October 27, 2006

Theme: Big and tall and short On Air: Frank

The theme for this show was Big and Tall and Short (after a sign I saw for a store in Hamilton) so all the songs I played were either over 6 minutes or under 2 minutes long. I think it went OK, but it was difficult to mix the two different song lengths, as in general the shorter songs were happy indie pop while the longer ones were more groovy laid back songs. I made sure to note the lengths of each of the songs in the setlist. I got a couple of suggestions of songs to play, but I couldn't justify playing Onita's suggestion of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant, as at 18 minutes it would have taken up too much of the show. The last song (Abe Vigoda's dead) was 15 seconds short of 6 minutes but I let it go as it was my tribute to Halloween. However do note that Abe Vigoda is indeed alive, this is confirmed by the website www.abevigoda.com where the current state of Mr. Vigoda is displayed (you can also get this as an add-on to Firefox). I still remember the Letterman episode where they quelled the original Abe Vigoda is dead rumour by having him in the show's control room. Does anybody still watch Letterman anymore or has everybody moved to Stewart/Colbert? And although I had to play a first song I'm not considering it my top song of the week. It was a busy time for me before the show with being in Saskatchewan for a week and a couple of birthdays so I couldn't find a song that had that something something that it needs to be my top song. TALK - Theme Nicole Willis and the Sound Investigators - No One's Gonna Love You (6:05) Bran Van 3000 - Astounded (C) (5:56) Ivana Santilli - Sun + Moon = Tomorrow (C) (6:01) The Pipettes - I Love You (1:38) The Diskettes - Art (C) (1:42) TALK The Bicycles - Sure Was Great (C) (1:35) Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (C) (6:02) The Doers - We're Open (C) (1:55) Yo La Tengo - Heard You Looking (7:01) **Suggested by Chris D Chixdiggit - Getting Air (C) (1:33) **Suggested by Chris D TALK Dengue Fever - 1000 Years Of A Tarantula (6:43) Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (7:13) Junior Boys - Like A Child (C) (6:07) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Butterball (6:18) TALK CUB - Your Bed (C) (1:32) The Sin-Tones - Trailer Park Sadie (C) (1:43) Unrest - Cath Carroll (10 cc mix) (7:13) King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (7:36) The Pipas - Riff Raff (1:51) TALK spinnwebe.com - Abe Vigoda's Dead (Premorteum mix) (5:45) (C) Denotes Canadian Content