May 16th, 2010

What a great show! I am writing about it now, as my feet are still sweating from being in the studio. I can hear The Faktory is this hub of an apocalypse we call home.

What great flow! Rhythm & rhyme. Played (just about) every single thing I wanted. I give myself an A.

Dreadnoughts	Eliza Lee
Dreadnoughts	Amsterdam
Socalled	(These are the) Good Old Days
Youngbloods Brass Band	Nuclear Summer
Streetlight Manifesto	Everything Went Numb
Skavenjah	Skafari
Ska-P	El Autentico
One Day As A Lion	Wild International
Nobunny	I Am a Girlfriend
Elliott Brood	Chuckwagon
The Weber Brothers	Woman in the Window
Murder By Death	On The Dark Streets Below
Meatdraw	Are We Gonna Die?
The Burning hell	Dance Dance Dance
The Burning Hell	Dancer/Romancer
Scott Nolan	This Train
The Angry Dragons	Snake Apartment
The Lawrence Arms	Beyond the Embarrassing Style
Lebeato feat Maiko Watson	Some Kinda Love
Holy Fuck	Stay Lit
Stars	Your Ex Lover Is Dead
Great Lake Swimmers	Your Rocky Spine
Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime

One more week till Charlie's back! While the cat's away, the mice will thrive!

Ooops! Word's gotten around at the workplace that Charlie is mad at me for not updating our playlists. They are all written on napkins & stuff in my junk drawer. As long as I have them it's out of sight out of mind for me...

My bad.

Whoa! I guess it has serioiusly been a long time on here! At least I didn't make it to a month. Close though!
Also, the internet was down for about 4 weeks of programming, so most of these (up until May 2nd) are not available to download or stream online.

Let's go backwards chronologically.

May 9th, 2010
Lotta folk music. The more I thought about it, the more I started thinking that if folk music is 'for the people', wouldn't punk music have alot in common with it? In fact, you could almost say that any form of music is folk music.
Coming off the crest of seeing Ólöf Arnalds play as part of Nuna/Now, and preparing yourself for NoBunny.

The Pack AD - 1880
Sinead O'Conner & The Chieftains - the Foggy Dew
The Real MacKenzies - McLeod
Hawksley Workman - We'll Make Time (If There Ain't No Time)
Ólöf Arnalds - Klara
The Pack AD - Everyone Looks Like Everyone
The Weber Brothers - Don't Wait till Tomorrow
Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 - Why Must You Always Dress In Black?
Little Miss Higgins - Wash Those Blues Away
Balkan Beat Box - Marcha De La Vida
Gogol Bordello - My Companjera
The Hold Steady - Hurricane J
Meisha & The Spanks - Heart Knows Better
We Are Bravest - Still Counting Stars
We Are Bravest - The Way It Stays
The Monks - Shut Up
Nobunny - Give It To Me
Kids on Fire - Pure Passion for the Desperate Masses
Nobunny -

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May 2nd, 2010
...means new Hold Steady & Sage Francis in the station!!! Coming off the crest of seeing Legion of Liquor & Dreanaught the night before. The local metal band Dreanaught, not the killer celtic punk band from BC called The Dreadnoughts with an o.) You may have seen us there. We were the ones in togas. Threw in some old Ted Leo & old Japanther for good measure, and stir...

Kids On Fire - Pure Passion for Desperate Masses
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Timorous Me
Sage Francis - The Best of Times
Brand New - The Archers Bows Have Broken
Legion of Liquor - Warriors of Wine
The Weber Brothers - Some People
Motion City Soundtrack - Can't Finish What You've Started
Hawaiian Bibles - There's Good People in the City
The Hold Steady - Hurricane J
We Are The City - My Old Friend
Murder By Death - You Don't Miss Twice (When You're Shaving With A Knife)
The Spy From Cairo - Kurdish Delight
Secret Agent Tony Allen - Secret Agent
Japanther - Stabby
Japanther - Pacific NW Last Chance To Dance
Kids on Fire - Grand Mystifier
Young Doctors in Love - Eloise & Her Sister Marta
Hawksley Workman - (Happiness is a) Tokyo Bicycle
The Dreadoughts - Ivanhoe
Grand Analog - Everyday Always

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April 25th, 2010
In this episode I'm: excited for my birthday (which was the 28th! The same day as Hollerado! Who were just alright.), coming down off Moses Mayes the night before - and Subcity the night before that, gearing up for The Weber Brothers, and Pack AD, always always getrting restless (This City is a Drag) and cheering on the Bruins!


Moses Mayes - Intrafusion
Hawksley Workman - This City is a Drag
At The Drive In - Arcarsenal
The National Parcs - Walk The walk
The White Stripes - Jolene
Pack A D - K Stomp
B A Johnston - She Is A Twinkie
Class War Kids - The Vegan Avenger Ascends Into Legend
Hollerado - Do The boot da doot do
The Sheepdogs - I Don't Know
The Weber Brothers - Some People
Christian D & the Hangovers - Heroin Hangover
GBH - This Is Not The Real World
The Cat Empire - The Rhythm
Mason Rack Band - Seen Her B4
Dropkick Murphys - Dirty Water
Hawksley Workman - We'll Make Time (Even When There Ain't No Time)
Maiko Watson feat Lebeato - Some Kinda Love
Greg MacPherson - Broken Dreams
Kris Kristofferson - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Ian La Rue & The Condor - And It All Comes Down To This
Tony Allen - Busy body

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April 18th, 2010
In this episode, I am obsessed with the creative genious of both Ted Leo & Greg MacPherson. They both completely blow me away. Despite that I hate the comparison, they are both highly skilled songwriters, and I finally got to see Greg release his first album in 4 years on April 10th. I also worked merch for him & rocked out 1500$ worth of it! Hell yeah!
And afterwards, I went to the Op Ivy tribute at the Albert.

Subcity Dwellers - When he Record Comes Kicking In
The Class War Kids - Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist
Less Than Jake - History of a Boring Town
Greg MacPherson - First Class
Operation Ivy - Sound System
The Burning Hell - The Things That People Make Pt 3: West Coast Version
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Stick
Greg MacPherson Band - California
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Heart Problems
Greg MacPherson Band - West St James
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Little Dawn
The Animalistics - Nympho
Operation Ivy - Healthy Body
The Flatliners - Eulogy
UltraMega - Shimmmy Shimmy Ya
Brand New - Noro
The Savants - That Was Easy
CR Avery - The Boxer Who Just Returned from London
The Burning Hell -Last Winter

Sunday, April 11th

Jostlen's comeback show!!! It's good to be back.
This show went off like a box of frogs I'm sayin!

Subcity Dwellers - When The Record Comes Kicking In
The Class War Kids - Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist
Less Than Jake - History of a Boring Town
Greg MacPherson - First Class
Operation Ivy - Sound System
The Burning Hell - The Things That People Make Pt 3: West Coast Version
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Stick
Greg MacPherson - Califronia
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Heart Problems
Greg MacPherson - West St James
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Little Dawn
The Animalistics - Nympho
Operation Ivy - Healthy Body
The Flatliners - Eulogy
Ultra Mega - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Brand New - Noro
The Savants - That Was Easy
CR Avery - The Boxer Who Just Returned From London
The Burning Hell - Last Winter
Less Than Jake - Nervous In The Alley
Dropkick Murphys - Time To Go

Okay I can't take all the credit... Charlie got one song in!

April 4, 2010

This Sunday I went solo, as Jocelyn had some Easter engagements to attend. I had a great show. Had the idea to start off the show with Grand Mystifier by Kids on Fire, and everything just flowed from there. It was an awesome time, and I really enjoyed the show, felt that everything fit and worked. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Kids on Fire - Grand Mystifier
Miesha and The Spanks - Heart Knows Better
Hot Live Guys - I Can See The Future
Rancid - Corazon De Oro
Fucked Up - Fixed Race
Bloodshot Bill - Pretty Lil Miss
The Angry Dragons - Love You Tonight
Mos Def - Sex, Love & Money
Nestor Wynrush - Ole Mine Town featuring Grand Analog
Bike for Three! - MC Space
The Cat Empire - The Lost Song
Subcity Dwellers - No More Lies
The Crooked Brothers - Windsor Beer
Wab Kinew - Last Word
The Subways - I Want To Hear What You've Got To Say
She Wants Revenge - True Romance
Of Montreal - Requiem for O.m.m.2
The Burning Hell - Dancer/Romancer
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Devendra Banhart - Can't Help But Smilin'
Hawksley Workman - When You Gonna Flower?
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

I cannot stop listening to Grand Mystifier such a good song! See you next week. Same bat-time, same bat-station!

Sunday March 28th et al...

April 1st:
Jocelyn here. I'm sitting at the U of W on my last day of classes. Got nowhere to be, so I'm doing nothing but listening to music (catching up on heavily recommended items) & digging through all the dirt to make a complete listing of upcoming concerts for the next couple months. Right now I'm listening to one of the marching bands Mama Cutsworth recommended to me - Youngblood Brass Band. Oh man! They are so good! Like, hiphop with a marching band base.

Anyway, I've got alot of playlists to get off my chest. I keep doing things like leaving my flashdrive at the station & going out of town, but mostly just forgetting. I'm lame.

This March 28th show was really good. We played alot of good stuff & it flowed really well.

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow
Millencolin - Fox
Murder By Death - Foxglove
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Mos Def - Habitat
Grand Analog - Spaces & Places
The Herd - Ray Of Sun
The Living End - Second Solution
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Ultramega - Juicy/Big Poppa
The National Parcs - Powerlines
Mumford & Sons - Hold On To What You Believe
Greg MacPherson - Travelling Style
Bliss N Eso - Zion Bash
Quagmire - Cocaine Shakes
The Balconies - Elephant Lump
We Are The City - Peso Loving Squid
The Cat Empire - The Wine Song
Less Than Jake - Gainesville Rock City

(Two sidenotes: we finally got to play the Wine Song. And we played 4 Australian bands, though we meant to play Oka as well. The more I thought about it, the more I was thinking it would be really easyto play upwards of 8 Aussie bands if we threw in Xavier Rudd, Blue King Brown & the like. I friggin love Aussie music!)
(Also: NEW TED LEO!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEIIIIII!!!!)

March 21st was my personal St Patrick's day show. I was away the week before celebrating in Boston. My friend Jess & I have seen the Dropkick Murphys about 3 or 4 times before, sometimes here & sometimes at Warped Tour in Minneapolis. These were still some of the best shows we've ever been to! We now know more about them than ever before, including which ones were in AA, which ones are Canadian & where exactly their pub is located. (Though we couldn't tell you the way home from the pub!)
This is that (followup) show. My head was still spinning.
(Also the night before this show, the day after I got back, I saw The Real MacKenzies at the Albert. I figured we could probably play only the new Live DKM album plus The Reals & still fill all our new & Canadian quota!)

Dropkick Murphys - Intro
Dropkick Muprhys - The State of Massachusetts (I get chills..)
The Real MacKenzies - The Skeleton & The Tailor
The Cheiftains feat Sinead O'Conner - The Foggy Dew
The Dropkick Murphys - Spicy McHaggis Jig
The Angry Dragons - Love You Tonight
High Five Drive - Foreign Mantras Make Great Role Models
Brand New - Logan to Government Centre
Dropkick Murphys - Far Away Coast
Scott Nolan - No Bourbon Bad Radio
The Dreadoughts - The West Country
Wesli - Zile
Alkaline Trio - This Addiction
The Standells - Dirty Water
Hilltop Hoods - Dumb Enough
Dropkick Murphys - The Dirty Glass
The Mason Rack Band - Seen Her B4
Hollerado - Fake Drugs
Magnum KI - Tired
Dropkick Murphys - Bastards on Parade

Come all you losers you bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the streets
Follow this path to salvation Vindication awaits!
We're marching on East Broadway streets tonight!!

The one thing I remember about this March 14th show, was that Charle$ & I let one slide with The Narcycist, some rapper who sounded interesting & raps about controversial topics, who we also had never heard before. We were really surprized. I thought there'd be alot of f-bombs, or n-bombs. But nothing! Plus it was really good!

The Burning Hell - Grave Situation Pt1
Scott Nolan - All Over Now
Motion City Soundtrack - My Favourite Accident
CR Avery - The Boxer Who Just Returned From London
The Crooked Brothers - Sunday Dress
Flight of the Conchords - Friends
Gomez - Where Ya Going?
Gomez - Catch Me Up
The Mason Rack Band - Tortured Soul
Kids on Fire - Grand Mystifier
Nestor Wynrush - Garbage Hill
Bike For Three - No Idea How
Magnum KI - Old Skool
The Narcycist - Nothing's Fair in Love & War
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang - Walkin Woman
Wesli - Doudou
Meisha & The Spanks - Mmmmade For Me
Hollerado - Do The Boot Do Doot Do
B A Johnston - The Manatee is my Totem Animal
Hot Water Music - Better Sense
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang - Everybody's Cryin Mercy

On this one, March 7th, Charley was back home for the weekend, so my friend Jess cordiallyhosted along my side. We ended up doing a big ska segment, forgetting several choice bands, and not documenting most of what we played. Shit.
The first several songs were meticulously selected. I was so proud of my short playlist.

Astronautalis - The Story of my Life
Hilltop Hoods - Fifty in 5
CR Avery - Hell of a Hotel of Harm
Alkaline Trio - Take Lots with Alcohol
Riverboat Gamblers - Steer Clear
Against Me! - So Much More
Motion City Soundtrack - Back to the Beat
Streetlight Manifesto - Point/Counterpoint
The Sidewalks - A Better Way
The Afterbeat - People Before Profit
Big D & the Kid's Table - My Stupid Mind
The Toasters - Don't Let The Bastards Drag You Down
Idlers - Jiggerman
Subcity - Too Loud For This City
The Elixxers - Begin

Finally! All caught up on the ol' playlists. I'm tired & hungry now... This week will probably be Charlie solo because of Easter & the demands placed on me by my freakin family. Someone tell them Easter is on Monday.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

I was sailing solo this night. I enjoyed what I had to play. There was only a few songs that I really wanted play, that I didn't get a chance to for one reason or another. I hope you guys enjoyed the show.

Warren Zevon - Carmelita
Scott Nolan - Bad Liver/Broken Heart
Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound
Raymond Carriere - Twilight
Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Megapuss - Crop Circle Jerk '94
Mos Def - Brooklyn
The Roots - Seed 2.0 (featuring Cody Chestnutt)
Wab Kinew - Summer Vibe
Hilltop Hoods - Last Confession
Bike for Three! - There is Only One of Us
Mos Def - Pistola
Buck 65 - Drawing Curtains
Against Me! - Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
The Angry Dragons - Love You Tonight
Kids on Fire - Pure Passion for the Desperate Masses
Bloodshot Bill - Leave Me Alone
Crooked Brothers - Windsor Beer
Devendra Banhart - 16th & Valencia Roxy Music
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
SubCity - Drag Me Down

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!!

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