Fireball XL5 is the name of an indie-pop show hosted by Frank Seglenieks that for 18 years was on CKMS 100.3 FM Radio Waterloo. However, as a result of a format change in mid-2008, Fireball XL5 is now heard only as a podcast.

Of course I stole the name of the show from the 60s British Supermarionation program, which featured puppets kind of like the movie Team America.

I play alternative music that usually classified as indie-pop with the occasional feature on a particular artist or theme as well as discussions on pop culture topics of the day. I start off each show with the best song that I have heard since the last
show.

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.

Friday, January 18, 2008

January 18, 2008

Theme: The Gig Theatre, Au Revoir Simone, Best of 2007, and Juno
On Air: Frank


There was a set of music that was bookended by a couple of bands that were playing The Gig Theatre that night and now that CKMS has wireless internet I was able to play songs directly from the Myspace pages of the local bands, that was pretty cool.

There was a set of music inspired by the band "Au Revoir Simone" whom I saw the week before this show in Toronto (Do you know where that name came from? Answer is after the setlist). I started this set with a cover they did for their encore by David Bowie, with the average age of the audience I'm sure that only about 3 people there recognized the song. Luckily, I was standing beside one of them (Derek). After playing Au Revoir Simone the rest of the set was just kind of low-fi stuff that reminded me of the show.


There was a set of music inspired by the movie Juno mostly stolen from this website:
http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/2008/01/07/songs-for-juno/


There was a set of music inspired by the Best of 2007 lists that I got from everybody, Thanks to Mary, Derek, and Michael T.

TALK-Theme
The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream
Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days
Plastic Operator - Folder
Second Hand Furniture - Nice Try, Sunshine
Sakert - Vikommer Att Posamtigt
TALK (The Gig inspired set)
Spy Machine 16 - Disappointed Tourist (C)
The Assistants - Fiction (C)
Gaye Rage - Nothin' (C)
Pet Politics - Taken Away By Aliens
Battlecreek - The Lion's Tale (C)
TALK (Au Revoir Simone inspired set)
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song
Remote Kid - Casual Day At The Carnegie Endowment (C)
The Little Penguins - Say It Once
The Consonant C - Distance (C)
TALK (Juno inspired set)
The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You
Adam Green - Jessica
The Awkward Stage - Heaven Is For Easy Girls (C)
The Replacements - Bastards Of Young
TALK (Other people's best of 2007 inspired set)
Flight of the Chonchords - The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room
Page France - Here's A Telephone
Feist - I Feel It All
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
TALK
Blood Music - Eagles In The Water
Lolligags - Wired Up
Stars - Bitches In Tokyo (C)
Echo Beach Surf Club - Turf Dream (C)
TALK
The Go! Team - Keys To The City


(C) Denotes Canadian Content


The name Au Revoir Simone comes from the movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRP42OS5mjo

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