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 18, 2016

After 2 shows looking back to 2015, this was finally show with some newer music consisting of a couple of indie pop sets followed by some elctropop.

Best song I heard since the last show Edine avec Lisle Mitnik et son orchestre - The West Coast, see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFJyINNn_00

Links from the show:

Listen to Sunflower Bean:
https://sunflowerbean.bandcamp.com/

Find out about Bobbie Gentry:


You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2016-03-18_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 18, 2016
TALK - Theme
Edine avec Lisle Mitnik et son orchestre - The West Coast
Mass Gothic - Every Night You've Got to Save Me
The Lemons - My Candy Girl
Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
The Sun Days - Don't Need To Be Them
TALK
Love Signs - Not Used To Losing
The Arctic Flow - Ready For The Rain
Beverly - Crooked Cop
The Haywains - Bobbie Gentry's Tears
Jaded Juice Riders - Zelena Homes
TALK
Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate
Cellars - Nighttime Girl
Haruomi Hosono - Sportsmen
Lia Pamina - How Come I
Cannons - Down On Love
TALK - Random Ending
Irene - Always On My Mind

Fireball XL5 Podcast Homepage: http://www.fireballxl5.ca/

Podcast link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcfrkn1ii687w5s/fireballxl5.rss?dl=0

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February 19, 2016

All my best albums from 2015 counted down in reverse order.

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2016-02-19_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - February 19, 2016
TALK - Theme
Blimp Rock - Let's All Stay In Tonight
Yo La Tengo - All Your Secrets
Roman à clef - The Prisoner
New Order - Superheated
TALK
Seoul - Silencer
Starry Eyed Cadet - Sugar
Wallflower - You'll Be There
TALK
The School - Till You Belong To Me
The School - My Arms, They Feel Like Nothing
TALK
Alpaca Sports - Where'd You Go?
Alpace Sports - I Love You
TALK
Belle and Sebastian - Perfect Couples
Belle and Sebastian - Nobody's Empire

Fireball XL5 Podcast Homepage: http://www.fireballxl5.ca/

Podcast link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcfrkn1ii687w5s/fireballxl5.rss?dl=0

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January 22, 2016

What more to say than my best songs from 2015.

Best song I heard since the last best of show Alpaca Sports - Need Me The Most, see the video here (this is a live version just to be different):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIo1MXhvDlk


You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2016-01-22_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - January 22, 2016
TALK - Theme
Alpaca Sports - Need Me The Most
The Orchids - Hey! Sometimes
Roman à clef - PSBTV
Frankie Cosmos - Young
TALK
Wallflower - Butterfly Kisses
The School - Love Is Anywhere You Find It
Hinds - Chili Town
Tanlines - Slipping Away
Springtime Carnivore - Name On A Matchbook
TALK
Starry Eyed Cadet - Baby Please Come Home
SPORTS - The Washing Machine
Belle and Sebastian - Allie
Class Actress - GFE
Kita Alexander - My Own Way
TALK
Lorna - London's Leaving Me

Fireball XL5 Podcast Homepage: http://www.fireballxl5.ca/

Podcast link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcfrkn1ii687w5s/fireballxl5.rss?dl=0

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January 16, 2016

Live DJ show Jane Bond.
Setlist for Coolest Thing About Love 21 - Best of 2015
  
Faith Healer - Again (and so it begins)
Blimp Rock - Let's All Stay In Tonight
Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
Tanlines - Slipping Away
Herman Kelly and Life - Dance To The Drummers Beat ( and the start of the funk)
Joseph Henry - Who's The King
Betty Sean - Make Me Yours
yumi Zouma - Dodi
Stars - Calendar Girl ( Request from the floor)
AUSTRA - Forgive Me
The Wake - Thinking About The Past (on vinyl )
Tei Shi - Basically
Dimitri From Paris - Love Love Love Mode
Wallflower - Butterfly Kisses
The Wild Swans - English Electric Lightning
The Go-betweens - Streets Of Your Town ( going old school for the next few )
The Cure - Close To You ( Request from someone I can't say no to)
The Smiths - Panic
David Bowie - Blue Jeans ( RIP )
The Jam - In The City (and I forgot to mention that I really like geeky Bowie in the video for that last song)
Sugar - Changes
Electric Six - Improper Dancing ( saw these guys at the Starlight recently)
The Julie Ruin - Ha Ha Ha
Le Tigre - My My Metrocard ( glad to hear Miss Hanna is feeling better)
The Kelly Affair - Be Your Own Pet
Chairlift - Moth to the Flame ( just downloaded this sing today)
Class Actress - GFE
New Order - Restless (from their 2015 album)
Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It) (a very good request from the floor)
Total Giovanni - Can't Control My Love
Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing
Front Page - Love Insurance
Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (surprising number of Janet Jackson fans for that last one)
Angela Winbush and Rene - I'll Be Good (end of the funk for a while but it will be back)
Seoul - Real June (recently opened for the Stars at the Starlight)
Belle and Sebastian - Perfect Couples (from my favorite album last year and it has a great video)
Roman a Clef - PSBTV
SALES - Chinese New Year
Alpaca Sports - When You Need Me Most
Springtime Carnivore - Name On A Matchbook
SPORTS - The Washing Machine (probably the end of the indie pop)
Elefant - Misfit
Tullycraft - The Punks Are Writing Love Songs
Tin Machine - Under The Good (RIP)
Bass Drum Of Death - Nerve Jamming
The Detroit Cobras - Shout Bama Lama
The Arkay IV - Little Girls
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (women requested this and RunDMC, yes I'll play your request and will you marry me)
Run DMC - King Of Rock
Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe (note to self being more run end and dks)
Deja - You And Me Tonight (back to the funk)
The Whispers - I Can Make It Better (RIP to Nicholas Caldwell of the band who passed this week)
Jackie Moore - This Time Baby
George Benson - Turn Your Love Around ( slowing out down a bit)
A.G. Cook - What I Mean
PHEDRE - In Decay
Royksopp - Remind Me
Instant Cafe Records - Call My Name
Diamond Rings - Hand Over My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Red Letter Day
Taking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better
Hall and Oates - Maneater
Big Audio Dynamite - C'mon Every Beatbox
Kiya Alexander - My Own Way (start of the slowdown)
Looper - These Things
Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe
Earth, Wind, and Fire - Wanna Be With You
The Beautiful South - A Little Time
Frankie Cosmos - Young
The Orchids - Hey! Sometimes
David Bowie - Where Are We Now ( RIP )

The Smittens - 11:11 (and as always that's the end of the night)

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Best albums of 2015

Fireball XL5 Best albums of 2015

1. Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance (Buy the album here)




2. Alpaca Sports - When You Need Me The Most (Buy the album here)



3. The School - Wasting Away and Wondering (Buy the album here)



4. Wallflower - Out to Sea (Buy the album here)



5. Starry Eyed Cadet - Starry Eyed Cadet (Buy the album here)



6. Seoul - I Become a Shade (But the album here)



7. New Order - Music Complete (Buy the album here)



8. Roman à clef - Abandonware (Buy the album here)



9. Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There (Buy the album here)



10. Blimp Rock - Sophomore Slump (Buy the album here)


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Best singles of 2015

Fireball XL5 Best singles of 2015

Listen to each song using the links below:

1. Alpaca Sports - Need me the most



2. The Orchids - Hey! Sometimes


3. Roman à clef - PSBTV



4. Frankie Cosmos - Young



5. Wallflower - Butterfly Kisses




6. The School - Love is Anywhere you find it



7. Hinds - Chili Town



8. Tanlines - Slipping Away



9. Springtime Carnivore - Name On A Matchbook




10. Starry Eyed Cadet - Baby Please Come Home

http://starryeyedcadet.bandcamp.com/track/baby-please-come-home

11. SPORTS - The Washing Machine



12. Belle and Sebastian - Allie




13. Class Actress - GFE


14. Kita Alexander - My Own Way




15. Lorna - London's Leaving Me

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November 20, 2015

Three great sets of indie pop with lots of songs that were vying for the top song.

Best song I heard since the last show The Orchids - Hey! Sometimes, see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5gxdrDnY8

Links from the show:

Learn more about the Long Winter shows:
http://www.torontolongwinter.com/

See the interesting story of the Frankie Cosmos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Cosmos


You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2015-11-20_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 20, 2015
TALK - Theme
Alpaca Sports - Need Me The Most
Postal Blue - I Always Knew
The School - Love Is Anywhere You Find It
The Hermit Crabs - Bravado and Rhetoric
The Sun Days - You Can't Make Me Make Up My Mind
TALK
Frankie Cosmos - Young
Mariana In Our Heads - Flash shot
She devils - Come
VLIVM - Life
Strawberry Whiplash- If Surface Were Depth
TALK
Muscadettes - Earthquake
Cocktails - Don't Bother
Sometimes Always - Sittin' Candy
Sleuth - Good On The Inside (I Don't Mind)
Expert Alterations- The Past And You
TALK - Random Ending
Woods - Impossible Sky

Fireball XL5 Podcast Homepage: http://www.fireballxl5.ca/

Podcast link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19384881/fireballxl5.rss

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