Sunday October 25th, 2009

Alright. I was sick of quote-unquote "listening" to Charlie bitch on this thing about how normally uninteresting her solo shows turn out to be, to be frank, so we beat the crap out of each other this time. Figuratively.

For the next couple weeks we'll be pitted against each other: Old vs New. This week I had Old, & she had New. Which she claims is almost all country or hiphop. What?! None of my songs go slower than 125 beats per minute (bpm). We scored them against each other on song-by-song basis. Some of the winners were decided based on rock paper scissors results, because we have no impartial judge. Here are the results.

Less Than Jake - Boomtown -J (old)
Rancid - New Orleans -Ch (new)
winner: Charlie

Flogging Molly - Devil's Dance Floor -J (old
Bike For Three - Always I Will Miss You. Always You -Ch (new)
winner: Charlie

The Icarus Line - Kiss Like Lizard -J (old)
The Angry Dragons - Girlfriend -Ch (new)
winner: Jocelyn

Voivod - Rebel Robot -J (old)
Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits -Ch (new)
winner: Charlie

One Day As A Lion - Wild International -J (old)
Shout Out Out Out Out - Coming Home -Ch (new)
winner: Jocelyn

Venetian Snares - Circle Pit
neutral

Johnny Cash Remixed - Leave That Junk Alone -Ch (new)
The Creepshow - Run For Your Life -J (old)
winner: Jocelyn

Romi Mayes - Somethin Goin On -Ch (new)
Novillero - A Little Tradition -J (old)
winner: Jocelyn

Wab Kinew - Last Word -Ch (new)
Tinariwen - Timatent Tilay -J (old)
winner: Charlie

Grand Analog - I Play My Kazoo -Ch (new)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Cool Yourself -J (new)
no winner: I really wanted to play Thao despite being new

So the overall winner is.....!: No one. We tied. We're too nice to each other. We need an impartial judge.

HOWEVER! Get ready for next week cause I've been cataloguing so many cd's in the CKUW compound my ears are bleeding & I have blisters & callouses & the like... I have heavy artillery. Charlie had better bone up.

October 18

Wish I had more variety. Had a bunch of ideas, none of which really came through, but did enjoy the music I played. So that's good. I think it went fairly well. But I digress and here's the playlist.

Wab Kinew - Live By The Drum
Grand Analog - I'm On Fire
Classified - Loonie
Buck 65 - Kennedy Killed The Hat
Hilltop Hoods - Last Confession
Shout Out Out Out Out - Bad Choices
Bike for Three! - Can Feel Love (Anymore)
United Steel Workers of Montreal - Making Babies
Reverend Horton Heat - Please Don't Take The Baby To The Liquor Store
The Cramps - God Damn Rock N Roll
The Angry Dragons - Girlfriend
The Monks - That's My Girl
Subcity Dwellers - Drag Me Down
The Hold Steady - Magazines
Greg MacPherson - Slow Stroke
Wab Kinew - Stand N Fight
Nestor Wynrush - Ole Mine Town featuring Grand Analog
Romi Mayes - Givin Is Gone
The Weakerthans - (Hospital Vespers)
The Angry Dragons - Got To Be You
Classified - Up All Night
Tommy Guerrero - As The Sea Holds Creatures Vast and True

Just the whole timing of everything seemed off, but there ya go.

Sunday October 4, 2009

Awesome show this week. Everything went swimmingly. Random CD's that all came together quite well, if I don't say so myself.

Monotonix - Body Language
The Sidewalks - S.O.S. (From the Burlesque)
Grand Analog - Magnifico
The Monks - I Hate You
Chariots of Eggs - All My Friends Are Robots
Romi Mayes - Tire Marks
Westbound Train - Somethings Aren't Meant To Be Remembered
The Hold Steady - Girls Like Status
The Burning Hell - Grave Situation Pt. 3
Wax Mannequin - Grownups Never Lie
A Wilhelm Scream - I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz
Shout Out Out Out Out - Bad Choices
Hilltop Hoods - Super Official
Bike for Three! - Let's Never Meet
Gogol Bordello - Not A Crime
Reverend Horton Heat - Drinkin and Smokin Cigarettes
Thrice - Doublespeak
Blue King Brown - Samoas' Song

Good stuff!!

Sept 27th, 2009

Whoa! That came out of nowhere! What a killer show. Straight up rock from start to finish. No time to slow down, take a breath. With so many shows this week, the 2nd half hour became a showcase of sorts...

Muse - Hysteria
MuteMath - The Nerve
Monotonix - Body Language
Os Mutantes - 2000 e Agarrum
Shout Out Out Out Out - In The End It's Your Friends
The Burning Hell - Old World
Elliott Brood - Write It All Down Forever
Bouncing Souls - Sing Along Forever
Moses Mayes - Intrafusion
Gaslight Anthem - Miles Davis & The Cool
Gogol Bordello - Forces of Victory
A Wilhelm Scream - The Rip
Eamon McGrath - Land of Dogs
The Matches - Sunburn Versus the Rhinovirus
The Waking Eyes - Clap Clap
The Angry Dragons - Snake Apartment
Mr Something Something - Only The Maker
Eco Shock - Vetera

Corresponding shows:
Elliott Brood - WECC - Sept 30th
Bouncing Souls - Pyramid - Sept 30th
Gaslight Anthem - Garrick - Oct 1st
A Wilhelm Scream - Pyramid - Oct 1st
Moses Mayes - Pyramid - Oct 2nd
The Angry Dragons - Royal Albert - Oct 2nd
Gogol Bordello - Burt - Oct 3rd
Shout Out Out Out Out - Pyramid - Oct 13th

Holy moley! Have a great week folks. I sure as hell will!

Sept 20th, 2009

I had so much pent up music ready to play since last week. I thought it came out fairly well. Well, really well actually. Next week will be so up-to-date, cause there are so many great shows coming the week after. And, since it's beyond the fact, I hate that Fucked Up won the Polaris prize this year. Elliott Brood should have won it hands down.

The Hold Steady - Yeah, Sapphire
Bouncing Souls - Ballad of Johnny X
Subcity Dwellers - Gasoline
Hopalong Knut - Ut Gjennom Vinduet
Blue King Brown - Stand Up
Record of the Week Club - A Thousand Nights Alone
The Cramps - Daisys up your Butterfly
Classified - Oh...Canada
Youth Brigade - Believe In Something
The Angry Dragons - Fight Fire
Alkaline Trio - Dead & Broken
Hilltop Hoods - Still Standing
Artists United to Defeat Harper & Fight Climate Change - You Have A Choice
The Burning Hell - Berlin Conference
Haunter - Turn In For Night
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis

Like what you hear? Go see some music.

The Hold Steady - Sept 24th - WECC
Bouncing Souls/Youth Brigade - Sept 30th - Pyramid
Sucbity Dwellers CD Release party! - Oct 17th - WECC

Sept 13th, 2009

Oh no! Last week's show! Fun times with Charlie in the studio. I thought it was amazing radio! Despite at least one thousand flaws in our stuttering competance.

Grand Analog - I Play My Kazoo
The Burning Hell - Old World
Subcity Dwellers - Too Loud For This City
The Monks - Love Came Tumbling Down
The Monks - Drunken Maria
Ocote Soul Sounds w Adrien Quesada - El Diablo Y El Nau Nau
White Cowbell Oklahoma - This Cracker
Left Alone - 3 Bottles of Wine
The Angry Dragons - Can't Seem to Make you Mine
Oumou Sangare - Djigui
Blue King Brown - Us & Them
The Pogs - I Sat on a Mountain & the Universe Smiled at Me
Shout Out Out Out Out - Bad Choices
Nestor Wynrush - Ol Mine Town
Eamon McGrath - Holy Roller
Justin LaCroix Band - Spanish Cigarettes
Mr Something Something -
Bike For Three - NightDriving
Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
Dinosaur Jr -

Dangit, I didn't pound together my epic show like I wanted. Instead it will seep into the subconscious of all following shows. Like this one. As is the way. Exploring lots of new music here:

Metric - Blindness
Giant Sons - Coniferous
Impeders of Progress - I Hope You Like Soup Kids
Not Half - Why Doesn't This Work?
The Burning Hell - Daneer/Romaneer
The Human Abstract - Harbinger
The Lawrence Arms - Beyond The Embarassing Style
Evil Survives - Vampire Ambush
Japandroids - I Quit Girls
Tinariwen - Assouf
Blue King Brown - Samoas Song
Shout Out Out Out Out - Guilt Trips Sink Ships
Immaculate Machine - You Got Us Into This Mess
Hot Water Music - Bottomless Seas
White Cowbell Oklahoma - Polecat
The Burning Hell - Untitled

I will play Blue King Brown & The Burning Hell for the next 8 weeks at least. They burned up my summer. I absolutely love their albums - Stand Up & baby respectively. While the Weakerthans make me miss home, these two protect me from all sorts of homesick.