These are the playlists for the shows that I've done on CKCU. I try and update this page as the show airs, letting you know what's currently playing, but it's probably best to give me a day to get it up here with artist links and everything. If you'd like to listen to me, my show broadcasts Monday mornings, 10:00 'til 11:30 AM Eastern, and can be heard in the National Capital Region and surrounding areas by tuning into 93.1 FM, and it is also available worldwide via the Internet and streaming Real Audio by going to CKCU's audio page.

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Episode 83: Revolution summer
Aired: Monday, August 29, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Switched-On Rock "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" & "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Moog Machine
Grandmixer D.ST & The Infinity Rappers "The Grandmaster Cuts it Up" 12"
Herbie Hancock "Rockit" Future Shock
Curtis Mayfield "Future Shock" Back to the World
Sly & the Family Stone "I Don't Know (Satisfaction)" Fresh
Esquerita "You Can't Pull Me Down" Rockin' the Joint
Rolling Stones "Stray Cat Blues" Beggar's Banquet
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band "Pachuco Cadaver" Trout Mask Replica
Jammer et al. "Destruction V.I.P." Run the Road comp
Jesus Jones "Never Enough" _Liquidizer
Pop Will Eat Itself "Wise Up Sucker" This is the Day... This is the Hour... This is This!
The Juan Maclean "Reverso 68 Remix" Tito's Way
Annie "No Easy Love" Anniemal
Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" The Vibration Continues
Ghoststory "George Burton Blues" Before the Night's Around Me

After listening to many callers on Energy 1200 last week espouse how great it is getting a Canadian player for a Yurpean one, I anxiously await the phone calls post-losing in the first round of the play-offs in three games to the Leafs (Ottawa chooses to cut their loses and get out while the getting's good), where the same people suddenly start referring to the fact that Heatley is from Germany.

If you were listening last week, you would've heard me say that I won't be buying the Maestro "Best of" CD coming out because it didn't contain "Nothin' At All". Before coming into the studio to do the show today, I saw that very video on TV. Neat-o!

Episode 82: Jan's just upset no one offered her beads.
Aired: Monday, August 22, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Television "Satisfaction [live]" empeethree
Shirley Horn "Come Dance with Me [Sugardaddy Remix]" Verve Remixed³ comp
The Juan Maclean "Dance with Me" Less Than Human
Modern Lovers "Dance with Me" Live at the Longbranch and More
Julie Doiron "Dance Me" Loneliest in the Morning
Leonard Cohen "Dance Me to the End of Love" Various Positions
Sons and Daughters "Dance Me In [Single Version]" Dance Me In EP [Listen]
ESG "My Love For You" A South Bronx Story
Maestro Fresh Wes "Another Funky Break (From My Pap's Crate)" Maestro Zone EP
Eric B & Rakim "Relax with Pep" Casualties of War 12"
Leaders of the New School "Classic Material" Classic Material 12"
Missy Elliot feat. Vybez Cartel & M.I.A. "Bad Man" The Cookbook
Wonder & Plan B "Cap Back" Run the Road comp
Annie "Greatest Hit" Anniemal
Daydream S2uare "PCP Champion" www.daydreamsquare.com
As the Poets Affirm "The Bourgeois Dream of Some White Trash Kid" The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch

Poets Affirm at Saw tonight, Daydream S2uare at Avante Garde cafe on Friday. Bob Moog passed away. He was the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and spent the last few years making theremins. He may not have been a great musician, but he certainly was responsible for some great music.

Hindsight being what it is, I really should've played "Dancing with Myself" during that first set, in honour of Billy Idol coming to town this week.

Episode 81: The point where a twig becomes a stick.
Aired: Monday, August 15, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Wooden Stars "The Cigarette Girl" Mardi Gras
Feist "Inside & Out" Let It Die
Margo Guryan "Hold Me Dancin'" 25 Demos
Claudja Berry "Boogie Tonight" I Wanna Be Loved By You
The Andrea True Connection "Keep it Up Longer" More, More, More
The Juan Maclean "Crush the Liberation" Less Than Human
Pixeltan "That's the Way I Like it" DFA Compilation #2 comp
The Slits "Earthbeat" Return of the Giant Slits
Lady Sovereign "Cha Ching (Cheque 1,2 Remix)" Run the Road comp
Stooges "Little Doll" The Stooges
Velvet Underground "Venus in Furs" The Velvet Underground & Nico
Rolling Stones "In Another Land" Their Satanic Majesties Request
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "Smell of Incense" empeethree
Simply Saucer "Dance the Mutation" Cyborgs Revisited
Love "A House is Not a Motel" Forever Changes
Elevator "August" August
Debashis Sinha "redo / speaking song" Deep Wireless 2 Radio Art Compilation
B.T.K. "Superchile" Birth Through Knowledge

Wooden Stars and Feist are both in town Friday night; Stars at Saw, Feist at the Folk Fest. Rolling Stones in town in 13 days. Deluxe editions of the first two Stooges LPs in stores tomorrow. Nothing else really had any reason for being played.

Episode 80: "That was one hopped-up, lady-lovin' witch!"
Aired: Monday, August 8, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Gil Scott-Heron "Home is Where the Hatred is" Evolution (and Flashback)
Derek Bailey/George Lewis/John Zorn "Who's On First" Yankees
Abbott & Costello "Who's On First" empeethree
Yo La Tengo "Drug Test" President Yo La Tengo
Richard Hell & The Voidoids "Walking On the Water" Blank Generation
Buck 65 "Blood of a Young Wolf" Secret House Against the World
Johnny Cash w. Glenn Campbell "Gentle on My Mind" Unearthed
Coldplay "Sparks" Parachutes
Geraldine Fibbers "Dragon Lady" Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home
k.d. lang & the Reclines "Stop, Look and Listen" A Truly Western Experience
Mary Taylor "He Believes Me" The World of Country Music comp
Wanda Jackson "Lovin' Country Style" Early Wanda Jackson
Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers "Red Hot Breakdown" Traditional Country Classics comp
Prairie Ramblers "Yip, Yip, Yowie I'm an Eagle" Tex's Dance
Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band "Dipsy Doodle" Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys "The Old Home" Columbia Sessions '49-50 Vol 2
Lorne Greene "Ringo" empeethree
Faith No More "Kindergarten" Angel Dust
Tomahawk "101 North" Tomahawk
The Jesus Lizard "Puss" Liar
Hank Williams III "Cocaine Blues" Risin' Outlaw

Coldplay and Hank Williams III were a requests, HW3 a non-specific one.

Episode 79: Red at night, rapper's delight
Aired: Monday, August 1, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Bowery Electric "Fear of Flying" Beat
North Atlantic Explorers "Springtime" Skyline
New Order "Cries & Whispers" Everything's Gone Green 12"
Junior Boys "Under the Sun" Last Exit
Hexes & Ohs "Alive Until Saturday Night" Goodbye Friend Welcome Lover [Available here]
P:ano "The Rescuer" Brigadoon
Caribou "Brahminy Kite" The Milk of Human Kindness
Bontempi "Rainy Weather" What Keeps Us Awake
Falconhawk "Safe" 90.9 with a Bullet: 20 Years of Calgary Music on CJSW comp [Available Here]
Book of Lists "Through Stained Glass" Red Arrows [Available Here]
Dollar Brand "Black & Brown Cherries" Black Lightning
Donald Byrd "Flight Time" empeethree
Eric Weber "Picking Up Girls Made Easy: The Beach Pick Up" empeethree
Arab Strap "Girls of Summer" Singles

Falconhawk are in town tonight, but I happened to play a song by them entirely by co-incidence; I only found out through finding their website to link here. I read Erica Jong's Fear of Flying over the weekend, and initially thought of choosing songs that made me think of the book and various scenes, and create a soundtrack of sorts, but that's a lot of work and time and effort, so it didn't happen.

(Edit in, August 11: It's been pointed out to me that this show aired the day before the Air France accident in Toronto. With titles like "Fear of Flying", "Cries and Whispers", "The Rescuer", "Rainy Weather", "Safe" and "Flight Time", I should point out that I had nothing to do with the crash)

Episode 78: My Goat Knows the Bowling Score
Aired: Monday, July 25, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Uncut "Understanding the New Violence" Those Who Were Hung Hang Here [Listen here]
Tenspeed "Euphoria" Tenspeed
The Stars Here "Losing Sleep" Check the Wreckage [Listen Here]
Change of Heart "Tired of Waking Up Tired" split 7" w/ Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Violent Femmes "It's Gonna Rain" Hallowed Ground
Frog "Serene" split 7" w/ Electric Embryo
Rebecca West "Breeze" Burners On
Plumtree "Have a Banana" split 7" w/ Strawberry
Sharon Coward "Beautiful" This Time
Bontempi "Falling" What Keeps Us Awake
Aural Exciters "Emile (Night Rate)" Spooks in Space
Mount Florida "Another Thought" Storm
Arthur Russell "Keeping Up" The World of Arthur Russell
Margo Guryan "Sun" 25 Demos
Albert Ayler "Wizard" Bells/Prophecy
Art Ensemble of Chicago "Lebert Aaly (Dedicated to Albert Ayler) [excerpt]" Phase One

Maybe it's me, but I thought that this was a pretty good show. unfortunately, my usual listeners didn't hear it. Isn't that the way it goes? Violent Femmes were a request from last week, but it wasn't necessarily the track that the listener wanted. To quote famed radio programmer Donald Rumsfeld, you sometimes broadcast with the library you have, not the one you wish you had.

Uncut in town Wednesday, as is Sharon Coward. She'll hold a record release show at the Rainbow.

Episode 77: "Do you believe in Gosh?"
Aired: Monday, July 18, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Dirty Three "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys" Whatever You Love, You Are
Anti Pop Consortium "Bubblz" Arrythmia
Dizzee Rascal "Everywhere" Showtime
Sensational "Put It On Ya (Clean version)" Beat, Rhymes & Style 12"
Buckwheat Zydeco "We're Having a Party" Where There's Smoke There's Fire
The Upsetters "Dread Lion" Super Ape
Twilight Circus Dub Sound System "Dance Plate" Dub Plates Volume Two
Pole "Kirschenessen" CD1
Senking "Wind Up" Trial
Quincy Jones "Summer in the City" I Heard That!!
Silkworm "The Brain" Italian Platinum
Andrew Vincent & the Pirates "Cover It Up" I Love the Modern Way
Jonathan Richman "Roadrunner" Beserkley Chartbusters Vol 1 comp
Vaselines "Rory Rides Me Raw" The Way of....
Suburban Pop Project "The Sweater" EP [Sample]
[Interview with Peter Mann of the Independent Film Co-Operative of Ottawa]
Oliver Jones "Lights of Burgundy" Lights of Burgundy

Buckwheat was a request. I also got one for the Violent Femmes, but ran out of time to play it. Next week, my pretties, next week. At one point I had planned to play nothing but songs from 1977 on Episode 77, but it didn't happen. Maybe Episode 1977.

Silkworm was played in memory of drummer Michael Dahlquist, who died in a horrific manner last week, and who was probably a low-key kinda guy, seeing how he didn't even use his actual name on the album I played a track from. I must admit that although I liked what I'd heard from their Matador albums, I never really followed them afterwards. The track I played today was really good, though, a surprisingly peppy track not dis-similar to the Modern Lovers' LP (hence the two follow-up tracks played). It's kind of sad on my part that a horrible tragedy had to occur in order for me to re-visit a band.

Episode 76:
Aired: Monday, July 11, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Antibalas "Che Che Cole (Makossa)" Government Magic EP
Gelee "Tachee" Nuvo: Montreal's Radical Pop Underground comp
Suicide "Mr. Ray" Alan Vega/Martin Rev
Mr. Lif "Pull Out Your Cut" Emergency Rations
Latyrx "Latyrx" empeethree
Farm Fresh "Fresh As that" Time is Running Out [Sample]
Large Professor "LiveGuy Saga (Clean)" 'Bout That Time 12"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Straighten It Out" empeethree
New York Dolls "Hoochie Coochie Man" Live in Concert: Paris 1974
Hollywood Brats "Zurich 17" Hollywood Brats
Forgotten Rebels "Tell Me You Love Me" Tell Me.../Rhona Barrett 7"
Dinosaur Jr "Just Like Heaven" Just Like Heaven 12"
The Cure "Jumping Someone Else's Train" Boys Don't Cry
The Cure "Another Journey By Train" Join the Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978-2001
Blue Peter "Don't Walk Past" Don't Walk Past 12"
City Beat "Late at the Office" Late at the Office 7"
Book of Lists "Sweet Malady" Red Arrow
Dinner is Ruined "Sometimes I Get Things" Legion Hall
Cub "Summer Samba" Hot Dog Day 7"
City Field "Pretenders" Authentic City
Eric's Trip (Chris Thompson) "Frame" Julie and the Porthole to Dementia 7"

I always wondered what it would sound like playing the two Cure tracks together. Now I know. NY Dolls in town this week, Dino Jr doing two Canadian shows this weekend. Roadtrip!

Episode 75: She uses Z's and X's interchangably
Aired: Monday, July 4, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Galaxie 500 "Fourth of July" This is Our Music
Slick Rick "Let's Get Crazy" The Great Adventures of....
Stinkin' Rich "Who You Fronting For?" Who You Frontin' For? 7"
Black Eyed Peas w/ Esthero "Weekends" empeethree
Esthero feat. Cee-Lo Green "Gone" Wikked Lil' Grrrls
Art Ensemble of Chicago w/ Fontella Bass "Old Jed/How Strange" Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass
Matt Newton "Lasting" Ottawa Off Jazz Festival comp
Gene Krupa Orchestra "King Porter Stomp" Gene Krupa Orchestra
Ballin'Jack "Telling Lies" Buzzard Luck
War "Me and Baby Brother" Greatest Hits
Four Tops "Remember When" Yesterday's Dreams
Pink Floyd "Green is the Colour" More
North Atlantic Explorers "Blue Moon on the Rise" Skylines
Superstar 2600 "If the Sky" ~sell out. 7"

You know, had I not taken a week off last month, July 4 would have been "Episode 76". Spirit of '76, bay-bee! Yeah, that would've made more sense if we were Americans. Fontella Bass celebrated a birthday yesterday, "Obie" Benson of the Four Tops, and co-writer of "What's Going On", passed away last week, Pink Floyd reunited the other day. BEP and War at the Bluesfest this week. Requests were made for the Dears, Broken Social Scene and Le Tigre; they could not be found for various reasons.

Moonshake "Cranes (John McEntire mix)" Remixes
Sharon Coward "Older Than the Hills" This Time
Bruce Springsteen "Used Cars" Nebraska
Woody Guthrie "Talking Dust Blues" ...Sings Dust Bowl Ballads
Buck 65 "Rough House Blues" Secret House Against the World
Railroad Jerk "The Ballad of Railroad Jerk" One Track Mind
Interpol "Direction" Six Feet Under: Vol 2 comp
Magneta Lane "Cheap Linguistics" The Constant Lover 7"
Girls Against Boys "Magatraction" Jabberjaw comp
Red Crayola "Conspirators' Oath" Soldier Talk
Pere Ubu "Street Waves" 360 Degrees of Simulated Stereo
Roxy Music "Manifesto" Manifesto
Pointed Sticks "Marching Song" Perfect Youth [Available here]
Sonny Rollins "Don't Stop the Carnival" Don't Stop the Carnival
Herbaliser "Scratchy Noise" Ninja Cuts: Flexistenalism, 'The Joy of Dex' comp
Afrika Bambaataa "Renegades of Funk" empeethree
Kraftwerk "Trans-Europe Express" Minimum-Maximum

Interpol was a non-specific song request; Herbaliser was dedicated to my number one fan, Rupi. Rollins was in town last night (I thought it was later this week; oops), Bambaataa and Herbaliser all in town in the immediate future, Springsteen in a few weeks.

Episode 73: Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
Aired: Monday, June 20, 2005; 10:00-11:30

Miles Davis "Nne (Part 2)" Dark Magus
Art Ensemble of Chicago "Funky AECO" New Thing! comp
Jimmy Smith "Stay Loose" Verve Remixed ³ (Unmixed) comp
Nina Simone "Lilac Wine (Album Leaf remix)" Verve Remixed ³ comp
Salome Bey "Love Our Lives Away" Salome Bey
Patty Waters "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" Sings
Patti Smith "Wave" Wave
Lida Husik "Ship Going Down" Your Bag
Stone Roses "I Wanna Be Adored" Fool's Gold 12"
Arcade Fire "Cold Wind" Six Feet Under Vol. 2 comp
Black Mountain "Heart of Snow" empeethree [Available here]
Snailhouse "Birds and Bees" The Silence Show [Available Here]
Sharon Coward "No Place To Go" This Time [Available here]
Citrus Park "Take a Trip with Me" 90.9 with a Bullet: 20 Years of Calgary Music comp
North Atlantic Explorers "I Will Not Leave You Alone" Skyline [Available here]

Man, was the Husik to Stone Roses mix ever flawless.

Miles Davis was an album (but not song) specific request from two weeks ago. Sorry for missing last week's broadcast. I made my pro-boxing debut on the undercard of the Tyson fight and the combination of swollen jaw and wounded pride prevented me from coming in.

Dinosaur Jr "Whatever's Cool with Me" empeethree
Fire "Father's Name was Dad" Nuggets II comp
David Pritchard "The March of Mallory Bat" Nocturnal Earthworm Stew
Freddie Hubbard "Part II (excerpt)" Sing Me A Song of Songmy
Gary Burton "Some Echoes" Throb
Miles Davis "Prelude (Part II)" Agharta
Jimi Hendrix Experience "Gypsy Eyes" Electric Ladyland
Funkadelic "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?" Funkadelic
Meters "Funky Miracle" Cissy Strut
The Dears "C'etait pour la passion" Thank You Good Night Sold Out
Afghan Whigs "Crazy" 1965
Electrelane "If Not Now, When?" Axes
Daniel Lanois "Sketches" Belladonna
Coldplay "Talk" X&Y

Dears were a non-specific song request. Did anybody read Lynn Saxberg's review of the new Coldplay album in the Citizen on Saturday? She claimed she couldn't accept the sincerity of lyrics about loneliness given that we all "know" that the singer is married with child. Do you get the feeling that as a youth, Ms Saxberg called the cops after listening to Neil Young? "He shot his baby! Down by the river! Shot her dead! His confession's on tape, why aren't you arresting him?!"

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