The Coolest Thing About Love

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!

January 27, 2017

Simply my favourite singles from 2016.

Best song I heard since the last show: Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days, see the video here: https://soundcloud.com/the-golden-age-of-reason/summer-days

Links from the show:

See the video for Youngr's Out Of My System here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRdikMNwi8

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/csbyxg1z2v7drnb/2017-01-27_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - January 27, 2017
TALK - Theme
Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days
Youngr - Out Of My System
Fluir & Jesse Marantz - I've Gotta Have You
Yumi Yumi Hip Hop - Enamorats
Chairlift - Romeo
TALK
Starry Eye Cadet - Worlds Collide
Kero Kero Bonito - Break
Nice As Fuck - Door
Kristan Kontrol - X-Communicate
Bleached - Keep On Keepin' On
TALK
Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze
Scenic World - Star Stuff
Tacocat - I Hate The Weekend
Mass Gothic - Every Night You've Got To Save Me
Frankie Cosmos - Floated In
TALK
The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving
Cristina Quesada - When I'm An Aeroplane
Niki & The Dove - You Want The Sun
Ice Choir - Designs In Rhythm
TALK - Random Ending
Sunflower Bean - Easier Said

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January 14, 2017

Live DJ show Jane Bond.

Setlist for Coolest Thing About Love 23 - Best of 2016

Corners - Love Letters (and we have begun)
Balue - Summer Lovin'
Niki & the Dove - You Want The Sun
Miami Horror - Real Slow
TEEN - All About US
Aüva - Better ( and I figured out how to get an umlaut over the u on this phone)
Bent Shapes - New Starts in Old Dominion
The Goon Sax - Susan (playing this for someone special)
The Wendy Darlings - Tell Me Why
Murder Mystery - I am (If You Are)
Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
Scenic World - Star Stuff
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good (OK maybe I just like the name of the band on this one)
Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)
The Breakaways - That's How It Goes
Annie Philips - Pas De Taxi
Expressos - Hey Girl
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
Kero Kero Bonito - Break (on of my favourite singles from last year)
Kristan Kontrol - X-Communicate
Saffari - Following The Sun (which reminds me that there is total solar eclipse over parts of North America later this year)
Haim - Forever (I heard there will be a new album from these ladies this year, hopefully it will be as good as the last one)
Bleached - Keep On Keeping On (start of the rock set, Haim was the transition song)
The Jessica Fletchers - Summer Holidays And Me
Yumi Yumi Hip Hop - Enamorats (another foreign language song)
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (a special request)
New Order - State Of The Nation (yes I'm going old school for a while)
Electronic - Getting Away With It (I know it is the easiest thing in the world to follow this up with The Smiths - thinking about it)
The Smiths - Panic (yes I did it, but too old for tonight's crowd to appreciate)
The The - This is the Day
Kon Kan - Harry Houdini (this name is such a great play on words for those of us who worked at radio stations)
The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving (from probably the best unknown album from last year)
Newcleus - Jam On It (back to the funky stuff - yes The Magic was the transition song)
Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning
Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat
Stargard - Wear It Out (that last song had people dancing in their seats)
Jackie Moore - This Time Baby (lots of good music is being wasted on empty chairs)
Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up (going to try a slow song to change things up)
Chairlift - Romeo (as the title of this show was the best of 2016 I'm going to burn through the best Indie Pop from the past year)
Tacocat - I hate the weekend
Starry Eyed Cadet - Worlds Collide
Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze
Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days (my top single from last year)
Slow Club - Giving Up On Love (luckily this song no longer applies to me)
Alpaca Sports - Telephone
Acid House Kings - A Lover's Weekend
Nice As Fuck - Door
Sugar - Helpless (yes going back to old school)
The Cure - Close To Me
Big Audio Dynamite II - The Globe
The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing
Smallpools - Dreaming
Red Sleeping Beauty - Tell Me More (from my favourite album of last year)
Youngr - Out Of My System
Fluir - I've Gotta Have You
Tigertown - Lonely Cities (unfortunately that is all for tonight, they are shutting down early)

December 23, 2016

Again burning through some songs I've had around for a while, that's why the last set is a bit disjointed.

Best song I heard since the last show: Zipper Club - Going The Distance, see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0z15cRfUQ

Links from the show:

See the super funky video for Narada Michael Walden's I Shoulda Loved Ya here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szrrDo4VLc

Here is a video with the english translation for Jacques Dutronc's Les cactus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMjtEYl7QE8

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwzw8gnpefh0ssn/2016-12-23_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - December 23, 2016
TALK - Theme
Zipper Club - Going The Distance
Secret Meadow - Water In The Flowing River
Floor Cry - Strawberry Milkshake
Dungeons and Dragons - Hi Pierrot
The bv's - A Ray
TALK
D Train - You're The One For Me
The Galleria - Calling Card
Shades of Love - Keep In Touch (Body To Body)
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya\
The Charmaines - I Idolize You
TALK
The Bayonets - Sucker For Love
Bearcats - New Friends\
Ash - Shining Lights
Joe Bataan - Chick-A-Boom
Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus 67's
TALK - Random Ending
Bleached - Lovespells

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

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Best albums of 2016

Fireball XL5 Best albums of 2016

Listen to each song using the links below:

1. Red Sleeping Beauty - Kristina

2. Chairlift - Moth

3. Starry Eyed Cadet - Places We Don't Belong

4. The Goon Sax - Up To Anything

5. Flowers - Everybody's Dying To Meet You

6. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing

7. The Magic - NightFalling

8. Sea Pinks - Soft Days

9. The Radio Dept.- Running out of Love

10. The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset

11. Ice Choir - Designs in Rhythm

12. Cristina Queseda - You Are The One

13. Jessy Lanza - Oh No

14. Scenic World - Synths & Sensibilities

15. Bleached - Welcome The Words @HelloBleached

Best singles of 2016

Fireball XL5 Best singles of 2016

Listen to each song using the links below:

1. Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days

2. Youngr - Out Of My System

3. Fluir & Jesse Marantz - I've Gotta Have You

4. Yumi Yumi Hip Hop - Enamorats

5. Chairlift - Romeo

6. Starry Eyed Cadet - Worlds Collide

7. Kero Kero Bonito - Break

8. Nice As Fuck - Door

9. Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate

10. Bleached-Keep On Keepin' On

11. Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze

https://seapinks.bandcamp.com/track/ordinary-daze

12. Scenic World - Star Stuff

13. Tacocat - I Hate the Weekend

14. Mass Gothic - Every Night You've Got To Save Me

15. Frankie Cosmos - Floated In

16. The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving

17. Cristina Quesada-When I'm an Aeroplane

18. Niki & The Dove - You Want The Sun

19. Ice Choir - Designs In Rhythm

20. Sunflower Bean - Easier

November 25, 2016

Trying to get through a lot of releases from this year that I'm considering for my best of lists for 2016, some of them will likely make, some will not.

Best song I heard since the last show: Flowers - Pull My Arm, see the fun video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OWTNCJ5npU

Links from the show:

Listen to and buy music from Sleepwalk:
https://sleepwalkchicago.bandcamp.com/album/shimmer

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jh5pinu6gyich3v/2016-11-25_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 25, 2016
TALK - Theme
Flowers - Pull My Arm
The Siddeleys - Sunshine Thuggery
The Belafontes - Saturday
Zimt - Du Kannst So Leben Wie Du Willst
The Goon Sax - Susan
TALK
The Radio Dept. - Committed To The Cause
The Orchids - A Kind Of Eden
Many Voices Speak - Staying
Ice Choir - Designs in Rhythm
Sleepwalk - Shimmer
TALK
Chairlift - Romeo
Royksopp ft. Susanne Sundfor - Never Ever
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
The New Division - Starfield
Games ft. Laurel Halo - Stawberry Skies
TALK - Random Ending
Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - Joy And Pain

October 21, 2016

I can't stress enough that everyone should watch the video for the Shamir song linked below, I know it is an ad for Ray-Bans but it is still great.

Best song I heard since the last show: Shamir - Tryna Survive, see the fun video here: http://pitchfork.com/news/68404-shamir-shares-new-song-tryna-survive-stars-in-short-film-watch/

Links from the show:

Hear more from the Age of Reason:
https://soundcloud.com/the-golden-age-of-reason

Find out about Lion's Den:
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-lions-den-scars

Listen to and buy music from Scenic World:
https://scenicworld.bandcamp.com/

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/afjxtu9rdaheqbu/2016-10-21_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 21, 2016
TALK - Theme
Shamir - Tryna Survive
Pale Spectres - D(r)iving
Lion's Den - Scars
The Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days
Plumtree - Sodium Chloride
TALK
Frankie Cosmos - Floated In
Wireheads - Bananafish
Sushi Backpack - Happy
Starry Eyed Cadet - Take A Ride
Brunch Club - Not Dead Yet

TALK

The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving
Exit Someone - Sydney The List Go On
Pure Moods - Blurb
Scenic World - Star Stuff
Consequences - Bobbypin

TALK

Yo La Tengo - Simpson's Theme