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!

June 23, 2017

As promised last time a more indie-pop centered show, made all the easier by finding out about a great compilation of recent great music from a Scottish radio program, see the links below on how to get the compilation for yourself.

Best song I heard since the last show: Nite Jewel - 2 Good 2 Be True, here the song here:
https://alansmidweekmadhouse.bandcamp.com/track/kind

Links from the show:

Get the Enormous Pop album here:
https://alansmidweekmadhouse.bandcamp.com/album/alans-midweek-madhouse-presents-enormous-pop-vol-1

See more about Alan's Midweek Madhouse here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/alansmidweekmadhouse/about/?ref=page_internal

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://trepid.org/TCTAL/2017-06-23_final.mp3

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

Fireball XL5 Setlist - June 23, 2017
TALK - Theme
Starry Eyed Cadet - Kind
The Arctic Flow - Waiting For The Right Time
Pallenberg - Sweet Suicide
Baker Island - Artichoke Heart Attack
The Very Most - I Live My Boring Dreams
TALK
Bubblegum Lemonade - Fifty Shades Of Pale
MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Leaping Hare In Broadgate
The Thyme Machine - Jonny's Writing A Novel
Stanton - Catch That Train
Faith Elliot - Katie
TALK
Hater - Mental Haven
The Model Spy - Chinaski
Pet Milk - Ostalgia
Major Leagues - It Was Always You
Closure - Slow Drive
TALK - Random Ending
Nite Jewel - In The Dark

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

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

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireball-XL5-Podcast/225528710795185

May 26, 2017

Lots of funky sounds in this edition, starting with a band that is coming to Toronto in the next couple of months that I hope to see. I promise more indie pop next time.

Best song I heard since the last show: Nite Jewel - 2 Good 2 Be True, see the video for the song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeiQvoCT_A

Links from the show:

See the great video for the Sister Sledge song "Thinking of You":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAe54eFGp1o

See how to spell L'espaniel:
http://www.espaniel.co.uk/Our-Songs.php

Find out more about the Chemtrail conspiracy here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/41smxtz549gpnn4/2017-05-26_final.mp3?dl=0

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

Fireball XL5 Setlist - May 26, 2017
TALK - Theme
Nite Jewel - 2 Good 2 Be True
Arona Mane - Things You Do
Molly Nilsson - Not Today Satan
Lunch Ladies - Love Is Overrated
Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile
TALK
The Brilliant Corners - Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him
E'splaniel - Just Another Day
Luke Reed - Sarah
The Hazy Seas - Kite Dodging
Chemtrails - Deranged
TALK
Pascale Project - 7 am
BoyBoy - None Of Your Love
Closing Eyes - Bambole
Tom Redwood - I've Fallen For You
Phil Good - Sleeping In
TALK - Random Ending
DJ Gregory - Don't Know Malendro

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

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

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireball-XL5-Podcast/225528710795185

April 21, 2017

An indie pop set, a kind of strange set, and a downbeat set pretty much sums up this show. Note that when introducing the Random Ending I couldn't think of the first name of Bruce MacDonald the director of Roadkill and Highway 61.

Best song I heard since the last show: Alex Lahey - Let's Go Out, see the video for the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTrajo-tHMc

Links from the show:

Video for Selector Dub Narcotic's "Hotter Than Hott":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDgRAPWfEJk

Buy the song "Outside" by Friend Request and support the TREVOR project:
http://friendrequestmusic.com/album/outside

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/grbxy2vr262d0vo/2017-04-21_final.mp3?dl=0

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

Fireball XL5 Setlist - April 21, 2017
TALK - Theme
Alex Lahey - Let's Go Out
Nice Try - Glow
Brunch Club - Bed Bugs
Wedding Camp - Pal
Bearcats - New Friends
TALK
Selector Dub Narcotic - Hotter Than Hott
Femny - Duck Jesus
The Drums - Blood Under My Belt
Disclosure - Feel Like I Do
Friend Request - Outside
TALK
The Pooches - Rhythm Of The Rain
High Highs - How Could You Know
Imperial Daze - Man Out Of Myself
Hand Habits - Demand It
Heaven - Its Not Enough
TALK - Random Ending
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

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

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

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireball-XL5-Podcast/225528710795185

March 24, 2107

My first show of new songs in a while, I really like how the first three songs of the first set went together. I also talk about meeting Jens Lekman and finding the answer a question that has bugged me for a while.

Best song I heard since the last show: Still Corners - Horses At Night, listen to the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqRhZlWSsfY

Links from the show:

Video of Jens Lekman playing the Tiny Record Shop before the show:
https://www.facebook.com/tinyrecordshop/videos/1836163129985360/

The song Walter Johnson by Jonathan Richman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUd7t5gQYU

The song Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill by Jens Lekman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN4fPZpV1dU

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wy7gr22szxyfig4/2017-03-24_final.mp3?dl=0

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 24, 2017
TALK - Theme
Still Corners - Horses At Night
Saya - Wet Dreams
Julia Knight - Ghost Of You
Cellars - Do You Miss Me
Little Scream - Love As A Weapon
TALK
Jens Lekman - How We Met, The Long Version
Posture - I Just Can't Wait To See My Girl
Peppermint B - Becasue We're Together
Las Vagueness - Plug Me In
Moon Tapes - Back In Love
TALK
Puro Instinct - Peccavi
Lovespeake - DNA
Lapre - Gone Away
AMAARA - Black Moon
Vanishing Twin - The Conservation of Energy
TALK - Random Ending
Frankie Cosmos - I'm 20

February 24, 2017

My best albums of 2017 counted down from 15 to 1, sorry about the music being a bit disjointed but that's the way the list went.

Links from the show:

See the very nice tweet that Red Sleeping Beauty put out:
https://twitter.com/redsleepingbeau/status/815856068349796352

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2h3fi42gj27oprn/2017-02-24_final.mp3?dl=0

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

Fireball XL5 Setlist - February 24, 2017
TALK - Theme
Bleached - Keep On Keepin' On
Scenic World - Sandy
Jessy Lanza - Never Enough
Christina Quesada - Just Like Honey
TALK
Ice Choir - Windsurf
The Julie Ruin - I Decide
The Radio Dept. - Swedish Guns
Sea Pinks- Yr Horoscope
The Magic - If I Were You
TALK
Frankie Cosmos - Fool
Flowers - Pull My Arm
The Goon Sax - Sweaty Hands
Starry Eyed Cadet - My Funny Friend
TALK
Chairlift - Crying In Public
Chairlift - Moth To The Flame
TALK

Red Sleeping Beauty - Cheryl, Cheryl, Bye

Red Sleeping Beauty - Tell Me More

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

For information on how to sign up for the podcast or join the Facebook group, see the bottom of this message.

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

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

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

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireball-XL5-Podcast/225528710795185

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)