Playlist for 30-Aug-11

Here's what we listened to today:
Black Drink Crier, The Jets, The Jets;
Matthew Barber, Matthew Barber, Dust On My Collar;
The Express & Co, The Express & Co, Montreal;
Anna Atkinson, Moonliture, Days Like Cinnamon;
Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind, Sugar Mama;
Junior Boys, It's All True, The Reservoir;
Opopo, Light Work, Done Fidget;
The Details, Lost Art, Lazy Activists;
Them Dishslayers, Out of Ottawa (Anthology), Al's Secret Move;
Autonomous Unit, Out of Ottawa (Anthology), Spend Some Beauty;
Jordan Norman, Before We Say Goodnight, Man Who Paints the Birds;
The Pack a.d., Unpersons, Cardinal Rule;
Longhand, Longhand, A Day's Life;
Chris Andrew, Strange Days, Craig's List;
Gypsophilia, Constellation, Valse Povero;
Michael Peters, Etherised, Yvette's Song;
Treeline & Sean Brewer, Prairie Sentimentalist, Business in the Street;
Shaela Miller Threesome, Love is Brave, Teardrops on my Boots;
Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays, Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays, Get Back Home;
Kill the Autocrat, A New World Disorder, Fantastic Mission;
The Roper Show, The Roper Show, Moving to Toronto;

We are all fortunate to have experienced the high caliber of political possibilities as embodied by Jack Layton. Let's all keep love, hope and optimism alive ... politically, socially ... well, everywhere possible! Thanks for listening!

Playlist for 23-Aug-11

Feel the love the Canadian musicians provided us with today! Here's what we heard:
Paperplanes and Dragonboats, Dio, Tell Me Before You Go;
Passwords, Passwords, Life After Summer;
Jason & The Diatonics, Million Miles of Trouble, Wishing for Yellow;
Left Spine Down, Caution, Overdriven;
Cecile Doo-Kingue, Freedom Calling, Dachshund Blues (for Miles);
Whitehorse, Whitehorse, Night Owls;
Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital, Bury Me Standing;
Kidstreet, Birthday Boy, Penny Candy;
Junior Boys, It's All True, Itchy Fingers;
John Jenkins' Small Town Revival, Music from Home, Buddy Orm;
The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind, Dear John;
Sarah MacDougall, The Greatest Ones Alive, Permafrost;
Bog River, Hands in the Ground, Head Full of Sound;
Amy Thiessen, Give Up the Fight, Radio;
Tunnel 6, Lake Superior, Tunnel Mountain;
Braveheart, Acoustic Music, Too Late to Care;
The Heavyweights Brass Band, Don't Bring Me Down, Speaking My Language;
Nukky Grissom, I Am Grissy (The EP), You Can't Buy Cool;
Allan Kingdom, Heart Gang EP, Applesauce;
Daryl Branston, Gentle Reminders, Crank Up the Boogie;
Scenic Route to Alaska, Scenic Route to Alaska, August Already;

My apologies for not using accents on Cecile Doo-Kingue - I cannot convert this new machine to French keyboard ... Hopefully by next week I'll have gained this knowledge. Thanks for listening and keeping campus/community radio alive!

Playlist for 16-Aug-11

It's not often that one hears the same song on the same show twice, but that is unfortunately what happened today. My apologies to the listening audience, and "your welcome" to the artist. Here's what we listened to today:
Alanna J. Brown, Tuesday's Coming, The River;
The Boogie, Red Hot & Rio 2, Paris et Circensis;
Danny Schmidt, A Nod to Bob 2, Buckets of Rain;
Alanna J. Brown, Tuesday's Coming, Boomwell's Dream;
The Weather Station, All of It Was Mine, Everything I Saw;
The Group Sound, Secret Girlfriend, Sum Peeple;
Pokey Lafarge, Middle of Everywhere, Sunny Side of the Street;
Cirque du Soleil, Totem, Indie-Hip;
Stephen Malkus & Jicks, Mirror Traffic, Stick Figures in Love;
Jim Guthrie/Sarah Harmer, National Park Project, Long Time Before This;
Beach Boys, Pet Sounds, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times;
UB, Home Brew'd Hi Fi, Barn;
Dog Day, Deformer, Eurozone;
Braveheart, Acoustic Music, What We Were/What We've Become;
DanJam Orchestra, Sudden Appearance, Ballad for Hope;
Tunnel Six, Lake Superior, Not Yet;
Kris Ellestad, No Man is Land, Hour of the Rat;
Maria in the Shower, The Hidden Sayings of Maria in the Shower, Don't Build a Wall 'Round the Graveyard (Ain't No One Tryin' to Get In);
Alanna J. Brown, Tuesday's Coming, The River;
Tetrix, Tetrix, cuts #1 - #4 (as background), Cut #5 (as feature music);
Euge, Prog Fringe, The Logical Place;
PaperPlanes & DragonBoats, Dio, Whales Dolphins;
The Nix Dicksons, The Red Fox, Heavy Metal Parking Lot;

Now hop on your bike and boogie on down to the closest music store! And keep on enjoying your summer!!

Playlist for 09-Aug-11

A sincere and from-the-bottom-of-my-heart thank-you to all the Canadian musicians who made this morning's show so "kick ass". Here's how it happened:
This Hisses, Surf Noir, Bad Vacation;
The Shrugs, Vindicate, No More Lights;
Elevator Music, Lima, Alberta Winds;
The Peaches, The Peaches, Broken Magic 8-Ball Says Definitely Yes;
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Kings & Queens, My Town Has Moved Away;
The Deep Dark Woods, Winter Hours, All the Money I Had Is Gone;
Del Barber, Where the City Ends, The Party;
Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital, What About Us?;
Opopo, Light Work, Space Dust;
Trio Bembe, Oh My Soul, Coplas;
Sarah MacDougall, The Greatest Ones Alive, It's My Place (And I Want It);
April Verch, That's How We Run, Still Trying;
J F Robitaille, Calendar, Radio Song;
The Weather Station, All of It Was Mine, Running Around Asking;
Shawn Crowle, Elegy, The Rock & Roll Band;
Jerry Granelli Trio, Let Go, Dango;
Tunnel 6, Lake Superior, Moose Warrior;
The Heavyweights Brass Band, Don't Bring Me Down, Speaking My Language;
Rebel Yell, Social Studies, 15-2 15-4 and a Pair Is 6;
Brown Bag Allstars, Brown Bag Season Volume One, Dumbin' Out;
Travis Bretzer, In Dime We Trust, Don't Tell Me Who I Am;
The Group Sound, Secret Girlfriend, Your Ex-Boyfriend;

Thanks for listening - We truly explored some fabulous new wax this morning!

Playlist for 02-Aug-2011

Did you know that Canadian music is good for your diet? It gets you hopping and bopping, and it gives you something else to do with you mouth ... other than eat. Hence ... a good dietary supplement.

Here's what helped us lose weight today:
Scott Nolan, The Family (Anthology), 90 MPH;
Living with Lions, Holy Shit, Honesty Honestly;
Ben Disaster, Ben Disaster, Not Running;
Light Bulb Alley, The Sound of Things, Bad Day;
Aline Morales, Flores Tambores e Amores, Nego;
Locarno, Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos, Arenita Azul;
Jane Bunnett & Hilario Duran, Cuban Rhapsody, Sherezada;
Christine Fellows-Sandro Perri-John K. Samson, National Parks Project, Bruce Beckons;
Frederick Squire, Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits, The Human Race Can Be a Very Nasty Animal;
Chris Gheran, Calgary, Calgary (with Hand Drum);
100 Mile House, Hollow Ponds, Queen St.;
Kidstreet, Birthday Boy, Birthday Boy;
Sound/S/Lab, Empirical State, Kevlar;
Harry Eisenstadt, Canada Day II, Judo with Tokyo Joe (for John Zorn);
Fern Lindzon, Two Kites, If He's Ever Near;
Chris Andrew, Strange Days, Walk Home;
Matt Masters, All-Western Winners, Belville Belvedere;
Ray Harris, East End West End North End South End, I'd Rather Take the Train;
Shaela Miller Threesome, Love is Brave, Vicious Bitches;
Del Barber, Love Songs for the Last 20, Coming Home with the Summer;
Old Sins, Like A Steady Heart Beat, My Own Hypocrite;

Enjoy your daily dose of Canadian music ... stay tuned to 88.5fm (Edmonton area) or www.cjsr.com (Global area). It will lead to a longer life!