Set) Vampire Weekend - Campus Saturday Looks Good To Me - Make A Plan The Crash - Reasons To Sing Sons And Daughters - Johnny Cash The Brunettes - Obligatory Road Song TALK We Are Scientists - After Hours The B-52s - Hot Corner The Teenagers - Feeling Better White Town - Taste Of A Girl These United States - First Sight TALK Girlfriendo - Make Up Fitness Forever - Bachrach Kimkio - Dogru Hawksley Workman - Piano Blank (C) Matthew Barber - I'm Gonna Settle My Accounts With You Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You TALK Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We Call On The Author (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
March 14, 2008
Theme: Pi Day
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| It was only during the show that I was reminded that March 14 is also known as Pi Day (03 14). That person also hooked me up with the song by Kate Bush. By the way, the actual title of the song by Kate Bush is the mathematical symbol for pi, but it is difficult to get that symbol to print in these text files. A quick search of Hype Machine found another "Pie" song by Ben Hibbard and Ted Leo that was not only a Neil Diamond cover but also described here ( http://www.friendsoftom.com/fotpedia/index.php?title=Porcupine_Pie ) as "the worst song in the history of mankind". I started off with some artists that I hope to be seeing in a few months: all of Lykke Li, El Perro Del Mar, and Anna Ternheim are touring together this spring. And although I am missing the Toronto show, as it happens I will be on the west coast when they are playing Seattle so I'm going to see them there. There were also a lot of CDs in the CKMS new release section that were interesting, including the entire album from Adele that contains last week's top song. I scanned through the rest of the CD and the rest of it sounds really good as well. TALK-Theme Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone El Perro Del Mar - How Did We Forget Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone Anna Jorvinen - Gotgatan TALK Hawksley Workman - Alone Here (C) Luther Wright - Goodtime (C) Vampire Hands - Paradise Knife Fights Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Gold Son TALK (Pi set) Kate Bush - Pi Ben Hibbard and Ted Leo - Porcupine Pie Friday Bridge - Love and Nostalgia Oh No Miriam - Girls at School TALK The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson Grand Theft Bus - Don't Go Say That (C) D'Ubervilles - Hot Tips (C) The Lovely Feathers - Rod Stewart (C) TALK The Sugarettes - Ready Steady Dog Day - The Uptown Train Joe Jackson - The Uptown Train Adele - Tired TALK Under Electric Lights - Your Rainy Days (C) Russian Futurists - Sentiments and Syllables (C) Supreme Beings Of Leisure - The Light Francis and the Lights - Striking Maynard Ferguson - My Sister (C) TALK Moses Mayes - Jungle Plums Part 2 (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
February 29, 2008
Theme: Bisextile Day |
| I started a new Leap Day tradition with this show as I had two songs that I couldn't decide between for my top song of the week, so this week there are officially two top songs of the week. Both of the these (along with the third song) all came from the excellent Popcasting podcast ( www.geocities.com/popcastingpop ). There were also two sets of music from bands that had either just played or were about to play locally. I managed to see most of them, including a short but very fun set by Catriona Sturton, it was only afterward that I found out that she was once a member of the great Halifax indie-pop band from the the 90s called Plumtree. However, as it turns out she hadn't joined the band when the song by Plumtree was recorded. And can I tell you how much I am lovin' the way that I can now play songs live off the internet using the Wi-Fi capabilities at CKMS. For example on my European Capitals (well almost) set I remembered during the show that I have been meaning to play a song by Jens Lekman that I found on a blog once. I managed to find it again thanks to technorati and play it on the show. I ended with the only "Leap" song I could think of: a live (and updated) version of his song "Waiting For The Great Leap Forward". TALK-Theme Kings Have Long Arms F. - Big Umbrella Adele - Chasing Pavement The Duke Spririt - The Step and the Walk The Higher Elevations - Breaking The News The Heavenly States - Lost In The Light TALK (Owen's Birthday Party) Burning Hell - Grave Situation Part 1 (C) Wax Mannequin - The Price (C) Catriona Sturton - Digger (C) Plum Tree - Sodium Chloride (C) TALK (Playing Waterloo this week) D'Ubervilles - This Is The Life (C) Superfantastics - Lullaby Punches (C) Laura Barrett - Deception Island Optimists Club (C) Elbow Beach Surf Club - Its Not Working (C) Immaculate Machine - Secret Affliction (C) TALK (European Capitals Set - sort of) The Arcade Fire - All The Umbrellas In London The Last Party - Come Back To Stockholm Billie the Unison and the Dancers - A Beautiful Night In Oslo The Blue Seeds - Barcelona (C) Jens Lekman and The Silver Ages - Paris TALK Pinto - Iron and Rust Indurain - The Moment Le Futur Pompists - It's Not You My Darling You! - We Break Up On Friday TALK Miss T-Bones - Voodoo Doll Strip Squad - Damn You Foals - Balloon Santa Maria - Dogs Paper - To Her Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma TALK Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forward (live at Barbicon)
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February 15, 2008
Theme: That's What She Said |
TALK-Theme Hercules & Love Affair (f. Antony Hegarty) - Blind Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing One Self - Cupid Smiling The Smile Chris Joss - I Want Freedom New Order - Guilt Is A Useless Emotion TALK Tindersticks - Don't Ever Get Tired *TWSS* The National - Fake Empire Emma Hasselband - Fall Velcro Stars - Brand New Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do? TALK Firefly - Made Me Glad (C) *TWSS* The Doers - No Right Now (C) *TWSS* Henry Faberge & The Adorables - Out Of Your League (C) *TWSS* The Bicycles - Sure Was Great (C) *TWSS* Acid House Kings - That's Because You Drive Me *TWSS* TALK Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On (C) Kate Nash - We Get On Saturday Looks Good To Me - Hands In The Snow Celestial - Dream On TALK The Tom Fun Orchestra - When You Were Mine (C) The Superfantastics - Turn On Me (C) *TWSS* The Honeydrips - I Wouldn't Know What To Do *TWSS* The Roadside Poppies - Just Another Love Song TALK Pants Yell! - Tried To Be Good Le Futur Pompists - The Air That Surrounds US Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips TALK MGMT - Kids *TWSS* - Songs that go well followed by "That's What She Said (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
February 1, 2008
Theme: I also heart Labrador Records |
As I never pass up a chance to play bands from the great label Labrador Records, I couldn't resist playing a set of music by bands from the label when I heard the song "I heart Labrador Records" by the band Jam on Toast. All the bands I played in the set are mentioned in the song which contains the great line "All Swedish kids are born with little indie pop hands". I have to admit that the reason I first listened to the band Parker Lewis (my top song of the show) was because I was a big fan of the TV show Paker Lewis Can't Lose ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Lewis ), although looking at some clips on youtube I don't know if the show stands the test of time. And although the song by Parker Lewis was the top song I had heard in the two before the show, the best new song during the show was by "Foundations" by Kate Nash, do yourself a favour and check it out. I also want to mention that the band The Summerlad that started out the third set are from Calgary and one of the members is the brother of setlist member Iain G. The song has also been on the CBC Radio 3 Top 30 for the past few weeks. TALK-Theme Parker Lewis - Dirty Dancing The Royal We - All The Rage Postal Blue - The World Doesn't Need You Tellus About The Moon - Wwwm Springfactory - No More TALK (Female Indie Pop) Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow The Icicles - Snowbird B'Ehl - Hey! I've Got A New Friend (C) Sakert - Allt Som Ar Ditt TALK The Summerlad - City Of Noise (C) The Dick Ends - Living The Good Life (C) Echo Beach Surf Club - Same Side (C) Scratching Post - Don't Sweat It (C) The Evaporators - Suharto Stomp (C) TALK Milk Bag Brother - Swim Naked (C) Stephen Trothen - Shoe Song (C) Kate Nash - Foundations Belle and Sebastian - Expectations TALK (Dance set) Chris Joss - Luna Rides Back Roisin Murphy - Movie Star Velella Lelella - Alex Boom Selector Muscles - Hey Muscles I Love You TALK (Labrador Records Set) Jam on Bread - I Heart Labrador Records Irene - Seaside Pelle Carlberg - I Touched You At Sound Check Acid House Kings - I Write Summer Songs For A Reason Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Marry Me TALK Magnetic Fields - Please Stop Dancing First Fall - Bonnie and Clyde TALK White Williams - New Violence (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
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