Of course I named the show after the great album by the Smittens and I pay homage to the band by using a clip of their song 11:11 for my theme. I hope the band doesn't mind, but when I have talked to various members of the band after shows they seem like nice people whom I think would be good with it.

I also use this name for my DJ night happening occasionally at the Jane Bond in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Note that the links to shows older than 6 months might not be working, if you really want those shows please send me an email and I can get them to you. (Note that prior to 2018 I called my podcast FireballXL5, so don't be confused if you look at an old setlist)

Special thanks to Jeff Woods for finding my a place to host my mp3s!


March 19, 2010

Date: March 19, 2010
Theme: Going Undercover
On Air: Frank

I got into a dancey/electropoppy mood with my top song of the week and it just continued from there for most of the show.

The second set started with Ted Leo and the Phamacists covering "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" originally by Tears For Fears. This was the first song from The Onion's musical arm: the AV club and their project called Undercover. As they describe it: 25 bands, 25 cover sosngs, 1 small round room. It looks like some interesting covers are coming up, everything from Hall and Oats, to M.I.A. to Neutral Milk Hotel to The Replacements. See details of the Undercover project here ( http://www.avclub.com/articles/tears-for-fears,38869/ )

I also stole a set idea from the podcast of Paul the Advanced Warning Guy ( http://www.advancedwarning.cjb.net ) who played the Pipettes and some other bands with the same kind of style, so I went with it and played a single from the upcoming CD from the Pipettes. Now I would be very excited by this if these were the same Pipettes as before, but unfortunately 2 of the members have left the band and it is now down to Gwenno and her sister. I unfortunately don't hold out much hope, however in the set I also played something from Electric Blue a band led by Rebecca Stephens who was one of the woman that left the Pipettes. I don't know much about Electric Blue, but I really like all the songs on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/electricblue82 .


Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 19, 2010
TALK - theme
Groove Armada - Paper Romance
The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are
Papas Fritas - Way You Walk
Acid House Kings - The Boy Still Dreams
Still Flyin' - Good Thing It's A Ghost Town Around Here
TALK
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Spaghetti Anywhere - Girlfriends With Boyfriends
Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On
Headlights - Secrets
TALK
Jonna Lee - My High
Miss Li - Bourgeois Shangri-La
The Atlantics - Baby I Need You
C.O.D.'s - Coming Back Girl
TALK (Stolen from Paul set)
Lucky soul - Whoa Billy
Gigi - No, My Heart Will Go On (C)
Maxine Darren - How Can I Hide It From My Heart
The Pipettes - Our Love Was Saved By A Spaceman
Electric Blue - Somebody's Help
TALK
The Lightning Seeds - Sense
Washed Out - Phone Call
Delorean - Deli
Port-Royal - The Photoshopped Prince
Nilof - Be Kind Rewind
TALK
Big Star - Don't Lie To Me

(C) - Canadian Content

March 5, 2010

Date: March 5, 2010
Theme: I believe
On Air: Frank

Finally a chance to play some new music after many themed shows, this of course created a log jam for my top song of the week as I had lots to choose from. So any of the first three songs could have been the one, but I went with the one I listened to the most over the last few weeks. As it turns out all three are from the labrador record label and are availabe either from the record label website ( www.labrador.se ) or here ( http://bit.ly/bC9Ykj ).

Although I would like to keep the podcast coming out every 2 weeks it seems like I can't do more than one a month. This time I blame the Olympics as I went to Vancouver and that kind of took me off my schedule. However, I did manage to see quite a few bands while I was out there and used that as a theme for a set.


Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 5, 2010
TALK
The Mary Onettes - Dare
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire
Sambassadeur - Stranded
The Ogdens - Rachel Put Your Arms About Me
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
TALK
Very Truly Yours - Every Little Word
Strawberry Whiplash - Picture Perfect
The Close-ups - 20,000 Groups
Je Suis Animal - Painted My Face
Leaving Mornington Crescent - April Song
TALK (Vancouver 2010 set)
Devo - Secret Agent Man
couer De Pirate - Printemps (C)
Hawksley Workman - No Sissies (C)
Great Lake Swimmers - Pulling On A Line (C)
Library Voices - Kundera On The Dance Floor (C)
TALK
The Ravonettes - Last Dance
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Bye Bye Bicycle - Westside
Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)
The Lightning Seeds - Sense
TALK
The Fall - Hit The North
Sisty Wish - Float
CC Baxter - Ry Cooder
Metro - Girls In Love
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
TALK
Sweedish Shoes - Sleep and Eat
Vetiver - Everyday
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands
Javelins - Nosebleeders On The Track
Moustache Of Insanity - 16,000 Kilometres
TALK
EJ Brule - Killer Whale Attack (C)

(C) - Canadian Content

February 28, 2010

Live DJ show Jane Bond.
The Coolest Thing About Love 3 - 2000s edition
February 28, 2010

February 5, 2010

Date: February 5, 2010
Theme: Best of 2000s
On Air: Frank

Wow, has it been 10 years already, yes I remember doing my best of the 1990s radio show way back when. Who would have thought then that my next best of the decade recap would be on an internet only podcast distributed on something called the internet created on a magical box called a laptop.

I decided to be uninspired in the order of the show as all I did was play my top singles of the decade from 1 to 15 and then my top albums of the decade from 15 to 1. If you want to see the complete list of my top 50 singles and top 23 albums at the Fireball XL5 Facebook page. (which I think is accessible even if you aren't on Facebook)

See a graphical representation of my 20 of the decade here:

http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen/archive/setlists/best_of_2000s.htm


Fireball XL5 Setlist - February 5, 2010
TALK - Theme (Singles 1-5)
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes (2006) (L)
Bran Van 3000 - Astounded (2001) (C) (1)
Peter, Bjorn, and John - Young Folks (2006) (L) (1)
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat (2006)
Lykke Li - Little Bit (2007) (L)
TALK (Singles 6-10)
Black Kids - I'm not going to teach your boyfriend to dance (2007) (L) (1)
I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse (2007)
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart (2005) (L)
Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know (2007)
Los Campesinos! - You!Me!Dancing! (2007) (L)
TALK (Singles 11-15)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet (2003) (1)
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing (2009) (L) (1)
Tim Armstrong - Into action (2007)
My Teenage Stride - Ears Like Golden Bats (2007) (L)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With you (2008) (L)
TALK (Albums 15-11)
The Icicles - Crazy - Arrivals and Departures (2007) (L)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday - S/T (2009) (L)
The Diskettes - ABCs of Love - S/T (2003) (C) (L)
My Teenage Stride - To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge - Ears Like Golden Bats (2007) (L)
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane - Partie Traumatic (2008) (L)
TALK (Albums 10-6)
The Pocketbooks - Every Good Time We Ever Had - Flightpaths (2009) (1)
Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone - Sing along with ... (2005)
Yo La Tengo - Our Way To Fall - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000) (L)
Belle and Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) (L) (1)
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire (2004) (C) (L)
TALK (Albums (5-1)
Irene - Waterfront - Apple Bay (2006)
Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007) (L) (1)
Lykke Li - Tonight - Youth Novels (2008) (L) (1)
The Pipettes - You're Kisses Are Wasted On Me - We are the Pipettes (2006) (L)
TALK
Belle and Sebastian - Funny Little Frog (live) - The Life Pursuit (2006) (L) (1)


(C) - Canadian Content
(L) - Song I have seen performed live
(1) - Songs or albums that were number 1 during their release year

January 1, 2010

Date: January 1, 2010
Theme: Best of 2009
On Air: Frank

My annual best of show highlighting my picks for 2009. I started off with the singles and worked up to the albums ending with double shots of the top 4.

You can listen to the comments about the songs on the podcast, but I just want to say that I might be crazy by putting a CD I just got in the beginning of December as my top pick however I'm just loving it that much.

It is the best pure twee pop songs together in one place for many years. Catchy songs, references to public transit, waiting in line for concert tickets, and the boy/girl vocals just hits all my buttons.

See a graphical representation of both my album and single Best of 2009 picks here:

http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen/archive/setlists/best_of_2009.htm


Fireball XL5 Setlist - January 1, 2010
TALK-Theme
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - 1999
The Sound Of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.
Sandstream - Teenage Love
TALK
Town Bike - Hey Hey Ho
Juni Jarvi - Looking At You Is Like Looking At The Sun
Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me In The Garden
Tesco Chainstore Mascara - You Lost Me At Hello
TALK
The Legends - Always The Same
Library Voices - Step Off The Map & Float
The XX - VCR
Camera Obscura - French Navy
TALK
Yo La Tengo - Nothing To Hide
Yo La Tengo - If It's True
TALK
God Help The Girl - Come Monday Night
God Help The Girl - Hiding Neath My Umbrella
TALK
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
TALK
The Pocketbooks - Fleeting Moments
The Pocketbooks - Footsteps

December 10, 2009

Theme: The call it Twee-mas
On Air: Frank

I decided not to talk much during this show, just a whole lot of Christmas music, look for my best of 2009 and best of the decade show in January.

Happy Holiday's everyone!


Fireball XL5 Setlist - December 10, 2009
TALK
Fucked Up - Do They Know Its Christmas
David Carswell and Megan Barnes - I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas (C)
Irene - Christmas On The Beach
Jens Lekman - Run Away With Me
Lucky Lucky Pigeons - Red Santa
Pointed Sticks - Power Pop Santa
Shumai - California Christmas
The Chills - Christmas Chimes
The dB's - Christmas Time
The Eels - Everythings Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
The Headcoatees - Santa Clause
The Wedding Present - Holly Jolly Hollywood
Belle and Sebastian - Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me
Elisa Gabbai Winter In Canada
Metro Jets - Jingle Jangle Christmas
Darryl Reimer - Merry Big Old Christmas (C)
Hello Saferide- I pod X-mas
Shadetree - Christmas Peace
Stufan Stevens - Get Thee Behind Me Santa
Trekky Yuletide Orchestra - All I Want For Xmax
Yukon and You - Marxist Christmas
B-Lines - I'm Watching TV On Christmas Day (C)
Boyracer - I Wish it Could be Xmas Everyday
Buzz of Delight - Christmas
Eux Autres-Another Christmas At Home
Fireflies - X-mas song
Le Sport Montt Mardie Mr Suitcase - Last Christmas
Red Sleeping Beauty - Christmas
The Awkward Stage - Christmas Time Is Here (C)
Rose Melberg and Gregory Webster - Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight) (C)
The Diskettes - Noel (C)
The Morissettes - Canadian Christmas
Young and Sexy - Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better (C)
Annika Norlin David Sandstr Fairytale of New York
Darren Hanlon - Spend Christmas Day With Me
Jill Barber - The Christmas Song (C)
Flyaway Minon - Sleigh in the Snow
Julie London-Id Like You for Christmas
Kate and After - Snow Angel
The Gems - Love for Christmas

(C) - Canadian Content

November 27, 2009

Theme: I thought she talked about Mark E Smith
On Air: Frank

As this was my last new music show for a while (Christmas show next, then best of shows) I tried to get rid of a lot of leftover songs that I have collected over the last year. Some of them seem very old to me as I have been listening to them for a while on my MP3 player, but I was surprised when I checked my archive and had never played them on the show. Nobody should be shocked that most of the show was in the indie pop/twee side of the musical spectrum.

The third set was loosly related to the Jens Lekman song "Maple Leaves" which came up during a shuffle play while a bunch of us were at Erik's place. The song is a story about a guy who misinterprets his girlfriend saying that thier love was "make believe" but he thinks they she said "Maple leaves". Similarly there is confusion between the fall of their relationship and the band with Mark E. Smith, so that's why I played the Fall and the other two songs are just related to people where were also there.


Things I referenced on the show:

Various blogs I read:

http://happyhappybirthdaytome.blogspot.com/
http://alex-loves.blogspot.com/
http://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/
http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/
http://indiemp3couk.wordpress.com/


Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 27, 2009
TALK
Boa Constrictor - Out of Nothing
Butcher Boy - Carve A Pattern
Red Sleeping Beauty - Summer Tells Stories
Cars Can Be Blue - Do You Remember?
TALK
The Servants - Present
Northern Portrait - Crazy
Laura Walting - Let's go
The Hidden Cameras - In The NA (C)
TALK (Jens and related set)
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
The Fall - Totally Wired
Sambassadeur - Days
Woods - Born To Lose
TALK
Summer Cats - Super
Xylos - In The Bedroom
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - World Music
The Micropops - Telephonebaby!
TALK (female pop set)
Leaving Mornington Crescent - Seventeen **See Note 1
Liechtenstein - This Must Be Heaven
Hari And Aino - A Considerate Kind Of Home
Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever
TALK
Fireflies - Winter
Brown Recluse - Night Train
The Late Call - Linnea
The Blind King - Driving In America
TALK
David Cassidy - How Can I Be Sure

Note 1: Dedicated to two of my nieces who are both seventeen



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