Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February 21st, 2010

Secret theme: Breakup songs! Blah... It's been an anti-valentine's week.
I had been hinting towards a secret theme to Charlie this week. (Basically by telling her we were having a secret theme.. One really can't be more vague than that.) Last minute as I ran into the studio for the opening minutes of the show, I told her all about it over the sounds of Miesha & her Spanks.

This is the episode where Jocelyn is a bummer, then gets picked up merely by the thought of music.

Miesha & The Spanks - Heart Knows Better
The Vandals - My Girlfriend's Dead
Fake Problems - The Tabernacle Song
Hollerado - Got To Lose
Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring
Kids on Fire - Grand Mystifier
Alkaline Trio - Blue In The Face
Scott Nolan - If I Could Leave Here
Motion City Soundtrack - Hold Me Down
Tom Waits - Martha
The National Parcs - Awestruck
The Crooked Brothers - Buried Alive
Astronautalis - Mr Blessington's Imperialist Plot
Ryan Adams - Two
CR Avery - The Boxer Who Just REturned From London
Brand New - Guernica
Bloodshot Bill - Pretty Little Miss
Fall Out Boy - Thanks For The Memories
Woodhands - I Should Have Gone With My Friends

Monday, February 15, 2010

February 14th, 2009

Yesterday was one of the best shows we've done in a long time. I had been listening to & getting excited about a ton of music. We played almost everything on my "to do" list.

Los Campesinos - Romance is Boring
Hollerado - Hollerado Land
Hollerado - Juliette
Raymond Carriere - Fools
Devandra Banhart - 16th and Valencia Roxy Music
Greg MacPherson - First Class
Evil Survives - Judas Priest Live
The Hearsemen - Zombie Cafe

High on Fire - Frosthammer
Cancer Bats - Scared to Death
Thursday - Paris In Flames
Hot Live Guys - Panopticon
Billy Bragg - To Have & To Have Not
Vampire Weekend - Ruby Soho
Hawksley Workman - We'll Make Time (When There Ain't No Time)
The Cat Empire - The Chariot
Buck 65 - Drunk Without Driving
Scott Nolan - Bad Liver/Broken Heart
The Class War Kids - Confessions of A Futon Revolutionist
The Playing Cards - River Ghosts
*Local bands in bold

So so good. Wide variety, but good flow. I hope you enjoyed it half as much as I did.

As a side note: my dad tuned in for a couple minutes during the metal portion of the set. Half my family thinks I'm a headbanger & does hard drugs now.

Monday, February 8, 2010

January 7th, 2010

FUNDRIVE 2010: It's Gonna Happen!

FunDrive is our annual fundraising event, where we demand and actually need your support - No scam involved. It's important that people who care about the station support the station, so we can keep this thing going with no strings attached.

Our show goal was 750$. Last year I almost broke 500$, so I thought that was alright between Charlie & me. We almost didn't make it, but then ended up with almost 1000$! That was so cool! So exciting to get so close to 1000$! We definately doubled last year.

Here's the quip of a playlist, between talking about how great we are:

The Angry Dragons - Hex
Bloodshot Bill - Paradise
Devandra Banhart - Can't Help But Smiling
Buck 65 - Wicked & Weird
Los Campesinos! - I Warned You: Do Not Make An Enemy out of Me
Subcity - Temper
The Spy From Cairo - Blood & Honey
Ultra Mega - Juicy/Big Poppa
John K Samson - Heart of the Continent
Mason Rack Band - Who Do You Love?
Children of Bodom - Looking Out My Backdoor
JACKSON
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
Every Time I Die - Wanderlust
The Burning Hell - Old World
Cat Empire - In My Pocket
Cat Empire - The Car Song

So Charlie & I sung, like we said we would. We had a friend of ours against a wall for pledges a couple weeks back & she said she'd do it if we sang that duet of Jackson by Johnny Cash & June Carter. It went alright I thought. Or at least, I was alright. I was the one I was worried about, so no problem then. Har har!

So we raised 985$! If you're reading this & are inspired to pledge, there's still time! FunDrive goes till Friday the 12th. There will be people taking your calls all day everyday at 774-6877. You can also pledge online at fundrive.ckuw.ca. FunDrive is the best!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

January 31st, 2010

JOCELYN'S REIGN OF TERROR!

Charlie was sick for this show (too late at the bar I presume). No worries. Stretch my wings.

We had agreed this would be our Canadian show. Here's what came about it.

Stars - Soft Revolution
Hawksley Workman - Piano Blink
Ingrid Gatin - The Moon
Tegan & Sara - Soil Soil
Ndidi Onukwulu - SK Final
Metric - Stadium Love
Magnum KI - Skool feat John Smith
Grand Analog - Play The Kazoo
Ultramega - C.R.E.A.M.
K'naan - America
Greg MacPherson - First Class
Crooked Brothers - Buried Alive
Class War Kids - One Last Struggle
Alex Cuba - Tierra Colora
Sights & Sounds - The Furthest Truth
The Unwanted - Wanna Run Wild
Ghislain Poirier - Montreal Dans Ma Tete
Woodhands - Talk
Subcity - Temper

Local bands highlighted for your convenience.

Keep in mind that our FunDrive starts on Friday Feb 5th & runs till Feb 12th. So next week will be Ultra Special FunDrive Super Fantastic Show! FunDrive is our annual pledg-a-thon, where we ask listeners to show their support for the station in dollars & cents.

Our show is during the Superbowl. You've been warned.