Theme: Cue the Zombies |
| All the sets had 5 songs this show, don't know just worked out that way. Also interesting is that even without the time restriction of being on the radio, my shows are still about 2 hours long, guess that just the natural way they should be. I haven't done it in a while but this show I did play a set of people who either just had or were just going to play the area. The highlight was the Awkward Stage whom I saw in Waterloo last week, they put on a great show and they are playing across Canada so look for them in your town. Also in the set were Shout Out Out Out Out coming to the Starlight and The Bicycles coming to Trepid House. |
Friday, October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008
Theme: More leftovers |
| Not much to say about this show, still working on lots of leftover song list that just seems to get bigger each week. One of the cool things about CKMS was the new release section, although a lot of time it didn't have much I was interested in, every once in a while it was nice to flip through a CD from somebody I had heard about. One such CD would have been the new release from Montreal's Hexes and Ohs that I happen to know is at CKMS. But I was able to find a place to stream the new album so with a bit of work anything is possible. Here are some of the links I mentioned during the show: Ed Greene Download I said during the show that you could download this song by Ed Greene from his record label, but their website is now under construction. Airborne Toxic Event Letter to Pitchfork http://www.theairbornetoxicevent.com/news/an-open-letter-to-pitchfork-media-from-the-airborne-toxic-event.html Link to the very silly and slightly pornographic video for Erik Hallden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2LzDoc9vQo TALK-Theme Erik Hallden - If I Ever Get Married Montt Mardie - Names Not Forgotten **See Note 1 Voxtrot - The Start Of Something Esther - I Can't Promise TALK The Second Band - The Future Alfred Daniels Midland - Oceanside Speedmarket Avenue - Accident Pinto - Restless Heart TALK Churchbuilder - Microdancer Tada Tata - Sticky Dumb Gum B'Ehl - Happening Again (C) Bonnie and clyde - Guess There's No One Maia Hirasawa - Crackers TALK Ed Greene - When The Sky Is About To Fall Damien Jurado - Gillian Was A Horse The Social Services - The Baltic Sea Tom Levin - I Miss Her Missing Me TALK The Airborne Toxic Event - Wishing Well **See Note 2 The Little Ones - Forgive Yourself Northern Portrait - I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me The Virgins - Private Affair Ironville - Don't You Wish WALK Hexes and Ohs - We Remain (C) Everything All The Time - Take Stock Biker Boy - You Got Me Wrong Action Biker - Ica Lappis Melodies In Mono - Malmo Forsta utkast TALK Looptroop Rockers - The Building Armand Mirpour - Lucky Lady Hotshot Cocoanut Groove - Midsummer's Dream DoublePark - I Don't Want To Party **Thanks to Derek TALK Spanky & Our Gang + Sebo K - Like To Get To Know You + Moved (Tennishero Edit) Note 1: I have played a song by Montt Mardie the last 3 shows, he is my favourite discovery so far this year. Note 2: The Airborne Toxic Event has finally released an album after last year's great single "Does This Mean You're Moving On?". (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008
Theme: Holy F*%$ Mr. Sulu |
| I started out with the Stolen Minks from their new album "High Kicks" that I got when I saw them in Guelph. It was a great show, but I have a beef with the venue as although there were 4 bands the first one didn't go on till 11:30 pm. Once again a reminder that The Minks are doing 10 week tour that will probably be coming to a city near you. I also played the band Holy Fuck (which I'm sure is setting off all kinds of alarms in your e-mail program) who were not only in the news lately for their name ( http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=15362 ) but are also playing a great festival in London Ontario this weekend ( http://www.lolafest.com/ ). I got to play the song "The Other Side Of Mr. Sulu" by the Show Business Giants as once again George Takei got in the news: http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=13075 . The song features great samples from Star Trek including my favourite "It fires lead pellets propelled by expanding gases from a chemical explosion". During the show I also mentioned that the new Pelle Carlberg album can be heard here: http://www.labrador.se/index_lab115.php3 and the song from Architecture in Helsinki was from the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ZqjufDWBY . Also note that as I no longer have to worry about CRTC regulations, there are some songs on this particular show that contain some very dirty words, well at least one word that is repeated more than a few times in some of these songs. TALK-Theme The Stolen Minks - Bring It (C) Strip Squad - If You Don't Take Me Right Away You Might As Well Fuck Off Anne Backeley - Underground Summer Love Song California Snow Story - The Only One That Matters TALK Eskobar - Flat Earth Pets - Rollercoaster Heart-sick Groans - The Season For Us Bye Bye Bicycle - Eastside TALK Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine Those Dancing Days - Run Run Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not Sunny Summer Day - So Much Fun TALK The National - Mistaken For Strangers Tindersticks - The Flicker Of A Little Girl Pelle Carlberg - Animal Lovers Parker Lewis - Weird Turns Pro Pale Fountains - Just A Girl TALK (The all connected set) She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? The do - Stay Just A Little Bit More **See Note 1 Ben Folds (featuring Regina Spektor) - You Don't Know Me **Again suggested by Mary Knock, Knock, Ginger - Upsala (C) Talk Of Montreal - Gallery Piece Sunday Forever - Barely Cloetta Paris - Secret Eyes Kitty and the K - By The Way (Euro Remix) Holy Fuck - Safari (C) TALK Sprial Beach - Made Of Stone (C) Muslims - Bright Side Bound Stems - Happens To Us All Otherwise The Hep Stars - Bald Headed Woman The Fugs - CIA Man **See Note 2 TALK Show Business Giants - The Other Side Of Mr. Sulu (C) Note 1: The name is actually The do with a line through the o, but I couldn't get that to print. Note 2: The song over the end credits of the movie "Burn Before Reading" (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008
Theme: My Sentimental Heart |
| I have to thank Mary for my best song of the week, she asked me if I had heard "Sentimental Heart" by She & him, at the time I had not heard of the song but really enjoyed it when I heard it. So much so that I picked up the CD entitled "Volume One" when I saw it in a record store the past weekend. The band consists of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel but you can listen to the show to find out more about She & him. When playing the "Let's Ride Mega Mix" by Gonzales I started thinking about what is this year's song of the summer. Although I didn't particularly listen to the song this summer it has the elements of a good summer song with the funky beats and summer vibe. The last set ended with the band the Stolen Minks (friends of the show) who came on my show last year. This year they are doing a mega 10 week tour across Canada and the US and if you are reading this anywhere in North America the chances are they are going to be playing in your town. Check out their tour schedule here http://www.myspace.com/stolenminks and read their tour blog here: http://thestolenminks.exclaim.ca/ And I ended with a request that I finally played for Paul that he made way back before my last show on CKMS, sorry about being so late. TALK-Theme She & Him - Sentimental Heart Therea Andersson - Birds Fly Away Firefox AK with Tiger Lou - Winter Rose Yo La Tengo - Our Little Corner Of The World Hello Saferide - San Francisco **For Karen TALK Marching Band - Makeup Artist Peace In Our Time - Desperate for something to say The Second Band - No Song Speedmarket Avenue - I Can Tell By Here Eyes The Gresham Flyers - Shiftwork TALK salut!machaut - Train Song Billie the Vision and The Dancers - Lily From The Middleway Street I'm From Barcelona - Music Killed Me The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away TALK Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Love Will Pop Levi - Never Never Love Sad Day For Puppets - Hush Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating TALK Natalia Clavier - Dormida Air France - No Excuses The Virgins - Rich Girls Monte Marde - Highschool Drama Gonzales - Let's Ride Mega Mix (C) TALK New Radiant Storm Kings - Undignified Born Ruffians - Hummingbird (C) Okkervill River - Lost Coastlines Hawaii Mud Bombers - Chewy - Lovie The Stolen Minks - Peppy Twist (C) TALK Holiday Flyer - I'm Here, You're Gone (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, August 15, 2008
August 15, 2008
Theme: Baseball and blip.fm |
| I was happy with my first non-CKMS podcast, however I am still working out some of the bugs in my system. Thus I apologize for any uneven levels, blowing into the microphone, and songs playing on while I was talking. As for the show, Derek sent me a song by The baseball project, an album of songs about baseball put together by Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey. The song I played, "The Yankee Flipper", chronicles the time that Jack McDowell gave the finger to the New York fans and the events that lead up to that moment. Read more about the baseball project here http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=12539 . I also did a set of songs that I found out about through the website blip.fm , where people recommend songs (or "'blip" them) along with short comments on the songs. I played a few songs from two of my favourite DJs on blip, Seeshell and VanillaJ, unfortunately you have to sign up as a DJ in order to see their picks, but it is free and quick. One of reasons that I have to go on with the show is my reaction when I heard about the passing of Isaac Hayes, the first thing I thought was "I should play an Isaac Hayes song on my next show".
|
Friday, August 1, 2008
August 1, 2008
Theme: Last Show On CKMS |
| Well my final show went down exactly as I had hoped; lots of people at the station, lots of people playing songs, lots of people sharing stories about CKMS. Thanks to everybody who came the studio that night and everybody who was listening from near and far. There were sets of music from Dave, Jen, Peter, Sari, Wayne, Karen, Eric, and Derek. I also managed to sneak in a few sets including ones about the Hillside Festival, musicians who had appeared on my show, a set for Charlene, and songs dedicated to friends of the show who were far away. It was also great to have local artists from Knock, Knock, Ginger and Bocce who talked about their upcoming albums and the great race to see which one will be released first. And although we bid a fitting farewell to CKMS that night do remember that Fireball XL5 will continue in podcast form for as long as I am able. I picked up some new equipment last week and I think I am ready to go to start recording at home.
|
Friday, July 4, 2008
July 4, 2008
Theme: Couples and wacky male singers |
| 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? 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. |
Posts
