Theme: Vancouver Special |
I didn't have an overall theme to this show, however I did start off each set with one of the albums I had purchased on my trip to Vancouver. And as I explained during the show I don't know the artist or title or my first song, I heard it on a Spanish language podcast and although the host says in English "Alan Clapp and his orchestra - Something strange happens" right before playing the song, I listed to an online version of that song and it isn't the same. Also the song doesn't contain those lyrics, the chorus is "leave all your old lives in the past". I have searched for songs with that lyric and haven't found anything. If you happen to know the song please tell me what it is, this is also a good incentive to listen to the podcast (remember you don't need an IPOD or even an MP3 player to listen, you can listen on any computer). If you are thinking that it has been a longer than normal time between shows you are correct. After debating for a while, I finally decided to put a permanent fix on the ACL in my right knee that I tore a few years back. The surgery involved taking part of my hamstring and using that to replace the ACL. My last radio show would have been the day after my surgery, I was feeling pretty good that day but getting around the station would have been difficult, so it was probably a good thing I got a replacement for the show. By the way, the knee is feeling great, 10 days after the surgery and I'm walking without crutches, unfortunately I didn't come off the anesthetic very well and the pain drugs actually gave me headaches, nausea, and caused me to spend Sunday curled in the fetal position praying for death. As I said I'm much better now.
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May 26, 2006
May 12, 2006
Theme: Grand McClennan spotlight |
I had a few nice tidy sets for this show. The call and response set just kind of happened putting together a few of the new releases at the station with a song off of Derek's music blog (www.burymenot.com), I think the Cab Calloway song is the most well known song of this type. The Grant McLennan set is pretty self explanatory, the reason for playing the Church is that Jack Frost consisted of McLennan and Steve Kilbey of the Church. In one of the articles I read about his passing it said that the Australian senate passed a motion recognizing his contribution to the country, that's cool. There was also a set of music by some of the people who have been confirmed at the Hillside festival.
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April 21, 2006
Theme: Playing Catch Up
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On this show I managed to take care of a lot of songs that I had been bringing to the station for a few months but never playing, that might be why some of the sets are a bit disjointed. I also found some various CDs in the CKMS delete pile that brought back some memories (and made me feel old) so I had to play them: Ian Knope - Solar, Man of the Atom (from an Edmonton compilation that I remember from way back) Altogether Morris - Eaten Alive (I remember that when Dave and I first played this song many years ago, he guessed that the band name came from an episode of Tales of the Riverbank (starring Hammy Hamster), but this has never been confirmed, unfortunately the CD is showing its age and didn't play very well in the CKMS CD players) The Vinaigrettes - PS I Hate You (I never played this album when it first came out, but this was Carolyn Mark's first band) Maxine Brown - Oh No Not My Baby The Shangri-las - Out In The Streets Massive Attack - Live With Me Ivy - Four In The Morning The Clientele - I Can't Seem To Make You Mine TALK Tiga - You Gonna Want Me Prodigy - Voodoo People Russian Futurists - Still Life (C) Hot Chip - Over and Over Scarboro Aquarium Club - Black Swan Days (C) TALK The Clash - City Of The Dead NOFX - The Man I Killed The Sainte Catherines - Burn Guelph Burn (C) Stolen Minks - Boys On The Floor (C) Hawksley Workman - No Sissies (C) TALK James Kirk - Felicity The Concretes - On The Radio Jens Leckman - A Man Walks Into A Bar Sondre Lerche - The Curse Of Being In Love Final Fantasy - Arctic Circle (C) TALK The Diskettes - 1 2 3 4 5 (C) The Diskettes - Jump Up (C) The Doers - Step To The Left, Step To The Right (C) The Doers - Moment Noticed (C) Ian Knope - Solar, Man Of The Atom (C) Altogether Morris - Eaten Alive (C) The Vinaigrettes - PS I Hate You (C) TALK Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent A Wreck Shapes And Sizes - Wilderness (C) TALK The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley (C) (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
April 14, 2006
Theme: New CDs |
This past week I got to play songs from the six new CDs that I had received in the mail before the last show, in fact I got them the day before the last show so some of them I didn't even get to listen to before I played them on the air. The rest of the sets were a mis-mash of new stuff and the usual upcoming shows at the Starlight set. TALK-Theme Knock, Knock, Ginger - Virginia Black (C) The D'Ubervilles - War on the Poor (C) The Doers - Wicked World (C) Daniel Johnson - Crazy Love The Miniatures - Any Day Now (C) The Stolen Minks - Chug A Lug (C) TALK Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Parakit The Honest Johns - Judas In Me Singing Lovejoy - Everybody Hates Us And We Don't Care James Kirk - Rehab The Silent Boys - Wishing Well Eyes TALK Of Montreal - Requim for O.M.M. Acid House Kings - 7 Days S'Ambassadeur - Between The Lines Morrissey - You Have Killed Me The Charade - Monday Morning TALK Carolyn Mark - 2 Days Smug and Sober (C) Luther Wright and Wrongs - Celia (C) Oh Susanna - King's Road (C) Young and Sexy - Conventional Lullabies (C) Gentleman Reg - Plan On Including Me (C) TALK Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner #1 **Digital Vinyl Pretty Girls Make Graves - Parade We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - Fancy TALK Look People - Stop Making Cheese (C) **Digital Vinyl Scarbora Aquarium Club - Queen of the Beach (C) TALK Massive Attack - Be Thankful For What You've Got (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
March 31, 2006
Theme: 80s music |
The first half of the show was the usual mix while the last half melded into Barry's all 80s show that followed mine. In the second set I played a song by Meryn Cadell, most people remember her song "The Sweater" from the mid 1990s, well in a strange turn Meryn came out as transgendered in 2004 (on the CBC) and he is now a professor at UBC. The reason I know this is that Karen mentioned that he pitched a song on the former CBC show The National Playlist and his voice is as deep as mine. And speaking of The National Playlist, does anybody know why the CBC took it off the air? It seemed like a very popular show that was aimed at the demographic the CBC is looking for. By the way you can read about Cadell here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryn_Cadell
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March 17, 2006
Theme: Short songs and a bit o' green |
As my top song this week was only one minute and 3 seconds long, I decided to play an entire set of short songs, this resulted in 14 songs in 24 minutes, perhaps the most I have every played in a row without talking. I had to follow this fast set with a mellow one to recuperate. The show also featured the return of Digital Vinyl, because of some rearranging of my office at home it has been difficult for the past few months to do it, but now that I have a new laptop I am back in the digitizing business. TALK-Theme The Pipettes - It Hurst Me To See You Dance So Well -1:03- Air Miami - You Sweet Little Heartbreaker -1:48- Electric 6 - Nuclear War On The Dance Floor -1:16- Swearing at Motorists - Slave To The Kettle -1:48- Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens -1:47- Young And Sexy - The Night Wears A Sombrero (C) -1:58- Pipas - Wells Street -1:53- Adventures in Stereo - Down In The Traffic -1:28- Le Mans - Astronauts A.S. -1:27- DD/MM/YYYY - So Cold (C) -1:02- The Gruesomes - Wish You Were Her (C) -1:34- Les Sequelles - La Machine (C) -1:50- Les Breastfeeders - Mini Jupe Et Watusi (C) -1:57- Deja Voodoo - Bound For Glory (C) -1:16- TALK Finnigan's Tongue - Abilgail Becker (C) Honest Johns - Hollywood Affair Sondre Lerche - Minor Details Ben & Nathan - Geeky But Hot (C) Jens Lekman - Cold Sweedish Winter TALK The Concretes - Choosen One Essex Green - Don't Know Why You Stay Acid House Kings - That's Because You Drive Me I Love You But I Have Chosen Darkness - The Ghost Math and Physics Club - You're So Good To Me TALK Magneta Lane - Wild Gardens (C) Ashley MacIssac - Bitch (C) Editors - All Sparks Interpol - Slow Hands MC 900 Ft Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain TALK Dik Van Dykes - Curling (C) Supreme Bagg Team - 20th Century Dog Faced Boy (C) Robocop Kraus - I Picture You Hot Chip - The Beach Party The Smitherines - Only A Memory TALK The Pogues - London Girl (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
March 10, 2006
Theme: Nothing |
It was great to have Deep Space Wayne on the show last week, even though the theme to his set was "CDs from Wayne's car". As we had to play some music during the show, we weren't able to have all the conversations we wanted, but we did our best to keep up with the "more talk, less rock" credo of the station. He was also gracious enough to offer to share his "roll up the rim to win" cup with a caller which he opened live on air at the end of the show, unfortunately it didn't win. Of course if it did win we might have had a court case like those two little girls in Quebec. TALK-Theme Essex Green - This Isn't Farm Life Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone Papermoon - Better Days (C) Mike Erb Band - Tracked Me Down (C) TALK Issac Hayes - Theme From Shaft Mundo Livre - Meu Esquema Bombay Dub Orchestra - Compassion Astrid - Running Home (C) Richard Underhill - 3 AM (C) TALK The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit Young and Sexy - The Curious Organ (C) Pink Mountaintops - Plastic Man, You're The Devil The Robocops Kraus - After Laughter come Tears White Stripes - My Doorbell TALK Elliot Brood - Only At Home (C) Buttless Chaps - Migratory Birds (C) Leeroy Stagger - Let Her Down (C) Ben & Nathan - When Water Chokes (C) TALK Red Snapper - 3 Strikes You're Out Beta Band - Liquid Bird The Organ - Memorize The City (C) New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (C) The Fembots - So Long (C) TALK Powderfinger - These Days (C) Denotes Canadian Content |