July 4, 2008

Theme: Couples and wacky male singers On Air: Frank

OK I shouldn't really do this, but I'm changing the top song from this show after the fact. Although at the time I said it was The Leslies "Take A Look", since that show I have really grown to love the Hello Saferide song "The Quiz". It is so good, it describes the questions that a girl would ask a prospective boyfriend, questions like: Is your IQ higher than your neighbour’s? And is it very much higher than mine? Can you sleep when I grind my teeth? Do you look away if I slob when I eat? Do you talk in the middle of Seinfeld? Do you get racist or sexist when you’ve had a few? But if like the songs in the first set you can get your own copy of all of them as they all came from a couple of great and freely available summer samplers that have recently come out: The first one is legitimate as it comes from the great Labrador record label, pick it up here: http://www.labrador.se/news.php3?lab=080702.035034 and the other one is from a blog called eardrum music, a bit less official, but good nonetheless http://eardrumsmusic.com/the-label/summershere_vol1/ . I had just picked up the new album by Mates of State which I am liking very much and that got me thinking about bands where members are romantically involved (no I didn't play Abba). This led to playing I am the World Trade Center, Arcade Fire, and Immaculate Machine, unfortunately after the show I found out that Holiday Flyer are actually a brother/sister duo. I ended off with the song "Free Nelson Mandela" by the Special AKAs as they had just had the 90th birthday celebration for Nelson Mandela. To show how long I've been on the radio I remember playing that song when Mandela was actually still in prison. TALK-Theme (Summer sampler set) The Leslies - Take A Look The Budgies - Summer Gone Back The Legends - Darlings The School - Summer's Here Hello Saferide - The Quiz TALK (My couples set) Mates of State - My Only Offer I Am The World Trade Center - No Expectations Immaculate Machine - Small Talk (C) Arcade Fire - Wake Up (C) Holiday Flyer - Every Once In A While **Request by Paul TALK (Wacky male singer set) Ossian Ekenger - Sunset Shell Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves Jonathan Richman - You're The Only For Me Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dream Herman Dune - 1-2-3 Apple Tree TALK (Rockin' Set) Vancouger - Obvious (C) Two Minute Miracles - Conjoined (C) The Bughouse 5 - Death Of Me (C) The Gruesomes - Unchain My Heart (C) Universal Honey - Just Before Mary Goes (C) **See Note 1 TALK The The - Helpline Operator Firefox AK (w/ Tiger Lou) - Winter Rose Motoboy - Young Love Kleerup (w/ Lykke Li) - Until We Bleed **See Note 2 The LK - Tamoagotchi Freestyle TALK Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter The Rigas - What Are You Dreaming Of Pretty Good Dance Moves - PGDM Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down TALK The Special AKAs - Free Nelson Mandela Note 1: This song dedicated to Mary and Chris who were just leaving to go to Europe. Note 2: As it has Lykke Li it has to be good. (C) Denotes Canadian Content