February 2, 2007

Theme: Not Groundhog Day On Air: Frank

I didn't have anything to play for Groundhog Day so I decided not to force the issue as a result there was no set on that theme. Yet another song from the swedesplease.com website was the top song of the week. The second set was based on bands that I had either seen just before the show (Camera Obscura and Essex Green) or just after the show (Knock, Knock, Ginger, the Sourkeys, and Bocce): You can hear my review of the Camera Obscura/Essex Green show on the podcast. And no The Clash didn't somehow reform (and resurrect Joe Stummer), the reason I played the Clash was that it was their "Super Black Market Clash" CD that was played between the bands at the Opera House that night. The other concert highlighted in that set occurred right after the show at a small art gallery in Kitchener that featured a great bill of local bands, an giant inflatable alien being thrown around the crowd and local band Bocce blurring the line between the band and the audience (see evidence here, only the guy in the red toque is in the band http://www.pbase.com/owencherry/image/73913070 ). I ended the show with a couple of sets that were a bit more rockin' than most of the music I have played in quite a while (a break from playing all that twee), and I had some initial positive feedback during the show. TALK - Theme The Sanmarinos - Super Sexy TV Girl The Positions - Summer Nights Hot Shot Robot - Kiss My Chernobyl (C) Oh! Custer - Spoiler Bellevue - Special Skills (C) Bellevue - Those Blues (C) TALK Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill Essex Green - Cardinal Points The Clash - City Of The Dead Knock, Knock, Ginger - Upsala (C) The Sourkeys - Anywhere But Here (C) Bocce - Disco Juan (C) TALK Don Lennon - Dance Music HelloGoodbye - Here (In Your Arms) Henry Morgans Solokarriar - An Attempt To Tip The Scales Math and Physics Club - April Showers Dean and Britta - Singer Song **See Note 1 TALK The Hands - So Sweet Kooks - Naive Deerhoof - +81 The Trucks - 3 AM Robyn Hitchcock - The Authority Box TALK Heavens - Patent Pending Novillero - Abbey (C) The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy The Acorn - Dents (C) Jerry Jerry and the Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra - Miller's Cave (C) TALK Shiela E - Holly Rock (from the Krush Groove soundtrack) Note 1: Apparently Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips (former members of Luna) are now going by just Dean and Britta (C) Denotes Canadian Content